Death metal force Ancient Entities proudly present the lyric video for “Pierced by Obsidian”, a track taken from the band’s album “Echoes of Annihilation”, out via Wormholedeath.
Step into the shadowy depths of ancient Mayan history with “Pierced by Obsidian.” Witness the harrowing reenactment of a sacrificial ceremony where a chosen victim, bound to a stake, faces a relentless barrage of obsidian-tipped arrows. This chilling ritual, shrouded in mystery and blood-soaked tradition, unveils the brutal reverence the Mayans held for their gods. Prepare to be mesmerized by the haunting visuals and the sheer intensity of this powerful portrayal of primal sacrifice.
Ancient Entities, comprising Alex Rausa, Jake Falk, Luke Veranth, and Brian Gulliford, delve deep into the annals of ancient civilizations, weaving tales of war tactics, brutality, folklore, and mythology into their powerful soundscapes. The band’s mission is clear: to transport listeners back to ancient times, capturing the essence of historical narratives through their relentless music, immersive ambiance, and crushing riffs.
Don’t miss out on what promises to be one of the standout metal releases of the year. Stay connected with Ancient Entities and immerse yourself in their sonic world through the following link: linktr.ee/Anciententities
“Echoes of Annihilation” is available on all digital platforms here:orcd.co/echoesofan
Finnish melancholic metal band Garden of Stone is set to release their debut album ‘The Grave Mistake’ on November 29th 2024 via Inverse Records. The third single ‘Daydream’ is released today and the lyric video is available, below.
The band comments: “Reminiscent of Garden of Stone’s first EP, “Daydream” begins slowly, building the song from the ground up, adding more and more layers as the song progresses, providing the listener hints of the grand crescendo that awaits at the end. The lyrics depict a struggle with faith and freedom, using the metaphor of a bird with clipped wings to express a desire to break free from personal limitations. Themes of entrapment, defiance, and the pursuit of peace are woven throughout, culminating in a sense of empowerment and liberation.”
Garden of Stone is a melodic metal band that weaves together melancholic rock and heavy metal. From the band you can expect brooding atmospheres, beautiful melodies, and face melting riffs.
The band was formed in 2023 when guitarists Jere Mäntysalo and Ville Penkari recruited Jesse Salo to sing and scream for their project. Soon after, drummer Tapio Haverinen joined to keep the rhythm department in check. The group was completed when bassist Kalle Hänninen joined to govern the lowest frequencies.
Garden of Stone published their debut EP, Tides of Decay, in February of 2024. The band is showing no signs of slowing down, as they are gearing up to release an LP later in 2024 after a series of singles.
Line-up: Jere Mäntysalo – Guitar Jesse Salo – Vocals Kalle Hänninen – Bass Ville Penkari – Guitar Tapio Haverinen – Drums
“Gone To Hell” is the latest single from Swedish death metal legends THE CROWN. The thundering new track comes off the band’s anticipated twelfth studio album, Crown Of Thorns, set for release on October 11th through Metal Blade Records.
Elaborates THE CROWN guitarist Marko Tervonen, “‘Gone To Hell’ is a very special song in many ways. As you may have seen on our older albums, there are quite a few songs where the music is by ‘Olsfelt/Tervonen’ [referring to former bassist Magnus Olsfelt]. But that doesn’t actually mean that we wrote the song together. It was more about Magnus ‘stealing’ some riffs from me from songs that never made it to the albums. So he nicked the best stuff and included them into his songs. But ‘Gone To Hell’ was the first time we wrote something together. Magnus showed me the basic riffs to the song, on bass. We recorded it to a metronome and then I sort of ‘took over.’ I added the melodies, arranged it, wrote the drums and vocals etc. So, it was actually the only song we ever worked on together before he left the band. The song is more mid-tempo oriented; it almost has some post-punk elements to it. I personally love it and I’m super proud of it. I expect to read a lot of ‘what is this soft song shit’ from people, otherwise I will be very disappointed!“
Watch THE CROWN‘s “Gone To Hell” video, created by Anton Hallenberg and Robin Schulz:
Watch the band’s previously released video for “Churchburner” at THIS LOCATION.
Crown Of Thorns serves as the band’s dynamic follow-up to 2021’s Royal Destroyer and the record’s musical dynamics are on a new level due in no small part to the 2022 addition of drummer Mikael Norén and bassist Mattias Rasmussen as well as the return of lead guitarist Marcus Sunesson, rejoining longtime members Tervonen and vocalist Johan Lindstrand. “With Mikael, we managed to bring back a bit more of that crazy ‘Janne Saarenpää’ feel to the drumming, so that was a really cool energy boost. Mattias comes more from a punk/crust background, and he wrote ‘I Hunt With The Devil’ and ‘Mind Collapse,’ which turned out great. This is definitely a step up in many ways, changing the way we worked on the CSV and RD albums.”
It’s very few bands who have a revered and established career – THE CROWN celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2020 (their first eight years spent as Crown Of Thorns) – yet up the ante continually. With 2018’s Cobra Speed Venom the band reached the same lofty heights as their 2002 landmark release, Crowned In Terror. And with the barbaric Royal Destroyer, and now, 2024’s powerful and unique Crown Of Thorns, the metal vets rage with a rekindled fire and ferocity while honoring their roots. As Tervonen concludes, noting of Crown Of Thorns, “I guess every band needs to do a self-titled album at some point. So now we did it, our way.”
Crown Of Thorns was recorded by Marko Tervonen (Studio-MT), mixed and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren (Black Lounge Studios).
The party continues. The Swabian power metallers VANISH are extending their “A Hint Of Solace” tour this fall with several club and festival appearances! Anyone who has missed them so far will get another chance to hear powerful power metal with an outstanding voice this fall! See the tour shows in the flyer, below.
VANISH formed in 2000 and have released three albums so far. Since then they have been on tour with Queensryche, Michael Schenker, Rage, Ross the Boss or Brainstorm among others and are also known at festivals like Rock of Ages (DE), Rock The Ring (CH) or Baltic Open Air (DE).
Line-up: Bastian Rose – Vocals, Keys Ralf Nopper – Drums Philipp Schönle – Guitars Andreas Armbruster – Bass Ben Galster – Guitars
Québec black metal horde SPECTRAL WOUND will be embarking on the ‘Bloodmoon Oath 2024’ tour in support of HULDER throughout the West Coast. The band will hit the road today, September 17 in Seattle, WA and will draw the curtain in Oakland, CA on September 28. Tickets can be found at THIS LOCATION.
SPECTRAL WOUND is supporting its fourth full-length, ‘Songs of Blood and Mire,’ which was released on August 23, 2024 via Profound Lore Records. The record can be streamed at THIS LOCATION.
Spectral Wound play black metal. Furious and visceral, untrammeled by esoteric posture or grasping idealism. It is music for the poisoned, the futile, the debauched and profane. The blooming of a flower of corruption, torn by cold winds.
SPECTRAL WOUND U.S. Dates 2024, remaining shows (Bloodmoon Oath 2024 tour supporting HULDER w/ ARIDUS):
09/19: Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge 09/21: Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater 09/22: Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar 09/24: Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge 09/25: San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick 09/26: Garden Grove, CA @ The Locker Room 09/27: Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room 09/28: Oakland, CA @ Eli’s Mile High Club
Spectral Wound EU/UK Dates 2024:
10/24: London (UK) @ The Dome (w/Pagan Altar, Ante Inferno) 10/25: Copenhagen (DK) @ Pumpehuest (w/Imha Tarikat, Abyssinia) 10/26: Leipzig (DE) @ Institut fur Zukunft 10/27: Maastricht (NL) @ Samhain Festival
Spectral Wound play black metal. Furious and visceral, untrammelled by esoteric posture or grasping idealism. It is music for the poisoned, the futile, the debauched and profane. The blooming of a flower of corruption, torn by cold winds.
Following the raw early offering of Terra Nullius (Arcane Angels/Out of Season 2015) Spectral Wound continued their path of creeping, opulent decay and searing melody, weaving strands of Métal noir Québécois with the weft of the Scandinavian canon. Refining its sound over Infernal Decadence (Vendetta, 2018) and the towering, exultant melancholy of A Diabolic Thirst (Profound Lore, 2021), with Songs Of Blood and Mire (Profound Lore 2024) the band delivers an elegy of the void, seething with the venom and clamour of an ever-emptying world.
The album was recorded and mixed by Patrick McDowall (Guitarist in Spectral Wound) at his studio Black Gate and mastered by James Plotkin.
Lineup: Jonah – vocals Illusory – drums Patrick – guitars Sam – bass A.A. – guitars
Recorded and mixed by Patrick McDowall Mastered by James Plotkin
CLAUSTROFOBIA’s latest album, ‘Unleeched’, CD hits store racks today, while digital streaming/download options are online and a special limited 100 cassette pressing is available exclusively from the band and the label HERE
To further impact street date and promote the band’s ensuing tour CLAUSTROFOBIA have launched a new music video for “The Encrypted” Watch HERE.
“We are super stoked with the release of our new album ‘Unleeched’ with 2 bonus tracks via M Theory Audio today – Friday the 13th. By the way, what a date huh?” says CLAUSTROFOBIA singer/guitarist Marcus D’Angelo.
“We have a new video clip for the track ‘The Encrypted,’ which is the second song off ‘Unleeched,’ and it’s the heaviest, grooving track on the album. There is a curious story about the shooting day of this video,” further elaborates Marcus. “We recorded it on the same day as the video for ‘Stronger than Faith’ in Nelson Ghost Town, an abandoned gold mine located just 45 minutes from Las Vegas, and then we decided to do an extra take in a different spot, but the photography and background was too different from what we had been doing. Someone mentioned, you could shoot another song in this spot. We looked at each other and said, why not? We switched t-shirts, chose the ‘The Encrypted’ song and improvised everything on the spot without any pre-production or ideas. It was all very spontaneous and we were extremely pleased with the results. Caio D’Angelo, our drummer, edited it and this pure art happened.”
“We are about to hit the road with Sepultura, Obituary and Agnostic Front and 80% of our set will be focused on the new album, ‘Unleeched,’ which is gonna be at the merch booth available on CD and Cassette, we count on your support. Don’t expect anything but our best. See you on the road.”
‘Unleeched’ was produced, mixed and mastered by Adair Daufembach (Angra, Cadaver, Tony MacAlpine) with cover artwork by Alcides Burn. The album which has been released in Brazil, as well as digitally, is now being made available domestically (and for the first-time on cassette).
“The first step in our partnership with M-Theory Audio will be the reissue of the album ‘Unleeched,’ including two bonus tracks – ‘Riff Cult’ and ‘Força além da Força’ which is a Portuguese version of Pantera’s ‘Strength Beyond Strength,’” explains Marcus. “We composed and recorded this album during the pandemic, and all that atmosphere of uncertainty, fear and faith were crucial to finishing the work. For the first time we used clean vocals on a song, we brought Marc Rizzo [Soulfly, Cavalera Conspiracy, Ill Nino guitarist] as a guest player. This album is very brutal but there are lots of emotions on it. I consider it our most inspired album ever because the band was united and solid”.
Remaining tour dates: 9/20 Denver, CO @ The Ogden Theater 9/21 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot 9/22 Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory 9/23 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox SODO 9/25 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield 9/26 Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo 9/27 San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues 9/28 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre 9/30 Dallas, TX @ The Factory 10/02 Tampa, FL @ Jannus Live 10/03 Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theater 10/04 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz 10/05 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live 10/06 Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall 10/08 Cleveland, OH @ The Agora Ballroom 10/09 Toronto, ON @ Rebel * 10/10 Montreal, QC @ L’Olympia * 10/11 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium 10/12 New York, NY @ The Palladium Times Square
*Harvest to open and no Claustrofobia
Claustrofobia continues promoting its latest album, ‘Unleeched’. In this project, the Brazilian heavy metal group brings back its classic aggressive sound, and also expands its sound over 9 brand new tracks. Produced by Adair Daufembach and Claustrofobia, and recorded, mixed and mastered by Adair Daufembach in August 2020 at Northwood Sound Studio in Los Angeles, ‘Unleeched’ is available on all digital platforms and in physical format, released by the ForMusic label.
Now based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Brazilian death/thrash metal trio Claustrofobia, formed in 1994 by brothers Marcus and Caio D’Angelo, has a career spanning nearly three decades, a discography comprising six full-length albums and a release in DVD, a multitude of international tours, high-performance live performances sharing stages with the likes of Iron Maiden, Slayer and Anthrax, as well as countless fans across the world.
“Building a cult os one of those things that’s easy in theory but tough in practice. Or it is, anyway, if you’re not Claustrofobia — a Brazilian death metal-tinged trad-thrash ultra-power trio that will have you head banging“ – Shawn Macomber, Decibel Magazine
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