A symphonic black metal force since 2004, EREVOS stunned those lucky enough to hear Decensus Ad Inferos upon its release late in 2011 on Greece’s Orkestral Promenade Records. The time is now for the rest of the world to experience this brilliantly composed, frighteningly ferocious addition to a proud Greek black metal legacy. Decensus Ad Inferos was recorded at Revolver Studios in Greece with mixing and mastering done by Dan Swano in Sweden at Unisound studios.
New York City proved metal is not dead on Wednesday night when Anthrax and Testament came to town to close their tour. Following an opening performance from thrash band Dark Angel, Testament were ready to hit the stage. They wasted no time, opening with “The Preacher” the moment they set foot on stage. Singer Chuck Billy stomped around the stage, occasionally stopping to play air guitar on his light saber microphone stand. They seamlessly flew through each track. including “Disciples”, “DNR”, and “Into the Pit”.
Metal Mind Productions is proud to announce the exclusive reissue of “Garden of Unearthly Delights”, the eighth studio album by the legendary doom metal band – Cathedral. Anyone who is even slightly familiar with the term “doom metal” must have heard about this group. Throughout the last 21 years, not only did Cathedral manage to forge a style of their own, but they also helped shape the entire doom metal scene, both in Europe and the US. This exclusive digipack reissue of the band’s eighth opus brings back Cathedral at its finest, a truly exceptional album for all those enchanted by the heaviness and melancholy of doom metal…
With their newest album, The Ultimate Deception, coming out next week (Tuesday, February 14th) WYKKED WYTCH have unleashed their uniquely extreme take on the METALLICA classic, “Fade To Black.” The song can be accessed via SoundCloud at this location. The Ultimate Deception has been praised for “being both raw and intelligent piece of extreme music” (Metal-Temple.com) and was rated “10/10” by Germany’s Time-For-Metal.eu. Pre-orders are currently available through Goomba Music.
Born at the dawn of the new millennium in Italy, INCOMING CEREBRAL OVERDRIVE are heavy to the core. INCOMING CEREBRAL OVERDRIVE first emerged with their debut Cerebral Heart (Myphonic Records, 2008) which was characterized by a ferocious energy that has stayed with them to this day. However it was their union with Supernatural Cat and the 2009 album Controverso where they defined and honed their unique sound into something all the more dynamic.
FDA Rekotz will release Death Strike from The Netherlands’ MASSIVE ASSAULT on March 2nd in Germany and April 4th worldwide. The second classic Swede-death attack from the Dutchmen is a nasty slab of bone-sawing, fat ‘n crusty Old School Death Metal that will send you hurling into a world of death, war and misery. Death Strike is a must for fans of DISMEMBER, early ENTOMBED, DISFEAR, and ENTRAILS.
Adding to a maniacal live takeover that includes a short South American run with Aborted, the Grind Over Europe Tour with Rotten Sound and Magrudergrind, a U.K. journey with Anaal Nathrakh and a handful of stateside headlining dates, California goregrind ministers EXHUMED are pleased to announce a near month-long bout of U.S. dates with death metal icons/headliners Cannibal Corpse!
Northern Virginia metal/hardcore outfit, In Alcatraz 1962, has entered Cleveland’s Studio D Productions with producer Don Debiase (Modern Day Escape, Beneath The Sky, For All Those Sleeping) to begin tracking its debut full-length record, which is set to release this spring on Standby Records. The band has posted a studio update on YouTube: http://youtu.be/iQsSnoXZqfE to fill fans in on the recording process to this point, as drummer, Josh Zupovitz, lays the foundation for this pivotal addition to Standby’s “Rock N’ Roll 2.0” movement.
Metallica just announced they will be performing a at their own, self created festival June 23 and 24th. There is going to be a slew of bands playing at this 2 day extravaganza. But it’s not what you think. In what seems to become the norm for Metallica, the band has gone off the rails again and thrown a monkey wrench in this festival announcement.
