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Imperial Savagery is a four piece death metal band from Chicago, IL. Members are Tom Flanagan - Guitars, Garrett Scanlan - Drums, Brice Dalzell - Vocals, Pat Clancy - Bass.  Imperial Savagery self released and self titled album in the fall of 2013. This record consist of ten songs of vicious old school style death metal. I have had the opportunity to see this band live twice, even before listening to this album, so I knew what kind of devastation was about to attack my ears when I popped the disc into my cd player. My first impression is, the music is relentless and intense. In terms of its production, it has a raw quality to it, like the early Morbid Angel, old Sepultura (Schizophrenia) or even Slayer Haunting the Chapel albums.  Fast riffs and grinds with a dirty and crunchy guitar tone. Bass lines are upfront and clear. The drummers' double kick attack is aggressive and never lets up. Vocals are in the mid range guttural most of the time, to some high screams on a few o...

In This Moment have just released their brand new video for the song Big Bad Wolf from the new album Black Widow. Check out the video below. Enjoy and share.

If you recall the video were a death metal band (Unfathomable Ruination) is put inside of a small box then locked in for 20 minutes in the middle of the city, well this is what Abhorrent Decimation will do on Thursday. Here are details as sent to me by FuturePr; For one night only, 6pm GMT this Thursday, 27th November, Abhorrent Decimation follow in the footsteps of fellow UK death metal upstarts Unfathomable Ruination as they enter João Onofre's 'Box sized DIE' which is located outside The Gherkin in London, UK. After a hugely successful summer run, which featured Unfathomable Ruination, this one-off performance celebrates Onofre’s solo exhibition, Tacet, held at Marlborough Contemporary. Abhorrent Decimation vocalist Ashley Scott comments, "The lads in Unfathomable Ruination put an incredible amount of work into the project earlier this year and made the stop in London such a success. We are delighted to step in for a single guest appearance this Thursday at 18...

Asphyxiator is a three piece brutal/death metal band from Chicago IL. Members are, Miguel "GoreGrinder" Medina- Vocals/Programming, Frank Garcia- Guitar, Rafael Diaz- Bass. The band is currently composing and recording music for the album "Inhaling Fluids of Thoracentesis". All the art for the cover and backcover are completed. The album will consist of eleven plus tracks. They have released a two song sampler demo featuring the songs Hallucinogenic Cadaver Autopsy and Slamming Sexual Domination through their Bandcamp page available here . This past September they also released another song through Youtube, "Stench of Rotting Flesh" and is available here . They are promoting through Facebook to reveal a brand new song, once they reach their goal of 2300 likes. You can go to their official FB page and show support by checking it out here   . Recently guitarist Frank G. had this to say about the recording, "The writing process for the album is 90% c...

Cuff is a two member project from Oshawa, Ontario. Members are Bob Shaw - Vocals & Samples, Zach Smith - All Music. genre is described as Sci-fi Slam grind. Transient Suffering Through the Ergosphere released on Nov. 18 2014 under Gore House Productions. In terms of production, its a solid slab of brutality, strong guitar tones both in level and balance, bass is punchy and upfront. Good drum sound and vocals are extremely guttural, dirty and sludgy and fit the content perfectly. Lots of sci-fi samples and horror screams galore.  Think of those rare horror movies like Creepezoid, Night of The Comet, Nightbreed and add a bunch of cannibal raving aliens and you might come close to what is being projected by the music. I enjoyed the entire album but some of the more stand out songs to me would have to be Through the Ergosphere, it reminds a bit of the film From Beyond, when that monster thing first appears in the room with slime and shit falling from it, the opening to this so...

Noisey Youtube channel published on Oct. 2 2012 "For this new, three-part documentary, we interviewed Leviathan, Striborg, and Xasthur, three solo artists who produce Black Metal on the margins of society. Here's part one of One Man Metal" Part 1/3 Part 2/3 Part 3/3

Check out the entire Obituary set live from Las Vegas Country Saloon on November 13 2014 as part of their tour with the bands Death and Massacre. All credit to  youtube-user/infernopunxmedia   for taking the time to film and post this video. Set List: 1. Stinkupuss 00:00:05 2. Intoxicated 00:02:52 3. Bloodsoaked 00:08:40 4. Immortal Visions 00:12:35 5. Infected 00:16:40 6. Visions in My Head 00:22:10 7. Violence 00:27:48 8. Chopped In Half 00:30:38 9. Turned Inside Out 00:34:30 10. Back To One 00:37:01 11. Dead Silence 00:41:22 ~Encore~ 12. Drum Solo 00:46:05 13. Inked In Blood 00:49:23 14. Slowly We Rot 00:54:23

Pre orders and new releases from Nuclear Blast. Aversions Crown will release album Tyrant on November 24 2014. Rise of the North Star to release Welcame on Nov. 24th 2014. Battle Beast pre order the new album Unholy Savior due out January 2015 and finally on Nov. 21 2014 the band Avatarium will release their album All I want.

Hellfest 2015 has just been announced, some of the bands include Slipknot, Scorpions, At The Gates, Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Motorhead and 150 other bands. Bloodbath new album Grand Morbid Funeral streaming in full at Metalsucks click here Obituary recent show during their tour with Death and Massacre in full at this location   Lamb Of God - Chris Adler mentions they are working on the new album visit the official page here

Coprocephalic is a three piece brutal death metal band from Taiwan, Tapei. Founded in 2012. Members are Christiani Peluso - Guitars, Writing, Lyrics, Larry Wang - Vocals, Lyrics, Hsuan Liu - Drums The Oath Of Relinquishment album released on July 31 2014 under Lacerated Enemy Records. A well polished slab of pure brutality. In terms of production this one is top notch. Guitars have heavy and crushing tones and are very clear and distinct distortion. Bass lines are destructive and keep up well with the complex guitar arrangements. Drums sound sick and devastating, solid production in all its dynamics. Vocals are on the low end guttural and fit perfectly with all the chaos being expressed. The albums is comprised of many complex arrangements but not overdone. One can still easily get into the madness they are creating. I really enjoyed each and every track but some of the ones that really stuck in my mind would have to be Retunding Our Humanity (feat. Blue Jensen), the rhythms are ca...

Ashes of the Forgotten is a four piece band from Dallas, TX. Members are TJ - Vocals, Conner- Guitar, Chase - Guitar, Tony - Drums, Max - Bass. Genre is described as Extreme Metal/Death Metal/Deathcore. Dark Aeons EP released under ATP records on April 19 2014. A solid production. Heavy and distinct guitar tones, crushing bass rhythms, strong drums and low to mid guttural vocal ranges. The opening track "The Void", grabs my interest right away, an eerie melodic piece. Keys with an over-layed storm sample is very well composed and memorable. Simple and effective writing style, no over complex rhythms. Hints of Lamb of God or Meshuggah in a few of the tracks but they keep their own flavor happening through out.  Although I enjoyed the entire ep, some of the more stand out songs for me would have to be "Forty Two", for its catchy rhythm and stomping bass lines, it makes you want to headbang and punch things. Depraved Awakening, for its fast and devastating feeling,...

Kaotoxin Records has released Suffering, the new EP from legendary French Goregrinders PUTRID OFFAL. Stream and/or purchase the EP exclusively at this location kaotoxin-album/suffering . The EP will be available for worldwide digital purchase on February 10, 2015 at i-Tunes and other digital retailers. Kaotoxin Records will also release new PUTRID OFFAL full-length Mature Necropsy and compilation Premature Necropsy digitally on February 10, 2015. A specialist 2-CD version of Mature Necropsy, which will also include Premature Necropsy, will be released on the same day. You got a taste of Suffering from Kaotoxin label sampler  Weapons of Self-Destruction and now the body bag is wide open! Limited to 1,000 copies, the double-CD first press will feature the Mature Necropsy album, along with two bonus cover versions and Premature Necropsy, a compilation of all of the band's 90s material remastered, while digital versions will be made available separately (without the bonus cover ver...

Via FuturePR: In an ode to industrial farming and the animal cruelty that goes alongside it, one man army Foul Body Autopsy has released an explicit new music video for the title track from forthcoming EP 'So Close To Complete Dehumanization'. "The video was shot in the attic where I work," laughs founder Tom Reynolds as he explains how his employer lets him make death metal videos in the workplace. "The video follows the concept of the EP which is to shine a light on the routine cruelty that goes on in industrial farming. The song itself is about how people can turn a blind eye to the suffering that goes on in industrial farming and how it is destroying the environment, people's health, the animals and finally the mental health of the workers in the factory farms."

Via clawhammer: INFERION have released three raw 'n rippin'  live videos that collectively capture the band's recent performance at Black Kvlt Fest, which was held October 17-18, 2014 at Churchill's Pub in Miami, Florida. INFERION performed on October 18 and Parts 1-3 of their set can be viewed below.                          

Via Clawhammer: Turkish Brutalists DECIMATION have premiered a new track from upcoming Comatose Music release Reign of Ungodly Creation (December 9). Stream "Supreme Wisdom of Blasphemy in the Reign of Ungodly Creation"at  exclusive stream Reign of Ungodly Creation follows the band's 2010 Comatose Music release Anthems of an Empyreal Dominion. During their 15 years of existence, DECIMATION has crafted a very unique and technical style, giving them a distinct sound with an extremely eerie and dissonant aura of brutality. Mind bending riffs with ferocious drumming and guttural vocals collide to bring you this ungodly creation of death metal that is certain to reign supreme in 2014! This CD release includes a 16 page booklet featuring the brilliant artwork of the legendary Dan Seagrave. Mixed and mastered by Sasha Borovykh at TsunTsun.

Via Clawhammer: Blackened death metal trio ZOM have debuted a new track from their upcoming album, Flesh Assimilation, at DecibelMagazine.com. The song, appropriately titled "Conquest," can be heard at this location .  Flesh Assimilation will be released November 24 in the U.S. via Dark Descent Records on CD, vinyl and digital formats. The album will be released in Europe through Invictus Productions November 30. Artwork for the album comes courtesy of renowned artist Zbyszek Bielak.

Recent, exclusive streaming of the band Drawers - Shadow Dancer at Decibel Magazine. Arroganz full album stream at New Noise Magazine. Eye Of Solitude - Dear Insanity full album stream at Terrorizer magazine. Eye Of Solitude link is here terrorizer.-stream-eye-solitudes-new-ep-dear-insanity-full Listen to it here  decibelmagazine-premiere-drawers-shadow-dancers newnoisemagazine-exclusive-album-stream-arroganz-tod-teufel/ terrorizer-streams-eye-solitudes-new-ep-dear-insanity-full

New releases at Nuclear Blast. Machine Head-Bloodstone & Diamonds. Devilment - The Great and Secret Show. Carcass - Surgical Remission Surplus Steel EP. Within Temptation - Let Us Burn EP. Check out these releases and support the bands by going to nuclearblast.com

New album releases at relapse Records. Usnea -Random Cosmic Violence. Broughton's Rules -Anechoic Horizon. Anatomy of Habit -Ciphers and Axioms. Support the bands check them out at relapse.com/store                                                                     Check out Usnea at   usnea Check out Broughtons Rules at  broughtonsrules Check out Anatomy of Habit at  anatomy

via Clawhammer: Edmonton, Alberta Black/Death Metallers DIRE OMEN have teamed with BraveWords.com for an exclusive stream of new song "Onward with Wounds of Disillusion." The track comes from Dark Descent Records release Wresting the Revelation of Futility, which will be available for mass consumption on November 12. Listen to the song right friggin' here . Characterized by a progression towards the chaotic, opaque darkness that now permeates their sound, the history of the Canadian Black/Death Metallers has led to the establishment of an undeniable identity, most evident on this debut album. Utilizing abyssal, morose imagery combined with a strong sense of Thelemic ritualism, DIRE OMEN has developed a unique take on the Black/Death genre. Pre-order Wresting the Revelation of Futility   here Here and Hereafter (Overture) Onward with Wounds of Disillusion Ossuary Hemotically Possessed Servus Sevorum Dei Foretold Untethering from Existence Beyond Sti...

This time last week Swiss American rockers Khaøs released ‘Risen’, their debut full-length album via MRR Records. Now the band has revealed the second single from said album as a lyric video. Entitled ‘Crisis Factor’, this song delves into the darker side of modern society and is undoubtedly one of the heaviest songs on the entire album. Singer and lyricist Chandler Mogel, (also of Outloud and Chrome Republic fame) comments: “This song is really an in your face, kick ass rocker which really says, ‘We're here!’ It's more or less about the state of affairs that we're in today but from a personal point of view, the struggles one might go through as a result of societal problems and aberrations.” “Ramification and danger are the main topics of the lyric video,” adds guitarist Mark Rossi. “The song is about the negation of responsibility and the ramifications of that, and finally culminating in the chorus which considers that we as a society are in danger if we don't ...

THE LUMBERJACK FEEDBACK, the musical equivalent to a wrecking ball of pachydermic proportions, recently premiered their first-ever music video, "A Whisper to the Thunder", with Metal Injection. Check out the video now at this location . The song is taken from their 2013 debut EP, Hand of Glory, which was recorded and mixed by one of the band's drummers, Olive T'Servrancx at his own studio, the Electrik Box Studio and mastered by Billy Anderson (EyeHateGod, Cathedral, Neurosis). The band will start recording its debut full-length this month with a series of special guests, including Alexandre Colin-Tocquaine (Agressor, ex-Bloodthron, ex-Loudblast) for a 2015 release. The album will still be produced at the Electrik Box by Olive T'Servrancx while mastering will be taken care of by none other than Colin Marston (Krallice, Gorguts, Behold the Arctopus. The limited-edition - 1,000 copies at first pressing - DigiFile CD version of Hand of Glory can be purcha...

Belgian epic black metallers Saille are only a few weeks away from releasing their brand new record, ‘Eldritch’, which will hit the shelves on 10th November via Code666 Records. Over the last number of weeks the band has been offering fans insight into the recording process via a series of studio videos. Here is 'Eldritch' in the making..                                   Piano Recordings http://youtu.be/FzLLNXVMeNM “‘Eldritch’ differs quite a bit from our two previous albums,” keyboardist Dries Gaerdelen begins. “We wanted the new songs to be more guitar oriented and more edgy, so we worked on the songs in a different way than we used to. Guitar players Reinier Schenk and Jonathan Vanderwal started writing the songs from a guitar perspective adding the keyboards and drums later on. On our two previous albums ‘Ritu’ and ‘Irreversible Decay’ the songs were created the other way around.” “Our ne...

Kingdom of Worms from German Death Metalists DESERTED FEAR is out today on FDA Rekotz on CD and digital formats. You can grab a copy at the FDA Rekotz Store.   The vinyl LP version will be released on November 21. A variety of vinyl formats and CD/LP/Shirt bundles can be ordered at this location . Thuringia´s DESERTED FEAR are one of the best Death Metal bands to come out of Germany in years. The band's 2012 debut My Empire was praised the world over and won them recognition in the European scene as a force to be reckoned with. Germany´s Rock Hard magazine referred to the album as "simply amazing." Kingdom of Worms was recorded in June and July 2014 at Eisensound Studio in Eisenberg (Thuringia / Germany) under the knife of guitarist Gitarrist Fabian Hildebrandt. Mixing and Mastering duties have been handled by the legendary Dan Swanö (Edge Of Sanity, Bloodbath, etc.), who put the finishing touches on Kingdom of Worms in his very own Unisound Studio. The dark and atm...

South Florida Epic Doom Metallers NORTHERN CROWN have teamed with MetalUnderground.com to stream the band's new EP, In the Hands of the Betrayer, in full a week before its release.   Immerse yourself in this five-track veil of doom and gloom, which includes a cover of Candlemass' "Crystal Ball," at this location .  As one of the oldest genres of heavy metal, doom metal's roots are buried deep and anchor the extensive forest that heavy metal has become. NORTHERN CROWN pays homage to those who have come before in its approach to riffs, organ use, and pacing, but doesn't let the old school ways of doom define it.   In the Hands of the Betrayer will be released on October 14. Order the EP at music.northerncrownband.com

In August of this year, from the Main Stage at Bloodstock Festival, UK melodic extreme metallers Bloodshot Dawn announced mid set that their new album was to be entitled ‘Demons’ and would be released on 26th October. The band then went on to debut a brand new song called ‘Smoke and Mirrors’. Today that very song is being unleashed to all as it features in the brand new Bloodshot Dawn music video. The video was directed by Lewis Carter & Phil Berridge (Vision Video) and was in an old photo studio in Peterborough. Frontman Josh McMorran comments on the video: ‘It’s a play through using natural visual effects to give an arty and moody vibe. We used colours of the new album artwork. This is the opening song of the album and encompasses all that is Bloodshot Dawn into one song! It's also kind of catchy...” ‘Demons’ is the second Bloodshot Dawn album and was funded by fans in a Kickstarter campaign, which was achieved in just 4 days, testament to the band’s loyal following. ...

Engraved Disillusion is a five piece band from Taunton, UK. Members are Vocals - Matthew William Mead. Lead/ Rhythm Guitar, Toby Stewart. Lead/ Rhythm Guitar, Marc Matthews. Bass Guitar / Backing Vocals, Aaron Preston. Drums - Chris Threlfall. Genre described as Metal. The Eternal Rest album to be released on October 31 2014. In terms of production this one is top notch. Very clean and pristine sound. Guitars are heavy with great quality tone. Drums are upfront and clear. Vocals range goes from low to mid with out loosing any aggression.  This album features ten compositions. They are all well structured and easily capture the listeners attention from moment to moment. Each track is melodic in nature but does retain its aggression. I enjoyed each passage. Some of the more stand out arrangements would have to be the song "Shadows Run Black", I really like this track, it is monumental and the guitar work easily captivates you. "Into Oblivion" is a heavy hitter, I ...

Internal Rot is a three piece band from Melbourne. Members are Brad - guitars, Christoph - drums, Max - vocals. Genre described as Grindcore. Mental Hygiene released on September twenty 2014 through Blastasfuk Records. As you might aspect the production is crude and raunchy which is fitting for the content. The instruments however are tight and recorded a good performance. Fast and destructive is the name of the game and they do it well. There are twenty compositions in total with the longest one being around six minutes and the shortest coming in at a blistering speed of just ten seconds. Many of the tracks are similar in structure as they are meant to be heavy fast raw and in your face, which is great, so which ones stand out the most?, well I would say the track Lashed With Viscera, clever title and catchy riffs. Teeth Eating, I enjoyed this one because it reminds me of old Napalm Death. In conclusion, a great release and lives up to the grindcore experience. I recommended for f...

Just released, In This Moment official video for Sick Like Me

SludgeHammer is a four member Metal band consisting of Chris Szarota- Vocals, Jeff Wilson- Guitars, Dan Ayers- Bass and Backing Vocals, Fernando Villalobos- Drums. They are based out of Toronto, Ontario. Organ Harvester is a self released EP on August 28th 2014. In terms of production its a great sounding recording. Solid guitar sound and stomping bass riffing. Drums are upfront and devastating. Vocals range from deep guttural to high and clear singing. Well executed solo work fit perfectly with the vast arrangements of rhythms. This band started out in May 2013 and have a previous self titled demo at bandcamp . My first impression upon listening to the opening track of this new EP, the band is well rounded and very talented. Strong metal roots are obvious, but the way they blend several styles of death, groove, thrash, and even melodic metal is impressive. Never a dull moment and it makes each song distinct from each other. Consider the length of time they have been together a...