1914 TO RELEASE "WHERE FEAR AND WEAPONS MEET"

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Blackened Death/Doom Offensive 1914 Returns with New Album,

Where Fear and Weapons Meet, via Napalm Records

Out October 22, 2021 | Pre-Order Starts TODAY!

Watch the Video for New Single “...And A Cross Now Marks His Place”,

featuring Nick Holmes of Paradise Lost, HERE!

“We are not singing the songs, we are telling the stories!“

(1914)

Ukrainian WWI experts 1914 continue to reflect the gruesome tales of World War I, its soldiers’ fate, their death, fear and feats to be never forgotten, and unleash their new opus, Where Fear and Weapons Meet, out October 22, 2021 via Napalm Records.

Its eleven tracks of pure historic harshness follow up to the band’s sophomore full-length, The Blind Leading the Blind (2018), and debut, Eschatology of War (2015), both highly acclaimed amongst critics, and create a sophisticated variety of massively brutal blackened death metal accented by dramatic and realistic audio soundscapes and disquieting melodies spiced with the approach of sludge and doom!

Massive first single “...And a Cross Now Marks His Place” already marks an absolute highlight, as this stamping outburst features none other than Paradise Lost icon Nick Holmes, whose pervasive delivery matches with 1914’s mastermind Hptm. Ditmar Kumarberg’s (9. Westpreußisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 176) vocal harshness.

Hptm. Ditmar Kumarberg on the first song:

“The story behind “...And A Cross Now Marks His Place” totally captured me: This is the real letter, handwritten by the British officer to the mother of a soldier who died in action. This was not a standard form sent in thousands, but more like a personal message. He describes the way her son died, tells words of consolation, and emphasizes how the Crown is proud of him, another victim of the massacre between Empires.“

Watch the bone-shaking lyric video for “...And a Cross Now Marks His Place” HERE:

1914 break into their third offering with the intro “War In”, summed up by final “War Out”, and immediately build a common thread to the previous records. “War In” is the original of the most famous Serbian song of the Great War period, “Tamo Daleko”. Like World War I, the album begins in Serbia and continues on the first track from the prospective of Gavrilo Princip, who assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo and caused the outbreak of World War I.

What happens next is an intense, in-depth analysis of historical events, for example – Battle of Vimy Ridge, shameful pages of the British Empire history in the track “Coward” featuring Sasha Boole (Me And That Man), The Battle of Messines on “Pillars of Fire” or the infantry regiment, the Harlem Hellfighters, on “Don’t Tread On Me”. Authentic forces like ambient sonic war samplings transport these stories even further into the present and make Where Fear and Weapons Meet another heavily intense and deep-reaching output that will grant 1914 even higher appreciation than the five-piece is already credited with.

1914 on the album:

“Where Fear and Weapons Meet continues the theme we started on The Blind Leading the Blind - with one major difference: these are the stories about hope where most of our characters are staying alive, becoming heroes, and returning back to their homes. Yes, it is still about fear, death, and senselessness of war, but the hope is the only thing the soldier holds on to. And a good portion of luck as well. Even the album cover reflects this - the man lays wounded, bleeding in the trench, reaching his hand to Death begging for relieve, and Death declines to take him. He deserves to live.

The album starts with the assassination in Sarajevo, leads you through the bloodiest moments of the Great War, and ends up with the monologue on a grave of a young man killed in his first battle. This time we did have even more hard digging into the historical background while making the tracks. We are not singing the songs, we are telling the stories!”

Pre-Order Where Fear and Weapons Meet HERE

Where Fear and Weapons Meet track listing:

1. War In

2. FN .380 ACP#19074

3. Vimy Ridge (In Memory of Filip Konowal)

4. Pillars of Fire (The Battle of Messines)

5. Don't Tread on Me (Harlem Hellfighters)

6. Coward (feat. Sasha Boole)

7. ...And a Cross Now Marks His Place (feat. Nick Holmes)

8. Corps d'autos-canons-mitrailleuses (A.C.M)

9. Mit Gott für König und Vaterland

10. The Green Fields of France

11. War Out

Where Fear and Weapons Meet will be available in the following formats:

1-CD Digipack

2-LP Gatefold BLACK incl. 12” booklet

2-LP Gatefold DARK GREEN incl. 12” booklet (limited to 400 copies worldwide)

3-LP Gatefold MARBLED RED TRANSPARENT/BLACK (2- LP Album incl. 12” booklet + 12" bonus LP + poster + patch - limited to 400 copies worldwide)

Digital Album

[3-LP Gatefold MARBLED RED TRANSPARENT/BLACK (2- LP Album incl. 12” booklet + 12" bonus LP + poster + patch - limited to 400 copies worldwide)]

1914 is:

9. Westpreußisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 176, Hptm. Ditmar Kumarberg - vocals

The 51st Highland Division, 1/9th Bn. 2Lt. Liam Fessen - guitar

307th Infantry Regiment, Capt. Walter Wyhovsky - guitar

Le 151e regiment d'infanterie, Cne. Armin d'Harcourt - bass

K.K. Landwehr-Infanterieregiment Lemberg Nr.19, Obltn. Rostislaw Potoplacht - drums

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SCATTERED STORM RELEASE VIDEO FOR "NECRONOMICON"

 

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Scattered Storm released their debut EP “Oblivion” earlier this July via Blood Blast Distribution powered by Nuclear Blast. The EP is an introduction of much more music to follow from the Texas supergroup that is comprised of seasoned musicians Andre Acosta and Ed Razor from Pissing Razors fame with band founders Jay Arriaga (No Life on Earth, Years of Cold), and Kevin Armstrong (Mondoshawan, Section 6). 

From the very tuning of the 7 and 8 string guitars and the very specific tonality, they produce the ambience provided by the keyboards to layers and layers of vocals to really convey Acosta’s sound. This is all finished off with the main focus, that catchy riff and rhythm to have the songs stay on people’s minds and headbanging along.

The EP's main theme is darkness in various situations like social, personal, and the fantasy world. The EP lyrically touches on many social and fantasy subjects, one being their HP Lovecraft inspired track “Necronomicon”, which the band are sharing their new music video, which features clips of them performing live in their hometown of El Paso, TX.

The video for “Necronomicon” can be viewed via its premiere on V13.net HERE.

Scattered Storm's new EP “Oblivion” is available now on all digital platforms via Blood Blast Distribution - Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon.

Music Video - Kingslayer - https://youtu.be/5WbwojPueZ4 

Lyric Video - Aeon Flux - https://youtu.be/7-nq-Eh0NrI 

Lyric Video - Under The Fire - https://youtu.be/VgrtNxeqTNc 

Track Listing:

1. Aeon Flux (3:40)

2. Under The Fire (4:03)

3. Kingslayer (4:43)

4. Empty (4:23)

5. Necronomicon (3:16)

6. Scattered Storm (3:35)

EP Length: 23:41

Band Line Up:

Drums, Keyboards and Samples: Jay Arriaga

Guitars: Kevin Armstrong

Live Bass: Eddie "Razor" Garcia

Vocals: Andre Acosta

For more info:

Facebook.com/Scattered-Storm-106688970852378

Instagram.com/scatt_storm

HEART OF THE SERPENT RELEASE "LOATHING"

 

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Loathing

by Heart of the Serpent

releases September 22, 2021

Genre: Black thrash metal /DSBM

Tracklist:

1.Disgorging the Spirit

2.Flaying the Feeble, Discarding the Weak 05:36

3.Languor

4.Dystopia 04:20

5.Bringer of Vengeance

6.The Final Gate

7.Waiting At Eternity's End

credits

Heart of the Serpent (black metal, USA) blends second wave black metal (Gorgoroth, Burzum) with thrash and DSBM (Xasthur, None) to create a sound that retains its “traditional” black metal roots without becoming stale.

Ulg - Guitar, Bass, Keyboard

Vapula - Drums

Urion - Vocals

https://heartoftheserpent.bandcamp.com/

https://facebook.com/heartoftheserpent

DESOLATE HORIZONS RELEASE "PATIENCE"

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Patience

by Desolate Horizons

released August 6, 2021

Tracklist:

1.I Long for Your Touch 02:23

2.Now More Than Ever 03:07

3.Your Patience Is Worth It 02:03

4.I Believe It Will Bloom Some Day 03:49

5.Everyday, There Is That Memory or That Daydream 02:37

6.Randomness Is Everything 02:52

7.Another Light 04:08

about

Today, Russian ambient-drone project Desolate Horizons releases their new EP, Patience. Desolate Horizons is the alias of Russian producer Constantine Horizon. Known for creating lush soundscapes, Constantine puts his heart and soul into his surreal productions he describes as “atmospheric dreamy sounds for watching the skies.” He explains, “From day one of this project it was all about being spontaneous and creating everything in this very moment so as not to lose the feeling and emotion. Little has changed over time, I still work mostly spontaneously.”

The busy producer has been providing his listeners with calm yet emotional vibes since 2014. “Despite the fact that the sound has changed quite a lot over time, the main thing remains unchanged - this project is a reflection of me, my thoughts, dreams, reflections, experiences and hopes for the best. I can say that this project for me is analogous to keeping a diary or journal, but in sounds.” He adds, "All the music on this release is sun-drenched, just think of spring and the first rays of the warmest sunlight in a long long time. While writing, I was thinking a lot about the first meeting with my future wife, and despite the fact that it was a dull and cold winter back then, it felt like springtime. Even though Spring does not last forever, the heart always becomes warmer just by remembering."

https://desolatehorizons.bandcamp.com/

desolatehorizons.ffm.to/patience

https://open.spotify.com/artist/5y4oIz8eUC013rOK3AldFN

https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/desolate-horizons/1030628002

https://twitter.com/c__horizon

http://facebook.com/thehappymask

DRAUDR RELEASE "MIRE"

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MIRE

by Draudr

released August 18, 2021

Independent

Tracklist:

1.Thrice Entombed 05:28

2.Feed 04:03

3.Ash Carcass 05:22

4.Apocalypse 06:08

5.Experiment Festered 04:08

6.Weakness Of Your Soul 03:39

7.Unwanted Burden 03:55

8.Creation Demise 04:44

9.Mire 06:26

Mire features nine raw slabs of increasing brutality with a sweeping spectrum of extreme metal. 100 percent of Mire was recorded remotely.

credits

Die Sueche - Guitars, Vocals

Der Golem - Drums

Das Verhüttungsmittel - Vocals on tracks 5 and 7

Mixing and Mastering - Draudr

Korpi - Art

vonschloss.neocities.org

https://draudr.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Draudr-107688154960077

DISCIPEL RE-RELEASE "LIVE IN THE TOMB"

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Live in The Tomb

by Discipel

released August 18, 2021

Format:Digital

Independent

Tracklist:

1.Live in The Tomb 02:36

2.Blasphemous Maximus 02:20

3.Emerald Tomb 02:59

4.Excavated Torture Chamber 02:25

This album was recorded live in May 2019 and self-released on cassette.

The titles on the physical copy of the demo cassette are in wrong sequence, and appear in the correct order here.

https://discipel.bandcamp.com/

VOMITMANCER RELEASE "VILE IS THE BLACKENED VOID..."

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VILE IS THE BLACKENED VOID, INIQUITOUS AND UNRIGHTEOUS IN IT'S FEVERISH AND VULGAR QUEST TO REACH OUT FROM THE PERVERTED CHASMIC GORGE OF THE WORLD BEYOND OUR OWN, AND FORETOLD LONG AGO, A DARK BILE ORIGINATING FROM A PESTILENT BEAST WILL RISE ABOVE THE SURFACE AND COAT THIS CRUEL EARTH IN VOMIT.

by VOMITMANCER

released August 18, 2021

Label: OK Ultra

Tracklist:

1.THE DARKEST BLESSINGS COME FROM THE DEEPEST VOIDS BELLOWING DOWN BENEATH THE SURFACE OF OUR SANCTUARY 00:02

2.ABYSMAL DESTRUCTION OF A GHOUL USING BARBED WIRE DIPPED AND COATED IN ACID, LEAVING BEHIND A GHASTLY FIGURE LONG REMOVED FROM WHAT IT ONCE WAS 00:02

3.HEED NOT THE INFERNAL WARNING FROM THE MOUTH OF THE DEAD DOG WHOM CALLS OUT UNRIGHTEOUSLY WITH ANGUISHED FERVOR 00:01

4.BELLIGERENT FOOLS DANCING A DARK RITUAL UPON A PILE OF ONE-HUNDRED THOUSAND CORPSES IN AN ACT OF SUMMONING THE DARKEST MANIFESTATION A SANE HUMAN MIND CAN IMAGINE 00:09

5.AS THE STARS SLOWLY COLLAPSE IN ON THEMSELVES, THE ALL OF ALL GOES DARK, UNFATHOMABLY BLACK, NOT ONE BIT OF LIGHT SEEPS THROUGH INTO THE VOID 00:03

6.DUNGEON FILLED TO THE BRIM OF FILTH AND DANK BILE, THE LAIR OF THE VOMITMANCER, THEY WAIT IN DISGUST, WRYTHING IN GRIM VITRIOL 00:04

7.INSIPID AND MISSHAPEN FORM UNDULATING IN THE BLACKEST CORNER OF THE ROOM, FEAR IT, AND DO NOT STARE AT IT, DO NOT THINK OF IT, FOR IF YOU DO, IT SHALL COME CLOSER 00:02

8.POISONOUS AND ROTTEN ODOR RESONATING FROM THE PUNGENT DEPTHS OF THE VOID, IT'S RIPE STINK MAKES ALL THOSE WHO ARE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TAKE A WHIFF INSTANTLY PERISH 00:04

9.MEGA-HELL 00:04

10.IN THE FAR FUTURE, DEATH HAS BEEN CURED BUT AGING HAS NOT, EVERY HUMAN FOR A BILLION YEARS LAY DORMANT AND OLD, CRUSTY AND UNABLE TO MOVE, UNABLE TO DIE, THOUGH THEY WISH THEY COULD, ETERNAL TORTURE AS THEIR BODIES CRUMBLE FROM THE UNRELENTING MARCH OF TIME 00:02

11.DEPRAVED HELLSPAWN SIPHONING YOUR SANITY AS THE VOICES OF A HUNDRED DEAD SOULS PRY THEIR WAY INTO YOUR MIND 00:32

12.death 11:30

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VILE IS THE BLACKENED VOID, INIQUITOUS AND UNRIGHTEOUS IN IT'S FEVERISH AND VULGAR QUEST TO REACH OUT FROM THE PERVERTED CHASMIC GORGE OF THE WORLD BEYOND OUR OWN, AND FORETOLD LONG AGO, A DARK BILE ORIGINATING FROM A PESTILENT BEAST WILL RISE ABOVE THE SURFACE AND COAT THIS CRUEL EARTH IN VOMIT. THE DARKEST BLESSINGS COME FROM THE DEEPEST VOIDS BELLOWING DOWN BENEATH THE SURFACE OF OUR SANCTUARY. ABYSMAL DESTRUCTION OF A GHOUL USING BARBED WIRE DIPPED AND COATED IN ACID, LEAVING BEHIND A GHASTLY FIGURE LONG REMOVED FROM WHAT IT ONCE WAS. HEED NOT THE INFERNAL WARNING FROM THE MOUTH OF THE DEAD DOG WHOM CALLS OUT UNRIGHTEOUSLY WITH ANGUISHED FERVOR. BELLIGERENT FOOLS DANCING A DARK RITUAL UPON A PILE OF ONE-HUNDRED THOUSAND CORPSES IN AN ACT OF SUMMONING THE DARKEST MANIFESTATION A SANE HUMAN MIND CAN IMAGINE. AS THE STARS SLOWLY COLLAPSE IN ON THEMSELVES, THE ALL OF ALL GOES DARK, UNFATHOMABLY BLACK, NOT ONE BIT OF LIGHT SEEPS THROUGH INTO THE VOID. THE DUNGEON FILLED TO THE BRIM OF FILTH AND DANK BILE, THE LAIR OF THE VOMITMANCER, THEY WAIT IN DISGUST, WRYTHING IN GRIM VITRIOL. INSIPID AND MISSHAPEN FORM UNDULATING IN THE BLACKEST CORNER OF THE ROOM, FEAR IT, AND DO NOT STARE AT IT, DO NOT THINK OF IT, FOR IF YOU DO, IT SHALL COME CLOSER. POISONOUS AND ROTTEN ODOR RESONATING FROM THE PUNGENT DEPTHS OF THE VOID, IT'S RIPE STINK MAKES ALL THOSE WHO ARE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TAKE A WHIFF INSTANTLY PERISH. WELCOME TO MEGA-HELL. IN THE FAR FUTURE, DEATH HAS BEEN CURED BUT AGING HAS NOT, EVERY HUMAN FOR A BILLION YEARS LAY DORMANT AND OLD, CRUSTY AND UNABLE TO MOVE, UNABLE TO DIE, THOUGH THEY WISH THEY COULD, ETERNAL TORTURE AS THEIR BODIES CRUMBLE FROM THE UNRELENTING MARCH OF TIME. DEPRAVED HELLSPAWN SIPHONING YOUR SANITY AS THE VOICES OF A HUNDRED DEAD SOULS PRY THEIR WAY INTO YOUR MIND. DEATH! DEATH! DEATH! 

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AFTERBIRTH SIGNS WITH WILLOWTIP RECORDS

 

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Progressive/Brutal Death Metal veterans Afterbirth have signed to Willowtip Records! After originally forming in 1993, the influential band disbanded for two decades, and then reformed in 2013, releasing two acclaimed full-length albums. Afterbirth is currently working on its third, as-yet-untitled album, for release on Willowtip. Stay tuned!

Afterbirth released the following statement concerning the signing:

“Having Afterbirth join forces with Willowtip Records is a natural fit, and one that the band could not be more pleased with. The forward-thinking nature of Willowtip has been something that Afterbirth has taken note of time and time again. Albums released by the label have enriched our lives tremendously and inspired our creativity both collectively and individually for many years. 

Separately, both the band and the label have pioneered a trail of brutality, experimentation, and evolution within the death metal genre, and it makes complete sense that their trails would converge to continue those traditions together. A commonality and like-mindedness have existed between the band and the label for quite some time.

The band has been hard at work crafting their as-yet-untitled third album. A handful of new songs has emerged, further revealing their commitment to being true to their early brutal death origins while continuing to push their songs into uncharted territories. Hints of black metal, grindcore and industrial metal have now also begun to reveal themselves alongside the existing progressive, brutal death metal structures.

It is truly an honor for Afterbirth to be recognized and supported by a label with such a long-running reputation for both preserving death metal’s traditions as well as progressing its future. Our shared values now come together to carry those traditions forward into an ever-innovative and sonically merciless future!”

BIO:

Afterbirth formed on Long Island in the summer of 1993, when Cody Drasser (guitar) met Matt Duncan (vocalist) and decided to form a band to channel their rabidly primitive death metal visions. After numerous musicians tried out for the role of drummer, Keith Harris, an unsuspecting Rush fan from the Long Island suburbs who had never played a blast beat in his life, was recruited for the pivotal position. Lifelong friend David Case eventually took over bass duties after several other bassists had come and gone from the band.

Initially inspired by death metal and thrash, the four youths just wanted to make similarly heavy, loud, and fast music, without too much thought going into it, and so they did. Unsuspectingly however, the band began to create a new sound within the death metal underground. This was a sound and style that had rarely been heard before and was some of the earliest origins of brutal death metal. A raw demo, simply titled Rehearsal Tape 1993 was quickly recorded and showed much promise within the nascent death metal unit. A year later, and after many shows and lengthy rehearsals, the band wrote and recorded the 1994 demo Psychopathic Embryotomy, which has since gone onto cement their position as innovators and pioneers of the brutal death metal style. Sadly, the band called it quits soon after the demo was recorded and all went silent within the Afterbirth camp for close to two decades.

Not feeling content with the abrupt disappearance of the band from the world, the universe saw fit to draw the members back together once more. In the winter of 2013, after much planning and discussion, the four original members met up once more to pick up the long smoldering torch and make music together. The years had been kind to the musicians and it was quickly evident that they had individually and collectively become stronger, more skilled, and highly creative players. A novel approach began as they started to combine their earlier brutal death metal stylings with a more nuanced and progressive methodology. Somehow, styles thought previously to be incongruous with brutal death metal, such as jazz-inflected riffing and avant garde experimentation, made their way into the songwriting, which now effortlessly and easily flowed. A 4-song demo, 2014 Demo was then recorded at Long Island’s Full Force Studio with famed engineer Joe Cincotta. The demo was welcomed with open arms by the death metal community who had been (im)patiently waiting for an Afterbirth reunion for some time.

While the band was enjoying a newfound sense of success with their reformation, all was not well within the Afterbirth camp. Disagreements arose and tempers flared with how best to propel the band forward and founding member Matt Duncan was asked to leave the band. The remaining members of Afterbirth soldiered on as best as they were able to during this time, writing and recording an entire album’s worth of instrumental death metal material. It was shortly after this time that the band approached Will Smith about stepping into the role of vocalist for the band. Will was welcomed into the band and wrote and recorded an album’s worth of vocals for our debut in only a matter of months.

Since then, the band has gone onto release their debut album The Time Traveler’s Dilemma and its sophomore follow-up album Four Dimensional Flesh, on Erik Lindmark’s Unique Leader Records. Both albums received high praise worldwide, being recognized as devastatingly brutal albums, as well as albums that have moved the boundaries of death metal even further forward.

In the summer of 2021, Afterbirth signed with acclaimed death metal record label Willowtip Records to continue their evolving saga. The band is currently hard at work on their third, as-yet-untitled third album.

Line-up

David Case – Bass

Cody Drasser – Guitar

Keith Harris – Drums

Will Smith – Vocals

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instagram.com/afterbirthnydm

afterbirthnydeathmetal.bandcamp.com

willowtip.com

willowtip.bandcamp.com

facebook.com/willowtip

instagram.com/willowtiprecords

twitter.com/willowtip

COGAS RELEASE "UNCONSCIOUS SONS OF THE REPTILE GOD"

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London (UK) based extreme metal stalwarts COGAS announced their debut album, entitled “Unconscious Sons of the Reptile God”. The album will be released on September 17th 2021.

For a preview of the record, a lyric video for the first single "Sulfur" can be viewed at THIS LOCATION.

Spewed from a place of utter anxiety, extreme metal harbingers COGAS impose a new strain of dark death-black metal annihilation entirely their own, stitching together the timeless brutality of old school death metal and the transformative sonic bedlam of the current visionary black metal crop, to create a majestic and emotive extreme metal behemoth of epic magnitude.

Weaving together layers of dense textures, ceremonial rhythms and looming atmospheres, COGAS excels at the art of organized chaos through sound. Across this new material the London-based band blends elements of extreme metal and macabre stories of Sardinian witchcraft (the Italian island is the homeland of two of the band members - frontman Piero Mura and guitarist Davide Ambu) with ambient explorations, epic sensibilities and grinding walls of sound that defy categorization.

After releasing a couple of very well received EPs, COGAS have come up with their debut full-length which sets new standards for the band. Everything is immaculately executed, right from the artwork to the production, ensuring that their much awaited release doesn't leave anything to be desired.

“Unconscious Sons of the Reptile God” is a journey through the flesh that turns into spirit.

A metaphor about how little earthly power can do compared to the fate that rule our universe.

Despite this, the album is a glorification of both as the tracklist is in fact divided into two narrative parts.

The first part of the concept sees a material being allowed to enter and enjoy such universe, unaware of the consequences of the actions. The second part revolves around the being’s realisation of their inferiority in front of the entity from which they have drawn their power, accepting the destiny aware of having been deceived, but nevertheless not regretting having walked this path.

“Unconscious Sons of the Reptile God” could be sum up as a story about a case of Stockholm Syndrome’s condition with the Devil and our Coga (Sardinian witch) as key players.

Tracklist:

01. Mistress Of The Damned

02. Unconscious Sons Of The Reptile God

03. Sulfur

04. A Dying Sun

05. A Deceiving Light Through The Mist

06. Coffin Mandatory

07. Ettagramma

Line-up:

Piero Mura - Vocals

Davide Ambu - Guitar

Francis Ball - Drums

Michal Popławski - Bass

COGAS

https://cogas.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Cogas.Black.Death/

https://www.instagram.com/cogas_official/

DESALMADO REVEAL DETAILS OF NEW ALBUM "MASS MENTAL DEVOLUTION"

 

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After great repercussion of the last single 'Hollow', the brazilian death grind group Desalmado recently released the cover of their next album entitled 'Mass Mental Devolution', which has a confirmed release for October 8th with worldwide digital distribution by the European label Blood Blast Distribution. The physical versions in Brazil and Latin America will be produced by Xaninho Discos, Sana Maior Records and Shinigami Records.

'Mass Mental Devolution' will be released on cassette tape and CD with bonus tracks in Europe via Gruesome Records. The band is expected to announce in the coming weeks how the physical material will be released in North America and Asia.

Vocalist Caio Augusttus tells more details about the release: "We were looking for labels or recorders that wanted to physically release and distribute this album, so we managed to establish this partnership between Xaninho Discos and Sana Maior with Shinigami distribution in Brazil and Latin America, as well as to also have the European release with Gruesome Records. We also managed to get the record out on digital via Blood Blast, something we didn't expect, but it worked out really well in the end. This whole movement was very important for the band, yeah the recognition of our work and the trust placed in our sound".

The graphic art of the album was done by artist Jeca Paul, who had already worked with the band on the 'Save Us From Ourselves' album. "We've always been very careful with the graphic part of the works, because it's what packs the message we want to convey on each album. Jeca has a language that has a lot to do with Desalmado, he managed to perfectly capture the concept of Mass Mental Devolution The record has a heavy, dense atmosphere and we were all going through difficult times personally while we were writing the record. When Jeca sent the first cover version we already approved and we didn't ask for any changes. an incredible job for Desalmado!", explains bassist Bruno Teixeira.

Desalmado released two singles from 'Mass Mental Devolution' this year, showing a bit of what's to come on his new release. The songs "Your God, Your Dictator" and the aforementioned "Hollow" are available on all digital platforms.

DESALMADO - Hollow (Official Video) | XaninhoDiscos

Formed in 2004, Desalmado is today at the forefront of the national underground scene, being one of the most active and relevant bands today. Celebrating 17 years on the road in 2021, the band has accumulated great achievements in its history, with three tours in Europe and hundreds of shows in all regions of Brazil. 

Recently, Max Cavalera (Cavalera Conspiracy, Soulfly and ex-Sepultura) cited Desalmado as one of the highlights of the heavy music scene.

Check out the band's discography: 'Hereditas' (2008),' Desalmado '(2012),' Estado Escravo '(2014),' In Grind We Trust '(split album with the band Homicide, 2016)' Save Us from Ourselves' (2018) and 'Rebellion' (2020).

Genre:  Death Grind

Tracklist:

01 - Mass Mental Devolution

02 - Across the Land

03 - Praise the Lord and Kill People

04 - Hollow

05 - Unity

06 - My Own Enemy

07 - Outsiders

08 -  Your God, Your Dictator

Producer: Hugo Silva

Sound engineer: Otavio Rossato

Mastering and Mixing: Hugo Silva

Recording studio: Family Mob Studio

Cover Artwork:  Jeca Paul

Photography:  Maya Melchers

Videography: Head Label Audiovisual

Line up:

Caio Augusttus (vocals)

Estevam Romera (guitar)

Bruno Teixeira (bass)

Ricardo Nützmann (drums)

 

For more about DESALMADO visit the band's official WEBSITE,  https://www.desalmado.com/

FACEBOOK,  https://www.facebook.com/desalmado.band

INSTAGRAM,   https://www.instagram.com/desalmado.band

BANDCAMP   https://desalmado.bandcamp.com/

and YOUTUBE   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gotkkNz-hag