October 29, 2015
MASTER have just finished recording their upcoming new full length "An Epiphany Of Hate" at Shaark Studios in the Czech Republic. The album will be released on January 29, 2016 (CD / digitally) and February 26, 2016 (vinyl) via F.D.A. Records. The cover artwork was created by Mark Cooper and the complete tracklist reads like this: ‘Subdue The Politician’, ‘Fiction Soon Becomes Reality’, ‘Face Your Fear’, ‘Just Be Yourself’, ‘Just Take My Right Arm’, ‘An Epiphany Of Hate’, ‘It’s Clearly Eden’, ‘The People Of The Damned’, ‘Senses All Will Be Controlled’ and ‘Red Alert’. For all further MASTER info check out www.master-speckmetal.net or www.facebook.com/pages/master/18521536017
Brazilian Death Metallers REBAELLIUN have just started rehearsing the material for their upcoming new full length “The Hell Decrees”. The album will be recorded in December, with a release scheduled for May 2016 via Hammerheart Records. Before that Hammerheart Records will release the band’s “At War” demo / CD single as a 7” EP in November 2015, followed by re-issues of “Burn The Promised Land” and “Annihilation” on CD and LP in March / April 2016. More info and updates at www.facebook.com/rebaelliun
North Carolina based brutal Death Metallers ABHORRENT DEFORMITY will be releasing their new full length "Entity Of Malevolence" via Comatose Music on October 30, 2015. The cover artwork was created by Marco Hasmann and the complete album is currently streaming at this location. For more band information check out www.facebook.com/abhorrentdeformity
Belgium’s blackened Death Metallers EMPTINESS have been signed by Season of Mist. Here’s an official statement from the band regarding their signing: "We are currently working on the follow-up to "Nothing But The Whole", for which our aim is to release it in late 2016 on our new label Season of Mist. We also would like to thank Dark Descent for supporting us in our decision and for helping to spread the seeds of the void. Important news will follow in due time." More about EMPTINESS at www.emptiness.be or www.facebook.com/emptiness.be
Swedish EREB ALTOR will record 7 BATHORY classics for a special vinyl only release entitled “Blot – Ilt – Taut” (old Swedish for “Blood – Fire – Death”). Here’s some comments from Mats about this special release: “During the years of EREB ALTOR I have often been confronted with these words: ‘You should record some BATHORY hymns!’ And recently this has happened more frequently, perhaps due to the fact that we at some rare occasions have done a BATHORY song or two live. This has been haunting my mind. If we would do this, how should we do this? There is only one answer to that question: we will do it from the heart!!! And for us it was also important to put our EREB ALTOR touch on these magnificent works of Quorthon. The classic albums that I grew up with are closer to my heart than the post “Twilight Of The Gods” albums. So we decided to do only songs from the classic albums. So many great songs to choose from! Let’s make a full album while we’re at it. So it shall be done! Our next release “Blot – Ilt – Taut” will contain seven BATHORY hymns interpretated by EREB ALTOR.” The album will be released via Cyclone Empire on vinyl (and digitally) on February 26, 2016 and you can expect the following: one song from the first “Scandinavian Metal Attack” compilation, one song from “Under The Sign Of The Black Mark”, two songs from “Blood Fire Death”, two songs from “Hammerheart” and one song from “Twilight Of The Gods”. You can check out a teaser here. For all further info check out www.erebaltor.com or www.facebook.com/erebaltorofficial
"Inescapable Damnation", the debut EP from Los Angeles based Thrashers MURASHITA, is out now. MURASHITA is the new project by Masaki Murashita and features performances from David Ellefson (MEGADETH), Kevin Talley (SUFFOCATION, SIX FEET UNDER, CHIMAIRA), Kelly Conlon (DEATH, MONSTROSITY) and Rodney McGlothlin (VOICE OF DISSENT). The EP’s title track is currently streaming at this location. An official lyric video for the opening track ‘Retribution’ is playing here. More info at www.masakimurashita.com or www.facebook.com/murashitamusic