UK heavyweights Shrapnel have announced their forthcoming album In Gravity will be released via Candlelight Records on 31st May. To celebrate, the band have released a new single and video, ‘Amber Screams’. It’s a powerful track which looks at the harrowing issue of being stuck in a cycle of substance abuse. Watch the video for ‘Amber Screams’ here: Pre-order In …
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Indian metal veterans Demonic Resurrection have released a teaser video for their new album ‘The Demon King’ which released worldwide on Candlelight Records this July. The teaser indicates an exclusive premier of a possible music video on the Metal Hammer website on the 15th of October. Watch the teaser here: http://metalhammer.teamrock.com/news/2014-10-07/demonic-resurrection-unveil-cryptic-teaser Demonic Resurrection recently completed a UK tour …
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Irish hardcore death metal punks Coldwar unleash the first music video, ‘13th Moon’, taken from their fifth album ‘Pantheist’ which was released earlier this year via Candlelight Records. Watch ‘13th Moon’ Here Vocalist Trevor McLave offers insight into the story behind ‘13th Moon’… “For over Two Millennia Anno Domini, we …
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I had the pleasure of chatting to the guys from Demonic Resurrection at this year’s Les-Fest the day after they played their stunning set on Main Stage. We discuss the band, their new album ‘The Demon King’ that is due out on the 14th July via Candlelight Records, their current …
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Dublin’s Coldwar are a band who are not easy to like. But, that’s the point: they don’t want to be the sort of band that people ‘like’: they want to be reviled, repulsed, exorcised. They are confrontational and uncompromising. They are in your face. And they ram their (anti-)message down …
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Indian metal veterans Demonic Resurrection have revealed the artwork and track list for their 4th full-length album titled ‘The Demon King‘. The artwork has been done by Michal ‘Xaay’ Loranc who has worked with bands such as Behemoth, Vader, Nile and Necrophagist among others. Commented, Demonstealer “Working with Michal on …
Read More »Indian metal veterans Demonic Resurrection (pictured right) are to release their fourth album, ‘The Demon King’ in July. Released worldwide on Candlelight Records and on Universal Music in India, it will available from July 13 in India, July 14 in the UK and Europe and July 15 in the USA. “We have always played around …
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It’s good to get out of the country now and again, and so it was that I gladly accepted an invitation to forsake my normal Saturday routine of a late afternoon of premier local metal followed by an evening of avoiding the local smiks back in Belfast to head south of …
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Irish hardcore death metal punks Coldwar have unveiled the cover art (right) for their fifth album, ‘Pantheist’, which will be released via Candlelight Records on April 28th. Coldwar guitarist Paul Nash explained the concept behind the Sean Fitzpatrick-designed cover: “The artwork has a symbolic meaning to the subject matter throughout the …
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Trio Corr Mhona took to the stage first. Being less familiar with this band, I wasn’t sure what to expect and after seeing them play I’m still not 100% sure about what I think. They had some really great elements; like the incorporation of the Irish language into some songs …
Read More »Whitechapel are a fairly young band, forming in 2006. They are a death metal band, with four releases under their belt, from Knoxville, Tennessee. The band have returned with their newest offering, for Metal Blade Records: the re-release of The Somatic Defilement (their 2007 debut album), which has been re-mastered. Overall, the record …
Read More »When it comes to riff master opinion polls, they are usually dominated by stalwarts like Tony Iommi, Angus/Malcolm Young, James Hetfield etc. but worthy of inclusion is founder member/guitarist/vocalist Matt Pike from High On Fire, formed in Oakland,U.S.A in 1998. The Art Of Self Defense is their debut album, …
Read More »Norwegian based The Wretched End, formed in 2008 by ex Emperor/Zyklon member Samoth and ex Mindgrinder member Cosmo along with drummer Nils Fjellstrom have certainly released one of the most claustrophobic albums you may hear this year. It is their 2nd full length release after their 2010 debut Ominous. …
Read More »Start Select Music is proud to present Wodensthrone, A Forest Of Stars, Haar, Maelstrom with Very Special Guests to be confirmed. Friday 27th July at Stereo, Glasgow. Doors 7pm 18+ Tickets priced at just £8 Tickets available from Tickets-Scotland – http://tinyurl.com/cfht9xk Facebook Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/223517877750425/ About the bands Wodensthrone were formed …
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