Legendary Czech death metal legion MASTER have completed work on their eleventh studio offering. Entitled The New Elite, the 11-track work of deviance was again recorded at Shaark Studios and features cover art by German graphic designer Mark Bridgeman, viewable at THIS LOCATION.
Commented MASTER founding bassist/vocalist Paul Speckmann: “The New Elite deals with the problems we face in society at this current time. The rich are getting richer and the poor are starving on the streets all around the world while men battle each other for world dominance! Governments are grabbing the world by the balls and dictating the new rules of the soon-to-be New Elite, while the youth of today just sit down and take it. I really wonder if and when the youth of today will take a stand against these crazy fucked-up, ruthless world leaders. The time has come to stand up and be counted!”
The New Elite Track Listing:
1. The New Elite
2. Rise Up And Fight
3. Remove The Knife
4. Smile As You’re Told
5. Redirect The Evil
6. Out Of Control
7. As Two Worlds Collide
8. New Reforms
9. Guide Yourself
10. Souls To Dissuade
11. Twist Of Fate
The The New Elite will be released via Pulverised Records.
MASTER: Paul Speckmann – Vocals, Bass
Alex Nejezchleba – Guitars
Zdenek Pradlovsky – Drums
Black As Death, the new album from Belgian neo-classical power metal masters IRON MASK, will be released stateside this February 14th, following its European release in December.
What started as a side project for Magic Kingdom guitar master Dushan Petrossi a decade ago, has taken on a life of its own, IRON MASK eventually becoming the more popular of the two outfits.
Following the release of 2009’s Shadow of the Red Baron, the blistering Black As Death is IRON MASK’s fourth LP in a decade. Boasting over an hour of the band’s renowned talent through a diverse array of lightning-fast metal, glorious ballads, dizzying neo-classical arrangements and straightforward hard rock thunder. Dushan Petrossi and his band merge exceptional musical prowess with epic accessibility, making Black As Death a must-hear for fans of Firewind, Dio, Iron Maiden, Yngwie Malmsteen and Rainbow.
Black As Death Track Listing:
1. From Light Into The Dark
2. Black As Death
3. Broken Hero
4. Feel The Fire
5. Genghis Khan
6. God Punishes, I Kill
7. Rebel Kid
8. Blizzard Of Doom
9. The Absence
10. Magic Sky Requiem
11. Nosferatu
12. When All Braves Fall
IRON MASK lineup:
vocals – Mark Boals (Holy Force, The Codex, ex-Royal Hunt, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, etc.)
vocals – Roma Siadletski (Magic Kingdom)
guitars – Dushan Petrossi (Magic Kingdom)
bass – Vassili Moltchanov (Magic Kingdom)
drums – Ramy Ali (Evidence One, Justice)
keyboards – Mats Olausson (ex-Ark, ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen, etc.)
SUNN O))) are pleased to announce a set of shows culminating with a concert at the legendary Hellfest Festival in France June 2012.
On stage will be: TOS Nieuwenhuizen (Moog), Attila Csihar (vox), Greg Anderson (Les Paul), Stephen O’Malley (Travis Bean). 6 Sunn stacks, 6 Ampeg stacks, Randall Dunn at the desk. O)))
SUNN O))) Europe June 2012:
6/10/2012 TBA – UK
6/11/2012 The Ritz – Manchester, UK
6/12/2012 Koko – London, UK w/ Nurse With Wound
6/14/2012 Milkweg – Amsterdam, NL w/ Aluk Todolo
6/15/2012 Fort8 BE – Hoboken, BE w/ Aluk Todolo
6/16/2012 Gâité Lyrique – Paris, FR
6/17/2012 Hellfest – Clisson, FR w/ King Diamond, Black Sabbath
Kings of death metal CANNIBAL CORPSE will brutalize North America this Summer with headlining spot on the upcoming Summer Slaughter Festival 2012!
While the festival’s full schedule and routing are still to be announced, the band is honored to be confirmed for the main slot of the illustrious trek. Stated bassist Alex Webster: “We are very proud to be a part of this year’s Summer Slaughter, the biggest and best extreme metal festival tour in North America. All fans of the heaviest forms of metal will find something for them on the bill. It’s going to be brutal… see you in the pit!”
CANNIBAL CORPSE will unearth their twelfth slab of audio devastation to North American fans on March 13, 2012viaMetal Blade Records. Listed among Decibel Magazine’s “Top 25 Most Anticipated Extreme Records Of 2012,” the aptly titled Torture was again produced by Hate Eternal’s Erik Rutan at his own Mana Recording Studio in St. Petersburg, Florida as well as Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas, and features the cover art by longtime CANNIBAL CORPSE artist, Vincent Locke.
Listen to the pulverizing “Demented Aggression,” the first single to be released from Torture, and check out preorder packages for the album at the band’s OFFICIAL LANDING PAGE.
“Torture is right up there with CANNIBAL’s best…This is pure death metal mastery from one of the best bands the genre has ever produced…any death metal fanatic will be left sated and satisfied.” — 5/6 Zero Tolerance Magazine
“Magnificent, in a thoroughly nasty way” — Joel McIver, Record Collector
Welcome COP PROBLEM, an energetic act born within the politically-motivated bustling underbelly of Philadelphia’s punk/hardcore scene, and ready to bust loose onto the rest of the planet with their debut EP.
With a high-energy D-beat-infused punk rock delivery littered with rampant blasting hardcore/crust rage, COP PROBLEM have raided Philly live venues on DIY gigs as well as supporting national acts including Converge, Trap Them, Dropdead, Coke Bust, Resistant Culture, Leftover Crack and countless more since their mid-2010 inception.
COP PROBLEMhave just confirmed the completion of their self-titled debut 7″, now set for split release between Prejudice Me Records in Europe and War Torn Records for North America. The riotous three-song EP was recorded by Will Yip (Blacklisted, Converge, Paint It Black, Lauryn Hill) at Studio 4, and showcases the bands versatile, swift and devastating delivery. The cover art for the EP was commissioned to world-renowned artist/tattoo artist Jason Angst.
The opening track from the EP, “Monuments,” has been delivered to the masses via a stream now live over at Crustcake, RIGHT HERE.
Cop Problem 7″ Track Listing:
1. Monuments
2. Along For The Ride
3. Blinded By Power
Preceding the release of the EP, COP PROBLEMwill storm the tri-state on a three-show live attack supporting hometown friendsMediaskare/Deathwish artists Reign Supreme, followed by a COP PROBLEM headlining show at Manhattan’s ABC No Rio this February.
COP PROBLEM Tour Dates:
2/10/2012 Skid Row Garage – York, PA w/ Reign Supreme, Agitator, Distances [flyer]
2/11/2012 Charm City Art Space – Baltimore, MD [flyer]
2/12/2012 Broadway Bar – Amityville, NY w/ Reign Supreme, Agitator, more [flyer]
2/18/2012 ABC No Rio – New York, NY w/ (A)T.R.U.T.H., Cojoba, Devastation Wagon [flyer]
COP PROBLEM is:
Deborah Cohen – vocals
Joshua Cohen – drums
Randon Martin – guitar
Donny Mutt – bass
Warsaw, Poland’s revolutionary grind/metal assassins ANTIGAMA announce their return to Selfmadegod Records!
Following two full-length releases via Relapse Records over recent years, ANTIGAMA have re-signed with their longtime friends at Selfmadegod and are currently locked away in Warsaw’s Progresja Studio with sound engineer Pawel “Janos” Grabowski. The band are in the process of recording several brand new tracks for two different upcoming releases — a 3-way split with Noisear (USA, Relapse) and The Kill (Australia), as well as a MCD tentatively entitled Stop The Chaos. The session started on February 1st 2012, and final mixes and mastering duties will be completed by none other than the band’s long time friend and famous Polish music producer Szymon Czech (Nyia, Third Degree).
Both releases are due this Spring via Selfmadegod Records, and plan on recording a new full-length for the label later in the year as well.
ANTIGAMA has gone through several lineup changes over recent years. Founding guitarist Sebastian Rokicki remains as always, joined once again by the band’s original vocalist Lukasz Myszkowski. The lineup also includes new bassist Michal Zawadzki as well as new drummer Pawel Jaroszewicz (Lost Soul, Christ Agony, ex-Vader).
Stay tuned for studio reports, confirmed street dates and other details on all things ANTIGAMA in the coming weeks and through the rest of 2012.
Following the release of their third LP, The Apologist, New Jersey-based quintet EAST OF THE WALL have just confirmed a month-long tour of the country this March and into April.
Having already endured a rigorous self-booked trek of America in the Fall months, this second wave of touring in support of The Apologist will see EAST OF THE WALL laying down their oppressively technical wall of progressive metal dissonance alongside Black Tusk for the entire trek. Performances with Prong, Skeletonwitch, Royal Thunder, Intronaut, Gaza and more killer acts fuel the tour as well. A full list of confirmed dates is listed below, with more to be confirmed and added in the days ahead.
Following years of booking their own shows and tours, EAST OF THE WALL have recently partnered with The Pantheon Agency, and through this new alliance the band plan on dominating stages for the rest of 2012.
Recorded by Andrew Schneider at Translator Audio in Brooklyn (Cave In, Pelican, Keelhaul, Unsane, Rosetta),The Apologist undoubtedly portrays the most challenging and groundbreaking EAST OF THE WALL tunes yet, with incredible response from magazines, local newspapers, blogs and through diehard metal and progressive fanbases across the globe still coming in. Released in late October, the CD/digital release of the album was handled by Translation Loss and the 2xLP via Antithetic Records.
Stream The Apologist in its entirety courtesy of BrooklynVegan HERE.
EAST OF THE WALL Confirmed Tour Dates:
3/09/2012 Ultra Lounge – Chicago, IL w/ Black Tusk, Royal Thunder
3/10/2012 I Rock – Detroit, MI w/ Black Tusk, Royal Thunder
3/11/2012 Camelot Arena – Portage, IN w/ Black Tusk, Royal Thunder
3/12/2012 Fubar – St. Louis, MO w/ Black Tusk, Royal Thunder
3/13/2012 Stone Pony – Fayetteville, AR w/ Black Tusk, Royal Thunder
3/17/2012 The Rock – Tucson, AZ w/ Black Tusk, Intronaut
3/19/2012 The Whiskey – West Hollywood, CA w/ Black Tusk, Intronaut
3/23/2012 LVCS – Las Vegas, NV w/ Prong, Black Tusk
3/25/2012 Starline – Fresno, CA w/ Prong, Black Tusk
3/26/2012 Slidebar – Fullerton, CA w/ Prong, Black Tusk, Polarization
3/27/2012 Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco, CA w/ Black Tusk
3/28/2012 Rotture – Portland, OR w/ Black Tusk
3/29/2012 Hell’s Kitchen – Tacoma, WA w/ Black Tusk
3/30/2012 Highline – Seattle, WA w/ Black Tusk
3/31/2012 The Venue – Boise, ID w/ Skeletonwitch, Black Tusk
4/01/2012 Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT w/ Black Tusk, Gaza
4/02/2012 Moe’s – Englewood, CO w/ Black Tusk
4/03/2012 Riot Room – Kansas City, MO w/ Black Tusk
4/04/2012 Downtown Music Hall – Little Rock, AR
“Imagine the metallic flourishes of the math-rock band Don Caballero lasting much longer, the bombastic gruff of Botch injected with melody, and some super-tight, jazz-inspired guitar work.” – NPR
“…an exemplary bit of complexity dominated by hardcore roars (sometimes ganged) and the all-but inevitable hammerfall–instrumental filligree encircles vocal harmonies like a network of fast-growing sentient vines.” – Decibel
“…one of those albums you have to hear to believe. 10/10″ – American Aftermath
“… the same wonky, jazzy, proggy via post-hardcore East of the Wall-isms… but done in new ways, evolved to the next level, more ambitious.” – MetalSucks
“It’s progressive metal in the truest sense of the word. This album is as raw and musically uncompromising as they come.” – Alternative Matter
Portland, Oregon punk metal miscreants TOXIC HOLOCAUST are pleased to announce an additional run of dates with New York street punks The Casualties. The tour will serve as an extension to an already bludgeoning stretch of shows alongside English Dogs, The Casualties and Havok, set to commence on February 10 in Baltimore.
TOXIC HOLOCAUST will be touring in support of the infinitely punishing Conjure And Command full-length released via Relapse Records last year. The record, which Revolver championed for its “nuclear reactive riffage and Repo Man punk attitude,” continues to earn critical accolades. Cvlt Nation noted: “TOXIC HOLOCAUST have given fans a record that they will be able to devour now and for fucking years to come,” and The Onion’s A.V. Club opined: “sweetly redolent of thrash, d-beat, and raw sewage, the album simmers with tar-thick riffage, staggering breakdowns, and a corroded dose of self-loathing,.” The Washington City Paper agreed saying: “…it’s refreshing to hear a thrash band that is so single-minded about its whirlwind riffs and pastor-baiting lyrics,” while Hails & Horns praised: “If The Exploited and Nuclear Assault had a kid, TOXIC HOLOCAUST would take it’s lunch money and toss it in the dumpster.”
Conjure And Command is out now internationally and available across several formats including a limited edition, deluxe CD and DVD set that includes a full TOXIC HOLOCAUST live show. The album is available for purchase through Relapse HERE and iTunes HERE. In addition, check out the iTunes bonus track from the record — a cover of Repulsion’s “Helga Lost Her Head” –- at the band’s OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE.
TOXIC HOLOCAUST w/ The Casualties
2/27/2012 The Clubhouse -Tempe, AZ
2/28/2012 Badlands Billiards – El Paso, TX
2/29/2012 The Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM
3/01/2012 Trees – Dallas, TX
3/02 /2012 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
3/03/2012 Red 7 – Austin, TX
3/04/2012 Walter’s – Houston, TX
3/05/2012 Siberia – New Orleans
3/07/2012 Brass Mug – Tampa FL
3/08/2012 Churchill’s Pub – Miami, FL
3/09/2012 The Phoenix – Jacksonville, FL
3/10/2012 Drunken Unicorn – Atlanta, GA
3/11/2012 The Casbah – Tremont – Charlotte, NC
3/12/2012 Jewish Mother – Hilltop – Virginia Beach, VA
3/13/2012 Strange Matter – Richmond, VA
3/14/2012 The Rexx Theatre – Pittsburgh, PA
3/15/2012 The Barbary – Philadelphia, PA
3/16/2012 Planet Trogg – Whitehall, PA
3/17/2012 Montage Music Hall – Syracuse, NY
3/18/2012 The El And Gee – New London, CT
Details on some of the year’s filthiest, scathing sludge metal comes to light today, as LORD MANTIS prepare to unleash their second full-length album onto the human race in the weeks ahead. Candlelight Records now confirms that March 13th is the day that Pervertor shall crawl forth from the blackest corners of civilization and assert the name LORD MANTIS as the fresh scourge mankind should fear.
Chicago-based LORD MANTIS is comprised of bassist/vocalist Charlie Fell (Nachtmystium, Von, Von Venien), drummer Bill Bumgardner (Indian), and guitarists Andrew Markuszewski (Avichi, Nachtmystium, Von, Von Venien) and Greg Gomer. Undoubtedly one of the most vile releases of 2012, Pervertor is the follow-up to the horde’s 2009-released Seventh Rule Recordings debut, Spawning The Nephilim, the new LP exemplifying their pungent, hateful surge more than ever. Pervertor was put to tape with Sanford Parker (Nachtmystium, Pelican, Indian), liberating the organic filth of the hymns with maximum destroying power.
Today the public can hear “At the Mouth,” the fist track to be released from Pervertor via NPR’s All Things Considered blog, who notes that the song “comes from several places at once: Swarming blast beats invade a Neurosis-style galloping rhythm section, a perverted sense of melody reigns in the metallic chaos of early Today Is the Day and, at 1:27, those raspy screams give new meaning to ’sick vocals.’”
