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LOST SOCIETY – NEW ALBUM “TERROR HUNGRY” DETAILS REVEALED!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 28, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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LOST SOCIETY, one of the most promising up-and-coming Finnish bands of our time, has released the details to their upcoming album Terror Hungry. “LOST SOCIETY is back, and we’re angrier than ever,” commented guitarist/vocalist Samy Elbanna. “The new album Terror Hungry is a full on thrash album from start to finish, with a darker and even more aggressive feel to it! It has the signature elements that make up LOST SOCIETY and we’ve put in even more groove riffage, more mind blistering guitar shredding, and some of the fastest stuff we’ve ever done on it! Look out, this one’s gonna be faster, louder and we’re more pissed off than ever!”

Terror Hungry was produced by Nino Laurenne (AMORPHIS, ENSIFERUM, LORDI) at the renowned Sonic Pump studios (FINNTROLL, SONATA ARCTICA, OMNIUM GATHERUM). The artwork was created by Jan Meininghaus (BOLT THROWER, SICK OF IT ALL, UDO). Expect to see the release of Terror Hungry in both digital and physical formats on April 1st (North America) and April 4th (Europe) via Nuclear Blast Records.

Artist Jan Meininghaus states about the album cover:

“I was asked to do LOST SOCIETY’s new album cover and first of all, I had to face the fact that I had to follow their debut album’s art that was created by the legendary Ed Repka; one of the true heroes of my own thrash metal days. So I decided to go a different way and create the band’s cover idea in a much darker and less cartoony mood than the debut. LOST SOCIETY’s musical style and their approach to metal is very 80’s bay area to me, so I thought it might be fun to paint something that might have been on one of those record covers these days. I listened to LOST SOCIETY and my old EXODUS, TESTAMENT and FORBIDDEN vinyls and it was a blast to come up with Terror Hungry artwork!”

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Terror Hungry Promo Photo by: Iiro Palva-aho Photography

The track list of Terror Hungry reads as follows:

01. Spurgatory
02. Game Over
03. Attaxic
04. Lethal Pleasure
05. Terror Hungry
06. Snowroad Blowout
07. Tyrant Takeover
08. Overdosed Brain
09. Thrashed Reality
10. F.F.E.
11. Brewtal Awakening
12. Mosh It Up
13. Wasted After Midnight

Bonus: 
14. You Can’t Stop Rock ‘N’ Roll

LOST SOCIETY’s debut Fast Loud Death displayed a true old-school Thrash vibe in 2013 and managed to amaze press and scene veterans such as KREATOR, TANKARD, DESTRUCTION or TESTAMENT alike. Just check out these video clips from that very record, to see what all the hype is about:

Kill (Those Who Oppose Me)

Trash All Over You

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* For more info on LOST SOCIETY:

Facebook: Lost Society

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/lostsocietyfinland

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lostsocietyfi

Source:

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USA: http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/

Europe: http://www.nuclearblast.de

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LONG LIVE LOST SOCIETY.

LONG LIVE THRASH METAL.

Stone.

RUNNING DEATH – Thrash Metal Band From Bavaria To Release Debut Album This Year

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, world news with tags , , , , , , , on January 28, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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The bavarian Thrash Metal masterminds from RUNNING DEATH are currently putting all their love, sweat and tears into writing their upcoming debut album.

The record is to be released in late 2014 and RUNNING DEATH will for sure gain a lot of prompt attention – from more than just fans of their genre.

What we’ve seen so far makes us expect nothing less than a Thrash Metal sensation!!!

The band was founded in 2004 and has from the beginning, always been looking for quality, diversity and a completely unique style.

Exploring their own ground is what keeps these musicians and founder, guitarist and singer Simon Bihlmayer awake at night.

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You’re way more likely to hear stomping Heavy Metal riffs paired with unorthodox arranged razor-sharp Thrash riffs… than all the things you’ve already heard so often and really have grown weary of!

Celebrating wide diversity and integrating an extraordinarily ambitioned reinterpretation of 80s flair, the four Metal maniacs invite you to a journey through their wonderfully catchy and powerful songs.

All those factors combined create such a unique and ever exciting soundscape, that many kinds of Metal and even Rock heads will find their itch for genuinely good music scratched!

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RUNNING DEATH:

Simon – Guitar & Vocals

Julian – Guitar & Shouts

Vigi – Bass

Jakob – Drums

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Source:

MetalMessage - large logo - red - 2013

Website: http://www.metalmessage.de

* For more info on RUNNING DEATH:

http://runningdeath.com
https://www.facebook.com/runningdeath
https://twitter.com/RunningDeath1
https://soundcloud.com/running-death
http://runningdeath.bandcamp.com

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LONG LIVE RUNNING DEATH.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

ICED EARTH “Among The Living Dead” – Song From “Plagues Of Babylon” Is: Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 26, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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ICED EARTHPlagues Of Babylon is the 11th studio album from America’s ICED EARTH and it’s a steamroller of True Metal to the nth degree! There’s no excuse for any fan of Metal to pass over this new ICED EARTH release! Plagues Of Babylon is mightily stocked with Metal songs that will shake the earth around you and Among The Living Dead is one of them!

Take a listen below to the powerful vocals of Stu Block and the riveting guitar talents of Jon Schaffer and Troy Seele. Turn the bass to high and allow Luke Appleton to send seismic waves through your skull. This is a damn great and eerie Metal song. This is American Heavy Metal. This is ICED EARTH. Metal be thy name. – Stone

ICED EARTH – Among The Living Dead Is Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!

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* For more info on ICED EARTH:

Website: http://www.icedearth.com

Facebook: http://www.icedearth.com

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Website: http://www.centurymedia.com

Shop: http://www.cmdistro.com

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LONG LIVE ICED EARTH.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

LACUNA COIL – Unveil Album Cover And Track Listing For “BROKEN CROWN HALO” – REVOLVER Hottest Chicks In Rock Tour Begins February 20th

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , on January 25, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Lacuna Coil has released the cover and track-listing for their new album ‘Broken Crown Halo’. The new record will be available in stores and digitally on March 31st in Europe and April 1st in North America, on Century Media Records.

The album is the band’s seventh studio effort, and the highly anticipated follow-up to ‘Dark Adrenaline’, which was released in January 2012 and saw the band tour with acts including Megadeth, Motorhead, Volbeat, Sevendust and Paradise Lost after debuting at No. 15 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart.

BROKEN CROWN HALO – Track Listing:

1.         Nothing Stands In Our Way

2.         Zombies

3.         Hostage To The Light

4.         Victims

5.         Die & Rise

6.         I Forgive (But I Won’t Forget Your Name)

7.         Cybersleep

8.         Infection

9.         I Burn In You

10.       In The End I Feel Alive

11.       On Cold Day

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The band had this to say about the album artwork: “We are fighting for a kingdom and a crown that is not what it seems to be, one that in reality represents the moment of confusion we’re living in, and the very fragile situation we’re facing every day.”

LACUNA COIL return to the road to introduce North America to ‘BROKEN CROWN HALO’ as part of the REVOLVER HOTTEST CHICKS IN HARD ROCK TOUR, which launches February 20 and features LACUNA COIL sharing a stage with SICK PUPPIES, Century Media Records labelmates EYES SET TO KILL, and CILVER. The tour launches in Wilmington, NC, and runs through March 20 in Anaheim, CA. See complete itinerary below, and visit www.hottestchickstour.com for additional details and VIP packages.

LACUNA COIL have this to say about ‘BROKEN CROWN HALO’:

“What conflict could run so deep that it takes you to the deepest corners of your inner world? Today we are surrounded by a lot of lies, aliases, and people acting like they are wearing an invisible crown – but you better have thick skin if you want to wear this crown! ‘BROKEN CROWN HALO’ is a cinematic album that could be the soundtrack of our days – it is a dark vision of a near future when survival is second nature, and failure is not something to be avoided, but rather cultivated with lessons learned along the way.

We set the bar pretty high with ‘Dark Adrenaline’ and it hasn’t been easy bringing our sound to the next level, but we have lived, learned and grown through a year full of personal issues and changes. We learned to be strong and get stronger, and we felt an inner vibe in this band that we haven’t felt before. We locked ourselves in an age-old studio in Milan, Italy, where history was strong and the past met with our future, vintage gear and the influence of classic Italian horror movies and bands like Goblin meeting the fresh and rough sounds of the modern world with unique and invigorating results. ‘BROKEN CROWN HALO’ is Lacuna Coil introducing a new order, and letting nothing stand in our way…”

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LACUNA COIL were joined in their native Italy by producer Jay Baumgardner [P.O.D., Sevendust, Evanescence, Papa Roach] and engineer Kyle Hoffmann [P.O.D., Bush, Zebrahead]. ‘BROKEN CROWN HALO’ was mastered by Howie Weinberg, whose credits include Rammstein, Soundgarden, Nirvana, Deftones and Pantera.

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REVOLVER HOTTEST CHICKS IN ROCK TOUR – LACUNA COIL with SICK PUPPIES, EYES SET TO KILL & CILVER

FEBRUARY:

20: Wilmington, NC – Ziggy’s By The Sea
21: Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
22: Lexington, KY – Buster’s
23: Springfield, VA – Empire
24: New York, NY – Irving Plaza
26: Worcester, MA – Palladium
27: Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club
28: Columbus, OH – Alrosa Villa

MARCH:

01: Joliet, IL – Mojoe’s
02: South Bend, IN – Club Fever
05: Broussard, LA – The Station Live
06: Houston, TX – Scout Bar
07: Austin, TX – Infest
08: Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey
10: Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
12: Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
14: Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
15: Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
19: Los Angeles, CA – House Of Blues
20: Anaheim, CA – House Of Blues

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(Source: Lacuna Coil Facebook & Century Media)

* For more info on LACUNA COIL:

Facebook: Lacuna Coil

Website: http://www.lacunacoil.it

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

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Website: http://www.centurymedia.com

Shop: http://www.cmdistro.com

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LONG LIVE LACUNA COIL.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

HORTUS ANIMAE Return With “Secular Music” – Releasing On March 24th, Via Flicknife Records

Posted in Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , , on January 24, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

Hortus Animae - Secular Music - promo cover pic - 2014

Important news from the Hortus Animae front: The band has inked a deal with the historic British label Flicknife Records for the worldwide release of their comeback album “Secular Music” that will start hitting the roads on March 24, 2014. The band also now reveals the frontcover of the album and a teaser video can be seen below:

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* For more info on HORTUS ANIMAE:

Facebook: Hortus Animae

Website: http://hortusanimae.net/

Merch: http://hortusanimae.tictail.com/

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Website: http://www.flickniferecords.co.uk

Facebook: Flicknife Records: a music label

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LONG LIVE HORTUS ANIMAE.

LONG LIVE FLICKNIFE RECORDS.

Stone.

DESCEND INTO DESPAIR – Romanian Funeral Doom Collective To Release New Long Player Via Domestic Genocide: New Hymn Now Playing

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 24, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Romanian funeral doom collective, DESCEND INTO DESPAIR, is pleased to join the eccentric Domestic Genocide roster for the release of their forthcoming full-length, The Bearer Of All Storms. Melodic yet fragmented and led by the anguished growls of Denis Ungurean, the record is a primitive, thoroughly cheerless voyage through the various sounds and shades of suffering and despair, their grim, disconcerting hymns of negativity proving both elegant and suffocating.

Sink into the sorrow of teaser track “Mirrors Of Flesh” below:

The Bearer Of All Storms Track Listing:

1. Portrait of Rust

2. Mirrors of Flesh

3. Pendulum of Doubt

4. Triangle of Lies

5. The Horrific Pale Awakening

6. Plânge glia de dorul meu

7. Embrace of Earth

Forged in 2010 in the dismal town of Radauti, Romania, DESCEND INTO DESPAIR aims to consume its listeners with a pervading sense of melancholy, their lyrical themes teetering somewhere between hope for a better tomorrow and imminent societal collapse, the downward spiral of mankind playing the most prominent role in their source of forlorn inspiration. Over the course of four years and varying lineups, the band – now featuring Alex Cozaciuc (lead guitars, programming, drums, keyboards), Denis Ungurean (vocals, ex-Donkerland), Iulia Bulancea (bass), Orza Radu (drums), Cosmin Farcău (rhythm guitars) and Florentin Popa (keyboards) – has released one demo, one EP and the “Hierophant Of The Night” single written in memory of Lifelover’s Jonas Bergqvist, each offering proving more traumatic than the next both in sound and spirit.

The Bearer Of All Storms will be released via Domestic Genocide Records on January 28, 2014. Order your copy today at THIS LOCATION.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on DESCEND INTO DESPAIR:

http://www.facebook.com/descendintodespairband

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http://www.domesticgenociderecords.com

http://www.facebook.com/domestic.genocide.records

http://domesticgenocide.bandcamp.co

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LONG LIVE DESCEND INTO DESPAIR.

LONG LIVE DOOM METAL.

Stone.

Silent Opera’s New Album “Reflections” Out On February 21st, 2014, via MASSACRE RECORDS!

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music videos, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 23, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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SILENT OPERA Reflections recorded with Mobo, a.k.a. Frédéric Motte, at the Conkrete Studio in Bordeaux, France.

Artwork by Anaïs Galiana (Barbariskunst).

“Dawn Of The Fool” Music Video:

“Fight Or Drift” Music Video:

Recording “Sailor, Siren And Bitterness”:

Available for an attractive newcomer price!

Pre-order:

http://www.metalmerchant.com/

http://www.emp-online.com/search/Silent Opera Reflections/

http://georiot.co/1tpp (Amazon)

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SILENT OPERA:

Laure Laborde – female voice

Steven Schriver – death growl

Olivier Sentenac – bass

Romain Larregain – guitars

Jon Erviti – drums

Laura Nicogossian – keyboards

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* SILENT OPERA are from Aquitaine, France.

* For more info on SILENT OPERA:

Facebook: Silent opera

Website: http://www.silentopera.com

Source:

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http://www.massacre-records.com

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LONG LIVE SILENT OPERA.

LONG LIVE MASSACRE RECORDS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

CRISIX – Signs With Apostasy Records

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

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Apostasy Records welcomes new blood to the family…

Barcelona-based ultra thrashers CRISIX have signed with Apostasy Records, becoming the first thrash metal act to join the label’s roster. With their 2011 album, The Menace the quintet released an outstanding debut full of hard-driving riffs and feisty vocals; a cocktail that feeds every pit. The band’s latest, Rise…Then Rest, was mixed and mastered by none other than Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, et. al.). Previously available in Spain only, Apostasy Records will release this masterpiece across the UK, Europe and North America. More details to come.

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on CRISIX:

Website: www.crisixband.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/CrisixUT

Twitter: @CrisixUT

YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CrisixUT

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Website: www.apostasyrecords.com

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LONG LIVE CRISIX.

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.

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.

DISCHARGE: Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing – The CVLT Nation Sessions Covers Compilation – FREE Album Download

Posted in 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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CVLT Nation is proud to present the first covers compilation in a series dubbed The CVLT Nation Sessions with DISCHARGE‘s seminal album Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing. The digital release is available today, via CVLTNation.com for exclusive streaming and free download.

The CVLT Nation Sessions is a musical project with the aim of reinterpreting iconic music that has influenced a wide spectrum of genres, while also widening the audience for the participating bands. CVLT Nation has recruited some of its favorite underground heavy bands from around the world to record covers for free distribution and download via CVLT Nation.com. All the mastering is done by Black Matter Mastering in Nashville, Tennessee.

To download or stream your copy of DISCHARGE – Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing: The CVLT Nation Sessions Covers Compilation, point your browser HERE.

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DISCHARGE – Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing

The CVLT Nation Sessions Track Listing:

01. Per Capita: Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing

02. Dark Horse: The Nightmare Continues

03. Unru: The Final Blood Bath

04. Wölfes: Protest & Survive

05. Severe: I Won’t Subscribe

06. Plagues: Drunk With Power

07. Absvrdist: Meanwhile

08. Blood Division: Cries Of Help

09. Napalm Raid: A Hell On Earth

10. Tolar: The Possibility Of Life’s Destruction

11. Cop Problem: Q: And Children? A: And Children

12. Dephosphorus: The Blood Runs Red

13. Wölvefröst: Free Speech For The Dumb

14. Occultist: The End

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info:

http://www.cvltnation.com

http://www.facebook.com/cvltnationofficial

http://www.blackmattermastering.com

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LONG LIVE THE CULT NATION.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

FOZZY – New Album Update

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 20, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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As reported on the FOZZY Facebook page on January 17th, 2014:

New Fozzy Album – Day One of Vocal Tracking

Day one of tracking is done and the first song is vocally finished! This song SERIOUSLY ROCKS! #lightsgoout #June2014 – CJ

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Chris Jericho – Vocals

Rich “The Duke Of Metal” Ward – Guitar/Vocals

Frank Fontsere – Drums

Paul Di Leo – Bass

Billy Grey – Guitar

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* For more info on FOZZY:

Website: http://www.fozzyrock.com

Twitter: www.twitter.com/fozzyrock

Website: http://www.thedukeofmetal.com

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LONG LIVE FOZZY.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

NERVOSA – “Victim Of Yourself” Album Cover Artwork And Track Listing Revealed!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands, world news with tags , , , , , , , , on January 19, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

Nervosa - Victim Of Yourself - promo album pic - 2014

Check out the artwork for the upcoming NERVOSA album Victim of Yourself, done by Andrei Bouzikov!

Pre-orders are available too! Check out the different editions at: http://bit.ly/1dsyxQu

Right after making one song of their new album ‘Victim of Yourself’ available for free download on the internet, the band NERVOSA now announces its track list.

Their first full-length album will have 12 tracks, including the song ‘Into Moshpit’, which was released this past week by their label, the Austrian Napalm Records. Download it here:

www.facebook.com/napalmrecords/app_255597151265974

Check out the tracks sequence of Victim of Yourself:

01 – Intro

02 – Twisted Values

03 – Justice Be Done

04 – Wake up and Fight

05 – Nasty Injury

06 – Envious

07 – Morbid Courage

08 – Death!

09 – Into Moshpit

10 – Deep misery

11 – Victim of Yourself

12 – Urânio em Nós

The album’s release dates will be soon announced as well as other info about it.

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Fernanda Lira – Vocals & Bass

Prika Amaral – Guitars & Backing Vocals

Pitchu Ferraz – Drums

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* NERVOSA are from São Paulo, Brazil.

* For more info on NERVOSA:

Facebook: Nervosa Thrash

Twitter: www.twitter.com/nervosathrash

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(Source: Napalm Records)

Website: http://www.napalmrecords.com

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* For more info on Andrei Bouzikov:

 Facebook: Andrei Bouzikov

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LONG LIVE NERVOSA.

LONG LIVE ANDREI BOUZIKOV.

LONG LIVE NAPALM RECORDS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

TWILIGHT “III: Beneath Trident’s Tomb” – Releasing On March 18th In North America; 1st Track “Lungs” Streaming Online Now

Posted in Black Metal, black metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 19, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

Twilight - III Beneath Tridents Tomb - promo cover pic - 2014

Experimental Black Metal band TWILIGHT will release their new album III: Beneath Trident’s Tomb on March 17th in Europe and March 18th in North America. Be sure to check out the first track “Lungs” here:

Tracklisting:

1. Lungs (Whitehead/Jameson)

2. Oh Wretched Son (Giannopoulos/Whitehead/Jameson)

3. Swarming Funereal Mass (Whitehead/Jameson)

4. Seek No Shelter Fevered Ones (Giannopoulos/Whitehead/Jameson)

5. A Flood of Eyes (Giannopoulos/Moore/Whitehead/Jameson)

6. Below Lights (Parker/Jameson)

Line Up:

N. Imperial – vocals

Wrest – drums/bass/vocals

Stavros Giannopoulos – guitars/vocals

Sanford Parker – synths/electronics/production

Thurston Moore – guitar/vocals

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(Source: Century Media Records)

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Website: http://www.centurymedia.com

* TWILIGHT are from Chicago, Illinois.

* For more info on TWILIGHT:

Facebook: Twilight (Official)

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LONG LIVE TWILIGHT.

LONG LIVE 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

Omnizide - Death Metal Holocaust - promo cover pic

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.

ALTERBEAST – Technical Death Metal Militia To Release Debut Full-Length Via Unique Leader This March; New Track Posted

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 17, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

Alterbeast - promo band pic - #1 - 2013

Sacramento Technical Death Metal militia, ALTERBEAST, is pleased to unleash their full-length debut via Unique Leader this Spring! Titled Immortal, the eight track monster offering was meticulously assembled in several locals throughout 2013.

With guitars and bass recorded at Augmented Audio in Los Angeles with former The Black Dahlia Murder bassist Ryan “Bart” Williams, vocals arranged at Mayhemeness Studios in Sacramento by Bob Swanson (Rings Of Saturn, Plague Window et al) and drums tracked at Castle Ultimate Studios with Zack Ohren (Light This City, All Shall Perish, First Blood, Cattle Decapitation, Warbringer et al), who also mixed and mastered the release, Immortal promises to deliver some of the most dynamic, instrumentally adept and plainly crushing material of the year.

Elaborates vocalist Cam Rogers of the outcome:Immortal is what was spawned from hard work, dedication, and downright brutal musicianship. It has intricate solos, absolutely crushing interludes and brutal circle-pit anthems. ALTERBEAST sets the scene with grievous piano preceding the onset of ‘Flesh Bound Text’ which comes in with blistering drums and guitars effortlessly making their way around the fret board. Every piece truly has its own personality on this record, whether it’s the apocalyptic soundscapes of ‘Ancient’s Retribution,’ the devastating aggression of ‘Vile Remnants’ or the unmerciful grooves in ‘Throne of Maggots.’ This album has something for every listener and comes together seamlessly to form as a breathtaking whole. Immortal is exactly what we intended it to be: a gripping and intense death metal album.”

Liquefy your brain with the sounds of opening track “Flesh Bound Text” below!

Immortal Track Listing:

1. Flesh Bound Text

2. Of Decimus Divine

3. Vile Remnants

4. Ancient’s Retribution

5. Mutilated Marvel

6. Into Oblivion

7. Serpentspire

8. Throne of Maggots

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Formed in 2011 under the working title Gary Busey Amber Alert (GBAA), ALTERBEAST combines the teachings of The Black Dahlia Murder, Necrophagist and Spawn Of Possession with the classic Death Metal mastery of band’s like Dissection and Morbid Angel into an irate expulsion of sonic deviance. After a year of dedicated song-crafting, ALTERBEAST unleashed their first demo in 2012 and officially waged war on the populace with numerous shows opening for Deicide, Dying Fetus, Testament, Revocation, Exhumed, Severed Savior and many others. Their crushing live assaults combined with a DIY ethos quickly earned them a revered place within the local Death Metal community.

Immortal will rear its head upon the masses on March 18, 2014 via Unique Leader. Further intel, including preorder links, to be announced in the coming days.

ALTERBEAST Personnel:

Cam Rogers – Vocals
Rusty Cornell – Guitar
Andrew Lamb – Guitar
Michael Zamora – Bass
Gabe Seeber (The Kennedy Veil, Decrepit Birth, Abysmal Dawn et al) – Drums

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on ALTERBEAST:

http://www.facebook.com/ALTERBEASTofficial
http://www.youtube.com/ALTERBEASTofficial

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Website: http://www.uniqueleader.com

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LONG LIVE ALTERBEAST.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

LEGION OF THE DAMNED – “Ravenous Plague” Enters German Charts At Position Number…

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 16, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

Legion Of The Damned - #21 - German Charts - promo pic - 2014

As reported on the Napalm Records Facebook page:

Ravenous Plague by LEGION OF THE DAMNED entered the official German media control album charts at position #21! Congrats, guys!

If you don’t have this killer record yet – what are you waiting for?
http://shop.napalmrecords.com/legionofthedamned

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* For more info on LEGION OF THE DAMNED:

Facebook: Legion of the Damned

Website: http://www.legionofthedamned.net

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Website: http://www.napalmrecords.com

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LONG LIVE LEGION OF THE DAMNED.

LONG LIVE THRASH METAL.

LONG LIVE 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

Thunderwar - The Birth Of Thunder - promo cover pic - 2013

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.

WITHIN TEMPTATION – Acoustic Show At HMV London, February 4th, Has Sold Out!

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, symphonic metal, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 15, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

Within Temptation - Hmv London - Acoustic show - promo banner - 2014

As reported on the Within Temptation Facebook page:

Great news for friends in the UK!

Within Temptation will be doing an intimate acoustic show at a HMV store in London on Tuesday the 4th of February.

The show is completely sold out!

Within Temptation - Hydra - promo banner - pre-order - 2013

Within Temptation’s new studio album, Hydra, will be released on February 4th, 2014, in the USA, via Nuclear Blast.

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* For more info on WITHIN TEMPTATION:

Facebook: Within Temptation

Website: http://www.within-temptation.com

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http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/

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LONG LIVE WITHIN TEMPTATION.

Stone.

FLESH ENGINE – Confirmed For Warriors Of Metal Fest VII

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, world news with tags , , , , , , , on January 14, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

Flesh Engine - promo band pic - Warriors Of Metal Fest - 2014

January 13, 2014  Cincinnati, Ohio – Warriors of Metal, Inc. non-profit organization has announced that Philadelphia thrashers, FLESH ENGINE have been confirmed for the main stage of Warriors Of Metal Fest VII at O’Sheckys LIVE Bar & Grill in Columbus, Ohio on June 27 and 28. FLESH ENGINE was a promotional monster for last year’s fest, so we’re privileged to have them back to perform again this summer, especially since they have been planning something special for us in 2014!

Band manager and guitarist, Dave Orkin states: “It’s an honor that we received the call from Datis asking us to come back in 2014, after playing the awesome Pre-Fest Showcase in 2013.  This time, however, if everything is ready to go as we have been planning and Metal Gods willing, we will be doing a special pre-release show of our second upcoming full length CD Purging Existence at the Fest this summer. We made lots of new fans & friends last year and we’re eager to get back to them with something very special. So this is a great honor for us and we intend to show all our fans and friends in the Midwest a headbanging good time once again.  Are you ready Columbus, Ohio?Here we come!”

Reduce to Nothing, the lead single from Purging Existence, can be heard below:

Keep up-to-date with all of the developments such as band announcements and ticket information for next year’s show through the Warrior’s of Metal Fest’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/warriorsofmetal

Warriors Of Metal Festival VII - promo flyer - 2014

(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on FLESH ENGINE:

Facebook: FLESH ENGINE

Website: http://www.FleshEngine.com

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LONG LIVE FLESH ENGINE.

FLESH ENGINE KICKS SUPERIOR METAL ASS.

LONG LIVE WARRIORS OF METAL FEST.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.