Assorted Collection 51 – Various Metal Artists

Metal minions! Embrace yourself for impact! We have curated a brutal assortment of metallic sounds for our first pod of the month of March. Get the heads up on new album releases for the month of March and even April! That’s right, you heard it here first! We honor the steel, embrace the brutal and pay tribute to those who have left their mark. For the best in international metal pick up one of our assorted shows and discover a new band, today!

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Make a trip back to the (bloody) roots of extreme music, and be reminded why you got into heavy music in the first place. Check out extreme metallers from Turkey SEAL OF SOLOMON and the track “Story of a Prophet” from the band’s new album I, THE KING out on Wormhole Death Records!

Inspired by Conan the Barbarian movies (incidentally, the band’s singer goes by the moniker of Conan-by the way), shred guitar and everything heavy metal, we present another steel crafted track from the band EXMORTUS from their most novel release SLAVE TO THE SWORD. Crank up the track “Foe Hammer”.

CARNIFEX have released to the brutal masses their new album entitled DIE WITHOUT HOPE this month of March. After cranking the album, we mostly concur with the critics are saying about the album, “…they are writing from their hearts and deathcore is what happens to come out, not what they are intentionally writing towards…Die Without Hope is exactly that, deathcore.”-Metal Injection. So, we respectfully couldn’t pick a better track from the album, check out “Hatred and Slaughter”.

THE DEVIL PUT DINOSAURS HERE, and he also got ALICE IN CHAINS writing music again! The veteran rockers of the heyday of grunge return with their new lead vocalist William DuVall to display again their quality. ALICE IN CHAINS maintain their sludgy sounding guitars, phantasmagoric melodies and dark lyrics in THE DEVIL PUT DINOSAURS HERE. We recommend the complete album, but could only feature the track “Stone” for this podcast.

HAMMER OF THE WITCH from RINGWORM is a f-ckin’ good album! Fast and vicious; you won’t be able to put it down. The press raves on, “…everything you love about the brutalest, viciousest metal infused hardcore legends continues without missing a step.”-Noise Magazine. We simply say that RINGWORM’s music is the only parasite we allow to live in our ears!

INTERNATIONAL METAL ALLEGIANCE will be the title of our first digital cd compilation which we are working in collaboration with ONLINE METAL PROMO. The album will feature an international cast of metal bands in addition to the bands on the agency. To give you a taste of bitter metal on your tongues we present the bands ZEPHANIAH and LORDS OF THE TRIDENT. The first, an over the top; skillful shred addicts; power metal power house is ZEPHANIAH with a track from their album gospel STORIES OF THE BOOK OF METAL. The second, LORDS OF THE TRIDENT are show cased with a track from third release PLAN OF ATTACK. This is a US power metal band that combines both the classic with the modern in heavy metal. The press comments on the EP, “It’s four tracks of non-stop hook after hook, classic heavy metal…enjoy this 21 minutes and 47 seconds of hard-as-steel!”-Metal Archives.

Just as we have showcased a song from the new ALICE IN CHAINS it arrived to us another press kit from our friends at Wormhole Death records. We were expecting at first another kick ass extreme band; however, that was not the case. As the first seconds of track one begun with an acoustic low tuned intro followed by power sludge guitars; we instantly had the feeling -and were transported to the age of grunge-. Bewildered by the innate heaviness and somehow reminiscing on what we were hearing, we arrived to the conclusion that we had stumbled onto something that is not heard often nowadays. It was the Norwegian band ANGERMAN, and their debut album NO TEARS OF THE DEVIL. It was a long time coming for a band to capture the essence of grunge and fusion it with metal. The band call their music GRM, grunge-rock-metal, and the band play it intrinsically. Refreshing to the ear and reminiscing to the brain ANGERMAN will debut as a definite alternative from today’s common sounds.

We have just recently discovered the music of Italian extreme metal act REALITY GREY, and enjoyed very much the band’s sophomore release DEFINE REDEMPTION which will be available this April 15 through the Baker Team Records. This is really great heavy music that has a very modern sound. An album and band to look out for this year! Crank up the track “Departed Designs” in this podcast!

How about some “Blackjazz” from Norway? Coming from the land infamous for the black metal genre we present a new concept which fusions metal and jazz music directly. SHINING is a jazz-metal band that redefined their own genre of metal called Blackjazz. The band will make their Prosthetic Records debut with ONE ONE ONE the follow up to the BLACKJAZZ album this May 28. Check out the track “The Hurting Game” form the album and listen to the saxophone solo!

Mini tribute to DANZIG and THE MISFITS! Glenn Danzig vocalist for DANZIG and original founder of the MISFITS is featured with a couple tracks. From the album DANZIG 4 (1994), we have the track “Going Down to Die”; and from his time with the MISFITS the track “Die, Die My Darling”. THE MISFITS carry on their legacy now under the command of Jerry Only. We feature a track from the album THE DEVIL’S RAIN (2011).

Colombian extreme metallers T-Machines are featured with a track from their debut release DOOMED out now on Digmetalworld Records. T-Machines is the side project of Juancho Gomez, guitar player of the Colombian metal band MASACRE.

Described as an” old-school approach to hardcore…delving back into the music of Gorilla Biscuits and American Nightmare” (Metal Hammer), the band POLAR make their Prosthetic Records debut with the album SHADOWED BY VULTURES available this April 15. Crank up the first single from the album entitled “Glass Cutter” in this podcast.

Since the OPPOSITE FROM WITHIN (2004) album, I’ve lost track of German metalcore band CALIBAN. I really enjoyed the albums VENT (2001) and SHADOW HEARTS (2003) from the band. I think it’s been now almost ten years since those records and the band has been releasing album after album; singing from Roadrunner to now Century Media. The year is 2014 and CALIBAN have released their ninth studio album entitled GHOST EMPIRE. I always had a place for CALIBAN in my personal music collection, but it is now time to get back into their music. Featured in the podcast is the song “I Am Ghost” another example of the great musicianship and sense for melodic hooks in the songs from CALIBAN. After this, I’ll definitely give the albums in between from THE OPPOSITE FROM WITHIN to GHOST EMPIRE a listen. Above all, they’re still a great band!

Like we said at the beginning, we embrace the brutal! Two great new bands featured in the podcast are KHAOZ and INSAIN.

KHAOZ is a old-school Dutch death metal band formed by members of Sinister, Pleurisy, The Embodiment, Houwitser and Dead Head. The album is called I, CREATOR OF DAMNATION released this Jan 24. The song extracted for the podcast is Crimson Mind.

Beware Brutal Death Metal fans: your Universe features a new deadlier spot on the map, way beyond the stellar remnants there is the band INSAIN! Featured is the new album ENLIGHTENING THE UNKNOWN out this March 11 is the band’s brutal dose of black matter transforming the laws of gravity into a singularity distorting space and time and attracting everything around bringing all that is darkness to a stellar chaos!

One of the most exciting modern metal bands out there is REVOCATION. The band returns with their fourth full-length and most mind-blowingly impressive self-titled album to the date. Check out the track “Invidious” for the podcast!

Okay, we admit it took us a while to release the March podcast, but take our word for it only quality bands worth your listen are featured. So, enjoy and keep supporting independent metal!

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Playlist of Doom!

0. SEAL OF SOLOMON – STORY OF A PROPHET, album
I THE KING, check it out here
@ https://www.facebook.com/sealofsolomon

1. EXMORTUS – FOE HAMMER, album
SLAVE TO THE SWORD, get it at the Prosthetic Records store!
@ http://store.prostheticrecords.com/products/524528-exmortus-slave-to-the-sword-cd

2. CARNIFEX – HATRED AND SLAUGHTER
DIE WITHOUT HOPE, get it a the Nuclearblast store!
@ http://shop.nuclearblast.com/en/shop/item/groups/51000.1.no-label.html

3. ALICE IN CHAINS – STONE, album
THE DEVIL PUT DINOSAURS HERE, get the album here!
@ http://www.amazon.com/The-Devil-Put-Dinosaurs-Here/dp/B00BQ1D7X4

4.- RINGWORM – ONE OF US IS GOING TO HAVE TO DIE, album
HAMMER OF THE WITCH, get it at the Relapse shop!
@ http://www.relapse.com/hammer-of-the-witch-lp-black.html

5.- ZEPHANIAH – ANTIETAM, album
STORIES FROM THE BOOK OF METAL, get it at i-Tunes shop!
@ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stories-from-the-book-of-metal/id276422387

6.- ANGERMAN – BLACKEST RAIN, album
NO TEARS FOR THE DEVIL, get it at i-Tunes shop!
@ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/stories-from-the-book-of-metal/id276422387

7-. REALITY GREY – DEPARTED DESIGNS, album
DEFINE REDEMPTION follow the band here!
@ https://www.facebook.com/RealitygreyWeb

8.- SHINING – THE HURTING GAME, album
ONE ONE ONE, check out the band here!
@ https://www.facebook.com/shiningnorway

9.- DANZIG – GOING DOWN TO DIE, album
DANZIG 4, purchase the album here!
@ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/danzig-4/id3850710

10.- THE MISFITS – LAND OF THE DEAD, album
THE DEVIL’S RAIN, get the official Misfists merch here!
@ http://misfits.cinderblock.com/

11.- THE MISFITS – DIE, DIE MY DARLING, single

12.- T MACHINES – PAZ IGUALDAD, ep
DOOMED get the record at Digmetalworld Records!
@ http://music.digmetalworld.com/album/doomed

13.- POLAR – GLASS CUTTER, album
SHADOWED BY VULTURES , get the record here!
@ https://prostheticrecords.com/?p=6308

14.- LORDS OF THE TRIDENT – PLAN OF ATTACK, album
PLAN OF ATTACK, follow the band here!
@ https://www.facebook.com/lordsofthetrident

15.- CALIBAN – I AM GHOST, album
GHOST EMPIRE, get the merch here!
@ https://www.facebook.com/CalibanOfficial/app_136750573065772

16.- KHAOZ – CRIMSON MIND, album
I, CREATOR OF DAMNATION pick up the record at bandcamp.com
@ http://khaoz.bandcamp.com/

17.- INSAIN – BEYOND THE STELLAR REMNANTS, album
ENLIGHTENING THE UNKNOWN get the merch here!
@ https://www.facebook.com/insaindeath/app_150178545006427

18.- REVOCATION – INDIVIDUOS, album
REVOCATION, get it at the Relapse shop!
@ http://www.relapse.com/revocation

KEEP SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT METAL!