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CANNIBAL CORPSE ‘Torture’ First-Week Sales Revealed – Crashing In On Billboard Top 200!

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on March 23, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Torture, the latest studio album from American Death Metal icons, CANNIBAL CORPSE sold approximately 9,594 copies in the United States in its first week landing the band at #38 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, making it the highest debut in CANNIBAL CORPSE history! Torture landed at #7 on the Billboard Top Independent Album Chart, #4 on the Billboard Top Hard Music Albums chart and #32 Billboard Top Current Albums Chart.

In Canada, Torture ranked in at #29 on the Top 200 Current chart, #2 on the Hard Music chart
and #90 on the Digital Album chart. The record also slayed all in its path overseas, entertaining the German and Austrian Top 100 charts at #40, the German MSH charts (Media Markt and Saturn stores) at #33, Switzerland’s Top 100 chart at #72, Sweden’s Top 100 chart at #37, and Denmark’s Top 100 chart at #84. Torture sold 1,215 units in its first week in the UK and ranked an astounding #5 on the UK Metal chart, #18 on the UK Indie chart and #126 on the UK Top 200 chart. Torture pummeled Benelux and France as well entering their Top 200 charts at #157 and #129 respectively.

Produced by Hate Eternal’s Erik Rutan, Torture continues to reap critical accolades from critics and fans around the globe and is yet another testament to CANNIBAL CORPSE’s permanent allegiance to shrewdly arranged, pile-driving Death Metal madness.

CANNIBAL CORPSE’s official U.S. headlining tour will commence this April. Sponsored by Metal Blade Records, Good Fight Entertainment and dB Drum Shoes, the U.S. Torture Tour 2012 will begin April 5 in Jacksonville, Florida. Support on the near month-long trek will be provided by Exhumed, Abysmal Dawn and Arkaik. In addition, the band will headline this year’s edition of the Summer Slaughter Festival with official dates to be announced soon.  

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on CANNIBAL CORPSE, click on the link below:

http://www.metalblade.com/cannibalcorpse

LONG LIVE CANNIBAL CORPSE.

Stone.

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BEAK – “HANDS COLLIDE” VIDEO AVAILABLE NOW

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, heavy metal videos, metal music, Music, post metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 22, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Chicago – Beak, the post-metal quartet formed by local Chicago luminaries Chris Eichenseer and Jason Goldberg previously of The Timeout Drawer, release  the “Hands Collide” video, the first single from their forthcoming release Eyrie (Apr. 3, Someoddpilot Records) today at www.vimeo.com/33769868.

The “Hands Collide” video is a dark and claustrophobic nightmare, a literal collision of worlds – a not-quite family man and his late-night hunting safaris through the city’s suburbs.  The clip was directed by Chris Eichenseer of Someoddpilot and shot on the North side of Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.

Eyrie, the band’s five-track debut album, was recorded and mixed in late-2011 at Engine Studios by Neil Strauch (Sage Francis, Bonnie Prince Billy) and early feedback on the release has been extremely positive with Metal Odyssey calling the album “an extreme, modern and uncompromising post-metal debut” and Hellride Music adding “Think Hum but much, much, much heavier.”

Beak have several tour dates on deck including a hometown show on Mar. 31 at Ultra Lounge.  Full tour dates are:

Mar. 31  Chicago, IL    Ultra Lounge

Apr. 11  Lansing, MI    Mac’s Bar

Apr. 12  Columbus, OH    Ruby Tuesday

Beak is: Andy Bosnak (Guitar), Chris Eichenseer (Drums), Jason Goldberg (Bass, Vocals) and Jon Slusher (Guitar, Lead Vocals).

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(Source: Speakeasy PR)

* For more info on BEAK, click on the links below:

www.beakmusic.com/

www.facebook.com/pages/Beak/183159646995

LONG LIVE BEAK.

Stone.

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SKELETONWITCH – North American Tour To Commence This Week

Posted in death thrash, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , on March 21, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Vinyl Reissues Forthcoming

Ohio headbangers SKELETONWITCH — whose latest album, Forever Abomination, cracked the Billboard Top 200, as well as Decibel’s Top 40 of 2011 — will return to the road this week. After a warm-up show in Cleveland on Friday, the band will join forces with The Black Dahlia Murder, Nile and labelmates Hour Of Penance for a four-week tour that concludes at the New England Metal And Hardcore Festival. This marks the group’s first North American touring action of 2012.

In other SKELETONWITCH news, the final color variant of the forthcoming Breathing The Fire vinyl reissue — which, unlike the sold-out initial pressings of the album, comes in a gatefold Stoughton “tip-on” jacket — has arrived at Prosthetic’s warehouse. Check out a picture of the two-color, half-and-half LP, which is limited to 125 copies at THIS LOCATION.

180-gram black and standard-weight “fire splatter” wax are also available. The former will arrive in select retail stores on April 10; the latter and the half-and-half LP can both be pre-ordered at the PROSTHETIC STORE. LP reissues of the band’s 2007 breakthrough, Beyond The Permafrost — which will also be available in three color variants (“Permafrost splatter,” half-and-half and 180-gram black vinyl) — are still in production, but can also be pre-ordered now at the Prosthetic Store.

Over the last five years, SKELETONWITCH has toured alongside a who’s who of heavy metal, from icons like Danzig, Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Halford, to international titans Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy and Dimmu Borgir, to American powerhouses High On Fire, GWAR and Devildriver. Forever Abomination, the group’s third Prosthetic release, was produced by Matt Hyde (Slayer, Children of Bodom).

SKELETONWITCH w/ The Black Dahlia Murder, Nile, Hour Of Penance

3/23/2012 Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH ^

3/24/2012 The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI

3/25/2012 Eagles Club – Milwaukee, WI

3/26/2012 Station 4 – Minneapolis, MN

3/27/2012 Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL

3/28/2012 The Waiting Room – Omaha, NE^

3/29/2012 Marquis Theatre – Denver, CO

3/30/2012 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT

3/31/2012 The Venue – Boise, ID *

4/02/2012 El Corazon – Seattle, WA

4/03/2012 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR

4/04/2012 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA

4/05/2012 House Of Blues – Los Angeles, CA

4/06/2012 Nile Theater – Phoenix, AZ

4/07/2012 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM

4/09/2012 Prophet Bar – Dallas, TX

4/10/2012 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX

4/11/2012 Warehouse Live – Houston, TX

4/13/2012 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA

4/14/2012 Cincinnati Metal Fest @ Bogarts – Cincinnati, OH w/ Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, Nile, Hour of Penance, Abysmal Dawn, Arkaik, Exhumed

4/15/2012  Skully’s Music Diner  – Columbus, OH ^

4/16/2012  123 Pleasant St. – Morgantown, WV ^

4/17/2012 Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD

4/18/2012 Theatre Of The Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA

4/19/2012 Irving Plaza – New York, NY

4/20/2012 New England Metal & Hardcore Fest @ The Palladium – Worcester, MA

^ SKELETONWITCH only

* w/ Black Tusk

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on SKELETONWITCH, click on the links below:

http://www.skeletonwitch.com

http://prostheticrecords.com

LONG LIVE SKELETONWITCH.

Stone.

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CANNIBAL CORPSE – New Video Premiere ‘Encased In Concrete’ Hosted By Bloody Disgusting

Posted in Death Metal, death metal albums, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on March 13, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

In celebration of the their brand new full-length, Torture, released TODAY in North America through Metal Blade Records, Death Metal’s most revered act, CANNIBAL CORPSE, are pleased to unveil the official new video for “Encased In Concrete”. The video was directed by David Brodsky of MyGoodEye (Black Dahlia Murder, Goatwhore, Municipal Waste, Suffocation etc.) and is being hosted by prime horror portal, Bloody Disgusting.

Comments bassist Alex Webster: “It was great to work with the folks at MyGoodEye. We feel they’ve created a video that perfectly complements the violent intensity of the music and lyrics for ‘Encased In Concrete’.

To peep “Encased In Concrete,” head over to THIS LOCATION.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on CANNIBAL CORPSE, click on the links below:

 http://www.metalblade.com/cannibalcorpse/order.php

https://www.facebook.com/cannibalcorpse

http://www.metalblade.com

LONG LIVE CANNIBAL CORPSE.

Stone.

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HEMOPTYSIS – Nominated Twice For 11th Annual Independent Music Awards

Posted in death thrash, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , on March 10, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

HEMOPTYSIS – Arizona Thrashers HEMOPTYSIS have been nominated for this year’s Independent Music Awards. This marks the band’s second consecutive year being nominated and this year HEMOPTYSIS holds the honor of receiving two nominations in two categories.

The band’s critically acclaimed album, Misanthropic Slaughter is up for Best Metal/Hardcore Album and the track “M.O.D.” (the video for which can be seen at this location) is up for Best Metal/Hardcore Song. This year’s panel of judges includes Ozzy Osbourne, Tom Waits, members of GWAR, Keith Richards and many more.

In addition to the industry-selected winners, fans have until Friday, July 20th to vote for the fan-selected winners at this location.

 In additional HEMOPTYSIS news, guitarist/vocalist Masaki Murashita is set to appear on KGRG 89.9 FM’s Late Night Death radio show on Tuesday, March 13 at 10PM PST.

Masaki will be on the air discussing the band’s most recent release, Misanthropic Slaughter, what 2012 has in store for HEMOPTYSIS and much more. KGRG 89.9 FM broadcasts out of Green River Community College in the Seattle, WA metropolitan area. The interview will also be streaming at http://www.kgrg.com.

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Upcoming HEMOPTYSIS Live Dates:



Saturday, April 14 @ The Annex in San Lorenzo, CA w/ Psychosomatic, Hatchet, Fog of War, Untimely Demise, and Syndicon

Friday, April 27 @ Joe’s Grotto in Phoenix, AZ. 21+ show.

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(Source: Hemoptysis)

* For more info on HEMOPTYSIS, click on the links below:

HEMOPTYSIS – Facebook

HEMOPTYSIS – Official Website

Masaki Murashita – Official facebook

LONG LIVE HEMOPTYSIS.

Stone.

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JOB FOR A COWBOY – Arizona Death Metal Legion To Kick Off Metal Alliance Tour Next Week At SXSW!

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal festivals, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock festivals, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 8, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Arizona Death Metal legion JOB FOR A COWBOY will kick off a five-and-a-half week stretch of North American dates on this year’s Metal Alliance Tour next week. The live rituals will commence on March 15 in Austin, Texas as part of South By Southwest 2012 and consume 35 more cities through April 21. The band will be joined by headliners Devildriver, The Faceless, Dying Fetus, 3 Inches Of Blood, Impending Doom and Wretched.

In addition, the furious quintet will play double duty on March 15 as they headline Metal Blade Records’ 30th Anniversary [unofficial] SXSW day party. Presented by Musicians InstituteAnnex (formerly Emo’s Annex) and co-sponsored by ‘stache media, the show will begin at 11:30am and devour ears until 6:00pm at the MI Annex. For more info, head over to THIS LOCATION.

JOB FOR A COWBOY will release their new brand new full-length, entitled Demonocracy, this Spring. Drenched in equal parts misanthropy and naked rage, the nine-track recording tackles a host of political/economic themes including media propaganda, the “war industry” and the staggering debts faced by America. Produced by Jason Seucof (Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Trivium) who recorded the band’s scorching Ruination full-length, at Audiohammer Studios, and featuring the conceptual cover design by artist Brent Elliott White, Demonocracy, will be unearthed to North American fans on April 10, 2012 through Metal Blade Records.

If you missed it, you can still check out new single, “Nourishment Through Bloodshed,” as well as cover art at the band’s OFFICIAL LANDING PAGE. For pre-orders and info on special limited edition merch bundles, point your browser HERE.

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JOB FOR A COWBOY – Metal Alliance Tour 2012
w/ Devildriver,The Faceless, Dying Fetus, Job For A Cowboy, 3 Inches Of Blood, Impending Doom , Wretched

3/15/2012 SXSW – Scoot Inn – Austin, TX

3/16/2012 The Hangar – New Orleans, LA

3/17/2012 State Theatre – St. Petersburg, FL

3/18/2012 Amos – Charlotte, NC

3/19/2012 Kingdom – Richmond, VA

3/20/2012 Sonar – Baltimore, MD

3/21/2012 Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY

3/22/2012 The Palladium – Worcester, MA

3/23/2012 Le National – Montreal, QC

3/24/2012 Opera House – Toronto, ON

3/25/2012 Alrosa Villa – Columbus, OH

3/26/2012 Mojoe’s – Joliet, IL

3/27/2012 Station 4 – St Paul, MN

3/28/2012 Garrick Center – Winnipeg, MB

3/29/2012 Riddell Centre – Regina, SK

3/30/2012 Edmonton Events Centre – Edmonton, AB

3/31/2012 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC

4/01/2012 Studio Seven – Seattle, WA

4/02/2012 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR

4/03/2012 Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA

4/05/2012 DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA

4/06/2012 The Fox Theatre – Pomona, CA

4/07/2012 Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ

4/08/2012 El Rey Theater – Albuquerque, NM

4/09/2012 The Summit Music Hall – Denver, CO

4/10/2012 Sokol Auditorium – Omaha, NE

4/11/2012 7 Flags Event Center – Clive, IA

4/12/2012 Pop’s – East St Louis, IL

4/13/2012 New Daisy Theatre – Memphis, TN

4/14/2012 Clear Channel Metroplex – Little Rock, AR

4/15/2012 Granada Theatre – Lawrence, KS

4/16/2012 Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, OK

4/18/2012 Dos Amigos – Odessa, TX

4/19/2012 House of Blues – Dallas, TX

4/20/2012 Emo’s East – Austin, TX

4/21/2012 House of Blues – Houston, TX

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on JOB FOR A COWBOY, click on the links below:

https://www.facebook.com/jobforacowboy

http://metalblade.com/jobforacowboy

LONG LIVE JOB FOR A COWBOY.

Stone.

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CANNIBAL CORPSE – Grace The Cover Of DECIBEL Magazine’s Zombie Issue

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on March 7, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Death Metal monarchs CANNIBAL CORPSE grace the cover of the April 2012 edition of Decibel Magazine: The Zombie Issue! Their third time on the cover of one of Metal’s most extreme and revered publications finds bloodied growl-merchant George “Corpsgrinder” Fisher at war with the undead.

Inside, author Chris Dick unearths a thoroughly absorbing ‘CORPSE dissertation that includes collective discussions about the creation of their monolithic new album, Torture, the band’s earliest encounters with censorship, artistic expression, facts and figures on one of the genre’s highest selling bands to date and of course, the relevance of zombies in 2012.

The issue hits newsstands on Thursday, March 8.  To order your copy, go to THIS LOCATION.

Earlier this week, Decibel hosted the official premiere of “Encased In Concrete,” the fourth track off Torture. In case you missed it, you can still rupture your eardrums HERE.

Torture will be available to North American fans on March 13, 2012 via Metal Blade Records. For special Torture preorder packages, visit the band’s OFFICIAL LANDING PAGE.

LONG LIVE CANNIBAL CORPSE.

Stone.

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REVOCATION – 2012 Spring Tour Dates With Cannabis Corpse & Ramming Speed

Posted in death thrash, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags , , , , , , , on March 7, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

REVOCATION – MetalSucks and Metal Injection present REVOCATION with Cannabis Corpse and Ramming Speed. Metal be thy name. Check out these April 2012 tour dates!

The Death Thrash assault that REVOCATION is known for cannot be stopped nor contained. REVOCATION – Chaos Of Forms is a Thrash Metal CD that any Metal or Extreme Metal fan MUST own. The brand of Metal Extremity that you will devour from REVOCATION will kick the shit out of your senses… and then you’ll want more. And more again. Chaos Of Forms was released back on August 16th, 2011, on RELAPSE RECORDS.

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TOUR DATES/VENUES:

Apr 19 @ Great Scott – Allston, MA

Apr 20 @ Les Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, Canada

Apr 21 @ Hard Luck Bar – Toronto, Canada

Apr 22 @ Now That’s Class – Cleveland, OH

Apr 23 @ Ultra Lounge – Chicago, IL

Apr 25 @ Strange Matter – Richmond, VA

Apr 26 @ Sonar – Baltimore, MD

Apr 27 @ The Barbary Coast – Philadelphia, PA

Apr 28 @ Saint Vitus – Brooklyn, NY

Apr 29 @ The Backstage at Championship Bar – Trenton, NJ

REVOCATION:

David Davidson – Guitars / Vocals

Anthony Buda – Bass / Vocals

Phil Dubois – Drums

Dan Gargiulo – Guitars / Vocals

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* For more info on REVOCATION:

Go to the Relapse Records website, the REVOCATION Facebook and MySpace pages.

* For more info on RAMMING SPEED, click on the link below:

http://www.tdbrecords.com/rammingspeed/

* For more info on CANNABIS CORPSE, click on the link below:

http://www.cannabiscorpse.com/

LONG LIVE REVOCATION.

LONG LIVE CANNABIS CORPSE & RAMMING SPEED.

Stone.

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IMPENDING DOOM – ‘Baptized In Filth’ Is A Heightened Listen Into Some Absolute Extreme Metal

Posted in christian heavy metal, deathcore, Extreme Metal, extreme metal bands, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on March 7, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

IMPENDING DOOM – Releasing on March 13th, 2012, via eOne Music is Baptized In Filth from Riverside California’s – Impending Doom. Extreme. Extreme Metal. You’re getting a magnitude of Extreme Metal with Impending Doom. This band is not sheepish on keeping the level of intensity atop a colossal barrage of blast beats, searing guitar leads, chunky riffs, quaking bass lines and wrathful vocals. Extreme. Metal.

Does Impending Doom stare down the ominous shadow of redundancy? Sure they do. Their convincing as hell when it comes to playing this fast and furious. I can feel this band’s unrestrained aggression come through quite loud and clear on Baptized In Filth, that is for sure. It takes commitment to write and play Metal this enraged. Hell yes it does. To sing as brutal as Brook Reeves does takes some Metal passion, I myself would begin to choke after singing this way for twenty seconds.

Steering away from labeling Impending Doom with “multiple genre” tags is useless. (Christian Metal and Deathcore can be thrown about). Extreme. Metal. That’s all my fellow Metal brethren need to know. This album accentuates a great deal of positives for this band, these guys have a keen sense for how an album should flow for these songs really do stack-up together fittingly. Their musicianship and obvious energy shows signs of greater things to come and yet Impending Doom have a damn fine album of songs here and now.

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One thing Impending Doom should realize is “toning it down” as they did with My Light Unseen, makes sense and adds a stylistic quality about them other than full-throttle. I’d like to hear more of this side to Impending Doom in the future. This song is still hard and heavy, even with its tempo turned down a few notches. I really welcome this sound from Impending Doom, with both clean and Extreme vocals existing together.

Exploring dark themes lyrically and putting the anti-God doctrine on the witness stand, with an obvious unrelenting and aggressive musical identity, Impending Doom has created quite the heightened listen with Baptized In Filth. This being their fourth full-length, I will predict that Impending Doom will be around for many more albums to come. There’s a genuineness in this band’s collective sound that I can appreciate.

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Baptized In Filth – Track Listing:

Murderer

For the Wicked

Chaos: Reborn

Deceiver

Falling Away

Absolute Horror

Angry Letters to God

Baptized in Filth

My Light Unseen

Death. Ascension. Resurrection

Brook Reeves – Vocals

Cory Johnson – Guitars

David Sittig – Bass

Brandon “Btown” Trahn – Drums

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* For more info on IMPENDING DOOM, click on the links below:

http://www.thearteryfoundation.com/artis…

http://www.myspace.com/impendingdoom
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http://www.twitter.com/impending_doom

LONG LIVE IMPENDING DOOM.

Stone.

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THE SUFFERING – SIGNS TO CHAOS RECORDS

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 6, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Chaos Records has announced the signing of Mexico City’s THE SUFFERING. Forming in 1996 for the express purpose of crossing Mexican ancient and Swedish old school Death Metal, THE SUFFERING released one well received self-titled demo in 1998, but are now prepared to unleash Hell with their full-length debut via Chaos Records later this year. Featuring ex and current members of CENOTAPH and DENIAL, THE SUFFERING’s long-awaited debut is guaranteed to set the world aflame. We’ll keep you posted on all the evildoings.

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(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* For more info on THE SUFFERING, click on the link below:

http://www.chaos-records.com

LONG LIVE THE SUFFERING.

Stone.

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BASTARDIZED RECORDINGS – Releases FREE Download Sampler

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on March 6, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Bastardized Recordings have a special present for all their fans, friends and supporters. They have released a FREE sampler entitled Bastardized and Friends featuring some of their favourite tracks from bands off the Bastardized roster as well as some great stuff contributed by bands the Bastardized-Team knows and loves.

This sampler features tracks from Bastardized’ recent signings DYING HUMANITY and PURIFICATION as well as stunning work from CATALEPSY, ICHOR and TODAY FOREVER and hard hitting stuff by Bastardized friends like ALL ITS GRACE or BUST A MOVE.

All for FREE! Pick it up at Facebook TODAY: http://www.facebook.com/Bastardizedrec

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Track Listing:

BLOODATTACK – Fall As One

PURIFICATION – Legion

DYING HUMANITY – Addicted

TODAY FOREVER – Boreout

CATALEPSY – Bleed

BUST A MOVE – Contaminated

AWAKEN DEMOS – Phoenix

BRICKTOP – I Guess

WE ARE THE DAMNED – Christian Orgy

GREY – Through The Roof, Underground

DEAD FLESH FASHION – Flies!

FUCK YOUR SHADOW FROM BEHIND – Zwielicht

ICHOR – The Gorgon

ALL ITS GRACE – Through The Moloch

LOWER HELL – Nothing Personal Just Business

MÖRSER – Small Weak Virus

TRIBE – Bad Old Time

GRIND INC. – Lynch And Dissect

(DAMN) THIS DESERT AIR – Ghost I Own

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(Source: Massacre Records)

http://www.massacre-records.com

LONG LIVE BASTARDIZED RECORDINGS.

Stone.

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MI Annex Presents: Metal Blade Records’ 30th Anniversary [unofficial] SXSW Day Party

Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 5, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

JOB FOR A COWBOY, CANCER BATS, BATTLECROSS, PILGRIM, GYPSYHAWK and EARLY GRAVES set to devastate Austin Thursday March 15

Metal Blade Records has teamed up with Musicians InstituteAnnex (formerly Emo’s Annex) and co-sponsors ‘stache media to bring you one of the heaviest day parties devastating the streets of Austin this March, featuring JOB FOR A COWBOY, CANCER BATS, BATTLECROSS, PILGRIM, GYPSYHAWK, EARLY GRAVES and MI band TRUCELINE. The bands will be hitting the infamous 6th Street location for 6 hours of metal and hard rock, celebrating the label’s 30th Anniversary, with doors opening at 11:30am. The party will be free of charge and open to the public.

Be sure to get there early as the first 100 people in will receive a swag bag filled with goodies provided by Metal Blade Records, Indie Merch, and ‘stache media. There will also be a raffle held for some bigger ticket items, provided by Metal Blade and Indie Merch.

And as if a free show and goodies wasn’t enough, our good friends over at Indie Merch have gone above and beyond the call of duty and contributed to the beer fund. So help us celebrate our 30th anniversary and join us for some great music, some killer giveaways and free beer while it lasts. And don’t forget to get your raffle ticket at the door for your chance to win some cool items from bands like As I Lay Dying, The Black Dahlia Murder, Behemoth, Goatwhore, Amon Amarth and more!

WHEN: Thursday, March 15 – Doors at 11:30am – 6:00pm

WHERE: MI Annex 522 E. 6th Street, Austin TX

FREE!!!

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on the sponsors:

http://www.metalblade.com

http://www.mi.edu

http://www.stachemedia.com

http://www.indiemerchstore.com

* For more info on the bands:

http://www.metalblade.com/jobforacowboy

http://www.metalblade.com/cancerbats

http://www.metalblade.com/Battlecross

http://www.metalblade.com/pilgrim

http://www.facebook.com/gypsyhawkusa

https://www.facebook.com/truceline

LONG LIVE METAL BLADE RECORDS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

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ABIGAIL WILLIAMS – March Of Death Tour 2012 With DEICIDE Is Underway

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , on March 4, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

American Black Metal outfit ABIGAIL WILLIAMS‘ latest tour is now currently underway. Billed as support for almighty Death Metal legion Deicide on the March Of Death 2012 Tour, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS are performing all new material from their recently released third LP Becoming, released worldwide via Candlelight Records in January. With Jungle Rot and Lecherous Nocturne also providing support for the entire trek, this shall prove to be one of the year’s heaviest tours so far as it storms across the continent through the end of the month.

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March Of Death 2012 – Deicide w/ Abigail Williams, Jungle Rot, Lecherous Nocturne

3/04/2012 Foufoune’s – Montreal, QC

3/05/2012 Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC

3/06/2012 Opera House – Toronto, ON

3/07/2012 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY

3/08/2012 Peabody’s – Cleveland, OH

3/09/2012 Blondie’s – Detroit, MI

3/10/2012 Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL

3/12/2012 Osbourne Village Inn – Winnipeg, MB

3/13/2012 The Exchange – Regina, SK

3/14/2012 Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB

3/15/2012 Dickens – Calgary, AB

3/16/2012 Rutland Centennial Hall – Kelowna, BC

3/17/2012 Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC

3/18/2012 El Corazon – Seattle, WA

3/19/2012 Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR

3/20/2012 Grand Ballroom – San Francisco, CA

3/21/2012 House of Blues – West Hollywood, CA

3/22/2012 The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ

3/23/2012 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT

3/24/2012 Bluebird Theatre – Denver, CO

3/25/2012 Trees – Dallas, TX

3/27/2012 Emo’s East – Austin, TX

3/28/2012 The Hangar – New Orleans, LA

3/29/2012 Club at Firestone – Orlando, FL

For the past several months amazing reviews of ABIGAIL WILLIAMS‘ Becoming have been pouring in, the new direction the band has taken on this album obviously many longtime fans’ favorite recording to date.

Clocking in at nearly an hour in length, Becoming ushers in a provocative new chapter for the ever-evolving ABIGAIL WILLIAMS. Containing six vast tracks, truly the band’s most expressive and complicated to date, Becoming was recorded in various warehouses throughout Los Angeles, with the lineup for the album including returning guitarist Ian Jekelis, studio drummer Zach Gibson (ex-The Black Dahlia Murder) and as always, vocalist/guitarist Ken Sorceron, who handled all mixing, mastering, production and engineering duties.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, click on the links below:

http://www.myspace.com/abigailwilliams

http:/www.candlelightrecordsusa.com

LONG LIVE ABIGAIL WILLIAMS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

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GRAVEYARD ‘The Altar Of Sculpted Skulls’ – Death Metal That’s Built To Kick Your Ass

Posted in Death Metal, death metal albums, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on March 3, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

GRAVEYARD – Releasing on April 17th, 2012, in North America via Pulverised Records, is this 6 song EP from GRAVEYARD aptly titled: The Altar Of Sculpted Skulls. Barcelona Spain should be extremely proud to boast they are home to this tenacious and talented Death Metal pack. Dark, groove infested and strewn with a raging wall of sound, GRAVEYARD is not a run-of-the-mill Death Metal band that wants to only shock and awe. There are melodic moments aplenty in which guitarists Bastard and SBE impress with their axes.

Yes, Bastard and SBE can shred and riff it out with extremity, they give GRAVEYARD a signature sound, coming across with an astute awareness for branding this band with memorable deadly licks and tones. Damn good players. Julkarn on bass and vocals sounds like one Death Metal dude you never want to consider messing with. Vocally guttural and coming across like a pissed off nest of Black Shield Wasps, Julkarn’s voice is Death Metal personified.

Gusi on drums administers the Death Metal punishment on his kit with both speed and precision and is damn enjoyable to listen to. Nothing intricate with Gusi, just a Death Metal blast of sound that’s authoritative with kick-ass fills. If a Death Metal fan (old or new school) that is hankering for a new album asked me what to pick up, The Altar Of Sculped Skulls would be at the top of my must own list. These members of GRAVEYARD play and sound like the seasoned Metal artists that they undeniably are.

The Altar Of Sculpted Skulls has turned out to be a Death Meal album I can’t listen to just as a “once through”, instead I let these 6 songs play a second, third and fourth time in a row. This band sucks me right into their Death Metal world of sonic brutality. Yeah, GRAVEYARD are so maniacally good and this EP stings my Metal senses so damn savagely. I won’t dispute any claim that has GRAVEYARD labeled as: Death Fucking Metal. Damn right they are. Metal be thy name.

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The Altar Of Sculpted Skulls – Track Listing:

The Altar Of Sculpted Skulls

An Epitaph Written In Blood

Deathcrowned

Cult Of The Shadows

Ritual (from the Into The Mausoleum demo)

Howl Of The Black Death (from their split with Terrorist)

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* Album cover art by: Matt “Putrid” Carr

* For more info on GRAVEYARD, click on the links below:

http://www.graveyardofdoom.com

https://www.facebook.com/deathmetalgraveyard

http://www.pulverised.net

LONG LIVE GRAVEYARD.

Stone.

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ENEMY REIGN – Denver Death Metallers Complete New Record

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on March 2, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

New Song Available At SickDrummer

Denver Death Metal horde, ENEMY REIGN recently completed work on their long-awaited new full-length. Entitled Between Hell And Oblivion, the offering was recorded at Flatline Audio by Dave Otero (Cattle Decapitation, Cephalic Carnage, Martriden, Cobalt et al) and offers up 11 tracks of mile-high Deathgrind brutality as well as the debut of vocalist, Stevie Boiser who replaced former throat, Sherwood Webber (Skinless), last Summer.

Commented the band on the output: “Between Hell And Oblivion is a huge milestone for ENEMY REIGN both as a band and for us individually. It means we didn’t give up even when we were written off, and accomplishing that feels great. Musically, we set out to refine what we feel our style of Death Metal is. We aren’t pretentious people, and this is not a pretentious album. It’s a no-nonsense Death Metal album that pays homage to all the bands we grew up with and love, while keeping an eye on how we can add our own artistic license and create something we could listen to everyday. And we do…so enjoy the reign.”

To check out, “Realm Of The Hungry Ghost” scroll on over to SickDrummer at THIS LOCATION where the track is included as part of their current Brutal Beatings E-Compilation.

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Originating from Denver, Colorado, ENEMY REIGN does not adhere to the restrictions of a closed-minded genre. Simply tagged “Metal for Metalheads” by friend and fans, ENEMY REIGN draw influence from early ‘90s Death Metal, late ‘80s Grindcore and East Coast Hardcore. Between Hell And Oblivion will be available on digital download and vinyl next month. Stay tuned for details.

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Between Hell And Oblivion Track Listing:

1. Haunted 


2. Seven Deadly Sins

3. The Heretics Will 


4. Realm Of The Hungry Ghost 


5. A Viral Evolution

6. Forged From Suffering 


7. Abducted 


8. Cidium

9. Bathed In Flames 


10. These Cursed Eyes 


11. LaLaurie’s Chamber

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on ENEMY REIGN, click on the links below:

http://enemyreign.com/

http://www.myspace.com/enemyreign

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Enemy-Reign/90031558291

http://www.youtube.com/user/EnemyReign

LONG LIVE ENEMY REIGN.

Stone.

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AVATAR ‘Black Waltz’ Is Dark, Extreme, Modern and Groove Laden… Metal Bliss

Posted in Extreme Metal, groove metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, modern metal, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , on March 1, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

AVATAR – The debut full-length album, Black Waltz, from Sweden’s AVATAR was released back on February 14th, 2012, via eOne Music… and it’s hereby highly recommended by yours truly, for your Metal famished senses. Extreme vocals are prevalent from Johannes Eckerström and he essentially nails it from top to bottom. Johannes isn’t belting out Death or Black Metal tones, instead it’s all super-fine Extreme. Dark. Damn good. When Johannes does come clean with his vocals, it’s… damn good again.

The Metal itself has more grooves discharging than I could possibly count. There’s also a melodic sensibility happening big time with the Metal of AVATAR and it all comes across to me as a thrilling listening experience. Metal be thy name is this AVATAR band an unforeseen Metal prize for me in 2012. AVATAR plays some straightforward Metal, only it’s the inventiveness of the parts and the dazzling delivery of the Extreme, which all equals to the impressive Metal sum on Black Waltz. Whoa.

AVATAR implements elements into their Metal that keeps their songs interesting, (as an example) the creepy chorus as an outro for Torn Apart. Ready For The Ride is a fine Metal example of just how Extreme AVATAR can come across, this song when played at maximum level is one of the more enjoyable listening moments I’ve had with a song lately. Hell, playing Black Waltz in its entirety at maximum volume, is prescribed Metal medicine for any shitty day you or I shall encounter from here on in.

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To explain the Metal listening experience of Black Waltz, in one word, that word would be: INTENSE. Within these 11 songs on Black Waltz, I hear a band that obviously is adept in Metal creativity and focused on quality. In Napalm and has progressive footings and still comes across with that dark feel and vibe that AVATAR wants us all to accept. Dark lyrically and musically throughout, AVATAR never has me thinking this is the “same old stuff” I’ve been listening to for years.

The title track, Use Your Tongue and Blod are three scalding exclamation points on this album. Furious. Like an Extreme, yet still, a groove driven Metal ambush from the fiery depths of hell itself. Jonas Jarlsby and Simon Andersson on guitars are damn cool to listen to. The riffs, leads and mini-solos are all unique and all importantly memorable. Let It Burn grooves along with such a convincing fire from AVATAR that it gets the “replay continuously” award for this album.

Yes, I dig AVATAR and appreciate the Metal direction that  they are taking here on Black Waltz. To say that I’ve enjoyed Black Waltz as much as any Rob Zombie album ever made is real. That new Alice Cooper album from last year has nothing over on Black Waltz either. AVATAR is without question, a band not to ignore. Black Waltz is this band’s debut album that is absolutely can’t miss in 2012 and beyond. The Modern Metal doors of extremity have flung wide open… and AVATAR has arrived. Metal. Be. Thy. Name.

AVATAR:

Johannes Eckerström – Vocals

John Alfredsson – Drums

Jonas Jarlsby – Guitars

Simon Andersson – Guitars

Henrik Sandelin – Bass

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Black Waltz – Track Listing:

Let Us Die

Torn Apart

Ready For The Ride

In Napalm

Black Waltz

Blod

Let It Burn

One Touch

Paint Me Red

Smells Like A Freakshow

Use Your Tongue

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* For more info on AVATAR, click on the links below:

www.avatar.net

http://www.facebook.com/avatar.official

http://www.youtube.com/avatartube

eOne Metal

LONG LIVE AVATAR.

Stone.

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TRIBUNE “THE SUCCUBUS” – Check Out This New Track From Their Forthcoming Album!

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, metal music, Music, progressive metal, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , , on March 1, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

TRIBUNE – Out of Burnaby, BC (Canada), comes a Metal legion that’s armed with a cornucopia of Metal sound and grooves. TRIBUNE (pronounced TRY-BUNE) are releasing their third CD and second full length officially on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012 called “Elder Lore / The Dark Arts” on their independent label Corpse Corrosion Music. Plus they will be hitting the road to tour Canada and USA in April and May.

Combining both clean and extreme vocals, with a heaping dose of melodic zest musically, while not compromising on the heaviness and speed, TRIBUNE unleashes a potent new song among us: The Succubus. WARNING: Once you push that play button below, The Succubus must not be played loud… it must be played F’n LOUD!

Go ahead and dive your Metal craving senses into The Succubus NOW!

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(Source: Asher Media Releations)

* For more info on TRIBUNE, click on the link below:

TRIBUNE – Reveal Album Artwork and Track Listing For “Elder Lore/The Dark Arts”

LONG LIVE TRIBUNE.

Stone.

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JOB FOR A COWBOY – Death Metal Goliaths To Unleash New Studio Album: ‘Demonocracy’

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on February 28, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Demonocracy Album Info And New Track “Nourishment Through Bloodshed” Revealed

Death Metal goliaths JOB FOR A COWBOY will unleash their brand new studio recording entitled Demonocracy this Spring. Set for North American release on April 10, 2012 via Metal Blade Records, the nine-track Demonocracy was produced by Jason Seucof (Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Trivium) who recorded the band’s blistering Ruination full-length, at Audiohammer Studios, and features another strikingly detailed concept cover by artist Brent Elliott White.

Returning with an oddball lineup, the nine-track Demonocracy seethes with unbridled vulgarity and potent disgust. Over their long existence the quintet have built a yearning fan base through their devotion to touring and a diehard commitment to creating relentlessly hostile and involving music, and in 2012 JOB FOR A COWBOY have never sounded hungrier.

Commented the band in a collective statement: “However ruthless an age may actually have been, it’s style transmits it’s music only.”

Check out the bludgeoning new single, “Nourishment Through Bloodshed,” as well as cover art at the band’s OFFICIAL LANDING PAGE.

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Demonocracy – Track Listing:

1. Children of Deceit

2. Nourishment Through Bloodshed

3. Imperium Wolves

4. Tongueless and Bound

5. Black Discharge

6. The Manipulation Stream

7. The Deity Misconception

8. Fearmonger

9. Tarnished Gluttony

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on JOB FOR A COWBOY, click on the links below:

https://www.facebook.com/jobforacowboy

http://metalblade.com/jobforacowboy

LONG LIVE JOB FOR A COWBOY.

Stone.

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OPERA DIABOLICUS – Release New Video, New Album “† 1614” Releases February 28th

Posted in Black Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, heavy metal videos, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, symphonic metal with tags , , , , , , , , , on February 23, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Swedish act Opera Diabolicus will be releasing their debut album entitled “† 1614” on February 28th via Metalville Records.

Check out below, the new video from the Swedish act OPERA DIABOLICUS (featuring members from KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, THERION, DREAM EVIL and more). The video is more or less a 10 minute long short movie and includes acting scenes, epic scenery and a great deal of dark atmosphere and of course blood (everything a metal video should include right?). The video is filmed and edited by 11FRAMES (stationed in Gothenburg. Sweden).

Stone Says: Both song and video are quality atop excellence. Blood Countess Bathory is an experience both musically and visually. When you combine this group of musicians, songwriters, filmmakers and producers to create this project, the end result is inevitably legendary. Every detail just seems to fall into place so perfectly, both musically and visually on Blood Countess Bathory. For the faint at heart, be forewarned, there is plenty of blood in this video!

Opera Diabolicus is the brainchild of composer/musician David Grimoire and lyricist Adrian de Crow. The idea sprung to life when the two of them met randomly at a stage play of Umberto Eco’s book The Name of the Rose at a theatre in Gothenburg in 2006. Both of them were very intrigued by the story and they ended up talking about how interesting it would be to make a theatrical and dark metal musical based on that kind of story. The conversation between them that took place in Gothenburg that bleak December night planted the seed that soon should grow to be the concept of Opera Diabolicus – The concept of combining the dark elements of music and theatre in alliance with musical excellency.

The music could be described as dramatic and dark doom metal with atmospheric, epic and progressive elements. If you’re into bands like Candlemass, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Memento Mori, Therion, Notre Dame, Dimmu Borgir and Kamelot this is definitely the band for you to keep your eye on.

The upcoming album features among others; Snowy Shaw (King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Notre Dame, Therion, Dimmu Borgir), Mats Levén (Kryx, Therion), Niklas Isfeldt (Dream Evil), Jake E (Amaranthe, Dreamland) and Camilla Alisander-Ason on vocals, daemonic voices and ghoulish sounds. Snowy Shaw has also contributed with his well-known drums of doom. The album is produced and mixed by Andy LaRocque (King Diamond) at his Sonic Train Studio.

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† 1614 – Track Listing:

1. Overture

2. The Gates

3. Bloodcountess Bathory

4. The 13th Guest

5. In Memoriam

6. Mythos Lamia

7. Forbidden

8. Stone by Stone

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(Source: Opera Diabolicus)

* For more info on OPERA DIABOLICUS, click on the links below:

www.operadiabolicus.com

www.facebook.com/operadiabolicus

LONG LIVE OPERA DIABOLICUS.

Stone.

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LISTENABLE RECORDS – Offering FREE 22 Track Sampler!

Posted in Extreme Metal, gothic metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, heavy metal songs, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags , , , , , , , , on February 22, 2012 by Metal Odyssey

Listenable Records is offering fans a FREE 22-track sampler, which is now available for streaming and download at Listenable Records Free Sampler. The album, which features tracks from many of Listenable’s dynamic and diverse roster of artists – past and present – includes Gojira, Svart Crown, Sarah Jezebel Deva, 77, Hate, KATANA, TORNADO, Tormented, Serpent Cult and many more.

(Source: ClawHammer PR)

* For more info on Listenable Records, click on the link below:

LISTENABLE RECORDS

LONG LIVE LISTENABLE RECORDS.

Stone.

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