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Heilung update tour schedule and announce support acts!

HEILUNG are now updating their European tour dates, including the support acts on selected dates. LINDY-FAY HELLA will join HEILUNG in London, MIRA CETI PROJECT will be present during the Paris show and SANGRE DE MIERDAGO will join the band  on selected dates. The exact schedule and support acts can be found below.

HEILUNG are furthermore proud to announce that the shows in Warsaw (PL), Essen (DE), Utrecht (NL), Brussel (BE) and Paris (FR) are already sold out. Tickets for the remaining shows are also running low.
HEILUNG European tour
22 Oct 19 Palladium (PL) Warschau (Sold out)
24 Oct 19 Berlin (DE) Admiralspalast (tickets)*
26 Oct 19 Essen (DE) Colosseum Theater (Sold out)*
28 Oct 19 Munich (DE) Circus Krone (tickets)*
30 Oct 19 Prague (CZ) Divadlo Hybernia (tickets)*
01 Nov 19 Halle (DE) Händelhalle (tickets)*
03 Nov 19 Vienna (AT) The Vienna Globe (tickets)*
05 Nov 19 Zurich (CH) Volkshaus (tickets)*
07 Nov 19 Kiel (DE) Kieler Schloss (tickets)*
10 Nov 19 London (UK) Roundhouse (tickets)&
14 Nov 19 Utrecht (NL) Tivoli Vredenburg (Sold out)
17 Nov 19 Brussels (BE) Ancienne Belgique (Sold out)
20 Nov 19 Paris (FR) Elysée Montmartre (Sold out)#
* support: Sangre de Muerdago
& support: Lindy-Fay Hella
# support: Mira Ceti

HEILUNG live
07 Sep 19 Selb (DE) Mediaval Festival 2019
17 Oct 19 Nancy (FR) Nancy Jazz Pulsation Festival
19 Oct 19 Hameln (DE) Autumn Moon Festival 2019
06 Dec 19 Lviv (UA) Lviv State Circus
08 Dec 19 Kyiv (UA) Center of Culture and Arts NAU
14 Dec 19 Copenhagen (DK) Amager Bio (Sold out)
18 Feb 20 York (UK) Descended from Odin Festival (Exact date TBA)
22 Feb 20 York (UK) Jorvink Viking Festival
10 Apr 20 Rouen (FR) Le 106
12 Apr 20 Toulouse (FR) Echos Et Merveilles Festival
16 May 20 Metz (FR) Cire Musicale -Bam
20 Aug 20 St.-Nolff (FR) Motocultor Festival 2020 (Exact date TBA) HEILUNG will be touring in support of ‘Futha’ which was released on June 28, 2019. The cover artwork and album details of ‘Futha’ can be viewed below. 

On the meaning of the album title, HEILUNG comment: “The majority of full rune set inscriptions start with ‘Futha’, and is known to us as the first four letters in all runic alphabets. It is considered that our forefathers saw magic potential in engraving the full rune line, but there is also great significance in the beginnings. Science has no key for the meaning of only engraving the first couple of letters yet, but there is, of course, a surplus of theories. One of the theories we found inspiration in, is that ‘Futha’ holds the meaning of fertility and female gender. As ‘Ofnir’ focused on war and masculine notions, the great healing power of female wild strength is evoked in Futha. Those who have been present at a birth or have seen lionesses hunting know the spirit, and we welcome and embrace it in the sounds that were born during the creation of ‘Futha’.“
Track-list
Galgaldr (10:22)
Norupo (4:18)
Othan  (10:19)
Traust (9:49)
Vapnatak (4:03)
Svanrand (3:36)
Elivagar (8:45)
Elddansurin (8:05)
Hamrer Hippyer (14:17)
Total playing time: 1:13:34
“Ofnir” was a very masculine album. To create it, HEILUNG took a big part of the lyrics from preserved rune inscriptions on weapons and armour. “Futha” is the counterpart, the balance point, the feminine side. Here, the lyrics originate from old Icelandic poetry, in which the holy women chant magic spells and offer their blessings. Hence, female voices are more prominent on “Futha”.

HEILUNG means “healing” in the German language and this also describes the core of the band’s sound. The listener is supposed to be left at ease and in a relaxed state after a magical musical journey that is at times turbulent.

HEILUNG reach far back in time to the Northern European iron age and Viking period to create their sound experience. The band utilises many means in their songs: from running water via human bones, reconstructed swords and shields up to ancient frame drums as well as bronze rings.

When HEILUNG self-released ‘Ofnir’ in 2015, the Danish band could hardly have anticipated the breakthrough success of their debut album. Spectacular live shows, strong critical acclaim, and a massive underground buzz added to the constantly high demand for this full-length are the reason why their new label Season of Mist did not hesitate to re-issue ‘Ofnir’ in several collector’s edition formats. HEILUNG‘s live album, ‘LIFA’ (2017) was released in parallel.

The word “Futha” is taken from an artefact, that is still controversially discussed. Big names in runology like Düwel and Heizmann can agree neither on the deciphering nor the meaning of the description.…The word is engraved in a gold bracteate from Skåne (SE), which was produced around 500-530 AD. It was discovered in 1831 and these medals or coins were divided into different categories by the Swedish archaeologist Oscar Montelius. The bracteate in question is a so-called C-bracteate named Schonen II-C (Schonen is the German Name of Skåne) with a horse and a face. The rune inscription is between the hind-legs of the horse. Interesting to mention here is the fact that the majority of full rune set inscriptions start with “futh“, which also is the first three letters in all runic alphabets. It is considered that our forefathers saw magic potential in engraving the full rune line, but there is also great significance in the beginnings. Science has no key for the meaning of only engraving the first couple of letters yet, but there is a surplus of theories. This brings us to a runic staff found in Bergen, which was given the rather unpoetic archaeological classification B011. It carries the inscription: “felleg er fuþ sin bylli Fuþorglbasm”, which means: “Lovely is the cunt, may the cock fill it up”. Also interesting is that the Högstena amulet, which we use in the song “Galgaldr”, has an alternative deciphering of the word “futh“, which in this context means “cunt”. All this leaves us with two hints: magic potential and the female genitalia. The great healing power of the female wild strength is evoked in “Futha”. Those who have been present at a birth or seen a lioness hunting, know the spirit. The spirit of the “wilde Weiber” (German), the wild wise women. “Futha” endeavours to connect to a time before the female was degraded to a birth-machine and carrier of eternal inherited guilt. 

“Futha” was three years in the making and was finished for production and print at midwinter, the very darkest day of the solar year, the 21st in the 12th month at 21:00.

Any attempt to link the band with or bring their music into a modern political or religious context is pointless, since HEILUNG try to connect their listeners with a time before the coming of Christianity and modern political ideologies. 

Line-up
Kai Uwe Faust 
Christopher Juul
Maria Franz

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1349 premiere new song “Striding the Chasm”

Norwegian black metal band 1349 have premiered the third track from their new record ‘The Infernal Pathway’
The cover artwork of ‘The Infernal Pathway’ has been created by Jordan Barlow and can be viewed below, together with the tracklist.
Tracklist
1. Abyssos Antithesis (5:30)
2. Through Eyes of Stone (3:24)
3. Tunnel of Set VIII (0:47)
4. Enter Cold Void Dreaming (3:59)
5. Towers Upon Towers (4:50)
6. Tunnel of Set IX (1:06)
7. Deeper Still (4:13)
8. Striding the Chasm (6:11)
9. Dødskamp (5:01) (album edit)
10. Tunnel of Set X (0:53)
11. Stand Tall in Fire (8:09)
1349 live dates 2019
16 Oct 19 Oslo (NO) Røverstaden
30 Nov 19 Parma (IT) Black Winter Fest XII

1349
European tour w/ ABBATH and VLTIMAS
23 Jan 20 Weimar (DE) Uhrenwerk
24 Jan 20 Bochum (DE) Matrix
25 Jan 20 Nijmegen (NL) Doornroosje
26 Jan 20 Antwerpen (BE) Trix
27 Jan 20 London (UK) Islington Assembly Hall
28 Jan 20 Paris (FR) La Machine Du Moulin Rouge
29 Jan 20 Nantes (FR) Stereolux
30 Jan 20 Toulouse (FR) Metronum
31 Jan 20 Barcelona (ES) Salamandra
01 Feb 20 Madrid (ES) But
02 Feb 20 Lyon (FR) Nikasi Kao
04 Feb 20 Mannheim (DE) MS Connexion Complex
05 Feb 20 München (DE) Backstage
06 Feb 20 Luzern (CH) Schüür
07 Feb 20 Parma (IT) Campus Music Industry
08 Feb 20 Brno (CZ) Fleda
09 Feb 20 Warschau (PL) Progresja
11 Feb 20 Berlin (DE) Festsaal Kreuzberg
12 Feb 20 Hamburg (DE) Kulturpalast
13 Feb 20 Copenhagen (DK) Amager Bio
14 Feb 20 Gothenburg (SE) Tradgarn
15 Feb 20 Stockholm (SE) Fryhuset Klubben
Norwegian black metal titans 1349 have returned with their long awaited seventh full-length: ‘The Infernal Pathway’. The album promises a journey through chaos and madness, darkness and peril, terror and annihilation.
 
1349 is AURAL HELLFIRE.  That has been, and continues to be, the primary concept since the band first rose from the ashes of Alvheim in 1997.  Conceived around the founding members – vocalist and former drummer Ravn, guitarist Tjalve, and Seidemann on bass – 1349 completed their line-up with the addition of guitarist Archaon in 1999 and SATYRICON drum-legend Frost in 2001.
 
When their debut ‘Liberation’ was unleashed in 2003, the Norwegians took the world by storm with their intense blend of old school black metal soundscapes and ultra-fast aggression. Further assaults followed in rapid succession. ‘Beyond the Apocalypse’ (2004) and ‘Hellfire’ (2005) cemented the band’s reputation as one of the strongest acts in the scene.
 
Upon the departure of founding member Tjalve, who decided to focus on his band PANTHEON I, 1349 have since continued as a four-piece – occasionally adding guest guitarists. Extensive touring aided the growth of their now massive following when the four piece opened for reunited metal legends CELTIC FROST in North America in 2006.
 
Impressively demonstrating that holding true to the principles of the genre do not mean nostalgia and stagnation, 1349 widened their sonic palette with  ‘Revelations of the Black Flame’ (2009), which was co-mixed by CELTIC FROST mastermind Tom Gabriel “Warrior” Fischer. This inspired a newfound ambient darkness from the band, which was further explored on ‘Demonoir’ (2010).
 
‘Massive Cauldron of Chaos’ (2013) was the next milestone in the Norwegians merciless advance, scoring excellent reviews and a nomination for a Norwegian Grammy (Spellemannprisen). The release sparked more festival shows as well as extensive touring, bringing 1349 to Australia and New Zealand. In 2018, the Munch Museum and Innovation Norway chose 1349 as one of four bands to create a song based on the paintings of Edvard Munch. As a result, the single ‘Dødskamp’ was released earlier this year.  
 
After performing a fiery show at Norway’s Inferno festival this year, 1349 started recording in Amper Tone studios and Studio Nyhagen with engineer Jarrett Pritchard. Thus, ‘The Infernal Pathway’ was born, a sonic parallel to summoning and unleashing the beast of the abyss in all its fearsome, ferocious and powerful splendor.
 
Gearing up for a full U.S. tour in the fall, and a European tour with ABBATH and VLTIMAS in 2020, more events will unfold, making this a banner year for 1349.
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OZBM elite Runespell stream the entirety of its highly anticipated third album, Voice of Opprobrium

Today, OZBM elite Runespell stream the entirety of its highly anticipated third album, Voice of Opprobrium. Set for international release on September 6th via Iron Bonehead Productions, hear Runespell‘s Voice of Opprobrium in its entirety here:
Since this Australian entity’s public unveiling in 2017 with the Aeons of Ancient Blood demo (released by Iron Bonehead), Runespell has sharpened its sword and quickly, with two albums – 2017’s Unhallowed Blood Oath and last year’s Order of Vengeance – arriving less than a year apart. Now arrives the new full-length Voice of Opprobrium a year after the last, and the iron’s hotter than ever. Here, Runespell consolidates its all-too-considerable strengths, suitably balancing the grandiose melancholy vs. bloodlust axis of Unhallowed Blood Oath and the urgency and unquenchable desperation of Order of Vengeance. Similarly, mainman Nightwolf maximizes the melancholy of his now-characteristic acoustic interludes, instilling Voice of Opprobrium with a somberness that chills to the fucking bone.

And once again, underpinning everything is an authentic and austere steeping in early ’90s black metal classicism. Be it from Scandinavia or France or particularly Poland, such source material has been so widely replicated year after year, and yet Runespell elusively continues to be able to both handily challenge those classics AND resound like an era-relevant relic. It’s not surprising, considering Nightwolf is one of the busiest men in the shit-hot Australian black metal scene, maintaining as he does the equally prolific Eternum and Blood Stronghold. While still bearing aesthetic similarities to those two bands – this is the purest, most mystical black metal after all – with Order of Opprobrium, Runespell further solidifies its majestic rumination on the mysteries of war and bloodshed, vengeance and valor, memory and destiny. Dedication and sacrifice – spiritually, above all, as well as physically – are once again the watchwords, and they’ve resulted in black metal wielded as weapon, totem, and portal simultaneously.

Mesmerizing, majestic, iron-girded and iron-willed Runespell‘s Voice of Opprobrium is the torch to burn modernity down to the ground.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Runespell’s Voice of Opprobrium
1. Firmament in Blood
2. Voice of Opprobrium 
3. Wraithwoods
4. All Thrones Perish II
5. Wings of Fate
6. Ascendant
more info:
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Profanatica release second new track of forthcoming album!

Blasphemous black metal legion PROFANATICA are now premiering the second new track taken from their upcoming release ‘Rotting Incarnation of God’, which will hit the stores on October 11th, 2019. Listen to the new offering ‘Eucharist in Ruin’ here:
The band comments on the upcoming effort: “The only problem with the new Profanatica is that it eventually ends.”
The artwork of ‘Rotting Incarnation of God’ has been created by Paolo Girardi and can be viewed together with the track-list below.
Track List:
1. Liturgy of Impurity (03:38)
2. Prayer in Eclipse (02:37)
3. Broken Jew (03:08)
4. Washed in the Blood of Lord (03:49)
5. Sacramental Cum (06:12)
6. Mocked, Scourged and Shit Upon (03:17)
7. Tithing Cunt (03:03)
8. Rotting Incarnation of God (04:21)
9. Eucharist In Ruin (02:51)
10. In My Kingdom (04:32)
Total: (37:37)
One of the first wave of American black metal bands, PROFANATICA have purveyed primeval blasphemy on nigh for three decades. ‘Rotting Incarnation of God,’ their latest album and first with Season of Mist, vomits forth a most vulgar strain of black metal ejaculate. Led by founder Paul Ledney, the trio desecrate everything sacred with a ferocious stream of chainsaw guitars and relentless battery. PROFANATICA walk as kings in the murky depths of the black metal scene, and ‘Rotting Incarnation of God’ cements their well-deserved reputation as one of the genre’s most wicked creations. Some music was meant to stay underground.

In 1990, Aragon Amori, Paul Ledney, and Brett Makowski departed INCANTATION due to artistic differences, leading to the birth of PROFANATICA. Influenced by such classic cults as VENOM, NECROVORE, SARCOFAGO, and BATHORY, the unholy trinity together had a passion to create raw and sacrilegious Black Metal. The band has since released four full-lengths and over a dozen demos, splits, and compilations. However, their story is not one without controversy as the masters for what was supposed to be their first full-length, initially titled ‘The Raping of the Virgin Mary,’ were unfortunately destroyed in the studio, although, there are conflicting stories about what really happened. The band parted ways until Ledney resurrected PROFANATICA with two new members in 2001. Despite dropping their first demo in 1990, their long overdue debut full-length, ‘Profanatitas de Domonatia,’ was released 17 years after the band’s conception.

Now, PROFANATICA’s latest chapter is nothing short of blasphemous perversions, sacrilegious incantations, and furious, unrelenting black metal. The kings of USBM are back to bless you with another assault of unholy hellfire.  
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https://profanaticasom.bandcamp.com/ 

Line-up
Paul Ledney: drums & vocals
Adam Besserer: guitars
Richard Olsen: bass

Final order for IRON BONEHEAD / NUCLEAR WAR NOW!-curated NEVER SURRENDER fest announced – tickets on sale

NEVER SURRENDER FEST VOL. II
October 19-20, 2019
Oakland Metro Operahouse
Oakland CA, USA
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In 2009, Iron Bonehead  and Nuclear War Now! worked together to present the first NWN! Fest. The collaboration proved fruitful and the event was a success, so we continued the partnership, presenting four additional installments over the years. As Iron Bonehead ascended to become one of the preeminent underground labels, it began to make more sense to present bands from both Nuclear War Now! and Iron Bonehead, resulting in the Never Surrender Fest, the first edition of which took place this past November. We held all of the previous fests in Berlin because it was a centralized location, allowing us to bring more bands from Australia and Asia, while also presenting many North and South American bands to a European audience for the first time. Ten years later, it seems like the right moment to put together a fest in the United States, particularly, Oakland, California—the home of NWN! To that end, Iron Bonehead and NWN! are presenting the first-ever U.S. edition of the Never Surrender Fest, scheduled to take place on October 19th and 20th, 2019, in Oakland, CA, with a pre-show scheduled for October 18th, 2019. There will be 16 bands performing, with 8 bands chosen from each label. Full fest order follows, as well as poster art.
***SATURDAY OCT 19TH***
Doors: 3:00 PM

EOSPHOROS (USA): 04:00 PM – 04:40 PM
BYYRTH (USA): 05:10 PM – 05:50 PM
MORBOSIDAD (USA): 06:20 PM – 07:00 PM
BLUE HUMMINGBIRD ON THE LEFT (USA): 07:30 PM – 08:15 PM
BONE AWL (USA): 08:45 PM – 09:30 PM
TEMPLE NIGHTSIDE (AUSTRALIA): 10:00 PM – 10:45 PM
UNAUSSPRECHLICHEN KULTEN (CHILE): 11:15 PM – 12:00 AM
BLACK WITCHERY (USA): 12:30 AM – 01:30 AM

***SUNDAY OCT 20TH***
Doors: 3:00 PM

ORDER OF THE NAMELESS ONES (USA): 04:00 PM – 04:40 PM
CEMETERY LIGHTS (USA): 05:10 PM – 05:50 PM
HOUSE OF ATREUS (USA): 06:20 PM – 07:00 PM
SIEGE COLUMN (USA): 07:30 PM – 08:15 PM
VOLAHN (USA): 08:45 PM – 09:30 PM
GRAVE UPHEAVAL (AUSTRALIA): 10:00 PM – 10-45 PM
ANTEDILUVIAN (CANADA): 11:15 PM – 12:00 AM
BLACK CILICE (PORTUGAL): 12:30 AM – 01:30 AM
Never Surrender Pre-Fest Gig
Engendro Malévolo (CA) 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Zulxaxeku (CA) 9:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Ptahil (IN) 9:45 PM – 10:30 PM
Cemetery Lights (RI) 10:45 PM – 11:30 PM
Eggs of Gomorrh (Swiss) 11:45 PM – 12:30 AM

Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 8:00 PM

Elbo Room Jack London
311 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94607

$15 adv $20 door / 21+

Pre-Fest Tickets

ORTHODOXY set release date for THE SINISTER FLAME debut, reveal first track – includes DOMAINS member

On October 31st internationally, The Sinister Flame is proud to present Orthodoxy‘s highly anticipated debut album, Novus Lux Dominus, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.
 
A so-far shadowy entity, Orthodoxy hail from Spain and formed sometime during the past decade. In 2015, the band’s first demo, Shaarimoth, burst forth from the womb, displaying a band fully, frighteningly formed. Indeed, this collective were no mere youngsters; the band’s founder hails from well-respected cult Domains, also a part of The Sinister Flame‘s very selective cabal. However, that demo was but a mere taste of the salacious, supernatural slime to follow…
 
At last, it arrives in full-length form, bearing the title Novus Lux Dominus. Howling from a black void, Orthodoxy arrogantly stride forward with far more focus and utterly gutted execution. No more but certainly no less, Novus Lux Dominus is all-caps DEATH METAL – pure and proud, dark and sinister, sidestepping all the muddled miscegenation of nowadays “death metal” – and duly delivers a nine-song/44-minute journey below the bowels of the Beyond. Magickal in every sense, Novus Lux Dominus weaves an alternately hypnotic and disruptive spell, beckoning the listener ever deeper into their devastating energies, only to flay both body and soul with a sadism borne of incomparable darkness. Thusly, Orthodoxy create a Metal of Death that’s haunting and crushing in equal measure. A cursory reading of some of the album’s component song titles – “Flame of Primordial Essence,” “Residues of an Obsolete Trance,” and “Voluptuous Death” among them – should more than spell out the righteous diabolism that awaits…
 
Strident, almost martial, Orthodoxy‘s Novus Lux Dominus heralds a new era of ageless darkness. Step forward to that New Era with the new track “Flame of Primordial Essence” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Orthodoxy’s Novus Lux Dominus
1. Evocative Darkness
2. Key to Victory
3. Flame of Primordial Essence
4. Novus Lux Dominus
5. Eerie Presence
6. Voluptuous Death
7. Abyss of Aberration
8. Acausal Emanation
9. Residues of an Obsolete Trance
MORE INFO:
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BYYRTH set release date for new IRON BONEHEAD mini-album, reveal first track

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets October 18th as the international release date for a special new mini-album from Byyrth, Cold Autumn Shadows, on CD and 12″ vinyl format. The release will coincide with this year’s edition of the Iron Bonehead / Nuclear War Now!-curated Never Surrender Fest, set to take place on October 19-20 in Oakland, California.

Following on from their critically acclaimed second album, Echoes From the Seven Caves of Blood, here on Cold Autumn Shadows do Byyrth continue to strike a new, frightening face for vampiric black metal. More effortlessly than before do they eschew the withering frivolity and frivolousness of most definitions of anything “vampiric” in regards to black metal: this Californian quartet kick in quickly with a ripped-raw and unrepentantly punkish attack. Blown-out and harshing everyone’s mellow, each iron-fisted anthem of theirs marches forward with absolute arrogance and an enviable swagger, but true to this mini-album’s title, Cold Autumn Shadows indeed imparts a newfound melancholy for Byyrth that’s equally potent.

Make no mistake, though: Byyrth‘s vampirism is an indomitable variety, the alpha to everyone else’s omega. And once again, they accomplish their sanguinary goals with an almost militant efficiency: Cold Autumn Shadows imparts dark medieval times in a compact 26 minutes, swirling the listener into a lysergic haze of ancient-days mysticism. Somehow more brittle but emboldened, this is the sound of Byyrth spreading black leathery wings of doom ever wider…

Feel that black-leather embrace with the new track “Parasitic Twin” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Byyrth’s Cold Autumn Shadows
1. Infernal Abomination
2. Cold Autumn Shades
3. Parasitic Twin
4. Sanguitorium
5. Archaic Triumvirate
6. In the Hall of Sacrilege
MORE INFO:
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IGNIVOMOUS begin European tour this week, DATES UPDATED – to release long-awaited new album on NUCLEAR WAR NOW!

Australian death metal warmasters Ignivomous begin a full European tour this week, starting at the Morbid Catacombs Fest and following with an appearance at Kill-Town Death Fest. The tour precludes the release of the band’s long-awaited third album, Hieroglossia, set for international release on November 15th via Nuclear War Now! Productions on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. Fully updated list of dates as well as event info & poster art are as follows:
30 August – Berlin, Germany – Zukunft Am Ostkreutz – Morbid Catacombs Fest [EVENT INFO HERE]
31 August – Warsaw, Poland – Poglos [EVENT INFO HERE]
1 September – Wroclaw, Poland – D.K Luksus [EVENT INFO HERE]
2 September – Dresden, Germany – Chemiefabrik
4 September – Hamburg, Germany – Bambi Galore (KTDF Warm Up) [EVENT INFO HERE]
5-8th September – Copenhagen, Denmark – Pumpehuset – Kill-Town Death Fest [EVENT INFO HERE]
9 September – Utrecht, Netherlands – dB´s [EVENT INFO HERE]
10 September – Deinze, Belgium – Elpee [EVENT INFO HERE]
11 September – Nantes, France – La Scène Michelet [EVENT INFO HERE]
12 September – Zurich, Switzerland – Ebrietas
13 September – Oberhausen, Germany – Helvete [EVENT INFO HERE]
15 September – Kiel, Germany – Alte Meierei [EVENT INFO HERE]
Seven long years after the release of their sophomore album, Contragenesis, Ignivomous return with their third full-length, Hieroglossia,unveiling eight tracks of organic, primal death metal — the kind the band has become synonymous with in its 13-year existence within the death metal underground.

Borne out of the members’ desire to see a resurgence of a heavier, more dissonant style of death metal, Ignivomous were among the first wave of bands to reignite interest in the genre in the first decade of this century. Hieroglossia preserves the core membership of the band present throughout its tenure — Sean Hinds (guitar), Chris Broadway (drums), and Jael Edwards (vocals) — and presents the recording debut of Lewis Fischer on guitar (Altars) and Chris Jordon (Inverloch, Eskhaton) on bass, both of whom have cemented the band’s live assault for the previous few years in a campaign of high-profile shows in their native Australia. This lineup in its current form has secured and built upon the band’s unrelentingly legacy, oozing raw, sinister death metal pushed a step further into the void, creating an album which synthesizes the band’s influences with a definitive and individual vision. While projecting a murky and atmospheric take on the death metal template, Heiroglossia avoids sacrificing the primacy of the riff for reverb-drenched formlessness or songwriting in favor of dissonance for its own sake.

Thematically, Heiroglossia continues Ignivomous’ investigation into topics of Philosophical pessimism, influenced by the works of Thomas Ligotti and E.M. Cioran, and Gnostic concepts of the fallen and hostile nature of the material world, presented throughout with a literary sensibility which should be accustomed to those familiar with their previous output.

Pending the general issue of the album on vinyl and CD via Nuclear War Now!, a strictly limited tour edition digipack version of the album will be available for purchase during the above-mentioned tour. In the meantime, hear the brand-new track “Thalassophobia” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Ignivomous’ Hieroglossia
1. Hieroglossia
2. Circle of Scythes
3. Cloaked in Resplendent Perdition
4. Thalassophobia
5. Shackles of the Demiurge
6. Blood and Mercury
7. Gaunt Redemption Parasite
8. Vitriolic Swarm
MORE INFO:
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BLACK METAL ASSASSIN DAGGER CULT SICARIUS FINISH TRACKING NEW ALBUM, GOD OF DEAD ROOTS

August 25, 2019 – Los Angeles, CA – Hailed by Metal Hammer as “USBM with serious forward thrust,” the nihilistic assassin dagger cult SICARIUS have finished recording their new album, “God Of Dead Roots,” the follow-up to their acclaimed 2017 full-length debut “Serenade of Slitting Throats.”   Due to be released in early 2020 via M-Theory Audio, “God Of Dead Roots” was once again produced by Mick Kenney (Anaal Nathrakh, Benediction, Empyrean Throne). It marks the recording debut of new guitarist Travis “Grimnir” Wilheim (Carnifex, As Blood Runs Black), who was hand-picked by SICARIUS’ founding guitarist Argyris to be his successor last year.   The band recently issued the following update: “The time has come! With a new arsenal of sonic terrorism, SICARIUS completes the recording process once again. Retaining and purifying our razor-sharp brand of chaotic black metal, this new album entitled ‘God of Dead Roots’ exceeds the standard set by our previous work. With the addition of new guitarist Grimnir, we continue to explore the violent aspects of first- and second-wave black metal with an increased fervor. All primary production responsibilities were performed by returning master Mick Kenney of horror-metal pioneers Anaal Nathrakh, assuring our relentless pursuit of auditory extremes.”   Founded five years ago, SICARIUS – meaning contract killer or assassin in Latin – draw influence from and pay homage to classic black metal bands, yet also inject a modern, high-velocity sense of immediacy into their bludgeoning and bloodthirsty extreme metal assault. The group has performed extensively in the Western U.S. alongside such genre heavyweights as Carach Angren, Uada, 1349, Goatwhore, Vader, Helheim, Sadistic Intent, Skeletal Remains, Wolvhammer, Sixes, Witch Casket and Tombs.   Experience SICARIUS live: 8/24 San Diego, CA – The Merrow w/ Mictlantecuhlti, Ruines Ov Abaddon 8/31 Lancaster, CA – American Legion w/ Master, Claustrofobia 9/21 Los Angeles, CA – Five Star Bar w/ Highland, Imperialist   “Theirs is a vision steeped in anger and aggression, a noxious brew of blackened thrash with a healthy pinch of genre-appropriate misanthropy to aid in fermentation.” – Invisible Oranges“Combining black metal with a violent immediacy and pairing it with their bloody, corpse-painted aesthetic, SICARIUS have found a style that sets them apart.” – Decibel   SICARIUS is: K. Karcass – Voice Merihim – Guitars Carnage – Bass Grimnir – Guitars  

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BLACK CURSE reveal first track from SEPULCHRAL VOICE debut, to play Killtown Deathfest

Today, Sepulchral Voice Records reveals the first track from Black Curse. Titled “Charnel Rift,” the track is the first to be revealed from Black Curse‘s striking debut album for Sepulchral Voice, Endless Wound, to be released later this autumn on CD and vinyl LP formats.
Hear Black Curse‘s “Charnel Rift” in its entirety here:
Black Curse is a cryptic expression of madness & possession – a vision of Hell, a revelry of torment. Inspired but not indebted to North American, South American, Finnish, and German masters, Black Curse finds its own voice amongst the chaos and ruin of those before. This is an expression with no regard for current trends or stylistic narrowness. 

Hailing from Denver, Colorado, Black Curse will be making their international debut at this year’s Killtown Deathfest in Copenhagen, Denmark on September 6th. Release date for Endless Wound to be announced imminently.
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