A new song from the upcoming DEATHCULT debut full-length "Beast of Faith" was released for streaming. Listen to the opening track "Barren Land".
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ASPHYX "Incoming Death" Official Video
ASPHYX and Century Media released official video for the title track of "Incoming Death" album. Brutal, heavy, crushing...
25 August 2016
OBITUARY "Ten Thousand Ways To Die"
OBITUARY announced the upcoming release of "Ten Thousand Ways To Die" featuring two new tracks and twelve classics and fan favorites recorded in eleven different cities on the Inked In Blood world tour. It will be release on October 21 on CD and Digital through Relapse. More info and pre-order here, Check out one the new tracks entitled "Loathe"...
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SOUNDS FROM THE DARK PAST...
CANCER
Hung, Drawn And Quartered
Death Shall Rise
1991 Restless Records
24 August 2016
INTERVIEW with SORCERY
Garden of bones is the third full length
by Swedish Death Metallers SORCERY. This dark and great album was released a
few months ago, so here is an interview with vocalist Ola Malmström regarding
the new album and the dark(est) past. Descend
to the ashes…
“Garden
of Bones” was released a few months ago, it is your third full length, but
this time it didn´t pass 22 years between your previous album, so how does the
band feel with this new album? How was the writing and recording process this
time?
We are very pleased with the result of the new
album. It is nice to show people what this new line-up can come up with. Some
of the songs were written a couple of years ago, right after the recording of
Arrival at six while some of the others are made with this new line-up. It is
great to see that the input of the new members fits so good with the idea and
sound of the band. Recordings also went very smoothly. We recorded it all in
one week and it was pure joy to see it come together.
In your own words how would you describe the
new songs, the style and sound of “Garden
of Bones?
I think soundwise it sounds quite clean and
raw. Maybe a bit more like it sounded in the early ninetieths, not overproduced
in a way. We still want everybody who listen to it realize that it is a Sorcery
album and I think the songs reflect that. We have found our way of writing
songs that we like and we stick to it. New people always bring new influences
and that set its mark on the songs but in the end it still sounds us.
What are the musical influences? Would you
say that your influences didn´t change much through the time?
If I speak for myself the influence has always
been the metal bands from the eighties. More thrash than death actually and
that haven’t changed much through the years.
Two songs that I really dig are “Hellstorm” and “Cleansed by Fire”, do you have any personal favorite song on the
album?
Hellstorm is of course a favorite for me too
and we have included it in our live set since it was written. It is also a song
that is written by Johan Vikholm and is a perfect example how the new members
input in the band fits so well with the idea of Sorcery. I think my personal
favorites are The New Armageddon and Holy Ground.
Besides the new compositions, you recorded
two old songs from your demo days, tell us about those tracks? Did you rework them with new arrangements ore are the same as the original versions?
The two old songs are Insanity Arise and Mass
Murder. Both were included on the 1992 Maculated Life demo which was never
released. We thought that the songs were so good that it was a shame that they
never got a proper release so we decided to make a re-recording of them and
include them on the album. The version from 1992 is pretty much the same as on
the album.
You’re once again working with Xtreem Music,
if I´m not wrong the collaboration started since you sent them the “Warbringer” demo. How is the
relationship with the label and what makes them the right fit for Sorcery?
Yes, we sent them the Warbringer and they got
interested in working with us. I must say that there is absolutely nothing to
complain about this collaboration. Dave Rotten is a great guy who understands
what all is about. Promotion and distribution is good, everything that comes up
along the way is sorted out very smoothly and the package they have put our
music into is always top notch.
The album Cover is outstanding, made by
Juanjo Castellano. If I´m not wrong you
had the intention to work again with Daniel Devilish, who did the awesome
covers of Arrival at Six and “Legacy of Blood”, how did the chance to work with
Juanjo came up?
Yeah, we spoke with Daniel once again to do the
cover. We were very pleased with the previous covers he had done to us but this
time he couldn’t make it. He was occupied with some other works and couln’t
promise to finish out cover in time. In the end he turned it down and we spoke
with Xtreem and they suggested Juanjo. We told him the idea we had for the
cover and he put it down on paper in the most stunning way. I absolute love the
cover. He is a very talented artist and I won’t hesitate to use him again in
the future.
Is there any concept running behind “Garden of Bones”?
The song, Garden of bones, is about this guy
who kills people because he hears voices in his head. He later buries them in
his back garden. It is his garden that is on the cover. A classic horror story
basically.
What about the lyrics this time? Where
do you draw your inspiration nowadays, are you interested in the same sources
of inspiration like in the early days?
There is of course the regular, blood, guts and
killing topics in many of the lyrics. Also there is a couple of songs that
deals with the fact that all religions is the base of all wars and hate around
the world and it has been since the dawn of time.
What differences exist between “Gardens of Bones” compared to “Arrival at Six” in terms of songwriting
and production?
Not much in the songwriting. Many of the songs
were written just after we recorded Arrival t Six. We do most of the songs
together, everyone has an opinion but in general it goes quite smooth.
Productionwise we used another producer this time and we didn’t record it
ourselves as we did with most of the parts with Arrival.
Talking about Arrival… what was your
impression of how the album was received by the media and most important, by
the fans?
I think it was very well received. There was a few who couldn’t understand why we didn’t sounded exactly as we did back in the days. Reviews were really good and I was actually quite surprised that people still remembered us.
I think it was very well received. There was a few who couldn’t understand why we didn’t sounded exactly as we did back in the days. Reviews were really good and I was actually quite surprised that people still remembered us.
The Demo “Master Of The Chains” in 2009 marked the return of the band, with
a new line up, Can you tell us a bit more about the reformation? Was it
difficult to find suitable musicians?
Not really. Both the drummer and the guitarist
were playing with me in Outremer at the time and I had just one condition, to
bring back Paul into the band. Paul said yes and we were on our feet’s again.
We had spoken about bringing it back on several occasions through the years but
it always had failed on some matter but this time all the pieces fitted
perfectly. We got our self a gig and that forced us to rehearse quite intense
right away. We recorded the master of the chains EP just to have something to
present at the gig, to show that we were back and it wasn’t just a one night
happening.
“Legacy
of Blood” and “Unholy Creations”
are certainly two very cool compilations, specially “Unholy Creations” with lot
of old and rare material. What do you think about these releases?
Yeah they became great. Unholy Creations
includes almost everything that we had recorded prior to the EP. It comes with
a 24 page booklet describing the early years of the band. Legacy of Blood is a
re-release of Bloodchilling Tales, remastered and it also include the EP so
both of them is a complete document of the band before we disbanded in 1997.
You were all still pretty young when the
band started out, were you upset when the band dissolved after the maturity the
band achieved after releasing the demos and the great debut album? How did you feel
back at that moment?
Well it just faded away actually. We didn’t sit
down and said this is the end. We just started to see each other more and more
seldom. Of course it became a big void not to have the band anymore but these
last few years had been filled with problems of all kinds so I think we all
were pretty fed up with it at the time.
“Unholy
Crusade” was in my opinion one of the best demos from that time, “Rivers of the Dead” EP too and of
course “Bloodchilling Tales” were
strong releases that didn´t receive the attention they deserved-How do you look
back on those releases and the impact they had on the scene in the early 90s?
It was of course exciting times, we were young
and we got to release our music. Unfortunately we were absolutely naïve when it
came to how the music business worked and we had not a clue how to promote
ourselves. Bloodchilling was lost in the stream of albums that came out and it
wasn’t until it was re-released on CD some years later something started to
happen and by then we already had disbanded the band.
Were you satisfied with the work of
Underground Records did regarding the promotion and distribution of “Bloodchiling Tales”?
No, absolutely not. The album got very little
promotion and the distribution was poor.
What was the reason to record the “Maculated” demo in 1992, a year after
the release of the debut album? Why did Paul play drums on that demo?
The only reason was that we at the time were working
with a production company who would find us another record deal and they wanted
to show something new. Paul started in this band as a guitarist and changed to
drums before we recorded the third demo so he plays drums on bloodchilling
tales as well. I think it was around 1993 he changed back to guitar again only
to start playing drums again in 1996. When we restarted the band in 2009 he
played bass for some years until he started to play guitar again. He hasn’t
tried out singing but otherwise he had every position within the band through
the years.
On the back cover of Rivers Of The Dead
EP you say hello to bands like Entombed, Pestilence, Grotesque… how was the
relationship with other bands of the scene back then? How did you live the
scene from the inside? Were you paying attention on other debut albums of bands
like Merciless, Dismember, Unleashed, Grave…
It was in general a friendly atmosphere amongst
the bands back then. All traded their music with each other and it was always
nice when a band had made a new demo or album.
As you are a mature and experienced
band, I must ask, what would you say is the main difference between nowadays
Black and Death Metal scene compared to the one in the late 80s and early 90s?
What would you name as most positive/negative things? Is there any new
band that caught your attention?
The main difference is that bands back then
didn’t had any formula for how death metal should sound. It was invented and
explored as we went along. Bands nowadays are more into how it should sound.
They have listen to it since they were kinds and are of course influenced by
it. I guess the most negative thing about it might be when new bands come along
and tries to copy whet the bands back then did instead of trying to find a
sound of them self. I can’t point out a special band that has caught my
attention more than others.
Do you have any special remembrance for
any live gig from the early days?
We did a couple of good ones back then. Played
with bands like Entombed, Therion, Dismember and so on. We actually only played
a few gigs prior to our reunion in 2009. We only played live seventeen times
the first ten years and since 2009 until present day I guess it must have been
around 50 more gigs.
You did a concert in 2014 together with
the Gävleborg symphony orchestra, what can you tell us about that concert, how
was the experience?
That was a great night. We played six of our
songs together with them and it was really a special feeling. Once in a
lifetime experience I must say. There really are some similarities between
classic music and Death Metal. Complexity of the riffs, lots of time changes.
What´s the strangest place and the most
shocking one that you´ve been?
A strange house in Portland on our US tour
2013. We were supposed to live there but we refused and went to a motel
instead.
What are your future plans?
We are about to start working on the songs for
the follow-up to Garden of Bones and then we will play some more. We have a
date in September at a festival in Sweden and then it is possible we will head
down to into Europe for some gig later this year.
Thank you so much for the interview, anything
else you'd like to mention?
Thank you for having me and hope that I will
see you all on the road somewhere.
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UNCOFFINED "The Horrors of Highgate" Preview Song
"The Devil has struck again - not the devil himself but his servants..." this awesome quote could be easily refering to UNCOFFINED, but in fact it belongs to the movie "Twins of Evil", and fits perfectly as intro for "The Horrors of Highgate", preview song taken from the upcoming album "Ceremonies of Morbidity".
The song is as good as I expected, and I could perfectly describe with words the dark and horrid visions that come to my mind from the fog of Highgate Cemetery after listening to this song, but better, check it out yourself and feel the horror...
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VADER "Prayer To The God Of War" Official Lyric Video
VADER and Nuclear Blast launched official lyric video for "Prayer To The God Of War", song taken from the new EP "Iron Times" released last August 12th.
PRINCIPALITY OF HELL "Sulfur & Bane"
"This band was born out of the need to honour our roots"...says PRINCIPALITY OF HELL, and so they do! The greek Old-School Metallers will release the second album "Sulfur & Bane" through Osmose Productions on October 28th.
The album features 16 tracks, including 6 cover
versions of the Gods Sodom, Celtic Frost, Slayer, Razor, Venom and
Bathory.
POH members
are: The Magus (Magus Vampyr Daoloth -Necromantia, Thou Art Lord) Bass/
Vocals, El - Guitars, J.- Drums, featuring the following guest vocalists on this recording: Acherontas
V.Priest of Acherontas on "Dawn of Megiddo" (Celtic Frost), Sakis of
Rotting Christ on "Blasphemer" (Sodom) and Nick J. Tragakis of Exarsis on "Evil Invaders" (Razor).
The full tracklist reads like this
A Prayer
Blood Moon Rising
Sons of the Desert
The Invisible Empire
Sulfur & Bane
The Diabolist
In the Shadows of Sodom
The Black Ram
Den of the Serpent
The Marble Witch
Blasphemer (Sodom cover)
Blood Moon Rising
Sons of the Desert
The Invisible Empire
Sulfur & Bane
The Diabolist
In the Shadows of Sodom
The Black Ram
Den of the Serpent
The Marble Witch
Blasphemer (Sodom cover)
Dawn of Megiddo (Celtic Frost cover)
Black Magic (Slayer cover)
Evil Invaders (Razor cover)
In League with Satan (Venom cover)
Black Magic (Slayer cover)
Evil Invaders (Razor cover)
In League with Satan (Venom cover)
Sacrifice (Bathory cover)
ESCARNIUM "Interitus"
"Interitus" is the title of the second full-length from Brazillian Death Metallers ESCARNIUM, The album will be released on October 14th via Testimony Records.
The band revealed the first track "100 Days of Bloodbath" .
Tracklist
The Horror
While The Furnace Burns
Starvation Death Process
Radioactive Doom
Omnis Mortuus Est - Interitus
Macabre Rites
Genocide Ritual
The Gray Kingdom
100 Days Of Bloodbath
Human Waste
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23 August 2016
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19 August 2016
MAYHEM "Live In Zeitz" Official Vinyl Release
Today Peaceville Records releases officially for the first time MAYHEM´s "Live in Zeitz". Featuring the classic line-up of Euronymous, Dead, Necrobutcher and Hellhammer, recorded 24-11-1990 in Zeits, Germany.
"Taken from a new and improved audio source, this definitive edition of Live in Zeitz presents the chaotic sound and dark atmosphere of the show with a greater level of clarity, while maintaining the rawness of Mayhem's live attack.
This vinyl edition features an 8 page 12" booklet containing new interviews with band members, friends and close associates of the band, and includes previously unseen images.
The initial pressing [of 1000 globally] is presented on gold 180g vinyl".
"Taken from a new and improved audio source, this definitive edition of Live in Zeitz presents the chaotic sound and dark atmosphere of the show with a greater level of clarity, while maintaining the rawness of Mayhem's live attack.
This vinyl edition features an 8 page 12" booklet containing new interviews with band members, friends and close associates of the band, and includes previously unseen images.
The initial pressing [of 1000 globally] is presented on gold 180g vinyl".
A
Deathcrush
Necrolust
Funeral Fog
The Freezing Moon
B
Carnage
Buried By Time And Dust
Chainsaw Gutsfuck
Pagan Fears
Deathcrush
Necrolust
Funeral Fog
The Freezing Moon
B
Carnage
Buried By Time And Dust
Chainsaw Gutsfuck
Pagan Fears
DARKTHRONE "Tundra Leech" Premiere Song
In case you didn´t listen to the new DARKTHRONE track [why the hell you didn´t yet?!!!] here you have "Tundra Leech", accompanied by some coments by Fenriz at the beginning, and then the full track, enjoy...
INCARCERATION "Catharsis"
Brazilian INCARCERATION revealed cover artwork, title and tracklist for the new full-length "Catharsis". The album will be released on October 28th on CD/LP and Download by FDA Rekotz/ Soulfood Music, and released at the same time in Central and South America on CD by the brazilian record label Misanthropic Records
In the meantime check out the previous recording of the band, "Sacrifice" EP. released on 2013 by FDA Rekotz.
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18 August 2016
SEANCE "Levitised Spirit" Demo Reissue
Chaos Records will reissue the first recording from the veteran Swedish Death Metal band SEANCE. The debut demo "Levitised Spirit" originally released in 1991 on cassette before the release of the band´s debut album "Fornever laid To Rest", will be available on CD and Vinyl, featuring original cover artwork, revamped layout by Arturo Vargas [Souls Crematorium] and remastered audio by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound UK.
The CD version will be out on October 3th, while the Vinyl version will be available later this year.
Here is the remastered version of the opening track "Haunted"...
Tracklist:
Haunted
Reincarnage
Blood Of The Saints
The Blessing of Death
Sin
GRAVEBOMB "Rot In Putrid Filth"
"Rot In Putrid Filth", the debut full-length from Swedish Death Metallers GRAVEBOMB released digitally earlier this year, will be released on CD on October 26 through Raw Skull Recordz, in co-operation with Neckbreaker Records.
The album was recorded in Summer 2015 at Fvck Life Studios, mixed by Fred Forsberg and mastered by Tomas Skogsberg at Sunlight Studio.
Full album stream...
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GRAVEYARD GHOUL Advance Track
GRAVEYARD GHOUL revelaed the first track "Born Without Bones" from the upcoming full-length "Slaughtered, Defiled, Dismembered". Out this Autumn through Go Fuck Yourself Productions.
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