Expertly transitioning between atmospheric Black Metal, Celtic Folk, and traditional Scottish sounds – the wildly exploratory music of SAOR knows no limitations and seeks out every opportunity to expand on its potential. On the band’s third full-length ‘Guardians’ mastermind Andy Marshall channels the Caledonian spirit and landscape into beautiful and vigorous music. Fully remixed and remastered, ‘Guardians’ will be re-released via Season of Mist on limited vinyl and digipak, including the bonus track “Dawn of Heroes” (unreleased demo recording).
Brazilian one man brutal death metal band DEFORMED SLUT (featuring Alexandre Antunes on all instruments and vocals) will be releasing the new EP "Ruthless Malignancy" this month through Deflowered Records. The new EP features two brutal tracks: 01 - Ruthless Malignancy and 02 - The Vilest Leech. The EP artwork was created by Rodrigo Bueno (Lacrimatorium Doomed Arts)
"Ruthless Malignancy" is available on all streaming services!
Sweden’s Symphonic Metal pioneers THERION are proud to unveil "Die Wellen der Zeit", another single from their upcoming 17th studio album "Leviathan", which drops on January 22nd, 2021, via NUCLEAR BLAST.
You can watch the epic music video for the new single "Die Wellen der Zeit" here:
Band leader Christofer Johnsson comments: "Once again we worked with Carlos Toro and Abyss Production in Chile. Carlos has done the previous 7 videos for us over the past 10 years and this may be the best one yet!
The lyrics deal with the ancient Germanic worship of Nerthus and you will get some interpretations of the good old times in the clip."
Treat yourself to another dose of Dark Melodic Metal with a brand new song and lyric video from L.A.’s finest WITHERFALL by checking out “Another Face”: https://youtu.be/jUDgiOskP0g
The band comments: “As with most WITHERFALL songs ‘Another Face’ was written with just an acoustic guitar, pen & paper and copious amounts of red wine. However, once in the studio the track really came to life. Some of the best memories from the recording sessions were working out the outro of the song after the solo. Between guitar and vocal harmonies and subtle harmonic shifts the ending is such a highlight of the record. Jon Schaffer and Jim Morris really brought a lot of energy to these sessions. For everyone involved it was a highly creative time. This track is a great testament to what can happen when everyone on a production team gets to shine a little light on a song.”
“Another Face” is the third single taken from “Curse Of Autumn”, the upcoming album from WITHERFALL that is scheduled for a worldwide street date on March 5th, 2021 with the US vinyl being available April 2nd, 2021.
Apart from the Digital Album the following formats are available, please note that the luxurious Gatefold 2LP is coming with a poster and etching on Side D:
Ltd. CD Digipak
Gatefold black 2LP for all accounts
200x Gatefold Autumn Amber (transp. orange Vinyl) 2LP via CM Distro Wholesale and Onlineshop
200x Gatefold Ghost White (creamy white Vinyl) 2LP via EMP and Nuclear Blast
The US is carrying the following formats:
CD Digipak
Gatefold Fall Forest Green (translucent forest green Vinyl) 2LP for all accounts
300x Gatefold Last Scar Blood Red (deep blood red Vinyl) 2LP
What could possibly be a better time of the year to dive headfirst into dark melodic metal? While the shadows of winter are creeping up upon us and the nights get longer it is the perfect time for “Curse Of Autumn” to unfold.
“Curse Of Autumn” was produced by Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth, Demons & Wizards) for Ravencraft Productions, Joseph Michael (vocals, keyboards, also in Sanctuary) and Jake Dreyer (guitar, also in Iced Earth, Demons & Wizards). For the recording and mix they teamed up with Jim Morris (Savatage, Iced Earth, Kamelot, Death) while Tom Morris took over mastering duties.
The album art is once again another hand painted masterpiece by the legendary Kristian Wåhlin, the fourth painting in the WITHERFALL series.
Don’t miss the cinematic video for “As I Lie Awake”: https://youtu.be/KFbrq-n17Gs The clip was directed by Zev Deans (Ghost, Behemoth, Chelsea Wolfe, St. Vincent…).
WITHERFALL are:
Joseph Michael - Vocals/Keyboards (also in Sanctuary)
Jake Dreyer - Acoustic and Electric Guitars (also in Iced Earth/Demons & Wizards)
Anthony Crawford - Bass (Chon, Shalmor, Allan Holdsworth, Justin Timberlake, Kirk Whalum…)
Marco Minnemann - Drums (The Aristocrats, Joe Satriani, Steven Wilson, Tony Levin, Jordan Rudess, Necrophagist…)
Virginia-based crossover maniacs ENFORCED open their Century Media account with their blistering new album, “Kill Grid”. Informed by an incredible cross-section of extremes—from thrash and punk to death metal and hardcore—the emergent outfit drop a nine-song cluster-bomb of thrashing death on apathetic times. Formed in Richmond in 2017 out of shreds of disbanded hardcore and punk bands, ENFORCED quickly found their calling between the undying support of regional punk/hardcore scenes and their respective record collections. Whether it’s Sacred Reich and Integrity or Bolt Thrower and Amebix, “Pure Crossover Death,” as ENFORCED call their devastating din, devastatingly speared its way through two demos (“Demo 2017” and “Retaliation”) and their no-holds-barred debut, “At the Walls”.
“Kill Grid” came together over a two-year period while ENFORCED were marauding halls and dive bars across the East Coast and Canada. Indeed, inspiration came from different directions, but playing live with bands like Sacred Reich, Red Death, Iron Reagan, All Out War, and Integrity shaped what was to come out of the Richmonders. While it was the previous output that attracted the attention of Century Media, it’s “Kill Grid”, featuring a striking Joe Petagno (Motörhead, Vitriol) cover, that’s going to put ENFORCED on top-lists of circle pit lunatics around the globe. To track their sophomore full-length, ENFORCED enlisted long-time friend and studio maven Bob Quirk (Memory Loss, Misled Youth) to engineer, as well as Philadelphia-based studio whiz Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Cavalera Conspiracy) to mix and master.
Stay tuned for a first track from “Kill Grid” that will be unleashed soon!
The legendary Dutch Death Doom Elite ASPHYX will be releasing their new, 10th full studio album “Necroceros” worldwide on January 22nd, 2021 via Century Media Records.
Therefore, ASPHYX are launching a second single for the album with the song “Knights Templar Stand” today, which can also be checked out in a lyric-video created by Maurice Swinkels / Younique Film (Legion Of the Damned, Exodus, Kataklysm, etc.) here: https://youtu.be/grkuAMJYv0M
ASPHYX frontman Martin van Drunen checked in about the song as follows: “A mainly very heavy uptempo track about the Knights Templar battling bravely in the Levant. Outnumbered by many, standing their ground until the very end. A typical ASPHYX song in our well-known neck-breaking metal style and fashion.”
A video for the upcoming album’s first single “Botox Implosion”, also directed by Maurice Swinkels / Younique Film, can still be seen here: https://youtu.be/9zw241m3JRQ
“Necroceros” was recorded at Tom Meier’s Tom Meier Studio as well as at Paul Baayens’ The Mörserstudio and then finally mixed/mastered by Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann at Greenman Studios. The album once again features front cover artwork by Axel Hermann and contains the following tracklisting:
ASPHYX – “Necroceros”:
The Sole Cure is Death
Molten Black Earth
Mount Skull
Knights Templar Stand
Three Years of Famine
Botox Implosion
In Blazing Oceans
The Nameless Elite
Yield or Die
Necroceros
“Necroceros” will be available in the following formats:
- Standard Jewelcase CD
- Digital Album
- 180g LP
- Limited Mediabook CD+DVD
- Strictly limited Deluxe Gatefold 2LP+DVD
The limited Mediabook CD edition comes with an expanded booklet of 40 pages as well as the Bonus DVD “30 Years of Death Doom Domination”, with over 2 hours of playing time. The DVD contains 2017’s special ASPHYX live-show for their 30th band-anniversary with raw and pure camera-sound, as well as rehearsal footage and interviews with all current and former band members who attended this remarkable event.
The strictly limited Deluxe 2LP version of “Necroceros” is available either as dark green-yellow-white splattered vinyl (Limited to 500x copies via CM Distro or the band) or as white-black marbled vinyl (Limited to 500x copies available from Nuclear Blast). Next to the “30 Years of Death Doom Domination” Bonus DVD, this Deluxe format of the album will come in Gatefold packaging with a bonus 12” vinyl, featuring 2 bonus-tracks (“Full Death Metal Scenario” and “Triple D”) on side C and an Etching on side D. This edition also includes the double-sided A2 poster, an exclusive LP booklet of 24 pages as well as an originally signed ASPHYX photocard.
The album’s LP version will come on 180g vinyl and with a double-sided A2 poster in the following variations and limitations:
- Black LP: Unlimited
- Clear LP: 200x copies (via CM Webshop Europe) – Sold out!
- Dark green LP: 400x copies (via CM Distro Europe) – Sold out!
- Transparent petrol green LP: 200x copies (via District 19 Webshop)
- Deep blood red LP: 200x copies (via EMP)
- Grey LP: 200x copies (via High Roller)
- Mint colored LP: 200x copies (via Supreme Chaos)
- Transparent blue LP: 200x copies (via Sound Of Records)
- Olive green LP: 500x copies (via CM USA / All Outlets) *
- Brick red LP: 500x copies (via CM USA / Indie Outlets) *
- White LP: 200x copies (via CM USA / Revolver) *
- Transparent orange LP: 200x copies (via CM USA Webshop) *
* Please note that the US versions of the LP will be available as of February 12th, 2021.
The pre-order for “Necroceros” in all its various formats is available here:
