-- Jucifer - The Mountain (video)

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

-- PANTHEON I 'Serpent Christ'

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

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:

Faith Divides Us Death Unites Us

UNLEASH - WAKE EP [2009]

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

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)

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?

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

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

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!

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!

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!!