As a long-time fan of Misery Signals, I am absolutely stoked for their newest album Absent Light. Using IndieGoGo to fund album creation – and all the fun perks that come with it such as a tour cycle and merchandise – the band doubled their campaign goal by raising $104,060 after everything was said and done. And just today Basick Records announced they would be exclusively helping the band distribute the album throughout both the UK and Europe.
The return of Gorguts is an exciting prospect for many, something that’s been on the hook for the last 12 years. After all, their album Obscura spawned a new breed of prog and tech death and even became the namesake for one of our favorite bands in death metal. Hint: It’s Obscura.
This is probably old news to those of you who supplement your Heavy Blog browsing with another site, but it’s better to be late than never mention something this cool at all. Earlier this week, Swedish melancholic rock group Katatonia launched a crowd-sourcing project to release a semi-acoustic and stripped-down version of Dead End Kings titled Dethroned and Uncrowned. Just three days later, the band have reached their goal and then some with 82 days to go. This release is definitely happening.
Most of today’s news has consisted of the word ‘stream’ somewhere, so forgive me for not being very creative with my vocabulary. All this new music is easy to get lost in, and really, if ‘stream’ is the best word to describe the act of listening to music online, then why bother trying to come up with something longer for the sake of avoiding redundancy. Besides, have you seen the name of this website? We thrive on redundancy.
Anyway, on point: Palms, the post-rock/metal supergroup featuring former Isis members fronted by Deftones‘ Chino Moreno, are releasing their self-titled debut album next Tuesday, June 25th through Ipecac Recordings. However, you can listen to the entirety of the album now through Spin! Go give it a listen.
- JR
I don’t always listen to thrash, but when I do, it’s usually Revocation. The group have built themselves from the ground-up as a unique act that never fell into the problems the re-thrash movement had. The group’s focus on originality and technical (and often progressive) songwriting has made them the face of a genre for a new set of ears, and rightfully so. We’re all pretty excited over the group’s upcoming self-titled album, and today we finally get a taste of what’s to come with their first single this album cycle, ‘The Hive.’
I’ve been late to the letlive. party despite many folks around me going nuts over them. Hardcore isn’t exactly the genre for me anyway save for crust bands, but I finally gave the group a chance with their latest single ‘Banshee (Ghost Fame)’ and was floored. Since then, I’ve heard the group described as progressive hardcore, which isn’t far off the mark. I sort of see them as a mix between Rage Against The Machine, Glassjaw, and Every Time I Die. Make of that what you will, but it truly rocks.
The Devil Wears Prada are a unique band in the sense that their evolution has actually welcomed in new fans as well as having old fans respond positively to the change in direction. The band has gotten better with every album, and their last offering Dead Throne kicked face. They release a teaser for their new album,which you can view below.
I’ve talked about Murder Made God before and rattled on about why I enjoy them so much, but sometimes praise is worth repeating — especially on the internet, where everyone hates everything. This Greek death metal unit take splatterings of Decapitated and Suffocation to create some of the grooviest and head-moving death metal you’ll hear this year and their latest video for ‘Throne Of Derision‘ produces the exact kind of horror-influenced visuals you would want to accompany it:
Sweden may be more famous for it’s hand in the more melodic side of death metal, but that hasn’t stopped Soreption exploring the more technical side of things. Back in 2010, this Sundsvall based act dropped a full length by the name of Deterioration Of Minds that acted as one of the hidden gems of that year, only really revealing itself to metal fans looking who plumbed the depths for something special. However, last Thursday the band returned and unveiled a teaser for their new album Engineering The Void which contains nearly 3 minutes of new music from the band, which you hear below:
Swedish black metallers Watain have announced further details regarding their upcoming album The Wild Hunt. The album artwork (above) has been made available, and adequately captures the sort of atmosphere one can expect from Watain. Dark, sinister, and somewhat busy. At first I didn’t understand the connection between the artwork and the album’s title, but the press release explains it all:
