Century Media Records has announced on July 30th in Europe and July 31st in North America, the Chicago-based black metal outfit NACHTMYSTIUM is set to release Silencing Machine, their 6th full length album and next celebrated chapter in the band’s storied career. Recorded at Engine Studios with the band’s own synths/electronics specialist Sanford Parker (YOB, PELICAN) handling producer duties, Silencing Machine is, as front-man/lead guitarist Blake Judd puts it, “A fuckin’ black metal record“.
In anticipation of this release, NACHTMYSTIUM has now premiered a new track, “Decimation, Annihilation”, which can be heard on AV Club Loud.
Silencing Machine track-listing:
1. Dawn Over The Ruins Of Jerusalem
2. Silencing Machine
3. And I Control You
4. The Lepers Of Destitution
5. Borrowed Hope And Broken Dreams
6. I Wait In Hell
7. Decimation, Annihilation
8. Reduced To Ashes
9. Give Me The Grave
10. These Rooms In Which We Weep
To pre-order Silencing Machine, please head over to CM Distro for a variety of CD/LP formats, bundles and Shirts.
Shadow Kingdom Records is pleased to announce the July 31st reissue of COVEN‘s legendary 1987 album Worship New Gods. COVEN, from Detroit, MI, is not the Jinx DawsonCOVEN that is somewhat known in underground Metal world. This COVEN, who was actually approached by Jinx to change their name to COVEN 13, is a unique 80’s Heavy Metal band that unleash a rare blend of CANDLEMASS / SABBATH Doomy Heavy Metal with a MERCYFUL FATE / CELTIC FROST black metal charm to it. The album is quite moody and may take a little while to sink in, but once it clicks, there’s nothing quite like it. This is one of the rarest US Metal albums to ever exist because it was self released back in 1987 on VINYL only. This is the first official release of it on CD with a lot of amazing band photos.
The Cover Art and Track Listing for this album can be seen below:
1. Riddle Of Steel
2. Wicked Day
3. Ruler
4. Kiss Me With Blood
5. Burial Ground
6. General’s Eye
7. Jail House
8. Threshold Of The New
Barbara Caserta of Italian web radio Linearock.it recently conducted an interview with to singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet and political activist Serj Tankian. You can now watch the chat below.
Tankian‘s new solo album, “Harakiri”, is scheduled for release on July 10 via Reprise Records/Serjical Strike.
“Harakiri”, a Japanese word meaning ritual suicide, is the follow-up to 2010’s critically acclaimed “Imperfect Harmonies”, and the third solo release from the SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman. As with 2007’s “Elect The Dead” and “Imperfect Harmonies”, Serj produced “Harakiri” himself at his home studio in Los Angeles. He tried to approach writing a little differently this time around. “I used the Apple iPad as a songwriting instrument to sketch out three of the songs on the record,” explains Serj. “We must trick ourselves into writing in different ways to get unexpected results.” The album will also feature performances by Serj‘s touring band, THE F.C.C. — Dan Monti on guitar, Mario Pagliarulo on bass, and Troy Zeigler on drums. Dan Monti is also co-mixing and co-engineering the album with Serj. The album was mastered by Vlado Meller (METALLICA, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, KANYE WEST, BEASTIE BOYS).
Czech web site Blesk.cz conducted an exclusive interview with LAMB OF GOD manager Larry Mazer about the ordeal of the band’s lead vocalist, Randy Blythe, who has been jailed in Prague, the Czech Republic, where he is accused of causing the death of a fan at one of the group’s shows. Blythe was arrested on June 27 and is facing possible manslaughter charges in connection with a 2010 Prague concert at which he allegedly shoved a local fan off the stage. The man, who is said to have stormed the stage three times during the show, reportedly suffered a brain hemorrhage that resulted in his death 14 days later.
[BLABBERMOUTH.NET would like to thank Martin Lipták for his help with the Czech-to-English translation of the interview below.]
Blesk.cz: What is the latest on Randy Blythe‘s release?
Larry Mazer: “I have no idea. The bail [in the amount of $200,000] was posted Tuesday morning [July 3]. We tried to make bail on Monday, but everything took a bit longer to be processed. Randy should be released immediately. His lawyer told us so on Saturday [during a court hearing]. In the U.S., he would have been. You post the bail and you’re free.”
Blesk.cz: How long will Randy stay in jail?
Larry Mazer: “I was told that it may take up to 20 days — that the investigator may require more time to investigate the case.”
Blesk.cz: How have the other bandmembers reacted to this whole ordeal?
Larry Mazer: “Everybody is shocked. It’s absurd. It seems like a bad joke that Randy is sitting in your jail. He did nothing wrong. He is innocent.”
Blesk.cz: Were you aware that a Czech fan of LAMB OF GOD died two years ago shortly after attending the band’s concert?
Larry Mazer: “Nobody had contacted us in the last two years. My contact information is publicly available, but I never heard from the family [of the deceased fan]. We did not even hear anything about it from the concert organizer. Nobody called us to let us know.”
Blesk.cz: When did you first find out about the fan having died after allegedly sustaining injuries at the LAMB OF GOD concert?
Larry Mazer: “Last Wednesday [when Randy was detained at the Prague airport]. The organizer of the concert at Abaton [the club where the 2010 concert took place] now says that the Czech police contacted him three months after the boy died. I do not understand why no one got in touch with us to let us know. The boy was in a coma and then he died, and we never heard from anybody.”
Blesk.cz: The Czech police say that they contacted the American authorities…
Larry Mazer: “No one told us anything. Do you think that I would send the band to the Czech Republic to play a concert knowing that something like this could happen? No way!”
Blesk.cz: According to the police, Randy shoved the Czech fan off the stage…
Larry Mazer: “There is one video from the concert [see below] where you can see someone jumping into the audience. But it wasn’t Randy that pushed him. The security guard shoved him off the stage.”
Blesk.cz: In the video you can see both Randy and the security guard pushing the person off the stage…
Larry Mazer: “But there is no footage of the man falling to the ground. He fell into the crowd, but you can’t see that in the video.”
Blesk.cz: Is it common for LAMB OF GOD concerts to be so wild?
Larry Mazer: “It’s typical for rock concerts. People want to have fun. But nothing like this has ever happened at a LAMB OF GOD show before that I am aware of.”
ARTHEMIS, the heavy-thrash metal band formed by the shred-metal guitarist Andy Martongelli, will release its new album, “We Fight”, on August 27 via Off Yer Rocka Recordings.
Formed in 1999, ARTHEMIS‘ music reflects the dark side of heavy metal with thrash-oriented guitar riffs, fast solos, fire-breathing vocals and a massive-modern-killer ground-breaking wall of sound; the four-piece lineup delivers an extraordinary proof of uplifting catchy metal.
Commented Martongelli: “This is a new chapter of ARTHEMIS career. We worked very hard on this album and decided to record ‘We Fight’ while we were right in the middle of our headlining Spanish tour and the U.K. tour… very busy and inspiring moments night after night on stage. I’m sure all our fans will love it as we enjoyed writing the songs and recording them all with the only purpose to give you all the best metal ever! ‘We Fight’ is full of pure, groundbreaking metal energy and we know the wall of sound will blow everyone’s head off!!”
“We Fight” track listing:
01. Apocalyptic Nightmare
02. Empire
03. We Fight
04. Blood Of Generations
05. Burning Star
06. Cry For Freedom
07. Alone
08. Reign Of Terror
09. Still Awake
10. The Man Who Killed The Sun
11. Metal Hammer
After his concert in Jaromer, Czech Republic on June 30 as part of the Rock Rebellion festival was reportedly canceled by the promoter, British heavy metal vocalist Blaze Bayley (IRON MAIDEN, WOLFSBANE) performed impromptu a cappella versions of the songs “The Clansman” (IRON MAIDEN) and “Soundtrack Of My Life” (BLAZE) while accompanied by a couple of dozen fans or so clapping and singing along. Video footage of this unique event can be seen below.
Commented Blaze: “When I arrived [in the Czech Republic], I had photos with some fans and signed some stuff. Then the tour manager told me the festival was canceled because of no electricity! I was gutted. The stage looked really nice — purpose built with a big sound system and lots of lights, but nothing working. . . Some of my hardcore Czech fans were still there and the only thing I could do as a kind of thank you to them for their support was sing a couple of songs on my own a cappella.
“I’m so sorry to everyone who travelled and didn’t get the day of metal that they paid for. I will now return to Prague on the 4th of August as a special guest of SEVEN, the top Czech band.”
Bayley‘s new studio album, “The King Of Metal”, was released in March. The CD was recorded at Fear Studio in Ravenna, Italy.
THE ROCK ALCHEMIST – Italian Rock Band from Turin with a strong sonic identity that blends modern rock with progressive, hard, alternative, and pop elements!
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
Metal Shock Finland (World Assault ) 