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NILE – Vile Nilotic Rites Europe Tour 2022 – Dates, Cities And Venues Listed
Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags Death Metal, krisiun, Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news, nile on April 5, 2022 by Metal OdysseyCADAVERIA: Italian Horror Metal Veterans Join Time To Kill Records – New Album “Emptiness” To See May Release
Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, horror, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags Cadaveria, Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news on April 4, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
Time To Kill Records officially welcomes Italy’s CADAVERIA to the label’s roster, announcing their highly anticipated sixth album, “Emptiness”, for May release.
Whether you call them horror, gothic or dark metal, one thing is certain: in their 20+ years career Cadaveria have become one of the most iconic bands of the Italian metal scene.
The “Emptiness” cover art, created by Roberto Toderico (Facebook / Instagram), has been revealed. Time To Kill Records will release the album on double LP, CD, cassette and digital formats on May 27th 2022. Watch for more album details, singles, preorders, and more to post in the weeks ahead.
CADAVERIA is the creative alter-ego of Italian-based metal singer Raffaella Rivarolo, better known by her stage name Cadaveria, one of the first women to hit the extreme metal scene in the early Nineties.
CADAVERIA band was founded in 2001 by Cadaveria herself and drummer Marçelo Santos, to freely express themselves as musicians and extreme artists.
Since CADAVERIA’s debut album The Shadows’ Madame (2002) the band’s style is labeled Horror Metal. Their personal sound is imbued with gloomy and sinister atmospheres and it mixes Black Metal with classical Heavy Metal, Death Metal and Gothic influences. The lyrics, scheming, hermetic and introspective, mirror the dark soul and the vexed personality of the singer Cadaveria.
2021 is a meaningful one for CADAVERIA band, as the band celebrate its 20 years of activity. A career that boasts five full length albums, some reissues, an EP (with Necrodeath), a retrospective double DVD and a huge support from fans of Central America, where CADAVERIA have made a series of headlining tours, between 2007 and 2015.
From 2012 on, with the release of the most recent albums Horror Metal and Silence, CADAVERIA have been engaged in many live dates that have seen them protagonists of different stages in Germany, France, Belgium, Romania, as well as numerous Italian shows as headliner and in support of Cradle of Filth, Arch Enemy and many more.
CADAVERIA have recently released a series of new singles, that mark the band’s return to the scene after a long pause, during which the singer had to be treated for cancer.
You can stream all the new singles by playing this Spotify Playlist: https://bit.ly/recentsingles
You can watch all the recent videos on YouTube at this link: https://bit.ly/allrecentvideos
Current Line-Up:
Cadaveria – Vocals
Peter Dayton – Bass
Marçelo Santos – Drums
https://timetokillrecords.bandcamp.com/
LONG LIVE CADAVERIA.
SKULL FIST – Reveals New Single/Video “For The Last Time” – “Paid In Full” Nears Release Via Atomic Fire Records
Posted in classic metal, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, music news, music videos, news with tags classic metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news, music videos on April 2, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
Toronto-based heavy metal outfit SKULL FIST are pleased to reveal their latest video single, “For The Last Time.” The track comes by way of the band’s impending new full-length, Paid In Full, set for release on April 22nd via Atomic Fire Records.
Comments the band’s Zach Schottler, “We filmed this video in -20º C weather in my shed. For your sake, I hope you are nowhere near as cold as we were when we did this. This song was actually written more recently than the other ones and I’m happy its tombstone has finally been erected.”
View SKULL FIST’s “For The Last Time” video HERE. Listen, download, or stream the track HERE.
View previously released single “Long Live The Fist” at THIS LOCATION. The song is available on all streaming platforms HERE.
Since their steely inception back in 2006, dungeon keeper Zach Schottler and his shredding band of reckless companions have released three classic heavy metal almanacs, have eaten more dust than is good for their health, have endured various hardships and propped up countless beers at countless bars in countless cities. But now, after fifteen years of metal and mayhem, Schottler is coming into his own with the proverbially titled Paid In Full album, a heavy metal wonder of the defiant middle finger variant. With heads held high, empty pockets, and enough gas to make the next show, SKULL FIST has won 2022. Don’t mess with the FIST. The FIST is the law!
Written at home and recorded at Vespa Studios near Toronto, Paid In Full encompasses Schottler’s sonic efforts of the past two years: tales of steel and legends from the underworld…
Paid In Full will be available on digipak CD, vinyl in various color variants, limited edition boxset, and digitally. Find preorders at THIS LOCATION.
SKULL FIST:
Zach Slaughter – vocals, guitar
Casey Guest – bass
JJ Tartaglia – drums
http://www.atomicfire-records.com
http://www.instagram.com/skullfistofficialgram
Source: EARSPLIT PR
LONG LIVE SKULL FIST.
SINNER Signs To Atomic Fire Records – Band To Release New Studio Album “Brotherhood”
Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags classic rock, Heavy Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news, sinner on April 2, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
Atomic Fire Records today welcomes German hard rock quartet SINNER to its expanding roster. The band will release a twelve-track full-length, aptly titled Brotherhood, this Summer. Produced by frontman Mat Sinner and co-produced by guitarist Tom Naumann, Brotherhood was recorded by Basi Roeder at Backyard Studios as well as Mitch Kunz at Apollo 13 Audio, and mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios, Denmark.
Vocalist/bassist Mat Sinner comments, “We’re enormously happy to be a new member of the Atomic Fire Records family and to work with many great ex-colleagues. Brotherhood simply is such a strong album that we need their motivated and loyal team to make it a big success.”
Says Atomic Fire Records CEO Markus Wosgien, “We’ve been connected and good friends with Mat Sinner and his band mates for a long time. To welcome SINNER at Atomic Fire Records is nothing but a matter of the heart for us because – like Primal Fear – they’re a very important part of our past but now also of our present and future again; and we’re even prouder and happier about their monstrous new album that was crafted in brilliant teamwork by Mat (mostly) alongside Tom Naumann. Brotherhood is a heavy, straight, and hard-hitting opus, graced with an impressive amount of guests and friends. The album title says it all – it’s definitely another masterful addition to the already long listing of great SINNER records.”
More information on SINNER‘s Brotherhood as well as the first digital single and preordering details will be announced soon.
SINNER:
Mat Sinner – vocals, bass
Tom Naumann – guitars
Alex Scholpp – guitars
Markus Kullmann – drums
http://label.atomicfire-records.com/project/sinner
Source: EARSPLIT PR
LONG LIVE SINNER.
OPETH Reveals New Track “Width Of A Circle” – Preorders For “In Cauda Venenum” (Extended Edition) Featuring Six Bonus Tracks Available Now + North American Co-Headlining Tour With Mastodon Nears
Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news, prog metal music with tags Hard Rock, Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news, rock music on March 30, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
OPETH is peerless. Since 1990, the Swedes have eclipsed convention, defiantly crushed the odds, and most importantly, crafted thirteen stunningly beautiful, intrinsically intense albums to become one of the biggest progressive rock/metal bands on the planet… And they’re only getting better, even after selling more than two million records and hitting the #1 in the German album charts with their album Sorceress in 2016. Now readying for a North American tour with Mastodon in April and May of this year, the band around unmatched frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt announces the release of In Cauda Venenum (Extended Edition) for May 13th.
This release, available on digipak, contains the English and Swedish versions of OPETH’s latest album In Cauda Venenum with new illustrations by internationally renowned Travis Smith in the booklet as well as a third CD featuring three unreleased bonus tracks, both in English and Swedish:
“The Mob” / “Pöbeln”
“Width Of A Circle” / “Cirkelns Riktning”
“Freedom & Tyranny” / “Frihet & Tyranni”
In Cauda Venenum (Extended Edition) is now available for preorder. Additionally, the album’s limited Connoisseur Edition vinyl boxset which includes the same bonus tracks but remastered by Mikael Åkerfeldt specifically for vinyl, will be available in the North American retail stores for the first time on May 13th. Both album editions will also be available at the band’s merch table on the upcoming North American tour.
Preorder your copy at THIS LOCATION.
Stream unreleased track, “Width Of A Circle,” now available on all streaming platforms, at THIS LOCATION.
OPETH’s co-headlining tour with Mastodon will commence April 21st in Montreal, Quebec and make its way through sixteen US and Canadian cities, coming to a close on May 11th in Riverside, California. Support will be provided by special guests Khemmis. Get your tickets at www.opeth.com/tour-dates. See all confirmed dates below.
OPETH w/ Mastodon, Khemmis:
4/21/2022 Place Bell – Montreal, QC
4/22/2022 Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Toronto, ON
4/23/2022 The Agora Theater & Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
4/24/2022 Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA
4/26/2022 The Met – Philadelphia, PA
4/28/2022 Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL
4/29/2022 The Masonic Temple Theatre – Detroit
4/30/2022 The Rave/Eagles Club – Milwaukee, WI
5/01/2022 Myth Live – St. Paul, MN
5/03/2022 TCU Place – Saskatoon, SK
5/04/2022 Grey Eagle Events Centre – Calgary, AB
5/05/2022 EDM Expo Centre – Edmonton, AB
5/07/2022 Thunderbird Sports Centre – Vancouver, BC
5/08/2022 Paramount Theater – Seattle, WA
5/09/2022 Keller Auditorium – Portland, OR
5/11/2022 Municipal Auditorium – Riverside, CA
http://www.atomicfire-records.com
Source: EARSPLIT PR
MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP Announces US Dates For The 50th Anniversary Universal – World Tour 2022
Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, hard rock bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news with tags classic rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, news, rock music, rock music news on March 24, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
Few rock guitarists on this planet have had such a lasting influence on so many renowned musicians as MICHAEL SCHENKER. With his outstandingly fluid style, inexhaustible wealth of ideas, and instinctive feel for hooks and melodies, MICHAEL SCHENKER is a living legend who, despite his longstanding and distinguished history, still impresses with his unflagging energy and drive. The blond stringsman from Sarstedt, Germany (near Hanover) began his international career in the early 1970s with the Scorpions, achieved worldwide fame after joining British rock group U.F.O., and then seamlessly continued his exceptional global success story under his own name, as well as with acts such as MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (otherwise known as MSG), Temple Of Rock, and MICHAEL SCHENKER Fest. SCHENKER and his career, which has spanned more than five decades, are absolute exceptions in the otherwise short-lived music industry.
To celebrate his latest MSG album, Universal, scheduled for release on May 27th through Atomic Fire Records, as well as his 50th anniversary of recording, MSG will embark upon an extended US tour this Fall. The trek will run from September 27th through November 6th. See all confirmed dates below.
MSG US Tour 2022 w/ Eric Martin, Images Of Eden:
9/27/2022 The Coach House – San Juan Capistrano, CA
9/28/2022 Goldfield Trading Post – Roseville, CA
9/29/2022 Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA
10/01/2022 Saban Theater – Los Angeles, CA
10/02/2022 Count’s Vamp’d – Las Vegas, NV
10/04/2022 Oriental Theater – Denver, CO
10/06/2022 Pop’s – Sauget, IL
10/07/2022 Des Plaines Theater – Des Plaines, IL
10/08/2022 Arcada Theater – St. Charles, IL
10/09/2022 Pabst Theater – Milwaukee, WI
10/11/2022 The Art Theater – Hobart, IN
10/12/2022 Piere’s – Ft. Wayne, IN
10/14/2022 The King Of Clubs – Columbus, OH
10/15/2022 Agora Theater – Cleveland, OH
10/16/2022 Harpo’s – Detroit, MI
10/17/2022 Jergels – Pittsburgh, PA
10/19/2022 The Vault – New Bedford, MA * MSG only
10/20/2022 Flying Monkey – Plymouth, NH
10/21/2022 Cabot Theater – Beverly, MA
10/22/2022 Sony Hall – New York, NY
10/23/2022 Newton Theater – Newton, NJ
10/25/2022 Keswick Theater – Glenside, PA
10/26/2022 Tally Ho – Leesburg, VA
10/27/2022 Sherman Theater – Stroudsburg, PA
w/ Damon Johnson & The Get Ready, Images Of Eden:
10/29/2022 Bogarts – Cincinnati, OH
10/30/2022 Brooklyn Bowl – Nashville, TN
w/ W.A.S.P., Armored Saint:
11/02/2022 White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX
11/03/2022 Concrete Street Pavilion – Corpus Christi TX
11/04/2022 Eaton Arena – San Antonio, TX
11/05/2022 Amplified Live – Dallas, TX
11/06/2022 Tulsa Theater – Tulsa, OK
MSG – US Tour 2022 Lineup:
Michael Schenker – lead guitar
Ronnie Romero – vocals
Bodo Schopf – drums
Steve Mann – keyboards, guitars
Barend Courbois – bass
MSG’s Universal will feature all the strengths of this exceptional musician: first-rate songs with anthemic melodies, catchy guitar riffs, and inspiring solos. As fans have come to expect, SCHENKER has once again enlisted a number of prestigious fellow musicians for the recording of his new studio production, among them, as main vocalist, Ronnie Romero (Rainbow, Vandenberg), who will also be MSG’s frontman on their upcoming tour, Michael Kiske (Helloween) and Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear), keyboard player Steve Mann (Lionheart), drummers Simon Phillips (Toto, The Who), Brian Tichy (Whitesnake, Foreigner), Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow), and Bodo Schopf (Eloy), as well as legendary bassists Bob Daisley (Black Sabbath), Barry Sparks (Yngwie Malmsteen, Dokken) and Barend Courbois (Blind Guardian, Zakk Wylde), with Tony Carey as a very special guest.
Stay tuned for more MSG news coming soon!
Source: EARSPLIT PR
LONG LIVE MSG.
CREEPING DEATH – To Join Carcass And Immolation For May US Tour – Tickets On Sale This Friday!
Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags creeping death, Death Metal, Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news, news on March 23, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
CREEPING DEATH will join death metal behemoths Carcass and Immolation for a string of live performances later this Spring. CREEPING DEATH’s journey runs from May 14th through May 26th. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10:00am local time! Don’t miss it! See all confirmed dates below.
CREEPING DEATH w/ Carcass, Immolation:
5/14/2022 Launch Pad – Albuquerque, NM
5/15/2022 101 Toole – Tucson, AZ
5/16/2022 The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
5/17/2022 Goldfield Trading Post – Roseville, CA
5/20/2022 The Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
5/22/2022 The Majestic – Madison, WI
5/23/2022 Vogue – Indianapolis, IN
5/24/2022 Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY
5/25/2022 Elsewhere – Brooklyn, NY
5/26/2022 Palladium Upstairs – Worcester, MA
- No Immolation
CREEPING DEATH will be touring in support of their most recent release The Edge Of Existence EP, unleashed last year via MNRK Heavy. With a nod to crossover masters Iron Age, a bit of the tech-death of Cryptopsy, a foundation of forebearers Death, CREEPING DEATH summons a vibrant sound somehow both familiar and fresh. The Edge Of ExistenceEP further demonstrates the power, fury, and outright revelry at the heart of the band’s identity.
Captured at Homewrecker Recording Studio in Tucson, Arizona and produced and mixed by Ryan Bram (Gatecreeper, Bitter Rivals, Sex Prisoner), the six-song EP introduces three new certified hellraisers — “Relics From The Past,” “Humanity Transcends,” and the title track — alongside remade and revitalized versions of the three songs from the band’s 2016 debut EP — “Sacrament Of Death,” “Doused In Flames,” and “Skinned Alive.”
The Edge Of Existence EP is available on CD, cassette, digitally, and now vinyl, at THIS LOCATION.
View the band’s previously released video for the EP’s title track HERE and a visualizer for “Humanity Transcends” HERE.
Originally hailing from Denton, Texas and now situated in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area, guitarist Trey Pemberton, vocalist Reese Alavi, bassist Eric “Rico” Mejia, drummer Lincoln Mullins, and guitarist A.J. Ross III comprises the group Revolver called the, “Power Trip-endorsed band leading the next wave of Texas metal.” They refused to let the 2020 pandemic destroy their momentum, even after COVID sidelined two of them for several weeks.
The group emerged from lockdown with a punishing array of their most crushing material yet. Ross (also of Kombat and Torture Tomb, with Cole Crutchfield of Knocked Loose) made his recorded debut with CREEPING DEATH, adding another heavy dimension to their massive bellow on The Edge Of Existence.
Death Nexus Announce 2022 Festival
Posted in concerts, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags Death Metal, Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news on March 21, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
Ensepulchering Philadelphia beneath the most vile and creative bands in the underground, Death Nexus is preparing to unleash an epic showcase of heavy music. Taking place at the Warehouse on Watts in Philadelphia, PA, on the 30th April -1st May 2022.
“Death Nexus fest is dedicated to bringing underground, extreme metal acts from multiple states and generations to Philadelphia, further cementing our city as a nexus for all things deeply creative, genuine, and disturbing. Philadelphia has had a healthy scene for extreme metal for years, but never before has such a geographically diverse group of like minded individuals been allowed to coagulate in our walls and veins. Death Nexus will showcase some of what Philadelphia has to offer along with acts from all around the country in one event that is not to be missed.”
The fest will also be emceed by NECROSEXUAL! Full line-up below.
Day 1 – Doors at 1:30PM, Music at 2:00PM
CAVERN WOMB
COAGULATE
CASTRATOR
VIOGRESSION
MORTUOUS
SCATTERED REMNANTS
Day 2 – Doors at 2:00PM, Music at 3:00PM
BASTARD CROSS
NIGHT HAG
DRUID LORD
SOUL DEVOURMENT
BLOOD SPORE
ECTOVOID
PHOBOPHILIC
VASTUM
TICKETS:
2-day passes: https://bit.ly/deathnexus
Day 1 pass: https://bit.ly/deathnexus-day1
Day 2 pass: https://bit.ly/deathnexus-day2
Source: C Squared Music
Links
Website: https://deathnexus.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philadelphiadeathnexus/
UNMERCIFUL – To Take Part In Uncreation Of Civilization Tour With DECREPIT BIRTH, PATHOLOGY
Posted in Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags Death Metal, Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news on March 15, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
Topeka, Kansas brutal death metal horde UNMERCIFUL will support DECREPIT BIRTH and PATHOLOGY on the Uncivilization of Creation US Tour. Death metallers STABBING (July 8 – 14 & July 16 – 26) and CONDEMNED (August 2 – 6) are on the bill for select dates. UNMERCIFUL will be on the tour from July 8 – 31.
UNMERCIFUL bassist/vocalist Jeremy Turner comments, “We’ve wanted to tour with Decrepit Birth again ever since we got to tour Europe with them in 2008. We’ve also been trying to get a tour going with Pathology for a couple of years now, and the sickos in Stabbing are killing it right now! Condemned has always been heavy as fuck. We are so looking forward to one of the sickest tour packages destroying the stage every night!! We will see you all in July!!!”
In 2020, UNMERCIFUL released their third full-length album Wrath Encompassed on Willowtip Records. Purchase the album at: Willowtip – https://bit.ly/unmerciful-wrathwt
Watch the video for album track “Wrath Encompassed” at https://youtu.be/TaWqd3DMLL0
Bandcamp – https://bit.ly/unmerciful-wrathbc
UNMERCIFUL:
Clinton Appelhanz – Guitars/ Vocals
Jeremy Turner – Bass/ Vocals
Trynt Kelly – Drums
Justin Payne – Guitars/ Vocals
Joshua Riley– Vocals
www.instagram.com/official_unmerciful
Source: ClawHammer PR
LONG LIVE UNMERCIFUL.
LINDSAY SCHOOLCRAFT – Releases “New World” feat. Fabienne Erni of ELUVEITIE
Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags Hard Rock, Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news, news, symphonic metal on March 15, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
Prepare to be transported to a “New World” with the magical offering from LINDSAY SCHOOLCRAFT. Featuring a duet with Fabienne Erni of ELUVEITIE and a guitar solo by Jen Majura of EVANESENCE, the new release delivers an epic sound infused with Celtic elements.
Landing just in time for St Patrick’s Day, “New World” is the first heavy driven song to be unleashed since the release of LINDSAY’s full-length album Martyr. Made possible through the Patreon community, a symphonic/ folk version will also be available as a Patreon exclusive. Emerging out of ethereal realms, ghostly Celtic folk instruments perform an alluring backdrop for LINDSAY’s haunting vocals. Melodies soar gracefully seeing a subtle dark undertone weaving throughout. Explosive metal instrumentation thunders into existence elevating the track with an intense manifestation of power.
Fabienne Erni’s dynamic vocals beautifully complement the atmosphere of “New World”; it’s a stunning duet. Enthralling distorted guitars and bass tones provide a grounding contrast to the soaring melodies, and Jen Majura’s solo enhances the sound even further.
Become immersed in a dramatic tale of folklore, an exploration into stunning soundscapes and thrilling composition. “New World” is a truly bewitching release to kick off 2022. LINDSAY is already hard at work on her next release, preparing another heavy composition in collaboration with SARAH JEZEBEL DEVA.
“New World” Guest Appearances:
Fabienne Erni – Guest Vocals
Jen Majura – Guitar Solo
Rocky Gray – Guitar, Bass, Drums
IVEEN – Folk Instruments and Backing Vocals
Christopher Caouette – Orchestration
Dagda – Viola
Join LINDSAY’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lindsayschoolcraft
Source: C Squared Music
LONG LIVE LINDSAY SCHOOLCRAFT.
HAUNTED SHORES (PERIPHERY’S Mark Holcomb & Misha Mansoor) Debut Full-Length Album “VOID” – Available Now Via 3DOT Recordings
Posted in Metal, metal music, Music, music news, news, prog metal music with tags Metal, metal albums 2022, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news on March 12, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
March 11, 2022 – Haunted Shores, the duo of Periphery’s Mark Holcomb and Misha Mansoor, has released their debut full-length, Void (https://lnk.to/hs-void), today via 3DOT Recordings.
“Misha and I have wanted to do another Haunted Shores album for quite some time, and we finally made the time necessary to focus on these songs,” explains Holcomb. “I have always loved writing Haunted Shores songs, but this one in particular feels special – a little crazier, a little more unhinged, and in my opinion, a step above what we’ve done in the past.”
The pair have done a series of playthroughs to accompany the release: “OnlyFangs” featuring both Misha and Mark, “Hellfire” with Mark, “Nocturnal Hours” with Misha, and a sax playthrough from Jørgen Munkeby (Shining) for “Nocturnal Hours” can also be viewed here.
Void CDs and merch bundles are available now via the 3DOT webstore. Void was co-produced by Holcomb and Mansoor, with Mansoor also tackling mixing duties. The album cover features a Paoli Girardi painting.
Instagram.com/hauntedshoresofficial
Source: Speakeasy Public Relations & Marketing
Heavy Metal Icons ANVIL Return With New Album “Impact Is Imminent” + Share First Single And Video Clip!
Posted in classic rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, music news, music videos, news with tags anvil, classic rock, Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news, rock music news, Thrash Metal on March 12, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
Heavy Metal pioneers ANVIL have announced the release of a brand new studio album, entitled Impact Is Imminent, due out on May 20, 2022 via AFM Records!
The Canadian trio belongs to one of the most distinctive bands of their genre, often cited as having influenced notable metal acts such as Slayer, MEGADETH, Metallica and Anthrax. After 40 years in the music industry, touring the world in sold-out venues, and garnering critically acclaim for Anvil! The Story Of Anvil – the number 1 music documentary of every metalhead – the iconic band returns with their nineteenth album.
On Impact Is Imminent, ANVIL fires off merciless riff attacks, relentlessly driving drums and impressive bass grooves, complemented by vocal melodies and lyrics that inevitably drill themselves into the listener’s aural tract. As always, Kudlow and founding member and drummer Robb Reiner, are at the epicentre of this heavy metal extravaganza. For the past eight years, they have been supported by bassist Chris Robertson, who not only complements the ANVIL fold on a personal level, but also enhances the tracks with his powerful low frequency bass parts and backing vocals.
Today, ANVIL shared a first single alongside a music video for the full pedal-to-the-metal anthem ‘Ghost Shadow’! Says charismatic frontman Lips: “Ghost Shadow is my 6th sense telling me I’m being watched! Could be internet trolls or paranormal phenomenon! Either way the song is heavy as fuck!!“
“None of our previous albums blends music and lyrics into as tight a unit as ‘Impact Is Imminent’,” enthuses Lips on the fourteen songs on the group’s new album. “Everything comes together homogeneously. As a result, the new material sounds monolithic, right down to the very last details, both in terms of rhythm and harmonies. In the past, our studio sessions were sometimes like a little like jumping in at the deep end, with us having to improvise a lot and making decisions at short notice. Working on ‘Impact Is Imminent’, not only was there plenty of time for the songwriting process in the run-up to the recordings, but I also had the leisure to put all my ideas to the acid test and work on them until they were perfect.”
Like its three predecessors ‘Anvil Is Anvil’ (2016), ‘Pounding The Pavement’ (2018) and ‘Legal At Last’ (2019), ‘Impact Is Imminent’ was produced by Martin ‘Mattes’ Pfeiffer (U.D.O., among others) and Jörg Uken at Uken’s Soundlodge studios, so the successful combination consisting of Anvil/Pfeiffer/Uken has struck again.
The album pre-sale of Impact Is Imminent, available as CD, Vinyl and Digital formats on May 20, 2022, has just started at THIS LOCATION!
Tracklist:
- Take A Lesson
- Ghost Shadow
- Another Gun Fight
- Fire Rain
- Teabag
- Don‘t Look Back
- Someone To Hate
- Bad Side Of Town
- Wizard´s Wand
- Lockdown
- Explosive Energy
- The Rabbit Hole
- Shockwave
- Gomez
ANVIL:
Steve ‘Lips’ Kudlow – Vocals/Guitar
Robb Reiner – Drums
Chris Robertson – Bass/Vocals
https://www.facebook.com/anvilmetal
Source: AFM Records
LONG LIVE ANVIL.
Death Thrashers DEMIRICOUS Announce New Album: “III: Chaotic Lethal”
Posted in 1950's rock music, Metal, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news, news, thrash on March 12, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
May 13th, 2022 will mark the release of DEMIRICOUS‘ third studio album III: Chaotic Lethal. After an extended hiatus, the heavy quartet are preparing to unleash a brutal new record.
The band comments: “It’s been 15 years since we’ve released a record. We are so unbelievably proud of this one, and this is the DEMIRICOUS record we’ve always wanted to make. Prepare yourselves. It’s a fucking monster.”
Initially formed in early 2002, DEMIRICOUS released their debut album One (Hellbound) on Metal Blade Records in 2005 pushing them into early success with a global fanbase. Their follow-up album, Two (Poverty) also on Metal Blade Records, was released in 2007. Now, in 2022, DEMIRICOUS are returning even harder and heavier than before.
More information to follow soon.
Line-Up:
Nate Olp
Dustin Boltjes
Scott Wilson
Ben Parrish
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/demiricous_official/
Bandcamp: https://demiricousofficial.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5FMiEzyrrSAPjBfdz7CPEB?si=WcrvKJG-RWiMgl5BR4ZRiw
Source: C Squared Music
LONG LIVE DEMIRICOUS.
FRIGHT – Sign To Horror Pain Gore Death Productions – Debut Release “Fright” Is Set For Release On April 8th, Pre-orders + New Single “Hands Claw Open Eyes” Live Now
Posted in Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news on March 9, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions are set to unleash the ripping debut release from Philadelphia/New Jersey’s crossover beasts FRIGHT. Fright is up now for pre-order and will be released April 8th on CD and Digital formats.
Hailing from Philadelphia/New Jersey, Fright was formed as a quartet in the winter of 2020 by current/ex-members of bands that include A.S.D., Citizens Arrest, Das Oath, Down In Flames, Devoid Of Faith, 97A, Söft Dov, and many more. Fright presents six tracks of raw, punk-infused 80’s Speed/Thrash with elements of gritty Japanese hardcore/D-beat and dark 90’s crust.
Fright‘s thrashcore assault showcases vicious guitars, frantic bass/drum assaults and powerful intense vocals, all resulting in absolute audible anarchy and complete controlled chaos! Features artwork by the legendary Sugi and layout design by Mark McCoy (Full Of Hell, Pig Destroyer).
A doctrine of doomsday for fans of Celtic Frost, Corrosion Of Conformity, Death Side, Destruction, English Dogs, Exodus, GISM, Onslaught, Sabbat, Sacrilege, Sepultura, Slayer, Terrorizer, and Tragedy.
Pre-order Fright on digital and CD at: hpgd.bandcamp.com/album/fright
Pre-save this release on Spotify at ffm.to/fright
Listen to the album’s first single, “Hands Claw Open Eyes” at: youtube.com/watch?v=LOlWHe4yf6Y
TRACKLISTING:
- Hands Claw Open Eyes
- Divine Desecration
- Imprisoned Minds
- Erupting Dawn Thunder
- Obliterated Ruin
- Child Of A New War
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions:
www.youtube.com/user/horrorpaingoredeath/videos
Source: ClawHammer PR
LONG LIVE FRIGHT.
MNRVA – To Release Debut Full-Length, “Hollow”
Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Mnrva, Music, music news, rock music news on March 8, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
MNRVA venture further into the descending darkness with their debut full-length, Hollow which will be released on may 20th via Black Doomba Records. Conjuring gloomy atmospheres with funeral doom and fuzz tones, the heavy trio are unafraid to unveil what’s lurking in the shadows.
Forming in 2018, MNRVA made their debut with the EP Black Sky giving fans a tantalizing taste of their unconventional sludge fueled doom sound. Hollow builds further on their exploration of heavy music with groove-laden riffs, mid-slow tempo tracks and vocals which range between soaring melodies and those of guttural demons.
“Not the One” introduces the new album with ludicrously overdriven instruments, impactful percussion and vocals that appear to be reaching out of the abyss. The title track falls further into the gloom evoking an intense dark mood. Melodic motifs and riffs punctuate the black with an experimental twist, adding something extra to the sound without breaking the nightmarish illusion. “The Way” concludes the album with the wrath of the void, fusing the sinister and sombre.
Hollow is a melting pot of sludge drawing upon the guitar grind of MELVINS, the vocal interplay of MASTODON, and the post-doom heaviness of Wisconsin’s BEREFT. Embracing their influences while cultivating their own distinctive edge, MNRVA manipulate these dynamic musical elements to manifest an enticing atmosphere.
Pre-save: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/mnrva2/hollow
Line-up:
Byron Hawk – guitar, vocals
Kevin Jennings – bass, vocals
Gina Ercolini – drums
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mnrvasc
Bandcamp: https://mnrva.bandcamp.com/
Bandcamp: https://blackdoombarecords.bandcamp.com/
Source: C Squared Music
LONG LIVE MNRVA.
DRAGONFORCE – To Kick Off North American Tour Tonight!
Posted in 1950's rock music, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags dragonforce, Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news, Power Metal on March 7, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
DRAGONFORCE will kick off their long-awaited North American trek tonight, March 7th. The Extreme Power Metal tour will commence in Santa Ana, California and run through April 23rd in Berkeley, California. Support will be provided by Firewind, Visions Of Atlantis, and Seven Spires. Tickets and extremely limited pre-show VIP upgrades are available at: www.dragonforce.com. See all confirmed dates below.
Known as the fastest band in the world, Grammy-nominated extreme power metal band DRAGONFORCE is based in London, England. Their platinum-selling record, Through The Fire And Flames, brought them international acclaim and was featured as the most-challenging song on Guitar Hero III. Their energetic and humorous live performances have won them fans on every continent.
DRAGONFORCE‘s latest album, Extreme Power Metal, released via Metal Blade Records in the US, features uplifting choruses, catchy melodies, and mind-bending guitar solos. After playing just a few shows in 2020, DRAGONFORCE is finally returning to the USA and Canada to complete their Extreme Power Metal World Tour. To preview and purchase Extreme Power Metal, go to THIS LOCATION.
http://www.twitter.com/dragonforce
Source: EARSPLIT PR
LONG LIVE DRAGONFORCE.
MAYHEM – Time To Kill Records To Release New Tape Edition Of “Esoteric Warfare”
Posted in Metal, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags Black Metal, cassettes, Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news on March 1, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
Time To Kill Records have announced the re-release of MAYHEM’s modern masterpiece “Esoteric Warfare”, due out on March 1st 2022 in MC format under exclusive license from Season Of Mist.
Originally released in 2014, with “Esoteric Warfare”, the band’s first album with Teloch on guitar since Blasphemer‘s departure from the band in 2008, the long running Norwegian black metallers have created an intense journey in which angular riffs are being alternated with subtle melodies until they intertwine into an enormous soundscape.
These new tape editions are currently available via the below links:
BIGCARTEL:
https://timetokillrecords.bigcartel.com/category/mayhem
Tracklist:
SIDE “Astatium”
1. Watchers
2. Psywar
3. Trinity
4. Pandaemon
5. MILAB
SIDE “Bohrium”
6. VI.Sec.
7. Throne of Time
8. Corpse of Care
9. Posthuman
10. Aion Suntelia
Time To Kill Records:
https://timetokillrecords.bandcamp.com/
https://www.timetokill-records.com/
LONG LIVE MAYHEM.
AGE OF ATHENA – Release Video For “Together We Fall”
Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, music news, music videos, news with tags Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news, music videos on February 26, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
Symphonic metalcore band AGE OF ATHENA has released a video for their song “Together We Fall”. The track is taken from their critically acclaimed album Gate to Oblivion which was released in December.
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/_yQer5aNz2o
Listen to Gate to Oblivion:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2dqorQXffSc01fy79N9jJq?si=981e0df961844956
The band comments:
“Together We Fall captures the essence of Age of Athena. We wanted to showcase the chaos and beauty of the music through a balance of light and dark in the video. We are incredibly proud and excited share our hard work with everyone. We thank everyone for the support and hope you enjoy!”
AGE OF ATHENA:
Zachary Sabean
Helen Illumina
Nathan Gross
Michael Johnson
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/ageofathena
https://www.instagram.com/ageofathena/
Source: C Squared Music
LONG LIVE AGE OF ATHENA.
TOOL – “FEAR INOCULUM” Ultra Deluxe Vinyl Arrives April 8th Via RCA Records
Posted in Hard Rock, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news, rock music news, tool, vinyl records on February 26, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
LIMITED-EDITION, 5X LP COLLECTION FEATURES NEW ARTWORK AND ETCHINGS
Feb 25, 2022, LOS ANGELES – The eagerly-awaited vinyl version of TOOL’s critically-acclaimed fifth album, Fear Inoculum, arrives on April 8 via RCA Records, with the GRAMMY®-Award winning release spread over 5 LPs and paired with new, extensive artwork.
Adam Jones reconceptualized the already impressive album packaging with each of the 180g vinyl discs emblazoned with a unique etching and accompanied by an elaborate pictorial booklet including never-before-seen artwork. The limited-edition set, which also features a new cover, is housed in a hard shell box
TOOL has consistently elevated the concept of album art, from the groundbreaking Fear Inoculum CD release fronted by a 4” HD rechargeable screen with exclusive video footage (“Recusant Ad Infinitum”) to 10,000 Days’ integrated stereoscopic lenses to Ænima’s lenticular jewel case, Jones has pushed the boundaries of what is possible. He has been twice nominated in the GRAMMY®-Awards Best Recording Package category, taking home the trophy in 2007 for 10,000 Days.
Quite possibly the era’s most highly-anticipated album, Fear Inoculum arrived in August of 2019. Debuting at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200, the album earned heaps of critical praise with NPR saying, “Fear Inoculum was worth the 13 year wait,” Revolver proclaiming the album “a masterpiece to be dissected for years to come” and Consequence saying the release finds “Tool in peak performance.”
Fear Inoculum Ultra Deluxe vinyl pre-orders are available now: https://Tool.lnk.to/FIVinyl.
Fear Inoculum Ultra Deluxe vinyl track-listing:
Disc 1:“Fear Inoculum” and “Pneuma”
Disc 2: “Invincible”
Disc 3: “Legion Inoculant” and “Descending”
Disc 4: “Culling Voices” “Chocolate Chip Trip”
Disc 5: “7empest” and “Mockingbeat”
Source: Speakeasy Public Relations & Marketing
LONG LIVE TOOL.
Finnish Stoner Metal Band ZOMBIE RODEO Return With New Single ‘Mind Infestation’
Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news, music videos, news on February 24, 2022 by Metal Odyssey
Finnish stoner metal band Zombie Rodeo is back after six years. The band released a new single Mind Infestation which is taken from the upcoming EP The Eyes Are Set Upon You. EP is released on April 29th 2022 via Inverse Records.
Watch Mind Infestation video: https://youtu.be/_GcUcByGzcE
The band comments:
“The song is a twisted tale, when one’s mind is consumed with thoughts, that should not normally be there. This time the vocals took a much harsher turn and also the music has a lot more pronounced mid 90’s metal vibe, on top of the fuzzy delivery of earlier releases. The lyrics also reflect the music better this time.
After a lenghty search, no suitable replacement for Thomas Vee on vocals was found, so Miika decided to also take on the vocal duties on top of delivering commanding riffage. Otherwise the line-up remains unchanged this time.”
Tracklist:
- Eyes Upon You
- Mind Infestation
- Night’s Jackals Howl
- Unspeakable Fathoms
- This Burning Wasteland
Listen to the single on:
Youtube: https://youtu.be/_GcUcByGzcE
Bandcamp: https://zombierodeo.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LUKRMu
Apple Music: https://apple.co/3HePpdf
Pre-order ‘The Eyes Are Set Upon You’ on Bandcamp: https://zombierodeo.bandcamp.com
Pre-Save ‘The Eyes Are Set Upon You’ on Spotify/Apple/Deezer: https://save-it.cc/imusician/the-eyes-are-set-upon-you
Line-up:
Miika Partonen – vocals & guitar
Mika Rissanen – guitar
Mikko Puhakka – bass
Mikko Mustonen – drums
Zombie Rodeo – Mind Infestation (single 2022)
Composed by Miika Partonen & Mika Rissanen. Lyrics by Mikko Puhakka
Featuring singer Suvi Wirman (Cantata Sangui & Vanguard)
Featuring Keys: Kari Huikuri
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