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MOONSPELL RELEASE FIRST TEASER FROM UPCOMING ALBUM! ‘1755’ Now Available For Pre-Order!


[photo by Paulo Mendes]

Portugal’s Dark Metal pioneers MOONSPELL are back with their brand new and hotly anticipated album, titled 1755‘. Set to be released on November 3rd 2017 on Napalm Records, this record will outclass all standards you have ever heard from MOONSPELL before!

The conceptual album dramaturgy feels like a detonation of the mind. 1755 , the 13rd studio record by MOONSPELL, is more than just the band’s new magnum opus: It’s the musical version of the year of horror where a giant earthquake wrecked their hometown Lisbon. Naturally this album comes and is sung in Portuguese. 1755 is a dark adventure in medieval landscapes – emotionally, technically and completely earthshaking!

Now the the band unleased a first teaser for the track ‘Todos os Santos’ (Engl.: ‘All Saints’), check out this exciting trailer and pre-order ‘1755‘ right HERE!
Stay tuned for an upcoming and official music video, which will be released very soon.

Says frontman and creative spirit Fernando Ribeiro:
“Even tough this all happened in 1755, there are still a lot of world and country leaders that think themselves as saints, with a sacred mission, chosen by any God. What really happens is that they save no one but themselves and this video showcases the message of the song: as in 2017 or 1755 all saints will not be enough to save us.”

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[ cover artwork by: João Diogo]

The track list of 1755‘ reads as follows:

  1. Em Nome Do Medo
  2. 1755
  3. In Tremor Dei ( featuring Portuguese guest vocalist Paulo Bragança! )
  4. Desastre
  5. Abanão
  6. Evento
  7. 1 De Novembro
  8. Ruínas
  9. Todos Os Santos
  10. Lanterna Dos Afogados

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Portugal’s HOOFMARK to release “Stoic Winds” through Ultraje


Ultraje is a magazine that pays attention to the big names but it’s also very dedicated to the underground. Thus, in this second half of 2017 it was decided that it is time to continue writing about music but also to release it, and Portugal’s Hoofmark is Ultraje’s first release as a record label.

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HOODED MENACE announce line-up changes


HOODED MENACE are announcing changes in their line-up in advance of their next studio album, which will be released via Season of Mist early in 2018.

Bassist Markus Makkonen will now be fully replaced by Antti Poutanen from CHURCH OF THE DEAD and DEVENIAL VERDICT. Furthermore KRYPTS drummer Otso Ukkonen takes over from Pekka Koskelo, who has already recorded all tracks for the forthcoming full-length.

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THE WAKE’s debut album, Earth’s Necropolis, available for pre-order


Romanian / German duo The Wake‘s debut album Earth’s Necropolis will be released on the 23rd of September via Loud Rage Music and is now available for pre-order here:

http://shop.loudragemusic.com/the-wake-earths-necropolis (jewel-case CD)
https://loudragemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-wake-earths-necropolis (digital)

The first pressing of the CD is limited to 500 copies, 100 of them will feature a special insert and will be available directly from The Wake here: https://bloodandfire.bandcamp.com/album/earths-necropolis.

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Anneke van Giersbergen’s VUUR launch video for new single ‘My Champion – Berlin’


Anneke van Giersbergen’s new band VUUR are set to release their debut album, ‘In This Moment We Are Free – Cities’ on the 20th October 2017. Now they are pleased to reveal the official video for new single ‘My Champion – Berlin’, which you can watch now here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAwDw5zXtLI

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Post-Instrumental Group ZAIUS Streams Ethereal New Track “Sheepdog”


New Album, Of Adoration, out October 6, 2017 via Prosthetic Records 
Chicago-based post-instrumental group ZAIUS will release their debut LP, Of Adoration, via Prosthetic Records on October 6, 2017. Shortly after dropping their first new track, “Phaneron”, two weeks ago, ZAIUS are back with a second new track – the ethereal, dynamic “Sheepdog”.Take a listen now, exclusively via Heavy Blog Is Heavyhttp://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2017/09/07/exclusive-premiere-let-zaius-sheepdog/
Guitarist Ian McConnell says, “‘Sheepdog’ was a random working title that wouldn’t go away for whatever reason, so we stuck with it. In retrospect, it’s meaning, “a protector”, has a lot to do with the vibe of the song and record as a whole so maybe it was a subconscious thing all along.”
 

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