Canadian post black metallers NUMENOREAN release third new track “Adore”

Canadian post black metallers NUMENOREAN are now premiering the title track from upcoming record ‘Adore’.
NUMENOREAN have unveiled the cover artwork of ‘Adore’, which has been created by Luca Pierro. The artwork can be found below, together with the tracklist.
Tracklist:
1. Nocebo (02:31)
2. Portrait of Pieces (08:37)
3. Horizon (04:17)
4. And Nothing Was The Same   (01:29)
5. Regret (06:56)
6. Stay (02:22)
7. Coma (05:10)
8. Alone (02:01)
9. Adore (08:42)
10. DDHS (01:23)
Total playing time: 0:43:28
Contrasting the bleakness of their debut record ‘Home’, Canadian post-black metal act NUMENOREAN have painted their sophomore effort ‘Adore’ in an array of brighter shades, while never loosing intensity. The new record will be released on Season of Mist on April 12.
 
Having only released a 2-song demo in 2014, the band got offered a lengthy recording deal by Season of Mist. Soon after, debut record ‘Home’ followed and the underground met NUMENOREAN’s take on post black metal with some critical acclaim, yet also polarizing views, due to the graphic nature of the cover.
 
With ‘Home’, NUMENOREAN achieved far more than just following a musical path pioneered by DEAFHEAVEN, ALCEST, WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM, and DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT. The Canadians crafted a musical masterpiece that embraced beauty, harshness and melancholy in equal measure and transformed those into fragile, nihilistic and hauntingly beautiful songs.
 
After playing shows with DEAFHEAVEN, GHOST BATH and BATUSKHA in Canada, the United States and Australia, NUMENOREAN set up a crowdfunding campaign to fund the recording of the sophomore album with Josh Schroeder (GHOST BATH).
 
Forming the antithesis of the previous album, ‘Adore’ adopts a more vibrant approach, both musically and thematically. Rather than seeing life from a nihilistic view, the songs convey a loose message of hope. The lyrics and the theme of the music explore being beat, down and broken, but still finding a way to preserve by finding reasons to appreciate life for what it can be. 
 
NUMENOREAN skilfully employ the feeling of melancholy, an intricate song writing and the black metal roots that marked their debut. Yet the newfound hooks and facets of ‘Adore’, represent a band that has established and evolved sound. ‘Adore’, will be one for the year lists. 

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Line-up:
Guitar/Vox – Byron Lemley
Vocals – Brandon Lemley
Guitar/Vocals – Roger LeBlanc
Guitar – Alex Kot
Bass – Tomas Casper Ingham
 
Recording line-up:
Guitar/Vox – Byron Lemley
Vocals – Brandon Lemley
Guitar/Vocals – Roger LeBlanc
Bass – Alex Kot
Drums – David Horrocks

OSSUAIRE set release date for SEPULCHRAL debut

Today, Sepulchral Productions sets April 26th as the international release date for Ossuaire‘s highly anticipated debut album, Premiers Chants.

Having recently inked a record deal with Sepulchral Productions, Ossuaire emerges anew as the grandiose and impetuous first chapter of a concept spawning two albums and recounting the major events contributing to the downfall of Christianity and the rise of heresy resounds. Ossuaire delivers a resolutely unwholesome breed of black metal, both corrosive and melodic, bestowing upon this offering an aura that is as dark as it is authentic.

First track premiere to be revealed shortly. Preorder for the album can be found HERE. 
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Ossuaire’s Premiers Chants
1. Premiers Chants
2. La Procession des Flagellants
3. La Flamme Noire de Ge’henom
4. Exhortation
5. Saints Céphalophores
6. La Grande Apostasie


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NUNSLAUGHTER founder returns with NIGHNACHT – sets release date for HELLS HEADBANGERS debut EP, reveals first track

Today, Hells Headbangers sets April 26th as the international release date for Nighnacht‘s surprise debut EP, Christophila, on 7″ vinyl format.

Although an otherwise brand-new and unknown name, Nighnacht is the new project of Don of the Dead, vocalist and founder of the legendary Nunslaughter. While that band prepares their long-awaited next studio recordings – including a new full-length for Hells Headbangers, before the end of 2019 – Nighnacht steps forward to bring a new-yet-familiar take on the Devil’s metal. Put the needle on Christophilia and it’s immediately apparent that Don of the Dead is still ruling supreme and still fully committed to the simple-but-profound pleasures of punkish, rocking death metal, but here with more than a bit of blackened sizzle. Compact and cantankerous, the five songs comprising Nighnacht‘s opening salvo slash ‘n’ bash through 12 minutes of orgiastic mayhem that could only come from Don of the Dead!
 
In the meantime, hear the new track “Christophilia”
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Nighnacht’s Christophilia
1. Vultures Feed on Me
2. Christophilia
3. Abudcted Raped and Eaten
4. Crippled Traitor
5. Agony
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Abbath announces new album ‘Outstrider’ and releases video teaser

Norwegian black metal titans ABBATH have announced the release of the second full length record ‘Outstrider’. The album is set for worldwide release on July 5, 2019. ABBATH have furthermore released an album teaser, which can be found here:
ABBATH will also headline the Beyond the Gates festival in Norway, on Saturday August 24. Label mates MAYHEM are schedule to headline the Norwegian festival on Thursday August 22. A list of all confirmed dates can be viewed below
ABBATH tourdates
27 Jul 19 Steenwijk (NL) Stonehenge Festival 2019
24 Aug 19 Bergen (NO)  Beyond the Gates Festival
The coverartwork and tracklist for ‘Outstrider’ have also been revealed and can be found below. The artwork was created by Kim Holm and Olav Iversen

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)
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
 
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HELLISH GRAVE set release date for new HELLDPROD album, reveal first track

Today, Helldprod Records announces May 31st as the international release date for Hellish Grave‘s highly anticipated second album, Hell No Longer Awaits.

Hailing from Brazil, Hellish Grave formed in 2011 with the intent to play blackthrash influenced by great masters of the style, such as Vulcano, Sodom, Celtic Frost, Venom, and Nifelheim, as well as classic heavy metal acts like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motorhead, and Mercyful Fate. After the release of a demo and an EP, in 2016, the band released their debut album, Worship Macabre, via Kill Again Records, which is also the label home for Violator, The Force, Attomica, etc.
 
Emboldened by that momentum and striking while the iron’s red fucking hot, Hellish Grave return with an even stronger second album, Hell No Longer Awaits, via fans-from-the-beginning Helldprod Records. Pushing forward a more unique identity with the force of an iron fist, Hellish Grave here aren’t easily labelled as simply “blackthrash”; their songwriting chops have deepened, and they’ve found an ever-elusive balance between tight execution and Bachanalian wildness. More to the point, they’re delivering fucking ANTHEMS that are more accurately described as BLACK heavy metal: the headbang reigns supreme, and it’s supremely evil. Not for nothing is the album devilishly titled Hell No Longer Awaits, such is their slaying…

Recorded & mixed in professional studio Da Tribo – where the likes of Krisiun, Ratos de Porão (RDP), and Torture Squad have recorded, among others – Hell No Longer Awaits is truly the coming-of-age record Hellish Grave have hinted at since their not-inconsiderable beginnings. Graced with cover art and layout by Fernando JFL (Damn Youth, Flagelador, Violator, Etc), Hellish Grave‘s second strike is the deadliest!

Get deadly struck by the new track “Macabre Worship” here:
Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Hellish Grave’s Hell No Longer Awaits
1. Transilvanian Nights (Instrumental)
2. In Nomine Draculae
3. Revenant Awakening
4. Possessed By The Witch
5. Over My Haunted Pact
6. Macabre Worship
7. Lust For Youth
8. Locomotive Blast
9. Hell No Longer Waits
10. Soldiers Of Hell (European edition exclusive song)
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KAMPFAR – ‘OFIDIANDS MANIFEST’ TO BE RELEASED ON MAY 3RD

KAMPFAR – ‘OFIDIANDS MANIFEST’ TO BE RELEASED ON MAY 3RD

Los Angeles, CA – Approaching 25 years of existence and having grown to become one of extreme music’s premier live outfits, while releasing albums that would dominate year-end lists and even bagging a Norwegian “Spellemann” Grammy award for their ‘Profan’ album, Kampfar looked ready to go and dominate for years to come. But behind the music, disguised during the intense live shows, underneath it all, was a clarity that the road’s end was nigh.

Founded back in 1994 by Dolk, who recruited Thomas to take care of strings and keys while the former focused on drums and vocals, the band was an underground gem for years. A band whose first records are spoken of with reverence to this day, perhaps helped by the low profile they kept at the time. It was ten years before the first live show was performed, at this point bassist Jon and drummer Ask Ty had joined the ranks and this line-up released another three albums before Thomas departed the band, 2011’s ‘Mare’ the last release with his stamp so solidly placed on it.

This recording marked a shift in the style and expression of the band, becoming the leading star for the records to come, now with the new guitarist and songwriter Ole who quickly developed into a key force of the group. With the albums ‘Djevelmakt’ and ‘Profan’ Kampfar established a new era for Norwegian Black Metal, proving that while some may have lost their passion for the fiercest musical exploits, these men had a hunger that was as ravenous as ever.

Except that life has a knack for surprise. Health issues caused the band to slow down and during the summer of 2017 it was decided that there would be no more Kampfar, unless something radically changed. The guys didn’t see each other for a year, didn’t really speak or keep up any kind of contact, just focusing on their own personal lives. “It was time to just heal, to not cause any more damage, to just see if one could get back to a point of strength again” says Dolk. It was a year that culminated in ‘Ofidians Manifest’.

Though demos were written by Ole during the spring, shaped massively by him losing his father in the same period, the main song writing was done over the course of two months in the fall of 2018, with another month spent recording the album in Bergen, Oslo and Pärlby, Sweden. The band spent intense weeks together in their creative home of Hemsedal, moulding and shaping the songs, surrounded by mountains and forest that turned from summer green, to autumn yellow, to winter white as they worked extensively on what was to become this testament to the band themselves.

As part of the healing process of creating this collection of songs the decision was made to involve Agnete Kjølsrud on the track ‘Dominans’. Her contribution to the song lifted the atmosphere of the whole album, and the duet is one of perfect harmony between two very different yet familiar voices bonding to create an excellent song. Marianne Maria Moen’s contribution on album closer ‘Det Sorte’ similarly brings to light the realisation that all life is fragile and that our voices must be allowed to bellow through the world for as long as there is air left to bellow with.

The madness of Medusa was chosen as a visual clue to the record’s themes, represented by two different paintings to be explored on the physical releases. And again, the band decided to travel to Poland to record a music video, this time with director Dariusz Szermanowicz of Grupa 13. The video, hinting at the many underlying stories of the album, is a chaotic depiction of the road back to equilibrium, a place no one knows yet all walk towards. According to Ask Ty, the choice of song proclaiming the band’s return was made because “it tells you everything you need to know about Kampfar today, distilled down to four and a half minutes of intense breaks and turns, it is the beginning and the end and the new beginnings after that, and it is the sound of a band that is alive and well.”

‘Ofidians Manifest’ represents Kampfar anno 2019. 25 years on from their foundation, only willing to release new music if they felt it would surpass all they had done before, it is a condensation of the immense struggles of the last few years. Everything that has been hidden behind the music and the live performances is laid bare, though told in the only way the band can portray themselves, through songs. It is immensely honest yet wrapped in their own folklore, the snake tongues splitting every truth into two deeper truths, every word sung dominated by the weight of all those sung before.

To Ofidian.

Kampfar is:

Ole – Guitar and keys | Jon – Bass | Dolk – Vocals| Ask Ty – Drums and vocals

Track list:
| Syndefall
|| Ophidian
||| Dominans
|||| Natt
||||| Eremitt
|||||| Skamløs!
||||||| Det Sorte

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Press pictures   All press pictures are taken by photographer Sebastian Ludvigsen in Hemsedal where most of the album was written. Some of the pictures are taken just a few meters away from where the first Kampfar pictures were taken 25 years ago.  

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

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

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

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “SUGAR”:

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

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

VELENO Tracklisting:

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

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

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

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

March 15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent

March 16 – San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick

March 17 – Mesa, AZ – Club Red

March 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge

March 20 – Denver, CO – Oriental Theatre

March 21 – Kansas City, MO – Riot Room

March 22 – Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey

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

March 24 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar

March 26 – Orlando, FL – The Haven

March 27 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade

March 28 – Raleigh, NC – The Maywood

March 29 – Richmond, VA – Canal Club

March 30 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium

March 31 – New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre

April 1 – Montreal, QC – Theatre Corona

April 2 – Quebec City, QC – Imperial Bell

April 3 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House

April 5 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge

April 6 – Minneapolis, MN – Studio B

April 7 – Winnipeg, MB – Park Theatre

April 8 – Regina, SK – The Exchange

April 9 – Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room

April 10 – Calgary, AB – Dickens Pub

April 12 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre

April 13 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon

April 14 – Portland, OR – Bossanova Ballroom

April 15 – Oakland, CA – Metro Opera House  

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VOËMMR set release date for new HARVEST OF DEATH album

Today, Harvest of Death sets April 20th as the international release date for Voëmmr‘s highly anticipated second album, O ovnh intot adr mordrb, on vinyl LP and cassette tape formats.

A so-far-shadowy entity, Voëmmr hail from the currently-hot Portuguese raw black metal scene. Specifically, the band is a part of the clandestine Aldebaran Circle, which includes Ordem Satânica, Trono Além Morte, and Occelenbriig. Like those contemporaries, Voëmmr eschew any sort of social-media presence – or any internet presence at all, for that matter – preferring instead to work on their bewitching black metal conjurations far away from any sort of ego-enhancing public awareness; their means and methods are, rather, rooted in the ancient ways of the ’90s, like their massively prolific (and massively fuck-off) forebears in the French Black Legions.

Continuing the compelling uncomfort of their Sombr Moebrd demo from 2018, this inscrutable and stratifying cult continue their assured, almost effortless plunge into the abyss with a brand-new 44-minute recording. If Voëmmr‘s alternately celebrated/feared debut album, 2017’s Nox Maledictvs, was the sound of the cult crawling through the shadows for the first time – and in the process, locating shimmeringly ugly magickal frequencies, sick and rotten and malnourished yet somehow strangely beautiful in their malodorous malaise – then O ovnh intot adr mordrb sounds like that cult striding boldly beyond the shadows. That signature sound, as lasciviously laid out on Nox Maledictvs, is here more urgent, more manic, more hysteric, the ritualism of yore reigned into an altogether more focused maw of desolation and dread: pounding, persistent, passionate. As ever, their usage of unnervingly insistent organ has developed into a perversely beautiful/eerie counterpoint to the ripped-raw black metal beneath – as above, so below – thus making Voëmmr‘s iteration of black metal all the more idiosyncratic. Furthering that idiosyncrasy is their continued usage of the strange, cryptic dialect created by legendary French forebears Belketre.

Enigmas either die or grow stronger. With O ovnh intot adr mordrb do Voëmmr prove the latter. The first show of strength can be found with the new track “Carpatr Tzaeb” here:
Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
Tracklisting for Voëmmr’s O ovnh intot adr mordrb
1. Coecr od Doemrz (part II)
2. Dorbd Divn
3. Vin ad Mordrb
4. Del ed Ovtmn
5. Profvndr
6. Carpatr Tzaeb
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Heilung announce European tour

HEILUNG have announced a European tour in October and November this year. The tour will kick off on October 22nd in Warsaw (PL) and will end about a month later in Paris (FR). HEILUNG will be touring in support of their upcoming release, ‘Futha’,which is set for worldwide release via Season of Mist in June. Find the full list of tour dates below.
HEILUNG
European tour
22 Oct 19 Palladium (PL) Warschau
24 Oct 19 Berlin (DE) Admiralspalast
26 Oct 19 Essen (DE) Colosseum Theater
28 Oct 19 Munich (DE) Circus Krone
30 Oct 19 Prague (CZ) Hybernia
01 Nov 19 Halle (DE) Händelhalle
03 Nov 19 Vienna (AT) Der Globe
05 Nov 19 Zurich (CH) Volkshaus
07 Nov 19 Kiel (DE) Kieler Schloss
10 Nov 19 London (UK) Roundhouse
17 Nov 19 Brussels (BE) AB
20 Nov 19 Paris (FR) Elysée Montmartre

HEILUNG performances 2019
11 Apr 19 Tilburg (NL) Roadburn Festival
17 Apr 19 St. Petersburg (RU) Aurora
19 Apr 19 Moscow (RU) Arbat Hall
20 Jun 19 Copenhagen (DK) Copenhell Festival 2019 (Exact date TBA)
29 Jun 19 Helsinki (FI) Tuska 2019 (Exact date TBA)
18 Aug 19 Borre (NO) Midgardsblot 2019 (Exact date TBA)
07 Sep 19 Selb (DE) Mediaval Festival 2019 (Exact date TBA)
19 Oct 19 Hameln (DE) Autumn Moon Festival 2019 (Exact date TBA)

HEILUNG comment on the meaning of the album title ‘Futha’: “The majority of full rune set inscriptions start with ‘Futha’, and is known to us as the first four letters in all runic alphabets. It is considered that our forefathers saw magic potential in engraving the full rune line, but there is also great significance in the beginnings. Science has no key for the meaning of only engraving the first couple of letters yet, but there is, of course, a surplus of theories. One of the theories we found inspiration in, is that ‘Futha’ holds the meaning of fertility and female gender. As ‘Ofnir’ focused on war and masculine notions, the great healing power of female wild strength is evoked in Futha. Those who have been present at a birth or have seen lionesses hunting know the spirit, and we welcome and embrace it in the sounds that were born during the creation of ‘Futha’.”

HEILUNG latest debut full-length, ‘Ofnir’ (2015) was recently re-released by Season of Mist. Cover artwork and album details of ‘Ofnir’ can be viewed below.
Track-list
 
1. Alfadhirhaiti (6:48)
2. Krigsgaldr (8:58)
3. Hakkerskaldyr (2:10)
4. Schlammschlacht (5:50)
5. Carpathian Forest (2:34)
6. Fylgija Ear (8:34)
7. Futhorck (10:45)
8. In Maidjan (12:32)
9. Afhomon (13:41)
 
Total playing time: 1:11:52
When HEILUNG self-released ‘Ofnir’ in 2015, the Danish band could hardly have anticipated the breakthrough success of their debut album. Spectacular live shows, strong critical acclaim, and a massive underground buzz added to the constantly high demand for this full-length are the reason why their new label Season of Mist does not hesitate to re-issue ‘Ofnir’ in several collector’s edition formats.

HEILUNG means “healing” in the German language and this also describes the core of the band’s sound. The listener is supposed to be left at ease and in a relaxed state after a magical musical journey that is at times turbulent.

HEILUNG reach far back in time to the Northern European iron age and Viking period to create their sound experience. The band utilises many means in their songs: from running water via human bones, reconstructed swords and shields up to ancient frame drums as well as bronze rings.

HEILUNG‘s lyrics contain original texts from rune stones, preserved spear shafts, amulets, and other ancient artefacts. Furthermore, the band uses poems, which either deal with historical events or are translations and interpretations of the original texts.

Any attempt to link the band with or bring their music into a modern political or religious context is pointless, since HEILUNG try to connect their listeners with a time before the coming of Christianity and modern political ideologies. 

Line-up
Kai Uwe Faust 
Christopher Juul
Maria Franz

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DEIPHAGO set release date for new HELLS HEADBANGERS album, reveal second track – also announce European tour dates

Today, Hells Headbangers sets April 30th – Walpurgisnacht – as the international release date for Deiphago‘s highly anticipated fifth album, I, The Devil, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. The album precludes a full European tour to celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary (dates after the jump).

Deiphago are arguably the most violent band on the planet, as well as one of the most envelope-pushing. Over the course of four albums – 2006’s Satanik Eon, 2009’s Filipino Antichrist, 2012’s Satan Alpha Omega, and 2015’s Into the Eye of Satan, the latter three all released by Hells Headbangers – and with a history spanning 30 years, this power-trio have challenged the norms of black metal, death metal, even extreme metal in general, resulting in a catalog that’s unchallenged and untouchable. Quite simply, Deiphago are without peer, and I, The Devil underlines this fact with no uncertainty.

Always pushing themselves, Deiphago teamed up with producer Kurt Ballou (Converge) to record I, The Devil, with mastering handled by Brad Boatright (Audiosiege), and the legendary Joe Petago returns to do the album’s cover art. Featuring eight songs in 40 minutes, I, The Devil sees Deiphago taking their ever-singular “Experimental Hyper-speed Satanic Bestial Metal” down avenues both more violent and more angular. No other nowadays metal band sounds this extreme – extreme violence, extreme progressiveness, extreme EXTREMITY – and I, The Devil shall prove, once again, that Deiphago are truly in a league all their own. If the Colin Marston-produced predecessor Into the Eye of Satan displayed a band aiming for the most atonal and challenging ends of the black/death spectrum, then I, The Devil will prove that Deiphago have crossed their Rubicon – and they’ve left everyone behind, cowering in their conservatism.

Says founding vocalist/bassist V.666, “This album is a celebration of our 30 years of existence, a cultivation of all our experiences since the band started in 1989. We have worked hard on this album, and it is the best music we have ever released, filled with dark moods and reeking of destruction. We present to you the essence of pure black metal as it was meant to be like in the early ’90s, when bands didn’t sound the same. This is our magnum opus that will be revered right next to the groundbreaking black metal albums of the early ’90s.”

Continuing, V.666 promises, “This will surpass everything not just in the bestial black/death genre, but the whole black metal scene as a whole. This album stands on its own as diverse and unconventional, filled with monstrous dissonances and intolerable cacophony. It is perfecting the uncontrolled chaos. Kurt Ballou has done a great job as producer, engineer, and mixer, capturing our evil intensity. Normal people will not understand the music, as we have put such a high standard over all the typical trends of today. Beware the release of I, The Devil.”

No empty words here: I, The Devil is twisted, violent genius and avant-garde obliteration simultaneously. It is NOT for normcore metalheads, weekend warriors, or “diehards only” posers; it reverberates with the righteously unorthodox, those who dare to seek beyond the borders of the “sheep in wolf’s clothing” conservatism endemic to underground metal, or simply metal in general. There Deiphago stand, crushing those very borders, and any who would stand in their way. Behold I, The Devil and await the sweet kiss of utter annihilation

In the meantime, hear the new track “11:4:6” HERE

Also hear the previously revealed “Deus Alienus (God of the Other Side)” HERE

Aforementioned cover art, by Joe Petagno (Motorhead), and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Deiphago’s I, The Devil
1. Intro: Decimation
2. Quantum Death
3. Neuro-Satanic Circuit
4. 11:4:6
5. Deus Alienus
6. Chaos Protocols
7. Anti-Cosmic Trigger
8. I, The Devil


30th Anniversary European Tour
17/05/2019    STEELFEST, Finland    
20/05/2019    Gineve, Switzerland
21/05/2019    Paris, France
24/05/2019    Mlada Boleslav
25/05/2019    Gliwice, Poland    
29/05/2019    Berlin, Germany
30/05/2019    Hamburg, Germany
31/05/2019    Oberhausen, Germany
01/06/2019    Deinze, Belgium
05/06/2019    Lyon, France
06/06/2019    Firenze, Italy
07/06/2019    Parma, Italy
08/06/2019    THRONE FEST, Belgium
MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/deiphago