Raw – Rabbits / Årabrot: Split 7″

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Rabbits / Årabrot: Split 7 Inch

Portland’s Rabbits and Norway’s Årabrot have come together to present two new cuts of Sludge, Punk, and Hardcore noise with a new seven inch vinyl through Eolian Empire (Fysisk Format in Europe). It’s just one song a piece, but with the latter of the two winning Spellemannprisen’s Best Metal Record with Solar Anus in 2011, you can’t help but be intrigued. One quick spin will show that both are solid contenders for the style they perform.

Evile Stream “Head of the Demon”

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Evile: Skull

British thrashers EVILE will release their new album, Skull, on May 27th in Europe via Earache Records and on June 11th in the USA via Century Media/Earache Records! This highly anticipated follow-up to 2011′s Five Serpent’s Teeth was once again recorded with producer Russ Russell (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR) at Parlour Studios in Kettering, England. The artwork for the album was painted by artist Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, SODOM, HATEBREED).

Coffins Issue “The Vacant Pale Vessel” Lyric Video, Tour Dates

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Coffins: The Fleshlands

The first whiff of The Fleshland, the fourth LP from Tokyo-based graverobbers, COFFINS, is permeating the air today, as the label has exhumed the first single from the album. Constructed for the massive more than six-and-a-half minute “The Vacant Pale Vessel,” the lyric video animates the gorestrewn cover illustration of The Fleshland as executed by the gruesome hands of Chris Moyen (Morbosidad, Black Witchery, Incantation, Blasphemy, etc.), as he has so morbidly done with all of COFFINS previous albums as well.

Melechesh Announce Headlining North America Tour

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Melechesh: Mystics of the Pillar II

Mesopotamian thrashing black metal pioneers MELECHESH will be returning to North America this June for a headlining tour in support of their fifth studio album The Epigenesis. Support will come from Norway’s Vreid and two bands from Los Angeles: Lightning Swords Of Death & Reign Of Lies.

Children of Bodom: Halo of Blood

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One of the most anticipated releases within Metal today has to be the new Children of Bodom album, Halo of Blood. With the past few albums being hit or miss with their fanbase, their popularity has not yet diminished, nor has the hope they would return to their roots. With the recent release of “Halo of Blood” and “Transference” as streaming audio singles, many see glimmers of promise that this hope will be reached. But, does Halo of Blood deliver a solid effort on what the fans are expecting, or is this just another modern Children of Bodom album that will be dismissed by many?

Timothy Pope of The Amenta

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The Amenta
A few weeks ago I shot over some questions to the guys in the Industrial Death Metal group, The Amenta. I got them back recently, answered by the their Sampler/Programmer, Timothy Pope. We discuss the new album, his stance on being labeled Avant-Garde, and more.

A quick note…

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I am currently training new employees at work, which is limiting my time to work on this site. I’m not even getting paid extra for it… Either way, I’ll do what I can in my downtime this week, and also am setting up an interview with Dark Moor. Stay tuned.

Mouth of the Architect Premiere “How Will This End” Stream, Tour Dates

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Mouth of the Architect: Dawning

This year marks the ten-year anniversary of the undeniably spine-crushing band MOUTH OF THE ARCHITECT. While many have anticipated the apocalypse in 2012, MOTA has been accurately predicting and creating the soundtrack for such a disaster since 2003. There is perhaps no better way to celebrate such a milestone than by releasing a new face melting full-length record, and MOTA has never failed in that regard.