MADROST will release - Into the Aquatic Sector on September 23

Thrash/Death Metallers MADROST (pronounced Ma-Drost) will self-release its sophomore album Into the Aquatic Sector on digital and CD format September 23. The album will be available for purchase on CD Baby, Amazon, Bandcamp, and i-Tunes.

Into the Aquatic Sector is a mighty step forward in terms of progression and songwriting from 2012 debut Maleficent. MADROST is a four-piece band based in Lake Forest, California. Formed in 2007, MADROST has since made themselves known in the underground Los Angeles and Orange County metal regions, hungering to take on the four corners of the globe. The musical dynamics heard on Into the Aquatic Sector is the result of hard work, dedication and a lineup that is firing on all cylinders.

Horrendous - release new track at StereoGum.com

East Coast Death Metal trio HORRENDOUS have unleashed, via Stereogum.com, another new track from their highly-anticipated sophomore release, Ecdysis.

Check out the exclusive world premiere of "The Stranger" at this location.

Picking up where the band's critically acclaimed 2012 debut, The Chills, left off, Ecdysis sees HORRENDOUS emerge as one of the most intense, brutal, and most importantly, genuine contributors to today's traditional death metal revival.

Ecdysis is set for an October 14 worldwide release on CD, vinyl and digital formats via Dark Descent Records. The album was recorded, mixed and mastered at Subterranean Watchtower Studios (www.facebook.com/SubterraneanWatchtower). Cover art for the album was done by Brian Smith.

Overcharge - Debut new track on Decibel magazine

Via Clawhammer:
Decibel Magazine has posted the exclusive premiere of "As If There Were No Tomorrow" from Italian Punk Rockin' Speed Metallers OVERCHARGE.

The song comes off the band's forthcoming new album, Accelerate and is currently causing ears to bleed at this location. 

OVERCHARAGE is in fact punk rock, rock 'n roll, and speed metal rolled up into one.  The Italians sound like a drunken fistfight between MOTORHEAD and Kill 'em All-era METALLICA, if everyone involved was gargling broken glass and DISCHARAGE was playing on the jukebox.  It's nothing less than adrenaline-fueled, mohawked mayhem!

Featuring a member of label mates OMNIVORE, OVERCHARGE wear their influences on their tattoo sleeves, but don't sound overly beholden to any one of them.  Like all good rock 'n roll, songs and riffs matter more here than emulating a specific set of heroes.  Accelerate will be the first full-length from these maniacs.

Accelerate is set for worldwide release on September 30 via Unspeakable Axe Records

Castrator - Honor Killing (video)

Castrator most recent video. Check out this song titled Honor Killing visit them on FB at facebook.com/CastratorBand

At The Gates, Dark Funeral, Rotting Christ & More Announced For Blastfest 2015

The second edition of Bergen’s new indoor metal festival, Blastfest, has already been launched with a remarkable lineup. The 2015 lineup includes the brutal force of Poland’s own Decapitated, Swedish black metal legends, whom will perform their 2nd show ever, Craft, the Canadian death institution of Cryptopsy and Finnish black metal kings, Impaled Nazarene, to name a few. With still 20 more bands to come, we are proud to announce the following 8 more bands to be added to the lineup of Blastfest 2015.

Nu jävlar, nu kör vi! There are seminal metal acts, and then there are those that stand out as so influential that they codify whole new genres, with themselves at the forefront. At The Gates is one of those bands. This iconic Swedish band were godfathers of the world-renown genre often referred to as Gothenburg-metal, a special form of melodic death metal with a ferocious intensity. They paved the way for what would become a total Swedish dominance in this particular style, inspiring bands like In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, Arch Enemy, Soilwork and The Haunted. This year, we at Blastfest are lucky enough to have them headline one of our festival days! The rain in the sky is ours, and the red in the eye will be yours, as you are blinded by fear!

Not content to just keep our youth in school and off drugs, this band kicked off the term of the millennium with their own public service campaign entitled, “Teach Children to Worship Satan.” Blastfest is hereby honored to welcome the ineffable kings of darkness, Dark Funeral, to the roster! Back with a new lineup showcasing their new vocalist, they will be presenting us with a host of black metal classics. Along with Marduk, this is one of thee top Swedish bands of the second wave of black metal, and we’re looking forward to their first ever Blastfest appearance!

Thy Mighty Contract has been signed! From Greece there comes a giant in black metal, one of the bands that shaped the 90’s black metal scene, that has also stayed on top of their game ever since, refreshing and reinventing their sound repeatedly over the years. We are of course talking about the bombastic and legendary Rotting Christ, the band that famously got Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine’s panties in a twist!

Only death is real. Trve believers. Trve kvlt. Whatever ridiculous slogan you prefer, we cater to it. This time around, we bring you the legendary death metal outfit, widely known amongst connoisseurs of the genre … the mighty Demilich! This will be the band’s first performance outside of Finland in decades. Don’t get burdened with the uncontrollable regret of missing it!

Yet another supergroup, consisting of Norwegian legendaries from bands like Darkthrone, Khold, Tulus, Borknagar, Dimmu Borgir, Susperia, Satyricon, Old Man’s Child… Well, we could pretty much namedrop associated acts until we went out of breath. Fronted by black metal legend Nocturno Culto, Sarke will deliver us stories of drunken priests and general pessimism and misanthropy. You’re neither too old, nor too cold for these self-proclaimed frost junkies!

Christ Goodbye, Bergen, Hello! The one and only Saturnus, one of the finest metal acts to ever come out of Denmark, will be with us for this year's Blastfest! Their unique mixture of guttural growls, softly spoken passages, and clean vocals with tear-jerking melodies and truly heavy guitar riffs create some of the finest doom metal there is to hear. This is their first-ever performance in Bergen, and promises not to disappoint!

What would a metal festival in Bergen be without the addition of some local flavor? To our luck, the city just happens to be swarming with great metal acts, and one that seldom performs in their own city has agreed to celebrate their 20th anniversary at Blastfest in 2015: none other than Bergen veterans Borknagar! It´s been more then 10 years since their last performance here, so if you fancy some epic and majestic viking metal, you better get a move on and get your hands on a ticket!

Ticket link here Blastfest-tickets

Lineup:

At The Gates | Borknagar | Dark Funeral | Destruction | Rotting Christ | Destroyer 666 | Asphyx | Samael | Decapitated | Craft | Sarke | Tsjuder | Impaled Nazarene | Cryptopsy | Vallenfyre | Demilich | Saturnus | Melechesh | Endstille | Esoteric | Baptism | Den Saakaldte | Alfahanne | Bolzer | Sarkom + 20 more yet to be announced.

Blastfest will be held 19-21st February 2015 in Bergen, Norway.

3 Days | 9 Stages | 45 Bands | Exhibitions | Clinics | Stand Up Comedy | Tattoo Convention | Theme DJ's

facebook.com/blastfestival

Exclusive interview with graphic designer Latif 

Introduce yourself to our readers:

Hails, My name is Latif from Indonesian 
I am a Graphic Designer and Illustrator known as "HumanCreative" 

I am a student of the University Interstudi (School of Design) Jakarta, Indonesia

1- What inspired you to do art? Was there a point early in your life that sparked your interest?

Nothing, because I did it on the basis of my intentions which want to wrestle in the world of art. 
at first I was doing it as a hobby to add to my busy life, but finally today I have decided that art will become part of my life and my life of art.

2- You have dark elements to your style, was there an event or moment that made you decide on your style of artwork?

Basically I do not decide on a style of artwork, I did it according to the needs of the client. because my clients are not only from the band or label, and so on. For dark elements on my art style was just an idealistic me in the community. because besides that I have a busy life as a guitarist of the band "INFITAR deathmetal", so I love the dark elements for my project in a community 

3- Name some of your favorite music or bands?

Some bands that I like are, Death, Deicide, Vader, Suffocation, DECAPITATED, The Faceless, etc..

4- Name some of your accomplishments or highlights of your art career so far?

So far I have not gained an award or whatever it is, because this time I am only a student who is starting a career:-)

5- Do you enjoy creating black and white art piece? or color art works?

I really enjoy a piece of black and white because it looks "OldSkull" because I really like the "Old Style". it looks old and interesting, very impressive for me.

ENCHIZITIA Logo

this is Raff Band from Romania

6- What other interest do you have besides art?

As I said before, other than that I play music. I play guitar with wing "deathmetal".

7- Are there any significant projects or events you are looking forward to in the coming months?

For the moment I'm preparing a solo exhibition of my time will be my first title this year was on target at the end of the year. hopefully it will be well terlakasanakan.

8- If someone is interested in hiring you (bands, producers, etc..) where is the best place to get a hold of you?

you can contact me on facebook https://www.facebook.com/latif.infitar 

or you can also send a message to my email: Latif_infitar@hotmail.com

Metal Mash Mayhem Radio- SlayerTania Interview

Exclusive interview with SlayerTania of Metal Mash Mayhem Radio

1) Introduce yourself to our readers, who is Slayertania? what is your involvement in the metal scene?

Hi, my name is Tania Z. I am Slayer Tania. I choose Slayer as my front name because I am one of Slayer's biggest fans. My involvement in the Metal Scene is to Promote metal bands of all genre's of metal, and to help make the bands known.  

2) How did you discover metal music? who were the bands that made a good impression on you?

I always knew metal music existed. It was a music genre I liked but never payed attention to. I started actually listening to it when I met my husband Dave. Slayer was first band to make Impression on me. 

3) What were the first major concerts you attended?

 I went to Ozzfest 99 in Alpine Valley Wisconsin, I saw Slayer live, I fell in love with their music. That was the year I met my soulmate Dave Kawakami.

4) Who were the first local acts you witness?

First Local band I witnessed that is a hard question, I would say it had to be Ion Vein. With Chris Lotesto lead guitarist in the band and old singer Russ C. 

5) Do you have a favorite genre of metal?

That is a hard Question to answer. My favorites are in between thrash all the way to black metal. Being that "Slayer" is my number one favorite band I would say thrash. Brutal death be a local band "Asphyxiator."

6) You recently started doing internet radio, what initially sparked your interest in pursuing that?

I was at the laundry mat and then the idea popped into my head, "internet radio"! after that is when I started the Facebook like page Metal Mash Mayhem Radio, and then began doing online interviews and playing an hour or two of songs.

7) Is being a DJ an enjoyable experience?

Yes, It is an amazing and fun experience. A new chapter in my life.

8) How many interviews have you conducted so far?

Interviews, hmm let me think for a minute, I believe in between 70-83 interviews so far. Very hard to keep track, when you have almost 100 recordings in the library of www.spreaker.com/user/slayertania.

9) Did you have any difficulty getting set up for broadcasting?

No, I just need my Mountain Dew and a click of a link saved in the bar of my Laptop.

10) When contacting bands for interviews, has it been hard or easy to get a response?

It is in between hard and easy with some bands, some bands I have interviewed are acquaintances of mine from years before I started my internet radio show. Other bands are hard because you have to go through their managers. 

11) Name some of the people that have been fun to talk to on your show?

Wow, that is a hard question. If I name the list it would be too long and it would not be fair to all that I have interviewed, if I do not mention their names or their bands. Lets say since the first day I started with Craig Locicero of Former band Forbidden now in SprialArms to last interview I just had 8/31/2014 at 8:00 pm with Amulance own Rick Baez, Chuck, and Bob. In between all the females on air with me were extremely fun. All local bands in Illinois were extremely fun too. My absolute Favorite one's was with Prophet singer of St. Madness, Steve Souza (Exodus and Hatriot) and Kosta of Hatriot, Arte Mortifica (Frank) of Asphyxiator, the 3 live broadcasts. Like I said too many to name, If I missed naming your band, my apology, I loved all the interviews. 

12) Have people in the metal community been supportive of your efforts?

Almost everyone that is my friend, Facebook friends and Family. 

13) What are the future goals for your radio show? 

It all depends on where it goes. All I aim for is to interview as many bands and play as much music that I can on my show. With the limited time frame I get whenever I do a show.

14) Besides going to shows and doing radio, what else do you do for fun?

Write poetry, erotic short stories, small articles here and there. I sketch for fun, I draw. Love to go fishing, camping, hiking and photography. I also love the paranormal.

15) If a band wants to be part of your radio show what is the best way to contact you? 

The best way to contact me is by email "metalrockkitty420@gmail.com or like "Metal Mash Mayhem Radio", also contact me by private message on facebook.

16) Any last words?

Yes, Please help me support local bands just by tuning in to Metal Mash Mayhem Radio at www.spreaker.com/user/slayertania. Also I want to thank you for this wonderful Interview.