Fall ov APRIL 2017 NEKRONEWS - Metal News Pack

DEMONICAL
COUNTRY: SWEDEN
GENRE: DEATH METAL



DEMONICAL ANNOUNCE NEW LINEUP!
"PERSEVERANCE AND PERSPECTIVE UNTIL VICTORY"
[2017.04.11]

Swedish death metal masters DEMONICAL have parted with vocalist Sverker Widgren due to various time- and priority related matters. As there are always two sides to every story and answers might differ depending on who you ask, we prefer to keep the more detailed reasons amongst the ones involved and not publically go into further explanations. However, in order to avoid any speculations we can inform you that there is no bad blood between any of us, we want to thank Sverker for all the years in the band and we wish him the very best of luck for the future.

As the band has always operated under the motto “only the best is good enough”, we are thrilled to announce that one of Sweden’s premium death metal vocalists, Alexander Högbom (known from acts such as October Tide and Centinex) has joined us as our new permanent commander.

In order to raise the flames even higher, we can hereby also reveal that after more than two years in DEMONICAL on a session basis, guitarist Eki Kumpulainen and drummer Kennet Englund have both become full-time members of the band.

With this determined and solid line-up we are very much looking forward to the upcoming Finnish shows next week, the summer tour across Eastern Europe during July as well as the album recording in the autumn.

Yes that’s right, during the fall we will (finally) record our fifth full-length album for an early 2018 release through Agonia Records. We have tapped an award-winning Swedish producer for the task and we are confident that the album - which summons bits and pieces from all our previous releases - will become an improved quality-related chapter for Demonical and push our Swedish Death Metal Darkness to a new level.

The future looks more than victorious!

Alexander Högbom added:

“It is with excitement and great honor I will shoulder Sverker Widgren’s position in Demonical. I have known the band for almost 10 years now and we have toured together all over the globe with my other bands both as support and vice versa. This is one more step for me into the chasm of Swedish Death Metal Darkness”.

Line-up(left to right on the photo):
Johan Haglund - guitars
Kennet Englund - drums
Alexander Högbom - vocals
Eki Kumpulainen - guitars
Martin Schulman - bass


Be sure not to miss DEMONICAL and their new lineup at:

DEMONICAL + AUTHOR + ANGREPP - Eastern Invasion tour 2017
20.07 Greifswald - Klex (DE) *
21.07 Volyne - Enter the Eternal Fire Fest (CZE)
22.07 Ostry Grun - Gothoom Festival (SK) **
23.07 Cluj Napoca - Hard Club (RO)
24.07 Bucharest - Fabrica (RO)
25.07 Sofia - Live & Loud (BGR)
27.07 Timisoara - Daos Club (RO)
28.07 Körmend - Total War Fest (HUN)

* with KRISIUN / without ANGREPP
** without ANGREPP



Facebook-event: https://www.facebook.com/events/171505563349867/

DEMONICAL videoclip "To Become the Weapon" from their new EP, "Black Flesh Redemption":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnTFYKaNrGM





DEMONICAL AND SINGER SVERKER WIDGREN PART WAYS!
[2017.04.03]

Swedish death metal masters DEMONICAL have parted ways with their singer and well known extreme metal guru Sverker Widgren (DIABOLICAL, Wing Studios).

Sverker who has been the band singer since 2008 has comented on this:

"In an attempt to avoid speculation, I'd like to inform anyone interested that the concert we did with Demonical last month was my last appearance with the band. I spent 9 years singing in this band and we did three albums, some EP's s and a few hundered shows during this period and I learned to know many great persons.

Some will wonder why I won't take part anymore, so out of respect to the people that follow the band I'll (try to) give a short explanation.

When I joined the band in 2008 after the debut album, I was running my studio together with another person, meaning that I basically worked 20 days, had 20 days off, worked 20 days etc. This obviously meant that I had plenty of time to spend outside the studio.

Some years ago I got myself a bigger facility, Wing Studios, and started to operate it myself, meaning that I personally handle basically all recording, mixing, mastering etc that is done here. This obviously meant spending more time in the studio since it is usually fully booked. In addition to this, my original band DIABOLICAL also started to get more recognition, more shows etc which also gradually started to consume more time.

Everybody who knows me or have ever worked with me knows that the work I do with the productions at Wing Studios is my top priority overall, and in combination with the increasing activities with Diabolical, I simply havent been able to put enough effort into Demonical during the last two or three years.

When we now look at 2017 and I go through my recording schedule in the studio and realize that the recording and touring plans that we have with Diabolical for 2017 and 2018 are the most extended plans that we have ever had since the band was formed 21 years ago, it would simply not do anyone any favours if I would take part in the process of making another album with Demonical now. This is something that was clear to both me and the guys in the band after some conversations we had a couple of months back.

I didn't "jump the ship" though! I actually planned to do the concerts in Finland this month and I was originally expecting the gigs in July to be my last trip with the boys, but since they already have a guy to replace me and he will be ready for those shows, it was decided that we should make this change already now. Since we also had offers to tour both Japan and Eastern Europe in July with Diabolical, I think we all feel that the time to make this change is now rather than later.

I probably shouldn't announce his name, but the new vocalist is also a good friend of mine and is in my opinion an awesome person with a great voice, so no worries there. Demonical have had 15 different permanent or session members over the last years but the sound has stayed pretty much the same and I know that it will remain the same in the future too.

I would have loved to list all the people I learned to know during our chaotic trips but I promised to keep this message short which has already failed badly. And besides, my journey around the globe obviously continues, just not with Demonical. But in short: thanks to all the above mentioned past and present guys in the band for all the great memories, and thanks to everyone who supported Demonical through these years and will continue to support the band in the future. I look forward to see you people around again soon!

No compromise!

Sverker

PS. ...and after nearly a decade, we can FINALLY put an end to the Diabolical/Demonical band name confusion, ok? It wasn't my fault in the first place, ha! DS. "




MORE ABOUT DEMONICAL AT THIS LINKS:
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DEMONICALOFFICIAL
TWITTER: HTTP://WWW.TWITTER.COM/DEMONICALBAND
YOUTUBE: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/DEMONICALOFFICIAL
INSTAGRAM: HTTP://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/DEMONICALOFFICIAL
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.DEMONICAL.NET
OFFICIAL MERCH: HTTP://WWW.DEMONICALMERCH.NET
LIVE BLOG: HTTP://DEMONICALOFFICIAL.BLOGSPOT.COM

MANAGEMENT AND BOOKING AGENCY:
DREAMTIDE MUSIC MANAGEMENT & BOOKING AGENCY
DREAMTIDEMUSIC@HOTMAIL.COM
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DREAMTIDEMUSIC

HATE
COUNTRY: POLAND
GENRE: DEATH BLACK METAL



HATE POST NEW VIDEO FOR "NUMINOSUM"!
[2017.04.26]

Polish extreme metallers HATE, have just posted their new music video for the track "Numinosum" off their upcoming record "Tremendum" which is due on 5th May via Napalm Records. The video has been produced by 9Liter Production House : http://www.9literfilmy.pl

Frontman Adam Buszko comments: "I'm proud to present you the audio-visual fruit of our co-operation with 9Liter Production House. The picture was inspired by an archaic Slavic ritual that was practised widely in the old says. Its purpose was to keep away evil spirits. Immerse in the ancient atmosphere and experience your own Numinosum as we unveil another piece of our new offering."

Check out the new videoclip at: http://smarturl.it/Numinosum or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpOdLGtmDw4





PRE-ORDER "TREMENDUM" NEW ALBUM AT:
https://hatestore.pl/ or
https://shop.napalmrecords.com/hate

Track listing:
1 Asuric Being
2 Indestructible Pillar
3 Svarog's Mountain
4 Numinosum
5 Fidelis Ad Mortem
6 Into Burning Gehenna
7 Sea of Rubble
8 Ghostforce
9 Walk Through Fire
10 Hearts of Steel (Bonus Track)


"Tremendum" will be available as CD Digipak and LP Gatefold.




HATE LAUNCH A TEASER FOR THE NEW VIDEOCLIP "NUMINOSUM"!
[2017.04.07]

Polish Extreme Black / Death metallers HATE have unleashed a teaser for the new videoclip "Numinosum".

"NUMINOSUM refers to any phenomenon experienced as a manifestation of tremendous power felt to be objective and outside the self. It is a mental state of its own kind. It cannot be defined, only evoked and experienced."

Check out the teaser for the new videoclip "Numinosum":
https://youtu.be/8Cs_kNLoD6M






HATE TOUR GREECE IN JUNE!
[2017.03.30]

Polish extreme metal act HATE will be Touring Greece in June! BE sure not to miss them live presenting their new album "Tremendum"!

HATE GREEK TOUR 2017:
9.06.2017 - Athens - Modu Club
10.06.2017 - Thessaloniki - Eightball Club
11.06.2017 - Trikala - Mandragoras

Check "Asuric Being" New Single/Lyric Video for the new album "Tremendum":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1BAmCz-nno





Exclusive shirt design and more in pre-order from Napalm Records!
GET IT HERE: http://smarturl.it/Tremendum-NPR


More info about the band at the following Links:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.HATE-METAL.COM 
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/HATEPOLAND 
FACEBOOK PROFILE: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/HATEOFFICIAL 
OFFICIAL HATE STORE : HTTP://WWW.HATESTORE.PL

PRESS CONTACT:
CLAUDIA STEINLECHNER (NAPALM RECORDS):
CLAUDIA.STEINLECHNER@NAPALMRECORDS.COM

BOOKING / CONTACT:
THE FLAMING ARTS AGENCY
info@theflamingarts.eu

NOCTEM
COUNTRY: SPAIN
GENRE: BLACKENED DEATH METAL



NOCTEM EUROPEAN TOUR WITH BATUSHKA !
[2017.04.12]

Spain's blackened death metallers NOCTEM are proud to announce that they are pleased again to announce we've been confirmed as special guest in the next European tournee of polish black metal group Batushka!
We will be presenting our latest album "Haeresis" and a new track that will be unleashed in the month of May! We want to thank Mariusz & Massive Music for this opportunity & counting with us.

"European Pilgrimage Part II" is coming in May 2017 with selected dates.

BATUSHKA + NOCTEM - TOUR DATES:
16.05.2017 - BEL - Antwerpen
17.05.2017 - UK - Manchester
18.05.2017 - IRE - Dublin
19.05.2017 - IRE - Belfast
20.05.2017 - UK - Glasgow
21.05.2017 - UK - Birmingham
22.05.2017 - UK - London
23.05.2017 - GER - Oberhausen
24.05.2017 - GER - Erfurt
26.05.2017 - HOL - Rotterdam
27.05.2017 - HOL - Nijmegen
28.05.2017 - HOL - Utrecht


NOCTEM "The Submission Discipline" videoclip from the new album "Haeresis":
https://youtu.be/wOKlj5VFp40






NOCTEM LIVE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MEXICO!
[2017.04.16]

Spain's blackened death metallers NOCTEM are more than proud to announce that they will be for the first time live in Mexico City in the 10th of November. The support bands will be Postnecrum and Mordskog.

Check out the promotional video for the show below:
https://www.facebook.com/NOCTEMLEGIONMEXICO/videos/1253257691461574/




More info about NOCTEM band at the following Links:
OFFICIAL SITE: HTTP://WWW.NOCTEMOFFICIAL.COM
OFFICIAL FACEBOOK: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/NOCTEMOFFICIAL 
OFFICIAL YOUTUBE: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NOCTEMBAND 
OFFICIAL INSTAGRAM: HTTP://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/NOCTEMOFFICIAL
OFFICIAL TWITTER: HTTP://WWW.TWITTER.COM/NOCTEMOFFICIAL 

GENERAL CONTACT: NOCTEMBAND@GMAIL.COM
GENERAL MANAGEMENT & BOOKING WORLDWIDE:
THE FLAMING ARTS AGENCY
INFO@THEFLAMINGARTS.ORG 
HTTP://WWW.THEFLAMINGARTS.EU

ZORNHEYM
COUNTRY: SWEDEN
GENRE: SYMPHONIC EXTREME METAL



ZORNHEYM FINISHED THE DEBUT ALBUM!
[2017.04.24]

Swedish extreme symphonic metallers ZORNHEYM have finished mastering the debut album that will be out by the Dutch label Non Serviam Records!

The band commented on this: "This past Saturday, Sverker Widgren finished the mastering of our debut album "Where Hatred Dwells and Darkness Reigns"! We celebrated this with inviting some people to a private prelistening session of the album at Wing Studios and it was a great success! Thanks to every one who attended!
The album will be released this fall by Non Serviam Records."

More info about the release will follow shortly.

Check out the videoclip for "The Opposed" that was the first single released for the debut album!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wySP2q2jpQs




Get ZORNHEYM "The Opposed" single at Non Serviam Records below:
https://non-serviam-records.bandcamp.com/album/zornheym-the-opposed

Get ZORNHEYM "A Silent God" single at Non Serviam Records below:
https://non-serviam-records.bandcamp.com/album/a-silent-god




ZORNHEYM NEW ALBUM UPDATES AND STUDIO TEASER ONLINE!
[2017.04.03]

Swedish extreme symphonic metallers ZORNHEYM have unleashed a new video teaser with studio footage and news concerning the debut album "Where Hatred Dwells and Darkness Reigns" that will be out by the Dutch label Non Serviam Records!

The band commented: "Update inmates!
We are finally done with the second and final phase of our debut album! A release date will be announced soon. While waiting for that, stay a while and view this short documentary from the recording process of phase two."

Check out Wing Studios - Phase II - Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_X3r-6D9Zg




Get ZORNHEYM "The Opposed" single at Non Serviam Records below:
https://non-serviam-records.bandcamp.com/album/zornheym-the-opposed

Get ZORNHEYM "A Silent God" single at Non Serviam Records below:
https://non-serviam-records.bandcamp.com/album/a-silent-god


MORE INFO ON ZORNHEYM ON THE FOLLOWING LINKS:
FACEBOOK: HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ZORNHEYM
YOUTUBE: [ LINK ]
TWITTER: HTTP://WWW.TWITTER.COM/ZORNHEYM
INSTAGRAM: HTTP://WWW.INSTAGRAM.COM/ZORNHEYM_OFFICIAL

GO AND GET SOME ZORNHEYM MERCH AT MERCHENARY:
HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/PAGES/MERCHENARY/477409269030970
ONLINE STORE: WWW.MERCHENARY.SE

HIDEOUS DIVINITY
COUNTRY: ITALY
GENRE: DEATH METAL



NEW ALBUM "ADVENIENS" OUT NOW!
[2017.04.28]

Italian five-piece death metallers HIDEOUS DIVINITY third album "Adveniens" is out today Unique Leader Records!

Words from the band: "Thanks to all of you who supported us through this journey until this day. Enjoy the album and SHARE!"

Grab your copy & merch at www.everlastingspew.com/28-hideous-divinity

Bandcamp: https://uniqueleaderrecords.bandcamp.com/album/adveniens

Check out the official premieres for Europe:
Metalitalia.com https://goo.gl/vmkVvx
Legacy - The Voice From The Dark Side https://goo.gl/gMWvhF
Horns Up https://goo.gl/rJGMXF
Friedhof Magazine https://goo.gl/8nxDBQ

FULL ALBUM PREVIEW AT: https://youtu.be/BY1VdD8cKVs





"ADVENIENS" Tracklist:

1 Ages Die
2 Sub Specie Aeternitatis
3 Passages
4 Angel Of Revolution
5 Feeding Off The Blind
6 When Flesh Unfolds
7 Messianica
8 Future In Red
9 Embodiment Of Chaos (Sinister cover)

Guitarist Enrico S. states:

“It may be pretentious to talk about evolution inside our musical genre, this is what Adveniens truly means for us,” elaborates guitarist Enrico Schettino. “Just when we believed that with Cobra Verde we reached a point of no return, our songwriting turned even more dark and monumental. Although we’ll never consider ourselves close to LVCIFYRE, Adversarial, Deathspell Omega, and Akhlys, the influence of this new wave of obscure metal on us these last years has been massive. The result is our most epic death metal effort ever conceived."

“ Stefano Morabito and his 16th Cellar Studio set up a new standard with the production of Adveniens,” he continues. “Never before has our sound reached such a level of uncompromising intensity without sounding forced or overproduced. The maniacal efforts made to perfect every single drum beat, vocal line and guitar chord almost caused a nervous breakdown but it truly paid off.”

“The entire album is a reflection on history and time, on the succession of futile ages, on the role of the poet as soothsayer and witness of the winds of time erasing each one of these ages from the face of the earth. A reflection on Walter Benjamin predicting the ‘adveniens’ of David Cronenberg, on Professor O’Blivion predicting an era when ‘all of us will have special names.’ Adveniens is a violent reflection on art.”


MORE INFORMATION ON HIDEOUS DIVINITY AT:
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/hideousdivinity
Bandpage: http://hideousdivinity.bigcartel.com/
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/hideousdivinity

Band Contact: hideous_divinity@hotmail.com
Booking & Management: Tito Vespasiani tito.dta@gmail.com

LATEST REVIEWS


HATE (Poland)
Death Black Metal
CD: Tremendum [2016]
Label: Napalm Records
[ READ HERE ]


SKINNING (POR)
Death Metal
CD: Slaves of Insanity [2016]
Label:  Raising Legends
[ READ HERE ]


WORMWOOD (SWE)
Atmospheric Melodic Black Metal
CD: Ghostlands - Wounds From a Bleeding Earth [2017]
Label: Non Serviam Records
[ READ HERE ]


BALFOR (UKR)
Barbaric Black Metal
CD: Black Serpent Rising [2017]
Label: Drakkar Productions
[ READ HERE ]


ZORNHEYM (SWE)
Symphonic Extreme Metal
Single: A Silent God [2016]
Label: Non Serviam Records
[ READ HERE ]


NOCTEM (SPA)
Blackened Death Metal
CD: Haeresis [2016]
Labels :  Prosthetic Records (N.America & UK/EU) and Art Gates Records (Spain)
[ READ HERE ]


FENRIS (HOL)
Viking Black Death Metal
CD: ...en doodenakkers tot den horizon [2016]
Labels :  Snakebite records and Rockinc Entertainment
[ READ HERE ]


ZORNHEYM (SWE)
Symphonic Extreme Metal
Single: The Opposed [2016]
Label: Non Serviam Records
[ READ HERE ]


DIABOLICAL (SWE)
Blackened Death Metal
EP: Umbra [2016]
Label: Vici Solum Productions
[ READ HERE ]


NIRNAETH (FRA)
Black Death Metal
7"EP: Dramatis Personae [2016]
Label: Kaotoxin Records
[ READ HERE ]


DEMONICAL (Sweden)
Death Metal
EP: Black Flesh Dedemption [2015]
Label: Agonia Records
[ READ HERE ]


HATE (Poland)
Death Black Metal
Album: Crusade:Zero [2015]
Label: Napalm Records
[ READ HERE ]


BELPHEGOR (Austria)
Death Black Metal
Album: Conjuring The Dead [2014]
Label: Nuclear Blast
[ READ HERE ]


DEMONICAL (Sweden)
Death Metal
Album: Darkness unbound [2013]
Label: Cyclone Empire
[ READ HERE ]


DEVILISH IMPRESSIONS (Poland)
Modern Extreme Music
Album: ADVENTUS - Eritis Sicvt Devs
Label:  [ Self-Released ]
[ READ HERE ]