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HITTEN - European Tour 2019 - Dates revealed
Spanish Heavy Metallers HITTEN have just announced the dates for their upcoming European tour!
The band’s highly acclaimed latest album, "Twist Of Fate", was released in September 2018 via High Roller Records.
Official video clips: "In The Heat Of The Night" - https://youtu.be/ezFnQglvo0M +++ "On The Run” - https://youtu.be/oG9DbTjb2Lg
HITTEN - Twist Of Fate - European Tour 2019
31.10. - Oldenburg [GER] @ MTS Record Store
01.11. - Hamburg [GER] @ Bambi Galore
02.11. - Nijverdal [NL] @ Cult Art Shop
03.11. - Roeselare [BE] @ De Verlichte Geest
04.11. - Mönchengladbach [GER] @ Projekt 42
05.11. - Dijon [FR] @ Deep Inside Rock Club
06.11. - Trofarello [IT] @ Peocio Club
07.11. - Lucern [CH] @ The Bruch Brothers
08.11. - Augsburg [GER] @ Ballonfabrik
09.11. - Leipzig [GER] @ UT Connewitz
10.11. - tba. / Frankfurt area [GER]
11.11. - Bree [BE] @ Ragnarok Club
www.facebook.com/HITTENOFFICIAL / www.hrrecords.de
TEMPLE OF DREAD - New Songstream available - 'Now You Will Die'
East Frisian Death Metallers TEMPLE OF DREAD proudly present a second track of their upcoming debut album "Blood Craving Mantras"! "Now You Will Die" is streaming at the following locations now.
Youtube + Bandcamp + Spotify
TEMPLE OF DREAD was founded as a project in late 2017 by Markus Bünnemeyer (music) und Frank Albers (lyrics) to honor their ancient heroes like Death, Benediction, Pestilence, Obituary or Morgoth. After Jens Finger (Slaughterday) and Jörg Uken (Soundlodge Studio, Slaughterday) joined on vocals and drums, they transformed into a real band shortly after.
"Blood Craving Mantras", recorded at Uken’s Soundlodge Studio, will be released on August 30th 2019 via Testimony Records.
The song "Gone But Still Here" is available at this location: https://youtu.be/95cd6D6Yex8
Pre-Orders: https://testimonyrecords.bigcartel.com/products
Tracklist:
1. 8.16 AM
2. Suffocate The Fire
3. Sentenced To Life
4. Question Of Honour
5. Now You Will Die
6. Straying The Battlefields
7. Gone But Still Here
8. Cottage In The Backyard
Line-up:
Markus Bünnemeyer - Guitar & Bass
Jens Finger – Vocals
Jörg Uken – Drums
www.facebook.com/TempleofDread / www.facebook.com/testimonyrecords
CARNAL TOMB - Full Albumstream available
"Abhorrent Veneration", the new album of Berlin-based Death Metallers CARNAL TOMB, is available for streaming now in its entirety!
https://testimonyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/carnal-tomb-abhorrent-veneration
The band’s second full-length was recorded and mixed by Tobias Engl (Drowned/Essenz) at Englsound Studios / Berlin, while mastering was handled by Laurent Teubl (Chapel Of Disease) at Sculpt Sound Studios / Cologne. The artwork was created by Skaðvaldur (Urðun).
Out now on Testimony Records on LP, CD and Tape!
https://testimonyrecords.bigcartel.com/products
Tracklist:
1. Putrid Fumes
2. Abhorrent Veneration
3. Cryptic Nebula
4. Amid The Graves
5. Dissonant Incubation
6. Feeding Mold
7. Sepulchral Descent
Tracklist:
1. Putrid Fumes
2. Abhorrent Veneration
3. Cryptic Nebula
4. Amid The Graves
5. Dissonant Incubation
6. Feeding Mold
7. Sepulchral Descent
www.facebook.com/CarnalTombDeathMetal / https://www.facebook.com/testimonyrecords
ACID REIGN - First album in 29 years
 UK-Trashers ACID REIGN will release their fourth album “The Age Of Entitlement” on September 27th via Dissonance Productions.
The album artwork is from renowned artist Mark Wilkinson. Mark is famed for his work for and amongst others the mighty Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Marillion and Acid Reign.
“I was introduced to Mark by Al Barnes (Ex Venom) last year in Bloodstock VIP and jokingly said if he ever fancied doing our cover art I’d let him. Fast forward months later and amazingly he agreed to do it! We are thrilled to have such legendary figure involved with our album. For me, as a huge old school Marillion fan it’s the icing on the cake.”
As for the album H had this to say “We started recording on August 1st last year with Jayce Lewis and he has been amazing. He was badgering me to do this for months, we had two other bigger names telling us they would love to do it but Jayce showed us when recording “The Man Who Became Himself” that he would go above and beyond to get the best out of what was a very difficult session. So just think what we could achieve when we are in a much better place. The results are stunning. You have an old school thrash album with a contemporary twist and a production that honours that.
I’ve had the title for a long time, straight off the bat it had an album title ring to it and speaks to a world view that the entire band shares, which is important. Then Mark came up with the artwork which he really knocked out of the park. We are all itching to get this out and now you know when you’ll be able to get hold of it, not long now, single coming soon.“
The album features ten tracks and will be available on streaming services, as a digital download, CD, LP and Limited edition Cyan coloured vinyl.
www.facebook.com/acid.reign.thrash / www.dissonanceproductions.co.uk
CRYPT SERMON – New Album “The Ruins of Fading Light” to be released in September
Dark Descent Records proudly announces the highly anticipated sophomore full-length of Pennsylvania-based Epic Doom Metallers CRYPT SERMON!
“The Ruins of Fading Light” will be released on September 13th 2019. It was recorded, mixed & mastered by Arthur Rizk and features an artwork by Brooks Wilson.
A first track, "Key Of Solomon", is available at this location: https://youtu.be/xNdc8tdjWvI
The band comments: "We live in a time where the practices of science and magic serve distinctly different purposes. This was not always the case. The Italian Renaissance was an age where science and magic intertwined; summoning rituals connected exorcists to esoteric revelations. 'Key of Solomon' refers to a pseudopigraphical text of the same name."
Tracklist:
1. The Ninth Templar (Black Candle Flame)
2. Key Of Solomon
3. Our Reverend's Grave
4. Epochal Vestiges
5. Christ is Dead
6. The Snake Handler
7. Oath Of Exile
8. Enslave the Heathens
9. Beneath the Torchfire Glare
10. The Ruins of Fading Light
Line-up:
Brooks Wilson – Vocals
Steve Jannson – Guitars
James Lipczynski – Guitars
Frank Chin – Bass
Enrique Sagarnaga - Drums
www.facebook.com/CryptSermon / www.facebook.com/DarkDescentRecords
NETHERBIRD - Worldwide Deal with Eisenwald
 Swedish melodic black/death metal act NETHERBIRD has signed a worldwide deal with Eisenwald and will issue a new album "Into the Vast Uncharted" this fall.
The Stockholm-based band, which features longtime ex-Amon Amarth drummer Fredrik Andersson, is currently in the mixing phase for its upcoming album. More information will be announced in the coming months.
NETHERBIRD has blurred the boundaries between black, death and other extreme strains of heavy metal since 2004. The band was founded by like-minded individuals among the Swedish metal scene with the intentions of creating harsh metal while drawing inspiration from black and death metal without any regards, or limitations, to the structures surrounding each respective sub-genre.
While originally conceived as a studio project, NETHERBIRD featured a wide array of renowned guests and guild members to add their personal touch to the musical canvas: Adrian Erlandsson (At The Gates, The Haunted, ex-Cradle of Filth, ex-Paradise Lost), Janne Saarenpää (The Crown), Daniel “Mojjo” Moilanen (The Project Hate, Katatonia) among others. Even the further history of NETHERBIRD as a band credits a long list of versatile musicians, such as Nils Fjellström (Nordjevel, ex-Dark Funeral), Tobias Gustafsson (ex-Eucharist), Erik Röjås (Sterbhaus, ex-Decadence), Love Stark (Mephorash, Withershin), to join the unit at different stages and refine its sound with their unique skills.
Over the years, NETHERBIRD has released four full-length albums and made a number of tours across Europe, including several festival appearances. Their latest album is 2016's critically-acclaimed "The Grander Voyage", which catapulted the band into the higher echelon of extreme underground metal. Now, it is time for the next step with the release of "Into the Vast Uncharted" via Eisenwald.
"We are very pleased to announce that we have signed to Eisenwald and that our next album, Into the Vast Uncharted, will be the first release we do with them," says the band’s founder and vocalist Nephente. "We see this collaboration as a natural step for us, and we feel that Eisenwald share our vision and musical direction. Onwards!"
www.netherbird.com / www.eisenton.de
OGRE - Portland Doomsters join Cruz Del Sur Music - New Album Announcement
 Long-running Portland, Maine doom trio OGRE has signed with Cruz Del Sur Music for the October release of their forthcoming fifth studio album, “Thrice As Strong”. The album was tracked with Rowan Bishop at Garage Mahal Recording in Westbrook, Maine.
Practitioners of traditional doom with a mix of ’70s rock and proto metal, OGRE was formed in 1999 by Ed Cunningham (bass/vocals), Ross Markonish (guitar) and Will Broadbent (drums). To date, the band has released four studio albums, with 2014’s “The Last Neanderthal” their most recent. OGRE came to the attention of Cruz Del Sur through classic word of mouth — a handful of Cruz Del Sur bands put in the good word for OGRE to label owner Enrico Leccese.
According to Markonish, the “Thrice As Strong” album title plays off OGRE’s power-trio formation and is taken from their namesake song, “Ogre”, which is the first track on their first album, “Dawn Of The Proto-Man”, which is also where “The Last Neanderthal” title came from. “As our fans know, we really like all of these self-referential details, as it sort of builds up the concept of an ‘OGRE Universe’. Not surprisingly, we are all fans of comic books, sci-fi and horror novels/movies, and bands like RUSH, who specialize in those sorts of geeky things.”
OGRE is recording with Bishop because of his “good set of ears” and the stripped-down feel of Garage Mahal Studios. Markonish says the new songs are not a departure from the band’s vintage sound, but fans can expect a few different influences this time around.
www.facebook.com/Rockogre / www.cruzdelsurmusic.com
BASTARD GRAVE - New Album Announcement - "Diorama Of Human Suffering" via Pulverised Records
Sweden’s BASTARD GRAVE will release their sophomore album on 16th August 2019 via Pulverised Records!
With a far more disgusting and repulsive sound this time, "Diorama Of Human Suffering" has become a bludgeoning Death Metal record and will consist of nine songs.
It was once again recorded, mixed and mastered by Ulf Blomberg (Crawl, Age Of Woe, Inevitable End, etc) and features an artwork by Australian artist Stewart Cole (Contaminated, Noisem, Scorched, etc).
The title track is available at this location: https://youtu.be/QCVdLAdfJg4
Tracklist:
1. Life In The Sewers
2. Translucent Visions
3. Drowning In An Ocean Of Bile
4. Diorama Of Human Suffering
5. Transubstantiation Into Feces
6. Inner Carnivore
7. Madness Of Creation
8. Non-Functioning Pile Of Rot
9. Stench Of Infection
https://www.facebook.com/BastardGrave / http://www.pulverised.net
AGENT STEEL - New Album "No Mercy From The Godz" via Dissonance Productions
The unstoppable force returns! It’s been a long time anticipated, and now it’s official: 1980’s speed metal veteran, founder/vocalist John Cyriis, has resurrected his brand creation, the “Agent Steel band and it’s new incarnation in 2019 ... is finally upon us!”
The band’s current line-up consists of guitarist Nikolay Atanasov, and original AS guitarist Bill Simmons; Mr.Simmons is the first/original guitarist of the AS lineup, as the band first appeared throughout the L.A. club circuit in 1983. Also included in this classic/new lineup are bassist Joe McGuigan (Gama Bomb) and drummer Dennis Kruse Strømberg. This incarnation of AS is the long-awaited reactivation featuring Agent Steel founder, brand creator, vocalist John Cyriis, who appeared on all three original classic albums, (i.e., Skeptics Apocalypse, Mad Locust Rising, and the platinum seller Unstoppable Force). John is very pleased with this new lineup, which he is confident will arise as the very best lineup in the band’s history and whom he believes are certain to compliment the band’s legacy, and about manifest an about-face—that to counter and transcend the band’s “less than competent performance” by a stand-in and unofficial lineup at the KIT festival 2019!!
The official new Agent Steel lineup are currently working on the band’s 4th true and official studio album titled, “No Mercy From The Godz”—which is scheduled for an imminent October 18, 2019 launch.
The band are also preparing for their forthcoming shows at various privileged confirmed dates—beginning on Friday 6 December and Saturday 7 December in Milan and Firenze, Italy. John and the new Agent Steel incarnation are also preparing for a monumental first time appearance in Greece as headliners, performing at Up The Hammers festival in Athens, Greece—March of 2020. This headlining performance is forecast as being fertile metal soil for the band’s first live Agent Steel DVD/album to be captured as fronted by original founding vocalist John Cyriis. Expect this lineup to be the best ever incarnation of Agent Steel—stronger, faster, and deployed to demonstrate just who are the True Masters of Metal. Be on the lookout for the Agent Steel craft to land in your country - certain to energize all you bangers with Hammering Speed Metal!
www.facebook.com/AgentSteelOfficial / www.dissonanceproductions.co.uk
SINNERS BLEED - New video available - Comeback album 'Absolution' out now
German Death Metallers SINNERS BLEED have revealed another video clip for their furious comeback album "Absolution"!
"Age Of The Crow" is available at this location: https://youtu.be/TdGFTVWocC0
16 years after their highly acclaimed debut, "From Womb To Tomb", the Berlin-based group has returned impressively and still convinces with highly intense, fast, varied material.
"Absolution" is out now on War Anthem Records!
The lyric video for the song "Gleaming Black" is streaming here: https://youtu.be/LwGbhtiZ1so
Tracklist:
1. Intro
2. Age Of The Crow
3. Gleaming Black
4. The Second Being
5. Devouring Hatred
6. Behind The Veil
7. Dawn Of Infinity
8. Absolution
9. Obedience
10. Jesus' Delusion Army
www.facebook.com/SinnersBleedBand / www.war-anthem.de
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