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Quebec Death Metal Trio OBVURT Release Video of Elementary School Performance

Quebec (CA) – Death Metal trio OBVURT has released a video of its performance at Saint-Albert-Le-Grand Elementary School. Guitarist and music teacher Phillippe Drouin, who re-learned the instrument using his left hand after a car accident robbed his picking ability, explains: “The physical education teacher and school principal introduced me to this idea. He was thinking about a party to celebrate the end of the school year by doing a show in the school backyard where Philippe teaches music. He knew about the release of The Beginning on March 31, and thought about the idea to bring The Beginning to […]

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KING WOMAN SHARE ‘PSYCHIC WOUND’ VIDEO

KING WOMAN, who recently announced the July 30 release of their highly-anticipated sophomore album, Celestial Blues (Relapse Records), have shared a second song from the upcoming release, unveiling the Muted Widows directed video for ‘Psychic Wound’. “‘Psychic Wound’ is about paying the price for eating forbidden fruit,” explains Kris Esfandiari of the riveting track and its visual companion. “When desire turns into obsession it can keep you longer than you intended to stay and nearly destroy your sanity.” The video arrives as KING WOMAN have confirmed Boy Harsher DJ and Rituals Of Mine will join them for their upcoming Los […]

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Doom Metal Kings CANDLEMASS Announce Select U.S. Tour Dates in 2022

Swedish Grammis award-winning/US Grammy-nominated doom metal legends CANDLEMASS will officially hit American shores in 2022! The band will perform at the SOLD OUT Hell’s Heroes Festival in Houston, TX on April 22, bookended by two other performances featuring support from special guests The Skull and Frayle. See below for all tour dates and grab tickets when the go on sale this Friday, June 25 at 10:00am EDT. Visit https://candlemass.se/ for more information and individual venues for tickets. Mats Björkman of CANDLEMASS says: “We are really pleased to finally get back to the US of A. Our fans have been waiting […]

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SUMMONING THE LICH ANNOUNCE US SHOWS & SHARE LIVE VIDEO OF ‘UNITED IN CHAOS’

St. Louis, Missouri based technical death metal band, SUMMONING THE LICH have announced a string of August and September shows across the US – alongside The Behest Of Serpents and Carrion Vael. The shows will be SUMMONING THE LICH’s first live dates since the release of their debut long player, United In Chaos (Purchase HERE), in February. Accompanying the tour announcement, the band have also today shared a performance video of United In Chaos‘ title track live from Encapsulated Studios – recorded by Gabe Usry and filmed by Danny Tilson. Speaking on the tour announcement, the band says: “We’re incredibly […]

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LEILA ABDUL-RAUF Announces Fourth Solo LP, Phantasiai, For July Release Through Cyclic Law; Cover Art, Music, Preorders, And More Issued

Oakland-based artist LEILA ABDUL-RAUF will release her fourth full-length solo album, Phantasiai, in July through Cyclic Law, with a vinyl release to follow in September as a co-release with Cloister Recordings. The cover art, track listing, preorders, two tracks from the album, and more have been issued. Between her duties as a primary member of Vastum, Ionophore, Cardinal Wyrm, Fyrhtu, and many other acts prior, LEILA ABDUL-RAUF is well-known for her immersive solo work which showcases her talents as a multi-instrumentalist. She offers of the new solo opus, “In Hellenistic philosophy, phantasiai are our impressions, the ways in which the […]

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Doom Collective THŪN Release Debut Album

International Doom Collective THŪN have released their self-titled debut album on Eat Lead And Die Music. The album is streaming in its entirety and available as a 24-bit full dynamic range download with PDF lyric book. The companion physical release is a limited edition 24-page hard bound 8-inch square artbook. STREAM AND BUY Featuring Jon Higgs (guitar/vocals) and Hugo Wilkinson (bass) of MONSTERWORKS alongside James Knoerl (drums, GARGOYL) with special guest lead guitar by Karl Sanders of NILE, THŪN’s style can be described as epic death metal, some discordant doom …and plenty of old school SABBATH and PRIEST influences. A […]

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SNOGARD sign to Horror Pain Gore Death Productions; Moral Presence, Corrupt Misdeeds set for release on July 16th

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions have signed mystical Black Metal force SNOGARD. The new EP Moral Presence, Corrupt Misdeeds is up now for pre-order and will be released July 16th on CD and Digital formats. Hailing from the darkest realms of reality, SNOGARD are a mystical metal force of fantasmic Black Metal. Each track executed on Moral Presence, Corrupt Misdeeds explores various lyrical concepts and utilizes multiple instruments to their full potential. SNOGARD showcase powerful riffs with precision and virtuosity, along with a thick, haunting atmosphere that exudes both evil and epicness. Dragon enthusiast Black Metal for fans of Abigor, […]

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DENOUNCEMENT PYRE signs with Agonia Records

Agonia Records is pleased to announce the signing of Australian black/death metallers, DENOUNCEMENT PYRE. The band is currently working on its fourth album, follow-up to Black Sun Unbound from 2016. DENOUNCMENT PYRE was established in 2003 in Melbourne, Australia, as an underground black/death metal act. Prior to signing with Agonia Records, the band released a string of various EPs & 7″s, and conjured three full-length albums through Hells Headbangers Records; World Cremation (2010), Almighty Arcanum (2013) and Black Sun Unbound (2016). Amidst extensively touring throughout their native Australia, they brought their live show to New Zealand and USA, during Maryland […]

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BLINDFOLDED AND LED TO THE WOODS SIGN TO PROSTHETIC RECORDS

Prosthetic Records is pleased to announce the signing of progressive death metal five piece, BLINDFOLDED AND LED TO THE WOODS. The New Zealand band recently released self-released their third studio album, Nightmare Withdrawals, to widespread critical acclaim – and caught the eye of the Los Angeles based label. Writing is already underway for the follow up album which will likely see a release in 2022. Listen to Nightmare Withdrawals HERE Of their signing to Prosthetic, the band comments: “We’re proud to announce our signing to Prosthetic Records. One cannot go far within the realms of extreme metal without acknowledging the […]

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PESTILENCE Premieres New Song ‘Deificvs’, Along With A Music Video

Dutch death metal icons PESTILENCE have unveiled a new song ‘Deificvs’ with the accompanying music video, filmed by Grupa 13 (Kreator, Behemoth, Amon Amarth). The song is the second single off the band’s upcoming album Exitivm, following ‘Morbvs Propagationem’. The album is set to be released on June 25th via Agonia Records. Watch the video, here: A new album, on a new label armed with a whole new line-up and a new dynamic: no matter what, PESTILENCE – or more specifically their maestro Patrizio Mameli – is like the phoenix, rising from the ashes, over and over again. An official […]

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