After three killer albums with Tony Martin on vocals, "Eternal Idol" (1987), "Headless Cross" (1989) and "Tyr" (1990), Tony Iommi approached Ronnie James Dio and Geezer Butler to reunite the "Mob Rules" (1981) line-up (including Vinny Appice on drums). The result was this classic album featuring humns like "Time Machine", "TV Crimes", "Master of Insanity" and "Letters from Earth", just to name a few. The album was recorded at Rockfield Sudios, Gales and mastered at Musicland Studios in Germany. The reunion ended when Dio and Appice left the band when the other members arranged to play supporting Ozzy Osbourne. For that show, Rob Halford filled the vocals. And it was the prelude to Tony Martin´s return to the band.
PRESS RELEASE: Montréal menacing black/death/doom trio SHEZMU's debut album, "À Travers Les Lambeaux", will be out on CD & digitally via Krucyator Productions on July 27th. The second single “Les Secrets des Ziggourats,” which serves as the fifth track of the opus, is available for streaming. "‘Les Secrets des Ziggourats’ talks about mental health — more precisely schizophrenia and epilepsy — and their roles during ancient times,” inform SHEZMU. “People with such mental illness were often portrayed as they came from the Gods themselves.”
Hailing from the frozen fields of Montréal, Shezmu was forged in 2016 by Olivier Bérubé Emond (also goes by the pseudonym Comte Bergaby in the underground) and Marc-André Labonne. As a duo, they released a self-titled demo cassette in 2017, followed by two successive MLP releases in 2018: The Scent of War under Les Fleurs du Mal Productions and Breaching The Tomb under the banners of both Les Fleurs du Mal and Iron Bonehead Productions. 2018 also saw the Quebec force expanding their size and sonic palette with the addition of bass player Yanick Tremblay-Simard (Sol Miracula, Aiauasca).
Since their inception, SHEZMU has dove deep into the lore of human history and enlightenment. Just like the definition of SHEZMU (Ancient Eygptian God of wine & oils and also blood & slaughter), the band always took a contradictory and explorative direction to their sound. Their techniques have no boundaries: fast blast beats, mid-tempo occult riffing, or ancient sonic doom, they are all part of the wheel, a dance between Sun and Moon. Just as a whisper into one’s ear, the band recounts the darkest passages of ancient times through distinctive and evil riffs.
On the upcoming debut album, "À Travers Les Lambeaux", the trio took a different approach to the writing of this album, resulting in some of Comte Bergaby’s most personal lyrics to date. While still using visions of ancient history as the lyrical basis, the songs explore the themes of rage, sorrow, and madness. Creating a triangulum among these emotions, SHEZMU heralds symptoms of profound anguish. The magnitude of anger can be well heard throughout the enraged blast beats, fast tremolo pickings, and low-end guttural vocals. The clean, desperate yells on some tracks such as “Lex Talionis” evoke the atmosphere of grief. The fever of madness continues to heat until the album reaches its boiling point: it is portrayed as the triumph of darkness over sanity. For More Info:
MINDSCAR, the black death metal / metalcore brainchild of Richie Brown (EXMORTUS live, THE ABSENCE live, ex TRIVIUM), has just released a stunning video for their song "My Masochist." Richie commented “We are very, very happy to finally give you the first taste of what we’ve been working on for the past couple years with our producer Jason Suecof at Audiohammer Studios! We filmed My Masochist music video and got covered in ticks in the woods in Florida with director Maria Jazel. The video is exclusively available on YouTube right now!”"
MINDSCAR is a metal band from the USA featuring vocalist/guitarist Richie Brown, guitarist Alyssa Day (VISIONER), drummer Tom Beheler and bassist Terran Fernandez (INFINITE EARTHS). The band originally formed as a group of friends in middle school in 1998. In the early days, Mindscar played several live shows, performed on national television, self-released several demos, received international airplay and publicity. In 2002, Matt Heafy of TRIVIUM joined the band on guitar and back up vocals. After internal issues due to the age of band members, MINDSCAR was unable to tour and disbanded for over a decade.
In 2013, MINDSCAR resurrected and began touring with acts such as VADER, VITAL REMAINS, MASSACRE and many others. On January 8, 2015, MINDSCAR independently released their debut full-length album titled “Kill The King” followed by multiple tours. In 2016, they released their second album "What`s Beyond the Light".
Belgian black death metal band CARNAL DESECRATION are streaming their "Carnal Desecration" EP on their Bandcamp site. The EP is the band´s debut release and includes three tracks: "Rites of the Necromancer", "Maschalismos" and "Carnal Desecration". More info on:
Thailand speed thrash metal band KILLING FIELDS will release their new album "Death to Dictator" on July 3rd. The album is the band´s third full length release and the first one since "Gigantrix Extinction" released in 2012 (they also released a compilation, "Beyond the Gigantrix Extinction" and a split with Rabies in 2014). "Death to Dictator" was recorded between 2017 and 2019 and will be released on cassette format and digitally. More info on:
Puertorrican death thrash metal band OUT OF HAND will release their new EP "Aging in Putrefaction" on July 3rd. The new EP contains covers of classic tunes by DEATH, DYING FETUS, OBITUARY, BOLT THROWER and SUFFOCATION. The band has also released other two EPs, "Icons of Apathy" in 2019 and "Becoming the Enemy" earlier in 2020. "Aging in Putrefaction" will be released independently. More info on:
“Irrational I” is the new EP by avant-garde depressive black metal project Derhead. The EP will be released on July 24th through Brucia Records.
This last opus expands on the band’s distinctive Depressive Black Metal roots by incorporating the heaviness of Doom and Industrial music, thus defining this new creative cycle as something decidedly avant-garde and experimental.
Skilfully mixing raw and aggressive riffs with the epic grandeur of more sophisticated and slower parts, “Irrational I” deals with our fragmented relationship with the concepts of reality, desire and time.
The two long tracks comprising the EP will slowly unfold to reveal the contrasting nature of our place within the cogwheels of time, leading us to contemplate the contrast between reality and our inner self.
Australian doom death metal band MYRIDIAN will release their new album "Light in the Abyss" on July 3rd. The new album is the third full length in the band´s history and the follow up to their "Live at the Evelyn Hotel" live album released in 2018. Their previous studio album was "We, the Forlorn" released in 2015. "Light in the Abyss" will be released independently in a limited edition of 100 copies on CD. More info on:
French thrash metal band THE DEAD TREE SEEDS will release their new album "Push the Button" on July 3rd. The new album, the second full length release in the band´s history, is the first release since their debut album "Seeds of Thrash" released in 2013. "Push teh Button will be released through Music Records and will feature ten tracks. More info on:
Swedish death metal masters AT THE GATES are streaming their whole show from the Full Force Festival 2019 through Arte Concert. The band was supporting their latest album "To Drink from the Night Itself" released in 2018 and the "The Mirror Black" and the "With the Pantheons Blind" EPs from January 2019. The show is over 45 minutes long.
Russian one man black death groove metal band HATEBOUND is streaming the debut album "Shades of Madness" on its Bandcamp site. The album was released in March 2020 independently and features nine tracks. More info on:
