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The Mars Volta To Drop Noctourniquet This Spring

Filed Under: Audio, New music, Upcoming releases

Jan.19, 2012

The Mars Volta is not a name bandied around here often, but with the recent reformation of At The Drive-In, it only seemed right that we tell you that the brainchild of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala will be releasing their new album Noctourniquet on March 27th, probably on Warner Bros.

The tracklisting is as follows:

01. The Whip hand
02. Aegis
03. Dyslexicon
04. Empty Vessels Make The Loudest Sound
05. The Malkin Jewel
06. Lapochka
07. In Absentia
08. Imago
09. Molochwalker
10. Trinkets Of The Pale Moon
11. Vedamalady
12. Noctourniquet
13. Zed And Two Naughts

Noctourniquet will be the first Volta record to include drummer Deantoni Parks, who spent much of 2010 touring with Omar as part of his solo live band, and in fact was in the band for a short spell in late 2006.

Various live bootlegs of new TMV material have been appearing online for a little while now, and with this confirmation of details, the following (admittedly low quality) version of the title track gives us a little flavour of what it will be like:

One thing that I’ve always enjoyed about The Mars Volta over ATD-I is Cedric’s voice; he was chaotic and unbalanced with his former band, and although it absolutely worked, his craft has only improved with time. Tentatively looking forward to this one.

After the jump, ‘Molochwalker‘!

- CG

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Tags: At The Drive-In, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Deantoni Parks, Molochwalker, Noctourniquet, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, The Mars Volta

Christian Mistress Turn ‘Black To Gold‘

Filed Under: Audio, New music, Upcoming releases

Jan.19, 2012

I love Christian Mistress. Their album Agony & Opium was one of my favorites of 2010. They have since migrated labels from 20 Buck Spin to Relapse, and I’ve been looking forward to their Relapse debut for a while now. For those who are unfamiliar with Christian Mistress, think Iron Maiden, Thin Lizzy, and Black Sabbath having a threesome, and their strange offspring having a vocalist with two x chromosomes.

Now, they’ve since released a new track from their upcoming album Possession, which is entitled ‘Black to Gold‘, and it is awesome:

I absolutely love this track. Those riffs are just fantastic, full of chunky goodness, and Christine Davis’ vocals have never sounded better. And how bout that solo? I’m sold that this record will be amazing.

Possession is set to be released February 28th on Relapse Records. February 28th is going to be a huge, huge day for metal. We are not worthy.

- GR

Tags: Black Sabbath, Black To Gold, Christian Mistress, iron maiden, Possession, Relapse Records, Thin Lizzy

Spawn Of Possession Know ‘Where Angels Go Demons Follow‘

Filed Under: Audio, New music, Upcoming releases

Jan.19, 2012

It’s been six years and three member changes since Swedish five-piece Spawn of Possession released the opus that is Noctambulant, and it goes without saying that it’s one of the best tech death albums out there. The wait, however, is nearly over, as they have a follow-up to that coming out soon, titled Incurso.

In the build up, they’ve posted a new song called ‘Where Angels Go Demons Follow‘! You can stream it below.

It sounds very much like a better Noctambulant song, preserving the unique, crisp production on that album. It’s amazingly written, with the guitars interacting to form an intricate sound. If this is any indication, their new album will be incredible.

It’s understandable, as Spawn Of Possession features some tried and tested talent, including the wonderful Christian Muenzner of Obscura/ex-Necrophagist, ~~and Matthew Chalk (ex-Psycroptic, Mephistopheles)~~. If that isn’t an indication of the talent here, I don’t know what is.

Incurso will be out on March 13th via Relapse Records.

- NT

Tags: Incurso, Mephistopheles, Necrophagist, Noctambulant, Obscura, Psycroptic, Spawn Of Possession, Where Angels Go Demons Follow

Enfold Darkness Enters The ‘Lairs Of The Ascended Masters’

Filed Under: Audio, New music, Upcoming releases

Jan.17, 2012

Update: Guitarist Matt Brown informed us that ‘Lairs of the Ascended Masters‘ is just a single and not the name of the upcoming album, which is still TBA.

It’s been quite a while since Blackened Death Metal band Enfold Darkness released some new music. Their debut album Our Cursed Rapture came out in 2009 and since then the band has been plagued with lineup woes and hard times in general. Finally, the band has some new music for us to hear! You can stream the new track ‘Lairs of the Ascended Masters‘ over at Decibel.

The track is pretty awesome. If you aren’t familiar with the band, my friend Mitch once described them as “Cradle of Faceless”, which is a pretty fair assessment, I’d say. Excellent band that I wish we could see more of!

There’s nothing else known about their forthcoming sophomore album, but we’ll be sure to fill you in when details are announced.

- JR

Tags: Enfold Darkness, Sumerian Records

Stream The New Abigail Williams Record Becoming On Hails & Horns

Filed Under: Audio, New music, Upcoming releases

Jan.17, 2012

Before I heard their third full-length album Becoming, I didn’t consider myself a fan of LA-based black metal band Abigail Williams. If you haven’t kept up with the band simply because of some stupid notion that they were a metalcore band, then think again. They’ve evolved into a full-fledged atmospheric black metal band and would fall comfortable on the ears of fans of Agalloch and Wolves in the Throne Room. This record is their best work yet for sure, and you can stream it over at Hails & Horns.

I’ve been working on a review of the record for a while now, as it’s taking some time to gather my thoughts on it because black metal isn’t really my forte, but you can expect that later this week. Becoming is due out January 24th on Candlelight Records.

And if there’s any chance someone in the band or Candlelight reads this; release Becoming on vinyl. I’d buy it in a heartbeat and having this gorgeous album art in a larger physical size would be awesome.

- JR

Tags: Abigail Williams, Agalloch, Wolves in the Throne Room

Cannibal Corpse Release Their ‘Demented Aggression‘, Announce New Album Torture

Filed Under: Audio, New music, Upcoming releases

Jan.17, 2012

Cannibal Corpse have finally given us a peek into the new album Torture, set to be released March 13th through Metal Blade, with a new track ‘Demented Aggression‘ and well… it’s Cannibal Corpse isn’t it? The biggest selling death metal band in the US and the second biggest in the world. Their name is synonymous with death metal, owning a back catalog that stretches all the way back to 1990 through eleven full length albums and I’m sure by now every metalhead is at least familiar with their name, if not the sound.

Cannibal Corpse do pure unadulterated death metal with no gimmicks and it hasn’t really changed much in the last 20 years. Steering clear of the blastbeat fetish that most other bands seem to have, they simply keep up the tempo through proficient and cutting riffs and the rapid quickfire growl of George Fisher, all backed up by a naturally killer production from Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal). There’s a smattering of technicality about it that they previously capatalised on in recent full lengths Evisceration Plague and Kill but nothing too overpowering and ‘Demented Aggression‘ is simply another chapter in the book of Cannibal Corpse that will keep long time fans happy but won’t convert any non-believers.

And I wouldn’t have it any other way.

After the jump, check out the track list for Torment.

- DL

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Tags: Cannibal Corpse, Demented Aggression, Evisceration Plague, George Fisher, Kill, Metal Blade Records, Metal Hammer

The Algorithm Releases New Single EP ‘Tr0jans’

Filed Under: Audio, New music

Jan.16, 2012

Latest Basick Records signee in Rémi Gallego’s experimental metal/electronic project The Algorithm has released the first bit of music under the label in the form of the Tr0jans EP. You can stream this odd-ball below.

Tr0jans is the precursor to The Algorithm’s debut full length album, which is expected to be released later this year on Basick Records.

- JR

Tags: Basick Records, The Algorithm, Tr0jans

The Omega Experiment Announce Debut Album

Filed Under: Audio, General News, Upcoming releases

Jan.16, 2012

The Omega Experiment released one of the coolest EPs last year with Karma. The only reason it didn’t make my top 20 list beyond the honorable mention is because of its short length and because I was holding out for the full album release, which was finally announced this weekend.

The Omega Experiment was produced by frontman/guitarist Dan Weiten and mastered by Tesseract‘s Acle Kahney, with the above glorious album artwork from Igor Omodei of Uneven Structure. The album will be available on Bandcamp and iTunes Valentine’s Day, February 14th. It’s going to be awesome.

Below, you can check out a teaser of what you can expect to hear of the new record. You can also pick up Karma for free at Bandcamp.

- JR

Tags: Acle Kahney, Dan Weiten, Igor Omodei, Karma, TesseracT, The Omega Experiment, Uneven Structure

PREMIERE: Listen to Issachar’s ‘Storm’

Filed Under: Audio, Downloads, New music, Upcoming releases

Jan.13, 2012

You may remember a writer we had that went by the name “Uncle Muscles.” That was Paul Meisner, guitarist of the Asheville, NC based progressive metalcore band Issachar. Inspired by bands like Between the Buried and Me, The Contortionist, and If These Trees Could Talk, Issachar’s upcoming EP The Tide (which will be available February 7th) is a journey that combines metalcore and post-rock passages with a faith-based concept.

Below, you can stream a song from The Tide titled ‘Storm.’

Be sure to keep up with Issachar on Facebook. The Tide will be available for free download February 7th!

- JR

Tags: Between The Buried and Me, If These Trees Could Talk, Issachar, The Contortionist

Sleep Terror Have ‘Dual Proprioception’

Filed Under: Audio, New music

Jan.13, 2012

My favorite oriental-influenced 8 string instrumental one man shred tech death project Sleep Terror have released a new track! It’s called ‘Dual Proprioception‘, and it’s very funky! I love the oriental part in the middle. Classic Sleep Terror. You can listen to the song in the player below, and you can also check the band’s (more like Luke Jaeger’s, because he’s the only man behind Sleep Terror) bandcamp for more songs.

- NT

Tags: Sleep Terror