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Nervecell Reissue Psychogenocide via Unique Leader

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Dubai death/thrashers Nervecell will reissue Psychogenocide via Unique Leader in early 2015. The album was produced and engineered by Rami H. Mustafa at Spellbind Studio in Dubai, with drums engineered by Joe Haley at Red Planet Studios in Australia, and mixed and mastered by Wojtek and Slawek Wieslawscy at Hertz Studios (Behemoth, Vader, Decapitated) I Bialystok, Poland.

Watch the video for “Shunq (To The Despaired…King Of Darkness)”, featuring Karl Sanders of Nile on guest vocals here..

The band have released new tour dates below.

NERVECELL Psychogenocide European Tour 2014 Part II:
Nov 15: Crash Of Demolition Festival – Dresden, DE
Nov 21: Met-Bar – Lenzburg, CH
Nov 22: Metal Infection XV – Karlsruhe, DE
Nov 24 :Backstage – Munich, DE
Nov 29: Jam Night Festival – Marchtrenk, AT

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New Music Premiere – Annihilated: Global Enslavement

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Los Angeles Death Metal emissaries Annihilated are preparing to drop their brutal début manifesto, XIII Steps To Ruination from Unique Leader Records on October 28th (next Tuesday). Featuring former members of Abysmal Dawn, Grotesque, Excretion, and Arkaik the band may be new, but has the pedigree of hardened musical killers. Ghost Cult is proud to partner with Earsplit PR to bring you this great new band!

Listen to ‘Global Enslavement’ now!

 

Official Press Release:

California-based extreme death metal perpetrators, Annihilated — who features within its ranks, current and former members of Abysmal Dawn, Grotesque, Excretion, and Arkaik — will spread their sonic sickness across the lands this Fall with the release of debut full-length, XIII Steps To Ruination.

Set for official unleashing via brutality powerhouse, Unique Leader Records, later this Fall, Annihilated’s XIII Steps To Ruination was produced by drummer Scott Fuller (Abysmal Dawn) and boasts eleven pounding, methodically-crafted tales of torment bedecked in hailstorm riff sequences, homicidal blasts, maniacal vocal onslaughts, and strategically composed percussive syncopation all fueled, conceptually, by political/corporate disgust and societal revulsion. As an added bonus, XIII Steps To Ruination features guest appearances by Sven De Caluwe (Aborted), Monte Pittman (Prong), Peter Truax (Vesterian, Eyes Of Fire) and Eric Stobel (Plaguereaper, P.O.R.).

Comments Fuller of Annihilated’s union with Unique Leader: “We are psyched to be a part of the Unique Leader family. With such a notable roster of brutal death metal bands and awesome releases, we feel right at home.”

XIII Steps To Ruination Track Listing:
1. Global Enslavement
2. Eyes In The Sky
3. This Fear I Speak Of
4. XIII Steps To Ruination
5. Eradication Profits
6. Divide Distract Deceive
7. For The Ignorant
8. Wastelands
9. Creations Of Man
10. Throne Of Eternity
11. Putrifacation

 

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Annihilated was forged in 2008 by guitarists Eric Matranga and Robert Fimbres shortly following the demise of Los Angeles’ Excretion. Intent on composing music with a purpose, Annihilated stands resolutely against the prevalent “sheep mentality” of society in favor of rational thought, questioning the motives of government and news media outlets though debilitating auditory domination.

XIII Steps To Ruination will see release via Unique Leader Records on October 28th, 2014 North America, October 31st,2014 in Europe and November 3rd, 2014 in the UK. Preorder your copy today at THIS LOCATION.

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Fallujah – The Flesh Prevails

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One of America’s best kept secrets, Fallujah have made quite the impression in their home nation during their relative infancy. The well-received full length The Harvest Wombs and last year’s Nomadic EP were fine slices of the band’s impressive mix of melodic progressive metal and blistering, ferocious death metal, whilst the UK saw a brief but well taken support slot on Suffocation’s European tour. Now finally the band are about to get some well-deserved attention European attention with latest release The Flesh Prevails (all via Unique Leader).

 

The initial brace of songs are archetype of what this band can do when at top gear. Opener ‘Starlit Path’ begins in a manner of ambience before slowly creeping forward with blast-beats, chugging guitars and then a guttural bark from Alex Hofmann. This slow build encapsulates this bands formidable streak and perfect marriage between the two contrasting styles in one cohesive mesh. Following tracks ‘Carved From Stone’ and ‘The Night Reveals’ have less of a growth, but still are prime examples of their prowess as masters of the time old cliché of melodic yet heavy.

 

Things begin to lose momentum in the latter half of the album, which takes its foot off the gas and feels less straight for the throat. Much of these latter tracks, such as ‘Allure’ and ‘Alone With You’, shed vocals almost completely and have less of a death metal focus, with hints of a video game soundtrack. These tracks feel all the more improvised and jammed out and prove good showcases for their talent, but lack in necessity.

 

What started off so promisingly with an initial barrage of force, sadly becomes fragmented and surplus, if not dull. Shed some of this and The Flesh Prevails would have made a great EP release, but instead brings with it a lot of baggage.

 

7.0/10.0

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Internal Bleeding To Release New Album This Fall

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New York death metal outfit Internal Bleeding is releasing their long-awaited full length Imperium this fall via Unique Leader Records. The record was produced by the band and Joe Cincotta at Full Force Studios (Suffocation, Dehumanized, Mortal Decay) in Ronkonkoma, New York and engineered by Cincotta and Derek Boyer, and artwork done by Mircea Gabriel Eftemie (Mnemic, Carcass, Cryptopsy, The Haunted, Nevermore). Imperium includes a three part trilogy features guest appearances by Suffocation’s Terrance Hobbs and Frank Mullen, and former Internal Bleeding frontman Frank Rini.

 

Comments guitarist Chris Pervelis, “We wanted to try to give fans of the band a little bit of insight into each song from both a musical and lyrical perspective. Even though we feel the album is very cohesive and we’re all on the same page musically, each member of the band has a different take on what is important and interesting about the album. It’s these different perspectives that combine to mxdake Imperiuma very complete and well-rounded recording.”

 

Internal Bleeding will be taking part on the Carnival of Death Tour with Suffocation, Kataklysm, Jungle Rot and Pyrexia starting October 3rd at Gramercy Theatre in New York, NY.

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Carnival Of Death Tour 2014 w/ Suffocation, Kataklysm, Jungle Rot, Pyrexia:
Oct 03: Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
Oct 04: The Webster – Hartford, CT
Oct 05: Bogie’s – Albany, NY
Oct 06: Oddbody’s Music Room – Dayton, OH
Oct 07: Reggie’s Rock Club – Chicago, IL
Oct 08: Altar Bar – Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 10: Empire – Springfield, VA
Oct 11: Tremont Music Hall – Charlotte, NC
Oct 12: The Orpheum – Tampa, FL
Oct 15 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
Oct 16: Dirty Dog – Austin, TX
Oct 17: Rail Club – Fort Worth, TX
Oct 18: Tricky Falls – El Paso, TX
Oct 19: Joe’s Grotto – Phoenix, AZ
Oct 20: Backstage Bar – Las Vegas, NV
Oct 21: The Whisky – West Hollywood, CA
Oct 22: DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA
Oct 23: Tonic Lounge – Portland, OR
Oct 24: Studio Seven – Seattle, WA
Oct 25: Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC
Oct 26: The Level – Kelowna, BC
Oct 27: Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB
Oct 28: Rock Bottom – Saskatoon, SK
Oct 29: The Zoo – Winnipeg, MB
Oct 31: Mine Mill Hall – Sudbury, ON
Nov 01: The Opera House – Toronto, ON
Nov 02: Paramount – Rouyn, QC
Nov 03: Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QC

 

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Fallujah – Nomadic EP

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fallujah-nomadic(ep)-20130318155918Most know Fallujah as a modern tech-death band. Some people like them. Some people don’t. I am decidedly ambivalent. ‘But Sean,’ you ask, peering at me from across a diner table while a waiter hands me some French toast because I have a munchie attack and you’re drinking free water like a fish because you’re poor and I won’t share, ‘What’s there not to like about Fallujah? They’re kinda like The Faceless, Born Of Osiris, and Animals As Leaders in one burrito of musical prowess that’s lilting, atmospheric and yet surprisingly heavy. You hatin’?’ Frankly, I’m still not sure what to think even though I have attempted to listen to their first full-length Harvest Wombs, and all I could say was ‘Well that was cool, but where’s the meat?’ I must ask Fallujah if they’re low-level chefs because they continue to feed me soup.

 

And as much as I like soup, I enjoy a substantial meal more. Fallujah have melodies that can stir the heart, but it’s trite and flashy in the end, intended to be so fanciful rather than convincing. Just because you can use big words, write atmospheric passages and layer on the sweetness like a killer ice cream cake, that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily fit for daily consumption, but just a once-in-a-while treat to remind you that it exists and is readily available for cheap. Fallujah just don’t impress me, and Nomadic (Unique Leader) is thus far not really changing my opinion. The fact that this is a three song EP and the second song is just a synth’n’sample pisstake that does nothing more than massage your ears isn’t becoming of their talent with actual instruments. It’s a good track for easy listening, but until they make an easy listening release, it’s just there taking up space on your computer for no reason.

It’s no more captivating than the better moments on their official debut Harvest Wombs, and I’m sad to say that their blackened deathcore EP Leper Colony sounds more groundbreaking by comparison to what they’re doing now. Hell, the fact that they managed to take frosty black metal blasting and integrate modern hardcore elements (read: breakdowns and circlepit parts) without making them too corny was a much more ballsy experiment than waxing cosmic/aethereal and hoping for the best. Too many bands of their type exist, and I’m drowning.

 

7.0/10

 

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Sean Pierre-Antoine