Up-and coming death doom metal act ENDONOMOS has inked a worldwide record deal with Argonauta Records for the release of their upcoming debut album during 2022!
ENDONOMOS is the brainchild of Austrian multi-instrumentalist, producer and session musician Lukas Haidinger, who is mostly known for playing extreme metal in bands such as Profanity, Nervecell, Distaste and many more, but as a longtime doomer, he finally brought his sinister yet melodic sound to tape.
Of what started as a one man’s urge to craft menacing yet epic death doom, turned into a full group of dedicated musicians in 2021. Along with some of his closest friends to accompany Haidinger on this new adventure, namely Armin Schweiger (drums), Philipp Forster (guitars) and Christoph Steinlechner (guitars), ENDONOMOS are currently gearing up for the release of their blistering, first full-length coming soon on Argonauta Records. Today, the band has already unleashed a first track taken from their self-titled debut!
Bass player Linus Klausenitzer of progressive metal outfit OBSIDIOUS is now releasing a bass play-through for the band’s latest single, “Sense of Lust.” The track is taken from the band’s upcoming debut album, which will be released later this year via Season of Mist! Stay tuned for more details! The video can be seen via the official Ibanez YouTube HERE.
Linus comments on the video: “The Obsidian is a jet black and heavy stone. These characteristics are perfectly represented by our new song ‘Sense Of Lust’ as well by the new Ibanez ‘Iron Label’ bass. The studio recording of the song is actually played mostly with a fretless bass. However, for this play through video I wanted to create an alternative sound by using this fretted bass. I hope you enjoy the intensity of the riffs and the bass sound as much as I do!“
Recently, Season of Mist announced the signing of OBSIDIOUS which was accompanied by the band’s first single ‘Iconic’.
In April 2020 guitarist Rafael Trujillo, bassist Linus Klausenitzer and drummer Sebastian Lanser decided to move on from their former band OBSCURA to continue their musical path with the completely new band OBSIDIOUS. Free from former boundaries, OBSIDIOUS merge extreme metal with other genres of music into a unique style that people will somehow find familiar, but haven‘t heard yet. Together with their singer Javi Perera they set out to create a musical evolution: With a fresh name, reaching for new fan groups utilizing modern marketing ideas. OBSIDIOUS’ band members have many facets and influences to build upon, using virtuosity & technique to write great songs.
Rafael Trujillo, Linus Klausenitzer and Sebastian Lanser built a strong bond after years of worldwide touring and recording together with OBSCURA. With their last record “Diluvium”, that was primarily composed by the trio, the band celebrated their biggest success to date. Formerly unseen chart positions alongside massive praise by prominent media outlets & magazines document the success of this team. OBSIDIOUS aims to expand the existing fan base that they’ve gained: All (ex-)formations of the Obsidious members were defined through their musical characters.
The four band members that are based in Europe are known for their high musicianship and virtuosity. Their advanced technical level is an essential and unique part of their compositions. Guitarist Rafael Trujillo has a multicultural background and studied music in different countries all around the globe. Linus Klausenitzer is one of the busiest session bassists in the scene and renowned for his 7-string fretless bass sound. Strong drum independence skills and stylistic diversity make Sebastian Lanser one of the most influential drummers of the new generation. The web community shares the Ex-Obscura members’ excitement about singer Javi Perera being celebrated for his diverse and charismatic vocal skills.
OBSIDIOUS‘ music consists of modern riffs, strong decisive energetic melodies, virtuosity and epic unison lines. They love music that’s heavy, catchy, fast, and wild. The brand new album is currently being recorded and will be released via Season of Mist early 2022.
Dutch avant-garde death metal titans THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT are releasing ‘V4 – Vernedering‘, a boxset containing V1 – Versvs, V2 – Vergelding and V3 – Vernedering. The infamous triptych is shipped as 3 CD BOX with 36 page booklet, and includes additional bonus tracks.
THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT comment: ‘Behold the “trilogy” which was never intended as a trilogy. This unashamed cash grab is just another insult for the true metal fan. Trade is a proper and decent relationship, with dignity and respect on both sides. But “V4-Verbittering” is the ultimate proof that these self-proclaimed emperors definitely have no clothes.’
The original, individual V1 – Versvs, V2 – Vergelding and V3 – Vernedering are (almost) sold out and will never be reprinted as individual albums.
Full tracklisting:
V1 – Versus
1. Hal Sinden’s Radio Dramas 2. The Furious Gods 3. Die Glocke 4. Seven Months Of Mysticum 5. Uchronian March Of The Deathcults 6. This Inhuman Place Makes Human Monsters 7. From The Stalinic Perspective 7. Black Camelot (Bonus) 8. Country Boy (Bonus)
V2 – Vergelding
1. Planet Wrath 2. Dawn of the Planet of the Ashes 3. Come Forth Lazarus 4. Fist of Stalin 5. The #Snowflake Anthem 6. Rise of the Dhul-Fakar 7. Die Glocke (Live Graspop Metal Meeting 2017) 8. The Furious Gods (live Graspop Metal Meeting 2017) 10. Ka-Tsetnik 135633 (Bonus) 11. Jesus Came Back as a Texan (Bonus) 12. Chechyna (Bonus)
V3 – Vernedering
1. Connect the Goddamn Dots 2. Gone Sour, Doomed 3. Vernedering 4. Blood Libels 5. The White Silence 6. They Drew First Blood 7. L’Ouverture de Morose 8. Connect the Goddamn Dots(single edit) 9. Feet of Jeremiah 10. Behind the Curve 11. Moffenhoer
Photo by Jani Kormu (Photo editing: Esa Hallanoro)
Helsinki based 5-piece Death Metal band OvDeth brings their unique touch to the Nordic extreme metal scene. Since 2016, the band has forged their solid Death Metal rooted music into a recognizable style that conveys a deep and gloomy atmosphere. “From darkness to despair, and ultimately to integrity”. The band voyages boldly into these stands, both on the record and live.
Check the lyric video to opening track “March of the Blind”:
Mortal Burden showcases Death Metal songs from an epic atmosphere to kick-ass headbanging. Each piece paints its own world, tells its own story, and adds to the entire four-part EP. Blasts, grooves, heavy riffs, melodic surprises and slicing growls. With these, Mortal Burden takes it’s audience from the historical battle to the mouth of the demon.
Do you know what could be more frustrating than being a musician during quarantine? How about being both a musician and a physician?
Dr. Nikan Nasim, lead vocalist of Iranian Metalcore band One Missing Link describes the complexities an emerging metalcore band goes through, especially with him facing and fighting Covid-19 right at the frontlines in an exclusive Covid-19 hospital as a general physician as, “It’s just unbelievable how everything could suspend me from doing what I have loved since I was 17. As a musician, I couldn’t have any contact with band members because I was extremely susceptible to Covid-19 given my job as a physician where I must work non-stop, helping and doing whatever I could in that horrible situation. On the other hand, vaccine availability was another major problem. It was a cut above the rest compared to other difficulties.”
Their newest song, ‘The Monstrosity’, released through the first Iranian Metal Label Tough Sounds on the 4th of February, is the product of those horrible circumstances. The Music Video took one night to shoot, it was shot and edited by Istanbul based videographer Hamid Shahcheraghi of Darken Rush, The song was produced by Rubén Zafra (Hunt the Dinosaur, Wavey, Viscaya) and it’s about the dark side inside all of us that emerges in hardship and how we should stop ignoring the depth of filth in our hearts but instead face it head-on and fight it.
Nikan continues, “Moving on without accepting the other half within ourselves is impossible. You are the one who decides what personality you adopt. You have to claim it, talk to it, make it emerge, send shivers through its spine. Let’s hang this insidious demon for all eternity!”
Despite everything, One Missing Link kept pushing as their upcoming EP is on the production stage and will be released in 2022.
Guitarist Mahan Abdollahi Notes: “Breaking down emotionally is an inevitable thing when it comes to the pandemic; as an Ex-Nursing staff, there was a time everything drowned in chaos during the pandemic, and I was desperately sitting down writing my ideas on the new EP, sharing them with Nikan. This EP is about a dark side created by the darkest of days. Be sure to get vaccinated, stay safe, check the new single, and stay tuned for upcoming news and releases about the EP”.
Artwork by: Melina Hosseini
Devastating Metalcore Grooves with Post Hardcore sensibilities, One Missing Link proves themselves to be the Iranian representatives of the New Wave of Core. Colored by the integrity of outfits like Wage War, The Black Dahlia Murder, and Motionless in White, One Missing Link combines the extremity of Rusty Metalcore Noises with the fragility of unstable apperception. The band’s initial inception started with vocalist Nikan Nasim and guitarist Ali Mostanbet’s cover of the Architects song Royal Beggars in 2020. They released their first original single, “Shivers,” a year later, after the departure of “Ali Mostanbet.” One Missing Link’s latest endeavor comes in the form of “The Monstrosity,” a song Nikan wrote while treating patients at a Covid Exclusive hospital. The song centers around facing and defeating the darkest versions of ourselves.
MOONLIGHT HAZE have released a video for the song “It’s Insane”, third single taken from the new album “Animus”, set to be released on March 18th 2022 via Scarlet Records.
“With this new single we wanted to describe a very specific feeling: do you know when you reach the breaking point and decide not to give a damn about anything and enjoy the moment? That’s what the lyrics are about. We played around with the double meaning of the expression ‘it’s insane’, because sometimes it’s wonderful to just let things go a little, turn the phone off, shut all the alarms down, relax and do stuff that is seemingly meaningless but makes us feel good and alive for real. The video follows the concept behind the song and pushes it even further… now it’s up to you to find out what we had been doing in some of the silly scenes of it. In any case, the video really shows how much fun we had throughout it!” – Chiara Tricarico, frontwoman & lyricist
Recorded by MOONLIGHT HAZE and mixed & mastered by Simone Mularoni at the renowned Domination Studio, “Animus” boasts the stunning performance of vocalist Chiara Tricarico and is graced by the amazing artwork and pictures of Beatrice Demori.
01. The Nothing 02. It’s Insane 03. Kintsugi 04. Animus 05. The Thief and the Moon 06. Midnight Haze 07. Tonight 08. Never Say Never 09. We’ll Be Free 10. A Ritual of Fire 11. Horror & Thunder
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