Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets August 16th as the international release date for Hellvetron‘s massively anticipated second album, Trident of Tartarean Gateways, on CD and double-LP vinyl formats.
Hell’s serpentine maw unhinges and its venom-drenched jaws spew forth Hellvetron‘s long-awaited second full-length offering titled Trident of Tartarean Gateways – a baneful opuscule of ceremonial black metal ensorcelled by nine accursed spells formulated to awaken the primal current and rouse the chthonic Witch-Gods of the Tartarean Realms. Pay tribute to the Trident of the Left Hand; burn in sulfurous fire of the Torchbearer’s Witchflame, drink the holy poisons of the Scorpion Lord, and enter the ancient doorway to the Nightside Realm of Hell’s Queen. Nine sonic keys to unlock the gateways of Infernal Alkhemy await those who dare infuse their essence with the poisoned blood and magickal fire of Three Great Crowns.
Taste that poisoned blood and feel that magickal fire with the new track “Rite – Tartarean Gateways” here :
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Hellvetron’s Trident of Tartarean
Gateways I. Opening –
Queen of the Void II. Initiation – Lustful Witchcraft III. Blessing –
Anointed Under a Burning Throne IV. Evocation – King of Thaumiel V. Prayer
– Draconian Witchblood VI. Offering – Solar Dark God VII. Rite – Tartarean
Gateways VIII. Conjuration- Blood of Ancients IX. Transformation – Altar
of Scorpions
Today, Caligari Records sets May 30th as the international release date for Hexenbrett‘s debut demo, Erste Beschwörung, on cassette tape format. Originally self-released at the end of 2018, this first summoning of the macabre Hexenbrett will surely be one of 2019’s most nefarious recordings.
Hexenbrett is an entity that provides cemetery sounds exclusively. The first invocation, fittingly entitled Erste Beschwörung, is a sample of what will follow in the future. Roaming ancient dungeons with sword in one hand and torch in the other, Hexenbrett conjures the madness and mysticism of olde-worlde black metal, when unorthodoxy was celebrated and no blueprints yet existed – only paths to be blazed! Indeed does Hexenbrett blaze across this six-song/26-minute offering, remaining firmly rooted in the purest metals but fanning those flames with a creepy, coffin-dwelling atmosphere that puts Erste Beschwörung in a league all its own, also incorporating eldritch doom and deathrock into this wildly bubbling cauldron. And it’s early days still…
No boundaries, no limitations: Hexenbrett digs its own unique grave with Erste Beschwörung, and the cemetery is wide-fucking-open. The spell was cast, the demons are here – let the haunting begin! The full haunting can be heard here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for
Hexenbrett’s Erste
Beschwörung 1. Hexen (Bis
Aufs Blut Gequält) 2. Toter Schrei 3. Farben der Nacht 4. Sie
Fliegen!
BLACK
TUSK are about to embark on their previously announced
European tour dates in support of their, in 2018 released, album ‘TCBT’. The
tour will kick off at both Deserfests 2019 in London and Germany and sees the
band traveling throughout 11 more countries until a final curtain at the D.K.
Luksus in Wrocklaw (PL). A full list of confirmed dates can be found
below.
BLACK TUSK comments on the tour: “It’s been a few years since we have been able
to travel across Europe playing shows and a lot has happened in that time. We’ve
released a new album and added a second guitar player. We are very excited to
come play and show y’all all the new stuff we’ve been working on as well as old
material with a new spin!”
BLACK TUSK 04 May 19 London (UK) Desertfest 2019 (Tickets) 05 May 19 Berlin (DE) Desertfest 2019 (Tickets) 06 May 19 Hamburg (DE) Hafenklang 07 May 19 Kopenhagen (DK) Loppen 08 May 19 Oslo (NO) Revolver (Tickets) 09 May 19 Gothenburg (SE) Musikens Hus (Tickets) 10 May 19 Borlange (SE) Broken Dreams (Tickets) 12 May 19 Athens (GR) An Club (Tickets) 13 May 19 Wiesbaden (DE) Schlachthof (Tickets) 14 May 19 Osnabrück (DE) Bastard Club (Tickets) 15 May 19 Köln (DE) MTC (Tickets) 16 May 19 Brussel (BE) Magasin 4 (Tickets) 17 May 19 Mannheim (DE) 7er Club (Tickets) 18 May 19 Martigny (CH) Les Caves du Manoir (Tickets) 19 May 19 Savigliano (IT) Circolo Arci Mazcal 21 May 19 Rome (IT) Evol Live (Tickets) 22 May 19 Bologna (IT) Freak Out Club (Tickets) 23 May 19 Milano (IT) Ligera (Tickets) 24 May 19 Zagerb (HR) Mochvara (Tickets) 25 May 19 Budapest (HU) Dürer Kert (Tickets) 26 May 19 Vienna (AT) Viper Room (Tickets) 28 May 19 Wroclaw (PL) D.K. Luksus (Tickets)
BLACK TUSK will be playing in support of their latest release ‘TCBT’ which was released in August 2018 and is streaming in full here!
The band comments on the album: “We decided to entitle this record ‘TCBT.’ Its a play on TCB, taking care of business, add a T to the end and its Taking Care of Black Tusk. Its an idea, a slogan if you will that James and Athon came up with some years ago, and since his passing and essentially the reformation of this band we found it fitting for a title. We turned inward after Pillars of Ash. Corey came on board and we did the tours to support that record playing the songs that we had written with Athon, Then we took some time off and learned how to write with a new member, we took our time and worked out our ideas, we brought new ideas and talents into the fold. This record is something that we are truly proud of, its the culmination of two years of reworking ourselves as a band. We’ve closed one chapter of this band are starting anew, we are Taking Care of Black Tusk. We recorded this record as a three piece and are going to tour to perform it as a four piece. With a nod to our past and with the knowledge of lessons learned and experience gained, we are heading back out full throttle with a new energy and a new band. When you listen, you will hear Black Tusk, not the old as was, but a new Black Tusk keeping tour roots and carving a new path.”
The cover art of ‘TCBT’ can be viewed together with the album details below.
Track-list 1. A Perfect View of Absolutely Nothing (1:22) 2. Closed Eye (2:28) 3. Agali (3:47) 4. Lab Rat (4:10) 5. Scalped (4:47) 6. Ghosts Roam (4:10) 7. Ill At Ease (4:03) 8. Rest With the Dead (4:55) 9. Never Ending Daymare (2:57) 10. Orange Red Dead (2:06) 11. Whispers (3:29) 12. Burn the Stars (4:14) Total 42:28
There was blood, maybe a few tears too, but more than anything, it was sweat that marks this brand new release of BLACK TUSK called ‘TCBT’.
When BLACK TUSK first hit the streets with their debut EP, ‘When Kingdoms Fall’ in the year 2005, the band had grown out of the Savannah scene but right from the start with their own twist. The three-piece consisting of guitarist Andrew, Athon on bass, and drummer James with all sharing vocal duties added a dash of punk as well as a viscous heaviness and groove to the Savannah school of rock that some critics compared with various stoner and sludge outfits.
Flanked by further EPs, split-singles, and demos, BLACK TUSK steadily expanded both in reach and number of die-hard followers with each successive album, ‘The Fallen Kingdom’ (2007), ‘Passage Through Purgatory’ (2008), ‘Taste the Sin’ (2010), ‘Set the Dial’ (2011), and ‘Pillars of Ash’ (2016). Partly responsible for their success, are the strong live shows of the trio, which garnered early attention on tour with such heavy-weights as BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, DOWN, WEEDEATER, and EYEHATEGOD. Meanwhile the band has toured and performed at most major metal festivals both at home and overseas.
Their latest full-length, ‘Pillars of Ash’ sadly had to appear posthumously for one member as the band had tragically lost their charismatic bass-player Athon through a motorcycle accident. With a heavy heart, BLACK TUSK decided to honour Athon’s memory by carrying on and recruited veteran musician and already long-time friend Corey Barhorst (EX-KYLESA) to take over his duties on the low end.
Now with the 6th studio album ‘TCBT’, which was recorded at The Garage Savannah and mixed by engineer and long-time collaborator Chris “Scary” Adams, BLACK TUSK show the world they lived through the kind of hardship and heartbreak that would cripple a lesser band, but it’s that dedication, gumption, and pure bullheaded stubbornness that took care of business, keeps taking care of business – and Taking Care of Black Tusk.
Line-up Andrew Fidler – guitar, vocals Corey Barhorst – bass, vocals James May – drums, vocals Chris “Scary” Adams – guitar, vocals
Recording Line-up: Andrew Fidler – guitar, vocals Corey Barhorst – bass, vocals James May – drums, vocals
VENOMOUS
CONCEPT, featuring current and ex-members of NAPALM DEATH, BRUTAL
TRUTH, CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR will embark on their previously announced European
tour supporting BRUJERIA. The tour will kick off on Saturday, May 4 at Gebr. de
Nobel in Leiden (NL) and will conclude on May 26 in Essen (DE). The full list of
dates can be found below.
VENOMOUS CONCEPT with BRUJERIA 04 May 19 Leiden (NL) Gebr De Nobel (tickets) 05 May 19 Rostock (DE) Mau Club (tickets) 06 May 19 Hannover (DE) MusikZentrum Hannover (tickets) 07 May 19 Bremen (DE) Tower Musikclub (tickets) 08 May 19 Berlin (DE) Bi Nuu (tickets) 09 May 19 Uherste Hradiste (CZ) Klub Mír (tickets) 10 May 19 Pilsen (CZ) Divadlo pod lampou (tickets) 11 May 19 Munich (DE) Feierwerk (tickets) 12 May 19 Dornbirn (AT) Schlachthaus (tickets) 13 May 19 Zion (CH) Le Port Franc (tickets) 14 May 19 Rome (IT) Traffic Live Club (tickets) 15 May 19 Retorbido (IT) DAGDA Live Club (tickets) 16 May 19 Wil (CH) Gare de Lion (tickets) 17 May 19 Liege (BE) La Zone (tickets) 18 May 19 Paris (FR) Petit Bain (tickets) 20 May 19 London (UK) The Underworld Camden (tickets) 21 May 19 Manchester (UK) Rebellion Manchester (tickets) 22 May 19 Glasgow (UK) Cathouse Rock Club (tickets) 23 May 19 Birmingham (UK) Mama Rouxs (tickets) 24 May 19 Dommarien (FR) La Niche (Outch! Festival) (tickets) 25 May 19 Mannheim (DE) MS Connexion Complex (tickets) 26 May 19 Essen (DE) Turock (tickets)
VENOMOUS CONCEPT will be touring in support of their last album, ‘Kick Me Silly; VC 3. The cover artwork and tracklist can be viewed below.
01. Rise02.
Bust With You Debt 03. Anthem 04. The Potters Ground 05. Human
Waste 06. Leper Dog 07. Farm Boy 08. Head On A Stick 09.
Pretend 10. Johnny Cheeseburger 11. Forever War 12. Good Times 13.
Pretty On The Inside 14. Holiday In Switzerland 15. Fucked In The Czech
Repub 16. Neck Tie 17. Frontal Lobe Disorder 18. Daycare 19.
Quazimodo 20. Burning Fatigue 21. Rocket Science 22. Pissing Match [LP
bonus track]
“Come on and do the toxic waltz.
Kick your friend in the head and have a ball.” These words by EXODUS fully apply
to ‘Kick Me Silly – VC III’ – the third full-length frontal assault by
VENOMOUS CONCEPT.
The band was conceived as something
like a grind punk supergroup – if that term can even be applied to a bunch of
people with clear counter culture preferences. The name was quite obviously
chosen to pay homage to the legendary POISON IDEA. At the core of
VENOMOUS CONCEPT you will find BRUTAL TRUTH vocalist Kevin
Sharp and Shane Embury, the iconic bass guitarist of NAPALM DEATH. The two
musicians had bonded over beer and pizza as well as their mutual love of such
punk heroes such as BLACK FLAG, SYSTEMATIC DEATH, GBH, SIEGE, and of course the
aforementioned POISON IDEA.
The duo soon set about plotting its own
assault on the style. Armed with bucket loads of coffee, the pair roped in Danny
Herrera of NAPALM DEATH on drums as well as MELVINS guitarist Buzz Osborne. A
record deal was signed with Mike Patton and VENOMOUS CONCEPT‘s
first album, ‘Retroactive Abortion’ (2004) was followed by a split-CD with
Japanese grind band 324 (2006) and another in 2008 with BLÖOD
DÜSTER.
Buzz Osborne eventually went on a hiatus, but he never really
left and there is always a chance for his return – schedules permitting. Shane
switched to guitar, when longtime friend Dan Lilker (BRUTAL TRUTH, NUCLEAR
ASSAULT, ex-ANTHRAX) joined on bass. Next, VENOMOUS CONCEPT
brought in John Cooke of CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR on second guitar for touring. A
second full-length titled ‘Poisoned Apple’ was also released in
2008.
Finally and after too long of a quiet spell, the band decided that
it was time for more pizza and beer (cue the A.O.D classic). They got together
with a bunch of ideas they had recorded in demo form here and there on tour, and
in various smelly rehearsal studios…
VENOMOUS CONCEPT
recorded their new forthcoming album during 2014, which sees the band continue
in their trademark hardcore punk styles – with the added bonus of compositions
by Lilker and Cooke. You will find these fire-starters branching out dynamically
in order to perfect their art of grinding rock!
Like a coiled punk rock
porcupine OOK is fully charged and ready for attack with ‘Kick Me Silly – VC
III’! Kick ass!
Line-up Kevin Sharp: vocals Dan
Lilker: bass guitar Danny Herrera: drums John Cooke: guitar & backing
vocals Shane Embury: guitar & backing vocals
Today, Norma Evangelium Diaboli announces May 24th as the
international release date for Misþyrming‘s highly anticipated
second album, Algleymi.
Misþyrming hail from
Reykjavík, Iceland. Since their formation in 2013, the band have put the
Icelandic black metal scene on the international metal map, both with the
sterling quality of their sparse-yet-momentous discography thus far as well as
their spellbinding live performances across numerous festivals and tours of
Europe. Although certain bands within that Icelandic black metal scene have been
around slightly longer or have more prolific catalogs, it could be easily argued
that Misþyrming are seen as Icelandic black metal’s leading
light – or bringers of light, a veritable Lucifer made manifest in white-hot
black metal flesh.
Much of this can be attributed
to Misþyrming‘s debut album, Söngvar elds og óreiðu.
Translated in English as “Songs of fire and chaos,” their debut album was aptly
titled, and soon became a modern classic in the worldwide black metal scene,
with its tentacles of influence eventually stretching beyond the underground.
And understandably so, for its punishing and wrathful sound betrayed a uniquely
melodic aspect that sacrificed no amount of infernal power so intrinsic to true
black metal. As such, Söngvar elds og óreiðu landed 9th place on
Noisey’s Top 100 albums of the year, outranking artists like their fellow
Icelander Björk. The vinyl edition of Söngvar elds og óreiðusold out
within two days and has been highly demanded by fans ever since, regardless of
numerous repressings. In 2016, Metal Hammer – Europe’s biggest metal
magazine – named Misþyrming as one of the Top 10 Icelandic
bands.
But these accolades matter little, if at all, to Misþyrming. Ever restless but wisely patient in their creations, the full fruit of their artistic labor has now arrived with the stark and startlingly accomplished Algleymi. At once logically following from Söngvar elds og óreiðu whilst treading brave new paths, Misþyrming’s sophomore album is a kaleidoscopic worldwide of maverick black metal, Icelandic or otherwise. It retains for the relentless brutality of its debut predecessor while exhibiting a simultaneously taut and free-flowing muscularity. Similarly, the band’s bold melodicism has reached a grandiose new level here, as haunting atmospheres meld with properly anthemic elements, exhibiting space and shade with equal rapture. And that’s all to say nothing of the album’s production; recorded & mixed by the band at the Icelandic Black Metal HQ and mastered by the esteemed Jamie Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios, Misþyrming here exhibit a swaggering professionalism that’s undeniably powerful and frankly unchallenged. From blasphemous ceremonies to a total rejection of humanity, Algleymi above all displays a maturity that safely evades the negative connotations otherwise associated with that word, especially within a black metal context.
“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law,” and indeed do Misþyrming pursue that creed here – with a vengeance, unfettered and frightening. Adorned with cover art courtesy of the masterful Manuel Tinnemans, Misþyrming have delivered another Great Work for the ages with Algleymi.
Full-album stream to be revealed during week of release. Preorder info can be found HERE at Norma Evangelium Diaboli‘s Bandcamp.
Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for
Misþyrming’s Algleymi 1. Orgia 2.
Með svipur á lofti 3. Ísland, steingelda krummaskuð 4. Hælið 5. Og er
haustið líður undir lok 6. Allt sem eitt sinn blómstraði 7. Alsæla 8.
Algleymi
Norwegian black metal titans ABBATH are
nowreleasing the second new track, taken from their upcoming
full length ‘Outstrider’. The album is set for worldwide release on July 5,
2019. The new offering “Calm in Ire (of Hurricane)” is now streaming in the form
of a lyric video
ABBATH tourdates 27
Jul 19 Steenwijk (NL) Stonehenge Festival 2019 24 Aug 19 Bergen (NO) Beyond
the Gates Festival
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
Today, Colombian black metal cult Daemoni premiere the new track Abstersion’s Rite :
The track hails from the band’s long-awaited second album, Black Tyrant, set for international release on the symbolic date of June 6th via Goathorned Productions.
Hailing from Bogotá, Daemoni formed in 2009 and feature members who’ve cut a wide path in the Colombian extreme metal scene, including such bands as Horncrowned, Nosferatu, Divine Prophanity, Inoculation, and Disenterror among others. Biding their time patiently, the band made their first public recording with their debut album, Stillborn Redeemer, in 2011. No need for a demo, Daemoni burst into the underground with cold, iron-fisted malice here: Stillborn Redeemer tellingly featured a cover of Dark Funeral’s “Shadows Over Transylvania,” used with permission from Lord Ahriman, and suitably did the album brim with an ancient fire.
Years would pass, but Daemoni continued to be a force on the live front, supporting Colombian shows by such luminaries as Mayhem, Suffocation, Dark Funeral, Krisiun, and Vader among others, with 2018 bringing the band’s first European show in Madrid, Spain. Alas, the time to strike again is upon us and Daemoni eclipse the freezing fire of their debut with Black Tyrant. A more finessed ‘n’ focused work, Black Tyrant exudes an air of professionalism and daresay “maturity” that thankfully never threaten to neuter the primeval fury at the heart of Daemoni‘s aesthetic. Indeed, the album is aptly titled, for the band’s songwriting has reached a masterful level, wholly matching the more muscular aspect that guides these eight underworld hymns. Each instrument is clearly heard, robust but blood-red; the quintet are in the throes of demonical possession, but still retain a tightness of execution. And after 40 furious, fiery minutes, the listener shall likewise reach a state of demonical possession with Black Tyrant.
Graced with masterful artwork by Jenglot Hitam, at long last does Black Tyrant arrive, for black and tyrannical is Daemoni‘s reign!
Tracklisting for
Daemoni’s Black
Tyrant 1. Moriens
Pulsatio 2. Abstersion’s Rite 3. Carnifex Christi 4. Plagues
Embraced 5. Black Tyrant 6. Illucescente 7. Daemonios 8. Thirsty
Underworld
At long last, legendary black metallers Denial of God return
with a special mini-album titled The Shapeless Mass! Set to be jointly
released by Osmose Productions and Hells
Headbangers on June 28th, The Shapeless Mass will be the
long-running band’s first new recording since 2012’s Death and the
Beyond. To say that it’s highly anticipated and very long overdue would be
quite the understatement!
By now, Denial of God should
need little introduction. Since that fateful year of 1991, the brothers Azter
and Ustumallagam have perfected an idiosyncratic style of black metal that’s
positively drenched in the supernatural and remains firm in their conviction of
more classicist-styled songwriting. In fact, “black metal” might even be a
misnomer; rather, BLACK HORROR METAL would be more
accurate.
Nevertheless, as the years have gone on and they wisely parcel
out their releases, each Denial of God record is special,
and The Shapeless Mass is no exception. Arguably the band’s most
violent and intense recording, The Shapeless Mass takes the listener
down many horrific paths – and epic ones, too, as the four-song mini-album
totals 26 minutes! First up is “The Shapeless Mass,” which will also feature on
their upcoming third album, The Hallow Mass, and here tells the legend
of the Golem of Prague. Next is “The Statues Are Watching,” re-recording of the
title track from the 1995 debut vinyl 7″, now played with the power of the
by-now-classic lineup of Ustumallagam, Azter, and Galheim but still remaining
frighteningly close in spirit and feel to the original version. Honoring their
roots, the band also deliver a reverential cover of Bathory’s “Call From the
Grave,” but far more surprising is the cover of Exuma’s “Mama Loi, Papa Loi”:
unusual, yes, but it still makes sense in the dark world of Denial of
God and has been very much made their own here.
Now, only the
wait remains for The Hallow Mass – even more epic horror awaits! First
track from The Shapeless Mass to be revealed shortly. Preorder info can
be found HERE and HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Denial of God’s The Shapeless
Mass 1. The Shapeless
Mass 2. The Statues Are Watching 3. Call From The Grave [Bathory
cover] 4. Mama Loi, Papa Loi [Exuma cover]
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
Swedish black metallers Murg stream the entirety of their highly anticipated third album, Strävan. Released internationally on April 26th via Nordvis Produktion, hear Murg‘s Strävan in its entirety here:
Strävan – “striving”or “endeavor” – is the third album of the anonymous Swedish black metal duo Murg. Strävan finalizes the trilogy begun in 2015 with the debut album Varg och Björn (“Wolf and bear”) and was continued with Gudatall (“Godpine”). Here in this final chapter, humankind as we know it, with all our flaws and perversions, no longer exists: a new form is created, a perfect beast born to sacrifice itself to end the entire universe. Strävan is the long audial march to the altar of cosmic destruction.
Murg‘s pitch-black metal is driven by slow-paced, churning riffs imbued with stoic darkness and aggressive pride, sinister and somber meandering throughout its eight tracks. Similar to the terse song titles, Murg works with a musical sparseness: tightly-knit structures without frills or special effects, straight to the bone but never simplistic or predictable. A noble and inhuman “fare thee well” to creation, towering and defiant in its uncompromising delivery.
Murg hail from the rural mining areas of Bergslagen, Sweden. Their harsh sound is affected by the deep, rocky forests of their native Bergslagen and the abandoned, centuries-old mines that are scattered among them. That, in combination with a misanthropic and deeply ecological ideology, makes up the foundation of Murg. Their first release, Varg och Björn, established that foundation with a concept album that conveyed the notion of humankind’s total uselessness and its cyclical attempts – and constant failure – at achieving co-existence with anything on this earth. Civilization is a myth that foreshadows the one and true god: Nature, and the parasitical humans has long since used their right to exist. The punishment is death, and Nature will be the executioner.
Order info for the CD version can be found HERE while the order info for the LP version can be found HERE.
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for
Murg’s Strävan 1. Ur Myren 2.
Strävan 3. Berget 4. Renhet 5. Korpen 6. Tre Stenar 7.
Altaret 8. Stjärnan
