Los Angeles, California death metal band SOUL DEVOURMENT will release their EP "Eternal Perdition" on cassette on September 4th. The EP will be released in a limited edition of 100 copies in 2 different colours through Burning Coffin Records. The EP is SOUL DEVOURMENT`s debut release and features these tracks: 1.Purifying the Kadingir Sanctum (Hellwalkers Revengeance); 2.Spine Rip Fatality; 3.Intergalactic Tyrant of Death; 4.Genocidal Warlord of the Waste; 5.Sign of Evil (Doom E1M8 cover) . More info on:
London's CULT BURIAL have released their new song "Dethroner" via Metal Bite. The song is from their upcoming self-titled album which will be released in November.
Six Feet Under launches lyric video for new single, "Amputator"; new album, 'Nightmares Of The Decomposed', now available for pre-order
On October 2nd, Six Feet Under will release their seventeenth full-length, Nightmares Of The Decomposed, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of Nightmares Of The Decomposed, a lyric video for the first single, "Amputator", can be viewed at: metalblade.com/sixfeetunder - where the record can also be pre-ordered in the following formats:
- jewelcase-CD
- digipak-CD (EU exclusive)
- ltd. box set (incl. digipak CD, bonus CD, flag, face mask)
- 180g black vinyl (EU exclusive)
- dark viole(n)t marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 500 copies)
- grey / blue marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 300 copies)
- blood red / white marbled vinyl (EMP exclusive - limited to 200 copies)
- bloody pale skin marbled vinyl (US exclusive)
- clear red / blue marbled vinyl (US exclusive)
Comprised of twelve tracks, Nightmares Of The Decomposed is a defining statement, making it very clear that more than twenty-five years into their career, Six Feet Under remain at the forefront of the genre. Dynamic, heavy as hell, catchy, and uncompromising, it is everything that the band's longtime faithful have come to expect from the deadly unit, and is clearly the product of a lot of hard work by vocalist Chris Barnes, guitarists Jack Owen and Ray Suhy, bassist Jeff Hughell and drummer Marco Pitruzzella.
Tracked at various studios including Criteria Studios in Miami, Florida, which over the years has played host to the likes of AC/DC, Black Sabbath, and Aerosmith amongst others, it was produced, engineered and mixed by Chris Carroll, who has given it a full and chunky feel. The album's mastering was handled by Chaz Najjar at Badlands Recording in Denver, Colorado. The finished product comes packaged in artwork by Luke Hunter and is packed with songs that will sound great live, and will sit comfortably alongside the classics already filling out their set lists, helping to drive the band ever closer to their fourth decade of existence.
Chris Barnes (vocals) comments: "Working again after 25 years writing an album with my old band mate from Cannibal Corpse, Jack Owen, was like coming home...To a room full of dead bodies. Jack's writing and riff work on this album gave me the fuel to write some disturbing lyrics and really set my creative mind on fire."
A stone chamber. The smell of mould, sand and age. Darkness, torches, fading artwork on the walls. Steps lead deeper into the stone. 3000 km away from the Valley of the Kings, in 2015 a band has set the task to merge the atmosphere of ancient Egypt into classic black metal. Under the banner of the lion-headed god MAAHES (the lord of darkness, winds and slaughter) they stepped out of the catacombs to offer "Reincarnation", a conceptual album where the main character escapes from the captivity of the ancient Egyptian underworld and resurrects successfully at the end.
With this album, Maahes fight their way through a quarter of a century of extreme music history, gathering influences from classic albums such as "Storm of the Light's Bane", "Deathcult Armageddon", "At the Heart of Winter" or "God Hates Us All", with the band invading the Death Metal and Heavy Metal realms in order to create its ideas without any barriers.
"Reincarnation" was produced in 2018 and was recorded in different studios, including Studio Wustrack (a.o. Vroudenspil). Drums recordings, mix and mastering took place under the direction of Florian Dammasch at "Nightside Audio" in Solingen (a.o. Eïs, Ash Of Ashes). The debut is completed by the artwork of Brazilian artist Caio Caldas/Cadiesart (Dragonforce, Doro, a.o.).
New Album “Blood Spell" Out September 18th, 2020 via CDN Records
Canada’s Sadistic Embodiment will be unleashing their new album “Blood Spell” on September 18th via CDN Records. Prior to its official release, the band is sharing with fans their next aural assault with their third single "Phantom Tormentor". The track itself is all about nightmares, post-traumatic stress, and hallucinations. The driving extreme rhythm mixes with tortured vocals along with plenty of subliminal content throughout with lyrics sourced from dark personal experiences of guitarist Wally Fischer.
Fischer explains further: "Originally written very shortly after our 2019 EP 'Beloved Imprisonment', this song in its early form was part of our set list throughout 2019, but parting ways with our vocalist meant this song needed new lyrics. 2019 and 2020 was a brutal time in my personal life. Waking up in cold sweats, tormenting nightmares, and conscious anguish was a constant. One such night, I woke up and felt darkly inspired. While watching streams of abstract horror games on YouTube in the background, I wrote the lyrics chronicling my emotions. The recording transcended this song from its original form, and I think many will find it speaks to their own demons, both internal and external."
Sadistic Emboidment's new full length “Blood Spell” follows the band's three EPs Beloved Imprisonment (2019), Blodörn (2018), and Self-Titled (2018). Continuing their sonic onslaught, each of the nine songs on "Blood Spell" has a distinct feel given the variation in vocal and instrumental styles throughout the album. Each song stands out and yet they are all uniquely Sadistic Embodiment. This will please old school death metallers and the new school with a variety of punch-in-your-face hooks, melodic passages, and absolutely brutal anthemic choruses.
The band comments:“After spitting out three EPs this last couple of years, we were really stoked and kind of nervous settling into a longer writing and recording process for Blood Spell. As per usual, we cranked out the material during bi-monthly jams, but this time we really took our time crafting the music once the main structure of the songs was built. Our sound is still exactly the same, but the listeners may hear more broad musical influences across the nine tracks. There are tracks that sound distinctively Wally and Jason and certain tracks where you really hear Bryan shine as he shows off his technical prowess.
A lot of our songs are longer than your average death metal track, and they are relatively simple in regards to guitar and lyrical work. But with longer playtime, we were able to fit in more ambiance and guitars solos into every nook and cranny."
“Blood Spell” will be released on September 18, 2020 on all major digital platforms along with being available for pre-order (CD) from CDN Records here.
The album is for fans of both old school death metal and newer that will appreciate it. Especially fans of Gojira, Bloodbath, and Kataklysm. Like a pungent black onion, “Blood Spell” has many layers of groovy, mid-tempo riffs, choruses alongside pain, anguish, and rage; the instrumental and vocal nuances meticulously build into each song.
Track Listing:
1. Stranger (4:41)
2. Gallows Hill (5:33)
3. Catherine’s Braid (6:03)
4. Phantom Tormentor (4:41)
5. Nebulae (Call of the Void) (2:48)
6. Suicide Ceremony (3:09)
7. Global Enema (4:06)
8. Flesh Deposition (5:37)
9. Cerebral Termination (5:26)
Album Length: 42:08
Sadistic Embodiment is: Bryan James Newbury (Drums); Jason Cullen (Rhythm Guitar); Curtis Vieville (Bass); Wally Fischer (Lead Guitar)
The sadistic death metal quartet was originally conceived in Edmonton, Alberta. Although all Edmonton born half of the group now resides in Calgary, travelling frequently to join the others in crafting extreme musical works. Each member brings their own distinct flair to the music, live theatrics, and social media content.
Drummer Bryan Newbury (also known from Into Eternity, Untimely Demise) formed the project in the fall of 2017 by inviting Curtis Vieville and Helge Lipphardt to jam simple and catchy death metal. A couple of months later, Jason Cullen joined the group and then Nate Mandrusiak joined shortly thereafter, forming the five-piece that produced their Self-Titled (March 30th, 2018) and Blodørn (September 8th, 2018) EPs. Curtis Vieville left to travel for the summer of 2018, leaving the band to record bass and vocals for the Blodørn release on his behalf.
During the late fall of 2018, the group parted ways with Helge Lipphardt and brought on Curtis’ old bandmate Wally Fischer. Continuing their relentless musical onslaught the group wrote and released the EP Beloved Imprisonment on January 31st, 2019, showcasing their evolved sound. But the work was far from over and after a few gigs; the group began work constructing their first full-length album. During that period the band parted ways with their singer Nate in early 2020, and from thereafter the group became a three-pronged vocal assault team.
Completing their work in the spring of 2020, the milestone album “Blood Spell” was finally realized. As if sensing the impending debut, CDN Records approached the band with a record deal just as the final touches were being completed. And thus Sadistic Embodiment joined the CDN Records family.
Each release from Sadistic Embodiment grows in depth and complexity while maintaining simple and heavy death metal passages. They pride themselves on having catchy choruses intermixed with powerful and epic melodies. The newest material exhibits dark soundscapes with a lot of variation in song type and feel. Listen closely and you will find evil and pain lurking in the mix
“Blood Spell” is due out September 18, 2020 via CDN Records.
South German thrashers NUCLEAR WARFARE are celebrating their 18th anniversary as a band and their sixth album "Lobotomy" is the band's gift to all the fans who have been supporting them along the years. Faithful to the Thrash Metal of the 80s, you'll find nine songs where your neck muscles are once again to be tortured until the cervical vertebrae cracks. "Lobotomy" offers a merciless homage to the German Thrash Metal heroes of the 80s mixed with Bay Area influences, with the band managing to add their own stamp on the end result.
"Lobotomy" was recorded at the Oversonic Studio in São José dos Campos (Brazil) under the direction of Friggi Mad Beats and mastered by Neto Grous/ Absolute Master in Capivari. In contrast to its predecessor "Empowered by Hate", "Lobotomy" has become much more guitar-oriented.
The artwork was created by Brazilian graphic and tattoo artist Edu Nascimentto. "Lobotomy" is a "must have" for every fan of thrashmetal sounds!
Just one year after the release of "Facing the Demon" in the Summer of 2019 and several successful club shows and festivals, the creative duo consisting of Stefan Zörner / Carsten Sauter present "A Test of Shadows", a worthy and stronger successor in every way!
Completed by Oskar Schmidt, Suat Gören and Dieter Schenk, the line-up has been strengthened to make of RETERNITY a live band and a constant presence in the studio. On "A Test Of Shadows", the band played out their strengths such as the multifaceted songwriting, packed in compact songs without unnecessary lengths, the melodic and expressive vocals of Zörner, as well as the powerful and original riffs of Sauter. With a musical spectrum ranging from homages to the Speed and Thrash scene of the blissful 80s to heavy and danceable mid-tempo hymns and neck-breakers, you can also find an impressive half-ballad ("A Grave Called Home") and the intimate piano number "Stranded" (which was created in collaboration with the jazz musician Aljoscha Crema).
A Test Of Shadows" was produced in cooperation with Jonas Kümmerle (Analog Mixing Studio), who once again proves his talent on the sound of this five-piece and ensured a powerful and modern production. Together with the band, he created an album that should quickly grow on the heart of every friend of melodic, varied metal.
Chicago heavy metal band MIDNIGHT DICE will release their new EP "Hypnotized" on September 4th. The new EP is MIDNIGHT DICE´s fourth release and the successor to their split with HITTER. "Hypnotized" will be released in a limited edition of 200 copies in cassette through Hoove Child Records. More info on:
Virginia symphonic melodic death metal band FORETOKEN will release their new album "Ruin" on September 4th. The album is the debut release by the band and will be released through Prosthetic Records. The album was mastered at Hansen Studios and features 6 elaborated tracks. More info on:
Industrial black metal band ANAAL NATHRAKH has released a video for the track "The Age of Starlight End". The tune is part of the band´s new album "Endarkenment" that will be released on October 2nd through Metal Blade Records. The album will be released on digital, CD and 2 different colors vinyl.
