IMPERIUM DEKADENZ Signs With Napalm Records, OTEP Calls Out the NRA in Shocking New Music Video for “Shelter In Place”,SKÁLMÖLD To Release Sorgir On October.
Horaz and Vespasian, welcome to the Napalm Family!
IMPERIUM DEKADENZ find their very own way between old school Black Metal and atmospheric Post Black Metal. They’ve created a stand-alone sound over their last five albums and their last release, Dis Manibvs, lifted them up to the top of the German Black Metal Scene.
Founded in 2004, IMPERIUM DEKADENZ proved that their origin, the Black Forrest is the perfect source of inspiration for Black Metal. If you close your eyes while listening to their music, you can almost see yourself on a journey through these dark woody mountains in the South of Germany. We are very happy that this journey will continue onward with Napalm Records!
Napalm Records A&R Sebastian Muench about the new signing: “Categorizing IMPERIUM DEKADENZ simply as ‘Black Metal’ would in my mind be almost an insult. The 2016 released Dis Manibvs is a masterpiece and yes even though it is technically a black metal album it holds the depth, talent and beauty in the tradition that only Empyrium or the late Agalloch can match. I could not be more proud to work with the guys on the upcoming releases!”
IMPERIUM DEKADENZ states: “A new chapter is about to begin! We are excited to announce that we are now a part of the great Napalm Records roster and we feel really inspired to work with such a renowned label. They offer us the perfect surrounding for our next strikes. At the moment we are working hard on the songs for the new album to be released in 2019. Stay tuned!”
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Just over one week ago, iconic rockers OTEP unleashed their most uncompromising, candid, all-inclusive and controversial assessment of the current residing political regime that they have ever released – the new album Kult 45. Today, they have released a shocking new music video – pointing a finger at the NRA and their allowance of continued gun violence – for the single “Shelter In Place”.
The video, directed by OTEP and filmed by PR Brown, can be viewed HERE.
Otep Shamaya says, “The video for “Shelter In Place” challenges the NRA’s irrational claim that “only a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with a gun”. It aims the blame of mass murders of our children in school shootings directly on the NRA, not necessarily its members, but the administration who continue to fight for people on Terrorist Watch Lists to own a gun. Why? It’s my belief the more murders that occur, the more money they make from weapons manufacturers and increases in membership which strengthens their ability to be a political power that continues to frighten the Republican owned Congress.
The number of mass murders of children in schools by gun violence is our national shame yet the Republican owned Congress (and shills for the NRA) have done nothing, not a single thing, to protect our kids. In contrast, when ONE man attempted to detonate a shoe bomb on board a plane in flight, legislation was enacted to protect people from this SINGLE attempt of failed terrorism. Now all of us have to remove our shoes before boarding a flight. All of us have to be searched and x-rayed.
Enough is enough. Our children deserve better. And their safety and the safety of their teachers are worth fighting for.”
Kult 45 is available now
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That’s The Viking Spirit!
The Icelandic Viking Metal Heroes SKÁLMÖLD strike back with their 5th full length album Sorgir. The album title (eng.: sorrows) gives the headline for this concept album that is divided in two parts: The first four songs tell four short stories about tragedies and death. It is called Sagnir (tales). The second chapter called Svipir (ghosts) thickens the plot by telling the same four stories from a different perspective.
Sorgir is a dark, cold and tragic album dealing with Icelandic myths of superstition, shadows, spectre and despair. Look elsewhere for something light, warm and comforting! Soaring melodies, folk elements and harsh outbursts remind of the chilly beauty of SKÁLMÖLD`s home country – Iceland, the eternal and awe-inspiring source of inspiration for neckbreakers such as “Gangari” and the gripping epic “Mara.”
Tracklisting
1. Ljósið
2. Sverðið
3. Brúnin
4. Barnið
5. Skotta
6. Gangári
7. Móri
8. Mara
Pre orders are avaialble now
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