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Aktaion Premiere New Video ‘Cancer’ With Terrorizer Magazine
Having recently released their brand new single ‘Cancer’ a couple of weeks back, which was inspired by the war First World War poems of Wilfred Owen; Halmstad, Sweden based metallers Aktaion have now unveiled a new lyric video. Commissioned by Andy Pilkington of Very Metal Art, the single also features a guest solo from Armageddon’s guitar virtuoso Joey Concepcion.
Watch ‘Cancer’ Here!
http://www.terrorizer.com/news/aktaion-release-lyric-video-for-cancer/
This new single demonstrates a band carving their name even deeper into the stones of melodic death metal and taking their own variation of the genre one step further. The band comments, “With the release of ‘Cancer’ we are setting a new standard and starting the new, more polished era of Aktaion. We are moving into more focused territory and will continue even further in the footsteps of ‘Cancer’ with new material in the later parts of 2017.”
Guitarist Francis Larsson adds, “The backbone of the music for ‘Cancer’ came together surprisingly quickly, with most of the music written during one late evening. I struggled with finding the right lyric inspiration and took several different approaches until I stumbled upon an archive of poems written during and around the First World War. One in particularly caught my attention; ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen. It fit perfectly with what I felt the song needed and the emotion behind writing the instrumentals for the song. A lot of inspiration and even direct citations in the lyrics for ‘Cancer’ comes from this poem. I searched for a long time for the ‘soul’ of this song and found it in the words of Wilfred Owen and of the lives lost whom he wrote his beautiful poems about. I think the theme of losing one’s comrades in battle and the terrors of war in general, and especially from chemical warfare as in this case, made up a perfect theme for the song.”
Austin Death Metallers SIGIL Unleash Title Track ‘Kingdom of The Grave’ From Debut Album
Horror Pain Gore Death Productions have signed Austin Texas’ crusty death metal destroyers SIGIL and are set to release their new album entitled “Kingdom Of The Grave” April 7th on CD and Digital formats.
SIGIL join the Horror Pain Gore Death Productions roster with their explosive debut full length “Kingdom Of The Grave”. Hailing from Austin Texas, SIGIL successfully blend classic Swedish death metal with American crust resulting in catchy, crushing chaos. Keeping true to the old school faith, “Kingdom Of The Grave” is unrelenting in its Death Metal attack, which also incorporates raw D-beat aggression complimented by slashing solo’s and throat-ripping vocals. For fans of Black Breath, Carnage, Dismember, Entombed, Entrails, Fatalist, Fleshcrawl, Gatecreeper, Grave, His Hero Is Gone, Nihilist and Tragedy
Vocalist / guitarist Alex Citrone comments on the album:
“Kingdom of the Grave” is pure, raw death metal with an explosive energy to it. It has themes of the occult, suicide, police brutality and a dystopian future. Fans of the old and new school will find something to love.”
Pre-order the CD for only $10 with free shipping from HPGDP at http://www.horrorpaingoredeath.com/store/hpgd144.html
Inverted Matter announce their latest effort entitled “Detach”, which features the legendary Mike Smith from Suffocation.
Inverted Matter are proud to announce their latest effort entitled “Detach”, which features the legendary Mike Smith from Suffocation on drums.
“Detach” will be released on April 2017 and it consists of eight tracks with a total of 30 minutes of pure Death Metal. Recommended for fans of Morbid Angel, Suffocation and Hate Eternal.
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Italian Metallers As a Conceit streams Live Session of “A Should With a Must”
After releasing one gut punch of a Full-length on December, 2nd of 2016, our Boys in As A Conceit are here with a live recorded session of “A Should with A Must” from the debut full-length album titled “Frown Upon Us”.
FFO: Artists such as Architects and Northlane, these Progressive metallers administer a chilling dose of technicality laced with subtle melody, all the while without losing sight of the message these gents aim to deliver: anger, dismay but at the same time, a sliver of hope for the world we live in. And the timing for such feelings has never been more spot on. For any fan who enjoys technicality, ambiance and gut-wrenching vocals supported by a radical musical assault, or for anyone who’s enjoyed the latest Architects albums, this is an album that should not be missed out on.
The band gives us more detail into this single and how everything came together:
‘A Should With A Must’ is the last song off our last album ‘Frown Upon Us’.
This song is about our society in modern life; about being constantly pushed to be and to think what we are and what we think, day after day, in a neverending brainwashing lead by mass media, governments and multinational corporations; about the personal struggle we all lead to not be defined by others and to find our own identities.
We decided to film this live session because to us is one of the most fun and energizing songs to perform live, if not the most one, and because we think it encloses a meaningful message we should all regularly take some time to reflect upon.
CardiaC Share New Music Video For “Adicto A La Vida”
Swiss heavy-rock/hardcore four-piece CardiaC group have just shared a music video for the track “Adicto A La Vida”, which comes off the band’s new album “Sangrar Hasta Lograrlo” released in early 2016 by Tenacity Music.
Watch the video directed by Alvaro Bros now via New Noise Magazine at this location.
Having formed in 2000, Swiss four-piece group CardiaC blend such diverse styles as rock’n’roll, hardcore, metal and stoner-rock to distil a groovy and punchy sound, but it’s the Spanish words sung by Ricardo Chimichanaga that gives them a very unique and distinct flavour.
Comprised by Bastien C. Antony (drums), Cédric Nicolet (bass), Julien Emery (guitar), Mariano Martin (guitar) and the aforementioned Ricardo Chimichanaga (vocals), CardiaC have released five full-lengths and two EPs to date, which garnered some enthusiastic reactions from both press and fans, and allowed them to play numerous shows in Europe, Central and North America, where they shared the stage with great bands like Sepultura, Crucified Barbara, Sick Of It All, Dover, Biohazard, Brujeria, Jello Biafra and The G.S.M, Madball, Exodus, etc…
The band’s most recent album Sangrar Hasta Lograrlo was released in early 2016 was recorded at Ignition Prod Studio & Downtone Studio, mixed by Thomas “Drop” Betrisey (Samael & Sybreed) and features ten tracks of groovy and intense hardcore-tinged southern metal.
Jagged Vision Share Full Album Stream Of ‘Death is This World’ Via Invisible Oranges
Norwegian sludge noisemakers JAGGED VISION have just shared a full stream of their second full-length “Death Is This World” prior to the release date this Friday, March 10th.
“Death Is This World” can be heard in its entirety via Invisible Oranges, who commented “…groove is the one constant Jagged Vision have carried over to their current sound, and it complements the crusty, vicious streak the album is otherwise feeding from. “Feeble Souls” and “Serpents” are what may have happened if the guys in Lamb Of God grew up in Stavanger, Norway instead of Richmond.” Hear it here.
Watch the video for the track “Betrayer” here.
The follow-up to 2014’s debut album “Harvest Earth” was once again produced by Kylesa’s Philip Cope at The Jam Room Recording Studio in Columbia and marks the debut of guitarist Tommy Jacobsen and bassist Morten Transeth. March 10th will see the worldwide release of “Death Is This World” via Fysisk Format and pre-orders are now available at this location.
