CHAOSTAR, the musical brainchild of SEPTICFLESH composer Christos Antoniou are currently premiering a live video featuring a track taken from their artistically ambitious and yet acclaimed full-length ‘Anomima’ (2013). The clip for the song “Sorrow Descending” is now exclusively streaming via the official media partners below.
NE OBLIVISCARIS are currently premiering a live video featuring a track taken from their highly acclaimed full-length ‘Citadel’ (2014). The pro-shot of “Curator” is streaming via the official media partners below, where you can also find new festival dates of the Australian metal visionaries.
BEYOND CREATION have announced to be joining this year’s annual Summer Slaughter tour in North America, which kicks of in Denver, CO on July 28th. The technical death metal innovators will play alongside ARCH ENEMY, BORN OF OSIRIS, VEIL OF MAYA, OBSCURA, CATTLE DECAPITATION, and more. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
ABBATH has announced the support acts for his first solo London show at The Forum in Kentish Town on Friday, September 18th. In an exclusive news item, Metal Hammer (UK) revealed that Ireland’s finest, PRIMORDIAL and bellicose doomsters CONAN from Liverpool, UK will open for the Norwegian legend and his new band.
KEN mode have kicked off their second string of European dates this year on May 25th at Taverne du Théâtre in La Louviere, Belgium and will continue to rage in support of their forthcoming sixth full-length ‘Success’ until a final show at the Raymond in Clermont-Ferrand, France on the 7th of June. (FR) A full list of shows including North America can be viewed below.
1349 are kicking off the second leg of the North American “Chaos Raids” tour in support of their latest album ‘Massive Cauldron of Chaos’ in Baltimore tomorrow, on May 30th. The Norwegian black metal fundamentalists will be joined by label mates NECROPHAGIA, and VATTNET VISKAR. See below for a complete list of shows.
SHINING have revealed the first video featuring a track taken from their acclaimed new full-length ‘IX – Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends’. The brutal imagery of “Vilja & Dröm” is following the Swedes’ tradition to hold an artistic mirror up to the face of humankind in order to throw its ugly reflection back onto itself: homo homini lupus est. The clip was directed by Martin Strandberg and is now exclusively streaming via the official media partners below.
HATE ETERNAL are now announcing the title and release date for their highly-anticipated new album. The death metal legends have named their sixth full-length ‘Infernus’ and its release date has been scheduled for the 24th of August 2015 (one day later in the US). They are also part of the Northern American Metal Alliance tour, which has already kicked off. A full list of confirmed dates can be viewed below.
Season of Mist are proud to announce the signing of BAPTISM. The Finnish elitist black metal underground veterans are aiming to release their first full-length on the label in 2016.
BENIGHTED are announcing that their long-time “drummer and brother” Kevin Foley will be unavailable to perform with the French brutal death shooting stars during summer 2015 due to the blasting progeny having an offer to join another big project that he can’t refuse. The band is searching for a full time replacement and reveals two drummers stepping in for the summer festivals.
Norwegian black metal tyrants 1349 and cult death metal pioneers NECROPHAGIA have announced special guests for different regions of the new North American “Chaos Raids” tour in support of their respective latest albums ‘Massive Cauldron of Chaos’ and ‘WhiteWorm Cathedral’. Please see below for a list of all support acts and confirmed tour dates.
FLOOR have released new live footage shot during their recent US tour at The Bottle Tree in Birmingham, Alabama. Filmed by regional television show We Have Signal, the revived stoner rock trio headed by TORCHE frontman Steve Brooks also features in an in-depth interview. The station’s stream can viewed here.
KEN mode are now streaming a fourth brand new song taken from their forthcoming sixth full-length ‘Success’, which has been scheduled for June 15th (June 16th in North America). The power trio from Winnipeg, Canada is exclusively premiering the track “Dead Actors” via Brooklyn Vegan and Invisible Oranges in the US and for the rest of the world through The Quietus. All forthcoming KEN mode live dates in Europe and North America are listed below.
SHAPE OF DESPAIR are currently premiering a brand new song taken from their forthcoming full-length ‘Monotony Fields’, which has been scheduled for release on June 15th (one day later in North America). The beautiful funeral doom gem “The Distant Dream of Life” is exclusively streaming via the official media partners below:
Fast-rising technical death metal force ARCHSPIRE have already embarked on their new North American tour in support of their acclaimed latest album, ‘The Lucid Collective’. The month long journey kicked off on May 8th in Clifton Park, NYC, and sees the band travel throughout the US and Canada before concluding on June 7th in Rochester, NY. ARCHSPIRE play alongside death metal stalwarts ABORTED, FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY, and DARK SERMON. A full list of remaining tour dates can be found below.
WORMED have entered Sadman Studios in Madrid. The Spanish masters of sci-fi death metal are recording their third full-length, which will be the band’s first album for Season of Mist.
KEN mode are unleashing a third new track taken from their forthcoming sixth full-length ‘Success’, due June 15th (and one day later in North America). The power trio from Winnipeg, Canada is exclusively premiering the song “‘Management Control” via SPIN as official media partner. All forthcoming KEN mode live dates in Europe and North America are listed below.
NILE drummer extraordinaire GEORGE KOLLIAS is presenting his forthcoming debut solo album ‘Invictus’ in full via the official media partners below. The album is now out in all territories and also available via the Season of Mist shop.
WEEDEATER are exclusively premiering their smoking hot full length ‘Goliathan’ in full via the official media partners below. The album is now out in all territories and also available via the Season of Mist shop.
ABBATH has announced his band’s first-ever North American performance. The Norwegian black metal icon recently signed to Season of Mist will perform on the main stage of this year’s Heavy Montreal Festival in Canada on August 8th. Further information about the festival, as well as ticketing information can be found at the official Heavy Montreal website.