HellFest Appearance To Mark Band’s 15th Anniversary
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Kaotoxin is proud to reveal that OTARGOS will be returning to Hellfest in 2016 to celebrate their 15th anniversary, this marking the fourth time a Kaotoxin artist (after AD PATRES, AZZIARD and DEEP IN HATE) is hitting the stage of this world-class prestigious event.
OTARGOS‘ sixth studio full-length, Xeno Kaos, will be unleashed on November 13th and is currently available for preorder as a 100 copies collector edition boxset CD, limited edition DigiSleeve CD and digital while a crowdfunding campaign is available until November 11 for collector 12-inch LP and cassette tape versions.
Before the Hellfest, OTARGOS will also co-headline (along CinC) Kaotoxin’s second annual KaotoxinFest on December 5th & 6th in Lille (FR) where FAAL, MISERABLE FAILURE, THE NEGATION, PROJECT FOR BASTARDS, PUTRID OFFAL, SAVAGE ANNIHILATION and WE ALL DIE (laughing) will also perform.
The Red Sect, the new album North Carolina Blackened Thrashers ALL HELL, is out today on Horror Pain Gore Death Productions. Purchase and/or stream the album at:
The Red Sectmarks a crossroads for the band; the straightforward aggression of their debut blends with a seething, menacing atmosphere-further enhanced by the mixing and mastering skills of TOXIC HOLOCAUST main man Joel Grind, creating an album that is dark, vicious, and compelling. The record’s ten tracks weave a frightful narrative of ritual possession, vengeance, and revolt. The band has further explored and defined their sound, once again drawing influences from a wide array of genres such as Thrash, Black Metal, Deathrock, and Punk.
Praise for The Red Sect:
“The Red Sect is sure to be on the shortlist for the best underground metal of the year.” – Gear Gods
“A thoroughly electrifying romp, a ripping rampage of thrashing riffs, punk rhythms, and mad-dog snarls. Hooky as hell and as nasty as a famished wolverine.” – No Clean Singing
“A fiesta of satanic proportions where demons, whores and cocaine are abundant.” – Dark Souls United
“A holocaustic punk hybrid of black metal and rock n’ roll, influenced by Motörhead, Thrash Metal tunes and rabid attitude.” – Zombie Ritual Fanzine
ALL HELL:
Jacob Curwen – Guitar and Vocals
Kurt Henderson – Drums
Erik Ballantyne – Bass Guitar
Formed in Asheville, North Carolina in 2013, blackened thrash fiends ALL HELL began carving a name for themselves through their early performances and released their debut record, The Devil’s Work, in 2014. Since their 2014 debut release, ALL HELL have been busy sowing chaos through live performances while crafting their sophomore record.
Playing and touring throughout the Southeast, the band has quickly developed a following and earned a reputation as one of the most intense and lethal live acts in the region, having shared the stage with bands like 1349, Black Tusk, Ghoul, Skeletonwitch, and Toxic Holocaust. With their relentless drive, growing support, and two albums under their belt, ALL HELL pushes forward, intent on spreading their hellish music and intense live experience to as many people as possible ALL HELL is currently booking dates for Winter and Spring tours in support of The Red Sect.
The band is working on a medium-length film version of the album. Synopsys will enter the recording studio in mid-December.
Synopsys has launched a fundraising campaign to help in financing the pressing of CDs and Vinyls. A pre-ordering system allows you to reserve the album and help the band.
IRON MAIDEN will open The Book Of Souls World Tour in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on 24 February 2016, playing nine shows in total, finishing up at The Forum, LA on April 15th.
The dates are:
FEB 24 – Ft Lauderdale, FLA – BB&T Center
FEB 26 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
FEB 28 – Las Vegas, NV – Mandalay Bay Events Center
MAR 30 – New York – Madison Square Garden
APR 05 – Detroit, MI – Palace Of Auburn Hills
APR 06 – Chicago, IL – United Center
APR 11 – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
APR 13 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
APR 15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
Tickets are on sale Oct 10th with fanclub presale on Oct 6th – see ironmaiden.com for details.
French Occult Doom-rockers Akasava have announced new shows in their homeland, two in their local Le Havre and one in Rouen.
The band give an especial shout-out to Belgian doom lot Bathsheba, with whom they are playing in Le Havre. “We are honoured that we get to play with such an excellent band,” enthuses frontman Louis Hauguel.
He goes on to drop some further excellent news from the Akasava camp: the band are currently demoing new material that they are planning to record “beginning next year.” The songs follow an extremely well-received EP this year entitled Strange Aeons, which you can check out on Bandcamp here:
The magnificent MEGADETH will be releasing their fifteenth studio album, Dystopia, on January 22nd, 2016. What a grand Metal way to start off the new year of 2016, with new MEGADETH!
How about the album cover art for Dystopia? I’m digging it. Looks like Vic Rattlehead is some kind of cyborg security officer or bounty hunter, in a futuristic and devastated city? That destroyed bridge on the album cover carries some social symbolism; a bridge to nowhere, maybe? I am looking forward to getting this CD and… Metal Be Thy Name.
Along with co-founding members Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson: LAMB OF GOD drummer Chris Adler is featured on this entire Dystopia release, along with Brazilian guitarist Kiko Loureiro of ANGRA fame.
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DID YOU KNOW: The definition of Dystopia is: an imaginative or real society where everything is horrible and immoral, while the environment is forever deteriorating. This is also a society that is ruled by a totalitarian government.
The godfathers of Nekrofolk and the most popular act from the Let The World Burn collective, Furia, will perform this October in Ukraine and Moldova as a headliner during the Asymmetry on the Road tour. The Silesian act will be joined by Entropia and Thaw.
Furia who have led Polish black metal into entirely new regions, are influenced by the astounding and brutal beauty of their home province of Silesia. The band’s heartfelt music is spiced up with lyrics written by Nihil, who is one of the most gifted Polish artists of the decade. Furia’s latest full-length, Nocel, was released in October 2014 via Pagan Records and dominated the Polish metal charts. The band also represented Poland at prestigious festivals such as Off Festival or Primavera Sound Festival.
The band members of Furia also take part in other bands of the Let The World Burn collective such as Morowe, MasseMord, FDS and Duszę Wypuścił.
Asymmetry on the Road tour dates:
21.10.2015 – Tarnopol (Ukraine): Klub Koza, Bulvar Shevchenka 23
22.10.2015 – Iwano–Frankowsk (Ukraine): Bar Duck, Sichovykh Striltsiv 24A
More information regarding the concerts can be found at the promoter’s website. Furia is currently working on new material for the upcoming full-length which will be recorded this Autumn. Stay tuned for updates.
Follow Furia via the Let The World Burnwebsite. Watch a music video to “Zamawianie Drugie” filmed at Dark Fest 2015 here.
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SACRILEGIUM Finished Recording New Material for New Album
Pagan Records is honoured to announce that legendary Pagan Black Metal act Sacrilegium have finished recording material for their upcoming new album. This will be the band’s second full-length and follow-up to the cult release, Wicher (1996, Pagan Records). The first mix already sounds impressive and the band members are greatly excited. It is official, Sacrilegium are back!
The Book Of Souls World Tour will open in the U.S.A in late February with Ed Force One flying in for three shows before, in early March, heading into Central America visiting MEXICO, followed by a much-anticipated first ever concert in EL SALVADOR and a return to COSTA RICA. Ed Force One then proceeds into South America for concerts in ARGENTINA, CHILE and a number of shows in BRAZIL before flying back to the USA at the end of March for ten more cities covering the USA and, of course, CANADA in the first two weeks of April.
A long-awaited return to JAPAN follows later in April, and then the band are delighted to be playing their first ever shows in CHINA before heading to NEW ZEALAND and AUSTRALIA for a comprehensive tour during the first half of May. Shows in SOUTH AFRICA, Maiden’s first visit there with Bruce, will be the last port of call before Ed Force One heads to EUROPE for a very extensive tour starting in late May and finishing in early August.
I guess I’m going to my local Barnes & Noble to buy this issue of Decibel! Metal Be Thy Name! – Stone
This Decibel issue (#133) also features:
Deafheaven, Autopsy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Kylesa, W.A.S.P., Pentagram, plus the Decibel Hall of Fame: The making of Napalm Death’s From Enslavement to Obliteration. Also: With the Dead, Ramming Speed, Die Choking, Vhöl, Christian Mistress and Horrendous.
Iced Earth Fans, Iced Earth is in the process of setting up a new headquarters for all things concerning the band, including a new studio for future recordings. Jon Schaffer has decided to sell some guitars from his massive collection to help finance the new project.
Schaffer states, “I’m selling a few guitars that have been on various recordings as well as some that were bought for my personal collection. We need to raise a large amount of money to complete the vision of our new headquarters, and begin this new chapter in the bands march to independence, to thrive in the ever-changing music business. There are some pretty killer guitars in the collection, so I urge die-hard fans, and guitar collectors alike, to go to Carter Vintage Guitars and see what’s there.” Those interested can follow the link below.
Iron Maiden will head to South Africa in May 2016, for two shows:
May 18 in Cape Town at the Grand Arena
May 21 at the Johannesburg Carnival City Festival Lawns
Tickets go on-sale on Thursday 17 September at 9am from bigconcerts.co.za or Computicket. Ticket prices range from R510 – R905 in Cape Town and R620 – R905 in Johannesburg.
There will be an exclusive pre-sale for IRON MAIDEN Fan Club members on TUESDAY, details can be found on our website.
Ed Force One heads down under in 2016 for The Book Of Souls World tour:
CHRISTCHURCH – April 29th – Horncastle Arena
AUCKLAND – May 1st – Vector Arena
BRISBANE – May 4th – Brisbane Entertainment Centre
SYDNEY – May 6th – Allphones Arena
MELBOURNE – May 9th – Rod Laver Arena
ADELAIDE – May 12th – Adelaide Entertainment Centre
PERTH – May 14th – Perth Arena
Fanclub presales start on Thursday 17th, with tickets going on sale to the general public at noon on Thursday 24th September.
Atom By Atom, the forthcoming new full-length from British Heavy Metal titans, SATAN, will see release via Listenable Records on October 16th. Recorded at Newcastle’s First Avenue Studios, and mixed and mastered by Dario Mollo (Crossbones, The Cage, Voodoo Hill) who helmed the band’s 2013’s critically acclaimed comeback album Life Sentence, Atom By Atom includes a collaboration with Angel Witch’s Kevin Heybourne as well as the striking cover renderings of Eliran Kantor (Testament, Sodom, Sigh, Iced Earth etc.) who crafted the art for SATAN‘s previous opus.
Issues guitarist Steve Ramsey of the upcoming full-length, “We wanted to keep some continuity going with both the look and sound of this album. We’ve been working on the music for nearly two years now and I think people will definitely hear a progression from Life Sentence. I can’t really describe it but I promise you, these songs will speak for themselves.”
In advance of its release, today Decibel Magazine offers up new SATAN hymn, “Fallen Saviour,” for public appreciation noting, “NWOBHM legends SATAN unsuspended their sentence with a vengeance in 2013, conjuring acclaimed comeback album Life Sentence. The quintet is poised to follow it up with Atom By Atom, and second track ‘Fallen Saviour’ is indicative of the ripping evil within.”
Get wicked with “Fallen Saviour,” courtesy of Decibel Magazine at THIS LOCATION.
Founded in Newcastle, England in 1979, SATAN was part of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement. Though generally obscure throughout their career, the band is considered influential for playing a form of proto-thrash metal that was fairly advanced by the standards of the early 1980s. Their lineup has undergone a number of personnel changes over the years and even changes in band name. For a time the band was called Blind Fury, putting out one album – 1985’s Out Of Reach – under that moniker before reverting back to SATAN shortly thereafter.
In 1988, the group changed its name again to The Kindred and then yet again to Pariah, releasing two albums under that name before folding in the early ’90s. In 1997 Pariah released another album. The band’s shifting lineup has included members of many other heavy metal bands such as Blitzkrieg, Rough Edge, Pariah, Atomkraft, Avenger, Persian Risk, Cronos and Battleaxe. In 1990, guitarist Steve Ramsey and bassist Graeme English together with singer Martin Walkyier of UK thrash metal band Sabbat founded folk metal act Skyclad.
Atom By Atom will see release on October 16th via Listenable Records. For preorders point your browser to THIS LOCATION.
Swedish Heavy Metal stalwarts, RAM, are ready to unleash their latest batch of fist-raising anthems to the masses in the form of Svbversvm. The band’s fourth studio LP will be released the 30th of October via Metal Blade Records worldwide. In Europe, the record will be available as a limited CD/DVD digipak, as well as on CD and vinyl.
Comments RAM on their latest offering, “This album is the rebirth of RAM and a natural step to take after Death. For this album, we went back and rediscovered the mass of notes, lyrical ideas and sketches that were created at the very birth of RAM, from around 1999-2001. We saw that these ideas were more valid than ever and still very inspiring. We are very pleased with the album that is the product of four months of being locked up in the studio and offering our very last drop of sweat and blood for it to become the most massive RAM production ever. This is our latest assault upon the rotting world, may it be a dagger in the heart of the powers that may be! Svbversvm is at hand!”
Visit metalblade.com/ram to check out newly released track, “Eyes Of The Night,” as well as exclusive preorder bundles and digital preorders via iTunes.
Svbversvm – Track Listing:
1. Return Of The Iron Tyrant
2. Eyes Of The Night
3. The Usurper
4. Enslaver
5. Holy Death
6. Terminus
7. The Omega Device
8. Forbidden Zone
9. Temples Of Void
10. Svbversvm
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In Europe, the limited first edition of Svbversvm will be released as a digipak with a bonus DVD. The bonus DVD is titled X Anniversary, A Decade Of Heavy Metal Tyranny Concert and was filmed on Friday, 13th of September 2013 at a hometown show in Gothenburg, Sweden.
X Anniversary, A Decade Of Heavy Metal Tyranny Concert Bonus DVD Track Listing:
1. Sudden Impact
2. Judgement and Punishment
3. Blessed to be Cursed
4. Under the Scythe
5. Defiant
6. Awakening the Chimaera
7. Machine Invaders
8. Ghost Pilot
9. Death
10. Forced Entry
11. Flame of the Tyrants
12. Infuriator
U.S. Doomsters APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE will embark on a tour of the Southern U.S. this month. The upcoming gigs are as follows:
9/18 Fubar, St Louis, MO
9/19 Vino’s, Little Rock, AR
9/20 Liquid Lounge, Dallas, TX
9/21 The Grand, Austin, TX
9/22 The Mix, San Antonio, TX
9/23 Continental Club, Houston, TX
9/24 Saturn Bar, New Orleans, LA
9/25 Maggie Meyers, Huntsville, AL
9/26 Massey’s, Danville, KY
9/27 Highlands Taproom, Louisville, KY
The band is touring in support of Cruz Del Sur Music release Of Woe and Wounds, which is streaming in its entirety and available for digital and vinyl purchase here.
View the official video for “This Mania” at this location. Or check it out below!
Of Woe and Wounds can also be purchased on CD and vinyl formats here.
APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE‘s Of Woe and Wounds will rank among the heaviest albums of 2014. From the 7-minute opener “Blackest of Times” to the ending “Luna,” APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE deliver an incredible performance that gives full sense to the sometimes-abused term “DOOM”. Mastered by Tony Reed (producer of last SAINT VITUS’ album “Lillie: F-65”), this album confirms APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE as a versatile, multi-dimensional doom band that offers the most Sabbath-inspired sound around these days, blended with personal, oppressive yet dynamic atmospheres such as those found in “Push Mortal Coil” or “Whore’s Wings” (re-recorded hits from their 2012’s demo), or the long and haunting “Die Vicar Die”.
The album also features the extraordinary work of talented Artist David Csicsely known for his illustrations of Mournful Congregation, Solitude Aeternus, Wheel, Flight of Sleipnir releases.The album was recorded by Mike Bridavsky at Russian) in Bloomington, IN and later mastered by Tony Reed (SAINT VITUS’ “Lillie: F-65). DOOM has never been so HEAVY! The vinyl version will contain two bonus live tracks.
Track List:
Distance and the Cold Heart
Blackest of Times
Whore’s Wings
Lamentations of a Broken Man
Die Vicar Die
Push Mortal Coil
This Mania
Siren
Luna
Distance and the Cold Heart (reprise)
The Messenger – Live (VINYL BONUS TRACK)
Sincerest Misery – Live (VINYL BONUS TRACK)
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Critical Praise:
“Our American answer to the current British and Scandinavian invasion of doom, Apostle of Solitude’s newest puts everyone on notice just how good they are going to need to be after hearing this one.” – The Sludge Lord
“Of Woe and Wounds is a very well done doom record, full of everything we love about the genre.”– Sea of Tranquility
“Of Woe and Wounds is indeed that old friend you’re hoping it would turn out to be: a concrete slab of warm-blooded, backyard-grown Doom metal that is about as close to dictionary-precise as can be had today.” – Doom-Metal.com
EYEHATEGOD has been forced to cancel their recently announced September performances. Said the band in an official statement, “Due to an unfortunate turn of events, EYEHATEGOD has sadly been forced to postpone their four show September run this week. Many apologies to everyone with plans to see the band. EYEHATEGOD promises to make up these gigs ASAP. Housecore Horror Fest is still on the schedule for November and we are looking extremely forward to that.”
EYEHATEGOD released their Billboard-charting, self-titled LP last year breaking the band’s decade-and-a-half gap since their prior full-length and marking the most successful release in the band’s twenty-five-year lineage. Noisey crowned the offering, “…the record that EHG fans have been waiting for; a stomping and venomous set of eleven tracks that reignite the band’s amazing propensity for down-trodden, electric blues,” while Cvlt Nation proclaimed, “Everything we have loved for a quarter of a century about this band is all here, shimmering and glowing with more intensity than ever before… a classic EYEHATEGOD record… The legend lives on!”
Orders for EyeHateGod in North America can be placed via Housecore Records HERE.
Following the announcement of two special, sold out The Book Of Souls playback events hosted by IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain at his Rock N Roll Ribs restaurant in Coconut Creek, FL. on September 3rd, TROOPER is proud to present nationwide playback parties held in 24 retail outlets and 22 bars, restaurants and ale houses across the U.S. These special listening events are free and open to the public and will give fans a chance to hear Iron Maiden’s new album, The Book of Souls, in its entirety before its official release on September 4, 2015. For more info, dates, cities and locations, click on the link below:
East Anglia has boasting rights to say that KAINE is from there. This NWOBHM revival band has me relieved to know they understand fully about the roots and trueness of Metal. KAINE have delivered a grand-slam with their newly released single: Justice Injustice. Listen to this song and buy it on their Bandcamp!! Trust Stone, I would never tell my Metal brethren to buy shit.
This new song from KAINE is so good, it has brought tears to my eyes. Fans of early Judas Priest, early Iron Maiden and Witch Cross etc. have to understand just how important of a song this is for their Metal library! Maybe this is too cliché to say only I don’t give a sweet and sour shit: KAINE kicks Metal ass. Period.
Rage Sadler is a vocalist that is top-tier. I have listened to this new song from KAINE so many times now that I’ve lost count. Everything about this song is perfect. Support KAINE by any Metal means possible. Metal Be Thy Name. – Stone
Iron Maiden and The Book Of Souls go jumbo on massive 2016 world tour!
Vocalist Bruce Dickinson is to pilot a Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet to play in six of the seven continents, travelling over 55,000 miles (88,500km) around the globe!
“The Book Of Souls World Tour” is expected to visit around 35 countries including first ever concerts in China and El Salvador.
New from Artist Series Guitar – a limited edition IRON MAIDEN guitar finished with exclusive Trooper artwork. ASG are only making a very limited amount of these with pre-sale beginning in October. If you want to reserve one, head over to http://ASG.guitars/
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