Vocalist Beer Reebs of Texas death metal maniacs HOD have issued the following update on the band’s highly anticipated second full-length entitled Book Of Worms, the imminent release of an unholy trio of tunes and forthcoming live action; “Due to numerous lineup changes (4 total) in the past 1 1/2 – 2yrs and lack of finances, our sophmore album Book of the Worm was inevitably pushed back, and pushed back.
Animals as Leaders started as Tosin Abasi’s solo project. He’s a Washington D.C. based guitar player who played guitar for Born of Osiris & Reflux. He now has a full instrumental band with Javier also playing guitar & Navene Koperweis from Animosity playing drums. This is a mixture of electronic, ambient, progressive metal & jazz that I can just hear Tosin has spent years perfecting the sound of.
From down south. No, further south. Guanajuato, Mexico. Ominous Crucifix is bringing some much needed Satanism back to death metal. They are from Mexico, but the songs are all sung in English. It’s a bit different from other Mexican death metal albums in that it doesn’t have much blasting, its more intricate & there’s melodies. More like Scandinavian death metal.
USX guitarist/vocalist/wordsmith Nate Hall will release his first solo record this Spring via Neurot Recordings. Titled, A Great River, the ten-track opus offers up a lush landscape of sonic richness. Recorded in March 2011 by Travis Kammeyer at Fahrenheit Studio in Johnson City, Tennessee, A Great River features the pastoral artwork of Dark Castle’s Stevie Floyd, viewable below…
Renowned shredder Stéphan Forté (Adagio) has set February 28th, 2012 as the North American release date for his highly anticipated instrumental solo debut, The Shadows Compendium. Proving that shred is far from dead, Forté demonstrates otherworldly skill and technique on this neo-classical metallic masterpiece. The album will be distributed in the United States by E1 Distribution. The Shadows Compendium features several guests such as Jeff Loomis, Mattias Eklundh, Glen Drover, Daniele Gottardo and Derek Taylor.
