Progressive rock/metal outfit ANCIIENTS’ Season of Mist debut, ‘Heart of Oak’, is hitting North American stores today! The album is also available as Digipak CD, various colored LPs, jewel case CD and shirt / CD bundles on Season of Mist’s e-shop.
As previously announced, reunited French black metallers SETH will unleash their new album, on June 7th (June 11th in North America). Entitled ‘The Howling Spirit’, this fifth full-length record will be the band’s first release in nine years. You can listen to new song “Scars Born from Bleeding Stars” at the following locations:
Philip H. Anselmo, legendary frontman of PANTERA and DOWN, will release his first career solo album, ‘Walk Through Exits Only,’ on July 19th via Season of Mist in partnership with Anselmo’s own Housecore Records. ‘Walk Through Exits Only’ features artwork from Vance Kelly (DOWN, THE SWORD, HUNTRESS) and will be available on limited digipak CD and limited edition vinyl including an exclusive, limited-to-150 grey/red haze LP, as well as digitally. All physical editions can be pre-ordered here.
Metallic post-hardcore outfit KEN MODE have released a new music video from their newest album, ‘Entrench’. The video for “Counter Culture Complex” is streaming on YouTube.
Progressive, technical death metal unit BEYOND CREATION are streaming their debut album, ‘The Aura’ here.
US thrashers WARBEAST just released their brand new, horror-flick inspired music video for the track “Blood Moon”. The song is cut from their new album ‘Destroy’, to be released this Friday. You can watch the video on Season of Mist’s YouTube channel.
Neoclassical outfit CHAOSTAR, the worldly musical project of SEPTICFLESH mainman Christos Antoniou, has debuted a new song off of their forthcoming record, ‘Anomima’. The track, “Truth Will Prevail” is streaming now at Alarm Magazine’s site.
Genre-defying southern quintet KYLESA have premiered a new song from their forthcoming album, ‘Ultraviolet’. The song, titled “Vulture’s Landing” is streaming via multiple locations.
Progressive rock/metal outfit ANCIIENTS are streaming their Season of Mist debut, ‘Heart of Oak’, in its entirety. The album can be played on Terrorizer, Visions and on the band’s Bandcamp.
CHAOSTAR, the project born from Christos Antoniou of SEPTICFLESH’s love of classical, challenging music, has announced the stream of the first song entitled “Un pensiero per il destino” off of upcoming release ‘Anomima’, via Greek webzine Rock Overdose.
British magazine Terrorizer’s website is streaming “Tungls Tjúgari”, a song from ARCKANUM’s forthcoming album ‘Fenris Kindir’. Swedish troll Shamaatae’s eighth album will hit the stores on May 10th (May 14th in North America).
Genre-defying southern quintet KYLESA have announced a North American tour. The “Ultraviolet Summer 2013 Tour” will kick off on May 10th in Gainesville, FL, and end on June 22 in Savannah, GA. The tour will see support from BLOOD CEREMONY, WHITE HILLS, and LAZER/WULF. A full list of tour dates can be found below.
Portland’s ELITIST have officially changed their name to BASTARD FEAST. Taylor Robinson (guitar), Joshua Green (vocals), Nickolis Parks (drums), Justin Yaquinto (guitar), and Jesse Aspy (bass) are currently writing new material for a forthcoming release on Season of Mist.
Norwegian black metallers KOLDBRANN just released a video clip for “Drammen”, a song from new album ‘Vertigo’. The video is being premiered on Terrorizer.
French metal stars ETHS are proud to present their new vocalist, named Rachel Aspe. Rachel made her international debut on prime time television as part of “La France A Un Incroyable Talent” (the French equivalent/franchise of “America’s Got Talent”). Her death metal vocal styling stunned the judges and crowd before going viral and being seen by millions of people. Video of her audition has been widely covered by such international sites such as ABC News, MSN, The Guardian, Huffington Post, Salon, and dozens more. Footage can be found here.
As previously announced, Canadian death metallers NECRONOMICON’s forthcoming album is entitled ‘Rise of the Elder Ones’ and will hit the stores on June 7th (June 11th in North America). Here are the cover artwork and tracklisting:
Death metal powerhouse CANNABIS CORPSE will soon hit US roads. The “Hell in July” tour will see the band playing alongside SIX FEET UNDER and DECREPIT BIRTH. The trek will begin on July 10th in Houston, TX, and end on July 27th in Atlanta, GA. A full list of dates can be found below.
KYLESA just premiered “Quicksand,” a new song from their forthcoming release ‘Ultraviolet’, via Spin. You can preview the cover artwork (designed by Shaun Beaudry) and pre-order the album via Season of Mist’s e-shop in various editions, including exclusive bundles.
Season of Mist is proud to announce the signing of the widely-respected underground rock band FLOOR. Steve Brooks (guitar, vocals), Anthony Vialon (guitar) and Henry Wilson (drums) recently reunited on the heels of their career retrospective ‘Below & Beyond’ box-set, and are preparing to enter the studio for an imminent release.
ANCIENTS, A LIFE ONCE LOST and THE CASUALTIES are going to be a part of this year’s Scion A/V Metal Rock fest! The festival will take place on June 13th in Memphis, TN. See the partial bill below and click here for more information.