NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the second band of the NeKroWeek, they are
SPEARHEAD (death black metal) a damn killer
band to come from British soils. Violent, hostile, and unrelenting the bands
sound is truly demolishing in all ways and forms, make your ears ready for war!
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard! The music clip for the track "Kshatriya" from
their album "Theomachia":
http://youtu.be/6dCOFOc5c38
Founded in 2005, Spearhead recorded their debut offering Deathless
Steel Command in mid-2005 - an assault of belligerent chaos and hatred,
released through Invictus Productions in 2006. Following the 2006 promo
EP When the Pillars Fall,Spearhead entered Hertz Studio
(Poland) in the Summer of 2007 to record the second full-length, the
highly-acclaimed Decrowning the Irenarch - a monument of imperious,
martial death metal war, testifying to the eternal truths of the warrior
tradition, released again under the blood-soaked banner of Invictus
Productions in December 2007.
The intervening years saw Spearhead destroy stages on the 2008 European
tour with Impiety and the 2009 US tour with Urgehal, together with a
large number of European festival appearances, including Inferno, Hells
Pleasure, and SWR Festival amongst others.
In 2010 Spearhead entered Orgone Studios (London) to record the third
full-length, Theomachia: The Doctrine of Ascension and Decline, released
in April 2011 by Agonia Records. By far the most violent, hostile, and
unrelenting Spearhead release to date, Theomachia is a bloody
proclamation of the cyclical nature of time and the path of war in the winter of
civilisation. Surrender to the swift advance of death or perish by the sword of
all-devouring time…
PAX JULIA METAL FEST V @ BEJA - PORTUGAL
DATA : 7 NOVEMBRO 2015
A data em que se realiza a quinta edição
do Pax Julia Metal Fest
já está anunciada....
Será a 7 Novembro, Sábado, na Casa da Cultura de Beja, local que tem
acolhido desde o principio o evento e onde já é tradição realizar-se.
As primeiras confirmações serão divulgadas muito em breve....espera-se um cartel
fortíssimo para a capital do Baixo Alentejo.
Primeiro festival dedicado ao Heavy Metal na cidade, e mantêm-se como único no
seu propósito, com um âmbito, imagem e impacto forte, com características
próprias e interessantes, sendo um género de música que continua a fascinar
novas gerações e a renovar a sua base de fans, já com várias décadas de
história!
O evento, assim designado por ser o nome da cidade na altura do Império Romano,
caracteriza-se por ser um festival em plena época Outonal, cujo objectivo é
possibilitar que haja aqui um ponto de passagem ao Sul, para as Bandas tocarem,
um respiradouro e artéria fundamental do panorama Heavy Metal nacional!
Com dimensões adaptadas ao meio em que se insere, no interior do Alentejo, em
Portugal, um dos países periféricos da Europa, este evento de valor, criado em
2009, que se quer com nível e qualidade, teve a sua génese e início na Casa da
Cultura, para servir a comunidade em que se insere, pretende ser um encontro
relevante na nossa região e uma mostra, cerimónia e espectáculo anual, do que
melhor se faz no âmbito e género de música que a idealização do festival
pretende expor!
SAMMATH NAUR COUNTRY: POLAND
GENRE: DEATH BLACK METAL
NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the
first band of the NeKroWeek, they are SAMMATH NAUR (Death Black Metal) a
truly skilled band with great and talented musicians to come out of Poland!
Their sound evolved from a epic/symphonic black metal form into a rock solid
death black metal This band is surely underrated and deserves your support!
The videoclip for "HARM" from their new album "Limits Were to be
Broken":
http://youtu.be/e53EiompCGE
Sammath Naur was formed in 1999 by Uzurpator - vocals, Saturnus
- guitars, Sigmar - guitars and Lestath - drums. The name of the
band has been adapted from JRR Tolkien's works and means 'Chambers of Fire', the
only place where the One Ring could be destroyed.
The band recorded its first 6 track demo, "Through the Mountains of Mordor, "
that same year. The music on this demo was very raw and simple. It was
reminiscent of Immortal and Emperor's early works. Due to the poor sound
quality, the demo has never been released.
In 2001 Sammath Naur greeted its new guitarist Tempter, keyboard
player Demetrius and bassist Morgoth. Saturnus decided to
change his role from a guitar player to a vocalist, thereby replacing
Uzurpator. In this new lineup, the band started working on new material and
getting ready for a recording session. The result was a second demo, "The
Wall of Sleep". It was self-funded and released in 2001. It contained 6 new
compositions, somewhat faster and more mature, in which electric organs played a
more prominent role. "The "On the Altar of Mars" music video was attached
to this release. The author of the music video was Patryk Chyla. It won
second prize at the Berlin music video festival in 2002. It was Sammath Naur's
first major success. Many positive reviews were written after the release of
The Wall of Sleep. The material has been intensively promoted at concerts
throughout Poland with bands like Esqarial and Lost Soul.
Work on a new release was started in 2003. The process of creating and recording
new material took a long time. The band was troubled by personal problems
throughout the whole time. Saturnus left at the very beginning of the
recording session. Soon after the bass tracks were recorded, Morgoth went
in Saturnus' tracks, leaving the band. Work on the third release was
completed in 2004, unfortunately without Tempter, who was replaced by
Valeo (aka. V), and with a brand new vocalist, Levan. The new album
was titled "The Forever War". It consisted, once again, of 6 tracks,
however this time a certain innovation was introduced. The Forever War
was a concept album. The tracks all made up a consistent whole. They combined
various music styles, intertwining in a natural way, such as black/death metal,
soundtrack scores and symphonic music. The material was a sure step forward in
the development of the band, although the real breakthrough was yet to come. In
this new lineup, Sammath Naur's members started promoting their new
material on numerous concerts. Having been invited by Effect Murder and
Deception, they set out on their first tour of Poland. An intensive
search for a record company started at about that time. The band eventually
decided to sign a contract with Redrum666 Records. The cooperation,
however, proved ill-fated. The premiere of The Forever War kept being
postponed. The album wasn't released.
By the end of 2004 the band decided to record their first professional album.
Composing music this time didn't take so long. It was completed on the break of
June-July 2004. Sammath Naur was joined by bassist Tas at that
time. The recording session started in February 2005 and was planned out into 3
stages. During its course, important changes in the lineup occurred. Keyboard
player Demetrius, who took part in the recording of the new material,
left the band. His absence forced guitarist Valeo (aka V) to record the
keyboard parts on the album. Hitherto vocalist Levan was removed
from the band during recording. As a result of this, most of the vocal parts
were arranged and performed by drummer Lestath. There was one more new
musician, Revisque - composer and producer of game soundtracks, with whom
the band started to co-operate already by the end of the recording session.
That's why only one of his compositions, "Grand Space Opera, " can be
found on the new CD.
Everything was completed by June 2005. Soon afterwards, Polish Empire Records
grew interested in the material from SN, thanks to whom the album
"Self Proclaimed Existence" was released in December 2005 in conjunction
with THRASH'EM ALL magazine. The CD comprised of 11 tracks. The music was
faster and far more aggressive - it's really didn't sound anything like the
first two demos. The style of creating music by merging various musical genres,
first attempted in The Forever War, was explored more deeply on this
album. The assimilation of such diverse styles as black/death metal, classical
rock, new age, film scores, symphonic and choir music resulted in a unique
creation that couldn't be categorized, stereotyped or pigeon-holed.
Thanks to this album, the true potential of Sammath Naur's musicians has
been noticed very quickly by other artists. Presently, Valeo plays with
Vesania and Rootwater and Lestath has been a drummer of
Esqarial and Darzamat.
MOR DAGOR COUNTRY:
GERMANY
GENRE: BLACK DEATH METAL
"REDEEMER"
NEW ALBUM TRACKLIST REVEALED!
[2015.02.11]
German Black Death Metal commando MOR DAGOR announce the
tracklist for "redeemer" new albumand notify that "redeemer"
will be available as limited digipack and limited vinyl-editions!
Pre-order starts on the 02/16/15! ---
info@mordagor.de
1.Redeemer 2.Industrial Homicide 3.No Mercy 4.Message of Salvation 5.Peace Through Superior Firepower 6.Accuser 7.Field of Demise 8.z.238 9.Scorched Earth 10.God of Gods, Destroyer of Worlds
5th studio opus entitled "REDEEMER" on March 27th 2015 worldwide
via
Osmose Productions!
PROJEKT NÖIR COUNTRY:
PORTUGAL
GENRE: AVANT-GARDE AND POST BLACK/DARK METAL
DEBUT EP "SKÝ" OUT! [2015.02.14]
‘Ský’ is the debut EP of Projekt NÖIR,
singed with Icelandic words by the voice of Jóhann Örn (vocals on Dynfari).
Consisted of a 4 track EP, it will be released the next February, 14th, in a
digital format in all most available internet platforms and also on digipack
later on March, limited and hand-numbered to 100 copies, distributed by
Fatsound.productions
Projekt NÖIR
is a musical project conceived and designed by Mário Rodrigues, producer
and owner at
Fatsound.productions, and also guitar player in Karbonsoul, the
death/black metal Portuguese band. This project comes out of the box in the
midst of the 2014’s fall and after 4 inspirational tracks rampaged out from the
dusk.
Since the beginning the idea was to explore darker and colder ambiances with
obscure textures and enlightened melodies and within short weeks Projekt NÖIR
is now considered as an avant-garde and post black/dark metal project.
With this collaboration of Jóhann Örn of the Icelandic black metal band
Dynfari, the world has now a new shade of light, bringing us all a new
dawn of days and moods to be involved in.
Projekt NÖIR -
SKÝ - EP - Tracklist 1. Ský 2. Sjálfsmynd dauðleikans 3. Í regni elds og brennisteins 4. Á vit tilgangs
Projekt NÖIRare: Mário Rodrigues - Guitars,Bass,Samples,Keyboards
Jóhann Örn ( Dynfari ) - All vocals and lyrics José Goncalves ( Empire ) - Drums on "Ský"
The band commented on their
facebook:
"The 20th! For those who are interested, today is the day my dear friends. "Laguz"
will be unleashed. Enter the universe of worlds and people buried by time and
dust."
Listen to and get your copy of our new album "Laguz" here:
Dutch black death metal warriors Fenris have released an
update on the recording of our upcoming album "...en doodenakkers tot den
horizon".
The recording procedure is now complete and the band will start mixing their new
piece.
BELPHEGOR
COUNTRY: AUSTRIA GENRE: SUPREME DEATH BLACK METAL ART
EUROPE UNDER FIRE!!
[2015.02.18]
The »CONJURING THE DEAD« world tour rages on!
BELPHEGOR will join
Swedish Black Metal force MARDUK for a full run of European shows in late
February/ early March. The raid kicks off at Baroeg in Rotterdam, Netherlands
tomorrow.
19.02.2015 - NL - Rotterdam, Baroeg 20.02.2015 - NL - Eindhoven, Effenaar 21.02.2015 - NL - Sneek, Het Bolwerk 22.02.2015 - BL - Vosselaar, Biebob 23.02.2015 - UK - Plymouth, The Hub 24.02.2015 - UK - Manchester, Academy 25.02.2015 - UK - Glasgow, Audio 26.02.2015 - UK - London, Underworld 27.02.2015 - FR - Paris, Divan du Monde 28.02.2015 - CH - Monthey, Pont Rouge 01.03.2015 - FR - Toulouse, Dynamo 03.03.2015 - SP - Madrid, Caracol 04.03.2015 - SP - Barcelona, Apolo 05.03.2015 - FR - Montpellier, Secret Place 06.03.2015 - IT - Turin, Cafe Liber 07.03.2015 - IT - Brescia, Circolo Colony 08.03.2015 - SLO - Nova Gorica, Mostovna
Helmuth states:"What an intense line-up it is! Death/ Black Metal
supporters can expect a night to remember. Extreme audio soundwalls will
skullfukk your ears and the venues will be drowned in darkness. Join the Rituals
and glorify brutal Musick with us!!"
Furthermore,
BELPHEGOR will play
several international festivals. Please check below for confirmed dates.
04.04.2015 - ZA - Johannesburg, Witchfest Open Air 10.04.2015 - AT - Kufstein, Kulturfabrik 11.04.2015 - DK - Aarhus, Royal Metal Fest 24.04.2015 - GER - Dettelbach, Metal Franconia Festival 25.04.2015 - GER - Oberhausen, Helvete Club 06.06.2015 - IND - Bangalore, Bangalore Open Air 03.07.2015 - GER - Roitzschjora, WFF, Knüppelnacht 07.08.2015 - UK - Derbyshire,Bloodstock Open Air 14.08.2015 - CZ - Hodonin, Made Of Metal 15.08.2015 - GER - Dinkelsbühl, Summer Breeze 28.08.2015 - GER - Crispendorf, Wolfszeit Festival
Many more activities to be announced, so keep an eye on the site.
HATE Blasphemic
Dark Death Metal leviathans new official website is on under www.hate-metal.com.
You can find there complete discography, biography, tourdates, most important
links and info about the band members etc. It is not a news page! For news the
band will be using the official
facebook profile.
Enjoy!
The track listing for the new album is as
follows:
I. VOX DEI (A CALL FROM BEYOND)
II. LORD, MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT OF THY WRATH
III. DEATH LIBERATOR
IV. LEVIATHAN
V. DOOMSDAY CELEBRITIES
VI. HATE IS THE LAW
VII.VALLEY OF DARKNESS
VIII. CRUSADE ZERO
IX. THE OMNIPRESENCE
X. RISE OMEGA THE CONSEQUENCE!
XI. DAWN OF WAR
XII. BLACK AURA DEBRIS
XIII. THE REAPING (BONUS)
NOCTEM COUNTRY: SPAIN
GENRE: BLACKENED DEATH METAL
NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the second
band of the NeKroWeek, they are
NOCTEM (Blackened Death Metal) a killer band from Spanish lands with a
damn mature and elite Extreme Metal sound. Acclaimed by the media and respected
for their constant sound evolution. Brutal, Epic, Melodic... yet with their own
Latin essence and identity.
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!
NOCTEM starts as Extreme Metal act in April 2001 but its real project as
a Blackened Death Metal combo starts in 2007 with its last change of
line-up and new musical definition.
In 2002 Noctem records its first demo “Unholy blood” which was
commercialized for 2 years. After several line-up changes the band continues its
way performing in national shows and composing new tracks, totally immersed in
the seek of a more personal music style.
The band commercializes their live mcd, entitled “Live 2004” (self-
produced and recorded at their natal city) for two years.
Noctem takes a break in 2005 and after different line-up changes a
restructure takes place in their formation.
In 2007 it’s time for the release of the last demo of the band, entitled “God
Among Slaves”. This opus received a good success from the online specialized
press and metalheads.
The band, composed by its new members, fulfills different tours through their
country. In July 2008 the band signs with Noisehead Records (Austria) and
carries out the “Noctem European Tour 08” where the band performs through
different countries: Spain, Portugal, France, Andorra, UK, Belgium and Italy.
In January of 2009 Noctem enters the studio to record their debut LP
“Divinity” at Vienna (At) which counts with the collaborations of
Christos Antoniou (Septic flesh and Chaos star) and Leal (ex-Forever Slave).
The album was released in April 2009 through Noisehead Records in Europe
and in May 2009 started being distributed through RELAPSE RECORDS in USA.
Few months after the release of the album Noctem figures in the no18 of
the top 20 of spanish artists record sales in 2009, 310 & 313 HEAVY ROCK
Magazine issues (Sp).
Noctem performs in different presentations of the album “Divinity”
being included in festivals and several tours, like the ones at Spain or
Portugal in 2009, sharing stage with headliners such as Malevolent
Creation (USA),Vomitory (Sweden) and Napalm Death.
In January of 2010 the band starts touring Europe, supporting Incantation
(USA) and Hate (Pl) through different countries: UK, France, Belgium,
Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, Germany and Czech Republic.
After a few shows at Spain, and the recording process of the third and
most ambitious video extracted from “Divinity”, in May 2010 the band is
included in the “Collectors of the King Tour “, supporting
Ragnarok(Norway) through Europe: Austria, Germany, Poland, Belgium and
The Netherlands.
In September 2010, the third video extractes from “Divinity”, entitled
with the same name, was worldwide released; Including the collaboration of
Christos Antoniou (Septic Flesh) in the orchestral arrangements and a team
formed by more than 80 members.
In November 2010 Noctem tours Europe for the third time in the same year
presenting their album with Gorgoroth (Nor) and Cavus (Fin), also sharing
stages with bands such as Finntroll (Fin) and Carach Angren (Nl).
In February 2011, the band starts the recording sessions in the Ultrasound
Studios 2 at Moita (Portugal), counting with Daniel Cardoso (Anathema)
as producer, for their new and second album of studio, foreseen for 2011.
In march of 2011 the band announces their signing with the record label
Rising Records for the European release of their new album: “Oblivion”.
The album was released in Spain in April 2011 and in Europe in June 2011 and
licensed in USA through Metal Blade Records in October 2011.
“Oblivion” received an outstanding feedback in Europe and North America.
The “Oblivion Spanish Tour 2011” started in the end of April and
Noctem performed on the national stages during May, June, August and the end
of September.
In summer 2011 and after receiving a great response from the international
specialized metal press and fans, Noctem announced their appearance in
the “Lux Mundi Europe Tour′′, where the band shared stage with
international well known acts as Samael, Melechesh and Keep of Kalessin.
In December 2011 Noctem tours Finland for their first time in a
4-dates mini tour, including Helsinki, Porvoo, Kokkola and Turku.
The band starts 2012 touring Europe in several tours as the “Iberian
Conquest” with Coprolith and the “European Conquest”,
including big summer festivals such as Jam Rock Fest, Czech Death Fest, Costa
de Fuego, Leyendas del Rock and Motocultor Fest (sharing stage with Marilyn
Manson, Gun n’ Roses, Satyricon, Lacuna Coil, Nightwish, In flames and a big
etc.)
In september of the same year Noctem is included as special guest in the
Serpent Sermon Tour through Europe, sharing stage with Marduk and
Immolation and in
December 2012 Noctem will join Enthroned, Forgotten Tomband Impiety
on tour through Europe in the Obsidium European Campaign.
Exilium was recorded in the summer of 2013 in the AGR Studios (Valencia)
produced and mastered by Daniel Cardoso (Anathema). The album is be
released by Art Gates Records in Europe in April 7th.
In Summer 2014 Noctem inks deal with NorthAmerican label Prosthetic
Records to release “Exilium” September 16th in Australia and The
Americas!!!
Unstoppable Swedish death metal unit
DEMONICAL, return this spring with a brand new EP. Titled "Black
Flesh Redemption", the release is scheduled for April 24th in Europe and
May 5th in North America via Agonia Records. The cover artwork
created by Kontamination Design is available for viewing above.
Produced and mastered by vocalist Sverker Widgren, the four-track new EP
was recorded in two studios: Amplified (drums) and Wing (rest of the
instruments) between January and February, 2015.
The first new tracks since the release of the acclaimed "Darkness Unbound"
album (2013), deliver the ravishing sounds of HM-2 and razorsharp chants of
Stockholm-style death metal darkness.
DEMONICAL commented further on the new EP by saying: "Basically the
new material continues where Darkness Unbound left us, however, with a
slightly new course to explore when it comes to the musical and visual formula
of the band. But all you loyal followers - old and new - rest assure, we are
still talking about the finest form of pitch black old-school Stockholm-style
death metal that will hit you viciously and victoriously bringing you one step
closer to a cleansing redemption".
"Black Flesh Redemption" will be available in: - digipack MCD; - 12" black MLP (limited to 700 copies); - 12" silver MLP (limited to 200 hand-numbered copies); - 12" gold MLP (limited to 100 hand-numbered copies);
- digital formats.
"Black Flesh Redemption" tracklist: 1. Cursed Liberation 2. Drown in Flames 3. Throne of Perdition 4. To Become the Weapon
DEMONICAL tour dates: 30.04 (GER) Greifswald - Klex (with Gehenna) 01.05 (GER) Bitterfeld - Festung (with Gehenna) 02.05 ((NL) Leeuwarden - Poppodium Romein (with Gehenna) 03.05 (NL) Rotterdam - Baroeg (with Gehenna) 04.05 (BEL) Waregem - Gasolina (with Gehenna) 05.05 (GER) Weinheim - Cafe Central (with Gehenna) 06.05 (GER) Aalen - Rock It (with Gehenna) 07.05 (CZE) Prague - Modra Vopice (with Gehenna) 08.05 (POL) Poznan - Club U Bazyla (with Gehenna) 09.05 (GER) Erfurt - From Hell (with Gehenna) 13.06 (RO) Bucharest - Metalhead Meeting Festival 04.07 (AT) Scharnstein - Sick Midsummer Festival 12.08 (GER) Dinkelsbühl - Summer Breeze Festival 13.08 (GER) Barth - Barther Metal Open Air
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Maciej Radecki at Mandragora
Studio
Recording Line-up: Paweł Dek -Vocals, Guitars Jakub Regulski - Drums Emil Panek - Panek Bass Dominik Wyszyński - Guitars
MORTHUS -
The Abyss - EP - 2014 - [Self Released] Genre:
Black/Death/Occult Metal
From the darkest cold lands of Poland another young quality band emerges!
They are Morthus from Warsaw and they play some uncompromising, ruthless
and sanguinary black death metal. The band has initiated their activities in 2012
as a four member piece aiming to cause an impression in the metal scene with
their quality sound!
The band has been clearly Inspired by the darkest illumination from cult bands
such as Morbid Angel, Dissection, Unleashed as well as Deströyer 666.
Like a pack of wolves on the loosethis young band is bloodthirsty and hungers
for your blood!
Their spirited black death metal has a very own epic and blaspheme aura,
something to see even more developed in future endeavors!
Poland is an highly respected motherland of quality extreme metal. Morthus
are another proof of that, holding high this standard of quality, perseverance
and renovation within the Polish extreme metal scene!
With "The Abyss" the band presents us two quality songs and one intro.
Without a doubt and like happened before with other recent Polish bands like Thunderwar, we
have here another band to keep an eye in the future times. The melodic structures,
tightness, talent, cold and rough riffage as well as the professional sound
brought by the band from Mandragora studios are proof of quality
extreme metal on the making!
Now it's time to wait and see what the band has to offer on a future full length album. For
now I must say that I was quite surprised with the quality of this presentation
EP! Morthus are ready to spread chaos and blasphemy worldwide, keep your ears
ready for the coming of Armageddon!
