NEWS: AD PATRES to tour UK in June

Kaotoxin is proud to announce the first ever UK tour by French Death Metal machine AD PATRES, supporting brutal Britts of ABHORRENT DECIMATION.

After having played HellFest and many other French festivals, Netherlands with Krisiun, a weekend tour with Morbid Angel in France and Belgium, played Germany’s DeathFeast and whatnot, it’s time for AD PATRES to bring their savage beatings to UK stages and who other to team with than ABHORRENT DECIMATION for a brutal package of high-class Death Metal the way it was meant to be!

NEWS: PAROXSIHZEM - ABYSS OF EXCRUCIATING VEXES CD

Hellthrasher Productions proudly presents a CD version of the new Paroxsihzem MLP, originally released in March on 12'' vinyl.

Following a punishing split CD with Adversarial, this mini-album sees the band moving towards a new, exciting direction with 25 minutes of the fastest, most violent and vicious material they have ever done. Recorded / mixed in August 2015 with mastering duties handled by Damian Herring (Horrendous), the EP comprises 5 new tracks (including an Arkhon Infaustus cover) and is the band’s first release to feature current drummer, Abyss (most well known as Adversarial’s bass player). The artwork and layout were made by Krag.

NEWS: DARK SARAH: "LITTLE MEN" MUSIC VIDEO RELEASED

Finnish cinematic metal band Dark Sarah (of ex Amberian Dawn singer Heidi Parviainen) will release a new album called "The Puzzle" later this year. The first music video for the song "Little Men" is just released.

Link to the music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BaxZpZp3d4



Musically "The Puzzle" album will continue the cinematic metal sound, but this time a bit heavier and faster, combining different music styles spiced up with black humor and mystical stories with creatures of the Underworld.

Story: In the end of the debut album called "Behind the Black Veil", released last year through Inner Wound Reordings, the Evil Tree had broken into pieces and Dark Sarah´s soul with it. She did not die, but was left in a loop between two worlds, between life and death. She was sent down to the River of Death to drift along the streams and she ended up on an island in the middle of a mighty ocean. She woke up on the shores of the misty island. It was a magical rocky island, the rocks were black and they sparkled like covered by millions of diamonds in the endless night. Sharp cliffs and huge statues painted the dark sky, the ocean was wild on its shores.Dark Sarah felt the air in her lungs - she was alive after all. She felt the strength coming back to her limbs, she got up and started to explore the island. She found a cave and went in. There she saw a light twinkling in the back of the cave and started to move towards it slowly. She looked through the small hole and was mesmerized.
And THIS is the place for the first music video called "Little Men". It is surely  something REALLY DIFFERENT and same time REALLY CRAZY!

Guests on the album: Manuela Kraller (ex Xandria) - Fate, JP Leppäluoto (Charon, Northern Kings) - Dragon and YET UNNAMED GUEST - Evil Siren Mairmaid

Crowdfunding: https://igg.me/at/darksarahthepuzzle/x/4282810
Official album trailer: https://youtu.be/GIDqKVvGEhM

NEWS: Scarleth - Double Memory (Official Lyric Video) premiere!

Ukrainian female-fronted melodic metal band Scarleth has just launched new lyric video!

Scarleth comments: Lyric video for one of the most aggressive and heavy songs of the new album is online now! It is “Double Memory” – futuristic world of altering memories and consciousness. Watch and enjoy.

Scarleth is remarkable and experienced Ukrainian metal band playing music on joint of modern heaviness and diverse melodism. For the time being the band has played several hundreds of live shows, released two full-length albums worldwide and took part in festivals where Sergey Mavrin, Cherniy Obelisk, Dark Lunacy and other famous bands performed. Band’s style is expanding constantly and represents mind-blowing mixture of many melodic genres - from power, folk, doom and gothic metal to modern/progressive metal. Band completely deserves to be called one of the most outstanding young musical representatives of its style.

STREAM: ANTYRA - Flammenflut

Six long years have passed since the metal hymn Eye Out Of Fire has closed the first EP of an Epic Metal Band from Leipzig called ANTYRA, founded in 2006. Since then the band had to face a lot of tough years. But now, in late autumn 2015, unstoppable like a flood of flames a new era rises: their album debut Pentachronist, a pretty sophisticated concept album recorded with a new line up, is at hand! It is a collection of exclusively written short stories, which were set to music. Each song (respectively story) is introduced by a prologue with partly massive choirs or audio drama effects to get the listener prepared for the coming plot. This matching with Antyrahabitual variety from fantastic elegy by way of pretty fat grooves up to ice cold brute makes Pentachronist live as on CD an
epic metal listening experience of a very special kind. ENJOY!

„Here one of those special vanguard labels should come knocking urgently,...” ( Rock Hard Germany 2/2016 (RH #345)) „And somehow I can't find the right words anyway!“ ( fatal-underground.de)

„…again a first-class musical performance…“ „I warmly recommend their shows to you.“ (Bloodchamber.de)

„… a new hope for the genre may grow here.“ (metal.de)

„All thumbs up to Saxony!!!!“ (metalunderground.at)

„… powerful music, played beyond of genres and borders…” (deadcenter666.com/antichrist)

„…a record that a lot of professional bands are not able to make…“ (metal1.info)

„An album you should listen to in a whole.“ (crossfire-metal.de)

NEWS: VAN HALST Supporting 'Because I Am A Girl' Benefit Concert - Toronto - May 28th Out Now! New Album 'World of Make Believe'

Photo Credit: Renee Robyn

Edmonton, AB's VAN HALST is proud to announce they will be performing at this year's 2nd annual 'Because I Am A Girl' benefit concert on May 28th in Toronto, ON at the Hard Rock Cafe. The benefit concert features all acts with female musicians in honour of of supporting and raising proceeds for Plan Canada’s 'Because I am a Girl' initiative, which helps to create a brighter future for girls in the developing world. For more info on Plan Canada, please visit the following link: http://plancanada.ca/because-i-am-a-girl

NEWS: Swiss Black Metal ENOID (Satanath Records) Streaming New Track 'Ode A La Haine' New Album 'Exilé Aux Confins Des Tourments' Out May 5th

Attacking with an onslaught of crushing hyper-speed with straight-ahead black metal brutality sure to impress and amaze die-hard fans of the best of the classic Norwegian scene. Swiss one man black metal band, ENOID is streaming their second single 'Ode A La Haine', which is one of eight tracks from the upcoming album 'Exilé Aux Confins Des Tourments' set for co-release via Satanath Records (Russia) and Black Plague Records (USA) on May 5, 2016. The album is ENOID's seventh release marking the 20th anniversary since establishing in 1996. All instruments and the mix of the album were done by Bornyhake (Borgne, Kawir, Manii, Triumfall, Pure...) along with cover art done by Maxime Taccardi.

'Ode A La Haine' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NisxxsC7MI


FREE download of 'Je T'Arracherai Les Cieux': https://satanath.bandcamp.com/album/sat146-enoid-exil-aux-confins-des-tourments-2016

1. Je t'arracherai les cieux (5:54)
2. Ces cicatrices dans mon âme (5:29)
3. Mangez ma chair, prenez ma douleur (4:31)
4. La croix de mon existence (3:46)
5. Nouveau cycle destructeur (4:07)
6. Sourire éternel sur mes lèvres (4:10)
7. La lumière disparaît (5:47)
8. Ode à la haine (8:48)

Length - 42:35

Line-up:

Bornyhake - all instruments and vocals


For more info, please visit: http://satanath.com/news/item/enoid.

STREAM: Saintorment - Well of Sins (2015)

Saintorment was born in Daugavpils in spring of 2013 as a child of love towards old school metal racket. The first live shows were played during the autumn of 2013.
Starting as a cover band playing tunes of Metallica, Kreator, Pantera, Exodus, the band soon recorded some demo tracks of their own material.

Romans (guitars and leader of the band) and Ed (drums) were the first members who started to play together. Without even a name for their band, they played then only in studio and were developing personal skills. Then they got in touch with Dan (bass), who gave a name to the new-formed collective, and continued to play together.
The band was constantly searching for a lead singer, but didn’t manage to found one, so Romans decided to take the microphone. Around the middle of 2014 they had already played a lot of gigs in Latvia and also in Lithuania. In the end of 2014, the band invited Max (an experienced musician, who played in such bands as Balaguri, Begotten, Asthma) as a second Rhythm/Lead guitar player.

During the summer of 2015 Romans recorded Saintorment’s first album entitled “Well of Sins”, which was released by the end of the year in December.

NEWS: Progresja Music Zone zaprasza w maju i czerwcu!

CRIMES OF PASSION (C.O.P. UK) - Kiss of an Angel EP (2015)

Kraj: UK
Wydawca: UDR GmbH
Oficjalna strona: http://www.copuk.com/

C.O.P. miałem okazję zobaczyć podczas ich wizyty wraz z Helloween i Rage w warszawskiej Progresji. Wcześniej nie miałem do czynienia z ich muzyką, a i sam występ nieszczególnie przykuł moją uwagę. Jednak pod koniec wieczoru najnowsza EP-ka Brytyjczyków wpadła mi w ręce i dzięki temu mam okazję lepiej zapoznać się z ich twórczością.

Płyta składa się z czterech utworów i trwa niecałe 19 minut. Dwa pierwsze kawałki to zupełnie nowe kompozycje, trzeci to singlowa wersja starszej kompozycji, a czwarty to nowa wersja starszego numer.

Pierwszy w kolejce jest tytułowy "Kiss of an Angel". Jest to typowa hard rockowa ballada skierowana do Anioła. Tak na marginesie teksty C.O.P. oscylują woków tematów związanych z chrześcijaństwem. Wracając do pocałunku anioła, to usłyszymy w nim akustyczne gitary, wspólne śpiewanie refrenu. W sumie nic specjalnego.

Drugi w kolejności utwór "My Blood" jest zdecydowanie mocniejszy i cięższy od swojego poprzednika. Również wokal ma bardziej agresywną barwę. Zgodnie z kanonem gatunku refreny odśpiewane chóralnie.

"Blown Away" to kolejna ballada jednak znacznie różniąca się na plus od jedynki. Oczywiście utrzymany jest standard, czyli akustyczne zwrotki i mocniejsze uderzenie w bridgach i refrenie oraz ponownie chóralne refreny, ale w tym kawałku są kurcze emocje i to mi się podoba.

Zamykający EP-kę "Blackend Heart" nagrany z udziałem Biffa Byforda, to zdecydowanie najmocniejszy i najmroczniejszy kawałek na tym wydawnictwie. Jest również najciekawszy pod względem aranżacyjnym, a jego zakończenie to konkretna petarda. Dla mnie najlepszy utwór na tym wydawnictwie.

Nie będę ściemniał, muzyka C.O.P. z butów mnie nie wyrwała, ale jest całkiem ok i fanom hardrocka powinna przypaść do gustu.

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