From April 7-16, 2017, Avulsed and Mercyless with be touring Europe with Savage Annihilation supported as the opener. They have already been confirmed at the Frankfurt Deathfest on the 8th of April 2017.
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Serpent Ascending announced that their debut album Aṇaṅku is going to be released by I, Voidhanger Records on September 16th. Serpent Ascending is the solo-project of Desecresy vocalist Jarno Nurmi and previously released two extremely promising demos, Serrpent Ascending and The Mournful Pilgrimage, that were compiled with one new track in The Enigma Unsettled anthology CD. From the label’s press release:
18 CommentsTags: ananku, Aṇaṅku, Black Metal, compact disc, death metal, Finland, i voidhanger records, Jarno Nurmi, Serpent Ascending, Speed Metal, upcoming release
Article by David Rosales. This review is written on behalf of Akherra Phasmatanás, who so graciously bequeathed his own copy of the album so that its value as a promo investment by the band would not go to waste. He lost his harddrive and the review shortly before completion. Too busy later on and out of metal-reviewing circles, he asked David to review it on his behalf and to officially mention this copy came from him so that the band know he didn’t just drop the ball on them.
It is customary to start off a review of a Finnish death metal band by stating that they are Finnish. This generally carries a tacit implication that the band in question adheres to the particular sound developed more than two decades ago in albums like Amorphis – The Karelian Isthmus and Demigod – Slumber of Sullen Eyes. Such a useful hint, carrying so much information for those familiar with regional old school death metal distinctions, only takes one so far and while satisfactory to the casual customer, does little for the serious listener looking forward to knowing what sets Desecresy apart and what they bringing to the table.
39 CommentsTags: Black Metal, chasmic transcendence, death metal, desecresy, Finland, Finnish Death Metal
A limited amount of copies of Morpheus Descends‘ all-encompassing CD compilation, From Blackened Crypts, are back in stock at Dark Descent Records. This is only a small number of copies being found in storage, not a reprint. Morpheus Descends are also currently working on material for a comeback album.
2 CommentsTags: anthology, compact disc, compilation, dark descent, dark descent records, from blackened crypts, morpheus descends, news
Cirith Ungol’s final and worst album, Paradise Lost is finally being reissued for the first time since its release in 1991. Metal Blade Records was unable to secure the rights to the album back when they released the first CD versions of the rest of the Cirith Ungol catalog in 1999. The CD, LP, and merchandise may be preordered from Metal Blade’s website and the band posted a press release their Facebook page:
No CommentsTags: 1991, cirith ungol, Heavy Metal, metal blade records, paradise lost, reissue
Gnarly black/core band Morbosidad have gotten the SJW treatment that has precluded their UK tour, according to the promoter in Glasgow:
17 CommentsTags: animal rights, antifa, antifascist, metalgate, morbosidad, sjws
Axl Rosenberg (Matt Goldberg) of metalcore blog MetalSucks recently reaffirmed his website’s social justice warrior stance in an editorial entitled “Stop Saying Politics Have No Place in Metal”. Rosenberg points out that Tony Iommi’s guitar tone was a direct result of the socioeconomic circumstances of his upbringing but incorrectly assumes that Black Sabbath’s lyrics were written by Ozzy Osbourne’s even rougher childhood when they were in fact primarily written by Geezer Butler who was obsessed with the occult, the work of Aleister Crowley, and horror fiction and films. Rosenberg then uses the lyrics from “War Pigs” to attempt to show that Black Sabbath had strong political undercurrent. All dedicated fans of the band know that the song was originally titled “Walpurgis” about the Witches Sabbath on Walpurgis Night and the label forced them to change the title as they thought it too overly satanic. The anti-war lines are just expressing that politicians and generals sending off young men to die for only the benefit of the leaders in the rear is evil too and actually reflects popular opinions of World War I as much as Vietnam. Attempting to attach any political significance to these is preposterous.
41 CommentsTags: Axl Rosenberg, communists, identity politics, idiots, metalcore, metalgate, MetalSucks
Article by Johan P.
This text is a continuation of the previously published article, The Difficulties of Folk Metal. As stated in Part I, the threefold aim of this multi-part article is, in rough terms, to: 1. Give a short introduction to the subject, 2. Point out some of the difficulties connected with integrating folk music into metal and finally, 3. Provide alternative methods of integration. Part II will be dedicated to the second part of this quest.
Naturally, there are limits regarding the scope of my endeavor – the most obvious demarcation being that the article primarily focuses on Swedish folk music. In my view, the critique of folk metal is an ongoing project, and this article should not be seen as an exhaustive treatment of the subject at hand.
So, if someone else out there finds the subject interesting, you are more than welcome to make contributions. It could be in the form of additional material (metal or folk related) and complementary ideas to enhance the project. For example, the depth and applicability of the arguments presented below would surely benefit if the scope could be expanded to include other forms of traditional music.
42 CommentsTags: folk, folk metal, genre, Heavy Metal, Månegarm, music analysis, musical analysis, neofolk, nokturnal mortum, Sweden, The Voice of Steel, Vredens Tid
Obliteration Records’s War Master anthology CD containing both Pyramids of the Necropolis and Blood Dawn in addition to bonus tracks is still in stock and now available for international order according to a post on the label’s Facebook page:
2 CommentsWAR MASTER limited CD for Japan tour still on stock.
$25 for ovearseas (inc postage and paypal fee)
No wholesale outside Japan.Purchase
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Tags: anthology, blood dawn, compact disc, compilation, death metal, Obliteration Records, pyramids of the necropolis, war master
Pre-orders for Rotten Relics’ CD reissue of Miasma’s Changes are open now. The label has also printed up two officially licensed shirts. All may be pre-ordered on the label’s BigCartel page.
2 CommentsTags: 1992, changes, compact disc, death metal, miasma, reissue, rotten relics
