21 Thursday Mar 2013
Posted in Band Spotlight, Metal, News, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Prog Metal, Tour Dates, Upcoming Shit
Intronaut have announced an extensive North American touring schedule that will commence this June in support of their new record, Habitual Levitations. The group will be supported in full by Scale the Summit and by Mouth of the Architect and Castle on select stops of the trek. I know I’ll catch a show and so should you! Check out the full schedule below.
16 Saturday Mar 2013
Posted in Avant Garde, Experimental, Metal, News, Noise Rock, Non-Metal, Prog Metal, Uncategorized, Upcoming Shit
The New York Avant-Garde masters in Kayo Dot have announced they will be hitting the studio next month to record their 7th studio album and follow up to last year’s Gamma Knife. The album will be titled Hubardo and will be a ninety minute double conceptual album featuring eleven sprawling tracks whose lyrics were written by former Maudlin of the Well vocalist, Jason Byron. The line up this time around will consist of Toby Driver (bass, guitar, vocals, keys), Terran Olson (keys, woodwinds), Daniel Means (woodwinds and synth), Mia Matsumiya (violin), Tim Byrnes (trumpet, horn in F), Keith Abrams (drums) and So is the Tongue’s Ron Varod on guitar. Pretty big pre-order packages are already available for purchase at this location. The album should see a release sometime this Fall. Check out the official track listing below.
11 Monday Mar 2013
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The wait is finally over Intronaut fans! The band is currently streaming their upcoming record, Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words with Tones), over at Dutch website Vpro.nl. I definitely like this new album more than Valley of Smoke, which has been regarded as their magnum opus by some. The album officially hits the shelves on the 19th but pre-orders are currently being offered at this location. Do yourself a favor and stream this bad boy now!
-Lane Oliver
11 Monday Mar 2013
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The Ocean have released the first taste of music from their upcoming ambitious album Pelagial, which is due out on April 30th. The band are streaming the new track, “Bathyalpelagic II: The Wish in Dreams”, as well as studio footage over at Metal Blade’s website. This new song is incredibly dynamic and catchy as well. If you have a brain in your skull, you will listen to The Ocean right meow! Check out this awesome new song below.
04 Monday Mar 2013
Posted in Atmospheric, Band Spotlight, Metal, News, Post-Metal, Prog Metal, Upcoming Shit
The Ocean will release their massive new record, Pelagial, on April 30th through Metal Blade Records. To give fans a taste of what’s to come, and to offer pre-orders of course, the band has launched an official website for the upcoming album. The album will come in two versions, one with vocals and one without, and will be one continuous piece of music on the whole. The Ocean are offering audio snippets of tracks on each of the site’s five main pages. So go check that out now and read up on what’s in store below.
02 Saturday Mar 2013
While it has been a few months of relative quietness since his last studio update, bassist Evan Brewer has finally returned with a fairly massive bit of news.
Check out the studio video for some session footage and words from Evan himself and stream Alone below. Be sure to follow evanbrewerbass on YouTube for continued studio updates.
26 Tuesday Feb 2013
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On May 28th, Season of Mist will put out the new full length from Kylesa. Kylesa have dubbed the album Ultraviolet and is to be “dark and colder” than the band’s previous album, Spiral Shadow. Frontwoman Laura Pleasants had this to say regarding the upcoming effort:
25 Monday Feb 2013
Posted in Band Spotlight, Deathcore, djent, Groove Metal, Metalcore, Now Playing..., Prog Metal, Streaming Albums...
Emerging beyond the derivative shadow of eight string dullness comes Emissary, a progressive metal group based out of Orange County, CA I first introduced at the beginning of this month with the teaser track, “Like Clockwork”. With the 25th of February now at hand, the group have unleashed their debut self-titled effort. Coalescing together the promising aspects of overloaded genres such as metalcore and death metal, the new batch of tracks present an exemplary, shredtastic and fun effort, that while not paradigm-shifting, I deem well worth a listen. Stream Emissary below and pick up a copy here if you end up enjoying it. Continue reading »
22 Friday Feb 2013
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brett bamberger, east of the wall, I'm always fighting drago, Kevin Conway, lineup, metalsucks, new, Translator Audio
MetalSucks has premiered a demo version of a new East of the Wall track entitled “I’m Always Fighting Drago”, which will appear on the band’s new record that is due out later this year on Translation Loss. This song features the band’s revamped lineup after the departure of guitarist and vocalist Kevin Conway (also of El Drugstore) and bassist Brett Bamberger. The new line up includes new additions Ray Suhy (guitar) and Greg Kuter (guitar/vocals) and retains members Chris Alfano (now on bass/vocals), Matt Lupo (guitar/vocals) and Seth Rheam (drums). The new track shows East of the Well being as technical and intricate as ever while adding wondrous melody all over the place. I do miss Kevin Conway’s well executed clean vocals but Greg Kuter’s unique vocal style adds a new dimension to East of the Wall’s sound. This new single is also apart of a benefit single release on Bandcamp. The proceeds of this single will go towards helping out Translator Audio. Anyway, enough of me blabbering. Check out the track now!
-Lane Oliver
20 Wednesday Feb 2013
Posted in Band Spotlight, News, Post-Hardcore, Post-Metal, Post-Rock, Prog Metal, Videos
Made of Chalk has premiered the new music video for the Gifts from Enola track, “Cherry”. The song is taken from their phenomenal album of last year, A Healthy Fear. The music video is merely shows the band performing the track in front of an audience. It’s nothing special really, but the main thing to focus on is that amazing song. Check out the video below and stream A Healthy Fear if you haven’t checked it out yet.
20 Wednesday Feb 2013
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Periphery have released a brand new music video for their song, “Scarlet”, from their most recent effort Periphery II. The aforementioned song is set to a futuristic video depicting mustard loving peoples torturing a ketchup loving prisoner and eventually vice versa. It’s a fairly humorous video and makes me want a hot dog very, very badly. Periphery also apparently plan on cashing in on this Condiment Wars gimmick with this line of new Ketchup Vs. Mustard merchandise. I’m still waiting on the Mayo and BBQ Sauce themed merch however. Anyway, check out the cheesy video below.
15 Friday Feb 2013
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According to a recent Facebook update, Mouth of the Architect have completed work on their upcoming record. According to the band the album will be called Dawning and will see a June release date on Translation Loss. This will be the follow up to 2010′s The Violence Beneath EP and first full length record since 2008′s epic Quietly. More details coming soon. Check out the track “A Beautiful Corpse” in the meantime.
09 Saturday Feb 2013
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Animals As Leaders, Castle, Habitual Levitations, intronaut, Meshuggah, Milk Leg, the atlas moth
I know a lot of you are excited for the upcoming Intronaut and to be honest, so am I. The band have released the dirty details on Habitual Levitations (Instilling Words With Tones) including the awesome artwork and the official track listing, which can be viewed below. In addition to their upcoming tour in North America with Meshuggah and Animals as Leaders, the band will be touring Europe in April with The Atlas Moth and Castle. Those dates can be viewed below as well as the music video for “Milk Leg”. Check it out.
06 Wednesday Feb 2013
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You should all know by now that I love Coheed And Cambria. I placed the band in the number one spot on my Best of 2012 list for a reason, after all. The Afterman: Ascension was such a strong album that it blew my mind and worked it’s way to my favorite album of the year in less than two months. It was a constant listen to for me and it still is.
If any of you are like me, you have been anticipating Coheed And Cambria‘s next installation The Afterman: Descension. Well, the album was released yesterday and… Continue reading »
01 Friday Feb 2013
Posted in Atmospheric, djent, Metal, Now Playing..., Prog Metal, Streaming Songs..., Upcoming Shit
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djent, Emissary, metal, Prog metal, Streaming Songs, Upcoming Shit
While the contemporary popular djent/”prog metal” scene has definitely well worn its stay for me, there are still a few lasting groups that I do follow. One of these groups is Emissary, a skilled Orange County group of shredders that I personally became exposed to through circumstances of college and have since become good friends with. Emissary’s upcoming debut EP(out February 25) unveils a product of multiple line-up changes, hours of songwriting, self production and practice; an overall meticulous process of evolution that I have personally bore witness to. And if anything, the first bite of that EP, the track “Like Clockwork” lays claim to that process. Groundbreaking? No. But Emissary are damn good, melding atmosphere, pace, technical prowess, and most importantly, songwriting into a hodgepodge of consistent prog goodness. Stream “Like Clockwork” below and decide for yourself. Continue reading »
