French Hardcore metallers VERA CRUZ will embark on a British tour next month, in the wake of their latest album, ‘Skinandteethandnails’. The trek is starting on September 18th in Swansea and will end on October 2nd in Plymouth. See full schedule below.
European super group TWILIGHT OF THE GODS and Greek cult act ROTTING CHRIST will hit the road together on October 16th. With NEGURA BUNGET and other bands as support acts, the tour will travel through Europe to end on November 5th. The first announced gigs are as follows:
Arizona noise/experimental project GOG is now streaming their forthcoming Season of Mist record, ‘Ironworks’ in its entirety at Pop Matters.
As previously announced, black metal powerhouse INQUISITION have named their forthcoming album ‘Obscure Verses For The Multiverse’. The American / Colombian duo’s sixth full-length has been scheduled for an October 25th (October 29th in North America) release. See cover artwork, tracklisting, video trailer and pre-order link below!
Critically-acclaimed death metal pioneers GORGUTS are streaming a new song off their forthcoming record, ‘Colored Sands’. “Le toit du monde”, the album’s opening track is streaming now at Lambgoat.com.
Season of Mist is proud to welcome instrumental progressive band EXIVIOUS to the roster! The Dutch quartet consists of Tymon Kruidenier (ex-CYNIC) and Michel Nienhuis (DODECAHEDRON) on guitars, Robin Zielhorst (ex-CYNIC) on fretless bass and Yuma van Eekelen (ex-PESTILENCE, THE NEW DOMINION) on drums. EXIVIOUS’ forthcoming second album is entitled ‘Liminal’ and has been scheduled for a November 8th release (November 12th in North America).
Up and coming technical death metal force ARCHSPIRE (Tobi Morelli – Guitar; Spencer Prewett – Drums; Dean Lamb – Guitar; Jaron Evil – Bass & Vocals; Oli Peters – Vocals) have announced a fall Canadian headlining tour. The band will criss-cross Canada for a month starting on September 20th in Victoria, BC and ending in their hometown of Vancouver, BC on October 20th. The tour will also see ARCHSPIRE joined by label-mates BEYOND CREATION as a headliner on select Ontario dates.
Canadian extreme metal horde NECRONOMICON have announced a North American tour. The tour will see NECRONOMICON play alongside death metal stalwarts DEICIDE, BROKEN HOPE and DISGORGE. The tour begins on October 2nd in Atlanta, GA, and will run for 3 weeks, making a stop at this year’s Delaware Deathfest, before ending in Austin, TX on October 24th.
Post-hardcore metal vanguards WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH have announced that they will go on an “indefinite hiatus”. After eight years, four critically-acclaimed full length albums, and several well-received splits and EPs in between, the band have announced a departure date at the end of December.
As previously announced, Season of Mist will reissue American death metal act CANNABIS CORPSE’s first four releases. ‘Blunted at Birth’, ‘Tube of the Resinated’, ‘The Weeding’ and ‘Beneath Grow Lights Thou Shalt Rise’ will hit the stores on September 27th in Europe. Here are the details:
Heavy metal super-group TWILIGHT OF THE GODS have seen the release of “Destiny Forged in Blood”, the second track off their forthcoming debut record ‘Fire on the Mountain’. The track is streaming now via Decibel Magazine.
Last May, Season of Mist welcomed progressive act CRONIAN to the Underground Activists division. The Scandinavian band’s third album is entitled ‘Erathems’ and has been scheduled for a November 8th release (November 12th in North America).
Dynamic, progressive dark-rock visionaries VULTURE INDUSTRIES are streaming the second new track from their forthcoming Season of Mist debut, ‘The Tower’. The song, entitled “The Hound”, is available on Pop Matters.
Legendary UK doom pioneers ESOTERIC have announced their first-ever tour in North America. The tour, which starts on September 20th in Soda Springs, CA, will run for two weeks before ending on October 5th in Boston, MA. A full list of tour dates can be found below.
The reissues of melodic black metal masters CARACH ANGREN’s first two albums, namely ‘Lammendam’ and ‘Death Came Through A Phantom Ship’, are now out worldwide. Both releases include three bonus tracks and are available on CD, limited-edition double LP, and colored vinyl gatefold LPs.
KEN MODE have announced a European headlining tour. The award-winning post hardcore trio will hit the road on September 13th in Essen, Germany and will run for 3 weeks before ending in Belgium on October 5th. Support will come from Finland’s hardcore quintet UNKIND. A full listing of confirmed dates is below.
After the success of the reissues of SEPTICFLESH classics ‘Mystic Places of Dawn’ (originally out in 1994) and ‘ΕΣΟΠΤΡΟΝ’ (1995), Season of Mist will release a newly remastered version of the Greek demons’ 1997 masterpiece, ‘Ophidian Wheel’.
Cult Swedish act NECROPHOBIC’s new album is finally in sight! The Black / Death Metal band’s seventh full-length is entitled ‘Womb of Lilithu’ and will hit the stores on October 25th (October 29th in North America).
Black metal powerhouse INQUISITION have named their forthcoming album ‘Obscure Verses for the Multiverse’. The American / Colombian duo’s sixth full-length has been scheduled for an October 25th (October 29th in North America) release.
Colorado black metal cult NIGHTBRINGER are offering the track “Lucifer Trismegistus” as a free download at their Bandcamp page. The song is taken from the band’s latest full length, ‘Hierophany of the Open Grave’, which is also streaming in full at the band’s Bandcamp page.