VESSEL OF LIGHT, the metal band formed by Nathan Opposition from Cleveland's Ancient VVisdom and riff master Dan Lorenzo (founding member of both the powerful thrash / power metal masters HADES and NON-FICTION, will release their new album "Last Ride" on October. The band has release up to now two albums: "Woodshed" in 2018, "Thy Serpent Rise" in 2019 and also the "Vessel of Light" EP in 2017. Since the second album, the band features former Overkill drummer Ron Lipnicki (also playing in the almighty WHIPLASH) and former HADES bassist Jimmy Schulman who played in the band´s classics "It At First You Don´t Succeed..."and "Resisting Success". Guitarist Dan Lorenzo has also released recently a documentary called "It´s All About the Riff" with interviews about his career and showing plenty of his guitar skills. Below is VESSEL OF LIGHT´s latest video "Meet and Bone" from the "Thy Serpent Rise" album and also a snipet of the new track "Last Ride". More info on:
Symphonic deathcore band SHADOW OF INTENT has released a video for the track "Gravesinger". The tune is part of the band´s latest release "Melancholy" from 2019. "Melancholy" was released also in an instrumental version, featuring the same ten tracks than in the version with vocals. The video was shot and edited by Dylan Gould, using clips from Shadow of Intent's Melancholy Winter Tour. More info on:
Polish depressive black metal band FADHEIT are streaming their debut album "Inhaling the Trauma" on their Bandcamp site (check below). "Inhaling the Trauma" is FADHEIT´s second release and the successor of their "Stilleben" EP from 2018. The album was recorded in May 2020 in Control Room Studio, Łódź, Poland and was mixed and mastered by Artur Mozer. "Inhaling the Trauma" features cover artwork by Anna Jarzyńska. More info on:
German black metal band BURNT OFFERING will release their new album "Harvest" on August 20th. The new album is the band´s second release, and the successor to their 2015 demo. "Harvest" will be released on CD and vinyl through Casus Belli Music (the vinyl edition is limited to 100 copies and there is also a limited edition in digipack, also of 100 copies). More info on:
British beatdown metal band CARBINE has released a video for the track "Desensitised". The tune is the band´s new single that was released on August 15th. "Desensitised" is the first release since the band´s previous recording, "Undefeated" from 2019. The video was released through Slam Worldwide (check below) and was created by Dan Johnson of DJohnson Media. The tune was written by Alex Mckinnon and Keir Campbell and the bass was recorded by Matt Ball. "Desensitised" was mixed and mastered by Keir Campbell of Kascade Mixing and Mastering. More info:
Exactly 30 years ago, in August 1990, NAPALM DEATH released the EP "Suffer the Children", just a month after releasing their death metal classic "Harmony Corruption" with the addition of Mark "Barney" Greenway on vocals (coming from BENEDICTION) and Jesse Pintado (coming from TERRORIZER and UNKNOWN DEATH) and Mitch Harris (coming from DEFECATION and RIGHTEOUS PIGS) on guitars, replacing the departed guitarist Bill Steer (focusing on his band CARCASS) and vocalist Lee Dorrian who went to pursue a more doom oriented music with his band CATHEDRAL. "Suffer the Children" featured the title track (that was featured also in "Harmony Corruption") along with 2 extra tracks: "Harmony Corruption" and "Siege of Power". You can check the video that the band did for "Suffer the Children" below:
Portland, Oregon melodic black metal band UADA has released a lyric video for the track "No Place Here". The tune is part of the band´s new album "Djinn" (the band´s third studio album) that will be released on September 25th through Eisenwald label. The video was done by Brent Boutte of Occultus Visum with drone and Photography by Adriana Michima / Michima Photography (www.adrianamichima.com). More info on:
Some wars are endless – the war between exalted and fallen, god and devil, angel and beast. For these eternal combatants there is no peace, only infinite pain, infinite bleeding and infinite battle...on the plains of Elysium before the walls of silver, beneath the impossible towers and minarets of paradise; across the molten lava fields of Gehenna in the shadow of the seven gates and behind the veils of belief in the farthest corners of the human eye. No mercy, no peace, no surrender – only implacable hatred and limitless violence ‘til the end of time and beyond.
The sound and essence of eternal war rages through the veins of Sacrilegivm, the long awaited new album from death metal masters INCINERATE; the glory, the bloodlust, the relentless terror, the chaos, confusion and inevitable death, it swarms amongst the surging riffs and rides screaming on the thrilling bullet train of blast beats. The atmosphere is magnificent as towering tracks like ‘Absence Of Divine Power’ unfold, firing the imagination as well as the need to destroy. For all their unfathomable brutality and technical complexity, Incinerate still conjure that wild, dark magic of classic death metal, creating an arena of sound where Death, Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse clash with Deeds Of Flesh and Spawn Of Possession, their blood pooling and mixing in the sand. It’s a rare thing for a band to be as staggeringly heavy and intense as Incinerate and still craft genuinely memorable songs, loaded with moments of perfect synchronicity where the right notes, the right feeling, the right delivery combine. This is a death metal master class from a band with more than twenty years of hard campaigning under their bullet belts and the grit, determination and will to kill to stay in the frontline trench for years to come.
INCINERATE signed a new deal with Comatose Music earlier this year and on October 9th this formidable alliance of death metal super powers will unleash Sacrilegivm – an album that is destined to leave a charred and bloody mark in the annals of extreme music history. The sirens are howling, the trumpets have been blown and eternal war is nigh!
Line-up: Jesse Watson – Vocals; Sasha Wilczynski - Bass; Ted Isac - Guitar; Jared Deaver - Lead Guitar; Phil Cancilla - Drums
Genre: Death Metal. For fans of: SUFFOCATION, SINISTER, DEEDS OF FLESH, CRYPTOPSY
VENOMOUS SKELETON: LP edition of Israeli death metallers' acclaimed new album now available via Argento Records
It’s been 9 years since Sonne Adam’s death-doom masterpiece “Transformation” has been released, and the world of underground death metal hasn’t been the same ever since.
Countless death metal bands tried to emulate the cavernous sound of the Israeli compound, but no one really managed to reach the same peaks of sublime, transcendental darkness that the masters themselves achieved in 2011.
VENOMOUS SKELETON is a new creature featuring 3 members of Sonne Adam and “Drowning In Circles” is the bands first full-length release.
Instead of simply picking up where Sonne Adam left off, VENOMOUS SKELETON injects a lethal dose of proto Metal Of Death to their sound, exposing more of their musical roots, roots that are deeply buried into the same rotten soil that the pioneers of death metal walked on in late 80’s and early 90’s.
“Drowning In Circles” consists in 9 blasphemous hymns where sheer death metal aggression is elevated to perfection by an evil, eerie atmosphere that permeates every song of the album.
“Drowning In Circles” is now available on clear or black vinyl through Argento Records and on CD by Everlasting Spew.
The beautiful artwork by the bands mastermind ND will be showcased in a heavy weight, gatefold sleeve for maximum visual pleasure.
Dark and violent shaded atmospheric black metal rises with “The Apocalyptic Theater”
The maestros of levitating bleakness, SOJOURNER, have revealed their fourth single, “The Apocalyptic Theater”, along with an official lyric video, cut from their latest dark full-length Premonitions.
Singer Emilio Crespo states: “These are actually the first lyrics I wrote for Premonitions. I definitely wanted to emphasize this subject that I feel strongly about; our actions in many different aspects of life are detrimental to the continued thriving as a species in our own home. Also, that while it’ll revitalize itself when we’re gone, there IS a point of no return for us and we could approach it quicker than we realize. We continue to act in such ways while believing that catastrophes and the like won’t happen to us or in our lifetime and we prove over and over that they do. Therefore, if we continue down this path we will eventually watch it all crumble with lifeless eyes.”
Rising somber soundscapes introduce their newest melodic black metal offering, quickly coalescing into a rousing cascade of riff driven blast beats, drawing the listener into SOJOURNER’s unmistakably sonic atmosphere. Emilio Crespo’s bloodcurdling growls harmonize with Chloe Bray’s clean vocals whilst underlining the tracks’ message with its critical, current reference. “The Apocalyptic Theater” reflects our way of life, leading to a point of no return!
Guitarist Mike Lamb adds: "The Apocalyptic Theater” was the first song we wrote for Premonitions, and it's definitely the most traditional SOJOURNER song on the album. It bridges the gap between the sound we've established on previous releases and the new territory we explored further elsewhere on Premonitions. It carries the spirit of the more fantasy-driven elements of our sound into what turned out to be a much darker album, both musically and lyrically, something that will always be core to Sojourner as a band regardless of what we explore musically album-to-album. We're proud to present “The Apocalyptic Theater” as the fourth and final single, and we hope you enjoy it!"
Watch the lyric video for “The Apocalyptic Theater” HERE:
Premonitions rises like an upcoming vortex that leaves the violent, yet undeniably beautiful stylistic evolution of their sound in an exceptional fusion of folk and atmospheric black metal. Their un-inimitable tonal trademark breathes the band’s internationality: Living in four different countries, they combine each mindset and evoke the sweeping, melancholic atmospheres of nature merging with aggressive black metal fundamentals. SOJOURNER forms an indestructible bond that mirrors through their music. This album is not only a masterfully told story, but also a milestone confirming the group’s unique approach towards the genre!
Tracklist:
1. The Monolith
2. Eulogy for the Lost
3. The Apocalyptic Theater
4. Talas
5. Fatal Frame
6. The Deluge
7. Atonement
8. The Event Horizon
Premonitions is available in the following formats:
