martedì 26 luglio 2016

ALTER BRIDGE - Launch Preorders For New Album "The Last Hero" & Premiere First Single "Show Me A Leader" Worldwide!

                                                         Photo Credit: Carlos Amoedo

FIRST SINGLE “SHOW ME A LEADER” PREMIERES ON RADIO STATIONS WORLDWIDE!

ALTER BRIDGE have announced their fifth studio album, The Last Hero, will be released on October 7 through Napalm Records. The Last Hero is the follow up to 2013's critically acclaimed Fortress, which swept into album charts worldwide - including a #6 slot in the UK, #12 in the US (Billboard 200), #7 in Germany and #4 in Austria. 

ALTER BRIDGE have announced their fifth studio album, The Last Hero, will be released on October 7 through Napalm Records. The Last Hero is the follow up to 2013's critically acclaimed Fortress, which swept into album charts worldwide - including a #6 slot in the UK, #12 in the US (Billboard 200), #7 in Germany and #4 in Austria. 

The band worked with producer and longtime collaborator Michael 'Elvis' Baskette to craft the songs for The Last Hero, recently showcasing those tracks at a special listening party for fans at The Beacham club in the band's home base of Orlando, FL. The sleeve artwork was also revealed.

lunedì 25 luglio 2016

Völur - "Disir"

"Disir"

Release date: June 24, 2016


Tracklist:
1. Es wächst aus seinem Grab
2. The Deep-Minded
3. White Phantom
4. Heiemo










Quando The Eldritch sembrava aver consegnato definitivamente i Blood Ceremony alla consacrazione della nuova frontiera doom, ecco che dalla sommità dalle montagne rocciose canadesi si affaccia un nuovo talento. Loro sono i Völur, che vantano tra i suoi fondatori proprio il bassista dei Blood Ceremony, Lucas Gadke.

Influenzati ed appagati dalle atmosfere europee, i Völur sembrano aver solcato gli oceani della vecchia scuola doom metal, molto simile al lavoro più lento dei primi Black Sabbath, volgendo al tempo stesso uno sguardo più benevolo verso quel prog rock intimista cesellato negli ultimi anni dai fratelli Cavanagh (Anathema).

Attingendo alla tipica atmosfera oscura del nord Europa, Disir riadatta completamente l’intera scena psichedelica con parsimonia negli arrangiamenti, grazie ai delicati pizzichi del violino di Laura Bates, soprattutto nei brani più coinvolgenti come The Deep-Minded e White Phantom.

Pensare che, in qualche modo, la magia dell’occulto e le atmosfere anni ’70 possano continuare a vivere attraverso un piccolo gioiello come questo, ci prepara più dolcemente all’imminente fine di un’era.

The End… o forse no.

7,5/10
Michela (Anesthesia)

Line-up:
Lucas Gadke – Electric bass, double bass & vocals
Laura C. Bates – Violin & vocals
James Payment – Drums

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Départe premiere first new album track




DÉPARTE are unleashing the first vitriolic song taken from their forthcoming full-length 'Failure, Subside'. The release date of their debut album has been slated on the 14th of October. 'Failure, Subside' is now exclusively streaming via Metalitalia


Frontman Sam Dishington comments on behalf of DÉPARTE: "Our new track 'Vessel' is a reaction to deeply entrenched feelings of isolation and futility. It deals with the despair of being stranded in that place, that void, and even still finding peace, stillness, and victory, drawing you out into the light. From a musical standpoint, 'Vessel' is quite broad, touching on many of the elements you can expect to hear throughout the rest of the album. Dark, crushing and dissonant, yet in the same breath powerful and emotive."

The Australian post-black metal extremists have previously revealed the cover art of 'Failure, Subside', which is based on a photograph by Alistair Davis of Zac Blain that has been edited by Sam Dishington and Michael Rankine. Artwork and track-list can be viewed below.


Tracklisting
1. Seas of Glass
2. Ashes in Bloom
3. Wither 
4. Grief Echoes (Golden Scars)
5. Mara's Choir
6. Vessel
7. Ruin 

Darkness descends, physically oppressive, a heavy weight on the chest. Black tendrils probing, intruding, coldness seeps into skull and bones. Pain and a crushing despair grip the soul. Yet this bleak onslaught is as precise as methodical. A grim determination drives this spike deep into the heart. With their debut album 'Failure, Subside', DÉPARTE set a new benchmark for musical viciousness. 

DÉPARTE were formed in Hobart, Tasmania as a black metal quartet at first under the name ØRANNIS in 2011. The Australians intended to create dark, brooding atmospheric black metal with a focus on an intense, hypnotic live performance. Yet with the addition of a second guitarist, their sound developed further. 

DÉPARTE started to drift from the more traditional black metal ethos, shed their face paint and incorporated elements from various other genres, such as post metal, drone, doom and death metal. The combination of these ingredients resulted in something unique, emotive and truly powerful. 

DÉPARTE released their first official demo 'MMXIV', which contained two tracks in November 2014. It speaks volumes that the band was already invited to share stages with local heroes such as NE OBLIVISCARIS, PORTAL, and THE AMENTA as well as international heavy-weights from the calibre of GORGUTS, ULCERATE, WORMED, ABSU, and many more.

DÉPARTE then proceeded to record their debut full-length 'Failure, Subside', an album which is now ready to sink its claws into any unwary listener. Beware of this black beast!

Line-up
Sam Dishington: guitar, vocals
Michael Rankine: drums
Mitchell Golding: guitar
Jarrod Sorbian: bass

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venerdì 22 luglio 2016

Denominate released a single from their upcoming album.



A Finnish progressive death metal band Denominate have just released a single "Penumbra" from their upcoming album. The debut full length album "Those Who Beheld The End" is released August 5th 2016 via Inverse Records. 


Denominate draws influence from bands like Death and Carcass and blends it together with newer, more progressive and technical elements to create a progressive sound with a touch of old-school.

Listen to Penumbra on Spotify

Track list:
01. In A Chasm Of Stone
02. Degradation
03. Penumbra
04. The Demented Scholar of Abatos
05. Torments of Silence
06. Apeirophobia
07. Terrestrial Funeral

Line-up:
Vocals – Ville Männikkö
Guitars – Kimmo Raappana
Guitars – Eetu Pylkkänen
Bass – Tuomas Pesälä
Drums – Joni Määttä



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TO CAST A SHADOW - Winter's Embrace

"Winter's Embrace"

Release date: June 24th, 2016


Genre: Gothic / Doom Metal

Country: Norvegia

Track List:
1. Seven Days
2. Into Oblivion
3. Bereft
4. Darkest Thoughts
5. When Death Comes
6. Devils Hand
7. Winters Embrace
8. Unveiled
9. A Secret Kingdom

A volte l’inverno può durare veramente in eterno se ci lasciamo andare alla sua oscurità. Troppo a lungo ci siamo fatti cullare dalle note tormentate di Last Fair Deal Gone Down dei Katatonia per accorgerci di chi stava percorrendo la medesima strada.

Il quartetto norvegese To Cast a Shadow torna rinnovato nella line up, offrendo un incredibile album doom/gothic metal che raccoglie il testimone da Toni Iommi per i suoi riff profondi e taglienti e rivolge a Jonas Renkse il suo sorriso sardonico.

Stimolata da Black Sabbath e Katatonia, appunto, la band riesce a domare sonorità riconducibili al doom, al gothic ma soprattutto all’heavy metal classico, dal quale Winter’s Embrace sembra traree la principale contaminazione, serpeggiando tra atmosfere surreali ed occulte, stimolato nel suo intimo dalla passionalità del nuovo vocalist Nils Stenmyren. Nove tracce che evocano vividi ricordi di un passato da conservare... ma non rimpiangere.

7/10
Michela (Anesthesia)

Line-Up:
Nils Stenmyren – vocals, guitars
Marcus Granlien – guitars, backing vocals
Stian Dalslåen – bass

giovedì 21 luglio 2016

MONOLITH WIELDER copertina e singolo del nuovo album


Gli Heavy Doomsters di Pittsburgh MONOLITH WIELDER svelano l'artwork e una canzone tratta dall'album omonimo in uscita il 17 ottobre.



"Monolith Wielder", registrato da Jason Jouver e masterizzato da Jack Endino, verrà pubblicato da ARGONAUTA Records in CD/DD. I pre-ordini saranno disponibili a breve.

Tracklist:
1. Illumination
2. Best Intentions
3. Angels Hide
4. Monolith Wielder
5. Lift Your Eyes
6. No Hope, No Fear
7. Chains
8. Into Madness
9. King Under Fire
10. Electric Hessian

A PERFECT DAY dal vivo al SONISPHERE‏


Gli A PERFECT DAY, che hanno pubblicato il nuovo album ‘The Deafening Silence’ lo scorso 18 marzo su Scarlet Records, saranno tra i protagonisti del SONISPHERE Festival di Roma il 24 luglio con Iron Maiden e molti altri.

Andrea Cantarelli, chitarrista e co-fondatore dei LABYRINTH, dichiara: "A Perfect Day, in questi anni, ha saputo mutare da 'semplice' side project allo stato di band vera e propria. Vedo in A Perfect Day la possibilità di mettere a frutto nel migliore dei modi l'esperienza maturata in più di 20 anni di carriera. Il Sonisphere è una grande occasione per noi di metterci in mostra al grande pubblico. E' il primo frutto di tanto lavoro e siamo certi che non sarà il solo".