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AT THE GATES – Signing At Vacation Vinyl In Los Angeles, On March 27th

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on March 16, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

At The Gates - Vacation Vinyl - signing - March 27 - 2015 - promo flyer

As reported by Century Media Records:

LOS ANGELES, Signing Alert! The melodic Death Metal masters At The Gates (Official) will be at VACATION VINYL on March 27th from 4-5:30 for a pre-show signing session. Bring your copy of “At War with Reality” or buy one at the shop, for a meet-and-greet with the Swedish Death Metal legends – and don’t miss them live as part of the Decibel Magazine Tour with Vallenfyre, Converge, and Pallbearer!

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Website: www.centurymedia.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE AT THE GATES.

LONG LIVE VACATION VINYL.

Stone.

SULPHUR AEON – New Album From German Death Metal Tyrants To See April Release, Via Ván Records & Imperium Productions

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on March 16, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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“Diluvial Ascension – Gateway To The Antisphere” Artwork Video Posted

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The winds of spring bring the stench of Sulphur, as German Death Metal tyrants, SULPHUR AEON, prepare for the devastating unfurling of their leviathan sophomore LP, Gateway To The Antisphere, through a cooperative release between Imperium Productions and Ván Records.

SULPHUR AEON‘s critically acclaimed demo tape, Sulphur Psalms, was released in August 2010, followed by the Deep Deep Down They Sleep 7″, released in May of 2012. The band’s debut album, Swallowed By The Ocean’s Tide, was released in December 2012 through Imperium Productions. The album received worldwide praise by fans and the media alike as being one of the very few innovative and pioneering Death Metal albums of recent years with its deathly mélange of ferocious riffs, ultra-precise drums and sepulchral incantatory chants, combined with a high level of musical competence and songwriting to the most haunting and wicked Death Metal.

Now it’s time for the ancient ones to rise once more from the restless diluvial depths of timeless death, as SULPHUR AEON delivers the rapture of their second album, Gateway To The Antisphere. The album was produced by Simon Werner who was already responsible for the sound of the previous recordings of the band, and the result is a catastrophic and instantly memorable work of extreme metal art. Fifty-two minutes of debilitating yet enthralling, black-tinged, Lovecraftian death, suck the listener in like an inescapable vortex, as visually depicted in the mind-blowing cover artwork (with the emphasis on “art”) was created by Ola Larsson.

The sixth of the eleven harrowing passages on Gateway To The Antisphere has been released through an incredible artwork video. Witness the destruction of “Diluvial Ascension – Gateway To The Antisphere” now at THIS LOCATION or below:

Gateway To The Antisphere, will be released in cooperation between Imperium Productions and Ván Records on CD and as digital download on April 3rd, and vinyl in late April, the album a must-have piece for followers of Ulcerate, Morbus Chron, Abyssal, Vanhelgd and the like.

The Aeon of Sulphur awaits. A crack in the sky. A threshold. The gateway to the antisphere…

Gateway To The Antisphere – Track Listing:

1. …To Drown This World
2. Devotion To The Cosmic Chaos
3. Titans
4. Calls From Below
5. Abysshex
6. Diluvial Ascension – Gateway To The Antisphere
7. He Is The Gate
8. Seventy Steps
9. Onwards… Towards Kadath
10. Into The Courts Of Azathoth
11. Conclusion

SULPHUR AEON:

T – guitars, bass
D – drums
M – vocals

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Source: Earsplit PR

* For more info:

https://www.facebook.com/SulphurAeon

http://www.sulphuraeon.bandcamp.com

http://www.van-records.de

http://www.facebook.com/vanrecs

http://vanrecords.bandcamp.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE SULPHUR AEON.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

SIX FEET UNDER – Victor Brandt To Step In On Bass For HateFest Tour 2015

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on March 12, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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April 2015 will see the return of Europe’s HateFest Tour. The unholy bill will be headlined by SIX FEET UNDER and includes Marduk, Vader and Hate! Special guests on all weekend-dates will be Eisregen and Debauchery. Tickets are available at THIS LOCATION.

Stepping in on bass for the tour will be Victor Brandt. Comments SIX FEET UNDER frontman Chris Barnes, “Thanks to all the fans for the great response to the upcoming new SFU release, Crypt Of The Devil, and the first track, Open Coffin Orgy. We are currently getting ready for our upcoming European tour with Vader and Marduk on HateFest. It will be a cataclysmic event. Do not miss it. Also for this run of dates we want to let you know that stepping in for our bass player, Jeff Hughell, will be Victor Brandt from Entombed. Steve Marco and myself are very much looking forward to sharing the stage with Victor while Jeff and his wife Fazi welcome the birth of their first child! It’s gonna be a great year for SIX FEET UNDER! Can’t wait to see you all soon!”

Adds Brandt: “I am very proud and happy to step in for my good friend and Warwick brother, Jeff Hughell, on bass with the mighty SIX FEET UNDER for their upcoming tour in Europe. We’re gonna have a blast! See you in the pit and/or the bar.”

SIX FEET UNDER w/ Marduk, Vader, Hate:

4/02/2015 Hellraiser – Leipzig, DE

4/03/2015 Gasometer – Wien, AT w/ Eisregen, Debauchery

4/04/2015 Z7 – Pratteln, CH w/ Eisregen, Debauchery

4/05/2015 Weststadthalle – Essen, DE w/ Eisregen, Debauchery

4/06/2015 Garage – Saarbrücken, DE

4/07/2015 Club Vaudeville – Lindau, DE

4/08/2015 Rockfabrik – Ludwigsburg, DE

4/09/2015 Markthalle – Hamburg, DE

4/10/2015 Musichall – Geiselwind, DE w/ Eisregen, Debauchery

4/11/2015 Backstage – München, DE w/ Eisregen, Debauchery

4/12/2015 Postbahnhof – Berlin, DE w/ Eisregen, Debauchery

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SIX FEET UNDER will release their eleventh studio recording this Spring via Metal Blade Records. Titled Crypt Of The Devil, the ten track slab of audio violence was composed by vocalist Chris Barnes and Cannabis Corpse bassist/vocalist Phil “Landphil” Hall. While on tour with Cannabis Corpse in 2013, Barnes and Hall met and kept in touch. Barnes would later lend his vocals to a track on Cannabis Corpse’s From Wisdom To Baked. That same year, Hall and Barnes joined forces to pen brand new SIX FEET UNDER tracks.

Barnes lauds Hall’s take on the SIX FEET UNDER style of Death Metal and stated that this material was, “where my wheelhouse is – it’s where I thrive vocally and lyrically.” Crypt Of The Devil stands as a truly collaborative and cross-country effort from a selection of today’s finest metal minds, and the result is a refreshing SIX FEET UNDER experience.

Crypt Of The Devil will see release in North America via Metal Blade Records on May 5th, 2015. For a taste of the first single, “Open Coffin Orgy,” as well as a selection of preorder bundles, go to: metalblade.com/sixfeetunder.

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Source: Earsplit PR

* For more info on Six Feet Under:

http://www.metalblade.com/sixfeetunder

http://www.twitter.com/sixfeetofficial

http://www.facebook.com/sixfeetunder

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE SIX FEET UNDER.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

SIX FEET UNDER – Releasing New Studio Album “Crypt of the Devil” On May 5th, via Metal Blade Records

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on March 5, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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As reported by Metal Blade Records:

~ Six feet under ~ will release “Crypt of the Devil” – their eleventh studio album, on May 5th! Listen now at: http://www.metalblade.com/sixfeetunder

With Crypt Of The Devil, Barnes has worked to continue the overall story from the previous works, wherein he is penning lyrics from the perspective of a serial killer. Or as Barnes describes, it’s a “winding journey through his mind. The songs paint a picture that’s not necessarily linear, rather a meandering back and forth through a dark soul.” Soon-to-be-classic cuts such as “Open Coffin Orgy” serve as exemplary examples of the fruits of Barnes’ macabre muse.

Cover art by Mike Hrubovcak – www.visualdarkness.com

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MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE SIX FEET UNDER.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

BLOODSOAKED – Offering FREE Downloads Of Entire Discography

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on March 4, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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North Carolina’s one-man Death Metal Army BLOODSOAKED is offering the digital versions of all four albums as free downloads! It’s true and devoid of strings. You can get 2007’s Brutally Butchered, 2009’s Sadistic Deeds…Grotesque Memories, 2011’s The Death of Hope, and 2014’s Religious Apocalypse free at http://www.bloodsoaked.net/music.

The most recent of the four, Religious Apocalypse, was released last year on Comatose Music and included new cuts, live tracks and brutalized renditions of Cinderella’s “Shake Me” and Ratt’s “You’re in Love.”

Bloodsoaked - Large Logo!

Source: ClawHammer PR

* For more info:

www.bloodsoaked.net

www.facebook.com/bloodsoaked666

 www.comatosemusic.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE BLOODSOAKED.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

GRUESOME – First Taste Of Debut From Death-Worshipping Supergroup Now Playing – “Savage Land” To See Release Next Month

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on March 3, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Savage Land is the forthcoming debut full-length from death metal perpetrators, GRUESOME. Featuring within their bestial ranks members of Exhumed, Possessed, Malevolent Creation and Derketa, GRUESOME is a supergroup of sorts paying homage to the game-changing sounds of Death’s early recordings.

GRUESOME was borne out of guitarist/vocalist Matt Harvey (Exhumed) and drummer Gus Rios’ (Malevolent Creation) mutual involvement with the Death To All tours – Harvey serving as frontman for the original nine-member mini-tour and Rios performing “Baptized In Blood” and working with DTA drummer Sean Reinert on the following US tour where Exhumed filled in as support on a several dates.

After discarding the idea of putting together another incarnation of DTA to focus exclusively on Death’s first two albums, Harvey half-jokingly suggested writing their own songs in that vein. It wasn’t long before the idea gained traction, and the “band” had five songs written. Rios later recruited Possessed guitarist Daniel Gonzalez and Derketa bassist Robin Mazen to record the material in Florida.

Gruesome - Savage Land - promo album cover pic - #2015MOG0223

The result is the eight scathing tracks contained on Savage Land. Recorded by Rios and Gonzalez at Riversound Studios in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, mixed by Jarrett Pritchard at Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida and including a guest guitar solo on “Closed Casket” by James Murphy as well as cover art by legendary illustrator Ed Repka (Death, Megadeth, Massacre, Athiest et el), Savage Land is a truly gruesome slab of late-’80s/early-’90s Florida-styled Death Metal.

Set for release next month, today team GRUESOME offers up fourth track “Hideous” for communal absorption. The track is based on 1932 horror film, Freaks, in which the characters were played by people who worked as carnival sideshow performers and had real deformities. The original version was considered too shocking to be released, and no longer exists.

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Rios further elaborates, “‘Hideous’ was one of the last songs to be written for the album. By that point Matt had really hit a stride with the writing and this song turned out to be one of our favorites! It seamlessly blends influences from the first three Death albums with even a tiny tip of the hat to Human. Listen closely after the solo section…you’ll swear it’s 1988 for real! We sincerely hope that everyone enjoys this as much as we did creating it! Hail Chuck [Schuldiner]!”

Sample “Hideous” via SoundCloud HERE or YouTube HERE.

Tragically, there will never be any truly new Death material, but GRUESOME is humbly determined to keeping the band’s classic sound alive as faithfully as possible. Savage Land will be released in North America via Relapse Records on April 21st, 2015, April 17th in Germany, Benelux and Finland and April 20th in the UK, rest of the world on CD and digitally. For preorders scroll on over to THIS LOCATION. Digital preorders are available via iTunes HERE and the GRUESOME BandCamp page HERE.

 CRITICAL PRAISE:

“The turning inside out of Death’s first two albums is in good hands here.” – Decibel Magazine

“Absolutely kick-ass in its own right, but also an authentic form of homage to Death.” – No Clean Singing

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Source: Earsplit PR

* For more info:

http://www.facebook.com/gruesomedeathmetal

http://www.facebook.com/relapserecords

http://www.relapse.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE GRUESOME.

LONG LIVE OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL.

Stone.

NOTHGARD – Epic Melodic Death Metal Band From Germany – Release New Guitar Hero / Frets On Fire Video File Of “Blackened Seed”

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , on March 2, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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(Pictured above: NOTHGARD guitarist Daniel K.)

German Epic Melodic Death Metal virtuoso NOTHGARD released a new Guitar Hero / Frets On Fire video file of their song “Blackened Seed”.

It can be seen below or via:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwivRhUP0Y

Guitarist Dom R. Crey says about:

“From the very beginning I was fascinated by Frets On Fire (PC) and Guitar Hero (game console). I always wondered how hard such a game could be, while spending hours in front of the goggle-box. This is why we came up with the idea to create our Frets On Fire – Nothgard Songs. Just because we thought this would be fucking cool. Now we have 2 songs from our latest record to download.

The first one can be found here:

http://www.nothgard.de/nothgard-blackened-seed-guitarhero-fretsonfire.zip.

Everybody should check it out. We wish a lot of fun and patience. I still can’t play the songs in the game.”

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Source:

Website: http://www.metalmessage.de

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* For more info on NOTHGARD:

Website: http://www.nothgard.de/

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Nothgard

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nothgard

Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/nothgard/

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE NOTHGARD.

LONG LIVE GERMANY.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

The Kennedy Veil Release New Guitar Play Through Video For “Perfidia”

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , on March 2, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

Perfidia Guitar Playthrough - The Kennedy Veil - 2015 - promo banner pic

Sacramento, CA’s modern death metal juggernaut, THE KENNEDY VEIL, have released a new play through video with guitarist Kc Childers performing the track entitled “Perfidia.” The track is taken from their crushing debut album, Trinity of Falsehood, which saw a release on Jan 21, 2014 via Unique Leader Records.

Check out the “Perfidia” play through video at this location, and be sure to subscribe to THE KENNEDY VEIL‘s official YouTube channel to see all their upcoming video updates first!

Produced by Nick Botelho at NB Recording in Santa Rosa, California and featuring the debut of vocalist, Taylor WientjesTrinity Of Falsehood is the band’s most technically precise, conceptually captivating and indisputably brutal material to date. Trinity of Falsehood can be streamed in its entirety at this location.

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Confirmed upcoming Live Dates for THE KENNEDY VEIL:

05/01 – 05/02 – Jub Jub’s – Reno, NV – Spring Meltdown Fest (w/ Conducting from the Grave, Inanimate Existence, Embryonic Devourment, Ænimus, and more)

Critical Praise:

THE KENNEDY VEIL has thrown down the death metal gauntlet for years to come. Trinity Of Falsehood is a scorcher…” – Dead Rhetoric

The thing that… separates THE KENNEDY VEIL from the pack is the fact that there are definite hooks among the relentless displays of technical prowess…” – Knac.com

Combining an undercurrent of evil with the new-school ideal for technicality, THE KENNEDY VEIL really exemplifies what modern death metal is/should be moving towards… This is the type of death metal you happily put on repeat.” — Decoy Music

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Source:

RebelPyro Management

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For more information, please visit:

http://www.facebook.com/thekennedyveil

http://thekennedyveil.bandcamp.com/

http://thekennedyveil.bigcartel.com/

http://www.indiemerchstore.com/b/the-kennedy-veil/

http://www.youtube.com/tkvtv1

https://instagram.com/thekennedyveil/

https://twitter.com/tkvband

http://ww.uniqueleader.com/

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE THE KENNEDY VEIL.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

CARNALATION – Signs For Inverse Records And Heading To The Studio In March!

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, Music, rock music with tags , , , , , on February 26, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Carnalation is returning after a long and creative break and have inked a deal with Finnish label Inverse Records. The band have been rehearsing and finishing their new songs and the quintet is heading to the studio mid-March. A new five songs EP, named “Ghosts” and will be released June 12th 2015. Carnalation can be seen next time live on the stage at Midsummer festival Nummirock.

A short statement from the vocalist Jonne Soidinaho: “On the last record we were hitting with direct punches, now it’s time to add destructive hooks to the ribs!”

Carnalation – Cadence of Insects:

Carnalation – Floods:

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Source: Inverse Music Group

More info:

http://www.carnalation.com

https://www.facebook.com/carnalation

http://www.nem.fi/artists/carnalation (Booking)

http://inverse.fi/wordpress2/sample-page/carnalation

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE CARNALATION.

CARNALATION KICKS 100% METAL ASS.

LONG LIVE FINLAND.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

GRUESOME – Death Metal Faction Featuring Members Of Exhumed, Possessed, Malevolent Creation And Derketa To Release Debut This April Via Relapse Records; Trailer Posted + Preorders Available

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on February 24, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

Gruesome - Savage Land - promo album cover pic - #2015MOG0223

GRUESOME is a debilitating Death Metal faction featuring members of Exhumed, Possessed, Malevolent Creation and Derketa. A respectful celebration of the sound of the early Death records, the collective was borne out of guitarist/vocalist Matt Harvey (Exhumed) and drummer Gus Rios’ (Malevolent Creation) mutual involvement with the Death To All tours, with Harvey serving as frontman for the original nine-member mini-tour and Rios performing “Baptized In Blood” and working with DTA drummer Sean Reinert on the following US tour where Exhumed filled in as support on a several dates. The pair stayed in touch and discussed their mutual love (obsession?) for the early half of Death’s catalog.

Gruesome - classic band logo - #2015GMODM

After deliberating and ultimately discarding the idea of putting together another incarnation of DTA to focus exclusively on the first two albums, Harvey half-jokingly suggested writing their own songs in that vein. It wasn’t long before the idea gained traction, and the “band” had five songs written. With Harvey composing in California, Rios recruited Possessed guitarist Daniel Gonzalez and Derketa bassist Robin Mazen to record the material in Florida, while Harvey tracked his vocals on the West Coast. The result is eight-track debut, Savage Land, a truly gruesome slab of late-’80s/early-’90s Florida-styled Death Metal. Tragically, there will never be any truly new Death material, but GRUESOME is humbly determined to keeping the band’s classic sound alive as faithfully as possible.

Check Out GRUESOME’s Savage Land Trailer Below:

Savage Land – Track Listing:

1. Savage Land
2. Trapped In Hell
3. Demonized
4. Hideous
5. Gangrene
6. Closed Casket
7. Psychic Twin
8. Gruesome

Elaborates Harvey, “We had such a blast writing and recording this album, I just hope people enjoy it half as much as I enjoyed doing it. It was a great experience working with my friends in Florida and getting to write and record my take on the Death sound. I’m beyond happy with the way everything came out and I hope people take it as the loving, respectful piece of work that it is. I know that sounds counterintuitive for a death metal album, but the whole band is really a super nerdy fan letter to Chuck [Schuldiner], James [Murphy], Rick [Rozz], Terry [Butler], Chris [Reifert], Paul [Masvidal], Sean [Reinert], and Stevie D [DiGiorgio] for making records that have given me literally decades of enjoyment. Having had a chance to meet and hang out with all of those dudes from the early Death days, with the exception of Bill Andrews, has been nothing but humbling, rewarding, enlightening and has only deepened my love for the band and made it that much more personal. So I decided to write an album about ’80s horror movies and deadly diseases, which is what anyone would do under the circumstances, right? Anyway, if you like late ’80s Death, I sincerely hope you enjoy our take on it, which is really what this album is, with all the drippy blood and inverted crosses in the logo that it implies.”

Gruesome - classic band logo - #2015GMODM

Savage Land was recorded by Rios and Gonzalez at Riversound Studios in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, mixed by Jarrett Pritchard at Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida and features a guest guitar solo on “Closed Casket” by James Murphy as well as cover art by legendary illustrator Ed Repka (Death, Megadeth, Massacre, Athiest et el).

Savage Land will be released in North America via Relapse Records on April 21st, 2015, April 17th in Germany, Benelux and Finland and April 20th in the UK and the rest of the world on CD and digitally. For preorders scroll on over to THIS LOCATION. Digital preorders are available via the GRUESOME BandCamp page HERE.

“The turning inside out of Death’s first two albums is in good hands here.” – Decibel Magazine

GRUESOME:

Daniel Gonzalez – Guitar

Matt Harvey – Guitar, vocals

Robin Mazen – Bass

Gus Rios – Drums

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Source: Earsplit PR

* For more info:

http://www.facebook.com/gruesomedeathmetal

http://www.facebook.com/relapserecords

http://www.relapse.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE GRUESOME.

LONG LIVE OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL.

Stone.

DEHUMAN – Announce April Southern Europe Tour

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , on February 24, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Greatly expanding their previously announced Spain Tour, Belgian raging Death Metal horde DEHUMAN (feat. Laye Louhenapessy also drummer for PUTRID OFFAL) have now announced a complete two weeks tour of Southern Europe that will drive them to Italy, France, Spain and Portugal in support of their brand new full-length, “Graveyard of Eden” which is currently available for preorders with a release date set to March 09 (World) / 10 (North America and digital).

Tour Dates:

  • 16 – IT – Torino – El Passo
  • 17 – IT – Roma – Traffic
  • 18 – IT – Roma – Ateneo Occupato
  • 19 – FR – Nice – Volume
  • 20 – TBA
  • 21 – TBA
  • 22 – FR – Montpellier – Blackout
  • 23 – ES – Madrid – Leyenda Rock
  • 24 – ES – Valencia – La Tejera
  • 25 – ES – Aguillas – CSA Social Rock
  • 26 – ES – Barcelona – Sala Be Good
  • 27 – TBA
  • 28 – PT – Braga – Toca
  • 29 – PT – Barroselas – SWR Fest
  • 30 – ES – San Sebastian – Mogambo
  • 01 – FR – Toulouse – Pavillons Sauvages

Links:

Dehuman - April 2015 Southern Europe Tour - promo tour flyer

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MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE DEHUMAN.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

ALTERBEAST “Immortal” – A Metal Odyssey Album Review

Posted in Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on February 5, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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4.5 METAL Fists Out Of 5!

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ALTERBEAST originate from Sacramento, California and released their debut full-length album, Immortal, back in March of 2014 via Unique Leader Records. You can call ALTERBEAST Death Metal and/or Technical Death Metal. The guitars and bass were recorded at Augmented Audio in Los Angeles, with former The Black Dahlia Murder bassist Ryan “Bart” Williams.

ALTERBEAST formed in 2011 under the working title: Gary Busey Amber Alert (GBAA). Unreal stuff. If you’re a fan of Metal that combines an extreme rhythm section with hell inspired vocals and big melodic guitars then ALTERBEAST should sonically satisfy your Metal craving. The guitars of Rusty Cornell and Andrew Lamb on Immortal are both violent and dare I say, Neo-Classical? Regardless, I absolutely love listening to these two guitarists alone.

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There is an abundance of musical substance on this album, from the lyrics to the blazing guitar solos, with the formidable rhythm section of bassist Michael Zamora and seasoned drummer Gabe Seeber holding it all together. Vocalist Cam Rogers is damn good and when I try to sing a verse along to this album it’s a total disaster. Extreme Metal singers are a breed of their own and Cam Rogers is a powerful vocalist to reckon with.

ALTERBEAST unleashed their first demo in 2012 and then officially began touring, doing numerous shows while opening for such Metal legends as Deicide, Dying Fetus, Testament, Revocation, Exhumed, Severed Savior and many others. When you open for a Metal crowd like that, it equates to Metal respect.

ALTERBEAST did create moments for the listener to catch their breath, during their sonic Death and destruction on Immortal; the sounds of (what I think are) geese can be heard as part of the outro to Mutilated Marvel. There is evil chanting that is the intro to Serpentspire. Excellent! Throne Of Maggots is the album closer and its outro is the sound of distant winds. Going backwards to the album opener, Flesh Bound Text begins with the peaceful sounds of an old 78rpm playing a strings and piano number… then ALL hell breaks loose. Love it. I look forward to great Metal things from ALTERBEAST. Metal be thy name. – Stone

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Immortal – Track List: 1. Flesh Bound Text, 2. Of Decimus Divine, 3. Vile Remnants, 4. Ancient’s Retribution, 5. Mutilated Marvel, 6., Into Oblivion, 7. Serpentspire, 8. Throne Of Maggots

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* For more info on ALTERBEAST:

http://www.facebook.com/ALTERBEASTofficial

http://www.youtube.com/ALTERBEASTofficial

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Website: http://www.uniqueleader.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE ALTERBEAST.

LONG LIVE CALIFORNIA.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

DEHUMAN – To Release ‘Graveyard of Eden’ On Kaotoxin Records March 9th / Announce Spanish Tour

Posted in Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , on January 26, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Belgium Death Metallers DEHUMAN will release Graveyard Of Eden on Kaotoxin Records March 9, followed by the North American and digital release on March 10, as a limited edition (500 copies) first press deluxe three-panels DigiSleeve CD. Featuring an exclusive bonus track, the LP version will be available on April 13 (April 14 in North America) both as a 100-copy collector edition on white vinyl (band and label exclusive) and 400 copies on black vinyl.

After the release of their 2012 debut full-length Black Throne of All Creation, four European tours with the likes of Master and Agathocles and many festival appearances, DEHUMAN are back with a ferociously raging and ravaging second full-length produced at both the Blackout Studio (Enthroned, Emptiness…) and Sainte Marthe Studio (Arkhon Infaustus, DEEP IN HATE, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION).

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Preorders will start on February 9, exclusively at Kaotoxin.com, and will come with exclusive special package deals including a new line of t-shirts, girlies and hoodies.

Right after the official release party on March 13 at Le Biplan in Lille (Facebook Event) with label mates SAVAGE ANNIHILATION and INFECTED SOCIETY, DEHUMAN will embark on a Spanish tour with Hungary’s GraveCrusher and Spain’s Riot of Violence. Scroll down for tour dates.

Graveyard Of Eden – Track List:

Sepulcher of Malevolence

Crypts of Blood

Obedience to Pestilence

Invocation of Sublime Death

Cries of Nihility*

Temple of Lust and Fire

Cerebro Veneficium

Ov Madness

Goddess of Sins

*LP bonus track

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Source: ClawHammer PR

* For more info:

https://www.facebook.com/dehumanDM

 www.kaotoxin.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE DEHUMAN.

LONG LIVE BELGIUM.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

GHOULGOTHA “The Deathmass Cloak” – A Raging And Wicked, Blackened, Death Doom Metal Album!

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

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4 Out Of 5 METAL Fists!

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GHOULGOTHA The Deathmass Cloak has been made available, on January 13th, via the Dark Descent website. This group was formed and is based in San Diego, California. GHOULGOTHA do strike the Death Metal hammer down, more than likely splitting speakers and skulls, across the lands, from their debut album. My Metal God almighty, is this album molasses heavy!

Overall, The Deathmass Cloak plays out as a Blackened Death Metal collides with calamitous Doom Metal listen. Heavy as King Kong’s monster-sized, congealed shit and fused with down tempo Death Metal are best to describe this album’s songs. GHOULGOTHA have won me over due their honing in on their own sound and by not following the leader within the Death Metal universe. There are hoards of riffs, that summons the same Metal Gods that have looked down upon Black Sabbath with appreciation and trust me, these guitar parts are CHUNKY.

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I have found The Deathmass Cloak to be a rather diverse listen in Death Metal, where both Old Schoolers and newbies of the Modern era should both walk away feeling some deathly Metal fulfillment from GHOULGOTHA’s creativity. The all-encompassing Death Metal vibe on this album is just an overall treat for my senses; GHOULGOTHA has a downbeat aura to their sound that just locks me in, man.

The sonic surprises of both the album’s intro of Solar Awakening and closer, Levitate Within The Curse, are stuff of genius for a Death Metal band; very impressive musical ideas were obviously fulfilled there. I’ll leave that last thought as something you’ll have to hear for yourself, it’s too good to give away. Metal be thy name. – Stone

Listen To And Support GHOULGOTHA:

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* For more info on GHOULGOTHA:

Facebook: Ghoulgotha

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Website: www.darkdescentrecords.com

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE  GHOULGOTHA.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

GHOULGOTHA – ‘The Deathmass Cloak’ Out Now on Dark Descent Records; Complete Album Streaming

Posted in Metal, metal music, Music, rock music with tags , , , , on January 16, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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The Deathmass Cloak, the debut full-length from San Diego-based death metal band GHOULGOTHA, is out now on Dark Descent Records. Stream the album in its entirety at this location.

Purchase The Deathmass Cloak right here.

After a demo, EP and a split, GHOULGOTHA emphatically announces their presence in the metal realm with the 53-minute The Deathmass Cloak. The album is the product of the very warped and prolific W. Sarantopoulos (AKA Elektrokutioner), so expect some of the most outside the box brutality the underground has to offer. Produced by Damian Herring (HORRENDOUS) at Subterranean Watchtower Studio, The Deathmass Cloak is a weird and winding death metal album destined to satisfy even the harshest critics. Cover art for the album comes courtesy of Mattias Frisk (Vanhelgd).

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The Deathmass Cloak – Track List:

Solar Awakening (Intro)

Gazing into Melted Night

A Neck for the Nameless Noose

Austere Urns

Saturnal Rites

Prophetic Oration of Self

Arteries Unblest

Citadel of Heathen Flesh

Cartilage Imperfect

Levitate Within the Curse

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W. Sarantopoulos (DECREPITAPH, FATHER BEFOULED, ENCOFFINATION, WOODEN STAKE, FESTERED, SCAREMAKER and more) moved from Dallas to San Diego and began searching for musicians to bring some Doom/Death to Southern California. Shortly after moving, he hooked up with drummer C. Koryn (ASCENDED DEAD) who shared a lot of the same influences. Their playing styles worked perfectly with each other, making the song writing process very easy. The two jammed for a few months while looking for other members to complete the line up.

The band name GHOULGOTHA was chosen as it represents our dedication to rotting old skull Doom/Death. In the summer of 2012, J. Moreno (ASCENDED DEAD) and I. Mann were added on bass/vocals and second guitar, respectively. The full horde quickly put together a two song demo/promo called No Peace To Rest In and released it in September 2012.

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* For more info:

www.facebook.com/ghoulgotha666

www.darkdescentrecords.com

darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com

www.facebook.com/DarkDescentRecords

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE GHOULGOTHA.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

Milwaukee Tech-Death Metallers ARA Release “Devourer of Worlds” – Complete Album Streaming Now

Posted in Metal, metal music, music news, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , on January 12, 2015 by Metal Odyssey

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Milwaukee Tech-Death Metallers ARA have self-released their new full-length album Devourer of Worlds. On this new statement of malicious intent, ARA makes a giant leap forward from 2012 debut EP The Breathless Sleep with the creation of a penetrating, technically proficient, and memorable slab of U.S. Death Metal. Devourer of Worlds was recorded and mixed by ARA and Shane Hochstetler at Howl Street Recordings, and mastered by Colin Marston.

Stream Devourer of Worlds in its entirety below or at this location.

RIYL: Gorguts, Immolation, Morbid Angel, Demilich, Hate Eternal, Origin, Portal, Anata, Cannibal Corpse, Cryptopsy, Mithras, Suffocation, Ulcerate, etc..

DEVOURER OF WORLDS – Track List:

  1. Incunabulum
  2. Obelisk
  3. Jerupitus, the Blood-Drenched
  4. Insectile Aberration
  5. Cadaverlanche
  6. Dredgehammer
  7. Execution
  8. Cruel Epitaph
  9. Human Garbage
  10. Devourer of Worlds

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ABOUT ARA:

ARA is a Progressive/Technical Death Metal band, featuring members of the bands Northless and Concentric. ARA began in early 2012 as a culmination of the desires of Jerry Hauppa and Erik Stenglein to play in a Death Metal project that borrowed from their influences, without being mere carbon copies. Both Jerry and Erik have/had played in multiple Milwaukee area bands throughout the last 12 years, enjoying performing and creating various styles of music, but they had never realized their goal of creating stark, dissonant, yet strangely melodic brutality, until deciding to try to play some Death Metal riffs together, one day in their practice space.

This jam led to full songs and of course, the inception of ARA. Soon after, Jerry recruited longtime musical collaborator James Becker (Concentric, ex-Forever Is Forgotten) and Adam Bujny (ex-Gaspar Minga) on bass and vocals, respectively, and they filled out the sound in a way that led to the formation of material found on The Blessed Sleep. And that was just the beginning. New album Devourer of Worlds is ARA’s declaration of war!

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* For more info on ARA:

https://www.facebook.com/Ara.Music.WI

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE ARA.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

INTERNAL SUFFERING – Long-Running Brutal Death Metal Behemoths Ink New Deal With Unique Leader Records

Posted in Metal, metal music, Music, music news, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , on December 29, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Unique Leader Records is very pleased to announce the re-signing of long-running brutal Death Metal behemoths, INTERNAL SUFFERING.

Comments the band in a collective statement: “We are stoked to announce that we have resigned with Unique Leader! We are all very proud to be again a part of a label that has released some of the finest extreme death metal albums in history from bands such as Deeds Of Flesh, Decrepit Birth, Disgorge, Pyrexia, Internal Bleeding, Disavowed, Hour Of Penance, Aeon, Beheaded, Psycroptic and Spawn Of Possession, just to name a few. This is the beginning of a new chapter for us. We would like to thank Erik Lindmark and all the staff at Unique Leader for welcoming us back into their incredible roster. Few other labels can touch their legacy when it comes to high quality brutal death metal. We’ll be starting the recording sessions this Winter. We look forward to previously undreamed-of levels of brutality, speed and intensity with this new record. Stay tuned for more details!”

Spawned in 1996, INTERNAL SUFFERING recently relocated from their home base in Pereira, Columbia to Madrid, Spain. Notorious for their apocalyptic brand of brutal, blasting, technically proficient death metal, the band’s bestial discography includes four full-lengths: 2000’s Supreme Knowledge Domain (Repulse Records), 2002’s Chaotic Matrix (Displeased Records), 2004’s Choronzonic Force Domination (Displeased Records) and 2006’s Awakening of the Rebel (Unique Leader Records), the last two of which featured the production prowess of extreme metal sound-wizard Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal/ex-Morbid Angel).

A maniacal work ethic and thirst to spread their audio peril globally has allowed INTERNAL SUFFERING the opportunity to ransack stages throughout the US, Europe and Asia along the iconic likes of Cannibal Corpse, Sodom, Incantation, Exodus and Origin, among many more. The band has also graced the bills of some of the most important extreme metal festivals in the world including the Maryland Deathfest, Extreme Fest, Neurotic Death Fest, Barroselas Metal Fest, Tokyo Death Fest, Bangkok Deathfest, Fuck The Commerce Fest, Obscene Extreme Festival and Kaltenbach Open Air Fest as well as an appearance last year at the massive Rock At The Park. Among the most populated open air fests in Latin America, Rock At The Park draws over 100,000 headbangers annually!

INTERNAL SUFFERING will release their long-awaited fifth studio album via Unique Leader Records in 2015. Details to be unveiled in due time.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info:

http://www.facebook.com/InternalSuffering

Unique Leader Records - logo - B&W - 2013

http://www.facebook.com/UniqueLeaderRecords

http://www.twitter.com/UniqueLeaderRec

http://www.youtube.com/uniqueleaderrecords

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE INTERNAL SUFFERING.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

APOCROPHEX – RELEASE NEW SINGLE FROM FORTHCOMING DEBUT FULL LENGTH

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, Music, music news, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on December 19, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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American Technical Death Metal duo APOCROPHEX are pleased to release The Grey, the first single from their highly anticipated début full length Suspended From the Cosmic Altaar.

The Grey is the opening track from the upcoming album, set to be released 3/10/15 on CD and digital via NJ-based Manicidic Records.

The band released the following statement about the song:

“We chose “The Grey” as first contact because it fully represents our evolution and progression from the Wheels Within Wheels EP so well. Fans that have only heard those 2 short tracks are in for an eye opener with this album, due to its massive leap forward in song structure, overall technicality and sheer power. Lyrically, the song presents the listener with the ever unsettling and horrific threat of being limited in option, to feeling and experiencing only constant fear, or ultimately nothing at all...”

Pre-order information will be available soon.

Listen to The Grey here:

https://apocrophex.bandcamp.com/track/the-grey

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Album cover artwork by: Raul Gonzalez.

APOCROPHEX – Online:

Bandcamp

Facebook

LABEL INFO:

Facebook

Big Cartel

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(Source: Dewar PR)

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE APOCROPHEX.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

Czech Republic’s HEAVING EARTH Debut Song From Upcoming Album

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, Music, music news, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on December 18, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Czech Death Metallers HEAVING EARTH have debuted a brand new song from their as yet untitled upcoming new album. The album is targeted for a January/February 2015 release on Czech label Lavadome Productions. Keep your eyes peeled for the artwork, title, and official release date. In the mean time, stream “Doomed Before Inception” at below!

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

*For more info:

Facebook: Heaving Earth

Lavadome Productions - brand label - 2014

https://www.facebook.com/lavadome 

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE HEAVING EARTH.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

NERVOCHAOS “The Art of Vengeance” Is Out Now On Greyhaze Records / Decibel Streaming Album

Posted in Death Metal, Metal, metal music, music news, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , on December 14, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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The Art of Vengeance from Brazilian old school death-thrashers NERVOCHAOS is now available worldwide on Greyhaze RecordsDecibel has offered up the complete album stream for your listening pleasure at: http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/full-album-stream-nervochaos/

Order The Art of Vengeance at this location. 

The band’s most varied and devastating release to date, The Art of Vengeance blends elements of traditional death, bone crushing doom, punk and thrash for results that are both destructive and addicting. The first pressing of the album also includes a bonus DVD featuring a documentation of the band’s latest tour.

Critical Praise:

“Old school death metal and thrash from Brazil, where you’ll still get your ass kicked sideways for being a poseur.” – Decibel

“Brazilian Death Metal Kings” 10/10 – Metal-Temple

“A well-rounded expression of brutality which is at once instant to the ears and yet always bruising.” – Metal Forces Magazine

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The Art Of Vengeance – Track List:

The Harvest

For Passion Not Fashion

The Devil’s Work

Betrayed

From Below and Not Above

Blood Ritual

Rotten Moralismo

Shadows of Destruction

Ghost of the Past

What is Dead May Never Die

The Legacy is Pain

Lightless

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About NERVOCHAOS:

Fed-up with the entire trend flooding the scene, NERVOCHAOS was formed in mid-1996, with the idea of creating aggressive and chaotic music, shredding the barriers of Death Metal and Hardcore. The band gained cult status in the extreme music scene due to their hard work over the past years, offering a sonic extravaganza in their unique way. Their demo-tapes have become collector’s items in the underground, supporting their regular releases.

The band is not afraid of touring or performing live. They did many tours around Europe, South America; and shared the stage with several acts such as VENOM, POSSESSED, CANNIBAL CORPSE, KREATOR, BIOHAZARD, AGNOSTIC FRONT, CARCASS, NAPALM DEATH, DISMEMBER, D.R.I., MAYHEM, THE EXPLOITED and many more to list.

After 18 years of churning out some of the most furious and vehement Metal the South American underground has experienced, NERVOCHAOS is back with The Art of Vengeance. The band’s sixth studio album, The Art of Vengeance is poised to be a standout album of 2014.

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

www.nervochaos.com.br

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www.greyhazerecords.com

www.facebook.com/greyhazerecords

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE NERVOCHAOS.

LONG LIVE BRAZIL.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.