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TRAUMA Announce New Album “Awakening”, Reveal Cover + Release Date

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The Bay Area thrash metal legends TRAUMA are going to release their new album “Awakening” on September 9th 2022 via Massacre Records!

The cover artwork – available below – was designed by Ioannis / Dangerous Age, whereas producer Juan Urteaga mixed and mastered the album at the Trident Studio.

“Awakening” promises to be a lot heavier than its predecessors, and will be a feast for every metal fan!

TRAUMA’s new album “Awakening” will be available as CD Digipak, limited edition vinyl LP as well as in digital formats, and will be available to pre-order soon.

Further album details will be revealed soon.

Born in the California’s Bay Area in 1980, TRAUMA have since released three successful and well-acclaimed albums, and have assembled the strongest elements of seemingly disparate strains of metal, with passion and proficiency.

UMBILICUS Release Video for New Single ‘I, Human’; Album Details Revealed

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70s rockers UMBILICUS first surfaced late last year with a teaser of a song.  Last month we heard the band’s first single “Hello Future”.  Today we get to hear the group’s second single, “I, Human” with their first official video. The trippy adventure was filmed by Deidra Kling and Jeramie Kling, while editing duties came from the latter at Smoke & Mirrors Productions, with visualizers donated by Michael Celona.

Path Of 1000 Suns track-listing:

  1. Hello Future
  2. Umbilicus
  3. Gates Of Neptune
  4. I, Human
  5. Stump Sponge
  6. My Own Tide
  7. Life On The Sun
  8. The Call
  9. Traveler
  10. Gathering At The Kuiper Belt

The group is comprised of drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz (CANNIBAL CORPSE), guitarist Taylor Nordberg (DEICIDE, INHUMAN CONDITION, THE ABSENCE), bassist Vernon Blake (ANARCHUS, NAPALM DEATH – live), and vocalist and lyricist Brian Stephenson (FORE).  The instrumentalists grouped together in the summer of 2020, crafting the music for what became “Path Of 1000 Suns” throughout the remainder of the year, then tapping vocalist Stephenson the following year to complete the lineup.

The band’s debut album “Path Of 1000 Suns” is set to be released on September 30h, 2022 on Listenable Insanity Records and can be pre-ordered at umbilicusband.bandcamp.com 

Details regarding international releases will be announced soon.

“Path Of 1000 Suns” was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Taylor Nordberg at Smoke & Mirrors Productions. The artwork for the album was also done by Taylor Nordberg.

BECKO Drops Cover of Kate Bush’s ‘Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)’

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Italian trap-metal artist Marco Calanca aka BECKO, known for his love of anime and his dynamic ability to fuse genres, returns to take on Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” (A Deal With God) made popular again by the Netflix show Stranger Things. The new electropop cover features a dynamic fusion of synths and beats laced together with a charismatic vocal performance from Becko for an overall somber atmosphere and showcasing his wide range of vocal talent and production abilities.

“I’ve loved the 4th season of stranger things,” says Becko. “And this song represents the best part of the show!“

“Running Up The Hill (A Deal With God)” is out now from independent multi-genre label FiXT.

Purchase/Stream: https://found.ee/RunningUp

Rising from the ashes of post hardcore band Hopes Die Last, Italian multi-genre producer, musician, and vocalist Marco Calanca created Becko as a solo project, uniting influences of EDM, Hip-Hop, Industrial, and Emo-Rock.
With previous releases under his belt with labels ranging from Warner Italy and Universal Italy, to Monstercat, Lowly Palace, and Smash the House since 2014, Becko found a new home in early 2020, signing a multi-album deal with the independent, artist-owned/operated USA-based electronic-rock label FiXT, founded by genre-pioneering artist & producer Klayton (Celldweller, Circle of Dust).
In 2020, Becko released the full-length album INNER SELF, as a triumphant fusion of trap & metal. In 2021 Becko released a flurry of singles including “Darkest Days” which was produced by Mike Shinoda all on the path leading up to the release of his second full-length trap-metal album with FiXT, You Are (Not) Alone, which dropped in early 2022

CATALYST Sign to Non Serviam Records, New Album Coming in Fall 2022

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French technical death metallers CATALYST have officially joined forces with one of the most passionate labels in the extreme metal Non Serviam Records.

The band comments on the signing news: “We are proud to announce that our sophomore album will be released by the highly qualitative Dutch record label Non Serviam Records! Set of years of hard work, it is with immense pleasure that we will work in synergy with this label. Non Serviam Records is a house which always focuses on quality, with only a few releases per year, fully concentrating on each effort they put out. Therefore, we know that signing with them will perfectly match our expectations for this second opus, with a tailor-made experience for the band. The whole Catalyst crew is thrilled to begin this new adventure with Non Serviam Records as we are convinced that the work provided by its runner Ricardo Gelok perfectly fits our artistic vision. We can’t wait to share with you this epic and extreme journey throughout our new songs.”
 
Ricardo Gelok, Non Serviam Records owner continues: ” I was pleasantly surprised when I heard the first notes of the new Catalyst promo. I knew right away that this was a band I would like to sign with the label. Technical Death Metal, which is nevertheless very accessible and also pleasant to listen to.”

Founded in 2017 by Jules Kicka, CATALYST is a 4-piece death metal act from France, dragging the old-school sound forward to open it up to a more contemporary, technical and progressive shade, apart from its kind.
After a well-received debut EP “Dawn Of A Dreadful Fate” (2017) and the critically acclaimed album “The Great Purpose Of The Lords” (2019), CATALYST are now ready to unleash their devastating sophomore album in Fall 2022.
 
More details about the new album and a first taste of what it has to offer will be unveiled soon.

CATALYST are
Jefferson Brand – Bass / Back vocals
Jules Kicka – Guitar / Vocals
Stéphane Petit – Drums / Back vocals
Florian Iochem – Guitar / Back vocals

VOMIT FORTH Release New Song + Video for ‘Carnivorous Incantation’

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Connecticut-based Northeast death metal powerhouse VOMIT FORTH have released their new song and video for “Carnivorous Incantation”. Watch the music video  HERE.

Band comments:

“Carnivorous Incantation is somewhat of a self-reflective song,” states VOMIT FORTH vocalist Kane Gelaznik about the track. “ It’s about the effects of abuse on our psyche.  Abuse begets abuse like some horrible spell cast on us all.  The song is a way of trying to externalize, understand, and move past trauma.  This video is intentionally unnerving and spastic. We wanted the video to stick with you because of the subject matter of the song.  That’s a big reason we decided to go with 8498.  I hope this helps victims of abuse of any kind to move past their trauma.”

“Carnivorous Incantation” is the second track, following “Predatory Savious”, released off VOMIT FORTH’s forthcoming full-length album, “Seething Malevolence”, which is set for release on July 8th. While the band is known for a sound that borrows from the underappreciated East Coast death metal blueprint belched up from bands like Internal Bleeding and Scattered Remnants, Seething Malevolence expands to more experimental and unexpected sounds, refracting the band’s love for the likes of Napalm Death  or Full of Hell. Seething Malevolence delivers on the promise of everything VOMIT FORTH has hinted at so far Northeast death metal.

Pre-order here.

DEFLESHED Sign with Metal Blade, New Album “Grind Over Matter” Coming in Fall 2022

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Metal Blade is proud to welcome DEFLESHED to its Worldwide roster. From the mid-90s to 2005, Sweden’s DEFLESHED churned out a hot blend of thrash, death metal and grindcore, marking themselves as one of the most vital bands in all three of those genres. Having run out of inspiration and wanting to try other things they called it a day the same year they released their fifth album Reclaim The Beat, and ever since fans have hollered for their reunion. In 2021 they got what they were asking for when the band’s core lineup – guitarist Lars Löfven, drummer Matte Modin and bassist/vocalist Gustaf Jorde – got back together. They released the Fleshless And Wild single the same year and are now looking forward to releasing another full-length in the fall!

Comments Defleshed: “We are excited to announce that Metal Blade will be releasing our first album in 17 years, “Grind Over Matter”! Having been fans to bands on this label since our teenage years, it’s an honour to be added to their roster. Earlier this year we recorded 11 songs with Lawrence Mackrory at Rorysound in Uppsala, Sweden, which we are thrilled to share with you in the fall. Fast forward!“

“Grind Over Matter” will be released October 28th via Metal Blade Records. Stay tuned for the first videos and singles to drop over the summer! A short teaser can be viewed HERE!

Defleshed live:
28/10/22 SE – Uppsala – Katalin / album release show
29/10/22 SE – Karlstad – Nöjesfabriken
05/11/22 SE – Linköping – The Crypt w/Skitsystem
02-03/12/22 SE – Gothenburg – Black Mass GBG

Defleshed line-up:
Gustaf Jorde – vocals/bass
Lars Löfven – guitars
Matte Modin – drums