Metal Riot

Finnish epic doom metal collective Swallow The Sun are streaming a new track from their soon to be released (in North America) album Emerald Forest and the Blackbird. The song is called “Labyrinth of London (Horror Pt. IV)” and you can find it streaming by clicking right here. Emerald Forest and the Blackbird is set for a September 4, 2012 Spinefarm Records release in North America and has already received much acclaim since it’s recent release in Europe.

Swallow The Sun has had a long running lyrical connotation with the television series Twin Peaks and this song is no exception.  The band recently quoted the series when asked about the track:  “Dark. Laughing. The owls were flying. Many things were blocked. Laughing. The owls were near. The dark was pressing in on her. Quiet then. Later, footsteps. One man passed by. Screams far away. Terrible, terrible. One voice.”

In support of the album Swallow The Sun will be embarking on fall North American tour with German metal legends Kreator and Accept.  The tour is being called The Teutonic Terror Attack and additional support will come from Canadian death metal group Blackgaurd.

For tour dates, venues etc. you can click right here.

The iconic German thrash metal group Kreator have released a video of song snippets from their upcoming album Phantom Antichrist.  The video also features comments about the album by various well known heavy metal musicians.

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Phantom Antichrist will be Kreator’s 13th studio album and is scheduled for release on June 5, 2012 via Nuclear Blast.

German thrash pioneers Accept and Kreator have announced a co-headlining North American tour beginning in September 2012.  Titled the “Teutonic Terror Attack” it will include Finnish metalheads Swallow The Sun opening the shows up throughout the duration.

Kreator has a new album called Phantom Antichrist due out June 5, 2012 on Nuclear Blast while Accept released Stallingrad last month also under NB, so expect new material from both bands.

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Gods of German thrash, and just thrash in general,  Kreator have just unveiled the official video for the title track to their upcoming album Phantom Antichrist.  You can see it by clicking right here.

Phantom Antichrist will be Kreator’s thirteenth studio release and the band’s debut on Nuclear Blast. The album is due out June 1, 2012 in Europe and June 5, 2012 in North America.

Guitarist/vocalist Miland “Mille” Petrozza recently had this to say about the album:

“The songs are coming along great and I think it’s OK to say that this will be our most epic album so far. There’s some classical, a lot of traditional metal, and, of course, a huge dose of thrash metal influences in the new stuff. Everyone in the band is very excited at this point. The demos sound killer so far. We have about 10 songs we’re working on so far. It’s too early to talk about the lyrics yet; many are written, but they keep changing all the time. Visually, we have tapped Wes Benscoter for the cover art. I can tell you this much: The artwork will be insane!”

“It’s always a little hard for me to talk about music has been written but is not released yet. It will definitely have all the Kreator trademarks. The lyrics will talk about nowadays stuff, as usual, so it will be like a photography of the year 2012. Also the lyrics will deal a lot of things that are actually happening at this point in time. It will be like reading a newspaper or something [laughs], with all the stuff happening. And, of course, the music will be typical Kreator, and we also wanna expand the sound and progress as musicians. I mean, this lineup has been the strongest lineup Kreator ever had since ten years, and now I think we’re ready to come out with an album that blows everyone away.”