NEWS: Dream Theater NEW MERCH & The Jelly Jam Announce May 27th Album Release

Jelly Jam Announce May 27th Album Release The Jelly Jam will release their epic new album Profit on 27th May 2016 via Music Theories Recordings. The Jelly Jam feature DREAM THEATER's John Myung, WINGER's Rod Morgenstein, KING'S X's Ty Tabor and will return in 2016 with a new album and their first-ever world tour. Profit is a glorious and affecting cinematic experience, full of suspense; the record follows the heroic yet daunting journey of The Prophet who, inspired by a deep sense of responsibility, embarks on a mission to try and save the world, and to open the eyes of Those Who Will Not See. The Jelly Jam will support their latest album with full tour dates to be announced HERE. As guitarist Ty Tabor explains, "This album is without a doubt the most special moment the band has ever had together, and we must make touring real this year to support it." Profit is now available to pre-order from the MLG store. The 180 grams vinyl is limited to 2000 copies, and comes with a download card. Click on the image above to pre-order Profit from the MLG store.

New videos from Ulcer, In Twilight's Embrace and Vidian

Arachnophobia Records proudly presents new videos from Ulcer, In Twilight's Embrace and Vidian.

Pre-Order: http://sklep.arachnophobia.pl/

Three years after "Grant Us Death" Ulcer strikes again! Their third album will be released 25.05.2016 via Arachnophobia Records.

"Heading Below" is over 50 minutes tied in 9 songs of the highest quality old school death metal in the vein of Swedish classics.

Gut-ripping guitars, merciless drum assault and sepulchral vocals forged with spectacular catchiness and devastating sound make it one of the pretenders to the death metal album of the year.



'Legenda', the second album of Armia is in my opinion not only the most unique landmark of Polish music, but also one of those records which stick to you for a lifetime. Right from the moment I heard it as a teenager, I was totally blown away by the utter darkness these songs channeled and the unconquered spirit they possessed. The whole opus has this grim, dark and cold feeling which perfectly corresponds with the Polish reality of the early 90's with its fear and trembling. At the same time, there is a deep yearning for the worlds far beyond this place. In this respect, I find the band's founders Tomasz Budzyński and Robert Brylewski a perfect songwriting duo with the gift of creating new realms through sound. 'Opowieść zimowa' is perhaps one of their strongest songs – full of horror and weird kind of beauty at the same time. Covering it has been on my mind for years and I couldn't be more happy that we have finally done this. This is our homage not only to Armia, but to Polish music in general and the otherworldly power it was able to conjure back in the day.



Artist: Vidian
Track: A Piece of the End
Album: A Piece of the End MCD
Label: Arachnophobia Records
Year: 2016

NEWS: Gravitsapa new record is comming

Ukrainian Gravitsapa (post-sludge / minimal math / avantgarde /lo-fi) is going to release our 3-rd album 'Demo-2' on 14th May 2016 on CD & digital.

Gravitsapa is a Ukrainian band formed in 2005. The band recorded two mini-albums: self released Radio Free Albemuth in 2009, which was released in 2013 by HYSM? label under the name Free Radio Taxipod, and Vulgata also released by labels HYSM? and Skrot Up in 2013.
Listeners and critics praised Gravitsapa as the pioneers of the Ukrainian math-rock stage perfoming among the most brightful experimental sounds.

The band has taken its namе after the Soviet cult film Kin-Dza-Dza! depicting post-apocalyptic anti-Utopia. The major theme of Gravitsapa's work can be described in three words: mysticism, sci-fi and absurdness.

Loyalty to a one style is not an attitude to music for Gravitsapa. A one successful experiment performed in a track to be not repeated in the other seems to be the band's motto. Only eternal escape from the cliche, emission of otherworldly atmosphere and attempts to create music as a tool to enter a trance.

Throughout its history,Gravitsapa had completely changed the stuff for three times and pass a way from the alternative rock band  through experimental mathematical music to the style that is difficult to determine nowadays.


 Discography:
-Radio Free Taxipod - (2009, EP)
-Vulgata - (2013, EP)
-This One Will Go Fast (by Skrot Up) - (2013, Comp)
-Doing It Ourselves (by Tabula Rasa) - (2014, Comp)

HUMM - Sanctuary (2016)

Kraj: Włochy
Wydawca: Via Nocturna
Więcej informacji: http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Humm/3540382276

"Sanctuary" to drugi album interesującego, do niedawna jednoosobowego projektu, ze słonecznej Italii. Włączając Start, totalnie nie wiedziałem czego mam się spodziewać, bo chociaż materiały wytwórni wspominały coś o post-black metalu i psychodelicznym rocku, to już po chwili wiedziałem, że tak łatwo wcale nie będzie. Przez kolejne 54 minuty do moich uszu docierały dźwięki będące wypadkową połączenia kilku gatunków i stylów muzycznych. Nawet po kilku przesłuchaniach wciąż jestem zaskakiwany przez kolejne niuanse, których umknęły mi wcześniej. Otwierający instrumentalny "These Woods Are Make Believe" to hardrockowe rytmy, które w kolejnym kawałku przechodzą w stonerowe klimaty, zastąpione w pewnym momencie heavy metalową dynamiką. I tak już jest do końca tej płyty. Sludge koresponduje z post-rockiem, jazz i blues łączą się z heavy metalem, a do tego wszystkiego dołożone zostają black metalowe riffy i blasty. Oszczędnie gdzieś w tle zabrzmią klawisze. Oddzielny temat to dualistyczne wokale, czyli połączenie agresji, subtelności, jadu i delikatności. Podwójne wokalizy dominują zresztą na całym albumie, chociaż w tle pojawią się też w pewnym momencie szepty. Swoistym podsumowaniem płyty jest zamykający ją wielowątkowy "Bird of Pray". Wszystkie kompozycje zaaranżowane są z umiarem i dzięki temu nie czułem zmęczenia i przeładowania nietuzinkowymi dźwiękami, zaprezentowanymi na tym wydawnictwie. Intrygująca i nieszablonowa muzyka, z którą warto się zapoznać i dać się ponieść.

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