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SINBREED – New Studio Album “Master Creator” Releases On February 26th, Via AFM Records; New Songs Streaming!

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, music videos, news, rock music with tags , , , , on February 19, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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SINBREED – Wiesbaden, Germany’s Power Metal ambassadors, SINBREED, will be releasing their new studio album, Master Creator, on February 26th in Europe and the USA, via AFM Records. A February 24th release date is slated for Japan.

Listen to and watch the new music video, Moonlit Night, from SINBREED, below! This song is whiz-bang and the video is creepy weird stuff! Watch out for the HUGE bug! SINBREED truly delivers on this music video! Whoa!

Read along and listen to the lyric video for SINBREED‘s grand Power Metal song Creation Of Reality, below! Whoa again!

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SINBREED:

Vocals – HERBIE LANGHANS
Guitars – FLO LAURIN
Drums – FREDERIK EHMKE
Bass – ALEXANDER SCHULZ

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SINBREED were founded in 2005.

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MITHRIDATIC – Announce March 11th Release Date For “Miserable Miracle”

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on February 19, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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Kaotoxin Records is set to unleash Miserable Miracle, the full-length debut from French oppressive blackened Death Metal wolfpack MITHRIDATICMiserable Miracle will be out on March 11th, on CD and digital formats.

MetalUnderground.com is streaming the album in its entirety. Check out Miserable Miracle at www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=121229.

Pre-orders for the album are now available at www.kaotoxin.com.

Formed in 2007, MITHRIDATIC have released numerous demos and brutalized European stages over the course of their eight year existence. In 2013, the band recruited Svart Crown drummer Kevin Paradis and began work on material for their debut, which was recorded in May of this year.

Expect an unstoppable barrage of absolute heaviness, a psychotic Hell of tormented twistedness and an atrocious dose of full-on brutality somewhere along the lines of Ulcerate, Morbid Angel, Mayhem and Portal.

The band’s 2014 demo, The Hunt is On, is available at:

mithridaticband.bandcamp.com/album/the-hunt-is-on-ep

A drum play-through video featuring Kevin Paradis can be seen at https://youtu.be/If7bvxX0q0k or below:

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For more info on MITHRIDATIC:

www.facebook.com/Mithridatic

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Pittsburgh, California Death/Thrash Outfit HEMOTOXIN To Release “Biological Enslavement” In April On Unspeakable Axe Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on February 17, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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Pittsburgh (CA) –  Progressive Death/Thrash Outfit HEMOTOXIN will release sophomore full-length Biological Enslavement April 15th on Unspeakable Axe Records.  Stream new track “Transparent Eyes” at this location or below:

Categorizing what kind of music HEMOTOXIN makes is harder than it would seem.  Their brand of melodic death/thrash springs from a whole host of metal influences: progressive death metal (e.g. DEATH, ATHEIST), classic Thrash (MEGADETH, SLAYER and others), and even some Black Metal and prog rock.

Any given song could groove, then thrash, then send you through a dizzying labyrinth of elaborate riffs and ideas. Somehow, they juggle all these influences and produce from it a cohesive whole, while keeping the aggression high and the song’s core melodic components front and center.

Whatever they are doing, HEMOTOXIN do it very well, and they’ve only gotten tighter and more adventurous as a unit since their 2013 debut.  Now their follow-up full-length is ready to be unleashed.  At 9 tracks and just 35 succinct minutes, Biological Enslavement will take you on a journey more interesting than most albums twice its length.

Biological Enslavement will be made available for pre-order in mid-March through the Unspeakable Axe Store and label Bandcamp page.

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Track Listing:

1. Decadence
2. Regression
3. Minus Human
4. Not of this World
5. Forgotten Faces
6. The Alchemist
7. Bleak Prognosis
8. A Journey Through Dreams
9. Transparent Eyes

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HEMOTOXIN is:

Michael Chavez – Guitar/Vocals
Michael Rohwer – Guitar
Nathan Fruth – Bass
Brandon Wilcox – Drums

http://unspeakableaxerecords.com

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www.facebook.com/Hemotoxin

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LONG LIVE METAL.

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SEPTAGON – “Deadhead Syndicate” Album Streaming In Entirety

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on February 17, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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Deadhead Syndicate, the debut album from German thrashers SEPTAGON, is out now in North America on Cruz Del Sur Music. Stream the album in its entirety below:

https://cruzdelsurmusic.bandcamp.com/album/deadhead-syndicate

Order the Deadhead Syndicate CD here.

SEPTAGON is the creature of LANFEAR / THEM mastermind Markus “Ulle” Ullrich, who in 2013 met Markus Becker (ATLANTEAN KODEX) with the idea of forming an old-school Speed/Thrash metal band which had the aggression of Exodus, Slayer and Testament and also the melody and technical appeal of Forbidden, Heathen, Realm and Watchtower. Expect fast, technical Thrash, mixed with mid-paced groove and good hooklines!  

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SEPTAGON:
Markus Becker – vocals
Markus Ullrich – guitars
Stef Binnig-Gollub – guitars
Alexander Palma – bass
Jürgen Schrank – drums

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Critical Praise:

“A masterpiece for this decade.” – Mundo Rock & Heavy Webzine, 10/10

“Thrash with class!” – Deaf Forever (GER), 9/10

“Newcomer of the month!” – Rock Hard (GER), 8/10

“Septagon’s sound comes through as a pretty even mix of Spreading the Disease-era Anthrax, the single-oriented side of Iron Maiden, and the long tradition of German power metal.” – Last Rites (U.S.)

Demanding Speed Metal with top-class vocals!” – Legacy (GER), 13/15

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For more info on SEPTAGON:

www.facebook.com/septagonband

www.cruzdelsurmusic.com

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INVERSE RECORDS Signs A Label Deal With PEEKABOO PRIMATE

Posted in Hard Rock, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on February 16, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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Tampere, Finland, February 16th, 2016 – Inverse Records and finnish Alternative Metal band Peekaboo Primate has signed a label deal. The upcoming album carries the name Misanthropical and the album will be released 12th of May 2016. The album also features Noora Louhimo from Battle Beast.

PEEKABOO PRIMATE – Online:

http://www.peekabooprimate.com/

http://www.facebook.com/peekabooprimate

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www.inverse.fi

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LONG LIVE INVERSE RECORDS.

LONG LIVE METAL.

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DESTRUCTION – Reveal Cover Artwork For Forthcoming Album “Under Attack”!

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on February 16, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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DESTRUCTION – Germany’s Iconic Thrash Metal band DESTRUCTION have revealed the cover artwork to their upcoming album releasing on May 13th, 2016, via Nuclear Blast: Under Attack. This stunning visualization was created by acclaimed artist Gyula from Hungary, who has also created artwork for ANNIHLATOR, GRAVE DIGGER, STRATOVARIUS, TANKARD and many more.

Check out the artwork-trailer here:

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Above: Under Attack vinyl back cover

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AZRAEL’S BANE – Reveals New Artwork And Track Listing

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on February 16, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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The ‘Baniac Pak’ will include two full length CD’s in a digipak, ‘Modern Day Babylon’ and the band’s debut ‘Wings of Innocence’.  Both recordings have been remixed and remastered with bonus tracks added. A CD Release Party is scheduled for April 8th at BFE in Houston, Texas with Infidel Rising in support. 

AZRAEL’S BANE vocalist Trey Gadler checked in with the following comment:

We’re glad ‘Modern Day Babylon’ is getting an official release. Everything has been reconfigured for this release and we are looking forward to getting back out there. We’ve already started writing for the next one due out 2017.

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Modern Day Babylon
Save Us All (Listen)
Breathe
Brother (Never Meant to Last)
Shades of Memory
The Forbidden
Carry On (Jerry’s Song)
Seclusion
The Promise
Send Me
Damian
Edge of Thorns (Bonus Track)

Wings of Innocence
Shine
Innocence
Rainbow’s Edge
Chasing A Memory (Listen)
Foolish Pride
Saving Grace
Waiting
Silence
Mercy
Psycho Serenade
Lie to Me
Saints and Sinners
Diary of A Madman (Bonus Track)

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The project was remixed and remastered by original producer Greg Gill of Spyder Studios in Arcadia, Missouri with ‘Edge of Thorns’ engineered and recorded by Bill Wilkerson of Priden Studios in Houston, Texas. Original cover art was hand painted by German artist Rainer Kalwitz with final package layout and design by Jon Fredericks of Record Time Designs.

The bonus track ‘Edge of Thorns’ features the drum work of Van Eric Turner formerly of the band Z Lot Z. Turner replaces former drummer Rick Ward now with Ronnie Munroe in Munroes’ Thunder.

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AZRAEL’S BANE:
Trey Gadler – Vocals
Brent Marches – Bass
Jeff Clifton – Guitars
Chuck McFadden – Guitars
Van Eric Turner – Drums

Power Metal, Prog, Melodic Metal, Hard Rock – descriptions touching on multiple genres of heavy music today, none seem to do justice to the music that is AZRAEL’S BANE. Based in Houston, Texas, AZRAEL’S BANE was formed in the summer of 2002. Its members, all seasoned veterans of the Heavy Rock and Metal scene sought to create music that was new, powerful, and different from the norm.

They have since developed a strong following through touring and sharing the stage with international acts such as Motörhead, Hammerfall, WASP, Danzig, Ripper Owens, George Lynch (Dokken), Metal Church, Nevermore, Jag Panzer, Quiet Riot, LA Guns, Into Eternity, Lillian Axe, F5 and Neal Turbin among others, including a slot on one of the world’s largest Latin American festivals: the Monterrey Metal Fest in Monterrey Mexico in 2005.

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BLOODTHIRST – Reveal “Glorious Sinners” Artwork & Track List

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on February 12, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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“The history of the papacy is full of dark chapters written in blood, corruption and immortality of those who professed to be the highest representatives of their god.”

Thrash/black metal outfit Bloodthirst have revealed the artwork and track list of their upcoming mini-album Glorious Sinners. The lyrics along with the artwork create a concept exposing of the deceitfulness of the Vatican hierarchy. Kontamination Design was in charge of the artwork and the whole graphic design of the release.

Glorious Sinners, which will include five brand new tracks, was recorded at Left Hand Sounds studio. The recording line-up features Rambo (guitar, vocals), Gregor (guitars, vocal), Rybosh (bass) and Mnt (drums).

The mini-album will be released through Pagan Records on April 8th, 2016 in standard CD and digital formats.

Glorious Sinners Track List:
1. The Viper’s Nest
2. The Reign Of The Antichrist
3. The Masterpiece Of Lie
4. No God Shall Stand Before The Pope
5. Sacco di Roma

Bloodthirst were formed in 1999 in the Goat City of Poznań, Poland. After a few demos & split releases they have signed to the highly acclaimed Pagan Records and released three full-length albums: Let Him Die (2007), Sanctity Denied (2009) and Chalice Of Contempt (2014). Their sound is based on the classical Thrash pounding and also widely influenced by Black and Death Metal of the 90s.

Over the years they have proven themselves in the Metal scene to be one of the most respected Polish Black/Thrash ensembles which in turn led to opportunities to perform with cult names such as Samael, Destroyer 666, Nunslaughter, Aura Noir, Kat, Vader and other respected Polish bands.

Never part of the pathetic “old-school” hype, always spitting in the face of the modern trend, the four emissaries of hellfire and malice, have trodden their own path of Hateful Antichristian Thrash. Having solidified their current line-up (with Gregor handling the second axe since 2015), holding their heads up high and proudly drinking to the diabolical, Bloodthirst are ready to unleash Glorious Sinners.

Check out the title track from their album Chalice of Contempt (2014):

https://youtu.be/NxQ1wCvvUHk

Discography:
2001 – End Is the Beginning (demo)
2003 – Forgotten Years of Killing (demo)
2004 – Thrash Live (Live album)
2005 – Hellish/Bloodthirst (split)
2005 – Satanic Live Devastation (split)
2005 – Hell Bestial Desecration (split)
2006 – Thrash Metal Blitzkrieg Vol. II (split)
2006 – Discography (compilation)
2007 – Let Him Die (full-length)
2009 – Infernal Thrashing Kömmandments (split)
2009 – Sanctity Denied (2009)
2011 – Żądza Krwi (mCD)
2014 – Chalice of Contempt (full-length)
2016 – Glorious Sinners (mCD)

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Swedish Death Dealers INTERMENT Releasing “Scent of the Buried” On Dark Descent, April 1st

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on February 11, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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Swedish chainsaw-cadavers INTERMENT once again unravel the hellish mausoleum with the group’s latest scorcher Scent Of The Buried! The band’s sophomore album will be released April 1st, on Dark Descent Records.

Six years and a few line-up changes later, INTERMENT came back more savage than ever at the peak of the current Swedish Death Metal scene, with hints of the band showing maturity and dynamism, while without ever losing their integrity as a no-holds-barred primal beast. In murderous HM-2 SweDeathmachine we trust.

Recorded and mixed by the legendary Tomas Skogsberg at Sunlight Studio, Stockholm (Nihilist, Entombed, Dismember, Grave, Desultory, etc) and mastering duties handled by Demonical frontman Sverker ‘Widda’ Widgren at Wing Studios (Diabolical, Demonical, Centinex, Nidsang, Setherial, etc). Featuring the extremely frightful artwork of Juanjo Castellano (Portrait, Revel In Flesh, Avulsed, etc).

Track List:

1. Death and Decay
2. Sinister Incantation
3. Chalice of Death
4. Repugnant Funeral
5. Scent of The Buried
6. Rise of The Dead
7. Unholy Upheaval
8. Dawn of Blasphemy
9. Skullcrushing Carnage
10. Nailed to the Grave

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* For more info:

http://www.interment.se/

www.facebook.com/interment

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THUNDERSTONE “Apocalypse Again” – New Studio Album Releases On April 1st, 2016, via AFM Records

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on February 10, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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As reported on the THUNDERSTONE Facebook:

THUNDERSTONErs! This is it! Our sixth studio album, APOCALYPSE AGAIN is now available for pre-order! The explosive cover art was designed by the mighty Thomas Ewerhard, who also worked with us on the first three albums. We’ve got nine new songs for you, ranging from fast sing along choruses to heavier stuff, and everything in between. The release date for the album is 1 April 2016, and the single THE PATH and an accompanying video will be released on 10 February 2016. Go get your copy now!

Track List:
1.Veterans Of The Apocalypse
2.The Path
3.Fire And Ice
4.Through The Pain
5.Walk Away Free
6.Higher
7.Wounds
8.Days Of Our Lives
9.Barren Land

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THUNDERSTONE:

Pasi Rantanen – Vocals

Nino Laurenne – Guitar

Titus Hjelm – Bass

Jukka Karinen – Keyboards

Atte Palokangas – Drums

THUNDERSTONE are from Finland.

Facebook: THUNDERSTONE *OFFICIAL*

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ONSLAUGHT “Live At The Slaughterhouse” – Releases On February 26, 2016, via AFM Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on February 8, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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ONSLAUGHT ‘Live At The Slaughterhouse’ – The crushing new live DVD filmed during the 2014 UK O2 Academy ‘Thrash Assault’ tour is now available to pre-order online and at your local record shops!

Official worldwide release is on February 26th, 2016.

“Live At The Slaughterhouse” DVD/CD track listing:

01. The Sound Of Violence
02. Killing Peace
03. Chaos Is King
04. Let There Be Death
05. Children Of The Sand
06. Rest In Pieces
07. 66 Fucking 6
08. Destroyer Of Worlds
09. In Search Of Sanity
10. Fight With The Beast
11. Metal Forces
12. Onslaught (Power From Hell)
13. Thermonuclear Devastation

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ONSLAUGHT:

Sy Keeler – vocals
Nige Rockett – guitar
Jeff Williams – bass
Iain GT Davies – guitar
Mic Hourihan – drums

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RAGEHAMMER – Signs to Pagan Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on February 6, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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Pagan Records is proud to announce the signing of Cracovian act Ragehammer for their debut full-length. Established in 2012, the quartet has already made a lot of noise due to their uncompromising take on old-school Thrash, Black and Speed Metal.

Their War Hawks demo (2012) received plenty of positive reviews and currently the band is putting the final touches on their debut full-length, entitled The Hammer Doctrine. The album will be released this Spring through Pagan Records and will be followed up by a 7-inch vinyl split with Sweden’s Turbocharged through Godz ov War/Mythrone Promotion.

Listen to War Hawks demo:

https://youtu.be/_CXsoXKsBjk

Watch Ragehammer live:

https://youtu.be/e5YKu85NKYo

RAGEHAMMER:

Corpsebutcher – Bass
Mortar – Drums
Bestial Avenger – Guitars
Heretik Hellstörm – Vocals

Critical Praise:

“…one can find some traces of some recent Darkthrone albums, plus a bit of Nifelheim or even Absu (why not?), so anything that can have any signs of pure, old styled and archaic metal – be it Black, Thrash or Heavy Metal… Oh, sorry, but have I mentioned Venom?” – Panzerfaust Zine

“…the band goes at breakneck speed, making War Hawks one hell of an album to headbang or mosh to.” – Heavy Metal Tribune

“War Hawks is a decent demo likely to appeal to fans of Cruel Force, Deathhammer, and even Nifelheim, so if you’re a dedicated follower of this style, don’t miss out.” – From The Dust Returned

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Pagan Records Online:


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Bandcamp

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LONG LIVE RAGEHAMMER.

LONG LIVE METAL.

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VICTORIAN WHORE DOGS – To Release New Album And Tour The UK

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on February 1, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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UK Sludge Metal band VICTORIAN WHORE DOGS are pleased to announce that they have finished work on their debut full-length Afternoonified. The band have previously released two EPs to vast critical acclaim in their native UK and will release the new album on April 1st 2016. They will also embark on a tour of the UK the same week. Confirmed tour dates are below, more information and dates will be released in the next few weeks.

Frontman Danny Page commented on the album: “Afternoonified is a sludge-doom cacophony of debauched madness and sexual expression. It is not so much art, but a rejection of self, a journey into the confines of our own repressive nature to come full circle and truly understand that life itself is a rose-tinted cumstain left on the sidewalk. We are exploring ourselves, within ourselves, outside ourselves, on our shelves. It’s fuzzy, doomy, riffy, and angry.”

He further stated about the upcoming tour: “To coincide with this musical expression, we shall be embarking on several long weekend tours throughout the United Kingdom over April, three with Morass Of Molasses, and one with our friends Greenhorn and Tides Of Sulfur. It will be a circus without the tent, a gynecological examination with no glove. This is real, heavy, filthy, sludgy, real.

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Pre-order Afternoonified at this location: http://www.hibernacularecords.com/product/afternoonified-by-victorian-whore-dogs

Confirmed Tour Dates:
01/04 – Reading, Facebar *
02/04 – Southampton, Firehouse *
07/04 – Worcester, The Pig & Drum *
08/04 – Leicester, The Firebug *
09/04 – Leeds, Venue TBC *
10/04 – Nottingham, The Running Horse *
14/04 – Bristol, Stag & Hounds +
15/04 – Cardiff, Fuel +
16/04 – London, The Black Heart +
22/04 – Worthing, Bar 42

*With Morass of Molasses
+With Greenhorn and Tides of Sulfer

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Band Bio:

Victorian Whore Dogs are a Sludge/Post-Hardcore band from Guildford, combining the influences of bands such as Will Haven, Neurosis, Vision Of Disorder and Iron Monkey to make a disgusting Sludge fest of pounding riffs, slow tempos and abrasive vocals.

The four piece’s unique brand of psychotic sludge has earned them a stature in the British doom underground with their uncompromising heaviness laced with abnormal humour and debauched stage show.

VWD have been gigging relentlessly throughout the United Kingdom including a North UK tour with Lord Misery and Burden of the Noose as well as playing with the likes of Conan, Ortega and We are Knuckle Dragger, broadcasting their brand of “Sexy Hobo Tramp core” to anyone willing (or unwilling) to hear it.

More recently VWD succeeded in winning the Reading Bloodstock Metal 2 the Masses 2015, earning them a performance slot at Bloodstock festival 2015 playing the New Blood Stage.

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LONG LIVE METAL.

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FEAR OF DOMINATION – Unleashes A New Wicked Album

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on January 21, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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The fourth studio album of Fear of Domination is titled Atlas and it will be released on March 11. It is the darkest and heaviest masterpiece FoD has ever done.

The Finnish shock Industrial Metal band Fear of Domination will give a totally new definition to “spring break” by unleashing its fourth studio album Atlas,on March 11. The vocalist and the lyricist of the band Saku Solin describes Atlas as the darkest and the heaviest album the band has ever done.

Solin describes, that Atlas is about the moment, when all the light in the world has faded, and a human being is left to wander with his crushing burden.

“The question is, is the burden self-created, imagined or concrete. We’ve all had a bit of an emotion-filled year. I think we have efficiently packed primitive rage, desperation and misery here. It wasn’t a conscious decision. This is how we felt, and fuck, we did what had to be done.”

The string instruments are crunching lower than before and the composer and keyboardist of the band Lasse Raelahti has created a harmony of chaos and beauty with his synthesizer. Fans were given the first taste of blood, when the band released the music video single El Toro in the autumn.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0u7gIKH4zM)

The lyrics of the album are also more straight and brutal than before.The vocal producer Helena Haaparanta whipped everything out of the singer. Solin reveals from the album, that the rasp and growl vocals can change quickly to “freakishly annoyingly poppish” singing.

“We have always loved to create some contrast. Even though the lyrics are about the collapse of the mind and the world, suddenly there can be an opera-kind-of part or then it could be from E-Types disco song.”

The drums and the basses were recorded in D-studio, the guitars in the apartment of the lead guitarist and composer Johannes Niemi and the vocals in another studio in city of Kerava. The producers Alex Azzali and Nicholas Barker mixed and mastered the album in Italy. The cover art is created by Timo Kokko.

Fear of Domination is ready for the live-shows of the spring and is more insane than ever. The band is famous for their theatrical and half-crazy shows filled with energy. The year 2016 started with sold out MeriRock in January and will continue with three-day tour of MetalOrgy.

”We are looking forward to the gigs! We are able to use some new ideas and of course, to play the new songs. There are a couple of new ones, that I am sure will rock the hell out of the crowd”, Solin smiles.

Fear of Domination was found in 2006. The third album Distorted Delusions was published in 2014.

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For more info on FOD:

www.fod.fi

https://www.facebook.com/FearOfDomination?fref=ts

https://twitter.com/fod_finland

Source:

Inverse Records - logo - #2015IRMO

www.inverse.fi

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LONG LIVE FEAR OF DOMINATION.

Stone.

Stoner Metal Trio CENTIPEDE To Release Debut Album In March!

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on January 21, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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Centipede is a heavy hitting Stoner Metal trio from Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 2011, they have released two well received EP’s and a 7” split. Sarnath is the Centipede’s debut full length album that resumes from where the band left off with their previous Brazen Bull EP. 8 songs of heavy Stoner Metal brings together the different sides of Centipede: slow stomping and fast pummeling. Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, part of the record forms a story of a doomed city that also gives its name to the album.

In addition to a digital release there will be a small batch of CDs and with the record release a two-song 12″ vinyl single that comes with a download code for the whole album. The album is released March 4th 2016 by Inverse Records.

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An official promo video “Drown” is taken from the upcoming album and it can be seen here https://youtu.be/zOmeyGgNUgY or below:

DISCOGRAPHY:
Tar Pit (EP, 2012)
Brazen Bull (EP, 2013)
On Crimson Seas (7” split with Jupiter, 2013)
Sarnath (2016)
Drown / The Unspoken (12″ single, 2016)

LINE-UP:
Markus Nurminen: Guitar, vocals
Ville Pirhonen: Bass
Eero Wallenius: Drums

LINKS:

Bandcamp: http://centipede.bandcamp.com

Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/centipedeband

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/centipedeband

Twitter: https://twitter.com/centipede_band

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/centipede_band/

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Source:

Inverse Records - logo - #2015IRMO

www.inverse.fi

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LONG LIVE CENTIPEDE.

LONG LIVE METAL.

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OUT NOW: Kelowna Death Metal Architects GOMORRAH Unleash ‘The Haruspex’ Via Test Your Metal Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on January 18, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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  L-R: Gomorrah Current Line Up | Jeff Bryan (Vocals) | Bowen Matheson (Guitars) Photo Credit – Sheldon Dent

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Track Listing: The Haruspex
1. Imperial (1:55)
2. Nine Kings of Sulphur (3:17)
3. Carcosa (2:31)
4. Dismantling The Throne (2:59)
5. Sitra Achra (3:51)
6. Crowns of Flesh (3:50)
7. Cerulean (3:05)
8. Venom and Rapture (4:14)
9. Architects (1:33)
10. The Mark of Veritas (3:40)
Album Length: 30:59

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Kelowna, BC’s leading Death Metal architects GOMORRAH are proud to unleash their latest album ‘The Haruspex’ out now as of Jan 15, 2016 via Test Your Metal Records,to follow-up their 2013 debut album ‘Perception’. The album is now streaming in full and available digitally plus on CD along with a BastionXGomorrah collaboration long-sleeve T-shirt. To get your copy and listen to the brutality of ‘The Haruspex’, please visit the following link:

http://gomorrahofficial.bandcamp.com/album/the-haruspex

Guitarist Bowen Matheson comments on the album:

“Jeff Bryan and I recorded the album at my home here in the Okanagan Valley, and we did the absolute majority of the writing in the pre-production and production stages. So much of the material had existed from several years ago, but was completely overhauled and reworked several times to end up in these tracks. We weren’t afraid to try things out and work over several revisions, or to take our hands off of a few of the songs that we felt very comfortable with after only the first revision. Jeff wrote the lyrics for the tracks in less than two months, and a lot of them were written and finalized in the vocal tracking stage, in front of the microphone.

We weren’t afraid to enable our music with production techniques. Many reviews have figured that we used samples or synthesizers in the songs, however the reality is that all of these droning noises, stutters, and otherwise ‘industrial’ sounds are actually either electric guitar or bass guitar, and abusing these instruments in front of their amplifiers with only two guitar effect pedals. The rest of these noises you hear are the interaction with the instrument and their environment.

We then delivered all of the tracks to Stuart McKillop of Rain City Recorders for mixing, and he blew us away. It didn’t take him long at all to catch onto what we were going for, and his consistency from one track to the next brought the tracks to the highest musical apex they could reach. Brad Boatright of Audiosiege handled the mastering, and he made certain that the product was of the outstanding final production quality for us. Brad has really yielded an outstanding quality for so many other abrasive sub-genres of metal and hardcore and he delivered that exact pinnacle of quality for us on this record as well.” – Bowen Matheson

In addition to the release of ‘The Haruspex’, GOMORRAH will be hosting CD release show in Vancouver, BC on February 27th @ 333 Clark with support from AngelMaker, Wormwitch, Atrous Leviathan and Vermin. Full event details can be found here.

Gomorrah - record release show - february 27 - 2016 - promo flyer - #MO99009

About:

GOMORRAH, originally formed in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia as a Black Metal outfit in 2006, has now grown into an assaulting Death Metal band – ready to unleash their boundary-pushing extreme sound on their second full-length album. The forthcoming album ‘The Haruspex’ was released on January 15, 2016 on Canadian label Test Your Metal Records.

“We have stepped up the quality of everything: the pre production, writing, structuring, lyrics, performances, mix and master have all been improved. The combination of those improvements translates to a major difference between our previous recordings, and the single “A Disaster’s Nightmare” – as well as our forthcoming full-length ‘The Haruspex’. Improvement, through effort and time.” Comments guitarist Bowen Matheson.

Their name is associated with a historical reference to a city mentioned in the Book of Genesis, the Torah and the New Testament. The band’s music conveys a claustrophobic animosity, through punishing guitar work, high-speed drumming, and guttural vocals. The lyrics provide an accessible gateway into the stories told in each song.

GOMORRAH has shared the stage with Suffocation, Cryptopsy, Archspire, Ancients, Striker, Origin, Beyond Creation, King Parrot, Ninjaspy, KenMode, Bison BC, The Agonist, Fuck The Facts, The Order of Chaos, Slumlord, and Fall City Fall.

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Gomorrah Links: Facebook | YouTube | Bandcamp

TestYourMetalRecords.com

Source:

Asher Media Relations - AMR - logo - 2015 - #03newmo

AsherMediaRelations.com

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LONG LIVE GOMORRAH.

LONG LIVE CANADA.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

CASKET ROBBERY – ‘Evolution Of Evil’ Coming In March On Mortal Music / Official Video Released

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on January 16, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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Madison, Wisconsin Death Metallers CASKET ROBBERY will release its full-length debut album Evolution of Evil March 4 on Mortal Music. CASKET ROBBERY is an up and coming Death Metal band created by the minds of Cory Scheider (LUNA MORTIS, EPICUREAN, ECHOTERRA) and Dustin Foesch.

New Noise Magazine has premiered the official video for the album’s opening track, “Annibelle’s Hell,” which can be viewed at this location.

Metal evokes deep emotions from elation to introspection to revulsion On the long-awaited follow-up to the band’s 2011 self-titled EP, CASKET ROBBERY runs the gamut, all the while burrowing its titanic sound deep into one’s psyche. The songs are at once pulverizing and memorable. Evolution of Evil is nothing short of pulse-pounding, unrelenting, and brutally catchy Death Metal.

Indeed, the undeniable grooves and hooks coupled with conceptual lyrics make CASKET ROBBERY the Death Metal band to watch in 2016.  Take a deep breath. Your unrelenting nightmare has just begun. Highly recommended for fans of JUNGLE ROT, GOJIRA, and PANTERA.

Evolution of Evil pre-order packages are available through Bandcamp. The CD can also be ordered from Big Cartel.

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CASKET ROBBERY have firmly established themselves as a brutal, heavy hitter in the live show realm by hitting the road hard after their first EP release.  Last year they took the time to re-evaluate and plan a devastating debut album release for 2016. They quickly brought in Greg Mueller to fill the drum spot and they brought on their own Cory Scheider to track, engineer, and produce a majority of Evolution of Evil.

The track “Pray for Death” features a solo from John Laux (WARBRINGER) and “Undead Living Hell” features a guest speaking role by horror filmmaker Cory Udler. With  the help of Chris Wisco (NOVEMBERS DOOM, JUNGLE ROT)  to mix the album and Cody Ratley (VILLAINS, DARKE COMPLEX) to master it, this will truly be a must-have album for 2016.

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Source:

Clawhammer PR - promo logo - 2015 - #0323CHMO

* For more info on CASKET ROBBERY:

www.facebook.com/casketrobbery

MetalOdyssey

LONG LIVE CASKET ROBBERY.

LONG LIVE WISCONSIN.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

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L.A. Thrash Masters ANGER AS ART To Release ‘Ad Mortem Festinamus’ March 11 On Old School Metal Records

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on January 15, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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Veteran L.A. Thrashers ANGER AS ART will release their new album Ad Mortem Festinamus March 11 on Old School Metal Records. On the highly anticipated follow-up to 2013 barnstormer Hubris, Inc., the quartet has done the improbable by creating a roaring Thrash Metal beast that doesn’t just raise the bar; it crushes it into dust.

A lyric video for album track “Aim for the Heart” can be absorbed into the bloodstream at this location or below:

Recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by Ronald Sandoval at Rev Studios, Chino CA, Ad Mortem Festinamus (Latin translation: We Hurry into Death) is everything you’ve come to expect from ANGER AS ART…and more! Speeding recklessness, lacerating solos, and a shrapnel storm of riffs combine to make what will undoubtedly be considered one of 2016’s fiercest forays into Thrash Metal Armageddon.

Ad Mortem Festinamus is venomous, angry Thrash/Speed/Death Metal. If you feel that no one hears your voice and you’re pissed about it, then this is the album for you…because everyone is angry and ANGER is beautiful!

Pre-order Ad Mortem Festinamus here.

ANGER AS ART - promo band pic - 2016 - #MOILMFD9939393

ANGER AS ART:

Rob Alaniz – Drums, Vocal
Eric Bryan – Vocals, Bass
Steve Gaines – Vocals, Guitar, Keys
Dan Oliverio – Guitar, Vocal

Additional Musicians – Greg Johnson – Organ

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Track List:

1. Ad Mortem Festinamus
2. Pissing On Your Grave
3. Aim For The Heart
4. Tombward (Bryan)
5. L.A. State Of Mind
6. Unknowing, Undead
7. Hammer, Blade, and Twisting Fire
8. We Hurry Into Death
9. Two Minutes Hate
10. Praise Of The Firehead
11. Dim Carcosa

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BAND BIO:

You may read a number of bios where bands will extol their virtues of being the next big thing, as important as Led Zeppelin and inventor of the wheel. ANGER AS ART doesn’t do that.  They don’t need to.

To know what ANGER AS ART is, one can look at what they have been since 2004.  A first-rate, old school Thrash Metal band – rooted in the history created by the members of the band. Take one look at their lineage – members of Abattoir, Evil Dead, Bloodlust, Hirax, Reverend, Bitch… and know where they are going.

Two World Tours, shows with Destruction, Overkill, Testament, Death Angel, Exodus, Saxon, Agent Steel, ex- Maiden vocalists Bayley and DiAnno, Tankard, Onslaught, Katatonia and many more.

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Source: ClawHammer PR

Clawhammer PR - promo logo - 2015 - #0323CHMO

For more info on ANGER AS ART:

www.facebook.com/angerasart

twitter.com/AngerAsArt1

http://www.osmrecords.net/

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LONG LIVE METAL.

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GADGET – Announces First New Album In Ten Years

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , on January 13, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

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[photo by Erik Larsson]

On behalf of Swedish Grindcore stalwarts GADGET, Relapse Records is excited to announce that The Great Destroyer, the band’s first full-length in a decade, will see worldwide release this March 4th, 2016.

With the announcement, Noisey has premiered two new tracks from the album; stream “Violent Hours (For A Veiled Awakening)” and the title track “The Great Destroyer” now at THIS LOCATION.

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Though the band has largely flown under the radar in the general metal consciousness, Gavle, Sweden’s GADGET has roots that trace back to 1997. The band has always included influences from every other extreme genre that they’ve been fond of, like doom, sludge, hardcore punk, death metal, black metal and more, never letting genre boundaries stand in the way of their path of destruction. At the time of the band’s formation, GADGET existed as the grinding alter-ego of a Metalcore band whose members, including founder William Blackmon, simply switched instruments. Rikard Olsson and William teamed up in the winter of 1999/2000, and wrote the first GADGET demo as a duo.

GADGET then joined forces with Emil Englund to record a second demo, which was strong enough to grab the attention of Relapse Records, who signed the band for the release of their debut full-length Remote (2004), now featuring Fredrik NygrenRemote was extensively well-received, as was its 2006 follow-up The Funeral March. After touring Europe twice and performing at dozens of festivals worldwide, including at Maryland Deathfest and Auditory Assault in the US, GADGET has proven itself to be a relentless Grindcore force live as well as on record.

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Album cover artwork by Randy Ortiz.

A blistering high-speed assault of relentless grind, GADGET’s new album The Great Destroyer is a cohesive exercise in extremity that blends hints of Doom, Sludge and Death Metal with unadulterated, old-school Grindcore. The result is an album that is as memorable and infectious as it is pummeling and explosive. With The Great DestroyerGADGET has released their most accomplished material to date!

The Great Destroyer will see release on CD, LP and Digital formats. Physical preorders are available now via Relapse HERE; digital pre-orders can be found at GADGET‘s Bandcamp page HERE.

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The Great Destroyer Track Listing:
1. Enemies Of Reason
2. Känslan
3. Pillars Of Filth
4. Choice Of A Lost Generation
5. From Graduation To Devastation
6. Dedication
7. Violent Hours (For A Veiled Awakening)
8. The 02666 Heritage
9. The Great Destroyer
10. Down And Out
11. In The Name Of Suffering
12. Lost On A Straight Path
13. Forsaken
14. Collapse
15. Lack Of Humanity
16. Svart Hål
17. I Don’t Need You – Dead And Gone

GADGET:
William Blackmon – Guitar, Drums, Vocals
Rikard Olsson – Guitar
Emil Englund – Vocals
Fredrik Nygren – Bass

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Source: Earsplit PR

For more info on GADGET & Relapse Records:

http://www.facebook.com/gadgetgrindcore

http://www.gadgetband.bandcamp.com

http://www.relapse.com

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LONG LIVE GADGET.

Stone.

Black Metal Band GHOST HORIZON To Release Debut EP

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , on January 9, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

Ghost Horizon - Astral Possession - promo EP cover pic - 2016 - #MO66ILMFD99

Atmospheric Black Metal duo Ghost Horizon are pleased to announce that they will be releasing their début EP Astral Possession on Feb 26 2016. The band was initially formed by Dan Stollings after leaving Severed Receptors last year, and is darker and more atmospheric than his previous work. Joining Dan on the project is his former bandmate Uræus who provided all vocals.

A sample track for the demo of “Spectral Threnody” was already released back in October on Canadian music site PureGrainAudio.com and has been downloaded almost 300 times.

You can listen to/download the track here: http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/ghost-horizon-spectral-threnody-free-song-download

Track listing for the EP is:

1. Pale Apparition
2. Spectral Threnody
3. Astral Possession
More details about the EP will be available soon.

Ghost Horizon - promo pic - #1 - 2016

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Source: Dewar PR

For more info on Ghost Horizon:

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LONG LIVE GHOST HORIZON.

LONG LIVE BLACK METAL.

Stone.