Welsh heavy power-rock trio HARK have finished recording their forthcoming Season of Mist debut album. The as-yet-untitled album was recorded at Monnow Valley Studios in Wales (BLACK SABBATH, RUSH, JUDAS PRIEST, PORTISHEAD), and mixed by CONVERGE guitarist Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE, HIGH ON FIRE, KVELERTAK, YOUNG WIDOWS)!
Icelandic heathen rockers SÓLSTAFIR have premiered the first track from the reissue of their debut album, ‘Í Blóði og Anda’ (‘In Blood and Spirit’). The track, titled “The Underworld Song”, can be streamed at the SÓLSTAFIR Bandcamp page. ‘Í Blóði og Anda’ is slated for release on November 8th (November 11th in North America). The cover art and track listing can be found below:
Progressive, prog/fusion ensemble EXIVIOUS are streaming the second song from their forthcoming record, ‘Liminal’. The track, titled “Alphaform”, is streaming now at the sites of media partners listed below. The forward-thinking Dutch quartet will release their Season of Mist debut, ‘Liminal’ on November 8th (November 11th in North America).
CRONIAN, the brainchild of BORKNAGAR mastermind Øystein G. Brun and Vintersorg, has released the first new track from their forthcoming album, ‘Erathems’. The new track, titled “Ecocracy”, is streaming now at the following media partners:
‘Fire On The Mountain’, heavy metal supergroup TWILIGHT OF THE GODS’ debut album, is now available worldwide! You can listen to it on the websites of the following websites:
Swedish death/black metal veterans NECROPHOBIC have released the second track from their forthcoming album, ‘Womb of Lilithu’. The new track, entitled “Furfur” is available in the form of a stunning lyric video created by Fabien Laubry through the following media partners:
Black Metal rising dark stars INQUISITION just debuted a second track from their forthcoming album, ‘Obscure Verses For The Multiverse’. The title “Infinite Interstellar Genocide” is now streaming at the following media outlets:
Death-rock pioneers CHRISTIAN DEATH have announced a new U.S. tour, which has already begun and will continue through October. The remainder of the tour can be found below.
ANCIIENTS have announced an appearance as part of next year’s Roadburn Festival. The band has been slated to play on Thursday, April 10th in Tilburg, NL. Before that, the Vancouver gang will join SEPULTURA on their U.S. tour on November 8th, and continue through the remainder of dates. The tour will also see ANCIIENTS play alongside UNEARTH and KATAKLYSM. A new confirmed list of gigs can be found below.
Metallic post-hardcore outfit KEN mode have been chosen to record an exclusive performance for the fabulous Rock Show with renowned music journalist and host Daniel P. Carter. Previous artists selected for this show include BARONESS, DEFTONES, TORCHE and RED FANG among others.
Heavy metal super-group TWILIGHT OF THE GODS just saw the release of “Children of Cain”, the third track off their forthcoming debut record ‘Fire on the Mountain’. The track has been released in the form of a lyric video and is streaming now via Metal Injection.
Last May, Season of Mist welcomed dark progressive act CRONIAN to the Underground Activists division. Here are the cover artwork and track listing of the Scandinavian band’s third album, entitled ‘Erathems’ and scheduled for a November 8th release (November 12th in North America).
ENDSTILLE’s forthcoming new album is entitled ‘Kapitulation 2013’ and will annihilate the stores on November 8th (November 12th in North America). Here are the cover artwork and track list of the of the German Black Metal stormtroopers’ eighth full-length:
Black metal powerhouse INQUISITION have debuted the first track from their forthcoming album, ‘Obscure Verses For The Multiverse’. A lyric video for the track, titled “Darkness Flows Towards Unseen Horizons” is streaming now at the following locations:
Cult extreme act MORBID ANGEL recently announced the ‘Covenant–United States Tour 1993-2013’. The tour will celebrate the 20th anniversary of MORBID ANGEL’s legendary album ‘Covenant’. See tour dates below.
Legendary UK doom pioneers ESOTERIC have revealed more details about their forthcoming North American tour, and added additional dates. The tour, which starts on September 20th in Soda Springs, CA, will run for two weeks before ending on October 5th in Cambridge, MA. New tour dates have been announced in Chicago, IL at Reggie’s and Cambridge MA, at T.T. The Bear’s Place. The tour will see support from SATURNALIA TEMPLE and VELNIAS. A full list of tour dates can be found below.
Infamous New York City street punks THE CASUALTIES have announced a North American co-headlining tour with NEGATIVE APPROACH. The run, which begins on October 17th in Frederick, MD, will run for a month before ending in Denver, CO on November 23rd. A full list of tour dates is below.
Doom legends SAINT VITUS announced a new U.S. headlining tour in the fall with PALLBEARER, ZOROASTER and THE HOOKERS. A full list of tour dates can be found below.
Vancouver’s ANCIIENTS have announced new North American tour dates. The band will play alongside TESSERACT and SCALE THE SUMMIT as part of the “Altered State North America 2013” tour, starting on Thursday, October 10th, in Edmonton, AB and running through the United States and Canada to end on October 29th. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
Dynamic, progressive dark-rock visionaries VULTURE INDUSTRIES recently made an animated video for “Lost Among Liars”, a new track from their forthcoming Season of Mist debut, ‘The Tower’. Designed by renowned artist Costin Chioreanu, the video clip is being premiered at the following locations: