RAVENTALE RELEASE "PLANETARIUM II"

 

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Band: RAVENTALE

Album: Planetarium II

Country: Ukraine

Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal

Label: Ashen Dominion

Release date: September 8th, 2020

Planetarium II. The conceptual follower of original Planetarium album. It extends the analysis of extrapolation of cosmic mysteries, clandestine dimensions and extramundane weirdness. So keep following the celestial anomalies.

Track listing:

1 - Sheen Of Urania

2 - Extra Terrestrial Arcana

3 - Drinking Sulfur, Devouring The Sun

4 - Route To Andromeda

5 - The Moon In The Seventh House

6 - Let The Fire Burn!

7 - Earth (Alpha & Omega)

8 - A Temple Of My Choice

Raventale, Ukrainian atmospheric black metal band, was created in 2005. Its demo-record “В Царстве Забытого Леса” gets to the label Backfire Prod and thus project comes to a chance to release the debut album. It saw the world in 2006 under the title “На Хрустальных Качелях”. Album tells us a story of dark autumn forest, renders the feeling of staying in the forgotten wilderness.

The second album comes out under the title “Давно Ушедших Дней” in autumn of the year 2008. This album touches upon the topics of depression, loneliness and despair. Since this time the work goes on with Solitude Prod.

 Year 2009 brings the third album - “Mortal Aspirations”. This album is a distinctive piece of symphonic patterns and arrangements. It covers mostly ideas of self-knowledge and perishable aspirations.

“After” - the forth in turn album – is released in winter of 2010. This release is somewhat a continuation of the previous one and shows its logical conclusion.

The fifth full-lengths album - “Bringer Of Heartsore” – is released in autumn of year 2011. It’s songs are great mixture of numerous hues, moods and ideas, a kind of kaleidoscope of colors, which mix into the gray canvas of melancholy. The verses of Alexander Blok are used as lyrics for the album.

Autumn of 2012 is marked by the release of the sixth Raventale album - “Transcendence” – as on the eve of the Sixth Sun epoch. The main aim of the album is to tell of contemplation of transcendental and transcendent form of existence and transformation of your own self on the background of the conventionalities and immanent degradation of the modern civilization.

“Memoires” – big compilation of re-recorded songs was released at 2013 by Satanath Rec.

In the year 2015 BadMoonMan Music presents the eighth album by Raventale entitled “Dark Substance of Dharma”. This conceptual album is devoted to Indian and Tibetan mythology and offers to fully plunge into the cosmic order of Dharma, to parse the principles of existence and perception of this World. Special attention paid to the recording process and skills reached at previous albums resulted in full and rich tone of the sound.

“Planetarium” - the next album released 2017 via Ashen Dominion. From the depths of the space (darker than black), under the cronyism of two shadowed moons in eclipse and the Beasts (that dwell between the dimensions) the new order comes and new Chaos. They bring a monumental total nullification.

Year 2019 gave birth to a 60-minute long concentrated atmospheric funeral doom album called “Morphine Dead Gardens”. This release is full of empathic melodies, catatonic viscosity and ether saturation. "MDG" will make a listener embark on a slow journey through the withering gardens of melancholy, soporific dormancy of ashen landscapes and cernuous boughs, clouded mind and cherishing mirages.

"Planetarium II" released in 2020 by Ashen Dominion. The conceptual follower of original Planetarium album. It extends the analysis of extrapolation of cosmic mysteries, clandestine dimensions and extramundane weirdness. This is a deep and profound journey through the black wastelands of extraneous cosmos.

Links:

https://www.facebook.com/raventaleofficial/

https://raventale.bandcamp.com/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KOmMtbWad0uG8Wi91wDJ7

https://www.facebook.com/ashendominion/

http://www.ashen-dominion.com/

GATECLOSER RELEASE "FROM THE WASTELAND"

 

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Band: GATECLOSER

Album: From The Wasteland

Country: Italy

Genre: Thrash | Alternative | Progressive Metal

Label: Sliptrick records

Release date: September 22nd, 2020

GATECLOSER Emerge Triumphant ‘From The Wasteland’

The debut full-length studio album from Gatecloser, From The Wasteland, presents a powerful and melodic thrash metal with a lot of different influences, with each song telling something different through the music and lyrics. It’s a brand new concept based on the inevitable presence of “The Gatecloser” in everyone’s life. He is the personification of time, an impartial supreme judge guarding his own gate, waiting for the right moment to open it and unleash his power.

Every song on the album can be easily distinguished from the others as each track brings the listener to different scenarios and feelings. Creepy intros, unique dominant guitar riffs, powerful, creative and groovy drums, angry, soulful and melodic vocals, expressive imposing bass lines and epic guitar solos lead to a continuous change of the seasons throughout the album. The band composed the music and lyrics as a team, everyone gave their contribution toward the realization of the product and this cooperation is what established the final sound.

Track by track, stories From The Wasteland

01. From The Wasteland…: The Gatecloser, appearing for the first time, opens his gate. A very sinister strings section prepare his speech. The lyrics are a mix of other track’s quotes which bond together create a very threatening message that introduce to the dark and creepy mood of the next track and the whole album as well.

02. The Crow: The main character complains about a world gone insane and comes back from the dead to bring justice and revenge, he finds himself unable to rest in his eternal dwell because of some people’s immense grief capable of resurrecting him. His mission impersonate the desire of every dead to be avenged and to watch over his suffering living dears.

03. Bury Him Alive: The song speaks about a suffering man in front of a huge crowd during his own execution after being arrested. His story is very sad, he’s always been a nice and kind average man living his life until he met two thugs pretending to be his friends. After this he began to commit crimes with them and got caught, arrested and used as a scapegoat for the other two guys’ crimes. People in the crowd don’t know him and his faults but still they yell shameful words against him. His fake friends are within it. However Time, who watches all, has plans for them.

04. White Bones: After three tracks The Gatecloser presents himself. This song describes his way to act, his shaping and his domains within the human dimension.

05. Take My Hand: A girl has just been raped and inevitably depression preys on her. She tries to express her pain and sorrow to exorcise what keeps her down and she decides to think out loud a prayer, hoping for someone to hear, and continues with a self speech of wondering and complains about a world gone insane. After this, she sends a message to every suffering soul around the world, like she has just received it by someone… preserving a special thought for her predator. A message given by Him, the one who heard her call (The Gatecloser). The girl is hopeless, but now she knows she won’t die in vain, “Time” is planning a painful destiny for him.

06. Will Of The Dark: Like a mother cradles her child, this song happens during a rainy night with thunder and lightning where The Gatecloser speaks to all the suffering souls which wait to redeem their peace. He’s like a shepherd, a guide for them. He promises a new life, a bright light in their existence.

07. Blackout: A man affected by Schizophrenia becomes conscious of his condition and the differences between him and “normal people”. He knows that his illness fools him and there’s no way to escape from its chains; despite this, he tries to face it with all his forces without success, fighting an internal battle that he cannot win. Long after his birth, “Time” gives him a message for the world aimed to awake people’s mind. He looks different to other people’s eyes but he makes them wonder what is really considered “normal” causing a huge doubt in those who hear. One day he learns to give a shape to his condition’s tricks and understands that he can stand up and fight it with the raging power of indifference.

08. Death Parade: The song is about a dying entity who tells his story to someone attending its last breaths, someone that will succeed it after his death. Rage and sorrow are its actual last feelings and notice how a man is capable of being evil to achieve their narcissistic dreams.

09. King Of The New Dawn: A sci-fi world where chaos reign allows all the living beings to be immortal. An epic hymn echoes in the air announcing the ascending of a new powerful king with the only purpose to establish an order. The king was born for the will of some of them, the good ones, tired to live in an unnatural dimension where life has no sense and everyone can act without consequences. Nobody can oppose the king, the only one who can be immortal now.

10. Black March: In this song a man is disappointed by people, he really wonders why good actions bring to pain and sorrow while bad people live their lives always running away from their dues. It seems like there’s no justice at all until death, but a promise, appears through words of despair. The man now knows that justice will be done sooner or later, everyone will pay their debts and the price shall be way worse than death.

11. …They Will March On: The Gatecloser takes another chance to present and describe himself, those who still have questions are answered very clearly but his name is not revealed. The gate is closed.

Track Listing:

01. From The Wasteland… | 02. The Crow | 03. Bury Him Alive | 04. White Bones | 05. Take My Hand | 06. Will Of The Dark | 07. Blackout | 08. Death Parade | 09. King Of The New Dawn | 10. Black March | 11. …They Will March On

Recorded by: Riccardo Pasini at Studio 73 in Ravenna (RA), Italy

Mixed and mastered by: Paolo Castelluccia in Borgo Panigale (BO), Italy

Produced by: Gatecloser

Gatecloser are:

Stefano Tarroni – Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar/Keyboards | Matteo Corbara – Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals | Nicola Gavini Fiorentini – Bass Guitar/Backing Vocals | Alessandro Cupici – Drums/Percussions/Backing Vocals

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https://www.instagram.com/gatecloser_official/

https://sliptrickrecords.com/gatecloser/

AMOXET STREAMS "THE UNFATHOMABLE ABSTRACT" EP

 

US Black metal band AMOXET are streaming their new EP "The Unfathomable Abstract" on their Bandcamp site (check below). The EP, released on September 6th independently, is AMOXET´s fourth release. They also have in their discography the "Disciplined Hatred" demo from 2019, and two EPs from 2020: "Infernal Regions" and "The Invisible Catastrophe". More info on:

https://amoxet.bandcamp.com/

FENRIS VREDE STREAM TRACKS FROM "RAGNAROK" ALBUM

 

Norwegian viking metal band FENRIS VREDE are streaming tracks from their new album "Ragnarok" on their Soundcloud site (check below). The tunes are: "Lokes Barn", "Fenris Vrede" and "Byggmesteren". As the band states: "Fenris Vrede is a norwegian metal band formed in 2020. The band takes it's name from Lokes son, the monstrous wolf. Fenris (Old Norse: "Fenrir") is destined to end Odins life. Vrede is norwegian for wrath. Their lyrics mostly deal with norse mythology". More info on:

https://www.facebook.com/FenrisVrede

https://soundcloud.com/fenris-vrede/tracks

Fenris Vrede · Fenris Vrede

Fenris Vrede · Lokes Barn

Fenris Vrede · Byggmesteren

APALLIC DECAY STREAM "RETURN OF THE UNHALLOWED" EP

 

German black death metal band APALLIC DECAY are streaming their EP "Return of the Unhallowed" on their Bandcamp site (check below). The EP was released on September 6th in an independent way and features the tracks: 1.The Return; 2.Fleshcrawl; 3.Damnation; 4.Darkest Insight; 5.Cold Clutch of Poseidon; 6.Unhallowed. "Return of the Unhallowed" is APALLIC DECAY´s second EP (the firs one is "First Blood" from 2017. More info on:

https://apallicdecay.bandcamp.com/releases

https://www.facebook.com/ApallicDecay/

http://apallic-decay.com/

https://soundcloud.com/apallicdecay

COEXISTENCE STREAM "THE NADIR ELEMENT"

 

Italian progressive death metal band COEXISTENCE is streaming the track "The Nadir Element" in the Transcending Obscurity YouTube channel. The tune is part of the band´s new album "Colateral Dimension" that will be released on October 23rd through Transcending Obscurity Records. More info on:

https://coexistence.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Coexistence-1078336368872000/

https://www.instagram.com/coexistence_official/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMAJz2IcimBLV6DtEgtyTw

https://instagram.com/transcendingobscurity

https://twitter.com/transcendingobs

https://www.facebook.com/transcendingobscurity

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgViVqEZ6aiW7G9O-lGWiAg

WACKEN TV RELEASE KREATOR TRACKS FROM WACKEN WORLD WIDE 2020

 

Wacken TV has put online a video containing three tracks that German thrash masters KREATOR delivered in the Wacken World Wide 2020. The tracks are "Violent Revolution", "Hordes of Chaos" and "Enemy of God". You can check the video below:

DEMOLIZER RELEASE "THRASHMAGEDDON"

 

Danish thrash metal band DEMOLIZER will release their new album "Thrashmageddon" on September 11th. The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Ballade Studios and will be released through Mighty Music. "Thrashmageddon" is DEMOLIZER´s debut full length and the successor to their  "Ghoul" EP from 2018 and the "Built on Slavery" single from 2019. More info on:

https://demolizerthrash.bandcamp.com/releases

https://www.facebook.com/DemolizerThrash/

https://www.instagram.com/demolizerthrash/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7Mq4g7MEMxWozA1LIttP2P

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcGSo_e3zI3ZlYxO-VpsvFA

VOID ROT RELEASE "DESCENDING PILLARS"

 

Minneapolis death doom metal band VOID ROT will release their new album "Descending Pillars" on September 11th. The new album was recorded and mixed at Signaturetone Recording and mastered at Subterranean Watchtower Studios. "Descending Pillars" is VOID ROT´s debut full length released and will be released through Everlasting Spew Records. MOre info on:

 https://www.facebook.com/voidrot/

WAIL RELEASE "CIVILIZATION MAXIMUS"

 

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WAIL's album "Civilization Maximus" is due for release on 18 09 2020 via Wormholedeath Records worldwide. 

Satire. A word that lost it's weight the day the world became so obscure that yesterday's satirical content became the news of the day. It’s time to step up the game. Enter Wail

The infamous Norwegian heavy metal quintet best known as preachers of the 'apocalypse of the civilized world' as well as being observed claiming responsibility for catastrophes such as global warming, epidemics and commercial radio. They seem to be using their mesmerizing heavy metal music to lure young and old into their cultist organization. A spokesman of the group has been quoted with the following comment regarding the choice of musical direction: "I’m intelligent. Some people would say I’m very, very, very intelligent. According to my research, heavy metal is the most commercially available, sexy and danceable genre out there. It was quite obvious really". The band has been nurtured, cultivated and refined to be able to write, perform and seduce on a level that few can assert to. This under close observation of the terrifying and quite flamboyant front man that goes under the name «The Singer».

The dust has just settled after their debut album «Resilient» 2018. Produced by Kjartan Hestehaugen and Ronni Le Tekrø(TNT). The followup album «Civilization Maximus» Produced by Titan Labs studio/Riccardo Daga is expected to be released this fall. Wail has been getting recognition as a hard working live band on both festival and club scenes, and the response is usually in the vein of 'International standard' and 'who or what the hell are these people?'. The group prefer not to discuss the latier. Get ready to rejoice in salvation, tribalism and an oblique glance at extremism.

Lineup:

Vocals: The Singer

Guitar: Kim Sletten

Guitar: Thor Gundersen

Drums: Memet Cataltepe

Bass: Anders Nesset

https://www.facebook.com/WAIL.official.NO

https://www.instagram.com/wail_band

https://wail.no/

https://www.facebook.com/WormHoleDeath

https://twitter.com/wormholedeath

https://www.instagram.com/wormholedeath_records

http://www.wormholedeath.com/