Deströyer 666 have announced a short North American tour supported by Ares Kingdom.
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Tribulation North American Tour 2016
Death ‘n’ roll goth rockers Tribulation will be touring North America for their first ever headlining run of the continent.
1 CommentTags: death 'n' roll, death metal, goth metal, gothic metal, hipster bullshit, homosexuality, modern metal, progressive speed metal, Speed Metal, tribulation
Dead Congregation – Purifying Consecrated Ground (2005)
Modern death metal is a cesspool. Riffless atonal texture and rehashed generic riffs combine into a poppy carnival of random boring bullshit to feed the typical underground record label ponzi scheme. Rare was the new release anything worth the attention of any older fans even over a decade ago in 2005. Coming years after their heroes in Morbid Angel, Incantation, and Immolation stopped releasing worthy or even interesting material (but before they went “radikult”), Dead Congregation’s debut EP, Purifying Consecrated Ground, showed a powerful potential that awed many into submission.
26 CommentsTags: 2005, Black Metal, blackened death metal, Brutal Death Metal, dead congregation, death metal, EP, Martyrdoom Productions, nuclear war now! productions, Nuclear Winter Records, Purifying Consecrated Ground, review
Strange Darkness of 1972
Article by David Rosales. These three brief reviews continue Death Metal Underground’s journey into seventies progressive rock.
5 CommentsTags: 1970s, 1970s Progressive Rock for Hessians, 1972, Ambient, ambient music, Cozmic Corridors, Gentle Giant, German Oak, kraut rock, Octopus, prog rock, progressive, progressive rock, psychedelic
Dave Lombardo Joins Suicidal Tendencies
Dave Lombardo has joined Suicidal Tendencies for their European Tour and upcoming album to be released in September 2016.
3 CommentsTags: Crossover, crossover thrash, dave lombardo, news, slayer, suicidal tendencies, Thrash, thrash metal
New Master’s Hammer Album Formulæ Recorded
Czech black metal masters Master’s Hammer have recorded a new album:
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Kreator and Sepultura 2017 European Tour
Kreator have announced an extensive 2017 tour with Sepultura in support of their yet-untitled, upcoming album.
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Innumerable Forms – Frozen to Death (2012)
Article by Lance Viggiano.
Innumerable Form’s Frozen to Death is a compelling and brief release which recalls Dark Descent’s roster yet avoids the calculated, clean retro nostalgia trips that mires their outfits. Motifs follow in the Darkthrone tradition of John Carpenter managing menace on a Casio. The melodic component of Innumerable Forms is steeped in Finnish death metal which delivered mystical melodies that sounded as if they were being recited by a saw blade descending into steel. Here the effect greater resembles mental anguish as if one was forced to say, “Yes!” to an incomprehensibly vast and hostile existence. Frozen to Death distinguishes itself from its inspirations in this way.
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Ljosazabojstwa – Staražytnaje licha CD Pressing
Belarussian Ljosazabojstwa’s Staražytnaje licha has finally been released on CD.
6 CommentsTags: Black Metal, death metal, hellthrasher productions, Ljosazabojstwa, mystifier, news, reissue, Staražytnaje licha, War Metal
Iron Maiden – Somewhere in Time (1986)
Article by David Rosales.
Released after Iron Maiden’s golden era, Somewhere in Time is touted by fans of heavy and power metal as a crown jewel of the band, exemplifying perfected expression and streamlined efficiency. This is not immediately convincing for metal hessians. Rightly so as the music became more sterile, hence, less credible. There is definitely a sense of “upgradedness” in both the production and the choice of stylistic voicings, allowing an inclusion of 80s pop coloration into the palette. This unclear, semi-sellout move demanded accountability, while at the same time the band boasted of accumulated experience fructifying the transformation, masterfully avoiding the typical degeneration that could be expected after the climax and summary of their original sound in 1985’s Live After Death.
34 CommentsTags: 1986, Heavy Metal, iron maiden, mainstream metal, NWOBHM, progressive metal, review, somewhere in time
