Death Metal

VORUM is dead! CONCRETE WINDS is deadly! First track from SEPULCHRAL VOICE debut revealed – also cover, tracklisting

After their highly acclaimed debut album, Poisoned Void, and the outstanding mini-album Current Mouth, many shows and two European tours, Finland’s Vorum ceased to exist. But the dead cannot die, for they are still hungry…

Up from the ashes, a new phoenix arises: Concrete Winds is about to release one of the most bestial recordings ever erupting from the far north by the name Primitive Force, through Sepulchral Voice Records, which the label will release on July 12th internationally on CD and vinyl LP formats.

The album opens up a maelstrom to the deepest pits of death metal. This is beyond a journey; this is a fucking rush, starting as ripping as it ends, without a single warning. Wildest fury and blackest wrath are the godfathers of Primitive Force. A total of 25 minutes of pure blasphemy, sadism, and dystopia crash through the listener and leave either earbleeding disgust and horror or divine fulfillment and broken furniture.

Primitive Force is an epitome of violence and a prime example of how far extreme metal can be driven without losing its musical aspects. In today’s scene, the ignorance towards most musical principles and dramaturgic elements became a virtue/policy while exploring the most extreme. But all too often, it drifts into droning noise and chokes the power & magick of rhythm and riffing. It is different with Concrete Winds. In spite of the utmost shredding, thundering, and screaming, this album still has musical ambitions.

Primitive Force is evil speed metal riffing and death metal heaviness combined with a black metal performance & attitude. Where Current Mouth ended, Primitive Force starts and drives every audial aspect to the maximum. On the other hand, this release keeps every layout aspect to a minimum. Concrete Winds reduce everything to a lo-fi, cut & paste undergroundish presentation. They set a statement and raise a  middle finger to a distraction shot from what is relevant.

Simply, Concrete Winds‘ Primitive Force is the pure magick of a death metal sound and gospel. Mersus of the Underworld Studios (Degial, Destroyer 666, Gospel of the Horns) draws responsibility for the intense recording: a professional production intentionally held rough, unfiltered, and everything but polished.

Some want to see the world burning – Concrete Winds serves them a primitive torch. Get burned by the first torch of “Infant Gallow,” which can be heard here:

Cover and Tracklisting as follows:

Tracklisting for Concrete Winds’ Primitive Force
1. Infant Gallow
2. Sulphuric Upheaval
3. White Cut Manifest
4. Primitive Force
5. Tyrant Pulse
6. Dissident Mutilator
7. Volcanic Turmoil
8. Angelic Laceration
9. Death Transmission
MORE INFO:
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EVIL ANGEL set release date for long-awaited new HELLS HEADBANGERS album – reveal first track, cover, tracklisting

Today, Hells Headbangers announces May 31st as the international release date for Evil Angel‘s long-awaited second album, Unholy Evil Metal, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

Formed during the dark days of 1998 in Lahti, Finland, Evil Angel finally burst upon the international metal underground in 2002 with the Dark Forces of Hell demo. For the next number of years, the band would continue to perfect its outbreak-of-evil style of blackthrashing metal across more demos, splits, and the aptly titled Metal Onslaught EP. That last-named record was crucial in pointing the direction forward for Evil Angel: each new recording brought them down into deeper depths of primitivism whilst underlining their connection to the unyielding strength of true METAL.

The culmination of this devolution/refinement came in the form of Evil Angel‘s even-more-aptly titled debut album, Unholy Fight for Metal. Here, the quintet stoked the ancient hellfires of early South American darkness, recalling the bestial rush/crush of early Sarcofago, Vulcano, and Sepultura while simultaneously upping the pure metal catchiness of their attack. The album became something of a mini-classic in the underground upon its release in 2007. The band followed it up a year later with a split 7″ with Spawn of Satan via Hells Headbangers and then quietly went on hiatus.

At long last, however, Evil Angel return with nearly the same lineup, ready to reclaim their throne and continue that unholy fight with their long-awaited second album, Unholy Evil Metal. Once again aptly titled, Unholy Evil Metal lays it all on the line about what Evil Angel are all about: UNHOLY EVIL METAL! Picking up exactly where they left off with Unholy Fight for Metal, the all-new Unholy Evil Metal dials back the bestiality a bit but roughens up true, old heavy metal with unapologetic ugliness – and of course, evil. In fact, just a cursory reading of some of the album’s song titles – “Bestial Necromancer,” “Nuclear Hammer,” “Sacrificial Slaughter,” and “Christ Decays” among them – spells in no uncertain terms how unholy (and EVIL) Evil Angel‘s metal is.

Some bands break up or go on hiatus, only to return as hollowed shells of what they once were. In the case of Evil Angel, being buried by time and dust only made them more resolute: Unholy Evil Metal lives again, more virile and vicious than ever! Feel the first thrust of that virile viciousness with the new track “Necro Black Mass” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Evil Angel’s Unholy Evil Metal
1. Necro Black Mass
2. Christ Decays
3. UGH!
4. Nuclear Hammer
5. Legions of Armageddon
6. Sacrificial Slaughter
7. Bestial Necromancer
8. Crawling From The Grave
9. Ritual Sacrifice
EVIL ANGEL lineup 2019
TooLoud – drums
Dr. Evil – guitar
Von Bastard – guitar
Orgasmatron – vocals
Revenant – bass
MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/evilangel.band  

HERESIARCH: New Zealand’s black/death cult present a collection of newly mastered  material on ‘Incursion’ compilation CD .

Forged in 2008, New Zealand’s HERESIARCH is one of the most dominant forces of the current black/death metal underworld. The Wellington based malicious quartet has most recently crossed the threshold of an unprecedented level by bringing forth their debut LP, Death Ordinance. However, it will be inappropriate to glorify them solely based on the excellence of that album. Krucyator Productions offer the compilation CD Incursions —collecting all the materials that Heresiarch spawned prior to their 2017’s full length. All the tracks were newly mastered for this compilation album by Luke Finlay at Primal Mastering Studio to have an overall coherent sounding.
 
Presented in sequential order, the compilation starts with the numbers from 2011’s ruinous demo, Obsecrating the Global Holocaust. Having two originals and one Bathory tribute (Equimanthorn), this demo helped Heresiarch to create a strong buzz in the underground. The following six tracks are taken from the celebrated EP Hammer of Intransigencethe, originally came out a few months after the demo. The final three tracks are borrowed from their 2014’s manifestation, Wælwulf.

Incursions is the representation of Heresiarch’s relentless savagery. Available on CD via Krucyator Productions from April 22nd. .

Order CD:
Shopify: https://krucyator.com/collections/frontpage/products/heresiarch-incursions
Bandcamp: https://krucyator.bandcamp.com/album/incursions 

MORE INFO:
http://krucyatorproductions.com
http://krucyator.com
https://www.facebook.com/krucyatorproductions
https://www.facebook.com/heresiarchcult

Indianapolis’ OBSCENE working on debut album for BLOOD HARVEST

Indianapolis death metallers Obscene are entering Earth Analog Studios during the first weekend of June to begin recording their debut album, to be released later this year through the care of Blood Harvest Records. This is a highly anticipated release which follows up their Blood Harvest-released debut demo, Sermon to the Snake, which surged with a sinister stateliness of pure and total death metal classicism.

Carl Byers (ex-Coffinworm), who also handled the production of Sermon to the Snake, will be engineering and mixing under the Clandestine Arts banner. Mastering will be done by Damian Herring (Horrendous) at Subterranean Watchtower Studios. And last but not least, a piece of masterful artwork has already been  provided by cult artist Mark Riddick. Keep your eyes peeled!

All in all, Obscene and Blood Harvest Records are excited to have a kickass record coming your way after the summer! In the meantime, check out the Blood Harvest-released version of the aforementioned Sermon to the Snake HERE at the label’s Bandcamp.

For more info, consult the links below.
www.bloodharvest.se
www.bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com
www.twitter.com/BloodHarvestRec
www.facebook.com/pages/Blood-Harvest-Records/300012152033
www.facebook.com/obscenedm

PESTILENT DEATH set release date for new BLOOD HARVEST album – streaming now

Blood Harvest Records, in conspiracy with Rotted Life, is proud to present Pestilent Death‘s highly anticipated second album, Chapters of Depravity, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. The CD and cassette versions will be released on April 5th while the vinyl version will follow on May 24th.

Hailing from Los Angeles, for nearly a decade now, Pestilent Death have pursued a stridently pure and pustulent form of death metal. Prolific and proudly DIY, this power-trio belched forth a debut album in 2016 that laid bare exactly what Pestilent Death is all about: Eulogies of Putrefaction. Now, armed with the support of Blood Harvest, they’re prepared to vomit their next disgusting chapter.

Appropriately titled Chapters of Depravity, Pestilent Death‘s second album consolidates all the band’s strengths to date and compromises not one fucking bit. As you’ll hear across these eight individual chapters contained within, theirs is a filthy-yet-brooding style of TOTAL DEATH METAL – by death metal maniacs, for death metal maniacs – that succeeds through simplicity of design and absolute gutsfucking heaviness. The specter of early ’90s Finland looms large across these Chapters of Depravity as well as the tendrils of influence the original Swedeath wave spread across the underground, but instead of offering slavish replication of yesteryear, Pestilent Death instead spit out a rottenly fresh take on pummeling putridity.

Suitably adorned with crypt-ic art courtesy of Vaizal Rotten Art, Chapters of Depravity is required reading for all fans of Pestilent Death and anyone into the truest Metal of Death! The full truth can be streamed here:
Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Pestilent Death’s Chapters of Depravity
1. Chamber Of Wretched Souls
2. Torturous Incantations
3. Pulsating Entrails
4. Perverse Blood Offering
5. Emanation Of Despair
6. Anthropophagy
7. Upheaval Of The Undead
8. Exhumation Of Festering Cadavers

MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/Pestilent-Death-240170766024301
www.pestilentdeathofficial.bandcamp.com
www.bloodharvest.se
www.bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com
www.twitter.com/BloodHarvestRec
www.facebook.com/pages/Blood-Harvest-Records/300012152033

MUTILATE set release date for new IRON BONEHEAD album, reveal first track

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets June 7th as the international release date for Mutilate‘s highly anticipated second album, Contagium, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Hailing from New York, Mutilate are literally a blast from the past. Sounding as if time stopped some 30 years ago, this quartet create crude ‘n’ rude black-cum-death metal that was only brewed in the darkest dungeons of the underground circa 1987. As such, they aesthetically nod to the likes of Death Strike, Helllhammer, Nunslaughter, and Goatlord (U.S.) as well as the torchbearers that came after those pioneers during the ’90s like Benediction, Acheron, Usurper, and Sathanas. It’s stripped-down and simple, and unapologetically so, and done with absolute belief and total authenticity. Trend-mongers couldn’t tolerate Tormentium, their debut album for Iron Bonehead last year, and yet the record won the support of those who do not entry to the false.

Now, striking while the iron’s red-hot, Mutilate return with the even stronger and more disgusting Contagium. Aptly titled, Contagium is a throbbing wellspring of pus and pestilence: crude ‘n’ rude DEATH METAL from an arcane age. Without almost effortless aplomb, Mutilate build upon the already-firm rudiments of Tormentium and simply add a darker, more crushing aspect as well as classically headbanging moments. And yet, for the even-more-overt heaviness here, Contagium also breathes a more haunting, otherworldly atmosphere – much like its cover art, as it were – perhaps best exemplified by the album’s closing title track. Dizzying and delirious, or simply downtuned and doomed to fuck: there’s no escaping this Contagium!

Try escape the new track “Vile and Disgusting” here:
Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Mutilate’s Contagium
1. Vile and Disgusting
2. Quartered
3. No Faith
4. Eyes of a Child
5. Falling Into Darkness
6. Black Fate
7. Decapitator
8. Skeletal Haunting
9. Contagium
MORE INFO:
www.mutilatedeathmetal.bandcamp.com

FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE RETURNS WITH 5TH ALBUM, ‘VELENO,’ ON MAY 24TH

Italian orchestral-death metal and renaissance revivalists FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE will make their triumphant return this year with the release of their 5th studio album, VELENO, on MAY 24TH with NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.

Today, the band has unveiled the record’s debut single, “SUGAR,” via a music video, the album artwork and tracklisting. Fans can also pre-order the album now at www.nuclearblast.com/fleshgodapocalypse-veleno.   

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “SUGAR”:

Francesco Paoli on working with director Giovanni Bucci:   “I met Giovanni Bucci a couple of years ago, while collaborating on his own band ODDKO. We soon became good friends, so we started talking about having him as director for Fleshgod’s new videos. He is a true visionary, with amazing directing and production skills. He’s been making music videos for bands like Korn, and he also has a shining career in the movie industry. We all agreed that he would’ve been the key to a huge step forward for us, visually and artistically, especially on a video like this, which was also extremely complex to produce and shoot. The result is on your screen now, and it’s better than any description. Just hit the play button and enjoy.”  

Italian for venom, VELENO marks FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE’s first record in 3 years, since the release of their critically acclaimed record King (2016). The “metal part” of VELENO was recorded in Rome, Italy at Bloom Recording Studio and Kick Studio with long-standing collaborator Marco Mastrobuono, while the “orchestral part”—the ensembles—were tracked at Musica Teclas Studio in Perugia. Fleshgod Apocalypse then took the effort over to Grammy-nominated Jacob Hansen (VOLBEAT, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, EPICA) at Hansen Studios in Denmark for mixing and mastering. The entire production of VELENO took, according to Paoli, about three months.

VELENO Tracklisting:

  1. Fury
  2. Carnivorous Lamb
  3. Sugar
  4. The Praying Mantis’ Strategy
  5. Monnalisa
  6. Worship and Forget
  7. Absinthe
  8. Pissing On The Score
  9. The Day We’ll Be Gone
  10. Embrace The Oblivion
  11. Veleno

Artwork for the album was created by Travis Smith (AVENGED SEVENFOLD, OPETH, KATATONIA).   Francesco Paoli on VELENO:   “Today is the day. A first taste of our new album, VELENO, is finally available for you all. No words can describe how excited we are and how long we waited for this moment. What you see is the harvest of three years of sweat, revolutions, intense emotions and extreme challenges. We proved ourselves to be stronger than ever, despising compromises, setting the bar higher no matter what. The album is massive to say the least. Every song is a unique piece, literally alive and breathing. Can’t wait for you guys to hear the rest…”  

Pre-order VELENO now: www.nuclearblast.com/fleshgodapocalypse-veleno
Pre-order the digital album on iTunes or Amazon Music and receive an instant download of the new single, “Sugar” at http://geni.us/FAVeleno.

FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE North American Tour Dates: Purchase Tickets @ http://nuclearblast.com/fleshgod-tour

March 15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent

March 16 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick

March 17 – Mesa, AZ – Club Red

March 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge

March 20 – Denver, CO – Oriental Theatre

March 21 – Kansas City, MO – Riot Room

March 22 – Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey

March 23 – Austin, TX – Come And Take It Live

March 24 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar

March 26 – Orlando, FL – The Haven

March 27 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade

March 28 – Raleigh, NC – The Maywood

March 29 – Richmond, VA – Canal Club

March 30 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium

March 31 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre

April 1 – Montreal, QC – Theatre Corona

April 2 – Quebec City, QC – Imperial Bell

April 3 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House

April 5 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

April 6 – Minneapolis, MN – Studio B

April 7 – Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre

April 8 – Regina, SK – The Exchange

April 9 – Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room

April 10 – Calgary, AB – Dickens Pub

April 12 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre

April 13 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon

April 14 – Portland, OR – Bossanova Ballroom

April 15 – Oakland, CA – Metro Opera House  

For More Information: www.Fleshgodapocalypse.com

https://www.facebook.com/fleshgodapocalypse/

https://twitter.com/FApocalypse

https://www.instagram.com/fleshgodofficial

https://www.youtube.com/FleshgodApocalypse

https://www.nuclearblast.com

VLTIMAS release video for new track “Monolilith”

Three-piece extreme metal formation VLTIMAS are premiering a video for the new song “Monolilith”
The track is taken from the  forthcoming debut album ‘Something Wicked Marches In’. The band, consisting of David Vincent (ex-MORBID ANGEL), Rune Blasphemer Eriksen (ex-MAYHEM, AURA NOIR) and Flo Mounier (CRYPTOPSY), will release their brand new offering on March 29, 2019 via Season of Mist.

Guitarist and founder Rune comments: “She is the screeching owl, the seductress of the night, the irresistable incarnation of lust and desire. She is Lilith; the icon, the Demoness.”

“Monolilith is the 4th and final single from “Something Wicked Marches In” and shows a slightly different side to VLTIMAS. With its more melodic take, this track serves as a response to the more cold and brutal moments on the record. But don’t let yourself be fooled: The dark is deep and utterly captivating.” 
VLTIMAS have previously revealed the cover of ‘Something Wicked Marches In’ which has been created by renowned Polish artist Zbigniew M. Bielak (GHOST, PARADISE LOST, BÖLZER, ZHRINE) and can be viewed together with the track-list below.


Track-list
1. Something Wicked Marches In (4:28)
2. Praevalidus (3:39)
3. Total Destroy! (2:57)
4. Monolilith (5:25)
5. Truth And Consequence (3:42)
6. Last Ones Alive Win Nothing (5:29)
7. Everlasting (3:40)
8. Diabolus Est Sanguis (3:27)
9. Marching On (5:34)
Total: 0:38:21

VLTIMAS live
21 Jun 19 London (UK) The Underworld
23 Jun 19 Clisson (FR) Hellfest 2019
25 Jun 19 Krakow (PL) Mystic Festival 2019 (Exact date TBA)
26 Jun 19 Leiden (NL) Gebr. de Nobel
28 Jun 19 Oslo (NO) Tons of Rock 2019 (Exact date TBA)
02 Aug 19 Wacken (DE) Wacken Open Air 2019 (Exact date TBA)
After some years of absence from the black metal scene, guitarist Rune Eriksen (AURA NOIR, EARTH ELECTRIC, ex-MAYHEM), decides to venture back into the aural landscapes he’s widely known for. Having played with one of Norway’s leading extreme metal bands for years, Eriksen seeks to coalesce classic, cold Scandinavian riffing with an air of darkness and the signature force of death metal.
 
Combining strengths, Eriksen brings in veterans of the extreme, David Vincent of legendary death metal formation MORBID ANGEL, as well as acclaimed drummer Flo Mounier from CRYPTOPSY. The three-piece have completed the work on their debut album, which is slated for release early 2019 via Season of Mist. The new death metal powerhouse will be known under the moniker of VLTIMAS.
 
The foundation for VLTIMAS was laid when Rune, after collecting a handful of riffs, presented drummer Flo Mounier with the idea of forming a band together. For the two musicians, having composed and recorded numerous songs together in the past, the musical chemistry was already tried and tested. However, one thing was still missing. This extraordinary musical project needed an extraordinary voice and Eriksen got in touch with David Vincent, with whom he had been in contact for years, to finalize the line-up.
 
Vincent had just exited Morbid Angel and was ready for a new chapter in his long spanning career. Everything fell into place, and VLTIMAS came into being.
 
During the Noize Factory sessions (Georgetown, USA), the musicians started writing a substantial amount of music. The sessions proved to be a fruitful endeavor and the first ideas and song skeletons were later fleshed out by Rune at his home studio in Portugal, then finalized when Flo Mounier and Eriksen returned to Texas, in order to put the final touches to the material at David’s home studio. In a more controlled surrounding the songs started to unveil themselves and the studio was booked.
 
The band entered Orgone Studios in Woburn, England in May 2018 with producer Jaime Gomez Arellano. Here, the three-piece recorded nine crushing tracks that will appear on the full-length debut album.
 
The new record offers a vast array of influences, but most notably the distinguished symbioses of these three respected and talented musicians. A dark and sinister ambiance meets a majestic and a commanding death metal energy.

https://www.facebook.com/VLTIMAS

Line-up:
David Vincent – Vocals
Rune Blasphemer Eriksen – Guitars
Flo Mounier – Drums – guitars

Produced & Recorded by Jaime Gomez Arellano, Orgone Studios (UK)

MEADOWS END: Swedish symphonic extreme metal unit unleashes video “Svept i Sorgepläd”

MEADOWS END has kept creating waves in the metal world with the previews of their highly anticipated album, The Grand Antiquation, due for release on CD & LP via Black Lion Records this March 08th.

After the video of the single Non-Dreaming Eye and the lyric video of the single Devilution, the Swedish symphonic death squad offers another monumental video “Svept i Sorgepläd” as the third single of the album.

MEADOWS END channels orchestrated atmospheres, mesmerizing melodies and heavy grooves, backed up by the aggressive vocals, to create their own blend of modern extreme metal music. Hailing from Örnsköldsvik, MEADOWS END was born in 1997 by a group of childhood friends. Their over-two decades of journey encountered many lineup changes, currently only having Jan Dahlberg (guitars) and Mats Helli (bass) from the original lineup. MEADOWS END previously worked as a six-piece act, but most recently they converted to a quintet.

This March 08, 2019, MEADOWS END returns with the anticipated fourth album, The Grand Antiquation, via Black Lion Records on digipak CD and Vinyl. The album contains everything a listener can expect from the band. Retaining the band’s signature cunning symphonic and melodic tricks, The Grand Antiquation is forged from uncompromisingly delivered death metal, full of unforgettable grooves and ethereal atmospheres that demand the worth of establishing MEADOWS END as an innovator of their craft and a top player of the scene. 

PRE-ORDER:
https://meadowsendblacklion.bandcamp.com/album/the-grand-antiquation

MORE INFO: 
https://meadowsend.org
https://www.facebook.com/meadowsend
https://twitter.com/meadows_end
https://www.facebook.com/blacklionrecordsswe
https://twitter.com/Blacklionrecswe

GRAVE INFESTATION set release date for INVICTUS debut demo, reveal first track

Today, Invictus Productions sets March 29th as the international release date for Grave Infestation‘s striking debut demo, Infesticide, on cassette tape format.

Originally self-released during the closing moments of 2018, so impressed by Grave Infestation‘s sonic filth was Invictus that the label simply had to release Infesticide on a wider scale! And within the first few minutes, it’s simple to understand why: this Vancouver power-trio wield a gutsfucking sound that near-effortlessly synthesizes every slice of darkness of death metal’s pivotal late ’80s era. From the malignant tendrils Morbid Angel cast across the Tampa scene to the buzzsaw bulldoze of the contemporaneous Swedish scene, the ancient foundation of Necrovore, Repulsion, and Sadistic Intent to Carcass’ godly first two albums – all this (and plenty more) gets swirled into Grave Infestation‘s cauldron. And unlike so much modern “death metal” that purports to be a band but is nothing more than a sterile studio project, Infesticide proves that this is three actual human beings playing together, harnessing the powers of death ‘n’ destruction into a maelstrom of inexorable might.

Step forth into that maelstrom with the new track “Dead Wrong” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:  
Tracklisting for Grave Infestation’s Infesticide
1. Dead Wrong
2. Mortality Rate
3. Death Bait
4. Sudden Death
5. Still Birth… Still Life
MORE INFO:
www.graveinfestation.bandcamp.com
www.invictusproductions.net
www.facebook.com/invictusproductions