Xhamain - "Na Alma" (Suspiria Records 2021)

Na Alma is the first part of a trilogy called No Ser. This is an ambitious and extensive work already written in its entirety, which is an excellent introduction of Xhamain. The style of the Galician sextet combines elements of traditional Celtic music, such as bagpipes and flutes, with the strength and energy of metal with gothic and symphonic hints. The male/female vocal duality adds a great variety of melodic nuances to the final result. Regarding the visual design, the band has hired the services of the Bulgarian artist Georgi Georgiev from Moon Ring Design, who has magnificently expressed the sound of the album with evocative dreamlike images. Recorded and mixed by Ruben Alonso at Kastell von Pahlomen Studios and mastered by Tony Lindgren (Dimmu Borgir, Opeth, Blind Guardian, Eluveitie...) at Fascination Street Studios (Arch Enemy, Amon Amarth, Sepultura, Moonspell...), Na Alma will be played live on tour throughout 2022.

 

XHAMAIN- Soño de Inverno (Official Video) | Suspiria Records

 

Sentenced - "Amok" (MDD Records)

 

Band: Sentenced
Title: Amok
Label: MDD Records
Release: 22 October 2021
Format: CD, Digital
Genre: Metal

Changes with every step...

The Finns of Sentenced are a band that presented themselves in a new stylistic guise with almost every release in the first years of their existence. From the extreme Finnish Ur-Death-Metal formation of the early days to the end of their career, the band's path was quite changeable.
Especially on the album "Amok" presented here, the band once again reinvented themselves and created a long player that was groundbreaking for their further development.

With "Nespenthe", for which an elaborate video clip was also shot, the band created their first big hit, which was also noticed outside the then manageable metal cosmos through airplay and thus paved a new path for the band.

TRACKLIST
01. The War Ain't Over!
02. Phenix
03. New Age Messiah
04. Forever Lost
05. Funeral Spring
06. Nespenthe
07. Dance On The Graves (Lil' Siztah')
08. Moon Magick
09. The Golden Stream Of Lapland

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sentenced.org

Out soon! Sentinel Beast - "Depths Of Death" (MDD Records)

 

Band: Sentinel Beast
Title: Depths Of Death
Label: MDD Records
Release date: 26 November 2021
Format: CD, Digital
Genre: Power Metal

Sentinel Beast was formed in Sacramento (California) in 1984 by Debbie Gunn (vocals), Mike Spencer (bass) and Scott Awes (drums). During this time, the axes were played by Greg Williams and Jerry Fraiser, later to be replaced by Barry Fischel and Mark Koyasako.

Discovered by Kerry King of Slayer, the band recorded and released the influential „Depths Of Death“ album on Metal Blade Records in 1986. „Depths Of Death“ was produced by Bill Metoyer (Slayer, Omen, Trouble, Sacred Reich and many more)
Sentinel Beast opened up for the likes of Slayer, Exodus, Megadeth, Mercful Fate, King Diamond amongst others. 

So it is finally time to Re-Release this gem and make it available. THIS is a piece of music history.

TRACKLIST
01. Depths Of Death
02. Mourir
03. Dogs Of War
04. Corpse
05. Evil Is The Night
06. Sentinel Beast
07. Revenge
08. The Keeper
09. Phantom Of The Opera

Cryptobiosis Chainsaw Cruficixion Art Gates Records Release: 12 November 2021

 

Cryptobiosis are ready for their definitive and third assault to be unchained via Art Gates Records worldwide in 2021. Formed in 2014 in Hamburg (Germany), the sound these metalheads create is a crushing blend of old school Death and Thrash Metal along with some classic NWOBHM elements and shred-infused solos.All in onegiving as a result the perfectly defined extremes ound of this sharp-edged chainsaw.

BAND MEMBERS
Bror Sjöblom - Vocals
Nick Wood - Guitars
Peter Wood - Bass
Bodo Borchert - Drum

SOCIAL NETWORKS
https://www.facebook.com/cryptobiosismetal/
https://www.instagram.com/cryptobiosis_metal/
https://www.cryptobiosis-metal.com/

 

BYE BYE TSUNAMI: Copenhagen-Based Experimental Trio To Release Eponymous Debut EP Via Nefarious Industries In January; “Pornceptual” Video/Single And Preorders Posted

 

photo by Aurelijus Užameckis

Nefarious Industries introduces trio BYE BYE TSUNAMI, and their experi-metal/post-mental sounds from planet 無, by way of Denmark. Announcing their eponymous debut EP for January release, the label today issued the cover art, track listing, preorders, and lead single, “Pornceptual.”   BYE BYE TSUNAMI is a group of sick individuals who thrive in uncertainty and find delight in the entropy of noise. The Copenhagen-based trio employs disrupted rhythms, unique/self-built futuristic wind instruments, and heartbreaking cyborg screams to expand the musical language beyond its wildest horizons. Scavenging the distressing remnants of a future no one wished for, the band is redefining the new era of post-real. The members first met in pre-pandemic era Copenhagen after being respectively active in the noise/experimental/jazz/metal scenes of Berlin, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam. Willing to realize their life dream of forming a dysfunctional boy band, in 2020 they finally give birth to BYE BYE TSUNAMI: monsters giving birth to other monsters.   BYE BYE TSUNAMI immediately captured the attention of the public with its unique sound imprint—the compositions are based on the Flaubosax, a unique self-built futuristic wind instrument conceived by Lorenzo’s twisted mind. Generating new soundscapes with the use of a personal asymmetrical tonal system and interacting with complex powerful drum rhythms, they lead the music through disrupted absurd forms and post-industrial spiritual textures. The aesthetic and video works, curated by fictional audiovisual artist Nathan L., merge meticulously in a truly visionary dystopian universe, which, despite its frenetic nature, possesses a paradoxical sense of poetic and emotional sensibility, raising highly relevant questions about the role of social media, advertisement, and gender in contemporary society.   Recorded in Copenhagen in September 2020, the debut EP Bye Bye Tsunami sees the core trio – Lorenzo Colocci (flute, flaubosax, electronic), Soren Hoy (drums), and Uldis Vitols (bass) – joined by guest vocalist Praytell, the record mixed by Marco Colocci and completed with art by Nathan L.   BYE BYE TSUNAMI’s “Pornceptual” – including an extremely NSFW video for the track – can now be streamed at THIS LOCATION.   Bye Bye Tsunami will see release across all digital platforms and in a limited run of cassettes via Nefarious Industries on January 28th. Find preorders including merch now at the label webshop HERE.   Watch for additional videos and more to be disseminated surrounding the release of Bye Bye Tsunami.   Bye Bye Tsunami Track Listing: 1. Pornceptual 2. Bye Bye Tsunami 3. Holdin' Banana Spiders Through The Folds Of Time/Space 4. Proteo 5. Red Bible 6. J-Pop Love Banana Murder   BYE BYE TSUNAMI: Lorenzo Colocci – flute, flaubosax, electronics Søren Høi – drums Uldis Vitols – bass   Review copies of Bye Bye Tsunami will be dispatched in the days ahead. For all intergalactic press coverage of BYE BYE TSUNAMI please contact dave@earsplitcompound.com   https://byebyetsunami.bandcamp.com https://www.nefariousindustries.com https://www.instagram.com/nefarious_industries http://www.facebook.com/nefariousIndustries http://www.twitter.com/nefariousInd https://nefariousindustries.bandcamp.com

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URBAN PRIMATE – DESOLATE (Review bY Varg The Mighty )

Today’s review is of Danish Modern Metal band Urban Primate’s new album.

This band creates here a soothing aura of Americanised metal that brings to mind acts such as Avenged Sevenfold or Five Finger Death Punch, but they also imbue their compositions with some extra heaviness that is later compensated with Grunge inspired bits (something that reminds of certain Stoner Metal bands, though besides this detail no further comparison with the genre may be found). As a result, the album is easy to listen to, but it also has some harshness that may aid newcomers in their pursuit for heavier music while striving in their quest for freshness.

As so, the full-length may be somewhat commercially friendly, and although its straightforwardness, atmospheric essence and display of emotion with some melodramatic excessiveness may scare off the strictest purists, fans of classic metal may not be too fond of the release but may not find it too unappealing either. My personal highlights are “Won’t Follow” and “Walk Away”.

I recommend this album to fans of Modern Metal. My rating is of 8/10.

VARG THE MIGHTY