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CRYPT SERMON - New Album "The Stygian Rose" via Dark Descent Records - Video Clip Premiere
 Dark heavy metallers CRYPT SERMON unveil their bewitching new album, "The Stygian Rose", set for release on June 14th 2024 via Dark Descent Records on CD, LP, cassette and digital formats.
Featuring guitarist Steve Jansson (Daeva, Unrest), vocalist Brooks Wilson (Unrest), drummer Enrique Sagarnaga (Daeva, The Silver), guitarist Frank Chin (Daeva), bassist Matt Knox (Horrendous, The Silver), and keyboardist Tanner Anderson (Obsequiae, Majesties), the Philadelphia-based sextet parlayed their time away from the spotlight into a grander, more mysterious CRYPT SERMON. The interflow of doom and heavy metals underpins "The Stygian Rose", but these boundaries are effortlessly transcended. From the blistering solo salvo of "Glimmers in the Underworld" and the commanding rhythm of "Heavy is the Crown of Bone" to the evocative Near Eastern vibes of "Thunder (Perfect Mind)" and the intricate, masterful journey of the 11-minute title track, "The Stygian Rose" epitomizes the band's burgeoning musical and conceptual prowess.
CRYPT SERMON tracked "The Stygian Rose" with acclaimed producer Arthur Rizk (Blood Incantation, Cirith Ungol) and engineer Aidan Elias (Blood Incantation, Wayfarer) at Redwoods in Philadelphia. Although Rizk handled "Out of the Garden" (2015) and "The Ruins of Fading Light" (2019), the team captured the band's multi-genre chaplet in a new light this time. Singles "Glimmers in the Underworld," "Heavy is the Crown of Bone," and "Thunder (Perfect Mind)" are frighteningly effective in their [Neil] Kernon-esque production. At the same time, deep album tracks "Scrying Orb," "Down in the Hollow," and "The Stygian Rose" cast long, mysterious shadows. Rizk summoned from CRYPT SERMON the same big-stage sound producers Dave Jerden and Rick Rubin coaxed out of Alice in Chains and Trouble, respectively.
Adorned with captivating artwork and featuring an enchanting (yet dark) lyrical concept by Wilson, this is CRYPT SERMON’s level-up moment. Dive into "The Stygian Rose" and experience its rich rewards.
Check out the offiical video for "Heavy is the Crown of Bone" at this location: https://youtu.be/Edx1tziAbZA
Tracklist:
1. Glimmers in the Underworld
2. Thunder (Perfect Mind)
3. Down in the Hollow
4. Heavy is the Crown of Bone
5. Scrying Orb
6. The Stygian Rose
https://www.ddmsuo.eu +++ https://www.facebook.com/CryptSermon
KAWIR - New Lyric Video revealed - New Album "Kydoimos" via Soulseller Records
 Greek Cult Black Metallers KAWIR have revealed a second song from their upcoming new album "Kydoimos", set for release on April 19th 2024 via Soulseller Records.
Check out the lyric video for "Hecatonchires" at this location: https://youtu.be/H30NJ8f3t7g
KAWIR formed in the early Greek black metal scene of the 90s and have been exploring Greek mythology, literature, and mysteries for 30 years - and no other band really captures the essence of those stories and times the same way. The name of the new album derives from one of the Makhai (Μάχαι,) Ancient Greek daemons (personifications/spirits) of war. Kydoimos in particular refers to the personification of the cacophony and bedlam of battle.
"Kydoimos", their ninth overall full-length album, sees KAWIR achieve new heights in both unrelenting heaviness and epic atmosphere!
Pre-order options: https://soulsellerrecords.bandcamp.com (World) +++ https://soulsellerrecords.aisamerch.com (Americas)
Tracklist:
01. Teiresias (ΤΕΙΡΕΣΙΑΣ)
02. Fields Of Flegra (ΦΛΕΓΡΑΣ ΠΕΔΙΟΝ)
03. Centauromachy (ΚΕΝΤΑΥΡΟΜΑΧΙΑ)
04. Hecatonchires (ΕΚΑΤΟΓΧΕΙΡΕΣ)
05. Myrmidons (ΜΥΡΜΙΔΟΝΕΣ)
06. Achilles & Hector (ΑΧΙΛΛΕΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΚΤΟΡΑΣ)
07. Achilles Funeral (Η ΚΗΔΕΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΧΙΛΛΕΑ)
08. Echetlaeus (ΕΧΕΤΛΑΙΟΣ)
09. Kydoimos (ΚΥΔΟΙΜΟΣ)
10. War Is The Father Of All (ΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ ΠΑΝΤΩΝ)
https://www.facebook.com/SOULSELLERRECORDS +++ https://www.facebook.com/kawirofficial
ATTACKER - New Track Premiere - The God Particle coming on April 12th via Cruz Del Sur Music
 New Jersey’s ATTACKER have just revealed a second song from their upcoming new album "The God Particle", set for release on April 12th 2024 via Cruz Del Sur Music on CD, LP and digitally.
You can listen to "World In Flames" at this location: https://youtu.be/bMNG5QPFmek
One of the early bastions of true U.S. metal return to celebrate their 40th anniversary with their first studio album in eight years! Get ready for a triumphant, eight-song classic metal offering!
Cover artwork by Marc Sasso (DIO, HALFORD, MARVEL COMICS).
Tracklist:
1. Knights of Terror
2. Curse of Creation
3. Stigmatized
4. River of Souls
5. Kingdom of Iron
6. World In Flames
7. The Mighty Have Fallen
8. The God Particle
Line-up:
Bobby Lucas - Vocals
Mike Benetatos - Guitar
Jon Hasselbrink - Guitar
Brian Smith - Bass
Mike Sabatini - Drums
https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/AttackerBand
HEMOTOXIN - New Album "When Time Becomes Loss" via Pulverised Records - Track Premiere
 Pittsburgh’s deathblazing cosmic-thrashers HEMOTOXIN have announced their fourth full-length album, "When Time Becomes Loss", set for release on 17th May 2024 via Pulverised Records on CD, LP and digital formats.
Discordant in euphonious harmony yet ruminative in essence, riff-mogul Michael Chavez inflict a gaping wound that perfectly intersect forward-thinking Thrash and Prog Metal. With four years worth of revitalized power, "When Time Becomes Loss" is a fervent flame of victorious Metal that never blows out!
Featuring Scott Fuller (Annihilated, ex-Morbid Angel, ex-Havok, etc) on drums. Recorded and mixed by Ripped To Shreds' Andrew Lee and mastered by Justin Weis at Trackworx Studio (Agalloch, High On Fire, Pallbearer, etc). Cover artwork by Mark Cooper (Slaughterday, Master, Thanatos, etc).
A first song, entitled "Call From The Abyss", can be checked out here: https://youtu.be/GotpUO6zxZo
Tracklist:
1. Morbid Reflection
2. Call Of The Abyss
3. Malediction
4. Abstract Commands
5. Conscious Descent
6. Reborn In Tragedy
7. When Time Becomes Loss
https://www.pulverised.net +++ https://www.facebook.com/Hemotoxin
SIG:AR:TYR - New Album "Citadel of Stars" via Hammerheart Records - Track Premiere
 SIG:AR:TYR and Hammerheart Records proudly announce the new album "Citadel Of Stars", set for release on May 31st 2024.
"Citadel Of Stars" is a landmark album. It is an experience you have never heard before, a journey to the stars! Mastermind Daemonskald has completely outdone himself. If you have not heard the previous four albums (SIG:AR:TYR is active since 2003) you should think of Bathory, Primordial, Emperor and Agalloch. "Citadel of Stars" will be released on 2-LP and on 2-CD (with the 2003 demo "The Stranger" as a bonus CD).
A first track, "Ascending the Stellar Throne", can be checked out here: https://youtu.be/k3WTKsT0k_k
Tracklist:
CD1 / LP : Citadel of Stars
1. Awaiting the Last Dawn
2. Beyond the Stars Unknown
3. The Blood That Came Before You
4. Citadel of Stars
5. Ascending the Stellar Throne
6. I Sail on, Eternal
7. Who Will Guide Me Now
8. From the Land of the North
9. Where the Sun Never Sets
CD 2: The Stranger
1. At the Gates
2. The Stranger
3. Against the Grail
4. Orion Awaits
5. Tears for Baldur
6. Beyond the Dying Sun
https://www.hammerheart.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/SIGARTYR
STRYCHNOS - Sophomore Album "Armageddon Patronage" via Dark Descent Records - Track Premiere
 Dark Descent Records proudly announces "Armageddon Patronage", the second album from Copenhagen’s purveyors of ‘accursed death’ STRYCHNOS, set for release on May 17th 2024 on CD, LP, cassette and in digital formats.
Listen to the first preview track "Winds Warning the Final Storm" at this location: https://youtu.be/M09KXx6gmpw
Armageddon Patronage embodies the immense drive of a band operating at full throttle, refining their distinct blend of extreme metal bound to no god, master, or genre. Following a string of intense and blood-stained festival performances STRYCHNOS is now the name on the underground’s lips. Propelled by this vast momentum, the band toiled tirelessly to record and release "Armageddon Patronage" less than two years after their debut.
"This release will showcase a natural continuation of what A Mother’s Curse began," reflects bassist/vocalist Martin Leth Andersen. "The band seek to refine and push further key elements from the debut - in ways of both aggressiveness and the more atmospheric parts. This follow-up also showcases an array of new details like alternative instrumentation, vocal-variations, intros, outros, and a couple of noticeable guest appearances."
Rare is the band within these realms that improves so exponentially with each new release. Do not miss the flight of STRYCHNOS… for one may never know how long the underground can contain them.
"Armageddon Patronage" was recorded and mixed by Lasse Ballade at Copenhagen’s Ballade Studios and mastered by none other than Necromorbus’ infamous Tore Stjerna. Cover artwork by Phoebus Moreleón / Lïv & Död.
Tracklist:
1. Winds Warning the Final Storm
2. Armageddon Patronage
3. Choking Salvation
4. Endless Void Dimension
5. Pale Black Birds
6. Stanken af Dyd
7. Sweeping Storm of Suicide
8. Nattevandrerinden
https://www.ddmsuo.eu +++ https://www.facebook.com/strychnosterror
BODYFARM - New Video Premiere - New Release "Malicious Ecstasy" via Edged Circle Productions
 Today, Dutch death metal institution BODYFARM premiere the new video "Pervitin" at the Edged Circle YouTube channel.
With the video directed by Ingmar Regeling, the track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated new release "Malicious Ecstasy", set for international release on March 22nd 2024 via Edged Circle Productions on LP, CD and digital streaming.
See and hear "Pervitin" at this location: https://youtu.be/jFd-PoKqf-U
The brand new exclusive material on "Malicious Ecstasy" was recorded at Studio Moskou & Studio Hilhorst, while the mix and mastering was handled by Mendel Bij De Leij at Mendelaudio. The additional live recordings were tracked in Kammienai2, Krakow Poland on the 14th of March 2023. The stunning artwork was created by Daemorph.
Tracklist:
1. Retaliate
2. Pervitin
3. Onward Doomsday
4. Gates of Malignancy
5. Dreadlord (live)
6. Unbroken (live)
7. The Swamp (live)
8. Charlatan Messiah (live)
9. The Dark Age (live)
Catch BODYFARM live on the following dates with Pestilence and Carnation:
3 April: Munich, DE @ Backstage
4 April: Trier, DE @ Mergener Hof
5 April: Berlin, DE @ Orwo Haus
6 April: Krakow, PL @ Kamienna 12
7 April: Jaromer, CZ @ Narodak
8 April: Ostrava, CZ @ Barrak
9 April: Kosice, SK @ Collosseum
10 April: Vienna, AT @ Viper Room
11 April: Budapest, HU @ A38
12 April: San Donà di Piave, IT @ Revolver
13 April: Milan, IT @ Legend
14 April: Marseille, FR @ Jas Rod
15 April: Barcelona, ES @ Sala Boveda
16 April: Madrid, ES @ Revi Live
17 April: Lisbon, PT @ RCA Club
18 April: Porto, PT @ Hard Club
19 April: Zaragoza, ES @ Sala Lo Intent
20 April: Limoges, FR @ C.C.J. Lennon
21 April: Antwerp, BE @ Zappa
https://www.facebook.com/edgedcircleproductions +++ https://www.facebook.com/Bodyfarmdeathmetal
TAROT - New Track Premiere - Sophomore Album "Glimpse Of The Dawn" via Cruz Del Sur Music
 Australian Hard Rockers TAROT have unveiled another song from their upcoming new album "Glimpse Of The Dawn", set for release on April 12th 2024 via Cruz Del Sur Music.
Check out "Leshy’s Warning" at this location: https://youtu.be/2D-n14FZQAU
The long-awaited sophomore album of TAROT re-imagines heavy, Hammond B3 organ Hard Rock for a new generation!
Tracklist:
1. Glimpse of the Dawn
2. The Winding Road
3. Leshy’s Warning
4. Echos Through Time
5. The Harrier
6. The Vagabond’s Return
7. Dreamer in the Dark
8. Heavy Weighs the Crown
Line-up:
Will Spectre - Vocals / Guitar
Felix Russell - Guitar
David Walsh - Bass
Dave Harrington-George - Keyboards
The Hermit - Drums
https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com +++ https://www.facebook.com/tarotaus
CASTLE - Worldwide Deal with Hammerheart Records - New Album "Evil Remains" in September 2024
 Hammerheart Records are proud to announce they have signed Heavy Metal/Doom trio CASTLE for a worldwide release of the new album in September 2024 to coincide with a 22 date European tour, their first since 2018.
Guitarist Mat Davis states: “We’re thrilled to sign with Hammerheart Records and partner together for the release of Evil Remains. It’s our best album to date, the production is huge and really captures the power and nuance of Liz’s vocal performance. We can’t wait to get it out there and start playing these songs live.”
CASTLE have completed recording their new album “Evil Remains” at Rain City Recorders in Vancouver, BC with producer Jesse Gander (Anciients, Brutus, 3 Inches Of Blood).
“Evil Remains”, the band’s sixth full length follows 2018’s “Deal thy Fate” and 2016’s critically-lauded “Welcome to the Graveyard”, which was described by Metal Hammer UK as “epic, heroic, tastefully melodic”.
Tourdates 2024:
9/9 Bamberg, DE – Live Club
9/10 Karlsruhe, DE – Kohi
9/11 Freiburg, DE – Slow Club
9/12 Marburg, DE – Knubbel
9/13 Weikersheim, DE – Club W71
9/14 Leipzig, DE – Black Label
9/15 Munich, DE – Backstage
9/16 TBA
9/17 Dusseldorf, DE – Pitcher
9/18 Hamburg, DE – Logo
9/19 Malmo, SE – Plan B
9/20 Oslo, NO – Vaterland
9/21 Gothenburg, SE – The Abyss
9/22 Copenhagen, DK – Rahus
9/23 Berlin, DE – Reset
9/24 Prague, CZ – Modra Vopice
9/25 Vienna, AU – Viper Room
9/26 Ljubljana, SI – Channel Zero
9/27 Bologna, IT – Freakout Club
9/28 TBA
9/30 TBA
https://www.hammerheart.com +++ https://heavycastle.com
INTRANCED - Debut Album "Muerte y Metal" via High Roller Records – Track Premiere
 LA Metal/Hard Rock outfit Intranced will release their first full length album "Muerte y Metal" June 7th, 2024 via High Roller Records.
Featuring vocalist James-Paul Luna (ex-Holy Grail, White Wizzard) and guitarist Fili Bibiano (Fortress), the Los-Angeles based quartet is storming into 2024 in high gear, eager to introduce their sound to a worldwide audience of old-school heavy metal fans.
Mixed by Herbrand Larsen (Enslaved, Audrey Horne) and mastered by Brad Boatwright, "Muerte y Metal" features ten tracks of the band’s soaring, anthemic melodies, intricate guitar-playing, hard-charging NWOBHM beats, and distinctive late-70’s swagger.
The title track "Muerte y Metal" can be checked out here: https://youtu.be/aB1Kgyirt_4
Tracklist:
1. Reyes de las Tinieblas
2. Switchblade
3. Fantasy
4. I Dunno Nothin’
5. Muerte y Metal
6. Entra La Tormenta
7. Lady Lightning
8. Pulse
9. Passionate Pretender
10. See You On The Other Side
Line-up:
James-Paul Luna – Vocals
Fili Bibiano – Guitars, Keyboards
Nico Staub – Bass, Vocals
Ben Richardson – Drums
https://www.hrrecords.de +++ https://www.facebook.com/IntrancedOfficial
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