Feast your ears on this fresh death metal gem dug up by pirates online somewhere. Obituary‘s new album Darkest Day is out there right now somewhere. Do a blog search to find it or something.
The album hits stores on June 30, 2009 through Candlelight Records.
Get a taste of the album with “Blood To Give” after the jump via a YouTube video.
- JR
I just got back from watching Drag Me To Hell and it scared me shitless. Go out and watch it.
But not before you listen to Obituary‘s new song called “List of Dead” over on their myspace page. It’s off of their new album Darkest Day, which comes out June 30th on Candlelight Records. It’s heavy and stuff.
PS: Here’s an e-card, which features samples of two more tracks from the album, “Blood to Give” and “Payback”.
- JR
Behemoth knows what happens when whores aren't put in their place.
01. Daimonos
02. Shemaforash
03. Ov Fire And The Void
04. Transmigrating Beyond Realms Ov Amenti
05. He Who Breeds Pestilence
06. The Seed Ov I
07. Alas, Lord Is Upon Me
08. Defiling Morality Ov Black God
09. Lucifer
This slab of blackened death will hit stores August 7th in Europe On Nuclear Blast and August 11 here in the States on Metal Blade.
- JR
Fleshgod Apocalypse are a technical death metal band, forged in Italy. They add a slight twist to their technicality though, an orchestral backing as the picture above suggests. Brutal up front violins and oboes and shit in the back. The band’s metal part lacks a lot in low end, but it’s still decent without breaking any grounds in that area. The orchestral backing isn’t anything special either, but it’s seen on almost every track. There isn’t much to say, since you’ve all heard this stuff before. If you have balls that is.
Three and a half screaming Italians, out of five.
-mw
Man, sometimes I think I write the best headlines ever.
Goatwhore‘s new single “Apocalyptic Havoc” has been posted online at this location.
The song comes off of their upcoming album Carving Out The Eyes Of God June 23rd on Metal Blade Records.
I don’t know much about Goatwhore, so I looked them up on Wikipedia. It says they play blackened death metal. This song sounds more along the lines of blackened thrash. Close enough though, right?
Tracklist:
01. Apocalyptic Havoc
02. The All-Destroying
03. Carving Out The Eyes Of God
04. Shadow Of A Rising Knife
05. Provoking The Ritual Of Death
06. In Legions, I Am Wars Of Wrath
07. Reckoning Of The Soul Made Godless
08. This Passing Into The Power Of Demons
09. Razor Flesh Devoured
10. To Mourn And Forever Wander Through Forgotten Doorways
Listen to more Goatwhore over at myspace.
- JR
Here’s your double dose of death and black metal news for today.
The song “Cataclysmic Purification” from upcoming album Blood Oath is now available for streaming at Suffocation’s myspace. Not exactly my cup of tea, as I’m into more technical and progressive death metal acts, but it’s still pretty good. If you’re into straight up death metal, this new song is a sure listen. Go see Suffocation this summer on the Summer Slaughter tour with co-headliners Necrophagist and a whole slew of other acts. The album comes out July 3rd in Europe and July 14th in North America.
Polish black metal veterans Behemoth have posted the artwork (below) for their upcoming album Evangelion, set for release August 17th on Nuclear Blast.The artwork itself is pretty epic. Apparently it depicts the Whore of Babylon. It’s supposed to represent rebellion against God. You know, typical black metal stuff. Keep a look out for these two albums.
Yep. It's a black metal album, alright.
- JR
Slaughterbox are a deathgrind/techdeath band hailing from Red Bluff, California. Their sound is indescribable. It has spastic, technical, sometimes dissonant and sometimes melodic and sometimes brutal guitars. Ranging from technical tapping and sweeping to crushing riffs, their drummer pounds away as he growls and squeals this band to obscurity. The strange, Patton esque schizophrenic vocals contribute to the already technical and spastic guitar work which is mind numbingly fast. They currently only have two small releases, a split with fellow band Killgasm titled “The Loss of Human Dignity” featuring two tracks:
1. Judas Kiss
2. The Loss of Human Dignity
and an ep titled “The Ubiquity of Subjugation” with just three tracks:
1. Fit For Human Consumption
2. The Head Table
3. The Ubiquity of Subjugation
The band are rising in ranks everyday, and are semi-working on new material as they tour to gain an audience. I want you to peep their stuff over at their myspace.
-mw
This is probably slightly old, but the offer still stands. Relapse Records is having a sale in honor of Maryland Deathfest 2009 online. All performing Relapse titles are 20% off. That includes Misery Index, Atheist, Brutal Truth, Pig Destroyer, Cephalic Carnage, and more.
All performing non-Relapse titles are 15% off. This includes bands such as General Surgery, Napalm Death, Cattle Decapitation, and Bolt Thrower.
If you actually buy music, you need to hit this offer up.
-JR
When listening to Born Of Osiris‘s first album The New Reign, I thought it was pretty good. In all honesty, I expected worse due to them being lumped in with the deathcore crowd. The long and repetitive breakdowns didn’t help either.
Well this past week, BoO have uploaded two new songs from their upcoming album A Higher Place, which is available July 7th. These two new songs are a definite step in the right direction for BoO. They’re more progressive, technical, and OH SWEET JESUS, NEITHER SONG HAS A BREAKDOWN.
The music has a wider range of influences, it seems. It’s a bit more melodic. I’d describe the music as similar to The Faceless and Arsis. What threw me through a loop is the outro to “Now Arise”, which is more or less rapping over a drum beat and synth. This isn’t actually a bad thing at all. It’s a very tasteful and to me, the most memorable part of the song.
“Exist” and “Now Arise” are streaming over on Born of Osiris’ myspace now. Give them a listen.
-JR
