Sardinian metal act Moebius have unveiled their new music video and second single ‘Mercury’, and have given us an exclusive look at the clever, intriguing and truly unique video/song, as it impressively is made by nine words in Morse code used as a rhythmical pattern!
The single is taken from their upcoming new concept album called ‘Hybris’. It has been mixed and mastered by Daniel Bergstrand (Meshuggah, Strapping Young Lad, Behemoth) and it will be released on October 20th 2017.
In the band’s words “We have been writing one song at a time and guess we are trying to expand our musical horizon every
time. Our first single “I Bear Fire” was a really straightforward and catchy song. With this new single “Till the Sea Swallows Us Whole”, we wanted a bit more depth and diversity in the song structure and also added some acoustic guitars”.
“Till the Sea Swallows Us Whole” has been recorded & mixed by Juhamatti Kauppinen (SHED Studios) and mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios.
Northern Ireland’s And So I Watch You From Afar (ASIWYFA) are streaming their entire forthcoming album The Endless Shimmering early beginning today via The Independent UK. Hear and share The Endless Shimmering alongside an in-depth interview with the band HERE. (Direct YouTube.)
PopMatters recently hosted the track “Terrors of Pleasure” HERE. ASIWYFA previously launched a video for the first single, “A Slow Unfolding Of Wings” via DIY HERE. (Direct YouTube HERE.) Second album track “Dying Giants” is available via YouTube HERE.
Diamond Head have announced more dates this year in the UK and Ireland kicking off in Dublin on November 23, 2017 and ending at the Blast from the Past Festival in Kuurne, Belgium on December 9, 2017.
Currently in the studio working on the follow up to the highly praised self-titled release from last year.
From the band: “We will continue to bring the lightning after we’ve spent some more time in the studio getting the next album together. See you all end of November!!!”
Portland, OR ‘Street Doom’ quartet R.I.P. is streaming their forthcoming sophomore album Street Reaper in full ahead of the release date on the 13th October. Hear and share the full album on YouTube and Bandcamp.
When R.I.P. came crawling out of the sewers of Portland, OR last year, their grimy, sleazy Street Doom was already a fully formed monstrosity that quickly infected the minds of everyone it encountered. Now, borne from the band’s declining state of mental health and increasing focus on songwriting, Street Reaper is an even more unhinged and menacing album than their 2016 debut In The Wind.
Borrowing equally from 80s Rick Rubin productions and Murder Dog magazine aesthetics, Street Reaper is a streamlined, yet brutally raw manifesto of heavy metal ferocity hearkening to the era when both metal and hip hop were reviled as the work of street thugs intent on destroying America’s youth.
Throughout, Angel Martinez’s guitar and John Mullett’s bass are inextricably interlocked, sounding like a massive sonic steamroller, while drummer Willie D keeps the beat solid and simple for the most powerful impact. And, the band’s extensive touring and excessive virgin sacrifices have clearly endued singer Fuzz with evermore agile vocal chords to drive it all home with extreme precision.
Operating on the belief that doom is not tied to a tuning or a time signature, but rather a raw and terrified feeling, R.I.P. eschews well trodden fantasy and mysticism tropes of the genre and focuses on conveying the horror and chaos inherent in the everyday reality of the human mind. With several years of touring under their heavily studded belt, R.I.P. has distinguished themselves from the interchangeable hordes of bands trying to play heavy metal by crafting an aesthetic and a sound all their own, focusing on the things that make metal heavy rather than adhering to the formulaic confines of a particular sub-genre.
Street Reaper opens with the knockout punch of “Unmarked Grave” and the rest is just sheer bludgeoning for bludgeoning’s sake as the album echoes the grimy vibe of legends like Saint Vitus, Pentagram and Motorhead, with the no b.s. aesthetic of the early Metal Massacre compilations.
Street Reaper will be available on LP, CD and download on October 13th, 2017 via RidingEasy Records.
R.I.P. LIVE:
10/13 Portland, OR @ Tonic Lounge – album release party
Anima is a metal band formed by brothers Alvaro and Diego Bueno Triveño, combining different sound elements own and foreign of the metal world. Recently they finished the recording of their debut album ‘Homonymous To This One’, which will be released soon via Profane Records. As a duo, both members sought ways to get “helpers” by unknown methods, thus creating strange figures that helped the creation of this material, These “Homunculos” in command of the brothers offer their help although from time to time they require “repairs” or already a complete renovation.
Ahead of the upcoming debut album the band have unleashed a new video for “Here Come” which you can check out below!
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