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Riot Of The Underground
06.12.2021 After the last years the RIOT OF THE UNDEGROUND enjoyed a great reception among you, we will present it again in the year 2022 on the Wera Tool Rebel Stage on Wednesday.
The following bands will partake on August 17th 2022:
NYRST
OUR PROMISE
PALEFACE
SIAMESE
SPASM
SVALBARD
URNE
The motto should be clear: Support the underground!
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Progressive rock legend CYNIC’s long-awaited new album, ‘Ascension Codes,’ is out TODAY! To celebrate the release, CYNIC is now sharing the official music video for the song “Diamond Light Body,” featuring artwork by visionary artists, Martina Hoffmann and Robert Venosa. Design and animations by Randy Gaul and Jonatan Martinez (the latter worked with Masvidal on the Mythical Human Vessel trilogy). The video can be seen at THIS LOCATION.
In addition, CYNIC will be hosting an album release party in Masvidal’s hometown of Miami, FL on Saturday, November 27 @ Gramps from 8:00P.M. – 11:00 P.M. The event is free and entry is on a first come, first serve basis. Members of CYNIC as well as producer/engineer Warren Riker will be present for a meet and greet.
Cynic’s Ascension Codes is a remarkably far-reaching work, and if nothing else, a clear indication that they have landed in a place of mastery. The album, paradoxically, acts as both swan song and rebirth.
‘Ascension Codes’ can be ordered at the Season of Mist E-Shop, and official CYNIC shop. The album can be streamed/downloaded HERE.
Tracklist:
Mu-54*
The Winged Ones
A'-va432
Elements and their Inhabitants
Ha-144
Mythical Serpents
Sha48*
6th Dimensional Archetype
DNA Activation Template
Shar-216
Architects of Consciousness
DA'z-a86.4
Aurora
DU-*61.714285
In a Multiverse Where Atoms Sing
A'jha108
Diamond Light Body
Ec-ka72
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Forthcoming album The Long Road North out February 11th, 2022 via Metal Blade Records
Pre-Order: metalblade.com/cultofluna – Touring EU / UK Spring 2022
For over two decades Sweden’s CULT OF LUNA have forged a sound incomparable to others – ambitious, epic, visceral, and drenched in emotion. Their forthcoming album The Long Road North is one of their most beautiful and dynamic works to date and features guest appearances from composer Colin Stetson, Phoenix’s Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz plus more. On The Long Road North‘s opening track, “Cold Burn”, listeners are immediately immersed in familiar, yet refreshingly new Cult of Luna territory. Its pulsating rhythms pummel, and Persson’s roar sears through layers of guitar.
“Cold Burn” is available today alongside an otherworldly video which previews the single’s gaming experience that will be released on February 11 alongside the album. The video and game, created by Linus Johansson of North Kingdom Greenhouse masterfully combines and captures Cult of Luna‘s ethereal soundscapes with real-time technology and interactive storytelling. Within the video, fans are able to explore the visual world created for The Long Road North. Watch below and stay tuned for more information on the game here.
Watch “Cold Burn”: youtu.be/0alDMvVk4jY
Pre-Order: metalblade.com/cultofluna
The Long Road North sees its release on February 11, 2022 via Metal Blade Records and marks as a follow-up to this year’s The Raging River EP. As is the case with every album from the band in recent years, there is a lot of shifting of dynamics and sonic density, and perhaps more so than usual on The Long Road North. “It’s a big and cinematic sounding album. I think one of the reasons why we have been able to be so productive the last couple of years is that we have been consistently writing from the heart. We have let our instincts guide us, and I think it’s getting clearer where we are heading,” reveals vocalist/guitarist Johannes Persson, who has been one of the primary driving forces behind the band since their inception.
Persson continues, “The long road north is a long road home. A direction dictated by a call that penetrates rock and echoes through the forest. It flows over every lake, accelerated by the wind. When it reaches you, you know it’s time. Time to move forward. You don’t know where it will lead but you put the trust in it. With eyes raised towards the midnight sun it pulls you closer. The road is long and the end is uncertain.“
Recognized for their apocalyptic live performances that unrestrainedly explore the audience’s imagination, Cult of Luna will bring their stunning live show to fans just in time as The Long Road North hits shelves worldwide. Currently they are confirmed to tour UK and EU next Spring with Alcest, Caspian and Holy Fawn – North American dates to follow. For a full list of dates, see below and to purchase tickets, go here. Follow Cult of Luna on Instagram for further updates to come.
The Long Road North Track Listing:
01. Cold Burn
02. The Silver Arc
03. Beyond I
04. An Offering to the Wild
05. Into the Night
06. Full Moon
07. The Long Road North
08. Blood Upon Stone
09. Beyond II
The Long Road North Formats:
- Digital & Streaming
- CD Digibook
- Deluxe Boxset
- 180g black vinyl (EU exclusive)
- Wine-red marbled vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 700 copies)
- Silver vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 500 copies)
- Clear light rust marbled vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 500 copies)
- Clear beige-grey marbled vinyl (UK Indie exclusive – limited to 300 copies)
- Orange brown marbled vinyl (Season of Mist exclusive – limited to 300 copies)
- Clear light green marbled vinyl (Sound Pollution exclusive – limited to 300 copies)
- Tan orange marbled vinyl (Evil Greed exclusive – limited to 300 copies)
- Ochre brown marbled vinyl (Eyesore exclusive – limited to 200 copies)
- Ruby marbled vinyl (Kings Road/Metal Blade Europe exclusive – limited to 500 copies)
- Opaque light blue marbled vinyl (Band exclusive – limited to 500 copies)
- Transparent light blue marbled vinyl (Band exclusive – Tour Edition – limited to 500 copies)
- Opaque White (US exclusive)
- Light red marbled (US exclusive)
Boxset Info: Deluxe “Slim” Box containing clear vinyl, art prints of the four cover artworks, vinyl in printed inner sleeves, 16-page booklet, slipmat, patch.
Cult of Luna – Lineup:
Johannes Persson – Guitars/Vocals
Andreas Johansson – Bass
Thomas Hedlund – Drums & Percussion
Fredrik Kihlberg – Guitar/Vocals
Kristian Karlsson – Keyboards, Vocals
Magnus Lindberg – Production
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Back with a vengeance and hell-bent on destruction, Norwegian death metallers, CADAVER, are back in business and ready to reign. Edder & Bile, the first full length from this band’s new incarnation of Anders Odden’s original, extreme metal vision, was unleashed unto the world in November of 2020 via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band releases the music video for "Years Of Nothing" which can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/50vgBfDWmN0
Anders Odden comments, "The release of ‘Years of Nothing’ symbolizes the 2 years we have gone through just now with the most boring end of the world ever. It is also the last Covid-19 styled video we will make. When the world closed down musicians started to jam across the continents and do these split-screen videos from their studio. It’s exactly how we did this. Writing this comment on tour with sold-out shows with MAYHEM right now feels great. May the pandemic be behind us.”
Edder & Bile was produced by the band as well as Adair Daufembach who also handled the engineering. The album was recorded and mixed at Northwood Sound Studios in Hollywood, CA. The album features vocal cameos from death metal icons Kam Lee (MASSACRE) and Jeff Becerra (POSSESSED) ensuring that this crushing rebirth has underground credentials to spare. The photo for the artwork was taken by Hannah Verbeuren and the layout was created by Justin Bartlett.
Buy CADAVER's latest album Edder & Bile here: http://label.nuclearblast.com/cadaver-edderandbile
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Icelandic Tech Death outfit OPHIDIAN I are now unveiling a brand new drum play-through for the track ‘Enslaved in a Desolate Swarm’, which is taken from the band’s latest release ‘Desolate’. The video can be viewed via the official Season of Mist YouTube channel HERE.
Drummer Ragnar Sverrisson comments on the video: “‘Enslaved in a Desolate Swarm’ is one of my favourites off the album. It gives the album a little bit of a breather by starting out with a heavy slam part before delving into some interesting technical parts where the whole band plays and accentuates the sweeping triplet melodies together. The last part of the song is also really fun with lots of variation between each round of the riffs. This is a really fun song to play.”
Tracklist:
Diamonds
Spiral To Oblivion
Storm Aglow
Unfurling The Crescent Moon
Sequential Descent
Captive Infinity
Enslaved In A Desolate Swarm
Dominion Eyes
Jupiter
Wither On The Vine
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Technical prog band OBSIDIOUS is now releasing a brand new single called ‘Sense of Lust’. The track is accompanied by a new music video, which can be viewed via the official Season of Mist YouTube channel HERE.
The track is taken from the band’s upcoming debut album, which will be released in 2022 via Season of Mist.
OBSIDIOUS vocalist Javi comments on the video: “The theme is about a dominant with his submissive in a BDSM relationship and the acts they perform during their intercourse. It reflects desire, lust and perversion, but also shows the aftercare, as each knows that the other is enjoying their role, which blurs the line as to who is the mastermind planning and initiating this encounter.”
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Next January, an ancient demon will crawl straight outta hell to gain fresh life in new shapes... But: That infernal creature won't come alone but will be accompanied by its bat-winged twin with a soul as black as the depths from which it emerged.
Or, to make it a little more obvious: Austria's Death Metal highpriests BELPHEGOR will release their first two albums, "The Last Supper" (1995) and "Blutsabbath" (1997), next year on Vinyl and together as 2CD. The records will be out on January 14th and you can pre-order your little piece of extreme metal history right here: https://nblast.de/Belphegor-ReReleases
Helmuth states:
"While we are finishing up a last couple of dates of the “The Black Rituals“ tour, we’re proud to announce that we will unleash our earliest offerings upon the masses again! Both albums have been remastered by Andy Classen and will be available in a variety of versions featuring uncensored artwork. Enjoy the first chapters of Belphegor’s diabolical death metal signature sound!“
Better be quick and keep your eyes and ears open since BELPHEGOR already have new aces up their sleeves waiting to surprise and mesmerize their listeners in the next weeks...
BELPHEGOR was founded in 1993 and spread like a virus within the underground. Meanwhile, their »Bloodbath In Paradise« demo has become legendary and paved the baleful path into the souls of thousands of listeners. Anti-religious with nihilistic tendencies as well as provocative topics, BELPHEGOR moved on. The debut album »The Last Supper« (1995) let the community of followers and opponents grow. Inexorably, the band pushes their destructive ways forward in the following years. BELPHEGOR become louder, more obsessed and more dynamic, and their albums now have cult status. To think about the scene doesn't work without thinking of BELPHEGOR. In 2008, the band sent their followers to the edge of hell with »Bondage Goat Zombie« and sparked an all-consuming Death Metal fire with blasting black metal influences. This masterpiece, inspired by the Marquis de Sade, is one of the most demanding works the genre has offered to this day. BELPHEGOR showed themselves equally brutal and baleful on the successors »Walpurgis Rites - Hexenwahn« (2009) and »Blood Magick Necromance« (2011). The band received a lot of great feedback for their intense live performances as well, and reached out to a big and loyal fan base. Their obscure rituals full of diabolical magick have haunted the world several times – next to extensive tours through Asia and Europe, BELPHEGOR have also completed eleven tours through North America and hundreds of open airs.
Their last album "Totenritual", internationally lauded by fans and press, dropped on September 15th 2017 and marks the eleventh hailing from BELPHEGOR.
