On October 8th, 1991, death metal masters SUFFOCATION released their classic album "Effigy of the Forgotten". The album, released at that time through R/C Records, was SUFFOCATION´s debut album, and the successor to their classic brutal EP "Human Waste". The sound in the album is brutal and more compact than on the EP and is a good preview of what SUFFOCATION would become on the following albums. The line-up that recorded "Effigy..." was: Frank Mullen on Vocals; Terrance Hobbs on Guitars; Doug Cerrito on Guitars; Josh Barohn on Bass and Mike Smith on Drums. The album was recorded and mixed at the famous Morrisound Recording studios in Tampa and is dedicated to the memory of late ATHEIST bassist Roger Patterson.
On October 8th, 1988, the almighty BATHORY, a band that pioneered viking and pagan metal, released their classic album "Blood Fire Death". After three albums closer to black metal as were "Bathory", "The Return" and "Under the Sign of the Black Mark", mainman Quorthon started to explore the viking element adding new atmospheres to BATHORY´s music. The lyrics have also changed here, going from the satanist elements from the first three albums to a more epic, heroic feeling. Tracks like "A Fine Day to Die" of "The Golden Walls of Heaven" are pure classics and masterpieces of epic darkness. An album, released through Under One Flag Records, that is considered the milestone of viking metal.
Brazilian female fronted thrash death metal band THE DAMNNATION hass just released a video for their tune "Apocalypse". The tune is part of the band´s new EP "Parasite". The video was filmed by Brunno Mariante and Guilherme Dorini and edited by Guilherme Dorini. "Parasite" was recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Flight Studios, Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil.
You know us! With Against PR you can always find the perfect ideas for every occasion, from weeknight headbanging to holiday moshpits! And today's recipe couldn't be easier! You just need 1 cup of Doom, 2 tbsp of Stoner Rock, mix dry with some riffage and then add the HEAVY. Cover with foil and bake for eternity at 666°F. The result is "Attack Warning Red", the new album from Canada's doom/stoner troupe Midnight Gallows: it's so heavy it will make you sick!
After three years in silence CADAVERIA is back with her new single "Return", a Deine Lakaien tune. And there is also a video for the tune (check below). You can listen "Return" and download it on: http://bit.ly/cadaveria-return . The single was recorded and mixed at MusicArt Studio and Rrooaarr Sound between July and September 2020 and was Mastered at MusicArt Studio. The video`s main idea was created by Marçelo Santos.
Basque's SONG OF ANHUBIS will be unleashing their sophomore album "Reversed Reflection" via Rockshots Records on October 23rd, 2020. The band creates a passionate, introspective, intense, and diverse gothic metal that was first introduced to the world on their 2016 debut full length "Revenge As Redemption". Not quite following in the exact musical footsteps of their precursive album, their second record takes a 180-degree turn as it experiments with electronic elements and sounds more akin to rock and metal along with their staple gothic influences.
Featuring 10 tracks, "Reversed Reflection" is a journey between two opposing worlds, light and darkness, the instinctive, and the rational. Blunt guitars and arpeggios are combined with electronic elements, very melodic passages even melancholic in some cases, with the strength of double bass drumming and simpler fragments with the addition of some extra ingredients that will surprise listeners. All of the emotion on the record is felt through the diverse vocal range of frontwoman Rei Reych.
Reych adds:
"I have always been passionate about music and singing since I was very young, so music has been present in my life all the time, both in good times and bad. That's why I always wanted to create my own soundtrack for my feelings and experiences, to be able to express everything that is sometimes difficult to define with words alone. When I met Paul (the guitarist of 'Song of Anhubis') collaborating with my voice in a concert of the band in which he played, and after having already been the vocalist of two bands, he offered me to start a project together. We had the same musical interests, a very similar taste and we connected great from the beginning, so when he showed me the riffs he had composed, I accepted immediately, we started this adventure called 'Song Of Anhubis'…"
Taking four years to write and record, Song of Anhubis experimented with different styles for their second full-length offering. There is nothing on this album that they have not composed with all the dedication, attention, and care. Each part of each song had to give the band the feeling they were looking for to represent what Song of Anhubis is and what they wanted fans to experience as a sonic journey.
"We wanted to combine ethereal passages on the one hand with forcefulness on the other to create a perfect mix between the two worlds, the primitive and strong alongside the melodic and introspective. On this album, we talk about rage or anger, the fight against the injustices we see, or live every day. We also speak about the moments when surrender is tempting, about the life force inherent in each one of us, the resilience, the struggle between routine and the stereotyped against what is really transcendental and authentic, the deepest feelings, etc. In conclusion, it's an album full of lights and shadows that we hope the listener will enjoy and connect with. Something that Francisco Plazas (our graphic designer) has captured perfectly for the album artwork too." adds the band.
Leading up to the album's release, the band is sharing with fans the second single off the record "My Own Enemy", which can be heard at the following links YouTube, Spotify,Apple Music.
Vocalist Rei Reych explains the single:
"It’s a complex song like a progressive spiral, but at the same time with a very different style. It’s a very dynamic track that also is about, in a certain, of the difficulty of accepting oneself, the force exerted on all of us by stereotypes, the politically correct, the superficiality, and the feeling of emptiness that all this brings. It’s also about that loneliness that you can feel, even if you are surrounded by people, the complete feeling of loneliness in the crowd."
Swedish death metal band REPUKED are streaming tracks from their new albm "Dawn of Reintoxication". The new album is the band´s third full length recording and will be released through Soulseller Records on October 9th. The tracks that are streamed in the Soulseller Recs. Bandcamp site (check below) are: "Shitfister", "Vodka Til the Grave" and "Sewer Rain". More info on:
Following from a recent visitation to EOS – the astral journey continues as Starless Domain expose their blackened chaos through the prism of ALMA.
ALMA is an infinite and holistic vision.
Starless Domain create a wondrous cosmic chaos. Through ALMA they venture further into the farthest reaches of space and gaze upon the boundaries of our known visible universe – brought to mere mortal beings through the conduit of Starless Domain’s deep field black metal.
Most potently, ALMA has a schizophrenic twist, as it conversely represents an introverted look into the deepest (darkest) recesses of the human soul. It is a cathartic reflection, a metaphysical journey of personal exploration.
Reaching parts of the soul that are as equally difficult to traverse and understand as the deepest regions of space that can be sighted from the Atacama.
Released on beautiful 6 panel digipack in August 2020
Hungarian doom black metal band IN VACUO are streaming tracks from their "Urbain Noir" album on the NGC Prod Bandcamp site (check below). "Urbain Noir" is IN VACUO´s thrd full length and was released independently last March and later, on September 20th, through NGC Prod.. The album features nine tracks in over 47 minutes of pure black doom. More info on:
