International punk/metal supergroup Tau Cross is streaming “Lazarus,” off their upcoming Relapse Records debut out this spring below. Comprised of a pedigree of musicians including Amebix vocalist/bassist Rob “The Baron” Miller, Voivod drummer Michel “Away” Langevin, Misery guitarist Jon Misery and War//Plague guitarist Andy Lefton, Tau Cross formed in 2013 and recorded their debut album over several months in 2014 throughout three different countries.
Royal Thunder. Photo Credit: Kevin Griggs
LToR: Josh Weaver, Will Fiore, Evan Diprima, Mlny Parsonz
Atlanta heavy rockers Royal Thunder is streaming “Ear On The Fool” here and “Forgive Me, Karma” here, and “The Line” below.
The songs are off their upcoming full length release Crooked Doors, out on April 7, 2015 via Relapse Records.
Watch the third part of the webisode of the making of Crooked Doors below.
The band has previously announced their first North American Tour with Wild Throne, and a string of dates supporting Halestorm in mid June.
Feared, the Swedish death metal outfit led by The Haunted and former Six Feet Under guitarist Ola Englund, will be releasing their fifth album Synder on May 25, 2015. The record will once again feature artwork by Sylvain Lucchina of Razorimages.
The band features Englund, bassist Jocke Skog (ex Clawfinger, Aeckel), drummer Kevin Talley (Suffocation, ex Dying Fetus, ex Black Dahlia Murder) and vocalist Mario Santos Ramos (Demonoid).
Synder track listing:
01: Synder
02: Your Demise
03: Of Iron And Ashes
04: Caligula
05: My Grief, My Sorrow
06: Dygder
07: By Silent Screaming
08: Wolf At The End Of The World
09: My Own Redemption
10: Dying Day
11: War Feeding War
12: The Narcissist
13: Godless Devotion
Stream the official video for their first single, directed by Englund “My Grief, My Sorrow” below.
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Ilan Rubin of The New Regime. Photo Credit: Tamar Levine
The New Regime, featuring Nine Inch Nails drummer Ilan Rubin, is releasing their new eight song album Exhibit B on March 31, 2015. Stream “Strong Arm Tomorrow” below.
NY progressive metallers Gyre is streaming “I Release,” off their forthcoming EP Moirai, due May 12, 2015, below.
Gyre is…
Juan Soaz – Guitar
Pablo Carpio – Drums
Ian McCartney – Guitar
Chirag Bhatt – Bass
Ying Chee – Vocals
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Midwestern metallers Entrophy O.A.C. will be releasing their newest EP Dark Clouds and Clarity on April 21, 2015 via Pavement Entertainment. Stream their video for “Realm of Grey” below.
Dark Clouds and Clarity Track Listing
Failure To Thrive
Endless Fire
Realm Of Grey
Miami deathgrinders Maruta is streaming “Stand In Defeat,” off of their Relapse Records debut Remain Dystopian, out June 2nd in North America, preceded by May 29th in Germany, Benelux and Finland, and June 1st in the UK and the rest of the planet, below.
Recorded in various studios including drums with Pig Destroyer‘s Scott Hull and vocals with Torche‘s Jonathan Nuñez, Remain Dystopian is a vicious, seventeen-song blast of relentless and infectious deathgrind mayhem. Featuring guest vocals from the legendary Tomas Lindberg (At The Gates, Disfear) and Pig Destroyer‘s J.R. Hayes, plus layers of noise from Agoraphobic Nosebleed‘s Jay Randall, Remain Dystopian raises the bar for what 21st Century grind can accomplish! Seekers of top-tier extreme metal punishment in the tradition of Napalm Death, Nasum, Pig Destroyer, Misery Index, Nails, Discordance Axis and the like should keep Remain Dystopian on their radar as tracks from the record and more are released onto the masses. While you suffer in anticipation for more, Relapse has issued the full info for the album including the cover artwork by Alex Eckman-Lawn, the track listing, preorders, along with the track, “Stand In Defeat.”
Remain Dystopian Track Listing:
01: Genocide Interval
02: Hope Smasher
03: The Void Within
04: Minimal Progress
05: Protocol For Self Immolation
06: Absolutist
07: Stride Endlessly Through Scorched Earth
08: Submergence aka Barren Oceans Of Infinity
09: Erode
10: Stand In Defeat
11: Remnants Of Failed Utopia
12: I, Usurper
13: Durandal
14: Psalm For The Withered
15: Return To Zero
16: Slaying Jehova
17: Immune
MARUTA:
Mitchell Luna – vocals
Eduardo Borja – guitar
Mauro Cordoba – guitar
Danny Morris – drums
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Shadow Age. Photo Credit: Christopher DiNitto
Richmond, VA melodic post-punkers Shadow Age is streaming “Silaluk,” off their debut EP Silaluk, out May 19, 2015 via 6131 Records here.
Silaluk tracklist:
01: Silaluk
02: A Portrait of a Young Man Drowning
03: Innocence
The band has book a string of upcoming shows.
Apr 13: 25 Watt – Richmond, VA (w/ Suicidas, Nocere)
Apr 24: Strange Matter – Richmond, VA (w/ Nearest, Theives of Shiloh, Predation)
May 22: 25 Watt – Richmond, VA (Record Release Show)
May 23: Static Age Records – Asheville, NC
May 26: Mango’s Cantina – Houston, TX
May 27: The Lost Well – Austin, TX
May 28: The Crown and Harp – Dallas, TX
May 29: The Burlington – Chicago, IL
May 30: The Precinct – Detroit, MI
May 31: Cide Central – Cincinnati, OH
Oakland atmospheric doom quintet Secrets of the Sky will release their sophomore full length Pathway on May 19, 2015 in North America via Metal Blade. The album was engineered, mixed, mastered and co-produced by Juan Urteaga of Trident Studios with the band.
Stream “Three Swords” here.
Pathway Track Listing:
01: I
02: Three Swords
03: II
04: Angel In Vines
05: Another Light
06: III
07: IV
08: Garden Of Prayers
09: V
10: Fosforos
11: VI
12: Eternal Wolves
13: VII
SECRETS OF THE SKY:
Andrew Green – guitar
Clayton Bartholomew – guitar
Garett Gazay – vocals / keys
Ryan Healy – bass
Lance Lea – percussion
Midwest avant sound voyagers Minsk is streaming “When The Walls Fell,” off their new album The Crash & The Draw, out via Relapse Records in North America on April 7th, 2015, April 3rd, 2015 in Germany, Benelux and Finland and April 6th, 2015 in the UK and rest of the world here.
The Crash & The Draw was captured by the band alongside Sanford Parker (Twilight, Voivod, Eyehategod, Yob etc.), mixed by Parker and MINSK at Hypercube and mastered by Collin Jordan (Eyehategod, Indian, Wovenhand, Voivod etc.) at The Boiler Room with additional vocal tracking by Scott Evans (Kowloon Walled City, Old Man Gloom, Floor etc.) at Antisleep Audio and further tracking, editing, and mixing by Kevin Rendleman at Trash Rocket Audio and Aaron Austin at We Know Who You Are.
The band has booked a string of April European dates.
Apr 09: Roadburn Festival – Tilburg (NL)
Apr 10: Doom Over Leipzig – Leipzig (DE)
Apr 11: Hafenklang – Hamburg (DE)
Apr 12: Cassiopeia – Berlin (DE)
Apr 13: Hydrozagadka – Warsaw (PL)
Apr 14: 007 – Prague (CZ)
Apr 15: P.M.K. – Innsbruck (AU)
Apr 16: Feierwerk – Munchen (DE)
Apr 17: Freakout – Bologna (IT)
Apr 18: Lo Fi Club – SoloMacello Fest – Milano (IT)
Apr 19: Le Romandie – Lausanne (CH)
Apr 20: Escape B – Paris (FR)
Apr 21: La Scene Michelet – Nantes (FR)
Apr 22: La Peniche – Lille (FR)
Apr 23: FZW – Dortmund (DE)
Apr 24: Desertfest – London (UK)
Apr 25: Kavka – Antwerp (BE)
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