U.D.O. To Release New Album “Steelfactory” In August, First Single “Rising High” Revealed

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German metal gods U.D.O. roll over us with a heavyweight made of steel and metal better than ever!

On August 31st 2018 the new album “Steelfactory” will be released worldwide via AFM Records. With “Steelfactory” U.D.O return to their core competence, clearly influenced by their past shows with DIRKSCHNEIDER, the songs in their rousingly simple straightness have a hymn character, as it is only known from the past.

“Steelfactory” has become a timeless metal album and thus the impressive statement of a master of his craft.

With its earthy, punchy and handmade sound – with the participation of the Danish producer Jacob Hansen (among others Volbeat) – “Steelfactory” meets the nerve of the time, which may be triggered again since the successful DIRKSCHNEIDER tour worldwide.

Stream below “Rising High”, the first single from “Steelfactory”:

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WATAIN To Tour Europe With ROTTING CHRIST And PROFANATICA In November

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WATAIN will return to European stages in autumn 2018. With the release of their latest album, the band has continued their way into their own unique abyss where lawless and violent magic clashes madly with stern Black Metal tradition. Now it is time to present songs like “Nuclear Alchemy” or “Towards the Sanctuary” to the fans who have been patiently waiting for the band to return in all their morbid, bloodsoaked glory.

Stated the band:

“Night calls on summer’s end
Dark aspect, breed divine
Knee-deep, the blood of swine”
(Samhain 1986)

We can now announce that the first full European tour for Trident Wolf Eclipse will take place in November 2018. 21 dates of Black Metal Magic in the mighty company of none other than Rotting Christ from Greece and Profanatica from US, two legends that have inspired not only Watain but the entire Black Metal movement for ages. We hope to see you all in November when the ancient forces of Darkness shall be summoned again, in ecstasy and reverence.

Supported by the mighty ROTTING CHRIST and the black metal veterans of legendary PROFANATICA, WATAIN’s “Trident’s Curse” tour is bound to set the world ablaze in ecstacy and Raw Black Metal power! 

Watain (SE) – “Trident’s Curse” European Tour 2018
+ Rotting Christ (GR)
+ Profanatica (US)
Presented by: Rock Hard, Legacy, Metal.de

02.11.2018 – Denmark, Copenhagen, Pumpehuset
03.11.2018 – Germany, Leipzig, Hellraiser
04.11.2018 – Poland, Warsaw, Progresja
06.11.2018 – Czech Republic, Prague, Meet Factory
07.11.2018 – Hungary, Budapest, Barba Negra
09.11.2018 – Germany, Munich, Backstage
10.11.2018 – Switzerland, Zug, Chollerhalle
11.11.2018 – Italy, Milan, Live Club
12.11.2018 – France, Colmar, Le Grillen
14.11.2018 – Spain, Barcelona, Razzmatazz 2
15.11.2018 – Spain, Madrid, Chango Club
16.11.2018 – France, Limoges, CC John Lennon
17.11.2018 – France, Paris, La Machine du Moulin Rouge
18.11.2018 – France, Lille, Tyrant Fest
20.11.2018 – Germany, Saarbrücken, Garage
21.11.2018 – Germany, Mannheim, MS Connexion Complex
22.11.2018 – Germany, Berlin, Astra
23.11.2018 – Belgium, Antwerp, Trix
24.11.2018 – Germany, Bochum, Matrix
25.11.2018 – Netherlands, Nijmegen, Doornroosje

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HIRAX Announce European 2018 Tour For August

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Legendary U.S. Bay Area Thrash Gods, HIRAX, have announced the European August 2018 tour dates! See the details below.

HIRAX European August 2018 Tour:
Thu 09.08 – Alicante (SPA) Leyandes Del Rock Fest
Fri 10.08 – Hamburg (GER) Hafenklang
Sat 11.08 – Jaromer (CZE) Brutal Assault
Sun 12.08 – Ypres (BEL) Ieperfest
Mon 13.08 – Mannheim (GER) MS Connexion Complex W/ Warbringer
Fri 17.08 – Abruzzo (ITA) Frantic Fest
Sat 18.08 – Parma (ITA) MU Club
Sun 19.08 – Nice (FRA) Altherax Music
Mon 20.08 – Toulouse (FRA) L’usine à musique
Tue 21.08 – Montpellier (FRA) Secret Place
Wed 22.08 – Lyon (FRA) Rock N Eat
Thu 23.08 – Aaburg (SUI) Musigburg
Fri 24.08 – Spital am Semmering (AUS) Kaltenbach Open Air
Sat 25.08 – Banska Bystrica (SVK) Rock klub Tartaros
Sun 26.08 – Dresden (GER) Chemiefabrik Dresden (Chemo)

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HIRAX is an American thrash metal band beginning in 1984 under the leadership of vocalist Katon W. De Pena (founding member). The band was an early example of the thrash metal, speed metal and crossover. HIRAX is based in Los Angeles but, at that time, because of the weak metal scene in their area, they spent most of their time playing in San Francisco along with Slayer, Metallica, and Exodus, who were all part of the exciting new metal emerging from the Bay area. They released a four-song demo in 1984. This demo was widely circulated and the band became known and respected worldwide through the metal tape trading underground. Since then HIRAX has released 5 full length studio albums and multiple EPs and has toured the world including many festivals in South America, Europe, Japan, Scandinavia, and the U.S.A.

More information at:
HIRAX: https://www.facebook.com/HIRAXOfficial | http://www.hirax.org
MANAGEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement | https://alphaomega-management.com

METALHEADS FOREVER: June 2018 Issue Available, Feat. Interviews With PHENOMY, ANTHRAX, AT THE GATES, AMORPHIS And Many More

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METALHEADS FOREVER, one of the biggest metal entities out there (having today more than 151000 members) and Alpha Omega‘s partner since February 2018, have posted online their June 2018 issue, featured by Alpha Omega’s PHENOMY interview, alongside ANTHRAX, AT THE GATES, AMORPHIS and many more!

Read the PHENOMY interview here.

To read all the interviews and the whole METALHEADS FOREVER June 2018 issue, go here and get more information at this location.

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Just recently PHENOMY released their new video “Sacrifice (Live at i8 Production Studios)”, taken from their latest album “Threaten World Order” (out March 2018). Watch the video here:

Next PHENOMY shows:
July 6-7 – Metalhead Meeting 2018 – Arenele Romane – Bucharest, Romania
August 2 – Wachen Open Air 2018 – Germany
September 7 – Beirut Metal Fest – Beirut, Lebanon

Lebanese metal band PHENOMY was formed by Loïc El Haddad and Rudy Bejjani in 2014. The band’s sound is a mixture of Thrash/Groove metal with Melodies, breakdowns and tribal/ethnic rhythms. Only three month after its formation, PHENOMY performed in several local gigs and in the Persian Metal and Rock Festival in Cannakale/Troya city in Turkey alongside big names like Orphaned Land. Later on, PHENOMY released their debut album “Once And For All” and received good feedbacks from magazines and webzines, before signing a distribution deal with Via Nocturna in 2017. In Summer 2017 PHENOMY toured with Repay the eastern European countries (Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria). Furthermore the band supported GRAVE in Lebanon in October 2017. The band released their second album “Threaten World Order” on March 2018.

More information at:
BAND: https://www.facebook.com/PhenomyOfficial | https://www.phenomy.net
MANAGEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement | https://alphaomega-management.com

OBSCURA Share “Emergent Evolution”, Announce Headlining North American Tour

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Photo by Christian Martin Weiss

Germany’s progressive death metal masters OBSCURA have shared the second single from their highly anticipated impending full-length album Diluvium. Watch the official visualizer video for “Emergent Evolution” via Metal Injection HERE.

Additionally, OBSCURA have announced a North American headlining tour, presented by Metal Injection and set to take place from mid-September through early October. The band will be joined by Beyond Creation, Archspire, Inferi & Exist for what is sure to be THE most talked about progressive death metal tour of the year. The full list of tour dates will be announced shortly.

Vocalist / Guitarist Steffen Kummerer commented on the run:

“Obscura finally return to North America with an extended headlining tour supporting our brand new record “Diluvium” which marks the end of a ten year, four album cycle. With Beyond Creation, Archspire, Inferi and Exist we return to the United States and Canada with the most extreme tour of the year. We can’t wait to hit the road again and present you songs off all four records “Cosmogenesis”, “Omnivium”, “Akroasis” and “Diluvium”.

Watch the previously released video for “Diluvium” via YouTube HERE and stream the song AT THIS LOCATION. “Diluvium” was directed by Mirko Witzki (Kreator, Blind Guardian, Caliban) and further explores the album’s celestial themes.

OBSCURA’s fifth studio album Diluvium is due out July 13th on CD/LP/Digital via Relapse Records. Physical packages are available via Relapse.com HERE and Digital Downloads / Streaming Services AT THIS LOCATION.

Recorded with longtime producer V. Santura (Triptykon, Pestilence) at Woodshed Studios in Landshut, Germany, Diluvium is a stunning achievement for the illustrious quartet and a landmark release for progressive metal as a whole. Complete with all the band’s signature elements plus groundbreaking polyrhythms, dramatic songwriting, and jaw-dropping virtuosity, OBSCURA raise the bar once again with an album that will go down in the annals of metal history as one of the most astonishing performances the genre has to offer.

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Album Art Credit: Orion Landau

Shane Embury: Launches New Label With His Own BORN TO MURDER THE WORLD Project

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Britain’s original grindfather, Shane Embury, has today launched his own Extrinsic Recordings label by confirming details of his first release. Set up with the purpose of providing an outlet for his creative endeavours outside of his Napalm Death “day job”, Extrinsic Recordings’ first release will be BORN TO MURDER THE WORLD. Pre-order here.

The album is titled “The Infinite Mirror Of Millennial Narcissism”, and it will be released digitally on August 24. The first track, ‘Brutal Alchemist’, is streaming now via Decibel. Listen here.

Born To Murder The World

With the weight of two stalwarts of extreme metal behind it, BORN TO MURDER THE WORLD was always going to be heavy. With the blueprint for the band hashed out on drunken night’s out in their Birmingham home town, Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Venomous Concept, Brujeria, Lock Up etc) and Mick Kenney (Anaal Nathrakh, Mistress) swore to join forces. 

Having known each other for the best part of twenty years, and being avid fans of each others’ creative output, distance was no barrier for the pair once Kenney relocated to California. As the album began to take shape, they recruited Duncan Wilkins AKA Drunk (Fukpig, Mistress) to give a voice to tracks such as ‘The Virus Is Within Us All’, and ‘Brutality Alchemist’.

Describing their unholy union as a “brutal amalgamation of Napalm Death and Anaal Nathrakh”, BORN TO MURDER THE WORLD is very much the sum of its parts, and then some. With songwriting jointly handled by Embury and Kenney, recording, mixing and mastering was also taken care of by the latter at his own studio, The Barracks.

As he enters his 34th year of making music, Extrinsic Recordings is a new outlet for all of Embury’s forthcoming projects and collaborations. 

Track List:
1. When The Heart Is Violated
2. Brutality Alchemist
3. Genesis Misconception
4. The Virus Within Us All
5. As He Creates So He Destroys
6. Penetrate The Descent
7. The Death of Dreams
8. Poisoning Purity
9. Negative Plague
10. Corruption Feeds Deception
11. Tiyanak
12. How Barren Is Life Without Sin
BORN TO MURDER THE WORLD is:
Drunk – vocals
Mick Kenney – Guitars/ Bass/ Programming
Shane Embury – Guitars/ Bass

The Infinite Mirror Of Millennial Narcissism Cover Art