Last year, ENVINYA announced that the band's former vocalist Natalie Pereira dos Santos has left the band.
After months of searching for a new front woman, ENVINYA are now happy to introduce their new vocalist!
Her full name's María del Mar Díaz Serrano, but everyone calls her Mery Díaz.
She already played in a couple of other bands (e.g., Heyerdal or Atmosphera) and performs on stage as actress, vocalist and dancer in various musicals.
ENVINYA released their latest album "Inner Silence" in late January 2013 via Massacre Records.
You've probably heard that a lot of people were affected by the floodings in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and lost pretty much everything they had.
Radio-Diabolus wants to help the victims and compiled the digital "Metal For The Flood Victims Donation Sampler" that contains 40 songs.
Our artists wanted to support Radio-Diabolus and quite a few are featured with a song on the sampler: Schwarzer Engel, Helldorados, Circle Of Silence, Macbeth, Vendetta, DuskMachine, Scornage, Hate Squad, Outrage, Mastic Scum, Thrudvangar and Rebellion.
The sampler is available for 5€ and all earnings will be donated to an aid organization - without any deductions!
You can choose if you pay 5€ or you can even pay more than 5€ if you want.
Only a couple of weeks to go until AGATHODAIMON are going to release their sixth studio album "In Darkness"!
Recorded at the Kohlekeller Studio with producer Kristian "Kohle" Kohlmannslehner, the album will regularly feature 8 tracks. The limited edition digipak will contain an additional bonus track.
AGATHODAIMON's guitarists Sathonys and Thilo have now offered insight on the tracks of their upcoming album:
Thilo: "This song has an unconvential structure. There's no verse and no chorus, which grants the song its special atmosphere. "In Darkness" starts with an acoustic intro and develops into a black metal inferno.
The blast beats accompanied by the epic keyboards are awesome. They're followed by a melodic riff, which transforms into a modified version with clean guitars that ends the song.
As mentioned, quite unconventional, but we aimed for a more organic approach on this album, trying to let mainly our feelings guide the songwriting.“
I've Risen
Thilo: "This track had the working title "Hymn". Well, working titles are often stupid, which mostly results out of the fact that it's very likely that our producer Kohle triggers them (Hi Kohle!). During the pre-production, we worked on some "hymnic" choirs for this song, that's how the working title came to life.
As they're an essential part of "I've Risen", at least the working title did make sense here.
Au contraire to the working title of "In Darkness"; Kohle titled this one "Wintersun". Even though it didn't have anything to do with the band Wintersun. We just talked about the band before we worked on this track... anyway, an important attribute is the distorted and intentionally disharmonic violin along with the pounding riff. All in all, a very mighty, epic song for which we aim to produce a video clip currently."
Favourite Sin
Sathonys: "Many years ago, our old vocalist Vlad and I jammed to the opening riff of this song in our rehearsal room, while he was on a visit to Germany. Could not forget about it ever since, so we finally managed to record it… the lyrics are to a big extent unaltered from the first version of Vlad. There’s a quote from a poem by George Bacovia in it, a quote from Mikhail Bakunin, and also an excerpt from the Book of Revelation amongst other stuff.
Music-wise, I’d say the song is an interesting mixture of Alice In Chains and black metal, and also has a subliminal western vibe to it. It’s also partly inspired by "The Devil’s Advocate" and obviously has a certain anti-religious message. And yes, it’s my personal favourite of this album, not only because I do some clean vocals here, hehe."
Oceans Of Black
Sathonys: "Some evil backward masking in the beginning… the spine of this song lies in the lead melody. A very simple, catchy tune in my opinion, that has a healthy, depressive aura and that positively reminds me of the good old times - actually it’s one of the oldest tunes ever, as it’s inspired by material of our demo days.
There’s a neighbourhood to songs like "Ribbons/Requiem" and "Tristetea Vehementa". Starts out slow, but has one of the fastest endings ever. Our drummer Manuel nearly freaked out! Oh, and features some great melody lines by our vocalist Ash."
The second part of the track-by-track commentary will be released soon.
AGATHODAIMON's "In Darkness" will be released on June 28, 2013 via Massacre Records!
On this day, THRUDVANGAR are going to release their new album "Tiwaz".
The band has now released the album artwork and a song off the upcoming album is also available for pre-listening.
The artwork of "Tiwaz" was created by Björn Gooßes a.k.a. Killustrations, who has also worked with bands such as THRUDVANGAR's label mates Davidian as well as Dew-Scented, Hackneyed or The Very End.
You can listen to the song "Sonnenwende" off the new album "Tiwaz" here:
CRYSTAL TEARS' upcoming third album has finally gotten a name: "Hellmade"!
Having stepped it up a gear, CRYSTAL TEARS sound more brutal, heavy & melodic than ever!
With multi-vocalist Søren Adamsen (ex-Artillery) and producer R. D. Liapakis (Mystic Prophecy, Devil's Train, Suicidal Angels et al.), the band evolved to an unstoppable metal riffing machine!
The cover artwork of "Hellmade" was designed by Siege Ind, who already worked with bands such as Scar Symmetry, Suicide Silence or Bleed From Within.
CRYSTAL TEARS have also launched a competition where you can win free merchandise!
All you have to do is to answer a question about a song that the band is going to cover on their upcoming album "Hellmade".
You'll find the rules as well as a couple of clues HERE.
Good luck!
CRYSTAL TEARS' new album "Hellmade" is scheduled to be released in autumn/winter 2013 via Massacre Records!
We're happy to announce the signing of Germany's death/viking metal quintet THRUDVANGAR!
The band was originally formed as a quartet back in 2001. With the release of their demo in 2003 and the debut album "Ahnenthron" in 2004, the band gained a lot of fans that are into epic and melodic pagan/viking metal.
During the recordings of their second album, some major line-up changes took place. With the addition of a second guitarist the band's sound became more aggressive, but still remained melodic. The band signed with Einheit Produktionen and released all of their previous albums, including a re-release of their debut, on the label.
THRUDVANGAR played at various festivals, such as the Ragnarök Festival, Wave-Gotik-Treffen or the Pagan Nights Festival and supported bands like Nomans Land and Trollech.
A huge highlight in the band's career so far was the release of their concept album "Durch Blut Und Eis" in 2010, which was about the life of Eric the Red. They also shot their first video clip for the song "Thornesthing" off the album.
In 2012 the keyboardist left the band and THRUDVANGAR decided to go on without a keyboard in the future line-up.
The band is now ready to release their fifth album on Massacre Records in July 2013!
If you want to see the guys live, you can do so at the following dates:
Swiss Hard Rock legends CRYSTAL BALL have signed with Massacre Records!
Everything started back in 1995, when CRYSTAL BALL were a cover band named Cherry Pie. They used their stage experiences as foundation for CRYSTAL BALL, who soon were one of Europe's major forces in the hard rock genre.
Their successful debut album "In The Beginning" was released in 1999, followed by the even more successful "Hard Impact" in 2000.
They soon signed with Nuclear Blast and toured with bands such as U.D.O., Doro and Axxis. After the release of their fifth album, "Timewalker", CRYSTAL BALL went on their first headliner tour with Thunderstone.
In 2007, CRYSTAL Ball signed with AFM Records and released their sixth album "Secrets".
Now, in 2013, the band's back with a brand new line-up featuring a great new vocalist, Steven Mageney.
They're currently working on their seventh album, which is set to be released later this year via Massacre Records!
Markus Flury - Lead & Rhythm Guitar
Marcel Sardella - Drums
Steven Mageney - Vocals
Scott Leach - Lead & Rhythm Guitar
Cris Stone - Bass
The band's first three studio albums will be re-released!
The albums "Theatre Of Tragedy", "Velvet Darkness They Fear" and "Aégis" are re-mastered and will contain brand new interviews, liner notes as well as additional bonus tracks:
The first two album will feature previously unreleased recordings and "Aégis" will contain bonus tracks and edits from the "Cassandra" single.
All re-releases will be available as digipak as well as limited double vinyl LP in gatefold cover (limited to 500 numbered units).
You'll find the artworks as well as the track lists below.
All three issues will be released on July 5, 2013 via Masscre Records!
Theatre Of Tragedy
01. A Hamlet For A Slothful Vassal
02. Cheerful Dirge
03. To These Words I Beheld No Tongue
04. Hollow-Heartèd, Heart-Departèd
05. …A Distance There Is…
06. Sweet Art Thou
07. Mïre
08. Dying – I Only Feel Apathy
09. Monotonë
Bonus Songs: Demo 1994
10. A Song By The Hearth?
11. A Hamlet For A Slothful Vassal
12. Dying – I Only Feel Apathy
13. Soliloquy
Velvet Darkness They Fear
01. Velvet Darkness They Fear
02. Fair And ‘Guiling Copesmate Death
03. Bring Forth Ye Shadow
04. Seraphic Deviltry
05. And When He Falleth
06. Der Tanz Der Schatten
07. Black As The Devil Painteth
08. On Whom The Moon Doth Shine
09. The Masquerader And Phœnix
Bonus Songs:
10. Der Tanz Der Schatten (Demo)
11. Black As The Devil Painteth (Demo)
12. And When He Falleth (Demo)
Germany's dark metal band SCHWARZER ENGEL have recently released their brand new video clip!
The video features the song "Schwarze Sonne", which is taken from the band's new "Schwarze Sonne" EP as well as the upcoming album "In Brennenden Himmeln", which will be released in late July.
Enjoy the video clip here:
The video was directed by SCHWARZER ENGEL mastermind Dave Jason and produced by Maximilian Schwarz of Bloody Orange.
The song features guest appearances by E NOMINE's opera singer Johanna von Orleans and OOMPH!'s keyboardist El Friede.
SCHWARZER ENGEL's "Schwarze Sonne" EP was released on May 24, 2013 via Massacre Records!
MASTIC SCUM are still busy working on their upcoming album at the Grindlab Studio!
During the last months and weeks, the band also commented on the recording process on their fb page.
Drum Recordings:
"Great performances with energy and vibe & lot of structures, grooves and blast beats! The bass drum still freaks us out!"
Bass recordings:
"The bass sound is amazing! It has a lot of punch with nice low-end but also lot of high frequencies for the right amount of dirt!"
Guitar recordings:
"The guitar sounds awesome! Huge, metallic and with this sort of aggressive midrange! We tested a lot of equipment so far but in the end we used almost the same setup like we have used for our last album 'DUST'."
Lukas Lancko of ISIDESIGNSTUDIO will create the album's cover artwork.
MASTIC SCUM's guitarist Harry about working with Lukas:
"We know Lukas and his great work since a long time and we are happy to work with him together for the new release. We have a special idea for the artwork in mind and he's the perfect choice for the images and atmosphere we are looking for!"
MYSTIC PROPHECY announced in February 2013 that they're going to enter the studio in early March. Soon after, the band's new masterpiece got a name: "Killhammer".
The new album was recorded at the Prophecy and Music Factory Studios with singer R.D. Liapakis once again sitting in the producer's chair. Fredrik Nordström (Hammerfall, In Flames, Arch Enemy) is responsible for the mix at the Studio Fredman in Sweden.
The band has now revealed the album's cover artwork, created by Uwe Jarling - one of the most talented fantasy graphic designers!
R.D. Liapakis comments on the album as follows:
"After 12 years and 7 albums we are ready to release our 8th album. 'Killhammer' will be a metal masterpiece with a wall of sound, loud guitars straight in your face and without compromises!"
If you want to see MYSTIC PROPHECY live this year, you can do so at two dates in Germany:
Are you already counting the days until the release of DARKANE's new album?
After releasing the artwork and the tracklisting almost two weeks ago, the band has now uploaded a lyric video!
Enjoy the lyric video for the title track of DARKANE's new album "The Sinister Supremacy" here:
The band's sixth album, mixed by Daniel Bergstrand, will also be availabe as limited edition digipak and features the following tracks:
1. Sounds Of Pre-Existence
2. The Sinister Supremacy
3. Mechanically Divine
4. Ostracized
5. The Decline
6. Insurrection Is Imminent
7. In The Absence Of Pain
8. Humanity Defined
9. Hate Repentance State
10. Collapse Of Illusions
11. By Darkness Designed
12. Existence Is Just A State Of Mind
13. Malicious Strain (Digipak Bonus Track)
14. I, Author Of Despair (Digipak Bonus Track)
Carlos Holmberg (ex-Soilwork) is responsible for the amazing cover artwork.
DARKANE's brand new album "The Sinister Supremacy" will be released in Europe via Massacre Records on June 28, 2013!
DUSKMACHINE have unveiled the cover artwork of their upcoming, self-titled album!
It was designed and painted by Berlin-based artist and illustrator Eliran Kantor, known mostly for creating album covers for heavy metal bands such as Testament, Sodom, Hatebreed, Atheist, Anacrusis, Sigh and Mekong Delta among others.
The band comments:
"The idea behind the concept art was to create an assembly manual for the DuskMachine, hand-drawn by a mad scientist."
The band shot a video clip for the song "Endless" off the upcoming album in late March. HERE are a few impressions.
DUSKMACHINE's "DuskMachine" will be released on July 26, 2013 via Massacre Records.
A little bit more than a week to go until Germany's prog metal veterans IVANHOE will release their new masterpiece "Systematrix"!
The album was recorded at the Red Room Studios with producer Andy Horn (Lanfear, Edenbridge, Voices Of Destiny et al.). The cover artwork was created by Thilo “Minz” Meyer.
"Systematrix", which will also be available as limited edition digipak with two exclusive bonus tracks, will feature the following songs:
01. Systematrix
02. Human Letargo
03. Tin Cans Liberty
04. War Of The Centuries
05. Madhouse
06. Learning Path
07. Walldancer
08. The Symbiotic Predator - Seduction
09. The Symbiotic Predator - Resolution
10. The Symbiotic Predator - Late Recognition
The first reviews are already in and look quite well:
darkscene.at 7.5/10 "GLORYFUL have done everything right on their debut album (...)"
Legacy 12/15
lordsofmetal.nl 79/100 "Simply turn your mind off, raise your fist, bang that head and enjoy!"
mega-metal.de 8/10
osnametal.de 8/10
You can now listen to snippets from each song below.
GLORYFUL's "The Warrior's Code" was recorded at the Boombox Studios in Lünen, Germany, and was mixed and mastered by the legendary Dan Swanö!
Kris Verwimp is responsible for the cover artwork.
GLORYFUL's "The Warrior's Code" will be released on May 24, 2013 via Massacre Records!
Austrian thrashers THE LAST WARNING unleash "The Beast"!
The video clip for the album opener "The Beast" was shot in Athens, Greece, directed by Nick Mylonas and George Tsantilas (In The Core Media) and is available here:
The band comments on the song as follows:
"The lyrics of this song are inspired by the life of the Austrian serial killer Jack Unterweger”. In 1974, Unterweger murdered an 18-year-old German girl. He was arrested in 1976 and was sentenced to life in prison. While in prison, Unterweger became an author of short stories, poems, plays, and an autobiography.
In 1985 a campaign to pardon Jack and release him from prison was started by Austrian's high society. He was released May 23, 1990.
In the same year, the murders went on in Europe and the United States. He was finally arrested by the FBI in Miami, Florida, in February 1992.
In June 1994, Unterweger was sentenced to life in prison again. Shortly after, he committed suicide in his jail cell before he could appeal the verdict."
"Progression" was recorded at the Music Factory/Prophecy Studios in Kempten, Germany with producer R.D. Liapakis (Mystic Prophecy, Suicidal Angels, Devil's Train) and features the following tracks:
01. The Beast
02. Devil Inside
03. Progression
04. The New Sign
05. Pain And Hate
06. Awake The Red Lion
07. Run
08. Down To The Ground
09. Haunted
10. Now I Bleed
11. Fake Blood
12. Say Goodnight
Anestis Goudas, who has worked with bands such as Kreator, Dimmu Borgir, Riot or Rotting Christ, is responsible the album artwork.
The band has previously released an album trailer - http://youtu.be/pc7W5H8Hj2k - containing the first audio samples off the new record.
THE LAST WARNING's new album "Progression" will be released on will be released on June 28, 2013 via Massacre Records!
Chances are more than good that DEBAUCHERY will play songs off the upcoming album "Kings Of Carnage", to be released on August 2, 2013 via Massacre Records!
The same applies to EISREGEN, who are going to release their brand new album "Todestage" in late October 2013, also via Massacre Records!
DARKANE have released the artwork as well as the tracklisting of their upcoming, brand new album "The Sinister Supremacy"!
The band's sixth album, mixed by Daniel Bergstrand, will also be available as limited edition digipak and features the following tracks:
1. Sounds Of Pre-Existence
2. The Sinister Supremacy
3. Mechanically Divine
4. Ostracized
5. The Decline
6. Insurrection Is Imminent
7. In The Absence Of Pain
8. Humanity Defined
9. Hate Repentance State
10. Collapse Of Illusions
11. By Darkness Designed
12. Existence Is Just A State Of Mind
13. Malicious Strain (Digipak Bonus Track)
14. I, Author Of Despair (Digipak Bonus Track)
Carlos Holmberg (ex-Soilwork) is responsible for the amazing cover artwork, which you can enjoy below!
DARKANE recently spoke about the album title as well as the artwork:
" 'The Sinister Supremacy' is a metaphor for the evil that controls us. It’s the dark part of our minds and it’s inside us all. It tells us it’s ok to do bad things, to hurt other people, and hurt ourselves. It guides us into making choices based on pure selfishness, and it thrives on complete chaos.
The cover art by Carlos Holmberg is a Rorschach test as seen by an individual who has completely succumbed to the sinister supremacy."
The band has already posted two short clips from the studio on their fb page, which you can enjoy here:
A new drummer has joined INFERNAL TENEBRA from Croatia!
Sebastian Stell, who played with Mercenary Cockroach among other bands, succeeds Sandi Orbanić, who recently left the band due to personal obligations.
The band sought a permanent replacement and after the first audition and rehearsal with Sebastian it became obvious that he's the right man.
Guitarist and vocalist Darko Etinger commented:
"We're proud to have Sebastian Stell in our band. He's an extremely talented and focused drummer, capable of bringing a significant contribution to the band's sound."
Sebastian will first appear with INFERNAL TENEBRA at the Underwall Festival in Zadar, Croatia on June 7, 2013
INFERNAL TENEBRA released their critically acclaimed album "New Formed Revelations", mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren, in December 2012 via Massacre Records.
The band is currently working on their second video for the song "Art Of Survival", produced by Igor Malecic (Meisterwerk Productions).
Our Danish dynamite ILLDISPOSED is ready to go on tour again!
In fact, their Tour The Darkness 2013 will kick off this Thursday, May 9th, in Berlin!
The guys will play several club shows in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in May, before they'll play at festivals in Denmark, Germany and Belarus this summer.
Unfortunately ILLDISPOSED's drummer Thomas is forced to sit out their May tour due to health reasons. Koldborn's Kim Langkjær Jensen will step in for him until he's fully recovered.
ILLDISPOSED released their current album "Sense The Darkness" in September 2012 and entered the Danish charts at #78 in its first week of release!
They have also released a video cip for the song "Eyes Popping Out", directed by Mircea Gabriel Eftemie, which you can watch here: http://youtu.be/yFoijhIiQtc
Sweden's thrash death metal 5-piece is going to release a brand new album this summer!
"The Sinister Supremacy" will be the band's sixth studio album and was recorded and produced by DARKANE at the Darkane Studio. Daniel Bergstrand has mixed the album.
The new album is the first album since "Demonic Art", which was released in 2008. It's also the first album with Lawrence Mackrory on vocals since the band's debut album "Rusted Angel", released in 1999.
DARKANE have posted two short clips from the studio on their fb page, which you can enjoy here:
Starting today and all weekend long, you can get two of our brand new releases for 5€ only on Amazon Germany!
TEARS OF MARTYR’s “Tales” as well as ZOMBIE INC.’s “Homo Gusticus” are available as MP3 download for this cheap price from April 26th until April 28th!
GLORYFUL have released the first two parts of their studio report series!
Both parts feature GLORYFUL's drummer Hartmut Stoof. In the first part, he's recording the song "Evil Oath" and in the second part he's recording the song "Gloryful's Tale".
THE LAST WARNING can't wait to release their new album "Progression" in late June!
That's why the band has now released an album trailer, that contains the first audio samples of the new record: http://youtu.be/pc7W5H8Hj2k
"Progression" was recorded at the Music Factory/Prophecy Studios in Kempten, Germany with producer R.D. Liapakis (Mystic Prophecy, Suicidal Angels, Devil's Train).
Anestis Goudas, who has worked with bands such as Kreator, Dimmu Borgir, Riot or Rotting Christ, is responsible the album artwork.
THE LAST WARNING's new album "Progression" will be released on June 28, 2013 via Massacre Records!
Germany's dark metal quintet AGATHODAIMON is currently working hard on the successor of their 2009 release "Phoenix".
They've entered the Kohlekeller Studios in February and hope to finish the recordings with producer Kristian "Kohle" Kohlmannslehner in late April.
The band's new album is entitled "In Darkness" and will be released this summer!
You surely want to know what to expect from the new release, don't you?
Here's what guitarist and vocalist Sathonys has to say about it:
"We’re sure IN DARKNESS has a lot of killer songs, and we did step into the right direction - though it’s also a step backwards. Back to the roots, to be clear.
We collectively felt that PHOENIX reached a point that’s as far as we can go, without denying our roots. So we summoned the spirit of the old times (of course without trying to pretend it’s 1995).
We put focus on the atmosphere and got rid of elements which did not fit to our vision. To summarize, I’d say it’s less technical, but more dense, coming rather from the heart than our heads. This sounds strange maybe, but you’ll get it once you’ll hear the first songs."
A few impressions from the studio are available on the band's fb page.
Do you want to know more?
AGATHODAIMON have also revealed the cover artwork, created by Hicham Haddaji of Strychneen Studio! Enjoy it below.
If you want to see AGATHODAIMON live, you should visit the 11th edition of the Schlachtfest in Aurich, Germany.
AGATHODAIMON's "In Darkness" is expected to be released on June 28, 2013 via Massacre Records!
SCHWARZER ENGEL are going to release an EP next month!
The "Schwarze Sonne" EP will contain 4 tracks as well as the video clip for the title track "Schwarze Sonne"!
Johanna von Orleans (E NOMINE) and El Friede (OOMPH!) appear as guest musicians!
The beautiful artwork was once again created by Matthias Bäuerle of Season Zero, who is also responsible for the artwork of SCHWARZER ENGEL's albums "Apokalypse" and "Träume Einer Nacht".
The track list of the upcoming EP looks like this:
1. Schwarze Sonne (Feat. Johanna von Orleans)
2. Der Fährmann
3. Schwarze Sonne (Piano Version Feat. El Friede)
4. Schwarze Sonne (Instrumental Piano Version Feat. El Friede)
SCHWARZER ENGEL's "Schwarze Sonne" EP will be released on May 24, 2013 via Massacre Records.
I SPIT ASHES have recently entered the Kohlekeller Studio to record their new album with Kristian "Kohle" Kohlmannslehner!
This past weekend I SPIT ASHES started recording the drums and have added a couple of pictures to their fb page.
The yet untitled record will follow the band's debut "Inhaling Blackness - Reflecting Light", which received good reviews and was released in August 2012 via Massacre Records.
TRAIL OF TEARS are going to release their new, seventh album in 2 weeks.
"Oscillation" was produced at the Sound Suite Studio in Marseille, France, by Terje Refsnes and TRAIL OF TEARS and co-produced by Audun Grønnestad. Audun and the band also mixed it at the Mayhem Studios. Mika Jussila mastered “Oscillation” at Finnvox.
Jan Yrlund of Darkgrove Design is responsible for the cover artwork.
The album features the following songs:
1. Waves Of Existence
2. Scream Out Loud
3. Crimson Leads On The Trail Of Tears
4. Oscillation (Pre-listening)
5. Path Of Destruction
6. Vultures Guard My Shadow
7. The Dawning
8. Room 306
9. Our Grave Philosophy
10. Lost In Life
11. Eradicate
Snippets from each song on "Oscillation" are available below.
TRAIL OF TEARS' new album "Oscillation" will be released on April 26, 2013 via Massacre Records!
We've already presented you the artwork of CIRCLE OF SILENCE's new record and now we've got more album details for you!
Produced by Vagelis Maranis at the Maranis Studios, "The Rise Of Resistance" will feature the following tracks:
1. Blood Of Enemies
2. Eyes Of Anarchy
3. Nothing Shall Remain
4. One Moment Of Hate
5. An Oncoming Storm
6. Mind Conspiracy
7. In The Absence Of Your God
8. We Rise
9. The Final Chapter
10. Slave To The Greed Machine
11. Reborn From Darkness
12. The Architect Of Immortality
The fourth song of the album, "One Moment Of Hate", will be released as digital single on April 26, 2013 and is available for pre-listening below.
The band has also posted an album teaser on YouTube:
The band about the sound of the upcoming record:
"The first impression is that the new ones are a bit heavier than the stuff from 'The Blackened Halo' and a bit more straight forward. A lot of double-bass action is going on in those first songs!"
Austria's undead quintet ZOMBIE INC., who have recently introduced a new drummer, are soon going to release their new album "Homo Gusticus" via Massacre Records!
The album was recorded and mixed by Martin Schirenc and mastered by Dan Swanö. Martin Bäuerle of Season Zero Design is once again responsible for the artwork, which you can enjoy below!
The following tracks are featured on "Homo Gusticus":
1. The Rocking Dead
2. Cum Undone
3. Bust The Food Chain
4. Homo Gusticus
5. E=mCarnage²
6. With The Mob
7. Yeshua Syndrome
8. Better Off Undead
9. Resurrection Guaranteed
10. All Corpses Are Bastards
The song "Resurrection Guaranteed" was released as a digital single on April 5, 2013.
The band has recently launched its newly designed homepage. Check it out.
You'll find snippets from each song on "Homo Gusticus", which will be released on April 26, 2013, here:
Happy Metal? Brutal Death Metal Polka? Power Reggae Metal?
Original Austrian Alpencore!
We're happy to announce the signing of TUXEDO!
The Austrian sextet was formed as an alternative/crossover trio back in 2005.
They released their EP "Schizophrenia" in 2009. Soon after and with the addition of a new drummer, they played more metal oriented music.
Their second EP "Fight" was released in 2010 and received good reviews. A second guitarist joined the band and they continued to develop their own musical style. Soon after, Austrian Alpencore was born!
Since their formation in 2005, the band has played more than a hundred gigs in Austria, Germany, Croatia and Slovakia and supported bands like Unearth, Sepultura, Debauchery, Ektomorf and others! They also played at several festivals, such as the Metalfest Open Air Austria, Metal Invasion or Novarock.
You won't forget a gig of TUXEDO!
Their percussion-driven metalcore with thrash elements is combined with their unique "Alpencore show", which includes the guys wearing traditional Austrian costumes. Yes, they also wear Lederhosen!
Some of you may have already noticed a couple of line-up changes since the release of ZOMBIE INC.'s debut "A Dreadful Decease".
Our favorite walking dead have now introduced their new drummer, Florian Musil, who seems to love innards instead of brains.
The band stated:
"Readers of our biography will know it already. And for those who didn't: The new monster on the drums is the handsome but not less brutal Florian Musil! He punched the shit out of his drums for the upcoming album HOMO GUSTICUS already."
If you want to see the guys live, you can attend one of their upcoming gigs:
Prior to their brand new album "Homo Gusticus", out on April 26, 2013 via Massacre Records, ZOMBIE INC. are going to release their digital single "Resurrection Guaranteed" on April 5, 2013!
We want to welcome the multinational quintet CRYSTAL TEARS to the Massacre Records family!
The band was formed in the late 90's in Greece and issued several demos before they released their debut album "Choirs Of Immortal" in 2006 via Pure Steel Records.
It didn't take long until they shared stages with bands such as W.A.S.P., Riot or Jag Panzer!
CRYSTAL TEARS have left their mark as one of Greece's best heavy metal acts and have proven to be a persistent, innovative and unstoppable force.
Their musical roots can be traced back from the good ol' heavy metal of the Eighties up to modern metal.
Their second album "Generation X" followed in 2010 and was released via 7Hard. The album received rave reviews worldwide and initiated the band's first tour in Greece.
The band announced the addition of the Danish singer Søren Nico Adamsen (ex-Artillery) as well as the Hungarian guitarist Máté Nagy in late 2012 and started working on their third full-length album, which was recorded with producer R. D. Liapakis (Mystic Prophecy, Devil's Train).
With the new line-up, CRYSTAL TEARS sound more brutal, heavy & melodic than ever!
Drummer Chrisafis about the signing:
"It's a funny feeling... I own so many albums from Massacre Records’ catalogue and now CRYSTAL TEARS is a part of the family... yes! We want to thank all the people that put their trust in us and that have been supporting our band one way or another. We promise that we'll do our best!"
CRYSTAL TEARS’ new studio album will be released later this year via Massacre Records.
We are happy to announce the signing of Finland's UNSHINE!
The band was formed in 2001 and released two untitled demos in 2002 and 2003.
In 2004, UNSHINE signed with Low Frequency Records and released the self-recorded and self-produced debut album "Earth Magick" in 2005, both in Europe and North America.
During the following years, the band toured mostly in Finland and prepared the recordings and the mix of the second album, "The Enigma Of Immortals", which was released in 2008.
"The Enigma Of Immortals" entered the Finnish charts and received airplays at several radio stations, including Bruce Dickinson's BBC Friday Rock Show.
In spring 2009, UNSHINE went on their 1st European tour. They also played at Sweden's famous Sweden Rock Festival in 2010 and supported bands like Lake Of Thears and Amorphis.
About 5 years after the release of "The Enigma Of Immortals", UNSHINE are now ready to release their third album via Massacre Records!
The album's entitled "Dark Half Rising" and is expected to be released in late August 2013.
Susanna Vesilahti - Vocals
Harri Hautala - Guitar, Keyboard
Jari Hautala - Guitar
Teemu "Teemal" Vähäkangas - Bass
Jukka "Stibe" Hantula - Drums, Percussions
TEARS OF MARTYR are going to release their new album "Tales" next month!
It was recorded at Italy's New Sin Studios with producers Luigi Stefanini and Enrik García (Dark Moor).
The artwork was created by the band's bassist Adrián Miranda!
The track list of "Tales" looks like this:
1. The Scent No. 13th
2. Golem (Pre-listening)
3. Mermaid And Loneliness
4. Vampiress Of The Sunset Street
5. Ancient Pine Awaits
6. Lost Boys
7. Fallen Hero
8. Of A Raven Born
9. Wolves And A Witch
10. Ran Into The Forest
The band was recently confirmed for Portugal's Lisbon Dark Fest and shot a brand new video clip a few days ago.
TEARS OF MARTYR's "Tales" will be available for a special newcomer price and will be released on April 26, 2013 via Massacre Records!
STONELAKE are celebrating their 10th anniversary with their brand new album "Monolith"!
It was produced, recorded, mixed and mastered at the Unlimited Music Production Studios in Furulund, Sweden, by Jan Åkesson and is the first record for the band's new keyboardist Annika Argerich and drummer Fredrik Joakimsson. For the first time ever, it features the lyrics of the British writer Adam Bard.
Carl André Beckston, a.k.a. Monowasp, has created the album artwork.
"Monolith" features the following tracks:
01. Fanatical Love
02. You Light The Way
03. End This War (Pre-listening)
04. With Someone Like You
05. Double Life
06. Hater
07. Will You Be Loved
08. In A Freezing House
09. Notorious
10. Desolation
Australia's traditional heavy metal quartet ELM STREET has introduced its new bassist!
Anthony Longordo has recently joined the band as replaces Brendan Farrugia.
The band commented:
"A massive metal welcome to the new member of our family, Anthony Longordo on the thumping bass! A HUGE metal salute to our brother Brendan Farrugia for the kickass bass skills he gave us over the years and we wish him all the best for the future!"
If you're living in Australia, you'll have the chance to see Anthony live soon:
ELM STREET released their debut album "Barbed Wire Metal" in November 2011 via Massacre Records. It was produced by Ermin Hamidovic and was mastered at Panic Room Mastering in Sweden. The artwork was created by the well-known artist Ed Repka.
We're happy to announce the signing of Germany's dark metal band SCHWARZER ENGEL!
The band was formed in 2007 by the vocalist and guitarist Dave Jason. The live line-up includes Jens Lindmaier (guitar), Stefan Grießhammer (guitar), Bert Oeler (bass) and Marcel Woitowicz (drums).
In 2010 they signed with Trisol Music Group and released their debut album "Apokalypse".
In late 2010 SCHWARZER ENGEL toured with Ahab and The Vision Bleak through Germany, Austria and the Netherlands. The tour was accompanied by the release of the band's EP "Geister und Dämonen".
The second album "Träume Einer Nacht" followed in April 2011.
SCHWARZER ENGEL played at several festivals in 2011 and 2012, such as the Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Hexentanz Festival, Castle Storm Festival and Dark Storm Festival.
SCHWARZER ENGEL's music can be described as modern dark metal with heavy guitar riffs, double bass attacks, catchy melodies and furious, deep vocals - all topped with orchestral arrangements.
The band's poetic German lyrics are about human failures, impressions of nature, myths and the cruel reality of today's world.
Band leader Dave Jason about the signing with Massacre Records:
"I'm happy to announce that SCHWARZER ENGEL has teamed up with Massacre Records! The label has proven that it's doing a great job in supporting their artists.
Massacre Records is the perfect partner for the release of SCHWARZER ENGEL's upcoming album as well as the "Schwarze Sonne EP", which will be the album's harbringer."
SCHWARZER ENGEL's "Schwarze Sonne EP" will be released in late May via Massacre Records, followed by the worldwide release of the band's third album "In Brennenden Himmeln" in late July!
MYSTIC PROPHECY have recently entered the studio to record their 8th studio album!
After the successful album "Ravenlord" the five prophets accept the challenge to create another piece of precious metal.
To shorten the waiting time, the band will release a digital compilation next month!
"Best Of Prophecy Years" will contain the following 12 tracks:
1. Ravenlord
2. Hollow
3. Eyes Of The Devil
4. We Kill You Die
5. To The Devil I Pray
6. Across The Gates Of Hell
7. Demons Blood
8. Dark Forces
9. Satanic Curses
10. Evil Empires
11. Savage Souls
12. Master Of Sins
Anestis Goudas (Derz Design) is responsible for the artwork of the compilation.
"Best Of Prophecy Years" will be released on April 12, 2013!
We're thrilled to announce the signing of Germany's death metal warmachine DEBAUCHERY!
In post-apocalyptic times the Blood God starts the Death Metal Warmachine again. 10 years of constant warfare have made DEBAUCHERY even more brutal and sinister. Battlefields all over the world, from Russia to China, all across Europe were left victorious. Most of the well-known festivals - Wacken, Summer Breeze, With Full Force - were destroyed. On the campaigns DEBAUCHERY followed bands like Napalm Death, Destruction, Six Feet Under and more. The Blood God and his Murder Squad strode beside icons like Slayer, Venom, Immortal and Saxon – always recognizable because of their gore-drenched shows, half-naked Blood Babes and mutilated body parts.
The controversy of the band has brought DEBAUCHERY time and again in contact with the big mainstream media, be it a story in Germany’s BILD about the lesbian porn for “Death Metal Warmachine” or articles about the loss of the teacher-job of the front man. But in spite of all the brutality of the fantasy image, in real life the moral standards are of another kind: Thomas Gurrath is a vegetarian, his statement the video for “Animal Holocaust”, created in cooperation with PETA.
The music is straight, groovy, dark, brutal and tells evil stories.
DEBAUCHERY is more than just death metal – genres are broken, 10 years in music business, 10 years in metal, 10 years of DEBAUCHERY and now the 10th album of the Blood God.
Be prepared, the new album will be released in early August 2013 via Massacre Records!
Line-up
Thomas, the Man in Blood, one of the Blood Gods of the Dark Breed Legions - agonizing sound-blades of mass murder, voices of war, scream-killing and monster growls
The Murder Squad
John Smith, shape-changing Killerbeast of the Cult of Gore - Killsaw
Bob, the Butcher of Bitches - girl-raping Chainsaw
Bloodspawn, the Corpsebeast, one of the Kings of Carnage - Blastmaster-Battery
Southern Germany's power metal force no. 1 strikes again! The new and 3rd album "The Rise Of Resistance" proves massively why the young Heilbronn-based quintet is one of Germany's biggest metal hopes!
