Sunday, July 31, 2011

Metal Underground.com - Latest Metal News Daily Digest (9 new articles)

Metal Underground.com - Latest Metal News Daily Digest (9 new articles)

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Subverter Posts Teaser For Forthcoming Self-Titled EP

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 07:54 PM PDT

California metal band Subverter has posted preview of their upcoming self-titled EP. Check it out below: Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Chelsea Grin's New Album "My Damnation" Charts At #64 On Top 100 On Billboard

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 07:09 PM PDT

Chelsea Grin's new album, "My Damnation," debuted onto the Billboard Top Album Charts this week at #64 with over 6,700 total sales in the first week. This marks the highest sales and chart position for both the band and the band's label, Artery Recordings. The album also landed on a number of other charts #6 on the Hard Music Chart, #16 on the Rock... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Agalloch's Aesop Dekker Guest DJs On WFMU This Tuesday

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 07:03 PM PDT

Tuesday August 2nd from 1-2PM New York time, AESOP DEKKER, drummer for AGALLOCH, WORM OUROBOROS and the recently split LUDICRA, will be guest DJing on Diane Farris' program on WFMU. Aside from hosting a killer set of music, he will be making a statement about the demise of crucial black metallers, LUDICRA, who announced their split only days ago. L... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Sunday Old School: Testament

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 01:02 PM PDT

Today sees Sunday Old School reach it's 100th article. You might say reaching this milestone is a true testament to how high heavy metal fans regard the old school. Or you might say that the previous sentence was just a bad pun to lead into this week's band. Either way, this week Sunday Old School will be looking at Testament, one of the most popul... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

The Alien Blakk's Joshua Craig Announces Guitar Clinic

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 10:42 AM PDT

The Alien Blakk frontman Joshua Craig has an upcoming guitar clinic at Berklee College Of Music in Boston, Massachusetts on Tuesday, September 27th, 2011. The clinic will involve Joshua playing 5 songs from The Alien Blakk's offerings, including "Bekoming" (reviewed here), with special insight into the guitarist/writer/producers technique. Fo... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

As I Lay Dying Video Interview From Toronto Available Online

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 10:34 AM PDT

ExploreMusic has posted a new video interview online with Tim Lambesis from As I Lay Dying, which was conducted in Toronto. You can check out the video clip below. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Blotted Science Reveals New EP "The Animation Of Entomology" Track Listing And Release Date

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 10:29 AM PDT

Instrumental metal act Blotted Science has announced the band's new EP will be titled "The Animation Of Entomology." The track listing for the EP, which is set for release on October 4th, is as follows: 1. Ingesting Blattaria 2. Cretaceous Chasm 3. Vermicular Asphyxiation 4. A Sting Operation: I. Human Barbequed 5. A Sting Operation: II. Ces... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Draugr To Record Upcoming New Album

Posted: 31 Jul 2011 10:20 AM PDT

Italy's Draugr has checked in with the following brief announcement about recording a follow-up to "De Ferro Italico," which will be released through Blue Blood Records: "Album under recording! A new album with 7 tracks will be recorded and released on Blue Blood Records! The recording start pretty soon." In the mean time, you can check out D... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Gore Metal Gods Exhumed are Back from the Grave with a Reinvigorated Hunger for Blood and Guts Supremacy

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 11:05 PM PDT

From any number of different standpoints, be they social, financial, mental, or even physical, being in a metal band has never been an easy path to take. Sure, there are far more difficult circumstances a person can find themselves in than enduring 14 hour drives between shows and living off $5 food buyouts every day, but these and many other facto... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Metal Underground.com - Latest Metal News Daily Digest (10 new articles)

Metal Underground.com - Latest Metal News Daily Digest (10 new articles)

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Crown The Lost Lead Guitarist Joe Bonaddio Departs, Manitic Ritual's Dave Watson To Step In

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 06:40 PM PDT

Crown The Lost has announced that lead guitarist/vocalist Joe Bonaddio has left the band to pursue other interests. Guitarist and founding member David E. Gehlke commented: "I'd be remiss if we didn't speak of Joe's impact on the band, especially on a pure musical level, as he was a key driver in practically all of our existing compositions. I have... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Funeral In Heaven/Plecto Aliquem Capite Split LP "Astral Mantras of Dyslexia" Samples Posted Online

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 06:34 PM PDT

Advance samples from the upcoming FUNERAL IN HEAVEN / PLECTO ALIQUEM CAPITE split LP "Astral Mantras of Dyslexia" have been posted online and can be heard below: Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Dynabyte Releases "Wave" Music Video

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 03:24 PM PDT

Italy's Dynabyte has posted a music video online for the song "Wave," which is taken from the album "2KX." You can check out the clip below. You can also listen to the song "The Mummy" taken off the same album by heading over here. The "2KX" track listing is as follows: 1. Equilibrium 2. F.T.L. 3. Normal 4. Hereditary Neuronavigation ... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Dir En Grey Posts Entire New Album "Dum Spiro Spero" Online For Streaming

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 11:35 AM PDT

Japan's Dir En Grey is currently streaming the band's entire new album "Dum Spiro Spero" online. You can check out the tracks off the album by heading over to the Dir En Grey MySpace music profile. The new album is set for release via The End Records on August 2nd, 2011. The "Dum Spiro Spero" track listing is as follows: 1. Kyoukotsu No Nari... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Fallen Martyr Streaming New Track "Revelry And Reverence"

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 11:18 AM PDT

After previously uploading the new songs "Wake Up, Its Time" and "Cognitive Dissonance And The Children of Hamelin," Fallen Martyr has now posted another new track online titled "Revelry and Reverence." You can check out the song in the player below. The track is taken off the upcoming album "Shadows," which does not yet have an official release da... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Haken Reveals "Visions" Track Listing And Artwork

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 11:10 AM PDT

Haken has announced the band's new album "Visions" will be released this coming October. The band also previously posted a teaser clip online for the upcoming album. Haken has now revealed the cover artwork and track listing, which can be viewed below. The band commented on the album's progress through two Facebook posts: "Mixing. Done! All than... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Elitists Are Killing The Heavy Metal Genre?

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 11:05 AM PDT

Just For Fun: A YouTube user named "iAMVyt" has posted a video clip online discussing the idea that metal elitism is causing the downfall of the entire genre, and that there cannot truly be an "underground" scene in the age of Facebook. Take a gander at the video clip, and feel free to share your thoughts on metal elitism and what it means to be "underground" in... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Acherontas Announces New Album "Vamachara" Release

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 10:52 AM PDT

Greece's Acherontas has issued the following announcement about completing the recording of "Vamachara," the band's new album: "After 183 hours of recordings,the new opus of Acherontas 'Vamachara' is in hands of Agonia Records. After many changes in line up for the good of the band, new contracts with labels & months of working the music & the p... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Loch Vostok Posts "Sacred Structure" Video Clip

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 10:47 AM PDT

Loch Vostok has posted a new music video online for the song "Sacred Structure," which can be viewed below. The band also commented on the clip: "Hi guys check out our new video from the upcoming album Dystopium that will be out on 23rd of September. It's called Sacred Structure and was directed by Martin Gustafsson." Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Unearth Checks In With Video From Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 01:49 AM PDT

Massachusetts metal act Unearth is currently on this year?s edition of the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. To commemorate the summer-long festivities, the band will be posting a series of video clips throughout the tour. The first clip can be viewed below. Commented vocalist Trevor Phipps: ?Thanks to all who?ve come out to support Unearth... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Friday, July 29, 2011

Metal Underground.com - Latest Metal News Daily Digest (25 new articles)

Metal Underground.com - Latest Metal News Daily Digest (25 new articles)

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Turbowolf Launches "A Rose For The Crows" Video Clip

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 06:03 PM PDT

Turbowolf has posted a video clip online for the first single "A Rose For The Crows" from the band's self-titled album, which will see release on 11.11.11 through Hassle Records. You can check out the clip below. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Nails To Kick Off Co-Headlining Tour With Ringworm Tomorrow

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 05:51 PM PDT

Southern Lord hardcore henchmen Nails' co-headlining tour with Cleveland act Ringworm is set to begin tomorrow, Saturday, July 30th, at San Francisco?s 924 Gilman. The "Death Comes Ripping" tour 2011 will ruin fourteen cities in a cross-country rampage in into mid-August. In addition to headliners Nails and Ringworm, support acts Bitter End and ... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Demonical To Release "Death Infernal" Album On Cassette Tape

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 04:51 PM PDT

Demonical has issued the following announcement about releasing the "Death Infernal" album on cassette: "The mighty Bloodline Productions from Thailand will release a limited (300 copies) cassette version of 'Death Infernal' featuring killer old-school art by Mark Riddick. "The tape will be unleashed - together with a very special and limited... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Locusta Announces U.S. Tour Dates

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 04:03 PM PDT

Ohio's Locusta will kick off the band's first tour of 2011 this Sunday in Richmond, Virginia with Battlemaster and War Graves. The short but ravenous trek will massacre eight more cities before winding down in Columbus, Ohio at the Carabar. Commented guitarist Dru Silver: ?After a year of absence from touring, we?re happy to announce that this c... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Revocation Posts New Song "Dissolution Ritual" Online

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 04:01 PM PDT

Revocation is currently streaming a new song online from the band's upcoming album "Chaos of Forms," which comes out on August 16th, 2011. Head over to MetalSucks.net at this location to check out the new song "Dissolution Ritual." The track listing is as follows: 1. Cretin 2. Cradle Robber 3. Harlot 4. Dissolution Ritual 5. Conjuring... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Fleshgod Apocalypse Answers Fan Questions In New Video Clip

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 03:45 PM PDT

Italian symphonic death metal act Fleshgod Apocalypse has posted a new video blog online in which Tommaso Riccardi, Cristiano Trionfera and Francesco Paoli answer fan-submitted questions about the band?s forthcoming album, "Agony." The first part of the Q & A can be seen below. "Agony," Fleshgod Apocalypse?s Nuclear Blast Records debut, is slate... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Deathwish Releases Live Deafheaven Recording For Free Download

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 03:21 PM PDT

Deathwish Music has checked in with the following announcement about releasing a free live recording from Deafheaven: "The Deathwish Live Series is a series of free live recordings of Deathwish affiliated artists. These recordings are from a variety of sources: radio shows, official and non-official live recordings, bootlegs, and more. We are gi... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Gloria Morti Writing Songs For New Album

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:49 PM PDT

Finland's Gloria Morti has checked in with the following update about writing new material for an upcoming album: "The writing of the next Gloria Morti album has begun. We are currently keeping ourselves off the stages and concentrating fully on the writing process. Three songs have already been finished and more ideas are being made to flesh sl... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Metallica Announces Exclusive Fan Club Members-Only 30th Anniversary Shows

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:40 PM PDT

Metallica has checked in with the following announcement about a series of upcoming 30th anniversary shows exclusively for Metallica fan club members: "Thirty years of Metallica... can you believe it? We think it's cause for a major celebration! You've been asking for a while now 'just what the hell are you going to do to mark 30 years as a band... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Verminous Announces New Album Title As "The Unholy Communion"

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:31 PM PDT

Eight years since the release of the debut album ?Impious Sacrilege,? Verminous is back again with the upcoming sophomore album ?The Unholy Communion." The band has booked the studio for August, 2011 to record ten new songs. Some of the currently announced song titles are as follows: Keepers of Chaos Hordes of Vermin Iesus Nazarenus Rex Ins... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Haken Posts New Album "Visions" Teaser Clip

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:18 PM PDT

Prog act Haken has announced its upcoming album "Visions" will see release this coming October, with the album currently in the mixing process. The band has also now posted a teaser trailer online for the upcoming release, which can be viewed below. Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Bury Your Dead Posts "Slaughterhouse Five" Music Video

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:12 PM PDT

Bury Your Dead has debuted a new video for "Slaughterhouse Five" online through Revolver. You can check out the clip below. The song is off the upcoming album "Mosh 'N' Roll," which is due out via Mediaskare Records this Tuesday, August 2nd. The upcoming Bury Your Dead tour dates are as follows: Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Rock Band Network Gets New Metal Songs From Mastodon, After The Burial, And More

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:00 PM PDT

For all you metal hungry Rock Band fans gearing up for the weekend, the Rock Band Network has now added on new tracks from Mastodon, After the Burial, Musica Diablo, and Winter Crescent. A listing of all the newly added Xbox 360 Rock Band Network songs, including all the non-metal tracks, can be found below. Metal After the Burial - "Pendulum... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster to Release "Maylene and the Sons of Disaster: IV"

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:41 PM PDT

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster will release "Maylene and the Sons of Disaster: IV" on September 27 on Ferret Music. The hard rock group's forthcoming recording was produced by Brian Virtue (Jane's Addiction, Deftones, Audioslave). Forefather's Group (Children of Bodom, In Flames, Between the Buried and Me) designed the cover art. The lyrics co... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Solution .45 Reveals "Lethean Tears" Video Clip

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:37 PM PDT

Metal Injection has teamed up with Solution .45 to premier a new video for the track "Lethean Tears." You can check out the video in the player below. Here is what frontman Christian Älvestam has to say about the video: "This video is basically a visual wrap-up of everything we've done so far, as a band, since the start. Several shots featured c... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

White Arms Of Athena Posts "Astrodrama" Album Teaser

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:33 PM PDT

White Arms of Athena will be releasing the "Astrodrama" album through Prosthetic Records on August 16th, 2011. The band has now posted a teaser clip online featuring samples from the album, which can be found below. The "Astrodrama" track listing is as follows: 1. Evince 2. Ascend 3. Creationed 4. Recreationed 5. Crown Chakra 6. Astr... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Goatwhore To Tour With Exhumed And Cephalic Carnage

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:25 PM PDT

Goatwhore is hard at work on the follow-up to "Carving Out The Eyes Of God," and once the band wraps up recording with Erik Rutan at Mana Studios, the group will immediately hit the road for headlining shows starting in Tampa, FL. From there, Goathwore will join the Exhumed tour presented by Hails and Horns, MetalSucks and MetalInjection. Suppor... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Defect Designer To Play Drummer's Day Festival 2011

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:17 PM PDT

Russian act Defect Designer has issued the following announcement about performing at the Drummer's Day open air festival tomorrow, Saturday July 30th: "Defect Designer to take part in Drummer's Day 2011 2-day open air festival in Novosibirsk city. "We're looking forward to see our friends Mynameisjosh and Demon Project onstage with other ama... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Candlelight Records to Release Classic Hardcore Career Perspective Albums

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:16 PM PDT

Candlelight Records announces upcoming career perspective releases by hardcore legends Discharge, Extreme Noise Terror and The Varukers as a continuation of their classic series. On August 23, the label will release "Desensitise" and "War is Hell" by Discharge, Extreme Noise Terror's "Holocaust in my Head" on September 27 and the two-disc "The Damn... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Skirmish Posts New Song "Death Beyond" Online

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:11 PM PDT

Skirmish has posted a new song online titled "Death Beyond," which is taken from the album "Through The Abacinated Eyes." You can check out the clip below, or pick up the new album on August 31st, 2011, through Violent Journey Records. The "Through the Abacinated Eyes" track listing is as follows: 1. Premonition 2. Conquest 3. Insurgenc... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

All Shall Perish Streaming Entire New Album "This Is Where It Ends'

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:05 PM PDT

All Shall Perish is currently streaming the recently released album "This is Where it Ends" in its entirety on Facebook at this location. "This is Where it Ends," the band's fourth studio album, hit stores earlier this week on Nuclear Blast Records. All Shall Perish also recently posted a music video online for the song "There is Nothing Left," ... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Ingurgitating Oblivion Cancels Mountains Of Death Festival Appearance

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:53 PM PDT

Ingurgitating Oblivion has checked in with the following brief announcement about canceling the band's previously announced appearance at the Mountains of Death festival: "With great regret we have to cancel our gig at the upcoming and final Mountains Of Death. Unforeseen scheduling conflicts made it impossible for us to appear." You can also... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Criminal Streaming Two New Songs Online From Upcoming Album "Akelarre"

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:42 PM PDT

Thrash act Criminal (originally formed in Chile and now based in the UK) has made two songs off the upcoming studio album "Akelarre" available for streaming and free download through the band's Facebook page. "Akelarre" is the band's seventh studio album and the first since the departure of lead guitarist Rodrigo Contreras and the subsequent add... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Blotted Science Posts New EP "The Animation Of Entomology" Teaser

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:31 PM PDT

Technical instrumental act Blotted Science has posted a teaser online for the band's upcoming EP "The Animation Of Entomology." You can check out the teaser clip below. Blotted Science was also recently highlighted in our "Unearthing the Underground" column, which can be found here. The Blotted Science lineup is as follows: Ron Jarzomb... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Valkyrja Announces European Tour Dates With Gorgoroth And Vader

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Sweden's Valkyrja has checked in with the following announcement about upcoming European tour dates with Gorgoroth and Vader: "'The Sign of Hell Tour 2011' will be the tour to keep your eyes upon when the current season of light and warmth has withdrawn. "Fronted by two of the titans of their kind, Gorgoroth and Vader will - alongside Valkyrj... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com