WHISPERED: New Video “Jikininki” Released

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 18, 2013
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Finnish kabukimetallers WHISPERED have released a new music video/digisingle from their upcoming second album. “Jikininki” is a fierce track combining samurai aesthetics, kabuki theater and a japanese horror story to a blistering metal mayhem already made familiar with their debut album “Thousand Swords” (Redhouse FMP, 2010). Whispered’s new album promises an exciting new chapter in the finnish metal scene and will surely make an impact with its ferocity and versatility. Whispered is also confirmed to appear at this year’s Tuska Metal Festival in Helsinki, Finland.

Check out “Jikininki” below:

More information at http://www.whisperedband.com – https://www.facebook.com/pages/Whispered/152411565720

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WITHERSCAPE: Launch Promotional Interview-Trailer With Dan Swanö

Posted by Mohsen Fayyazi on June 18, 2013
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Swedish metal band WITHERSCAPE which was formed by multi-instrumentalist and producer extraordinaire Dan Swanö together with fellow Swedish multi-instrumentalist Ragnar Widerberg, will be releasing their debut album “The Inheritance” on July 29th, 2013 in Europe and August 6th, 2013 in North America via Century Media Records.

A comprehensive interview with WITHERSCAPE mastermind Dan Swanö about how the band got together, the album concept as well as how crickets happened to end up on the album can be seen below:

WITHERSCAPE’s debut album will be available in the following standard tracklisting:

 

WITHERSCAPE – “The Inheritance”:

1. Mother Of The Soul
2. Astrid Falls
3. Dead For A Day
4. Dying For The Sun
5. To The Calling Of Blood And Dreams
6 .The Math Of The Myth
7. Crawling From Validity
8 .The Wedlock Observation
9. The Inheritance

Additionally to the standard jewel case CD and the digital download version, “The Inheritance” will also be available as limited edition Mediabook CD including two special bonus tracks as well extended artwork with a 32-pages booklet featuring the full shortstory concept for this album and also as LP (plus full album on CD as bonus). The 2 bonus tracks cover versions are the following:

10. Last Rose Of Summer (Judas Priest cover version)

11. A Cry For Everyone (Gentle Giant cover version)

Check out the WITHERSCAPE song “Astrid Falls” on Century Media’s YouTube channel below:

WITHERSCAPE online:
www.witherscape.com
www.danswano.com
www.facebook.com/witherscape
www.unisound.se


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Gallery Of Late SLAYER Guitarist Jeff Hanneman Pics From Murder In The Front Row Book Now Online; 1984-Era Shots By D.R.I. Bassist Harald Oimoen Capture Energy of US Thrash Metal Arrival

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SPIN.com is honoring the life of SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman with a gallery of early photographs by D.R.I. bassist Harald Oimoen, from his book Murder In The Front Row: Shots From The Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter. The photos capture several live and candid moments from the rise of US thrash metal circa 1984, including Hanneman and Slayer performing outdoors on a plywood stage; Slayer’s very first face-to-face encounter with the members of METALLICA; Oimoen’s classic sleeve photo from Slayer’s Hell Awaits album; and a moving portrait of Hanneman and his eventual substitute in Slayer – Gary Holt of EXODUS.

Slayer, Aquatic Park, Berkeley, California, August 19, 1984

Slayer, Aquatic Park, Berkeley, California, August 19, 1984

The gallery of photos from the book can be viewed at this location.

Murder In The Front Row is a stunning volume that collects over 400 amazing color and black-and-white photos from the time when locals Exodus and Los Angeles transplants Metallica reigned in small clubs like the Old Waldorf, The Stone, and the infamous East Bay bastion of heaviness, Ruthie’s Inn. Thrash metal upstarts Slayer and MEGADETH found a second home in the Bay Area, while a homegrown breed of tempo-crazed teenagers like LEGACY, POSSESSED, DEATH ANGEL, HEATHEN, and VIO-LENCE brought Bay Area thrash metal to critical mass.

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“Murder in the Front Row captures the true essence of thrash metal in its embryonic stage.” – Dave Lombardo, Slayer

“Thank you for writing this book! It’s the definitive story of the scene and what we managed to make of it here in the Bay Area.” -Kirk Hammett, Metallica

More info at this location.

LAMB OF GOD: Guitarist To Guest On New UNEARTH Album

Posted by aliblackdiamond on June 18, 2013
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Source: Blabbermouth.net

LAMB OF GOD guitarist Mark Morton has recorded a bass solo for UNEARTH‘s forthcoming sixth studio album

The news was revealed by UNEARTH guitarist Buz McGrath, who posted a photo of Morton (see below) on Twitter. The picture’s description read: “Guest bass lead by @MarkDuaneMorton @Unearthofficial”

Morton later confirmed the collaboration when he told All Axess he would appear on “about 8 measures” of the album.

UNEARTH has signed a North American record deal with eOne Music and European deal with Century Media. The band plans to release its new LP later this year.

UNEARTH‘s latest album, “Darkness In The Light”, sold 6,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 72 on The Billboard 200 chart.

DEFTONES, ISIS Collaboration PALMS: Entire Debut Album Available For Streaming

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Source: Blabbermouth.net

The self-titled debut album from PALMS, the musical collaboration between DEFTONES vocalist Chino Moreno and former members of ISIS (Aaron Harris, Clifford Meyer and Jeff Caxide), is available for streaming in its entirety at SPIN.com. The CD will be released on June 25 via Mike Patton‘s (FAITH NO MORE) Ipecac label.

The track listing for the 47-minute effort is as follows:

01. Future Warrior
02. Patagonia
03. Mission Sunset
04. Shortwave Radio
05. Tropics
06. Antarctic Handshake

A special iTunes pre-order gives purchasers an immediate download of “Tropics”.

The quartet has also announced its first tour dates: a four-date West Coast run this July, with stops in San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles and San Francisco:

July 10 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up Tavern
July 11 – Santa Ana CA – The Observatory
July 12 – Los Angeles, CA – The Troubadour
July 13 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s

PALMS came together following the demise of ISIS, with Jeff Caxide (bass), Aaron Harris (drums) and Clifford Meyer (keyboards/guitar) electing to continue playing music together.

“After a little time, Jeff, Cliff, and I decided that it was insane that we all still lived here in Los Angeles and weren’t playing together,” Harris says. “It just sort of happened naturally, probably because we have been playing together for so long, and things started to come together. But we didn’t want to be instrumental: We wanted vocals. We just weren’t exactly sure who that would be at first.” The band, knowing that Chino had been a fan of ISIS, thought he would be a great fit and he agreed.

“A chance to work with the guys from ISIS sounded like a lot of fun,” Moreno says, “I’ve always been into the atmospheric sounds they had created with that project and felt my sense of melody would meld well with theirs.”

Photo credit: Travis Shinn

ROTTING CHRIST: ’666′ Video Released

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Source: Blabbermouth.net

“666″, the new video from Greek extreme metal veterans ROTTING CHRIST, can be seen below. The song comes off the band’s eleventh full-length studio album, “Kata Ton Demona Eaftou”, which was released on March 5 (four days earlier in Europe) via Season Of Mist. The band spent more than four months at Deva Soundz studios in Athens crafting what it says “may be its darkest and more mystical and occult outcome ever.” The CD was mixed by Jens Borgen (AMON AMARTH, PARADISE LOST, KATATONIA, OPETH) at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden.

According to a press release, “the principle of Do What Thou Wilt is the threat leading through this amazing album, which is inspired by ancient cultures around the globe. ROTTING CHRIST employ poetry from the Sumerians and Incas as well as a Romanian folk song, the tale of an undead Russian water spirit, Voodoo, Zoroastrianism and other sources.”

“Kata Ton Demona Eaftou” track listing:

01. In Yumen – Xibalba
02. P’unchaw Kachun – Tuta Kachun
03. Grandis Spiritus Diavolos
04. Kata Ton Demona Eaftou
05. Cine Iubeste Si Lasa
06. Iwa Woodoo
07. Gilgames
08. Rusalka
09. Ahura Mazda Anra Mainiuu
10. 666

The album was made available as jewel case CD, double gatefold LP and limited-edition digibox, including a digipak CD with bonus track “Welcome To Hel”, a pendant in velvet bag and a flag.

 

Ex-SLAYER Drummer DAVE LOMBARDO: More Video Footage Of Tel Aviv Clinic

Posted by aliblackdiamond on June 18, 2013
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Source: Blabbermouth.net

Dave Lombardo (SLAYER, PHILM) took part in a special drum clinic on May 1 at the Barby Club (Kibutz Galoyot St. 52) in Tel Aviv, Israel. Video footage of his appearance can be seen in two parts below.

PHILM, the Los Angeles-based experimental post-hardcore triumvirate featuring Lombardo, guitarist/vocalist Gerry Nestler (CIVIL DEFIANCE), and bassist Pancho Tomaselli (WAR), released its debut album, “Harmonic”, on May 15, 2012 via Ipecac Recordings.

Lombardo sat out SLAYER‘s recent Australian tour due to a contract dispute with the other members of the group. Filling in for him was Jon Dette (TESTAMENT, ANTHRAX). Dave has since been replaced in the band by Paul Bostaph, who was SLAYER‘s drummer from 1992 until 2001 and recorded four albums with the group.