PRESS RELEASE Cellar Vessel's debut album “Vein Beneath The Soil” is an epic journey through cinematic dreamscapes and crushing death grooves, with moments of flamenco and jazz influences. This album was composed by Jake Schreuder in the... More

PRESS RELEASE Cellar Vessel's debut album “Vein Beneath The Soil” is an epic journey through cinematic dreamscapes and crushing death grooves, with moments of flamenco and jazz influences. This album was composed by Jake Schreuder in the isolation of the mountainous wilderness of Montana. Much like the unpredictable and often schizophrenic weather patterns deep in those mountains, the moods and styles of “Vein Beneath The Soil” shift in an awe inspiring range of emotions. Accented by Navarro's thundering drums, and Scotto's piercing vocals, "Vein Beneath The Soil" is a beautiful melodic descension into madness. BIO The seed for Cellar Vessel was planted in 2013, when Jake Schreuder sought to bring his compositions out of his dismal college dwelling, and into a legitimate project. With passions fixed on isolation and creativity, Schreuder posted the oxymoronic ad, “Calling All Musical Introverts.” Chris Navarro, an aspiring extreme drummer, was the sole replier. From that day forward, Navarro and Schreuder intertwined musical discipline, friendship, and unrelenting criticism in an effort to push them to their creative limits. Cellar Vessel’s first song, Murk was written in their first week of playing together, and rehearsed obsessively. Navarro, ever the exacting drummer, told Schreuder that his maximum blast/double bass speed at the time was 190 BPM, which in turn caused Schreuder to designate the song’s tempo to 191 bpm. This sort of encouraging musical cruelty laid the foundation for what was to eventually become an album’s worth of material on Vein Beneath The Soil.  Although the 3 members of Cellar Vessel now span across the country, the project originated in the musically deprived small town of Bozeman, Montana. The band was created, first and foremost, as a project meant for the author’s alone. But as skills and compositions progressed, the compulsion for live feedback became more appealing. Cellar Vessel’s music was rehearsed and practiced as instrumental pieces for over 3 years, until Dario Scotto was recommended by a close friend of the band. Scotto arrived with a small booklet of lyrics, which he spewed with magnificent guttural prowess over Navarro and Schreuder’s compositions. The intensity of the music paired with Scotto’s horrifying shrieks and desperate growls was the final piece of the puzzle. 4 years later, after a small handful of shows supporting nationally renowned artists, Cellar Vessel once again became reclusive and its members isolated themselves across the country in an effort to continually progress their disciplines. Now, this 8 year journey and its many lessons have realized this projects maturity, and signaled its readiness to be released to the public. Schreuder, Scotto and Navarro proudly present their first full length album: Vein Beneath the Soil. Vein Beneath The Soil by Cellar Vessel LINKS https://open.spotify.com/album/5IZOOGTbULw3e8J2mIaw1p?si=OJNBD4tzR_KfYTtKNknaAg https://www.instagram.com/cellarvesselofficial/ https://cellarvessel.bandcamp.com https://youtu.be/kJQtMYDQ2RA Less

This Halloween, October 31st, Tom Reynolds - the man behind the moniker Foul Body Autopsy - will be performing the entirety of the new Consumed By Black Thoughts EP live and streaming it for free at the Foul Body Autopsy facebook page. What... More

This Halloween, October 31st, Tom Reynolds - the man behind the moniker Foul Body Autopsy - will be performing the entirety of the new Consumed By Black Thoughts EP live and streaming it for free at the Foul Body Autopsy facebook page. What better way to celebrate the darkest night of the year?All you need to do is head to www.facebook.com/FoulBodyAutopsyofficial/ for 9pm UK Time on Halloween, ready for some of the finest melodic death metal around.Consumed By Black Thoughts has been picking up some fantastic reviews since its release and this is the perfect opportunity for you to discover what all the fuss is about - with the added intensity of a live performance."Powerful, personal with a riptide of emotion..." - MAYHEM RADIO 5/5"... kick-ass riffing and guttural growls..." - GAMES, BRAAAINS & A HEADBANGING LIFE 9/10"...this is the kind of release that the world needs." - ROCK 'N' LOAD 9/10This will be the last live performance of any kind from Foul Body Autopsy in 2020, so don't miss it! October 31st 9pm UK Time www.facebook.com/FoulBodyAutopsyofficial/Order your copy of Consumed By Black Thoughts hereFor more information on Foul Body Autopsy click hereVisit Foul Body Autopsy on Facebook Less

Mr.Maggot And The The Red King! Featured In Michael's Music Blog! check it out here at this link: https://michaelsmusicblog.com/michaels-music-blog/f/mr-maggot-the-red-king Mr.Maggot and the The Red King! Third single from Mr.Maggot’s upcoming... More

Mr.Maggot And The The Red King! Featured In Michael's Music Blog! check it out here at this link: https://michaelsmusicblog.com/michaels-music-blog/f/mr-maggot-the-red-king Mr.Maggot and the The Red King! Third single from Mr.Maggot’s upcoming album Before the new age. Again trying something new and this time going a bit harder and taking some NU-Metal influences. Before the new age is going to be a suffering story of people who struggle to survive in these days digital world. The Red king is the turning point when you lose yourself and get alienated from the real world. Biography: Mr.Maggot is rock/industrial solo project of self taught musician and a die hard horror fan in 2020. After spending years in other band projects and when the last one dried up in 2018. He decided to put band life in hold and focused on making horror short films to YouTube and horror-photographing to Instagram under the name of Mr.Maggot. Inspired by he’s previous experience with music video development and band photographing. But music has always had a special place in he’s life so it could not be forgotten completely. So studying of mixing and mastering was going on in the background. In December of 2019 he’s demo song ”Flatline”, which was used mainly to study mixing. Started to sound like a real song!  After some comment rounds among friends and in sound-cloud. Flatline started to sound even better and better. So in 2020 development of the first solo album started and the name Mr.Maggot became a solo-project. The Red King on Youtube:[jrEmbed module="jrYouTube" youtube_id="4kJl0ivfH4E"] The Red King on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/album/0ktyKP0yXrV3Zis1kIks3m?si=5h210ZpvQVqj-AH4k8lzJg Mr.Maggot on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/mr.maggot10/ Mr.Maggot on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/MR.MAGGOT10/?eid=ARCUpB7_BvLvujwTdINrKoyQmN7croCt1UP2XNNzrwWcwuA1G_inR-5GlXA1gQelRf9AinKknxll-49q ISRC: FIK6A2000003 Less

Due to the obvious complications from the continuing COVID pandemic, DARKEST HOUR is saddened to announce the cancelation of their December USA tour with Misery Signals. Refunds can be obtained from your point of purchase. In the same breath, the... More

Due to the obvious complications from the continuing COVID pandemic, DARKEST HOUR is saddened to announce the cancelation of their December USA tour with Misery Signals. Refunds can be obtained from your point of purchase. In the same breath, the bands are excited to present to a live stream event to include full sets from both acts.   On December 5th, DARKEST HOUR will be streaming an encore presentation of their Live At The Black Cat 2020 Benefit Concert while Misery Signals will be streaming a never before seen set recorded especially for this online event. Band members from both bands will be available in the live chat during the streaming event and on the live Zoom after party directly after the show, all of which will be free to all ticket holders.   Writes DARKEST HOUR's Mike Schleibaum, "Both DARKEST HOUR and Misery Signals have built our careers on live music, and we will continue to do our best to give back and use this digital connection to help ensure our future physical one. Portions of the proceeds from the ticket sales will go to benefit clubs all over the world who were either affected by our tour cancelations or have hosted a DARKEST HOUR or Misery Signals Concert in the past. DARKEST HOUR's first digital event raised over $6000.00 for our favorite live venue in DC, The Black Cat. Let's do it again this December and continue to spread that love across the globe!"   The show will take place on Saturday, December 5th at 6:30 PM Pacific/9:30 PM Eastern. Bundles include a ticket to stream both sets live and watch on-demand for 24 hours, as well as an official event t-shirt.   Tune in and find ticket bundles for the December 5th event at Veeps RIGHT HERE.     Produced by Kurt Ballou (Converge), DARKEST HOUR's eleventh LP Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora continues to solidify the band's legacy as a major metal powerhouse. Raw, complex, melodic, yet cutting with razor blade precision, Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is a fierce album which shows the long-running band as lethal and ravenous as ever.   Godless Prophets & The Migrant Flora is available on CD, Japanese Import CD, purple vinyl limited to 300 copies, and digital through Southern Lord at the label's webstore HERE, Bandcamp HERE, and through all digital providers.   Stay tuned for further updates on DARKEST HOUR as they continue to write their new album for release through Southern Lord in 2021.   [jrEmbed module="jrYouTube" youtube_id="IdqOoHwht_E"]   http://officialdarkesthour.comhttps://www.facebook.com/DarkestHourDudeshttps://twitter.com/darkesthourrockhttps://www.instagram.com/darkest_hour_officialhttp://www.southernlord.comhttp://southernlord.bandcamp.comhttps://www.facebook.com/SLadminhttp://twitter.com/twatterlord Less

Emerging German power trio returns with eight songs of true, authentic, trend-proof metal! On the follow-up to their lauded 2017 self-titled debut, Germany’s Old Mother Hell dig into their roots for a lively, memorable collection of pure,... More

Emerging German power trio returns with eight songs of true, authentic, trend-proof metal! On the follow-up to their lauded 2017 self-titled debut, Germany’s Old Mother Hell dig into their roots for a lively, memorable collection of pure, unadulterated metal on Lord of Demise.Before the release of their 2017 self-titled debut, it had been a long, oftentimes unrewarding road for the members of Old Mother Hell. Veterans of the Mannheim, Germany metal scene since the 1990s and early 2000s, Old Mother Hell had little in terms of expectations when Cruz Del Sur Music decided to re-release the album that September. After all, they had spent years sweating it out in clubs and fine-tuning their musical skills in various rehearsal rooms with the hope that someday someone will take notice. Then, once the album was released, positive fan reaction and journalistic acclaim followed, with many hailing Old Mother Hell as one of the brightest new German metal bands in recent memory. It was, as the band put it, “like a life-long dream come true.” Now, with their self-titled album behind them, Old Mother Hell has moved onto the next stage of their career with their second studio foray, Lord of Demise. Recorded in early 2020 at Rama Tonstudio in Mannheim with Jens Seifert, with additional vocal tracking taking place at Sculpt Sound Studios in Cologne with Laurent Teubl, Lord of Demise perfectly captures the essence of Old Mother Hell, who consist of Bernd Wener (guitars/vocals), Ronald Senft (bass) and Michael Frölich (drums). They are a rarity in today’s metal scene: Authentic and gimmick-free, devoid of any sort of convenient retro leanings for the sake of abiding by the metal scene’s sometimes unrealistic rulebook. Their sound is pure, driven by Wener’s lead-weight and versatile riffs, Senft’s driving bass lines and Frölich’s stellar timekeeping. Tight and in lock-step with one another — the direct result of their hectic live schedule in support of their debut — Old Mother Hell took the unorthodox and now rarely-taken step of recording Lord of Demise live, with each member in the same room at the same time. In turn, the album sounds powerful and crisp, stacked with eight songs that embrace their classic metal roots. Lord of Demise is the first Old Mother Hell album to feature Frölich, who joined the band as a permanent member in 2018. A formidable guitar player in his own right, Frölich contributed songwriting ideas to the album, adding new layers of diversity and scope. Furthermore, it would be remiss not to mention some of the album’s lyrical themes in the uncertain times in which we live. While Wener wrote the lyrics before the global pandemic, many of Lord of Demise’s themes (especially on “Edge of Time”) ring resoundingly clear: Mother Nature will eventually take revenge upon us all. What you see is what you get with Old Mother Hell, a band, who, in their own words is “playing their music out of fun and dedication.” That’s a recipe that’s hard to argue with. On Lord of Demise, Old Mother Hell prove they are the ultimate purveyors of real, handmade metal. PRE-ORDER: CD: https://tinyurl.com/yxo5sxmy  LP: https://tinyurl.com/y23qkeql    Track List: 1. Betrayal At The Sea2. Avenging Angel3. Lord Of Demise4. Estranged5. Edge Of Time6. Shadows Within7. Another Fallen Savior8. Finally Free Line-up: Ronald Senft - BassBernd Wener - Vocals / GuitarMichael Fröhlich- Drums https://www.facebook.com/oldmotherhell https://www.facebook.com/cruzdelsurmusic/  https://www.cruzdelsurmusic.com/blog/  https://cruzdelsurmusic.bandcamp.com/    [jrEmbed module="jrYouTube" youtube_id="jodDo3cB8fQ"] Less

Italian Metal Veterans DARK QUARTERER have made "Vesuvius," a song from forthcoming album Pompei, available for streaming. "Vesuvius" (Official Audio)youtu.be/VOszXn6Sur0 Cruz Del Sur Music will release Pompei, the band's seventh studio album,... More

Italian Metal Veterans DARK QUARTERER have made "Vesuvius," a song from forthcoming album Pompei, available for streaming. "Vesuvius" (Official Audio)youtu.be/VOszXn6Sur0 Cruz Del Sur Music will release Pompei, the band's seventh studio album, on CD, Gatefold LP, and digital formats on November 6. The amazing artwork was provided by Italian artist Paolo Girardi. A lyric video for the album's first single "Gladiator" is available at this location. Pre-order: CD: https://tinyurl.com/y3vr83ua  LP: https://tinyurl.com/y6xo76hk DARK QUARTERER and Cruz Del Sur have a previous working relationship — the label released the vinyl versions of the band’s Symbols (2018) and Ithaca (2015) studio albums. “It was a pretty obvious decision for us to make,” says bassist/vocalist Gianni Nepi. “We’re honored to join a label with so many great bands and look forward to getting Pompei in front of an even bigger audience.”  Pompei was recorded this January and February at the band’s own W.R.S. Studios in Piombino, Italy. Vocals and keyboards were tracked in May by sound engineer Andrea Ramacciotti, with mastering handled by Alex Marton of First Line Studio in Follonica.   According to Nepi, Pompei takes their sound to the next level, expanding on the bold, classic metal-on-prog sound they have been purveying since 1980. “The new album is cruder, perhaps a bit more visceral and intense. It has a dramatic atmosphere that surrounds the entire album — even during the softest of moments.”  Now at the 40-year mark as a band, DARK QUARTERER, who also comprise drummer Paolo "Nipa" Ninci, guitarist Francesco Sozzi and keyboardist Francesco Longhi, has faced many obstacles, but the one thing that has kept them together is their friendship, something that has helped the band maintain the same lineup since 2003.  “We have great passion and love for the music we make,” finishes Nepi. “Also, the friendship between the four of us really is the glue that keeps us together. Without it, we’re not sure we would have lasted this long!”  A making-of / backstage video of the recording process is available at: youtu.be/xACp7PDSaNY Gianni Nepi - Vocals / BassFrancesco Longhi - KeyboardsFrancesco Sozzi - Guitar Paolo Ninci - Drums facebook.com/DarkQuartererinstagram.com/darkquartererfacebook.com/cruzdelsurmusiccruzdelsurmusic.comcruzdelsurmusic.bandcamp.com Less

Today, Dutch black metal elite Iskandr stream the entirety of their brand-new EP, Gelderse Poort, at heavily trafficked web-portal InvisibleOranges.com. Set for North American release on October 23rd via Eisenwald set October 23rd on 12” vinyl... More

Today, Dutch black metal elite Iskandr stream the entirety of their brand-new EP, Gelderse Poort, at heavily trafficked web-portal InvisibleOranges.com. Set for North American release on October 23rd via Eisenwald set October 23rd on 12” vinyl format (including CD listening copy), hear Iskandr's Gelderse Poort in its entirety exclusively HERE.Iskandr began its quest into the hinterlands of the imagination and subconscious with the debut album Heilig land in 2016, initially released on extremely limited-edition cassette but then making its way onto other formats as time went on. Despite Heilig land being the band’s first recording, Iskandr possessed no small amount of experience: mainman O hailed from (and still plays guitar in) Turia, among others. While no doubt bearing his sterling standards of quality, Iskandr soon took on an immediately more epic quality compared to Turia and served as another crucial piece to the Netherlands’ unceasingly vibrant black metal scene of today.The Zon EP followed not longer after Iskandr's debut album, but it was 2018 when the band released its breakout record, Euprosopon, courtesy of Eisenwald for the CD and vinyl versions (the tape was released by the band’s own Haeresis Noviomagi label, who will also release a luxurious tape edition of Gelderse Poort). Widescreen and grand as it comes, totaling four tracks in exactly 44 minutes and 44 seconds, Euprosopon displayed boundless vision and a vibrancy to black metal’s core ethos without categorically being shackled to them. And while not strictly "positive" in tone and texture, here did Iskandr portray a uniquely progressive aspect that allowed fuller freedom for the listener to roam.And Iskandr continues to roam, wider and wistfully, with the epic new EP Gelderse Poort. Comprising two tracks for a total of 24 minutes, Gelderse Poort is a thematically unified release, offering yet more depth to the already-deep Iskandr aesthetic. The EP’s title track was recorded during the Euprosopon sessions and deal with O’s home region and both the spiritual connection and distance to one's place of origin. The "Gelderse Poort" is a literal name for the region where the Rhine enters the Netherlands from Germany, since it is on this border that the river cuts a path through two elevated areas and, as such, resembles a sort of "gate" into the Netherlands. As O explains, "I take this 'gate' as a more symbolic entity, a metaphorical entryway into or exit from one's home – that moment whenever you feel like 'Ah, I'm back again!' or the other way around, 'Damn, I feel very far removed from home right now.'" Fittingly, the title track spans a wealth of sonic terrain, from spacious ‘n’ pastoral to the searingly violent, but all with Iskandr's characteristically deft and dynamic touch."Het Graf," the second track, features a spoken rendition of a part of the poem "het Graf" (English: "The Grave") by Dutch writer Rhijnvis Feith, spoken by O’s father. Even moodier than Gelderse Poort’s title track, dipping into eerily quiet passages brimming with beauty and tension alike, the song fittingly deals with death, the finitude of life, and youth vs. old age. "It was very significant to have my dad on the record since all Iskandr material is pretty personal in nature," O enthuses, "and having him recite a poem dealing with these existential themes is a very meaningful addition to my discography, I feel."Meaningful, and essential: Iskandr's discography may be sparse still, but the band’s vision continues to be breathtaking. Set sail for splendor and wonder with Gelderse Poort!Fully set sail exclusively here https://www.invisibleoranges.com/iskandr-gelderse-poort-stream-interview/ Cover and tracklisting are as follows: Tracklisting for Iskandr's Gelderse Poort1. Gelderse Poort [11:59]2. Het Graf [11:54]MORE INFO:www.iskandr.bandcamp.com   www.eisenton.dewww.facebook.com/eisenwaldofficialwww.youtube.com/eisenwaldofficialwww.twitter.com/EisenwaldHammerwww.instagram.com/eisenwald.officialwww.open.spotify.com/user/eisenwald_official Less