.: a history [of violence]:.

-- Have you heard the new Gojira track?

2011-05-30T10:58:00.000+03:00

Taken from the new EP they'll be releasing to benefit Sea Shepherd Conservation Society comes a new track titled "Of Blood And Salt" featuring Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah) and Devin Townsend.

-- Dimmu Borgir's one night only performance with Orchestra & Choir

2011-05-30T10:51:00.000+03:00

We've been hearing about this "never-to-be-repeated" performance for quite some time. It finally took place in Oslo's Spektrum on Saturday May 28th. Here's a fully orchestrated live version of "Progenies of the Great Apocalypse" from that night. For more footage from the concert click here.

-- Finntroll's Nifelvind is coming!

2010-01-30T23:42:00.001+02:00

For more info about the new Finntroll release:
www.finntroll.net
www.myspace.com/officialfinntroll

-- Ladies & Gentlemen here comes The Kandidate!

2010-01-28T00:09:00.000+02:00

The Kandidate's Napalm Records debut "Until We Are Outnumbered" will be out soon. The band, fronted by ex-Hatesphere singer Jacob Bredahl, have just put online a video for the song Give Up All Hope. For more tunes and info about these rocking(and rolling for sure) death metallers click here.

5to1: 5 Q&A with Hungarian black metal perfectionists 'de profundis'

2010-01-26T10:07:00.012+02:00

Finally a brand new edition of 5 Q&A interview series.
[of violence] sincerely hopes you would enjoy this one. Hungarian duo is back in 'action' after their quite long hiatus.
By the mean time before you move on to read the rest, maybe you'd like to hear the tracks from the EP. www.myspace.com/deprofundishu

1 Let's start with the 7 year hiatus and getting back together. What were the reasons to give that kind of a break? And what you guys missed most in that period of time?

- The main reason was that I finished a long relationship and I wanted to change my life. I got a job opportunity in London, so I made the move and left Hungary. I was going to stay for a year, maximum, but at the end it turned out to be 7 long years. Meanwhile, Yzokras was focusing on his studies, got diplomas in Hungarian and German languages and literature.
Well, I think what we missed the most was the lost oppurtunity of creation, but on the other hand we got time for developing our style and the band became more sophisticated.
So, basicly after I came back we immediately started to work on de profundis, again. We were full of ideas, I managed to put together a small home studio, so there was nothing in the world at this time that could have stopped us.

2 Haunted By Ill Angels Only. That is the title of the demo EP which is the sole reason that we are doing this short interview. How would you define your sound, approach to the listeners out there who are willing to discover some fine raw and grim stuff ? And please do give us some info about how to purchase the EP.
- We define our sound as raw, melodic black metal. It means that we are willing to keep the rawness of early 90’s, mostly Norwegian black metal, but we are also try to create some tones that you can remember longer than half a minute. We don’t want to be the 1000th black metal group with no personality and hind the lack of creativity behind shitty, noisy sound. Within our influences we can mention early Ulver, Summoning and early Darkthrone, but it gives just the basic of our style, we hope that our music has its own personality and by using synths and choirs making it more exciting.

You can purchase our debut demo EP directly from us. You can find all the details soon on our myspace page: myspace.com/deprofundishu . It will be available from February, hence we had a bit of a delay in printing and stuff like that.

3 The involvement of synths and ambient bits makes one to think de profundis may also be counted in among the more progressive area of black metal. What are your thoughts about it? And this whole new breed of avant-garde bands emerging?
- Well, I wouldn’t say that de profundis is a progressive black metal band. In a sort of way we are quite regressive. I mean our main intention is to countinue black metal from where it lost its way somewhere in 1994. Somehow at that time most of the bands turned away from their origins and started to do something completely different. Personaly, we love albums like Nattens Madrigal, Transylvanian Hunger or Filosofem. And now we can connect the second part of your questions here. For me avant-garde black metal is Solefald or Arcturus. They were truly innovators. Of course, there are couple of good new bands out there, like Code, Vulture Industries or Ava Inferi, but I think they don’t even define themselves as black metal. I got to mention here that though we are musically connected with the early black metal scene, but our lyrics are personal, they got nothing to do with religion, satan or occultism.

4 What are the ups and downs, advantages and disadvantages of being a black metal band in Hungary? Tell us a bit about the scene and how a band with no intentions of composing commercial music survives in Hungarian territories?
- I guess it’s not much of a difference to be in a black metal band in Hungary or somewhere else in the world. With the digital revolution there are millions of bands out there promoting their music and looking for contract. It’s really hard to find the way to success. And under success I don’t mean financial success, but more like emotional success that people are actually listening to your music and appreciate it and they are willing to buy it to on CD enjoying the whole package with the cover and lyrics. Instead of this, they give you 5-10 seconds on myspace and if you are lucky, than your music will be downloaded in shitty quality, will be listened to couple of times and after that it will be forgotten. The whole situation is completely different than back in the 80’s or 90’s.

Anyway, the Hungarian black metal scene is as big as it’s possible. You can see the world tendency here, as well. Couple of good bands and lots of noisy, primitive bands playing black metal, just because it’s „easy” to play.

We have to mention Sear Bliss, which is the most famous Hungarian black metal band and they are managed to achieve international success, as well. Other good bands, not in order: Forest Silence, Dohmring, I Divine, Teurgia, etc.

5 What is next for de profundis? What are the plans for the year 2010 and beyond? No intentions of taking a new break i hope?
- As I mentioned before, the actual demo CD will be out in February, so we will promote our music by sending the CDs to record companies, magazines, radios, fanzines, webzines, etc. We are hoping to get a deal with a record company and than we can start recording our full-length debut album, which will contain 11 songs, including 3 ambient and 8 raw, melodic black metal songs.
We don’t plan any live shows, de profundis is working as a two-member studio project at the moment and I don’t think it will change in the near future. Regarding to your question, we don’t want to take a break now, finally de profundis is on its way to success. (Fingers crossed.)

-- Bonecrushing heaviness from Speedblow!

2010-01-24T23:02:00.001+02:00

Black souled metallers Speedblow are about the release their first full length album via Trailblazer Records. They've just uploaded two brand new tracks, Blood of The Innocent and Silence Is Breaking at their Myspace page. By the way the breathtaking cover artwork for the album was done by none other than Vance Kelly.

-- Gothminister's Freaky Intentions!

2009-12-27T21:50:00.002+02:00

Norwegian Industrially gothic metallers have just made their new video 'Freak' available for your viewing pleasures.

--Shai Hulud's European Tour Dates!

2009-12-23T19:16:00.002+02:00

They'll be hitting to European shores once again in February/March 2010.
here are the confirmed dates:
26/02/10 – IT - Mezzago - Bloom
27/02/10 – IT - Montecchio Maggiore (VI) - Yourban
28/02/10 – DE – Stuttgart - Juha West
01/03/10 – DE – München - Feierwerk
03/03/10 – PL - Katowice - Cogitatur
04/03/10 – DE - Berlin - Cassiopeia
06/03/10 – NL - Goes - 't Beest
07/03/10 – UK - High Wycombe - The Nags Head
08/03/10 – UK – Bristol - The Croft
09/03/10 - UK - Leeds - The Well
10/03/10 – UK - Manchester - Moho
11/03/10 - UK - London - Purple Turtle
12/03/10 – DE - Trier - Ex-Haus
13/03/10 – CH – Will - Dance of Days Festival @ Gare de Lion
14/03/10 – FR – Dijon - Les Tanneries
15/03/10 – DE - Frankfurt - O 25
16/03/10 – BE - Mechelen - JC Metteko
17/03/10 – DE - Hamburg - Hafenklang
18/03/10 – DE - Erfurt - Unikum
21/03/10 – IT - Rome - Locanda Atlantide

click here for more up to date info on tour & the band.

--So Far So Good: Confirmed line-up of Summer Breeze 2010

2009-12-23T14:58:00.005+02:00

Here are the confirmed bands to play at next year's Summer Breeze festival:
1349
AHAB
ANATHEMA
ASPHYX
BARREN EARTH
BEHEMOTH
CALLISTO
CANNIBAL CORPSE
CUMULO NIMBUS
DARK FUNERAL
DARK TRANQUILLITY
DESPISED ICON
DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER
DYING FETUS
EISBRECHER
EISREGEN
ENSIFERUM
FIDDLER'S GREEN
FREI.WILD
FEUERSCHWANZ
GORGOROTH
GWAR
HAIL OF BULLETS
HYPOCRISY
ILL NINO
INSOMNIUM
KORPIKLAANI
KYLESA
LEAVES' EYES
LETZTE INSTANZ
LONG DISTANCE CALLING
MAROON
MONO INC.
MY DYING BRIDE
NECROPHAGIST
OBITUARY
ORIGIN
ORPHANED LAND
PANTHEON I
POISONBLACK
REBELLION
SEPULTURA
SOLSTAFIR
SUBWAY TO SALLY
SWALLOW THE SUN
THE CROWN
THE DEVIL'S BLOOD
TRACEDAWN
WAR FROM A HARLOTS MOUTH
WE BUTTER THE BREAD WITH BUTTER

-- Meshuggah's live CD+DVD on the way!

2009-12-08T04:40:00.003+02:00

It's been a long wait but as we see from the previews it'll definitely worth the wait. Sweden's favorite sons finally set the release date for the live CD+DVD pack entitled "Alive". On February 5 we'll be banging heads with the Meshuggah's unique chaotic spiral riffage. Here's the trailer of the upcoming DVD:

-- Pentagramnation on the Rise!

2009-11-23T09:54:00.003+02:00

On October 13, LA's thrashy death metallers Rise has released their 4th record. Here's the video for the title track of the album, Pentagramnation!

for more info: www.myspace.com/risedeathmetal

-- Halford's 'Get Into The Spirit'

2009-11-11T05:20:00.003+02:00

A brand new video compiled from footage shot during the recording sessions of the metal god's latest solo effort 'Winter Songs'

-- FESTERED "Flesh Perversion" out now via Razorback records

2009-11-10T21:17:00.003+02:00

Here's the Razorback's press release of Festered's 'Flesh Perversion' album:
Out now on Razorback Recordings! FESTERED is pure "blood and guts" DEATH METAL done the old-school American way! Imagine a mix of Death "Scream Bloody Gore", Autopsy "Mental Funeral", Master from 1985, Slaughter(Canada) "Strappado", and the morbid feeling of the original TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and you get an idea of what this is all about! Nothing modern here...and no triggers or polished production. This is simply dirty and raw DEATH METAL the way it should always be! Artwork was drawn by the cult underground artist Drew Elliott, who drew the classic album art for the very first Necrophagia album cover, along with cult EP covers for Goreaphobia, Amorphis, and more! Mixing and mastering once again provided by Patrick Bruss (Impetigo, Cianide, etc). Features the lead singer of Father Befouled!
for more info:
www.razorbackrecords.com

-- Another visualized sonic attack from Baroness

2009-11-10T08:51:00.004+02:00

from Baroness's 2009 album 'Blue Record'

CANOPY - Will and Perception [2009]

2009-11-09T00:19:00.010+02:00

Disconcert Music
2009
[7/10]

www.myspace.com/canopy

Yes, it's Swedes again. It's in their nature to dominate the European metal cycles. We hardly ever come across a mediocore band hailing from those icy shores.
Canopy has been releasing their blend of brutality meets melody type death metal since 2004. Don't let this brand new Disconcert Music release of the band entitled Will And Perception misguide you. No, it's not the same demo/EP they put out back in 2005. However, all five tracks from that demo EP are present in this new cd in their re-recorded forms. Plus, 'Common Walls' from the band's very first demo is also revised and revisited for this new installment of Will And Perception. That leaves us with only two new tracks, an experimentation of acoustic sounds overlaying electronic structures called 'Councels And Maxims' and 'Riddance'. Latter sounding more or less quite like the band has just finished studying the 'Åkerfeldt songwriting method book'.
Canopy's way of injecting brutal yet catchy death metal aesthetics of their homeland into their own riff writing and song patterns -even though still lacking some creative ideas- is well worthy of exploring. Fans of Dark Tranquillity's late 90's era stuff will also be pleased to hear Fredrik Huldtgren's guttural practices on various moments of the Will And Conception '09.
Want to hear it for yourself? click here to get the track numero uno from the CD directly via Canopy official website.

-- Highlights from the Classic Rock Magazine's Awards Ceremony

2009-11-03T16:14:00.001+02:00

-- SadDolls' new video 'Watch Me Crawl Behind'

2009-11-03T16:11:00.002+02:00

for more info:www.myspace.com/saddollsband

-- Amon Amarth 'Vs. The World' reissue details

2009-11-03T15:44:00.004+02:00

Swedish viking's both critically and fan-wise praised album is now being reissued via Metal Blade on 6/7 November.
This is the statement from Metal Blade about the release:
The re-issue comes in a lavish Double-digipak with an individual three-dimensional fold-out pop-up. All four digipak reissues add up to one big picture when put together. CD 1 includes the remastered ’Versus The World’ album. CD 2 bears the same tracklist as CD 1, recorded live at the band's December 31, 2008 show as part of the ‘Bloodshed over Bochum’ concert series. Add to this a 16-page booklet with interesting liner notes.

-- Saxon documentary trailer

2009-10-30T09:04:00.003+02:00

Here's the five-minute trailer of the Saxon documentary entitled 'Heavy Metal Thunder - The Movie'

-- Deadwalk's Scandalous intentions

2009-10-30T08:46:00.004+02:00

Montreal sons Deadwalk has just issued a video teaser of their debut record Scandalous. Recently They've joined forced with ex-To Die For frontman Greg Kepka. Whatsmore Scandalous will also feature a guest appeareance of Stick To Your Guns's voice Jesse Barnett. The record is now scheduled for a November 24, 2009, release via Year of the Sun Records. You can hear some of Deadwalk violence @ their mypsace page.

-- Disarmonia Mundi's Isolation Game is ready!

2009-10-23T20:10:00.003+03:00

The Isolation Game is the title of the italian metallers Disarmonia Mundi's brand new record. 13 new tracks was recorded and produced at The Metal House Studio by the band's very own Ettore Rigotti. There are some very ntoable guest appearances by Björn "Speed" Strid (Soilwork) on vocals and Olof Morck (Nightrage) on some lead guitar shredding. The album will be released in December by Coroner Records.
Perdition Haze from the new album will be available in full as streaming media and digital download at the Disamonia Mundi's MySpace page.

-- Dark Funeral's new video My Funeral

2009-10-21T21:01:00.002+03:00

First track surfaced visiually from Dark Funeral's upcoming record 'Angelus Exuro pro Eternus'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slPYjOg4I0Q

-- listen new CONVERGE album "Axe To Fall" now

2009-10-13T22:11:00.003+03:00

According to Epitaph Records' latest blog, scene veterans' brand new full-length Axe To Fall is available for streaming entirely at the band's myspace profile 'til the cd hit the streets on october 20th.

click here to listen to Decibel Magazine's december issue cover starz now!

-- Swiss pagan army studio update: Eluveitie

2009-10-13T21:51:00.003+03:00

According to Eluveitie's label Nuclear Blast, the band has finished the recording sessions for their upcoming release "Everything Remains as it never was". The mixing process of the new Eluveitie songs will be held by none other than Colin Richardson and Martyn "Ginge" Ford in Wales. Here's the cover artwork of the album which is due to be out early 2010.

-- Jucifer - The Mountain (video)

2009-09-26T08:15:00.001+03:00

link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2NhRFYd6mg&feature=player_embedded

-- PANTHEON I 'Serpent Christ'

2009-09-21T09:12:00.001+03:00

-- New member on board and studio update from the AEON front

2009-09-15T09:48:00.003+03:00

Aeon has announced they' ve parted ways with their bass player Max Carlberg who has been on board for almost 4 years and did a fine job at band's 2007 release Rise To Dominate. The official statement and comments about the member change from the band is as follows:"First of all we want to state that Max is a great bass player and a real nice person. Unfortunately, he couldn't handle the life on the road all that well. We noticed how he struggled through the last tour we did. He really loves the actual moment on stage, but everything else around that comes with the life on the road was just a great deal of pain for him. So both AEON and Max agreed that this way of life wasn't exactly made for him."
They've also announced the new bass player: "When one leaves, a new one has to come…and there is no difference in this case. Our new bass player is a great, well experienced musician who is really into death metal. We think that this guy is absolutely perfect for the spot. So let's rise the horns high and welcome our new bass player, Victor Brandt (Totalkt Javla Mörker, former Satyricon touring bassist) to Aeon. We are looking forward to all the great death metal madness we got ahead of us with our new member."
Though as reported by the band, the bass duties of the new album is taken care of by guitar players Daniel and Zeb right now at the recording sessions which has already kicked off on September 1st. No release dates are confirmed at the moment but the new Aeon full-length will again be out via Metal Blade Records and will be mixed by Eric Rutan.

Aeon @ myspace: www.myspace.com/aeon666

-- New Paradise Lost video:

2009-09-08T01:16:00.001+03:00

Faith Divides Us Death Unites Us

UNLEASH - WAKE EP [2009]

2009-08-30T19:23:00.003+03:00

self-released
2009

[7/10]

www.myspace.com/unleashtr

There’s a severe competition going on. Everyday you can’t help but come across a vast number of bands surging from all over the world volunteering to bleed your ears, take over your world and leave you desperate for more. Despite this overcrowded scene has quite a lot to offer, even more than one hectic listener can take, some lucky blokes somehow manage to become playlist regulars. Turkish juggernauts Unleash are one of the bands deserving that regular spot and a worthy addition to "bands to check out" list of yours before its too late.

With an dauntless effort to spread their music to wider audiences since they were formed back in 2006 as axeman Ahmet’s one man project then step by step transforming into a five-piece fullthrottle band, releasing a demo in 2007 and an EP –entitled “Wake”- in 2009. Consisting of 3 brand new Unleash penned tracks and a re-recording of Death Incarnate from their debut demo The New Constitution, Wake signifies a young band sharpening their proficiency in arranging and recording their music in quest for their own identity. Even though it’s undeniable to feel they still need spending some quality time to work on sounding more unique. However that obviously (and easily) can be put aside as the band hardly blunders in executing aggressive, modern sounding brutal tunes. Lamb of God and mighty “Cowboys From Hell” influences are evident and there are moments reminiscent of Fear Factory’s trademark production ethics through out the 17 minute ride of the “Wake EP”. The man behind the vocal duties, Kaan’s growls are a cross between Randy Blythe and Max Cavalera. And he does a fine job, only lacking a bit of variety. Death Incarnate draws apart from the other 3 tracks with its oldschool death metal riffage showing the band is also capable of writing well crafted tunes that would also apply to long time fans of the genre. With a more focussed approach to song arrangements, putting more effort on genuine six-string riff writing and a better balanced encounter of modern and classic, there’s definitely a lot more Unleash can offer in upcoming years.

-- Anselmo's label releases a compilation CD

2009-08-28T19:19:00.003+03:00

Phil Anselmo's record label Housecore Records will be releasing a 22 track CD on September 1st. The Tracklisting will be as follows:
01. Sgt. Says Kill - Evil Army
02. Soilent Green - Soilent Green
03. Fog Cutter - Haarp
04. Crippled Life - Arson Anthem
05. Self Will Run Riot - Warbeast
06. The Lasting Dose - Crowbar
07. Sealing The Ring - Rat In A Bucket
08. 36 Beers And A Ball Of String - EYEHATEGOD
09. Fictive Pathetic Realities - Exactly Violent Style
10. My Brain Is Jelly - Shell Shock
11. Phobia - Valhall
12. Beyond The Woods Of Funeral Dread - Christ Inversion
13. The Song That Sings Itself - Donovan Punch
14. A Fool's Outfit - The Mystic Krewe Of Clearlight
15. The Bird - Body & Blood
16. Pork Chop Dinner - The Sursiks
17. The Life Dream - Sky High
18. Quiet Men Keep Secrets - Cavalcade
19. Sacrifice - Alyse
20. Gluggle Struggle - Bum Freak In Egypt
21. Marvin The Martian 2 - D.A.D.
22. Supersuckers - Ponykiller

www.thehousecorerecords.com

.:Artifacts [of violence]:. Dio - Stand Up And Shout (live)

2009-08-26T20:38:00.003+03:00

A live tv performance of the mighty Dio @ a tv show, featuring quite enthusiastic female fans!

link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zixIuxzCCvs

-- New Gorgoroth song?

2009-08-24T15:59:00.008+03:00

Regain Records has just posted a blog entry to their myspace page announcing a song entitled Prayer from the brand new Gorgoroth album is available for listening at label's page. Even though it's an excerpt, it'll surely please some of you guys out there.

www.myspace.com/regainrecords

5to1: 5 Q&A with UK punkers AFS

2009-08-21T22:42:00.014+03:00

a history [of violence] working really hard to come up with worth checking out 5Q&A interviews! The newest installment is done with UK punk rockers AFS (aka Arthritic Foot Soldiers). A scene veterans with a discography full of fine vinyl releases that'd make every single vinyl enthusiast feel excited to track down. AFS released their latest full-length studio album Immature Nobodies last year. [of violence] caught up with the guys before they start working on the follow up.

1 Let’s kick off the 5 Q&A with a question about the newest full-length AFS released. Immature Nobodies was recorded in United States, and it has an overall American way in both production and songwriting wise… What was the main motive and goal behind this decision?
Jonny: I think we felt it was time to reach out to a new audience in America,although the album has a very American sound to it,we are still writing about things that piss us off and playing the music we love,a natural progression for us as a band.
Carl: Thing is, we have always held back in what we have played, since a lot of us are from rock/metal/thrash backgrounds, we didnt want to have these influences seaping into our songs before. When we decided to write this album, it was gloves off and play what the fuck we wanted.

2 After checking out the discography section at AFS’s official website, you can’t help but have a feeling of getting quite confused with all those releases in various formats. Can you lead us briefly through AFS’s recorded material history?
Jonny: Kind of what Carl says below,we have this ethos that everthing we write is good enough to record so that's exactlly what we do,we didn't want to be one one those bands who were together for years and tehn looked back and had nothing to show for it,hence oue somewhat prolific output
Carl: Record everything .... release everything ... as simple as that :)3What’s it all about about www.middle-age-shred.com and band’s name origins? Correct me if i am wrong but AFS also stands for British Army’s Fire Service in UK. Speaking of origins, AFS is from a city like Manchester, a very important city in rock history in 80s especially. Do you think you guys somehow benefited from the city’s musical climate?
Jonny: Seemed like a good name for a band and helped us design an eyecatching,if rather tongue in cheek,logo
Carl: AFS, yes that an old term for Aux Fire Service from the 2nd world war i think?, AFS is short for “Arthritic Foot Soldiers”, which was a remark about “middle age shred.com, which is a skateboarding site for older skater, which we set up.

4What’s AFS up to these days? As it’s been awhile since the release of Immature Nobodies, any plans for new full-length on the way?
Jonny: We are currently writing and rehearsing songs for the new album,Trash Vegas,we've around 8 pretty much written in a rough form and over the next few months will continue working on arrangements etc,in preparation for recording in December this year.
Carl: We took a year off after we recorded “Immature nobodies in the US, not because of the album, more our of time, we all have other bands we write record with. But now we are back writing our 4th album “Trash Vegas”.

5Choose one and let us know why..
- Playing at NY’s CBGB in mid-70s or at London’s 100 Club in 1976 ?
Jonny: London’s 100 Club in1976 – just to have been part of the embyonic beginings of Punk Rock in the UK
Carl: Always wanted to gig CBGB’s ... just because really
- The Stooges or MC5?
Jonny: The Stooges – Iggy just keeps on going and going and going...
Carl: Stooges, they just did what they did, they didnt give a fuck.
- The Clash or Sex Pistols?
Jonny: The Clash – A big influence on my songwriting and helped me join the Great Punky Reggae Party.
Carl: Sex Pistols ... dispite being manufactored, they had a massive impact on me as a child.
- Army Boots? Or a whole catalogue of Skater shoes?
Jonny: Skater shoes every time, I never fancied Army Boot trench foot !
Carl: Skate shoes every time.
- Vinyls or Mp3s ?
Jonny: Vinyl- Something nice about physically holding a piece of music you've created yourself.
Carl: VINYL.... fucking love vinyl.
- Sid or Nancy?
Jonny: Niether – Sid became a puppet and Nancy,well just bad news all round really.
Carl: Neither ... both were fucking useless twats!

to check out AFS @ myspace: www.myspace.com/arthriticfootsoldiers
for the official website: www.afs.me.uk

-- Evergreen Terrace Almost Home

2009-08-21T22:32:00.003+03:00

New Evergreen Terrace record will be hitting the stores on September 29th according to Metal Blade's myspace blog entry. Almost Home was recorded at Martell Studios and Audio Hammer Studios. "We've always had a lot of pop culture references in our song titles and this record is no exception. Before we even started writing new songs we already have a list of titles from books, movies, and comedians. Half of the song titles on this record are pulled from the lyrics. The others are pop culture references that relate to the lyrical content." states ET's six stringer Josh James about the new record.
here's the tracklist:
1. Enemy Sex
2. Almost Home (III)
3. God Rocky is This Your Face?
4. We're Always Losing Blood
5. Sending Signals
6. Mario Speedwagon
7. Failure to Operate
8. Hopelessly Hopeless
9. The Letdown
10. I'm a Bulletproof Tiger
11. Not Good Enough

-- Unearth releases “The March” again as a special edition!

2009-08-20T21:08:00.003+03:00

Metal Blade Records announced that Unearth's latest full-length The March will be re-released with a bunch of cool bonus material on November 10th. Alongside the audio cd there'll be a special bonus dvd consisting of a tour documentary named The Three Day March shot by Doug Spangenberg. Video footage from The March's recording sessions and band's party visuals from their recent tour with thrash legends Testament titled Gig Life will be also be presented in the bonus DVD. You think that's all? It seems not. There'll also be live videos from Unearth's Wacken 2008 performance and three music videos of the songs including soon to be released ones for Grave Of Opportunity and Crow Killer.

for more info: www.myspace.com/unearth

-- Listen "Crushed Beyond Dust" now!

2009-08-20T16:47:00.004+03:00

The recordings, which were started in June with Jack Endino's presence at the mixing desk finally completed and an exclusive track from the new record is now online at Skeletonwitch's myspace page. The new opus from Athens' most metal five piece is titled Breathing the Fire and it'll be out via Prosthetic Records on October 13.
click on the banner to listen Crushed Beyond Dust now!!

-- Marduk's Wormwood trailer online now

2009-08-19T14:58:00.003+03:00

Wormwood, eleventh studio album of Swedish plague angels will be out on September 24th via Regain Records. Regain has uploaded this video footage to their youtube channel. So here we go:

.:Artifacts [of violence]:. Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla (1974)

2009-08-18T18:22:00.003+03:00

5to1: 5Q&A with Turkish Death Metallers CARNOPHAGE

2009-08-17T01:36:00.017+03:00

Here is another installment of 5to1 interview series. This time its Carnophage, death metal heavyweights coming from the land where east meets west with a critically acclaimed debut record released in 2008 through Unique Leader Records under their belt. Berkan, one of the 5 ambitious guys responsible for this brutally charged, technically rich extreme metal is here to give answers to things on [of violence]'s mind about Carnophage.

1 Signing with a well-known label for the debut release sounds like a "dream come true" for every single band in the world... So, was the whole thing really like a dream come true for you? Feeling satisfied about everything happened since the getting a records deal and relase of "Deformed Future / Genetic Nightmare"?
- A question frequently asked during wedding ceremony is like “This is the happiest moment of your life, isn’t it?” I think we won’t agree when we'll hear this. When we saw the mail which is from Erik (UL – Deeds of Flesh) I can’t describe the feelings... It was a childhood dream for us. When I saw a cd with Unique Leader logo on it, I used to buy with no doubt. It’s more like a label based fan act. And I know a lot of people think the same. About satisfaction, yeah everything is ok. They are very kind to us and the promotion is being done the way it has to be. Of course they’re happy with the sales :)

2 Being a band from Turkey, has some certain disadvantages... But on the other hand it also must have some advantages too... What's Carnophage's opinion about it all? Would you guys will be considering living in -for example- Tampa,Florida?
- The only good thing could be the beer . “Efes” tastes like no other!! All the kidding aside, we have no advantages at all. Since the overall income level is not enough for a musician who wants to earn his life from that, we have to work in full time jobs. Thus, touring becomes a hard thing to overcome. Anyway, we are not demoralized yet... Signing with a well known label was an initial step and we will carry on this shit. Not only for ourselves, we have to do this for whom believed us!! So living in US or Turkey is not matter. We will try our best for next releases then sit back and wait to get it’s worth.

3 What's missing after a critically acclaimed debut full-length is a busy tour schedule. And with a fine record label supporting your band you should have been playing in summer festivals these days instead of replying [of violence]'s 5 Q&A :) Any plans of booking live dates in US and Europe?
- I explained the missing thing about touring but still have no idea about (not) playing in summer fests as well. If you resolve the issue of that, let me know ;) As I mentioned in the previous question, we are not demoralized yet and still following up touring and playing in Europe and US. I don’t want to disclose anything before the things are definite but 2010 seems to be a good year for Carnophage.

4 It's probably quite early to ask but, what about the plans for a sophomore release? Will there be a full-length Carnophage record next or we'd better be expecting some splits and/or EPs from you guys?
- I think it’s the right time to talk about that!! We are fully concentrated on new songs and they will be pretty different from the first one. More aggressive, more chaotic and more planned stuff is coming. To be honest we are not as productive as a regular heavy metal band. Always looking for better shit and this brings slow production time. So we don’t want to spent any songs for a split or an EP. Thus, you can always expect full length releases from Carno.

5 Seeing "Deformed Future // Genetic Nightmare" between which two albums of a death metal fan's cd shelf would make you feel satisfied with the album's recognition? Or that can be asked in this way too, what would be the mp3 folder's name that "Deformed Future // Genetic Nightmare" placed at a death metal enthusiast's computer or ipod?
- Began with the first days of the band, a lot of metalheads said that Carno reminds earlier era of Suffocation to them. We know that we’re not a Suffo rip-off or tribute act but we also admit that they’re one of our biggest influences… We follow popular sites and forums on internet very often and they categorize Carno as “technical brutal death metal”. We look more major and don’t want to categorize just as technical or brutal death metal cause you can spot a black metal or a doom part anytime in Carno which sets us apart from a regular genre definition. So you could put our music to any death metal folder. By the way I prefer “shelves” more than folders ;)

Carnophage @ myspace: www.myspace.com/carnophageturkey
for Carnophage merch : www.carnophage.bigcartel.com

-- DEATHDESTRUCTION is:

2009-08-16T17:20:00.005+03:00

DeathDestruction is: Jimmie Strimell of Dead By April on vocals, Henrik Danhage and Jonas Ekdahl of Swedish prog-metallers Evergrey on six-string duties and drums with Fredrik "Loppan" Larsson of Hammerfall fame on bass. Sounds cool? Well, [of violence] also thinks that it is one helluva great line-up!
Check out this new band @ www.myspace.com/deathdestructiongbg

-- UDO's Dominator title track available for download

2009-08-16T16:49:00.003+03:00

The title track coming from brand new album of German Metal legend UDO is now available for free download in courtesy of his official website. Dominator album will be out on 21st August via AFM Records.
If you think it is the time for a fine dose heavy metal from Germany, click here to grab a small treat from UDO.

The confirmed tracklisting will be as follows
01. The Bogeyman
02. Dominator
03. Black And White
04. Infected
05. Heavy Metal Heaven
06. Doom Ride
07. Stillness Of Time
08. Devil's Rendezvous
09. Bleeding Heart (bonus)
10. Pleasure In The Darkroom (bonus)
11. Speed Demon
12. Whispers In The Dark

#shortcircuit# BATTLEWITCH - WESSEX STEEL [2009]

2009-08-13T19:43:00.008+03:00

Black Wizard Recordings
2009
[6/10]
www.myspace.com/battlewitch

A fan of the mighty Maiden's first two records with Di'anno on vocals? And have a soft spot for all things the NWOBHM abbreviation stands for? Then now you have a new band to check out. UK's Battlewitch's debut full-length declares their aim to conquer the lands of sword & sorcery, steel & leather even though that means taking the risk of sounding slightly out-of-date on the path to glory.

-- listen "Beast Of Man" now!

2009-08-13T15:48:00.004+03:00

Arch Enemy has recently made the re-recorded version of Beast Of Man exclusively available at their myspace page. As you know the track is from the upcoming release The Root Of All Evil, which will be out on September 28th.
click here to listen now!

and here are the confirmed dates for the band's Asian Tour kicking off in October:
17-October-2009 @ Loud Park 09, Tokyo (Japan) 
18-October-2009 @ Liberty Square - Taipei (Taiwan) 
20-October-2009 @ World Trade Center - Manila (Philippines) 
21-October-2009 @ Hitec Auditorium - Kowloon (Hong Kong) 
23-October-2009 @ The Star Live House - Beijing (China) 
25-October-2009 @ Venue TBA - Seoul (Republic Of Korea) 
28-October-2009 @ Senayan Tennis Indoor Stadium - Jakarta (Indonesia)

-- "Come Alive" : new Suicidal Tendencies video

2009-08-13T15:16:00.002+03:00

directed by Glen Bennett

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkgMV2GBLKY

-- Contest from Dying Fetus for their fans @ myspace

2009-08-12T18:02:00.005+03:00

Dying Fetus announced a contest that they've set for their myspace user fans on the eve of the new record Descend Into Depravity's release.

How to get involved? here is the link for details:
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=109077062&blogId=504245464

-- Ready for 72 hours of new Skinlab songs?

2009-08-12T01:10:00.004+03:00

Still a month to go to hear Skinlab's brand new record The Scars Between Us, the band is going to make the whole album available for streaming at their myspace page on 12th August.
Here's the band's official statement about the full album stream: blogs.myspace.com/skinlab

So you better be ready to click on this link in a few hours time:
www.myspace.com/skinlab
By the meantime [of violence] adds up the video for In For The Kill taken from The Scars Between Us for your viewing pleasure.

-- Skunk Anansie greatest hits release & tour

2009-08-12T01:00:00.002+03:00

Kerrang! magazine's podcast channel at youtube has made Skunk Anansie's previously unreleased song Because Of You's breathtaking video. Because Of You will be also be released as a single on September 14th via One Little Indian. The aforementioned greatest hits album of Skin & Co. will be out in early November.

-- Eulogy Recordings' 19 track digital download sampler!

2009-08-11T20:39:00.004+03:00

Eulogy Recordings, one of the most well know labels of the modern times' extreme sounds, collaborated with Double or Nothing Records for a 19 track free download sampler!
click here to hear the digital sampler featuring Kids Like Us, Creatures, Living Hell and more...
for more info about Eulogy's killer roster : www.eulogyrecordings.com

-- KiSS M&M's anyone?

2009-08-11T15:04:00.003+03:00

the word is limited edition KiSS M&M's will be on sale in October.
www.kissonline.com

-- a new series of 7'' singles from Genitorturers

2009-08-11T14:28:00.003+03:00

As announced at their official website, Florida's shock addicts Genitorturers featuring Morbid Angel's David Vincent on bass guitar started to release a series of 7'' colored vinyl singles in limited quantities, signed and numbered. First one "shockingly" titled (as predicted) Cum Junkie taken from the upcoming album Blackheart Revolution, is released on July 30th. Two track vinyl single can be purchased via Ebay. Click here to check out band's official website for details.

@ myspace: www.myspace.com/genitorturers

-- Powerman 5000's new record out in October

2009-08-11T14:02:00.004+03:00

Somewhere On The Other Side Of Nowhere is the title of the Boston based modern metallers Powerman 5000's new record due to be out in early October. The follow up to 2006's Destroy What You Enjoy's tracklist is yet to be confirmed. Though you can have a taste of two digital singles released earlier this year at band's myspace profile: www.myspace.com/powerman5000

DEADMASK - UNDER LUCIFERIAN WINGS [2008]

2009-08-10T16:59:00.005+03:00

PsycheDOOMelic Records
2008

[8/10]

www.myspace.com/deadmaskdoom

Deadmask is a duo from Spain. Even though [of violence] is quite aware of the ongoing interest in music biz about this whole male vs. female duo phenomenon, fortunately we have a whole lotta different case here.
Spanish extremists Machetazo’s Dopi and vocalist Nuria blended a fine mixture of proto metal’s production trademarks with doomy riffage and infectiously loud bass & drums. Constructed two timeless sounding Deadmask compositions and four covers- carefully choosen from their “influences to be hailed immediately” textbook. Clocking barely over 18 minutes, Under Luciferian Wings EP features what we all miss in today’s polished-to-the-bone heavy music. Catchy heaviness of first two tracks, Your Other Side and Damned resembles Deadmask is not even an inch behind their equivalents performing the same genre. Nuria’s voice and accent gives the songs a unique touch that only have a resemblence to the late 60s acts. Occult doom pioneers Coven’s Wicked Woman and Sabbath worshipping veterans Pentagram’s You’re Lost, I’m Free can be considered as quite obvious choices for genre’s die-hard fans but Deadmask manages to pull it off, leaving you with nothing but a grim smile on your face. The last track of the EP, a The Coffinshakers cover, is an acoustic cut with chants of “no rest for the wicked”setting up the calmer grande final for this short but pleasing experience.

-- 13 Steps - Against All video premieres today

2009-08-10T15:22:00.006+03:00

Hailing from Republic of Korea, sharpening their music with Madball and Pantera influences, 13 Steps will be releasing their sophomore album via GMC Records on August 20th.
The first video is for Against All , a brutal riff frenzy clocking barely about a minute.

for more: www.myspace.com/13steps

-- German metalcore newcomers Silent Decay to tour with The Sorrow

2009-08-10T15:11:00.004+03:00

The Sorrow, Silent Decay and The Mercury Arc join forces for the Anchorless Tour 2009 kicking off in october.

Here are the confirmed dates!
13.10.2009 MUENCHEN (D) Backstage
14.10.2009 SAARBRUECKEN (D) Garage
15.10.2009 OSNABRUECK (D) Bastard Club
16.10.2009 LUEBECK (D) Treibsand
17.10.2009 DRESDEN (D) Chemiefabrik
18.10.2009 FRANKFURT (D) Nachtleben
20.10.2009 BERLIN (D) Sage Club
21.10.2009 HANNOVER (D) Musikzentrum
22.10.2009 KOELN (D) Essigfabrik
23.10.2009 WEIDEN (D) JUZ
24.10.2009 ZUERICH/DIETIKON (CH) SoundDock 14
25.10.2009 KARLSRUHE (D) Stadtmitte
27.10.2009 WIEN (A) Szene
28.10.2009 INNSBRUCK (A) Weekender
29.10.2009 LINZ (A) Posthof
30.10.2009 SALZBURG (A) Rockhouse
31.10.2009 KLAGENFURT (A) Stereo
01.11.2009 GRAZ (A) Orpheum

The Sorrow @ myspace: www.myspace.com/thesorrowmetal
The Mercury Arc @ myspace: www.myspace.com/themercuryarc
Silent Decay @ myspace: www.myspace.com/silentdecaybavaria

-- Dubai's proud sons Nervecell signs with Lifeforce Rec.

2009-08-10T14:21:00.004+03:00

Lifeforce Records announced newest addition to their roster. Dubai's Nervecell will be releasing their blend of middle eastern extreme metal under Lifeforce's wings from now. Band's debut on the line will be the re-release of the Preaching Venom album in Europe & North America.
Here's label boss Stefan Luedicke's statement about the signing:
"We at Lifeforce are more than happy to welcome Dubai’s premier Death Metal band. I have been in touch with Barney for a while already, but after meeting the guys at this year With Full Force festival it was an easy decision for us to say that we need to work with Nervecell. We hardly ever met a band with such strong work ethic and with the the highly professional team of people working for the band it will be a great pleasure for us to get the name Nervecell out to the world."

Nervecell @ myspace: www.myspace.com/nervecell

-- Darzamat's new full-length on the way!

2009-08-09T20:11:00.002+03:00

and here's the Massacre Records' trailer for the album release:

-- Former SOIL member's dirge

2009-08-08T16:26:00.004+03:00

KOCH Records has changed into E1 Music, and Dirge changed their name to Dirge Within. Now it seems the right time to release the debut record of ex-Soil guitarist Shaun Glass' new band. Scheduled to be on the shelves & mp3 stores on September 1st, Force Fed Lies is described as a "no bullshittin'" album by the axeman himself.
click here to download the title track in zip format now!!
and check out Dirge Within @ myspace for more news: www.myspace.com/dirgewithin

-- video stills from new Shadows Fall video

2009-08-07T22:58:00.002+03:00

As the countdown for the new Shadows Fall records still goes on and on. It is just announced that the first video of the album for the song Still I Rise is ready to premiere on August 11th at myspace. Until that day we have some video stills of the shoot.

-- Municipal Waste in Color

2009-08-06T23:20:00.003+03:00

Municipal Waste's Massive Aggressive is being released in various cool-like-hell formats for die-hard thrashers.
click on the pic below to view the goodies in full.

-- ladies & gentleman : "Ov Fire and The Void"

2009-08-06T22:35:00.004+03:00

Behemoth's new video we've been longing for is finally premiered!!

Behemoth "Ov Fire And The Void" from Metal Blade Records on Vimeo.

-- Virginia's finest set the controls for the new album

2009-08-06T16:19:00.003+03:00

Born in Virginia, raised by death metal forefathers, Arsis is ready to record the fourth studio album of their career. So far we'll be hearing the new tunez at most early in 2010. The recording sessions will start in late 2009 with Chris "Zeuss" Harris (of Hatebreed & Municipal Waste production credits). The cover artwork is going to be designed to perfection by none other than Mark Riddick.
The possible album title is set to "Starve For The Devil" for now. The founding member sticksman Michael Van Dyne is back in the gang. "The new Arsis record is coming along great. We have eleven new original songs nearly completed, as well as a cover song which will probably be used as a bonus track. Recording this album should be a blast, and the fact that we'll be working with one of the world's top metal producers will only make the experience that much cooler." states Van Dyne.
Arsis @ myspace : www.myspace.com/arsis

-- True Metallers Zandelle unleashes a brand new video

2009-08-05T07:50:00.003+03:00

www.myspace.com/zandelle

Dark Nemesis - Zandelle Music Video

-- A Taste Of Extreme Divinity final track list confirmed!

2009-08-04T23:01:00.003+03:00

Hypocrisy is back! And the final track list has just been announced by Nuclear Blast headquarters. The official release date of the new Hypocrisy soon-to-be-heard masterpiece is October 23rd.
for more updates: www.myspace.com/hypocrisy

traclist will be as follows:
01. Valley Of The Damned
02. Hang Him High
03. Solar Empire
04. Weed Out The Week
05. No Tomorrow
06. Global Domination
07. Taste The Extreme Divinitiy
08. Alive
09. The Quest
10. Tamed "Filled With Fear"
11. Sky Is Falling Down

-- The "making of..." Sonata Arctica's new video

2009-08-04T21:39:00.002+03:00

SONATA ARCTICA - Flag In The Ground - MAKING OF

-- Kerrang! awards 2009

2009-08-04T16:00:00.007+03:00

On a very British evening of August 3th the annual Kerrang! magazine award ceremony took place. The event was hosted none other than Scott Ian of Anthrax and Corey Taylor of Slipknot/Stone Sour. here are the winners:
Best British Newcomer - In Case Of Fire
Best International Newcomer - The Gaslight Anthem
Best Single - The Prodigy, Omen (pictured)
Best Video - Mastodon w/ Oblivion video
Classic Songwriter - Linkin Park
Spirit Of Independence - The Wildhearts
Kerrang! Icon - Alice In Chains
Best Album - Death Magnetic by Metallica
Best Live Band - Slipknot
Kerrang! Inspiration - Machine Head
Hall Of Fame - Limp Bizkit
Best British Band - Bullet For My Valentine
Best International Band - Slipknot

click here for more cool stuff from the awards ceremony.

5to1: 5 Q&A with Greek newcomers Celestial Immunity

2009-08-03T19:31:00.006+03:00

[of violence] keeps coming across some fine metal from all over the world with the help of myspace. This time we are presenting an interview of Celestial Immunity, a fresh Greek band worthy of receiving some more attention. George Stoiloudis, responsible for band's vocal duties and lyrical concept, was the victim of [of violence]'s 5 questions. Here we go!1 Celestial Immunity was formed in 2006 but it seems it took awhile until February '09 for you guys to settle down and record a demo.. didn't want to rush things?
- Yes it took us 3 years to be ready for our first demo. In fact we had a few changes in the line up and our drummer had military duties. So thats why it took us so long to prepare the songs. Of course we want rush things but if you force things you probably do something wrong, we want the time to be in our side not against us! :D The time has come and we recorded our demo and we are very happy.

2 Could you give us more info about 5-track demo "...Lost In Shades" which is limited to 500 copies only ?
- Our demo was recorded between February and April 2009. At the end of April we finished the recordings and we begun mix/mastering with our sound engineer Doukas Siskopoulos. The recordings took place at Music Temple Studio at Alexandroupolis/Greece.The demo includes 5 songs and the artwork/layout made by Dimitris Polymeridis. We decide to release only 500 copies just for the beginning to see how it goes and if we need more copies its easy to be created. All music written by our guitarist Simos and Celestial Immunity. All lyrics written by me. Produced by Doukas Siskopoulos owner of Music Temple Studios and Celestial Immunity. The title of the demo is "...Lost In Shades" and our lyrics discourse subjects about the human feelings and souls, about the failure and how we ruin our lives and overall about sad and depressed themes.
3 How's the reactions you've received about the demo? Both from Greek scene and international audience?
- We are very happy because we hear only good criticism about our songs and the audience here in Greece is very excited about our music. This is the feedback we received and you know we are out here especially me i go to all gigs to the northern Greece and i hear very good comments about our music. We havent received any criticism by a zine or major metal magazine because we send our 5-track demo recently. So we wait for the criticism of major magazines and zines with great impatience. We have our site in myspace and the comments are very good. The feedback is that keep us chained together as a band and give us strength to go on.4 It's kind of a tradition to ask a newcomer band about their inspirations, reasons to form a band and write songs.. so what are yours? [of violence] would like to know about your all time favorite albums too..
- Heeh thats an easy question. Inspirations? The darkness, sadness, failure, the hope, all the human feelings even fanatsy themes like our song called Angels Cry. All the sad situations we ever lived, our unfulfilled dreams everything is possible to insipre us. We formed Celestial Immunity because we want to express all our feelings, thoughts through the music. We do reahersals we go out and drink beers you know its the whole package i think that lead us to form the band. We love what we do and we have faith to Celestial Immunity. Many bands insipred us but i think the most important with the most effectiveness are Dark Tranquillity/At The Gates/Amon Amarth/In Flames/Rotting Christ/Septic Flesh and our favourite albums are Damage done or the last of DT/ With odin on our side of Amon Amarth The jester Race of In Flames, Triarchy of the lost lovers of RC and the list goes on.
5 Whats next for Celestial Immunity? i guess booking live shows is top priority for the moment, right?
- Right! We wanna play live shows all over the Greece and we recently confirm some shows with Septic Flesh/Overgarven/Crossover at Northern Greece during September. We will play live to the following months. We planning to send more copies of our demo to magazines for reviews.Next year we will prepare the music for our debut full-lenght album and we will search for a deal. I would like to say Celestial Immunity will participate in the compilation cd of the metal magazine RockHard Greece with title Greek Power V1. We parcticipate with the last song of our demo named "The dream fades". I wanna thank you for the interview i will remember this interview cause it is our first haha! Thank you very much keep deathin!!

Celestial Immunity @ myspace: www.myspace.com/celestialimmunityband

-- listen Shadows Fall's King Of Nothing now!

2009-08-03T19:14:00.002+03:00

Shadows Fall is finally back in action!!
Check out their myspace to listen to the new sounds from the these Springfield now-veterans. www.myspace.com/shadowsfall

You can also download the new track "King Of Nothing" from this location: www.myspace.com/windows

-- Download Eminence's new track now!

2009-08-01T23:27:00.005+03:00

After 2008's The God of all Mistakes, Brazillan metallers are about to records a new full-length with an addition of a new vocalist. Bruno became a member of the band in January '09 after the departure of Wallace Parreiras.
click here to download the rerecorded version of The God Of All Mistakes with Bruno Paraguay on vocals directly from Eminence website.
for further details about the upcoming release & European tour dates check out Eminence official website

--Autumn announces German Tour promoting their Attitude!

2009-08-01T22:28:00.003+03:00

Dutch female fronted metallers announces the confirmed tour dates for September.
04/09/09 – NL – Hoogeveen – Occultfest
06/09/09 – DE – Berlin – Knaack
07/09/09 – DE – Hamburg – Ballroom
08/09/09 – DE – Bochum – Matrix
09/09/09 – DE – Frankfurt – Nachtleben
10/09/09 – DE – München – Backstage Club
11/09/09 – NL – Den Haag – Metal Mayhem Festival
13/09/09 – DE – Köln - Underground

for more tour dates etc. : autumn @ myspace

ADAMAS - EXARCO EP [2008]

2009-07-31T12:19:00.006+03:00

Self Released
2008
www.myspace.com/metaladamas
[6/10]

Italian metal scene is on the rise… It has been always an active seen, partly because of the bands sounding identical to Rhapsody (now known as Rhapsody Of Fire) with that unique Italian accent and partly because the country itself has a history of penning fine quality music. But nowadays whole metal scene in the country seems to be gearing up. We, at [of violence], have been bumping into more and more bands hailing from Italian shores recently. So now you know why this entry is babbling about Italy now. We’ve received a 4 -Track EP titled Exarco.

Adamas is the brainchild of Castellani brothers (yes, now it sounded totally like a family name you’d be hearing among the dialogues of a Coppola movie). Once they’ve managed to gather a proper line-up the usual cover songs eventually replaced by self-written genuine Adamas tunes. Exarco EP kicks off with destined to be a live-set opener The Cradle Of Judas. But that is not the first song that caught [of violence]’s attention. With its right-in-yer-face thrash riffage, Baghdad Singin’ In The Raid is the one gets the shoot at first sight. The title says it all, Castellani brothers like their metal served with a slight political twist reminding what’s going on in the real world. The thrashy riffage and lyrical concept somehow turns into a Children Of Bodom-esque guitar-keyboard marriage. And that is moment one rebellious eye-brow raises with “i’ve heard this before” suspicion… Even though we are quite familiar with the European Metal’s keyboard cliches are spread all over every single band featuring a Roland or Korg enthusiast. We just can’t help but think that sometimes it’d be very good idea to hear some unique additions of keyboards to heavy music. Into The Fit (nope, no mispelling, it’s Fit not Pit!) is the second track of the EP and has headbang encouraging pace representing a song form perfected by Flight 666 veterans, Iron Maiden. Luigi’s vocals which are quite in the vein of early Sentenced meets British thrashers Xentrix, manages to pull to the song to a different level. These two tracks are no doubt appears to be the highlights of the EP. The other two, Revenge (Best Served Cold) and The Cradle Of Judas can’t match up with the aforementioned ones neither arrangement wise nor songwriting wise. Both sounds still they have to be worked on more. Some fine ideas here and there but as a whole both sound they were quite rushed to get caught on tape. Especially Revenge (Best Served Cold).
Adamas is one of those bands you’d definitely want to hear what they will do next… They are young (& restless) and more they play live more their songwriting skills will be sharpened. No need to have a sixth sense to realize they are armed and ready to move forward and hit the next step.

-- Ladies & gentleman we give you IMMORTAL declaring ALL SHALL FALL

2009-07-30T19:49:00.002+03:00

click on the pic to view in full

[of violence] has just came across a bulletin from official myspace profile of the mighty born -again darkness worshippers Immortal announcing the cover artwork for the long awaited new record!
"All Shall Fall" will be out via Nuclear Blast as everybody predicted and it will hit the stores on september 25th. The tracklisting will possibly be like as follows:
1. ALL SHALL FALL
2. THE RISE OF DARKNESS
3. HORDES TO WAR
4. NORDEN ON FIRE
5. ARCTIC SWARM
6. MOUNT NORTH
7. UNEARTHLY KINGDOM

Immortal @ myspace: www.myspace.com/immortalofficial

-- Time to get a new dose of British darkness: Paradise Lost's new tune available now!

2009-07-30T01:03:00.003+03:00

A new track from British genre definers Paradise Lost is now available for listening & embracing purposes! It is the title track of the new Paradise Lost album which is due to be out early October via Century Media Records. Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us 's cover artwork is done by Stefan Wibbeke based upon a 16th century woodcut.
And this time the production credits go to Swedish producer Jens Bogren. Nick Holmes comments the reason for not working with Rhys Fulber as they did in their last three records:"We are very happy with Rhys Fulber's work on the last album but after working on three albums together, we decided it was time to go for a different approach. After hearing the work he did with our 'Anatomy Of Melancholy' live DVD, we decided that Jens Bogren was the man for the job." Holmes also has some words to say about the new albums sound.. "Our music may have had different facelifts, but it has always been 'dark' and the new album will be no exception. Musically and lyrically."
Excited? Curious? Can't wait to hear the new songs?
well, click here to get a preview and more details about the upcoming record..

-- "Signs Of Infinite Power"

2009-07-27T23:29:00.004+03:00

Signs Of Infinite Power will the title of Souther Californian Stoner Rockers, Fu Manchu's upcoming new full-length. Celebrating their 19 years of rockin' and rolling' in style, the band will release the new album late october. As some of you probably recall Fu Manchu last studio recording was out in 2007 by the name of We Must Obey via Liquor and Poker.
click here to get latest updates about the new record.

-- Arch Enemy - The Root Of All Evil artwork finally revealed

2009-07-27T21:28:00.006+03:00

September 28th will be a fine day for Arch Enemy fans! All Root Of Evil, a brand new studio release, featuring all re-recorded tunez from band's first three albums with former vocalist Johan Liiva era. The Production duties were held by band themselves and the mixing was done by Andy Sneap.

You can view the cover artwork done by Brazilian artist Gustavo Sazes above. Click on the pic to view it in full.

-- Behind-The-Scene footage from Behemoth's latest video shoot

2009-07-27T20:57:00.003+03:00

for more detailed info click here

-- Evergreen Terrace drummer Kyle Mims hospitalized

2009-07-27T20:46:00.002+03:00

There are some bad news from a history [of violence] 's favorite evergreen metallers.
Here is the official statemen directly from Metal Blade Records' myspace blog:
"Unfortunately we have some bad news. Although Kyle's surgery for his shoulder went smooth, he is back in the hospital with a blood clot in his lung, otherwise known as a pulmonary embolism. It is pretty serious. His family is still accepting donations for medical costs. Kyle was just a few weeks away from qualifying for health insurance through his work before this accident. His medical bills have become insanely expensive. Anything you can do to help is much appreciated by Kyle, his family and Evergreen Terrace. To donate please go to: http://www.staceyandmark.com/KylesClavicle.htm"

Evergreen Terrace @ myspace: http://www.myspace.com/evergreenterrace

-- CENTRAL ILLINOIS METALFEST 2009 COMPLETE LINEUP ANNOUNCED!!!

2009-07-25T21:57:00.003+03:00

here are the confirmed acts for the Central Illinois Metalfest's 2009 installment..

GOATWHORE (LA)
MASTER (CZECH REPUBLIC/US)
IMMOLATION (NY)
ANAL CUNT (MD)
VITAL REMAINS (NE)
DAATH (GA)
MALIGNANCY (NY)
ABIGAIL WILLIAMS (NY)
WACO JESUS (IL)
LIVIDITY (IL)
GOREAPHOBIA (PA)
RUMPLESTILTSKIN GRINDER (PA)
ABYSMAL DAWN (CA)
HUMAN FILLETED (IN)
FUCK THE FACTS (CANADA)
EZRA (NE)
BLASPHEMER (ITALY)
DISFIGURED (TX)
PATHOLOGY (CA)
DREAMING DEAD (CA)
PUTRID PILE (WI)
STRONG INTENTION (MD)
SECRET OF THE SEVEN THUNDERS (IL)
SUCCESS WILL WRITE APOCALYPSE ACROSS THE SKY (FL)
SIKFUK (MN)
DEAD FOR DAYS (IL)
NECROTIC DISGORGEMENT (OH)
DYSENTERY (MA)
ROTTENNESS (MEXICO)

-- Killswitch Engage "Starting Over" video

2009-06-10T07:41:00.006+03:00

Finally modern metal's jaggernauts brand new video is available!
Killswitch Engage's self-titled new record will be out on June 30. Until then here's a song-taster from the album:Starting Over. The video was directed by Lex Halaby, who previously worked with the band on My Curse and Rose Of Sharyn videos.

link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG2Ttk8u7vE

-- Wearing a Martyr's Crown : Listen Now!

2009-06-08T04:33:00.003+03:00

Nightrage's long-awaited new album is going to be out on 22nd of June.
But luckily Marios and his bandmates put the album online as a whole for streaming at their myspace profile. 10 out of 11 tracks of the brand new record is online right now. There'll also be a Metallica cover included in Japanese editions.
Anyway here is the link to be "Wearing A Martyr's Crown"!!
Nightrage @ myspace

-- German heavyweights' recording sessions video footage

2009-06-04T23:47:00.002+03:00

Dark Age is preparing to storm the world once again in autumn.
Here's a sneak preview of what's to be expected with these German metallers..

-- Merauder GOD IS I promo trailer

2009-06-02T17:21:00.002+03:00

New Yorkers Merauder releasing the new full-length on june 19th via Regain Records...Here is the official trailer for the release :

God Is I promo

Merauder @ myspace

-- Fifth album: The Eternal Return

2009-05-27T13:36:00.002+03:00

The best non-Swedish Swedish melodic death metallers Darkest Hour is finally back with their fifth strike. Victory Records will be releasing "The Eternal Return" on June 23 while the band is currently in Europe touring with fellow acts Bleeding Through.

Darkest Hour @ myspace

-- Priest sets the world on fire Live

2009-05-27T13:22:00.002+03:00

Defenders of The Steel and Nostradamus, British legends are gearing up to release a live album containing eleven songs. The thing about this new live set -titled A Touch Of Evil: Live- is that none of these eleven songs were available officially in live recorded format. Martin Walker and Brian Thorene are responsible for the recording process of the CD and the all of the footage was caught on tape during Judas Priest's previous two world tours. Tom Allom, who previously worked with the British Steelers in classic albums like Screaming For Vengeance and British Steel is again behind the production desk.

here is the full tracklist:
01. Judas Rising
02. Hellrider
03. Between The Hammer & The Anvil
04. Riding On The Wind
05. Death
06. Beyond The Realms Of Death
07. Dissident Aggressor
08. A Touch Of Evil
09. Eat Me Alive
10. Prophecy
11. Painkiller

-- Eyes Set To Kill unleashes a brand new video!

2009-05-20T04:14:00.002+03:00

dual vocals? check!
trendy emo-ish haircuts? check!
brutal sounds with clean singalong hooks? check!
a hot bass player? check!
so yes this should be the new shit!

Eyes Set To Kill - Heights

-- Digital-only EP from SKYFIRE via Pivotal Records

2009-05-20T02:33:00.003+03:00

Skyfire is back with a 4 song digital-only EP entitled Fractal which will be out in July. It can be considered as a small dose of whats coming next in september with the name of "Esoteric".
"Since we spent way too much time in the studio writing and recording and too little time giving anything back to the fans, we discussed with our label about releasing a few songs we wrote in 2005 or so. We recorded, mixed, and mastered these alongside the ‘Esoteric’ songs with new vocalist Jocke and guitarist Johan in order to make them available to our fans. We knew these songs weren't going to make our full length, because by the time we had signed a deal, we were flowing with new ideas. However, letting these songs go unreleased was always something sad for us, so it's awesome that they will be available to the fans digitally with exclusive artwork and everything.” comments bass player Martin Hanner on the band's
decision to release the EP.
here is the tracklist:
1.The Land of the Wolves
2.Bereaved in Denial
3.The Transgressor Within
4.Esoteric (‘Esoteric’ album preview track)

click here to preview the new tunez @ SKYFIRE's myspace page

-- countdown to Mystic Prophecy (again!)

2009-05-19T22:17:00.003+03:00

Massacre Records just uploaded a trailer for heavy-to-the-bone metallers Mystic Prophecy's upcoming full-length.
here we go!

-- The Osbournes present proudly!

2009-05-19T20:58:00.003+03:00

There seems to be a brand new documentary coming to theaters next year.
And as you can guess from the title of this post its about the mighty bat head master Ozzy. And its being produced by Jack and Sharon Osbourne. We keep our fingers crossed and hope its not anywhere near like the tv show they once been famous for. Anyway here is the first trailer made to public. (it's kind of an interesting fact that the trailer kicks off with a quote from Oscar Wilde - maybe the first rockstar ever-)

WRECKAGE OF MY PAST from MIKE PISCITELLI on Vimeo.

-- Swashbuckle - Cruise Ship Terror video

2009-05-19T20:45:00.002+03:00

Pirate Metal is the new trend!
Yes [of violence] is pretty aware that you aleady now this fact. So here's a video from Nuclear Blast's new signings. Hailing from New Jersey -not a place famous for its piratean glory tales, i know- Swashbuckle's going to relaese their very own NB debut on july 27th.
Cruise Ship Terror

Swashbuckle @ myspace

-- Woe Of Tyrants announce fall tour dates

2009-05-19T20:16:00.003+03:00

here are the confirmed dates for Ohio's Woe Of Tyrants' fall tour with God Dethroned, Abigail Williams and Augury

Sep. 30 - Tucson, AZ - The Rock
Oct. 01 - Phoenix, AZ - U.B.'s
Oct. 02 - Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
Oct. 03 - San Marcos , CA - Jumping Turtle
Oct. 04 - West Hollywood, CA - Key Clb
Oct. 05 - San Francisco, CA - Thee Parkside
Oct. 06 - Portland, CA - Satyricon
Oct. 08 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
Oct. 10 - St. Paul , MN - Station 4
Oct. 11 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
Oct. 12 - Cleveland, OH - Peabodys
Oct. 15 - Syracuse, NY - Lost Horizon
Oct. 16 - New York, NY - The Blender at Grammercy
Oct. 17 - Worcester, MA - Palladium
Oct. 18 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
Oct. 19 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
Oct. 20 - Rochester, NY - Penny Arcade

-- Vomitory's new album bonus DVD's trailer

2009-05-07T20:54:00.000+03:00

VOMITORY 'Carnage Euphoria' bonus DVD trailer

-- Rammstein's 2009 European Tour Dates!

2009-05-05T22:28:00.004+03:00

German speaking stars of industrial sounds have announced the confirmed dates for their upcoming tour in late 2009. The Band is currently working on their upcoming album in San Francisco.
here are the dates confirmed:
Nov. 08 - Portugal Lisbon Pavilhão Atlântico
Nov. 10 - Spain Madrid Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
Nov. 12 - Spain Barcelona Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona
Nov. 14 - Spain Bilbao Bizkaia Arena
Nov. 16 - France Nantes Zénith Nantes Métropole
Nov. 18 - Switzerland Basel St. Jakobshalle
Nov. 19 - Switzerland Geneva Arena de Genève
Nov. 21 - Austria Vienna Stadthalle
Nov. 23 - Germany Munic Olympiahalle
Nov. 24 - Germany Leipzig Arena
Nov. 25 - Czech Republic Prague O2 Arena
Nov. 27 - Poland Katowice Spodek
Nov. 29 - Germany Cologne Lanxess Arena
Dec. 02 - France Lyon Halle Tony Garnier
Dec. 03 - France Strasbourg Zénith
Dec. 04 - Luxembourg Luxembourg Rockhal
Dec. 06 - Netherlands Arnheim GelreDome
Dec. 08 - France Paris Bercy
Dec. 09 - France Paris Bercy
Dec. 10 - Belgium Antwerp Sportpaleis
Dec. 11 - Germany Frankfurt Festhalle
Dec. 12 - Germany Stuttgart Schleyer-Halle
Dec. 14 - Germany Hamburg Color Line Arena
Dec. 15 - Denmark Copenhagen Forum
Dec. 17 - Germany Rostock HanseMesse
Dec. 18 - Germany Berlin Velodrom
Dec. 19 - Germany Berlin Velodrom

-- Video trailer of SKYFORGER from thousand lakes natives

2009-04-30T21:27:00.006+03:00

Amorphis going to be releasing their new album in late May.
They've just made available a special video trailer for the upcoming release "Skyforger"..

-- Suffocation: New album cover artwork surfaces ground

2009-04-30T21:21:00.002+03:00

The new Suffocation CD, Blood Oath will be out on July 3rd in Europe and July 14th in North America via Nuclear Blast Records.
Cover artwork has again done masterfully by John Zig. Whose name we remember from genre's leading acts' cover designs.
click here to check out Suffocation @ myspace

-- As You Drown - Swedish newcomers debut in July

2009-04-30T17:39:00.002+03:00

Metal Blade's new signings As You Drown has just announced the tracklist and the cover artwork of their upcoming debut full-length.
the tracklist of "The Reflection" will be as follows:
1. Ruins And Dead Ends
2. Horns
3. What Is Worst
4. Driven By Hatred
5. Swallow
6. The Last
7. Open Wound Salvation
8. Ashes
9. Needles

If these young & modern death metallers made you wonder then here's the link to their myspace profile for some samples..
As You Drown @ myspace

-- Nahemah's first video from A New Constellation

2009-04-30T00:35:00.002+03:00

The Perfect Depth Of The Mermaids (A New Constellation, 2008)
directed by Manuel Garcia De Otazo.

Nahemah @ myspace

-- listen Amoral's new full-length online!!

2009-04-30T00:28:00.003+03:00

The new album from Finnish metalhearts will be on shelves on May 6, first in Finland and then it'll be available in the rest of the world.
This will be the first album featuring band's new voice Ari Koivunen. Ari is winner of Finland's "Idols" TV show in 2007 and he's quite famous for that in his home country.

The tracklist of "Show Your Colors" will be as follows:
01. Random Words
02. Release
03. A Shade of Gray
04. Year of the Suckerpunch
05. Perfection Design
06. Sex N' Satan
07. Song for the Stubborn
08. Vivid
09. Gave Up Easy
10. Last October
11. Exit

click here to listen to Show Your Colors via band's myspace page.

-- Random Acts Of Senseless Violence with Dan Nelson live video footage

2009-04-30T00:21:00.002+03:00

Anthrax performing live with Dan Nelson...

here are the dates of Anthrax's 2009 European tour :

Jun. 13 - Rabarock Festival, Talinn, Estonia
Jun. 17 - Rockhal, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Jun. 18 - La Locomotive, Paris, France
Jun. 19 - Hellfest, Clisson, France
Jun. 20 - Kobetasonik, Bilboa, Spain
Jun. 22 - Sottotetto, Bologna, Italy
Jun. 23 - Schuur, Lucerne, Switzerland
Jun. 25 - T-Mobile In Music Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
Jun. 26 - Noc Plna Hvezd, Trinec, Czech Republic
Jun. 27 - Serengeti Festival, Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany
Jun. 28 - Devilside Open Air, Duisburg, Germany
Jun. 28 - Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium
Jun. 30 - Paard, Den Haag, Netherlands
Jul. 01 - Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jul. 03 - Reload Festival, Twistringen, Germany
Jul. 04 - Sonisphere, Hockenheim, Germany
Jul. 18 - Sonisphere, Hultsfred, Sweden
Jul. 25 - Sonisphere, Pori, Finland
Aug. 01 - Sonisphere, Knebworth, England

-- Download a live version of Amon Amarth's Ride For Vengeance

2009-04-03T22:36:00.003+03:00

Metal Blade has recently re-issued debut full-length of odin's proud sons Amon Amarth with an addition of a live bonus disc to the remastered original recording.
Metal Blade kindly made available a track from the bonus live CD, "Bloodshed Over Bochum 28/12/08" titled Ride For Vengeance.

click here to download the track
and check out the re-issue details by clicking here.

5to1: Five Q&A with graphic designer Ozan YILDIRIM

2009-03-31T20:47:00.006+03:00

This time 5to1 has a quite different victim.
Well, he is a musician and a very well-known one in his own country's territories but he's also a graphic designer working with bands like Lividity, Nafrat, Carnophage, Embrace Damnation, Decimation and Kasatura not to mention he's also doing the artworks etc. for his own musical projects.
so here we go:

1Let’s start with what you are up to these days Ozan.. Any new projects in progress?

Well.. i’m pretty busy nowadays.. We are working on the new songs for the upcoming RAVENWOODS album, the recording process will probably be over by the end of the first half of 2009. Also, as Sarcophagus (my side-project), we have completed our work for the LP named "HATE CULT", which features Niklas Kvarforth of Shining on vocals will be sold by OSMOSE PRODUCTIONS. Furthermore, "Towards the Eternal Chaos", again by Sacrophagus, will be out on the market on 2009. That’s how my musical career is going on. Other than that, as you know, I’m designing graphic stuff to make a living. The latest update about that is; my new t shirt illustration for Lividity is currently available on relapse merch store. I am currently working on artworks for many local and international bands . That includes a new illustration I have done for Suffocation, which I hope that will be used with their new album. You can always follow the newest updates on myspace.

2Apart from being a designer and a fellow metalhead, you’re also quite well-known with your musicianship as you've mentioned above… Especially with one of the Turkey’s leading extreme acts RavenWoods. Can you tell us more about your career in “metal world”?

I have been trying to create something in this “metal world” since the day I got into it. I have been playing in RAVENWOODS for 12 years, participating in many gigs, fests and records. We have always kept our standards high. I’m trying to do my best for either my bands or Turkish metal scene. Turkey is a tough country for that stuff but we have always believed in the spirit of these acts and that’s how I survived. I think we have affected the Turkish metal scene with what we have done as RAVENWOODS, forcing people to try harder and harder to make a progression.

3Tell us more about the way you design artwork, myspace profiles or band logos? An artist or band comes up with an idea or you tell them about what you have in mind according to the concept of the work?

The bands get in touch with me via myspace or my website and inform me about what they want. I work on projects by the ordering time. I start working on the project as soon as we come to agreement with the band. I prepare some sketches and send them to the band. If they like it, I finish working upon that sketch and send them the final documents as soon as I recieve my payment. You can also check out the "how to request artwork" section on myspace or my website. As far as my principles goes, I just try to do my best for any band, regardless of their genre or fame. If they don’t like what I have done for them, I don’t demand more payment, I just come up with new ideas and work on them until they are satisfied. I used to work for commercial agencies and work on boring designs all day. I gave up on that and just concentrated on creating extreme stuff for extreme people, and that’s how I kept on going for 2 years in my own art studio.

4It's kind of a must to ask about your influences and about people whose work you admire. So yes i want names :)

My main influence, the one that made me who i am now, is Jon Andreas Nödtveidt of Dissection. His music and lyrics are my main influence. I felt like I was shot in the head when I heard that he was gone, and a part of me died with him. Jon is a huge loss for music. Hail to his spirit and all his fans!
Other than that, there are lots of illustrators and designers that i admire their work.. The first one is Dan Seagrave, commonly known with his work for Suffocation. I think I had learned a lot from him.We are in contact with him through myspace and I sometimes get his opinions about my work. I use his comments to improve myself and my work. He is just an awesome artist.. Also, Mark Riddick is one of my favourites, his work and style impresses and influences me.. And of course, Chris Moyen, the spirit and darkness in his work has always amazed me. I hope I can be as good as them one day. I am doing my best with my amateur spirit for extreme music in Turkey and I hope it satisfies people.

5You think an artist/designer always has to reflect a unique style which will be his trademark or you think sometimes its only important to do whats to be done and get the job finished on time? Do you think every single work you did up to now has a speacial unique “Ozan YILDIRIM” style?

Back in the days when I worked for commercial agencies, I was doing graphic designs fort he market, I just used to do what they want from me without adding any extra effort or soul, because none of that works had an artistic value. They didn’t need artistic value at all either. Then I realized that those stuff would never carry me forward. I hated business people with no taste whatsoever who thought they knew it all, and I quit. I started doing stuff about the subject that my soul belongs to, so now I care about artistic values. I am trying to do my best for any job, huge or small, doesn’t matter, trying to reflect my style too. As far as the deadlines go, of course getting the job done by the given time is crucial for me. A proffessional job must be delivered whenever promised earlier, or your reliability burns to the ground and nobody offers you anything.
Thanks for the great interview. HAIL CHAOS !

for more info and visual samples here are the links:
www.myspace.com/ozanyildirim
www.ozanyildirimart.com

-- Cult thrashers Sacrifice's album teaser!

2009-03-29T22:01:00.002+03:00

here's a one minute sample from Canadian legendary thrash band Sacrifice's upcoming new album recorded by the original 1991 line-up.
The Ones I Condemn teaser 2