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Sweden’s LEVIATHAN set release date for long-awaited new NEBULAR CARCOMA album

Nebular Carcoma announces October 12th as the international release date for the long-awaited second album of Sweden’s LEVIATHAN, Förmörkelse, on vinyl LP format. The cassette tape version will be released earlier by Bile Noire with alternate art. One of the most cult names before the term “cult” began being bandied about with reckless abandon, LEVIATHAN appeared out of nowhere in 2002 with one album, Far Beyond The Light, and then disappeared forever. Granted, the man behind this LEVIATHAN was no newcomer: one Phycon, who concurrently drummed in Armagedda before their demise and the precursor Volkermord. As such, the breadth of […]

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Rare ’60s-’70s pre-metal singles series announces Brown Acid: The Eleventh Trip

Hear LARRY LYNN’s ‘Diamond Lady’ (YouTube) (Bandcamp) (Metal Injection) “So rare that diehard fuzz junkies say you’d have a better chance of winning the lottery than finding a physical 45 rpm single by one of the bands featured on their latest installment.” — Dangerous Minds “Will do for hard rock, proto-metal and heavy psych what Nuggets did for garage rock, and bring it to a wider audience of collectors and music fans.” — The Guardian “Mining the surprising rich reserves of heavy rock and proto-metal from the ’60s and ’70s, these collections have been crucial to understanding the history of […]

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KING PARROT To Release Limited Edition Holed Up In The Lair EP Next Month

Stream / Share KING PARROT’s ‘Banished, Flawed Then Docile’ HERE Australian grind legion KING PARROT is back with a blistering four-track EP of their signature brand of uncompromising thrashy, punked out grindcore chaos. Entitled Holed Up In The Lair, the EP was recorded during some time off between tours, and the intention was simple: “Four days, four tracks, write em’, record em’, and be done with it.” This was the result. With engineer Steve “Big Fella” Berrigan at the helm, Holed Up In The Lair came to life at Nodferatu’s Lair in Louisiana in late 2017. After recently remixing and […]

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HOWLING GIANT premiere ‘Rooster’ from Dirt [Redux]

HOWLING GIANT have released a cover of the classic ALICE IN CHAINS track ‘Rooster’, which is featured on the forthcoming MER Redux series installment Dirt [Redux]. More information about this record can be found below. This premiere has been first published by the official partner media THE Obelisk (US) and German ROCK HARD magazine, which can still be accessed HERE HOWLING GIANT comment on the track: “To be honest, getting ‘Rooster’ was a bit intimidating as it’s one of their most popular songs”, says drummer and vocalist Zach Wheeler. “We wanted to pay tribute to ALICE IN CHAINS as much […]

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SCHANDMAUL Signs Worldwide Contract with Napalm Records

German Folk Rock frontrunners SCHANDMAUL have officially signed a worldwide contract with Napalm Records. Founded in Munich 1998, SCHANDMAUL quickly took the German and international music scenes by storm. Now with seven top 10 long-players (GER), two nominations for the German Echo Award and millions of streams, they’ve truly manifested their standing at the top of the folk rock scene. Their musical trademark is stamped with bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy, flutes and other standard medieval folk instruments. SCHANDMAUL are the leading edge of the spear, with every album in their catalog offering a comprehensive example of their musical expertise. SCHANDMAUL state:“We are […]

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THE FLOWER KINGS – announce October 30th as release date for new double album, Islands

On October 30th, 2020 progressive rockers THE FLOWER KINGS will release their new double album Islands on InsideOutMusic, just a year after the group’s much celebrated Waiting For Miracles. Due to the Covid-19-pandemic, the album comes out quite a bit sooner than originally planned as the band’s creative mastermind Roine Stolt explains: “All shows and festivals were cancelled and the future didn’t really ‘unfold’ itself like we had hoped. To sit out the pandemic with no activities was not an option for us! We can’t be stopped by an evil virus! So, with members living in the USA, Italy, Austria […]

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KATAVASIA stream new FLOGA album at RideIntoGlory.com

Greek black metal supergroup KATAVASIA stream the entirety of their highly anticipated second album, Magnus Venator, at heavily trafficked web-portal RideIntoGlory.com. Set for international release on September 4th via Floga Records, hear KATAVASIA’s Magnus Venator in its entirety exclusively HERE KATAVASIA is a Greek black metal band formed in 2014 by members of well-known Greek metal acts such as Varathron, Hail Spirit Noir, Aenaon, Melan Selas, and Agnes Vein. The goal of the alliance was to compose and perform Greek black metal at its finest. In 2015, KATAVASIA released their debut album, Sacrilegious Testament, which was highly praised by both […]

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CONVULSE: Finnish Progressive Death Metal Veterans To Release Deathstar Full-Length October 30th Via Transcending Records; Preorders Available

Stream / Share CONVULSE’s ‘The Summoning’ HERE Finnish progressive death metal veterans CONVULSE will unleash their long-awaited new full-length, Deathstar, October 30th via Transcending Records. A near forty-one-minute masterwork, Deathstar delivers nine tracks that transcend the boundaries of standard death metal. Fusing the prime tenets of death metal, heavy rock, and prog into something innovative and enticing, the record arguably picks up where the band’s underrated 1994 gem Reflections full-length left off adopting a similar genre-bending approach and modernizing it. Deathstar was recorded and mixed in analog at JJ-studio with Juuso Nordlund and comes swathed in the art of Jan […]

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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT ANNOUNCE NEW STUDIO ALBUM, THE SYMBOL REMAINS, DUE OCTOBER 9, 2020 ON FRONTIERS MUSIC

BLUE OYSTER CULT will return with a mammoth new studio album, The Symbol Remains, on October 9, 2020. Coming nearly two decades after the release of their last studio album, Curse Of The Hidden Mirror, the album showcases a band who hasn’t been slowed by the time passed, but simply unphased by it. “The Symbol Remains” is one of the band’s most spirited, diverse, and inspired releases to date. Fans can listen to two new songs from the album, ‘That Was Me’ and ‘Box In My Head’ at the links below or on any music streaming service. ‘That Was Me’‘Box […]

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THE ALLMAN BETTS BAND RELEASE STUNNING SOPHOMORE ALBUM, BLESS YOUR HEART

PURCHASE/STREAM Bless Your Heart THE ALLMAN BETTS BAND has released their impressive sophomore album, Bless Your Heart. The band recorded at Muscle Shoals Sounds Studio on two-inch tape, just as they did with their debut, Down To The River. The band enlisted veteran producer Matt-Ross Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Price, John Prine and Elvis Presley) who also produced Down To The River. Bless Your Heart shows the band stretching their musical legs, making it quite apparent that they have gelled into a tour de force. The musical themes in their latest effort hit on everything from serious and deeply personal […]

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