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ICED EARTH – New Track “Among The Living Dead” Is Streaming Online; “Plagues Of Babylon” Pre-Orders Available Now!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on December 15, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Iced Earth - Plagues Of Babylon - promo cover pic

ICED EARTH – [SONG PREMIERE] Iced Earth have just launched another brand-new track from their upcoming album “Plagues Of Babylon”!

Get ready for a serious dose of METAL by following the links below!

Check out “Among The Living Dead” over at Metal Hammer (http://bit.ly/ITPJjY) or at Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles (http://bit.ly/1bBnGNk) and bang that head that doesn’t bang!!!

Pre-order “Plagues Of Babylon” at:

CM Distro & CM Distro Europehttp://smarturl.it/icedearthcmd

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Century Media Records - logo - B&W

(Sources: Century Media & ICED EARTH Facebooks)

* For more info on ICED EARTH:

Website: http://www.icedearth.com

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LONG LIVE ICED EARTH.

LONG LIVE HEAVY METAL.

Stone.

DEATHLESS LEGACY “Rise From The Grave” – Horror Metal Band’s Debut Album Releases January 3rd, 2014

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, horror, horror metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on December 14, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Deathless Legacy - Rise From The Grave - promo album pic - 2013

“Rise From the Grave” is the first album from the Italian Horror Metal band Deathless Legacy. 10 creepy powerful songs adorned with industrial synth and a taste of hammond, to evoke the inner wishes and fears of all the human-beings walking on this world. Their music is plenty of horror, as their presence on stage: all dressed up and made up like evil immortal spirits, they drip horror aspects from every point of view, including music and atmospheres. “Rise from the grave” mixes heavy, speed and Gothic Metal sounds, giving birth to a new experience of Horror Music: you’ll be scared and exalted, believe the monsters!

Watch the album trailer below for:

RISE FROM THE GRAVE

RISE FROM THE GRAVE – Track Listing:

01 – Will-o’-the wisp

02 – Queen of Necrophilia

03 – Bow to the porcellan altar

04 – Octopus

05 – Killergeist

06 – Flamenco de la muerte

07 – Spiders

08 – Devil’s Thane

09 – Death Challenge

10 – Step into the mist

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* For more info on DEATHLESS LEGACY:

Website: http://www.deathlesslegacy.it/

Facebook: Deathless

Danse Macabre Records - logo - 2013

Facebook: Danse Macabre Records

Website: http://www.dansemacabre-group.com

(Source: Inner Enclave Promotions)

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LONG LIVE DEATHLESS LEGACY.

LONG LIVE HORROR METAL.

Stone.

WARBEAST – To Perform At The Rail Club New Years Eve Extravaganza, In Fort Worth, Texas!

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, holidays, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on December 14, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Warbeast - The Rail Club - New Years Eve - 2013 - promo flyer

The Rail Club New Years Eve Extravaganza

When: Tuesday, December 31st, 2013

Where: 3101 Joyce Dr., Fort Worth, Texas, 76116

Doors: 6:00 PM

Showtime: 7:00 PM

$12.00 ADV

$12.00 to $15.00 DOOR

6:00 PM until 2:00 PM CST

Phone: (817) – 560 – 7245

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WARBEAST – DESTROY IS OUT NOW! VIA HOUSECORE RECORDS! STONE SAYS: ONE OF THE VERY BEST METAL ALBUMS OF 2013, A METAL MUST OWN!

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WARBEAST:

Bruce Corbitt – Vocals

Scott Shelby – Lead Guitar

Joey Gonzalez – Drums

Bobby Tillotson – Lead Guitar

Casey Orr – Bass

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* For more info on WARBEAST:

Facebook: WARBEAST

Website: http://www.warbeast.org

The Rail Club - Fort Worth Texas - Logo

Facebook: The Rail Club

Housecore Records - logo - black and white - 2013

Website: www.thehousecorerecords.com

Facebook: Housecore Records

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LONG LIVE WARBEAST.

LONG LIVE HOUSECORE RECORDS.

LONG LIVE THE RAIL CLUB.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

GHOUL – New Carol Of Chaos From Forthcoming Split With Cannabis Corpse Is Gouging Ears At Loudwire

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on December 13, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Cannabis Corpse - Ghoul - split promo cover - december 2013

Hooded Hellions To Take Denver Black Sky This Weekend

Today, the gatekeepers at the Loudwire lair offer up a new carol from the hooded thrash phantoms in GHOUL. The demandingly titled “Spill Your Guts” comes by way of the band’s forthcoming split with weedian death metal ogres, Cannabis Corpse: Splatterhash. An unrepentant exercise in fast fuckall crushingness, Splatterhash boasts four tracks of audio mayhem. For their portion, GHOUL returned to Earhammer Studios in Oakland, California where they recorded both Transmission Zero and Splatterthrash.

Says vocalist/guitarist Digestor from his Creepsylvanian penthouse, “Numbskulls and future Numbskulls! Once again, GHOUL returns to help you rot your eardrums, soil your pantaloons, and disappoint your parents. This time we brought our pals in Cannabis Corpse, though we regretfully had to murder them after hearing how good their side of the split is. We’d like to take this time to apologize to their fans, friends, and families. Such a waste…”

“Spill Your Guts” is now playing at Loudwire. Get sloppy at THIS LOCATION.

The cloaked deviants in GHOUL – Cremator, Fermentor, Digestor, and Dissector – are mutants from Creepsylvania specializing in the refined execution of bone-snapping splatterthrash, grave robbing, flesh consumption, barn burnings and general night time debauchery. This Saturday, GHOUL will emerge from their den of iniquity to co-headline the first annual Black Sky gala. Founded by Skinless’ Sherwood Webber, Denver Black Sky will be held at The Gothic Theatre in Denver and features an absurdly sick lineup of: Dying Fetus, Exhumed, Speedwolf, Power Trip, Mammoth Grinder, Call Of The Void, Reproacher, Weekend Nachos, Iron Reagan, Axeslasher, Primitive Man, Vimana, Of Feather And Bone, Native Daughters, Black Sleep Of Kali, Dead Temple and Flight Of Sleipnir. Bring a tarp.

GHOUL Live Actions: 

12/14/2013 Denver Black Sky @ The Gothic Theatre – Denver, CO [tickets]

The Splatterhash 12″ split will be made available via Tankcrimes on January 7, 2014 and comes available on wax, CD and digitally. Preorders and more can be obtained HERE.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

For more info on GHOUL:

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

Website: http://www.creepsylvania.com

CANNABIS CORPSE:

Facebook: Cannabis Corpse (Official)

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Website: http://www.tankcrimes.com

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LONG LIVE GHOUL.

LONG LIVE CANNABIS CORPSE.

Stone.

GENE SIMMONS ROCK CAMP – March 27th Thru March 30th, 2014; Here’s ALL The Info!

Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock and roll, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on December 13, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Gene Simmons - Rock Camp - promo flyer - 2014

As reported on the KISS Facebook:

Gene Simmons will mentor and jam with campers along with fellow rock star friends at Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp, offering an opportunity of a lifetime at its Las Vegas studios. The camp will also feature Tommy Thayer (KISS), Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW), Steve Stevens (BILLY IDOL), David Ellefson (MEGADETH).

Together alongside Simmons, they will help musicians of all levels form bands, learn or perfect their knowledge of an instrument, write and record a song. The four-day camp will culminate with a live performance at House of Blues at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas March 27-30, 2014. This March marks Simmons’ return to Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp for the first time since October 2012.

“Mentoring adult and young rockers at the Fantasy Camp has always been an amazingly rewarding experience for me,” said Simmons. “I enjoy teaching and handing over lessons I’ve learned from the business to musicians and upcoming talent.”

Space for Rock And Roll Fantasy Camp is extremely limited.

To sign up or for more information, call (888) Roc-Band.

Website: http://www.rockcamp.com/gene-simmons-2014.php

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* For more info on KISS:

Facebook: KISS

Website: http://www.kissonline.com

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LONG LIVE GENE SIMMONS.

LONG LIVE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL FANTASY CAMP.

Stone.

SAXON – Heavy Metal Legends Returning To Wacken Open Air In 2014

Posted in classic rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on December 12, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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As reported on the Official Saxon Facebook page:

The Mighty Saxon is pleased to announce they will be back at Wacken Open Air in 2014!!

“On the 25th Anniversary of this fantastic festival we look forward to filling your heads with some Heavy Metal Thunder!!”

Biff, Paul, Nigel, Nibbs & Doug

Saxon - Unplugged And Strung Up - promo cover pic - 2013

The NEW and critically acclaimed album, Unplugged And Strung Up, from the mighty SAXON… is OUT NOW! Metal be thy name! 

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Wacken Open Air - Santa Hat - promo banner

Wacken Open Air - 2014 - Sold Out - promo banner

* For more info on SAXON:

Facebook: Saxon (Official)

Website: http://www.saxon747.com

Wacken Open Air Website: http://www.wacken.com

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LONG LIVE SAXON.

LONG LIVE WACKEN OPEN AIR.

LONG LIVE HEAVY METAL.

Stone.

VESTAL CLARET – Signs With Cruz Del Sur Music

Posted in doom metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on December 12, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Cruz Del Sur Music is proud to announce another prestigious addition to its roster, occult metal unit VESTAL CLARET!

One of the most mysterious and intriguing bands to appear from the American underground in the last few years, VESTAL CLARET is the creation of Simon Tuozzoli and  Phil Swanson (SEAMOUNT / HOUR OF 13 fame), and play a killer mixture of Doom and  Heavy Metal riffage with a definite penchant for the morbid and sick atmospheres. Are you ready for the ritual to begin? You better go sharpen your krises!

The band’s first release with Cruz Del Sur Music, The Cult of the Vestal Claret, is the follow-up to their 2011 debut, Bloodbath and will see the light of day in April 2014. The album will be available on CD, digital and vinyl formats.

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* VESTAL CLARET are from Hamden, Connecticut.

(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on VESTAL CLARET:

Facebook: Vestal Claret

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Website: www.cruzdelsurmusic.com

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LONG LIVE VESTAL CLARET.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

KYLESA LAUNCH RETRO FUTURIST RECORDS

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock bands, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on December 11, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Retro Futurist Records - promo banner - 2013 - #334

INAUGURAL RELEASE THIS JANUARY FROM CANADIAN TRIO SIERRA

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Dec. 11, 2013, Savannah, GA – Kylesa (Phillip Cope, Laura Pleasants and Carl McGinley II) launch Retro Futurist Records in January with the Jan. 28th release of Canadian prog trio Sierra’s album Pslip.

“The idea behind Retro Futurist Records is to provide an artist-friendly home to bands we like and bands we feel are relevant in aesthetic, sound, concept and/or ethics,” explained Pleasants.Dec. 11, 2013, Savannah, GA – Kylesa (Phillip Cope, Laura Pleasants and Carl McGinley II) launch Retro Futurist Records in January, with the Jan. 28th release of Canadian prog trio Sierra’s album Pslip.

The first release to come from the Savannah-based label is a vinyl release of Sierra’s debut album Pslip.  The Kitchener prog trio will join Kylesa for a leg of the band’s European tour (Jan. 19 to Feb. 2).  Pslip was produced by Cope and recently described by Caught in the Carousel as “so wrought with high-octane power, crunching riffs, catchy melodies, and good old-fashioned rock and roll that you’ll want to hear it over and over again.”

Retro Futurist is offering music lovers a six-month vinyl subscription series, which includes Sierra’s aforementioned release as well as original albums from Jagged VisionDarkentries, Wet Socks as well as subscriber only collectibles including a Kylesa 7” (hand-printed and numbered), a Retro Futurist t-shirt by Santos as well as a mystery 7”.  More information is available here:

http://www.retrofuturistrecords.com/product/6-month-subscription/.

Future Retro Futurist releases (available lp/digital):

Jagged Vision “Harvest Earth“ – Feb. 25, 2014

Darkentries  “The Make Believe“ – March 25, 2014

Wet Socks  – Title TBA – April 29, 2014

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(Source: Speakeasy PR & Marketing)

* For more info on Retro Futurist Records:

www.facebook.com/retrofuturistrecords

www.retrofuturist.bandcamp.com

* For more info on Sierra:

www.facebook.com/sierrariff

www.twitter.com/sierrariff

* For more info on JAGGED VISION:

www.facebook.com/jaggedvision

http://www.nrk.no/urort/Artist/JaggedVision/default.aspx

* For more info on DARKENTRIES:

www.facebook.com/drkntrs

www.darkentries.bigcartel.com

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LONG LIVE KYLESA.

LONG LIVE RETRO FUTURIST RECORDS.

Stone.

Dimebag Darrell – God Bless You And Rest In Peace

Posted in Guitar, guitarists, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on December 8, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Dimebag Darrell - Guitar World - May 2000 - promo cover - 2013

Above: Guitar World – May 2000

“Dimebag” Darrell Lance Abbott, was murdered by a cowardly monster, back on December 8th, 2004. We shall never forget nor stop loving Dimebag. He’s forever with our Metal community; within our hearts, souls and ears.

GOD BLESS

DIMEBAG

DARRELL

AND MAY HE

REST IN

PEACE.

August 20, 1966 – December 8th, 2004

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MetalOdyssey

Stone.

Motörhead – Check Out This Motörhead Red Wine! Whoa!

Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock and roll, rock music, rock music news, wine, world news with tags , , , , , , , , on December 7, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Motorhead - red wine promo pic - 2013

As reported on the Official Motörhead Facebook page:

Is this the coolest Motörtube or what?
Only available during December in Sweden!
Cheers!

Check Stores for availability:

 http://www.systembolaget.se/6318

Motorhead - promo group pic - #10

Motörhead:

Lemmy

Phil Campbell

Mikkey Dee

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Motörhead Aftershock is out now! Yes, it will kick your Rock ‘N Roll loving ass! Metal be thy name!

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* For more info on Motörhead:

Facebook: Official Motörhead

Website: http://www.imotorhead.com

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Long Live Motörhead.

Long Live Metal.

Stone.

STONEBURNER – Portland Sludge Metallers Join The Neurot Recordings Family

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on December 7, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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The Neurot Recordings family is pleased to welcome the audio devastation that is Portland’s STONEBURNER to their expanding roster of forward-thinking music.

Featuring four members with a compelling musical ancestry that winds through Buried At Sea, Buried Blood, Heathen Shrine and more, STONEBURNER – named after a subterranean weapon from the novel Dune — spews forth a groin-churning orchestration of crust-strewn, hypnotic, sludge metal, their torrid odes glazed with pain and distress. The band will unleash the follow-up to their 2012 debut full-length, Sickness Will Pass, which The Sludgelord fittingly crowned, “an ugly, visceral and truly terrifying beast of an album,” via Neurot Recordings this Spring. Titled Life Drawing, the offering promises to take their sonic crush to entirely new levels of heaviness.

Notes the STONEBURNER collective on their union with Neurot: “We’ve been working on the material for this album for a long time now and couldn’t feel better about how it’s come together. We’re humbled and honored that Neurot have asked to be involved. Since the band formed, we’ve always done our best to work with people we respect and know personally, signing to Neurot is an extension of that…another step in combining our personal and musical lives and bringing it all full circle.”

STONEBURNER was spawned in early 2008 though the bands’ familial roots reach back two decades. To describe STONEBURNER‘s music one need only look to the list of bands with whom they’ve shared the stage: Yob, Sleep, Eyehategod, Neurosis, Buzzov-en, Weedeater, Saint Vitus, Watain, Tragedy, Noothgrush, Graves At Sea, Lord Dying, Drop Dead, Whitehorse, Wind Hand, Bastard Noise and so on. For STONEBURNER, it’s all about domination through amplification and soul-cleansing catharsis.

STONEBURNER Personnel:

Elijah Boland – guitar

Jason Depew – guitar

Damon Kelly – bass/vocals

Jesse McKinnon – drums/vocals

Further STONEBURNER intel, including Life Drawing release date and track listing, to be announced in the coming weeks.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on STONEBURNER:

http://www.facebook.com/Stoneburner.PDX

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* For more info on Neurot Recordings:
http://www.neurotrecordings.com

http://www.facebook.com/neurotrecordings

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LONG LIVE STONEBURNER.

Stone.

STEEL PROPHET – Cruz del Sur Music To Release “Omniscient” In June Of 2014

Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal bands, Metal, metal music, Music, progressive metal, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on December 5, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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STEEL PROPHET’s long-awaited new album, entitled Omniscient, will be released by Cruz Del Sur Music in June on CD and vinyl formats.

A living reference for all fans of American Heavy Metal, STEEL PROPHET needs no introduction to the metal world. With a long history, the band is particularly known for the technical and versatile guitar work of founding member Steve Kachinsky Blakmoor. Let’s not forget the soaring vocals of Rick Mythiasin, who has returned to sing with the band for the first time since  2002’s Unseen.

Omniscient is a conceptual, sci-fi themed album, textured with a heavy dose of unusual philosophies and ideas that will appeal to fans of early STEEL PROPHET material, especially the Dark Hallucinations era. Omniscient will have a visually striking package that will read like a graphic novel to highlight the story that underlines the music.

STEEL PROPHET is currently planning a European tour to coincide with the album’s release. Stay tuned for more updates as the release of Omniscient nears!

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on STEEL PROPHET:

Facebook: Steel Prophet

Cruz Del Sur Music - Logo - B&W

Website: www.cruzdelsurmusic.com

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LONG LIVE STEEL PROPHET.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

ANETTE OLZON – Former Nightwish Frontwoman To Release First Solo Album Next Year, Via Armoury Records

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on December 4, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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It is with great pleasure that Armoury Records, in conjunction with earMUSIC, welcomes ANETTE OLZON to their expanding roster of powerful frontwomen.

Best known for her time fronting symphonic metal brigade Nightwish for five years before fleeing the band in 2012, the Swedish born songstress has established herself as a true apex among female rock singers globally and will continue the trend with her forthcoming solo release entitled Shine. Produced by Stefan Örn and Johan Glössner, co-produced by OLZON alongside Johan Kronlund and mixed by Kronlund, Nicklas Flykt and Ronny Lahti (known for his work with Loreen and Roxette), Shine is a logical next step in OLZON’s flourishing musical journey.

“I am so thrilled to finally release my first solo album,” comments OLZON. “I’ve been working on it for a long time. The album is very personal with songs I’ve been writing since 2009 but there are also very recent songs. The overall message of the album is that life can be really dark and filled with hardship and sadness, but you can always choose to see some light coming through, to make you stronger and full of life, making you shine… no matter what.”

Indeed, Shine crosses the borders between melancholy and hope; fragility and power. It showcases an artist who refuses to rest on her proverbial laurels but heads boldly into the future.

Shine will be released in North America via Armoury Records this February. Further info, including track listing and teasers, to be unveiled in the coming weeks.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

Facebook: Anette Olzon

Anette Olzon’s Blog: http://anetteolzon2.blogspot.de/

http://www.eaglerockent.com

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LONG LIVE ANETTE OLZON.

Stone.


EMBLAZONED – Wisconsin Blackened Death Metal Machine Enters Studio

Posted in Black Metal, Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on December 3, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Wisconsin Blackened Death Metal machine EMBLAZONED has returned to Belle City Sound in Racine, Wisc., to record the band’s as-of-yet untitled full-length album. The album will be the follow-up to the critically acclaimed EP, The Living Magisterium, which was released September 3 via Deepsend Records.

Tracking for the album is almost complete, with mixing and mastering getting underway next month. Production duties are being handled by Chris Wisco (Jungle Rot, Gorgasm, Nachtmystium, Broken Hope). Fans of the EP will not be disappointed in what is shaping up to be the bands most intense offering to date. No official release date had been set yet.

The Living Magisterium is available as a digital download and jewel case CD through Deepsend Records. Preview and purchase the album at www.deepsendrecords.bandcamp.com.

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Critical Praise:

“Emblazoned demand your obedience, and even when they have it will still hold your head down and repeatedly curb stomp it.” [9.5/10] – Apoch’s Metal Review

“These guys kill from beginning to end…” [4/5] – New Noise Magazine

Emblazoned:

Kevin Forsythe (ex Jungle Rot) – Guitar

A.J. Lewandowski (Decrepit Birth, ex Enfold Darkness) – Bass

Jeff Plewa (ex Micawber) – Vocals

Alex “Pulverizer” Pulvermacher (ex Decrescent) – Drums

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on EMBLAZONED:

Facebook: Emblazoned

http://emblazoned666.bigcartel.com/

Deep Send Records - Large Logo!

www.deepsend.com

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LONG LIVE EMBLAZONED.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL – First Wave Of Bands For 2014 Installment Posted

Posted in concerts, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on December 2, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

New England Metal & Hardcore Festival 14 - promo banner

Worcester, Massachusetts-based concert promotions company, MassConcerts, is proud to, once again, host the annual NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL in April 2014.

Slated for April 17th, 18th, and 19th, the 2014 installment of the massive NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL gathering will mark its sixteenth year. Since 1999, the multiple-day festival has been attracting dozens of bands and thousands of fans to the historic Worcester Palladium, that houses two stages full of music for three full days.. While the final lineup for this year’s fest is still being organized, today the first wave of bands confirmed to be taking part in the three-day massacre has come in hard.

Highlights of the three dozen NEMHF 2014 confirmations as of this week include: All That Remains, Iced Earth, Nile, Slapshot, the final East Coast appearance of Bleeding Through, Nails, All Out War, Twitching Tongues, and the 2014 Metal Alliance Tour package still to be announced, with more than half of the lineup still to be disclosed. Tickets for NEMHF 2014 will go on sale this Black Friday, November 29th, with VIP packages to follow soon after. Final lineups will be determined very soon.

NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL 2014 Confirmations:

All That Remains, Iced Earth, Nile, Bleeding Through “Final East Coast Appearance”, Sabaton, Revamp, Nails, Within The Ruins, Slapshot, All Out War, Cruel Hand, Ramallah, Twitching Tongues, Lionheart, Counterparts, Harms Way, Suburban Scum, Fire and Ice, Naysayer, Colin of Arabia, Reign Supreme, Fit For An Autopsy, Born Low, The Mongoloids, Warhound, Malfunction, Alpha & Omega, King Nine, Discourse, Will To Die, Barrier, Kublai Khan, Scale The Summit and Sylar.

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info:

https://www.facebook.com/metalandhardcorefest

http://metalandhardcorefestival.com

https://twitter.com/moshfest

http://www.massconcerts.com

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LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

SOREPTION – Swedish Death Metal Horde To Unleash “Engineering The Void” – Release Date Plus Track Listing Revealed

Posted in Death Metal, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , on December 2, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

Soreption - Engineering The Void - promo cover pic - 2013

SundsvallSweden-based Technical Death Metal horde, SOREPTION, is pleased to announce February 18, 2014 as the official worldwide release date of their forthcoming new full-length, Engineering The Void. 

Featuring eight tracks of audio wreckage, Engineering The Void was recorded by brothers Tommy and Chris Rehn from symphonic black metal collective Angtoria at Ninetone Studios and delivers a spine-shattering ambush of surgically precise riff sequences, manic time shifts, rhythmic grooves and menacing vocals surges. Said MetalSucks of the Engineering The Void trailer video alone: “The new SOREPTION album is going to rip faces. I mean hot damn! Those riffs! The Swedes in SOREPTION are up there with Obscura, Gorod and Psycroptic at the upper echelon of the crowded tech-death pack, no doubt. Can’t wait to headbang furiously to this one the minute it comes out!”

Engineering The Void Track Listing:

1. Reveal The Unseen

2. The Nature Of Blight

3. Breaking The Great Narcissist

4. A Speech To Survival

5. Utopia

6. Monumental Burden

7. I Am You

8. Engineering The Void

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Engineering The Void serves as the follow-up to SOREPTION’s debut full-length, Deterioration Of Minds, an underground gem which was fittingly applauded by Underrated Reviews for its “superior sense of rhythm and razor-sharp precision that will appeal to fans of bands such as Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, Dying Fetus and The Faceless.” Added Global Domination, “The tech-death phenomenon leaves no room for error or soul. It’s all about technical riffs and arrangements, not to mention the quantized-to-hell drums and cleaned up stops and gos. But if you are into this genre, it’s hardly because you want to hear soulful playing or actual human groove; no – you expect precision and impressive musicianship. And that is exactly what you get with SOREPTION.”

SOREPTION will unleash Engineering The Void to the masses this February followed by a reissue of Deterioration Of Minds, both via Unique Leader Records. Preorder links and video clips to be unveiled in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

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SOREPTION:

Fredrik Söderberg – Vocals
Anton Svedin – Guitar
Tony Westermark – Drums
Rickard Persson – Bass

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 Critical Praise:

“If there was one band…which had to be picked as the representative for what tech death is turning into, this would be it…” – Ultimate Guitar

“…this album kicked my balls hard on the first listen, completely tore them off during the second, made clam chowder soup with them on its third play-through, and threw said scolding chowder in my face during the fourth. Suffice to say, this album was quite the tasty shock.” – Metal Observer

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(Source: Earsplit PR)

* For more info on SOREPTION:

Facebook: Soreption

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http://www.uniqueleader.com

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LONG LIVE SOREPTION.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

SLAYER – TEN OF SLAYER’S SEMINAL ALBUMS TO BE REISSUED ON VINYL IN NORTH AMERICA, ON DECEMBER 10, 2013

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , , , on December 2, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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LOS ANGELES, CA – On December 10, 2013, American Recordings will reissue ten of Slayer’s seminal albums on vinyl. All ten albums will be available individually and were re-mastered from the original analog flat master tapes and pressed on the highest quality, 180-gram audiophile vinyl. Albums include all nine of Slayer’s studio recordings, Reign In Blood (1986), South of Heaven (1988), Seasons In The Abyss (1990), Divine Intervention (1994), Undisputed Attitude (1996), Diabolus In Musica (1998), God Hates Us All (2001), Christ Illusion (2006), and World Painted Blood (2009), plus their live double-record Decade of Aggression: Live (1991),

Each title will feature the original album artwork including reproductions of the original 12X12 inner sleeves. For the first U.S. run, 500 unmarked copies will be pressed on 180-gram, blood-red, colored vinyl and randomly inserted and sold in stores as part of a “lucky dip.”

As American Recordings’ owner and long-time Slayer producer Rick Rubin put it, “Slayer defines speed metal and these albums define Slayer. Listen at your own risk.”

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Click link below for a chance to win 10 remastered Slayer vinyl albums!

http://loudwire.com/win-10-remastered-slayer-vinyl-albums/

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(Source: SLAYER Facebook)

* For more info on SLAYER:

Facebook: Slayer band

http://www.slayer.net

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LONG LIVE SLAYER.

REST IN PEACE, JEFF HANNEMAN.

Stone.

SLAUGTERDAY – Posts Video For “Morbid Shroud Of Sickness”

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, rock videos with tags , , , , , , , on December 1, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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German Death Metal brutes SLAUGHTERDAY have posted a video for the track Morbid Shroud of Sickness, from their debut album, Nightmare VortexThe full-length successor to the limited-edition cassette demo, Cosmic HorrorNightmare Vortex showcases SLAUGHTERDAY’s insane brand of cosmic Death Metal that falls somewhere between AUTOPSY’s Mental Funeral and HYPOCRISY’s Penetralia.

Featuring stunning guitar melodies, fat bass lines, hellish vocals and annihilating drums, the movements from speeding ferocity to crawling crush are the stuff of traumatic audio terror. Do not miss this masterpiece of classic Death Metal. Album artwork courtesy of Mark Cooper.   

The video for Morbid Shroud of Silence is now playing below:

FDA Rekotz will release Nightmare Vortex  December 6th, on CD, LP, and digital formats. For pre-order info, visit www.fda-rekotz.com.

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SLAUGHTERDAY Live:

12/07 @ Nocturnus Fest Vol. 3 @ K17 – Berlin

Critical Praise:

“Germany’s Slaughterday have the gumption (and instinct) to take T. Gabriel Fischer’s get-up-and-say-Hey! vox, back it with tested-and-true Oakland CA death/doom found in the collection of every serial killer, and inject the mishmash with a Swedish melodic sensibility cultivated from the early ’90s to present.” – Worm Gear ‘Zine

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on SLAUGHTERDAY:

Facebook: Slaughterday

Bandcamp: http://slaughterday666.bandcamp.com/

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Website: http://www.fda-rekotz.com

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LONG LIVE SLAUGHTERDAY.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.

W.A.S.P. – 2014 Summer Live Dates And Festivals

Posted in classic rock, concerts, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , , on December 1, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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W.A.S.P. – Below are 2 concert flyers that have been put up on the official W.A.S.P. Nation Website, only days ago. I can only hope, dream, wish and pray, that the fantastically legendary Blackie Lawless and his iconic band W.A.S.P. make their way to my area of the world, in 2014. Metal be thy name!!

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AND…

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* For more info on W.A.S.P.:

Website: http://www.waspnation.com

Facebook: W.A.S.P. Nation (Official)

* SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL:

Website: http://www.swedenrock.com

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LONG LIVE W.A.S.P.

LONG LIVE METAL.

Stone.

DOWN FROM THE WOUND – To Release “Violence And The Macabre” February 4th On Comatose Music

Posted in Death Metal, death metal bands, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags , , , , , , on November 30, 2013 by Metal Odyssey

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Comatose Music has announced the February 4 release of Violence and the Macabre from Philippine Brutal Death Metallers DOWN FROM THE WOUND. After signing with Comatose in October 2012, DOWN FROM THE WOUND went to work on the follow-up to their 2007 debut, Agony Through Rituals of Self Purification. The results see the band return with 50 minutes of flesh-shredding Southeast-Asian brutality with old-school atmosphere and organic production.

DOWN FROM THE WOUND are no strangers to the death metal scene; they have been punishing eardrums since 2002 with their nasty combination of inhuman breakdowns and technical riffing reminiscent of bands like DISGORGE, GORGASM and LUST OF DECAY. On February 4 violence will prevail.

An early preview, in the form of album track “Schematic Fraud,” is now available for streaming at www.comatosemusic.com/site.

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Tristan Dela Cruz – Vocals

Jeff Compañero – Guitars

Chie Merigildo – Guitars

Randyl Manglicmot – Drums

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VIOLENCE AND THE MACABRE – Track Listing:

1. Ill Fated Annihilation

2. Hypocritical Repentance

3. Convulsive Human Atrocities

4. Schematic Fraud

5. Beyond the Depths of Epidemic Abortion

6. Violence and the Macabre

7. Drowned in Unjustified Extinction

8. The Aftermath

9. Infiltrate

10. Exteriorized Mystecism

11. Contesting the Scared

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Check out the COMATOSE MUSIC webstore for a huge selection of brutality on CD and vinyl. Buy 3 CDs, get 1 free, buy 6, get 2; buy 9 get 3! Tons of merch, specials, pre-orders and more also available.

www.comatosemusic.com
 www.facebook.com/comatosemusiclabel

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(Source: CLAWHAMMER PR)

* For more info on DOWN FROM THE WOUND:

Facebook: DOWN FROM THE WOUND

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LONG LIVE DOWN FROM THE WOUND.

LONG LIVE DEATH METAL.

Stone.