Hordes, take note of September 15th when BELPHEGOR will release their new, 11th full-length album “Totenritual” with nine obscure compositions!
BELPHEGOR has conjured forth the most vicious release of their 24 year band-career so far. Today, the band release another studio trailer showing founding member, front man and guitarist Helmuth Lehner and bass player Serpenth during the recording process of the vocals. Check it out here:
Pre-order “Totenritual” digitally and receive ‘Baphomet’ instantly or stream the track here.
“Totenritual” – Track Listing:
I. Baphomet
II. The Devil’s Son
III. Swinefever – Regent Of Pigs
IV. Apophis – Black Dragon
V. Totenkult – Exegesis Of Deterioration
VI. Totenbeschwörer [Instrumental]
VII. Spell Of Reflection
VIII. Embracing A Star
IX. Totenritual Bonus (Digipak):
X. Stigma Diabolicum (live)
XI. Gasmask Terror (live)
Heavy metal pioneers ACCEPT unleashed their brand-new studio album “The Rise Of Chaos”, last week. (4th August). In celebration of this release, the band played an impressive show at Wacken Open Air in front of 85,000+ fans on the evening before, where some songs were also performed with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. To show the fans who couldn’t be there, how massive this show was, ACCEPT have launched the album’s opening track, ‘Die By The Sword’, from the mentioned show over on YouTube. Check it out, here:
01. Die By The Sword
02. Hole In The Head
03. The Rise Of Chaos
04. Koolaid
05. No Regrets
06. Analog Man
07. What’s Done Is Done
08. Worlds Colliding
09. Carry The Weight
10. Race To Extinction
The cover artwork of the new record was created by the Hungarian artist Gyula Havancsák.
ACCEPT live:
07.09. USA Beverly Hills, CA – Saban Theatre
10.09. J Fukuoka – Drum Logos
12.09. J Osaka – Umeda Club Quattro
13.09. J Nagoya – Bottom Line
14.09. J Tokyo – Nakano Sun Plaza Hall
17.09. AUS Melbourne – 170 Russell
26.09. USA New York, NY – Irving Plaza
28.09. USA Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
29.09. USA Saint Charles, IL – The Arcada
30.09. USA Pasadena, CA – The Rose
15.11. BR Florianópolis – Teatro Ademir Rosa
17.11. RA Buenos Aires – El Teatro Flores
19.11. ROU Montevideo – Sala del Museo
21.11. RCH Santiago – Teatro Cariola
23.11. PY Asuncion – Sala Garcia Lorca de la Manzana de la Rivera
25.11. CO Bogota – Festival del Diablo III
27.11. CR San Jose – Peppers
German Dates presented by:
Rock Hard, Rocks, Rock It!, musix, Start, Piranha, metal.de & Wacken Radio
12.01. D Hamburg – Mehr! Theater
13.01. D Filderstadt – Filharmonie
14.01. D Munich – TonHalle
16.01. D Leipzig – Haus Auensee
17.01. D Berlin – Huxleys
19.01. D Geiselwind – Eventzentrum
20.01. CZ Zlín – Hala Euronics
21.01. H Budapest – Barba Negra
23.01. I Milan – Live Music Club
24.01. CH Zurich – Komplex 457
26.01. E Barcelona – Sala Razzmatazz
27.01. E Madrid – La Riviera
28.01. E Bilbao – Santana 27
30.01. F Saint-Étienne – Le FIL
01.02. F Lille – L’Aéronef
02.02. D Saarbrücken – Garage
03.02. CH Lausanne – Les Docks
04.02. D Frankfurt – Batschkapp
06.02. NL Eindhoven – Effenaar
07.02. B Antwerp – Trix
08.02. UK London – Koko
09.02. D Oberhausen – Turbinenhalle
11.02. DK Copenhagen – Vega
12.02. N Oslo – Rockefeller
14.02. S Gothenburg – Trädgår’n
15.02. S Stockholm – Cruise
17.02. FIN Turku – Logomo
18.02. FIN Helsinki – The Circus
UK progressive metal quintet THRESHOLD are set to release their colossal double album “Legends Of The Shires” on September 8th via Nuclear Blast. The band unleashed the first track featuring new / old singer Glynn Morgan recently and the 10 minute epic, ‘Lost In Translation’, can be heard here:
Today the band have announced that the new album features a guest appearance by one of THRESHOLD‘s founder members Jon Jeary, who last performed with the band in 2002. Jon can be heard performing vocals on ‘The Shire (Part 3)’.
Speaking about his cameo, Jon commented: “I always look forward to hearing a new THRESHOLD album and this time I’m doubly excited because Glynn will be singing and also, I am proud to say, there will be a small cameo vocal performance from me on ‘The Shire (Part 3)’. It’s great to be able to appreciate what THRESHOLD do now as one of their faithful army of fans and a privilege to make a small contribution.”
Jon Jeary was the band’s bassist and also performed backing vocals on songs such as ‘Eat The Unicorn’. He co-wrote a number of the band’s early classics, including ‘Sanity’s End’, ‘Into The Light’ and ‘The Ravages Of Time’. Jon previously appeared on the THRESHOLD albums “Wounded Land” (1993) to “Critical Mass«” (2002).
CD 1
01. The Shire (Part 1) 2:03
02. Small Dark Lines 5:24
03. The Man Who Saw Through Time 11:51
04. Trust The Process 8:44
05. Stars And Satellites 7:20
06. On The Edge 5:20
CD 2
07. The Shire (Part 2) 5:24
08. Snowblind 7:03
09. Subliminal Freeways 4:51
10. State Of Independence 3:37
11. Superior Machine 5:01
12. The Shire (Part 3) 1:22
13. Lost In Translation 10:20
14. Swallowed 3:54
THRESHOLD live:
“Legends Of The Shires” Tour 2017
12.11. GR Athens – Kyttaro Live Club
17.11. UK Pwllheli – HRH Prog
w/ DAMNATION ANGELS, DAY SIX
28.11. NL Weert – De Bosuil
29.11. D Hamburg – Markthalle
30.11. D Berlin – Lido
01.12. D Aschaffenburg – Colos-Saal
02.12. D Munich – Feierwerk
03.12. CH Pratteln – Z7
05.12. D Stuttgart – Club Cann
06.12. D Hanover – Musikzentrum
07.12. B Kortrijk – De Kreun
08.12. D Essen – Turock
09.12. NL Zoetermeer – Boerderij
10.12. UK London – o2 Islington Academy
THRESHOLD is: Steve Anderson | bass Karl Groom | guitars Glynn Morgan | lead vocals Richard West | keyboards Johanne James | drums
The creativity and productivity of the German heavy metal trio RAGE seems to have no limits. Only 14 months after the successful “The Devil Strikes Again” neckbreaker, RAGE deliver their new, 23rd studio album called “Seasons Of The Black”, which is released today!
To celebrate the album release, RAGE reveal their brandnew video clip for the title track ‘SeasonsOf The Black’, which you can watch here:
“Seasons Of The Black” was recorded in February/March 2017 at Megafon Studios (Burscheid, Germany) and at Soundchaser Studios (Zandhoven, Belgium). Its production was handled by RAGE, whilst the renowned Dan Swanö (MARDUK, OPETH, KATATONIA) took care of mix and mastering at Unisound Studios (Grefrath, Germany).
“Seasons Of The Black” – Track Listing:
CD
01. Season Of The Black
02. Serpents In Disguise
03. Blackened Karma
04. Time Will Tell
05. Septic Bite
06. Walk Among The Dead
07. All We Know Is Not
08. The Tragedy Of Man – Gaia
09. The Tragedy Of Man – Justify
10. The Tragedy Of Man – Bloodshed In Paradise
11. The Tragedy Of Man – Farewell
Bonus CD – “Avenger Revisited”
01. Adoration
02. Southcross Union
03. Assorted By Satan
04. Faster Than Hell
05. Sword Made Of Steel
06. Down To The Bone
RAGE live:
05.08. D Wacken – Wacken Open Air
10.08. E Villena – Leyendas del Rock
12.08. B Kortrijk – Alcatraz Festival
20.08. SK Zvolenska Slatina – More than Fest (RAGE meets REFUGE)
26.08. I Gradisca D’isonzo – Ciaoluca Festival
02.09. D Dormagen/Zons – Zons Rockt (RAGE meets REFUGE)
16.09. L Vianden – Nordic Rock Festival
15.12. GR Thessaloniki – Principal Club Theater
16.12. GR Athens – Gagarin 205
23.12. D Burglengenfeld – X-Mas Dynamite Night
“Seasons Of The Black Tour” 2018 – Part I
w/ FIREWIND
04.01. D Bochum – Zeche
05.01. D Speyer – Halle 101
06.01. I Milan – Legend Club
07.01. CH Pratteln – Z7
09.01. D Munich – Backstage
10.01. A Salzburg – Rockhouse
12.01. CZ Prague – Nova Chmelnice
13.01. CZ Zlin – Masters of Rock Café
14.01. SK Kosice – Collosseum
15.01. H Budapest – A38
16.01. SK Bratislava – Randal Club
21.01. UK London Underworld
22.01. UK Sheffield Corporation
26.01. RUS St Petersburg Aurora-Hall
27.01. RUS Moscow Yotaspace
28.01. RUS Yekaterinburg Tele-Club
17.03. D Marsberg – Metal Diver Festival
02.-08.04. A Tröpolach – Full Metal Mountain
15.-20.04. E Palma de Mallorca – Full Metal Cruise
ALMANAC – the new band of Victor Smolski (ex-RAGE) – stands for a new dimension of symphonic power metal, featuring three singers Jeannette Marchewka (LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA), Andy B. Franck (BRAINSTORM) and David Readman (PINK CREAM 69).
In March 2016, ALMANAC unleashed their highly acclaimed debut album “Tsar”, which entered the official charts in both, Germany (#74) and Switzerland (#87), followed by a European tour along with ORDEN OGAN, as well as their own headliner tour in spring 2017.
Within the past few weeks, ALMANAC has completed the recordings of their second longplayer entitled “Kingslayer”, recorded at HeyDay Studios in Wuppertal, Germany. “Our second strike is done,” reveals guitar player Victor Smolski and explains, that “»Kingslayer« is the logical follow-up to »Tsar«, just more compact, heavier and faster. Our previous live experiences could be perfectly permitted during the recordings. The band got closer and well attuned, you can feel this unified energy within the new tracks. We took a lot of time and gave our very best. »Kingslayer« is a crafted metal album with a lively power sound!”.
“Kingslayer” will be released on November 3rd via Nuclear Blast. The cover artwork was once again created by Hungarian artist Gyula Havancsák (ACCEPT, DESTRUCTION a.o.).
ALMANAC recently played at the ‘Masters of Rock’ festival, where they presented the first two new tracks live, ‘Losing My Mind’ and ‘Children Of The Sacred Path’. The concert will be part of the bonus live DVD, which will come along the limited first edition of “Kingslayer”.
Metal giants ACCEPT are set to release their 4th studio album through Nuclear Blast entitled “The Rise Of Chaos”, which will be in stores on August 4th. In anticipation of their new offering, the band have just released a lyric video for the track ‘Koolaid’. Check it out below:
Wolf Hoffmann commented on the track: “‘Koolaid’ is a well known flavoured drink and has been mixed with Cyanid by a cult leader who made his congregation drink it: men, women & children. All so everybody could get to heaven. Since then, the phrase ‘drinking the Kool-Aid’ refers to a person or group holding an unquestioned belief, argument, or philosophy without critical examination. That common fact, that people believe everything, when sold right, has intrigued me all my life. For me, being critical and alert all the time, is the key to every decision one makes. That is the main message!”
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