XENOTRONE RELEASE "INTO THE VOID"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

Into the Void is the debut album by the Ukrainian progressive thrash-death metal band Xenotrone.

Archivist Records has set February 21, 2025, as the international release date for Ukrainian progressive thrash metal band Xenotrone's debut full-length album, Into the Void.

From the first to the last track, the album keeps the listener immersed in an atmosphere of cosmic horror, reminding us that within the vastness of space, humanity is but dust.

Throughout the album, well-thought-out and intriguing musical moves make the band's debut a truly unique release of early 2025!

Xenotrone is a band from Dnipro, Ukraine, founded in 2021 by guitarist-vocalist Kostyantyn Roskosenko and Danylo "Soulreaper." Over the years, many musicians have been part of the band.

The band released its first demo in 2022, which was warmly received by the underground community, although there was still room for improvement.

After releasing the demo, the band went on hiatus for a year. However, in 2023, they reunited with a new lineup and recorded the Queen of the Night EP, which takes listeners back to the '80s, evoking the sounds of bands like Watchtower and Mekong Delta. The release, available on CDs and cassettes, was warmly received by the audience and gained its own fan base.

Xenotrone is part of the new wave of thrash metal in Ukraine, standing out significantly among other bands in the genre.

1. Into the Void (instrumental)

2. Evolution of Soul 

3. Tower of madness

4. Elysium

5. I Have no mouth and i must scream

6. Conatus Ad Deliciendum

7. Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (feat. Orphun)

8. Stone cross (feat. Kelly Shaefer)

9. Territorial Pissings (Nirvana cover)

10. Boötes Void

https://xenotronethrash.bandcamp.com/

https://sites.google.com/view/xenotronethrash

https://www.instagram.com/xenotrone_thrash

https://open.spotify.com/artist/11KKTzeDAhsXLj0Bz3qtYF

XENOTRONE RELEASE NEW SINGLE: "EVOLUTION OF SOUL"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

Archivist Records has set February 21, 2025, as the international release date for Ukrainian progressive thrash metal band Xenotrone's debut full-length album, Into the Void.

From the first to the last track, the album keeps the listener immersed in an atmosphere of cosmic horror, reminding us that within the vastness of space, humanity is but dust.

Throughout the album, well-thought-out and intriguing musical moves make the band's debut a truly unique release of early 2025!

The first single, "Evolution of Soul," is available now and gives listeners a taste of what to expect from the album: https://push.fm/fl/xenotrone

The album tracklisting is as follows:

1. Into the Void (instrumental)

2. Evolution of Soul 

3. Tower of madness

4. Elysium

5. I Have no mouth and i must scream

6. Conatus Ad Deliciendum

7. Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (feat. Orphun)

8. Stone cross (feat. Kelly Shaefer)

9. Territorial Pissings (Nirvana cover)

10. Boötes Void

Xenotrone is a band from Dnipro, Ukraine, founded in 2021 by guitarist-vocalist Kostyantyn Roskosenko and Danylo "Soulreaper." Over the years, many musicians have been part of the band.

The band released its first demo in 2022, which was warmly received by the underground community, although there was still room for improvement.

After releasing the demo, the band went on hiatus for a year. However, in 2023, they reunited with a new lineup and recorded the Queen of the Night EP, which takes listeners back to the '80s, evoking the sounds of bands like Watchtower and Mekong Delta. The release, available on CDs and cassettes, was warmly received by the audience and gained its own fan base.

Xenotrone is part of the new wave of thrash metal in Ukraine, standing out significantly among other bands in the genre.

For more info:

https://sites.google.com/view/xenotronethrash

https://www.instagram.com/xenotrone_thrash

https://open.spotify.com/artist/11KKTzeDAhsXLj0Bz3qtYF

https://archivist-records.com/

https://www.facebook.com/archivistrex/

SLEEPLESS RELEASE "THROUGH ENDLESS BLACK"

 

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Progressive/Traditional Metal outfit SLEEPLESS have released a lyric video for "Call To The Void," the third single from forthcoming album, Through Endless Black!

Check it out at: youtu.be/jPKDqrxHJK8

SLEEPLESS are set to release Through Endless Black, their second full-length album, on October 31! The album will be available on vinyl and digital formats through Necromantic Press Records. The CD version will be released on Metal Warrior Records.

Soon after the release of critically acclaimed, 2022 full-length debut album, Host Desecration, writing team Eric Sexton-Dorsett and Kevin Hahn dug in deep with a single minded purpose: to create a world class metal album that shows exactly what SLEEPLESS is all about! Through Endless Black is just that! The album leans into the band's Trad Metal roots, infused with the technical flourishes and spashes of Doom that collectively create the SLEEPLESS sound! "With each tune we would picture someone dropping the needle onto a record," explains Sexton-Dorsett. "Could they nod their head to the song and have it repeating in their mind the rest of the day?"  

Mission accomplished!

The band also introduced their first guest vocal appearances by legendary punk vocalist Jerry A of Poison Idea and master metal vocalist Sean Peck of Denner/Sherman, Cage, and Death Dealer!

SLEEPLESS is back with one hell of an album in Through Endless Black!

FFO: Watch Tower, Nevermore, Anacrusis, Witherfall, Sanctuary, Fates Warning, Hades.

Pre-order:

sleeplessmetal.bandcamp.com/album/through-endless-black

Track List:

Side A:

1. Call To The Void [Video]

2. Cult Of The Narcissist

3. Consumed By Vengeance

4. Exist Another Day (Feat. Jerry A)

5. Where Fear Lives

Side B:

6. Through Endless Black

7. Lost Star [Video]

8. Transcending The Obsidian Throne (Feat. Sean Peck)

9. Lessons In Tongues

10. Dreams Of Mortal Ruin [Video]

Credits:

Guest vocals on Exist Another Day by Jerry A.

Guest vocals on Transcending The Obsidian Throne by Sean "Hell Destroyer" Peck.

Additional keys by Fernando Ruiz.

Recorded at Opal Studio, Portland Oregon 2024.

Produced by Eric Sexton-Dorsett and Kevin Hahn.

Engineered by Kevin Hahn.

Released by Necromantic Press Records.

Distributed in Europe by Metal Warrior Records.

Artwork by T.J. Barber.

Photo Credit: T.J. Barber 

Line-up:

Eric Sexton-Dorsett - Rhythm Guitars, Bass Guitars, Backing Vocals

Kevin Hahn - Lead Guitars, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Keys

Eric Detablan - Drums

Hixon Sexton-Dorsett - Bass

facebook.com/Sleepless-112027358143762

instagram.com/sleepless_metal

sleeplessmetal.bandcamp.com

metalwarriorrecords.com

Metal Warrior Records Facebook

COSMIC JAGUAR RELEASE "THE ORDER OF THE JAGUAR KNIGHTS

 

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The Order of the Jaguar Knights

by Cosmic Jaguar

Tracklist:

1.The Shorn Ones 04:44

2.The Bleeding Tree of Tamoanchan 04:11

3.Obsidian Mirror 04:30

4.Veil of Maya (Cynic cover) 05:09

COSMIC JAGUAR is a Progressive/Technical Thrash Metal/Avant-garde band from Zhytomyr

released October 12, 2023

Cosmic Jaguar is:

Sergio Lunático - vocals, bass

Juan Maestro - rhythm, lead guitars

Alejo Bárbaro - drums

Session musicants:

Dionisio Oscuro - solo guitars (track:1,3,4)

Chimalma - female vocals (track:4)

Special guest:

V. Zadiev - vocals (track 2)

Music by Cosmic Jaguar (except 4 track)

Lyrics by Sergio Lunático (except 4 track)

Recorded and mixed at Nuts4all Studio, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. June - September 2023

Produced by Sergio Lunático

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C05Sf7rFwIE

https://www.facebook.com/cosmicjaguarthrash

https://cosmicjaguar.bandcamp.com/

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Cosmic_Jaguar/3540518403

EMBERAM RELEASE "PRESUMED GUILTY"

 

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Presumed Guilty

by Emberam

Tracklist:

1.Presumed Guilty 02:51

2.Renewal 02:43

3.Hellbound 04:28

Tech Death/Thrash Metal band from Zagreb, Croatia

First demo by Emberam, recorded at Bijuk Studios, Mix and Master done by Studio Podmornica

released October 18, 2023

https://emberam.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/emberamband/

EXMORTUS TO RELEASE "NECROPHONY" ON AUGUST 25th

 

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Following their recent announcement of joining Nuclear Blast Records, Southern Californian melodic death mongers EXMORTUS have revealed plans to release their massively anticipated 6th studio album, Necrophony, on August 25th. Available for pre-order now, the record 4 years in the making finds the shredders at a new creative peak, re-born in the isolation of the pandemic and wielding a master craft of metallic savagery.

Pre-order Necrophony:  https://exmortus.bfan.link/necrophony

Commenting on the impending record, guitarist/vocalist Conan says: 

"'Necrophony' was an album title idea for as long as I can remember. This Symphony of the Dead couldn't be realized for a collection of songs until now. Finally, we have our darkest and most Classically inspired work yet, with artwork by the great Toha Mashudi to match perfectly. We returned to Sharkbite Studios to have the mighty wizard that is Zack Ohren aid us again in forging our metal, and resulted in the finest steel we're all proud to wield on the battlefield."

Today, the band has released the new single 'Mind Of Metal,' which can be streamed now at https://exmortus.bfan.link/mind-of-metal

Watch the music video for "Mind Of Metal" here: https://youtu.be/fuauI3zWGjU

Conan adds says of the song:

"'Mind of Metal' is a great compliment to our previous single 'Oathbreaker,' in that it has contrasting rhythms and structure, but shares lyrical inspiration by Tolkien. It's a tribute to the wizard Saruman and other like characters in the legendarium, for their will to power and domination by crafty and industrial means. This song features groove, fast licks, and some of our favorite riffs ever written. Can't wait to perform it live!"

Stream the band's previously released single, 'Oathbreaker,' here: https://bfan.link/Exmortus-Oathbreaker

Necrophony Tracklist: 

1. Masquerade

2. Mask of Red Death

3. Oathbreaker

4. Mind of Metal

5. Storm of Strings

6. Test of Time

7. Darkest of Knights

8. Prophecy

9. Children of the Night

10. Beyond the Grave

11. Overture

12. Necrophony

13. Moonchild

http://www.facebook.com/exmortusofficial

SADUS JOINS NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS

 

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Announced today, thrash metal legends SADUS have officially joined the Nuclear Blast Records family. Led by founding vocalist/guitarist Darren Travis and drummer Jon Allen, the band is armed with a resurgent arsenal of massive riffs and blistering solos, crushing drums and shredding bass, and are currently preparing the release of their first new album in 16 years due out 2023.

Commenting on the signing, Nuclear Blast's A&R veteran Monte Conner states:

“I am thrilled to be reunited with Darren Travis and the mighty Sadus. Signing a band I have worked with in the past is never a given. Quite the opposite, in fact. I need to be blown away, and let me tell you, this new Sadus material is some of the best work I have ever heard from the band. It is the Sadus you know and love, with the same elements that made them unique in the past, but now with even stronger, more focused songs, and with crushingly heavy modern production!” 

With the signing comes SADUS' ferocious new single, "It's The Sickness". The first taste off their impending record is a contemporary thrash classic with colossal, groove-laden riffs that was made to get the pit moving.

Says SADUS' Darren Travis, when asked to discuss the new track, “As Joe Perry from Aerosmith says... ‘Let the music do the talking!!!’” 

Watch the lyric video for "It's The Sickness": https://youtu.be/09gdn-FLI3A

Stream "It's The Sickness": https://bfan.link/SADUS-ItsTheSickness

About SADUS:

SADUS rose to notoriety amidst the Bay Area's burgeoning thrash scene in the mid-80's. The band's introductory album, Illusions (1988), led to their signing with Roadrunner Records by A&R guru Monte Connor and eventual release of the quintessential record Swallowed in Black (1990). Over the next decade and a half the band went on to release the hailed albums A Vision of Misery (1992), Elements of Anger (1997) and Out for Blood (2006) as well as toured with the likes of Morbid Angel, Sepultura and Obituary among others. 

Now nearly four decades since their formation and almost two decades since their last record, SADUS returns with one of their most vicious and vital albums to date. Follow the band for additional news and updates regarding their return.

COSMIC JAGUAR RELEASE NEW SINGLE: "OUR LORD THE FLAYED ONE"

 

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Our Lord Flayed One

by Cosmic Jaguar

Here is Cosmic Jaguar´s new single: https://cosmicjaguar.bandcamp.com/track/our-lord-flayed-one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L8uKId5jcs

The great god Xipe Totec, otherwise known as Our Lord the Flayed One, was another of the oldest Aztec deities. Also known as Red Tezcatlipoca, guardian of the east, Xipe Totec was often depicted as a man wearing the flayed skin of another.

released October 15, 2022

🐆Cosmic Jaguar is:

🥁 Drums, percussion, folk instruments - Denis Tornillo (Bestial Invasion, Reusmarkt, Omniverse)

🎤 Vocals, bass, lyrics - Sergio Lunático (Bestial Invasion, Grace Disgraced, ex-Violent Omen)

🎸 Guitars - Juan Maestro (ex-Bestial Invasion, ex-Sunrise)

🎼 Music by Cosmic Jaguar

Lyrics by Sergio Lunático

Recorded and mixed at Quiet Studio, Uzhgorod, Ukraine. April-July 2022

Sound produced by Denis Tornillo

Produced by Sergio Lunático

✉ Band Contacts:

omendistro@gmail.com

cosmicjaguar.bandcamp.com

www.facebook.com/cosmicjaguarthrash

MISCREANCE RELEASE "CONVERGENCE"

 

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Italian Death Thrashers MISCREANCE have joined forces with No Clean Singing for exclusive premiere of forthcoming debut full-length album Convergence. Stream it at the link below!

nocleansinging.com/2022/09/12/an-ncs-album-premiere-and-a-review-miscreance-convergence/

"Convergence is an ingenious melding of thrash and technical death metal, with raw howls and ravenous growls in the vocal department and a ton of fleet-fingered fretwork and swift changes in drum patterns and tempos."

- No Clean Singing

Miscreance will release Convergence September 19 on Unspeakable Axe Records (CD), Danex Records (Vinyl), and Desert Wastelands (Cassette), as well as on Bandcamp and other digital platforms.

Pre-orders:

BC: unspeakableaxerecords.bandcamp.com/album/convergence 

UAR Store: https://tinyurl.com/5d34pzva 

One of the few relatively unmined veins of extreme metal, technical death/thrash--the style pioneered by the likes of Atheist and Sadus--is a demanding art, for both the band and the listener. Fortunately for both, Italian death/thrashers Miscreance have very sure hands. On their debut full-length, Convergence, a dizzying array of influences and ideas come together to make a feast for fans of the genre. Riffs twist and contort, lead parts spiral off like celestial bodies in orbit, and even the overall song structures are intricate beasts. Everything Miscreance touches is a twist or three off from the predictable and repetitive approach of much latter-day thrash and death.

Convergence, in short, is the kind of album that purists will salivate over: in love with and mindful of the halcyon days of the genre, but insistent on surprising the listener rather than just delivering the basics again. Unspeakable Axe Records, Danex Records, and Desert Wastelands Productions are very pleased to conspire to bring you this release in three different formats, in advance of a European tour in 2023 with like-minded labelmates Ripper (Chile).

Track Listing:

1. Flame of Consciousness

2. Fall Apart

3. Incubo

4. No Empathy

5. The Garden

6. Alchemy

7. My Internment

8. Requiem for Sanity

Line-Up:

Emiliano Zina - Bass

Andrea Feltrin - Drums, Vocals

Andrea Granauro - Guitars

Tommaso Cappelletti - Guitars

facebook.com/Miscreance

instagram.com/miscreance_official

unspeakableaxerecords.com

facebook.com/UnspeakableAxeRecords

twitter.com/UARMetal

unspeakableaxerecords.bandcamp.com

REVOCATION RELEASE VIDEO FOR "NIHILISTIC VIOLENCE"

 

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Today (September 9th), progressive death metal outfit Revocation have released their eighth full-length, Netherheaven, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the album, a video for the new single "Nihilistic Violence" (directed by David Brodsky // mgenyc.com) can be viewed at: youtu.be/NK85pJt8VzU

Revocation songwriter/front-man Dave Davidson comments: "'Nihilistic Violence' is probably the meanest song we've ever recorded. It's got a dark and menacing quality to it that the MyGoodEye production team perfectly captured for our latest music video. Bring your hardhats to the pit for this one because shit's gonna get rowdy."

Purchase and stream Netherheaven in full now at: metalblade.com/revocation - where the record is available in the following formats:

- digipak-CD

- "Elysium" - baby blue vinyl (US exclusive)

- "Hellfire" - fuego marbled vinyl (US exclusive) *SOLD OUT*

- 180g black vinyl (EU exclusive)

- white / blue marbled vinyl (limited to 1000 copies)

- sunset orange marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 300 copies)

- red w/ black splatter vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 250 copies)

- clear w/ black and red splatter vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 250 copies)

- white w/ blue splatter vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 250 copies)

Starting today, Revocation will hit the road for a North American headlining tour with Krisiun, Alluvial, and Inoculation as support, before heading to Europe for another headliner in early 2023, this time featuring special guests Goatwhore, Alluvial, and Creeping Death. See below for all dates!

Revocation tour dates

w/ Krisiun, Alluvial, Inoculation

Sept. 9, 2022 - Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON

Sept. 10, 2022 - Les Foufounes Electriques - Montreal, QC

Sept. 11, 2022 - La Source de la Martinière - Québec City, QC

Sept. 13, 2022 - Elsewhere Brooklyn - Brooklyn, NY

Sept. 14, 2022 - Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub - Cambridge, MA

Sept. 15, 2022 - Lovedraft's Brewing CO - Mechanicsburg, PA

Sept. 16, 2022 - The Metro Gallery - Baltimore, MD

Sept. 17, 2022 - Elevation 27 - Virginia Beach, VA

Sept. 18, 2022 - The Blind Tiger - Greensboro, NC

Sept. 19, 2022 - The Masquerade (Purgatory) - Atlanta, GA

Sept. 20, 2022 - Brass Mug - Tampa, FL

Sept. 21, 2022 - Respectable Street - West Palm Beach, FL

Sept. 23, 2022 - Come And Take It Live - Austin, TX

Sept. 24, 2022 - Amplified Live - Dallas, TX

Sept. 25, 2022 - Rockhouse Bar & Grill - El Paso, TX

Sept. 27, 2022 - Nile Theater - Mesa, AZ

Sept. 28, 2022 - Brick By Brick - San Diego, CA

Sept. 29, 2022 - 1720 - Los Angeles, CA

Sept. 30, 2022 - Goldfield Trading Post - Roseville, CA

Oct. 1, 2022 - Santa Cruz Vets Hall - Santa Cruz, CA

Oct. 3, 2022 - Dante's - Portland, OR

Oct. 4, 2022 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA

Oct. 6, 2022 - Metro Music Hall - Salt Lake City, UT

Oct. 7, 2022 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO

Oct. 8, 2022 - The Royal Grove - Lincoln, NE

Oct. 9, 2022 - Bigs Bar - Sioux Falls, SD

Oct. 11, 2022 - Turf Club - St. Paul, MN

Oct. 12, 2022 - Reggie's Rock Club - Chicago, IL

Oct. 13, 2022 - The Sanctuary 2 - Hamtramck, MI

Oct. 14, 2022 - No Class - Cleveland, OH

Oct. 15, 2022 - Montage Music Hall - Rochester, NY

Oct. 16, 2022 - Enclave - Pittsburgh, PA

Revocation tour dates

w/ Goatwhore, Alluvial, Creeping Death

Jan. 19, 2023 - Schlachthof - Wiesbaden, DE

Jan. 20, 2023 - Matrix - Bochum, DE

Jan. 21, 2023 - Doornroosje - Nijmegen, NL

Jan. 22, 2023 - Logo - Hamburg, DE

Jan. 23, 2023 - Valand - Gothenburg, SE

Jan. 24, 2023 - John Dee - Oslo, NO

Jan. 25, 2023 - Pumpehuset - Copenhagen, DK

Jan. 27, 2023 - SO36 - Berlin, DE

Jan. 28, 2023 - AJZ - Chemnitz, DE

Jan. 29, 2023 - Hirsch - Nürnberg, DE

Jan. 30, 2023 - Futurum - Prague, CZ

Jan. 31, 2023 - Akvárium Klub - Budapest, HU

Feb. 1, 2023 - Viper Room - Vienna, AT

Feb. 2, 2023 - Backstage - Munich, DE

Feb. 3, 2023 - Kofmehl - Solothurn, CH

Feb. 4, 2023 - Alchemica Music Club - Bologna, IT

Feb. 5, 2023 - Le Rex - Toulouse, FR

Feb. 6, 2023 - Bóveda - Barcelona, ES

Feb. 7, 2023 - Copernico - Madrid, ES

Feb. 8, 2023 - Stage Live - Bilbao, ES

Feb. 10, 2023 - Trabendo - Paris, FR

Feb. 11, 2023 - The Black Lab - Lille / Wasquehal, FR

Feb. 12, 2023 - Islington Assembly Hall - London, UK

Feb. 13, 2023 - Rebellion - Manchester, UK

Feb. 14, 2023 - Whelans - Dublin, IE

Feb. 15, 2023 - Mama Roux - Birmingham, UK

Feb. 16, 2023 - The Fleece - Bristol, UK

Feb. 17, 2023 - Zappa - Antwerp, BE

Feb. 18, 2023 - Faust - Hannover, DE

Four years in the making, the Billboard-charting trio that is Revocation - Dave Davidson (vocals/guitars), Ash Pearson (drums), and Brett Bamberger (bass) - meticulously explore the allegorical and literal aspects of Hell as they dig deeper into the darker, more diabolical side of death metal. "We put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into the album," says Davidson. "We want people to be inspired. It's brutal. We brought our A-game on 'Netherheaven'."

"…'Netherheaven' is Revocation's best record in a decade. Expanding the dark romanticism of 'Deathless', Davidson, Bamberger and Pearson crank out the darkest, heaviest songs of their career together, never missing a beat." - Angry Metal Guy

"'Netherheaven' is a winning addition to the Revocation catalog. A masterful amalgamation of every single element that Revocation has crafted over the last several albums, sharpened into a cohesive, thoughtful, and punishing package of solid technical death/thrash metal. If there was ever a thinking man's death metal, Revocation would be the band and 'Netherheaven' would be the record!" - Metal Wani

"In a genre where every band wants to tease their newest album as their 'most heavy,' 'Netherheaven' finds Revocation doubling down on their most ferocious elements. The band achieved impressive levels of power after recording as a three-piece for the first time in 13 years, while maintaining their tech-metal prestige." - Metal Injection

"…'Netherheaven' is easily on par with the band's very best, and might even be the new standard by which all their work will be judged going forwards…this is one album that does not miss." - No Clean Singing

"…Revocation's 'Netherheaven' represents the next stage in their sonic evolution: from primordial metallic neophytes back on albums like 'Empire of the Obscene' and (my first taste) 'Existence Is Futile' to more full-fledged tech-death beasts such as 'Deathless', 'Great Is Our Sin', and 'The Outer Ones'. 'Netherheaven' continues the progression in quality you have come to expect from the greater part of the last decade." - Invisible Oranges

Photo credit: Alex Morgan

Revocation line-up:

David Davidson - Guitars / Vocals

Brett Bamberger - Bass / Vocals

Ash Pearson - Drums

Revocation online:

https://www.metalblade.com/revocation

http://www.revocationband.com

https://www.facebook.com/Revocation

https://twitter.com/revocation

https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialRevocation

ASTHAROTH RELEASE NEW SINGLE "BETWEEN DEATH AND REBIRTH"

 

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Bay Area’s Poles ASTHAROTH release a new single

ASTHAROTH started in 1988 in Poland as a technical thrash band. They moved to Bay Area in 1990 only to see the scene deteriorating there. Fast forward to 2020: ASTHAROTH is back as a one-man project with the music darker and more progressive than  before.

2021: "Between Death and Rebirth" is the second single this year.

Musically the new material is upbeat and aggressive, while lyrically dealing with the existential issues. 

The single can be streamed via all digital outlets since April 13th.

https://www.facebook.com/polishbayareathrashmetal

AFTERMATH RELEASE LYRIC VIDEO FOR "THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

Chicago’s AFTERMATH is one of the pioneering crossover Thrash bands of the 1980s:

a band that transformed into one of the most technical Thrash Metal bands of its time on its critically-acclaimed debut album, "Eyes Of Tomorrow".

Since December 14, 2020, the band presents the final Lyric Video, this time for the album's title track "There Is Something Wrong":

Official Lyric Video for 'There Is Something Wrong'

YouTube link: https://youtu.be/xt7xOMoAuds

These lyric video is the final video from the album.

 AFTERMATH proclaims about it:

"The use of an animated human throughout the video is a strong symbolic image of what those in power want the new world to look like. No originality, no individuality and no independent thought. They want humanity to disappear and this song and video serve as a wakeup call to all of us."

More from singer Kyriakos 'Charlie' Tsiolis:

"I grew up always questioning authority. I never understood what gives them the right to tell me what to do. I follow the 'Golden Rule'. I don’t need someone to tell me what is right or wrong. I am not your child. That feeling was there as a kid and continued to grow over the years. I have no idea why or what caused me to see the world like that. I must have been born this way. Back in the early days of the band all my lyrics were somewhat based on this. I just wasn’t as aware then as I am now. We wrote a song called 'Chaos' back in 1986. That song was about questioning everything and everyone including your parents. It was about challenging authority and the stories they force fed you. I didn’t know why I felt something was wrong in the world, but I KNEW IT WASN'T RIGHT. As I got older and read and researched things I figured it out. Listening to 'Chaos' all these years later I realized I now had the answers to the questions I had in those lyrics. If you listen to 'Chaos' you will hear part of the lyrics in 'There Is Something Wrong'. Listen to these lyrics and you will hear me answering those lyrics. Wake up world before it’s too late."

LINE-UP:

Kyriakos 'Charlie' Tsiolis • Vocals

Steve Sacco • Guitar

George Nektarios Lagis • Bass

Ray Schmidt • Drums

 The latest album "There Is Something Wrong" is an 11-song opus of TECHNICAL PROGRESSIVE THRASH METAL.

A concept record in the truest sense of the word, the album features a mix of old-school crossover Thrash and technical/progressive Metal, and is a commentary on what is wrong with the world today:

TRACKLIST:

01. Can You Feel It? 00:45

02. False Flag Flying 05:59

03. Diethanasia 02:47

04. Scientists And Priest 05:33

05. Smash Reset Control 03:28

06. Gaslight 04:53

07. A Handful Of Dynamite 02:25

08. Temptation Overthrown 03:34

09. Pseudocide 06:53

10. There Is Something Wrong 06:38 

11. Expulsion 04:23

total: 47:18 min.

AFTERMATH • Website 

AFTERMATH • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AftermathChicago

AFTERMATH • Instagram https://www.instagram.com/aftermath_band_official/

AFTERMATH • Twitter https://twitter.com/AftermathThrash

AFTERMATH • YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/user/zoident

AFTERMATH • Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/0K86SO9mYrck9d9iOLr5Fk

DISCOGRAPHY:

1994 • Eyes Of Tomorrow (full-length)

2011 • 25 Years Of Chaos (boxed set)

2015 • Killing The Future (re-release of 1987 demo)

2019 • There Is Something Wrong (full-length)

2020 • Give Peace A Chance (single)

AFTERMATH RELEASE VIDEO ALBUM FOR "THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG

 

PRESS RELEASE:

Chicago’s AFTERMATH is one of the pioneering crossover Thrash bands of the 1980s:

a band that transformed into one of the most technical Thrash Metal bands of its time on its critically-acclaimed debut album, "Eyes Of Tomorrow".

Since Nov. 05, 2020, AFTERMATH have once again been revealing their very own artistic ambition with a great deal of ingenuity - the band produced a very special Video Album that includes all previous videos for the 2nd full-length release "There Is Something Wrong" - and a further, fresh video for the title track:

Video Album track list:

01. False Flag Flying

02. Diethanasia

03. Scientists And Priest

04. Smash Reset Control

05. Gaslight

06. Temptation Overthrown

07. Pseudocide

08. There Is Something Wrong

AFTERMATH explain the thematic background of the new Video Album:

"'There Is Something Wrong' is a concept album that is meant to challenge the listeners and to unsettle them. It is dark, complex, angry, sad, and yet hopeful. The lyrics and message throughout the album are a wake-up call to everyone. The intro, interludes and outro are part of the message. We are still a band, though, and without the actual songs none of it would matter; so, we decided to make a video for each song on the album excluding the intro, interludes, and outro. We now unleash the 'There Is Something Wrong video album'. We extracted just the music. We removed the extras and allow the listener to listen to the music. It’s a 34-minute musical soundscape. It’s even angrier this way. It’s more urgent. It’s a locomotive already at full speed. Listen closely and you will realize 2020 is just the beginning."

LINE-UP:

Kyriakos 'Charlie' Tsiolis • Vocals

Steve Sacco • Guitar

George Nektarios Lagis • Bass

Ray Schmidt • Drums

The latest album "There Is Something Wrong" is an 11-song opus of TECHNICAL PROGRESSIVE THRASH METAL.

A concept record in the truest sense of the word, the album features a mix of old-school crossover Thrash and technical/progressive Metal, and is a commentary on what is wrong with the world today:

https://aftermathchicago.com/

https://www.facebook.com/AftermathChicago/

https://www.instagram.com/aftermath_band_official/

https://twitter.com/AftermathThrash

ATHEIST RELEASE "AND THE PSYCHIC SAW" LIVE PLAYTHROUGH QUARANTINE VIDEO

 

Technical death thrash jazz metal masters ATHEIST have released a live quarantine video for their classic track "And the Psychic Saw". ATHEIST are widely regarded by those in the know as the pioneers of technical death metal, influencing many of today’s top technical extreme metal bands. ATHEIST was set to return to Europe and the UK for the first time since 2011 with the ENTHRALLED IN EUROPE TOUR in September of 2020. Due to the pandemic the tour has been rescheduled for February/March 2021. The lineup remains as ATHEIST with support from CADAVER, SVART CROWN and FROM HELL.

During quarantine members Daniel Martinez, Chris Martin, Yoav-Ruiz Feingold and Anthony Medaglia kept their chops and produced a series of playthrough videos. The first was for the track ‘Mother Man’ from ATHEIST second album ‘Unquestionable Presence’.

The latest installment brings up ‘And The Psychic Saw’ also from the ‘Unquestionable Presence’ release which can be viewed at https://youtu.be/9gIJH0j5nAA?sub_confirmation=1.

The video for ‘And The Psychic Saw’ as well as the video for ‘Mother Man’ can be viewed at the bands official YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ7LKy_zivv0rWUoVV8QAag?sub_confirmation=1.

Vocalist Kelly Shaefer comments on the video: “This is the second of our playthrough videos – ‘An The Psychic saw’! We wanted to lay this on you metal heads from the new band. It is a notoriously difficult song to play so when the new guys wanted to add this to the set I was reluctant. It is one of my favorite songs, even my co-founder Steve Flynn was always cautious about pulling this song off live so we rarely tried it...and along came these young monsters who just crushed it. So of course I said fuck yes, let's add it to the set. We performed this on several of the dates on our last tour with Cattle Decapitation. These guys just nailed it!!! I couldn’t be more proud to introduce you to ATHEIST 2020. Enjoy!!!”

Don’t miss ATHEIST as they team up with powerhouses CADAVER and SVART CROWN for a terrifying tour through Europe and UK in February/March 2021!

The Norwegian CADAVER, founded by Anders Odden (SATYRICON, ORDER) is a prime example of a true Nordic mindset when it comes to death metal. One of the first Norwegian extreme metal bands, re-gathered for the first time since 2004, is coming back to life with Dirk Verbeuren (MEGADETH, ex-SOILWORK) on drums. The band will present its new digital EP titled DGAF, just released through Nuclear Blast.

The French blackened death metal monsters SVART CROWN will join this powerful lineup with their brand new fifth studio album ‘Wolves Among The Ashes’, released earlier this year through Century Media. Five albums and over ten years of heavy touring made SVART CROWN one of the French bands a true lover of death metal should see anytime they come by.

A heavy metal horror concept band FROM HELL, each recording of which is intended to be its own horror story, will complement this tour. On this leg, the US-based metallers will present their new concept album ‘Rats & Ravens’.

The tour will be complemented by opening acts such as CRITICAL MESS (Germany), TYPHUS (Greece), and one more band to be announced soon.

Carefully flex your neck and keep yourself hydrated so that your body is in good shape when this lineup comes to your town and slams your face with pristine death metal wall of sound!

CONFIRMED TOUR DATES:

16.02 - TBA

17.02 - Kassel (GER) Goldgrube *

18.02 - Cottbus (GER) Gladhouse *

19.02 - Prague (CZE) Nova Chmelnice *

20.02 - Bratislava (SVK) Randall *

21.02 - Brasov (ROM) Club Rockstadt *

22.02 - Bucharest (ROM) Quantic Club *

23.02 - Sofia (BUL) MIxtape 5 *

24.02 - Budapest (HUN) Barba Negra *

25.02 – TBA *

26.02 - Venice (ITA) Revolver Club +

27.02 - Rome (ITA) Orion Club +

28.02 - Milan (ITA) Slaughter Club +

01.03 - Marseille (FRA) Jas Rod +

02.03 - Barcelona (SPA) Sala Upload +

03.03 - Madrid (SPA) Sala Caracol +

04.03 - Lisbon (POR) RCA Club +

05.03 - Porto (POR) Metalpoint +

06.03 - Zaragoza (SPA) C.C. Valdefierro +

07.03 - Toulouse (FRA) L’usine A Musique º

08.03 - Paris (FRA) Petit Bain º

09.03 - Mannheim (GER) MS Connexion º

10.03 - Oberhausen (GER) Kulttempel º

11.03 - Apeldoorn (NLD) Gigant º

12.03 - TBD º

13.03 - London (UK) Underworld º

* With Critical Mess

º With Typhus

+Opening act TBA

ATHEIST ARE:

Kelly R Shaefer – Vocals/Founding Member

Steven Flynn – Drums/Founding Member

Daniel Martinez – Guitarist

Yoav Ruiz-Feingold – Bassist

@aAnthony Medaglia – Drummer

@Chris Martin – Guitarist

ATHEIST ONLINE:

https://www.facebook.com/AtheistBand

https://www.instagram.com/OfficialAtheistBand

https://atheist.indiemerch.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ7LKy_zivv0rWUoVV8QAag?sub_confirmation=1

CANADA´S ENTROPY ANNOUNCE NEW EXPANSIVE, CINEMATIC ALBUM "FORCE CONVERGENCE"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

Canadian legends ENTROPY first hit the metal scene in the late 80s and 30 years later they are still melting faces, this time with “Force Convergence”.

This will be the fourth album from the band, and they describe it as their best album yet and it's a cinematic type experience. Entropy shares the premise being the concept album: 

“We wanted to bring metal fans a sci-fi horror experience with the album story. The lyrical inspiration is from bands like Rush, Queensryche, Voivod, Iron Maiden, and also from films like Aliens, Predator, War Of The World’s, Independence Day, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. There is also a sprinkle of war scene themes throughout the story, like Apocalypse Now, Platoon, and Starship Troopers, mixed in for fun.” 

The story-driven, progressive thrash metal album has been getting excellent reviews from the people who have had a chance to listen to it early, this is the album that everyone wants! 

So far, all the Entropy albums have a different feel to them, and this new one is also forging its own path. "Force Convergence" is a 30-minute metal rip-ride! It is a creative and fun album that flows with power, melody, aggressiveness, and meaning.

With an original and eclectic sound that is 30 years in the making, Entropy is suitable for all metalheads especially those who enjoy Slayer, Pantera, and Iron Maiden.

"Force Convergence" is due out August 28th and will be available on Entropymetal.com (CD), Spotify, Apple Music.

Advance Album Stream on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpC_-Lv-Tz0

Track Listing:

1. Everything Falls (1:03)

2. Ripzone (4:10)

3. Planetary Impact Extinction (6:30)

4. Threshold of Decimation (4:44)

5.Weaponized Storm System (4:52)

6. Transmigration (2:41)

7. Force Convergence (5:11)

Album Length: 29:15

Entropy is:

Album / Live Band Line Up:

Ger Schreinert (Vocals)

Dan Lauzon (Guitar)

Oscar Rangel (Bass)

Blake Lemieux (Drums)

For more info:

EntropyMetal.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/84004774653

CORONER: FULL SHOW FROM HELLFEST 2017 IS ONLINE NOW

French ARTE Concert has uploaded the full show that Swiss technical thrash metal masters CORONER delivered in the Hellfest in 2017. Classics like "Masked Jackal" from their masterpiece "Punishment for Decadence" are delivered here as well as more recent tracks from the album "Grin" ("Internal Conflicts", "Grin (Nails Hurt)". You can check the full show below:

SACRATICUS RE-RELEASE "CREPUSCULE"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

CREPUSCULE

by Sacraticus

Tracklist:

1.STORMING THE GATES 05:13

2.CREPUSCULE 03:38

3.MALICIOUS SACRAMENT 03:31

4.EYES OF OLD 04:35

5.RESISTANT STRAINS 04:01

6.THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY 01:53

7.ACRIMONY 05:04

8.MASTEMA 04:30

released April 20, 2011

REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER WAV'S ON JUNE 19TH 2019 AT STONEHOUSEMUSICOHIO BY NATHAN WILSON.

ORIGINALLY RECORDED AT BROWN MACKIE COLLEGE AUGUST 22ND 2010-MARCH 17TH 2011.

PRODUCED BY: NATHAN WILSON AND JCIN5 PRODUCTIONS

ENGINEERED BY: JASON FAULK,LUKE CARPENTER,DOUG HANSEN

MIXED BY: NATHAN WILSON. 2011 MASTER BY DOUG HANSEN.

ANDY MOORE: DRUMS (2ND SOLO ON MASTEMA)

NATHAN WILSON: GUITARS,BASS,VOCALS & KEYBOARD

GUEST VOCALISTS: BRANDON JAMAL,ERIC CANNON,JEREMY BARRETT,JORDAN LOPER.

...SCREAMS ON MASTEMA LIZ,DELANEY,AADYN,AND AMASIA

EYES OF OLD WAS WRITTEN FOR THE MEMORY OF STEVEN APPLEGATE.

ORIGINAL COVER ARTWORK "DUE WORLD" BY DENNIS SEDOV

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2011 SACRATICUS

ALL LYRICS BY NATHAN WILSON.

https://sacraticus.bandcamp.com/

https://myspace.com/sacraticus

ANTAGONIST RELEASES "DAMNED AND CURSED...TO LIFE ON EARTH" / ANTAGONIST LANZA "DAMNED AND CURSED...TO LIFE ON EARTH"

ENGLISH
Technical thrash metal band Antagonist will release a compilation album "Damned and Cursed...To Life on Earth" on October 14th. The new album is the third release by the band and the follow up to their "Open Face Surgery" EP released in 2000. "Damned and Cursed...To Life on Earth" will be released through Divebomb Records (check tracks and links below):

ESPAÑOL
La banda de tecnical thrash metal Antagonist lanzará un compilado "Damned and Cursed...To Life on Earth" el 14 de octubre. El nuevo álbum es el tercer lanzamiento de la banda y el sucesor de su EP "Open Face Surgery" lanzado en 2000. "Damend and Cursed...To Life on Earth" será editado a través del sello Divebomb Records y contendrá los siguientes temas:

TRACKLIST:

1.     Black Sands of Time
2.     Dead Priest
3.     Lies After Death
4.     Good Day to Die
5.     Live in Fear
6.     Cracking Skulls
7.     Dead Priest (Live)
8.     Mad as Hell (Live)
9.     Lies After Death (Live)
10.     Good Day to Die (Live)
11.     Live in Fear (Live)
12.     Hell Awaits (Live)
13.     Balls to the Wall (Live)
14.     Leather Rebel (Live Soundcheck)
15.     Black Sands of Time (Demo)

WATCHTOWER RELEASES "CONCEPTS OF MATH: BOOK ONE" / WATCHTOWER LANZA "CONCEPTS OF MATH: BOOK ONE"

ENGLISH

Progressive technical thrash metal masters Watchtower will release their new EP "Concepts of Math: Book One" on October 7th. The new EP is the follow up to the band´s four singles released between 2010 and 2015. The band features original members Doug Keyser on bass and Rick Colaluca on drums plus Ron Jarzombek on guitars and Alan Tecchio on vocals. "Concepts of Math: Book One" will be released through Prosthetic Records and will feature the following tracks:

1. M-Theory Overture

2. Arguments Against Design

3. Technology Inaction

4. The Size of Matter

5. Mathematica Calculis

Watchtower Facebook

ESPAÑOL

Los maestros thrash técnico progresivo Watchtower lanzarán un nuevo EP "Concepts of Math: Book One" el 7 de octubre. El nuevo EP es el sucesor de los cuatro simples que la banda ha lanzado entre 2010 y 2015. La banda tiene en sus filas a los miembros originales Doug Keyser en bajo y Rick Colaluca en batería y a Ron Jarzombek en guitarra y Alan Tecchio en voces. "Concepts of Math: Book One" será editado a través del sello Prosthetic Records y contendrá los siguientes temas:

1. M-Theory Overture

2. Arguments Against Design

3. Technology Inaction

4. The Size of Matter

5. Mathematica Calculis

Watchtower Facebook

MENTAL VORTEX RE-RELEASES "I AM NOW..." / MENTAL VORTEX REEDITA "I AM NOW..."

ENGLISH

Belgian technical thrash metal band Mental Vortex will rerelease their album "I Am Now..." on February 26th. The album was the band´s full length debut and was originally released in 2011. Mental Vortex also released a demo in 2009. "I Am Now..." will be rereleased  through Magik Art Entertainment and will feature the following tracks (the re-release includes the four tracks from the 2009 demo):
 1.     Living a Lie
2.     Battlefield in Sight
3.     Paranoiac Evil
4.     My Kingdom to Come   
5.     Negative Fate
6.     My Sickness
7.     Mad Man on Drugs
8.     Science Ethical Preoccupation
9.     My Last Trip
10.     Bereaved
11.     All Frustrations
12.     War's Use   
13.     Fractal Representation

ESPAÑOL

La banda belga de thrash metal técnico Mental Vortex reeditará su álbum "I Am Now..." el 26 de febrero. El álbum fue el debut laga duración de la banda y fue lanzado originalmente en 2011. Mental Vortex también editó un demo en 2009. "I Am Now..." será reeditado a través del sello Magik Art Entertainment y contendrá los siguientes temas (la reedición incluye los cuatro temas del demo de  2009):
 1.     Living a Lie
2.     Battlefield in Sight
3.     Paranoiac Evil
4.     My Kingdom to Come   
5.     Negative Fate
6.     My Sickness
7.     Mad Man on Drugs
8.     Science Ethical Preoccupation
9.     My Last Trip
10.     Bereaved
11.     All Frustrations
12.     War's Use   
13.     Fractal Representation