Month: April 2018

TWILIGHT To Release Trident Death Rattle EP Featuring Unreleased Songs w/ Blake Judd, Thurston Moore

Influential American black metal supergroup TWILIGHT is proud to announce the impending release of its final recording, Trident Death Rattle, due out May 1 via Ascension Monuments Media.

Featuring three unreleased tracks from the 2012 III:Beneath Trident’s Tomb LP sessions, the extended play is much more an experimental output than its predecessors. It’s a dark, uncomfortable listen – much like the history of the band during that particular time period.

Listen to the cathartic first single, “This Road South,” AT THIS LOCATION, where you can also pre-order the vinyl, cassette and digipak MCD.

Recorded by Sanford Parker and mastered by Collin Jordan, Trident Death Rattle is the 18-and-a-half-minute heretic swan song from masterminds Jef “Wrest” Whitehead (Leviathan), Blake Judd (Nachtmystium) and Neill “N. Imperial” Jameson (Krieg). Indie rock legend Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) is also featured on this recording, as well as engineer/producer Sanford Parker (Buried At Sea, Corrections House, Minsk) on synths / electronics. Chicago bluegrass veteran Scott Judd performs as a guest, playing electric banjo on “No Consequence.”

In addition, look for further TWILIGHT news later this year via Prophecy Productions.

Says guitarist/vocalist Thurston Moore:
“When I got the call to play guitar with TWILIGHT, I knew right away that all other considerations were to be incinerated. Twilight is US Black Metal at its most impenetrable, corrosive core. Each member a visionary of lunacy and demented desire. I listened to the rough sketches and composed sinister-sonik six string blood cries. In the studio, I marveled at the work ethic and the satanic succubation of deliverance. Listening to these “lost tracks” brings me back to the sick head of trolling around Chicago, killing beers and smokes, and making wasted high energy noise pollution. We fucking nailed it, cross smashing to the grave.”

Says vocalist Neill Jameson:
“TWILIGHT III was a strange transitional time in everyone involved’s lives, and unlike most people undergoing these things, we were all very aware of it. It was one of those moments where everything was falling apart and coming together, setting up our futures for us without stripping us out of the moment. There was nothing easy or fluid about it, nothing comfortable. It didn’t represent black metal as a scene or a genre, it didn’t represent anything that we had build with previous work or stand as a beacon for work to come. It was just one long scream into each of our own abyss, a shared yet solitary void. It was the last time I was truly nervous about creating anything.”

Says guitarist Blake Judd:
“I’m extremely excited for these three missing tracks to finally be seeing the light of day as an official cassette / vinyl / digital release! After having a few rocky years with my ex-TWILIGHT co-conspirators, we’ve all patched up our differences and have a good relationship today. After numerous conversations about the subject of these three tracks with Jef Whitehead (Wrest) and Neill Jameson (N. Imperial), we’ve all decided it’s time for the final existing TWILIGHT audio to be presented and released unto the world.

“These songs are special to me also because they’re the three tracks which were authored by myself and Thurston Moore of SONIC YOUTH fame. To have had the chance to work with such a legendary musician was an amazing and very satisfying experience for me. I grew up in the 90s when NIRVANA was king, so, like most people my age, I was a huge fan. Through NIRVANA, I discovered SONIC YOUTH and have been a massive fan ever since. So, to have had the opportunity later to work alongside the most well-known member of that band, it was like a dream come true and truly brought things full circle, connecting the music I was making during the TWILIGHT era with the music that inspired me to pick up a guitar when I first started playing at 12-13 years old. With that being said, it is with great honor that I’m able to oversee the release and be a part of these missing TWILIGHT tracks, released by Ascension Monuments Media under the title Trident Death Rattle.”

TWILIGHT at the time of recording:

N. Imperial – Vocals
Blake Judd – Guitars
Wrest – Bass & Drums
Thurston Moore – Guitars
Sanford Parker – Synths / Electronics

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Track Listing:

1. This Road South
2. Weathered Flames
3. No Consequence (ft. Scott Judd)

REVERORUM IB MALACHT set release date for new ANNAPURNA album

On May 11th internationally (June 15th in the United States), AnnapurnA shall release Reverorum ib Malacht’s highly anticipated fourth album, Im Ra Distare Summum Soveris Seris Vas innoble. The album will be released on CD, vinyl, and digital, with the vinyl to be available in two editions: black vinyl, or colored vinyl with download card.

As sole practitioners of Roman Catholic Black Metal, Reverorum ib Malacht are truly in a league of their own. Their three albums to date – 2011’s Urkaos, the three iterations of 2014’s De Mysteriis Dom Christi, and last year’s Ter Agios Numini – are unparalleled in their intensity of vision and sound. But with Im Ra Distare Summum Soveris Seris Vas innoble, whatever conceptions of “vastness” and “density” the band deeply explored prior have been hereby dwarfed.

Like any of the band’s albums, Reverorum ib Malacht’s Im Ra Distare Summum Soveris Seris Vas innoble is not an easy album to navigate, nor was that ever an option to begin with. For music – truly MUSIC, whether it be classed as “black metal” or “ambient” or otherwise – this personal and idiosyncratic was meant for exploration of truths far beyond the surface level, both above and below, encompassing the totality of eternity and its incomprehension. Layers are built upon layers upon layers, each one denser and yet more Spartan than the next, weaving a maze that becomes a riddle that circles back to a maze again, like the very Ouroboros forever swallowing its tail. It very much “sounds like” black metal (or ambient-intensive black metal, that is) but rather aims for what IS…existing, spreading further, forever outwards…living, dying, being.

To unravel the mystery of Im Ra Distare Summum Soveris Seris Vas innoble is to begin to approach the enigma of Reveroum ib Malacht. Begin unraveling with the new track “Incompatible Molokh” HERE.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Reverorum ib Malacht’s Im Ra Distare Summum Soveris Seris Vas innoble
1. Intro
2. Where Escapism Ends
3. Incompatible Molokh
4. Cloud of Unknowing
5. E va um da
6. Etia si omnes, ego non
7. Skin without Skin
8. (Natten inuti) en tagg som sticker mig, en ängel från Satan som misshandlar mig (2 cor 12.7ff)
9. Outro

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Wolves In The Throne Room return to Europe for further dates in support of Thrice Woven

Wolves in the Throne Room return for Europe for further dates, including festival appearances, in support of the widely acclaimed album, Thrice Woven released in September last year – full dates below.

WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM TOUR DATES:
thu 14/06/2018 DE Hannover Cafe Glocksee w/ Vradiazei
fri 15/06/2018 DE Lobnitz With Full Force festival
sat 16/06/2018 DE Mannheim Maifel derby festival
mon 18/06/2018 CH Lausanne Les Docks w/ Neurosis, Deafkids
tue 19/06/2018 FR Strasbourg La Laiterie w/ Vradiazei
thu 21/06/2018 AT Abtenau House of the Holy pt.II w/ Vradiazei – SOLD OUT
fri 22/06/2018 BE Dessel Graspop
sat 23/06/2018 UK London The Garage
sun 24/06/2018 UK Birmingham Supersonic festival
mon 25/06/2018 UK Edinburgh La Belle Angele
tue 26/06/2018 UK Sheffield Corporation
wed 27/06/2018 UK Liverpool Invisible Wind Factory
thu 28/06/2018 UK Cardiff The Globe
fri 29/06/2018 FR Paris Petit Bain
sun 01/07/2018 IT Milan Solomacello fest
mon 02/07/2018 DE Munich Feierwerk
tue 03/07/2018 DE Hamburg Markthalle
wed 04/07/2018 NL Arnhem Luxor
thu 05/07/2018 DE Koln Gebaeude9
fri 06/07/2018 DE Frisack Under The Black Sun festival
sat 07/07/2018 CZ Prague Futurum Music Club
sun 08/07/2018 DE Nurnberg Z-Bau
mon 09/07/2018 AT Vienna Arena
thu 12/07/2018 ES Viveiro Resurrection fest

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Since their inception in 2002, Wolves In The Throne Room have accrued over 5 studio albums and hundreds of live performances reinterpreting black metal through their own Cascadian prism. Their songs explore the hidden world of magic that one accesses through dreams, visions and music and the resulting sounds are intimately linked to the wild lands of the Pacific Northwest. Now, a portal into the dreamworld of Wolves In The Throne Room opens again with their forthcoming sixth LP, Thrice Woven a glorious return to the blazing and furious Black Metal that they alone can create.

Thrice Woven is out now via Wolves In The Throne Room’s own label, Artemisia Records.

Abbath kick off tour in Eastern Europe and Russia

Following a snowy show at the spectacular Full Metal Mountain Festival in the Austrian Alps tomorrow, ABBATH will kick off their rampage through Eastern Europe and Russia. The Norwegian stalwarts have furthermore added more festival appearances on their roster for this summer. A list of all currently confirmed dates including festivals can be viewed below.

ABBATH Go East!
08 Apr 18 Tallinn (EE) Tapper
09 Apr 18 Riga (LV) Melna Piektdiena
10 Apr 18 Saint Petersburg (RU) Opera
11 Apr 18 Moscow (RU) Arbat Hall
12 Apr 18 Ekaterinburg (RU) Svoboda
13 Apr 18 Samara (RU) Zvezda
14 Apr 18 Krasnodar (RU) Arena
15 Apr 18 Yaroslavl (RU) Dzhao Da
16 Apr 18 Warsaw (PL) Progresja
17 Apr 18 Kiev (UA) Atlas

ABBATH Festivals
07 Apr 18 Nassfeld (AT) Full Metal Mountain
12 May 18 Wien (AT) Vienna Metal Meeting
13 May 18 London (UK) Incineration Festival
19 May 18 Kuurne (BE) Throne Fest
14 Jun 18 Ferropolis (DE) With Full Force Festival
21 Jun 18 Kauhajoki (FI) Nummirock (exact date tbc)
21 Jun 18 Halden (NO) Tons of Rock Festival (exact date tbc)
22 Jul 18 Colony (IT) Colony Open Air
10 Aug 18 Vilena (ES) Leyendas Del Rock
18 Aug 18 Saint Nolff (FR) Motocultor Festival (exact date tbc)

ABBATH will be touring in support of their chart-storming eponymous debut album. Artwork and track-list of ‘Abbath’ can be viewed below

01. To War!
02. Winterbane
03. Ashes of the Damned
04. Ocean of Wounds
05. Count the Dead
06. Fenrir Hunts
07. Root of the Mountain
08. Endless
09. Nebular Ravens Winter [bonus]

When Abbath announced that he had left IMMORTAL, it sent massive shockwaves through the metal scene. The iconic frontman had long become the “face” of the Norwegian black scene, his image synonymous with this style.

Now the Norwegian giant returns with his new band ABBATH and a crushing debut album of the same name. The opening triplet “To War”, “Winter Bane”, and “Ashes of the Damned” unleashes all the fury of a Nordic blizzard at full force. Yet the following “Ocean of Wounds” proves that his new band is equally at home in writing anthemic mid-tempo hymns. Abbath’s characteristic riffing shines clearly through it all: heavy, harsh, and yet catchy and melodic with a touch of epic BATHORY, MOTÖRHEAD, and even KISS. At the same time there is no danger of repeating the formula of IMMORTAL or the mastermind’s other project under the moniker I, which was shared with King. The bass player from Bergen has again joined Abbath and brought his impressive song-writing skills to the battlefield. GORGOROTH, GOD SEED, and OV HELL bear witness to King’s exceptional talent as a composer, while contributions to AUDREY HORNE and SAHG demonstrate his wide stylistic range. The final keystone to ABBATH lies in the outstanding drumming delivered by the mysterious Creature. The trio has already proved its worth as a live entity at several headlining festival shows as well, where ABBATH were joined by an additional guitarist. ‘Abbath’ impresses from start to finish. This is exactly the album that all fans of this particular Bergen brand of black metal have been hoping for. Hold on tight or get blown away. ABBATH are here now and ready to conquer the world!

Line-up
Abbath: guitar & vocals
King: bass
Creature: drums

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Mystifier sign to Season of Mist

Season of Mist are proud to announce the signing of MYSTIFIER. The Brazilian black metal underground stalwarts will release their long anticipated next album through the label.

MYSTIFIER comment: “We have spend 29 years on the road and 17 years without releasing an album. Finally, we have signed a deal for a new record with one of the biggest labels of extreme music. We were introduced to Season of Mist boss Michael Berberian during our European tour, ‘Bloodshed Rituals 2016’ with ROTTING CHRIST, but we never imagined becoming a part on such a select roster. We expect our alliance will prove beneficial for all parties involved and we extend our gratitude to every fan, producer, photographer, sound and light engineer, fanzines, record label, tour manager, and everybody else, who took part of our long underground history. Towards infinity!”

MYSTIFIER were formed by lead guitarist and bassist Beelzeebubth, Lucifuge Rofocale on drums, guitarist Behemoth, and vicalist Meugninousouan in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil in 1989. The band created an aggressive, fast, and malignant sound within the classic black metal style, which makes them veterans of their scene.

A first demo tape, which was entitled ‘Tormenting the Holy Trinity’ came out in November 1989 and secured the band several shows at home and all over Brazil. Their 7″ debut single ‘The Evil Ascension Returns’ as well as a second demo, entitled ‘Aleister Crowley’ let to widespread underground recognition for MYSTIFIER in 1990.

MYSTIFIER’s debut full-length, ‘Wicca’ was already released worldwide in 1992 and the Brazilians managed to cement their reputation with each following record and accompanying tour. ‘Göetia’ hit the streets in 1993, ‘The World Is So Good That Who Made It Does not Live here’ followed in 1996, ‘Profanus’ came out in 2001. In the wake of their release of the deluxe box ‘Baphometic Goat Worship’ (2008), MYSTIFIER performed at the NWN Festival ll in Berlin, Germany and several other festivals around the globe.

In the passing of time, MYSTIFIER underwent some radical line-up changes. Vocalist Leandro Kastyphas was replaced by the exceptional Diego Sorcerer Do’Urden from INFESTED BLOOD. Drummer Alex Rocha (POISONOUS) handed his sticks over to Edward WarMonger (former ly of MEDICINE DEATH), who brought much experience and maturity to the group’s compositions.

Having wrecked stages throughout South and North America, Europe and and other places with several sold-out shows during the ‘Bloodshed Rituals’ tour in support of ROTTING CHRIST, MYSTIFIER are currently focusing on their forthcoming new album, which is ear-marked for release in 2018.

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Line-up
Armand Bäelzeebubth: lead guitar, backing vocals
Diego Sorcerer Do’Urden: vocals, keyboards, bass guitar
Edward Warmonger: percussion

European tour dates in autumn have already been announced. Exact dates and final artwork will be published soon. Please see below for a preliminary schedule.

NACHASH set release date for SHADOW KINGDOM debut

Today, Shadow Kingdom Records sets August 3rd as the international release date for Nachash’s highly anticipated debut album, Phantasmal Trinunity, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

One of the most shockingly mature newcomers Shadow Kingdom has come across recently, Nachash hail from Norway and released an EP, Conjuring the Red Death Eclipse, in 2015. Granted, their country of origin might tip you off that the band indeed play black metal, but that’s only half the story. For the Nachash sound one is just as anchored in eldritch death metal, grimy but grandiose, as it is the most witching wave of early black metal: muscular and even a bit molten, the power-trio’s patient pulse possesses an almost-poetic flow, above all betraying a keen understanding of epic heavy metal songwriting. Across each of these six mini-epics known as tracks, the 37 electric minutes comprising Phantasmal Trinunity in fact flow like a phantasm, wisping and winding wherever the wind may blow but with a most haunting grace, setting up moments of hypnotic tension before subtly seguing into a surge of dark ‘n’ dread-inducing glory. It all makes for a singular sensation, but if we’re to drop any rare references, contemporaries could include Grand Belial’s Key, Ares Kingdom, Mortuary Drape, Varathron, and Sacriphyx.

Deathly black metal? Blackened death metal? Nachash know no borders nor easy categorization, nor do they care for fence-riding opportunists who don’t truly heed the call of death. Enter their Phantasmal Trinunity and emerge enlightened and forever changed…

In the meantime, hear the previously revealed track “Apex Illuminous” HERE.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Nachash’s Phantasmal Trinunity
1. Red Death Eclipse (A Savage Darkening)
2. Apex Illuminous
3. Astral Sacrifice
4. Fleshtemple Incineration
5. Vortex Spectre
6. Elder Night (Arcane Fires)

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TAPHOS set release date for BLOOD HARVEST debut

Today, Blood Harvest Records and Helter Skelter Productions set June 8th as the international release date for Taphos’ highly anticipated debut album, Come Ethereal Somberness, on CD and 12″ vinyl formats.

Hot on the heels of Blood Harvest’s compilation of the band’s first two recordings as Demo MMXVI & 7″ EP MMXVII, garnering widespread acclaim and heightening anticipation for their first full-length, at last arrives Taphos’ Come Ethereal Somberness. As a debut LP, Come Ethereal Somberness does everything it should: stay consistent to a band’s sound established on their demos whilst pointing toward new avenues. Here, Taphos do both, and then some.

Hailing from the same Danish scene as Undergang and Phrenelith, Taphos create a classic – and classically gutted – style of Metal of Death. Their first recording, Demo MMXVI, possessed a darkly thrashing sound highly reminiscent of turn-of-the-’90s death metal on both sides of the Atlantic, as resolutely Scandinavian as it was American, its filthy propulsion as palatably fresh as it was authentically ancient. On the subsequent two-song EP, Taphos’ sound becomes more world-eating, their songwriting aims more epic whilst not losing the raw fury of their beginnings.

Now, with Come Ethereal Somberness, they synthesize the two stylistic shifts into something both berzerker and epic, manic and finessed in equal measures. Indeed, Taphos are firing on all songwriting cylinders here, as the energy literally bursts off the charts but retains a sense of composure and daresay class rarely scene in full-blooded death metal. Hammering and hideous yet nevertheless invoking a clarity that never castrates their attack, the quartet render each of these seven central compositions (bookended by moody instrumentals) a story unto itself. Hell, the titles themselves tell that story – “Ocular Blackness,” “Insidious Gyres,” and the equally telltale “Thrive in Upheaval” and “Impending Peril” among them – and that story is horrific.

New nightmares are here, then, and Taphos will be taking them on the road with a full European tour this May alongside Swedish comrades Degial (dates after the jump). Until then, as its title ominously proclaims, Come Ethereal Somberness!

Hear two new tracks off the album, the aforementioned “Thrive in Upheaval” and “Impending Peril” HERE

Preorder info can be found HERE.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Taphos’ Come Ethereal Somberness
1. Letum
2. Impending Peril
3. Thrive In Upheaval
4. Ocular Blackness
5. A Manifest Of Trepidation
6. Dysfori
7. Insidious Gyres
8. Livores
9. Obitum

“The Preditorial Siege of Europa” tour dates with Degial

Wednesday 2nd May: Oslo, Norway – Revolver *just Degial
Thursday 3rd May: Gothenburg, Sweden – The Abyss *just Degial
Friday 4th May: Hamburg, Germany – Bambi Galore
Saturday 5th May: Oberhausen, Germany – Helvete
Sunday 6th May: Arnhem, The Netherlands – Willemeen
Monday 7th May: London, UK – Boston Music Room w/ Aura Noir (n)
Tuesday 8th May: Paris, France – Le Klub
Wednesday 9th May: Toulouse, France – Les Pavillions Sauvages
Thursday 10th May: Bilbao, Spain – Pub Mendigo
Friday 11th May: Porto, Portugal – Metal Point
Saturday 12th May: Madrid, Spain – Studios Rock & Pop
Sunday 13th May: Barcelona, Spain – Sala Monesterio
Monday 14th May: Nice, France – Atherax Music
Tuesday 15th May: Milan, Italy – Circolo Svolta
Wednesday 16th: Abtenau, Austria – Temple Neudegg Alm
Thursday 17th May: Dresden, Germany – Chemiefabrik
Friday 18th May: Wroclaw, Poland – Ciemna Stromna Miasta
Saturday 19th May: Berlin, Germany – Urban Spree

MORE INFO:
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GLORIOR BELLI: French Black Metal Juggernauts To Reissue Debut Album “Ô Laudate Dominvs”

Gallic black metal renegades GLORIOR BELLI are proud to announce the long-overdue analog-only repressing of their ferociously raw debut album, Ô Laudate Dominvs, due out June 1 via Ascension Monuments Media.

Pre-order the orthodox black metal magick AT THIS LOCATION.

Originally recorded in 2004 at Hybreed Studios in France and released via Eerie Art Records in 2005, Ô Laudate Dominvs is a brutal piece of satanic art, with a personal and strong identity attached to the then-newly founded war machine. Thundering and violent drum patterns, coupled with guitars squealing like freezing razors and profound bass pulsing straight from Hell, all backed by howling vocals that vomit blood, blasphemies and other extremities in a 30-plus-minute sonic bludgeoning akin to Watain, Antaeus and Deathspell Omega. Cover artwork was handled by the prolific Daniel Valencia of Fenomeno Design (Blut Aus Nord, Gloria Diaboli).

GLORIOR BELLI crept out from the temperamental suburbs of Paris in December 2002. What started as a notorious duo soon became a remarkable Beast, acting as a beacon for everyone looking to free themselves of the influence of the Demiurge.

Says Billy “Infestvvs” Bayou:
“Some things in life you don’t forget, whether they are traumatic events or the happiest times. Glorior Belli has been my own creature for a little over 15 years, and a lot can happen in such a while. In fact, it feels like an eternity today when I look back. What could possibly celebrate this 15th year anniversary better than a special release that consists of Glorior Belli’s most essential records, starting now with the raging, raw ferocity of 2005’s debut Ô Laudate Dominvs!”

“Glorior Belli has been steadily resetting its compass since then, creeping exponentially towards the grimy magnificence to be found on their upcoming new record, The Apostates, which will be released April 6 via French label Season of Mist.

“This long awaited reissue of the debut deserves only the best quality, thus we have chosen to work with a very promising new Southern California-based label Ascension Monuments Media for a vinyl & cassette ‘analog assault.’

“On a side note, Glorior Belli’s twin project, OBSCURUS ADVOCAM, which took a life of its own back in 2007 with the band’s only album released on CD via now-defunct Battle Kommand Records, will be reissued on vinyl & cassette as well after being out of print for 7+ years!”

Over the course of four full-lengths, GLORIOR BELLI has progressively developed to become a more sophisticated musical entity, while conversely exploring the devolution of black metal’s heritage. With a captivating mix of bluesy, heavy stoner grooves, doom-laden lyricism, retro prog-rock flourishes and some thickly distorting sludge, the band has reaffirmed the diabolical principles of black metal while avoiding its most mind-numbing clichés.

Lyrics and themes explored over the years reveal a sincere inclination for rebelism and developed sense of poetry. The experience would be described as an intriguing and almost hypnotic journey through dark deserts and evil fields with Lucifer as personal guide.

GLORIOR BELLI at the time of recording:

Infestvvs – Vocals / Guitars
Nefastvs – Bass
Antares – Drums

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Track Listing:

1. Dictum Audiens
2. Ô Laudate Dominvs
3. Poisoned Flesh
4. Celestial Phenomena
5. In Paradisum…
6. Eternal Torments
7. Darkened Shroud
8. Stigma Diaboli