IOTUNN Reveal Details For New Album, ‘Access All Worlds’, SACRED REICH reissue ‘Ignorance’, ‘Surf Nicaragua’ and ‘The American Way’, ALLEGAEON Launches Acoustic Video For “In Flanders Fields”, DREAD SOVEREIGN Launches video for new single, “The Great Beast We Serve”, HALLOWS EVE To Re-release legendary debut album ‘Tales Of Terror’.
On February 26th, Denmark’s Iotunn will release their new album, Access All Worlds, via Metal Blade Records.
For a first preview of the record, a video for the single “Voyage of the Garganey I” can be see HERE.
Formed in 2015, Iotunn (which is old Norse for “Giant”) entered the scene with their acclaimed EP, The Wizard Falls (2016), which was mixed by Flemming Rasmussen (Metallica, Morbid Angel, Blind Guardian, Rainbow) at Sweet Silence Studios. After some line-up changes, the band found their voice and narrator in March 2018: Jón Aldará (Hamferd), plus bassist Eskil Rask (Sunless Dawn) in October 2019. The quintet – completed by Jens Nicolai Gräs (guitars), Jesper Gräs (guitars), Bjørn Wind Andersen (drums) – then began work on their first full-length and Metal Blade Records debut: Access All Worlds.
Pre order Access All Worlds from metalblade.com/iotunn
On February 12th, Sacred Reich will release CD and LP re-issues of their classic albums Ignorance, Surf Nicaragua and The American Way via Metal Blade Records.
Pre-order your copies now at: www.metalblade.com/sacredreich
In 2019, Sacred Reich released their first record in twenty-three years: Awakening. Showcasing everything a fan would expect and hope for from the Phoenix, Arizona unit, Awakening is a timeless collection comprised of blistering thrash, crushing grooves, meticulous solos, and socially conscious lyrics. The return of Dave McClain, who manned the drum throne from 1991 to 1997, and the addition of twenty-two-year old guitarist Joey Radziwill, alongside original members guitarist Wiley Arnett and vocalist/bassist Phil Rind, are integral facets of the record. Awakening was produced by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Cavalera Conspiracy), engineered by John Aquilino, and mastered by Maor Appelbaum (Faith No More, Halford, Armored Saint).
The past December, Allegaeon released a new digital single, Concerto in Dm – featuring the title track and B-side “In Flanders Fields”.
Now, the band has launched an acoustic video for “In Flanders Fields” (shot by Matthew Zinke), which can be viewed HERE.
Greg Burgess (guitars) comments: “In 1915, Canadian poet and military doctor Major John McCrae lost one of his best friends to a German artillery shell, during the second battle of Ypres. Inspired by grief, McCrae began the first draft of ‘In Flanders Fields’. Three years afterwards, the poem had such an impact, people started honoring soldiers by wearing poppies on their lapels.
Being from the US, I was unaware of this poem and tradition, until we were on tour in Canada with NeObliviscaris in 2018. After being stranded by an ice storm in Ottawa, I was introduced to this poem and it struck a chord with me – inevitably this piece of the same name followed. As for the video – do we really need another classical video set in a beautiful place, having the performer with eyes closed perform? Probably not. Do we need a video where we have the juxtaposition of a classical guitarist in a beautiful place, while repping tech death? Survey says…why not!”
Stream Concerto in Dm now at: http://metalblade.com/allegaeon
On January 15th, Dread Sovereign will release their third full-length, Alchemical Warfare – which has already received top marks from Deaf Forever Magazine (#1 soundcheck!), Rock Hard Germany (#2 soundcheck), Legacy Magazine (#2 soundcheck), and Metal Hammer Germany (#5 soundcheck).
For a preview of the record, a video for the new single, “The Great Beast We Serve”, can be viewed HERE.
The previously released track, “Nature Is The Devil’s Church”, can be heard at: metalblade.com/dreadsovereign
On January 15th, Atlanta-based metallers Hallows Eve will release LP and Digipak-CD re-issues of their classic 1985 debut album Tales Of Terror via Metal Blade Records.
Pre-order your copies now at: https://www.metalblade.com/hallowseve
Tales Of Terror comes newly mastered / fully restored by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony for this re-issue and also features new liner-notes by Hallows Eve bassist Tommy Stewart. Additionally, the LP format includes a double-sided poster and the 4-panel Digipak-CD includes an expanded 16-page booklet as well as four obscure rehearsal tracks as bonus.
