Horror Metal act RABID ASSASSIN have been on hiatus due the horrific accident founder/guitarist Thane Farace suffered earlier this year. But that hasn’t kept them from working behind the scenes. The band is currently working on their next release titled ‘All Rise’ and have scheduled their first comeback show for July 16th in Laurelton, Pennsylvania. The band has taken their look and sound to the next level including adding drummer Todd Stansfield as well as a fifth member for their theatrical stage show known as Jesseca Rabid.
Both Thane and Jesseca both star in Creepy Crawl Entertainment Horror Films which also features music by RABID ASSASSIN. Stay tunes for more inf on RABID ASSASSIN and visit www.rabidassassin.com!
Portland, Oregon’s purveyors of Progressive Deathcore, Paragon, are set to release their debut full-length album, Dead Planet, on July 22, 2016. Dead Planet, which combines a foundation of Deathcore with a mix of ambience, melodic guitar breaks, and heavy groove oriented riffing, was produced and engineered by the band’s own guitarist, Eric Gemme at GemLabs Audio (Extortionist, Navigator, Burdens) in Portland, OR. While both the band and the album started out as a one man project several years ago, Paragon has since evolved into a full-fledged band that is fully prepared to bring the aural assault that is Dead Planet to the masses.
Speaking on the band’s behalf, Eric had the following to say about Paragon and Dead Planet: “After 4 years of writing, reflecting, and refining, I’m happy to say that ‘Dead Planet’ will finally be released to the public. This CD was written through the absolute worst and best times of my life, and I think the epic, heavy hitting, and groovy riffs translate well throughout. For the lyrics, We wanted to take a more focused approach – from explaining Earth’s position in space and providing different scenes and scenarios on the planet, to our exploration of other places within the universe. We have recently solidified the line-up as a 4-piece, and couldn’t be happier to bring these riffs to life on the stage.”
The band released a pre-production mix of the track Augmented back in 2015, which can be streamed at the following location or below.
The final version of the track will be available on the full length. I Declare War‘s Jamie Hanks and American Me‘s Tony Tataje both add to the brutality of Dead Planet, with Jamie making a guest vocal appearance on the title track, and Tony delivering on Unshakable Faith.
Pre-orders for Dead Planet, which include T-shirt bundles, are now available for purchase via Paragon‘s bandcamp page at http://paragon.bandcamp.com/.
July 15 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater w/ Belhor, Scepter of Eligos
Sept 15-18 – White Hall, MD – Shadow Woods Metal Fest – info
1. Helleborus Black (6:51)
2. Coils (5:06)
3. Edge Of Black Waters (6:17)
4. Colored Spores of Yuggoth (5:42)
5. Draconian Discipline (4:40)
6. The Poison of Sleep (5:23)
7. Temple of Seventh Death (4:24)
8. A Gift of Renewal (7:08)
9. The Carnal Sabbath (9:17)
Album Length: 54:50
Out now officially as of June 17th through Satanath Records (Russia) and Black Plague Records (USA), Colorado Springs, CO Black Metal duo founded by brothers Jerred & Wyatt HousemanHELLEBORUS unleash their debut album ‘The Carnal Sabbath’. The album is a Bacchic frenzy of carnal abandon told through lascivious guitars and tempting bass rhythms along with elements of black, death and doom metal to provide a vast backdrop for an ambiance of potential and possibility. Fans of The Devil’s Blood, Satyricon, Necorphobic, Belphegor and Blut Aus Nord are sure to be seduced by HELLEBORUS.
In addition to the release of their debut album, the band will be brewing a new craft beer entitled ‘Ritual’ with Black Sky Brewery and reveal it at their next performance presented by the brewery and Metal Nation Radio in Denver, CO on July 15th at Bluebird Theater. Helleborus will be joined by Of Feather And Bone, Belhor, Scepter of Eligos. Full details can be found here.
ABOUT HELLEBORUS:
Conceived within the womb of Execration, HELLEBORUS is the latest emanation of Jerred & Wyatt Houseman. Like the enigmatic and deadly winter flower from which the project takes its name, Helleborus pushes the exploration of traditional Black Metal into the uncharted territory of sensual duality and mysticism. Building on their professional experience with Execration and personal experiences through Akhenaten, the Houseman brothers sought a deeper expression of their experiential-driven musical style that audiences can connect with through a union of opposites.
“We’ve always had a vision for the type of Black Metal project Helleborus would be. We wanted to explore and deliver a darker and yet more romantic side of Black Metal. There is an unknown side of Metal that is masculine and powerful, yet sensual and respectful; controlled chaos.” comments vocalist Wyatt Houseman.
Album Band Line Up features: Wyatt (vocals, lyrics) & Jerred Houseman (producer, all instruments)
Live Band Line Up features: Brent Boutte’ – Drums, Jerred Houseman – Guitar & leads, Wyatt Houseman – Voice, Ian Horenman – guitar & rhythms, Michael Hylands – Bass
ZEPHYRA – Is a four piece Metal band from Borås, Sweden. With Åsa’s distinctive female vocals, Zephyra provides a wide sound in the Metal genre, with their roots in Thrash and Melodic Death Metal.
Since their official start back in 2011, the band has released a couple of EPs, played shows around Sweden, done live shows on the radio and frequently been aired in American and British radio shows. After signing a record deal in 2014, the debut album; ‘Mental Absolution’ was released world-wide on the Wormholedeath label. The album received positive reviews and was followed up by two official videos.
The second full length album; As The World Collapses, was recorded in the last quarter of 2015, and will be released on August 5, 2016 via Inverse Records. With the new album, Zephyra wants to show a bigger and more atmospheric sound than before, heavy and rhythmic, with keyboards and Åsas full ranged, diverse vocals.
A first video Words Of A Demagogue from the new album, directed by Greenworks in Gothenburg, was released in June 2016. The video is available in at this location: https://youtu.be/-zULPUZitOY or below:
With 2 European tours coming up, and a second video in the works, Zephyra has a loaded schedule for this fall.
Track List:
01. Words Of A Demagogue
02. Virago
03. My Gift, My Curse
04. Only One
05. Resurrect The Shame
06. Tormenting T
07. Gone By Dawn
08. You Crossed The Line
09. As The World Collapses
Zephyra Line-Up:
Åsa Netterbrant – Vocals
Tony Netterbrant – Guitar
Tobias Oja – Bass
Kujtim Gashi – Drums
Discography:
As The World Collapses Album, 2016 (Inverse Records)
Mental Absolution Album, 2014 (Wormholedeath)
Kämpaglöd EP, 2013 (Self release)
First Blood EP, 2012 (Self release)
It is one of the latest signings by AFM Records which calls for attention: The new ASENBLUT record “Berserker” will be out on August 19th, 2016.
The five-piece from Göttingen/Germany took their time to prepare for the release of their greatest album yet. “Berserker” includes 12 highly energetic songs (+ an English bonus track!) which leave no questions what these Melodic Death vikings are about.
With influences ranging from early Iron Maiden to modern Black / Death Metal heroes like Behemoth or Amon Amarth, the CD is packed with the best colors of the dark spectrum.
The record was mixed and recorded at the famous Greenman Studio by Seeb Levermann of ORDEN OGAN. Cover artwork by Peter Sallai (Sabaton, WASP, Kreator, Satyricon, Kataklysm, Annihilator, Mayhem, Powerwolf).
ASENBLUT are poised to start their victorious march on August 19th, when “Berserker” will be out world-wide as CD Digipak and limited Boxset.
Tracklist – “Berserker”
01. Berserkerzorn
02. Titanenerbe
03. Offenbarung 23
04. Helden Des Ewigen Sturms
05. Auf den Feldern Von Flandern
06. Drachenborn
07. Des Alchemisten Elixier
08. Bittere Wacht
09. Berserkers Ruhmeserinnerungen
10. Schatten Über Arkham
11. Horizonte
12. Auf Grauen Schwingen
13. BONUS TRACK: Berserker Rage (english version)
WARFATHER has released the artwork and track listing for forthcoming sophomore album The Grey Eminence. The album will be released September 16 on Greyhaze Records. Pre-order it atthis location.
Featuring Steve Tucker (MORBID ANGEL), WARFATHER‘s highly anticipated follow-up to debut album Orchestrating the Apocalypse, was produced by Death Metal icon and studio wizard Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL, ex-MORBID ANGEL).
The collaboration marks the first time Tucker and Rutan have worked together since MORBID ANGEL’s Gateways to Annihilation. Tucker had this to say about the results:
“I am extremely excited for the release of The Grey Eminence. I feel that this album is one of the best things that I have ever been a part of! Erik Rutan did an amazing job on the production and the songs speak for themselves!”
Above: Steve Tucker
Producer Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL, ex-MORBID ANGEL) added:
“Recording with Steve and the guys on the new Warfather album has been fantastic! It has been a blast to be working on this monster album in the studio once again with my great friend and former band mate. The songs are heavy as hell and just outright awesome. We have some great tones and performances.”
The Grey Eminence – Track List:
1. Orders of the Horde
2. Headless Mean Can No Longer Speak
3. Judgement, The Hammer
4. For Glory or Infamy
5. The Dawning Inquisition
6. Heedless Servant
7. Carnage of the Pious
8. Grey Eminence
9. Fair and Final Warning
Extreme Metal label THIRD EYE TEMPLE have revealed a brand new lyric video from Turkish Death Metal horde DIABOLIZER. The track, which is titled “Process the Void” is a pure blast of Death Metal and is currently streaming via the highly esteemed LEGACY MAGAZINE. Watch the lyric video for “Process the Void” here:
DIABOLIZER consists of members of Decaying Purity, Engulfed, Deggial and Godslaying Hellblast. Thier first MCD “Apokalypse” offers 5 tracks of relentless Death Metal containing diabolical skills, unending wrath and worship of destruction. As a bonus, the CD will also contain 2 tracks from their very limited 2012 promo “Shadows Of Impending Decimation”, which accounts for over 30 minutes of sonic holocaust! Expect nothing but cruel, punishing and relentless Death Metal madness!
Finnish Industrial Metal/EBM Group KING SATAN have released the official video for new single “Psygnosis.” The video was directed, written and produced by the band’s mastermind/vocalist Aleister Von Satan himself. Check it out at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pq_HgY5puE or below:
The single will be included on the band’s upcoming debut album, which will be released later in 2016 on Saturnal Records.
KING SATAN is an industrial metal / EBM band from Tampere, Finland, founded in 2015 by Aleister Von Satan (a.k.a. fra. Zetekh, also mastermind of occult Black Metal band Saturnian Mist). KING SATAN combines influences from a wide range of Extreme Metal, Electro-Industrial and even Hard Rock. Musically, the band is about complete defiance – not only towards the boundaries and conventions of Metal and Electro Music but also the status quo of spiritual life and mental status of modern world. Nothing is sacred and no stone shall be left unturned.
KING SATAN‘s firstpromo titled We are King Satan and we Fuck the World (2015) was recorded in autumn 2015 and released in December 2015 together with a music video single from the demo titled Enter Black Fire (2015). The video was directed by ALEISTER VON SATAN himself. The CD edition of the demo sold out fast and KING SATAN were going through a period of finding an established line-up for the sake of performing live, which meant that a lot of people came and went before the line-up was settled. DJ SHEMHAMFORASH (a.k.a. fra. Ptahaz, also known from Saturnian Mist) was already in the band during the time of the first demo and handled guitars, synths and DJ responsibilities live, while B.B. KILL found himself as a guitarist and KATE BOSS as a bassist and a dancer.
Due to the success of the demo KING SATAN started working almost immediately on the debut full-length album in March 2016 and the first live shows were confirmed quickly. The first live appearance will take place August 2016 at the SAARIHELVETTI FESTIVAL, Tampere, Finland, where the band will share the stage with such names as Turmion Kätilöt and Shining, while the second show will take a place at the extravagant GOTHIC FEST in SOFIA at Sofia, Bulgaria on October 29, 2016.
On June 11th, 1966 – THE ROLLING STONES had their amazing hit, Paint It Black, ranked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. Paint It Black is featured on the 1966 studio album from THE ROLLING STONES: Aftermath. I was 4 months old, back on June 11th, 1966. Whoa, man!!
On June 11th, 1982 – E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial was released to movie theaters, via Universal. This iconic film was directed by the great Steven Spielberg. This movie was written by Melissa Mathison and starred: Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace,Robert MacNaughton and Drew Barrymore. In my Metal opinion, E.T. is and will always be… Metal.
On June 11th, 2016 – The newly released MOTÖRHEAD Clean Your Clock(Live In Munich 2015) is ranked at #15, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Rest In Peace, Lemmy Kilmister.
On June 11th, 2016 – The newly released D.R.I. But Wait… There’s More! EP is ranked at #20, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. D.R.I. FOREVER!!
On June 11th, 2016 – Boston’s very own GOZU have their newly released studio album, Revival, ranked at #47, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Revival was released by the cool dudes of Ripple Music. Hot damn and kick that Metal can! Dig it.
Finnish Technical Death Metal band Denominate signs to Inverse Records.
Denominate is a progressive Technical Death Metal band based in Oulu, Finland. Denominate draws influence from bands like Death and Carcass and blends it together with newer, more progressive and technical elements to create a progressive sound with a touch of old-school.
Denominate’s new album, “Those Who Beheld the End”, which is being released on August 5th 2016 through Inverse Records, is an album that further hones Denominate’s sound towards the progressive. “Those Who Beheld the End” has a more polished sound and experiments more with melody, while still keeping the heaviness of Denominate’s debut EP “Realms of Confusion” present.
“Those Who Beheld the End” was recorded and mixed at a private studio in Oulu. The album was recorded and mixed by Joacim U. Belius and the mastering was done in Sweden at Unisound AB by Dan Swanö.
01. In A Chasm Of Stone
02. Degradation
03. Penumbra
04. The Demented Scholar of Abatos
05. Torments of Silence
06. Apeirophobia
07. Terrestrial Funeral
Line-Up:
Vocals – Ville Männikkö
Guitars – Kimmo Raappana
Guitars – Eetu Pylkkänen
Bass – Tuomas Pesälä
Drums – Joni Määttä
Austin doom-crushers, DESTROYER OF LIGHT, have updated their Summer tour, which begins in just one week, then consumes the remainder of June and nearly half of July.
The upcoming tour is the first extensive tour from DESTROYER OF LIGHT since their Summer 2015 tour with Godhunter, which was booked in support of their Endsville split 2xLP. This new trek sees DESTROYER OF LIGHT taking their Endsville anthems back out to the masses, beginning in Fort Worth on June 16th, then running up through the Central and Midwestern states to the Pacific Northwest, before running down the West Coast on their way back to Texas, the final show going down in the band’s hometown on July 11th.
A brief trailer for the tour is posted HERE or below:
Additionally, DESTROYER OF LIGHT has been confirmed to take part in the second installment of Shadow Woods Metal Fest in Maryland this September, with the likes of Zud, Tombs, Mantar, Wino with Faith In Jane, Ghost Bath, Darsombra, Blood Storm, and countless others, around which another tour is being routed.
Following the recent departure of Keegan Kjeldsen, these tour dates will see DESTROYER OF LIGHT taking to the streets as a three-piece for the first time, with Jeff Klein handling lead guitars, Steve Colca on guitars and vocals, and Penny turner on drums, the trio strategically bulking up on extra amplification for the journey. The band is working on their new album, which will see release in early 2017 on a label to be announced at a later date along with more info on the permanent lineup.
Stream DESTROYER OF LIGHT’s Endsville split with Godhunter RIGHT HERE and see the lyric video for “Electric Shadows” HERE or below:
Endsville is available through a joint release with Godhunter co-owned Battleground Records and DESTROYER OF LIGHT‘s Heavy Friends Records, the 2xLP bearing two slabs of 180-gram vinyl on two colors packed in a gatefold sleeve. Order the digital and vinyl HERE.
DESTROYER OF LIGHT – Tour Dates:
6/16/2016 The Grotto – Fort Worth, TX
6/17/2016 Road Map – Texarkana, AR
6/18/2016 Downtown Lounge – Tulsa, OK @ Freak Tulsa 2016
6/19/2016 The Elbow Room – Wichita, KS
6/20/2016 Bourbon Theatre – Lincoln, NB
6/21/2016 Three Kings Tavern – Denver, CO
6/22/2016 Flux Capacitor – Colorado Springs, CO
6/24/2016 Wastelander Studio – Boise, ID
6/25/2016 VFW – Missoula, MT
6/26/2016 Emerald of Slam – Richland, WA
6/27/2016 Victory Lounge – Seattle, WA
6/28/2016 The Panic Room – Portland, OR
6/29/2016 The Wandering Goat – Eugene, OR
6/30/2016 Base Kamp – Ashland, OR
7/01/2016 Starlite – Sacramento, CA
7/02/2016 Hemlock Tavern – San Francisco, CA
7/03/2016 Sweet Water Saloon – Los Osos, CA
7/04/2016 Lexington – Los Angeles, CA
7/05/2016 Soda Bar – San Diego, CA
7/06/2016 The Womb Room – Las Vegas, NV
7/07/2016 Yucca Tap Room – Tempe, AZ
7/08/2016 191 Toole – Tucson, AZ
7/09/2016 The Sandbox – El Paso, TX
7/10/2016 The Depot O’Bar – Lubbock, TX
7/11/2016 The Grand – Austin, TX
9/15-18/2016 Camp Hidden Valley – White Hall, MD @ Shadow Woods Metal Fest
Pennsylvania mostly instrumentalists, KING DEAD, will bring their spacious, tripped out, post-metal/doom manifestations to the stage on a smattering of live performances this Summer. The band’s latest excursions include an in-store appearance this weekend at Darkside Records in Poughkeepsie, New York with Geezer and Linear North.
Comments drummer Steve Truglio of the upcoming dates, “It’s really getting fun now. Not only are we enjoying the hell out of playing the new Woe & Judgment stuff, but we just started test driving an even newer song in the set. We are playing cool places with great bands and things are really starting to click.”
KING DEAD undraped their three-song full-length, Woe & Judgement, earlier this year. Having impressed with the spacious post-metal textures of their 2014 demo, the scope of Woe & Judgement has expanded considerably even from where it started. With three tracks constructed to fit on two sides, KING DEAD – Truglio with four-string bassist Kevin Vanderhoof, and six-string bassist Wil McGrath – pushes its way into an encompassing rumble that still seems to hold onto a human core even as it lumbers between airy doom and rawer, thoroughly reverbed noise.
“It’s an immersive, thirty-seven-minute stretch,” proclaims The Obelisk, “but lack of pretense prevails, and KING DEAD‘s debut long-player finds them aesthetically locked in and proffering a balance between the raw and the lush, with a patience underlying that only makes the songs seem more methodical.”
Woe & Judgement is currently available on limited edition vinyl and can be streamed at THIS LOCATION.
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KING DEAD:
6/11/2016 Darkside Records – Poughkeepsie, NY w/ Geezer, Linear North
6/13/2016 Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY w/ Chiefs, Beast Modulus, River Cult
8/06/2016 Smiling Moose – Pittsburgh, PA w/ Iron Man, Caustic Casanova, Horehound
8/19/2016 O’Briens Pub – Allston, MA w/ Snail
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KING DEAD have been conspicuously haunting the Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania area. Bass players Wil McGrath and Kevin Vanderhoof, recruited New Jersey transplant Steve Truglio on drums in 2013, and have been traumatizing ears throughout Pennsylvania ever since. Their debut record Woe & Judgement was recorded by Dave Reiser in Stroudsburg at Rock Hard Studios. Call it sludge, doom, spaghetti western doom sludge… With virtually no vocals, it’s all about dynamics and the building tempos. Creepy, dreary, sleepy and melodic riffs layered over deep bottom and pounding drums.
The one and only MERCYLESS, one of the cultest Death Metal acts ever to emerge from France, the one that released the two classic albums “Abject Offerings“ (Vinyl Solution, 1992) and “Coloured Funeral“ (Century Media, 1993), the one that relentlessly toured Europe with the likes of DEATH (RIP, Chuck), ASPHYX, UNLEASHED, TIAMAT or more recently LOUDBLAST, that one band is back with a new FREE digital single, “Altered Divination” ahead of the October 7th release of its new full-length, “Pathetic Divinity”.
Featuring a brand new song, “My Name Is Legion“, produced at Psykron studio (PUTRID OFFAL) and mastered at Conkrete studio (OTARGOS…), and a raw “official bootleg” 2014 live recording of the 1992 classic “Substance of Purity”, the single is a foretaste of things to come any unholy Death Metal fan should get right now!
Hear the roar of the horde sharpening its weapons preparing for a new battle against everything holy!
ABNORMALITY are a young Death Metal band that exhibits the talent, energy and drive to go very far in our Metal world. ExperiencingABNORMALITYlive has only solidified my previously positive Metal opinion about them BIG time. Originating from Massachusetts and fronted by vocalist Mallika Sundaramurthy, ABNORMALITY are signed to Metal Blade Records. I was fortunate to witness the live Death Metal fury of ABNORMALITY at Oddbody’s Music Room, in Dayton, Ohio, on May 7th, of this year.
Photo Credit: Stone
With ABNORMALITY‘s new studio album Mechanisms of Omniscience just being released on April 29th, they are touring to support their Death Metal album achievement; supporting mega Metal monsters BATTLECROSS, SUFFOCATION and the legendary SOULFLY. This is quite an impressive supporting slot to have, considering the enormous influence that SUFFOCATION has had on the Death Metal family and the unparalleled Metal history of Max Cavalera’s SOULFLY. Whoa.
Above: Front Cover of Mechanisms Of Omniscience
Being in the pit for any Metal show at my age now is usually not that stinking easy. I do feel the hits, slaps and random punches more than I used to, say, twenty-five years ago. Despite my being older, I am more wiser; therefore being up-front and against the stage for ABNORMALITY was a no-brainer for me! I took the numerous hits! F*ck yeah. I wanted to be a part of Death Metal history, being able to say I experiencedABNORMALITY as close as I could get! This band is that fun to see and hear up-close; combined with their Death Metal assault, grooves, vibes and obvious future potential, it’s freaking bragging rights to only see them this way and not from afar.
Photo Credit: Stone
ABNORMALITY played to a packed house at Oddbody’s, with their battalion of fans that were unmistakably in attendance. Forget about the song list here; I was too busy taking in ABNORMALITY‘s deadly wall-of-sound, while doing my damn best to sustain the physical barrage upon my body. That’s Metal. Pure and f*%kin simple. Mallika Sundaramurthy‘s guttural vocals are eye-popping! Do not underestimate Mallika. Her stage presence is commanding, while working the fans into a Metal frenzy, regardless of her petite size and seriously cute looks. Mallika’s vocals and the entire band, without a doubt, kicked my ears into Death Metal submission! Amazing.
I obviously had a blast being a part of this ABNORMALITY moment in Metal time. For thirty minutes or so I didn’t care about any other band in the world; my entire Metal soul was focused on what I was feeling and hearing from ABNORMALITY. The body hits I was taking didn’t matter; nor did my head getting dizzy spells from the entire pit encounter. This was my Metal moment with ABNORMALITY and I was going to savor every f*#kin second of it; as well I did. Metal Be Thy Name. – Stone
Pictured below is the psyched-out me, with Mallika Sundaramurthy. Metal be thy name, what a funtastic night!
Photo Credit: Kyle Gunther of Battlecross
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Mallika Sundaramurthy – Vocals Jay Blaisdell – Drums Josh Staples – Bass Sam Kirsch – Guitars Jeremy Henry – Guitars
Argento Records proudly confirms the label’s next official release, with a newly recorded album by Dutch Black Metal act, VERWOED, titled Bodemloos, marking the outfit’s first recordings since converting from the moniker, Woudloper.
Utrecht-based soloist Erik B. began paving his path of destruction as one-man project, Woudloper, in 2014, creating an ethereal yet scathing style, heavily rooted in traditional Black Metal, yet reaching into more psychedelic realms of inspiration. Breathe Plastic released a critically acclaimed, self-titled demo tape in 2015, yet immediately subsequent to its release the project changed its name to VERWOED, as an even more exploratory epoch of the band was taking place.
On the maiden official VERWOED release, Bodemloos sees this artisan peeling back even more layers of this project, exposing incredibly dense and much more psychedelic and hallucinogenic cosmic textures than before, while remaining yielding in its nihilistic and violent tactics. Bodemloos brings three massive new movements into existence, its immersive tones recorded, mixed, and mastered by John Bart Van Der Wal (Aborted, Herder), the album completed with cover artwork created by Joost Vervoost (Terzij De Horde). Argento Records will release Bodemloos on CD, digital, and 180-gram one-sided LP, the vinyl’s B-side featuring an etching handled by Reuben Sawyer (Chelsea Wolfe, Hollow Sunshine), on July 8th. Audio samples, preorders and further info on Bodemloos will be issued in the days ahead.
Following the release of Bodemloos, VERWOED will transform from a solo outing into a five-piece lineup, and begin performing live, the first shows to be announced shortly.
Bodemloos – Track Listing:
1. Bodemloos
2. Een Leven Aan De Oppervlakte
3. Leegte
IRON IMPERIUM is an Alternative – Heavy Metal band from Jyväskylä, Finland, formed in 2012, with music inspired by bands like Avenged Sevenfold, System of a Down and ’80’s Heavy Metal. The band’s lyric poetry swims in the dark waters. The band could be described as Modern Metal, among which has a little bit of 80’s Metal, darkness and Grunge, yet it’s still energetic and honest Metal music.
On June 3rd, 2016 – The newly released VOLBEAT studio album, Seal The Deal & Let’s Boogie, is ranked #1, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Hot damn!
On June 3rd, 2016 – The newly released HELLYEAH studio album, Unden!able, is ranked at #3, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Hell and Yeah!!
On June 3rd, 2016 – The newly released DARK FUNERAL studio album, Where Shadows Forever Reign, is ranked at #9, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Freaking cool!!
On June 3rd, 2016 – The newly released CANDLEMASS studio EP, Death Thy Lover, is ranked at #19, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. CANDLEMASS!!
On June 3rd, 2016 – The newly released YNGWIE MALMSTEEN studio album, World On Fire, is ranked at #37, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Yngwie!!
On June 3rd, 2016 – The newly released studio album, Agony, from São Paulo’s NERVOSA, is ranked at #48, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart.
On June 3rd, 2016 – The newly released debut and self-titled studio album from San Diego’s POISON HEADACHE is ranked at #54, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart.
On June 1st, 1987 – The debut studio album, Mechanical Resonance, from the brilliant TESLA was ranked at #49, on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. Yes, this album features the unreal good song: Modern Day Cowboy. Dig it.
On June 1st, 1991 – FIREHOUSE were at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with their hit: Don’t Treat Me Bad. This crazy cool song is featured on the self-titled debut album from the band, released back in 1990.
On June 1st, 1991 – QUEENSRŸCHE were at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart with their powerful ballad: Silent Lucidity. This song is featured on QUEENSRŸCHE’s fourth studio album from 1990: Empire.
On This Day In KISSTORY – June 1, 2013 – KISS began their European MONSTERTour in front of a massive crowd at Friends Arena Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden! Whoa!
On June 1st, 2016 – The fourth studio album, Soul Sphere, from Chicagos’ BORN OF OSIRIS is ranked at #61, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Hell and yeah. This album was released back in 2015.
On June 1st, 2016 – The seventh studio album, The Dream Calls For Blood, from the Bay Area Thrash warriors DEATH ANGEL, is ranked at #71, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. This album was released back in 2013 and kicks super-potent Metal ass.
On May 31st, 1975 – BAD COMPANY had their hit single, Good Lovin’ Gone Bad, ranked at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. Yeah, man! Dig it. This far-out song is featured on BAD COMPANY‘s second studio album from 1975: Straight Shooter.
On May 31st, 1987 – Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoades Tribute was ranked at #8, on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart. Tribute was released as a double-live album and if you don’t own it you’re a Don Ho fan. And you eat head cheese with stale prunes too.
On May 31st, 2016 – The immensely great IRON MAIDEN performed at the Waldbühne (amphitheater), in Berlin, Germany. Run for your life!
On May 31st, 2016 – LACUNA COIL have their newly released studio album, Delirium, ranked #1 on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Excellent stuff!
On May 31st, 2016 – LACUNA COIL‘s 2014 studio album Broken Crown Halo is ranked at #74, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart.
On May 31st, 2016 – LACUNA COIL‘s 2012 studio album Dark Adrenaline is ranked at #77, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart.
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