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Heavy Music Artwork Presents: Visual Darkness: The Art Of Mike Hrubovcak – Preorders Available

Posted in art, books, Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal books, metal music, Music, music books, music news with tags , , , , , on March 30, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Commemorating over two decades of delivering exceptional, chilling, extreme metal artwork to the metal underground, Heavy Music Artwork will release Visual Darkness: The Art Of Mike Hrubovcak on June 21st.

The Heavy Music Artwork edition of the book showcases artwork from 1996 to the present day, offering a rare glimpse into Hrubovcak’s extensive portfolio. This exclusive book boasts a compilation of illustrations crafted for death metal luminaries such as Six Feet Under, Grave, Sinister, Mortician, Hate Eternal, Cattle Decapitation, Avulsed, Mortal Decay, Guttural Secrete, Pathology, and more. The book features 176 pages of blood-drenched, full-color artwork showcasing hundreds of art pieces and designs.

Find Visual Darkness: The Art Of Mike Hrubovcak preorders at THIS LOCATION. (The first 100 copies will be signed by Hrubovcak)

About Mike Hrubovcak:

Mike Hrubovcak is an American illustrator who lives and breathes metal. Although highly versatile in creating a broad array of fantasy and horror-themed visuals, he has become best known for his extremely graphic and gore-laden death metal album covers.

Introduced to metal at a young age, Hrubovcak began his album cover ventures in 1993, drawing the demo covers for his high school death metal band Disillusion. This was also the jump-start of his extensive vocal career, which was later spring boarded by the formation of the band Divine Rapture with his brother J.J. Hrubovcak (now in Hate Eternal). While creating artwork for his band, Hrubovcak also did pen and ink, airbrush, and oil paintings for other bands and fanzines.

Hrubovcak’s vocal and musical career also flourished over the years, featuring on many records and touring for the bands Divine Rapture, Azure Emote, I.C.E, Vile, Hypoxia, and the early ‘90s Tampa death metal legends, Monstrosity.

Hrubovcak has created art for Relapse Records, Century Media Records, Revolver Magazine, Headbangers Ball, The Party.San, Maryland Death Fests, Hate Eternal, Sinister, Grave, Mortician, Decrepit Birth, Cattle Decapitation, InHume, Pathology, Guttural Secrete, Avulsed, Rumpelstiltskin Grinder, Cephalotripsy, and many others. He also had a monthly feature called Nightmare Visions on MTV’s Headbangers Ball Blog (taking over for the discontinuation of Paul Booth’s weekly art posts).

Hrubovcak’s artwork even branched into illustrating B-movie DVD covers and being used as background set dressing for a Universal Pictures feature film and has been displayed in many art galleries and featured in collective art books worldwide.

Book specifications:
Square 8.27inch x 8.27inch
Hardback
175gm silk paper
176 pages

https://visualdarkness.com

https://heavymusicartwork.com

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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KORN With Special Guests GOJIRA and Spiritbox – North American Tour 2024 – Dates, Cities and Venues Listed

Posted in Hard Rock, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, nu metal with tags , , , , , , , on March 29, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

From: KORN bandsintown

Our North American Tour with special guests, Gojira and Spiritbox, is on sale everywhere now. We look forward to seeing you this fall. 

https://kornofficial.com

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CASKET ROBBERY Expand US Tour – Add New Dates With GORGATRON & VORAATH

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , on March 29, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Midwest death machine CASKET ROBBERY has announced a new string of tour dates set to kick off this summer. Following the band’s two-week trek with NIGHTS OF MALICE, they will strike out in June as part of the Mechanical Necrosis Tour with GORGATRON and VORAATH.

CASKET ROBBERY will also make appearances at the Milwaukee Metal Fest, Michigan Metal Fest, Toledo Deathfest, and the SlamDakota Death Fest.

More details, ticket info, and VIP packages at: casketrobbery.com/tour

CASKET ROBBERY 2024 tour dates are as follows:

CASKET ROBBERY w/ NIGHTS OF MALICE:
4/5 – Lakewood, OH @ The Foundry
4/6 – Tonawanda, NY @ Stamps
4/7 – Manchester, NH @ Jewel Music Venue
4/8 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Kingsland
4/9 – Frederick, MD @ Cafe 611
4/11 – Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone Club
4/12 – Ridgeville, SC @ The Ridgeville Roadhouse
4/13 – Atlanta, GA @ Boggs Social & Supply
4/14 – Knoxville, TN @ Brickyard Bar
4/16 – Richmond, VA @ Another Round
4/17 – Mechanicsburg, PA @ Lovedrafts
4/18 – Clifton, NJ @ Dingbatz
4/19 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Smiling Moose

MECHANICAL NECROSIS Tour 2024 GORGATRON with CASKET ROBBERY and VORAATH:

6/19 Fargo, ND – The Aquarium*
6/21 Missoula, MT – The Dark Horse
6/22 Richland, WA – Rays Golden Lion
6/23 Seattle, WA – The Funhouse
6/24 Portland, OR – Twilight Cafe and Bar
6/26 San Francisco, CA – DNA Lounge
6/27 Hollywood, CA – Knucklehead
6/28 San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick
6/29 San Luis Obispo, CA – Humdinger Brewing
6/30 Tempe, AZ – Metalhead’s Clubhouse
7/1 El Paso, TX – Rockhouse
7/2 Thornton, CO – Trailside Saloon
7/3 Albuquerque, NM – Rensden
7/5 Austin, TX – Come And Take It Live
7/6 Corpus Christi, TX – Boozers Rock Bar
7/7 Houston, TX – The Compound
7/8 New Orleans, LA – The Goat
7/9 Nashville, TN – The End
7/10 Springfield, MO – The Odyssey
7/11 Lincoln, NE – Cosmic Eye
7/12 Kansas City, MO – Farewell
7/13 Sioux Falls, SD – Bigs**

Bigs**

*tour kick off with Maul & Deterioration

**SlamDakota Death Fest

This year marks CASKET ROBBERY‘s second appearance at the newly resurrected Milwaukee Metal Fest.

Festival Appearances:
5/19 – Milwaukee, WI @ Milwaukee Metal Fest (milwaukeemetalfestival.com)
6/8 – Toledo OH @ Toledo Death Fest (Fest Facebook Page)
7/13 – Sioux Falls, SD @ SlamDakota Death Fest (Fest Facebook Page)
8/24 – Battle Creek, MI @ Michigan Metal Fest (michiganmetalfest.net)

CASKET ROBBERY‘s most recent album, Rituals of Deathwas released on November 11, 2022 on Blood Blast Distribution.

Order the album at:

casketrobbery.com/store (CD and merch bundles)

casketrobbery.bandcamp.com(digital)

Casket Robbery:

Megan Orvold-Scheider – Vocals
Cory Scheider – Guitars
Troy Powell – Guitars
Bryan Bykowski – Bass
Austin Vicars – Drums

Sponsors:

Dean Markley Strings, Vader Cabinets, Pig Hog Cables, Dirtbag Clothing, Gravewitch Goods, Grindcore Coffee, Blackcraft Clothing, My Merch Guy, Intune

casketrobbery.com/linktree

www.bloodblast.com

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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NECROT – Announces Massive North American Headlining Tour; “Lifeless Birth” Full-Length Nears Release On Tankcrimes

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, music videos with tags , , , , , , , on March 27, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by Chris Johnston

NECROT will return to the stage this June on a massive North American headlining tour! The Lifeless Birth Tour 2024 commences on June 5th in Berkeley, California and winds its way through nearly three dozen cities, concluding on July 13th in Portland, Oregon. Support will be provided by Street Tombs as well as BAT and Phobophilic on select dates. The trek follows the band’s recent run supporting Municipal Waste on the inaugural Brainsqueeze Tour.

Comments bassist/vocalist Luca Indrio, “You already know it. The Lifeless Birth album release tour is going to be a savagely brutal one! I’m sure our loyal fans are going to be there to rage and destroy every fucking night. These shows are going to be pure madness; you are not going to regret being there, but you might regret not showing up. If you feel like you need a night of good metal you better be there early. The support bands are insanely good. BAT has a new album out for the tour just like us, Street Tombs is representing for [drummer] Chad [Gailey]’s label, Carbonized plus Phobophilic is joining us late in the tour, all such sick bands. Epic as fuck. See you all at the shows!”

Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 29th at 12:00pm ET at necrot.com! See all confirmed dates below.

NECROT w/ BAT, Street Tombs:
6/05/2024 The Cornerstone – Berkeley, CA
6/06/2024 Constellation Room – Santa Ana, CA
6/07/2024 First St. Billiards – Los Angeles, CA
6/08/2024 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
6/09/2024 Nile Underground – Phoenix, AZ
6/10/2024 The Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
6/12/2024 Parish – Austin, TX
6/13/2024 Three Links – Dallas TX
6/14/2024 Vibes Underground – San Antonio TX
6/15/2024 TBA – Houston, TX
6/16/2024 TBA – New Orleans, LA
6/18/2024 Orpheum – Tampa, FL
6/19/2024 Will’s Pub – Orlando, FL
6/20/2024 Boggs Social – Atlanta, GA
6/21/2024 New Brookland Tavern – Columbia SC
6/22/2024 Chapel Of Bones – Raleigh, NC
6/23/2024 Cattivo – Pittsburgh, PA
6/24/2024 Metro Gallery – Baltimore, MD
6/25/2024 Broken Goblet – Bensalem, PA
6/26/2024 The Meadows – Brooklyn, NY
6/27/2024 Sonia – Boston, MA
w/ Phobophilic, Street Tombs:
6/28/2024 Le Source – Quebec City, QC
6/29/2024 Piranha Bar – Montreal, QC
6/30/2024 Dominion Tavern – Ottawa ON
7/01/2024 Hard Luck Bar – Toronto, ON
7/02/2024 Sanctuary – Detroit, MI
7/03/2024 Reggies – Chicago, IL
7/05/2024 The Swamp – Lincoln, NE
7/06/2024 Oriental Theatre – Denver, CO
7/07/2024 Aces High Saloon – Salt Lake City, UT
7/09/2024 The Shredder – Boise, ID
7/10/2024 Ray’s Golden Lion – Richland, WA
7/11/2024 The Cobalt – Vancouver, BC
7/12/2024 Clock Out Lounge – Seattle WA
7/13/2024 The Star Theatre – Portland, OR

NECROT will be touring in support of their Lifeless Birth full-length, set to drop on April 12th via Tankcrimes.

With Lifeless Birth, NECROT continues their ascent to the forefront of American aural extremity, pushing the boundaries of style and continuing to recast metal in their image. Founded by bassist/vocalist Luca Indrio and drummer Chad Gailey in 2011 with guitarist Sonny Reinhardt joining the following year, the Oakland, California trio offers Lifeless Birth as a culmination of their to-date efforts to encapsulate and push forward the deathly stylings of 2020’s Mortal and their 2017 debut, Blood Offerings.

Lifeless Birth, which features cover art again by Marald Van Haasteren, will be released on CD, cassette, and digital formats as well as an LP in several different and exciting vinyl variants all housed in a golden foil stamped gatefold jacket. Recorded with Grammy-winning producer Greg Wilkinson who has helmed all three NECROT albums and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.

In honor of Lifeless Birth, NECROT will appear on the May 2024 cover of Decibel Magazine, marking their second appearance on the cover of the esteemed publication.

Don’t miss it! Order your copy today at THIS LOCATION.

Find LP preorders HERE, CD preorders HERE, cassette preorders HERE, and digital preorders HERE where the band’s previously released singles, “Cut The Cord,” and “Drill The Skull” can be streamed.

After having their Mortal tour plans scuttled owing to the COVID pandemic, family health issues that led Indrio, who became a US citizen in 2016 and currently lives in Mexico, to return to Italy for a time canceled what would have been their first tour post-plague. Still, despite this and Gailey suffering a broken back, requiring multiple surgeries and intense physical therapy to be able to drum again, period, Indrio being struck with Bell’s Palsy the night before he was originally due to fly to the studio to record, and Reinhardt requiring multiple surgeries on his hands in the months since they finished, NECROT charges forward with material distinguished in its real-world point of view and willingness to look beyond extreme metal tropes in lyrics, the melodies of its guitar solos, and unbridled audience engagement.

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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HOLY MOTHER – Reveal “Rise” Album Details & Share First Video Single “Fire”!

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , on March 25, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

HOLY MOTHER presents the follow-up to Face This Burn and their overall seventh studio album: Rise. Slated for a release on June 7, 2024 via Massacre Records, the album pre-sale for HOLY MOTHER‘s “Rise” – releasing as a CD Digipak, Ltd. Vinyl LP and Digital formats has just started at https://lnk.to/holymotherrise. A video clip for the band’s first single, the furious album opening track “Fire” is now premiering below!

“This song is about a toxic love addiction that’s never ending and keeps haunting you forever. What inspired me to write this song was knowing people who just can’t get out of their relationship, and finally put an end to their misery.” HOLY MOTHER singer Mike Tirelli comments. 

“Also, at the very start of this song is the eeriness of my daughter Violet’s voice, who was only 14 years old at the time. Her voice really set the musical tone, and mood that inspired me to write that specific vocal melody; like a cry of agony and pain.”

The new HOLY MOTHER song “Fire” is now available on all digital streaming providers via https://holymother.bfan.link/fire. Watch the video clip premiering HERE.

In a career that spans from the 1990’s until the present day, HOLY MOTHER has delivered some of the most blistering American, fist-pumping music of their genre and pulls no punches with its heaviest and most powerful release to date.

New album anthems like “Rise”, “Power”, “Fire”, “Rain”, “Jeremiah”, and “Hex” will have you banging your head and stomping your feet, and the classic “Live To Die” from the critically acclaimed Toxic Rain album of HOLY MOTHER‘s past is brought to new life, channeling the spirit of the late, great HOLY MOTHER co-founder Randy Coven.

This album will melt your face, compel you to raise your fists and rebel and as HOLY MOTHER intend to lead the force of metal followers to their destiny with the driving force of the amazing Ronnie James Dio-style vocals of Mike Tirelli, the blistering shredding of the young guitar prodigy Mickey Lyxx, the pounding in-your- face drumming of powerhouse James Harris, and the blazing bass of the Brit, Wayne Banks. Don’t be left in the dust! Pick up HOLY MOTHER‘s “Rise” and join the metal community in the rise of HOLY MOTHER!

Rise – tracklist:

  1. Fire
  2. The Elevator
  3. Jeremiah
  4. Power
  5. Rise
  6. Down
  7. Interventionist
  8. Hex
  9. Live To Die
  10. Rain

Album Line-Up:
Mike Tirelli – Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Bass Guitar
Mickey Lyxx – Lead / Rhythm Guitar
Wayne Banks – Bass Guitar
James Harris – Drums, Backing Vocals, second lead vocals on “Rise”

HOLY MOTHER Live:
23.08.2024 FR Champtoceaux – Barbeuk Metal Festival
24.08.2024 FR La Rochelle – Crossroad

More info:

https://www.instagram.com/holymotherband

https://massacre-records.com/

Source: Massacre Records

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HATEBREED – 30th Anniversary Over Europe Tour + 2024 North America Tour – Full Schedules & Info

Posted in hardcore metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , , on March 23, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Hatebreed have announced their 30th Anniversary Over Europe Tour with Crowbar on select dates!

Ticket info here: https://mad-tourbooking.de/

Hatebreed also announced their 2024 North American Tour with Carcass, Harms Way and Crypta!

Ticket info here: https://www.hatebreed.com/

Source: Stillborn Records newsletter

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STRYCHNOS – Unveil New Album “Armageddon Patronage”

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, music videos on March 22, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Dark Descent Records is set to unleash Armageddon Patronage, the second album from Copenhagen’s purveyors of ‘accursed death’ STRYCHNOS.

The follow-up to 2022’s breakout debut A Mother’s Curse delivers the expected onslaught of uncompromising black/death metal. Armageddon Patronage features a guest appearance by Michael Poulsen (Volbeat, Dominus).

The band has shared the first track off Armageddon Patronage, “Winds Warning the Final Storm.” Stream it now at youtu.be/M09KXx6gmpw

Armageddon Patronage embodies the immense drive of a band operating at full throttle, refining their distinct blend of extreme metal bound to no god, master, or genre. Following a string of intense and blood-stained festival performances STRYCHNOS is now the name on the underground’s lips. Propelled by this vast momentum, the band toiled tirelessly to record and release Armageddon Patronage less than two years after their debut.

“This release will showcase a natural continuation of what A Mother’s Curse began,” reflects bassist/vocalist Martin Leth Andersen. “The band seeks to refine and push further key elements from the debut – in ways of both aggressiveness and the more atmospheric parts. This follow-up also showcases an array of new details like alternative instrumentation, vocal variations, intros, outros, and a couple of noticeable guest appearances.” 

Rare is the band within these realms that improves so exponentially with each new release. Do not miss the flight of STRYCHNOS… for one may never know how long the underground can contain them.

Armageddon Patronage will be out May 17 on CD, cassette, vinyl, and digital formats. Pre-order at:

darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com

darkdescentrecords.com/shop

Armageddon Patronage tracklist:
1) Winds Warning the Final Storm
2) Armageddon Patronage
3) Choking Salvation
4) Endless Void Dimension (featuring Michael Poulson)
5) Pale Black Birds
6) Stanken Af Dyd
7) Sweeping Storm of Suicide
8) Nattevandrerinden

Armageddon Patronage was recorded and mixed by Lasse Ballade at Copenhagen’s Ballade Studios, and mastered by none other than Necromorbus’ infamous Tore Stjerna.

STRYCHNOS:
Andreas Lynge – Guitars/Backing vocals
Martin Leth Andersen – Bass/Lead vocals
Nis Rode Larsen – Drums

Album artwork by Phoebus Moreleón/Lïv & Död.

Stream A Mother’s Curse on Spotify and Apple Music.

strychnos.bandcamp.com

Source: ClawHammer PR

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CORPUS OFFAL – New Seattle Death Metal Act Rises From The Ashes Of Cerebral Rot

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, music videos with tags , , , , , , on March 22, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Demo 2024 Out Today On 20 Buck Spin

Cerebral Rot is dead. From its maggot-infested corpse an entity even more repulsively loathsome has emerged, CORPUS OFFAL. Cerebral Rot’s lead guitarist/vocalist Ian Schwab and guitarist Clyle Lindstrom have reconstituted in this ghastly operating theater, now with the new rhythm section (de)composed of Jesse Shreibman (Bell Witch, Autophagy) on drums and Jason Sachs (ex-Demoncy) on bass.

With the Cerebral Rot songwriting core intact, CORPUS OFFAL reeks of similarly foul decrepitude and bludgeoning subterranean weight. Additionally, a sickly goregrind presence hovers over the murk like a horrid miasma, engulfing the tunes with a cadaverous redolence.

The two demo tracks here, “Ripened Psychosis” and “Gorging Gastric Decedent,” will both appear on the band’s eventual debut LP (in re-recorded form) to be recorded by Billy Anderson straight to tape later this year and released in 2025. For now, inhale the first rotted whiff of CORPUS OFFAL in demo form to sate your lust for excretion.

The tracks on Demo 2024 were mixed by Michael Foster and the band members, mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound (Krieg, Drawn & Quartered, Witch Vomit), with art by Ian Schwab and layout by Dan Fried. If the works of Fetid, Cenotaph, Goatlord, Undergang, Cianide, and of course Cerebral Rot frequent your gravedigging playlist, CORPUS OFFAL should be on your list.

CORPUS OFFAL’s Demo 2024 is out today on cassette and digital via 20 Buck Spin; Find it at the label webshop HEREand stream it at YouTube HERE, and Bandcamp HERE.

Demo 2024 Track Listing:

  1. Ripened Psychosis
  2. Gorging Gastric Decedent

CORPUS OFFAL:
Ian Schwab – guitar/vocals
Clyle Lindstrom – guitar
Jason Sachs – bass
Jesse Shreibman – drums

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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MALPHAS – Release New Single/Video for “Leviathan’s Moonlit Sanctum” – In Advance of New Album Release March 29th

Posted in Death Metal, melodic death metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, music videos with tags , , , , , , , on March 21, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Philadelphia’s MALPHAS return with the second single/video off their sophomore full-length. Listen to “Leviathan’s Moonlit Sanctum” at all streaming/download platforms now. In addition, the band has also premiered a new music video HERE .

“Leviathan’ marks the point in the story where Malphas returns to the real world. He and his demons murder the power elite figures on the island, but then travel to a nearby village and subjugate the people there,” explains singer/guitarist Paul DeSanctis. “The main character has a vision where he sees a demonic totalitarian government on the other side of the portal; he realizes he’s left the door wide open for them to take over.”

“Leviathan’s Moonlit Sanctum” follows lead track “Red Shield Syndicate” 

Both songs continue the tale and concept revolving around the demon Malphas and his encounters with people in life and death that the melodic death/black metal band began telling on their debut ‘The 39th Spirit’ released on Poland’s Via Nocturna in 2018.

’Portal’ takes place chronologically two hundred years prior to the events of ‘The 39th Spirit,’ explains Paul. “The album explores new themes like politics, economics, and historical events in fleshing out how the dystopian world in ‘The 39th Spirit’ comes to be.

‘Portal’ was recorded, mixed and mastered by Chris Kelly (Ice Nine Kills, Baby Metal, Galactic Empire). The new album, ‘Portal,’ will be released on CD and digital platforms March 29th and is available for preorder now HERE.

About MALPHAS:
Founded by Paul DeSanctis and drummer Eric Dunleavy in 2012, guitarist Damian DiFrancesco and bassist Joshua DeJesus joined the lineup in 2014 and 2019 respectively. Appealing to fans of CHILDREN OF BODOM, WINTERSUN, DIMMU BORGIR, SEPTIC FLESH, and IMMORTAL, MALPHAS produce a sound comprised of symphonic melodic death and black metal.

The band debuted with their EP The ‘Conjuring’ in 2015 followed by their first full-length, ‘The 39th Spirit’ in 2018. MALPHAS have toured Europe supporting Norway’s Keep of Kalessin and Finland’s Shade Empire, with US runs opening for Tengger Cavalry, Felix Martin, and Helsott. 

Upcoming Record Release shows:

3/29 – Our Wicked Lady – Brooklyn, NY

3/30 – Record Release Show – The Nail – Ardmore, PA

Source: M-Theory Audio

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JUDAS PRIEST – USA Chart Positions For New Studio Album ‘Invincible Shield’

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , , , , on March 20, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Invincible Shield USA Chart Positions:
#1 debut on the Hard Music Album Sales Chart
#1 debut on the Rock Albums Music Chart
#2 debut on the Overall Albums Chart
#2 debut on the Digital Albums Chart
#18 on the overall Billboard 200 Chart

Invincible Shield is the 19th studio album from the iconic Judas Priest.

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Also: Judas Priest landed on the official U.K. chart at #2, with Invincible Shield.

LONG LIVE JUDAS PRIEST.

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ARMORED SAINT – North American Tour With Queensrÿche To Commence March 27th; New Music Underway

Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , , , , on March 19, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by Stephanie Cabral

Iconic heavy metallers ARMORED SAINT, who’ve been hard at work demoing tracks for their upcoming new full-length, will return to the stage later this month as direct support to Queensrÿche! The trek, which commences on March 27th in Anaheim, California, includes twelve ARMORED SAINT headlining shows scattered throughout. 

Comments ARMORED SAINT bassist Joey Vera: We’re super stoked to be going back out on the road with our good friends Queensrÿche! We’ve done several tours in the past and we always have a great time being on the road with these great musicians and friends! We’re looking forward to playing some cities we’ve never played before and also, we’ll be playing some of these dates as headliners! We’ll be pulling out some deep cuts and playing an extended set so we hope to see you come out to all of these shows! We’ve been busy writing new music so keep your ears peeled in the near future for some new SAINT! Until then, we’ll see you up front!”

Tickets are on sale now with VIP upgrades available at THIS LOCATION. See all confirmed dates below.

ARMORED SAINT’s most recent studio album, Punching The Sky, was released in 2020. The critically lauded full-length hit worldwide record charts including #4 on Billboard’s Current Hard Music Albums chart, #6 on the Top New Artists chart, #16 on the Top Independent Albums chart, and #17 on the Current Rock Albums chart upon its first week of release.

Preview and purchase Punching The Sky at: metalblade.com/armoredsaint.

ARMORED SAINT:
John Bush – vocals
Jeff Duncan – guitars
Phil Sandoval – guitars
Joey Vera – bass
Gonzo Sandoval – drums

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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EXHUMED – Decayed Decades Tour With Skeletal Remains and Morbikon – Dates, Cities and Venues Listed!

Posted in Extreme Metal, grindcore, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , on March 18, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

From Exhumed Bandsintown:

Tickets for EXHUMED‘s Decayed Decades tour featuring Skeletal Remains and Morbikon are ON SALE NOW! Get them via the following link: 

www.bandsintown.com/a/8627-exhumed

May 8 Santa Cruz, CA @ Blue Lagoon
May 9 Fresno, CA @ Fulton 55
May 10 Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
May 11 Las Vegas, NV @ Sinwave
May 12 Salt Lake City, UT @ Ace’s High Saloom
May 14 Cheyenne WY @ Ernie November
May 15 Denver CO @ HQ
May 16 Lincoln NE @ Cosmic Eye
May 17 Sioux Falls SD @ Remedy
May 18 Des Moines IA @ Lefty’s
May 19 Milwaukee WI @ Milwaukee Metal Fest
May 21 Indianapolis IN @ Black Circle
May 22 Knoxville TN @ The Brickyard T
May 23 Columbia SC @ New Brookland Tavern
May 24 Atlanta GA @ Boggs
May 25 Raleigh NC @ Kings
May 26 Norfolk VA @ The Annex
May 28 Brooklyn NY @ The Meadows
May 29 Boston MA @ Sonia
May 30 Bensalem PA @ Broken Goblet
May 31 Pittsburgh PA @ Spirit Club
June 1 Cincinnati OH @ Legends
June 2 Cleveland OH @ No Class
June 5 Little Rock, AK @ White Water Tavern
June 6 Dallas TX @ Red Blood Club
June 7 San Antonio TX @ The Rock Box
June 8 Houston TX @ The Secret Group
June 9 Austin TX @ Parish
June 11 Albuquerque NM @ The Launchpad
June 12 Scottsdale, AZ @ Pub Rock Live
June 13 Los Angeles CA @ The Echo
June 14 Oakland CA @ Eli’s Mile High
June 15 Portland OR @ Dantes
June 16 Seattle WA @ Madame Lou’s

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PRONG – Concert Review and Photos From The King of Clubs In Columbus, Ohio – February 28th, 2024

Posted in concert reviews, concerts, groove metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal concerts, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , , , on March 17, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

photo credit: Stone/Metal Odyssey

I went to see PRONG and VOIVOD back on February 28th, at the King of Clubs in Columbus, Ohio. What a night! I was (and still am) elated to have experienced PRONG on this tour! PRONG took the stage first and ripped out a scorching set of their songs, culminating with their intense and heavy hitting cover of “Working Man” by RUSH.

PRONG is continuing to tour in support of their newest and 13th studio album from 2023: State Of Emergency. Tommy Victor and his band kickstarted my Metal adrenaline that lasted straight through VOIVOD and into the next day! Tommy’s vocals sounded stronger than ever; while always a master on his guitar. PRONG flat-out kicked Metal ass that night; I couldn’t have expected any less! Metal be thy name. – Stone

Check out my blab and photos for VOIVOD by clicking this link: https://metalodyssey.net/2024/03/06/voivod-concert-review-photo-gallery-from-columbus-ohio-at-king-of-clubs-february-28th-2024/

See the setlist at bottom of post.

Tommy Victor – photo credit: Stone/Metal Odyssey
Tyler Bogliole – photo credit: Stone/Metal Odyssey
Jason Christopher – photo credit: Stone/Metal Odyssey
Tommy Victor – photo credit: Stone/Metal Odyssey
Tommy Victor – photo Credit: Stone/Metal Odyssey
photo credit: Stone/Metal Odyssey

SETLIST:

The Descent
Irrelevant Thoughts
Seeing Red
(Killing Joke cover)
For Dear Life
Beg to Differ
Unconditional
Disbelief
Cut-Rate
Broken Peace
Breaking Point
Whose Fist Is This Anyway?
Another Worldly Device
Revenge…Best Served Cold
Dark Signs
Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck
Third From the Sun
(Chrome cover)
Working Man
(Rush cover)

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WAR CURSE – Welcomes New Guitarist Edward Escamilla – Teases Heavier Direction Moving Forward

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , , , on March 17, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Edward Escamilla, lead guitarist of Chicago based thrash metal band REIGN has joined WAR CURSE, replacing co-founder and lead guitarist Joshua Murphy. The lineup change comes on the tail of the band’s Metal Blade Records / Blacklight Media debut album, Confession, which was released October 20th, 2023. 

Guitarist Justin Roth comments: “It’s on the best of terms that we thank Joshua Murphy for ten years of commitment and for his invaluable contributions to WAR CURSE. Murphy is truly like a brother to me. We’ve played in bands together for the last 20 years, spent holidays with each others’ families, and driven each other up a wall on occasion, as brothers do. I speak for all of us when I say that we’ll miss his shenanigans. But as they say, the show must go on.”

We had conversations with a few guitarists, but ultimately Ed was our first choice. We were stoked when he accepted our offer to join. The dude absolutely rips, and more importantly, we like him as a person. Talent matters, but so does liking the people you’re going to be stuck in a van with. We’re optimistic about the band’s future and embracing the change.”

Roth continued: “We’ve wasted no time getting new music ready to record. I’ve been demo recording new material nonstop since the week after Confession was handed in. I truly believe that I’m writing the best material of my career right now. We tried some new things on Confession. I really like some of it. Some of it will never be revisited. We’re constantly evolving. Some of the new stuff is heavier than hell. Heavier than I ever saw us going with WAR CURSE. It’s a lot of fun. But we’re always working. We’re a band that’s laser-focused on the future.”

Listen to WAR CURSE’s most recent album Confession on Spotify: 

https://open.spotify.com/album/3jKKrknW5ETLF859b6dPlf?si=00c2be8bd55c4d62

Source: C Squared Music

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SIX FEET UNDER – To Release Killing For Revenge Full-Length On May 10th Through Metal Blade Records – “Know-Nothing Ingrate” Now Playing + Preorders Available

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music videos with tags , , , , , on March 16, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by Stephanie Cabral and Dark Photography

SIX FEET UNDER will unleash their pulverizing fourteenth studio album, Killing For Revenge, on May 10th through Metal Blade Records.

From the opening moments of first single, “Know-Nothing Ingrate,” which kicks off the record, it’s immediately clear that SIX FEET UNDER focused their energies into something that’s as brutal, lyrically visceral, and musically dazzling as one would hope for from the ground-breaking Tampa-bred death metal. Killing For Revenge, a gnarly beast of a record that’s not for the faint-hearted, dishes up nightmare-inducing imagery courtesy of frontman Chris Barnes via the vocalist’s trademark guttural vocals. Both the album title and darkly detailed red-hued album cover by artist Vince Locke are perfect containers for the brutality within.

“I chose the title Killing For Revenge after we completed writing and noticed that all the lyrics and storylines had a common theme of revenge. Revenge by human or revenge by nature,” Barnes says. “The album title describes the flow of the stories within the lyrics perfectly.”

Watch a lyric video for SIX FEET UNDER’s “Know-Nothing Ingrate” at THIS LOCATION.

Killing For Revenge marks the second album that Barnes and guitarist Jack Owen (ex-Cannibal Corpse) have created together since reuniting for 2020’s Nightmares Of The Decomposed. Owen also produced Killing For Revenge. “We worked well together in Cannibal Corpse,” recalls Barnes. “I loved him to death as a friend and a musician, so I’m really comfortable giving him the reins because I just have such great respect for him as an artist.”

The songs on Killing For Revenge dive headfirst into subjects that are as gleefully vile, graphic, and downright grotesque as you might dream of from a Barnes/Owen project. After all, the two men were vital cogs in the Cannibal Corpse band that released such delightfully offensive death metal classics as Butchered At Birth and Tomb Of The Mutilated. SIX FEET UNDER also recorded a cover of Nazareth’s “Hair Of The Dog,” which appears on all formats of Killing For Revenge with the exception of vinyl.

As a first preview of the record, today the band unveils “Know-Nothing Ingrate.” Notes Owen, “This music was written early in the writing process. Wanting to keep the aggression of a prior SIX FEET UNDER song like ‘Amputator,’ I wrote music in the style of early Dark Angel or Kreator, who always had cool driving drumbeats. I had all the riffs in my head as I wrote the drums in a couple hours. Lyrically, I kicked around a phrase that fit the stop parts throughout the song. After coming up with ‘Know-Nothing Ingrate,’ the lyrics wrote themselves. It’s basically about online trolls who voice their uneducated and unnecessarily spiteful review of any artist’s output. You’re entitled to your opinion, and I’m entitled to mine.”

SIX FEET UNDER was initially formed as a side project for Barnes during his final years with the band that he co-founded, Cannibal Corpse. It became the frontman’s sole focus in 1995, coinciding with the release of their debut, Haunted. Only Barnes remains from SIX FEET UNDER’s original incarnation, but the quality has remained remarkably consistent. The current lineup of Barnes, guitarists Owen and Ray Suhy, bassist Jeff Hughell, and drummer Marco Pitruzzella make for a devastating unit.

Killing For Revenge, which features a guest appearance by guitarist Jason Suecof on “Neanderthal,” was mixed and mastered by Chaz Najjar at Badlands Recording in Denver, Colorado. The record will be released on CD and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants:

180g Black (US)
Clear w/ Red Bloodshot (US)
180g Black (EU)
Crusted Blood Marbled (EU)
Khaki Brown Marbled (EU – Ltd. 300)
Blood Red Splatter (EU – Ltd. 300)
Gold “Black Dust” (EU – Ltd. 200)

Find preorders at: metalblade.com/sixfeetunder.

Killing For Revenge – Track Listing:

  1. Know-Nothing Ingrate
  2. Accomplice To Evil Deeds
  3. Ascension
  4. When The Moon Goes Down In Blood
  5. Hostility Against Mankind
  6. Compulsive
  7. Fit Of Carnage
  8. Neanderthal (Guest Lead Guitar Solo – Jason Suecof)
  9. Judgement Day
  10. Bestial Savagery
  11. Mass Casualty Murdercide
  12. Spoils Of War
  13. Hair Of The Dog (Nazareth Cover – CD + Digital Only)

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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DARKTHRONE – Announces New Album, ‘It Beckons Us All’ – To Be Released April 26th

Posted in Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, music videos with tags , , , , , on March 15, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

IT BECKONS US ALL – THE NEW STUDIO ALBUM FROM NORWEGIAN TRAILBLAZERS DARKTHRONE DUE FOR RELEASE ON PEACEVILLE RECORDS ON 26th APRIL 2024

“A cauldron of old and epic metal beckons thee” – Fenriz

A SPELLBINDING CHRONICLE OF SEDUCTIVE
FROZEN ATMOSPHERES AND FEARLESS INNOVATION 

PRE-ORDERS ARE AVAILABLE HERE NOW
(https://darkthrone.lnk.to/beckons)

An introduction from Fenriz
(https://youtube.com/shorts/FMQwAGpfxKA)

Watch the “It Beckons Us All” trailer  
(https://youtu.be/ZHaKnsJjkjY)

A SPELLBINDING CHRONICLE OF SEDUCTIVE
FROZEN ATMOSPHERES AND FEARLESS INNOVATION 

Pioneers of a sound that changed the world. Lifelong disciples of suspense and mystery. An enigmatic duo like no other, hell-bent on haunting souls through the eternities. There are many things Darkthrone have been called since forming in 1986 and these are but a few, having drawn from a creative well so potent and powerful it turned them into one of Norway’s biggest musical exports. Following from their debut album Soulside Journey, the next  three full-lengths, often referred to as ‘the unholy three’, set the benchmark for black metal in the early 90s, though in truth they’ve never been the kind to rest on such laurels – distilling elements of vintage punk, doom, thrash and death into their own sonic fingerprint and continuing to test that equation throughout the years. It’s been quite the journey, having won cryptic pair Nocturno and Fenriz legions of loyal fans around the world. This tradition will only continue with latest masterpiece It Beckons Us All.

Set for release on Peaceville on 26th April 2024, the new music is an intense observation of the world around them – exciting and challenging the listener in equal measure, in the way only they can. Some of the riffs howl across a gallery of ice and snow while others crackle like a volcano awakening from its timeless slumber, Nocturno’s demonic barks ricocheting across the intoxicating structures almost like it’s beaming from a long-distant galaxy. As Darkthrone have shown us so many times in the past, their music is as visual as it gets – evoking tangible imagery through the medium of sound. Whether the ideas are sombre, reflective or incensed, they exist as emotional concepts you can see and feel as much as you hear. 

“I am having difficulties putting into words my personal feelings around the existential title It Beckons Us All, I can only hope others out there can feel the darkness that encompasses it,” muses Fenriz.

Fenriz

Never afraid to venture beyond the confines of the extreme metal template they were paramount in creating, there are moments on It Beckons Us All that will dazzle and surprise, as well as satisfy fans of old.

Nocturno comments: “We recorded in the manner we always do, live, meaning drums and guitar, with another guitar added later. We found a new twist during this process that surely benefited this album. Fenriz did stellar clean vocals on several songs, and his way of thinking creatively made it so good. We also shared the bass work this time around. We added a lot of extra layers like solo guitars… it was just a cauldron of ideas. Instead of finding a plug-in or choir synth patch, we both recorded four vocal tracks each. Darkthrone is an ever-evolving band, as many should know by now, and this album is touching a bit into the heavy genre. I have no idea what genre we are, and have really not cared much about it, but I know for sure it’s metal.”

Nocturno Culto photo courtesy of Peer Olav Kittilsen

In that sense, It Beckons Us All is very much demonstrative of two visionaries at their world-commanding best. They know what works but more importantly they choose to grow, throwing every ounce of their hearts and souls into evolving the jaw-dropping whirlpool of noise that could only ever have come from their collective minds. There are clean guitars, clean vocals and less typical instruments thrown into the mix, but the approach, intent and ethos at the heart of their fearless artistry remains very much the same. This is music for dreamers who find themselves paralysed by the contrasting beauty and ugliness in the world surrounding them. Never ones to appease the faint-hearted, Darkthrone are as real and human as it gets.

It Beckons Us All was recorded in April and May 2023 at Chaka Khan Studios in Oslo, the same location used for the Eternal Hails and Astral Fortress albums, mastered by Jack Control at Enormous Door, with artwork courtesy of Polish artist Zbigniew Bielak. (https://www.facebook.com/zbigniewmbielak  & https://www.instagram.com/zbigniewmbielak).

It Beckons Us All – tracklisting:

  1. Howling Primitive Colonies [06:30]
  2. Eon 3 [05:43]
  3. Black Dawn Affiliation [06:11]
  4. And In That Moment I Knew The Answer [03:17]
  5. The Bird People Of Nordland [07:27]
  6. The Heavy Hand [04:18]
  7. The Lone Pines Of The Lost Planet [10:03]

It Beckons Us All is available on the following formats and pre-orders are live NOW!  https://darkthrone.lnk.to/beckons

  • Limited Edition Deluxe boxed edition: includes It Beckons Us All on CD, an exclusive corona vinyl LP & cassette and art prints all housed in a heavy duty lift off lid box
  • Limited edition ‘Fenriz’ edition LP on blue marble coloured vinyl– exclusively available through the Peaceville stores
  • Limited edition ‘Nocturno Culto’ edition LP on grey marble coloured vinyl–available through the Peaceville stores
  • CD
  • LP
  • Digital
  • Plus other limited edition coloured vinyl LPs are available in stores across the world – cream white, crystal clear, petrol and .. a collectors dream .. if you can find them!

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PATHOLOGY – Apocalyptic Spring Tour – Dates, Cities & Venues

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , on March 14, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

From: Pathology Bandsintown

Don’t miss out on the chance to experience the electrifying energy of the apocalyptic spring tour! Get your tickets now and join us for an unforgettable night featuring performances by Pathology, NecroticGoreBeast, and Aethereus.

Pathology is set to blow your mind with tracks from their highly anticipated new album. Stay tuned for album details, coming your way very soon! Grab your tickets before they’re gone and prepare for a night of intense metal mayhem!

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JASTA – Release Date Announced For New Studio Album …And Jasta For All

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , , , on March 13, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

From Stillborn Records:

Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta has finally gotten a release date for his 10 song love letter to thrash album And Jasta For All. May 17th, 2024.

10 original tracks featuring guest appearances from Scott Ian, Chuck Billy, Zetro, Phil Demmel & More! this album is ALL RIPPERS NO SKIPPERS!!

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IRON MONKEY – Shares “Off Switch” From Spleen & Goad – New Full-Length To See Release On April 5th Via Relapse Records

Posted in doom metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, music videos with tags , , , , , , on March 11, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by Kat Hickey

UK sludge trio IRON MONKEY today shares new song “Off Switch” from their forthcoming new full-length, Spleen & Goad, set for release on April 5th through Relapse Records!

On Spleen & Goad, the legendary band is as uncompromising as ever, churning out some of the grittiest sounding sludge doom in their twenty-five-plus year history. Dubbed a “doom sludge vanguard” by The Sludgelord, IRON MONKEY lives up to their legacy, absolutely pummeling through each of the nine tracks on their new album.

From the two-ton, heavier-than-anything-else riff opening “Concrete Shock,” IRON MONKEY shows no signs of easing up; fuzzed out guitars crash against pulse-pounding drums, set against vicious, misanthropic snarls and barks. Elsewhere, tracks like the aptly titled “Rat Flag” kicks the band into high gear with palpable fury and malaise.

Check out IRON MONKEY‘s “Off Switch” on YouTube HERE or listen on all streaming services HERE.

Watch IRON MONKEY’s previously released video for first single, “Misanthropizer,” HERE.

Preorder Spleen & Goad on LP, CD, and digital formats via Relapse.com HERE.

Recorded in their native Nottingham, Spleen & Goad was mastered stateside by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.

IRON MONKEY was formed in the year 1994AD in the city of Nottingham, England. The original members were J.P. Morrow, J. Rushby, D. Dalziel, S. Watson, and J. Greaves. IRON MONKEY released six tracks of raw sludge-core via the label Union Mill that were later re-released on Earache Records. During this period S. Watson was replaced by D. Berry.

1998 saw the release of the album Our Problem, widely regarded as a masterpiece of negative rock. This was succeeded by a split EP on Man’s Ruin Records with Church Of Misery from Japan.

IRON MONKEY destroyed itself sometime in 1999. Vocalist J. Morrow died from heart failure in June 2002. Rest In Noise…

The band reformed in the winter of 2016 with original members J. Rushby and S. Watson with the addition of the then Chaos UK drummer Brigga. As of 2023, IRON MONKEY are back with a new lineup featuring founding member J. Rushby and D. Berry from the Our Problem sessions and ex-Widows drummer Z. Big.

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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U.S. Heavy Metal Legends ATTACKER Celebrate 40th Anniverary With New Album: “The God Particle”

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, music videos with tags , , , , , on March 10, 2024 by Metal Odyssey

One of the early bastions of true U.S. metal, New Jersey’s Attacker is back to celebrate their 40th anniversary on The God Particle, a triumphant, eight song classic metal offering! The new album will be released on CD, vinyl and digital formats through Cruz Del Sur Music on April 12.

A lyric video for the first single, “The Mighty Have Fallen” is available at: youtu.be/cVpamPWzZg8.

New Jersey heavy metal legends Attacker are celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2024. A milestone marked by their influential 1985 Battle at Helm’s Deep debut and 1988 The Second Coming sophomore effort, as well as post-2001 reformation full-lengths like 2004’s Soul Taker and 2006’s The Unknown that served as reminders of Attacker’s staying power.

While it hasn’t always been easy for Attacker, founding member and drummer Mike Sabatini attributes the band’s longevity to their love of heavy metal music. That red thread and never-ending appreciation for what Attacker means to them and so many across the globe helps define the band’s newest studio foray, The God Particle. 

The follow-up to 2016’s Sins of the World LP and 2018’s Armor of the Gods EP was recorded at Sabatini’s Bandmother Recording Studio in Jersey City, New Jersey, from November 2023 to January 2024. The album was mixed by Sabatini alongside C.J. Scioscia, with mastering by Joe Lambert.

The God Particle is a tried-and-true dose of pure, unbridled heavy metal with ample broadsides of aggression and melody; both permanent elements of Attacker’s sound. The band rounded out by vocalist Bobby Lucas, the guitar tandem of Mike Benetatos and Jon Hasselbrink and bassist Brian Smith, have gelled into a formidable writing unit, offering what is perhaps Attacker’s most varied batch of songs. 

The album’s gestation period was longer than normal (see: Covid). The extended time writing afforded Attacker the opportunity to craft new songs that are primed and ready for European festival sing-along participation. Lucas is responsible for the album’s soaring choruses and its concept, which is based on the Large Hadron Collider Particle Accelerator in Cern, Switzerland, that is used to create energetic collisions of particles like protons, breaking them into subatomic components that are detected and studied. Adding to the intrigue: supposedly a satanic ritual was performed at the Collider site to call in evil from another dimension. Whether that actually happened or not, it serves as the perfect tie-in to Marc Sasso’s cover art (DIO, HALFORD, Marvel Comics). 

Pre-order:

cruzdelsurmusic.com/store

attacker1.bandcamp.com/album/the-god-particle

Sabatini has been on record that he was reluctant to reform the band during its 1990s dormancy. Only the passing of original guitarist Jim Mooney and vocalist John Leone (who performed on The Second Coming) reignited the Attacker fire. The band now exists to honor its storied legacy and to create new, compelling music to satisfy a worldwide fanbase that remains hungry for Attacker music. Consider the job complete on The God Particle.

Track List:

  1. Knights of Terror
  2. Curse of Creation
  3. Stigmatized
  4. River of Souls
  5. Kingdom of Iron
  6. World In Flames
  7. The Mighty Have Fallen
  8. The God Particle

Source: ClawHammer PR

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