Danish melodic death metallers MERCENARY will release their sixth album, “Metamorphosis”, in North America on March 29 via Prosthetic Records. The North American version of the CD will feature the exclusive bonus track, “Incorporate Your Demons”. “Metamorphosis” will be made available in Europe on February 25 via NoiseArt Records. The CD was produced by Jacob Hansen (RAUNCHY, VOLBEAT, NIGHTRAGE, HATESPHERE, PYRAMAZE).
A trailer for the album can be viewed below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Swedish metallers MORIFADE will release their long-awaited fourth full-length album, “Empire Of Souls”, on September 9 via Rock It Up Records /IceWarrior Records. The CD was recorded at White Light Studio in Linköping and contains ten tracks featuring the band’s latest additions, Kristian Wallin (vocals) and Mathias Kamijo (guitar).
Source: Blabbermouth.net
AJATTARA — the Finnish band featuring former AMORPHIS frontman Pasi Koskinen (a.k.a. Itse Ruoja Suruntuoj) — will release its seventh album, “Murhat” (English translation: “Murders”) on February 2 via Osasto-A Records.
The track listing for the CD is as follows:
01. Kunnes Taivas Meidät Erottaa
02. Ihmisen Luku
03. H.A.I.
04. Aura
05. Sokea Liha
06. Routalempi
07. Murheiden Kilta
08. Apilas
09. Veljet
“Murhat” is available for streaming in its entirety on the AJATTARA Facebook page. AJATTARA recently filmed a video for the song “Kunnes Taivas Meidät Erottaa”. Check out photos from the shoot at this location.
AJATTARA will celebrate its 15th anniversary by playing the following shows in Finland:
Feb. 10 – Jyväskylä, Lutakko
Feb. 11 – Helsinki, Nosturi
Feb. 12 – Salo, Rockin Hood
Feb. 16 – Turku, Klubi
Feb. 17 – Tampere, Yo-Talo
Feb. 18 – Joensuu, Kerubi
Feb. 19 – Kouvola, Rytmi-Katti
Source: Blabbermouth.net
Swedish metallers THE HAUNTED will release their seventh studio album, “Unseen”, in late March via Century Media Records. The CD was once again recorded with longtime producer Tue Madsen (MOONSPELL, DARK TRANQUILLITY, GOREFEST, SICK OF IT ALL) at his Antfarm Studio in Århus, Denmark.
“Unseen” track listing:
01. Never Better
02. No Ghost
03. Catch 22
04. Disappear
05. Motionless
06. Unseen
07. The Skull
08. Ocean Park
09. The City
10. Them
11. All Ends Well
12. Done
THE HAUNTED performed the brand new song “No Ghost” this past Saturday (January 22) at the “P3 Guld” (Swedish radio’s annual music awards) live awards ceremony broadcast from Lisebergshallen in Gothenburg, Sweden. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below.
The studio blog for “Unseen” can be found at this location. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Swedish metallers WOLF have issued the following update:
“This coming weekend will be the end of the recording session of the new WOLF album ‘Legions Of Bastards’. The final lead vocals will be immortalized by Niklas ‘Razorthroat’ Viper and that means we’re done recording.
“We’re VERY excited and fired up to unleash this new album upon the metal community. Preparations for the upcoming [European] tour with ACCEPT and rehearsals are next on the roster so all of us is pulling their weight and we can’t wait to hit the road.”
“Legions Of Bastards” is scheduled for release in April via Century Media Records. The CD was previously described in a press release as “heavy” and “metal.” Nothing more, nothing less. Producer Pelle Saether of Studio Underground in Sweden has given the album a heavy and raw sound that these excellent new tracks deserve. Fans of WOLF’s previous efforts such as “Evil Star”, “The Black Flame” and “Ravenous” will not be disappointed, as the band kept true to its vision of what good ol’ in-your-face heavy metal is about.
Source: Blabbermouth.net
Danish hardcore band Pilgrimz has issued the following press release:
Pilgrimz is currently recording its second album at Dead Rat and Antfarm Studios with Jacob Bredahl (ex-HateSphere) at the helm. The album will be the successor to the Boar Riders album from 2008 released through I Scream Records. Pilgrimz is currently in-between labels but expect an summer or autumn release!
Vocalist Max Christensen comments:
“We knew that our sound had changed a lot before we went into the studio. We’ve gone from hardcore with a twist of rock n ‘roll – to rock n’ roll with a twist of hardcore. It was a guideline we all agreed upon as we felt that we had grown in our expression since the debut album. It was harder to emotionally decipher our own guitar riffs and why should it all be so complex with the recording of Boar Riders? “Just play 3-4 chords that rock and we’ll take it from there!” it came from our guitarist after the first new-album-rehearsal one year ago … Simplicity has been the backbone of the new album – no voc-align/autotunes plug-ins, and no cheating in the production. It should be as vivid as possible and with the imperfections that naturally occur in the studio. Therefore, the choice of producer fell on Jacob Brehdal who despises overproduced bands. He is also an opponent of beat-detective that many metal bands frequently use …
The new album will be much more in-your-face, dirty, and honest. And many of the tracks features new developments in the form of strings, girl choir and dirty guitar solos etc. We read in a newpaper that guitarist Jacob Binzer from the legendary D-A-D was crazy about our music, so we asked him to guest on a track and luckily he said yes. Furthermore, we have Mort Harder from The Defectors on guest vocal, which helps to refine our expression even more! “
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