Revenge embark on European tour with Mgła

Chaos Black Metallers REVENGE are kicking off their European tour with Polish metal cult Mgła this Sunday, April 28 in Berlin. The ‘Vision – Discipline – Contempt Conquest’ tour will hit Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland, France and Belgium before the final curtain in Oberhausen (DE) on May 17.

Supporting acts are Deus Mortem (April 28 – May 6) and Doombringer (May 8 – May 17). All tour dates can be found below.
REVENGE
With Mgła and Deus Mortem *  or Doombringer +
28 Apr 19 Berlin (DE) Columbia Theater *
29 Apr 19 Erfurt (DE) From Hell *
30 Apr 19 Zwickau (DE) Seilerstrasse *
01 May 19 Munich (DE) Backstage *
02 May 19 Aarburg (CH) Musigburg *
03 May 19 Vienna (AT) Grelle Forelle *
04 May 19 Nürnberg (DE) Matrixx *
05 May 19 Tilburg (NL) Netherlands Deathfest *
06 May 19 Kassel (DE) Goldgrube *
08 May 19 Poznan (PL) U Bazyla +
09 May 19 Gdansk (PL) B90 +
10 May 19 Warsaw (PL) Porgresja +
11 May 19 Wroclaw (PL) Zaklete Rewiry +
12 May 19 Mörlenbach-Weiher (DE) Live Music Hall +
13 May 19 Colmar (DE) Le Grillen +
14 May 19 Lyon (FR) CCO +
15 May 19 Paris (FR) Petit Bain +
16 May 19 De Kreun (BE) Kortrijk +
17 May 19 Resonanzwerk (DE) Oberhausen + REVENGE have recently released their EP ‘Deceiver.Diseased.Miasmic’.

The song “Deceiver Futile” can be streamed here:
REVENGE have unveiled the artwork and tracklist of Deceiver.Diseased.Miasmic. Both can be found below.
Tracklist
1. Diseased Intrusion                    
2. Deceiver Futile    
It’s been a few years since REVENGE stormed the black metal scene with latest full length ‘Behold.Total.Rejection’ (2015). Now, the Canadian extreme metallers have returned with two new songs. The upcoming EP ‘Deceiver.Diseased.Miasmic’ represents a new chapter in the band’s nihilistic and hateful mission against the world.
 
REVENGE was founded by vocalist and drummer J. Read continuing in the vein of his previous outfit and war metal instigators CONQUEROR in the year 2000. The Canadians have since delivered some of the most severe and brutal music the metal underground has ever produced. Simply put: they are one of the most extreme bands in existence.
 
With each release, J. Read has pushed the limits further. The two early EPs ‘Attack.Blood.Revenge’ (2001) and ‘Superion.Command.Destroy’ (2002) were followed by first full-length ‘Triumph.Genocide.Antichrist’ (2003). Each release was either greeted by stunned enthusiasm or sheer hatred by critics and fans alike. There was never any room for middle ground with punishing albums such as ‘Victory.Intolerance.Mastery’ (2004), ‘Infiltration.Downfall.Death’ (2008), ‘Scum.Collapse.Eradication’ (2011), and ‘Behold.Total.Rejection’ (2015). 
 
Immersed in a thick layer of sonic muck, the beastly grunts and spiteful screams, the crusty guitar sound and the assaulting drums drown out any pretense of accessibility and affability. ‘Deceiver.Diseased.Miasmic’ emanates a grubby atmosphere, pushing the limits even further than on previous efforts.
 
For those dreading the coming holiday season, REVENGE has made the ultimate soundtrack for the most wonderful time of the year.
Recording Line-up:
J.Read: Nuke Chants / Doom Hammers
V: Session Chaos/ Low end Annihilation
 
Live Line-up:
J.Read: Drums
V: Guitars / Vocals
H: Bass / Vocals

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Denial of God and Black Oath members join in THE RITE – set release date for IRON BONEHEAD debut, reveal first track

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets August 2nd as the international release date for The Rite‘s striking debut mini-album, The Brocken Fires, on CD and 12″ vinyl format.

The Rite was brought into existence during the autumn 2017 when A.Th (Black Oath) and Ustumallagam (Denial Of God) joined forces to create a band playing morbid black metal exclusively praising complete and utmost darkness. Influences range from iconic bands such as Mercyful Fate, Death SS, Celtic Frost, Samael, Goatlord, Ripper etc, and the music walks a twisted balance between slow, dreary parts and fast, merciless attacks.

The five-track mini-album The Brocken Fires was finished in August 2018 and originally released on cassette by Unholy Domain Records in October 2018. Now, on August 2nd, 2019 will the mini-album be released by Iron Bonehead on CD and 12″ vinyl formats. Both a summation of The Rite‘s aesthetic so far and also pointing the way forward, The Brocken Fires is a commanding introduction to this international entity.

In July 2019, The Rite will perform their debut show at Denmark’s own Metal Magic Festival. For that occasion, the band will release the very limited promo tape The First Sin that will only be available at that event and feature two good-sounding rehearsal tracks from the upcoming, as-yet-untitled debut album. The recording for said album is scheduled for autumn 2019. 

In the meantime, hear the new track “A Pact With Hell”
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for The Rite’s The Brocken Fires
1. Prayer to Satan
2. A Pact With Hell
3. The Brocken Fires
4. Heed the Devil’s Call
5. Acid Orgy [Goatlord cover]

THE RITE lineup
Ustumallagam – vocals
A.th – bass
Gabriel – guitar
Priest G – drums

MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/The-Rite-band-page-219647875291113

Swedish black metal duo MURDRYCK premiers new track

“With their latest offering, the band ascends to new heights while staying true to their roots with a tight and aggressive eight-song collection of blackest damnation.” — Bryan Coffey, Indy Metal Vault

 Swedish black metal duo MURDRYCK’s sophomore album, Födelsen, is nearing its release date. The album is due for release under the banner of Leviaphonic Records (CD, cassette and digital) on May 01st, and Growls From The Underground will later take care of the vinyl release. The band have unleashed the first single “Sea Spirit of the Night” worldwide to give the listeners the first taste of this album. 

After offering two singles, “Sea Spirit of the Night” and “Födelsen”, Murdryck are previewing the third single “Black Plague Eclipse” via Indy Metal Vault. 

The guitarist Skärseld’s thought on the track:

“Black Plague Eclipse is one of the heaviest songs on the album with doom-laden guitars and interspersed with dramatic melody. The intro is intentionally thunderous and, for the first time, we experimented with an off-beat chorus section. The interlude is also new for us bringing in an almost progressive/dark ambient mid-section with clean guitars and subtle background effects. The lyrics describe a desolate, post-apocalypse scene rather than try to tell a story.”

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MURDRYCK entered the black-metal fold in 2014 upon reshaping from a dark-ambient sound into a fast paced, aggressive guitar-oriented band.
 
The 2015 EP “As The Moon Bleeds…”, picked by Zero Tolerance Magazine as the “Self-Release of the Month”, catapulted the Swedish based three-piece to international exposure. The debut album, “Antologi MMXV”, came out a year later via Black Lion Records and received acclamation from both the listeners and the critiques alike despite the lack of strong promotional activities.

Murdryck begin 2019 with preparations for their follow-up album, Födelsen, scheduled for release on 1st May 2019 through Leviaphonic Records (CD, cassette and digital) and Growls From The Underground (vinyl). With many line-up changes affecting the band since inception, Murdryck have delivered a confident and aggressive album that takes their music to another level than seen on their debut release while still retaining their identity. “Födelsen” embodies a much heavier sound and offers a more sinister environment that was unexploited in the band’s previous outputs.
 
Pre-Order:
CD/Cassette/Digital: https://murdryck.bandcamp.com/album/f-delsen 
Vinyl: http://growls.tictail.com (will be available soon for pre-order)
 
For More Info:
https://www.facebook.com/murdryck 
https://open.spotify.com/artist/33fLjcJ7Lf9XGuPJBuuZtz
http://www.leviaphonic.com 
https://www.facebook.com/Growls666

DARKTHRONE RELEASE NEW TRACK “THE HARDSHIP OF THE SCOTS”

FENRIZ introduces the track “There really isn’t just ONE song that can represent this album, THE HARDSHIP OF THE SCOTS was my song and although we also wanted one of Ted’s songs to preview the album Ted took one for the team and we chose my song! His songs are somewhat faster with more black metal in them but still has slow thrash and doom, my song here seems to start with an INVASION OF YOUR PRIVACY RATT-ERA riff or perhaps one from THE ULTIMATE SIN by Ozzy Osbourne but when I had bicycled my guitar from the Bombshelter and sat down on the porch to strum it, the fact is that (as far as I remember) this entire THE HARDSHIP OF THE SCOTS track was done in an hour and I remember texting Ted about it. Ted had just been around to collect loads of vinyl I was giving to him. Anyway, so as usual I didn’t have an elaborate scheme as to what the riffs where coming from, but like last album’s preview song I can tell you what it sounds like to me. This doesn’t mean I was inspired by what it sounds like, ok? So riff nr two has both normal doom and some evil death/black notes in the second part. Then there’s the break to make the song more linear (old 80s underground trick I used on the last album and this album) and then a riff emerges which I guess I would like to sound like that awesome break riff in an INFERNÖ track called thrash metal dogs of hell. 1:50 out in that track is one of my fave slow thrash metal riffs EVER and it kind of reminds me of first Exodus too. But my riff kinda went even slower and may remind more of a Celtic Frost tempo. I think it’s a splendid break and riff anyway and suddenly while I was playing my guitar, I came up with this final riff part which is not as primitive as we are used to but rather sounds like some more epic 20-year-old ENSLAVED or something. Anyway, that’s what it sounds like to me NOW but when I was making it, I was just jamming my guitar on the porch after having bicycled it home. SNAKES!!”

“The Hardship Of The Scots” is being launched ahead of release of OLD STAR to give fans a taster of what’s to come with their highly anticipated new studio album OLD STAR on May 31st on Peaceville.   The legendary Norwegian longstanding partnership of Fenriz and Ted “Nocturno Culto” Skjellum, return with Old Star, their first studio album since 2016’s hugely popular Arctic Thunder. With a mastery and endless dedication to the art of the riff, they cut through 6 new epic tracks, taking in the best of the old school of heavy & extreme metal plus a large dose of doom-laden riffing, & channelling it through the grime of the underground.  

Fenriz enthuses «Old star – again we are here with THE RIFFS! A while after our previous ARCTIC THUNDER album it became apparent that we would continue in that same style, BLACK OLD HEAVY METAL with slow thrash, classic doom and slow death metal.As many have focussed on the 70s sound over the last 20 years, the mix on our new album has ended up being more 80s than ever. The songs are more metal than ever! Ted’s songs have alot of black metal in them, faster and slower but also doomier parts and reocurring parts. My songs are more linear written, it’s an ancient 80s underground trick, with breaks, all slow heavy or slow thrash, classic doom or slow death.»   He continues «All in all it is our most 80s album so far and our most metal one to date with drum sound typical for the 80s USA/German market and damned lyrics, which are all written by me. We feel that OLD STAR is the big brother of ARCTIC THUNDER. More solid and with even better riffs.»

Old Star was recorded at the band’s Necrohell 2 Studios, with engineering and production duties carried out by vocalist/guitarist Nocturno Culto, complemented with a perfectly organic mix courtesy of Sanford Parker (Voivod) at Hypercube Studios, & mastered once more by Jack Control at Enormous Door. The stellar cover artistry comes courtesy of Chadwick St John, titled “The Shepherd of the Deep”.   Over the course of 30 years, Norway’s Darkthrone has become a staple of the global black metal genre, forging a legacy as one of the most renowned and influential bands in its illustrious & often infamous history. In the formative years following their 1987 inception, Darkthrone initially started with a strong concoction of thrash & then death/doom metal experimentation, with broader musical influences spanning from the 60s to the 80s, before the debut album Soulside Journey was unleashed in 1991. Never ones to follow convention or stand still even then, the band soon embraced a much darker, more primitive form of expression with the now iconic second album A Blaze in the Northern Sky, & the rest became history. 

OLD STAR TRACKLISTING

1. I Muffle Your Inner Choir [06:26]

2. The Hardship Of The Scots [07:36]

3. Old Star [04:28]

4. Alp Man [05:27]

5. Duke Of Gloat [06:49]

6. The Key Is Inside The Wall [07:24]  

OLD STAR IS RELEASED ON 31ST MAY 2019 AND AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW HERE

Available formats, each comes with handwritten lyrics in the booklet or insert: CD Black 180g vinyl LP Ltd Edition 180g purple vinyl LP Ltd Edition 180g green vinyl LP (exclusively available at the Peaceville store) Ltd Edition 180g orange vinyl LP Ltd Edition 7” vinyl box set – Old Star is presented on 3 coloured 7” (black, white, clear vinyl) (exclusively available at the Peaceville store) Cassette (exclusively available at the Peaceville store) Digital album (pre-orders receives “The Hardship Of The Scots” as an instant download)  

Darkthrone are: Gylve ‘Fenriz’ Nagell – drums, song writing, lyrics Ted ‘Nocturno Culto’ Skjellum – strings & vocals, song writing  

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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

CULT OF EXTINCTION set release date for IRON BONEHEAD debut, reveal first track

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets July 19th as the international release date for Cult of Extinction‘s striking debut album, Ritual in the Absolute Absence of Light, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

The devastating force known as Cult of Extinction was evoked from the abyss in 2017 by sole member Void. Influenced by bands like Revenge, Blasphemy, and Proclamation, the goal was to create a merciless onslaught of pitch-black war metal with a mystical and eerie atmosphere. In 2018, the first demo Black Nuclear Magick Attack was released via Sentient Ruins and Atavism Records. Here, the songs were driven by a fascination with the infinite chaos of the cosmos and Void’s attempt to capture its destructive essence.

And indeed, with Ritual in the Absolute Absence of Light does Cult of Extinction accomplish that lofty goal. Utterly CRUSHING in its sonic excesses, uniquely, there exists a paradoxically ethereal feel across the album’s eight-song/33-minute span. It’s a savagely twisted disconnect that truly puts Cult of Extinction in a league of its own: undeniably “war metal” by definition, no longer is Void totally tethered to those aforementioned influences and instead creates a multi-dimensional maelstrom of inexorable might. Also of note are the hauntingly stretched-out lead-guitar parts, further exploring that ethereal-onto-crushing aspect. Consequently, the lyrics across Ritual in the Absolute Absence of Light are inspired by the dark forces of nature and propagate a total war against light.

Behold the triumph of darkness! Behold Cult of Extinction‘s Ritual in the Absolute Absence of Light! The first absolute ritual can be found with the new track “Emanated From the Cosmic Darkness” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Cult of Extinction’s Ritual in the Absolute Absence of Light
1. Sacred Glorification of Pandemic Barbarity
2. Anti-Monad Black Hole Bomb
3. Blood of the Theurg
4. Inverted Henosis
5. Possessed by A Servant of Iblis
6. Emanated from the Cosmic Darkness
7. The Descent
8. Ritual in the Absolute Absence of Light
MORE INFO:
www.cultofextinction.bandcamp.com

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

K.F.R to release two new PURITY THROUGH FIRE albums simultaneously, reveal two new NSFW videos

Now, Purity Through Fire is gratified to reveal two highly anticipated albums of K.F.R for this bastard year of 2019: L’Enfer à sa Source and Démonologue, which will both be released on ultra-limited vinyl LP format on May 31st internationally.
 
L’Enfer à sa Source is a transcendental journey into the realm of Taccardi’s bizarre psyche, a tortured black metal album filled with a never-ending claustrophobia. This sentiment is reinforced by the use of human bones for the drums, giving the music a resonance of death all along. Semantically, it is a concept about Hell as a physical and metaphysical entity, a mental projection of Taccardi’s mind and what others would perceive of it – the idea of Hell being the incarnation of nothingness and a return to what precedes existence. It echoes the work of Schopenhauer, Bataille, and Sartre: death is a return to that state, not an end in itself. Maybe it is a new beginning, a perpetual and cyclic one, an infernal spiral: “HELL,” it’s you. “Maybe you who condemn me are in greater fear than I who am condemned.” – Giordano Bruno

Démonologue is a word invented to describe someone who is a specialist in demonology. It is also, according to Taccardi, a pun between Demon and monologue – so a conversation with yourself, but more specifically with the demons who are inside of you. The album’s tracks describe a selection of demons who are closely linked to the spirit of K.F.R: Asmodée, Azazel, Abaddon, Baal, Buer, Beelzebub, and Lucifer. It is partially based on the infernal dictionary written by Jacques Collin de Plancy. Musically, it is probably the darkest opus created by Taccardi; synths are mostly absent and replaced for a bigger part by choirs performed by the musician. The seven hymns present on this album have to be considered as invocations of the said spirits. Démonologue is a unique crossbreed of vicious black metal and extremely dark atmosphere that will not appeal to amateurs of mainstream black metal. The purpose here is to disgust and make you feel uncomfortable: what black metal should have always been.

In the meantime, see the shocking, grisly new videos for “L’Enfer à sa Source”

and “La Chute”

Respective covers and tracklistings for L’Enfer à sa Source and Démonologue are as follows:
Tracklisting for K.F.R’s L’Enfer à sa Source
1. L’Enfer, c’est Toi
2. Le Sinueux Chemin
3. Simulacre de Chair
4. Ne Cherche Pas à Devenir, Rien n’a jamais commencé
5. Anathème de l’Envie
6. L’Enfer à Sa Source
Tracklisting for K.F.R’s Démonologue
1. Invocation
2. Asmodée
3. Azazel
4. Prélude à l’exterminateur
5. Abaddon
6. Lucifer
7. La chute
MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/KfrKafir 
www.kfr-dajjal.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/MaximeTaccardiArtworks
www.deviantart.com/priestofterror

SAINT VITUS release third new track from upcoming album

The godfathers of American doom metal SAINT VITUS are now streaming the third new track, taken from their forthcoming album ‘Saint Vitus’. The new record is set for worldwide release on May 17, 2019.

“Useless” is streaming here:
SAINT VITUS are in the middle of their previously announced European tour. A full list of confirmed shows can be found below. The band is supported by DOPELORD on the road.
SAINT VITUS tour
+Dopelord
19 Apr 19 Glasgow (UK) Audio
20 Apr 19 London (UK) The Underworld
21 Apr 19 Paris (FR) Petit Bain
23 Apr 19 Nantes (FR) Le Ferrailleur
24 Apr 19 Toulouse (FR) Le Rex
25 Apr 19 Barcelona (ES) Boveda
26 Apr 19 Madrid (ES) Copernico
27 Apr 19 Barroselas (PT) Swr Metalfest
28 Apr 19 Bilbao (ES) Kafé Antzokia
30 Apr 19 Fribourg (CH) Fri-Son*
01 May 19 Milan (IT) Circolo Magnolia
02 May 19 Zürich (CH) Dynamo*
03 May 19 Karlsruhe (DE) Dudefest
04 May 19 Leipzig (DE) Utc Connewitz
* No Dopelord

Cover artwork and album details of the new offering can be found below.
Track-list
1. Remains (6:23)
2. A Prelude to… (3:20)
3. Bloodshed (3:04)
4. 12 Years In The Tomb (5:24)
5. Wormhole (5:22)
6. Hour Glass (5:23)
7. City Park (4:01)
8. Last Breath (6:38)
9. Useless (1:32)
Total: 41:07
The already legendary story of SAINT VITUS began in the year 1978, when guitarist Dave Chandler, together with Armando Acosta on drums and bass player Mark Adams, started rehearsing. After trying out two other singers, the band finally settled for vocalist Scott Reagers under the designation TYRANT. In August 1979 the quartet played their first show and in 1980 their name was finally changed to SAINT VITUS. Reportedly this move was inspired by the BLACK SABBATH song “St. Vitus’ Dance”, taken from the “Volume 4” album (1972). 

The eponymous debut album “Saint Vitus” had been released in the same year and was quickly followed by the second full-length “Hallow’s Victim” (1985) and an EP entitled “The Walking Dead” (1985). With Thrash Metal on a furious rise, the ultra-heavy sound of SAINT VITUS was mainly enjoyed by connoisseurs of Doom and a dedicated underground following. This might have been one of the reasons for Scott Reagers to part from the band in 1986. His unexpected move turned out to be hardly a problem for the band as they recruited Scott “Wino” Weinrich from THE OBSESSED, who is considered as the ultimate voice of SAINT VITUS by a clear majority of their adherents.

When Scott Reagers left, Dave Chandler had already written most of “Born Too Late” (1986). This album gained the Americans growing attention in the Metal underground especially overseas. The anthemic title track is considered be one of the great Doom hymns by many fans.

The EP “Thirsty and Miserable” (1987) followed, which featured a BLACK FLAG cover version of the same name, but “Mournful Cries” (1988) was still going to be the last album for SST Records. All this hard work during the previous years started to pay off. With their aptly named fifth full-length “V” (1989) now released on the famous German Doom label Hellhound Records and the live recording “Live” coming out a year later, interest started to grow considerably, although at first in continental Europe, but soon after in England as well. Just as the horizon was brightening for the Godfathers of Doom, Wino decided to leave SAINT VITUS and reform THE OBSESSED in 1990, which turned out to be a serious blow.

Wino was first replaced by Christian Lindersson from Swedish musical and spiritual brothers COUNT RAVEN. With him at the microphone SAINT VITUS recorded “C.O.D.” (1992), which was produced by Don Dokken and gained high critical acclaim. Despite the warm welcome received, the band remained largely inactive after this release.

Two years later, SAINT VITUS reunited with their original singer Scott Reagers. This led to the again much applauded album “Die Healing” (1995). It might have been the right time for the group to reap the harvest of all the amazing songs that they had sown, but due to severe health problems of Scott Reagers their European tour had to be prematurely ended and that seemed to be the end of the SAINT VITUS story for a long time, much to the dismay of their loyal and by then many followers.

At the time nobody could have foreseen that April 29th, 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany would mark Armando Acosta’s final performance with SAINT VITUS. After this last show in Europe the band returned to the States as planned. There Amando’s multiple serious health issues were continuing to take their toll on him, and with great sadness on November 25th, 2010 SAINT VITUS received the painful news that their longtime friend and band mate had passed away.

When SAINT VITUS played their massive show at Hellfest in France, the crowd witnessed a new member on the drum stool. Henry Vasquez, who had already joined Dave Chandler on his project DEBRIS INC. made his debut there and remained with the band from that day on.

In 2012, SAINT VITUS signed to Season of Mist, who proudly released “Lillie: F-65” in April. Seventeen years after their previous album and nine years after their reunion, SAINT VITUS were returning with a masterpiece that cemented their status as true icons of Doom. “Lillie: F-65” includes the trademark song writing style so beloved by SAINT VITUS fans: there is the cataclysmic and unmistakable guitar sound of co-founder Dave Chandler full of reverbs, feedbacks, flanger and apocalyptic distortion leading to amazing and magical solos. “Lillie: F-65” is furthermore graced with the deeply resonant vocals of Scott “Wino” Weinrich who had rejoined the fold to record an album with the band for the first time since the glorious “V” (1989) and whom many consider to be the classic SAINT VITUS vocalist. 

From the very first guitar chords, that unmistakable frying, sizzling, and wailing signature sound of Dave Chandler, any adherent of classic doom metal will immediately know: this is SAINT VITUS. The godfathers of American Doom Metal will soon embark on an extensive European tour in celebration of their 40th band anniversary. At first glance a bold statement such as “godfathers of American Doom Metal” might appear to be weighing as heavy as this band sounds. Nonetheless this is simply the truth in this case.
www.facebook.com/saintvitusofficial  


Line-up
Dave Chandler: guitar
Henry Vasquez: drums
Scott Reagers: vocals
Pat Bruders: bass

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ARKHAAIK set release date for IRON BONEHEAD debut, reveal first track

Today, Iron Bonehead Productions sets July 5th as the international release date for Arkhaaik‘s striking debut album, *dʰg̑ʰm̥tós, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Arkhaaik is the excavation of rites long forgotten, of primitive worship and ancient deities that ruled long before man dominated and soiled the earth. These sounds explore Europe’s bronze age and encompass the very essence of said rites that were extinct long ago, told in the Indo-European tongue that was used at the time and is now long lost to the ages, its utterance strange to the modern ear.

Encompassing three expansive tracks in 33 minutes, Arkhaaik‘s first sonic manifestation suitably takes a guttural (and GUTTING) form, drawing together sepulchral death metal, blackened bestiality, and lava-like doom into a sulfuric, senses-flaying mass. Its cavernous, ceaselessly roiling slipstream of carnal hysteria and barbarism punishes physically and penetrates psychically; it is of this earth, and beyond it. Then again, this skillful balance/bending of the primeval and supernatural is perhaps not surprising given that the band hails from Switzerland’s Helvetic Underground Committee, which includes fellow Iron Bonehead legions Dakhma and Death. Void. Terror. among others.

Now, witness the unearthed ancients, beholden to the almighty sky father, ruler of the daylit skies! Behold the mighty bull! In his veins, the blood of the ancients pounds with fervor, and reciprocating this fervor, Arkhaaik bathe in his gore. Through the spilling of his blood, they attain ancient divinity. Do you have the iron-clad constitution to partake in the sacred rites of *dʰg̑ʰm̥tós?

The first sacred rite can be found with the new track “u̯rsn̥gwhé̄n” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Arkhaaik’s *dʰg̑ʰm̥tós
1. u̯iHrós i̯émos-kʷe [16:00]
2. *dʰg̑ʰm̥tós [6:34]
3. u̯rsn̥gwhé̄n [10:07]
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