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News: Soulfly release their Live Ritual NYC MMXIX EP
Metal icons SOULFLY are proud to announce the release of their Live Ritual NYC MMXIX digital EP. In celebration, the band has offered the fans a live video for the track ‘The Summoning’ Check it out, here Vocalist/guitarist Max Cavalera comments, “New York is a mesmerizing city; the city that never sleeps! I always look forward to playing in NY. The Gramercy is a …
See: Mass Worship release lyric video for Sibylline Divination.
Sweden’s extreme metal export Mass Worship release a lyric video for ‘Sibylline Divination’, taken from their debut album ‘Mass Worship’ via Century Media. The band comments: “As the world comes to a sudden halt due to Covid-19, we are yet again reminded of the fragility of our ecosystem. As humans we try to understand, keep things under …
Track: The Ghost Inside – Pressure Point
The ghost Inside release their second single to be taken from their forthcoming self-titled record out June 5 via Epitaph. This will be the first release since the tragic accident the band suffered back in 2015. We reported on the fundraising here on Backseat Mafia. Pressure Point is a brutal track from the start. The …
See: After Smoke Clears release new video for Deterioration
London 4-piece After Smoke Clears, have released a new single and video, ‘Deterioration’. The second of six single releases throughout the year, the band blend metal, tech and groove to deliver a powerful sound. It’s on the heavier end of metal with a guttural vocal delivery and catchy head nodding riffs. The song portrays the …
Track: Fractures and Outlines – Kerosene (feat. Jericho Spencer-Champagne)
A year after unleashing their debut album ‘Defenseless’, FRACTURES & OUTLINES, have a new single to share in the form of post hardcore screamathon – ‘Kerosene’. Teaming up with Jericho Spencer-Champagne Salem Trials frontman Jericho Spencer-Champagne, the new track is a head bashing mosh pit filler. The band comments – “A political song about uprising against the establishment; burning …
See: Curse The Son release video for Worry Garden and announce new album.
Connecticut-based doom metal warriors CURSE THE SON premiere their dark and 90s-inspired new video “Worry Garden”. The the track is taken from the trio’s fourth album ‘Excruciation’ set for June 12th release on Ripple Music. About this new video, frontman Ron Vanacore comments: “In this bizarro world we currently find ourselves in, a band’s life’s blood has been taken away. …
EP: KALT || WEISS – Serotonin
KALT || WEISS is an avant-garde black metal project formed in 2018 by Viktor Sohm in Vienna, Austria. Fusing the atmosphere and euphoria of black-gaze with the visceral elements of dissonant black metal. They have released their debut EP – ‘Serotonin’ via KVLTSTICK4000 Records Inspired by bands like Deftones and genre legends Blut aus Nord …
SEE: TAMNEIN RELEASES NEW VIDEO FOR RISE OF THE OF THE SONTARANS
French melodic death metal unit TEMNEIN have released a hialrious Doctor Who-inspired video – ‘Rise Of The Sontarans’, taken from their third full-length, Tales: Of Humanity And Greed, out 22nd May via Blood Blast. The band commented: “The lyrical concept is about the Sontarans, a group of belligerent characters who looks like angry potatoes and appears on the TV program Doctor Who. Directed by Vincent …
Meet: Trivium’s Alex Bent interview – What the Dead men say
With the release of – ‘What The Dead Men Say’, possibly their best album to date, and one which we reviewed (and loved) only last week upon its release, we wanted to know more about what was going on in camp Trivium . Step forward Sticks man Alex Bent to tell us more the album, …
Track: Asian Death Crustacean – Baykal Part II, plus album news
London experimental metal 4-piece Asian Death Crustacean will be releasing their debut album, Baikal, this June. The forthcoming album combines their breadth of influences in extreme progressive metal, electronic/ambient music and the London underground jazz scene into an exploration of the themes of metamorphosis and self-transformation. ‘Baikal Part II’ is the first track to be …