PISS ON THE GODHEAD // WATCH HIM CHOKE IN DESPAIR Decimating the godhead to its insipid form, on March 29th, Triumvir Foul returns with its third legion of the triumvirate under the Vrasubatlat banner – the Urine of Abomination. This EP is being released in conspiracy with Invictus Productions on CD, 12″ vinyl, and cassette tape formats, with 20 Buck Spin handling manufacturing & distribution in North America.
Triumvir Foul returns after their short lull from Spiritual Bloodshed with a four-song exhibition showcasing their more caustic elements to date. Again slightly departing in theme, the Urine of Abomination takes a direct approach in discussing the obliteration of the godhead and humiliating him in piss. Sonically, Urine of Abomnination carries on the sound of Triumvir Foul‘s more traditional death metal tendencies found on their demo An Oath of Blood and Fire and fuses it with more bestial black/death destruction. Urine of Abomination is the amalgamation of aural hell and fetishistic indignation – admonish the godhead and drown it in piss. THE URINE OF ABOMINATION TEARING THE CERVIX OF CREATION WITH RAPE OF VISCERAL TOMENT
PISS ON THE FACE OF GOD WATCH ITS LAST BREATH DECAY AND SUCCUMB TO THE URINE OF ABOMINATION In the meantime, hear the new track “Urine of Abomination I” here:
The CD version of Urine of Abomination will include An Oath of
Blood and Fire as bonus tracks. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Triumvir Foul’s Urine of Abomination 1. Urine of Abomination I 2. Urine of Abomination II 3. Urine of Abomination III 4. Urine of Abomination IV
DESTRÖYER
666 have announced new European tour dates together with label mates
NOCTURNAL GRAVES in the fall of 2019. The metal wolf-pack will embark on
the ‘Sons of Rebellion’ tour on October 24 at the Viper Room in Vienna (AT), and
travel trough out 8 more countries before a final curtain the the Proxima venue
in Wasaw (PL). A full list of confirmed shows can be found below.
DESTRÖYER
666 +NOCTURNAL GRAVES +DEAD CONGREGATION
+INCONCESSUS LUX LUCIS 24 Oct 19 Vienna (AT) Viper
Room 25 Oct 19 Ljubljana (SI) Orto Bar 26 Oct 19 Arci Mu Parma (IT)
Circolo 27 Oct 19 Villeurbanne (FR) CCO 28 Oct 19 Paris (FR) Petit
Bain 29 Oct 19 London (UK) The Underworld 30 Oct 19 Leiden (NL) Gebr de
Nobel 01 Nov 19 Mannheim (DE) MS Connexion Complex 02 Nov 19 Zwickau (DE)
Club Seilerstraße 03 Nov 19 Krakow (PL) Kwadrat 04 Nov 19 Prague (CZ)
Futurum 05 Nov 19 Munich (DE) Backstage 06 Nov 19 Oberhausen (DE)
Helvete 08 Nov 19 Rostock (DE) Zwischenbau 09 Nov 19 Poznan (PL) U
Bazyla 10 Nov 19 Warsaw (PL)
DESTRÖYER
666 Russia 25 Jan 19 Moscow (RU) Aglomerat 26 Jan 19 St.
Petersburg (RU) MOD
DESTRÖYER
666 will be touring in support of their latest EP ‘Call of the
Wild’ which can be heard in full here. The Artwork and details can be found
below.
Track-list 1.
Violence Is Golden (4:30) 2. Stone by Stone (3:37) 3. Call of the Wild
(4:46) 4. Trialed by Fire (7:02) Total:
19:55
DESTRÖYER 666 continue to do what they are best at: kicking ass and hammering out heavy metal that is slamming straight into the face. No compromise, no sell out, no bullshit!
The Australians fill the gap between albums with the hard-hitting EP, ‘Call of the Wild’ that comes with a distinct taste of an unrepentantly classic flavour.
DESTRÖYER 666 don’t do whiny nostalgia but simply stick to their old school roots, which are reaching straight down into the golden age of metal while allowing themselves to sound fresh and remain relevant.
The band originally started out as a solo project of BESTIAL WARLUST guitarist KK in Australia in 1994. As early as with debut album ‘Unchain the Wolves’ (1997), fast-tracked towards international acclaim. The even stronger second full-length, ‘Phoenix Rising’ (2000) had the Australians relocating to Europe to be able to satisfy the soaring demand for touring and festival shows. After a round of line-up changes, third full length ‘Cold Steel… For an Iron Age’ (2002) cemented the band’s excellent reputation. After a hiatus caused among other issues by disenchantment with the business, DESTRÖYER 666 returned with ‘Defiance’ in 2009 and followed up on this success with the rough and gritty ‘Wildfire’ seven years later that saw them touring and performing at all the relevant metal festivals worldwide on a regular basis again.
‘Call of the Wild’ comes with three fresh tracks and the revisited classic, “Trialed by Fire”, which was first published on ‘Terror Abraxas’ (2003). Now come and get yours!
Today,
Hells Headbangers announces the signing of Finnish blackthrash
cult Sadokist. The first fruit of this union shall be the
band’s highly anticipated second album, Necrodual Dimension Funeral
Storms, which will see release through the label later this year on CD and
vinyl LP formats.
Sadokist formed in 2007 and have
lurked deep in the fertile Finnish underground since 2007, brewing up demos that
pronounced its foremost aims: the telltale Evil Sado Fuckin’ Metal in
2008 and 2010’s Horrors From Hell, with a split tape in between with
comrades Black Angel fittingly titled Sadomatik Angel Attack. A couple
more demos followed in 2012, and all this hard graft eventually culminated in
the opus of obscurity now known as Thy Saviour’s Halo, Held by Horns,
the band’scult-classic debt album from 2014. Deeply and
reverently committed to their classic forebears – from the early Big Three of
Teutonic thrash to the first explosions of filth from the ’80s South American
underground, not to mention the almighty Bathory and Necrovore –
Sadokist nevertheless exude an effervescent elan and caustic,
careening charm that immediately put them well beyond mere “retro” retread. In
fact, their youthful vibrancy put Thy Saviour’s Halo, Held by Horns
over the hump of over-familiarity and into a realm populated by the likes of
Nifelheim, Desaster, and Aura Noir, such is the strength of
Sadokist‘s songwriting.
Now allied with longtime fans
Hells Headbangers, Sadokist are prepared to
unleash their second full-length nuclear detonation: Necrodual Dimension
Funeral Storms. The album was recorded at the band’s rehearsal space and
then finished at Megahammer’s home studio during 2017-2018. Mandatory
headbanging shall spill over into total and utter possession; the effect shall
be instantaneous as well as long-lasting.
A statement from the band
reads: “After our latest album, Thy Saviour’s Halo, Held by Horns,
Sadist Stalker got reinforced by seventh new drummer, Sagittariuz Perverzor
and Vorrtexx Armageddon has stayed on his duty as solo guitarist. Werwolf Records got interested in our first album and suggested us to Hells Headbangers, which we are very pleased with. We’ll see how our alliance goes in the future, but until then, unjoy Necrodual Dimension Funeral Storms….”
Release date, cover art, and preorder info to be announced shortly. For more info, consult the links below.
Norwegian black metallers Nordjevel, whose self-titled debut album was released on Osmose Productions to great critical acclaim three years ago, are back with a vengeance with Necrogenesis, an album which sees the band’s core of founder and vocalist Doedsadmiral (Svartelder, Doedsvangr, Enepsigos) and bassist DzeptiCunt (ex-Ragnarok), being joined by Destruchtor (Myrkskog, ex-Morbid Angel) on guitars and backing vocals and Dominator (ex-Dark Funeral) on drums.
The new arrivals have enabled Nordjevel to expand its musical horizons and produce an album that promises to be more ferocious than its predecessor, as Doedsadmiral explains: “With the addition of Destruchtor and Dominator to the band’s lineup, Nordjevel has never been so strong. Necrogenesis is a much darker and violent album. It is also more varied and mature, both musically and lyrically. We definitely did not want to get stuck in a rut and churn out an identikit version of our debut, and fortunately, we all felt that we wanted to go in the same direction, so we were all able to work together extremely well on the new songs. Having said that, Necrogenesis was a hard bastard of an album to complete, and at times, we felt that the universe was conspiring against us, so it became a very personal album for all of us.”
To give fans a taste of what they can expect from Necrogenesis, Nordjevel have released a video for the opening track “Sunset Glow.” The video, by Necrolust Productions, which was filmed during the band’s 2018 appearance at the December Darkness Festival in Sweden, can be seen here:
“Sunset Glow” has also been released as a single, and can be streamed or downloaded HERE at Osmose‘s Bandcamp.
Necrogenesis is set to hit the streets on Osmose Productions on March 29th in CD Jewel Case, Limited Edition CD Digipack (with bonus track), Limited Edition Double Gatefold Vinyl in Blood Red (with bonus track), Limited Edition Double Gatefold Vinyl in Black (with bonus track), Digital, and Limited Edition Audio Tape formats.
Recorded at Velvet Recording in Spydeberg, Norway, Necrogenesis was engineered by Nordjevel and Christer Krogh, and mixed and mastered by Patric Darkhyrys at his WSL Studios in France. With artwork and layout by Vincent Fouquet of Above Chaos, cover and tracklisting for Necrogenesis are as follows:
Tracklisting for Nordjevel’s
Necrogenesis 1. Sunset
Glow 2. Devilry 3. The Idea Of One-Ness 4. Black Lights From The
Void 5. Amen Whores 6. The Fevered Lands 7. Nazarene Necrophilia 8.
Apokalupsis Eschation 9. Panzerengel 10. Venom Of Serpents (Bonus Track
Vinyl, Digipack)
Norwegian black metal masters 1349 have
released a new single, titled ‘Dødskamp’. The song has been commissioned by
Innovation Norway, Visit Norway and the Munch Museum, who asked four Norwegian
artists within four different genres of music to interpret their angle on a
freely selected work by the famous painter Edvard Munch. Naturally, 1349
approached the art of Munch from their black metal
perspective.
Regarding the single,
1349 guitarist Archaon comments: “Munch is arguably the biggest
Norwegian artist throughout history, together with Edvard Grieg, I suppose. His
works are tremendously dark and eerie, reflecting a lot of anxiety, pain and
loneliness, in the way I perceive them. So, it suited us perfectly. I chose the
work “Dødskamp” which directly translates “Death Struggle” and speaks volumes
for itself. It was an emotionally Heavy task, and also a completely new way
to compose. As well as some very long nights, bereaved of sleep. In the end
though, it was worth it. This is the soundtrack to the dilemmas of
mortality.”
The artwork of ‘Dødskamp’ can be
viewed here, together with the track-list.
Tracklist: 1. Dødskamp (05:05) 2. Atomic Chapel (live) (06:54) – only
available on EP
When 1349 rose
from the ashes of ALVHEIM in 1997, the band was driven by a deep desire to keep
the black metal flame burning in all its rebellious glory. The Norwegians set
out with the declared aim to remain true to the original spirit of their scene,
which they saw heading into all the wrong directions.
Conceived around the founding
members, which consisted of vocalist and first 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, after the
latter recorded a demo and the debut album with the band in
2001.
When their debut ‘Liberation’ was
finally unleashed in 2003, 1349 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 Norwegians’ reputation as
one of the strongest acts in the already peaked scene, where they managed to
carve out a claim for their own.
Founding member Tjalve decided to
focus on his band PANTHEON I and 1349 have since continued as a
four-piece – occasionally adding renowned guest guitarists. Extensive touring aided the
growth of a massive following, which started to seriously reach across the
Atlantic, when 1349 opened for reunited metal legends Celtic
Frost in North America in 2006.
In
an impressive demonstration that dedication to the origins and early principles
of black metal does not have to mean nostalgia and stagnation,
1349 considerably widened their sonic palette with the next
full-length ‘Revelations of the Black Flame’ (2009), which was co-mixed by
iconic CELTIC FROST mastermind Tom Gabriel “Warrior” Fischer.
Their newly found darker and more
ambient side, was further explored and interwoven with the earlier sonic
approach, which 1349 dub “aural hellfire” on the following
‘Demonoir’ (2010). Extensive touring and performances at prestigious festivals
around the globe filled the period from 2010 to 2012.
‘Massive Cauldron of Chaos’
(2013) was the next milestone in the Norwegian’s merciless advance, scoring
excellent reviews and sparking more festival shows as well as extended touring,
which also brought 1349 for the first time to Australia and New
Zealand. Now the band is preparing to unleash more “aural hellfire” onto the
expecting world via Season of Mist. www.facebook.com/1349official
Taken from three tracks included in the band’s 2016 split with international post-black contemporaries Sleepwalker, Stone & Sea
is a tribute to the crumbling coastlines of Eastern England and the
spirits that lie restless beneath the waters. Recorded, produced and
re-mastered specifically for vinyl by Greg Chandler (Esoteric, Lychgate,
Grave Miasma, Fluisteraars), these tracks take the best aspects of
post-rock and black metal and intertwine key elements of traditional
folk to create a masterpiece laced with a definite touch of the “epic.”
For over a decade, FEN have
steadily developed into one of the most intriguing bands within the UK
black metal scene. Often bracketed within the post-black and “shoegaze”
movements, the London trio’s sound is actually more unique to themselves
– a startling paradox of searing and aggressive paradox within a
progressively daring and ambient beauty.
Starting out with a pastoral form of atmospheric black metal on 2009’s acclaimed debut The Malediction Fields,
the trio’s sound has expanded and diversified considerably across five
full-length albums to embrace a number of different elements all honed
and synthesized into a distinctive, yet captivating, soundscape.
In late 2015, the band recorded a three-track EP, entitled Stone and Sea,
a deliberate hearken back to their older, more explosive, sound whilst
retaining the maturity the English trio had developed across the years.
The intention was to record something ‘for themselves,’ to escape from
the album cycle for a time and work on a self-contained piece.
Eisenwald
now proudly presents this unique recording as a limited-edition
180-gram vinyl MLP, which includes new album art illustrated by Alasdair
Dunn of Immortalpict Illustration. Fans of the band’s earlier works,
such as Ancient Sorrow, will find much to appreciate here while
those who admire the trio’s more recent releases will enjoy a more
immediate interpretation of the FEN sound.
January 11, 2019 – Los Angeles, CA – As anticipation builds toward the Feb. 22
release of “The Harrier,” the sophomore album by HISS FROM THE MOAT (the
transcontinental black/death metal band founded by former Vital Remains and Hour
of Penance drummer James Payne), the group has unveiled a play-through video of
a new song, “God Nephasto.”
Website Gear Gods described the blistering song as “blackened tech-death,” writing that “the precise technical execution and raw blackened aesthetic, two seemingly opposing approaches, are combining in a marvelous way.” The site went on to praise Payne’s performance, calling him “one of the only drummers with the god-like capability of playing with extreme technical precision while endowing deliberate feel.” Says Payne, “The song is one of the most intense of the album as far as rhythm and atmosphere. It has several parts of blast beats and breakdowns that, combined with the dark atmosphere of the notes, keep the song pretty nervous. This is to support the lyrics that have been taken from parts of the Enuma Elish and the Old Testament that talk about when the gods mentioned in these scripts ordered sacrifices in their honor.” “God Nephasto” is now available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp and other digital platforms. It is also being offered along with the title track – the music video for which can be seen at this location – as an “instant grat” download in conjunction with all digital pre-orders. “The Harrier” will be released on Feb. 22 on CD, digital and limited-edition moat-black vinyl.
Pre-orders are available now via Bandcamp (https://hissfromthemoat.bandcamp.com) and the M-Theory Audio webshop (www.m-theoryaudio.com/store). The album – which features cover artwork by Stefano Bonora – was recorded, mixed and mastered at Milan’s SPVN Studio with Stefano Orkid Santi, who produced the latest Cripple Bastards album and previously worked as live engineer for bands such as Origin, Suffocation and Cattle Decapitation.
The U.S.-based Payne formed HISS FROM THE MOAT with two Italian friends – bassist/vocalist Carlo Cremascoli and guitarist Giacomo Poli – when he was just 18 years old. In 2009, the group self-released their debut EP, “The Carved Flesh Message,” which they supported by performing alongside the likes of Psycroptic, Skeletonwitch and The Black Dahlia Murder. Four years later, HISS FROM THE MOAT released their debut full-length, “Misanthropy,” via Lacerated Enemy/Nuclear Blast. The band’s intense use of both extremes of death and black metal produced an album that stood alongside those of acts such as Behemoth, Belphegor and Rotting Christ. Following the release of “Misanthropy,” HISS FROM THE MOAT embarked on an extensive tour across Russia, Europe and Asia, delivering aggressive and visually engaging performances backed by the blackened intensity of the band’s new material. During this period, Payne left the legendary death metal act Vital Remains – a group he joined following a two-year stint with Italian death metal powerhouse Hour of Penance – to focus full-time on HISS FROM THE MOAT, and the band extended from a three-piece to a quartet with the addition of Max Cirelli (guitar/vocals). Over the past two years, the band has toured extensively worldwide while working between the U.S. and Italy to write “The Harrier.”
Now, HISS FROM THE MOAT aim to unleash another sonic onslaught that captures the band’s range of death and black metal inspiration while creating a unique and intense presence in the world of extreme music.
Death Metal extremists
MISERY INDEX are now premiering the second track taken from
their upcoming album ‘Rituals of Power’. The new offering is slated for release
on March 08th, 2019 via Season of Mist. The title track is now streaming in the
form of a lyric video
MISERY INDEX
comment on the track: “‘Rituals of Power’ represents the album’s title track and
most musically dynamic offering. We wanted to create something that captured the
tension of this modern era; something that conjures visions of civilizational
collapse and lost ideals gone astray and embeds them in riffs as monolithic as
they are haunting. It is an anthem of hope as much as it is a cautionary tale
about the use and abuse of power; an end-times farewell letter from the front
lines of history. Turn it up and enjoy the ride
The artwork, which is created by
Raphael Gabrio, and track details of ‘Rituals of
Power’ can be viewed below.
Track-list 1.
Universal Untruths (2:35) 2. Decline and Fall (4:36) 3. The Choir
Invisible (4:26) 4. New Salem (3:24) 5. Hammering the Nails (3:46) 6.
Rituals of Power (5:20) 7. They Always Come Back (5:08) 8. I Disavow
(4:21) 9. Naysayer (2:26)
The band comment on the album: “‘Rituals of Power’ is a
disavowal and warning against the consequences of our so-called ‘post-truth’
age. Each of the 9 songs revolves loosely around this theme, yet each track also
stands very much on its own. As an album however, they are all brought to life
as one ‘reanimated’ monster; it’s roughly 35 minutes of unhinged, yet cohesive,
riff-driven aural ballistics. We were pissed off and on fire during both the
writing and recording, and we think it shows in spades. We set out to write the
best album we could, based on what we would want to hear first as fans of this
music, and we could not be happier.”
On further news, MISERY
INDEX have announced new European dates together with WORMROT
and TRUTH CORRODED in the spring of 2019. The ‘Rituals of Power: Phase 1’ tour
sees the band traveling through eight countries with a final curtain at the
Turock in Essen (DE). A full list of confirmed shows can be found
below.
MISERY
INDEX +WORMROT + THE LION’S DAUGHTER + TRUTH CORRODED 23 Mar 19
Heidelberg (DE) Heidelberg Deathfest 24 Mar 19 Nürnberg (DE) Z-Bau 25 Mar
19 Wien (AT) Escape Metalcorner 26 Mar 19 Brno (CZ) Melodka 27 Mar 19
Dresden (DE) Chemiefabrik 28 Mar 19 Kassel (DE) Goldgrube 29 Mar 19 Berlin
(DE) Cassiopeia 30 Mar 19 Eindhoven (NL) Grindhoven 31 Mar 19 München (DE)
Backstage 01 Apr 19 Zürich (CH) Werk21 02 Apr 19 Segrate MI (IT) Circolo
Magnolia 03 Apr 19 Genf (CH) Usine 04 Apr 19 Paris (FR) Glazart 05 Apr
19 Sint Niklaas (BE) De Casino 06 Apr 19 Essen (DE) Turock
MISERY
INDEX return furiously with their brand new album, ‘Rituals of Power’!
With their sixth full-length, the American icons of hard hitting brutality
display the strength of maturity grown out of the experience gained as a
relentless touring machine. The general trend of their continuous evolution to
incorporate less core elements and move towards classic death metal finds a new
high water mark.
When their debut EP ‘Overthrow’ was recorded in 2001 by
vocalist and bassist Jason Netherton (ex-DYING FETUS) together with (then)
guitarist and vocalist Mike Harrison and drummer Kevin Talley (ex-DYING FETUS),
MISERY
INDEX immediately charted a course to explore and push the limits of
Death Metal and Grindcore, drawing influence from bands like MORBID ANGEL,
NAPALM DEATH, TERRORIZER, BOLT THROWER and ENTOMBED. The erstwhile project
shifted to a full time band when guitarist Sparky Voyles (ex-DYING FETUS)
joined.
In 2003, MISERY
INDEX unleashed their first full-length ‘Retaliate’, to exceptional
reviews and followed by numerous support tours and festivals in Europe and North
America. After several line-up changes, second album ‘Discordia’ was released in
2006 with even more touring in its wake. Their third full-length,
‘Traitors’ (2008) reaped raving reactions from both critics and fans and saw the
band on the road again until 2009. Then MISERY
INDEX dropped ‘Heirs to Thievery’ (2010) like a bomb on the Death Metal
masses, shattering all expectations. The album was both a commercial and
critical success, elevating the band to headlining slots. During that year, long
time guitarist Sparky Voyles was replaced by Darin Morris.
A string of
shows and festivals around the globe followed and on the Munich date of ‘Full of
Hate Tour’ alongside CANNIBAL CORPSE, BEHEMOTH and LEGION OF THE DAMNED, the
band recorded their first live album. Released early 2013, ‘Live in
Munich’ perfectly epitomized the rawness and ferocity that MISERY
INDEX elevated onto a new level with their fifth full length “The
Killing Gods” in 2014.
Now with “Rituals of Power”, revolving around the
concept of “truth”, MISERY INDEX
are back with nine crushing tracks which tackle how ‘truth’ has been
constructed and molded throughout history as a means to uphold power, regimes
and ideologies. Brace, hold tight and run for cover, the wrath of MISERY
INDEX is upon us and they are more furious than they’ve ever
been.
Album
line-up: Jason
Netherton: bass, vocals Adam Jarvis:
drums Mark Kloeppel: guitar, vocals Darin Morris:
lead guitar
Riding high on the critical acclaim afforded their highly anticipated fourth
album, Throne Ablaze – released on November 26th, 2018 via
W.T.C. Productions – today, Swedish black metal
elite Valkyrja announce that they’ll be touring as direct
support to the legendary Marduk as part of the “Viktoria Europa Part 3” tour.
Following the release of Throne Ablaze last year, Valkyrja
took to the road with Marduk across Europe as part of the “Viktoria
Europa Part 2” tour along with the equally legendary Archgoat. A rousing success
overall, these new tour dates will continue both bands’ dominance of the
nowadays black metal scene, and further the spell that Swedish black metal has
had over the underground. Full list of dates as well as poster are as
follows: April 13 POL Zabrze @ Wiatrak April
14 CZE Ostrava @ Barrack April 16 CZE Brno @ Melodka April 17 AUT Wien @
Viper Room April 18 SVK Bratislava @ Randal April 19 ROU Cluj Napoca @
/Form Space April 20 ROU Bucarest @ Quantic April 21 BUL Sofia @ Mixtape
5 April 23 MKD Skopje @ MKC April 24 SRB Beograd @ Dom Omladine April
25 CRO Zagreb @ Vintage Industrial Bar April 26 ITA Milan @ Legend April
27 SUI Luzern @ Konzerthaus Schuur April 28 FRA Lyon @ CCO
Villeurbanne April 30 FRA Toulouse @ Metronum May 01 ESP Barcelona @
Boveda May 02 ESP Madrid @ Caracol May 03 POR Lisbon @ RCA Club May 04
POR Porto @ Hard Club May 05 ESP Pamplona @ Totem May 07 FRA Colmar @ Le
Grillen May 08 NED Helmond @ Cacao Fabriek May 09 GER Munster @
Sputnikhalle May 10 FRA Nilvange @ Le Gueulard Plus May 11 NED Hoogeven @
Graveland Festival
Valkyrja was founded in 2004 with the earnest intention of
channeling violence, deprivation, and loathing through means of extraordinarily
potent audio emissions. Their ideals were permeated by passionate and boundless
perversion – a sickly urge festering ever so vibrantly in the essence of its
members, a will to cast off the manacles of societal enslavement and leave a
dying world behind. While the brotherhood took shape, opposition and defiance
surfaced from the deepest recesses of the mind: a fierce hostility towards the
laws and morals of their surroundings, notions which felt entirely alien to the
band’s core.
As part of Valkyrja‘s philosophy of
ridding themselves from limitations, no specific genre was ever chosen since it
would only serve to establish a framework of useless expectation. The artistic
output created under the flag of Valkyrja defies all earthly
shackles, including those of commercial categorization. With ideology as
lodestar, venturing into darkness without a backwards glance, they took their
first fledgling steps on a road staked out by the night
itself.
Valkyrja‘s debut album, The Invocation of
Demise, was recorded in Necromorbus Studio during March 2007 and then
released in physical form by Northern Silence Productions six months later.
Valkyrja quickly gained their reputation as a ferocious live
act: a display of carnal lust leaving each stage with the foul scent of death.
Drawn to the stench of putrid bereavement, Metal Blade Records contracted the
band in 2009. The Invocation of Demise was treated to a re-release by
their new ally, thus spreading the curse even further. The same year also saw a
return to Necromorbus Studio for the recording of their second album, the most
aptly named Contamination. The new tracks would prove to be a crucial
part of the band’s live setlist as they, the following autumn, embarked on their
first European campaign.
Forged and conceived to reflect blood and fire,
the third Valkyrja album, The
Antagonist’s Fire, set the world aflame on the eleventh day of the
eleventh month in the year 2013. The opus also marked the beginning of
Valkyrja‘s long-running collaboration with elite underground
label World Terror Committee. During the past decade,
facilitated by Massive Music and accompanied by titans of extreme metal, over
100 different European cities has been forced to swallow the bitter wine of
sonic violence. Furthermore, 2016 and 2017 saw two extensive North American
tours with Valkyrja as co-headliner, during which 22 different
states were soaked in rotten blood.
Five years removed from the third
opus, Valkyrja return under a new guise. The past few years
have seen the band subjected to several crucial lineup changes, igniting a
period of utter despair that would sow the seeds for what has now come to
pass: Throne Ablaze was unleashed upon the world on November 26th,
2018. The album reflects the passion and dedication of everyone involved, those
who face every storm – past and future – with weapon in hand. It will forever
stand as a monument of continuous struggles – so right there, in the core of
this strife to conquer every obstacle, kneel and obey the fires of the blazing
throne! Cover art, courtesy of Nestor Avalos, and tracklisting are as
follows:
Tracklisting for Valkyrja’s Throne
Ablaze 1. In Ruins I Set
My Throne 2. Crowned Serpent 3. Opposer of Light 4. Tombs Into
Flesh 5. Halo of Lies 6. Transcendental Death 7. Paradise Lost 8.
Throne Ablaze
Today, Mexican death metal cult Ravenous Death premiere the new track The Sinister Being” . The track hails from the band’s striking debut album, Chapters of an Evil Transition, set for international release on January 21st via Memento Mori. Hear Ravenous Death‘s “The Sinister Being” in its entirety here:
Hailing from the vast death metal hotbed of Mexico, Ravenous Death feature current members of such other bands as Remains, Demonic Manifestation, and Death’s Forsaken. The band’s embryo was brought forth in 2016 during the recording of Remains’ third album in Mexico City, when vocalist/guitar player Miguel Angel and drummer Esteban Salcedo toyed with the idea of creating a death metal band influenced by Vomitory, Torture Division, and the likes. Later on, both musicians shared their vision with lead guitarist Enrique Fray, and the three of them agreed to push the idea forward and carry it out as a side-project due to the commitments they all had with their main bands. Soon after, Enrique and Miguel Angel began writing songs for the newborn abomination, and the three members decided to name the band after a Vomitory song titled “The Ravenous Dead.”
Fast forward to October 2016: the recording of Ravenous Death‘s debut demo/EP, Ominous Deathcult, is finalized (although not released as a Bandcamp download until March 2017), including five songs chock full of rotting maliciousness that show great poise in combining blasting brutality, crushing heaviness, somber ambience, and fierce intensity, with the lyrical themes revolving about death, occultism, blasphemy, and other classic topics of the olden Metal of Death. On May 13th, 2017, the band make their first live performance in the city of Guadalajara. For this occasion two new members were recruited – namely, bass player Alejandro Mendez and guitarist Diego Gomez – leaving Miguel Angel on vocal duties alone. After the excellent crowd response, both Alejandro and Diego join the band as official members.
Emboldened by this patient momentum, at last arrives Ravenous Death‘s full-length debut, aptly titled Chapters of an Evil Transition. Indeed displaying the band’s transition into an evil death metal juggernaut, the album absolutely bleeds the molten-yet-mildewed essence of ’90s Metal of Death. Fucking fashion and trends and especially fickle tastes, Chapters of an Evil Transition is a guts fucking time-warp to the days when death metal was supposedly “dead,” lost in favor of black metal or power metal or (worse) ill-fated sellout fantasies. In this landscape did many a raw ‘n’ righteous mini-classic get birthed, and suitably do Ravenous Death continue the proud legacy of Vomitory and Mexican forebears Shub Niggurath, but also especially Sadistic Intent, Seance, old Grave, ’90s Immolation, ’90s Vader, and Finland’s Demigod. No more but definitely no less, this is DEATH METAL by and for death metal MANIACS: no bullshit, and no sellout!
Completed by stark artwork courtesy of Mörtuus and mastering by the esteemed Javier Felez at Moontower Studios, allow Ravenous Death to read you Chapters of an Evil Transition! Continue reading with the new track “The Sinister Being” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Ravenous Death’s Chapters of an Evil
Transition 1. Prelude to Evilness 2. Doomed to
Exist 3. Harvesting Hate 4. Evil Dementia (The Voices of the
Nobodies) 5. Awakening of the Damned 6. Cursed Origin 7. Initiation
Ritual 8. The Sinister Being 9. Massacre Cult 10. Soul Consumed by the
Occult
