Raven Streaming “Destroy All Monsters” Lyric Video


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Raven is streaming a lyric video for “Destroy All Monsters,” off their new album ExtermiNation, out in Scandinavia on April 22nd, in Germany on April 24th, in Europe on April 27th and in the USA on April 28th as a digipak version (incl. 1 bonus track), 2LP gatefold green vinyl version and download through SPV/Steamhammer. View it below.

Track Listing Digipak:
1. Destroy All Monsters
2. Tomorrow
3. It`s Not What You Got
4. Fight
5. Battle March/Tank Treads (The Blood Runs Red)
6. Feeding The Monster
7. Fire Burns Within
8. Scream
9. One More Day
10. Thunder Down Under
11. No Surrender
12. Golden Dawn
13. Silver Bullet
14. River Of No Return
15. Malice In Geordieland (Bonus Track)

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Dawn Of Azazel Releasing The Tides Of Damocles On April 28th


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New Zealand based progressive death metallers Dawn of Azazel is self-releasing their fourth full length release The Tides Of Damocles, out April 28, 2015. The Tides Of Damocles was recorded, mixed and mastered last year at Mana Recording Studios (Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal, Goatwhore, et al) in Tampa, Florida by Brian Elliot and J.J. Hrubovcak. A name referencing the ocean as a metaphor for the forces of life that constantly assail and erode the will of those who seek power, The Tides Of Damocles thrusts forth forty-eight minutes of harrowing, surgically precise death metal mastery.

The Tides Of Damocles Track Listing:
1. Strike First, Strike Hard, Strike Often
2. Irresistible Foe
3. Vassalplasty
4. The Odious Tides
5. Forever Enduring, Always Ready
6. Controlled Burn
7. Progeny of Pain
8. The Eagles Grasp
9. Damocles
10. Tarnished Gold

The band has a string of upcoming shows booked.

DAWN OF AZAZEL:
Apr 18: Napier Deathfest – Napier, NZ
Apr 23: The King’s Arm Tavern – Auckland, NZ (w/ Napalm Death, Carcass)
May 02: The King’s Arm Tavern – Auckland, NZ (w/ Suffocation, Decapitated)
Jul 04: Rust In Perth 2015 – Perth, AU

DAWN OF AZAZEL:
Rigel Walshe – bass, vocals
Joe Bonnett – guitar
Jeremy Suckling – drums


Soilwork Drummer Streams Studio Drum Session Video For Upcoming Album


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Soilwork drummer Dirk Verbeuren has posted a brand new video tracking drums for the upcoming album, produced by Jens Bogren. Check it out below.

He is currently making his drum skills available for session work throughout the rest of 2015. His credits include Soilwork, Devin Townsend, Satyricon, Jeff Loomis, Fredrik Thordendal, Aborted, Scarve, Sybreed, and more.

Dirk Verbeuren is a renowned studio drummer with a remarkable ear for music and 20 years of experience. He owns and operates Die Crawling Studio, a state-of-the-art facility allowing him to track drums in a fully professional and highly efficient manner using the latest Toontrack Music products. Endorsed by brands such as Tama, Meinl and Evans, Verbeuren is also fully equipped to record at the studio of your choice.

Interested bands or artists may contact Verbeuren directly at DieCrawling@gmail.com.

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Ancient Vvisdom and Sólstafir Book Upcoming North American Tour


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Occult death rockers Ancient Vvisdom will be touring with Sólstafir on an upcoming North American tour. They are touring in support of Sacrficial, out via Magic Bullet Records. Produced by founding vocalist Nathan Opposition, engineered by Travis Bonner at The Diamond Factory Studios in Austin and mastered by Paul Logus (Anthrax, Clutch, Hellyeah, Shadows Fall et al) at Taloowa Mastering, Sacrificial finds the collective at their most eloquent conjuring dark, penetrating neofolkian psalms of unholiness that are at once melodic, catchy and maniacally addictive.

ANCIENT VVISDOM w/ Sólstafir:
Apr 22: The Shop – Brooklyn, NY
Apr 23: L’ail’ze – Montreal, QC
Apr 24: Mavericks – Ottawa, ON
Apr 25: Garrison – Toronto, ON
Apr 26: Bug Jar – Rochester, NY
Apr 27: 31st St Pub – Pittsburgh, PA
Apr 28: Ace Of Cups – Columbus, OH
Apr 29: Pyramid Scheme – Grand Rapids, MI
Apr 30: TBA – Milwaukee, WI
May 01: Nether Bar – Minneapolis, MN
May 03: Reggies – Chicago, IL
May 04: Riot Room – Kansas City, MO
May 05: Larimer – Denver, CO
May 06: Bar Deluxe – Salt Lake City, UT
May 08: The Pin – Spokane, WA
May 09: Rickshaw – Vancouver, BC
May 10: El Corazon – Seattle, WA
May 12: Oakland Opera – San Francisco, CA
May 13: Los Globos – Los Angeles, CA
May 14: Pub Rock Live – Scottsdale, AZ
May 15: Sister – Albuquerque, NM
May 16: Sons Of Hermann – Fort Worth, TX
May 17: Red 7 – Austin, TX
May 18: One Eyed Jacks – New Orleans, LA
May 20: Strange Matter – Richmond, VA

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Helmet Book West Coast Betty Tour Dates


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Helmet has booked a string of West Coast dates for the 2015 Betty US Tour. Dates are posted below.

Apr 29: Belly Up – Solana Beach, CA
Apr 30: Backstage Bar – Las Vegas, NV
May 01: Discovery – Ventura, CA
May 03: SLO Brew – San Luis Obispo, CA
May 05: Harlow’s – Sacramento, CA
May 06: The Independent – San Francisco, CA
May 08: Dante’s – Portland, OR
May 09: The Croc – Seattle, WA

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Burnt Books Streaming Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire In Entirety


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Columbia, SC’s Burnt Books are streaming their entire second album Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire, out now via Retro Futurist Records below.

The band has these upcoming shows:

BURNT BOOKS Tour Dates:
Apr 02: Milestone – Charlotte, NC (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Sea Of Storms, Pig Mountain)
Apr 03: Odditorium – Asheville, NC (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Sea Of Storms, Uninhabitable, Spliff)
Apr 04: 25 Watt – Richmond, VA (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Sea Of Storms, Slowing)
Apr 05: The Ottobar Upstairs – Baltimore, MD (w/ Crazy Bag Lady)
Apr 06: Legion Of Doom – Columbus, OH (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Checkmate)
Apr 07: Fifth Quarter Lounge – Indianapolis, IN (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Torturess, Voidweaver)
Apr 08: The Bishop – Bloomington, IN (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Torturess, Wounded Knees)
Apr 09: The Stone Fox – Nashville, TN (w/ Crazy Bag Lady. Sky Burial, Thetan, Subject/Rulers)
Apr 10: Poison Lawn – Knoxville, TN (w/ Crazy Bag Lady)
Apr 11: Caledonia – Athens, GA (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Cinemechanica, Harsh Words, Savagist)
Apr 12: New Brookland Tavern – Columbia, SC (w/ Crazy Bag Lady, Cinemechanica)
May 02: Caledonia – Athens, GA
May 19: TBA – Atlanta, GA

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Stream Peaceville Days Podcast With Dave Pybus (Cradle of Filth, Anathema)


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The new Peaceville podcast series features former Peaceville Records employee Dave Pybus, who was responsible for the layout and design of many classic titles, and later better known for his time in Anathema and Cradle of Filth. He discusses his days at the company at the start of the 1990s, and speaks with some of the bands and artists from those days. In this first episode of his ‘Peaceville Days’ podcast, Pybus talks with Aaron Stainthorpe of My Dying Bride about the early visions of the band, plus techniques of constructing artwork in the early 90s, along with some of the tribulations involved in the pre-Photoshop era. Also joining the trip down memory lane is a conversation with artist Dave McKean, himself responsible for some of the early iconic My Dying Bride artwork.

Stream the episode below:

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Kings Destroy Streaming “W2”


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Brooklyn stoner/doom rockers Kings Destroy is streaming “W2”, off their self titled full length out May 5, 2015 via War Crimes Recordings below.

The follow-up to last year’s critically-adored A Time Of Hunting full-length was produced and mixed by Sanford Parker (Twilight, Voivod, Eyehategod, Yob etc.) at Studio G in Brooklyn, New York, mastered by Collin Jordan (Eyehategod, Indian, Wovenhand, Voivod etc.) at The Boiler Room in Chicago, Illinois and delivers seven, lead-footed doom rock hymns. With their third album in four years, Kings Destroy leaves their hardcore-born stamp on noise rock and doom. After sharing stages with Pentagram, Winter, Saint Vitus, Church of Misery, Yob, Pallbearer, Vista Chino, Orange Goblin, Trouble, Acid King, Corrosion Of Conformity and so many others, the five-piece stand tall with their defining statement.

The band unites musicians from many of the genres’ most prolific bands. Hailing from the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, Kings Destroy features guitarists Carl Porcaro and Chris Skowronski from legendary, 100K album selling Killing Time, vocalist Steve Murphy from Uppercut, drummer Rob Sefcik formerly of The Begotten, Uppercut, Fur and Electric Frankenstein and bassist Aaron Bumpus.

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Invincible Force Streaming “Bringers of Armageddon”


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Chilean thrashers Invincible Force is streaming “Bringers of Armageddon,” off of their new album Satan Rebellion Metal, out March 10, 2015 via Dark Descent Records in the US and March 17, 2015 via Sound Pollution and April 2, 2015 via Code7/PhD in Europe below. Cover art for Satan Rebellion Metal was created by Mark Riddick.

A ripping and vile blend of thrash, death and Christ-hating black metal, Satan Rebellion Metal will leave a trail of broken and bloodied corpses in its wake. Next to bands like Force of Darkness and Dekapited, Invincible Force are one of the strongest Black/Death/Thrash Metal bands from Chile and highly recommended for fans of Slaughter Messiah, Force of Darkness, Possessed, Nifelheim and Desaster.

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Rise The Wrath of Satan
Scraps of The Dead
Necromance
Summoning The Black Destruction
Desolation
Onwards To War
Bringers of Armageddon
Unholy Trinity

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Wrath of Vesuvius Books Dawn Of the Shred Tour


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Technical death metallers Wrath of Vesuvius (WRVTH) will be venturing on another tour with Ænimus as part of the Dawn Of The Shred tour. Their third album WRVTH will be out June 16, 2015 via Unique Leader Records. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Zack Ohren (Suffocation, Fallujah, All Shall Perish et al.) at SharkBite/Castle Ultimate Studios in Oakland, California, the self-titled opus features a guest appearance from Daniel Casares from Bay Area jazz group Atta Kid on saxophone and boasts eleven tracks of transcendental death metal.

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WRVTH w/ Ænimus:
May 06: White Oak Music – Van Nuys, CA
May 07: OMD – Las Vegas, NV
May 08: Roxy Theater – Denver, CO
w/ Ænimus, Shapist:
May 09: The Down Under – Omaha, NE
May 10: Bada Brew – Crest Hill, IL
May 12: The Metal Grill – Cudahy, WI
May 13: The Rittz – Warren, MI
May 14: Hoosier Dome – Indianapolis, IN
May 15: Black Sheep – Springfield, IL
May 16: Fubar – St. Louis, MO
May 17: The Conservatory – Oklahoma City, OK
w/ Ænimus, Memories In Broken Glass:
May 20: Boiler Room – Dallas, TX
May 21: Dirty Dog Bar – Austin, TX
May 22: Yayas – Abilene, TX
May 23: Dream Center – Las Cruces, NM
May 24: Pubrock – Scottsdale, AZ
May 25: Doll Hut – Anaheim, CA
May 26: The CYC – Fresno, CA

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