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Thursday, December 31, 2020
Destruction to "Live Stream Attack" this friday | Last days to get tickets - @thebeast
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Stealth - Live For Your Faith - Featured At Bathory'Zine! - @thebeast
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A Vicious End – A New Beginning - Reviewed By Metal Temple! - @thebeast
A Vicious End – A New Beginning - Reviewed By Metal Temple ! Check it out here at this link: http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/a_2/a-vicious-end-a-new.htm
A VICIOUS END are a progressive metalcore band from the Bay Area, California. They are independently produced and are distributed through CD Baby. Founded in 2020, the band wrote and released the album “The Hills Will Burn” within a year of formation. In the face of a global pandemic, the band utilized the online platform Fiverr to bring together musicians from around the world for the creation of their debut album.
“A New Beginning” kicks off the album with a nice little instrumental piece, seemingly warming up for the show itself. Guitars are flexing and seem to have melodies in flow nicely.
“At Dawn We Ride” sound like it should be the title of an AMON AMARTH song, but the melodies built up from the previous song serve well here. The introduction of the vocals hits well, but for me the melodies are not even enough to match, they still sound like they are warming up. Vocally, it is very generic Metalcore, nothing that we haven't heard before from many bands previously. The pace does pick up, but never feels like its going to let go fully.
“Fields Of Gray” needs to pick things up, shake it up. The start of the song doesn’t appear to do this. It needed more pace and something different harmony wise. The female guest vocals are a good addition, it adds depth, but musically, this song is in no way different to the others. Her appearance could have had a different tone to the male vocals, but they don’t. the pace is still sounding like the song has hit its peak and is starting to slow down. It’s a mid-level song, could be used in a good album as a bridge to change tempo in the album, but it really needed to have done more.
“Smoke and Mirrors” has the same low-level pace and melodies playing through the motions. The melodies are fluid, but not expansive. The song is ticking over nicely, but fails to take off. Its only a short song and for me it never changes, it doesn’t seem to do anything, but with a few changes in direction, maybe even a solo it could have expanded the album,
“Salt the Earth” has picked up the pace and aggression, finally. However, once it hits a semi-good level it stop progressing. The melodies are better than before, needs a bit more expansion once more, but it is heading in the right direction.
“The Black Pearl” keeps this new found aggression going. It works well, just needed a better riff to match it. They do slow things down, which I never get why they do it mid-flow it slows the song down too much and fails to pick back up. Melody wise it is still a decent sound, but it is the same flavor as the rest of the album.
“Trail Of Tears” goes into the instrumental experiment styles to start, before the generic Metalcore riff joins. The pace is not bad, needs more from the guitars here, but that seems to be the overall feel. When they try going heavier vocally, i.e. WHITECHAPEL levels, it fails and falls away. This song seems to be trying to expand the material more, but needed to take that extra step also. This is the best song of the album so far
“Don’t Back Down” continues the aggressive (somewhat) start. However, it soon backs down unfortunately, and lays low with the pace. The song just sits in its own pace, refusing to move this is such a boring song in comparison to the previous, just as I thought the album was expanding, it started to close in on itself once more.
“Without You” continues with the tired and dull approach, the album has already clearly peaked and now its just hurting the praise built up so far. This song was not needed. Its monotone and does not t justice to the progression of the album
“Let the Waters Consume” has more pace than the previous song, but still sounds tired and short of ideas. It is just repeating the melodies and became little more than background noise for me. There is nothing new still with their approach. The worse part about this point of the album is that “Insidious” also did nothing to ignite the end of the album. It has a generic and mediocre sound to the melodies. There is some aggression in the song, but nothing special. A few screams and solos would have done wonders.
“Behold The Archer” closes out the album with an instrumental start, as the vocals are included we hear the familiar sounds of the material used throughout the album. This could have been a song to flourish an ending to the album. It isn't. It isn't the worst song either, but it’s the same level as the rest of the material.
I’ve been into Metalcore for 15+ years and I have heard it all. This album needs a shake up, some fresh ideas. Otherwise all future work will just sound generic. This is still early days for the band and I hope they see what they have done and how to expand and improve.
Songwriting: 6
Musicianship: 6
Memorability: 6
Production: 6
A Vicious End Is a progressive metalcore band from the Bay Area, California. They are independently produced and are distributed through CD Baby. Founded in 2020, the band wrote and released the album “The Hills Will Burn” within a year of formation. In the face of a global pandemic, the band utilized the online platform “Fiverr” to bring together musicians from around the world for the creation of their debut album.
The “Hills Will Burn” features Igor Sokolov (St Petersburg, Russia) on vocals, Armando Diaz on Guitar/Bass/Drums, and guest performances by Christina Rotondo (U.K.- featured on “Fields Of Gray”), Daniel Picknell (U.K.- featured on “Without You”), Joylin (Ukraine- featured on “Behold The Archer”), and Carlos Carty (Peru- featured on “Trail of Tears”). The album was mixed and mastered by Filipe Gruber (Venezuela), the artwork was composed by Vhummel (Brazil).
The album features ominous, down-tuned guitar riffs paired with ferocious vocals centered around the growing social unrest spreading across America.
A Vicious End’s first full-length work starts off with the short instrumental “A New Beginning”, which creates an epic heavy metal atmosphere but is soon interrupted by “At Dawn We Ride”. Noticeably a lot heavier, the second song continues on a more melodic death metal / metalcore note. Next on is the gentler “Fields of Gray” where we can enjoy Christina Rotondo’s beautiful clean vocals, complementing the main vocal line just perfectly. Then we can hear “Smoke and Mirrors” and “Salt The Earth” – two more upbeat and energetic songs followed by “The Black Pearl”. The latter seems to be the heaviest piece so far – the slow and heavy guitar parts even set an almost djent-like mood – certainly a great genre development. The following “Trail of Tears” is probably the most unexpected track on the record, combining the metal and metalcore genres with Carlos Carty’s traditional music elements which showcases Armando’s more experimental side. The next one, “Don't Back Down” sounds more aggressive in its beginning but the hypnotizing clean vocals gradually make it more progressive and melodic. In turn, “Without You” and Dan Picknell’s clean vocals again make for an interesting addition to the album and create a great contrast to everything else we have heard so far which was mostly incredibly heavy - not that anyone is complaining! We also cannot fail to mention the magnificent guitar parts which are present all over the record and are the one consistent element that make it truly memorable and compositionally outstanding. “Let The Waters Consume” and “Insidious” are also great examples of Armando’s guitar excellence. The twelfth and final song “Behold The Archer” ends with a touching and kind of open-ended violin part descending into silence.
We can safely say that “The Hills Will Burn” is an intriguing and promising start to A Vicious End’s musical path!
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Motherfaster - Slower Father - Reviewed by The Median Man! - @thebeast
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“Stash The Cash,” starts things off on the album. Slowly kicking things into gear with an intriguing melody or two, it rumbles through the cascades of time before eventually kicking into gear and creating a sludge monster.
“Abused In The Garden of Love,” is a ripper. An absolute snorter of a song that catches the listener by the balls and refuses to let go. A ripper of a song.
“Bull On A Parachute,” turns the tide, delivering a simple slap to the face of all time and bringing around some seriously groovy melodies. The cowbell is a brilliant touch.
“Crocoblues,” is a monster. Combining the old blues notes with a turning slashing slice of pie, delivering a crazy world brush and moving into destructive whirlpools of time.
“Evil Eye Removal,” picks up the speed again and goes for the good old fashioned rock and roll assault. It hits all the right notes to get people going crazy.
The album is out now.
Motherfaster is the result of a bad idea, that was born after the end of a jam session, during the end of 2011. They are based in Athens with a common purpose. To extract the dirtiest side of their souls and present it as an audio insult.
After playing some gigs during 2012 – 2013, they took the request of their fans for an official release seriously! Consequently they hit the studio to create their self titled debut. The recording process started in early 2014. George Emmanuel engineered the album and Jeffro Lackscheide mixed and mastered it. In November 2014 the first single “The nymph and the god” was featured in the compilation CD Fear Candy, that comes with Terrorizer magazine (Issue 254). Legendary metal bands Exodus and Obituary were also in this CD. They released “Motherfaster” on February 24, 2015.
In the summer of 2016, they covered Impaled Nazarene’s magnum opus “Blood is thicker than water”.
Then, the time came for the successor. Entitled “Slower Father”, it was recorded at Pentagram studio and mixing/mastering duties were handled by George Emmanuel. Nine explicit, dirty stories gilded with a mix of heavy metal – hard rock music. The second album is taking their signature sound one step further. Ruder, dirtier, heavier.
Motherfaster released “Slower Father” on December 2, 2019. On January 25, 2020 they opened the Athenian show of metal pioneers Rotting Christ. During the following lockdown they recorded a cover version of Fleetwood Mac’s “The green Manalishi (With the two pronged crown)”.
Links:
https://motherfaster.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/Motherfaster
https://www.facebook.com/Motherfaster
https://motherfaster.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/motherfaster/
Slower Father by Motherfaster
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Fatal Sin – Episodes: The Complete Recordings - Reviewed By Metal Temple! - @thebeast
Fatal Sin – Episodes: The Complete Recordings - Reviewed By Metal Temple ! Check it out here at this link: http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/f_2/fatal-sin-episodes.htm
FATAL SIN was a Trash Metal band from Boca Raton, Florida. They formed in 1985, went through multiple lineup changes, then solidified their membership by 1989 when they recorded their self-titled demo. The band unfortunately would go on hiatus in 1993 and later disband in 1997. On October 13, 2020, their recordings were collected and re-issued as “Episodes: The Complete Recordings.” The album comes with an eight-page booklet featuring archival photos and personal insights from Adam Riewold. Also included is a bonus DVD featuring their entire performance at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida in 1990.
The album itself comprises six tracks, three studio and three live, spanning about 28 minutes. While albums of this nature appeal mostly to collectors and metal historians, I do have to say many of these tracks absolutely stand on their own. The best tracks, of course, are the studio recordings. The three tracks veer to the Prog side of the spectrum, laying out complicated arrangements across a vast array of tempos.
Thematically, the band focuses on traditional Thrash lyrics protesting environmental and socio-political distress . . . all of which actually seem prophetic coming from thirty years ago and landing in 2020. As a vocalist, Adam Riewold is neither a guttural baritone nor a clean-throated virtuoso, but he does have that fanatical intonation that you expect from Thrash bands. The guitar work of Haven Eaton is impressive in its complexity and ferocity, but my favorite performance by far is Adam Riewold on bass, especially on “Episode.”
The live tracks are interesting but don’t bear repeating except maybe from an historical perspective. Given the raw quality of the audio (apparently, they were having PA issues on the day), I’m thinking the DVD is much more entertaining with the added visual layer. On other fronts, the album artwork is very 80’s Thrash, so fun in a retro-type of way.
Altogether, FATAL SIN’s “Episodes: The Complete Recordings” brings to light the combined talents of a band that is sorely missed. And while we can sit around and ponder what might have been, we might be better off just cranking it to 11 and soaking it in.
Songwriting: 6
Musicianship: 7
Memorability: 6
Production: 5
FOR FANS OF: Atheist, (early) Megadeth, (early) Cynic
FATAL SIN were formed in late 1985 in Boca Raton, Florida by guitarist Adam Riewold and drummer Greg Threlkel (who were in middle school at the time) out of a love for both the energized Thrash of bands such as Slayer and Megadeth as well as the more intricate arrangements of Rush. After going through a revolving door of musicians, the line-up solidified with the addition of guitarist Haven Eaton and bassist Kevin Bachaus.
Fast forward, FATAL SIN would take home the top prize at a local Battle of the Bands, winning 4 hours of free studio time. With their winnings the band would enter Hollywood Sync Studios in November of 1989 to record their first demo. Friend, and bassist for local heavyweight's Saigon Kick Tom DeFile, produced. Armed with a quality recording, FATAL SIN would begin to gig heavily, sharing the stage with bands such as Vio-Lence, Devastation, Deicide, Morbid Angel, Raped Ape, Cynic, and Pantera.
Not long after the recording of the 1989 Demo and that momentum began, Kevin would be diagnosed with spinal cancer and would have to exit the band. Adam would switch from guitar to bass, making FATAL SIN a three piece. It would be during this period that the band would begin to be influenced by not only bands such
as Watchtower and Voi-Vod , but also by the complex sounds and arrangements of classic Jazz/Fusion artists such as Return To Forever and Mahavishnu Orchestra . These influences are highly evident on their final studio recording, "Episode", which was recorded in 1991 for a local compilation album " Unsigned III: Killing Time ".
Shortly after the recording of “Episode”, FATAL SIN would go on hiatus for close to a year before reemerging as UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. The band would issue one final 3-song selftitled demo in 1993 and disband in 1997.
Greg Threlkel would go on to co-found the band BURNER in 1998 along with guitarists John Paul Soars ( Raped Ape/Paingod/Malevolent Creation/Divine Empire ) and Jason Morgan ( Monstrosity ), who would record one album for Arctic Music Group in 1992 titled “One For The Road”. Adam Riewold moved to Tampa, Florida and has been involved in multiple projects, with his most recent being the band LEVEL THE PLANET.
This deluxe re-issue features all of the bands studio recordings, as well as 3 live songs, fully remastered from the original sources by Rob Colwell at Bombworks Sound and an 8-page booklet featuring archival photos and some personal insights from Adam Riewold. Also included is a bonus DVD featuring their entire performance at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida in 1990.
This deluxe edition is the 5th release in our "Florida Metal Archive Series" and is limited to 300 units world wide.
Grab your copy here: https://thrashbackrecords.bigcartel.com/
TRACK LISTING:
1. Episode (1991) *
2. Fatal Sin (1989) *
3. Intense Distress (1989) *
4. Civilized Suicide [1990 Live]
5. Dreams Of The Future [1990 Live]
6. Insanity Of Humanity [1990 Live] *
[BONUS DVD: Live at Florida Atlantic University 1990]
(Tracks with an * have been provided to you for airplay)
FATAL SIN:
Adam Riewold - Vocals & Bass
Haven Eaton - Guitars
Greg Threlkel - Drums
DISCOGRAPHY:
Fatal Sin (Demo) - 1989
Episode (Demo) - 1991
Unsigned III: Killing Time
(Compilation) - 1992
(Stryder Records)
Episodes: The Complete
Recordings - 2020
(ThrashBack Records)
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Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Blessed By Perversion - Remnants of Existence - Featured At KMSU Loud Rock Charting! - @thebeast
Blessed By Perversion - Remnants of Existence - Featured At KMSU Loud Rock Charting ! check it out here at this link: https://mankato.mnsu.edu/kmsu-radio/
Band Name: Blessed By Perversion
CD title: Remnants Of Existence
Format: Digipack
Band Members:
Manolis Kouelo - Guitars (rhythm)
Kostas Foutris - Guitars (lead)
Andreas Moschopoulos - Vocals
Vaggelis Nanos - Bass
Vasilis Nanos - Drums
Release Date: December 25 2020
Limitation: 500 Copies digipack CD
Sellings Points: Second Release old school death metal
Track list:
1. Descending To The Catacombs
2. Gallery Of Bones 04:18
3. Atonement Refused 04:27
4. Among The Tombs Absent Gods 03:23
5. Caverns Of Torture 05:12
6. Whithin Monumental Chaos 05:56
Remnants Of Existence by Blessed By Perversion
Blessed By Perversion was created in mid 2010 inspired by death metal and extreme music.
The band released their first EP called ' Destroy the Image of God' in 2012. After many gigs and the addition of a new member, Blessed By Perversion was ready to record their first full length album ' Between Roots And Darkness' . This is an old school feeling death metal album with a lot of melodic parts. The album was released in 2016 via Razed Soul Productions and received great reviews from metal sites and magazines from around the world.
Now with a new drummer and with more consistency than ever, Blessed By Perversion is releasing a new masterpiece of pure death metal with old influences of American ( Deicide, Morbid Angel, Monstrosity ) and European ( Sinister, Obsecration or Soulskinner ) death metal creates “ Remnant Of Existence ” 6 songs of pure metal of death
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Pressure - Julstress - Reviewed By Local Smokeout! - @thebeast
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“In their own melodic way, Pressure takes the unique Scandinavian metal sound to become a ferocious breath of fresh air in the modern metal scene” – The Other Side
Press Release
Band: Pressure
Track: ‘Julstress’ - ISRC – QZNWV2077637
Release Date: 11th December 2020
Written and composed by Simon Forsell, Olof Jönsson, Emil Salling
Copyright: Pressure 2020
‘Julstress’
HO! HO! HO! IT’S CHRISTMAS and Swedish rockers Pressure have penned their first Christmas song! ‘Julstress’ sees its release 11th December, 2020 and this is one Christmas song that will stand out from the crowd!
From the opening riff you’ll be rocking out for the full 2.35 and you’ll never think of ‘Jingle Bells’ in the same way every again! The track may well be delivered with driving guitar riffs and a sometimes growling bass vocal but it still manages to touch on the sensitive issue of how some people struggle with the pressure of the festivities.
The guys wrote the track as a distraction whilst getting their heads down writing new material that will see the light of day in 2021. There will be a full video supporting the release.
The Band
Who are Pressure I hear you ask? Well if you had to tag them with a genre the one that fits best is a ‘melodic rock’ but they’re so much more than that. Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden and with vocalist Olof Jönsson you can always guarantee soaring, athletic and committed vocals. Together with a twin guitar sound coming from songwriter and lead guitarist Simon “Siirpo” Forsell and Emil Salling. Their work often focuses and embraces the pressures felt from everyday existence. Their lyrics ably demonstrating that there are two sides to every story - the good and the bad. Every song has a double meaning and they truly see music as a tool to handle the different pressures thrown at us from the modern world.
The band began their journey together in 2018, and since then they’ve worked tirelessly developing their sound and live performance, their aim? To make memories with their fans and to an epic musical soundtrack.
A quote that can summarize their lyrics is: “How can you tell a story about life if you haven’t dared to live life to its fullest!
Pressure is all about every story, every moment, every Pressure!
Julstress - Lyrics
INTRO
A star shining with a marvelous light
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
Yeah! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
VERSE
You’re running around, Christmas should be white
We need to buy our Christmas gifts
There’s shouting and lots of work, almost like a rite
Don’t forget to light the candles, wrap the gifts, do the rhyme
and don’t forget the cards
Dress the tree and your children too
Soon the guests will arrive but there’s millions of things left
For everyone except me
BRIDGE
To be alone at Christmas
Can never be fun, right? (no, no, no, no)
CHORUS
Christmas is here, but I'm taking it easy, I sit down and take a deep breath
No stress, just relax Christmas is best when I´m alone
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
Yeah! Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
VERSE
Christmas can be chaos, everyone is here now
Put the gifts under the Christmas tree,
Where is Santa and the porridge? Who found the almond?
The drinks glitter in the bar
Ham, turkey, gravy and a little more
The children are screaming and playing
Do you want to sit down? No the party needs more
You just smile but can never relax
To be alone when it's Christmas
Can be really nice, right? (yes, yes, yes, yes)
CHORUS
Christmas is here, but I'm taking it easy, I sit down, take a deep breath
No stress, no agitation
Christmas is best when I´m alone
INTERLUDE
The cold of the midwinter night is severe, the stars sparkle and twinkle,
Everyone is sleeping in the Christmas calm deep below the midnight sky,
The moon travels its silent path, the snow shines white on pine and oak,
the snow glows white on the rooftops.
Only Santa is awake
What!? is Santa naked?
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Silenced Minstrel - Volume 5 - Reviewed By Occult Black Metal Zine! - @thebeast
FYI: Silenced Minstrel - Volume 5 - Reviewed By Occult Black Metal Zine ! Check it out here at this link: http://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.com/
Silenced Minstrel are a solo project from Malaysia that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording plays a satanic form of black metal and this is a review of his self released 2020 album ''Volume 5".
A very dark and heavy sound starts off the album while all of the drum beats are also programmed while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style . The vocals are done in a shouting style that is more rooted in the first wave era and when the music speeds up a great amount of blast beats can be heard.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the tremolo picking also gives the songs more of a raw feeling. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in an old school style along with one track also introducing clean playing onto the recording.
The songs also add in a decent amount of second wave influences as well as being modern at the same time along with one track also adding in a brief use of whispered vocals, growls can also be heard at times and the album closes with an orchestra orientated instrumental. The production sounds very raw and old school while the lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism and Darkness themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Silenced Minstrel and if you are a fan of old school satanic black metal , you should check out this recording . RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "'Enlightened Beasts' ''Descend Into Madness'' ''Canto Diablo 4 - Ballad For Satan'' and ''Dirge Of The Eternal Winter''. 8 out of 10.
BIOGRAPHY
Silenced Minstrel (age 44 years, born Saiful Nizam Shukor, 28 th March 1976) was a full time singer, songwriter musician from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Been playing music since 1991 he co-founded HALUN, a gothic black metal band back in 1996, produced several demos, one EP and one LP before the badly deformed monstrosity was laid to rest in 2015. Writing and producing mostly in his bedroom studio nicknamed “Sky Panacea Enterprise” he spent the entire 2016 gathering writing and recording materials for his debut album “Volume 1” choosing to name it as such as to not make it sounds too rockstar-ish.
“Volume 1” is a combination of melodic gothic stuff mixed with thrash, death and doom metal riffs and black metal atmosphere, utilizing the most basic of guitar effects, cheap keyboards/ synthesizers and MIDI orchestra throughout the entire album to produce something that he’d always wanted to do: anything that didn’t sound like his former band! The album is completed in September but it be long after the production of the second album was underway when that album graced the scene...
The second album “Volume 2” saw some maturity in his songwriting, the MIDI orchestra part ditched altogether and it also saw a fair amount of rough edges deliberately highlighted in the mix, and a lot more gothic atmosphere throughout than before especially in the lyrics department, where he wrote songs about the occult, immortality, vampirism and forbidden love between the mortal and the damned, also some cryptic poetic inclinations thrown to the mix just for the heck of it.
The third album “Volume 3” saw him moving ever closer towards a more melodic black metal sound than the old one, this time the long ditched MIDI orchestra element restored along with some double-layered bass guitar tracks and even gloomier atmosphere than before, reflecting the state of his mind, body, spirit and environment that he’s at during that period of time; with traces of anger, hatred, betrayal and vengeance gracing every song in the album (he fully recovered from his decade long clinical depression that same year).
The fourth album “Volume 4” saw him disposing of all the gothic melodic stuff and straight into just vocals guitars bass and drums, trying to go as dry and as harsh as he can, tackling on darker themes like deviant spirituality, Satanism, atheism, philosophy and dark fantasy. Fast tempo is the name of the game; the drums gained more prominence and absolutely no melodic stuff present on this album.
The fifth album “Volume 5” saw the further development of sound and direction from the previous album, adding also an orchestral style instrumental black metal song as the last track of the album, a song that hearkens back to his old days in HALUN.
The artist is currently occupied promoting his new album, gathering materials for the sixth album and also working on his other band “Shadowed Grace” playing New Age Scifi Fantasy Instrumental Synthesizer music. Silenced Minstrel is unsigned and is looking for exposure, a recording contract and developing fanbases all across the globe.
Volume 5 by Silenced Minstrel
DISCOGRAPHY:
Volume 1 (2017)
1 Chaos, Revisited
2 I Remember…Insanity
3 Black Hearted Sufi
4 Twilight Catharsis
5 Misery, Revisited
6 Enemy Within Me…
7 Johnny Demonic
8 13 th May 69 (Instrumental)
Volume 2 (2018)
1 Into The Void
2 Morbid Endings I Wished For Them
3 I Shall Miss Quintessa
4 (Blood Red Flowers) Bleeding Moon
5 Entangled In Thorns
6 Another Black Year
7 Dark Deceptions
8 Another Black Year (Instrumental)
Volume 3 (2019)
1 Valedictory Sigh
2 Canto Diablo 1 – Demonic Epiphany
3 In Memoriam (Undertaker’s Lament)
4 In Memoriam (I Will Keep On Going)
5 Laying Down The Wreaths
6 Merentap Tirai Senja
7 Incantations In Tongues
8 Valedictory Sigh (Instrumental)
Volume 4 (2020)
1 The Black Journal Of Alkrun-Nar
2 The Dark Almighty
3 The Silenced Minstrel
4 Mortifications Of The Flesh
5 Godkiller (Forever Burning Me)
6 Dark Brotherhood Of The Mind-Benders
7 Laments From A Forgotten Age
8 The Final Journey
9 Canto Diablo 2 – Necrotic Mantras
10 Quod Damnum Omnis Spes
Volume 5 (2020)
1 Unenlightened Beasts
2 Twilight Of Religion
3 Hell On Earth
4 Descent Into Madness
5 Canto Diablo 3 – Plagued By The Future
6 Canto Diablo 4 – Ballad For Satan
7 Ex Lucis Tenebris
8 Night Hunt Of The Unseelie
9 Dirge Of The Eternal Winter
10 Regina Of The Blessed Moon (Instrumental)
Band: Silenced Minstrel
Formed: 2016
Band member (s):
Silenced Minstrel – All instruments, vocals, sound engineer, programmer, producer
Genre: Death/Black/Gothic Metal
Country: Malaysia
Label: Unsigned
BAND AND ALBUM LINKS:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SilencedMinstrel
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SilencedMinstr1
Bandcamp: https://silencedminstrel.bandcamp.com/album/volume-5
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/saifulnizam_shukor
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3bzBoq26KOir3aZ9i2ObcE
ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/1442050547
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCp_xPAXg-9bljJguBa3hQ?view_as=subscriber
CDBaby/Hearnow: https://silencedminstrel@hearnow.com
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New Promo: Blessed By Perversion - Remnants Of Existence - (Death Metal) - @thebeast
ICYMI: Band Name: Blessed By Perversion
CD title: Remnants Of Existence
Format: Digipack
Band Members:
Manolis Kouelo - Guitars (rhythm)
Kostas Foutris - Guitars (lead)
Andreas Moschopoulos - Vocals
Vaggelis Nanos - Bass
Vasilis Nanos - Drums
Release Date: December 25 2020
Limitation: 500 Copies digipack CD
Sellings Points: Second Release old school death metal
Track list:
1. Descending To The Catacombs
2. Gallery Of Bones 04:18
3. Atonement Refused 04:27
4. Among The Tombs Absent Gods 03:23
5. Caverns Of Torture 05:12
6. Whithin Monumental Chaos 05:56
Remnants Of Existence by Blessed By Perversion
Blessed By Perversion was created in mid 2010 inspired by death metal and extreme music.
The band released their first EP called ' Destroy the Image of God' in 2012. After many gigs and the addition of a new member, Blessed By Perversion was ready to record their first full length album ' Between Roots And Darkness' . This is an old school feeling death metal album with a lot of melodic parts. The album was released in 2016 via Razed Soul Productions and received great reviews from metal sites and magazines from around the world.
Now with a new drummer and with more consistency than ever, Blessed By Perversion is releasing a new masterpiece of pure death metal with old influences of American ( Deicide, Morbid Angel, Monstrosity ) and European ( Sinister, Obsecration or Soulskinner ) death metal creates “ Remnant Of Existence ” 6 songs of pure metal of death
Label contact:
https://ironbloodanddeath.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ibdc666
Band contact:
https://blessedbyperversion.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/blessedbyperversion/
https://soundcloud.com/blessedbyperversion
https://www.youtube.com/user/BlessedByPerversion
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ROYAL HUNT: BRAND NEW CONCEPT STUDIO ALBUM "DYSTOPIA" - @thebeast
ICYMI: “ Dystopia ” released on December 16th via King Records (Japan/SE Asia) and on December 18th (UPD: physical format on the 15th of January 2021) via NorthPoint Productions (Europe / N / S America). A concept album offering a considerable expansion of the band´s trademark sound and featuring performances by guest vocalists: Mats Leven ( Candlemass, TSO, Skyblood ), Mark Boals ( Y.J. Malmsteen, Ring of Fire ), Henrik Brockmann ( Royal Hunt, Evil Masquerade, N´Tribe ), Kenny Lubcke ( Narita, Zoser Mez ) and Alexandra Andersen ( Royal Hunt, JSP ).
“Dystopia” is available on ALL digital platforms (as MP3, FLAC), and as a regular CD (jewel case), various deluxe editions / bundles and a double heavy vinyl LP at royalhunt.com
Spotify: http://bit.ly/dystopia-spotify
iTunes: http://bit.ly/dystopia-itunes
YouTube: http://bit.ly/dystopia-youtube
Amazon: http://bit.ly/dystopia-amazon
ROYAL HUNT - " The Art Of Dying " ft. Mats Leven (single version)
ROYAL HUNT keep intriguing fans with their adventurous endeavors and the band´s 15th studio album is no exception: a monumental concept opus featuring symphonic, progressive yet hard hitting compositions full of impeccable performances, wrapped tightly into immediately accessible format and a lush, contemporary production.
The addition of some extraordinary guest singers and their outstanding performances combined with vastly extended orchestrations creates a truly conceptual, cinematic feel throughout each and every track.
Tracklist:
INCEPTION ℉451
BURN
THE ART OF DYING
I USED TO WALK ALONE
THE EYE OF OBLIVION
HOUND OF THE DAMNED
THE MISSING PAGE (Intermission I)
BLACK BUTTERFLIES
SNAKE EYES
MIDWAY (Intermission II)
Follow the band on Social Media:
https://royalhunt.com/
https://www.instagram.com/royalhuntmusic/
https://www.facebook.com/royalhunt
https://www.twitter.com/royalhuntband
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Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Destruction to "Live Stream Attack" this friday | Last days to get tickets - @thebeast
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Weight Of Emptiness - "Conquering The Deep Cycle" - Reviewed By The Doorway To Magazine! - @thebeast
ICYMI: Weight Of Emptiness - "Conquering The Deep Cycle" - Reviewed By The Doorway To Magazine !
Check it out in the video below!
Weight Of Emptiness is a Chilean band of metal which practice a mixture style in which can be distinguished progressive, death, doom, and black metal. The band has its origins in 2012, when the former members from the missing band Twilight Mist, Juan Acevedo and Alejandro Bravo on guitars and Alejandro Ruiz on vocals, started to make their first compositions. On Twilight Mist they had a career path of almost 10 years, innovating on progressive metal trends, so decided continuing the legacy, adding actual elements to their music. The first formation was completed with bassist David Hernández and Mauricio Basso on drums, leader of Letargo band, with almost 25 years of career, both incorporating a rhythmic base full of progressive elements, which give Weight Of Emptiness the characteristic and avant-garde sound recognized into the Chilean metal scene.
Between August and September of 2016, they started recording their musical material for what will be their debut album. The drums are recorded at Alba Road studios by Eduardo Demangel and the rest in The Farm. The mixing and mastering is done by Richard Iturra.
At the end of the recording process, David Hernández left the band, so they recruited the bassist Manuel Villarroel.
On March 4, 2017 they independently released the first LP called “Anfractuous Moments For Redemption”, which is digitally edited worldwide thanks to the British label Sepulchral Silence on more than 14 streaming platforms. In physical format it is edited independently in digipack format.
As part of the promotion plan for the new album, in May 2017 a Concert Live Video is released at Bar Óxido (October 2016) and on October 20, 2017 is released the video clip for the song "Behind The Masks". Between October 27 and November 4, 2017 the band performs its first international tour in 6 cities in Mexico. In addition to the shows in Mexico, the band performs in different stages throughout Chile.
The album “Anfractuous Moments For Redemption” is highlighted by the Humo Negro site among the best Chilean albums of 2017. In addition, the album is included in the “The 12 Best Chilean Metal Albums 2017” Ranking of The Resistance webzine and in the “Top 320 Latin Albums of 2017” from Headbangers Latin America webzine. On March 16, 2018 the band releases their second video clip of the song "The Silence". On
March 22, 2018 the album "Anfractuous Moments For Redemption" is re-released in Mexico in a co-production with the labels Concreto Records and Sun Empire Productions.
The album "Anfractuous Moments For Redemption" is nominated for the 2018 Escuchar Awards in the Best Extreme Metal Disco category. On November 17, 2018 the band releases its third video clip of the song "Unbreakable". The bassist Manuel Villarroel leaves the band and in his replacement comes the former bassist of the progressive metal band Tremates, Mario Urra, whose debut is made when the band first visits Argentina in the framework of the 2018 Lado Salvaje Festival of the city of Mendoza, subsequently editing a Live Video with the full show.
On August 31, 2019 the band released their second studio album called "Conquering The Deep Cycle." The album was recorded at The Farm and Audio Custom Studios, and was mixed and mastered again by Richard
Iturra. The album is published under the label Australis Records with international distribution. On August 16, 2019 the video clip of the song “The Flame” was released, which is the first single from the new album.
In September 2019, the band made its first tour of Europe in several cities in Spain, Romania and Bulgaria, achieving a very good reception from the public of the old continent. In November 2019, the band toured
Argentina that included Buenos Aires, the La Campana del Infierno festival near Rosario and the Criminal Metal
Camp festival near Córdoba to promote the new album. On December 28, 2019, a Lyric Video of the song Invisible Mind Workers is released.
Track List:
1. Conquering 00:56
2. Invisible Mind Workers 05:51
3. Chucao 04:40
4. The Flame 05:46
5. Lapse of Insanity 04:40
6. Lamentos 04:56
7. Eleven Ravens 06:15
8. Drainers 05:04
9. Lurking Hope 05:39
10. Two Tears Alone 05:11
11. Deep Cycle 02:00
The album "Conquering The Deep Cycle" has been featured among the best of 2019 in various rankings and mass media accounts such as Headbanger Latinoamérica, Humo Negro from Chile, Global Metal Apocalypse from United Kingdom, Inside The Darkness from Russia, Subterraneo Webzine from Spain and Radio Rock Nation from Brazil. On the occasion of the band's fifth anniversary, on May 17, 2020 they released the Lyric Video of the song Weight Of Emptiness.
During 2020, due to the COVID19 Pandemic that affects the world, the band participates in the festivals Heresy Fest Online (Argentina), Time Of Plagues (Chile) and Tinkuy del Rock (Peru) which transmit international band shows via streaming. from their places of origin.
Follow the band at these links:
Official Site:
www.weightofemptiness.com
Facebook:
https://es-la.facebook.com/Weightofemptiness/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/weightofemptiness/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Weight_of_E
Links to streaming:
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mzGsZcySSgVnv2JP0NWUK9t-Cd43FXJTo
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1wspnAWis65xwHiG29vKLx
CONQUERING THE DEEP CYCLE by Weight of Emptiness
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Monday, December 28, 2020
French Melo-Death Metallers Sound Of Memories streamed new album 'The Sand Within' // Out now on CD & Digital through all legal platforms. - @thebeast
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Multi-Genre Artist SINTHETIK MESSIAH Drops THE OTHER LA Split & ATR Cover Tracks - @thebeast
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SAGENLAND premiere new track at "Decibel" magazne's website - features members of HEIMDALLS WACHT, ASGRAW, CULTUS, MESLAMTAEA++ - @thebeast
https://metaldevastationradio.com/thebeast/blog/11808/sagenland-premiere-new-track-at-decibel-magaznes-website-features-members-of-heimdalls-wacht-asgraw-cultus-meslamtaea?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
New Promo: Blessed By Perversion - Remnants Of Existence - (Death Metal) - @thebeast
Band Name: Blessed By Perversion
CD title: Remnants Of Existence
Format: Digipack
Band Members:
Manolis Kouelo - Guitars (rhythm)
Kostas Foutris - Guitars (lead)
Andreas Moschopoulos - Vocals
Vaggelis Nanos - Bass
Vasilis Nanos - Drums
Release Date: December 25 2020
Limitation: 500 Copies digipack CD
Sellings Points: Second Release old school death metal
Track list:
1. Descending To The Catacombs
2. Gallery Of Bones 04:18
3. Atonement Refused 04:27
4. Among The Tombs Absent Gods 03:23
5. Caverns Of Torture 05:12
6. Whithin Monumental Chaos 05:56
Remnants Of Existence by Blessed By Perversion
Blessed By Perversion was created in mid 2010 inspired by death metal and extreme music.
The band released their first EP called ' Destroy the Image of God' in 2012. After many gigs and the addition of a new member, Blessed By Perversion was ready to record their first full length album ' Between Roots And Darkness' . This is an old school feeling death metal album with a lot of melodic parts. The album was released in 2016 via Razed Soul Productions and received great reviews from metal sites and magazines from around the world.
Now with a new drummer and with more consistency than ever, Blessed By Perversion is releasing a new masterpiece of pure death metal with old influences of American ( Deicide, Morbid Angel, Monstrosity ) and European ( Sinister, Obsecration or Soulskinner ) death metal creates “ Remnant Of Existence ” 6 songs of pure metal of death
Label contact:
https://ironbloodanddeath.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ibdc666
Band contact:
https://blessedbyperversion.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/blessedbyperversion/
https://soundcloud.com/blessedbyperversion
https://www.youtube.com/user/BlessedByPerversion
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ROYAL HUNT: BRAND NEW CONCEPT STUDIO ALBUM "DYSTOPIA" - @thebeast
“ Dystopia ” released on December 16th via King Records (Japan/SE Asia) and on December 18th (UPD: physical format on the 15th of January 2021) via NorthPoint Productions (Europe / N / S America). A concept album offering a considerable expansion of the band´s trademark sound and featuring performances by guest vocalists: Mats Leven ( Candlemass, TSO, Skyblood ), Mark Boals ( Y.J. Malmsteen, Ring of Fire ), Henrik Brockmann ( Royal Hunt, Evil Masquerade, N´Tribe ), Kenny Lubcke ( Narita, Zoser Mez ) and Alexandra Andersen ( Royal Hunt, JSP ).
“Dystopia” is available on ALL digital platforms (as MP3, FLAC), and as a regular CD (jewel case), various deluxe editions / bundles and a double heavy vinyl LP at royalhunt.com
Spotify: http://bit.ly/dystopia-spotify
iTunes: http://bit.ly/dystopia-itunes
YouTube: http://bit.ly/dystopia-youtube
Amazon: http://bit.ly/dystopia-amazon
ROYAL HUNT - " The Art Of Dying " ft. Mats Leven (single version)
ROYAL HUNT keep intriguing fans with their adventurous endeavors and the band´s 15th studio album is no exception: a monumental concept opus featuring symphonic, progressive yet hard hitting compositions full of impeccable performances, wrapped tightly into immediately accessible format and a lush, contemporary production.
The addition of some extraordinary guest singers and their outstanding performances combined with vastly extended orchestrations creates a truly conceptual, cinematic feel throughout each and every track.
Tracklist:
INCEPTION ℉451
BURN
THE ART OF DYING
I USED TO WALK ALONE
THE EYE OF OBLIVION
HOUND OF THE DAMNED
THE MISSING PAGE (Intermission I)
BLACK BUTTERFLIES
SNAKE EYES
MIDWAY (Intermission II)
Follow the band on Social Media:
https://royalhunt.com/
https://www.instagram.com/royalhuntmusic/
https://www.facebook.com/royalhunt
https://www.twitter.com/royalhuntband
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Sunday, December 27, 2020
Silenced Minstrel - Volume 5 - Reviewed By Occult Black Metal Zine! - @thebeast
ICYMI: Silenced Minstrel - Volume 5 - Reviewed By Occult Black Metal Zine ! Check it out here at this link: http://occultblackmetalzine.blogspot.com/
Silenced Minstrel are a solo project from Malaysia that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording plays a satanic form of black metal and this is a review of his self released 2020 album ''Volume 5".
A very dark and heavy sound starts off the album while all of the drum beats are also programmed while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style . The vocals are done in a shouting style that is more rooted in the first wave era and when the music speeds up a great amount of blast beats can be heard.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the tremolo picking also gives the songs more of a raw feeling. When guitar solos and leads are utilized they are also done in an old school style along with one track also introducing clean playing onto the recording.
The songs also add in a decent amount of second wave influences as well as being modern at the same time along with one track also adding in a brief use of whispered vocals, growls can also be heard at times and the album closes with an orchestra orientated instrumental. The production sounds very raw and old school while the lyrics cover Satanism, Occultism and Darkness themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding album from Silenced Minstrel and if you are a fan of old school satanic black metal , you should check out this recording . RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "'Enlightened Beasts' ''Descend Into Madness'' ''Canto Diablo 4 - Ballad For Satan'' and ''Dirge Of The Eternal Winter''. 8 out of 10.
BIOGRAPHY
Silenced Minstrel (age 44 years, born Saiful Nizam Shukor, 28 th March 1976) was a full time singer, songwriter musician from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Been playing music since 1991 he co-founded HALUN, a gothic black metal band back in 1996, produced several demos, one EP and one LP before the badly deformed monstrosity was laid to rest in 2015. Writing and producing mostly in his bedroom studio nicknamed “Sky Panacea Enterprise” he spent the entire 2016 gathering writing and recording materials for his debut album “Volume 1” choosing to name it as such as to not make it sounds too rockstar-ish.
“Volume 1” is a combination of melodic gothic stuff mixed with thrash, death and doom metal riffs and black metal atmosphere, utilizing the most basic of guitar effects, cheap keyboards/ synthesizers and MIDI orchestra throughout the entire album to produce something that he’d always wanted to do: anything that didn’t sound like his former band! The album is completed in September but it be long after the production of the second album was underway when that album graced the scene...
The second album “Volume 2” saw some maturity in his songwriting, the MIDI orchestra part ditched altogether and it also saw a fair amount of rough edges deliberately highlighted in the mix, and a lot more gothic atmosphere throughout than before especially in the lyrics department, where he wrote songs about the occult, immortality, vampirism and forbidden love between the mortal and the damned, also some cryptic poetic inclinations thrown to the mix just for the heck of it.
The third album “Volume 3” saw him moving ever closer towards a more melodic black metal sound than the old one, this time the long ditched MIDI orchestra element restored along with some double-layered bass guitar tracks and even gloomier atmosphere than before, reflecting the state of his mind, body, spirit and environment that he’s at during that period of time; with traces of anger, hatred, betrayal and vengeance gracing every song in the album (he fully recovered from his decade long clinical depression that same year).
The fourth album “Volume 4” saw him disposing of all the gothic melodic stuff and straight into just vocals guitars bass and drums, trying to go as dry and as harsh as he can, tackling on darker themes like deviant spirituality, Satanism, atheism, philosophy and dark fantasy. Fast tempo is the name of the game; the drums gained more prominence and absolutely no melodic stuff present on this album.
The fifth album “Volume 5” saw the further development of sound and direction from the previous album, adding also an orchestral style instrumental black metal song as the last track of the album, a song that hearkens back to his old days in HALUN.
The artist is currently occupied promoting his new album, gathering materials for the sixth album and also working on his other band “Shadowed Grace” playing New Age Scifi Fantasy Instrumental Synthesizer music. Silenced Minstrel is unsigned and is looking for exposure, a recording contract and developing fanbases all across the globe.
Volume 5 by Silenced Minstrel
DISCOGRAPHY:
Volume 1 (2017)
1 Chaos, Revisited
2 I Remember…Insanity
3 Black Hearted Sufi
4 Twilight Catharsis
5 Misery, Revisited
6 Enemy Within Me…
7 Johnny Demonic
8 13 th May 69 (Instrumental)
Volume 2 (2018)
1 Into The Void
2 Morbid Endings I Wished For Them
3 I Shall Miss Quintessa
4 (Blood Red Flowers) Bleeding Moon
5 Entangled In Thorns
6 Another Black Year
7 Dark Deceptions
8 Another Black Year (Instrumental)
Volume 3 (2019)
1 Valedictory Sigh
2 Canto Diablo 1 – Demonic Epiphany
3 In Memoriam (Undertaker’s Lament)
4 In Memoriam (I Will Keep On Going)
5 Laying Down The Wreaths
6 Merentap Tirai Senja
7 Incantations In Tongues
8 Valedictory Sigh (Instrumental)
Volume 4 (2020)
1 The Black Journal Of Alkrun-Nar
2 The Dark Almighty
3 The Silenced Minstrel
4 Mortifications Of The Flesh
5 Godkiller (Forever Burning Me)
6 Dark Brotherhood Of The Mind-Benders
7 Laments From A Forgotten Age
8 The Final Journey
9 Canto Diablo 2 – Necrotic Mantras
10 Quod Damnum Omnis Spes
Volume 5 (2020)
1 Unenlightened Beasts
2 Twilight Of Religion
3 Hell On Earth
4 Descent Into Madness
5 Canto Diablo 3 – Plagued By The Future
6 Canto Diablo 4 – Ballad For Satan
7 Ex Lucis Tenebris
8 Night Hunt Of The Unseelie
9 Dirge Of The Eternal Winter
10 Regina Of The Blessed Moon (Instrumental)
Band: Silenced Minstrel
Formed: 2016
Band member (s):
Silenced Minstrel – All instruments, vocals, sound engineer, programmer, producer
Genre: Death/Black/Gothic Metal
Country: Malaysia
Label: Unsigned
BAND AND ALBUM LINKS:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SilencedMinstrel
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SilencedMinstr1
Bandcamp: https://silencedminstrel.bandcamp.com/album/volume-5
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/saifulnizam_shukor
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3bzBoq26KOir3aZ9i2ObcE
ITunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/1442050547
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqCp_xPAXg-9bljJguBa3hQ?view_as=subscriber
CDBaby/Hearnow: https://silencedminstrel@hearnow.com
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Acherontia Styx - Shadow & Flame - Reviewed By Necromance! - @thebeast
Acherontia Styx - Shadow & Flame - Reviewed By Necromance ! check it out here at this link: http://necromance.eu/acherontia-styx-gbr-shadow-flame/
"Shadow & Flame" is the debut album by the English ACHERONTIA STYX , released by the young London label Dwarrowdelf Records (DINENTHAL, FRACTURED PLANET, DTS OVERDRIVE) last September.
Little more than a year has passed, since their EP "Your Possible Pasts", which contained four songs, although they have had a handful of singles releases, before and after it (perhaps little baggage to have formed since 2007, it seems indicate). Their modern-style melodic death metal certainly has contemporary influences, but it can satisfy the appetites of fans who like the genre in general and are not too purist.
Proof of this, are the registers of their voices (old school guttural classic), as a whole they are always brutal and although at certain times, they combine choppy times with clean guitars, intensity and aggressiveness are a fact. "Pleasures of her Flesh" is his business card, it contains all these commented elements and great changes of pace. The central body of the album, composed of the cuts “Scorned”, in which they receive the collaboration, of the Dutch vocalist Linn Liv (PICTURA POESIS / CYANIDE PARADISE), “Eyes of Glass” and “As Above so Below”, enjoy which are probably the best moments of this “Shadow & Flame”, without forgetting the ending “She Begs for More” either. They also house touches of Groove metal or progressive mixing with the aforementioned melody, in terms of the lyrics,
ACHERONTIA STYX is made up of Grant Crossan on lead vocals (apparently all other members are equally involved in that field), Paul Taylor on bass, Adam Ashbridge on guitars (the latter have handled production duties in addition to much of the compositions) and Jake Burden on drums.
Fifty minutes and ten songs wrapped in a powerful sound, a melodic death metal that can sometimes remind you of bands like THE HAUNTED, ARCH ENEMY, LAMB OF GOD ... If they are among your musical tastes, give this good British quartet a chance. 7/10
For fans of Arch Enemy, Soilwork, Killswitch Engage, At The Gates
Haling from Northern England , Acherontia Styx bring multiple creative influences to the table. Their core sound is steeped in 90s Groove and Death Metal , with individual members bringing a host of external flavors into the mix including PROG, GRIND and FUNK . The result is a melodic and emotional Metal masterpiece laden with catchy hooks, ferocious rhythms and solos that are bordering on genius. The band launch a 3 pronged lyrical attack on the listener, with vocal and writing duties shared between Grant, Jake and Paul, over compositions primarily written by the phenomenal writing team of Adam Ashbridge and Paul Taylor.
For the month of July in 2019, the band destroyed the polls at The Battle Of The Bands on Metal Devastation Radio , gathering 6,738 votes from fans all over the world! Check it out HERE !
Acherontia Styx did an interview with The Thunderhead Show in 2019 which can be listened to HERE!
The follow up to last years acclaimed debut " Your Possible Pasts " has already generated a wealth of stunning press comments and media support following the singles " As Above So Below ", a brutal slice of Old School Death Metal mastery, and " Blackened Serenade ", a highly emotional Melo-Death showcase of the bands depth in talent. The addition of these final tracks to the press folder marks the completion of the album, after production stalled due to recent world events.
Check out this video!
Lineup:
Adam Ashbridge - Lead Guitar, Arrangements and Production
Grant Crossan - Lead Vocals and Arrangements
Paul Taylor - Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar and Production
Jake Burden-Stokoe - Lead Vocals and Drums
The album can be purchased at these links!
BANDCAMP
AMAZON
Track List:
1. Pleasures Of Her Flesh 05:04
2. Evolution 05:18
3. The Cursed Love 04:49
4. Scorned (feat. Linn Liv) 05:21
5. Eyes of Glass 04:54
6. As Above, So Below 05:40
7. Dressed In You 04:47
8. Hurricane of Pains 05:21
9. Blackened Serenade 05:09
10. She Begs For More 04:57
Shadow & Flame by Acherontia Styx
Follow them at these links!
https://dwarrowdelfrecords.bandcamp.com/album/shadow-flame
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Empyrean Fire - Deliverance - Reviewed By The Doorway To Magazine! - @thebeast
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The concept behind "Deliverance" was ruminated upon for years by front woman, Tricia Myers, after reading Milton's "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Regained."
Deliverance is a sinister take on Milton's work, reshaping it with harrowing twists and malevolent revelations, each chapter a battle in the dragon's ascent to gain command over Hell on Earth. Will you bow down in battle, sunken before the spear?
Pre Order Here! https://empyreanfire666.bandcamp.com/album/deliverance
Releases December 26, 2020
1. Proclamation
2. Gathering Storm
3. Descent
4. Perdition
5. Corruption
6. The Siege
7. Final Battle
Tricia Myers - Vocals, Lyrics
Jason Yorke - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Programming
Brian Rush - Vocals, Synths
Production & Concept by Tricia Myers
Mixed & Mastered by Jason Yorke
Album cover original painting by Gustav Dore'
Empyrean Fire sigil by Viktoria Polikarpova
Band photos by Jesse Lanier
Album layout by Empyrean Fire
Forthcoming Blasts: Michael Thompson
Released by Heavy Gloom Productions
© 2020
Deliverance by Empyrean Fire
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Vile Cynic - Agony - Reviewed By Metal Temple! - @thebeast
Vile Cynic - Agony - Reviewed By Metal Temple ! Check it out here at this link: http://www.metal-temple.com/site/catalogues/entry/reviews/cd_3/v_2/vile-cynic-agony.htm
From Chicago, Illinois a new metal band that combines the aggressions of Thrash metal and the macabre of Death Metal, and on August 1st, 2020 VILE CYNIC released a four track E.P. entitled "Agony" following the band’s initial June 3rd, 2019 release of a four track E.P. entitled “Sovereigns of Death”.
“Tools of the Tormentor” - the initial album track begins with Angelo Hakey utilizing a yell as an eighth note (pick-up note) before the band is heard immediately in progress of a perfect thrash upheaval. “On th’ other side up rose” Jake Banjeglav “in act more graceful and humane; a fairer sprit lost not Heav’n (Paradise Lost / II / 111/ John Milton)” whose guitar solo begins at one minute fifty-five seconds, and is beautifully mellifluous with a haunting allure - enduring about twenty seconds; before completion, Jake Meditz & A.J. Miller combine the rhythm and bass together in a sound of which I cannot hear enough: they’ve been utilizing this sonority at various points throughout the song–but here it resounds in pure & perfect uninterrupted hate. It is wrong of me to abstain from accrediting Tim Titus - who jumped into this release feet first. Without his ability & style, the band wouldn’t & could’t create this musical perfection. After an initial hearing of this, listen once again as the guitar solo finishes; if you don’t break the first two objects you see, I’ll curtsy you.
“Blood Eagle” is the second album track. he thrash-brutality of the dual Jake Meditz & Jake Banjeglav guitar sounds propelled by Tim Titus & A.J. Miller are the non-pareil of metal. The immensely of the rhythm sound and feel as the band moves to the II Chord (second fret - F#) but then accents via the up beat on the Chromatic F encourages the listeners to kick (hopefully the air - but if you must break something, I won’t tattle). At about two minutes twenty five seconds–the guitar and bass again combine into a furious sound–while the drums (fist just before your face–but Tim Titus will not hit you; rather, he kicks your __ with his feet). After Jake Banjeglav completes more of his magical allure, the key moves back to the II Chord again as the listener’s fists clench through the upbeat chromatic accents.
As I reach the third album track, “Hell Priest”, I find myself in love: “high heels over head if you know what I mean”; like the music of J.S. BACH–that is inclusive of the best that others do, yet VILE CYNIC does it better. They remove the pretensions of unnecessary speed yet add the viciousness and ferocity of death metal. The allure of Jake Banjeglav’s melodious leads is both innovative & enthralling. Tim Titus drives us to the song end with a death rolling groove.
“An End to Agony” - the fourth & final track has a seethingly heavy riff centered upon A.J. Miller’s bass. The rhythm guitar doubles it as it pounds along the pedal route - that roll with a chromatic pull-off at the octave. The bass-drum fills of Tim Titus are speedy, groovin’, & quick. At thirty five seconds- the entire band sustains two beat rest - which finds home at the slower tempo of the song’s motivic head. The bass together with the rhythm guitar resume that vicious, furious–even sinister sound before At four minutes ten seconds, Jake Banjeglav’s singing leads are accompanied with drum and bass to the song end–shortly prior to which sporadic rhythm guitar accompanies the remaining session.
VILE CYNIC has something to play; and when you hear them, you’re sure to not only listen but react. Again I hope to see other viewers tune in to the December 27th 2020 premiere of Blood Moon’s Lyric Video.
Songwriting: 10
Musicianship: 10
Memorability: 10
Production: 10
For fans of: The Absence, Skeletonwitch, Iron Maiden, Vital Remains
Chicago-based Vile Cynic have recently released their latest EP, Agony. With lyrical themes centred around suffering, torture, and the band’s personal experiences with suicide, this latest EP provides a powerful and deeply resonating message with a ferocious and relentless thrash/death assault.
Stream the full EP here: https://open.spotify.com/album/7uV10nBA0nYKLqdecBJtUh
Agony by Vile Cynic
Vile Cynic, ...an emerging metal band based out of Chicago. Their dynamic blend of death and thrash metal was inspired by bands such as Pantera, Iron Maiden, Dissection, Vital Remains, Lamb of God and Behemoth. The combination of aggressive vocals, harmonic riffs, heavy bass, and powerful drums merge to form their savage sound.
Watch the video here!
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3tLnJbAQ2eLeL7xKuurOJy
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/vilecynic/home?authuser=0
Bandcamp: https://vilecynic.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VileCynicBand
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vile_cynic/?hl=en
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Weight Of Emptiness - "Conquering The Deep Cycle" - Reviewed By The Doorway To Magazine! - @thebeast
Weight Of Emptiness - "Conquering The Deep Cycle" - Reviewed By The Doorway To Magazine !
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Weight Of Emptiness is a Chilean band of metal which practice a mixture style in which can be distinguished progressive, death, doom, and black metal. The band has its origins in 2012, when the former members from the missing band Twilight Mist, Juan Acevedo and Alejandro Bravo on guitars and Alejandro Ruiz on vocals, started to make their first compositions. On Twilight Mist they had a career path of almost 10 years, innovating on progressive metal trends, so decided continuing the legacy, adding actual elements to their music. The first formation was completed with bassist David Hernández and Mauricio Basso on drums, leader of Letargo band, with almost 25 years of career, both incorporating a rhythmic base full of progressive elements, which give Weight Of Emptiness the characteristic and avant-garde sound recognized into the Chilean metal scene.
Between August and September of 2016, they started recording their musical material for what will be their debut album. The drums are recorded at Alba Road studios by Eduardo Demangel and the rest in The Farm. The mixing and mastering is done by Richard Iturra.
At the end of the recording process, David Hernández left the band, so they recruited the bassist Manuel Villarroel.
On March 4, 2017 they independently released the first LP called “Anfractuous Moments For Redemption”, which is digitally edited worldwide thanks to the British label Sepulchral Silence on more than 14 streaming platforms. In physical format it is edited independently in digipack format.
As part of the promotion plan for the new album, in May 2017 a Concert Live Video is released at Bar Óxido (October 2016) and on October 20, 2017 is released the video clip for the song "Behind The Masks". Between October 27 and November 4, 2017 the band performs its first international tour in 6 cities in Mexico. In addition to the shows in Mexico, the band performs in different stages throughout Chile.
The album “Anfractuous Moments For Redemption” is highlighted by the Humo Negro site among the best Chilean albums of 2017. In addition, the album is included in the “The 12 Best Chilean Metal Albums 2017” Ranking of The Resistance webzine and in the “Top 320 Latin Albums of 2017” from Headbangers Latin America webzine. On March 16, 2018 the band releases their second video clip of the song "The Silence". On
March 22, 2018 the album "Anfractuous Moments For Redemption" is re-released in Mexico in a co-production with the labels Concreto Records and Sun Empire Productions.
The album "Anfractuous Moments For Redemption" is nominated for the 2018 Escuchar Awards in the Best Extreme Metal Disco category. On November 17, 2018 the band releases its third video clip of the song "Unbreakable". The bassist Manuel Villarroel leaves the band and in his replacement comes the former bassist of the progressive metal band Tremates, Mario Urra, whose debut is made when the band first visits Argentina in the framework of the 2018 Lado Salvaje Festival of the city of Mendoza, subsequently editing a Live Video with the full show.
On August 31, 2019 the band released their second studio album called "Conquering The Deep Cycle." The album was recorded at The Farm and Audio Custom Studios, and was mixed and mastered again by Richard
Iturra. The album is published under the label Australis Records with international distribution. On August 16, 2019 the video clip of the song “The Flame” was released, which is the first single from the new album.
In September 2019, the band made its first tour of Europe in several cities in Spain, Romania and Bulgaria, achieving a very good reception from the public of the old continent. In November 2019, the band toured
Argentina that included Buenos Aires, the La Campana del Infierno festival near Rosario and the Criminal Metal
Camp festival near Córdoba to promote the new album. On December 28, 2019, a Lyric Video of the song Invisible Mind Workers is released.
Track List:
1. Conquering 00:56
2. Invisible Mind Workers 05:51
3. Chucao 04:40
4. The Flame 05:46
5. Lapse of Insanity 04:40
6. Lamentos 04:56
7. Eleven Ravens 06:15
8. Drainers 05:04
9. Lurking Hope 05:39
10. Two Tears Alone 05:11
11. Deep Cycle 02:00
The album "Conquering The Deep Cycle" has been featured among the best of 2019 in various rankings and mass media accounts such as Headbanger Latinoamérica, Humo Negro from Chile, Global Metal Apocalypse from United Kingdom, Inside The Darkness from Russia, Subterraneo Webzine from Spain and Radio Rock Nation from Brazil. On the occasion of the band's fifth anniversary, on May 17, 2020 they released the Lyric Video of the song Weight Of Emptiness.
During 2020, due to the COVID19 Pandemic that affects the world, the band participates in the festivals Heresy Fest Online (Argentina), Time Of Plagues (Chile) and Tinkuy del Rock (Peru) which transmit international band shows via streaming. from their places of origin.
Follow the band at these links:
Official Site:
www.weightofemptiness.com
Facebook:
https://es-la.facebook.com/Weightofemptiness/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/weightofemptiness/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Weight_of_E
Links to streaming:
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mzGsZcySSgVnv2JP0NWUK9t-Cd43FXJTo
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1wspnAWis65xwHiG29vKLx
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Saturday, December 26, 2020
NOISKIN's New Single And Video “Save me” Out Now! - @thebeast
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Friday, December 25, 2020
Until The Sky Dies - Forgotten Pact - Featured At Bathory'Zine! - @thebeast
Until The Sky Dies - Forgotten Pact - Featured At Bathory'Zine ! Check it out here at this link: https://www.bathoryzine.com/2020/12/until-sky-dies-forgotten-pact-death.html?zx=c3efb51a6ebb49a2
Crushing Post Doom Meets Avant Death Metal from this Adventurous Duo. Until The Sky Dies loves to add odd synths and electronics through out as well as Post Hardcore movements. The Year Zero Blueprint (2017) on Cimmerian Shade Records, PR was done by Earsplit.
For Fans- of Melvins , Swans , Bolt Thrower, Faith No More, Devin Townsend
Clint Listing- Vocals , Guitar, Bass Ryan Michalski- Lead Guitar, Synth, Drums
Out November 13th 2020
1.Chose to Die
2.Destructive Voice
3. Hope, Sorrow, Release
4. Never Wanting, Never Lost
5. I the Victor
6.Dear Mother , Not Forgotten
7. Zeppelins are not made for Flying
8. Experimental Vision
49 Mins 55 Seconds
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Forgotten Pact by Until the Sky Dies
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Alter Idem - Fragments Of Consciousness - Reviewed By Necromance Magazine! - @thebeast
Alter Idem - Fragments Of Consciousness - Reviewed By Necromance Magazine ! Check it out here at this link: http://necromance.eu/alter-idem-aus-fragments-of-consciousness/
From Australia we get the debut EP of ALTER IDEM, a Brutal Death band, with many technical reminiscences and also quite a few breakdowns that, accompanied by the ultra-throaty voice of Matt Turkingtom, gives them a touch of Deathcore, which does not look bad providing some greater brutality to the cocktail.
There are four songs that they offer us in this debut, all with a duration of between four and three minutes and where the band reels a good amount of heavy riffs such as granite slabs, crushing drums and a bass with a lot of presence and that is an authentic crusher. Although they do not offer anything new and that we have already heard before in other bands, we must admit that the songs despite their brutality have a good structure, and at no time do they become heavy, mixing very fast riffs with others closer to the Slam. For me, the best song on the EP is the second "Fragments of Consciousness", where Death Metal riffs predominate and I think the band has done a better job in composition. If what attracts you is the most modern Brutal Death with some “core” influence without a doubt, the initial "Paradoxical Design" or "Neural Adaptation" will be your favorites. Although there are also good riffs that Brutal Death fans will surely enjoy.
Also highlight the sound of the recording, very clear, appreciating each and every one of the instruments in all their splendor, something to highlight in a debut.
Good EP, a very interesting business card that shows the potential of the band, which can undoubtedly provide a fan base for future releases. 7/10
Australian death metal band Alter Idem delivers the first taste of their new sound in the form of a 4 track EP titled " Fragments of Consciousness ".
ALTER IDEM is a 4 piece death metal band hailing from Australia , featuring members of Internal Devour , I Exalt, and Empires Fall . With each band having success in their own right, ALTER IDEM will be no different as we continue our push to create relentless and forward-thinking death metal .
For fans of Beneath The Massacre, Pathology, Ingested
ALTER IDEM IS:
Seamus Mcilduff- Guitars
Matt Turkington- Vocals
Mason Page- Drums
Nick McClounan- Bass
The album was released on Realityfade Records and Vicious Instinct Records which was founded by the bands vocalist Matt Turkington in 2014!
ALTER IDEM
alteridemofficial.bandcamp.com/releases
www.facebook.com/alteridemofficial/
VICIOUS INSTINCT RECORDS
Official Store: viciousinstinctrecords.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/viciousinstinct/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/viciousinstinct/
Bandcamp: viciousinstinctrecords.bandcamp.com
Contact: viciousinstinctrecords@gmail.com
credits
released August 1, 2020
Artwork by Sick Graphics Productions
Mixed and mastered at 16th Cellar Studio
Fragments of Consciousness by ALTER IDEM
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