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BLOOD RED THRONE - New Track Premiere - New Album 'Nonagon' out on January 26th via Soulseller Records
 Norwegian Death Metal kings BLOOD RED THRONE have revealed the final single from their upcoming new album "Nonagon", to be unleashed on January 26th 2024 via Soulseller Records.
"Seeking To Pierce" is streaming here: https://youtu.be/aNYeV8lQVIk
With "Nonagon", BLOOD RED THRONE celebrate 26 years in the scene and deliver their 11th and strongest release so far!
The album was mixed and mastered by Ronnie Björnström (at Bjornstromsound) and features a cover artwork by Giannis Nakos / Remedy Art Design.
Band founder / guitarist Daniel "Død" Olaisen comments: "Blood Red Throne has always been a combination of groove and brutality. While keeping true to the BRT sound and feel, 'Nonagon' feels fresh and new. The lyrics for the album are loosely based on the nine concentric circles of torment described in 'Inferno' by Dante. The album has nine songs and it would be fitting to conceptualize around that. That being said, every lyric is up for interpretation and I encourage people to find their own meaning and themes based on it."
Check these pages for pre-order options: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
1. Epitaph Inscribed
2. Ode To The Obscene
3. Seeking To Pierce
4. Tempest Sculptor
5. Every Silent Plea
6. Nonagon
7. Split Tongue Sermon
8. Blade Eulogy
9. Fleshrend
http://www.soulsellerrecords.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/BloodRedThroneOfficial
ROMUVOS - New Trackstream "Sun and the Morning Star"
 ROMUVOS proudly presents a new song, entitled “Sun and the Morning Star"! The perfect blend of Folk and Metal, you need to hear it to believe it, the feeling is there, it is real. It is Dark.
Check it out at this location: https://youtu.be/9ky0NGX34wU
The band's new album, "Spirits", is set for a release on CD, LP and digital on February 9th 2024 via Hammerheart Records.
Tracklist:
1. Snake Dance
2. Sun and the Morning Star
3. World Tree
4. Become as One
5. Garden of the Sun
6. Spirits of the Oak
7. Fire
8. Crescent Moon
https://www.hammerheart.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/romuvos
MESSIAH - New Album "Christus Hypercubus" via High Roller Records - Video Clip Premiere
 Switzerland’s legendary Death/Thrashers MESSIAH are back with a new studio album!
"Christus Hypercubus" will be released on March 1st, 2024 via High Roller Records on all formats.
The follow-up to 2020’s highly acclaimed comeback album "Fracmont" promises harder and faster material with striking guitar parts and great arrangements, and also features the band’s new members Marcus Seebach (vocals) and V.O. Pulver (guitar), who are adding their own touches. There’s definitely a new wind blowing, but MESSIAH have not lost any of their established trademarks of old.
A video clip for the title track has been premiered at this location: https://www.deaf-forever.de/videopremiere-messiah-2 +++ https://youtu.be/I42aha75zIg
MESSIAH’s founder and guitarist R.B. Brögi comments: "The combination of faith (CHRISTUS as a pseudonym) and Tesseract (HYPERCUBUS) is a theoretical idea-thought construct that may possibly lead to an analogy, both musically, literarily and visually, to how the world is continually becoming more and more condensed. Invisible (multidimensional tesseract), in which only man lives, due to his actions and a possible matrix error in the human evolutionary sequence. In the end, there is no space left, only emptiness, infinitely condensed mass and time is displaced. This makes the question of 'where from', 'why' and 'wherefore' superfluous.”
Pre-order options: https://www.hrrecords.de/MESSIAH
Record Release Show: March 16th, 2024 - Dynamo Zürich (Switzerland) - Special Guests: Poltergeist & Comaniac - Tickets: https://www.ticketino.com/de/Event/MESSIAH-Dynamo-Zuerich-2024/179455
Tracklist:
01. Sikhote Alin
02. Christus Hypercubus
03. Once Upon A Time... NOTHING
04. Speed Sucker Romance
05. Centipede Bite
06. Please Do Not Disturb (While I'm Dying)
07. Soul Observatory
08. Acid Fish
09. The Venus Baroness I
10. The Venus Baroness II
Line-up:
Marcus Seebach - Vocals
R.B. Brögi - Guitars, Harmonies & Spoken Words
V.O. Pulver - Guitars
Patrick Hersche - Bass
Steve Karrer - Drums
https://www.hrrecords.de +++ https://linktr.ee/messiah_thrashingmadness
HULDER - Sophomore Full-Length "Verses In Oath" via 20 Buck Spin - Details and Track Premiere
 The hauntingly grandiose new HULDER album "Verses In Oath", created during the dreariest cold months of the Northwest winter, constitutes the most majestic, untamed manifestation thus far in the band’s journey of conquest, as new territory is put to flame and conquered by sword and shield.
While Black Metal has evolved into myriad offshoots and subgenres to the point of incomprehension, HULDER is resolutely steeped in the genre’s destructive preeminence, rituals and traditions, carrying the torch of its origins and heritage. And still "Verses In Oath" astonishes with the malevolent spirit of creative autonomy and individual freedom essential to reach the genre’s exalted heights.
The album was mixed and mastered by Ahti Kortelainen at the cult Tico Tico Studios in Finland, whose overwhelming list of credits stretch back decades to include Barathrum, Belial, Impaled Nazarene and Moonsorrow among countless others. The result is both unsparingly savage and wistfully evocative; black blood on white snow.
"Verses In Oath" will be released on February 9th, 2024 via 20 Buck Spin.
A first track, entitled "Vessel Of Suffering", is streaming now at this location: https://youtu.be/5tE1ptoX1Wo
Tracklist:
01. An Elegy
02. Boughs Ablaze
03. Hearken The End
04. Verses In Oath
05. Lamentation
06. An Offering
07. Cast Into The Well Of Remembrance
08. Vessel Of Suffering
09. Enchanted Steel
10. Veil Of Penitence
https://www.20buckspin.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/HulderUS
INTRANCED - Deal with High Roller Records - Debut Album in May 2024
 Thundering riffs and searing solos meet anthemic melodies in INTRANCED, an LA-based metal/hard rock band featuring singer James-Paul Luna (Holy Grail, White Wizzard) guitarist Fili Bibiano (Fortress), bassist Nico Staub (The Fae), and drummer Ben Richardson (Wild Eyes). Building on their celebrated musical pasts, the band was united by the goal of mining the deep, rich seams of classic 70’s and 80’s heavy metal, with a premium on songwriting and a focus on the epic themes of real life: triumph, tragedy, and heartbreak.
INTRANCED have just signed a deal with High Roller Records to release their debut full-length album in May 2024. Tracking for the album is completed, and it is currently being mixed by Herbrand Larsen (Audrey Horne, Enslaved, Immortal). More info will follow soon - stay tuned!
Furthermore, High Roller Records will re-issue an enhanced edition of the "Intranced" self-titled EP that will include the two songs from the "Rogue Warrior" single, which the band released in June 2023. This re-issue will be available in March to coincide with the band's appearance at the notorious Hell's Heroes festival in Houston, TX, March 21-23, 2024.
https://www.hrrecords.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/IntrancedOfficial
STYGIAN CROWN - Sophomore Album "Funeral For A King" via Cruz Del Sur Music - Lyric Video Premiere
 Los Angeles based epic doom metallers STYGIAN CROWN return with their long-awaited sophomore album!
"Funeral For A King" is set for release on February 23rd 2024 via Cruz Del Sur Music.
The follow-up to their well-received 2020 self-titled debut stays true to the band’s sprawling doom template that also incorporates elements of classic metal and death metal. Tracked at five different studios from Los Angeles to Melbourne, Australia, with mixing duties falling onto Mark Kelson and mastering courtesy of Charles Elliott, the album occasionally drifts into traditional metal territory but largely keeps its boots on the ground in doom.
A lyric video for the track "Bushido" is available at this location: https://youtu.be/vYyhY2S71HM
Epic, massive doom with nods to Candlemass, Bolt Thrower, My Dying Bride and Iron Maiden!
Pre-order options: https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com/store
Cover artwork by Kris Verwimp.
Tracklist:
1. Funeral For A King
2. Bushido
3. Scourge Of The Seven Hills
4. Let Thy Snares Be Planted
5. The Bargain
6. Where The Candle Always Burns
7. Blood Red Eyes
8. Beauty And Terror
9. Strait Of Messina
https://www.facebook.com/cruzdelsurmusic +++ https://linktr.ee/StygianCrown
SPECTRAL VOICE - Sophomore Album "Sparagmos" via Dark Descent Records - Details and Trackstream revealed
 Dark Descent Records proudly announces the sophomore album of SPECTRAL VOICE, entitled "Sparagmos", to be released on February 9th 2024.
It was recorded, mixed and mastered by Arthur Rizk at Redwood Studio. The artwork was created by Manifester.
"Sparagmos" unfolds as a momentous second full-length offering, marking the culmination of a period devoted to katabatic immersion into the material. The title itself, alluding to the Dionysian rite of being torn limb from limb, sets the stage for a profound exploration of life, death, and the untamed essence within.
"The content of the album oscillates between lamentation and exaltation. An immersive, morbid atmosphere of funereality longs for the liberation of death and mourns the agony of life. Coupled with moments of frenetic madness, grandeur, terror and ecstasy, the point we are trying to get to is the moment in which - through sacrifice - atavistic wildness is unleashed, and the ultimate exaltation of life through death is realized.", reflects drummer/vocalist E. Wendler.
Influences drawn from the esoteric realms of death, black, doom metal, dark ambient, and arcane literature converge to shape SPECTRAL VOICE's most realized manifestation. Featuring the sonic prowess of M. Kolontyrsky (guitar), P. Riedl (guitar), and J. Barrett (bass) - also of Blood Incantation fame - alongside the drummer/vocalist E. Wendler, SPECTRAL VOICE weave a sonic tapestry with a level of excellence that surpasses even their own formidable standards.
"Sparagmos" unquestionably stands as a definitive death metal highlight of 2024!
"Red Feasts Condensed Into One" - Official Track Stream: https://youtu.be/g9rsN2Z3zx8
Tracklist:
1. Be Cadaver
2. Red Feasts Condensed Into One
3. Sinew Censer
4. Death's Knell Rings in Eternity
https://www.facebook.com/DarkDescentRecords +++ https://www.ddmsuo.eu
MEGA COLOSSUS - New Album 'Showdown' via Cruz Del Sur Music - New Lyric Video revealed
High-octane melodic metallers MEGA COLOSSUS, hailing from Raleigh / North Carolina, have released a second track from their upcoming new album "Showdown".
A lyric video for "Outrun Infinity" can be checked out here: https://youtu.be/hIriy_x8epM
On their fourth full-length, MEGA COLOSSUS matches epic metal grandeur with the hooks and melodies from Rainbow and Kansas! Recorded with Al Jacob at Warrior Sound in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in early 2023, "Showdown" catches MEGA COLOSSUS in full stride, expanding upon its template of dueling twin-guitar harmonies and gallops. It takes their brand of triumphant, big melodic metal to new heights without forgetting where the band came from. It’s like the perfect sequel to 2021’s "Riptime"- but better!
But above all else, "Showdown" is the amalgamation of five very different musicians with something unique to offer to MEGA COLOSSUS. It is no wonder, that the album has emerged as an epic display of uncanny and striking melodic metal, with all the depth and charisma of a band now entering its 20th year.
"Showdown" will be released on January 26th 2024 via Cruz Del Sur Music on CD, LP and digitally.
Tracklist:
1. Fortune and Glory
2. Outrun Infinity
3. Grab the Sun
4. Showdown
5. Warden of the Wicked Road
6. Take to the Skies
https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/colossusmetal
WARLORD - New Album "Free Spirit Soar" via High Roller Records in 2024
 Epic Metal pioneers WARLORD are on a mission in tribute to fallen bandmate William J Tsamis and return once more with a new album in 2024, to be released via High Roller Records.
With "Free Spirit Soar", a brand-new studio album by WARLORD with all songs having been recorded between March and September 2023, singer Giles Lavery and drummer Mark Zonder honor their bandmate Bill Tsamis who passed away in 2021. They are joined by Jimmy Waldo on keyboards/synthesizer, Philip Bynoe on bass and Eric Juris on guitars.
"We wanted to finish these pieces of music that were started ‘for Bill’," explains Lavery, "and the material we felt was certainly strong enough to inspire us to do so." Regarding the guitar parts he specifies: "Bill is there where we could pull his tracks off the demo recordings, in much the same way the Beatles were recently able to rescue John Lennon’s voice from an old demo tape. however be assured this album is not 'a demo', nor does it sound like one, our new guitarist Eric does most of the heavy lifting as far the recording, but all of the music was written by Bill and we stayed very very faithful to what he wrote."
Watch out for further news such as the album cover, pre-order info as well as a first single very soon!
Tracklist:
01. Behold A Pale Horse
02. The Rider
03. Conquerors
04. Worms Of The Earth
05. The Watchman (CD-exclusive track)
06. Free Spirit Soar
07. The Bell Tolls
08. Alarm
09. Twin (CD-exclusive track)
10. Revelation XIX
Line Up:
Mark Zonder - Drums
Philip Bynoe - Bass
Eric Juris - Guitars
Jimmy Waldo - Keyboards
Giles Lavery - Vocals
https://www.facebook.com/OfficialWarlord +++ https://www.hrrecords.de
DISSIMULATOR - Technical Thrash/Death Debut Album "Lower Form Resistance" via 20 Buck Spin - Details and Trackstream
 20 Buck Spin proudly announces the debut full-length of Montreal based Technical Thrash/Death Metal trio DISSIMULATOR!
"Lower Form Resistance" is set for release on January 26th 2024.
DISSIMULATOR will be a new name to most in 2024, but with the release of razor-sharp debut album "Lower Form Resistance" the band unleash an overwhelming future shock on the auditory and sensory nerves, permanently imprinting on the cerebral cortex with their pulsating unconventional attack. Comprised of members from Chthe’ilist, Atramentus, Beyond Creation and more, the band executes its jagged sci-fi Death-Thrash with vicious intricacy.
Over the forty-two-minute course of the album, the jarring angular riffs, complex structures and atmosphere of exuberant incongruity meshes acutely with a straightforward momentum and perpetual accessibility at the crossroads where the thrash and death metal scenes began to coalesce, and directional potentiality felt limitless. Add to this a Voivod-ian prescience of robotic sentience and technological doom and DISSIMULATOR’s vision makes for total immersion in their world-building enterprise.
The off-kilter and adventurous spirit of "Lower Form Resistance" that manages to sound fresh today while conjuring a certain spirit of ’88-’93 makes this debut a mesmerizingly bizarre and gratifying dose of aggressive alacrity. Fans of bands like Obliveon, Sadus, Voivod, Atheist, Hexx, Decapitated and Meshuggah should pay attention!
A first track entitled "Hyperline Underflow" is streaming now at this location: https://youtu.be/YsgPGHrvQZ0
Vocalist/guitarist Claude Leduc states about the single: "'Hyperline Underflow' is one of the more 'upbeat' songs on 'Lower Form Resistance', both musically and lyrically. Within the context of the album’s bleak vision of a future in which the remains of the human species and of its essence are almost totally determined by technical processes, the song entertains the possibility of new forms of life emerging seemingly ex nihilo from the neglected outer layers of a god-machine that has assimilated most of the natural world. As the penultimate song on the album, Hyperline sets the stage for the call to resistance that unites all organic life against the cybernetic totality."
Tracklist:
1. Neural Hack
2. Warped
3. Outer Phase
4. Automoil & Robotoil
5. Cybermorphism / Mainframe
6. Hyperline Underflow
7. Lower Form Resistance
Line-Up:
Claude Leduc : Guitars & Vocals
Antoine Daigneault : Bass
Philippe Boucher : Drums
Cover artwork by Jesse Draxler
https://www.20buckspin.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/dissimulatorofficial
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