American doom metal godfathers SAINT VITUS arew now streaming their new album, ‘Saint Vitus,’ in full. The record is set for worldwide release tomorrow, May 17. Listen HERE.
‘Saint Vitus’ is available for pre-order right HERE.
Track-list
1. Remains (6:23)
2. A Prelude to… (3:20)
3. Bloodshed (3:04)
4. 12 Years In The Tomb (5:24)
5. Wormhole (5:22)
6. Hour Glass (5:23)
7. City Park (4:01)
8. Last Breath (6:38)
9. Useless (1:32)
Total: 41:07
Spawned out of the wastelands of dubstep and industrial metal, this hyper-aggressive collaboration between DINO CAZARES (Fear Factory) and KAOSIS is set to unapologetically divide the global metal audience. Love them or hate them, Kaosis have arrived.
KAOSIS recently signed a deal with ATYPEEK MUSIC in France. Released on the 15/04/19, the single “Hitech – Lowlife” conjures up images of James Cameron Terminators battling in a war-torn futuristic soundscape but the inspiration for the track is far more human. The collaboration between CAZARES and KAOSIS was fluid and was completed over several file sharing sessions. «DINO was sent the basic drum progressions and a week later we had these heavier than god guitar tracks. The collaborator’s vision for Hitech – Lowlife was intuitively synergetic» – VIVIVI (Guitar/ Synth).
Watch the video here:
The accompanying music video was directed by XEN and features CAZARES appearing as a hologram against the backdrop of an 80s sci-fi throwback theme. Ending with an unexpected plot twist, the narrative of the music video features an isolated person seeking violent refuge in a virtual reality of torture, violence and rape.
«I think most people will take this video the wrong way. There are positive questions being raised in the narrative». – XEN (vocals)
«Our sound is about breaking down barriers; not re-enforcing stale stereotypes. Atypeek 100% supports our bold new vision for metal and that means a lot to us and our fans» – DVOID (Drums/ Percussion)
DINO CAZARES (FEAR FACTORY) said:
«The album sounds amazing!»
XEN (KAOSIS VOCAL) said:
«This song is about our fans. Our kids are the next gen of metalheads. Heavy riddim, neuro-funk and djent are sonically very similar. For our fans, there is no distinction»
KAOSIS are touring NEW ZEALAND and AUSTRALIA from May through July and will be heading to EUROPE in August/ September.
Photo by Pablo Montano
Summer Slaughter 2019 will see the tour’s first-ever triple co-headlining bill, featuring CATTLE DECAPITATION, Carnifex, and The Faceless all sharing the spotlight of the main event and performing full sets. The trek will commence July 20th in Denver, Colorado and run though August 14th in Los Angeles, California. Support will be provided by Rivers Of Nihil, Nekrogoblikon, Lorna Shore, and Brand Of Sacrifice, plus the Headbang For The Highway winners. Tickets go one sale this Friday. See all confirmed dates below.
CATTLE DECAPITATION is currently tracking their upcoming album, due for release late this year via Metal Blade Records. Fans who attend this year’s edition of Summer Slaughter will be among the first to hear a taste of this new material so don’t miss out! View the band’s latest video message at this location.
CATTLE DECAPITATION – Summer Slaughter Tour w/ Carnifex, The Faceless, Rivers Of Nihil, Nekrogoblikon, Lorna Shore, Brand Of Sacrifice + Headbang For The Highway winners:
New band name, new sound, new album coming this Summer!
Formerly known under the flag of MY HOME ON TREES, the well-respected Stoner Doom band hailing from Milano, Italy, just recently announced the change of their band name into BURNING GLOOM and the worldwide signing with powerhouse label Argonauta Records. 2019 will see them celebrating their comeback with a new shining identity and sound, leaving behind the past and release their brand new album titled Amygdala on June 14th, which will definitely surprise and please both fans and critics alike!
As the band explained earlier: “Mystic trees and stoner blues didnʼt represent us anymore, after the first abum we started to look for darker atmospheres and heavier sounds; we decided to not continue with two guitars, but to have just one and we felt closer to doom metal and far enough from any psychedelic rock and blues appeals we had before. A different mood, more melancholic, more and louder screaming voices. All this became the new attitude, closer to doom and sludge metal and quite distant from usual stoner rock:“
After BURNING GLOOM just recently unveiled the hotly anticipated album details for Amygdala, today we finally get to hear a first track featuring HIGH FIGHTER‘s Mona Miluski on guest vocals!
“We realized that we wanted a guest doing vocals, as we did before with Steve Moss from The Midnight Ghost Train for our last album, and “Nightmares” was the most appropriate track of the record to host a feature and perfect for what we needed, a female voice, but a “metal” one. We decided to ask Mona Miluski of the band High Fighter and she accepted. We asked her for a violent screamo and she gave her own sludge and black influence to the chorus and final part of the track. We are very satisfied, the experiment worked out perfectly, since we also wanted to move away from the usual stoner, feeling closer to doom and sludge metal nowadays.
About the lyrics, we have this person that has to face the dark and evil side of a sick mind, facing the deepest nightmares and not being able to truly seeing and accepting the own way to be. A worried soul, threatened by human fragility, escaping from herself. The video was directed by an artist who we all admire very much and who became a good friend, Simon Gallo. We already have worked together before and we were very happy about it, we didn’t want to change this winning team. It’s a very sick video, about fears and anguishes, in black and white and in this spectral location. We’re very enthusiastic of these two collaborations, with Mona and with Simon, everything worked out exactly as we wanted.”
See BURNING GLOOM’s both disturbing and haunting video for their first single ‘Nightmares‘, just exclusively premiered with Metal Injection, Deaf Forever and Metal Italia, featuring some evil guest vocal screams by Mona Miluski of Sludge Metal unit HIGH FIGHTER, right here:
Amygdala Tracklisting:
1. The Tower I
2. The Tower II
3. Eremite
4. Modern Prometheus
5. Nightmares (feat. Mona Miluski of High Fighter)
6. Warden
7. Beyond The Wall
8. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Coming June 14th in CD, Vinyl and Digital formats, Amygdala is now available to pre-order HERE!
Finnish modern metal act AS I MAY will be releasing their second album “My Own Creations” this coming July 2019. Signing with labels Rockshots Records and Spiritual Beast (Japan), the sophomore full length is slated for a worldwide release on July 26th along with it being available in Japan on July 24th.
“My Own Creations” is a fast-paced blend of modern metal with metalcore highlights. It’s heavy, melodic and unique; and sonically more mature than AS I MAY‘s previous release “Speak No Evil” (2017). Working on writing music that is easy to identify with a digital atmosphere, AS I MAY make their listeners headbang and sing along to the catchy choruses.
The new album will be available in CD, Digital and Vinyl Ltd. Editions, pre-orders are now active here: http://smarturl.it/AsIMay
TRACKLISTING:
1. End Of The Beginning
2. Pride Goes Before A Fall
3. What A Waste Of Life
4. I See You In Me
5. Silent
6. Necessary Evil
7. Cure Is More Worse Than Disease
8. Quiet Place
9. Loud
The first single from the album is ‘Pride Goes Before A Fall’, it is full of unique tones, dynamic riffs, and impeccable production. As part of an album that is written to be listened to in full, ‘Pride Goes Before A Fall’ sets a dark tone with excellent production in the video. The song already entered the largest editorial playlists both on Spotify and Deezer.
Watch/Stream the video for ‘Pride Goes Before A Fall’
➤ YouTube: https://youtu.be/MsSkiSkPBeo
➤ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LBhK5L
Swedish melodic death/doom metal band OCTOBER TIDE release third and last single from their forthcoming album “In Splendor Below”, due out tomorrow, on May 17th via Agonia Records. The song is titled “Ögonblick Av Nåd”, it’s written in Swedish, and it’s available as a music video directed by Wizworks Studios. Watch the video at this location.
With a history tracing back to the epicentre of melodic death metal in Sweden, OCTOBER TIDE have come a long way and have generated a spark that is strongly felt in the energy of the scene. “In Splendor Below” is the latest addition to their vibrant discography of guitar-driven, emotive death/doom metal art. It packs some of the most authentic and unique compositions from the capable hands of founding member and long-time Katatonia guitarist, Fredrik Norrman, his brother and guitarist Mattias Norrman (ex-Katatonia), vocalist Alexander Högbom (Demonical), bassist Johan Jönsegård (Letters From The Colony) and drummer Jonas Sköld (Letters From The Colony / Thenighttimeproject). While Fredrik prefers for the music to speak for itself, he finds the new album “a bit more aggressive, a bit more death metal, and with an overall colder feeling than previous records”.
“In Splendor Below” album was mixed and mastered by Karl Daniel Lidén at Tri-Lamd studios (Bloodbath, Katatonia, Breach, Craft). It was produced by Alexander Backlund from Nailvillage Studio (Thenighttimeproject / Letters From Colony) and OCTOBER TIDE. Tomarum av Christine Linde created the cover artwork.
The band is planning a tour in support of the new album in November and December of 2019. In the meantime, they’ll perform at In The Grip Of Winter Festival (NL), Exit Festival (SRB) and MetalDays Festival (SI). More dates are on the way.
Tracklist:
1. I, The Polluter
2. We Died in October
3. Ögonblick Av Nåd
4. Stars Starve Me
5. Our Famine
6. Guide My Pulse
7. Seconds
8. Envy of the Moon
Pre-orders:
http://agoniarecords.com/insplendorbelow
Upcoming shows:
05.07.2019: Explosive Stage @ Exit Festival, SRB
21.07.2019: Tolmin @ Metaldays Festival, SI
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Metal Shock Finland (World Assault ) 