As previously announced, Black Metal legend MAYHEM’s long awaited new album is entitled ‘Esoteric Warfare’. The Norwegian cult act’s fifth full-length will hit the stores on June 6th (June 10th in North America). ‘Esoteric Warfare’ will be released in various formats, including a collector’s LP + CD box set limited to 1000 copies, a deluxe Digipak CD and exclusive coloured LPs for seven select countries. See details below.
Icelandic rock heathens SÓLSTAFIR have announced a string of North American tour dates. The band’s first-ever North American trek starts on May 15 in Brooklyn, NY and will continue through the band’s stop at this year’s Maryland Deathfest on May 23. Support on these dates comes from JUNIUS. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
Multi-instrumentalist Tamás Kátai’s avant-garde metal band THY CATAFALQUE is streaming their most recent full length album, ‘Rengeteg’ here. ‘Rengeteg’ is a forward-thinking metal album that saw the band take a huge step forward in their ever evolving sound.
Vancouver’s critically-acclaimed hard rock quartet ANCIIENTS has announced a Canadian summer headlining tour. The Bravewords.com sponsored tour begins on June 17 in Vancouver, BC and runs for six weeks from coast to coast. The tour also includes BLACK COBRA and BLACK WIZARD. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
Black Metal’s dark stars INQUISITION have announced a string of tour dates in the UK and Ireland. The tour will kick off at the Boston Arms in London on July 13th and, after making stations in Scotland and Ireland, will return for a final show on English ground at Sound Control in Manchester on July 17th. See below for a full set of dates:
As previously announced, SEPTICFLESH named their upcoming ninth studio album ‘Titan’. The Greek demons recorded their new plague at Devasoundz Studios in Athens, Greece and in the Czech Republic, again hiring the valued services of the FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague. ‘Titan’ will be unleashed on June 20th.
Progressive rock innovators CYNIC (guitarist/vocalist Paul Masvidal, drummer Sean Reinert, bassist Sean Malone) have announced a Soundrop chat session with Paul Masvidal on Wednesday, March 26th at 6 pm EST/ 3 pm PST. The musician will discuss their recently released new album ‘Kindly Bent to Free Us’ as well as future CYNIC plans.
NIGHTBRINGER just kicked off their black crusade through Europe. The American black metal underground activists are joined by SARGEIST, PSEUDOGOD, and IRKALLIAN ORACLE. The last rites on these shores will be performed on March 23rd in Arnhem, The Netherlands.
Canadian technical death metal legends GORGUTS kicked off the 2014 Decibel Magazine North American Tour last night in Orlando, FL alongside CARCASS, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, and NOISEM. The band will then proceed to hit various territories across the United States and Canada before concluding on April 13. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
‘Crystalline’, Welsh heavy rock power-trio HARK’s new album, is now out in North America! You can listen to it on Revolver’s website.
MENACE, the brainchild of NAPALM DEATH axeman Mitch Harris, just released debut full-length ‘Impact Velocity’ in North America. The album is streaming in its entirety on Allmusic.
Norwegian avant-garde metal pioneers VULTURE INDUSTRIES have announced a string of Eastern European dates. They will be joined by Romania’s pagan spirits DORDEDUH and Swiss urban mystics BLUTMOND. This darkly progressive tour will kick off on May 21st in Praha, Czech Republic at Modra Vopice and continue on long winding roads until a final show in Slowenia’s beautiful city of Maribor at MC Pekarna. All dates can be seen below:
Florida’s cult underground rock outfit FLOOR have released the third track off their highly anticipated new album ‘Oblation’. The new song, titled “Sister Sophia”, is streaming now at the following locations:
Norway’s black metal legends MAYHEM have returned! Following the release of the ‘Psywar’ 7” vinyl single scheduled for late April, new full-length ‘Esoteric Warfare’ will hit the stores on May 23rd (May 27th in North America). Here are the cover artwork and track listing of the album:
French / North African act ARKAN’s third album is entitled ‘Sofia’ and will be released on May 23rd (May 27th in North America). Simultaneously with the premiere of opening track “Hayati”, the Oriental Metal band unveiled the cover artwork and track listing of ‘Sofia’. See details below:
Swedish Gothic Metal act ORDER OF ISAZ, led by former TIAMAT bassist Johnny Hagel and fronted by Tobias Sidegård (ex-NECROPHOBIC), are currently premiering their forthcoming full-length ‘Seven Years of Famine’. See links below:
Canadian technical death metallers ARCHSPIRE are now premiering a new song from their forthcoming album ‘The Lucid Collective’. The track, entitled “Seven Crowns and the Oblivion Chain” is currently being premiered at the following locations:
Winnipeg’s, post-hardcore outfit KEN MODE (Jesse Matthewson – Vocals, Guitar; Shane Matthewson – Drums; Andrew Lacour- Bass) have released an animated video for “The Terror Pulse”. The Christopher Mills (MODEST MOUSE, INTERPOL, BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE) created video is streaming now with VEVO.
MENACE, the brainchild of NAPALM DEATH axeman Mitch Harris are currently premiering their debut full-length ‘Impact Velocity’ in its entirety through these exclusive official media partners:
American death grind extremists MISERY INDEX’ forthcoming album is entitled ‘The Killing Gods’ and will be released on May 23rd (May 27th in North America). Here are the cover artwork and track list of the band’s fifth studio album: