Tattarisuo Finland in the 1930s: A man stole corpses from the cemetery to first dismember them and then bury them in the mud, because he expected a satanic treasure to rise from the dead as a result.
Timeleap – Today: Based on the case of Tattarisuo, a musical monster arises from the ashes of Corpse Molester Cult to seemingly prove that death is not the end. DEAD TALKS from Lohja (Finland) are ready to unleash their full-length debut “Veneration Of The Dead” full of waltzing midtempo death metal tunes you can’t escape.
The first heavy guitar strums of ‘Son Of The Nameless One’ let a slow bulldozer roll over the listener, leaving behind nothing but wasteland. You have to face ‘The Human Plague’ now, an all-crushing stomper. The horror picks up the pace – but just a little – to make ‘508’ even more hazardous, and it seems like ‘The End Of The Tunnel’ has been reached. But DEAD TALKS live up to their name and make you face a ‘Pedophile God’. Black’n’roll reigns while the hearse is driven by the ‘Death’s Charioteer’. After this ride, it’s getting more atmospheric during ‘Skinless’ before ‘Trigger/Religion’ makes you want to start the whole terror again.
Today the band presents the first single ‘The End Of The Tunnel’ from the album today, enjoy the video below!
Video directed by Esa Valkeajärvi // Blow Up That Gramophone
“Veneration of The Dead” by DEAD TALKS will be released via APOSTASY RECORDS on August 18. 2023! Arm your ears for this strike of dread!
June 23rd sees the release of “Intergalactic Battle Tunes”, the debut album by German high-speed power metallers SCULFORGE. To raise the anticipation to intergalactic heights, with “Glorious”, a first taster of the almost 70(!) minute album, is now available as a lyric video on the MDD Youtube channel!
For those who missed the first announcements: Sculforge provide a concept album that tells an epic sci-fi story over 26 chapters. On this you will not only find great Metal Hymns between Power and Thrash, but also radio play-like interludes, which complete the overall concept. Look forward to a fresh, virtuoso and wacky masterpiece! The accordingly epically long tracklist you will find below.
MUSTASCH can be described in many ways. With their straightforward and uncompromising attitude they provoke many, but their music is loved by many more. And no matter what people think, Mustasch is one of Sweden’s biggest hard rock bands of all time. Formed in 1998, Mustasch has won several Swedish Grammies for best album and toured Europe multiple times as headlines.
In 2015, the band released their 8th album ‘Testosterone’ which became an instant crowd favourite. Today, Mustasch is presenting 2 hidden bonus tracks from the album Testosterone. ‘All For Nothing‘ and ‘Owner Of Nothing‘ both consists of heavy guitar riffs, driving rhythms, and powerful vocals. The two songs are simply Mustasch at their very best, and those who have seen and heard the band over the years knows that few hard rock bands deliver as Mustasch. With the characterizing energy and raw strength ‘All For Nothing‘ and ‘Owner Of Nothing‘ are a real treat for their fans!
‘All Or Nothing (Japan Bonus Track) and ‘Owner Of Nothing (Vinyl Bonus Track) are out now worldwide, here!
German black metal punks RANĂ unveil the next single taken from their new album, “Richtfeuer”, out on June 16th 2023 via Breath Sun Bone Blood. Stream the title track at THIS LOCATION.
No Clean Singing premiered the album’s first single, “Läutern”, at THIS LOCATION.
With “Richtfeuer“ RANĂ returns at full force in collaboration with Breath Sun Bone Blood with their second full length album. The album’s title “Richtfeuer” translates to “Leading Fire” or “Beacon”, and that is exactly what this album does…. Leads us into the burning down of this world with the hope of building a better one.
Four tracks of raging black metal punctuated with elements of d-beat driven neo-crust, chanted atmospheres, and mournfully oppressive doom, laced with melancholic guitar themes and vocal desperation.
Starting with the devastating and crushing power of the 11 minute opener “Läutern“, RANĂ sets the course for the coming 40 minute despair riddled assault. “Flamura”, the second track sets the tone with a more d-beat blackened crust tone which quickly deteriorates into furious blast beats… Desperation and urgency creating a feeling of relentless anxiety. The third track “Richtfeuer” opens with chanted vocals and mournful picked guitars that devolve into slabs of doom thrown at the listener, with heartbreaking melodic lines supported and then obliterated by black buzz. “Our Smouldering Grief / Im Brand”, the album’s final chapter (the first half also appeared on 2022’s “Black Metal Rainbows” Compilation) features melancholic guitar lines weaving in and out of hope and despair. Between life and death. The second half of the closing aural assault, “Im Brand”, leaves the listener in a pile of ash and rubble, tripping over the remnants of the world and frameworks this album wishes to destroy. And deeply ingrained in the gut-wrenching grief of this album is a hopeless call to arms. A futile attempt to strive and rebel to find a crack in the circle…. And to find solace in potentially failing in the process, only to rise again, burning.
Beautiful. Utterly brutal.
Antifascist Black Metal.
CD packaged in oversized A5 offset print with metallic gold, recycled natural ultra matte stock. Two sided poster and printed canvas logo patch inside.
Cassette j-card offset print with metallic gold on recycled natural ultra matte stock. Two sided poster and printed canvas logo patch included.
‘Celestial Vision’ is the MYSTFALL introduction to the international metal scene, combining the traditional symphonic metal sound and atmospheres with an enthralling melodramatic approach.
All the songs features catchy melodies, captivating choirs and some very tasteful orchestral arrangements; the whole record is influenced from battle, cinematic, celtic and classic music too. The superb and touching voice of frontwoman Marialena Trikoglou is the icing on the cake on a series of amazing compositions.
‘Celestial Vision’ will be released on July 21st via Scarlet Records.
Lyrically wise, the ‘Celestial Vision’ concept is quintessentially philosofical, looking for an answer to the perennial “meaning of life” quest.
produced and mastered by Dionisis Christodoulatos at CFN Recording Studio
cover and artwork by Sevi Spanou/Dimons Creative Studios
Right in time for the 40th anniversary of the self-titled album of one of the greatest Prog Rock bands of all time – GENESIS (THE best, if you ask multi-instrumentalist Tentakel P.) – void metal outfit OMEGA INFINITY presents their own take of the haunting opener to this album, “Mama.” The song can be streamed HERE.
This song on air is one of the first musical memories Tentakel had, being only a toddler when this came out, but the eerie atmosphere branded itself into his cortex and not only cemented his everlasting love for GENESIS, but would also never leave his head and drove him to search for similar dark music, eventually leading to Black Metal – the rest is history, and several bands celebrating the style.
A leftover from the ‘Solar Spectre’ session and initially planned to be a second bonus track on the debut, this cover version suffered from one thing from the very beginning – finding the right guest vocalist. Several guests were asked & initially agreed to join the cosmic duo on their own take of GENESIS‘ number 1 single, but it seemed the track was jinxed – until Tentakel asked his good friend Eklatanz from fellow German Avantgarde Black Metallers HERETOIR. He delivered reliably and adds the much needed melodic factor to OMEGA INFINITY‘s blastizement of this song.
Be prepared to relive the classic song in a very unusual Hyperspeed version!
OMEGA INFINITY previously revealed a mind-boggling 360° VR music video for the first single, “Iron Age,” which can be found HERE.
The clip is taken from the band’s latest opus, “The Anticurrent,” which was released earlier this year on February 24 and can be streamed HERE and ordered HERE.
Track List: 1. The Alpha (07:40) 2. Creation (05:11) 3. Iron Age (07:11) feat. Adrienne Cowan [WATCH HERE] 4. Banish Us From Eden (04:42) 5. To The Stars (05:16) [LISTEN HERE] 6. Death Rays (06:18) feat. Lindsay Schoolcraft [LISTEN HERE] 7. Voices From The End Of Time (12:19) feat. András Nagy Bonus 8. Night Journey (Sear Bliss cover) (Bonus) feat. András Nagy 9. Ye Entrancemperium (Emperor cover) (Bonus) feat. MJ Braun
Adrienne Cowan (SEVEN SPIRES) – Clean vocals and screams on „Iron Age“ Lindsay Schoolcraft (ANTIQVA, ex-CRADLE OF FILTH a.m.m.)– speech and screams on „Death Rays“ András Nagy (SEAR BLISS) – screams on „Voices From The End Of Time“ and „Night Journey“ Marta J. Braun (TODTGELICHTER, VYRE) – clean vocals and screams on „Ye Entranceemperium“
Recording studio: Deep Void Studio
Producer / Mixing engineer: Tentakel P. (Deep Void Studio) Vocal Engineering For Xen By Xenoyr And Tentakel P. (Deep Void Studio) Vocal Recordings By Adrienne Cowan herself Adrienne Cowan Appears Courtesy Of Frontiers Music Vocal Recordings For Lindsay Schoolcraft By Tyler Williams (Monolithic Prod.) Vocal Recordings For András Nagy By Viktor Scheer (Intercellar Studio) Vocal Recordings For Marta J. Braun By Tentakel P. (Deep Void Studio) All Other Recordings, Engineering And Mix By Tentakel P. (Deep Void Studio)
Mastering studio and engineer: Markus Stock At Klangschmiede Studio E. Mellrichstadt
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s ASA unveil the long-overdue release of "Collective Failure" + first music video for title-track! Check it out and stay tuned for more news! Click image to watch the video
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
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