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New Releases from Bands You Should Know: MEEK IS MURDER, PHANTOM GLUE, TIGER FLOWERS

MEEK IS MURDER will be recording  their second full length this summer, second to be produced by Converge‘s Kurt Ballou and mastered by Alan Douches (Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan). Violent bursts of royal shred from this awesome Brooklyn band, possessing soul like Botch and chops like Yngwie. Features ex-The Red Chord guitarist Mike Keller and Metal Injection boss Frank Godla on drums. This monster will be released later this year.

Boston crushers PHANTOM GLUE equally versed in sludge, doom, and noise rock, churn it out with nods to Neurosis, Trouble, and The Jesus Lizard, plus a heavy H.P. Lovecraft vibe throughout the lyrics and art. Recorded by Kurt Ballou. Frontman Matt Oates was a bandmate of Ballou’s in the pre-Converge band The Huguenots! New album, A War of Light Cones, will be released July 16th through Black Market Activities  - grab a pre-order here.

TIGER FLOWERS are in the studio now! TIGER FLOWERS build upon the darkest metallic hardcore vibes of bands like Deadguy and Kiss It Goodbye, and frontman Jesse Madre‘s intensity and sincerity are unmatched… and all this is oddly-yet-perfectly balanced by the fact that Madre riffs like a stand-up comedian and that the band cite early 80′s Motley Crue as a key inspiration. They were a staple of my Precious Metal shows and they’re now a standout of the New York scene at large. The debut full-length is being recorded and mixed by Elliot Geller (Malignancy, Dim Mak) and mastered by Shane Frisby (Turmoil, Revocation). The so-far-untitled full length is expected to drop later this fall.

 

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Comedy Rockers PSYCHOSTICK Announce “Blow Your Fingers Off Tour”

Comedy rockers PSYCHOSTICK have announced they will be hitting the road this summer for their ‘Blow Your Fingers Off Tour’ that will include performances at this year’s Rockapalooza, A2 Fest, Breast Fest Biker Bash and Dirtfest.

PSYCHOSTICK released their latest music video “Dogs Like Socks” earlier this year, which you can view below, and appears on their fifth and latest release Space Vampires VS Zombie Dinosaurs in 3-D.

06/21 – Steger, IL @ Another Hole In The Wall
06/22 – Jackson, MI @ Rockapalooza – Jackson County Fair Grounds
07/05 – Providence, RI @ McNeil’s Tavern
07/06 – Brookfield, CT @ The Room
07/12 – Newport, KY @ Thompson House
07/13 – Ann Arbor, MI @ A2 Fest – WFC Fairgrounds and Event Center
07/14 – St. Joseph, MI @ Czar’s 505
07/16 – La Crosse, WI @ The Warehouse
07/18 – St. Cloud, MN @ Bubba’s
07/19 – Spring Lake Park, MN @ POV’s 65
07/20 – Pecatonica, IL @ Breast Fest – Winnebago County Fairgrounds
08/09 – Kokomo, IN @ Centerstage
08/10 – Birch Run, MI @ Dirtfest

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REVOCATION Premiere First New Song From Upcoming Album

REVOCATION‘s self-titled new album will be released in Europe on August 2nd, The UK August 5th and August 6th in North America via Relapse Records. This is their 4th full-length release and the first featuring new bassist Brett Bamberger. The artwork was created by Orion Landau (Dying Fetus, Obscura, Nile).

Today the band has posted the first full-length track from their upcoming release. The song entitled “The Hive” is available for streaming below. Frontman Dave Davidson commented on “The Hive“:

“The Hive” is a great introduction to our upcoming full length, it’s fast and FUCKING PISSED. We can’t wait to play this one live, but for now just invite your friends over and circle pit in your room.”

The album is now available for pre-order in exclusive bundle packages at The Relapse Records Online Store.  The album will be available in a deluxe CD, standard CD, 2xLP and Digital Formats.  The Deluxe CD and LP contain an exclusive bonus track, a cover of the Metallica classic “Dyer’s Eve.”

First vinyl pressing Info:
684 x Black Standard Gram
314 x Metallic Gold Standard Gram

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New Music Video from ROTTING CHRIST

Black metal masters ROTTING CHRIST streaming a video for the song “666” off their latest album, Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy. The video is streaming at Metal Injection.

Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy means “Do What Thou Wilt” and links ROTTING CHRIST to their heritage as pioneers of black metal. From underground heroes to international headliner status, the Greek band brings together elements from death, heavy and gothic metal with a rich native heritage element without ever betraying their black roots. Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy takes this progression even further as ROTTING CHRIST forges their own sound, and augment it with female vocals, and a wide array of instrumentation. Inspired by ancient cultures around the globe, ‘Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy’ sees ROTTING CHRIST employ poetry from the Sumerians and Incas as well as a Romanian folk song, the tale of an undead Russian water spirit, Voodoo, Zoroastrianism and other sources. Founder/Guitarist/Frontman Sakis Tolis revealed in an interview with MetalUnderground.com:

“It took me more than a year to get the idea of the album… Being the only composer of the band I have to say that I take the composition process very seriously. For me its a kind of meditation and this is what I am doing when its time to start writing some music. This is something very esoteric and I really search myself before I grasp the guitar and to start writing a song. I must feel vibrations, I must explore hidden anxieties that want to see the light before I come up with something new. So when I do I go ahead and reveal something new. If I will ever wake up and realize that has nothing new to say then I will quit with the band as I really do not want to be one of those old bands that release albums only to get tours or to cash some money.”

Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy was released on March 5th, 2013 through Season of Mist and is available as a CD, double gate-fold LP (available in color), and a limited edition Digibox including a pendant in a velvet bag, a flag, and a Digipak CD with the bonus track “Welcome to Hel” – grab swag here. A full stream of the record can be found at the ROTTING CHRIST Bandcamp page.

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New Album from DEHUMAN REIGN Coming This July

German death metal label FDA Rekotz has announced the July 26th release of a new album from Deutschland’s most extreme underground metal band DEHUMAN REIGN, titled Destructive Intent. Stream album track “Masks of Sorrow” at after the jump.

After signing with FDA Rekotz earlier this year, Berlin-bred DM lunatics DEHUMAN REIGN are set to make an explosive debut with the 20-minute mini-CD Destructive Intent. Destructive Intent was mastered by Matias Ahonen at Finnish Audiamond Studio (Solstafir, Hour Of 13) and offers an authentic DM sound that pummels the listener into lifelessness. The album’s cover art was masterfully drawn by Dedy of Badic Art (Demonical, Goregast, Skeletal Remains). Each CD purchased comes with a DEHUMAN REIGN logo sticker and the first 100 orders will get a free poster of the cover art. Vinyl treatment for Destructive Intent is coming soon. CDs and t-shirts are now available for pre-order at www.fda-rekotz.com.

Destructive Intent track listing:
1. Prelude To Perdition
2. Extinction Machine
3. Invocation I Black Seed
4. Irreversible Soul Consumption
5. Staring Beyond The Edge Of Time
6. Invocation II Scorched Earth
7. Veil Of Ignorance
8. Masks Of Sorrow

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Kaotoxin Records Releasing French Grind Compliation – ‘In Grindo Veritas’

Kaotoxin Records is going to grind your face right the hell off with the release of In Grindo Veritas: A Collective Work of French Grind Intoxication. Due out on July 2nd (a day later in North America), In Grindo Veritas features 44 tracks by 37 French grinders. That’s over an hour of grind for the price of a single – grab it here.

VS-Webzine has posted an exclusive stream of the entire compilation. Strap in, alert your next of kin and grind away.

A gathering of 37 of France’s up-and-coming Grinding acts along with some renewed veterans (Gronibard, Pulmonary Fibrosis…) with either previously unreleased tracks (the vast majority) or exclusive versions (Nolentia, Trepan’Dead, Gronibard) for In Grindo VeritasA Collective Work of French Grindcore Intoxication was mastered by Dan O’Hare of Total Fucking Destruction at the Mark-It-Zero studios (Brutal Truth), curated by Florian of Department Of Correction, and features artwork by outstanding artist Luis Sendon (Brutal Truth, Obscene Extreme Fest, SWR Fest). From the crusty shores (Nolentia, Grist…) to the grinding Death Metal ones (Diktat), from the Goregrind insanity (Foetal Injury, Defecal Of Gerbe, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Gronibard…) to the technical Grind (Department Of Correction…), from traditional Grind (Yattaï, FaxE…) to cyber Grind (Mulk…) every subgenre of the 30 years old yet still raging Grindcore movement is featured, with a truck load of killer bands for the listener to discover.

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TODAY IS THE DAY/WETNURSE Drummer Forms Solo Project, BODY STUFF

BODY STUFF is the new project of New York musician Curran Reynolds, known for his work with Today Is The Day and Wetnurse. BODY STUFF‘s self-titled debut recording will be released July 23, 2013 on The Path Less Traveled Records as a limited edition, white vinyl 7″ and digital download.

Recorded and mixed by Ryan Jones (Star Fucking Hipsters, Flourishing,  Pyrrhon) – bassist for Today Is The DayMutilation Rites, and Wetnurse - at Sound City in Brooklyn and mastered by Colin Marston (Gorguts, Krallice) in at The Thousand Caves, Queens, NY, Body Stuff features guest appearance from Greg Kramer (Wetnurse) and Matt McAuley (A.R.E. Weapons, TV Baby). Artwork was done by Mike Wohlberg.

One afternoon in our little apartment, my friend Mick Barr said to me: “Everyone should make a solo record.” That statement stuck with me for some years and now here we are.

There have always been words and melodies flitting in and out of reach but this was my first attempt at harnessing these things and calling them songs, untouched by the democratic processes of bands. I reached back in time, into my own history, before bands, before drums. I went back to childhood to reconnect with my earliest encounters with popular music, to recall the lightning strikes I felt when certain songs of the day first hit me via radios and TVs. “Beat It”, “Axel F”, “Home Sweet Home”, and so on. I sought not to recreate these sounds but to recall their initial impact on me and revel in the purity, the immediacy, of that cause and effect, the raw power electrifying the innocent mind. I took that and let it guide the making of this record.

I wrote every song while walking the streets of New York at night. The record is grounded in the wonder and grime of this city, the tension created by so much imminent pleasure and imminent doom. You’ll hear it in the music, I think, or in certain lyrics. “Street Walker”, for example, is about sizing up the strangers we pass by and ultimately choosing to love them. “Wanted Man” is about being misunderstood by these strangers despite our best efforts. “New York Story” is an ode to reckless summers past, and to a friend who fell to his death from a fire escape at the end of one such summer.

From me to you. Body Stuff. A personal account, dedicated to all.

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BATTLECROSS Debuts New Song

Detroit, MI’s BATTLECROSS, less than a month away from the release of War of Will, have unveiled a brand new song titled “Flesh and Bone” via MetalSucks.net. War of Will sees its release on July 09th through Metal Blade, grab a pre-order here.

Additionally, the band has posted their second studio video with exclusive, candid footage from their recording sessions at Audio Hammer Studios. The band-filmed clips include guitar tacking, as well as an extended jam by virtuoso bassist, Don Slater. Watch clip #2 after the jump.

BATTLECROSS triumphantly return as one of the true champions of American Heavy Metal with their devastating sophomore release, War of Will. Co-produced at Audio Hammer Studios by famed producers Mark Lewis and Eyal Levi, the sophomore effort from Detroit’s newest soldiers of steel will soon prove as one of the most impressive follow-up releases, destined to become a heavy metal classic for fans of all sub-genres. Comments Levi:

“War of Will triggers a strange Déjà Vu while feeling completely brand new.”

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LOCRIAN Release New Song from ‘Return To Annihilation’

Esoteric, experimental artisan’s LOCRIAN have premiered a brand new track from their forthcoming full-length Return To Annihilation. The song “Two Moons” is available to stream here.

Return To Annihilation was recorded by Greg Norman (Pelican, Russian, Circles, Serena Maneesh) at Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago, IL and mastered by Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering Service.  The album will be released as CD, 2xLP, and digital formats on June 25th in North America, June 21st in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, and Finland, and June 24th in the UK and rest of the world through Relapse Records.

A two-part concept album inspired by the band’s love for prog-rock progenitors Genesis, Yes & King Crimson, Return To Annihilation is sure to be the group’s most ambitious recordings to date.

Physical CD and 2xLP pre-orders are available with digital pre-orders available via Bandcamp.

LOCRIAN Tour Dates:
June 27 – Montreal, QC – Casa Del Popolo
June 28 – Brooklyn, NY – St. Vitus
June 29 – Providence, RI – Machines With Magnets
June 30 – Baltimore MD – Metro Gallery
Sep 20-22 – Lexington, KY – Boomslang Fest

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UNEARTH Sign with eOne, New Album Later This Year

Metal veterans UNEARTH have signed a North American record deal with eOne Music. The band plans to release a brand new LP later this year, their sixth spanning the band’s 15 year tenure. Vocalist Trevor Phipps offers the state of the band and their intentions for this new release in his comments below:

“A new chapter has begun for Unearth as we have found a few new places to call home. By joining forces with eOne (North America), Century Media (Europe), Howling Bull (Japan) and 3Wise (Australia) we will have a more focused attack from some of the most well known and respected labels in the world. We know this new beginning of sorts will bring bigger and better things for Unearth and our fans and we couldn’t be more excited for the future of all things Unearth. We are currently in the studio recording some of the most aggressive, anthemic and energized metal we have ever written and we look forward to unleashing it to you all when it is finished. Expect to hear more about our new album, release dates and future world wide touring plans later this summer.

We also want to take this opportunity to thank Metal Blade Records for being our label home for almost a decade. In that time we released four LP’s and a double DVD, circled the Globe playing Heavy Metal dozens of times and experienced some of the greatest moments of our collective lives. Metal Blade helped us along the path of our dream and we are eternally grateful. We start new label relationships today, but we will always consider ourselves part of the Metal Blade Records family.”

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EXTINCTION PROTOCOL: Sci-Fi Death Metal Outfit’s Debut Album Out Now

Aeonic Obliteration, the debut full-length from Erie, Pennsylvania-based death metal henchmen EXTINCTION PROTOCOL, is out now via NYC-based D.I.Y. label P2.

Merging modern tactics with primal, classic death metal vitality, EXTINCTION PROTOCOL bridges schizophrenic old-school riffage with overpowering breakdowns. Their debut album Aeonic Obliteration lyrically scrutinizes the greed and corruption of mankind thus concluding humanity’s eventual downfall due to genetic testing and world altering events. With nine devastating songs packed into a nearly thirty-three minute event horizon, Aeonic Obliteration features stellar production values courtesy of Ivan at Anthropocide Studios (Abominable Putridity) and full-color cosmic destruction ala JoeJesus of DeviantArt.

Aeonic Obliteration can now be streamed in its entirety and purchased at the P2 Bandcamp, and the CD version here.

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FROST DESPAIR Finishing Recordings for ‘Surreal’

Brazilian symphonic black metallers FROST DESPAIR are finishing the recordings of their debut album, Surreal, the follow up to 2011′s The God Delusion EP. The debut was recorded in Hurricane Studios, and produced by Sebastian Carsin (Enthroned, Bestial). A release date will be announced soon.

The artwork was created by Marcelo Vasco (Dark Funeral, Dimmu Borgir, Borknagar), who stated:

“This illustration for ‘Surreal’ was forged through the general concept of his title and acclimated in the most dirty and chaotic way, mixing elements biomechanics with nature and science where everything becomes a kind of bestial and psychological heart.”

Surreal track list:
01. The Sixth Bell
02. Creation
03. Thrones Of Human Power
04. Darkly Strike
05. Genesis
06. Surreal
07. Fall Into The Darkness of Illusion
08. Claim For The Apocalyptic Eradication
09. God’s Nightmare
10. Slaves To Superstition
11. Thrones Of Human Power (orchestral version) (bonus track)
12. Claim For The Apocalyptic Eradication (orchestral version) (bonus track)

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KYLESA Premieres New Video

Genre defying rock group KYLESA have unveiled a new animated video for the track “Unspoken“, taken from their new record, Ultraviolet. The video, directed by Brodie Rush and illustrated by Tyson Schroeder can be seen at SPIN.com.

KYLESA recently released their new album, Ultraviolet. Ultraviolet is the highest-charting record in the band’s storied career, landing at #4 on Billboard’s “Heat Seekers” chart, and #173 on the Billboard top 200. The album is streaming here.

Previously, the band took part in the Violitionist Sessions. Recorded live-to-tape in Denton, TX by engineer Michael Briggs, the three song session showcases renditions of KYLESA classics “To Forget“, “Said and Done“, and “Hollow Severer” and is streaming at Violitionist.com. The Violitionist Sessions are a combination of an interview paired with three song performances of bands from Denton and touring bands passing through the area.

In support of the new record, KYLESA are currently trekking through the USA as part of the “Ultraviolet Summer 2013 Tour”. The tour sees support from BLOOD CEREMONY, WHITE HILLS, and LAZER/WULF. Remaining dates are below:

KYLESA Tour dates:
June 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
June 19 – Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel
June 20 – Asheville, NC – Asheville Music Hall
June 21 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
June 22 – Savannah, GA – The Jinx

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KARNIVOOL Announces New Album, ‘Asymmetry’

Australian rock band KARNIVOOL announces the release of their third full-length album, Asymmetry, via Density Records. The exact U.S. release date along with pre-order information will be announced shortly.

Asymmetry is the band’s first new release in over four years (following their sophomore release, Sound Awake) and the 14 tracks were recorded and mixed by producer Nick DiDia (Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine, Mastodon) in Byron Bay, New South Wales. Explains vocalist Ian Kenny:

“I think each time Karnivool walk into another record we all want to explore new ground. We want to open the door to our musical basement, switch the light off and tumble down the stairs into god knows what. Each time we switch the light on again we are a different band.”

Adds guitarist Drew Goddard:

“We wanted this record to be a natural evolution from Sound Awake. It needed to be more honest and raw, sound wise and song wise, exploring unchartered territory for the band while holding true to the things that make Karnivool… Karnivool.

As a theme or title, it’s very much a broad brushstroke. It’s one that we feel encompasses where we are at in a musical sense at this point in time. We are very much into big ideas that are open to interpretation, ideas that can mean different things to different members of the band as well as the listener.”

We Are,” the first single and video from Asymmetry, was directed by longtime KARNIVOOL collaborator Christopher Frey and can be seen below.

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Obscene Extreme Festival Just Weeks Away

It’s official, with only 2 weeks remaining the countdown to the worlds greatest grindcore and extreme metal gathering has begun.

On July 3rd Obscene Extreme kicks off at Trutnov Battlefield, Czech Republic, with the ‘Freak Festival’ from 2pm and will include the annual and one of a kind Olymfreak Games. At 9pm the live events begins with the festivals ‘Doom Fest’ headlined by Hooded Menace.

From Thursday 4th to Saturday 6th the festivities tempo turns up significantly and will see bands such as Napalm Death, Cryptopsy, Exhumed, Krisiun, Grave, Aborted and Anaal Nathrakh take to the stage.

One stage, no barriers and over 60 bands, Obscene Extreme is the only festival of it’s kind! Let the party begin! Grab remaining tickets here.

Wednesday 3rd July 2013
14.00 – ????? FREAK FESTIVAL
21.00 – 21.45 EVOKEN
22.00 – 23.00 ESOTERIC
23.15 – 00.15 HOODED MENACE

Thursday 4th July 2013
14.00 – 14.20 SMASHING DUMPLINGS
14.30 – 14.50 APE UNIT
15.00 – 15.20 MORKHIMMEL
15.30 – 15.55 GRAVEYARD
16.05 – 16.30 PERFECITIZEN
16.40 – 17.05 ANTIGAMA
17.15 – 17.40 CHAPEL OF DISEASE
17.50 – 18.20 USURPRESS
18.30 – 19.00 FUCK THE FACTS
19.10 – 19.40 FLESHLESS
19.50 – 20.20 AHUMADO GRANUJO
20.30 – 21.00 DESECRATION
21.10 – 21.50 MALIGNANT TUMOUR
22.00 – 22.50 NEGATIVE APPROACH
23.00 – 00.00 CRYPTOPSY
00.15 – 01.00 HELL SHOW
01.00 – Till Exhaustion… Karaoké Müstach Bar – Beer Tents

Friday 5th July 2013
10.00 – 10.20 CONTROLLED EXISTENCE
10.30 – 10.50 SIX=SCORE
11.00 – 11.20 HIBAKUSHA
11.30 – 11.55 …
12.05 – 12.30 RATBOMB
12.40 – 13.05 OBLIVIONIZED
13.15 – 13.40 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
13.50 – 14.15 COLDWAR
14.25 – 14.50 STRONG INTENTION
15.00 – 15.25 NATRON
15.35 – 16.00 CREPITATION
16.10 – 16.40 GRUESOME STUFF RELISH
16.50 – 17.20 SEVERANCE
17.30 – 18.05 CAPTAIN CLEANOFF
18.15 – 18.50 HOUR OF PENANCE
19.00 – 19.40 GADGET
19.50 – 20.35 COLDWORKER
20.45 – 21.30 BIRDFLESH
21.45 – 22.55 NAPALM DEATH
23.05 – 00.00 GRAVE
00.10 – 00.55 ANAAL NATHRAKH
01.05 – 01.30 CHRIST DENIED
01.40 – 02.05 MUMAKIL
02.15 – 02.30 PARENTAL ADVISORY
02.40 – 03.00 JESUS AIN’T IN POLAND
03.00 – Till Exhaustion… Karaoké Müstach Bar – Beer Tents

Saturday 6th July 2013
10.00 – 10.20 BETON
10.30 – 10.50 FEAR OF EXTINCTION
11.00 – 11.20 WARFUCK
11.30 – 11.50 DISTRESS
12.00 – 12.25 INFECTED FLESH
12.35 – 13.00 MAKABERT FYND
13.10 – 13.35 HORSEBASTARD
13.45 – 14.10 INFANTICIDE
14.20 – 14.45 SETE STAR SEPT
14.55 – 15.20 DEPRESSION
15.30 – 15.55 SIMBIOSE
16.05 – 16.30 MUCUPURULENT
16.40 – 17.05 SUBLIME CADAVERIC DECOMPOSITION
17.15 – 17.40 ENTRAILS MASSACRE
17.50 – 18.15 MASSGRAV
18.25 – 18.55 WORMED
19.05 – 19.35 COCK AND BALL TORTURE
19.45 – 20.25 HAEMORRHAGE
20.35 – 21.15 KRISIUN
21.25 – 22.10 ABORTED
22.20 – 23.20 RATOS DE PORAO
23.30 – 00.25 EXHUMED
00.35 – 01.10 AGATHOCLES
01.20 – 01.50 HOLOCAUSTO CANIBAL
02.00 – 02.25 WAKE
02.35 – 03.00 CÄTÄRRO
03.00 – Till Total Exhaustion… Karaoké Müstach Bar – Beer Tents