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Swedish melodic death/thrash practitioners VITTRA are pleased to unveil a new video for “Sommarfödd.” The track comes by way of the band’s critically lauded debut full-length, Blasphemy Blues, released in Europe late last year. VITTRA’s Blasphemy Blues boasts a gripping combination of crushing death metal with strong songwriting and catchy hooks.  Originally called Vildvittra, based on the characters created by Astrid Lindgren as part of Ronja Rövardotter [Swedish for "Ronia, The Robber’s Daughter," a children’s fantasy book first published in 1981], their name later evolved into VITTRA, inspired by the mythical creatures appearing in Swedish folk stories. And while Swedish folk is a recurring theme weaving in and out of their music, the band is firmly rooted in melodic death and thrash metal in the veins of Dissection, early In Flames, Megadeth, and At The Gates. Comments the band of their frosty new video,  “Sommarfödd = The raw forces of a dark cold winter, combined with t...

 Today, filth-mongering upstarts Scumslaught premiere the new track "Emesis Bile" at heavily trafficked web-portal MetalBite.com. The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated debut mini-album, Knives and Amphetamines, set for international release on June 23rd via Caligari Records on CD and cassette tape formats. Hear Scumslaught's "Emesis Bile" in its entirety exclusively HERE . Hailing from France, Scumslaught formed during the cursed year of 2020. A power-trio in the grandest tradition, the band features in its ranks underground veterans: Leo Brard (ex-Cadaveric Fumes), Kev Desecrator (Destroyer 666, Venefixion, Sépulcre), and Jon  Whiplash (ex-Skelethal, Sépulcre). Not surprisingly, Scumslaught's sound surges with a comparable nastiness most/all those aforementioned bands are renown for, but with influences firmly in the vein of Canada's Slaughter, the almighty Discharge, and modern torchbearers Nekrofilth - and, for ...

Austria's melodic death metallers Dying Embers are set to release their debut full-length "Where Shadeless Dwell Frozen" on March 1st, 2019 via Black Sunset/MDD. Dying Embers is the solo project from Unhallowed's Jürgen Schurz and the first advance of the album, which comes in the form of the lyric video for "Beyond The Crimson Haze" "Where Shadeless Dwell Frozen" was produced at Soundtempel Studio Freilassung (a.o. Walachia) by Stefan Traummüller. The album will be released in DigiPak and it's already available for pre-order. Track list: 1. Pursue The Light 2. Beyond The Crimson Haze 3. Praise The Signs 4. Fields Of Fire 5. Ignite The Sky 6. Carved Into Fate 7. Where Shadeless Dwell Frozen 8. Dead To The World 9. In Cold Embrace 10. Darkside ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Latest blog announcements here - most current in...

Rochester (NY) - U.S. progressive Death Metal squad CONTRARIAN have partnered with Heavy Blog is Heavy for the lyric video premiere of "Whomsoever Worships the Whiteworm," a song from forthcoming album Their Worm Never Dies. Listen to it at Heavyblogisheavy Pre-order via Willowtip   contrarian-willowtip   Pre-order via Bandcamp    contrarian-bandcamp A new school of old school death metal. Creating death metal that is authentically new while have a natural memory and understanding of the old. Rooted in early 90's progressive death metal, but with an unrelenting forward thinking approach, CONTRARIAN return with their third full-length release Their Worm Never Dies. Spearheaded by guitar player Jim Tasikas, alongside George Kollias (Nile) simultaneously handling drum and vocal duties, CONTRARIAN is not a super group, but a unit of like-minded musicians that coincidentally converged on a vision of what a modern death metal band should sou...

Denver’s Saeva has released a punishing and chaotic new single, ‘Sanguine Rite’ and it is almost 7 minutes of tragic fury embracing blood sacrifice and moon worship. The Colorado band has been flirting with influences from a few genres since their birth under the cold moon of 2018 but remains heavily focused on black metal with sustained progressive riffs. ‘Sanguine Rite’ comes from the yet to be titled debut EP from Saeva, that is intended to be released later this year and according to them, it is a solid introduction to what Saeva is. “Sanguine Rite is the third song I wrote for this project and the first lyrics I wrote for the album. I wanted the song to be brooding and heavy but gradually move. The song needed to tell a story more than the lyrics. The music ebbs and flows and the melody reprised from the intro grounds you, reminds you where you are. The lyrics are about blood sacrifice and moon worship, in Saeva we move with the moon and we respect her gravity.” - N. Me...

It has been thirteen years since the last album by Tool. Loudwire released a video yesterday outlining all the details behind the big delays and up to the most current news regarding the album. Below is also a link to the last instrumental song that was released as a teaser. #Tool #newalbum #news #review ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Latest blog announcements here - most current info Support this blog please My store Check out some live performances here Carcass live - View it here Nervosa live -  View it here Immolation live - View it here #heavymetal #music #promo #bands #artemorbid

Apes Of God will release their new EP on Death In Pieces Records on Feb. 25 2019. They are streaming one of the songs via No Clean Singing Soundcloud in the link below. Definitely worth listening to this Salvadorian death thrash metal outfit. Listen exclusively on No Clean Singing HERE Visit the band here The promo states: DEATH IN PIECES RECORDS presents APES OF GOD’s newest EP "Procession of Death", which contains four new deadly tracks, full of Centro American rage and darkness. This is filthy and destructive death metal attack, created with incisive thrash metal elements, old school spirit and very bad blood. This EP includes two live tracks recorded at Megarock Fest 2018 " Apes of God cycle through riffs that are vicious and cruel, savage and swarming, fast and jolting. Driven by a blood-pumping rhythm section, the music exudes a vibrant electricity but also murderous hostility, thanks in part to the bestiality of the vocalist’s growls ...

The Left Hand Path released the video for "Egoschism" last year and it's a good indication of what to expect from their upcoming EP due out in the spring of 2019 thru Loud Rage Music. Szenasi Attila (bass), José Morales (drums), Ádám András (guitars), Wagner Tamás (guitars), Cristian Aionese (vocals) The promo states: Cluj-Napoca, Romania based Progressive Extreme Metallers LEFT HAND PATH were founded back in 2014, but 2019 sees the band in its best line-up to date, ready and fired up for the release of their debut self-titled EP due to drop sometime this Spring 2019 in collaboration with Loud Rage Music in both digital and CD versions. Visit  facebook-LeftHandPathRomania Visit  loudragemusic ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest blog announcements here - most current info Support this blog please My store Check out some live performances here Carcass live - View it h...

HATH are about to release a brand new album April 12 on Willowtip Records. Of Rot And Ruin is already making waves on No Clean Singing site streaming a song from the album, Usurpation, visit the link below and make your ears happy. Visit the new song here  nocleansinging-hath-usurpation The promo via Clawhammer: New Jersey Blackened Death Metallers HATH will release their full-length debut album, Of Rot and Ruin, April 12 on Willowtip Records. Of Rot and Ruin doesn't just live up to the promise of superb 2015 debut EP Hive; it more than surpasses it with impressive songwriting growth and a sonic intensity that penetrates deep into the bones. HATH released the following statement concerning the giant steps the band took to reach Of Rot and Ruin: "For the new record, we wanted to take everything we learned with the first EP and build off of it. 'Hive' was really a learning experience for us. AJ was in the process of building a proper studio and we...

Streaming now, head over to The Toilet Ov Hell and listen to a brand new track by Witchgoat, Black Vomit Of Souls. The song is from their upcoming " Egregors of the Black Faith ” album on February 13, 2019 via MORBID SKULL RECORDS. Listen to it here  toiletovhell-the-black-vomit-of-souls The promo states: WITCHGÖAT was conceived in the middle of 2016 by the long serving Salvadorian guitarist P. Scyther with the aim to form a black/thrash metal project that would carry off the effervescence of the old school thrash metal, the brutality and the precariousness of the ‘80s extreme metal, and the dire melodies of the ‘90s blackened death metal. He had shortly begun composing for the nameless project. The drummer E. Driller joined him in the early 2017 and the recording process was started straight away under the moniker of WITCHGÖAT. The lineup of WITCHGÖAT was completed upon the arrival of M. Miasma (vocals) and C. Fog (bassist) in the mid – 2017.  The profane...

Take a listen to this brand new track by Plague Throat, "The Epoch of Catastrophe II" From their upcoming EP Evolutionary Impasse due out February 20, 2019. Visit the band  facebook-plaguethroat3 The promo states: Indian Death Metal duo- PLAGUE THROAT have released their first single off their upcoming EP- 'Evolutionary Impasse'. The track entitled- 'The Epoch of Catastrophe II' gives fans a glimpse of what the EP packs. Marked with chaotic blast beats, technical riffs often showing melodic passages and monstrous vocals pummeling it's way across. This EP promises to divulge into the path of strong Technicality yet showing heavy undertones of brutality unlike their previous releases. The band's front man Nangsan comments, " This song strongly condemns and questions the misusing and misleading of the masses by utilising the easily accessible stupidity and incoherence of the majoritarian mindset which in turns leads to divi...

Neorhythm is streaming the song "Crystal Mountain" originally by Death from the album Symbolic released in 1995. The band features two members only known as Red One Red Two. Listen to it HERE The promo states: Interstellar duo NEORHYTHM have released a new digital single, a cover of DEATH's "Crystal Mountain." The original song appears on DEATH's 1995 album Symbolic. NEORHYTHM recently released the Meteoric Thoughts EP. The follow-up to this year's creatively aggressive debut album, Zetetic , includes three new tracks, as well as pummeling covers of DISTURBED's "Stricken" and MUDVAYNE's "Dig." Stream Meteoric Thoughts in its entirety: neorhythm-bandcamp-meteoric-thoughts NEORHYTHM offer what can only be described as Metal from Space. Creative in concept and aggressive in approach, you are cordially invited to take an interstellar journey that will prove impossible to forget. Meteoric Thoughts was recorded an...

Italian black metallers launch " The Glorious Empire Of Sand " single, this is the the third release from their debut album coming in February! Their new album Path Of Seven Sorrows is due out February via Promethean Fire / Kolony Records "The Path Of Seven Sorrows" tracklist: 01. Devotion 02. Souls Are Burning 03. Spark To Fire To Sun 04. All The Secrets That We Keep 05. Dark Horizons Ahead 06. The Glorious Empire Of Sand 07. Constellations The promo states: THE SCARS IN PNEUMA initially started as a solo project of Lorenzo Marchello (vocals / guitars / bass) in the beginning of 2017, and it turned to a band when trusted musicians Francesco Lupi (guitars) and Daniele Valseriati (drums) joined the ranks later during the same year. Musically, THE SCARS IN PNEUMA provides it's own particular black metal style, which can be defined as a mix of black metal, death metal with melodic riffing and epic passages, with a touch o...

Larsen is an Italian cult experimental band and they are streaming a song from their upcoming EP " Tiles " coming February 21st on Hypershape Records. Entitled " First Song ". Read more about it below. Tiles by Larsen The promo states: Today, Hypershape Records set February 21st as official release date for LARSEN’s new mini-album, “Tiles”, on vinyl and digital format. "Tiles" is a new manifestation of the inimitable vision they've been unveiling since New York-born performer Little Annie joined the band. Annie joined LARSEN in 2008 after seeing the band performing at an Austrian festival. She appeared on the following albums "La Fever Lit" and "Cool Cruel Mouth" (2008/ 2011) and the relative European tours. "Tiles" follows up LARSEN's latest album, the fully instrumental "Of Grog Vim" (2016), and features four pieces on the edge between "song" and "orchestrated spoken words...

Fresh off their split with Finland's CORONARY, Canada's TRAVELER will release their self-titled first full-length on February 22 via Gates Of Hell Records. Recorded at three different studios throughout 2018, Traveler will feature eight songs of up-tempo, classic metal, right up the alley for fans of vintage JUDAS PRIEST, MANILLA ROAD and RIOT. Listen to it here  travelermetal-street-machine-2 Pre order album here  cruzdelsurmusicproduct According to guitarist and founding member Matt Ries, Traveler will certainly appeal to fans of their debut demo and split with CORONARY. The three songs from their demo have been re-recorded and given new life thanks to TRAVELER's now-complete lineup, a first for the band. "To have this become a reality is amazing," he says. "I've learned a lot about who you jam with and not settling for anything less than the best. I've also learned how much work comes behind taking the reins on everything, but it's ...

Midwest death metal band Blood Of The Wolf have just released a brand new video via Facebook for the song "With Fire And A Thousand Flashing Blades", It is a track from their upcoming album II Campaign Of Extermination due out this April. View it at this location

Australia's death metallers Golgothan Remains have just announced the release of their first full length album, entitled 'Perverse Offerings To The Void', to be released independently on February 8. I have listen to the track on bandcamp and I highly recommend it, be sure to visit their FB page as well. Links are below. They have released the first preview track from the album, 'Timeless Eradicator', which can be listen to below Perverse Offerings To The Void by Golgothan Remains LINKS: Facebook page: facebook.com-GolgothanRemains   E-mail: golgothanremains@gmail.com

Uk melodic metal act Apparition are proud to unleash their new official lyric video for "Break The Chains", track taken from "The Awakening" album due for release on February the 2nd 2018 worldwide and on March the 28th in Japan via Wormholedeath / Aural / Disk Union Distribution Watch their video in the link below Click the video below for more updates

APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE premieres "My Heart is Leaving Here" via Decibel Magazine APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE has tapped Decibel Magazine for the exclusive premiere of "My Heart is Leaving Here," taken from the band's upcoming fourth album, From Gold to Ash. Clocking in at nearly 10 minutes, "My Heart is Leaving Here" is an emotionally-stirring and powerful display of APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE's brand of True American Doom Metal. Take the journey at decibelmagazine-track-premiere-apostle-solitude-heart-leaving Click the video below for more updates

L-R – Yannick Pilon – Vocals / Pierre Pitre – Drums / Kurt Clifford – Bass / Thierry Hivon – Guitar / Pat Gordon – Guitar Photo Credit: Wayne William Archibald You also view it here  idioteq.com Once again, Canada’s molten cauldron of metal, its crucible of carnage, spews forth a new release from one of its fine bands, the splendidly named VANTABLACK WARSHIP. Formed by veterans of the Quebec metal scene (Arseniq33, Ghoulunatics, Brutal Chérie, Foreshadow, Les Ékorchés, Buffalo Theory Mtl), this Montreal quintet conjures up images of a neon black pirate ship come to wage a metal storm on an unsuspecting Earth. Metal legend Tony Dolan, AKA The Demolition Man of Venom Inc. recently described VANTABLACK WARSHIP as a “Cool Slayer”. The band's new album "Abrasive Pulmoic Speak" due out on January 26th, 2018 features eight tracks of just solid riffage from heavy hardcore speed demon ripping to sludgy down tunes all applied with dirty in your face vocals read...