MUSIC EXTREME: 02/23/23

jueves, 23 de febrero de 2023

MORNE SIGNS WITH METAL BLADE RECORDS

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Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of Boston, Massachusetts’ MORNE who are adding their brand of crusty and ethereal doom to the label’s celebrated roster. The band is currently recording a new album with Kurt Ballou (Converge, Cave In, High On Fire) for release in late 2023.

“We are wrapping up the recording session at GodCity Studio with Kurt Ballou in Salem, Massachusetts. This will be our fifth studio album and we are very excited that a legendary label like Metal Blade is releasing it to the universe.” comments MORNE vocalist Milosz adding that “music and words for this album were written during stressful and challenging times and life changing moments and I hope people will find something for themselves in this album and enjoy it. I’m very grateful that Metal Blade helped us put it all together.“

Metal Blade GmbH Label Manager, Markus Grasseck, had this to say about the signing: “We’re very excited to welcome MORNE to our Metal Blade family. Being a fan of the band since their Demo 2008, it’s a great honor to finally work together for the years to come. The band’s unique blend of atmospheric Doom with Crust attitude is unparalleled and we can’t wait to get this out to as many people as possible. Brace yourself for their new album due out this fall!“

In other news, MORNE will be heading over to Hamburg, Germany to perform at this year’s Hell Over Hammaburg Festival in March. More festival details can be found here: helloverhammaburg.blogspot.com

MORNE is:

Miłosz Gassan – vocals, guitars

Paul Rajpal – guitars

Morgan Coe – bass

Billy Knockenhauer – drums

About the band:

Formed in 2005, MORNE blends doom metal and classic British crust but stretches beyond those boundaries, combining a bleak lyrical style with driving riffs. Four studio albums have been released to date with the band currently recording material for their 5th studio album. Their first, Untold Wait, was on Feral Ward Records in 2009 then in 2011, the band signed with Profound Lore Records and released Asylum that same year, followed by Shadows, in 2013. Their latest, To the Night Unknown, was released in September of 2018 on Armageddon Label and the band’s own Morne Records. The band has toured the US, Canada and Europe, where they have been part of large festivals such as Roadburn, Hellfest, Quebec Deathfest, Psycho Las Vegas, Into the Void and Blow Up the Gramaphone.

Follow MORNE at:

https://www.facebook.com/mornecrust

https://twitter.com/morneband

https://morneband.bandcamp.com

https://www.instagram.com/morneband

DOWNFALL OF GAIA RELEASE NEW SINGLE: "EXISTENCE OF AWE"

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DOWNFALL OF GAIA today unleashes their latest single, “Existence Of Awe.” The pummeling new psalm comes by way of the band’s sixth studio album, Silhouettes Of Disgust, scheduled to drop on March 17th via Metal Blade Records.

Progressing in part by looking backwards and returning to familiar territory, DOWNFALL OF GAIA‘s Silhouettes Of Disgust delivers a dynamic and textured blend of crust punk and post-black metal doused in atmospheric elements, taking everything that ever made the band compelling and pushing it in new and gripping directions. The record includes the return of guitarist Peter Wolff, who left the band in 2015 to focus on family and other pursuits. They’ve also expanded their sonic palette with the addition of synths for the first time, and female vocals courtesy of Lulu Black, who collaborates with drummer Michael Kadnar in industrial/gothic project This Is Oblivion.

Wanting to keep things short, simple, and a bit more confrontational, the record does not feature the eight- to ten-minute epics of the band’s more recent releases and is indeed punchier, with a lot of classic d-beat drumming driving the action, as on the surging “Unredeemable” and opener/latest single, “Existence Of Awe.”

Elaborates vocalist/guitarist Dominik Goncalves dos Reis, “ ‘Existence Of Awe’ is a song about those inner demons and ghostly companions that many in this day and age are at the mercy of and have to fight against in whatever form. A condition that one often carries around unnoticed on the outside, which is not immediately visible to many, and that one must somehow learn to live with…“

View DOWNFALL OF GAIA‘s visualizer for “Existence Of Awe” at THIS LOCATION.

View the band’s previously released video for “Bodies As Driftwood” at THIS LOCATION as well as a companion drum playthrough for the track at THIS LOCATION.

Silhouettes Of Disgust will be released on CD, LP, and digitally. Find pre-orders at: metalblade.com/downfallofgaia

The title Silhouettes Of Disgust is derived from the narratives driving the songs, focusing on the stories of eight different people, as residents of a fictional metropolis, each with their own worries and struggles. “Loneliness, addiction, the fear of tomorrow, pressure from society/work and others, things that many of us probably know all too well,” explains Goncalves dos Reis. “You have to play along somehow, or you fall through the cracks, and once you’re down, it’s hard to get back up. It looks at selfishness and ignorance, the general way of dealing with each other – you’re one, surrounded by millions, surrounded by all these silhouettes of disgust, surrounded by the things you want to avoid and hate. The last few years have impressively proven what you can expect from humanity, and honestly, it’s not much.“

Silhouettes Of Disgust was initially slated to be recorded with producer Timo Höcke at Die Wellenschmiede studio in Hamburg, however a few days before recording was due to commence, Höcke unfortunately contracted Covid. “Due to schedules, family matters and private life, the planned time frame was the only chance to record the album without losing several months, so with drums tracked in New Jersey at Backroom Studios together with Kevin Antreassian, we ended up recording the rest of the album alone in Peter [Wolff]‘s studio in Hamburg. After recording guitars, bass, and vocals we went to Die Wellenschmiede for one day — as it was actually planned — and re-amped our own recordings, with Timo handling the mix and Jonas Romann (Chaos Compressor Club) mastering the record.” The record comes adorned in the cover art of Wolff and Goncalves dos Reis.

DOWNFALL OF GAIA will return to the stage this April on a short run of European live dates celebrating the release of Silhouettes Of Disgust. The tour kicks off on April 11th in Munich Germany and runs through April 23rd in Berlin, Germany. The band will be joined by Implore and Deathrite on select shows. See all confirmed dates below.

DOWNFALL OF GAIA w/ Implore:

4/11/2023 Backstage – Munich, DE

4/12/2023 Jugendhaus – West Stuttgart, DE

4/13/2023 Bandhaus – Leipzig, DE

4/14/2023 Underdogs – Prague, CZ

4/15/2023 TBA

w/ Deathrite:

4/19/2023 Pul – Uden, NL

4/20/2023 Rockpalast – Bochum, DE

4/21/2023 TBA – Osnabrück, DE

4/22/2023 Headcrash – Hamburg, DE

4/23/2023 Cassiopeia – Berlin, DE

DOWNFALL OF GAIA:

Dominik Goncalves dos Reis – vocals, guitars

Peter Wolff – guitars, vocals

Anton Lisovoj – bass, vocals

Michael Kadnar – drums

http://www.downfallofgaia.com

https://www.facebook.com/DownfallofGaia

https://www.instagram.com/downfallofgaia

VULGAR CHAOS RELEASE "RISING FROM THE ASHES"

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Rising From The Ashes

by VULGAR CHAOS

Latest EP of the Majorcan Trio (Maldito Records).

Tracklist:

1-Your Worst Enemy

2-Denial

3-The Point Of No Return

4-Eyes Don´t Lie

5-Alone In The Crowd

6-War

7-Ghosts From The Past

8-Rip The Darkness

9-Living In Shame

10-The Void

releases March 30, 2023

VULGAR CHAOS (EX-Vice City) is a Groove Metal trio from Mallorca Island in Spain, formed in 2009

Rafa: Drums

Miky: Bass and vocals

David: Guitar and Vocals

After some demo EPs in 2021 they release "Demons Within" (Demons Records), first studio album of the band. Recorded live at Diorama Sound and mastered by Hay Zelen.

New LP "Rising from the Ashes" out 30th March 2023 (Maldito Records).

https://vulgarchaos.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/vu1garchaos

https://www.instagram.com/vulgarchaos

FARON RELEASE "WORLD BEYOND GRIEF"

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World Beyond Grief

by Faron

Tracklist:

1.These Woods Which Turn Flesh to Bone

2.Carve My Farewell Song On My Grave

3.I Have Fallen Deep In Love with the Sky

4.Moon's Tear 10:02

5.Crushed Under the Weight of the Night

6.We're Going to Greet the Morning Together

7.World Beyond Grief

World Beyond Grief is the debut LP from Faron.

Tape release on Grime Stone Records TBA

Recorded at The Moonwell, January 17 - February 18, 2023

Mixed and mastered at The Moonwell February 19-20, 2023

releases February 24, 2023

Midna: Everything

https://faron.bandcamp.com/

WHIPWORM RELEASE "GOZER"

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Gozer

by Whipworm

Tracklist:

1.Ivo Shandor 07:09

2.Gatekeeper 05:56

3.Keymaster 06:08

4.Destructor 06:05

5.Gozer 07:05

6.Surprise! You're Dead! (Faith No More cover) 02:21

Based on the 1984 film Ghostbusters, "Gozer" takes a deeper dive into the dark history of the story. Beginning with Ivo Shador's obsession with resurrecting the ancient god. Then on to the methods by which Zuul and Vinz use to bring the mighty Gozer back to our world, to ultimately destroy it.

This is the most ambitious Whipworm album to date. We wanted to push ourselves to write something that reflected the more sinister and destructive side of the mythology behind the film.

So strap on your proton packs, and get ready to bust!

releases March 7, 2023

Travis Weinand - Vocals, guitars, bass, production, engineering, mixing, mastering, artwork

David Ferrara - Drums

https://whipwormmetal.bandcamp.com/

ROTTEN THORNS RELEASE "STRIKE ME DOWN"

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Strike me down (Demo)

by Rotten Thorns

Tracklist:

1.Strike me down (Demo) 03:28

2.Bullet in the neck (Demo) 02:50

3.Broken (Demo) 03:44

4.Miss Jane Doe (Demo) 03:06

5.Insomnia (Demo) 04:06

6.Lost (Demo) 03:54

7.Greed (Demo) 03:43

released December 7, 2022

https://rottenthorns.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/rottenthorns

https://www.instagram.com/rotten_thorns/

https://twitter.com/rottenthorns666

MINEFIELD TORMENT RELEASE "THE WAR TO END ALL WARS"

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The war to end all wars

by Minefield Torment

Tracklist:

1.Intro (the Holocaust) 00:37

2.I'm a Soldier 06:04

3.Beach head (D-Day) 06:55

4.Emperor damage 04:53

5.Fall of an empire 05:48

6.Eternal demise 01:13

From 'EP 2017 The war to end all wars'

credits

released February 19, 2023

Antzz LIb - Bass

Rikk Torik Pakbara - Drums

Fais Hassama - Guitars

Mephis Topheles - Vocals, Guitars

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All Music By Minefield Torment

All Lyrics By Rikk Torik Pakbara

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Isma-air Useng Artwork

https://minefield-torment.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MinefieldTorment

ANTITHEIST RELEASE "OMNICIDE"

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Omnicide

by Antitheist

Label: Blackened death Recs.

Tracklist:

1.Supermassive Black Halo

2.Chaos Breaks 04:13

3.Total Fucking Meltdown

4.Demigod Prototype

5.The Mathematics of Obliteration

6.Godhead Emulator

7.Destiny: Shattered

8.The Progression of Time

9.Deity Conversion Protocol

10.Omnicide

Space metal.

releases March 1, 2023

The World Controller - All vocals, guitars, bass, etc.

Album art: Little Bird Studio

Logo: izzydizy999

https://antitheist.bandcamp.com/

https://blackeneddeath.bandcamp.com/album/fortress-in-space

UNDEAD KILLER RELEASE "KILLER UNLEASHED"

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Killer Unleashed

by UndeaD Killer

Tracklist:

1.Killer Unleashed 03:14

2.Undead Warrior 02:49

3.We are Zombie Killers 03:05

4.Death Machine 03:35

5.Assassins of Demons 03:51

6.Inferno's Breath of Fire 03:27

7.Straight to your Head 03:41

8.Hammer of the Witches 03:05

released January 15, 2023

UndeaD Killer was born in December 2002, founded in Chía, Colombia by its members, Leirbag & Wulf. Several years later, its third official member joined: Sergeant 8A. They are the Thrash metal dead in life. Raw and overflowing energy. After a Demo, an Ep and a Single, they present their first official Album: Awakening of the Undead Killers in 2017.

https://undead-killer.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/UndeaDKillerThrash/

https://www.instagram.com/undeadkillerofficial/

https://twitter.com/UndeaDKiller_CO