Portuguese thrash/death metal outfit released in December their debut EP "Survive the Wasteland". This EP features 3 tracks where the band described their point of view about humankind.
"We take a brief look at Humankind's situation on this chaotic world we live in, where we are forced to survive by all means possible."
Tracklist:
Lost cause?
Tortured Mind
Malevolent Kin
Line-up:
António Cardoso - guitar
Rangel Coutiño - vocals
Paulo Queirós - drums
'Dalton' Rodrigues - bass
Credits:
Recorded at Blind & Lost Studios, produced, mixed and mastered by Guilhermino Martins.
On February 11, Dutch metal veterans COUNTESS will release their long-awaited new full-length album, entitled ‘Banners Of Blood'.
'Banners Of Blood' is the band's sixteenth full-length and features twelve tracks of uncompromising metal music, blending first wave Black Metal and traditional Heavy Metal in a way only Countess can.
The albums features two songs in Dutch and, for the first time, a song in Russian: 'Ledovoye Poboishche' ('Battle On The Ice') tells the story of Alexander Nevsky's great victory over the crusader knights in 1242 CE.
The new album also marks the first appearance on a Countess full-length of guitarist Valgard and keyboardist Häxa.
Fans can get a first taste of the new album as of today. A digital single has been released for the song 'Last Man Of Honour'. This song was inspired by the life of Saigo Takamori, who is often considered to have been the last true samurai and who was born on this day in 1828 CE. The single is available on all major platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer as well as a free download on the band's official Bandcamp site.
The album's full track list:
1. Sword Of The Millennia
2. Below The Sky
3. Wall Of The North
4. Ledovoye Poboishche
5. Night Of The Fallen
6. Banners Of Blood
7. Pagan Man
8. Fall Of The Achaemenid Empire
9. Slachting Der Saksen
10. Last Man Of Honour
11. Toortsen Uit Het Verleden
12. Sword Symphony
About Countess:
Countess is a Dutch band that has been unleashing metal music upon the world since 1992, releasing sixteen full-length albums along the way.
Countess’ unique style of metal is characterized by an uncompromising loyalty to the old Heavy Metal and Black Metal traditions. The most important influences of Countess are the old Black Metal legends like Venom, Bathory and Hellhammer and traditional Heavy Metal bands like Manowar and Manilla Road.
In 2014 the band returned to the stage after a long absence, delivering impressive performances at a selection of prestigious metal festivals in the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Finland.
Countess currently consists of Orlok (vocals and bass), Valgard (guitars), Mortüüm (drums) and Häxa (keyboards).
Hailing from the Lonestar state, PROTEST is known for one thing; an unrelenting, no bullshit metal onslaught. The band effortlessly blends it’s thrash roots with a modern twist of hardcore and denim shredding old school metal attitude. Formed in 2003, the band has shared the stage with such acts as Superjoint, Kreator, Overkill, Obituary, Prong, Goatwhore, Soulfly, Caverlera Brothers, D.R.I.
Lineup:
Vocalist Dave Woodard (Hellions/PornLab/REO Speed Dealer)
Lead guitarist Jason French (M.O.D.)
Drummer Mike Fury (M.O.D./Indisgust)
Rhythm guitarist Michael Wilson (Chemicaust)
Bassist Ernie Jaramillo (Chemicaust)
The Corruption Code: Released October 30, 2020
Fresh off the heals of the Abuse Of Power EP, PROTEST unleashes their final recordings of 2020, “The Corruption Code”, the latest release from PROTEST on Idol Records, is a rallying cry for humanity to wake up to the alarm of corporate run government and its plagues of propaganda. Listeners are pulled into the band’s cathartic exorcism releasing the frustration felt by so many as a result of the relentless chaos experienced in modern times.
Track Listing:
1. Eve’s Error
2. The Corruption Code
3. Know Your Enemy
4. Useless Weapon
Check out the video for the title track Eve’s Error:
Abuse of Power: Released September 11, 2020
Abuse of Power ignites listeners with a sonic rage against police brutality, blind consumption of mass media and megalomania. The newly released video of the title track provides a visual timeline of the historical corruption and oppression that lives on today throughout authority from local law enforcement to their superiors within the federal government.
Track Listing:
1. Weapons of mass consumption
2. Abuse of power
3. Green River
4. Devolution
Check out the video for the title track ABUSE OF POWER:
A Pledge To Terror: Released April 21, 2020
2 song E.P. with songs A Pledge to Terror and Fueled By Hate!
Max starts playing electric guitar at age 16, when he discovers heavy metal music and bands like Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Ozzy and many others. After many small cover bands, in 1999 Max founded “Dragonhammer” with his friend Gae Amodio. The good feedback of the demo tape “Age of Glory”, helps the band to sign with Legend Music / Elevate Records and to publish in 2001 the debut album “The Blood of the Dragon” with which they settle in the power-metal scene of these years. Followed by other successful albums with Dragonhammer: Time for expiation (2004), The x experiment (2013), Obscurity (2017). In 2016 he participates as special guest in the legendary Vivaldi Metal Project of his friend Mistheria. In 2018 he participates as a special guest in the excellent album by This Void Inside: “My second birth my only death”. In October 2018, Max left the band due to the impossibility of following the band in live performances and for personal reasons, although Max was always the author of all the music and lyrics (except in 2 songs) and the artistic ideas of Dragonhammer. In March 2019, Max founded a new band called “Aguzzi”: Sings and plays guitar in new style, new ideas and more hardness! An amazing line up with: Emiliano Cantiano on Drums (Shores Of Null, Ivory Moon ), Fabrizio Sclano on bass (Ivory Moon, Too Left 2 Be Right), Alessio Erriu on Guitar (Novembre, OA-ex Ossimoro).
New Hampshire-based blackened melodic death metallers Unflesh are excited to announce their second full-length, Inhumation. Set for release on Friday, April 2nd.
Inhumation comes a mere two years after the launch of their well-received 2018 debut album "Savior", yet it showcases an incredible amount of new growth from a group already brimming with abundant talent as is. The group's new album Inhumation also sees guitarist/vocalist Ryan Beevers (ex-Solium Fatalis) aided by two new members: bassist Orion Hubbard (ex-Excrecor) and drummer Jeff Saltzman (Aversed, Allegaeon (live), Continuum (live), ex-Solium Fatalis).
Regarding the musical direction on Inhumation, Ryan Beevers says: "For this album, there was a lot more focus on developing a lingering dark atmosphere throughout the record with the music and lyrics to create a more immersive listening experience. The album is a lot more dynamic and introduces some new elements into the Unflesh sound, all to enhance the mood within the album."
Unflesh - Inhumation will strongly appeal to fans of Arsis, Dissection, Emperor, Necrophagist, Necrophobic, Naglfar, Tribulation, Obscura, and Revocation.
The band partnered with The Circle Pit this week to premiere their new album's debut single, "To Renounce Flesh and Blood".
“Inhumation delves into the concept of desensitization and losing one's soul or losing one's humanity so to speak. The title itself is used in a metaphorical sense, as the actual definition of the word “Inhumation” is the action or practice of burying the dead. For album purposes, the title is used on a more spiritual and emotional level. Each track on the album is a bit of a meditation on different aspects of the primary concept. When the listener gets to the last song on the album, the totality of the album will have taken form.
I was extremely focused on binding together the riffs and lyrics to channel a certain atmosphere I had in my head initially when writing the songs. The goal was to create a more immersive listening experience. I think this goal is also reflected in how the album sounds and in the artwork. Everyone involved worked very hard on this record. We are looking forward to sharing this album with the world and to finally document the next step in the Unflesh sound with this second full-length album.”
Unflesh - Inhumation Line-Up
Ryan Beevers (ex-Solium Fatalis) - Vocals, Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Orchestrations
The multi-talented, genre hopping anonymous collective Non Serviam have teamed up with label Code666 to bring forth another masterful release, blurring lines between genres and going beyond the boundaries that restrain them. Non Serviam creates a sonic collage of experimental, black, doom, grindcore, crust and industrial metal while staying within the framework of a baroque influence that will assault the auditory senses in the form of one of the most brutal and extreme releases of the year.
"Le Coeur Bat" (The Heart Beats) is comprised of 8 tracks which delve into the the deepest pits of the universe and worse even still, the darkest corners of the mind!
This psychosis inspiring album will be available on all major platforms digitally as well as digipack CD and yellow vinyl on April 23rd.
Non Serviam adds: "It's a chance for a project like Non Serviam to benefit from the expertise and scouting talents of Code666. It is indeed one of the rare labels that has offered in the last decades the possibility to get under the spell of some of the best Black Metal bands from around the world, that is to say for us the most experimental and consequent ones, among which some of our inspirations (Ephel Duath, Imperial Triumphant, Negură Bunget, Aborym, Amesoeurs, Vampillia). "Le Coeur Bat" is an album that has been delayed many times, and has suffered greatly from the current pandemic crisis, it must now be released, like all of us. Long live the devil who threatens this world of money, cops and viruses - The old world has to burn."
Formed late 2019 in Cambridge, England, by Tomas Cronin (Vocals & Guitar) with James Burke (Drums), Jim Rutterford (Bassh and Matt Adnett (Guitar) rounding out the line up - Celestial Sanctuary are a feral, primal and modern death metal band with their own message about the destructive nature of humankind. Whilst wearing their old school Death Metal influences on their sleeve, they are by no means a throwback nostalgia act, but the beginning of The New Wave Of British Death Metal.
Celestial Sanctuary's first single, the title track, Soul Diminished, will drop on all streaming services Monday Jan 25th.
