MUSIC EXTREME: 04/10/24

miércoles, 10 de abril de 2024

ORDALIE RELEASE "INDEFFERENT UNIVERSE"

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Band: ORDALIE

Album: Indifferent Universe

Country: France

Genre: Black Metal

Label: Paragon Records

Release date: June 7th, 2024

Ordalie, the explorers of cosmic soundscapes, proudly unveil their latest piece, "Indifferent Universe." This new album is an immersive odyssey into the depths of existential reflection, weaving a sonic tapestry that navigates the frigid voids and indifferent expanses of the cosmos.

Influenced by a spectrum of musical styles and cosmic musings, Ordalie blends elements of dissonant Black Metal and ambient soundscapes. "Indifferent Universe" stands as a testament to the band's ability to push sonic boundaries while inviting listeners to contemplate their place within the indifferent vastness of the universe.

"Indifferent Universe" represents my exploration of the cosmic unknown," says Ioldar, the band's sole member. "I hope this album sparks introspection and resonates with those seeking a transcendent musical experience."

The new single "Pillars of Creation" has been released and is now available here: https://youtu.be/unzExyWW1xE

'Indifferent Universe' is also available for pre-order: https://ordalie-blackmetal.bandcamp.com/

'Indifferent Universe' album tracklisting:

1. Intro

2. Dans ce néant glacial

3. Pillars of Creation

4. When Time And Space Part Ways

5. An Epitaph For Reason

6. Quasar

7. Void Meditation

Ordalie is a Grenoble-based band that weaves cosmic narratives through their unique blend of dissonant black metal and ambient soundscapes. With a commitment to pushing sonic boundaries, Ordalie invites listeners to explore the mysteries of existence through their transcendent musical journeys.

"Indifferent Universe" by Ordalie is available on all major streaming platforms starting June 7th, 2024. For more information, visit the band's official website at https://linktr.ee/ordalie

https://www.paragonrecords.org/

DRAGHKAR RELEASE SPLIT WITH HELCARAXË

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Band(s): Draghkar / Helcaraxë

EP: A Glorious Call in the Terrible Darkness

Country: USA

Genre: Death Metal

Label: Nameless Grave Records

Release date: April 26th, 2024

Bandcamp: https://namelessgraverecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-glorious-call-in-the-terrible-darkness

Decibel: https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2024/04/08/full-split-stream-draghkar-helcaraxe-a-glorious-call-in-the-terrible-darkness/

DRAGHKAR emerged from the underbelly of the Los Angeles death metal scene in 2016 and quickly cemented themselves as a fixture of creative, unusual modern death metal. After splits with hit bands OSSUARIUM and DESKRYPTOR and a series of demos and EPs and drawing from diverse influences such as the depths of the old-school Mediterranean black and death scenes, Finland’s ancient death metal mania, and a variety of influences from classic heavy metal, their 2020 debut album At the Crossroads of Infinity (co-released by UNSPEAKABLE AXE RECORDS and A.V. of DEAD CONGREGATION’s own label NUCLEAR WINTER RECORDS) was unleashed to mass critical acclaim, earning them a slot at NORTHWEST TERROR FEST once shows opened again after the pandemic. This split sees the farewell salvo of guitarist KELLY KUCIEMBA (DRAWN AND QUARTERED), the introduction of new member ANDREW LEE (RIPPED TO SHREDS), and a spirited performance on guest bass from ANTOINE DAIGNEAULT (CHTHE’ILIST) alongside BRANDON CORSAIR (DRAWN AND QUARTERED, AZATH)’s continued melodic guitar songwriting and another furious vocal performance from DANIEL BUTLER (VASTUM, ACEPHALIX).

HELCARAXË is a DEATH METAL band forged in the fires of Mount Doom, New Jersey in 2003 by vocalist Jesse Traynor (OPEN GRAVE) and guitarist Bill Henderson (OPEN GRAVE, THURSDAY), and later joined by guitarist Jon Tarella, drummer Mike Donatelli, and bassist Pat Henry (SWASHBUCKLE, NORA). Known throughout the underground for their ability to weave epic melody into the decidedly old-school death metal framework of the ancient Finnish and Swedish sounds, HELCARAXË have unleashed 4 full lengths, and countless EPs and splits, including with FATHER BEFOULED, ASCENDED (Fin) and DUMAL, and even participated in a tribute to DARKTHRONE compilation. Notably, the band's highly acclaimed Tolkien-centric record, “RED DRAGON”, featured a guest appearance by Mikael Stanne of DARK TRANQUILLITY. And their latest album, “THE LAST BATTLE”, found the band gracing multiple critics’ year end ‘best’ lists. Consistently called “The best unknown band in death metal”, HELCARAXË have remained stalwart underground favorites for over 20 years, delighting fans of epic, melodic, old school DEATH METAL, and they continue down that same uncompromising path of destruction today!

Artwork by Karmazid

On this release, Draghkar is:

Dan Butler - Vocals (Harsh)

Brandon Corsair - Vocals (Clean), Guitars (rhythm), Songwriting, Lyrics

Kelly Kuciemba - Guitars (lead)

Antoine Daigneault - Bass

Andrew Lee - Drums

Recording and engineering:

Andrew Lee - Vocals (Harsh), Drums, Mixing

Brandon Corsair - Guitars (rhythm)

Kelly Kuciemba - Guitars (lead)

Antoine Daigneault - Bass

Detto Vincent Detto - Vocals (clean)

Arthur Rizk - Mastering

Helcaraxë is:

Pat Henry - Bass

Mike Donatelli - Drums

Bill Henderson - Guitars

Jon Tarella - Guitars

Jesse Traynor - Vocals

Recorded in 2023 at Christpuncher Studios, New Jersey

Mixed & Mastered by Bill Henderson at Azimuth Mastering

All music and lyrics by Helcaraxë

https://www.facebook.com/HailHelcaraxe

https://www.facebook.com/DraghkarBand/

https://www.namelessgraverecords.com/

NIHILO MACHINA RELEASE "THE BLACK RIVER"

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Band: NIHILO MACHINA

Album: The Black River

Country: Canada

Genre: Black Metal

Release date: April 30th, 2024

Formed in 2014 on the east coast of Canada, Nihilo Machina was created as a solo project of James McClafferty. Nihilo Machina is melodic black metal that’s been described as having an obvious thrash influence. They released their first record “The Last Messiah” in 2015, then the project lay silent until 2024. This dormancy was spent with James writing and producing Nihilo Machina’s second record “The Black River”. Lyrically their music covers themes of human language, existence, our place in universe and how we perceive it.

For more info:

nihilomachina.bandcamp.com

instagram.com/nihilomachina

facebook.com/nihilomachina

nihilomachina.com

NEMUS ANIMA RELEASE "THE GOD OF FOREST"

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Band: NEMUS ANIMA

Album: The God Of Forest

Country: Finland

Genre: Black / Death Metal

Release date: June 1st, 2024

'The God Of Forest' album tracklisting is as follows:

1. Talking Dead

2. Don't Breathe

3. The Smith

4. Wisps In The Cosmos

5. River Of Skeletons

6. Decaying

8. Weightless

Nemus Anima is a one-man melodic black/death metal project formed in Autumn of 2023 in Vaasa, Finland. That's when Topi Karhunen started to write his first debut album Hatred Embodiment. He had played in a few metal bands before but now was the time to write his own music under his own conditions.

Topi's main instrument is guitar but he also recorded vocals, bass, synth/orchestration by himself and did drum tracks on a computer.

Nemus Anima's style is melodic black/death metal with atmospheric synths and orchestrations. The music style was not planned it just came out naturally.

It's not too black metal nor too melodic. Darkness and melancholy are the core of Nemus Anima.

Nemus Anima will always remain as a studio project. Topi has no desire to get back on stage nor play in a band any longer. But he will never stop writing new music.

For more info:

https://www.youtube.com/@NemusAnima

https://nemusanima.bandcamp.com/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6aIAW7Pbv4o8GsDJxGgbM7?si=JzkPOBSITIulGgAFdwGdeA&nd=1&dlsi=eefde3c593304791

ANTHROPOPHAGUS DEPRAVITY RELEASE "DEMONIC PARADISE"

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Having established themselves at the top of the Indonesian brutal death metal scene with their formidable 2021 debut album, Apocalypto, Anthropophagus Depravity are back with their second full length release, a new collection of vividly realised nightmares that it is set detonate with a seismic global impact! Featuring ten songs of supremely accomplished brutality, delivered with imperious poise and precision, Demonic Paradise takes everything that was so impressive about Anthropophagus Depravity’s debut and lifts it to the next level. It’s time to step across the threshold once again, into a world of soul shaking terror and gut wrenching horror…

Like a knife thrust through the walls of sleep Demonic Paradise opens with the ferocious attack of ‘The Obscure Realm’ and without a second of prevarication the ride has begun. The listener is sent careering through warped landscapes of twisted imagination, driven ever onwards by furious blast beats that collapse into lurching rhythms and explosive percussive blows. Riff after glorious, tortured riff tears through the ominous atmosphere and an imposing voice of hypnotic, infernal power intones words of sickening sorcery and pronouncements of ultimate doom. Outstanding songs like ‘Dogma Weakened Souls’ and ‘Obliterate The Sanctifed’ sink their rusted, infected hooks deep into the overloaded prefrontal cortex, tearing out visions of impossible desolation and screaming violence. Once you are locked into the blood and adrenaline rush of Demonic Paradise there is no escape until the final incantation, ‘Delusions Of The Unholy’ has been spoken. Everything that is so monstrously addictive about brutal death metal can be found within the gore-spattered kingdom of Demonic Paradise!

United by their obsession for the extreme and an insatiable lust for carnage, Anthropophagus Depravity and Comatose Music will unleash the unholy puissance and devilish dynamism of Demonic Paradise on June 21st. The sonic assault has been honed to perfection by the arcane mixing and mastering skills of Indra Cahya (Perveration, Demented Heart etc), while its visual essence has been captured in the artwork of Timbul Cahyono (Massacre, Nocturnus AD, Terrorizer etc). It is time to face your fears and embrace the embodiment of death - Demonic Paradise is here!

Feel the first incision from Demonic Paradise at the Comatose Music YouTube channel where first single 'Obliterate The Sanctified' is streaming now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrFddPS8bRo

Pre-order at Comatose Music now! https://www.comatosemusic.com/

Visit Anthropophagus Depravity on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AnthropophagusDepravity

BOTOLPH DISSIDENTS RELEASE "THE BACK OF THE BEYOND"

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Release Date: July 30th, 2022

FFO: Judas Priest, Metallica, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, Pantera

Location: Japan via Boston, Ma and Australia

Formed in 2007, Botolph Dissidents is the project of vocalist, guitarist and band leader Andrew McGuire. Based out of Tokyo, Japan, this three-piece international metal band is comprised of working musicians, that run jam sessions and support local indie bands in the Tokyo area. The soaring vocals, technical metal guitar passages mixed with American East Coast aggression, UK progressive flavored bass lines powered by the Australian outback infused drum engine, blends elements of classic, power, thrash, and groove metal into a classic meets modern listening experience that appeals to listeners of all generations and genres. As for the band name, ‘Botolph’ pays homage to Andrew’s hometown of Boston, Massachusetts. With ‘Boston’ bing a contraction of ‘Saint Botolph’s Town’ and Saint Botolph being the patron saint of travelers, it’s very fitting as all three members are from different countries and background having converged and formed in Tokyo. The ‘Dissidents’ part of the name comes from the fact that the band continues the metal tradition of using music as a form of journalism to address and stand up to the issues of injustice in society.

Now that the pandemic has settled down, the band has finally recorded and released their debut album, ’The Back of the Beyond.’ With the album completed, the band looks forward to touring and introducing themselves to the world, meeting fellow metal bands and gaining fans across the globe. The album, The Back of the Beyond gives us soaring operatic melodic passages intertwined with passionate aggressive vocals, choruses that hook you in, old school and modern riffs where guitar is king, blazing technical neo-classical solos, time changes, chugging riffs, funky passages, each song is a unique metal journey.

Botolph Dissidents have a large catalog of songs they will be recording in the future once their debut CD goes into circulation and they build their fan base, bring fans of all generations, cultures and backgrounds together with music being the common bond.

Check out this video!

https://youtu.be/JTTHAGXkq3E

Support them on Bandcamp!

https://botolphdissidents.bandcamp.com/album/the-back-of-the-beyond

Follow the band on Spotify and add them to your playlists!

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6qeEQr29vtXgfQSnYRBDAA

Also available on Apple!

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-back-of-the-beyond/1638614400

Follow the band at these links:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063549579703

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Botolph_Dissidents/3540479102

https://botolphdissidents.hearnow.com/the-back-of-the-beyond

https://music.apple.com/us/artist/botolph-dissidents/583294945

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6qeEQr29vtXgfQSnYRBDAA

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgD3GosR14-BrF7GnviQgpA

https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewMcGuireBotolph/videos

https://music.amazon.ca/artists/B00AFZIZ3Y/botolph-dissidents

https://www.reverbnation.com/andrewmcguire

https://www.reverbnation.com/rpk/andrewmcguire

https://www.instagram.com/botolphdissidents/

HUMAN INFECTION RE-RELEASE "GRAVESIGHT"

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Horror Pain Gore Death Productions are set to release the new album from Virginia's blistering old school Death Metal destroyers Human Infection. Gravesite is now up for pre-order and will be released May 3rd on CD and Digital formats along with merch.

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions welcome Human Infection to the roster with a deluxe edition of their third album Gravesight! Human Infection were formed in Roanoke, Virginia in 2009 and play classic Death Metal with a modern twist. This revamped edition of Gravesight features a brand new remaster courtesy of guitarist Jeremiah Tuck, giving the album a fuller and more powerful sound. Human Infection also have comissioned legendary Spanish artist Juanjo Castellano (Coffins, Ribspreader, Rottrevore) for breath-taking new artwork, as well as all four tracks from the band's 2016 promo are included as bonus material. Spread the infection!

For fans of Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, Morbid Angel, Hate Eternal, Krisiun, Obituary, Skeletal Remains, Vader and Deicide.

Listen to the single "Embrace Perfection" at youtu.be/m_7lsEb9g_g

Pre-order the CD for only $10 at https://shop.horrorpaingoredeath.com/products/human-infection-gravesight-cd

Pre-order the Digital Download for only $6.66 at https://hpgd.bandcamp.com/album/gravesight

Pre-save this release on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Deezer, Tidal at https://ffm.to/humaninfection

Pre-order the T-Shirt for only $15 at https://shop.horrorpaingoredeath.com/products/human-infection-gravesight-t-shirt

Pre-order the T-Shirt + CD Bundle for only $23 at https://hpgd.bandcamp.com/merch/human-infection-gravesight-t-shirt-cd-bundle

TRACK LISTING:

1. Exalted Through Suffering

2. In Crypts Of Holiness

3. Wounds Devour You

4. Artificial Abyss