Legendary extreme metal exhibitionists SIGH are set to unleash their ninth studio album this March. Entitled In Somniphobia, the 11 track opus features guest appearances from Massacre’s Kam Lee and Meads Of Asphodel’s Metatron as well as cover illustration by renowned artist Eliran Kantor (Atheist, Testament) viewable HERE.
Founded in 1990 in Tokyo, Japan, SIGH is known for their nontraditional approach to metal and music in general and such is the case with their latest endeavor. Their most musically varied and plainly enthralling recording to date In Somniphobia incorporates everything from heavy metal, classical, jazz, traditional Indian music, Stockhausen, and Xenakis. It’s a pure, sonic nightmare that lasts more than an hour and an album long time fans are sure to embrace.
Commented vocalist/keyboardist Mirai Kawashima: “This is your sonic nightmare. This is the music that lies somewhere between your reality and imagination. This is the heaviest, scariest, craziest and by far the best album by SIGH in every aspect. Be sure to smoke first then listen to this with headphones. Bad trip guaranteed.”
In celebration of the record’s upcoming release, today Decibel Magazine premieres the band’s video for seventh track “Far Beneath The In-Between.” Roll your peepers on over to THIS LOCATION to check it out.
In SomniphobiaTrack Listing:
1. Purgatorium
2. The Transfiguration Fear Lucid Nightmares
3. Lucid Nightmare
4. Somniphobia
5. L’excommunication a Minuit
6. Amnesia
7. Far Beneath the In-Between
8. Amongst the Phantoms of Abandoned Tumbrils
9. Ending Theme: Continuum
10. Fall to the Thrall
11. Equale (a. Prelude, b. Fugato, c. Coda)
SIGH Lineup:
Mirai Kawashima – vocals, keyboards
Shinichi Ishikawa – guitar
Satoshi Fujinami – bass
Junichi Harashima – drums
Dr. Mikannibal – saxophone, vocals
In Somniphobia will be released in North America via Candlelight Records on March 13, 2012. Pre-order info available HERE.
Rainbow’s 1978 studio effort, ‘Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll’ was a very significant album for the band, as it signaled the last Rainbow release to feature the legendary Ronnie James Dio. But despite Dio’s imminent departure from the band, the album has become not only one of Rainbow’s best, but one of the best hard rock/heavy metal releases of all time, as evidenced by the inclusion of such classics as the anthemic title track, as well as “Gates of Babylon,” “Kill the King,” and one of rock’s most gorgeous ballads, “Rainbow Eyes.”
And on April 21st, Niji Entertainment Group will be celebrating Record Store Day by reissuing ‘Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll’ as a numbered/limited edition picture disc, which features the album’s classic cover art on the front of the disc, and a crowd shot (originally featured in the gatefold of the original album) on the back. Additionally, this release will sport much-improved sonics from the original, as it was remastered under the supervision of long time Dio engineer, Wyn Davis.
Dean Schachtel, Sales & Marketing Manager for the Niji Entertainment Group, says, “I feel very confident that this will be one of the more popular Record Store Day items, as only 2,500 deluxe picture discs were made, and each LP is individually numbered. And to top it all off, this is the very first picture disc from Rainbow.”
The last Dio-related picture disc to be released on Record Store Day (‘Killing the Dragon’) sold out its 2,500 pressing in less than a week. So act quick to secure your copy of this one-of-a-kind Rainbow/Dio release!
Double Live CD Recording & Video Shoot. An exclusive event to film and record the first HELSTAR Official Live CD/DVD
to be released via AFM Records later this year!
SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012
– 2-Stage Event in the Ballroom and Studio Rooms –
HELSTAR with Rotting Corpse and Special Guests:
Carry the Storm, Epic, Ethreal, Knocturnal Maddness, Legion,
Metalloyd, Metavenge, Owl Witch, Sanctus Bellum, Venomous Maximus
Battle metallers TURISAS will be heading back to North America this spring for Guitar World, Full Metal Jackie, and Metal Injection present: “PaganFest: America Part III”, their first-ever US headlining run! Joining the Finnish sextet on their triumphant return to the States is a gathering of bands from across the world: Scotland’s ALESTORM, Russia’s ARKONA, and the US’s very own HUNTRESS (Rome’s EX DEO has now dropped-off the tour). In regards to their departure from PaganFest, EX DEO’s Maurizio Iacono comments:
“It is with deep disappointment that I am obliged to pull EX DEO off this year’s PaganFest. We were all excited to play this festival and premier some new material, but unfortunately our new album ‘Caligvla’ has been delayed, and we need to finish it and make it perfect. Add to that, the KATAKLYSM DVD is also on its final production phase…We decided it would be best to concentrate on giving every bit of attention to the album you have been waiting for, and also for the KATAKLYSM documentary to kick major ass.”
“This being said, we will still perform with EX DEO on the Montreal & Toronto shows with PaganFest, as we will be in studio in the area, closing up the album ‘Caligvla’. Everything else is cancelled for EX DEO. We will return to support the album in the fall…”
“Word from Rome is that the plans are already in motion for world conquest! We ask our fans to support PaganFest and the great bands playing this year!”
In conjunction with Guitar World, Full Metal Jackie, and Metal Injection, exclusive PaganFest contests and behind-the-scenes content from all the bands on this epic bill will be launched in the coming weeks, so stay tuned! Special VIP ticket packages are also available here for diehard TURISAS fans– be sure to order yours while you still can! Check the dates below to see when “PaganFest” will be coming to a city near you.
Guitar World, Full Metal Jackie, and Metal Injection present: “PaganFest: America Part III” tour dates feat. TURISAS with ALESTORM, ARKONA, HUNTRESS
3/29 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
3/30 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium
3/31 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
4/1 – Montreal, QC @ Club Soda **PaganFest with EX DEO**
4/2 – Toronto, ON @ The Opera House **PaganFest with EX DEO**
4/3 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
4/4 – Detroit, MI @ Blondie’s
4/5 – Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club
4/6 – Saint Paul, MN @ Station 4
4/7 – Louisville, KY @ Vernon Club
4/8 – Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
4/9 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
4/11 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
4/12 – Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s
4/13 – Denver, CO @ The Marquis
4/15 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
4/16 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
4/17 – San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge
4/18 – West Hollywood, CA @ Key Club
4/19 – Tempe, AZ @ 910 Live
Behind-the-scenes photos from DECAPITATED’s video shoot for the song “Pest” can be viewed at this location. The shoot took place on Friday, February 10th with Grupa 13 (BEHEMOTH, ELUVEITIE, SONATA ARCTICA) in charge of production; Dariusz Szermanowicz is the director.
“Pest” is the seventh track off of 2011’s Carnival Is Forever album, which debuted at #11 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart last July and captured the #43 position on GuitarWorld.com’s “Top 50 Albums of 2011” list.
DECAPITATED will be the opening band on “The Ophidian Trek” tour with headliners MESHUGGAH and direct supporters Baroness, which launches April 29th.
Confirmed dates are:
SCUM, the classic 1987 debut album from grindcore pioneers NAPALM DEATH, is due to be re-released on limited edition redux CD and coloured vinyl LP on March 5th.
To celebrate 25 years since the release of the most influential grindcore album ever made, SCUM has been remastered especially for this release from the original tapes with Full Dynamic Range (FDR), allowing the music’s nuances to shine through and giving the whole album a more ferocious and dynamic sound than ever before, and enabling the listener to immerse in the full audio chaos like never before.
Original NAPALM DEATH guitarist and founding member MICK HARRIS states: “It sounds wicked – that record still holds up today and I’m proud I was part of it.”
This full dynamic range release is a reaction to the loudness war which has affected the music scene since the ’90s, with artists and labels striving to producer ever-louder CDs. Earache firmly believes the playback volume should be in the hands of the listener, not the producer – that’s what the volume control is for!
More FDR releases are planned, including NAPALM DEATH’s follow-up release, FROM ENSLAVEMENT TO OBLITERATION. For more information about Full Dynamic Range, head to http://turnmeup.org
The limited edition SCUM CD comes housed in a digipak sleeve and includes the previously unreleased rough mix of the entire album as a bonus, complete with original ad libs and intros from the studio and an alternate version of the title track. The collector’s LP version is available in the following quantities and colours:
100 – Lime Green
200 – Lilac
300 – Magenta
800 – Black & White
Italy’s symphonic visual metal band “Silent Opera” have signed a management deal with Germany’s “ROCK N GROWL“!
Silent Opera’s music is ageless symphonic metal, traversing the terrain between the rhapsodic romance of Mother Earth/Silent Force era Within Temptation, the dynamic drama of Nightwish and the theatrical thrill of Phantom of the Opera.
Listenable Records is offering fans a free 22-track sampler, which is now available for streaming and download at sampler.listenable.net. The album, which features tracks from many Listenable’s dynamic and diverse roster of artists – past and present – includes Gojira, Svart Crown, Sarah Jezebel Deva, 77, Hate, Serpent Cult and many more. Full sampler tracklisting below:
01- TORNADO
“Hate Worldwide” taken from the album “Amsterdamn Hellsinki”
02- GOJIRA
“Yama’s Messengers” taken from the album “The Way of All Flesh”
03- STEPHAN FORTE
“Duat” taken from the album ” “The Shadows Compendium”
04- SARAH JEZEBEL DEVA
“The World Won’t Hold Your Hand” taken from the album “The Corruption of Mercy”
05- BETRAYING THE MARTYRS
“Martyrs” taken from the album “Breathe in Life”
06- KATANA
“Phoenix On Fire” taken from the album “Heads Will Roll”
07- SVARTCROWN
“Into A Demential Sea” taken from the album “Witnessing the Fall”
08- HATE
“Lux Aeterna” taken from the album “Erebos”
09- HEAVENWOOD
“Once A Burden” taken from the album “Abyss Masterpiece”
10- IZEGRIM
“Deathstrip” taken from the album “Code of Consequences”
11- KRUGER
“Villains” taken from the album “For Death, Glory and the End of the World”
12- PANZERCHRIST
“Impact” taken from the album “Regiment Ragnarok”
13- TORMENTED
“Come Back from the Dead” taken from the album “Rotten Death”
14- THE ORDER OF APOLLYON
“Never” taken from the album “The Flesh”
15- CAVUS
“Death Rattle” taken from the album “Fester And Putrefy”
16- 77
“High Decibels” taken from the album “High Decibels”
17-DARKANE
“Convicted ( Live )” taken from the live cd /dvd “Layers of Live”
18- LIVARKAHIL
“The Flesh of All Damned” taken from the album “Signs of Decay”
19- ELECTRIC MARY
“OIC” taken from the album “III”
20- THE RED SHORE
“The Seeds of Annihilation” taken from the album “The Avarice of Man”
21- THE ORDER OF APOLLYON
“Word” taken from the album “The Flesh”
22- SERPENT CULT
“Growth of the Soil” taken from the album “Raised by Wolves”
Armageddon is upon us. Israeli epic black metallers ETERNAL DECAY kick off their 15-date tour of North America tonight in Toronto. One of the best kept secrets in the underground, ETERNAL DECAY are poised to shock, awe, and devastate with their dynamically arranged and undeniably ferocious brand of symphonic black metal. After releasing a couple of well received demos in 2001 and 2002, ETERNAL DECAY unleashed a masterfully composed full length album in 2010 called Beyond the Ties of Flesh. Easily one of the best efforts of the year, self-released or otherwise, Beyond the Ties of Flesh is an album that deserves to be heard by fans of finely crafted blacked metal the word over. North American audiences are sure to agree.
That’s a videoclip about the latest Punishment 18 Records promo featuring new releases by italian thrasher Mad Maze, “Frames of Alienation” and speed metallers Penthagon, self titled album. Both are out of the January 15.
(NEW YORK, NY) – Legendary thrash band, OVERKILL have announced new details around their upcoming ELECTRIC AGE TOUR. Supporting will be GOD FORBID, DIAMOND PLATE and SUDIKARA. Dates will stretch coast to coast and run through April and May, click HERE for up to date ticket information.
OVERKILL will released their 16th full length studio album entitled “The Electric Age” on March 27, 2012. The record will be released in Europe on Nuclear Blast Records on March 30, 2012.
The band recently revealed a behind the scenes video that outlines the recording process they used for their upcoming new record “The Electric Age.” Recorded at GEAR Studios, owned and operated by bassist D.D. Verni, the video outlines specific gear and techniques used and how it had shaped the bands raw unfiltered sound over the last few releases. View the video HERE.
Jeff Hughell, former bassist for Brain Drill & Vile, has been chosen as new SFU bassist!
Within days of announcing the departure of Matt DeVries, SIX FEET UNDER has locked in the latest addition to the bands already heavy and extremely talented lineup. Seven-string bassist Jeff Hughell, formally of the Santa Cruz California technical death metal band Brain Drill and Concord California death metal band Vile, will be joining the ranks as the new SIX FEET UNDER bassist. Check out a video of Jeff shredding on his bass:
Vocalist Chris Barnes comments; “Six Feet Under is proud to announce our new member, bass player Jeff Hughell. He’s an amazing musician and I have been a fan of his work since first hearing Brain Drill a few years back. We feel with the addition of Jeff, all the puzzle pieces are in place and the killing machine known as Six Feet Under is now a true death metal force to be reckoned with! Prepare to be toe tagged and body bagged.”
Jeff Hughell adds; “I am honored to be the newest edition to the mighty Six Feet Under. This band is now a well oiled killing machine with Kevin Talley and my self as the rhythm section, Steve Swanson and Rob Arnold crushing guitars, and of course the man himself Chris Barnes killing it on vocals. The new material is the heaviest Six Feet Under songs I have ever heard and I can’t wait for the world to get their faces melted clean off by it. I would like to thank Mike Faley, Kelli Malella and the whole Six Feet Under family for thinking of me. It’s going to be one hell of a ride!”
Massacre Records is proud to bring the latest album from long running Canadian thrashers EXCITER an official North American release.
Since helping to forge the North American thrash movement in the ’80s EXCITER’s layered 34-year career has elevated them to legendary status, and their most recent album, 2010′s Death Machine delivers nine-songs of the expected headbashing mayhem fans worldwide have come to expect from the outfit. Featuring founding guitarist and mastermind John Ricci, singer Kenny Winter, bassist Rob Cohen and drummer Rich Charron, EXCITER once again worked with longtime producer Manfred Leidecker who produced nearly all of the band’s releases since 1990. The production on Death Machine compliments the grinding rhythms and speed that has held the band’s name as one of the most classic speed metal bands ever, while lyrically the the theme of the album addresses sadistic unforgiving torture and the demented individuals who deliver such horrific pain and suffering onto others.
Death Machine is officially available in North America as of today, Tuesday, February 14th.
The legendary Australian thrash metal band have parted ways with their singer, Matt Maurer. The former singer announced his departure from the band on the official Mortal Sin facebook page with the following statement:
“This is an official announcement from Mat Maurer. I have decided to leave the band for personal reasons, & irreconcilable differences. Last year was an incredibly difficult year for me personally & I have decided to put my family first. Thank you to everyone who has supported me over the years. Over & out. Mat”
A new video clip from CANNIBAL CORPSE‘s Torture sessions is currently viewable at their official landing page. The band will unleash their twelfth offering of audio devastation to North American fans on March 13, 2012 via Metal Blade Records. Listed among Decibel’s “Top 25 Most Anticipated Extreme Records Of 2012,” and crowned “pure death metal mastery from one of the best bands the genre has ever produced” in an early review by Zero Tolerance, Torture was produced by Hate Eternal’s Erik Rutan at his own Mana Recording Studio in St. Petersburg, Florida as well as Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas.
Check out guitar and bass tracking footage at THIS LOCATION.
CANNIBAL CORPSE will kick off their official U.S. headlining tour this April. Sponsored by Metal Blade Records, Good Fight Entertainment and dB Drum Shoes, the U.S. Torture Tour 2012 will commence on April 5 in Jacksonville, Florida and level 23 stages before coming to a close on May 3 in Gainesville, Florida. Support on the near month-long trek will be provided by Exhumed, Abysmal Dawn and Arkaik.
CANNIBAL CORPSE U.S. Torture Tour 2012 w/ Exhumed, Abysmal Dawn, Arkaik
4/05/2012 Freebird Live – Jacksonville, FL
4/06/2012 The Soapbox – Wilmington, NC
4/07/2012 Lincoln Theater – Raleigh, NC
4/08/2012 V Club Live – Huntington, WV
4/09/2012 The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
4/10/2012 The Canal Club – Richmond, VA
4/12/2012 Higher Ground – South Burlington, VT
4/13/2012 The Club At Water Street – Rochester, NY
4/14/2012 The Cincinnati Metal Fest @ Bogart’s – Cincinnati, OH w/ CANNIBAL CORPSE, The Black Dahlia Murder, Nile, Exhumed, Skeletonwitch, Abysmal Dawn, Hour Of Pennance, Arkaik
4/15/2012 The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI
4/16/2012 People’s Court – Des Moines, IA
4/17/2012 Slowdown – Omaha, NE
4/19/2012 The Scene-ary – Wichita, KS
4/20/2012 The Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
4/21/2012 Mesa Theater & Club – Grand Junction, CO
4/22/2012 Top Deck – Farmington, NM
4/23/2012 The Rock –Tucson, AZ
4/24/2012 Tricky Falls – El Paso, TX
4/25/2012 Jake’s – Lubbock, TX
4/27/2012 The Blue Note – Columbia, MO
4/28/2012 Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK w/ CANNIBAL CORPSE, Behemoth, Watain, Exhumed, The Devil’s Blood, In Solitude, Abysmal Dawn, Arkaik
4/29/2012 Newby’s – Memphis, TN
4/30/2012 Exit In – Nashville, TN
5/1/2012 Zydeco – Birmingham, AL
5/3/2012 Double Down – Gainesville, FL
For special Torture preorder packages, and to check out, “Demented Aggression,” visit the band’s OFFICIAL LANDING PAGE. And in case you missed the premiere of “Scourge Of Iron,” go to REVOLVERMAG.COM.
