Archive for Death Metal

ABORTED FETUS – Release “Private Judgement Day” On Comatose Records

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , , on February 18, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Private Judgement Day, the newest bone-breaker from Russian Death Metal slam monsters ABORTED FETUS is out now on Comatose Records.

The band’s third full-length picks up right where 2010’s Fatal Dogmatic Damage left off. Private Judgement Day explodes with violent guitar riffs, ruthless drumming, and immensely powerful guttural vocals that will expose listeners to the ravaged sounds of inhumanity and leave you with the savory after taste of murderous gore. ABORTED FETUS is Ural massive brutality!

Stream album track “Malignant Pregnancy” and order the album at www.comatosemusic.com.

Critical Praise:

“Words simply cannot describe the massacre!” [5/5] – Brutalism.com

“Rawer than Sushi, gorier than a murderer’s basement, intensely gratifying and brutally insane it’s Aborted Foetus – from Russia – with love!” [10/10] – Ramzine

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on ABORTED FETUS:

Website: www.abortedfetus.ru

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Abortedfetusbrutality

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Website: www.comatosemusic.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/comatosemusiclabel

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LONG LIVE ABORTED FETUS.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

COFFINS – Tokyo Doom Destroyers Announce U.S. Tour Including Return To Maryland Deathfest

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , , on February 10, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Following their most widely received LP to date with the 2013-released, The Fleshland, Tokyo, Japan’s COFFINS have confirmed a new American invasion this Spring.

COFFINS will bring their diseased, suffocating death-doom decimation back to this side of the Pacific once again in May with a special mini-tour, marking a four-year gap since their previous stateside visit. Bringing forth bulldozing hymns from The Fleshland in addition to their brutal back-catalog of mid-paced grave digging metal, in addition to their recently revamped lineup, beginning May 18th, COFFINS will plunder Chicago, Cleveland, Brooklyn and Philadelphia before closing down the run with their return to Maryland Deathfest in Baltimore on May 22nd, their first time storming MDF since their set at the 2010 edition of the event. COFFINS will be provided with support from Chicago death’n’rollers, Bones, on the tour dates leading up to Deathfest.

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COFFINS 2014 U.S. Tour Dates:

5/18/2014 Reggie’s – Chicago, IL w/ Bones

5/19/2014 Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH w/ Bones

5/20/2014 Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY w/ Bones

5/21/2014 Kung Fu Knife Shop – Philadelphia, PA w/ Bones

5/22/2014 Maryland Deathfest – Baltimore, MD

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Their first LP for Relapse Records, The Fleshland shows COFFINS smashing down everything in their path with nine new grisly tracks, laying down over forty-five minutes of low-end, sludge-infiltrated, plodding, doom, captured with some of the best production values in the band’s meaty catalog of carnage, recorded at Tokyo’s Noise Room Studio with engineer Shigenori Kobayashi, and produced by Bungo Uchino and the rest of COFFINSThe Fleshland is available on CD, download and 2xLP. Stream the entire album and order all versions HERE.

 Critical Praise:

“Tokyo’s Coffins have been at it steadily for nearly two decades, never bringing the tempos above a deathly lurch and unironically keeping it sick/staying brutal.” – Decibel 

“…Japanese death metal yakuza Coffins have carved out a long and fruitful career by out-Autopsying Autopsy.” – Pitchfork

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on COFFINS:

http://www.coffins.jp

https://www.facebook.com/intothecoffin

http://www.youtube.com/CoffinsJP

https://www.twitter.com/CoffinsJP

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LONG LIVE COFFINS.

LONG LIVE JAPAN.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

BEHEMOTH – “The Satanist” Is Out Now, Sparking Current Numerous Cover Stories; Boasting Dazzling Album Cover/Liner Notes Art – An In-Depth Look!

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , , , on February 9, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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(Photo credit: BEHEMOTH! Facebook)

Widespread Critical Acclaim For The Legendary Behemoth’s New Studio Album – The Satanist

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BEHEMOTH – The legendary Nergal and Behemoth have received a quantum amount of Metal attention in recent weeks, due to the release of their tenth studio album: The Satanist. From all corners of the Metal community, the reviews for The Satanist have been pouring in, from favorable to perfect. The largely circulated Metal magazines have been featuring Nergal and Behemoth as their respective cover stories, from Terrorizer to Metal Hammer and many, many in-between.

The Satanist was released on February 4th, in both North America and in Behemoth’s home country of Poland, via Metal Blade Records. A February 3rd release date happened for Europe, via Nuclear Blast. I bought my copy of The Satanist (CD/DVD edition) at Best Buy for $9.99 (U.S.) on release day and the cover art differs from the art that has been more widely shown and marketed for the CD:

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This silver cover version (above, with band logo and upside down album title) is a tremendous piece of art unto itself! Truthfully, the black band logo and upside down album title, atop the silver background, speaks for itself. This is, in my Metal opinion, a perfect example of less is more, in the world of art.

The liner notes for the CD/DVD edition are done with graphic design elegance, featuring pages dedicated for the words of Nergal pertaining to the lyrics and development of every song, with an added overlay page of vellum for each. The loyalty that Nergal has towards Satan is very forthright, within these pages of liner notes. The DVD contains The Satanist: Oblivion – Live Barbarossa. An incredible package of liner notes, and additional artwork; simply stunning!

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Denis Forkas Kostromitin is the artist for The Satanist cover (above). A Russian painter and occultist, Denis Forkas Kostromitin is world-renowned and created a brilliant, haunting and nightmarish dark work of art, in my Metal opinion. This painting even included the added medium of Nergal’s own blood. That is a fascinating way to become a personal part of your own artistic and spiritual vision and Nergal has done just that!

I will soon write a review for The Satanist and will (as always) be non-biased when it comes to the lyrical content based on spiritual beliefs. Metal music is an art form that I cherish, therefore my already instilled belief systems on spirituality, morality and ethics can never be swayed at this point in my Metal life. However, I’ve never been bashful to critique a bad album cover. Perhaps it’s due to my past college experience I’ve had with all of my fine art classes.

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As a past student of the fine arts, I took a beating from critiques and was commended as well. With that said, I’ve always believed the Metal genre to be the crème de la crème of artistic vision when album cover and liner notes art are discussed; and The Satanist visual art is a radiant gem. Nergal, Behemoth and Denis Forkas Kostromitin should deservedly be proud about the visual side of The Satanist.

For me, the music of Metal and its corresponding visual art is what I gravitate towards; while the personal and/or theological beliefs, ideals and lyrics of any respective band falls under individual liberties and free speech. These freedoms none of us should take for granted. The Satanist raises the bar for Metal visual art, for many, many years to come. Metal be thy name. – Stone

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The Satanist is available on Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Satanist-Behemoth/dp/B00I0QQ4ZG

You can also purchase The Satanist on iTunes, by clicking that cool link below! Whoa!

https://itunes.apple.com/album/id765742794

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* For more info on BEHEMOTH:

Facebook: BEHEMOTH!

Website: http://www.behemoth.pl

* For more info on Denis Forkas Kostromitin:

Website: http://www.denisforkas.com

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LONG LIVE BEHEMOTH.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

MASS INFECTION – Return With “For I Am Genocide” April 1st, On Comatose Music

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on February 8, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Greek death dealers MASS INFECTION prepares to dominate the death metal scene in 2014 with their new, highly anticipated full-length album, For I Am Genocide. This is the follow-up to their 2009 release The Age of Recreation.

MASS INFECTION has crushed skulls with their precision brutality since 2003. They have certainly proven to be a supreme force with their skillful and technical style of catchy Death Metal. MASS INFECTION are strongly influenced by bands like Deeds of Flesh, Hate Eternal and Severe Torture… so you can expect a blistering assault of barbaric insanity!

Album track “Praised By All The Entities” is now streaming below:

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For I Am Genocide – Track Listing:

1. Praised By All the Entities

2. The Scourge of Living Forms

3. Hierarchy of the Highest Abomination

4. Beholding the Throne

5. Unearthly Legion

6. Maelstrom of Endless Suffering

7. Beyond Perpetuation

8. Nihilism Reigns

9. The Genocide Revealed

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on MASS INFECTION:

Facebook: MASS INFECTION on Facebook

Twitter: twitter.com/mass_infection

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Check out the COMATOSE MUSIC webstore for a huge selection of brutality on CD and vinyl. Buy 3 CDs, get 1 free, buy 6, get 2; buy 9 get 3! Tons of merch, specials, pre-orders and more also available.

Website: www.comatosemusic.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/comatosemusiclabel

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LONG LIVE MASS INFECTION.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

NEAR DEATH CONDITION – Swiss Extreme Death Metal Manglers To Unleash New Full-Length; Artwork + Track Listing Revealed

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on February 5, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Swiss Extreme Death Metal manglers, NEAR DEATH CONDITION, are readying to unleash their sophomore full-length for Unique Leader Records. Titled Evolving Towards Extinction, the record was mixed at famed Hertz Studios (Vader, Hate, Dead Infection, Vesania etc.) in Poland, mastered at Iguana Studios in Germany and hurls forth eleven infernal odes of chaos and death ornamented by incapacitating drum gymnastics, scorching riffs and enough vocal acrimony to flatten a nation.

Evolving Towards Extinction Track Listing:

01. Words Of Wisdom
02. Between The Dying And The Dead
03. Intelligent Design
04. Pandemic Of Ignorance
05. Praise The Lord Of Negation
06. The Anatomy Of Disgust
07. Anagamin
08. Evolving Towards Extinction
09. Vertigo
10. Communing With Emptiness
11. Nostalgia For Chaos

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NEAR DEATH CONDITION was spawned in Switzerland thirteen years ago and unleashed their Delusional Perception Of Reality demo in 2005. More a full-length than a mere demo, the punishing offering reaped instant praise among the Death Metal underground and earned NDC a place on Unique Leader’s reputable roster of extreme. Their first official long player, The Disembodied – In Spiritual Spheres, which Masterful Magazine commended for fusing “traditional death metal aesthetics with its more modern counterparts while retaining heaviness and dynamics throughout,” came to fruition in 2011 and grossed critical accolades from fans and media globally.

NDC has leveled stages alongside the likes of Origin, Hour Of Penance and Darkane, ravaged the third edition of the infamous Silence Festival and plan to infiltrate the masses throughout 2014. A journey into the kingdom of sickness and insanity awaits!

Evolving Towards Extinction will be released via Unique Leader Records on March 18th, 2014, with preorder opportunities and further info to be announced in the coming weeks.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on NDC:

http://www.facebook.com/officialneardeathcondition

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http://www.uniqueleader.com

http://www.facebook.com/UniqueLeaderRecords

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LONG LIVE NEAR DEATH CONDITION.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

BLOODSOAKED – Launch Kickstarter Campaign For Upcoming Comatose Music; Tour Dates Announced

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , , on February 4, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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U.S Death Metal Unit BLOODSOAKED have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for its fourth full-length album, Religious Apocalypse, to be released later this year on Comatose Music. You can donate to the cause at this location.

BLOODSOAKED main man Peter Hasselbrack explains the decision to launch the campaign:

“We took less money from our record label this time around so we could secure the digital rights to Bloodsoaked’s music and give back to the fans. With our new deal with Comatose Music we now have the rights to give away all Bloodsoaked’s music absolutely FREE via the Bloodsoaked web site. What does this mean to you…?  Well, six months after the new Bloodsoaked album is released we will be releasing every Bloodsoaked album FREE to everyone and anyone. We are doing this to give back to all the fans that have supported and continue to support Bloodsoaked.”

BLOODSOAKED’s last recorded output came in the form of The Death of Hope, released in 2011 via Comatose Music. That album, along with 2009’s Sadistic Greed…Grotesque Memories are streaming in full at www.bloodsoaked.stereokiller.com.

Both titles and more from BLOODSOAKED are available at: www.comatosemusic.com.

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Catch BLOODSOAKED on its upcoming European tour in April with SHORT FUSE, INSATANITY, AITTALA, and AGE OF ARES. Tour dates are as follows:

3-April Berlin, Ger (Blackland)

4-April Weissenfels, Ger (Schlosskeller)

5-April Greifswald, Ger (Klex)

6-April Katowice, Pol (Pub Korba)

7-April Poznan, Pol (Klub u Bazyla)

8-April Leipzig, Ger (4Rooms)

9-April Amsterdam, NL (The Cave)

10-April Paris, FR (Le Klub)

11-April Renchen, Ger (Come-Inn)

12-April Winschoten, NL (Boelies Pub)

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BLOODSOAKED have also announced that they’ll be playing the Obscene Extreme Festival in the Czech Republic, which will be held July 16-20, 2014. More information on the fest can be found at www.obsceneextreme.cz.

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on BLOODSOAKED:

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LONG LIVE BLOODSOAKED.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

BEHEMOTH – To Headline Metal Alliance Tour 2014

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , , on January 31, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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BEHEMOTH is proud to announce that they will be returning to North America this Spring as part of the Metal Alliance Tour 2014! This will be the band’s first North American tour in support of their new album, The Satanist. Joining BEHEMOTH on this tour will be Metal Blade label mates, Goatwhore, along with additional support from 1349, Inquisition, and Black Crown Initiate. The Metal Alliance tour will begin April 4th in Tempe, AZ and runs through May 3rd.

Behemoth front man, Nergal, articulates the band’s excitement: “We are immensely proud to be headlining Metal Alliance tour in North America. It’s a privilege and we’re going to make sure that with this tour and The Satanist that BEHEMOTH is making an ultimate statement! It has been a long trek from when we landed in US for the first time in 2003. It took us a decade to get to this place we are now. We are coming back, more determined and hungrier than ever, ready to reclaim the throne!”

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Behemoth – The Satanist (album cover)

BEHEMOTH has posted a brand new behind the scenes video for The Satanist. This video is the first in a series of four that chronicles a selection of the creative and technical processes behind the album that Albert Mudrian of Decibel Magazine heralds as “simply the best BEHEMOTH record ever.” Watch the making of video now at metalblade.com/behemoth, where pre-order bundles for “The Satanist” are also available.

The Satanist was produced by Behemoth, Wojtek and Slawek Wieslawscy and Daniel Bergstrand in Hertz Studio. The album was mixed by Matt Hyde (Slayer) and mastered by Ted Jensen (Metallica, AC/DC) at Sterling Sound. The cover art for The Satanist was painted by renowned Russian painter and occultist, Denis Forkas (denisforkas.com). The paint used included some of Nergal’s own blood! Additional art and design was completed by Metastazis (Paradise Lost, etc.) and Zbigniew Bielak (Watain, Ghost).

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BEHEMOTH

The Metal Alliance Tour w/ 1349, Goatwhore, Inquisition, Black Crown Initiate

4/04/2014 Club Owl/ Club Red – Tempe, AZ

4/05/2014 House Of Blues – West Hollywood, CA

4/06/2014 Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA

4/08/2014 Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO

4/11/2014 House Of Blues – Cambridge Room – Dallas, TX

4/12/2014 Emo’s East – Austin, TX

4/13/2014 House Of Blues – Houston, TX

4/15/2014 Beacham Theatre – Orlando, FL

4/16/2014 Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC

4/17/2014 Theatre Of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA

4/18/2014 The Palladium – Worcester, MA

4/19/2014 Irving Plaza – New York, NY

4/22/2014 Club Soda – Montreal, QC

4/23/2014 The Opera House – Toronto, ON

4/24/2014 Agora Theatre – Cleveland, OH

4/25/2014 House Of Blues- Chicago, IL

4/26/2014 Skyway Theater – Studio B – Minneapolis, MN

4/27/2014 The Garrick – Winnipeg, MB

4/29/2014 MacEwan Hall – Calgary, AB

4/30/2014 Union Hall – Edmonton, AB

5/02/2014 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, AB

5/03/2014 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on BEHEMOTH:

http://www.behemoth.pl

http://www.metalblade.com/behemoth

http://www.facebook.com/behemoth

http://www.youtube.com/Behemothofficial

http://twitter.com/BehemothBand

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LONG LIVE BEHEMOTH.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

LVCIFYRE – “Svn Eater” Album Out Now On Dark Descent Records

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 29, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Svn Eater, the new long player from London Blackened Death Metal outfit LVCIFYRE, is now available worldwide through Dark Descent Records. The follow-up to 2011’s The Calling Depths has been met with enthusiastic praise from reviewers, with CvltNation calling the album “a forceful battering ram of Death Metal.”

Svn Eater is available on CD, red vinyl and black vinyl. Two different t-shirt designs are also being offered to commemorate the album’s release. To order, visit www.darkdescentrecords.com.

The album is also available as a digital download at darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com.

Artwork for Svn Eater comes courtesy of Timo Ketola (tentacula.org). Svn Eater was recorded and mixed at Blackout Multimedia Studio in Belgium.

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LVCIFYRE is a flesh of Liberation in Honour of the Ancient…

T.Kaos – guitars/vocals

Menthor – drums and percussion

A. Dictator – guitar

Cultus – bass

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Critical Praise:

“With their 2nd full-length album, Svn Eater, England’s Lvcifyre have sent a blistering statement in the form of 9 crushing death anthems, convoluted by a minor black metal atmosphere sonically and augmented further by a pure darkness and endlessly tormented intensity that laps at the heavens with vengeful flames.” – Worm Gear ‘Zine

“This might be the darkest, most oppressive piece of Death Metal barbarity to be unleashed upon this world in 2014!” – Voices from the Darkside

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on LVCIFYRE:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Lvcifyre

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www.darkdescentrecords.com

darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com

www.facebook.com/DarkDescentRecords

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LONG LIVE LVCIFYRE.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

VAMPIRE – S/T Debut Album Releasing In March, Via Century Media Records; New Track Streaming Online Now!

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , , on January 22, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Vampire have released the brand-new song “Howl From The Coffin” via Stereogum & Terrorizer! Be sure to check out the track here: http://smarturl.it/howlfromthecoffin

The band’s self-titled debut album will be out in Europe on March 3rd and in North America on March 18th, via Century Media Records!

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Stone Says: Man, Howl From The Coffin is one excellent song! I’m an instant fan of VAMPIRE due to this one song! Whoa! If this song is any Metal indication, then I gotta get this CD, cause VAMPIRE will serve my Metal senses right! Metal be thy name!

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VAMPIRE:

Black String – Guitars
Command – Bass
Hand of Doom – Vocals
Ratwing – Battery

Live:
Nuclear War – Guitar
Centaur – Guitar

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* VAMPIRE are from Gothenburg / Stockholm, Sweden.

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(Source: Century Media Records)

* For more info on VAMPIRE:

Website: http://www.vampireofficial.com/

Bandcamp: http://vampiretheband.bandcamp.com

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Website: www.centurymedia.com

Shop: www.cmdistro.com

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LONG LIVE VAMPIRE.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

SLAVE ZERO – “Disambiguated Visionary” Is Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , , on January 21, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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5 METAL Fists Out Of 5!

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SLAVE ZERO – Back on November 10th, 2013, Ireland’s SLAVE ZERO released their EP: Disambiguated Visionary. Man, it’s a killer and I’m not exaggerating one minuscule bit. This fantastically talented Metal band utilizes the elements of Death Metal, Grindcore, Hardcore and Progressive Metal in such a grand fashion that it scorches my brain! Hell yes, SLAVE ZERO can easily be tagged as an Extreme Metal juggernaut.

To say this release is a MUST for fans of the heaviest Metal genres known is a gross understatement. ALL underground and Extreme Metal fans should be required to own this EP from SLAVE ZERO. My eyes nearly pop out of my skull, as I listen to all 5 songs on Disambiguated Visionary; honestly, that’s what it feels like! How can I explain it any better than that?

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The vocals are  psychotic, guttural, demonic and blistering, so choose your favorite or all of the above! Musically, this EP is an explosion of Metal sound that ripped into my face and left me hitting the repeat button for more self-inflicted Metal battery. Lightning fast Metal, Extreme, Grinding and insanely addicting is this EP and SLAVE ZERO are to be reckoned with. Metal be thy name.

* SLAVE ZERO were formed back in 2000 and have shared the Metal stage with Metal warriors the likes of: Hatebreed, Exodus, Cephalic Carnage, Soilent Green, Cattle Decapitation and Desecration.

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Track Listing:

01 Mathmatically Legitimate Solution

02 Limitless Peripheral Perspective

03 Embroidered Strategy Of Calculated Misrepresent

04 Oscillating Perceptions Of An Abstract Existence

05 Anthropic Landscape Theory

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SLAVE ZERO:

Ben Wanders – Drums

Eddie O’Malley – Guitars

Graeme V. Flynn – Vocals

Paddy Kiernan – Touring Bass

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* For more info on SLAVE ZERO:

Facebook: Slave Zero

Website: http://www.slavezero.net

Bandcamp: http://www.slavezero.bandcamp.com/

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/slavezeroband

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LONG LIVE SLAVE ZERO.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

IHATE – Chris Barnes Launches Vicious New Death Metal Project; Preview Track Posted + Special Pledge Music Preorder Packages Now Available

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, horror, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , , , on January 21, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Six Feet Under founding throat/Death Metal icon, Chris Barnes, is pleased to bring fans his latest work of sonic deviance in the form of the fittingly christened, IHATE. A venture inadvertently launched between Barnes and multi-instrumentalist/fellow horror enthusiast Bob Taggett, their as-yet-untitled debut promises to deliver eight violent tracks of raw, unrepentant, Death Metal brutality and lyrical depravity.

Relays Barnes of the project’s formation, “Early last year I got a message via Facebook from someone named Bob and Bob said to me, as a lot of people do, ‘I have some songs and I’d like you to sing on them. Can I send you a song so you could check it out?’ I get a lot of these requests and didn’t think too much of it, but since I was just fresh back from a tour and a little bored, I decided to entertain the idea of listening to a song from Bob. After receiving an email with the first track that was attached to a video which more or less mapped out a murder storyline, I thought it was really different, and definitely creepy visually. And there was something very primitive and energetic to the attack of the music. It was very driven. I could feel it instantly. I knew this wasn’t a joke and wasn’t done half-assed. The music I was listening to was aggressive as a knife carving chunks of flesh off a body. Putting the music to a video caught my attention, immediately, as to Bob’s focus. I found it all really interesting. I have almost always worked from a storyline in my head for my lyrical inspiration and my own imagination, but never have started from the standpoint of lyrically scoring a storyline already laid out on video first, like scoring a film. That seemed really exciting to me as a writer as well as a vocalist. I emailed Bob back and told him I would love to be involved with making this album with him. So one thing led to another and we began writing and recording. We are very close to finishing the album and have enlisted the good people at Pledge Music to help us reach out to all of the fans who we hope will help us make this album a reality.”

As for what true death metal miscreants can expect from the IHATE end product? “To me, it really is a masterpiece of brutal, violent death metal,” says Barnes, “I’m really stoked that if got to work on this album. The fans know that I’m no stranger to writing some sick lyrics, but the stuff I have come up with this time is entirely over-the-top even by my standards. I really want the fans to hear this album and dig into the storylines of the songs. This is the first time I’ve used crowd-funding to make and release an album. And it’s been a very challenging, interesting learning experience along the way. And an eye-opener as well. We are really hoping the fans of death metal will make a pledge and preorder our new album. It’s really important to us that this album gets released. This is brutal as fuck.”

Check out more from Barnes as well as a preview of the track “Seeing Red” at THIS LOCATION.

Several IHATE preorder packages, which include autographed posters and CDs as well as a chance to have a personal listening session with Barnes himself, are available via Pledge Music. For more info, point your browser HERE. Further IHATE info to be announced shortly.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on IHATE:

IHATE on Facebook

* PLEDGE $$ for this IHATE project here:

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/ihate

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LONG LIVE CHRIS BARNES.

LONG LIVE BOB  TAGGETT.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

OMNIZIDE – “Death Metal Holocaust” Coming January 31st On Carnal Records

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 17, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Carnal Records is set to release Death Metal Holocaust from Swedish Black/Death Unit OMNIZIDE on January 31. Featuring lead vocals from CRAFT throat Mikael Nox and music written by AE from AVSKY, the album follows the highly celebrated EP Pleasure from Death (the tracks from which are included as bonus material), the decibel assault reaches a new level of pain to ensure maximum aural decimation. Death Metal Holocaust was mastered by Joakim from CRAFT. Prepare for the unleashing of the demon spawn.

Stream album track “Rotting Flesh Parade” below:

Death Metal Holocaust – Track Listing:

Rotting Flesh Parade

No Remorse

Monolith

The Eternally Damned

Crystals of Death

Dead Planet

Damnatio Ad Bestias

Nuclear Strike

Pleasure from Death (bonus track)

Desecration Art (bonus track)

Band Bio:

The story of OMNIZIDE goes back to 1995 when Nox and Anders formed the black metal band BELZEN together. A few years later BELZEN split up. Nox joined CRAFT and Anders started the band AVSKY. When Nox did some guest vocals on AVSKY’s album Scorn, Anders and Nox decided to start BELZEN again. They changed the name to OMNIZIDE and recruited drummer Gaddur from the band KAFZIEL. In 2011 the Pleasure from Death EP was released. Later, guitarist Jesper joined the band and Death Metal Holocaust was recorded. After the recording was complete, bass player B-Force (DARK FUNERAL) joined the fold.

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OMNIZIDE:

Mikael Nox – Vocals

Anders/AE – Guitar/Bass on this album

Jesper – Guitar

Gaddur – Drums

B-Force – Bass (not on the album)

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on OMNIZIDE:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Omnizide

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www.carnalrecords.com

Distribution by Sound Pollution:

www.soundpollutiondistribution.se

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LONG LIVE OMNIZIDE.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

THUNDERWAR – RELEASE DIGITAL VERSION OF “THE BIRTH OF THUNDER”

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 15, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Polish Death Metal titans Thunderwar are proud to announce the digital release of their EP The Birth of Thunder. Previously only available on limited edition CD, the EP can now be ordered for $3 from their Bandcamp page here: https://thunderwar1.bandcamp.com/

Band Bio

Cold as ice, angry as a horde of Viking warriors and determined like an army fighting for freedom of their homeland: THUNDERWAR! The band was born in 2013, when four young Metal maniacs decided to join their forces to not only pay  tribute to such Metal heroes as BATHORY, UNLEASHED, DISSECTION and AMON AMARTH, but to prove that Poland has again something to say to the metal world.

The debut EP “THE BIRTH OF THUNDER” was  mixed and produced by Wieslawscy Bros from HERTZ STUDIO (BEHEMOTH, VADER, DECAPITATED). The band’s logo was designed by Christophe Szpajdel (EMPEROR, MOONSPELL, DESASTER) and the cover artwork of “The Birth of Thunder” EP was done by Mario Lopez.

Currently the band is promoting their self-released EP and in the middle of 2014 will enter the HERTZ STUDIO to work on their first  full album. THUNDERWAR – Better remember this name, as they are here to stay!

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Critical Praise:

“This is just awesome death metal filled with great riffs, pounding drums and fat bass lines” – Metalrecusants 

“Taking cues mainly from Vader, Unleashed, and – what’s this? Yes, a little bit of Rust In Peace Megadeth – this Polish four pack bring van Drunen-barking atop femur-slicing, razor-sharp riffage that recalls speed metal with class” – Worm Gear Zine

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(Source: Curtis Dewar)

* For more info on THUNDERWAR:

Facebook: Thunderwar

Merch: http://thunderwar.8merch.com/

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LONG LIVE THUNDERWAR.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

THE KENNEDY VEIL – Sacramento Death Metal Behemoths Preach Their “Necrotic Gospel”

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , on January 12, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Sacramento Death Metal behemoths, THE KENNEDY VEIL, today spew forth the teachings of their “Necrotic Gospel.” Hosted by the crypt keepers at Stereokiller, the latest tune comes courtesy of the band’s soon-to-be-released Trinity Of Falsehood full-length.

Produced by Nick Botelho at NB Recording in Santa Rosa, California and featuring the debut of new throat Taylor Wientjes, Trinity Of Falsehood is an unapologetically methodical, fast-paced display of sharp, groin-churning DM brutality. In a 9/10 review of the offering, Dead Rhetoric champions the band’s, “no-frills, modern death metal… heavily rooted in the speed and technicality of Origin and the fury of Decapitated,” further boasting, “THE KENNEDY VEIL has thrown down the death metal gauntlet for years to come.

Trinity Of Falsehood is a scorcher,” Heavy Metal Tribune notes, “The high-speed and furious intensity that the band provides on Trinity of Falsehood easily reminds one of band’s such as Hour of Penance, Psycroptic and Origin, and this especially so with the ease of fusion of technicality, brutality and melody…,” while Metal Temple, in an 8/10 rating, adds, “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…”

Elaborates bassist Shawn Patrick Peterson of their latest taste of torment: “‘Necrotic Gospel’ is essentially 250 bpms of stripped-down, unconditional hatred. The lyrical content is based on the manipulation of the masses by a higher power; of being misled. The loyalty in betrayal is preached as a means of an awakening of the senses, and coming to the realization that there is nothing beyond the veil that covers your eyes.”

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Melt your innards to the sounds of “Necrotic Gospel,” now playing at Stereokiller at THIS LOCATION.

Additionally, fans can still rape their faces to the sounds of “Enslave.Defile.Erase.,” currently streaming at Revolver HERE. Amazon preview clips of the entire record can be accessed HERE.

Merging influences of classic DM legends like Deicide, Morbid Angel and Suffocation with the more refined aggression of bands like Origin, Psycroptic and Decapitated, THE KENNEDY VEIL features within their ranks Wientjes and Peterson alongside guitarist KC Childers (ex-Forktung) and drummer Gabe Seeber (Alterbeast, Decrepit Birth, ex-Wretched Dawn). Together they invoke their own brand of crushing Death Metal. No throwbacks, no breakdowns, no wanking, no trends. With Unique Leader as the catalyst, humanity is about to be reduced to ashes.

Trinity Of Falsehood will be released worldwide on January 21, 2014 via Unique Leader Records. Preorder your copy today at THIS LOCATION.

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* For more info on THE KENNEDY VEIL:

http://www.facebook.com/thekennedyveil

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http://ww.facebook.com/UniqueLeaderRecords

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LONG LIVE THE KENNEDY VEIL.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

ARSEBREED – Extreme Death Metal Militia Completes New Album With Necrophagist Drummer Romain Goulon

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 11, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Dutch Extreme Death Metal militia, ARSEBREED, recently completed the recording of their forthcoming Unique Leader full-length with current Necrophagist basher Romain Goulon behind the kit.

In an official statement the band elaborates: “In 2006, just after [former drummer] Floris [De Jonge, Mangled] left ARSEBREED, we got in contact with an unknown young French guy. He said he knew us from our other bands, Pyaemia and Disavowed. We all agreed on a try-out. After only one month, he e-mailed saying he had learned our songs. Slightly skeptical — one month is really quick — we bought him his plane ticket and flew him in. Once in the rehearsal room, he nailed it! Flawless, relentless, speed and accuracy! We instantly knew that this unknown young guy from France, Romain Goulon, was the prefect drummer for ARSEBREED. Unfortunately, the best kept secret in death metal was soon discovered by the rest of the world and in 2007 Romain fled ARSEBREED to join Necrophagist. Nevertheless, last year we once again got in contact with Romain. We started talking about these ten songs that we had written over time, just waiting for a drummer… and we were stoked to hear that he was willing to record them! This week we received the recordings. More than seven years later we  got that exact same feeling that we had back in 2006 in that rehearsal room. Insane. Romain proved once again that was and is the one and only drummer for ARSEBREED. He is unsurpassed in creativity, technique, speed, perseverance and grasping the concept of the ARSEBREED songs as no one else. Finally! We waited for more than six years but it was worth the wait! Thanks Romain!”

Formerly known as Bloodcum, ARSEBREED was spawned in 2000 and is dedicated to the execution of brutal, uncompromising, US-styled death metal in the vein of Deeds Of Flesh and Deicide. The follow-up to 2005’s Munch The Rotten will be unleashed later this year via Unique Leader Records. Further info to be announced in the coming weeks. Until then, check out some rehearsal footage at THIS LOCATION.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on ARSEBREED:

ARSEBREED on Facebook

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http://www.facebook.com/UniqueLeaderRecords

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LONG LIVE ARSEBREED.

LONG LIVE METAL.

LONG LIVE UNIQUE LEADER RECORDS.

METAL BE THY NAME.

Stone.

Terrorizer Magazine Presents Svart Crown, Diabolical & Guests UK Tour

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , , on January 10, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Chaotic Tapestry presents French blackened death metal outfit Svart Crown will be returning to the UK for a headline tour in association with Terrorizer Magazine after a successful run last year with Nile.

Svart Crown frontman JB Lebail comments, “We are extremely pleased to come back to the UK after a successful run supporting Nile. The UK has always been a blast for us, so make sure and attend these new shows and witness a full set of pure evil!”

Listen to ‘In Utero A Place Of Hatred And Threat’. Taken from the latest Svart Crown record ‘Profane’ released last year via Listenable Records: 

Supporting will be Sweden’s Diabolical as well as the UK’s Ascaris. Diabolical guitarist Carl Stjärnlöv speaks of the announcement, “We’re really looking forward to playing in the UK along with Svart Crown and Ascaris! Expect a lot of material from our new album ‘Neogenesis’ and some really intense shows. UK, we’re excited to see you all soon!”

The latest Diabolical album ‘Neogenesis’ was released September 2013 via ViciSolum Productions. Watch the bands latest video ‘Metamorphosis’ here:

Gig Listings:

28/02/14 – London, Black Heart

01/03/14 – Plymouth, White Rabbit

02/03/14 – Brighton, Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar

03/03/14 – Birmingham, The Flapper

04/03/14 – Glasgow, Ivory Blacks

05/03/14 – Leeds, Fox and Newt

 * Click links below for more info!

www.terrorizer.com

www.svartcrown.net

www.diabolical.se

www.chaotictapestry.co.uk

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(Source: FUTURE PR)

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LONG LIVE SVART CROWN.

LONG LIVE DIABOLICAL.

LONG LIVE ASCARIS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

CORPSESSED – Full-Length Debut “Abysmal Thresholds” Coming Feburary 4th On Dark Descent Records

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 4, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Dark Descent Records will unleash hell upon Earth in the form of Abysmal Thresholds, the full-length debut from Finland’s CORPSESSED.

After terrorizing your ear drums with 2011’s The Dagger and the Chalice and 2012’s self-titled 7-inch, CORPSESSED are poised to thoroughly decimate what’s left of your auditory senses. Abysmal Thresholds is over 47 minutes of Death Metal the way you’ve come to expect from this hard-hitting Finnish band. No fluff, no hyperbole…this is destined to be one of the best albums of 2014, without a doubt. Abysmal Thresholds is set for release on February 4th.

Pre-orders are being taken now at: www.darkdescentrecords.com.

Corpsessed was spawned from putrescent slime in 2007. Vocalist Niko Matilainen, guitarist Matti Mäkelä and drummer Jussi-Pekka Manner were joined by guitarist Jyri Lustig and (de)composing of morbid Death Metal tunes began at the rotting houses of Järvenpää delta-area. The group’s original bass player, Mikko Mäkelä, disappeared in unknown circumstances and was replaced later in 2009 by Mikko Pöllä.

Corpsessed’s first EP The Dagger & The Chalice was released on CD by Dark Descent Records (USA) in May 2011. The vinyl version released by Me Saco Un Ojo (UK) in co-operation with Dark Descent (USA) in October 2011. That release was followed up by a two-track, self-titled 7-inch EP in 2012. The band recently completed work on their debut full-length album, Abysmal Thresholds.

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CORPSESSED:

N. Matilainen – vocals

M. Mäkelä – guitars

J. Lustig – guitars

J-P. Manner – drums

M. Pöllä – bass

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on CORPSESSED:

Facebook: Corpsessed

SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/corpsessed

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* For more info on DARK DESCENT RECORDS:

Website: www.darkdescentrecords.com

Bandcamp: darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com

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LONG LIVE CORPSESSED.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

MORFIN – To Release Debut Album “Inoculation” Via FDA Rekotz, On February 21st

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , , on December 29, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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From the depths of Californian crypts, FDA Rekotz presents bone-breaking Death Metal act MORFIN and their debut album, Inoculation. Comprised of 10 classically-inspired death metal hymns – including a surprise cover tune – Inoculation crushes faces in the vein of early Death, Gorguts and Skeletal Remains. The album was recorded at Executer Studio in Pico Rivera, Calif., (Skeletal Remains), with artwork by Badic Art (Skeletal Remains, Goregast, Demonical, Dehuman Reign).

Inoculation is set for a February 21 release on CD, vinyl and digital formats. The vinyl LP will be offered on red/black marbled (100 copies only) or standard black vinyl. Pre-orders are being taken now at this location.

Check out album track “Dark Creator” below:

Rising from the influences of Heavy Metal, MORFIN is a Metal band, delineating the negativity present in the world, in life, and the future that is caused by the evil, veracity, domination and deception that drives the human race. Delivering the message with their music to prepare for what lies ahead…..

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MORFIN:

Jesus Romero – Guitar/Vocals

Miguel Hernandez – Drums

Michael Gonzalez – Bass

Pedro Gonzalez – Guitar

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on MORFIN:

Facebook: Morfin

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Website: http://www.fda-rekotz.com

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LONG LIVE MORFIN.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

CARCASS – Headlining Brutal Boat Bash: Round V – January 25th, 2014

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, world news with tags , , , , , , on December 26, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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FOR MORE INFO:

https://www.facebook.com/events/177992489075338/permalink/179754978899089/

Tickets: http://ticketfly.com/event/440659

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CARCASS SURGICAL STEEL IS OUT NOW!! YES, IT WILL KICK YOUR METAL LOVING ASS INTO SUBMISSION.

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* For more info on CARCASS:

Facebook: Carcass

Merch: http://bit.ly/carcass-ss-nb

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/CarcassBand

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Nuclear Blast USA: http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/

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LONG LIVE CARCASS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

TRENCHROT – To Release Debut Album “Necronomic Warfare” On Unspeakable Axe Records

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on December 24, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Trenchrot - Necronomic Warfare - promo cover pic - 2014

Death Metal war machine TrenchRot are unleashing their debut Necronomic Warfare upon the world and none will be spared. With influences ranging from other war-themed bands like Asphyx and Bolt Thrower, to the vomitous vocals and epic, soaring lead work of Obituary’s Cause of Death, this is an old school Death Metal album that doesn’t feel self-conscious about being what it is.  It just crushes everything in its path, and leaves the bloodied listener staggering away… and grinning ear to ear.

Members are in other promising new bands, such as Crypt Sermon – whose first demo will see a cassette release from Dark Descent Records soon – and Infiltrator, and promise to soon be well-known names in the underground.

Necronomic Warfare is set for a February 18 release on Unspeakable Axe Records.

Check out album cut “Sickening Devotion” below!

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on TRENCHROT:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/Trenchrotdeathmetal

Bandcamp: trenchrotdeathmetal.bandcamp.com

* For more info on UNSPEAKABLE AXE RECORDS:

Website: www.unspeakableaxerecords.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/UnspeakableAxeRecords

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LONG LIVE TRENCHROT.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

TRENCHROT KICKS 200% POTENT, BLOOD SPLATTERING, DEATH METAL ASS.

Stone.