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Bloody Dusk
by Nocturnal Effigy
Tracklist:
1.Bloody Dusk 03:57
2.Fortress In The Stars 04:58
A two track raw Wampyric black metal EP
Myst: Vocals
Celestial Sword: Guitars / Pads
Drugoth: Ritual Cadence
Limited Merch:
nocturnaleffigy.bandcamp.com/album/bloody-dusk-ep
Support Drugoth:
released September 10, 2023
https://celestialsword.bandcamp.com/album/bloody-dusk
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Occult rock darlings GREEN LUNG have released a new video for 'Maxine (Witch Queen)', the second single from their hotly anticipated new record This Heathen Land, which will be released on November 3rd via Nuclear Blast Records.
Vocalist Tom Templar comments "We've celebrated British witchcraft in our lyrics since our first EP, and with this new single we wanted to celebrate the most iconic witch of the modern era - Maxine Sanders. The High Priestess at the heart of Alexandrian Witchcraft, Maxine is an unsung national treasure, and one of the first people to connect genuine witchcraft with rock 'n roll back in the early Seventies. 'Maxine (Witch Queen)' is a love song to Maxine from the perspective of a member of her coven, and melds pounding riffage with psyched-out combo organs and stacked, multi-layered vocal harmonies. We were honoured to have several members of Maxine's real life coven appear in the music video, and advise on the ritual elements. Ultimately, the song is intended as a celebration of Maxine Sanders, which we hope will introduce new initiates to her life’s work, and help her legend to live on."
Watch the video for 'Maxine (Witch Queen)' here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15cbXHjC9oM
Pre-order This Heathen Land on various formats now at:
https://greenlung.bfan.link/thllp
This Heathen Land is the most complete manifestation of the band’s vision to date, fulfilling their long-held goal to, in the words of vocalist Tom Templar, “create the definitive soundtrack to the folk horror film in our heads.” On This Heathen Land, the band have forged a sound and identity that is entirely their own, while maintaining the Sabbathian heaviness and addictive songcraft which made their previous albums so beloved in the metal underground. From the cover art to the vinyl inserts and lyrical themes, This Heathen Land is a painstakingly-researched and executed heavy metal love letter to the folkloric landscape of the UK.
This Heathen Land was produced by Wayne Adams at Bear Bites Horse Studios and was mixed by Tom Dalgety (Opeth, Clutch, Ghost).
In case you missed it, check out the first single 'Mountain Throne' on all streaming platforms here: https://greenlung.bfan.link/mtsg
This Heathen Land Tracklist
1. Prologue
2. The Forest Church
3. Mountain Throne
4. Maxine (Witch Queen)
5. One For Sorrow
6. Songs Of The Stones
7. The Ancient Ways
8. Hunters In The Sky
9. Oceans Of Time
GREEN LUNG have a host of live dates confirmed for the rest of the year, including their largest headline tour to date across the UK. Make sure to catch the band at one of these dates for the first chance to hear songs from This Heathen Land.
GREEN LUNG 2023 Tour Dates
25.10 - DE, Bonn - Harmonie
26.10 - DE, Hamburg - Indra
27.10 - DE, Berlin - Badehaus
22.11 - Glasgow, Cathouse*
23.11 - Manchester, Gorilla*
24.11 - Nottingham, Rescue Rooms*
25.11 - Sheffield, Corporation*
26.11 - Bristol, Thekla*
30.11 - Wolverhampton, KK's Steel Mill^
01.12 - Norwich, Arts Centre^
02.12 - Southampton, Joiners^
03.12 - Brighton, Patterns~
10.12 - London, Scala+
*Support from Boss Keloid
^Support from Inhuman Nature
~Support from Trevors Head
+Support from Wytch Hazel
Tickets for all dates are available now from greenlung.co.uk
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Metal infantry
by BANDIT
Tracklist.
1.Lion of St. Mark 01:00
2.Heavy metal 03:29
3.Iron Hand 03:35
4.Surrender or die! 03:08
5.Knee-deep in the dead 03:32
6.Shadow of the night 03:42
7.Hellburner 02:50
8.Pyrates and bandits 03:48
9.Metal infantry 04:30
released September 10, 2023
Heavy metal project BANDIT was born in 2017. At the beginning the vocal style was death/thrash metal oriented. It's an attempt to mix art and music and it's an expression of love for thrash and classic metal by mr. Robert Balordo. All the guitars, basses, chainsaw and vocals are played by Robert Balordo. Drums played by Anže Kamen. Artwork is entirely done by hand also by Robert Balordo
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The wait is over…Canadian extreme-metal legends CRYPTOPSY have unleashed their massively-anticipated, catastrophic new album, As Gomorrah Burns, today with Nuclear Blast Records. The tech-death masters’ 8th album, and first full-length in over a decade, arrives with a throat-punch of brutality as witnessed on singles like ‘Flayed The Swine’ and ‘In Abeyance.’
Now fully revealed, As Gomorrah Burns seethes with barbaric savagery over the course of 8 vicious songs. Pure, unrelenting death metal made with no constraints or contritions orchestrated around a concept pitting the Biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah against the modern-day Internet, both being origins invention and a cesspool of exploitation. The stories told on the record are based on real-life incidences—online stalkers, cults, misinformation, isolation, and intimidation—but ornamented deviously to enhance their potency.
Today, CRYPTOPSY has revealed a lyric video for their song ‘Godless Deceiver,’ which takes listeners on a horrific tale of severe violence.
Vocalist Matt McGachy says of the song:
“The lyrics of ‘Godless Deceiver’ are extremely vulgar and disgusting. As I was doing research for the album, I came across the story of Fabiane Maria de Jesus. A 33 year old woman from Guarujá, Brazil, which is a city outside of São Paulo.
She was brutally murdered by a mob of people that thought she was responsible of kidnappings in the area, following a Facebook post by a local news outlet. The newspaper reported that a woman had been seen abducting children, and many believed her motivation was witchcraft. A sketch of the woman the news outlet claimed was a child abductor was included with the alert, and resembled the victim. It turns out in the end that she was innocent. This group of vigilantes killed her for no reason whatsoever. It really brings into light the importance of never trusting what you see, read or hear about on the internet.
I decided to write the lyrics from the mobs perspective, which is why they are simplistic. Brutal lyrics about an extremely violent act. The mob never questions if they are doing the right thing, they just acted in unison.
It is one of the nastiest song I have ever written.”
Stream 'Godless Deceiver’ and purchase As Gomorrah Burns: https://Cryptopsy.bfan.link/as-gomorrah-burns.ema
As Gomorrah Burns Tracklisting
Lascivious Undivine
In Abeyance
Godless Deceiver
Ill Ender
Flayed The Swine
The Righteous Lost
Obeisant
Praise The Filth
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FUMING MOUTH is back! After years of uncertainty and dire circumstances, the revered and critically praised New England death metal perpetrators have overcome overwhelming obstacles to return this fall for the long-awaited release of their second, full-length album, Last Day of Sun, that’s due out November 3rd from Nuclear Blast.
Following a devastating diagnosis of leukemia in late 2021, vocalist/guitarist Mark Whelan spent nearly a year battling cancer through chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, and emerged in remission in 2022. Now cancer free, the beloved frontman returns rejuvenated with renewed determination, perspective and creativity in a new lease on life and the band’s most crucial and ferocious record yet.
Commenting on the incoming record, Whelan says:
“What started as a fictional concept album became incredibly real. I was facing certain death, but as I kept writing the album it’s theme became clear. You could die tomorrow. Seize the day.”
Today, FUMING MOUTH has revealed the record’s first single, ‘The Silence Beyond Life,’ and coinciding video.
Adding about the song, Whelan states:
“‘The Silence Beyond Life’ is our most melodic and heaviest song to date drawing influence from God Macabre, Gorement, and other melodic Swedish death metal acts of the time like Therion and Cemetary. It’s a song about trying to live while longing to die and overcoming that.”
Stream ‘The Silence Beyond’: https://fumingmouth.bfan.link/tsby.ema
Pre-order Last Day of Sun: https://fumingmouth.bfan.link/ldos.ema
It is one of the nastiest song I have ever written.”
The Silence Beyond Life’ Music Video: https://youtu.be/8pP-PgOu8WE
Last Day of Sun Track List:
1. Out of Time
2. Respect and Blasphemy
3. The Silence Beyond Life
4. The Sign of Pain
5. Leaving Euphoria
6. I’ll Find You
7. Disgusterlude
8. Kill the Disease
9. Last Day of Sun
10. R.I.P. (Rest in Piss)
11. Burial Practices
12. Postfigurement
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To commemorate their 25th anniversary as a band, ruthless Swedish black metal collective WATAIN has announced the release of a live album titled Die In Fire - Live In Hell (Agony And Ecstasy Over Stockholm) which will be released on November 3rd, 2023 through Nuclear Blast Records.
After 25 years of madness and mayhem that manifested in seven studio albums, WATAIN‘s intense and much talked-about live rituals remain in a league of their own. Experience the raw power and fiery precision captured perfectly on this live recording from a sold out show that took place in October 2022 in Stockholm, and features fan favourites from albums such as Casus Luciferi, Lawless Darkness, The Wild Hunt, Trident Wolf Eclipse and of course the band's latest offering, The Agony And Ecstasy of Watain, as well as the BATHORY cover 'The Return Of Darkness And Evil'. The audio was recorded by Jamie Elton and mastered by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio.
With all artwork created by vocalist and front man Erik Danielsson, Die in Fire – Live in Hell is not only a sonic but also a visual reflection of WATAIN’s touring cycle for The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain, and beyond that a symbol of gratitude for their loyal followers worldwide! Die in Fire – Live in Hell is a very personal release dedicated to all those who have joined WATAIN on their path of lawless black metal darkness during the past 25 years.
WATAIN have shared a first single from Die In Fire - Live In Hell, the epic 'Before The Cataclysm (Live In Stockholm 2022)'. Below you can watch a music video for this track, which was directed by Johan Bååth (Opus Diaboli, I'm in the Band).
PRE-SAVE/PRE-ORDER DIE IN FIRE - LIVE IN HELL HERE: https://watain.bfan.link/die-in-fire-live-in-hell
WATCH THE OFFICIAL LIVE VIDEO FOR 'BEFORE THE CATACLYSM': https://youtu.be/5UCtdwN-ilU
Die In Fire - Live In Hell Tracklist
1. Ecstasies in Night Infinite (Live)
2. Black Salvation (Live)
3. The Howling (Live)
4. Black Flames March (Live)
5. Reaping Death (Live)
6. Devil's Blood (Live)
7. Serimosa (Live)
8. Not Sun nor Man nor God (Live)
9. Before the Cataclysm (Live)
10. The Return of Darkness and Evil (Live)
11. Nuclear Alchemy (Live)
12. Malfeitor (Live)
Coinciding with the release, WATAIN will play two very special anniversary shows at UKK in their hometown Uppsala on Friday, November 3rd and Saturday, November 4th. The first night was sold out within minutes, so a second one was added and a few tickets are still available here: https://secure.tickster.com/sv/8ttcd34a5687cc9/selectproductgroup
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New York death metal legends SUFFOCATION unleash their ninth full-length album Hymns From The Apocrypha on November 3rd via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to ...of the Dark Light (2017) and the first release featuring the new vocalist Ricky Meyers, pushes the band to the very edges of extremity and is arguably the group's strongest-sounding, most sonically punishing album yet. SUFFOCATION have achieved death metal perfection.
Today, the band offers fans the first taste of the album with the ferocious track 'Seraphim Enslavement'. The menacing music video was directed and edited by Tom Flynn with character design by Kyle Monroe and is the perfect visual pairing to Ricky Myers's monstrous vocals.
Derek Boyer comments, “This is my fifth full-length studio album with SUFFOCATION and this album came out SICK! It features all of the brutal, technical, chaotic twists and turns everyone would expect from SUFFOCATION, plus new elements that are out of the normal realm one might expect. This is the sophomore effort of working with Christian Donaldson (who mixed and mastered Live In North America) and he absolutely KILLED IT on this one!!! We can’t wait to bring these songs to the stage and crush everything in our path!”
Ricky Myers states, "We are thrilled to unveil our 11th full-length album, Hymns From The Apocrypha, a creatively composed piece that blends our style of music with lyrical depth and intricate artwork. This album is a testament to our devotion to brutal music, which we display in the video of our single, 'Seraphim Enslavement', a visual journey that complements the album's concept."
Stream the new single 'Seraphim Enslavement', here: https://suffocation.bfan.link/sesg
Pre-order/pre-save Hymns From The Apocrypha, here: https://suffocation.bfan.link/hftaa
Watch the music video for 'Seraphim Enslavement', here: https://youtu.be/ba8VAT8ivPE
Hymns From The Apocrypha Tracklist
1. Hymns From The Apocrypha
2. Perpetual Deception
3. Dim Veil Of Obscurity
4. Immortal Execration
5. Seraphim Enslavement
6. Descendants
7. Embrace The Suffering
8. Delusions Of Mortality
9. Ignorant Deprivation.
SUFFOCATION has exclusive Hymns from the Apocrypha merch available at: www.nightshiftmerch.com/collections/suffocation
SUFFOCATION took about a month and a half to record Hymns from the Apocrypha. They holed up at Hobbs and Boyer's InLine Studio in Long Island. The duo engineered and co-produced with Christian Donaldson (BENEATH THE MASSACRE, INGESTED), who was also re-enlisted to mix and master, with Dominic Grimard (CRYPTOPSY, SHADOW OF INTENT) assisting. With stunning cover art by Greek illustrator Giannis Nakos of Remedy Art Design (VOMITORY, THE CROWN), Hymns from the Apocrypha is characteristically SUFFOCATION. It's uncompromisingly brutal, artistically gutsy, and aurally heavy. Clearly, SUFFOCATION, as they head into their 35th Anniversary, are at the peak of their potential. Death metal or die!
In addition, SUFFOCATION announced their extensive 'Hymns From The Apocrypha European Tour 2024' with SANGUISUGABOGG, ENTERPRISE EARTH, and ORGANECTOMY. The 31-date trek kicks off on January 24th in Dortmund and will make stops in Barcelona, Vienna, and Copenhagen before concluding in Antwerp on February 25th.
Terrance Hobbs states, "We're beyond excited to see you all again for the 'Hymns From The Apocrypha European Tour 2024'. We have a STACKED lineup for this one featuring the awesome SANGUISUSIBOGG, our friends ENTERPRISE EARTH, and the crushing ORGANECTOMY!! We're coming to mash you into the dirt and drop some serious American Death Metal for your ears - hope to see all you death metal slam-infested freaks in the pit!"
Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, 15th September 2023 at 11:00 CEST | 10:00 UK time.
Purchase your tickets here: https://lnk.to/SUFFOCATION-EU2024
