Apocalyptic Death Metallers WARFATHER has announced a September 16 release date on Greyhaze Records for sophomore album “The Grey Eminence”. Featuring Steve Tucker (MORBID ANGEL), WARFATHER‘shighly anticipated follow-up to debut album Orchestrating the Apocalypse, was produced by Death Metal icon and studio wizard Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL, ex-MORBID ANGEL). Album artwork will be revealed in the near future.
The collaboration marks the first time Tucker and Rutan have worked together since MORBID ANGEL‘s Gateways to Annihilation. Tucker had this to say about the results:
“I am extremely excited for the release of The Grey Eminence. I feel that this album is one of the best things that I have ever been a part of! Erik Rutan did an amazing job on the production and the songs speak for themselves!”
Producer Erik Rutan (HATE ETERNAL, ex-MORBID ANGEL) added:
“Recording with Steve and the guys on the new Warfather album has been fantastic! It has been a blast to be working on this monster album in the studio once again with my great friend and former band mate. The songs are heavy as hell and just outright awesome. We have some great tones and performances.”
Stargazer Consultancy has recently announced that Persian Progressive Death Metal warriors AZOOMA have recently inked a deal with Stargazer Consultancy.
“We are excited to announce that we have recently signed a contract with Stargazer Consultancy, which is powered by the first Iranian metal music journalist and publicist Mohsen Fayyazi. We started to find our way in the metal world about 10 years ago, it was not easy as perhaps many of you know, we faced several difficulties, but now we took another step forward into the metal music industry. Ahmad, Saeed, Shahin and Farid’s best wishes to you all, especially to all Persian metalheads.
Respect and Regards
AZOOMA” The band commented via a post on their official facebook page.
According to Bravewords.com, AZOOMA have recently finished recording their first outstanding conceptual EP which includes stories about human misery, time travelling and awakening. The band was influenced by legendary bands such as DEATH, OPETH, GOROD when writing this album, but it still will be a very new experience for true metal fans to hear this Persian style death metal. Also the band played as co-headliner act at the Persian Metal Fest 2013 and shared a stage with great metallers such as GOROD.
AZOOMA have recently paid tribute to the legendary MORBID ANGEL by covering their “Dawn Of Angry” song. The video is posted online and can be seen on the Youtube player below:
According to Blabbermouth, During a brand new interview with Invisible Oranges, MORBID ANGEL bassist/vocalist David Vincent was asked whether it was weird to perform the band’s 1993 album, “Covenant”, in its entirety on the group’s current North American tour without MORBID ANGEL‘s longtime drummer Pete Sandoval.
“Nope. Not at all,” Vincent replied. “Tim‘s [Yeung, MORBID ANGEL’s current drummer] an excellent drummer. He handles the material very well. He was a big fan of the record when it came out, too. He’s a couple years my junior, but it’s cool. He feels the songs really well, and it’s fun.
Regarding whether Sandoval is still a member of MORBID ANGEL, Vincent said: “Pete‘s no longer in MORBID ANGEL.” He added: “His whole way of life has changed. He’s in a different spot, and the spot that he’s in right now, Pete Sandoval and MORBID ANGEL are not compatible.”
Pressed to elaborate on this supposed “incompatibility” between Sandoval and MORBID ANGEL, Vincent offered: “Well, [Pete] has found Jesus. You can see where the incompatibility comes from.”
During a chat with Brazil’s Som Extremo in October 2011, Sandoval was asked for his opinion about MORBID ANGEL‘s “controversial” new CD, “Illud Divinum Insanus”, which incorporates industrial and electronic elements into the band’s traditional death metal sound. “No comment! I don’t play on that album.” He was then questioned about what he thought he would have done different on “Illud Divinum Insanus” had he played on the record. “More exreme deathgrind metal and less DJ, boring awful typical I care less industrial experimental same as everybody boring bull!” he said. “This is not what MORBID has been all about! …Hmmmmmm, and I really care less…!”
Sandoval recently celebrated the 24th anniversary of TERRORIZER‘s classic album “World Downfall” by performing the LP in its entirety at several shows. He was joined at the gigs by Lee Harrison (MONSTROSITY) and Sam Molina.
As the eagerly-awaited debut recordings from ex-Morbid Angel frontman Steve Tucker‘s newest death metal outfit, WARFATHER, near release this Winter — collected on the faction’s war-ready full-length, Orchestrating The Apocalypse — the very first track from the band to be set loose upon the population is now slaying at Decibel Magazine.
The third of twelve chapters of the Orchestrating The Apocalypse storyline, “My Queen Shall Not Be Mourned” is the perfect track to make a first impression of what the WARFATHER campaign is all-about. Tucker’s guttural bellow declares battle with the utmost urgency amidst a backdrop of searing guitar sweeps and scaleblazing leads, while a belittling salvo of technical blastbeatings systematically raze everything in earshot. “Though my queen has died, I will not mourn her loss. She has given me my future, my seed and my blood will live on…”
Prepare for the end with the appropriate death metal soundtrack with “My Queen Shall Not Be Mourned” at Decibel Magazine now RIGHT HERE.
Greyhaze Records has also confirmed the European release date for WARFATHER‘s Orchestrating The Apocalypse, unleashing it through Plastic Head Distribution on February 24th, 2014, just after the North American released date previously confirmed as January 21st. The new projectfronted by guitarist/vocalist Steve Tucker sees the man back to fronting a death metal outfit, over a decade after his departure from Morbid Angel, and over two years since his participation as a vocalist and writer in the well-received Nader Sadek project. After recruiting a crew of internationally-based executioners to complete the WARFATHER lineup, the band recorded the album at Cincinnati-based TME Studios, with Tucker handling recording duties, after which it was finalized at Maor Applebaum Mastering. With over forty minutes of material, Orchestrating The Apocalypse brutalizes in a relentless style that builds on the work laid on the three Tucker-fronted Morbid Angel albums — Formulas Fatal To The Flesh, Gateways To Annihilation and Heretic — delivering an intense, debilitating performance while infusing unique even bizarre atmospheric elements, elevating the album to a cutting-edge status.
“Covenant”, the classic album from Floridian death metal legends MORBID ANGEL, is due to be reissued in Europe on limited edition Full Dynamic Range vinyl LP to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the LP’s release.
Originally issued in 1993, “Covenant” is the band’s third album and has been specially remastered from the original tapes in Full Dynamic Range (FDR) audio, allowing the music’s nuances to shine through and giving the album a more ferocious, immersive and dynamic sound than ever before.
MORBID ANGEL vocalist/bassist David Vincent comments: “‘Covenant’ was and still remains a very important release in our career.
“We are all excited to revisit this album in celebration of its 20th anniversary, both on stage and on wax.
“For purists and vinyl aficionados alike, this new full dynamic master pressing is sure to illuminate the analog sonic fury that we captured in 1993.”
The vinyl will be available in the following quantities and colours:
100 – Green (Earache Webstore exclusive) **
200 – Clear (Earache Webstore exclusive) **
200 – Dark Blue with Light Blue Splatter *
300 – Clear with Black Marble *
300 – White with Black Splatter **
400 – Clear with Red Marble **
1400 – Black *
* includes free sticker
** includes free sticker and slipmat
The “Covenant” Full Dynamic Range vinyl is due to be released on November 4 through the Earache European webstore, and will also be available in limited quantities directly from the band on the band’s “Covenant” 20th-anniversary U.S. tour.
The vinyl will be available for pre-order on Friday, October 18 from the Earache webstore at this location.
The first look at the Full Dynamic Range edition of “Covenant” — which will also be released in Europe on iTunes on November 4 — can be seen below.
According to Bravewords.com, Covenant, the classic album from Floridian death metal legends MORBID ANGEL, is due to be reissued in Europe on limited edition Full Dynamic Range vinyl LP to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the album’s release.
Originally released in 1993, Covenant is the band’s third album and has been specially remastered from the original tapes in Full Dynamic Range (FDR) audio, allowing the music’s nuances to shine through and giving the album a more ferocious, immersive and dynamic sound than ever before.
Vocalist/bassist David Vincent comments: “Covenant was and still remains a very important release in our career. We are all excited to revisit this album in celebration of its 20th anniversary, both on stage and on wax. For purists and vinyl aficionados alike, this new full dynamic master pressing is sure to illuminate the analog sonic fury that we captured in 1993.”
The vinyl will be available in the following quantities and colours:
100 – Green (Earache Webstore exclusive) **
200 – Clear (Earache Webstore exclusive) **
200 – Dark Blue with Light Blue Splatter *
300 – Clear with Black Marble *
300 – White with Black Splatter **
400 – Clear with Red Marble **
1400 – Black *
* includes free sticker
** includes free sticker and slipmat
The Covenant Full Dynamic Range vinyl is due to be released on November 4th through the Earache European Webstore, and will also be available in limited quantities directly from the band on their Covenant 20th anniversary US tour.
The vinyl will be available for pre-order on Friday, October 18th from the Earache Webstore at this location. The Full Dynamic Range edition of Covenant will also be released in Europe on iTunes on November 4th, and is available to pre-order now at this location.
In the continuing celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Covenant, the band and World Management have announced that Angel Fortiz has officially completed the transcriptions for a new tab eBook of the album. The eBook features authentic transcriptions with notes, tabs, chords, lyrics and Trey Azagthoth’s liner notes. A trailer below:
In November, Morbid Angel will commence the 20th Anniversary Of Covenant – United States Tour 1993-2013. The tour celebrates the band’s biggest selling release, Covenant. In 1992, Morbid Angel signed to a major label Giant Records / Warner Brothers and Covenant was to be their first release on that label in the USA on June 22nd, 1993 and went on to garner great critical and commercial success.
On the 20th Anniversary Of Covenant – United States Tour 1993-2013 tour, the band will play the Covenant album in its entirety and after a short intermission some additional surprise classic cuts. Further, there will be special commemorative items produced exclusively for this tour.
All advance tickets will go on sale July 19th.
Dates:
November
7 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
8- Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
9 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
10 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East Nightclub
12 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
13 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of the Living Arts
16 – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s Downunder
17 – Chicago, IL – House Of Blues
18 – Minneapolis, MN – Mill City Nights
19 – Sauget, IL – Pops
20 – Lawrence, KS – Granada
22 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
25 – Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
26 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
27 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
29 – Los Angeles, CA – Henry Fonda Theatre
30 – Phoenix, AZ – Joe’s Grotto
December
1 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
2 – El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls
3 – Austin, TX- Red 7
4 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
6 – Orlando, FL – Beacham Theater
7 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
