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ATROCIOUS ABNORMALITY – Set To Return With “Formed In Disgust”

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on December 19, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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North Carolina Death Metal machine Atrocious Abnormality are poised to strike with their highly anticipated second full length CD, Formed in DisgustThe band has released a lyric video for album track Exterminate the Apostles. Check it out at: https://youtu.be/WjOk5gTiO2M or below:

A punishing follow-up to their 2007 debut release Echoes of the Rotting, this new offering is a brutal combination of throat ripping guttural vocals and bowel shredding guitar riffs, together with an onslaught of merciless drumming and a bass bombardment of deadly precision. Ranging from fast technical sections, to slower haunting passages, to pit crushing slam and groove breakdowns, this CD has something for everyone and will satisfy the ravenous hunger of the most discerning Death Metal cannibals.

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In addition to this outbreak of sickness, there are also some respectable guest vocalist featured throughout the album to maximize the blasphemous carnage. Artwork for Formed in Disgust by Marco Hasmann.

Comatose Music will unleash Formed in Disgust on March 4th, 2016.

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Source: ClawHammer PR

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For more info:

www.facebook.com/AtrociousAbnormality

Comatose Music - Large Logo - #2 - 2014

www.comatosemusic.com

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MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE ATROCIOUS ABNORMALITY.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

RHINE – Post Trailer For Upcoming Album ‘An Outsider’ Due Out Feb 5th, 2016

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on December 11, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

Rhine - promo band pic - 2015 - #MO4330337NSF

L-R – Gabe Tachell – Guitar/Vocals, James Porter – Bass, Carlos Delgado – Drums, Alex Smolin – Guitar

Photo Credit – Megan Treasure – MeganTreasure.com

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Seattle’s RHINE are proud to announce their return in 2016 with their new album ‘An Outsider’ to follow-up 2011’s debut ‘Duality’, which was first a solo effort by band founder Gabriel Tachell (guitar and vocals). Now joined by Alex Smolin on guitar (ex-Metameric), James Porter on bass (Ideofone), and Carlos Delgado (Inferion, ex-Death Crowned King) to collaborate on this project, the band has posted a trailer video to give a glimpse of what’s to come from the 10 track full length when it’s unleashed on February 5, 2016.

Band founder Gabriel Tachell comments on the release:

“‘An Outsider’ is about the struggle that comes with being different, it’s a love/hate situation. You want to shine but you’re afraid of it at the same time. You want to create trends, not follow them, but it’s scary to be the first one. It also has to do with social struggles and always feeling like a stranger. This theme is primarily represented by the title track. Many of the songs have different themes that are not all closely related. The album is all over the map emotionally. Not just angry and dark, but sometimes totally ironic or sometimes very deep and inspiring. It mixes in emotions you wouldn’t typically hear on a Metal record like joy and nostalgia. The listening experience is a journey that won’t get you worn out on a single emotion, instead it is dynamic like we are as humans. We form strong bonds to the music we love because of all these things that it can convey, and we are attempting to create something people can feel the same way about.”

An Outsider – Trailer Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIIW1sCXShw or below:

Album Pre-Order: http://rhine.bandcamp.com

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Track Listing of Album: RHINE – An Outsider

1. Dreaming of Death (11:46)
2. The Spell of Dark Water (6:20)
3. An Outsider (10:05)
4. Somewhere (3:59)
5. Paralyzed (10:50)
6. Dissolved in Fire (7:53)
7. P.R.E.Y. (5:31)
8. Into the Unknown (6:34)
9. Shipwrecked In Stasis (3:02)
10. Fragments (8:21)

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ABOUT RHINE:

Seattle’s Rhine are seamlessly connecting German Thrash Metal with Swedish Death Metal much like their namesake, the Rhine River. The founder of the group Gabriel Tachell named it such for its simplicity and as a metaphor for fluidity and change. The band started in 2011 with the release of their first album ‘Duality’ which was at first a solo effort by Tachell (guitar and vocals) and eventually led to a full band. He is now joined by Alex Smolin on guitar (ex-Metameric), James Porter on bass (Ideofone), and Carlos Delgado (Inferion, ex-Death Crowned King) to collaborate on this project.

Rhine are primarily producing epic, progressive songs and yet others flow to the mouth of the river where there is a culmination of Black, Death, and Thrash Metal, occasionally tinged with classical, folk and other styles. The band has a certain frantic unpredictability in terms of songwriting and structure while the moody vocals gently ride over the extreme precision of the guitar, drum, and bass.

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The four-piece are experimental in their intentions, yet melodically and rhythmically catchy with their delivery. Tachell is the primary inspiration for the current material, referencing experiences in his life from emotional turmoil, health issues, fairy tales, to dreams of finding corpses floating in a swamp. Their interesting themes and energetic music has been evolving into a unique and distinctive sound.

Live, Rhine is an unbridled horse that emote a nervous uncertainty of what is next compositionally and emotionally. The band bases their performance on the backbone of the band – guitar, vocals, bass, and drums and they definitely don’t shy away from the challenges of playing music like this live without the help of backing tracks. Their latest release ‘An Outsider’ is slated for February 5, 2016 and while it may not be heavier than the previous release, it is certainly more advanced in terms of playing, songwriting, vocal performance and production. It includes tracks featuring german lyrics, completely improvised solos and an overall human-ness that is often lost amongst other high level Metal productions in this age of quantizing and autotuning. Rhine are one band that has grown into a machine that is not to be missed.

For more info, please visit www.RhineOfficial.com.

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Source:

Asher Media Relations - AMR - logo - 2015 - #03newmo

www.ashermediarelations.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE RHINE.

LONG LIVE METAL.

LONG LIVE SEATTLE.

Stone.

Spastic Melodic Math Metal Band LIKE ANIMALS Offer FREE Download ‘Feral’ via PureGrainAudio.com

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on December 11, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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L to R : Will Tennant – Drums/Backing Vocals, Jamie Haffenden – Guitar/Lead Vocals, Myke Caouette- Bass/Backing Vocals

Photo Credit: Travis Tiernay

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Breaking free of the constricting chains of modern music, Orillia, ON’s LIKE ANIMALS are busy creating their own uninhibited style of spastic-Math-Metal graced with emotionally charged vocals. Like a wild animal each member maintains a sense of chaos through their arpeggio guitar and bass sections, unorthodox drums peppered with dynamic changes, and finally tempered by the wavering vocals soaring just slightly above the instrumentals both in tone and feeling.

Lyrics contend with themes such as: self-doubt, lack of self-worth, depression, anxiety, and the like. The beasts within the band each perform vocal duties a sound akin to a coyote-esque choir featuring Jamie Haffenden on guitar and lead vocals, Will Tennant  on drums and Myke Caouette on bass.

Their name is synonymous with their song-writing and attitude, where they are part of a pack, but still remain hungry and solitary, like a stray animal. Their 400-show track record over the years reveals their dedication to their craft having shared the stage with such bands as Fuck The Facts, Dog Fashion Disco, Adrenechrome, Downtown Brown, Scale The Summit, Polkadot Cadaver, Teethmarks and many more.

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With four animal-themed EPs in tow (‘Sweet Whispers, Plagued Ears, The Undertoad, The Wild) and their new release called ‘Feral’ due out on January 22nd, 2016, the band has teamed up with PureGrainAudio.com to not only premiere the title track, but offer it for FREE download.

“We felt that Feral is the perfect first glimpse into the new EP. It really shows fans new and old what we are all about and it is a benchmark for what’s to come on the rest of the EP. It has everything Like Animals is all about, rolled up into one song. A definitive LA song for sure.” comments bassist Myke Caouette.

Listen and download Feral at: 

http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/like-animals-feral-free-song-download

EP Pre-Order – http://likeanimals1.bandcamp.com/

Like Animals - Feral - promo album cover pic - 2015 - #MO33NASFAE33033

Feral (4:30)
The Lions Share (4:00)
Lounge Lizard (4:26)
Caterwaul (3:15)
The Jungle Book of Love (3:31)
EP Length: 19:45

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For more info, visit their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/likeanimals/

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Source:

Asher Media Relations - AMR - logo - 2015 - #03newmo

www.ashermediarelations.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE LIKE ANIMALS.

LONG LIVE CANADA.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

CANNIBAL CORPSE – Enlists Obituary, Cryptopsy, And Abysmal Dawn For 2016 North American Tour

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on December 9, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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CANNIBAL CORPSE will kick off 2016 with one of the most bludgeoning Death Metal tour lineups of the year! The over month-long trek, presented by The Noise, will tear across North America beginning on February 12th and run through March 20th. The band will be joined by fellow Floridian Death Metal progenitors, Obituary, as direct support, followed by Canada’s Cryptopsy, and Los Angeles’ Abysmal Dawn. Tickets go on sale this Friday, December 11th, at 10:00am local time through all local and national ticket outlets.

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The Noise presents CANNIBAL CORPSE w/ Obituary, Cryptopsy, Abysmal Dawn:

2/12/2016 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
2/13/2016 The Sea – Wilmington, NC
2/14/2016 Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
2/15/2016 Theatre Of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
2/16/2016 Irving Plaza – New York, NY
2/18/2016 Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA
2/19/2016 Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY
2/20/2016 Opera House – Toronto, ON
2/21/2016 St. Andrews Hall – Detroit, MI
2/23/2016 Turner Hall Ballroom – Milwaukee, WI
2/24/2016 The Ready Room – St. Louis, MO [tickets]
2/25/2016 The Granada Theater – Lawrence, KS
2/26/2016 Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
2/27/2016 Metro – Chicago, IL [tickets]
2/29/2016 The Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO
3/01/2016 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
3/02/2016 Revolution Center – Boise, ID
3/03/2016 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
3/04/2016 Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
3/05/2016 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
3/07/2016 The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
3/08/2016 Avalon Hollywood – Los Angeles, CA
3/09/2016 The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
3/10/2016 House Of Blues – San Diego, CA
3/11/2016 Club Red – Phoenix, AZ
3/12/2016 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
3/14/2016 The Aztec Theatre – San Antonio, TX
3/15/2016 Gas Monkey Live! – Dallas, TX
3/16/2016 House Of Blues – Houston, TX
3/17/2016 Varsity Theatre – Baton Rouge, LA
3/18/2016 The Side Bar Theatre – Tallahassee, FL
3/19/2016 The Ritz Ybor – Tampa, FL *no Obituary
3/20/2016 Revolution Live – Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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CANNIBAL CORPSE continues to tour in support of their A Skeletal Domain full-length, released last year via Metal Blade Records. The band’s thirteenth studio offering debuted at an astounding #32 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart upon its first week of release, making it the highest charting record in the band’s storied history! Produced by Mark Lewis (The Black Dahlia Murder, DevilDriver) at Audio Hammer Studios in Florida, the record boasts twelve ravenous tracks of confrontational, meticulously executed, ill-omened brutality, as only CANNIBAL CORPSE can deliver.

Cannibal Corpse - A Skeletal Domain - promo cover pic

To preview and purchase A Skeletal Domain, please visit: metalblade.com/cannibalcorpse.

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Source: Earsplit PR

For more info:

http://www.cannibalcorpse.net

http://www.facebook.com/cannibalcorpse

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

MITHRIDATIC – Sign with Kaotoxin Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on December 8, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Kaotoxin Records has inked a deal with French oppressive blackened death metal wolfpack MITHRIDATIC, who will release their debut full-length during the first quarter of 2016.

Formed in 2007, MITHRIDATIC have released numerous demos and brutalized European stages over the course of their eight year existence. In 2013, the band recruited Svart Crown drummer Kevin Paradis and began work on material for their debut, which was recorded in May of this year.

Expect an unstoppable barrage of absolute heaviness, a psychotic Hell of tormented twistedness and an atrocious dose of full-on brutality somewhere along the lines of Ulcerate, Morbid Angel, Mayhem and Portal.

The band’s 2014 demo, The Hunt is On, is available at:

mithridaticband.bandcamp.com/album/the-hunt-is-on-ep

A drum play-through video featuring Kevin Paradis can be seen at: https://youtu.be/If7bvxX0q0k or below:

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Clawhammer PR - promo logo - 2015 - #0323CHMO

Source: ClawHammer PR

www.facebook.com/Mithridatic

Kaotoxin - Large Logo - B&W - 2013

www.kaotoxin.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE MITHRIDATIC.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

BLACK BLOOD – To Release Debut Album, Music Video Out Now!

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on December 8, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Helsinki-based Finnish groove/stoner band Black Blood will unleash their self-titled debut album internationally January 22nd, 2016. The album was recorded in D-Studio, Klaukkala. A preview of what’s to come can be heard on a new music video “Wolf Of Anger” here https://youtu.be/kddQmyzyX1Q or below:

Black Blood - promo album cover pic - 2015 - #MO3333MNSSSCOT

Track List:

1. Clarity
2. Doomriders
3. Shrine Of Vanity
4. The Failure
5. Violence is golden
6. Running With Scissors
7. Stray Bullets
8. Route 66.6
9. Dopesmashed Jazz
10. Same Ol’
11. Wolf Of Anger
12. Transfusion
13. Speed Thrills & Roadkills

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Line-Up:
Heikki Rautava – Vocals
Jukka-Pekka Lappalainen – Guitar and Vocals
Ilkka Huuhka – Drums
Marko Korell – Bass

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Source:

Inverse Records - logo - #2015IRMO

www.inverse.fi

https://www.facebook.com/BlackBloodVision

https://twitter.com/blackbloodrocks

https://soundcloud.com/black_blood_vision

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE BLACK BLOOD.

LONG LIVE FINLAND.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

Epic Metallers RAVENSIRE Reveal Track List And Cover Art For “The Cycle Never Ends”

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on December 6, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Cruz Del Sur Music has revealed the cover art and track listing for The Cycle Never Ends from Portuguese Epic Metal Heroes RAVENSIRE. The album will be released in North America on February 12. Check out new song “Temple at the End of the World” (the final installment of The White Pillars trilogy) at this location or below:

Formed in 2010, RAVENSIRE built a strong reputation in the European Underground Metal movement with their two previous albums Iron Will (2012) and We March Forward(2013). Given that RAVENSIRE’s sound is genuinely devoted to the likes of OMEN, old MANOWAR and BROCAS HELM, both albums were highly acclaimed by Epic Metal fans, fueling the band’s songwriting on The Cycle Never Ends. The album will be available on CD, vinyl and digital formats.

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From the cover artwork (strongly recalling John Buscema’s black and white art for the “Savage Sword of Conan” 70s comic – an appropriate reading to get along with Ravensire’s music!) to each one of the eight songs, The Cycle Never Ends shows the band’s reaching maturity through an astonishingly intense performance.

Among more direct tracks such as the opener Cromlech Revelations and Crosshaven, the album’s highlight is definitely the “White Pillars” trilogy, “a monumental epic piece connected to the history of Sintra, famed city not far from Lisbon. At the coastline, archaeologists dig the ruins of a watchtower built in the 16th century. Contemporary manuscripts mention that ancient written stones had been found (Part I, “Eternal Sun”). Under the ruins, they find the remains of a Moorish settlement, once subdued by the invading army of King Sigurd of Norway in the beginning of the 12th century (Part II, “Blood and Gold”). Finally, among the stones of the Moorish walls, the archaeologists find Roman altars and stones belonging to an ancient temple dedicated to the Sun, the Moon and the Ocean (Part III, “Temple at the End of the World”).

Definitely recommended for fans of OMEN and old MANOWAR!

Track Listing:

1 – Cromlech Revelations
2 – Crosshaven
3 – Solitary Vagrant
4 – Procession
5 – Trapped in Dreams
6 – White Pillars Trilogy: Part I – Eternal Sun
7 – While Pillars Trilogy: Part II – Blood and Gold
8 – White Pillars Trilogy: Part III – Temple at the End of the World

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Source:

Clawhammer PR - promo logo - 2015 - #0323CHMO

For more info:

www.facebook.com/Ravensire

www.cruzdelsurmusic.com

cruzdelsurmusic.bandcamp.com/

www.facebook.com/cruzdelsurmusic

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE RAVENSIRE.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

Metal Odyssey’s METAL Pick Of The Day Is: DISARMONIA MUNDI “Stormghost”

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on December 2, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

Disarmonia Mundi - Cold Inferno - promo album cover pic - 2015 - #0610DMMOSR

DISARMONIA MUNDI – Italy’s DISARMONIA MUNDI made a triumphant return in 2015, in my Metal opinion, with their new studio album: Cold Inferno. This has been an album that I’ve turned to more than I had anticipated this past year and will happily admit, Cold Inferno has become a mainstay in my Metal listening cycle.

I love the way DISARMONIA MUNDI unites the melodic and extreme together, rather flawlessly I’ll add. Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Ettore Rigotti is a Metal mastermind, in my Metal opinion. Lyricist and extreme vocalist Claudio Ravinale can take a bow for this grand album as well. Metal Be Thy Name. – Stone

Cold Inferno was released back on June 9th, via Italy’s Coroner Records. Listen to Stormghost below and hopefully you’ll dig it as much as I do. Whoa!

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MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE DISARMONIA MUNDI.

LONG LIVE ITALY.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

WRATHRONE – Old School Death Metal Band To Release “Born Beneath” Album In January – Music Video Out Now!

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on December 1, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Wrathrone plays brutal old school Death Metal with their own spices. Early years 2008-2011 Wrathrone was doing gigs in slow flow, though the first self-released EP “Burning Hatred” saw the daylight in 2011. The second self-released EP “Left Unburied” was out in 2013. From the year 2013 Wrathrone did gigs more and more and now they have done over 30 aggressive Death Metal shows altogether.

Wrathrone was stomping over the Baltics in 2013 and in year 2014 Germany met their destiny. The year 2015 has been busy and 2016 will be even more so.

“Born Beneath” was recorded in the great conditions of V.R. Studio in Turku, in Jussi Vuola’s hands. Inverse Records will release the debut album in January 22nd of 2016.

The brand new music video “Eternal Salvation” available below or here: https://youtu.be/P9mchYeKyhc

Wrathrone - Born Beneath - promo album cover pic - 2015 - #MONMSS3333

Track Listing:
1. Born Beneath
2. Age of Decadence
3. Eternal Salvation
4. Failing flesh, enduring spirit
5. Blunt Blade Birth
6. Dead End
7. Sea of Sickness
8. Carnal Lust

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Band:
Lauri Holm – Guitars
Matti Vehmas – Vocals
Pekka Wärri – Bass
Mikael Ruoho – Drums
Vili Mäkinen – Guitars & Backing Vocals

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Source:

Inverse Records - logo - #2015IRMO

www.inverse.fi

Links:


facebook.com/Wrathrone

twitter.com/Wrathrone_Band

wrathrone.blogspot.com

wrathrone.bandcamp.com

reverbnation.com/wrathrone

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MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE WRATHRONE.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

Chilean Metallers MANO HUMANA Release Debut Album On Sick Bangers

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , on November 29, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Chilean Metal Unit MANO HUMANA have unleashed their debut album Sombras on Sick Bangers! Stream the album in its entirety at this location or below:

MANO HUMANA is a Chilean Metal band formed in early 2012 by brothers José Ignacio and Osvaldo Guzmán as a band free from traditional canons, writing diverse music, with no creative limitations. In early 2015 they recorded their debut album Sombras in AudioCustom Studios, produced by Sebastián Puente (from Chilean Thrash Metal band NUCLEAR). MANO HUMANA strives to fulfill their primal goal; to express their thoughts in various fields of violent music, full of energy and always exploring new sounds within their aggressive field.

Track Listing:

1. Jueces
2. Desintrospeccion
3. Larga Vida Al Rey
4. Grita En Silencio
5. Acata y Ataca
6. Demencia
7. Arbol
8. Pigmentos de Vacio

Mano Humana - promo band pic - 2015 - #MO001MMNSS3333

Osvaldo Guzmán (Vocals)
JoséIgnacio Guzmán (Bass Guitar)
Felipe Valenzuela (Guitar and Support Vocals )
Diego Valenzuela (Drums)

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Source: ClawHammer PR

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For more info:

 Mano Humana Bandcamp

 www.facebook.com/ManoHumanaBanda

Twitter.com/ManoHumana

 Mano Humana Youtube

http://webstore.sickbangers.cl/

www.facebook.com/sickbangersmetaldistro

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE MANO HUMANA.

LONG LIVE CHILE.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

Metal Odyssey’s METAL Pick Of The Day Is: BATTLECROSS “Not Your Slave” (Official Video)

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on November 27, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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BATTLECROSS – In essence, I could very well state that the entire Rise To Power studio album from BATTLECROSS is Metal Odyssey’s METAL Pick Of The Day. With ten songs of Thrash Metal splendor, Rise To Power is a megastar Metal release for 2015, in my Metal opinion. Track number 2 from this album, Not Your Slave, is the song featured here today and it’s a strong example of just how Rise To Power plays out.

BATTLECROSS is a Midwest Thrash Metal band that the state of Michigan should be extremely proud of. I am ecstatic that BATTLECROSS has grabbed the torch of Thrash Metal, helping to secure the genre for many years to come. Rise To Power is the third studio album for BATTLECROSS on the Metal Blade Records label. In the event you haven’t checked out this band, you darn well should.

Listen below and hear for yourself! I hope you enjoy this song as much as I do. Metal Be Thy Name. – Stone

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Kyle Gunther – Vocals

Tony Asta – Guitar

Hiran Deraniyagala – Guitar

Don Slater – Bass

Alex Bent – Drums

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For more info on BATTLECROSS:

Facebook: Battlecross

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE BATTLECROSS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

IRON MAIDEN – To Headline Hungary’s VOLT Fesztivál In 2016

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on November 26, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

Iron Maiden VOLT Fesztivál - promo banner - 2016 - #MOIM3337

Just announced – IRON MAIDEN will headline Hungary’s VOLT Fesztivál Official in Sopron on July 1st. For all the info, hit their Facebook page or www.volt.hu.

Metal Be Thy Name. – Stone

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IRON MAIDEN - The Book Of Souls - promo album cover pic - 2015 - #MMILGSS

http://www.ironmaiden.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE IRON MAIDEN.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

Metal Odyssey’s METAL Pick Of The Day Is: FALLEN ANGELS “Nightmare” (Lyric Video)

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on November 24, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

Fallen Angels - World In Decay - promo album cover pic - 2015

FALLEN ANGELS – Seattle Washington’s FALLEN ANGELS have taken me by incredible surprise this year, with their enormously grand album of Thrash Metal glory titled: World In Decay. As an older Thrashaholic like myself, I feel reassured that old school Thrash Metal will live on, due to the likes of FALLEN ANGELS. What a thrill this album is from these fine Thrashers! Holy shit it’s really good.

Track #2 on World In Decay is Nightmare (listen below). While listening to Brad “Bradzilla” Kennaugh on vocals, he takes me back to a time when Thrash on vinyl was freaking king. Erik Hanson and Matt Be Roth are the guitar duo that blazes through this song below, like hell’s wildfire out of control! Bassist Carl Larsson and drummer Steve Spitzbart kick ass. How’s that for being plain-speaking? Whoa.

Look for World In Decay to make a STRONG showing in my year-end list of Best Metal Albums of 2015. Metal Be Thy Name. – Stone

Fallen Angels - promo band pic - 2015 - #060415AMMO

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Album cover art (at top of post) created by: Dusty Peterson.

FALLEN ANGELS band logo created by: Sean McGrath.

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For more info on FALLEN ANGELS:

http://fallenangelsthrashband.com/

Facebook: Fallen Angels (Thrash Band)

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE FALLEN ANGELS.

LONG LIVE SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

TODAY IS THE DAY – Month-Long European Tour With Grime Commences Today

Posted in Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , on November 21, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

Today Is The Day - Grime - European Tour Promo Poster - 2015 - #MO777NMSS33FD

TODAY IS THE DAY has crossed the Atlantic to begin a month-long tour of Europe, beginning today, Saturday, November 21st, with support for the entire trek to be provided by Italian sludge savages, Grime.

The feral experimental metal trio TODAY IS THE DAY sees founding frontman Steve Austin currently flanked by bassist Trevor Thomas and drummer Douglas Andrae. The band has been touring relentlessly since the release of their tenth studio full-length, Animal Mother, released last year on Southern Lord, taking to the road for long stints with Lazer/Wulf and Abigail Williams; their upcoming European tour will showcase them at their gnarled, refined best.

On their way out of the country, Austin announced: “Our European tour starts this Saturday in Brussels. The tour is of course still on and we are not cancelling. We are going to go about our lives as we normally do and play music for our fans and friends in Europe, not afraid. I hope to see you there! We are with you Europe! Let it rip, light it up!”

TODAY IS THE DAY’s video for “Heathen” is playing RIGHT HERE or below:

…And their “Masada” video HERE or below:

Animal Mother is available from Southern Lord digitally HERE and on CD and LP HERE.

Steve Austin has also been occupied recently with scoring the soundtrack to Addiction: A 60’s Love Story, a vice-soaked feature-length directed by Tate Steinseck. The trailer is playing at Entertainment Tonight HERE and fronting Montreal-based psychedelic post-hardcore quintet, LAE, as witnessed on the band’s debut 2xLP Break The Clasp.

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TODAY IS THE DAY – European Tour w/ Grime:
11/21/2015 Magasin 4 – Bruxelles, BE
11/22/2015 Le Guess Who Festival – Utrecht, NL [no Grime]
11/23/2015 Pumpehuset – Copenhagen, DK
11/24/2015 Blitz – Oslo, NO
11/26/2015 Kuudes Linja – Helsinki, FI
11/27/2015 Torvi – Lahti, FI
11/30/2015 Club 007 Strahov – Prague, CZ
12/02/2015 Kulturzentrum Faust, Mephisto – Hannover, DE
12/03/2015 UT Connewitz – Leipzig, DE
12/04/2015 Ciemna Strona Miasta – Wroclaw, PL @ Into the Abyss Fest
12/05/2015 Kult – Budapest, HU
12/07/2015 Mochvara – Zagreb, HR
12/08/2015 Mostovna – Nova Gorica, SI
12/09/2015 Jubez – Karlsruhe, DE
12/11/2015 SAS – Delemont, CH
12/12/2015 Freakout Club – Bologna, IT
12/13/2015 Traffic – Rome, IT
12/14/2015 LoFi Club – Milan, IT
12/15/2015 The Black Sheep – Montpellier, FR
12/16/2015 Club Ephemere – Paris, FR
12/17/2015 Het Bos – Antwerp, BE
12/18/2015 Mod Club – St. Petersburg, RU [no Grime]
12/19/2015 Shale – Moscow, RU [no Grime]

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Source: Earsplit PR

* For more info:

http://www.todayistheday.us

http://www.todayistheday.bandcamp.com

http://www.facebook.com/todayisthedayofficial

Home

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MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE TODAY IS THE DAY.

LONG LIVE GRIME.

Stone.

METALMESSAGE Releases New Promo Sampler “VI”

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on November 11, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

MetalMessage - VI - promo cover pic - 2015 - #MO123777NSMS

From METALMESSAGE:

It’s that time again:

Once started in 2004, the popular series of METALMESSAGE PROMOTION SAMPLERS goes on with “VI” since November 5th. Bands worth listening to and cover artists worth seeing will be actively and internationally supported again at the same time.

The detailed and colorful front cover art in the timeless classic Heavy Metal style was created by the Mexican graphic talent Joel Sánchez Rosales:

http://www.joeytheberzerker.deviantart.com/gallery

https://www.facebook.com/JoeycreationsArt/

One can experience and name your price for METALMESSAGE “VI” here:

https://metalmessage.bandcamp.com/album/vi-2

Track List:
1. ALTECK (Germany)
— . – .- .-.. — . … … .- –. .
2. WARFIELD (Germany)
Barrage Fire
3. SYLVATICA (Denmark)
Evil Seeds
4. EISENHAUER (Germany)
Horse Of Hell
5. INCURSED (Basque Country)
Suaren Lurraldea (The Land Of Fire)
6. RUNNING DEATH (Germany)
Hell On Earth
7. MORTHUS (Germany)
Blinded By The Holy Light
8. SKYCONQUEROR (Germany)
Horsemen Of The Grail
9. CYRENCE (Germany)
The Hospital 06:47
10. HALO CREATION (Austria)
Through The Looking Glass
11. MORTAL PERIL (Germany)
Senor Wampo
12. TOXIC WALTZ (Germany)
Priest Of Lie
13. NORTHLAND (Spain)
When Nature Awakes
14. VENGEFUL GHOUL (Turkey)
The Sovereign Place
15. MYRKGRAV (Norway)
Vonde Auer

MetalMessage - Logo with skull - 2014

http://www.metalmessage.de/

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE METAL.

LONG LIVE METALMESSAGE.

Stone.

IRON MAIDEN – Iconic Metal Warriors Are Cover Feature For Revolver Magazine’s December Issue!

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, music news, news, rock music with tags , , , on November 6, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

Iron Maiden - Eddie - cover feature - Revolver Magazine - December 2015 - #MOIMNSSM99033

IRON MAIDEN – I just bought this December issue of Revolver at Barnes & Noble today and what a read! The front cover is super badass with the tribal Eddie in all of his gory glory! Whoa! I haven’t purchased a copy of Revolver in a few years, due to the fact that I’m into Zero Tolerance, Metal Hammer and other Metal mags. In addition, the internet itself is where I get 90% of my Metal news as well. However, when this issue stared back at me today, I said: sold!!

I, like countless other Metal and IRON MAIDEN fans are ecstatic that the great Bruce Dickinson has beaten cancer. The Bruce Dickinson feature is a must read. There’s a cool article on Deafheaven too, a band I’ve recently discovered and dig. I haven’t read the Coheed And Cambria or Trivium articles yet; I’ll read them though, of course. This Revolver mag cost me $6.99 (U.S.) and is worth every dime as an IRON MAIDEN collectible. Metal Be Thy Name. – Stone

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For more info on REVOLVER:

REVOLVER Magazine

IRON MAIDEN - The Book Of Souls - promo album cover pic - 2015 - #MMILGSS

http://www.ironmaiden.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE IRON MAIDEN.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

Cruz Del Sur Music To Release RAVENSIRE’s “The Cycle Never Ends” In Early 2016

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, music videos, rock music with tags , , , on November 6, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

Ravensire - classic band logo - 2015 - #MO33099

Cruz Del Sur Music welcomes to its roster Portuguese Epic Metal Heroes RAVENSIRE! The label will release the band’s third album The Cycle Never Ends in early 2016. In the meantime, check out their new song “Temple at the End of the World” (the final installment of The White Pillars trilogy) at this location or below:

Formed in 2010, RAVENSIRE built a strong reputation in the European Underground Metal movement, with their two previous albums Iron Will (2012) and We March Forward (2013). Given that RAVENSIRE‘s sound is genuinely devoted to the likes of OMEN, old MANOWAR, and BROCAS HELM, both albums were highly acclaimed by Epic Metal fans, fueling the band’s songwriting on The Cycle Never Ends.

The album will be available on CD, vinyl, and digital formats.

Ravensire - promo live band pic - 2015 - #MONSSM33033

Source: ClawHammer PR

Clawhammer PR - promo logo - 2015 - #0323CHMO

For more info:

www.facebook.com/Ravensire

www.cruzdelsurmusic.com

cruzdelsurmusic.bandcamp.com/

www.facebook.com/cruzdelsurmusic

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE RAVENSIRE.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

Metal Odyssey’s METAL Pick Of The Day Is: HELLOWEEN “Battle’s Won” (Official Track And Lyric Video)

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on November 6, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

Helloween

HELLOWEEN – Below is the official track Battle’s Won from the fifteenth HELLOWEEN studio album, My God-Given Right. This new HELLOWEEN album was released worldwide via the mighty Nuclear Blast Records. I’ve been a fan of HELLOWEEN for decades now and it seems like only yesterday when I purchased the (debut full-length) cassette version of Walls Of Jericho. I still have that cassette from 1985 too. Unbelievable, I know!

One of the finest Metal album releases of 2015 that I purchased back in May is: My God Given Right. I found it at my local Best Buy and there was only one there. This new HELLOWEEN album of European Power Metal has made me feel damn good! There’s that special something about the vocals of Andy Deris and the way HELLOWEEN plays at such a heightened level, with each of their songs. Just an amazing band is HELLOWEEN, both past and present, in my Metal opinion.

When it comes to this Battle’s Won song, I cannot figure out if it’s a pro or anti-war song. Maybe it’s neither? Regardless, I hope you enjoy this song as much as I do. Metal Be Thy Name. – Stone

Helloween - Classic Band Logo - #119 - 2013

There truly is not one average song on My God Given Right. The entire album is killer. If you haven’t bought it yet, do so. You don’t want to miss out on this new HELLOWEEN album, one of my Metal favorites of 2015! Whoa.

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MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE HELLOWEEN.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

OTARGOS – Confirmed For HellFest 2016

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on November 5, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

Otargos - Xeno Kaos - promo album cover pic - 2015 - #MO703309NMSS

HellFest Appearance To Mark Band’s 15th Anniversary

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Kaotoxin is proud to reveal that OTARGOS will be returning to Hellfest in 2016 to celebrate their 15th anniversary, this marking the fourth time a Kaotoxin artist (after AD PATRES, AZZIARD and DEEP IN HATE) is hitting the stage of this world-class prestigious event.

OTARGOS‘ sixth studio full-length, Xeno Kaos, will be unleashed on November 13th and is currently available for preorder as a 100 copies collector edition boxset CD, limited edition DigiSleeve CD and digital while a crowdfunding campaign is available until November 11 for collector 12-inch LP and cassette tape versions.

Pre-order Xeno Kaos at:

www.kaotoxin.com/product-category/kaotoxin-artists-releases/otargos/

Xeno Kaos collector LP and cassette crowdfunding campaign:

www.indiegogo.com/projects/otargos-xeno-kaos-collector-lp-and-cassette-tape#/

Before the Hellfest, OTARGOS will also co-headline (along CinC) Kaotoxin’s second annual KaotoxinFest on December 5th & 6th in Lille (FR) where FAAL, MISERABLE FAILURE, THE NEGATION, PROJECT FOR BASTARDS, PUTRID OFFAL, SAVAGE ANNIHILATION and WE ALL DIE (laughing) will also perform.

For details visit the KaotoxinFest Facebook Event Page.

Stream Xeno Kaos in full at this location.

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Clawhammer PR - promo logo - 2015 - #0323CHMO

Source: ClawHammer PR

For more info:

www.otargos-terror.com

www.facebook.com/OTARGOSband

www.kaotoxin.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE OTARGOS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

Metal Odyssey’s METAL Pick Of The Day Is: ENFORCER “Undying Evil” (Official Video)

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, music videos, rock music with tags , , , on October 30, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

Enforcer - promo band pic - #2015 - 33990227MO

Sweden’s ENFORCER are a True Metal band that have snuck onto my all-time favorite list for good reason. They kick unbelievable Metal ass from here to Orion’s Belt! Today, I want to spread the Metal word of ENFORCER to you all, with their incredible song: Undying Evil. This song is featured on ENFORCER‘s superior studio album released earlier this year, via Nuclear Blast: From Beyond.

The music video below is filled with live ENFORCER footage, a hot female vampire, blood, sexual situations, brief nudity and unreal great Metal. What more can we ask for than that? Metal Be Thy Name!!

Enforcer - From Beyond - promo album cover pic - #2015E

As a Metal bonus, I have also included the (Official) Lyric Video for Undying Evil. The lyrics to this song are pretty amazing too, I might add. Read along, sing along and crank ‘er up all you Metal Muthas!!

ENFORCER:

Olof Wikstrand – Vocals/Guitars

Jonas Wikstrand – Drums

Joseph Tholl – Guitars

Tobias Lindkvist – Bass

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For more info on ENFORCER:

Facebook: Enforcer

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE ENFORCER.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.