ABBATH announces Australian tourdates

ABBATH have announced a run of Australian shows in September this year. The tour kicks off on September 23 in Canberra, and continues through Brisbane, Sidney, Melbourne until the final date in Hobart on September 27. The full list of shows can be found below.

Australian tourdates
23 Sep 20 Canberra (AU) Basement
24 Sep 20 Brisbane (AU) The Zoo
25 Sep 20 Sidney (AU) Crowbar
26 Sep 20 Melbourne (AU) Max Watts
27 Sep 20 Hobart (AU) Altar
The coverartwork, which is created by Kim Holm and Olav Iversen, and the track-list for ‘Outstrider’ can be found below.
Track listing:
1. Calm in Ire (Of Hurricane) (04:32)
2. Bridge of Spasms (03:49)
3. The Artifex (04:09)
4. Harvest Pyre (04:12)
5. Land of Khem (04:08)
6. Outstrider (05:39)
7. Scythewinder (04:17)
8. Hecate (04:25)
9. Pace till Death (BATHORY cover) (03:41)
Total: 38:52
Line-up 
Abbath – Vocals & guitars
Ole Andre Farstad -Guitars
Ukri Suviletho – Drums
Rusty Cornell – Bass

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Links:
www.facebook.com/abbathband
www.abbath.net
www.instagram.com/abbath_official

ENEPSIGOS reveal first track from new OSMOSE album – also release date, cover, tracklisting

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Despite Enepsigos‘ 2017 debut album, Plague of Plagues, having been enthusiastically welcomed by fans of traditional black metal, the band itself always felt that the album did not really go far enough in establishing what Enepsigos, and its music, was all about.

But now, with Osmose Productions set to release Enepsigos‘ sophomore album, Wrath of Wraths, on March 27th inernationally, all that is about to change. Because, according to the band, Wrath of Wraths is “a manifestation of what Enepsigos really is, and will be. Dark, disgusting, twisted, ritualistic, and violent.”

And today Osmose have released a single from the album to give fans a taste of what to expect. The track “Cups Of Anger” can be heard here:
With intro and interludes by Alexander Wolf and V.I.T.H.R, vocals, guitars, and bass for Wrath of Wraths were recorded at the Bergegarda Studios in Norway, while drums were recorded at the Beastcave Studios in Italy. Mixed and mastered by Tore Stjerna at the Necromorbus Studios in Sweden, and with artwork by Benjamin Vierling and additional inlay artwork by Nestor Avalos, tracklisting for Wrath of Wraths is as follows:

Tracklisting for Enepsigos’ Wrath of Wraths
1. Shields Of Faith
2. Confess
3. Seventh Seal
4. The Whore Is The Temple
5. Cups Of Anger
6 Water And Flesh

Wrath of Wraths will be available on CD, digipack, black and limited-edition white vinyl, and digital formats, and is now available to pre-order from the following:
all CD, LP and merch: http://bit.ly/enepsigos-shop
BANDCAMP: http://osmoseproductions.bandcamp.com/album/wrath-of-wraths
release page: http://osmoseproductions-label.com/enepsigos-wrath-of-wraths
band page: http://osmoseproductions-label.com/bands/enepsigos
PRESAVE on platforms (Spotify, Deezer, Itunes): http://backl.ink/117810532
 
Formed in 2016 by V.I.T.H.R – otherwise known as Doedsadmiral, founder and frontman of bands such as Nordjevel, Svartfelder, and Doedsvangr – and drummer Thorns – known for his work with Blut Aus Nord, Deathrow, Fides Inversa, Frostmoon Eclipse, and Darvaza – the band parted company with bassist Straff upon completion of the debut album and were consequently joined by Rituul on bass and guitars, and it is with this lineup that Wrath of Wraths was recorded.
  Originally conceived as a studio project, and demonstrating a brutality and darkness imbued with ritualistic undertones, Enepsigos recently inked a deal with the Flaming Arts Agency to bring the band’s sound, which is unashamedly rooted in early (and some would say “true”) black metal traditions, to live audiences.
  The video for the track “Pagan Rites” from Enepsigos‘ Plague of Plagues debut can be seen HERE.
For more info, consult the links below.
MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/EnepsigosOfficial
www.osmoseproductions.com
www.facebook.com/Osmose-Productions-192865300755575

FORNDOM reveal first track from new NORDVIS album

Today, Nordvis Produktion reveals the first track from Forndom‘s highly anticipated second album, Faþir, in the form of “Yggdrasil.” Faþir – or “Father” – in ancient Swedish – is slated for international release on April 3rd. Hear Forndom‘s brand-new “Yggdrasil” here:
The cycle of life and nature is a precious and wondrous thing. We are born. We learn. We live. We die. And after death, another life awaits. When the world succumbs to the cold and dark grasp of winter, the promise of a spring birthing everything anew keeps hope alive. Such is the journey we make, and such is the lifespan of Faþir. Heaving, pulsating, filled with contrasts. Ardent hostility and fiery revenge, blossoming life and lush fertility, soul-wrenching grief and deep anguish. Such is the path we walk, under the guidance of the deities. The helping hand of a father. The nurturing wisdom in times of need. But, sometimes, a treacherous god who leads us into death and despair – albeit always with an underlying purpose. Such is Faþir.
With eloquence, elegance, and emotion, L. Swärd has created another monolith of sublime art to add to Forndom‘s impeccable discography. This highly awaited follow-up to 2016’s Dauðra Dura is nothing short of a modern masterpiece, rooted in ancient ways. The expressive vocals and strings soar on top of a foundation of unyielding drums, like spirits dancing in the skies yet connected to the human pulse. Never surrendering the strong connection to our mortal world, there is a deeply sacred dimension to Faþir. A glimpse of the divine, seen through a lens of devotion and veracity. The joining of death and life, if you will.

The thick atmospheres and vast inner landscapes Forndom creates are more prevalent than ever, and from the first trembling string introduction of “Jakten” to the last wistful beat of “Hemkomst,” one is transported to another time, another place, and another mindset, leaving behind the calamity, stress, and superficiality of the modern world and finding anew the lost wisdom hidden by the veil of years passed.    “There will always be someone there turning to us in times of need, someone to raise and teach us the lessons of life,” says Swärd . “But he will also make us suffer and bleed, always with a certain aim, a certain quest, meant for ourselves. If we chose to follow him, we can expect a life of wealth, of higher knowledge and wisdom. But equally, it will also be a life filled with sorrow, tears, and death. But he will be present throughout our path to comfort us, to give life, and to heal. He carries many names and comes in many forms; he is many, yet the very same one – the past as much as the present. We give him our sacrifices; we serve him with our blood. He lives within our spirit, within our memories – within us. No matter what we may call him, no matter what shape he may take, he is and will always remain – our father.”

Preorder info can be found HERE as well as HERE. 

Cover and tracklisting, as well as upcoming tour dates, are as follows:

Tracklisting for Forndom’s Faþir
1. Jakten
2. Yggdrasil
3. Finnmarken
4. Fostersonen
5. Munin
6. Hel, jag vet mig väntar
7. Hemkomst
upcoming FORNDOM tour dates
8/4 – Drizzly grizzly – Gdansk – Poland
9/4 – Hydrozagadka – Warszawa – Poland
10/4 – Zet Pe Te – Kraków – Poland
11/4 – Instant – Budapest – Hungary
12/4 – Arena – Vienna – Austria
13/4 – TBC – Prague – Czech Republic
14/4 – Moritzbastei – Leipzig – Germany
15/4 – Privatclub – Berlin – Germany
16/4 – Stengade – Copenhagen- Denmark
17/4 – MS Stubnitz – Hamburg – Germany
18/4 – TBC – Köln – Germany
19/4 – (Roadburn) – Hall of fame – Tilburg – The Netherlands


MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/forndom

Abbath kick off European tour with VLTIMAS & 1349!

Norwegian black metal titans ABBATH are about to kick off their European tour dates together with label mates VLTIMAS and 1349.The ‘Outstrider’ European rampage will kick off at the Uhrenwerk in Wijmar (DE) tonight, and sees the, what can already be described as THE Black & Death package of the year, tour throughout 11 more countries until a final curtain at the Fryshuset Klubben in Stockholm (SE) on February 15. 
A full list of confirmed shows can be found below!
ABBATH
+VLTIMAS +1349 (rotating slots)
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) Electric Ballroom
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) Festzaal 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

The coverartwork, which is created by Kim Holm and Olav Iversen, and the track-list for ‘Outstrider’ can be found below.
Track listing:
1. Calm in Ire (Of Hurricane) (04:32)
2. Bridge of Spasms (03:49)
3. The Artifex (04:09)
4. Harvest Pyre (04:12)
5. Land of Khem (04:08)
6. Outstrider (05:39)
7. Scythewinder (04:17)
8. Hecate (04:25)
9. Pace till Death (BATHORY cover) (03:41)
Total: 38:52
When Abbath announced that he had left IMMORTAL, it sent massive shockwaves through the metal scene. The iconic frontman had long become the “face” of the Norwegian black scene, his image synonymous with the genre. Upon releasing his debut album with his eponymous new band, ABBATH, in 2016, trve fans were satiated with a dose of icy, blackened fury.
 
Now, the Norwegian giant returns for round two, armed with a refined lineup and ready to strike with a sophomore effort that is sure to once again exceed the expectations of Abbath’s loyal fanbase. ‘Outstrider’ sees a maturation in sound, delivering a tighter, well-rounded offering from the band as they come into their own identity.
 
While there are moments that certainly channel the frosty hallmarks of IMMORTAL, there is no danger of ABBATH repeating that formula. ABBATH draws from NWOBM and melodic influences, adding a fresh new flavor to the sound that the band’s founder came to define.
 
‘Oustrider’ consists of eight, crushing original songs and concludes with a fiery BATHORY cover. The album promises a full-on aural assault from start to finish with frigid riffage and a robust pocket that are layered with vocals from one of the most identifiable voices in black metal. If you thought ABBATH came in hot with their last record, just wait until you hear this!

Line-up 
Abbath – Vocals & guitars
Ole Andre Farstad -Guitars
Ukri Suviletho – Drums
Mia Wallace – Bass
Links:
www.facebook.com/abbathband
www.abbath.net
www.instagram.com/abbath_official

Germany’s SURGICAL STRIKE reveal new video from forthcoming METALVILLE debut

Today, uprising German thrashers Surgical Strike reveal a new video for “Not In This Life.” The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated debut album, Part of a Sick World, set for international release on January 24th via Metalville Records. See & hear Surgical Strike‘s brand-new “Not In This Life” video in its entirety here:
Hailing from Hanover, Surgical Strike have only one mission: playing uncompromising, technical, and 100% pure fucking thrash metal right into your faces. In a world shaped by corruption, manipulation, and denial, the band’s upcoming debut album, Part of a Sick World, is going to be dropped like a nuclear assault. Locked and loaded, Surgical Strike‘s attack is precise and takes no prisoners, so get your asses safe and be afraid of this firepower.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Surgical Strike (Germany)’s Part of a Sick World
1. Dead End Gone
2. Failed State
3. Politicians
4. Conspiracy
5. Below Zero
6. Lambs To The Slaughter
7. Not In This Life
8. Part Of A Sick World
9. Confrontation
10. Sorrow Of War
11. The Breed

  MORE INFO:
www.surgicalstrike.de
www.facebook.com/surgicalstrikemetal

Hard-rocking ultra-black speed metallers Bütcher premiere new video

Today, hard-rocking ultra-black speed metallers Bütcher premiere the new video “Iron Bitch”. The track hails from the band’s highly anticipated second album, 666 Goats Carry My Chariot, set for international release on January 31st via Osmose Productions.

See & hear Bütcher‘s “Iron Bitch” video in its entirety here:
Bütcher vocalist R Hellshrieker reports the following: “We are extremely proud to see the upcoming album taking its final twisted form. We have worked tremendously hard to make this a unique output in the overabundance of digitally altered releases. The sonic layers of analog mayhem that have shaped our identity on the first album were molded once again in the Voodoosound Studios, but this time with a clear focus. With the previous experience under our belt, there was far less need for experimenting with all the vintage equipment, and we took the opportunity to include every detail that accentuates the deeper layers of the songs. This brings it as close as possible to the vision that main songwriter KK Ripper and I intended for this LP.”

  Continuing, he says, “The album was recorded in just one week, a very short timespan for an analog recording – where the title song, for instance, uses all 24 tracks on the tape! – and with LV Speedhämmer laying down the drums after only joining the band 1-2 weeks prior to the recordings. It was a turbulent period for the band, dealing with last minute line-up changes and constantly playing live shows during most of the year. But it has paid off – the album lives, it thrives, it breathes with vicious abandon, and it assaults the mind of the listener. One can almost taste the anger, the tenacity, the strength and the perseverance on this. In the face of adversity, the album was constantly playing in our heads, and KK Ripper has just pumped out riff after riff, lead after lead, the way he composed it. I turned my lungs into leather for this and screamed out all my frustrations. And now it is a victory for us to be able to present this full-length effort in its splendid glory.”

R Hellshrieker concludes: “With a sublime mastering by Arthur Rizk, this album seems to be played straight from mount Olympus, and granted both grandeur and destructive power by the thunderbolts of Zeus himself. The album flows from pure speed ‘n’ heavy metal over extreme thrash, to a black/speed/heavy metal hybrid on side B. To accompany our mixture of metal, there was only ever going to be the epic artwork of none other than Kris Verwimp.  To Bütcher, there is simply no better way to use that as the finishing touch for an Osmose release. We couldn’t have been more proud of the result. And the time for absolute vengeance, and our Second Prayer in service to the Godz of Steele, is nigh.”

Also hear the album’s previously revealed title track “666 Goats Carry My Chariot” exclusively HERE, courtesy of NoCleanSinging.com, as well as the previously revealed video for “45 RPM Metal” exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever magazine.

Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Bütcher’s 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
1. Inauguration of Steele
2. Iron Bitch
3. 45 RPM Metal
4. Metallström/Face the Bütcher
5. Sentinels of Dethe
6. 666 Goats Carry My Chariot
7. Viking Funeral
8. Brazen Serpent
9. Exaltation of Sulphur
MORE INFO:
www.butcherspeedmetal.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/butcherspeedmetal
www.osmoseproductions.com
www.facebook.com/Osmose-Productions-192865300755575

American black-doom magickians Worm stream the entirety of their new album

Today, American black-doom magickians Worm stream the entirety of their highly anticipated second album, Gloomlord. Set for international release on January 24th via Iron Bonehead Productions, hear Worm‘s Gloomlord in its entirety here:
Hailing from the swampy recesses of Florida, originally as the work of one mysterious Fantomslaughter, Worm released two demos – The Deep Dark Earth Underlines All (2014) and Nights in Hell (2016) – before expanding to a duo alongside one Equimanthorn and releasing their debut album, Evocation of the Black Marsh, through Iron Bonehead in 2017. Fully distilling their foul ‘n’ fetid aesthetic, Worm‘s first full-length reaped a bounty of unsettling atmosphere and ancient-style songwriting, presenting a clanging, blown-out appropriation of early Goatlord and Mortuary Drape but with a screws-loose personality that hails unorthodoxy endlessly.

While those influences undoubtedly remain, Worm strike back with a bolder assertion of their own, now-unique identity with Gloomlord. Ever aptly titled, Gloomlord is an altogether more solemn and stately descent into the swamps, both spiritually and physically. With five epic songs spread across an impossibly vast 42 minutes, Worm‘s second album pounds forward with ominous intent, but slowly-evaporating melodies rise from the muck ‘n’ mildew and bewitch the listener with devastation and doom. Indeed, it’s the lattermost element – DOOM – where the duo expand the Worm aesthetic, dynamically exploring the crevasse between light and shade, in a sense evoking the early ’90s canon of classic UK doom-death as well as funeral doom progenitors Unholy, Thergothon, and especially Disembowelment; in fact, the lattermost-named band held the biggest influence on the stylistic shift across Gloomlord. Elsewhere, surprising twists of speed indeed twist the knife more cruelly, only to pull it back out – slowly – as that eerily reverberating melodicism takes center stage. The sum effect is drowning in that very same swamp, over and over but horrifically different from the last, ad infinitum and hypnotically so. Or, as the band themselves coin it, “Floridian Funeral Doom,” and that sum effect is indeed unique, and uniquely Floridian.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Worm (USA)’s Gloomlord
1. Putrefying Swamp Mists at Dusk (Intro)
2. Rotting Spheres of Sentient Black
3. Apparitions of Gloom
4. Melting in the Necrosphere
5. Abysmal Dimensions
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DRUADAN FOREST reveal new song from upcoming three-way split with BANNWALD and URUK-HAI, to be released by ANTIQ

Today, dungeon synth sorcerers Druadan Forest reveal a special edit of the new track “Tuhat Tähteä Ikuisuuden Viitassa.” The track hails from a special split album shared with Bannwald and Uruk-Hai, jointly titled Kingdoms Long Gone, set for international release on February 2nd via Antiq on digipack CD and cassette tape formats.
Hear a special edit of Druadan Forest‘s originally 19-minute “Tuhat Tähteä Ikuisuuden Viitassa” in its entirety here:
With Kingdoms Long Gone, three esteemed projects join forces in an epoch-defining split album, the origin of which already dates back a whole year ago. Bannwald, Uruk-Hai, and Druadan Forest have put together their efforts to deliver what could well be considered a tribute to the dungeon synth subgenre itself. With styles ranging from film music to the purest form of video game OST, going through to medieval dark ambient and even medieval music, the three bands here are forging what can be considered a summation of dungeon synth’s stylistic rebirth as of late.

In addition to a classy digipak, Kingdoms Long Gone will also be available as a tape, as yet more of a tribute to dungeon synth’s aesthetic origins. A coherent split though the variety of bands here – with Bannwald delivering three tracks, Uruk-Hai delivering two, and Druadan Forest with one 19-minute epic – Kingdoms Long Gone poignantly encapsulates the influence of black metal in ambient musics, and could very well shape its future. And, to conclude a truly unique and immersive experience, the front cover was created by Marine Février (Arsule).
Antiq is a label dedicated to the fully coherent concept of making music through sound, image, video, and attitude. They have been putting their entire existence into it since 2009. Over the years, Antiq have been identified as producers of not only perfectly coherent lyrics and themes through music, but also conceptual art and, of course, the manufacturing of beautiful objects. The label tries as much as it can to work with French creators, and if possible, with the smallest and most serious structures.

Also hear Uruk-Hai‘s previously revealed “The Birth of an Uruk-Hai” here:
and Bannwald‘s previously revealed “Fortress I” here:
Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Kingdoms Long Gone
1. Bannwald – Fortress I [3:37]
2. Bannwald – Fortress II [4:58]
3. Bannwald – Kingdom Long Gone [7:41]
4. Uruk-Hai – Orkish Hymn [8:28]
5. Uruk-Hai – The Birth of an Uruk-Hai [7:11]
6. Druadan Forest – Tuhat Tähteä Ikuisuuden Viitassa [19:09]
www.antiqrecords.com
www.facebook.com/antiq.label 
www.antiqofficial.bandcamp.com 

VIOLENT HAMMER reveal first track from forthcoming HELLS HEADBANGERS debut – also cover art, tracklisting

Today, Finnish defilers Violent Hammer reveal the new track “(Trapped) in Depths.” The track is the first to be revealed from the band’s long-awaited debut album, Riders of the Wasteland, which will see release this spring via Hells Headbangers on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Hear Violent Hammer‘s “(Trapped) in Depths” HERE:
Hailing from the ever-fertile Finnish black/death underground, Violent Hammer formed in 2006. Two demos followed in short succession, in 2006 and 2007, before the band would go on hiatus. Violent Hammer would at last return in early 2014 with a new lineup and a new demo, More Victims – Demo 2014, which Shadow Kingdom would release on cassette later that year. Then, another hiatus…

However rough ‘n’ rowdy those earlier demos may have been, the reinvigorated Violent Hammer return with a full-length that handily trounces those not-inconsiderable predecessors. Aptly titled Riders of the Wasteland, Violent Hammer‘s debut album encompasses their simple yet scintillating aesthetic – the full span of death metal and black metal from the ’80s through early ’90s, early thrash, and most significantly early grindcore and UK/Swedish hardcore and crust from the ’80s – and blasts it into oblivion with the aplomb of a nuclear fallout. Unremittingly hammering and remorselessly primitive, each of the nine barbaric slabs of song across the album’s satisfyingly swift 26 minutes gets in, gets out, and fucking DESTROYS. As such, Riders of the Wasteland is deceptively catchy, much like so much ’80s grindcore was, and retains a twisted sense of fun within its gnarled ‘n’ gnarling sonics. And although Violent Hammer here invoke many names – from early Blood, Profanatica, Bestial Summoning, and Naked Whipper to likewise early Doom (UK), Extreme Noise Terror, Mob 47, and even earliest/crustiest Bolt Thrower and Napalm Death – the manner in which they slice and dice all these influences bespeaks an identity wholly unique in today’s underground landscape.

Release date and preorder info to be announced shortly.
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Violent Hammer’s Riders of the Wasteland
1. Annihilation (Victims of Bomb Raid)
2. Death Squad
3. Wasted Through Life
4. Screams of Agony
5. Riders of the Wasteland
6. (Trapped) in Depths
8. House of Beria
9. Bratva
10. Prophet of Darkness
MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/violenthammer
www.hellsheadbangers.com
www.facebook.com/hellsheadbangers 

MIMORIUM set release date for new SPREAD EVIL album, reveal first track

Today, Spread Evil Productions announces February 21st as the international release date for Mimorium‘s highly anticipated second album, Blood of Qayin.

Hailing from Finland, Mimorium would more properly be categorized as Scandinavian black metal, as they are rooted deeply in the ’90s Swedish and also Norwegian black metal scenes. One can one hear echoes of old Dissection, Mörk Gryning, and Dark Funeral in Mimorium‘s fast-paced and melodic black metal as a successful tribute brought to the new millennium, still sounding very much their own and something different simultaneously. Their second album takes a plunge into themes of death and killing, discovering the mysteries of the Blood of Qayin to possess the minds of the murderers viewed through the teachings of anti-cosmic Satanism. Swift ‘n’ decisive, Blood of Qayin shall flow – the past is alive with Mimorium!

In the meantime, let the first blood spill with the new track “Left Hand of North” here:
Distribution for the album is handled by Militant Underground.
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Mimorium’s Blood of Qayin
1. I Am What We Are
2. Profane Breed
3. Regret Everything in You
4. Left Hand of North
5. Two Faced Shadow
6. Throne of Whore
7. Blood of Qayin
8. Hunter
MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/mimorium
www.spreadevil.net 
www.facebook.com/spreadevilproductions