The chart-topping, Australian megastars DEAD LETTER CIRCUS have released their third studio album “Aesthesis” via The End Records/ADA. The album will be available on CD and limited vinyl LP formats on September 25th.
Co-produced by Matt Bartlem (Matt Corby, Jarryd James) and mixed by Grammy Award-winning master music maker Chris Lord-Alge (Muse, Green Day, U2), “Aesthesis” is the band’s most electric full-length album to date. With over 10 complex and ambitious songs, the band creates a vast sonic universe filled with their trademark sound of intricate-yet-danceable rhythms, ocean-sized guitars, and the lofty voice of Kim Benzie.
Check out ‘While You Wait’:
Official Tracklisting:
01. In Plain Sight
02. While You Wait**
03. The Burning Number
04. Show Me
05. Y A N A
06. Silence
07. The Lie We Live
08. X
09. Change The Concept
10. Born (Part 2)
Indian metal veterans DEMONIC RESURRECTION have just released a play-through video for the song ‘The Demon King’, the title track off their latest album released worldwide on Candlelight Records.
Watch the video below:
The band also recently performed at Metaldays Festival in Slovenia as well as Brutal Assault in the Czech Republic as part of their European Tour. They have also announced appearances at this years Outrage Festival in New Delhi, Maelstrom Festival in Sri Lanka and Metal for Nepal in Nepal in the coming weeks.
Tour Dates:
23rd August – Outrage Festival India
30th August – Maelstrom Festival, Sri Lanka
5th September – Metal for Nepal, Nepal
Masters of historical-themed brutality, NILE, have released a brand new track entitled ‘Evil To Cast Out Evil’.
The track is taken from the band’s forthcoming album “What Should Not Be Unearthed”, which will be released on August 28th via Nuclear Blast. Check it out below:
The track-list of “What Should Not Be Unearthed” is as follows:
01. Call To Destruction
02. Negating The Abominable Coils Of Apep
03. Liber Stellae Rubeae
04. In The Name Of Amun
05. What Should Not Be Unearthed
06. Evil To Cast Out Evil
07. Age Of Famine
08. Ushabti Reanimator
09. Rape Of The Black Earth
10. To Walk Forth From Flames Unscathed
“What Should Not Be Unearthed” UK Tour dates with SUFFOCATION:
06.09 Plymouth – The Hub
07.09 Manchester – Sound Control
08.09 London – The Dome
09.09 Bristol – The Marble Factory
CROSSFAITH have today unveiled the official video for their new single ‘Devil’s Party’, the third track to be revealed from their forthcoming studio album “Xeno”.
Watch ‘Devil’s Party’ here:
“This is the first music video from our new album ‘XENO’ and we put a lot of effort into it. I’m certain that you can feel our vision/concept of the album through this music video. Learn the words and sing with me at the show! See you soon!” says front man Kenta Koie.
‘Devil’s Party’ along with ‘Ghost In The Mirror’ – featuring Caleb Shomoand title track ‘Xeno’ are instant downloads when pre-ordering the forthcoming Josh Wilbur (Avenged Sevenfold, Lamb Of God, Hatebreed) produced album, which will be released on September 18th through UNFD.
Crossfaith will be touring the UK later this year as main support to Skindred.
Full dates below:
CROSSFAITH (Supporting Skindred)
04 NOV O2 Guildhall, Southampton
05 NOV UEA, Norwich
06 NOV Rock City, Nottingham
07 NOV Academy, Manchester
08 NOV O2 Academy, Newcastle
10 NOV O2 ABC, Glasgow
11 NOV Stylus, Leeds
12 NOV O2 Academy, Bristol
13 NOV O2 Institute, Birmingham
14 NOV O2 Brixton Academy, London
More about “Xeno”…
This record has a story of hope, failure, love, betrayal and death woven into its fabric so skillfully it’s impossible to tell where truth ends and fiction begins. It’s both an escape from and examination of reality that reveals more and more truths the further it delves.
Produced by Josh Wilbur and mastered by Ted Jensen, “Xeno” takes the groundwork laid by 2013’s “Apocalyze” and 2012’s “Zion” EP as well as the band’s vast touring history and catapults them into a whole new league.
“Xeno” is an artistic endeavour like few others, with roots in manga, anime and the furthest reaches of its creators’ minds. Frontman Kenta ‘Ken’ Koie, guitarist Kazuki Takemura, bassist Hiroki ‘Hiro’ Ikegawa, keyboardist Terufumi ‘Teru’ Tamano and drummer Tatsuya Amano are, quite simply, operating on a different level.
“This record is dedicated to everyone because we believe it will make a new phase in this music culture…
We had a bad time after we released the last album ‘APOCALYZE’. Our original guitarist Kazuki had to leave during a tour due to a cerebral hemorrhage, it was the worst thing to happen to us in our entire music career. Fortunately or unfortunately, it just affected his left hand. He is still alive, he never gave up as a musician and he wrote a couple songs for this record as well. It has bound us together as one.” Comments Ken.
He continues… “The experience of working with Josh Wilbur means a lot to us. He brought us fresh feelings and has helped us to create our best record to date. We put everything we’ve got into ‘Xeno’ and it is the most important and precious thing to us.
We can’t wait to share the experience of ‘Xeno’. It is beating, it is alive! We are dedicating this record to everyone!”
Xeno is a character, two to be exact. This is an intricate story of artificial intelligence meets human desperation. The two combine to see the human Xeno, so distraught with the state of the world that he endeavours to bring creation through devastation.
“Everyone has a dark side,” says Ken. “Everybody is so hypocritical. And everything – our world – is being completely fucked up by so many people, especially the government. It’s easy to see what they do. So Xeno, the person, decides to do something big so he can hit reset and start again.”
“Xeno” Track Listing:
1. System X
2. Xeno
3. Raise Your Voice
4. Devil’s Party
5. Ghost In The Mirror (feat. Caleb Shomo from Beartooth)
6. Dystopia
7. Wildfire (feat. Benji Webbe from Skindred)
8. Tears Fall
9. Paint It Black
10. Vanguard
11. Calm The Storm
12. Astral Heaven
Thrash giants MEGADETH have posted that over 150 drummers played ‘Symphony Of Destruction’ in Brazil.
Bateras 100% Brazil is a project conceived by drummer Dino Verdade, owner of the biggest drum school franchise in Brazil, Bateras Beat.
The project’s goal is to gather as many drummers as possible to play together their own music and big hits, with the principle of sharing a killer groove.
On August 9, 2015 at Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo, Brazil, approximately 156 drummers, among them women, children, seniors and people of all ages, brought their own drum kits to play along to KISS, The Rolling Stones, Daft Punk and Megadeth:
On the stage, to play “Symphony Of Destruction”, were Amilcar Christófaro (Torture Squad), Jean Dolabella (Udora and ex-Sepultura), Bart (Whale Mutant), Edu Garcia (John Wayne) and Nana (Alma Djem), with Dino Verdade (Brotheria) conducting the band and all the drummers.
The project attempted to set a new Guinness World Record as the band with the largest number of drummers playing along.
What do you get when you combine hardcore metal with the Simpsons’ god-fearing neighbourino Ned Flanders?
The answer is Phoenix outfit OKILLY DOKILLY, the world’s first and only ‘Nedal’ band. They’re bespectacled, mustachioed, impeccably costumed in pink, green and grey, and their Facebook bio gets straight to the point: “Most of our songs are direct Ned quotes.”
So how does a Flanders themed metal band start? As lead singer Head Ned (possibly not his real name) explains to ripitup.com.au, inspiration struck while casually shopping at a convenience store that for purposes of this article we’ll just assume is called the Kwik-E-Mart. “Myself and our drummer (Bled Ned) were in line at a grocery store, entertaining ourselves by coming up with really cutesy names for really hardcore, brutal bands,” he says.
“The name Okilly Dokilly came up and was very funny to us,” he says.”We ran with it. I contacted a few friends (Red Ned, Thread Ned and Stead Ned), and here we are. Most of us have played in other bands around our hometown,” he explains. “This is definitely the heaviest sounding project any of us Neds have done.”
You might be wondering where the band fit within the broader genre of Simpsons themed metal. “Not as fast as Bartcore, and a little cleaner than Krusty Punk,” Head Ned says. “Not as heavy as ‘Homer J.ent’ – Nedal is a happy medium in the Simpscene.” Curiously, the guttural metal screams present in the band’s current recorded output bear little resemblance to Ned’s own holler, but as they are only demos there is presumably still room to evolve.
Outside of music, the band’s favourite past times include “watching the Simpsons”, “plenty of Futurama” and “politely asking for the return of our power tools, usually with little success”.
With the band set to play their first hometown show on September 5, can music fans in Arizona expect to see exclusively left-handed instruments at the show? Sadly it’s a no-diddly-o, as not all of the Neds are left handed. “I am,”says Head Ned. “The other Neds aren’t so lucky. It made writing All That Is Left pretty fun,” he continues. “It’s our homage to the Leftorium, and the bridge is entirely left handed puns.”
He also confesses that band’s long-term goals are, like their inspiration, quite humble. “In reality, this is all just an over-the-top attempt at getting Matt Groening’s autograph, even if it comes on a cease and desist letter.” Which, we can all agree, is a noble and probably achievable goal.
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