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The UK-based blackened death metal group HECATE ENTHRONED will release “Embrace Of The Godless Aeon,” their first album in five years (and their debut for new label M-Theory Audio), on January 25, 2019. The album – which features cover artwork by Nestor Avalos (Bloodbath, Rotting Christ, The Black Dahlia Murder), as seen above – can be pre-ordered now on CD and red splatter vinyl at this location (www.m-theoryaudio.com/store). A limited-edition deluxe box set that includes exclusive purple vinyl and cassette editions of the album, a signed photo card and other collectables is also available. A new song from the album,… Continue reading

Austrian metal band Harakiri For The Sky has announced a winter/spring tour of Europe, which will begin in January and extend through May and includes dates with Draconian. All dates listed below. Harakiri For The Sky are touring in support of their critically praised, latest album, Arson, that’s available now from AOP Records. The record contains stand out tracks like “Fire, Walk With Me,” “You Are The Scars,” “Heroin Waltz” and “Tomb Omnia,” among others. PURCHASE/STREAM ARSON: Amazon – https://amzn.to/2r9f56o Apple Music – https://apple.co/2r9ewti BandCamp – http://bit.ly/2SekViq Spotify – https://spoti.fi/2E0UFVy AOP Records (EU Shop) https://shop.aoprecords.de Tour Dates: December 29th: RCA CLUB – Lisbon (Portugal) January 18th : Progresja Music Zone – Warsaw… Continue reading

Just two months away from the release of their upcoming album A View, CEILD celebrate the start of their tour with stops in France (and also Belgium and Spain in January) appropriately with their brand new performance video for Falaise, the second single from their very first fully instrumental album, which will be released on January 25th. On this occasion, the track is now available as a free fan-exclusive on Bandcamp (https://ceildband.bandcamp.com/). Falaise is far more than a taste of what the growing fan base all over the world can expect with the new record. The attendant video also indicates where we are headed performance-wise… Continue reading

 Lotus is the forthcoming new studio album from Swedish-based progressive metal collective, SOEN. Set for release via Silver Lining Music on February 1st, 2019, the nine songs comprising Lotus are intoxicating, addictive aural therapies, questioning much of today’s darkness while juxtaposing them with moments of great escape and hope. Produced by David Castillo and Iñaki Marconi at Ghostward Studios and Studio 6, the album features the first recorded SOEN material with newest recruit, Canadian-born guitarist Cody Ford, whilst the centre-point of the album remains those trademark, snap-heavy, progressive SOEN riffs. Songs such as “Rival,” “Covenant,” and “Martyrs” are dissertations on modern societies, fraught with poetic, finitely designed confusion… Continue reading

 Faintly tipping their hats to past rock masters, GALLOWS CIRCUS have crafted a sound that calls upon the passion of Free, fortified by the snarly riffery of Guns N Roses. GALLOWS CIRCUS have released a brand new video for the track, Faith To Believe – which is out Friday 30th November. Up-and-coming Kent rocksters, GALLOWS CIRCUS, were formed in 2017, and ever since they have been making new friends and picking up fans right across the country. The talented dirty-blues rockers dropped their self-titled debut EP last year, notching up a tidal wave of support from the underground. The quartet… Continue reading

With an arsenal of technical skills ready to unleash upon the world, Bay Area natives AENIMUS recently announced that their forthcoming sophomore album, Dreamcatcher, will be released on February 22ndvia Nuclear Blast Records. Today, bassist Seth Stone discusses the band’s history in a new trailer Dreamcatcher will be available on jewelcase CD, black vinyl LP and digitally. Pre-order your copy: All formats: nuclearblast.com/aenimus-dreamcatcher CD: nblast.de/AenimusCD Vinyl: nblast.de/AenimusVinyl Order the album from iTunes to receive ‘Before the Eons’ instantly: nblast.de/AenimusDreamcatcherIT Dreamcatcher is a concept album that draws inspiration from horror novels and movies, such as It, The Shining, Hannibal Lecter and The Dead Zone. The album was recorded by the band while mixing and mastering were handled by Jamie King… Continue reading

 Australian metal destroyers AVERSIONS CROWN are pleased to announce a co-headline run across Europe with their fellow countrymen in PSYCROPTIC for February 2019 today. Opening support on this trek will come from WITHIN DESTRUCTION, HADAL MAW as well as HOLLOW WORLD. The band will once again be touring in support of their latest studio album »Xenocide« (January 20, 2017). Further details can be found below. Tickets are on sale now. AVERSIONS CROWN + PSYCROPTIC w/ WITHIN DESTRUCTION, HADAL MAW, HOLLOW WORLD 01.02.    D             Karlsruhe – Weiße Rose 02.02.    D             Saarbrücken – Garage (Kleiner Klub) 03.02.    D             Oberhausen – Kulttempel 04.02.    UK          Birmingham – The Asylum 2 05.02.    UK          Glasgow… Continue reading

Tax The Heat cap off an extremely successful 2018 announcing a series of UK dates in April 2019 as special guest to the legendary Mott The Hoople. In addition, following the release of their new album “Change Your Position” earlier this year, the band is ready to hit the road in December 2018 with a five-date UK tour. Vocalist/Guitarist Alex Veale says: “Tax The Heat opening for Mott The Hoople, what a surreal and brilliant thing to be asked to do! Their influence in rock n roll is so apparent. It’s the 45 anniversary of their ‘74 tour which they asked… Continue reading

Melodic and hypnotic, rhapsodic yet ultimately portraying the apocalyptic, the short piano based ’It Was No Accident’ is the opening salvo from ‘The Dream Extortionists’, the debut solo album by East London based musician Ian Williams, which is due to be released in the early spring of 2019. Recorded between 2005 and 2017 on a 1904 Steinway baby grand in the French village of Cogny, an 1899 Blüthner at Studio Slaughterback in London and an unknown, earthquake-tuned piano at the Ice Cream Studio in Tokyo, the album is a dark and disturbing trip through the decaying and decadent last days of… Continue reading

Brit Alt-rockers SONDER plan to break from the underground with the release of their mesmerising new single, A Wicked Place. This mouth-watering track takes from everyone from Nirvana and Biffy Clyro, to Arcane Roots and Basement. The single can now be accessed via all key platforms and services. Formed in late 2016 in Tamworth, SONDER have formed an engrossing sound that mixes the grit of Grunge, meshed with colossal guitar riffs and pop sensibilities. Bursting onto the scene in 2017 with their debut EP, Papered Cracks, the band soon earned a reputation for delivering highly energetic shows; such praise saw… Continue reading