KING DIAMOND ‘The Dark Sides’ CD & LP re-issues now available, ACCUSER Reveal Details for new self-titled album, DÉLUGE Reveal details for new album, ‘Ægo Templo’, FIGHT THE FIGHT Releases new album, ‘Deliverance’, LIK Release new album, ‘Misanthropic Breed’.
On October 30th, King Diamond will release CD and LP versions of The Dark Sides via Metal Blade Records. Released in 1988, The Dark Sides contains five tracks and an outro, released on previous albums.
King Diamond adds, “These are not remasters. These are the albums as they were originally done in the old days from the original production masters. They retain all the original dynamics that were captured at the time. It’s very exciting to present these to fans as they were originally released.”
The vinyl editions feature spined sleeves with an insert and download card; the CD contains a mini-LP CD-insert.
Pre-order your copies now at one of the following (all ship to Australia)
–USA: https://www.indiemerch.com
–EU: https://eu.kingsroadmerch.com
–UK: https://eyesoremerch.com/metalblade
On November 13th, Accuser will release their new self-titled album via Metal Blade Records.
For a preview of Accuser, a performance video for the first single, “Phantom Graves”, can be viewed here.
Since they began flying the flag for German thrash in the 80s, Accuser have gone on to prove themselves one of the most enduring forces in global metal. With eleven full-lengths behind them, they return in 2020 with their latest masterwork: a blistering collection that captures everything that makes the band so vital, produced by longtime collaborator Martin Buchwalter (who has worked on five Accuser albums) and mastered by Dan Swanö. “You stay fresh through curiosity,” states vocalist/guitarist Frank Thoms. “Writing new songs keeps you fresh, and it is always exciting how things develop and how the listener reacts to them afterwards. This process never gets boring. It is always exciting and invites you to try new things.” The result is a dynamic album that is very much rooted in thrash, but still takes the listener through various moods and styles, further cementing Accuser’s status as leaders, not followers.
On November 6th, France’s Déluge will release their sophomore album, Ægo Templo, via Metal Blade Records. For a first preview of the record, the new single, “Opprobre”, can be heard here.
France has long been a fertile breeding ground for black metal, and one of its best kept secrets is Déluge, who have been kicking up a blend of that genre and post-hardcore since 2014. Dropping their debut full-length Æther in 2015, in 2020 they return with sophomore effort Ægo Templo, a more accessible record that pushes their sound in ever more imaginative directions. “I wanted to go further into something more ‘easy to listen to’, but I really did not want to lose what we had, that melancholia and the essence of our music,” states founding guitarist François-Thibaut Hordé. “It was a very interesting – and exhausting – challenge, and to me we have succeeded. We are really proud of this new record.”
Produced by François-Thibaut with assistance from engineers Thibault Chaumont/Deviant Lab studio (Igorrr, Carpenter Brut, Birds in Row) – who also mixed and mastered the album – and Amaury Sauvé / The Apiary studio who recorded the drums, Ægo Templo marks a bold step forward from their earlier recorded output. Featuring clean vocals on almost every track, keyboards and additional instruments on several songs, plus soprano saxophone on “Opprobre”, this new offering separates Déluge from their contemporaries, all the while maintaining their identity.
Norwegian supercharged metallers Fight The Fight have just released their new album, Deliverance, and also an insane music video for the title track – which can be viewed here.
The band comments: “We are happy to release our second album ‘Deliverance’! After many years, sweat, and hard work, we can finally show you guys the result. We are truly happy and
proud of the album we’ve made. Hope you guys like it and will play it loud!”
Today (September 25th), Stockholm’s Lik have unleashed their third full-length, Misanthropic Breed, via Metal Blade Records – in addition to releasing a video for the single “Morbid Fascination”! Watch the clip now here (filmed and edited by Joakim Antman).
Stream the rest of Misanthropic Breed and purchase the record at: metalblade.com/lik
Sweden has long been held in high regard as one of the hotbeds of global death metal. With Misanthropic Breed – produced, mixed and mastered by Lawrence Mackrory (Obey Mastering) – Lik only add fuel to this fire. “The title of the record is ‘Misanthropic Breed’, because it describes the world today and the generations that are emerging,” states vocalist/guitarist Tomas Åkvik. “In a way, it’s more applicable than ever with the quote ‘It’s every man for himself’ being so suitable, and it’s also a ‘hidden’ homage to both Dismember and Entombed.”
Far darker in tone and with fewer jokes than included on their previous releases, when it came to lyrical subject matter, the band were influenced partially by movies and books, but most of their inspiration came from looking back at their own catalogue. “The songs are inspired by older Lik songs, and where we could take a new direction from that. Of course there are other bands that we love involved as well, but for example, ‘Female Fatal to the Flesh’ is an evolved take on ‘The Deranged’ from Carnage mixed with ‘Skin Necrosis’ from ‘Mass Funeral Evocation’ (2015) while ‘The Weird’ is an even more brutal ‘Ghoul’ from the same record. Then there’s ‘Corrosive Survival’, which was inspired by the disaster of Chernobyl, and ‘Morbid Fascination’ is like a Metallica/Entombed/Dismember track which turned out really cool. I think the main inspiration is still drawn from old school death metal, which we think is how death metal should be played.”
