A roundup of this weeks latest news in the underground metal scene from around the world. Updates include Feeding, Distant Sun, Chastain, Pteroglyph, Beyond Grace, Half Blood, Slagduster and Karkaos.
Formed in 2016, FEEDING was created in the wake of local Edmonton hardcore outfits Cold Lungs and Low Level disbanding. With members from each band still seeking auditory destruction, a five-song EP was rendered. It will be presented as an offering on spools of magnetic tape on April 28, 2017, through Funeral Trance Records. The debut was recorded in Feeding’s sanctum: Piss Alley by Derek Orthner (Begrime Exemious) and mastered by Brad Boatright of Audio Siege. The cassettes will bear Jason Barnett’s conception of crawling toward death. FEEDING plans on touring as far as possible to spread their brand of occult death rock, and already have plans for future releases.
Teaming up with New Noise Mag, FEEDING premiere their new video for their single ‘Rotting Alive’.
http://newnoisemagazine.com/feeding-rotten-alive-video/
EP Pre-Order (digital and cassette) via Funeral Trance Records – https://funeraltrancerecords.bandcamp.com/album/feeding-2017
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Russian speed metallers DISTANT SUN release the single “GOD EMPEROR” from their latest album “INTO THE NEBULA”.
Joining their european melodic traditions with american aggression, the band returns to the famous sci-fi saga of Dune with a healthy load of thrash in their power metal. Will appeal to the fans of Iced Earth, Annihilator, Blind Guardian and Rage.
Watch the official lyric video here
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CHASTAIN has just released CHASTAINIUM and a new promotional video for the track “We Bleed Metal (V2017)”
CHASTAIN has been a force in Metal for over 30 years and CHASTAINIUM is the first album to chronicle the history of the band. 2 tracks from each of the last 8 albums showcases CHASTAIN’s inventive and unique sound. The band originally put together by David T. Chastain and Mike Varney has created some of Metal’s iconic moments.
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Having recently announced details for new album Death Of A Prince, set for release 23rd June 2017, UK’s Jimmy MacGregor, under the pseudonym Pteroglyph has revealed the first single and title track from his latest progressive metal collection of tales.
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No scene-politics. No narcissistic self-obsession. Nothing but crushing, cerebral death metal designed to stimulate the senses and expand the mind. This is the ethos of Nottingham-based quartet Beyond Grace, and the driving force behind their new album Seekers, set for self-release 7th July 2017.
Formed (or, more accurately, re-formed) in 2014 with a new line-up, a new name, and a whole new direction, the quartet (recently upgraded to a full five-piece) spent the next few years honing their sound and their live show into something as distinctive as it is devastating, touring and sharing stages with such acts as The Monolith Deathcult, Becoming the Archetype, Darkane, Mithras, and Demonic Resurrection, to name but a few.
Check out first single ‘Acoloytes’ featuring Charles Elliott of Abysmal Dawn!
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Isolated in the small town of Grand Forks, BC, the progressive, groovy and creative heavy sounds of the local SLAGDUSTER will be unleashing their long awaited album “Deadweight” on May 5th to follow their 2010 debut album ‘Nature.Humanity.Machine’.
Featuring nine tracks that have been very slowly and carefully crafted over the years, SLAGDUSTER‘s “Deadweight” is ready to be heard in full with an exclusive album stream along with interview on Decibel Magazine. “Deadweight” gives a variety a flavor with its ripping riffs and tremolo melodies to soft transitional parts and psychedelic interludes on top of constant heaviness and groove. Fans of Goijira, Sikth, Meshuggah, Dillinger Escape Plan, Between The Buried And Me are sure to be shaken up!
To check out “Deadweight”, please visit the following link on Decibel Magazine: http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/2017/4/27/slagduster-interview-and-album-stream
To pre-order “Deadweight”, please visit www.slagduster.com.
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KARKAOS has evolved into one of the most reputable and celebrated melodic extreme metal acts hailing from Montreal, QC. Unleashing their debut LP “Empire” in 2014 and EP “In Burning Skies” in 2011, this female-fronted band returns in 2017 with their forthcoming offering “Children of The Void”, which features new vocalist Viky Boyer, drummer Justine Ethier (Blackguard) and lead guitarist Samael Pelletier.
KARKAOS‘s first single and music video “Kolossòs” is now streaming at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pScb6OmjcQU
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Formed in 2016, FEEDING was created in the wake of local Edmonton hardcore outfits Cold Lungs and Low Level disbanding. With members from each band still seeking auditory destruction, a five-song EP was rendered. It will be presented as an offering on spools of magnetic tape on April 28, 2017, through Funeral Trance Records. The debut was recorded in Feeding’s sanctum: Piss Alley by Derek Orthner (Begrime Exemious) and mastered by Brad Boatright of Audio Siege. The cassettes will bear Jason Barnett’s conception of crawling toward death. FEEDING plans on touring as far as possible to spread their brand of occult death rock, and already have plans for future releases.
Teaming up with Idioteq.com, FEEDING premiere the full stream of their debut EP.
Listen now at http://www.idioteq.com/raddled-dirty-hardcore-act-feeding-premiere-debut-ep/
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Santiago, Chile based metal band Half Blood have released their Official Video for “Self Exile,” the second single off of their self-titled, debut album due out later this year.
