Colombian death black metal band BLACK COMMUNION will release their new album "Miasmic Monstrosity" on vinyl, today October 9th. The release will be done through Dunkelheit Produktionen in a limited edition of:
- 300 copies on black vinyl
- 100 copies on red vinyl
- 100 copies on splatter vinyl
Plus, pre-ordered copies come with a logo metal pin and an A2 poster.
"Miasmic Monstrosity" is BLACK COMMUNION´s second album and the succesor to their debut "Vomit of Azathoth" from 2018 and the split with DESTROYER ATTACK released earlier in 2020. More info on:
Canada's ABANDONED SOULS will be releasing their new single “Blinding Darkness” on October 9, 2020 with a video soon to follow.
With the release of “Blinding Darkness”, the band is excited to share with fans their blend of powerful and personal music inspired by life experiences. For the year 2020, it's absolutely the right song at the right time. The lyrics for this song were written shortly after James Todd’s mother passed away, and he channeled his thoughts during that dark time into the music. He explains the meaning of the song in his own words:
“The song is about facing the reality of death or dark times and dealing with it. It’s also learning to maneuver through the darkness and finding a way to be more comfortable within that space. To realize that you need to face it head-on sometimes and learn how to live and prosper from the experience of getting through these times.”
As the cliché goes, “there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.”, Abandoned Souls shows strength and pushes through, finding that light and marching towards it. Given the current state of the world, this encouragement to overcome obstacles is pertinent as ever.
Abandoned Souls have amassed a respectable discography since 2006 including four full-length albums and an EP. As their name partly implies, they write hard-hitting aggressive music that has melody. Consistently writing tunes with heavy replay value, sharing the stage with many well-known bands, and appearing at several festivals, Abandoned Souls knows how to write classic heavy songs that will linger in the minds of listeners.
Recommended for fans of hard rock including Alter Bridge, Godsmack, Three Days Grace; “Blinding Darkness” is available on October 9, 2020.
The single can be heard before it officially drops via its premiere on V13.net HERE.
Wacken TV has posted tracks from the show that CRITICAL MESS offered in their Wacken World Wide 2020 edition. The band features former CRIPPER vocalist Britta Görtz and also ex CRIPPER bassistist Lommer. CRITICAL MESS has released two albums: "Human Praey" on 2018 and "Man Made Machine Made Man" on 2019. More info on:
Louisiana experimental duo RADIANT KNIFE are streaming the entirety of their new release "The Ghost" via Invisible Oranges. The album is the follow up to their critically acclaimed release "The Body".
On October 8th, 1991, death metal masters SUFFOCATION released their classic album "Effigy of the Forgotten". The album, released at that time through R/C Records, was SUFFOCATION´s debut album, and the successor to their classic brutal EP "Human Waste". The sound in the album is brutal and more compact than on the EP and is a good preview of what SUFFOCATION would become on the following albums. The line-up that recorded "Effigy..." was: Frank Mullen on Vocals; Terrance Hobbs on Guitars; Doug Cerrito on Guitars; Josh Barohn on Bass and Mike Smith on Drums. The album was recorded and mixed at the famous Morrisound Recording studios in Tampa and is dedicated to the memory of late ATHEIST bassist Roger Patterson.
On October 8th, 1988, the almighty BATHORY, a band that pioneered viking and pagan metal, released their classic album "Blood Fire Death". After three albums closer to black metal as were "Bathory", "The Return" and "Under the Sign of the Black Mark", mainman Quorthon started to explore the viking element adding new atmospheres to BATHORY´s music. The lyrics have also changed here, going from the satanist elements from the first three albums to a more epic, heroic feeling. Tracks like "A Fine Day to Die" of "The Golden Walls of Heaven" are pure classics and masterpieces of epic darkness. An album, released through Under One Flag Records, that is considered the milestone of viking metal.
Brazilian female fronted thrash death metal band THE DAMNNATION hass just released a video for their tune "Apocalypse". The tune is part of the band´s new EP "Parasite". The video was filmed by Brunno Mariante and Guilherme Dorini and edited by Guilherme Dorini. "Parasite" was recorded, Mixed and Mastered at Flight Studios, Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil.
You know us! With Against PR you can always find the perfect ideas for every occasion, from weeknight headbanging to holiday moshpits! And today's recipe couldn't be easier! You just need 1 cup of Doom, 2 tbsp of Stoner Rock, mix dry with some riffage and then add the HEAVY. Cover with foil and bake for eternity at 666°F. The result is "Attack Warning Red", the new album from Canada's doom/stoner troupe Midnight Gallows: it's so heavy it will make you sick!
After three years in silence CADAVERIA is back with her new single "Return", a Deine Lakaien tune. And there is also a video for the tune (check below). You can listen "Return" and download it on: http://bit.ly/cadaveria-return . The single was recorded and mixed at MusicArt Studio and Rrooaarr Sound between July and September 2020 and was Mastered at MusicArt Studio. The video`s main idea was created by Marçelo Santos.
Basque's SONG OF ANHUBIS will be unleashing their sophomore album "Reversed Reflection" via Rockshots Records on October 23rd, 2020. The band creates a passionate, introspective, intense, and diverse gothic metal that was first introduced to the world on their 2016 debut full length "Revenge As Redemption". Not quite following in the exact musical footsteps of their precursive album, their second record takes a 180-degree turn as it experiments with electronic elements and sounds more akin to rock and metal along with their staple gothic influences.
Featuring 10 tracks, "Reversed Reflection" is a journey between two opposing worlds, light and darkness, the instinctive, and the rational. Blunt guitars and arpeggios are combined with electronic elements, very melodic passages even melancholic in some cases, with the strength of double bass drumming and simpler fragments with the addition of some extra ingredients that will surprise listeners. All of the emotion on the record is felt through the diverse vocal range of frontwoman Rei Reych.
Reych adds:
"I have always been passionate about music and singing since I was very young, so music has been present in my life all the time, both in good times and bad. That's why I always wanted to create my own soundtrack for my feelings and experiences, to be able to express everything that is sometimes difficult to define with words alone. When I met Paul (the guitarist of 'Song of Anhubis') collaborating with my voice in a concert of the band in which he played, and after having already been the vocalist of two bands, he offered me to start a project together. We had the same musical interests, a very similar taste and we connected great from the beginning, so when he showed me the riffs he had composed, I accepted immediately, we started this adventure called 'Song Of Anhubis'…"
Taking four years to write and record, Song of Anhubis experimented with different styles for their second full-length offering. There is nothing on this album that they have not composed with all the dedication, attention, and care. Each part of each song had to give the band the feeling they were looking for to represent what Song of Anhubis is and what they wanted fans to experience as a sonic journey.
"We wanted to combine ethereal passages on the one hand with forcefulness on the other to create a perfect mix between the two worlds, the primitive and strong alongside the melodic and introspective. On this album, we talk about rage or anger, the fight against the injustices we see, or live every day. We also speak about the moments when surrender is tempting, about the life force inherent in each one of us, the resilience, the struggle between routine and the stereotyped against what is really transcendental and authentic, the deepest feelings, etc. In conclusion, it's an album full of lights and shadows that we hope the listener will enjoy and connect with. Something that Francisco Plazas (our graphic designer) has captured perfectly for the album artwork too." adds the band.
Leading up to the album's release, the band is sharing with fans the second single off the record "My Own Enemy", which can be heard at the following links YouTube, Spotify,Apple Music.
Vocalist Rei Reych explains the single:
"It’s a complex song like a progressive spiral, but at the same time with a very different style. It’s a very dynamic track that also is about, in a certain, of the difficulty of accepting oneself, the force exerted on all of us by stereotypes, the politically correct, the superficiality, and the feeling of emptiness that all this brings. It’s also about that loneliness that you can feel, even if you are surrounded by people, the complete feeling of loneliness in the crowd."
