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Soulfly are offering a 48-hour free limited download of ‘World Scum‘, a track from their upcoming album Enslaved. It took us a bit longer to get this post up, so you’ve got about a day left to grab it. It has an awesome old school death metal vibe, probably their heaviest song ever. It also has Travis Ryan from Cattle Decapitation on vocals, which gives it the added level of sickness. Get it here, before it runs out! Be sure to check out Enslaved when it comes out on Roadrunner Records on March 13th. Not sure why you should be excited about this? Check out our previous post about the insane new lineup.

- NT

I’ve got to admit, I’m a pretty big Soulfly fan. I’ve especially enjoyed the Marc Rizzo albums (Prophecy, Dark Ages, Conquer, Omen), so when I heard that they have a new lineup, I was concerned. Thankfully, Marc is still on board (he and Max seem to be inseparable). The new members are Tony Campos of Static-X and Asesino fame, and David Kinkade from…Borknagar?! Twice in one day; what are the chances?

Admittedly, this is a pretty weird lineup, but listening to the background music on the announcement video below, which I can only assume is new material, it sounds awesome. They will be releasing a new album called Enslaved on the 13th or March via Roadrunner. I’m super pumped!

- NT

Cormorant – Dwellings

Cormorant

Dwellings

01. The First Man
02. Funambulist
03. Confusion of Tongues
04. Junta
05. The Purest Land
06. A Howling Dust
07. Unearthly Dreamings

[12/06/11]
[Self-released]

With winter approaching and the end of the year in sight, new releases are beginning to slow to crawl with only a few significant releases yet to see the light of day before the calender turns. This could be due to a number of reasons from holiday downtime to fewer available resources, but the infamously DIY Bay Area blackened progressive metal band Cormorant‘s late entry for the year will no doubt benefit them, as their sophomore album Dwellings will no doubt go down as the last great album of 2011.

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After their visa woes and having to drop off of the Enslaved/Alcest tour, Ghost promised to make it up to us. They’ve made good on their word and are now set to embark on an appropriate 13-date trek across North America starting mid-January 2012 with Blood Ceremony and Ancient VVisdom! Obviously, few dates means they’ll likely stick to larger markets and I won’t have the opportunity to see one of the most surreal live metal acts around, but I’m sure someone reading this is going to be pleasantly surprised that they’ll be able to attend. Here are the dates:

JAN 18 : NEW YORK, NY – Bowery Ballroom
JAN 19 : WASHINGTON D.C. – Rock ´N´Roll Hotel
JAN 20 : BOSTON, MA – Middle East Downstairs
JAN 21 : MONTREAL, QC – Corona Theatre
JAN 22 : TORONTO, ON – The Mod Club
JAN 24 : CHICAGO, IL – Bottom Lounge
JAN 25 : SAINT PAUL, MN – Station Four
JAN 27 : DENVER, CO – Marquis Theatre
JAN 28 : SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The Vertigo
JAN 30 : SEATTLE, WA – El Corazon
JAN 31 : PORTLAND, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
FEB 1 : SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Bottom Of The Hill
FEB 2 : LOS ANGELES, CA – The Roxy Theatre

Hopefully they can make it back again at some point next year with a more extensive touring schedule. This band looks too good to pass up on a live show!

- JR

Norway’s Shining are a peculiar band that took our hearts and ran with them last year when they released their album Blackjazz. It was easily an album that made a leap to my top 10 albums of 2010. If you’re not familiar with this group, imagine what it would sound like if Nine Inch Nails and Enslaved wrote a jazz record together. It’s absolutely nuts.

At the end of last year or so (I forget), the band recorded one of their live performances, which the band promised would be released as a live CD/DVD combo. I was excited, but eventually forgot about it. Recently, the band has made good on their promise and announced Blackjazz Live! They released the trailer above which highlights clips of the album’s tracklist. NEAT!

Here’s a rundown of the album’s production personnel:

Produced by Munkeby
Mixed by Sean Beavan (Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Slayer)
Mastered by Tom Baker (Marilyn Manson, David Lynch, Nine Inch Nails)
Graded by John Cryer (Muse)
Film directed by Anders Børresen

As you can tell, this DVD is going to be legit! Seriously, this looked so good that I immediately pre-ordered two copies—one for myself and… well… you’ll see!

Blackjazz Live is due out 11/11/11 on Prosthetic Records. Those of us in the States can pre-order it here for a measly $15.

- JR

I have absolutely no idea what made Scion (yes, the car company) want to include metal in their audio/visual department, but it has proved to be nothing but spectacular. They’ve worked with such metal artists as Magrudergrind, Wormrot, Enslaved, and most recently, legendary death metallists, Immolation. Immolation is my favorite death metal band of all time, and they have released a video from their EP, Providence, entitled, “Illumination”.

The video is pretty well shot, and shows the band doing what they do best: being a symbol of death metal itself.  The song is brutal and super heavy, and it’s just overall a fun experience.

Their new EP, Providence, is out now on Scion A/V, and is completely free.

Thanks, Scion.  You’re pretty fucking cool.

- GR

It’s a damn shame that it took Ghost being denied entry into the United States for me to know who Junius (their replacement on the Enslaved tour) were. How the hell did I not know who they were? Seriously, what little I’ve heard of them so far is fantastic. They’re a bit reminiscent of a doom-oriented amalgamation of Dredg, Deftones, and Fair To Midland. This is obviously pretty damn awesome.

Junius happen to have a new album coming out October 25th on Prosthetic Records called Reports From The Threshold Of Death, and I’m kind of excited for it. Guitar World premiered a new song from the record called “A Universe Without Stars. You can stream it at Guitar World or via the Soundcloud player below.

Keep up with Junius on Facebook, where you can stream more music.

- JR

Aaaaaaaand yet another awesome tour for you North American types this autumn, this time with seminal screamo outfit Circle Takes The Square.

CTTS have been quiet for quite some time now, but they’re set to release their new album Decompositions: Volume I sometime this November, and I’m pretty stoked on that shit.

There’s no set support, but most of the dates will feature several of City of Ships, Touché Amoré and Pianos Become The Teeth. A couple also feature Thou, who are rather excellent.

Here’s what we have at the moment:

10/22 Harrisonburg, VA – Secret show
10/23 Baltimore, MD – The Ottobar (feat. City Of Ships, Pala)
10/24 Philadelphia, PA – Pi Lam (feat. GholasGods and QueensFull of Hell)
10/25 Blacksburg, VA – 130 Jackson (feat. PygmylushRegents)
10/26 Greensboro, NC – Legitimate Business (feat. Pygmylush, Systems
10/27 Savannah, GA – TBA (feat. HowlerIndian Giver)
10/28 Gainesville, FL – The Fest 10
10/29 St. Petersburg, FL – Fubar (feat. Capsule, City of Ships)
10/31 Pembroke Pines, FL – The Talent Farm (feat. Touche Amore, Pianos Become The Teeth,City Of Ships)
11/01 Winter Park, FL – The Haven (feat. Touche Amore, Pianos Become The Teeth, City Of Ships)
11/02 Birmingham, AL – The Firehouse (feat. Touche Amore, Pianos Become The Teeth, City Of Ships)
11/03 New Orleans, LA – Dragons Den (feat. Touche Amore, Pianos Become The Teeth, Thou)
11/05 Baton Rouge, LA – Manship Theatre (feat. True Widow, Thou, Leaving)
11/06 TBA – TBA
11/07 Atlanta, GA – TBA
11/08 Athens, GA – TBA

More details to come on those last few shows, and we’ll try and get those to you when they come our way.

There’s are also tentative details coming through about shows from The Chariot with VannaThe Crimson ArmadaFormer Thieves and Listener (whose frontman Dan Smith is the guy who does the intense spoken-word section on David De La Hoz). More details on that too when they are announced.

So fall’s looking pretty good for you guys as far as tours go. I’m not sure what the national coverage is like, but between the Between the Buried and Me/Animals As Leaders/TesseracT, Devin Townsend Project/The Ocean, Mastodon/Dillinger, Decapitated/Decrepit Birth/Fleshgod ApocalypseEnslaved/Alcest, Kvelertak/Skeletonwitch, The Black Dahlia Murder/All Shall PerishAna Kefr and The Bled runs, you’re bound to be able to see something cool (unless you live in the arse-end of nowhere, eh JR?). Just look at that list. Phew!

- CG

No, not really. While being all reactionary and sensationalist about things is good fun, there were some last minute visa complications which kept Ghost out of the US and subsequently off of the upcoming Enslaved tour with Alcest. Here’s the official statement made via Facebook:

Everybody,

Due to some last minute complications with our visas, we have been forced to cancel our North American tour.

We are sorry towards the other bands on the tour, Enslaved and Alcest.

And we are most of all tremendously sorry towards all of our fans.

This is truly beyond our control and we are making everything within our (His) powers to be able to come back to the US as soon as possible and perform for all of you.

Our most malicious of wishes

/A Nameless Ghoul

Sorry fellow Americans; we’ll have to frolic in Satanic praise another time. They promise to come back as soon as possible, which would certainly be swell. Hopefully they can take care of all the visa issues before it’s too late next time. Seriously, the USA’s working visa policy needs to be more lenient when it comes to internationally touring acts. But what can you do, huh?!

- JR

Nevermind the name though, because it looks to be a pretty awesome tour nonetheless. Featuring support from Ghost and Alcest, the three-and-a-half week tour will hit stops in both the U.S. and Canadia for nineteen slices of Scandinavian bass-assery. Tour dates as follows:

09-23-11          Jaxx – Springfield, VA
09-24-11          Mr. Small’s Theatre – Pittsburgh, PA
09-25-11          Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
09-26-11          Middle East (Downstairs) – Boston, MA
09-28-11          Imperial de Quebec – Quebec City, QC   CANADA
09-29-11          Café Campus Montreal, QC  CANADA
09-30-11          Opera House – Toronto, ON   CANADA
10-01-11          Outland Live – Columbus, OH
10-02-11          The Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL
10-03-11          Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
10-05-11          West End Cultural Centre – Winnipeg, MB  CANADA
10-06-11          The Exchange – Regina, SK
10-07-11          The Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB  CANADA
10-08-11          Dickens Pub – Calgary, AB
10-10-11          Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, B.C.  CANADA
10-11-11          El Corazon – Seattle, WA
10-12-11          Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR
10-13-11          Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
10-14-11          The Troubadour – Hollywood, CA

Sound like your kind of thing? Of course it does. Unless it doesn’t, in which case MOVE ALONG, NOTHING TO SEE HERE.

- CG

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