Georgia metalcore band Norma Jean have announced that they will release their sixth studio album, Wrongdoers, this summer. The album is set for release on August 6th via Razor & Tie and will be a follow up to the bands 2010 Meridional.
You can see the track list, cover art and get a listen here.
Wrongdoers was produced by Joshua Barber and will be the first Norma Jean album to feature guitarist Jeff Hinckey,bassist John Finnegan and drummer Clayton Holyoke.
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San Diego parody metal band Austrian Death Machine have announced that they are putting the finishing touches on their third album, Triple Brutal, paid for by crowd-sourcing. With the band being the side project of Tim Lambesis, who is currently out on bail and headed back to court later the month, the band’s future is obviously in jeopardy, but at least the fate of this album is know.
The following statement was released via the bands Facebook page:
“Tim finished all of his parts back before he went on tour in Asia. He was just waiting for me to do my parts and put together the finishing touches on the mix of the album. I’m working on that this starting this week now that I have the files. The CD should be done soon and then we’ll start planning to manufacture.”
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Ohio metallers Chimaira have announced the Crown Of Phantoms tour.
They will headline the tour with support from Threat Signal, The Browning and Dark Sermon.
The tour will span 27 dates starting off in Springfield, Virginia on July 26 and wrapping up in Cleveland, Ohio on August 28.
Check out the tour dates and the music video for “All That’s Left Is Blood” here.
Crown of Phantoms will be unleashed on July 30th
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Prosthetic Records have released a sampler of some of their latest music for the summer.
This sampler includes Holy Grail, Ramming Speed and Darkane.
Check out the full track listing and grab the sampler here.
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British thrashers Evile are today releasing their newest album Skull in the United States via Earache/Century Media Records.
Check out previously released tracks and tour dates here
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Finnish death metallers Necropsy are today releasing their demo collection Tomb Of The Forgotten in North America.
This collection will only be available via digital download and will include the band’s entire recordings from 1989 to 1993.
Check out the track listing here.
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Japanese doom metallers Church of Misery have debuted the song “Cranley Gardens” off of their upcoming album Thy Kingdom Scum which will be released on June 11 via Metal Blade Records.
Stream “Cranley Gardens” via SputnikMusic here.
Church of Misery is:
Tatsu Mikami – bass
Junji Narita – drums
Ikuma Kawabe – guitars
Hideki Fukasawa – vocals & synthesizers
California death metal masters Autopsy are launching a The Headless Ritual mini-site and with it, offering a free download of the track “Arch Cadaver” off of their upcoming album The Headless Ritual which will be released on July 2 via Peaceville Records.
Head over to The Headless Ritual mini-site to download the new track.
Drummer/vocalist Chris Reifert had this to say of the new album:
“Expect nothing less than the monstrous brutality that Autopsy has been known to offer. Laurels will not be rested upon, trends will not be followed and mercy will not be shown. Mark your calendars for June and pick out a coffin to lie down and die in. Darkness and death await…”
Check out the video stream for “Arch Cadaver” here.
Los Angeles heavy metallers White Wizzard are now streaming The Devils Cut in full online in anticipation of its release in North America on June 25 via Earache/Century Media Records.
Head over to RockHard.de to check it out.
The Devils Cut was released on June 3 in Europe.
White Wizzard is:
Joseph Michael - Lead vocals
Jon Leon - Rhythm and Lead guitars(Studio), Bass guitar(Studio and Live)
Jake Dreyer - Lead and Rhythm Guitar
Will Wallner - Lead and Rhythm guitar
Giovanni Durst - Drums
White Wizzard Discography:
Over the Top (2010)
Flying Tiger (2011)
The Devils Cut (2013)
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Kentucky black metallers Anagnorisis have completed the recording of their second album Beyond All Light, which is slated for a summer release.
Check out currently announced tour dates for Anagnorisis here.
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UK progressive metallers Tesseract have today released their new album Altered State via Century Media Records. In conjunction with that release, they have also released the music video for “Singularity”.
Check out “Singularity” as well as the Altered State track listing here.
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Norwegian progressive metallers Leprous today released their newest album Coal via InsideOutMusic in North America.
Check out two previously released tracks as well as Leprous tour dates here.
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Gothenburg melodic death metal stalwarts Dark Tranquillity are today unleashing their latest album, Construct in North America via Century Media Records.
You can check out Dark Tranquility tour dates as well as previously released tracks from Construct here.
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Norwegian gothic metallers Trail of Tears are releasing their seventh studio album Oscillation in North America on June 11th via Massacre Records.
Listen to the title track here.
Check out the Oscillation tracklisting here.
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New York City’s Lower East Side was clamoring with metal aficionados Wednesday in celebration of Louder Then Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Heavy Metal. This eponymous tome chronicles the life of metal music and is told by the bands who lived it. It’s scribes, Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman, have compiled and collected excerpts from the 300 plus interviews they have conducted over the past 25 years. You really need to buy this book.
What happens when you have a drunken blithering idiot sauntering dangerously close to a row of motorcycles? The sweet inevitable. Which I missed. In a non-surprising manner, the afore mentioned idiot plows into the bikes and then gets a hammer-fist smashed face from its owner. Metal as fuck. What a great start. Too bad I was watching burlesque show inside Bowery Electric, performed by a slinky little blonde and a nuclear blast of a ginger.
Amidst the show on the stage, the authors were in good spirits, toasting with the attendees as they worked the room. They provided some most excellent black and red cake pops, which were to be my dinner. Joe and Katherine took the stage so read some excerpts, from pages 69 and 666 no less, and to offer up some sweet Marshall headphones to some metal trivia.
The sincere humility and thanks found in the words of the authors was met with overwhelming applause and many sets of horns in the air, as they introduced Acrassicauda to the stage. This five-peice metal band hails from Baghdad, Iraq. These guys absolutely killed it. Great stage presence and barrier-breaking energy. I hope to see them again. I also met two brothers from Brazil in a band called Unconscious Disturbance. They’re kind of djazzy-prog with a hardcore vocal. It’s an interesting listen.
Jon Wiederhorn is a Senior Writer for Revolver and Katherine Turman is the producer for Alice Cooper’s radio show, Nights with Alice Cooper. Louder Than Hell is available now.
Orange Goblin are pure rock n' roll... feared, respected and mentioned in whispers by awed rock fans and youngsters across the world. Orange Goblin are the modern UK metal heroes who never give up and always keep kicking ass. Back with their first live album, the pants-seat scorching A EULOGY FOR THE FANS (Candlelight), "The Goblin" just get better with age. Seriously, could this band be any more awesome? I think not.
