Month: September 2018

KOMMANDANT: Krucyator Productions To Release Cassette Format Of The Latest Album “Blood Eel” This October 30

Chicago, Illinois based black/death metal militants KOMMANDANT have always been ahead of their peers when it comes to spawning astounding crafts by delving into the disruptive region of extreme metal. With one mini album, four full lengths and numerous demos and splits, the US legion have become a strong force to be reckoned with in the underground metal scenario. Blood Eel, the latest offering of the band came out a few weeks ago on CD via Italian label Aeternitas Tenebrarum Musicae Fundamentum.

French label Krucyator Productions will release this extramundane oeuvre on tape format on October 30, 2018.

KOMMANDANT, an extreme metal band hailing from Chicago, are the harbingers of a new sonic innovation. Their sound draws notice in and of itself: many of their reviewers have written that they are one of the most notable up-and-coming bands to come out of the U.S. black metal scene. KOMMANDANT have thus far staunchly refused to publish any lyrics, preferring the listener take away what they put into it. Not surprisingly, this leaves fans and reviewers snapping up any information or insight that the band puts out, hoping to gain some sort of knowledge about what is really going on. Every article that has been written, every review that has been proffered wonders what is going to come from them next, the sense that this is the cusp of something big. What truly sets them apart is their aesthetic.

Throughout their thirteen years of notorious actions, KOMMANDANT have showed how consistency can match in a constructive way with progression, forging a solid extreme metal aggression. The misappropriate ear can easily point out how a crossover of black metal and vicious death metal can be a label for KOMMANDANT, but the story is more complex. “Blood Eel”, the latest and the fourth album of the band, is the most obvious symptom of this artistic path. The production transfers the coldness of the ’90s black metal fetish to a professional and powerful soundscape where all instruments take part to the murderous party. By adding monolithic strength to the subconscious shading of their conceptual stream, KOMMANDANT have shifted to the darker and more oppressive side of the black metal realm.

Originally released on CD format (limited to 300 copies) on September 01, 2018 via Aeternitas Tenebrarum Musicae Fundamentum, “Blood Eel” will see its tape release on October 30, 2018 through the flag of Krucyator Productions.

PRE-ORDER:
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FOR MORE INFO:
http://krucyatorproductions.com
http://krucyator.com
http://kommandant.us
https://www.facebook.com/Kommandantofficial

MIDNIGHT to support The Black Dahlia Murder on select dates this November and December

Cleveland metalpunks Midnight will be supporting Metal Blade recording artists The Black Dahlia Murder on tour this November and December across select dates in the United States. These latest tour dates are the next in support of Midnight’s massively acclaimed third album, Sweet Death and Ecstasy, released last October via longtime label home Hells Headbangers.

Says hooded mainman Athenar, “We were invited by our gracious hosts The Black Dahlia Murder to do some fuckin’ gigs. So hopefully, that will give us the opportunity to defile and degrade as many fresh earholes as inhumanly possible.” Full list of dates & venues that Midnight will be supporting Black Dahlia Murder are as follows:

November 14 – London, ON @ RumRunners [TICKET INFO]
November 15 – Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig [TICKET INFO]
November 16 – Saginaw, MI @ Counter Culture [TICKET INFO]
December 11 – Joliet, IL @ The Forge w/ Havok, Ghoul, Gost, Skeletal Remains
December 12 – Ft Wayne, IN @ Piere’s w/ Havok, Ghoul, Gost, Skeletal Remains

MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/Midnight-87909491643
www.hellsheadbangers.com
www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers

Gaahls Wyrd sign to Season of Mist and announce European tour with Tribulation

I saw Michael the owner of Season of Mist talking today on his personal Facebook page today how the new Wyrd material is mind blowing – I can’t wait to hear this! S.O.M. are destroying right now they are rapidly becoming THE best black metal label out there. Exciting times!

Season of Mist are proud to sign Norwegian extreme metal band GAAHLS WYRD. Over the past months, the five piece, fronted by legendary vocalist Gaahl, have recorded their debut album in the Solslottet Studios with producer Iver Sandøy (ENSLAVED). The record is set for release in early 2019.

The band comments: “It’s always been of outmost importance for us to work with people that we can relate to, trust, and will understand our creative and professional vision. Season of Mist feels like home to us and we can’t wait to start what hopefully will be a long and rewarding relationship for both parties.”

Furthermore, GAAHLS WYRD have announced a European co-headliner tour with enigmatic metal band TRIBULATION and UADA in 2019. The Norwegians add: “We have a lot of respect for our travel partners, TRIBULATION and UADA, and can’t wait to join forces for what we believe will be a thoroughly enjoyably and diverse package, that we are confident will hit home in the metal community. We’re also massively eager to present songs from our brand new album that will be released next year. 2019 can’t come soon enough.”

GAAHLS WYRD
With TRIBULATION and UADA
21/02/2019 Hamburg (DE) Kronensaal
22/02/2019 Essen (DE) Turock
24/02/2019 Utrecht (DE) Helling
25/02/2019 London (UK) o2 Islington Academy
26/02/2019 Paris (FR) Petit Bain
28/02/2019 Munchen (DE) Backstage
01/03/2019 Winterthur (CH) Gaswerk
02/03/2019 Vienna (AT) Viper Room
03/03/2019 Prague (CZ) Nova Chmelnice
05/03/2019 Poznan (PL) U Bazyla
06/03/2019 Warschau (PL) Proxima
07/03/2019 Berlin (DE) BiNuu
08/03/2019 Leipzig (DE) UT Connewitz
09/03/2019 Weinheim (DE) Cafe Central
10/03/2019 Leeuwarden (NL) Neushoorn

Since rising to prominence with his first band TRELLDOM, legendary singer, frontman, artist and composer, Gaahl, has been one of Norway’s most talked about and respected extreme metal musicians. His work with TRELLDOM, GORGOROTH, WARDRUNA and GOD SEED has been widely regarded as some of the best the black metal scene has had to offer.

Gaahls passion and dedication to his art has earned him followers far and beyond the realms of the metal community, becoming a household name in the art scene and a he has become a well-respected alternative thinker.

Recently the charismatic singer has assembled some of Norway’s finest metal musicians under the new moniker GAAHLS WYRD. The band consist of Ole Walaunet (THE BATALLION, GOD SEED, GRIMFIST), Frode Kilvik (KRAKOW, AETERNUS) and Kevin Kvåle (HORIZON ABLAZE). This highly qualified bunch has recently toured a finely selected, career spanning repertoire from Gaahl’s time in TRELLDOM, GORGOROTH and GOD SEED to great acclaim.

Over the past months the band has found them selves holed up in Solslottet Studios with producer Iver Sandøy (ENSLAVED) to record their debut album which is already shaping up to be something out of the extraordinary.

First class riffing in combination with excellent musicianship and Gaahl’s haunting presence is bound to take you places you’ve never been before. The already well-known energy a mysterious aura is omnipresent, but there is no exaggeration in pointing out that Gaahl’s vocal delivery on this album will be something out of the ordinary.

http://gaahlswyrd.com
https://www.facebook.com/gaahlswyrd

FLAGELADÖR set release date for new HELLDPROD album, reveal first track

Today, Helldprod Records announces November 2nd as the international release date for Flageladör’s highly anticipated fourth album, Predileção Pelo Macabro, on CD and cassette tape formats.

Originally formed in 2000, Flageladör are one of the bands responsible for the speed/thrash metal rebirth in Brazil within the recent metal generation. After releasing three albums, extended touring through Brazil and also Portugal, Flageladör return with a new studio record entitled Predileção Pelo Macabro.

What can you expect from this new opus? Well, 10 new songs of plain raw and uncompromised metal will burst your head according to the old-school scriptures, when headbangers raised their fists, lifted their left-hand horns, drank beer, and shook up the classic pillars of heavy metal. Be sure to catch the flaming metallic lava from this tropical volcano, because it’s destined to unleash hell!

Predileção Pelo Macabro will be released by Vënënö Sönörö Rëcörds and Hell Music in Brazil and by Helldprod Records in all other territories. In the meantime, Flageladör is preparing a new touring season in order to promote this new album. Bang or die!

Begin banging (and dying) with the new track “Terror Pós-Atômico” HERE

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Flageladör’s Predileção Pelo Macabro
1. Entre o Martelo e a Bigorna
2. Nas Minhas Veias Corre Fogo
3. Máxima Voltagem
4. Terror Pós-Atômico
5. Queimando nas Chamas do Heavy Metal
6. Micromega
7. Eternamente Cinza
8. Predileção Pelo Macabro
9. O Infiel
10. M.A.F. (Morte Aos Fachos)*
* European edition exclusive song

MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/Flagelad%C3%B6r-375121252513135
www.helldprod.com
www.facebook.com/helldprod
www.helldprod.bandcamp.com

Mexican death metal upstarts MORBID MESSIAH premiere new track

Today, Mexican death metal upstarts Morbid Messiah premiere the new track “Graveyard Headhunter”. The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated debut album, Demoniac Paroxysm, set for international release on October 22nd via Memento Mori for the CD release; Unholy Prophecies shall be handling the vinyl version (release date TBA). Hear Morbid Messiah’s “Graveyard Headhunter” in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Hailing from Mexico, Morbid Messiah was formed in 2015 after Anubis Sandoval (drums) moved from Cancun to Guadalajara, and teamed up with Roberto Trejo (guitar) and Jose Rivas (vocals). All three young musicians shared a burning passion for the authentic sound of underground death metal that blossomed during the late ’80s and early ’90s, and felt compelled to give shape to a brand-new, iniquitous entity that would follow in the gods of yore’s footsteps. Morbid Messiahplayed their first live show a few months later and then proceeded to record their debut EP, suitably titled In the Name of True Death Metal, which was self-released in October 2016 on CD format. Guillermo Lopez (bass) had already joined their ranks by then, solidifying the lineup for depraved endeavors yet to come. Fast forward to April 2017 and the Polish label Godz ov War Productions gave the EP the tape treatment, and all 100 copies sold out shortly after.

To depict Morbid Messiah’s approach to the Metal of Death is no laborious chore, for it is nothing more – but certainly nothing less – than a dank, impenetrable, lightless, decimating, and unadorned concoction of the finest, heaviest and vilest elements of bands such as Sadistic Intent, Possessed, Incantation, Grotesque, Mortem, Death and Imprecation, as well as those prevalent in the early works of their countrymates Cenotaph and Shub Niggurath. Thus girded with such proud ‘n’ powerful influences, Demoniac Paroxysm thus invokes its very title, whipping the listener into a fury of rotten, sewer-dwelling possession. Rubbed raw and blasted about like a boombox from the bowels of Hell, this is DEATH METAL in all caps, and forever be it so: Morbid Messiah are not recommended for trendy ears nor those with weak stomachs. But if the flame burns true within you, by all means, take this torch NOW!

Naturally, for a record so foul and filthy, it’s only fitting that Demoniac Paroxysm is gracelessly graced with classic cover artwork courtesy of the esteemed Mark Riddick. Bow down and pray to Morbid Messiah!

Continue praying with the new track “Graveyard Headhunter” exclusively HERE,

Begin praying with the previously revealed “Howling From the Grave” HERE

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Morbid Messiah’s Demoniac Paroxysm
1. Rise of the Rottenness
2. Charred Devastation
3. Graveyard Headhunter
4. Devoured by Darkness
5. Breath of the Ominous
6. Crawling in Guts
7. Fetid Bloodbath
8. Howling from the Grave
9. Morbid Messiah/Morbid Invocation

MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/morbidmessiahofficial

www.memento-mori.es
www.facebook.com/memento.mori.label

NUCLEAR WAR NOW! to reissue first CEMETERY LIGHTS demo – streaming in full now

On September 21st internationally, Nuclear War Now! Productions will reissue Cemetery Lights’ debut demo, Lemuralia, on cassette tape format.

While it is often true that distinct musical styles are unique to a given location and era in history, occasionally, this axiom is broken by a band that somehow manages to fracture the paradigm and insert itself as a welcomed anachronism in the present day. In this vein, Cemetery Lights, though a native of North American soil, convincingly channels and combines the musical spirits of European metal forefathers such as Mortuary Drape, Samael, and Tiamat, and melds them with the literary traditions and culture of Ancient Rome to create something that is both reverent to the past and equally relevant to the present.

The band’s debut demo, Lemuralia, was first disseminated on cassette in very limited numbers on the ninth of May 2018, to commemorate the advent of the Lemuralia festival, an ancient Roman celebration featuring exorcism rites to banish malicious spirits from the home. A few short months later, Nuclear War Now! saw fit to release Cemetery Lights’ second demo, The Church on the Island. Now, in an effort to make the first recording more widely available, NWN! offers a reissue cassette of Lemuralia for the enjoyment of disciples of the aforementioned traditions.

From the outset of the first track, “Charite’s Revenge,” the most obvious musical influence of Mortuary Drape is palpable in the intro and verse riffs, as the lyrics reference a tale from within the ancient Roman novel Metamorphoses by Apuleius. The ensuing title track is more reminiscent of Samael as it explains an evening ritual for the Lemuralia festival. “Necrophilosoph” continues the story-weaving tendency by recounting a necromancer’s rites at Lake Avernus, an entrance to the underworld as depicted by writers such as Cicero, Virgil, and Hyginus. Lastly, “Accursed Funeral” is a supplication to Dīs Pater, Roman god of the underworld, to take Emperor Nero’s life. These final two tracks, with a slightly unconventional sense of melody, perhaps remind more of early Tiamat than other influences.

Throughout the demo, a malevolent aura is cast, not unlike those that pervade the works of classic Greek black metal. What is perhaps most impressive in this recording is not necessarily its adeptness in reproducing sounds first pioneered by early European ancestors, but more so that it fuses them organically in a way that maintains its cohesiveness as a whole, thus proving that history is indeed capable of mutating and recombining distinct elements from different snapshots in time and place to once again wreak havoc on the present.

In the meantime, Lemuralia is streaming in full HERE

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Cemetery Lights’ Lemuralia
1. Charite’s Revenge
2. Lemuralia
3. Necrophilosoph
4. Accursed Funeral

MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/necrophilosph
www.nwnprod.com
www.facebook.com/pages/Nuclear-War-Now-Productions/114864651994141

ARCHGOAT – New album out now and streaming in full

“Masters of a deeply twisted strain of deathly black metal, their blasphemous cacophony reaches new peaks of vitriol and spite on brand new album, The Luciferian Crown” (Metal Hammer)

Indeed, with grim reliability, ARCHGOAT discharge yet more pustulant diabolic foulness into a world increasing moulded in their image !

“The Luciferian Crown”, featuring illustrations by legendary Chris Moyen and a layout crafted by Kontamination Design, is out now and streaming in its entirety.

The 9+intro hymns are out now on Gatefold 12″ LP, Digipack CD and Digital Download. New merch is also available ! If streaming is your thing, you can head to Spotify, iTunes, Deezer etc.

Be sure to catch them on their upcoming tour with MARDUK !

further info:
https://www.debemur-morti.com/en/13-archgoat

Nightmarer premiere playthrough video for ‘Stahlwald’

NIGHTMARER are premiering a playthrough video of the song “Stahlwald”. The track has been taken from the debut full-length, ‘Cacophony of Terror’, which was released via Season of Mist on March 23rd, 2018

The album cover and the track list details ‘Cacophony of Terror’ can be viewed below.

Track-list
1. The Descent (1:36)
2. Stahlwald (3:31)
3. Skinner (4:38)
4. Bleach (3:59)
5. Cave Digger (3:25)
6. Fetisch (4:46)
7. Tidal Waves of Terror (3:23)
8. Ceremony of Control (4:48)
9. Death (4:52)
10. Swansong (1:27)
Total playing time: 35:23

Chaos comes crashing in waves. Patterns emerge out of swirling energy. Darkness coalesces out of fragments into bizarre forms and strange angled shapes. What reads like a list of entries into H.P. Lovecraft’s dictionary of horrors is the nightmarish musical vision offered by NIGHTMARER on their debut album, ‘Cacophony of Terror’.

Seemingly out of nowhere, NIGHTMARER hit the extreme metal underground with their first EP, ‘Chasm’ in early 2016. This furious whirlwind of low end dissonance, devastating heaviness and majestic walls of sound took the scene by storm and the first 10″ vinyl pressing almost sold out while still on pre-order.

Conceived in 2014 by former members of bands such as GIGAN, THE OCEAN and WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH, this international trio derives only the most extreme elements of their previous musical outlets and takes those into another hellish dimension.

Carving their distinctly personal and unique path into the dark matter that DEATHSPELL OMEGA, DODECAHEDRON, and ULSECT have ventured to explore, NIGHTMARER are now set to release one of the darkest and crushing albums of 2018. Enter this ‘Cacophony of Terror’ in search of extreme sonic pleasures at your own peril!

www.facebook.com/nightmarercult
www.instagram.com/nightmarercult
www.nightmarer.com

Current line-up
John Collett: vocals
Simon Hawemann: guitars
Paul Seidel: drums

UADA Announce Blood Sand Ash North American Tour w/ Panzerfaust, Imperial Triumphant and Bane

Portland black metal deviants touring in support of Cult of a Dying Sun

Portland melodic black metal spellcasters UADA return to the road Saturday for a North American trek dubbed “The Blood Sand Ash Tour” in support of their latest LP, Cult of a Dying Sun.

Witness the lyric video for “Snakes & Vultures” here:

Support on the two-month long excursion will come from Canadian black metal warriors Panzerfaust and NYC’s extreme metal trio Imperial Triumphant on all dates, plus Serbian blackened death metal unit Bane in select markets.

Blazing across 28 cities in both the U.S. and Canada, the international tour will see UADA hit several fall festivals, including Shadow Woods, Red River Family Fest and Quebec Deathfest.

Released on May 25, Cult of a Dying Sun is UADA’s second foray into darkness. Balancing sharp riffs with spectral melodies in a manifold of haunting—yet—distinctive blackened dirges, the sophomore Eisenwald effort is a sharp spear in the heart of the brightest star.

UADA is:

Jake Superchi – vocals, guitars
James Sloan – guitars
Edward Halpin – bass
Josiah Babcock – drums

Tour Dates:

9/19 – Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room
9/20 – St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
9/22 – Baltimore, MD @ The Windup Space (Shadow Woods After-Party)
9/23 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
9/24 – Miami, FL @ Gramps
9/25 -Tampa, FL @ Brass Mug
9/26 – Orlando, FL @ Will’s Pub
9/27 – Atlanta, GA @ 529
9/28 – Houston, TX @ Concert Pub North
9/29 – Austin, TX @ Barracuda (Red River Family Fest)
9/30 – Dallas, TX @ Double Wide
10/1 – Memphis, TN @ Growlers
10/2 – Nashville, TN @ The End
10/3 – Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlie’s
10/4 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose
10/5 – Brooklyn. NY – The Kingsland
10/6 – Philadelphia. PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
10/9 – Pittsfield, ME @ House of Doom
10/10 – Manchester. NH @ The Jewel
10/11 – Boston. MA @ Middle East Upstairs
10/12 – Silver Spring, MD @ H Restaurant & Nightclub
10/13 – Columbus, OH @ The Shrunken Head
10/14 – Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle Brewing
10/15 – Chicago, IL @ Reggies
10/16 – Detroit, MI @ Lager House
10/17 – Lakewood, OH @ The Foundry
10/18 – Rochester, NY @ Bugjar
10/19 – Montreal, QC @ Quebec Deathfest

https://www.facebook.com/OfficialUADA/
http://uada.bandcamp.com
http://uada.bigcartel.com
http://store.eisenton.de

SACRIFICIUM CARMEN set release date for new SATURNAL album, reveal first track

Today, Saturnal Records sets November 16th as the international release date for Sacrificium Carmen’s highly anticipated second album, Hermetica. If the band’s critically acclaimed Ikuisen Tulen Kammiossa debut displayed the band as a serious contender to be reckoned with in years to come, then the follow-up Hermetica shall prove that Sacrificium Carmen are ready to be spoken of amongst esteemed countrymen like Horna, Baptism, Sargeist, Kadotus, and Behexen.

Hailing from the ever-fertile Finnish black metal scene, Sacrificium Carmen both embody their home country’s prevailing underground idiom and offer a unique, diabolical twist to it. Founded in 2009 by vocalist Hoath Cambion and guitarist Advorsvs, the band draws their inspiration from the areas of occultism and Satanism exclusively. Sacrificium Carmen became active in 2012 with a full lineup, and soon released their debut demo, Sanansaattaja, in 2013 via Finnish underground label Spread Evil Productions. After the demo’s release, the band excelled in the areas of live shows and split releases, which all spread well around the underground scene. In 2014, Sacrificium Carmen started working on a debut full-length album, and the demo recordings led into a signing of a record deal with Saturnal Records for the debut album Ikuisen Tulen Kammiossa.

Following its release during the autumn of 2015, Ikuisen Tulen Kammiossa reaped widespread acclaim, and opinion was nearly unanimous: Sacrificium Carmen was a definite contender. Now, the band has further intensified and refined their sound with LP#2, Hermetica. Here you will find the same approach black metal with a melodic and atmospheric touch where all tendencies have been directed into very aggressive and sinister output, where Finnish black metal sound meets murky death metal sound as witnessed with orthodox black metal acts – but more vibrantly expressed, suggestive of the band’s onstage confidence. Like its full-length predecessor, Hermetica presents eight equally dynamic tracks, dragging the listener to the sulfurous depths, with characteristic vapor trails of hypnotizing melody lingering above the tar-thick sewage. One could even say Sacrificium Carmen are more “rocking” here, and even more melodic simultaneously – but let it be known that the band are still exquisitely filthy and exceptionally well-recorded.

The more things change, the more they stay the same, or so the saying goes. Sacrificium Carmen keep the fires of Finnish black metal burning and hold high the torch with Hermetica! Feel the first burn with the new track “Kaitselmuksen Tähti”

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Sacrificium Carmen’s Hermetica
1. Alttaritaulut
2. Kaitselmuksen tähti
3. Mysteerion nietoksilla
4. Hermetica
5. Valheennäkijä, kuoleva mestari
6. Noidanpolku
7. Valonkantajan adventti
8. Arvet & Henki

MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/sacrificiumcarmen
www.saturnalrecords.com
www.facebook.com/saturnalrecords