Archive for metal albums 2014

Shadow Kingdom Records Releases Rare RUN AFTER TO Recordings

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 13, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Shadow Kingdom Records has unearthed and released a collection of obscure and virtually unknown ’80s Italian Doom Metal from RUN AFTER TO.

A split release entitled Run After To/Gjinn and Djinn that includes the band’s lone 1988 self-titled EP and the 1985 Gjinn and Djinn demo is now available worldwide on digital and CD formats. The songs have been remastered and the CD package contains some amazing band photos and a complete biography.

With the strange name came some strange songs as well. These old dusty recordings are literally impossible to find except for a low quality upload on YouTube. Fans of old 80’s Doom Metal like PAUL CHAIN VIOLET THEATRE, BLACK HOLE, and DEATH SS will absolutely love this package. Those not as familiar with Italian Doom Metal will have their interest piqued by comparisons to the likes of BLACK SABBATH, SAINT VITUS, CANDLEMASS and TROUBLE. RUN AFTER TO is one of those bands who has gone criminally unnoticed thanks to a career cut too short.

Stream the album in full and purchase at: shadowkingdomrecords.bandcamp.com.

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CRITICAL PRAISE:

“”If you are a fan of Trouble or Pentagram this little gem is for you.” 9/10  – This is not a Scene

“This is Proto Doom at its best containing the melodic edge of NWOBHM, whilst still dishing out punishingly heavy riffs.”  – Temple of Perdition 

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Website: http://shadowkingdomrecords.com

(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

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LONG LIVE THE LEGACY OF RUN AFTER TO.

LONG LIVE DOOM METAL.

Stone.

LETHAL DOSAGE – Revolver Premieres Opening Track From Tucson Quintet’s New Full-Length

Posted in Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , on January 13, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Consume The Southwest Tour Dates Locked

The opening track to Consume, the second full-length undertaking from Tucson, Arizona-based quintet, LETHAL DOSAGE, has been leaked onto the masses via Revolver Magazine. Bringing forth a nearly four-minute beating fueled by the band’s live-for-today and fuck the rest attitude, “Drink” most aptly displays what Consume is about. From the cacophony of the scathing vocal bellow and immediately pummeling opening moments of the album, listeners know Consume is going to be a punishing excursion.

Get a LETHAL DOSAGE of hate-bred audio aggression with “Drink” at Revolver’s website RIGHT HERE.

On February 25th, LETHAL DOSAGE will release Consume via Battleground Records, the new label founded by Tucson’s own Godhunter, also founders of the now annual Southwest Terror Fest gathering. Just in time for its release, the band will embark on their Consume The Southwest Touralongside Las Cruces’Psykryptyca, with five shows in New Mexico and Arizona between February 18th and 22nd. More extensive tour actions, including an US Summer tour, are in the planning stages as well.

LETHAL DOSAGE Consume The Southwest Tour w/ Psykryptyca:

2/18/2014 Metal Junkies – Las Cruces, NM

2/19/2014 The Jam Spot – Albuquerque, NM

2/20/2014 The Hive – Flagstaff, AZ

2/21/2014 Tempe Tavern – Phoenix, AZ

2/22/2014 The Rock – Tucson, AZ

LETHAL DOSAGE self-released their debut album, Inhale, in mid-2011, followed by regional touring ever since. After their breakthrough performance at the 2013 installment of the Southwest Terror Fest supporting Sacred Reich and Landmine Marathon in their hometown, the head of the fest, and founder of Battleground Records, brought the pummeling act under the new label’s cape, eager to unleash the bestial hammerfuck of their newly recorded Consume full-length. 

LETHAL DOSAGE releases a brutal, modern, death-influenced, groove-laden style akin to Chimaira and Lamb Of God, delivered through a caustic sludge production on Consume. Bearing fifty minutes of carnage, the album was recorded at Arcane Digital Studio, produced and mixed by Ryan Butler and mastered at Sonorous Mastering. Battleground will release Consume thorugh digipak CD and digital delivery.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on LETHAL DOSAGE:

https://www.facebook.com/LethalDosageTucson

http://lethaldosage1.bandcamp.com

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LONG LIVE LETHAL DOSAGE.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

NITRO “VOLATILE ACTIVITY” On Vinyl Now! U.S. Traditional Metal Legends Issue This Lost/Previously Unreleased Album!

Posted in classic rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, 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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US Traditional Metal veterans NITRO join with Blood and Iron Records/Metal Soldiers Records to issue the legendary “lost” never-released album “VOLATILE ACTIVITY” on VINYL.

2013 was a good year to be a NITRO fan and now the dawning of 2014 sees the Pennsylvania quartet offering an extremely rare full LP.

New and long-term NITRO followers worldwide can now add the fabled, “VOLATILE ACTIVITY” to their NITRO collections thanks to vinyl specialists Blood and Iron/Metal Soldiers Records.

Listen to “VOLATILE ACTIVITY” here: www.soundcloud.com/nitroamerica

With amazingly strong staying power, NITRO formed in 1979, released their famous 10 inch EP “LETHAL” in 1982, quickly signed with legendary Belgian label Mausoleum Records, and released the full length LP “LETHAL + II” in 1983.

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Hot on the heels of Skol Records July 2013 CD release of the NITRO anthology “LETHAL DOSE”, “VOLATILE ACTIVITY” comes from Blood and Iron/Metal Soldiers records as an eagerly awaited limited release in black vinyl and blue vinyl.

For more than 26 years, this complete and self-produced album has been tucked away deep in the NITRO vaults. Vinylphiles will be treated to 10 vintage tracks forged in 1987, as well as the new 2013 single “URANIUM” serving as the connective tissue to span the decades between classic and farm-fresh NITRO. “VOLATILE ACTIVITY” includes plenty of exciting extras such as detailed liner notes, lyrics, and never-before-seen NITRO photos from the 80’s of original members Dana Confer, John Hazel, Brad Gensimore, and Tim Wilson.

Order “VOLATILE ACTIVITY” now from Blood and Iron Records at: bloodandironrecords.com/ bloodandironrecords@gmail.com

Visit NITRO at: www.facebook.com/usanitro

 Some NITRO-VOLATILE ACTIVITY videos on YouTube!

NITRO – Do It

NITRO – Take Me Higher

NITRO – Uranium

NITRO – Rule The World

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LONG LIVE NITRO.

NITRO KICKS RIGHTEOUS METAL ASS.

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.

DRAWERS Debuts “Shadow Dancer” With New Noise Magazine

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, stoner metal, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 11, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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New Noise Magazine has posted the exclusive world premiere of Shadow Dancer, the first single off of the upcoming self-titled album from French Stoner/Doom Metal outfit DRAWERS. Due out February 11 on Kaotoxin Records, Drawers was recorded live to tape in the studio and delivers plenty of intense, heavy and catchy grooves.

Check out “Shadow Dancer” at this location.

Drawers will be available for pre-order on January 14. Stay tuned for more details.

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Stone Says: Y’all gotta check out Shadow Dancer from Drawers! This song is an absolute and righteous Metal ass kicking that I very much deserved. Metal be thy name.

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on DRAWERS:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/drawerskvlt

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Web: www.kaotoxin.com

Listen: listen.kaotoxin.com
 
Like: facebook.com/kaotoxinrecords

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LONG LIVE DRAWERS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

GAMMA RAY – Power Metal Icons To Release “Empire Of The Undead” This Spring Via earMUSIC/Armoury Records; Studio Burns Down – Band Marches On

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 9, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

Gamma Ray - Classic Band Logo - auburn color - 2014

Finally, the eleventh studio album from power metal icons, GAMMA RAY, is nearing completion! Titled Empire Of The Undead, it is the record that almost wasn’t.

Penned throughout 2013 with Eike Freese at the mixing desk, supporting the ever-precious work of bass player and co-writer, Dirk Schlaechter, the band had just landed in South America with tour mates Helloween when some harrowing news reached Kai Hansen and crew: Hammer Studio, their home, rehearsal space, and meeting point for many metal bands throughout Germany, had burned down leaving nearly all its contents in ruins, with the exception of the tapes from their nearly finished new studio album.

Back on their home turf, GAMMA RAY evaluated their losses only to do what they do best – move on. “If this could not stop us, nothing ever will,” joked a light-hearted Hansen, adding that, “We got rid of a lot of shit that we gathered there. Unfortunately, a lot of good equipment as well. Anyhow, we look towards the future, we saved the production and we can continue now in this new place. By mid-January we should be done with the work on this album.”

The title track, Empire Of The Undead, a high-paced number in the traditionally epic GAMMA RAY style that has influenced so many bands globally, has appeared on the single/EP Master Of Confusion which was released last year and served as precursor to the forthcoming full-length.

Empire Of The Undead will be released in North America on CD, LP and digitally via Armoury Records in conjunction with earMusic late this Spring. Further details to be revealed in the coming weeks. In the meantime, view a video message from Kai Hansen below:

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on GAMMA RAY:

Website: http://www.gammaray.org

http://www.facebook.com/gammarayofficial

* For more info on earMusic & Eagle Rock Entertainment:

http://www.ear-music.net

http://www.eaglerockent.com

http://www.facebook.com/EagleRockEnt

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LONG LIVE GAMMA RAY.

LONG LIVE POWER METAL.

Stone.

STORMWARRIOR “Thunder & Steel” – New Studio Album Is A Metal Triumph You Cannot Pass Over In 2014!

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 8, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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5 Out Of 5 Metal Fists!

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STORMWARRIOR – On January 24th, 2014, Thunder & Steele, the fifth studio album from Northern Germany’s Stormwarrior, will be released upon our worldwide Metal community, via the mighty Massacre Records. For Stormwarrior fans across the globe, let the celebration commence! New fans of this dynamic Metal band shall be recruited in hordes, once the Metal masses experiences the overpowering Metal splendor of Thunder & Steele.

Fans of Helloween, Running Wild and Power Metal/Speed Metal MUST insert this new Stormwarrior album upon their Metal radar… NOW. The Speed Metal I am enjoying on Thunder & Steele is Metal delectable and the power is top-tier and exhilarating, to say the least! Jaw dropping guitar wizardry from Alex Guth and Lars Ramcke cannot be missed by any fan of Metal! Both these Metal gents obviously have access to the guitar gods of center Earth.

Crank up LOUD, Steelcrusader from Stormwarrior, below! Whoa!

Lars Ramcke is lead vocalist as well and carries a strong resemblance to the legendary Kai Hansen; only it’s obvious to my senses that Lars is a true original. Yenz Leonhardt (bass & backing vocals) and Jörg Uken (drums & backing vocals) are a Metal treat to focus my ears upon! A sterling rhythm section are they!

ALL ten songs are so excellent it’s a thrill for me to say so! My being impressed by this new Stormwarrior album is a huge Metal understatement. Thunder & Steele equates to what Metal has always intended to be for me (and countless others); glorious, powerful, muscular and spewing heightened vibes of victory through my veins and Metal soul!

I could not think of any better way, than to start the Metal New Year of 2014 off, than by spreading the grand Metal word about Stormwarrior and their Metal triumph called Thunder & Steele. Support Stormwarrior for their Metal for their Metal shall support you! A 100% Metal must buy for 2014. Metal be thy name and Hail German Metal forever. – Stone

THUNDER & STEELE – Track Listing:

01. Thunder & Steele

02. Metal Avenger

03. Sacred Blade

04. Ironborn

05. Steelcrusader

06. Fyres In The Nighte

07. Die By The Hammer

08. Child Of Fyre

09. One Will Survive

10. Servants Of Metal

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* For more info on STORMWARRIOR:

Facebook: STORMWARRIOR (Official)

Website: http://www.stormwarrior.de

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Facebook: MASSACRE RECORDS

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LONG LIVE STORMWARRIOR.

LONG LIVE METAL.

LONG LIVE GERMANY.

Stone.

FAITHSEDGE RETURN FOR 2014

Posted in Hard Rock, hard rock bands, Heavy Metal, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on January 7, 2014 by Metal Odyssey

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Faithsedge will return in 2014 with a more aggressive approach, while still keeping a melodic/progressive edge to their music. This year the band features Giancarlo Floridia (Vocals/Guitar), Alex Derosso (Lead guitar), Tony “AJ” Morra (Drums) and will once again be produced by Fabrizio Grossi (also handling bass duties). In addition, two melodic rock keyboard greats appear on 3 tracks – Eric Ragno and Alessandro DelVecchio.

The album is just being finished by Peter Doell (David Lee Roth/Richard Marx) at “Universal Mastering” in Universal City California. More details with release dates and label info soon. Pictured is singer Giancarlo Florida at Universal Mastering with Peter Doell.

Faithsedge - Giancarlo Floridia - Peter Doell - 2014

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* For more info on FAITHSEDGE:

Facebook: Faithsedge

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LONG LIVE FAITHSEDGE.

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.

THROWDOWN “Intolerance” – New Studio Album Releasing January 21st, Via eOne Music

Posted in hardcore bands, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on December 30, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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THROWDOWN’s first studio album in four years, Intolerance, releases on January 21st, 2014, via eOne Music. Orange County California’s Hardcore and Metal warriors… THROWDOWN! Metal be thy name.

Below, listen To AVOW from Intolerance and get your senses scorched!

INTOLERANCE – Track Listing:

1. Fight or Die

2. Borrowed Time

3. Avow

4. Hardened By Consequences

5. Defend With Violence

6. Suffer, Conquer

7. Cut Away

8. Intolerance

9. Without Weakness

10. Born & Buried Alone

11. Condemned To Live

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* For more info on THROWDOWN:

Facebook: Throwdown

Twitter: http://twitter.com/throwdown

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LONG LIVE THROWDOWN.

LONG LIVE METAL.

LONG LIVE HARDCORE.

Stone.

AXEL RUDI PELL ” Into The Storm” – Releases On January 21st, In USA, Via SPV / Steamhammer

Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, hard rock bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on December 30, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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RELEASE DATES:

Germany – January 17th, 2014

Europe – January 20th, 2014

USA – January 21st, 2014

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Left to Right: Bobby Rondinelli, Ferdy Doernberg, Johnny Gioeli, Axel Rudi Pell, Volker Krawczak

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Below is a snippet of Burning Chains, from Into The Storm. Check it out, play it LOUD and… Metal be thy name!!

INTO THE STORM – Track Listing:

1. THE INQUISITORIAL PROCEDURE 1:48

2. TOWER OF LIES 4:26

3. LONG WAY TO GO 5:32

4. BURNING CHAINS 5:23

5. WHEN TRUTH HURTS 6:46

6. CHANGING TIMES 6:05

7. TOUCHING HEAVEN 7:02

8. HIGH ABOVE 4:49

9. HEY HEY MY MY 5:02

10. INTO THE STORM 10:35

DIGIPAK BONUSTRACKS:

11. WHITE CATS (Opus #6 Scivolare) 4:54

12. WAY TO MANDALAY 7:52

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* For more info on AXEL RUDI PELL:

AXEL RUDI PELL OFFICIAL SITE

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LONG LIVE AXEL RUDI PELL.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

SCORPIONS “Blackout” – Limited Numbered Edition, Hybrid SACD Releasing On January 21st, Via Audio Fidelity

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

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SCORPIONS – Releasing on January 21st, 2014, is the SCORPIONS seminal album, Blackout, as a SACD from Audio Fidelity. Not enough can be said for Germany’s highly influential and super legendary SCORPIONS! This SACD is a limited numbered edition and must be included in every SCORPION’s fans collection! Metal be thy name!

SCORPIONS BLACKOUT – Track Listing:

1. Blackout

2. Can’t Live Without You

3. No One Like You

4. You Give Me All I Need

5. Now!

6. Dynamite

7. Arizona

8. China White

9. When The Smoke Is Going Down

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SCORPIONS – Blackout Lineup:

Klaus Meine – lead vocals

Matthias Jabs – guitar

Rudolf Schenker – guitar

Francis Buchholz – bass

Herman Rarebell – drums, percussion

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Production: Dieter Dierks – producer, engineer

Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

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A self-portrait of artist Gottfried Helnwein is featured on the cover of the Blackout album.

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* Audio Fidelity: http://www.audiofidelity.net

* For more info on SCORPIONS:

Website: http://www.the-scorpions.com/

Facebook: Scorpions

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LONG LIVE SCORPIONS.

LONG LIVE 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

Morfin - Inoculation - promo cover pic - 2013

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.

DARK FOREST – “The Awakening” Coming March 11, On Cruz Del Sur Music

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on December 27, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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UK-based traditional metallers DARK FOREST are set to return with their anticipated third long-player, The Awakening. The album has been slated for North American release on March 11 via Cruz Del Sur Music.

DARK FOREST was forged in the Black Country, England by guitarist Christian Horton. For just over a decade they have been delivering their uniquely rousing, defiant heavy metal to the world. With the release of their self-made EPs in 2007, the band quickly gained the attention and support of the heavy metal underground, both in England and abroad, and then went from strength to strength, gigging across Europe and the UK and releasing their self titled debut album in 2009, then Dawn of Infinity in 2011.

In 2012 DARK FOREST recruited the outstanding vocalist Josh Winnard as their new front man and shortly afterwards also gained the incredible talents of guitarist Pat Jenkins. With this new line up, the band immediately began writing fresh material and entered the recording studio in June 2013 to produce their third album The Awakening.

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The album is recorded in 444hz instead of the standardized 440hz tuning. The decision was based by studying the lost “Solfeggio frequencies”, original sound frequencies which were apparently used in Ancient Gregorian Chants and were believed to impart “spiritual blessings when sung in harmony”* and also by studying the nefarious origins of 440hz. Tuning to 444hz corresponds to a “C” of 528hz on the Solfeggio Frequency Scale, the exact frequency used by genetic biochemists to repair broken DNA.  This frequency is also believed to encourage “Transformation and Miracles.”

DARK FOREST’s innate sense of melody remains intact on The Awakening, as well as the band’s trademarked epic twin-guitar dueling, but this time the album is permeated by a general sense of oppression and sorrow and sounds much more reflective than their previous works. Not by coincidence, The Awakening opens with the ending lines of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem ” The Mask of Anarchy” and ends with the anthem “Sons of England”.

The awakening must be both spiritual and intellectual and through the rediscovery of our roots and a connection to nature, must lead all humanity to remember the truth – that we are infinite consciousness and we are one. This is the realization that will defeat the global control system of the elite and set humanity free.

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on DARK FOREST:

www.facebook.com/Darkforestuk

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www.cruzdelsurmusic.com

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LONG LIVE DARK FOREST.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

MIDNITE HELLION – Releases “Hour Of The Wolf” 7-Inch Single

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on December 27, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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New Jersey metallers MIDNITE HELLION have released the “Hour of the Wolf” 7-inch, limited-edition vinyl single. This two-tune rager offers a taste of the band’s powerful and melodic brand of trad-inspired metal. The single is available in translucent blue (100 copies) and classic black (400 copies) vinyl.

Order Hour of the Wolf and more from MIDNITE HELLION at: www.midnitehellion.com.

MIDNITE HELLION is currently hard at work on material for a new full-length album, to be recorded and released in 2014. A live cassette is in the works as well. The band has been confirmed for the 2014 Ragnarökkr Metal Apocalypse, set for April 4 & 5 at Reggie’s in Chicago, Ill. For fest details, visit www.ragnarokkrmetal.com.

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HOUR OF THE WOLF – Track Listing:

Side Witches:  Hour Of The Wolf

Side Brew:  The Morrigan

 CRITICAL PRAISE:

“Killer tunes!” –Ron Lipnicki, OVERKILL

“I’ve never felt so happy to get hit repeatedly in the face with a plastic fence.” –Brian “Lumberjack” Smith

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MIDNITE HELLION:

PJ Berlinghof – Vocals

Dan Sclavi – Guitars/Backing Vocals

Nick DiGiovacchino – Guitars

Bill Dripps – Bass/Backing Vocals

Drew Rizzo – Drums

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on MIDNITE HELLION:

Website:  www.midnitehellion.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/midnitehellion

Youtube: www.youtube.com/midnitehellion

Reverbnation:  www.reverbnation.com/midnitehellion

Twitter: www.twitter.com/midnitehellion

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LONG LIVE MIDNITE HELLION.

LONG LIVE NEW JERSEY.

LONG LIVE 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

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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.

LEGION OF THE DAMNED “Ravenous Plague” – Releases January 7th, Via Napalm Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, world news with tags , , , , , , on December 23, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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LEGION OF THE DAMNED – RAVENOUS PLAGUE 

METAL WARRIORS FROM THE NETHERLANDS!

NEW STUDIO ALBUM FROM LEGION OF THE DAMNED RELEASES JANUARY 7TH, 2014, IN NORTH AMERICA!

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Below, listen to Legion Of The Damned and get your senses engulfed by their savage, searing Blackened Thrash Metal of Doom Priest… Metal be thy name!!

RAVENOUS PLAGUE – Track Listing:

01. The Apocalyptic Surge

02. Howling For Armageddon

03. Black Baron

04. Mountain Wolves Under A Crescent Moon

05. Ravenous Abominations

06. Doom Priest

07. Summon All Hate

08. Morbid Death

09. Bury Me In A Nameless Grave

10. Armalite Assassin

11. Strike Of The Apocalypse

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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 METAL.

Stone.

FALLEN FATE – Announce New Album ‘Into The Black’

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on December 23, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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North East England’s purveyors of modern metal FALLEN FATE have announced an upcoming full album release. After storming the UK in 2011 with ‘The Virus Has Spread’ the band is back, has regrouped and is ready to utterly waste with new release ‘Into the Black’.

Recorded in part in Stymphalian Productions in York with producer James Stephenson and finished in vocalist Lee Skinner’s home studio, ‘Into the Black’ retains the Fallen Fate’s signature punishing heaviness but it’s also apparent that the band has moved on musically since ‘The Virus Has Spread’.

Comments Lee Skinner, ‘Dark, Expressive and Heavy…The sound and feel of Fallen Fate has changed quite a bit since the release of ‘The Virus Has Spread’. The band has progressed and developed a more solid metal sound while maintaining a unique mix of speed and heaviness in the music.’

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INTO THE BLACK – Track Listing:

1. The Rise (Intro)

2. Blackened Within

3. Until The Final Hour

4. Into The Black

5. Possession

6. I Welcome The Dead

7. Rituals

8. Last Rites

9. The Demise (Intro)

10. Vespa

‘Based on a horror movie theme around a young girl called Vespa, the concept of ‘Into The Black’ plays a big part in how the album sounds and how it is visually portrayed through the artwork and upcoming videos. It contributed to the evolving sound of the band as we introduced more keyboards and experimental sounds into the mix, giving it a different dark feel and sound.’

Talking further about the concept of the album Skinner elaborates, ‘She [Vespa] chose a life without faith and over time became possessed by a demon. The demon slowly took over her body and ultimately lead her to kill herself and her family. The drive behind the concept is to empower the listener to decide whether she was possessed by the Devil, as she has no saviour in her life, or if she was possessed by God, punishing her for her lack of faith.’

The artwork designed by both Photographer Ian Cameron and Skinner through his own Black Venom Designs compliments the album’s running theme.

Supported by a release show in The Forum, Darlington, the album is set for release January 30th 2014.

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(Source: Future PR)

* For more info on FALLEN FATE:

www.facebook.com/fallenfateband

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LONG LIVE FALLEN FATE.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.