Illinois-based Vikings thrashers THE HORDE have released a video for the song “Odin’s Blood” off their latest release, Thy Blackened Reign; out now on Stormspell Records. Praised for its “aggressive, yet epic music…” by TheMetalReview.com, Thy Blackened Reign combines monstrous groove with fierce Viking Thrash for a sound that’s both destructive and impossible to resist.To check out the video for “Odin’s Blood,”
Atlantic recording group Shinedown has announced plans to headline this year’s eagerly awaited Avalanche Tour. The North American trek – presented by Zippo and produced by Synergy Global Entertainment, Inc. – gets underway on March 27th at The Grove in Anaheim, California and then continues through late April (see attached itinerary). Accompanying Shinedown on the 2012 Avalanche Tour will be Adelita’s Way, with additional support from New Medicine (March 27th – April 10th) and Art of Dying (April 12th – April 25 th).
MPENDING DOOM has released more details surrounding their release “Baptized in Flith.” The cover art, seen above is explained by Bassist David Sittig, “Baptized in filth represents the mindless indulgance and self worship in the vile world we live in. This album is meant to scare the hell out of you!”
n late March/early April, Metal Mind Productions will release second live DVD by Believe – an outstanding art-rock act formed by the guitarist Mirek Gil – the former leader and composer of Polish prog-rock legend Collage. The material entitled “Seeing Is Believing” was recorded in November 2011 in Wyspianski Theatre in Katowice, Poland. During this unique evening Believe primarily presented material from their most recent studio album „World Is Round” (Metal Mind Productions, 2010).
Death metal overlords CANNIBAL CORPSE will unearth their twelfth slab of audio devastation to North American fans on March 13, 2012 via Metal Blade Records. Listed among Decibel Magazine’s “Top 25 Most Anticipated Extreme Records Of 2012,” the aptly titled Torture was again produced by Hate Eternal’s Erik Rutan at his own Mana Recording Studio in St. Petersburg, Florida as well as Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, and features the goretorn cover art by longtime CANNIBAL CORPSE artist, Vincent Locke. Check out the full packaging at THIS LOCATION.
Newly solo iconic musician and evil disco king Wayne Static embarked on a US tour last night in Farmington, New Mexico. The tour crosses the nation and currently wraps up on February 25, 2012 in Window Rock, Arizona. Polkadot Cadaver and Defiler (starting Feb. 6) will also be performing on the upcoming shows. Tour dates can be found below.
The inaugural Decibel Magazine Tour, announced late last week, will feature the long-awaited stateside return of Polish blackened death metal overlords Behemoth, as well as support from Swedish black metal provocateurs Watain, Dutch prog mystics The Devil’s Blood and Swedish old-school occultists In Solitude. And now, the dates are in!
Serbian black/death metal act BANE have announced their third European Tour entitled “Keepers Of The Black Flame,” which is set to blast off in March 2012. This tour will mark the first time the band will perform material from their upcoming album The Acausal Fire, which is due later this year. BANE will round out their set with tracks from the previous two releases; Chaos, Emptiness & Darkness and Misanthropia. A preview of The Acasual Fire, including song samples and artwork, below…
