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SoCal psych-folk queen GLOBELAMP is proud to announce her latest single "Fossils," a hauntingly ethereal new track reflecting the singer-songwriter's unique and otherworldly vibes.

CHECK OUT THE GHOST CULT MAGAZINE PREMIERE OF “FOSSILS” HERE

Recorded at Orange Sound by Ash Umhey, “Fossils” features contributions from Morgan Y. Evans (Walking Bombs) and Umhey, with mastering taking place at Witch Ape Studio by the legendary Thomas Andrew Doyle (TAD, Brothers of the Sonic Cloth).

"As a lifelong fan of the '90s music scene, it was a real pleasure and honor to have Tad master this song," Dapena says. 

"In life, sometimes people think they can get away with the bad things they have done, and, maybe, for a while, it seems like they have gotten away with it. But as Bob Marley said, 'There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation.'

"A fossil was once alive before it was turned into an artifact by the Earth, but they were always there. The same analogy can be applied to whatever you think you’re hiding from God."

Dapena is of Puerto Rican and Polish descent and her songs are informed by her book-worthy chaotic life, time spent interning at K Records in Olympia, Washington, as well as the DIY folk punk ethos. Having shared the stage with bands like Against Me!, Screaming Females, and Waxatachee (to name a few), she was also featured in the avant-garde docu-series The Bender's Circuit, directed by Angela Izzo and Eric Zimmerman (Soundgarden, etc.), now streaming via Amazon Prime and Apple TV.

GLOBELAMP has been compared to The Space Lady, Myrkur, and Joanna Newsom, while drawing influence from various artists, including Riot Grrrl, Jenny Lewis, Melanie Martinez, and author Francesca Lia Block. Previously releasing music on labels such as Witchita, Nefarious Industries, and Psychedelic Thriftstore Recordings, GLOBELAMP embodies the Southern California aesthetic instead of simply borrowing it.

"Fossils" precedes a new psych-folk album in the finishing stages in Tustin, California, with a hopeful release planned for 2025. It will be Dapenda's first since 2018's understated charmer Romantic Cancer. Since that time, Dapenda has battled industry sexism, unearthed more about their previously uncertain parentage, and survived a near-death health scare, all while continuing to make their own brand of musical magick. LISTEN/PURCHASE HERE: https://ampwall.com/a/globelamp/album/fossils GLOBELAMP is: Elizabeth Le Fey – guitars, organ, synth, vocals Guest musicians: Ash Umhey – tambourine Morgan Y. Evans – trombone

Social Links: https://www.instagram.com/globelamp https://www.facebook.com/globelamp https://www.tiktok.com/@globelamp https://www.threads.net/@globelamp Press: “…psychedelic, baroque and intimate…” — THE SKINNY “Drawing up a wide range of influences, Globelamp appeals to fans of ‘lost’ ’60s and ’70s folksingers…” — POPMATTERS “Elizabeth Le Fey, who used to play in Foxygen but now writes alone as Globelamp, makes very pretty folk songs that are idiosyncratic but also formal, and they sound like they might have been beamed in from this strange corner of the early aughts.” — THE FADER

Rising metalcore heavyweights 156/SILENCE are proud to announce their co-headline U.S. winter tour with VCTMS, spanning 24 cities beginning Jan. 9 in Detroit and wrapping up Feb. 8 in Chicago. The absolutely stacked tour features support from Heavy//Hitter, Saltwound, Monochromatic Black, Wiltwither, fallingwithscissors, and Banged Out on select dates. PURCHASE TICKETS: https://linktr.ee/156silence.tour Tour Dates: 1/9 - Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary 1/10 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving Underground 1/11 - New York, NY @ The Meadows 1/12 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground 1/13 - Providence, RI @ Alchemy 1/15 - Syracuse, NY @ The Song & Dance 1/16 - Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery 1/17 - Raleigh, NC @ Chapel of Bones 1/18 - Jacksonville, FL @ Underbelly 1/19 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Purgatory) 1/21 - Orlando, FL @ Conduit 1/22 - Tampa, FL @ Orpheum 1/23 - Birmingham, AL @ LCY 1/24 - Little Rock, AR @  The Rev Room 1/25 - OKC, OK @ VFW 9265 1/26 - Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s Sports Cafe 1/27 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad (no 156) 1/28 - Mesa, AZ @ The Underground 1/29 - San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick (21+) (no 156) 1/30 - San Luis Obispo @ Humdinger Brewing SLO Taproom 1/31 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction 2/1 - Fresno, CA @ Full Circle Brewery 2/2 - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s - Starlet Ballroom 2/4 - Midvale, UT @ The Pearl on Main 2/5 - Denver, CO @ HQ (16+) (no 156) 2/6 - Des Moines, IA @ Lefty's 2/7 - Cudahy, WI @ X-Ray Arcade 2/8 - Chicago, IL @ Reggies About the band:

156/SILENCE creates soundtracks for the pushed aside and marginalized. Equal parts frenetic, unhinged, passionate, and focused, their music resonates with outsiders of all stripes. 156/SILENCE is for anyone determined to peel back the façade of false pleasantries, shallow platitudes, and fakery. 

It’s a mission the band began in earnest with underground missives. (Metal Injection advised readers to “wreck your speakers with 156/SILENCE” on the eve of 2017’s Karma EP.) The group excels live, offering both community and devastation, while touring with the likes of The Acacia Strain, Unearth, Upon A Burning Body, D.R.U.G.S., Signs Of The Swarm, and Orthodox, among others. 

Howling personal declarations, jagged riffs, post-hardcore, noise, thrash, sludge, and ambiance collide within 156/SILENCE. In 2018, Kerrang! hailed the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, group as one of the “6 Underground Metalcore Bands Redefining the Scene.” Less than a decade after their emergence, 156/SILENCE delivers again on that promise with an incendiary fourth album, People Watching. 

No two 156/SILENCE albums are alike, from the unhinged frenetic chaos of Undercover Scumbag (2018) to the gloriously savage and technical Irrational Pull (2020), which Metal Hammer likened to Converge and Botch. The diverse ruminations found in Narrative (2022) took things even further. 

People Watching continues the prolific outfit’s tradition of steadfast evolution. Produced by Jonathan Dolese (D.R.U.G.S., Emmure, Attack Attack!), the album embraces melodic hooks without sacrificing any heaviness. The band’s golden age of metalcore roots shimmer and swirl together with influences ranging from Aphex Twin to Thrice, Glassjaw, and Deftones, from movie soundtracks to horror games. As the band says: “People Watching is truly the culmination of the last nine years of 156.”

156/SILENCE sounds ravenous, ominous, and haunting. Their songs are literary and cinematic, cerebral and brutal, drawing from real and imagined horrors, all intertwined with melody and might. 156/SILENCE is: Jack Murray – vocals Jimmy Howell – guitars Ryan Wilkinson – guitars  Lucas Booker – bass Max Bradshaw – drums Social Links: https://instagram.com/156silence https://facebook.com/156silence https://twitter.com/156silence https://youtube.com/@156silence Press: “People Watching not only establishes a new precedent, but positions the band on a whole new tier of potential.” — KNOTFEST “From the home of Code Orange come another hardcore band ready to explode.” — METAL HAMMER “…an unhinged force to be reckoned with.” — KERRANG!

Texas black metal entity BRÜKA has released their long-awaited debut album, Death’s Promise, out now via the band and Pest Productions.

Emerging from the forbidden depths and forgotten shadows of the Texas underground, BRÜKA has burned a path through the state, delivering raw, merciless energy upon revealing their decrepit and unholy presence with the release of DEMO 2020. From their first incantations, this shadowed four-piece has established a fearsome reputation in central Texas and has solidified itself among those who carry the black flame. BRÜKA has stood alongside some of the most formidable names in black metal, performing with acts like Rotting Christ, Profanatica, Borknagar, and Hate. Their influences run deep, from the haunting atmospheres of Dissection to the relentless energy of Darkthrone, drawing new followers into their dark world, enchanting black metal purists and new devotees alike.

Their long-awaited debut album, Death’s Promise, is a pitiless, unsparing manifestation of BRÜKA’s vision—both a salute to the unadulterated spirit of black metal and an indelible exploration of darkness and despair.

“The ten tracks of Death’s Promise perfectly demonstrate the TXBM representative’s unbending and manic loyalty towards the genre’s forebears and their odes of darkness.” — Pest Productions (China)

FFO: Dissection, Darkthrone, Cannibal Corpse, Hypocrisy

PURCHASE (CD): https://pestproductions.bandcamp.com/album/deaths-promise BRÜKA is:

Misery – vocals Valrøzar – guitars Oko – bass, keys Hammerbłast – drums

https://linktr.ee/thetrvebruka Tour Dates: 12/6 – Dallas, TX @ Reno’s Chop Shop 12/13 – Houston, TX @ Black Magic Social Club

Oregon thrash/punk act STRESS TEST—featuring current and former members of Unto Others, Drouth and others —is proud to announce its debut singles “Bastard Behavior” and “Eternal Bliss,” taken from its upcoming debut self-titled EP.

CHECK OUT DECIBEL’s PREMIERE OF “BASTARD BEHAVIOR” HERE

“This is a record I've been wanting to make for years but, until recently, never felt I had enough energy to actually put together,” said frontman Brandon Hill. “Late last year I finally felt motivated enough, or maybe disgusted with the world enough, to finally turn the ideas into something.”

Inspired by the chaos, violence, corruption and extremism rampant throughout society, guitarist/vocalist Brandon Hill (Unto Others) turned to writing as a way to express the hopelessness and anger felt towards mankind’s failures during the pandemic. STRESS TEST is a documentation of those mental struggles and a way to confront the darker aspects of humanity exacerbated by isolation and the constant barrage of negative news.

Recorded and mixed by Gabe Johnston (Unto Others, Hoaxed) and mastered by Brad Boatright (Integrity, Obituary), the two singles are taken from the upcoming EP, which will be revealed in due time. For now, this serves as an introduction.

FFO: Aus-Rotten, Cro-Mags, Dystopia, Napalm Death, Power Trip

STRESS TEST at the time of recording:

Brandon Hill – guitars, bass, vocals

Colin Vranizan – drums

STRESS TEST is:

Brandon Hill – guitars, vocals

Adam Jennings – guitars

Dylan Morris – bass

Colin Vranizan – drums

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https://www.youtube.com/@stresstestpdx

“If you like Power Trip and Glacial Tomb, Stress Test are a band you need to hear expeditiously.” — Decibel Magazine

American heavy metal savants HAUNT and SAVAGE MASTER unite for heavy metal glory as they prepare to blaze across a 27-city US tour dubbed Thee Eternal Reign. Kicking off August 2 at The Lost Well in Austin, Texas, the bands will leave a path of steel shavings through nearly two dozen states, concluding August 31 at Dive Bar in Las Vegas, Nevada. See full dates listed as follows: Thee Eternal Reign Tour Dates: 08/02 – Austin, TX @ The Lost Well tickets 08/03 – San Antonio, TX @ Bonds Rock Bar tickets 08/04 – Lafayette, LA @ Freetown Boom Boom Room 08/06 – Pensacola, FL @ Handlebar tickets 08/07 – Winter Park, FL @ Conduit tickets 08/08 – Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor tickets 08/09 – Richmond, VA @ Cobra Cabana tickets 08/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie tickets 08/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kingsland Bar and Grill tickets 08/12 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery tickets 08/13 – Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl tickets 08/14 – Louisville, KY @ Portal + Artportal tickets 08/15 – Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge tickets 08/16 – Milwaukee, WI @ Club Garibaldi tickets 08/17 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club tickets 08/19 – Denver, CO @ HQ tickets 08/20 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Aces High Saloon tickets 08/22 – Richland, WA @ Ray’s Golden Lion tickets 08/23 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon tickets 08/24 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s tickets 08/25 – Eugene, OR @ John Henry’s tickets 08/27 – Albany, CA @ Ivy Room tickets 08/28 – Oxnard, CA @ Mrs. Olson’s tickets 08/29 – San Diego, CA @ Brick by Brick tickets 08/30 – Phoenix, AZ @ Nile Underground tickets 08/31 – Las Vegas, NV @ Dive Bar tickets About HAUNT:

Founded in 2017 as the solo project of Trevor William Church, HAUNT quickly became the face of the new wave of traditional heavy metal. Since the band's kickstart six years ago, the heavy metal titans have released eight studio albums and multiple extended plays. Dubbed a "prolific songwriter-shredder" by Rolling Stone, Church continues to champion what was once a bygone era of heavy metal. Their latest album, Dreamers, dropped March 1 via Church Recordings.  About SAVAGE MASTER:

One of the most exciting and electrifying bands in the occult metal scene, SAVAGE MASTER swiftly built an impressive canon of work by releasing two cult albums, an EP, and over-the-top live shows. Founded in 2013 by guitarist Adam Neal and vocalist Stacey Savage, the band was inspired by their love of heavy metal and horror. Shortly thereafter, Savage and her hooded henchmen began their assured ascent through the underground, touring nonstop across North America and Europe, playing festivals such as Keep It True, Hell Over Hammaburg, Legions of Metal, Frost and Fire, Ragnarokkr, Hell's Heroes, and many more, helping land their longstanding album deal with Shadow Kingdom Records. HAUNT Social Links:  

https://hauntthenation.bandcamp.com https://www.facebook.com/hauntthenation https://www.instagram.com/hauntthenation https://twitter.com/hauntthenation SAVAGE MASTER Social Links: http://savagemasterofficial.bandcamp.com https://www.facebook.com/savagemasterofficial https://instagram.com/savagemaster_official "You can’t stop Trevor William Church, you can only hope to contain him." – Decibel Magazine "...the album has everything you’d expect from an ’80s metal purist." – Hard Noise "...it’s not just Trevor Church’s prolific output that’s impressive, it’s his continued evolution."– MetalSucks "...true, old school, pure heavy metal..." – Velvet Thunder "...(SAVAGE MASTER) certainly (does) put on a show from every angle imaginable..." – Mystification Zine  "Singer Stacey Savage channels Ann Wilson and Ozzy, spinning tales of pure D&D glory — magical seers using mystic objects to look into the beyond, creatures of the night and lustful devils." – LEO Weekly

American heavy metal savants HAUNT and SAVAGE MASTER unite for heavy metal glory as they prepare to blaze across a 27-city US tour dubbed Thee Eternal Reign. Kicking off August 2 at The Lost Well in Austin, Texas, the bands will leave a path of steel shavings through nearly two dozen states, concluding August 31 at Dive Bar in Las Vegas, Nevada. See full dates listed as follows:

Thee Eternal Reign Tour Dates:

08/02 – Austin, TX @ The Lost Well tickets

08/03 – San Antonio, TX @ Bonds Rock Bar tickets

08/04 – Lafayette, LA @ Freetown Boom Boom Room

08/06 – Pensacola, FL @ Handlebar tickets

08/07 – Winter Park, FL @ Conduit tickets

08/08 – Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor tickets

08/09 – Richmond, VA @ Cobra Cabana tickets

08/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie tickets

08/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Kingsland Bar and Grill tickets

08/12 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery tickets

08/13 – Youngstown, OH @ Westside Bowl tickets

08/14 – Louisville, KY @ Portal + Artportal tickets

08/15 – Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge tickets

08/16 – Milwaukee, WI @ Club Garibaldi tickets

08/17 – St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club tickets

08/19 – Denver, CO @ HQ tickets

08/20 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Aces High Saloon tickets

08/22 – Richland, WA @ Ray’s Golden Lion tickets

08/23 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon tickets

08/24 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s tickets

08/25 – Eugene, OR @ John Henry’s tickets

08/27 – Albany, CA @ Ivy Room tickets

08/28 – Oxnard, CA @ Mrs. Olson’s tickets

08/29 – San Diego, CA @ Brick by Brick tickets

08/30 – Phoenix, AZ @ Nile Underground tickets

08/31 – Las Vegas, NV @ Dive Bar tickets

About HAUNT:

Founded in 2017 as the solo project of Trevor William Church, HAUNT quickly became the face of the new wave of traditional heavy metal. Since the band's kickstart six years ago, the heavy metal titans have released eight studio albums and multiple extended plays. Dubbed a "prolific songwriter-shredder" by Rolling Stone, Church continues to champion what was once a bygone era of heavy metal. Their latest album, Dreamers, dropped March 1 via Church Recordings.

About SAVAGE MASTER:

One of the most exciting and electrifying bands in the occult metal scene, SAVAGE MASTER swiftly built an impressive canon of work by releasing two cult albums, an EP, and over-the-top live shows. Founded in 2013 by guitarist Adam Neal and vocalist Stacey Savage, the band was inspired by their love of heavy metal and horror. Shortly thereafter, Savage and her hooded henchmen began their assured ascent through the underground, touring nonstop across North America and Europe, playing festivals such as Keep It True, Hell Over Hammaburg, Legions of Metal, Frost and Fire, Ragnarokkr, Hell's Heroes, and many more, helping land their longstanding album deal with Shadow Kingdom Records.

HAUNT Social Links:

https://hauntthenation.bandcamp.com

https://www.facebook.com/hauntthenation

https://www.instagram.com/hauntthenation

https://twitter.com/hauntthenation

SAVAGE MASTER Social Links:

http://savagemasterofficial.bandcamp.com

https://www.facebook.com/savagemasterofficial

https://instagram.com/savagemaster_official

"You can’t stop Trevor William Church, you can only hope to contain him." – Decibel Magazine

"...the album has everything you’d expect from an ’80s metal purist." – Hard Noise

"...it’s not just Trevor Church’s prolific output that’s impressive, it’s his continued evolution." – MetalSucks

"...true, old school, pure heavy metal..." – Velvet Thunder

"...(SAVAGE MASTER) certainly (does) put on a show from every angle imaginable..." – Mystification Zine

"Singer Stacey Savage channels Ann Wilson and Ozzy, spinning tales of pure D&D glory — magical seers using mystic objects to look into the beyond, creatures of the night and lustful devils." – LEO Weekly

High priests of sinister doom return with a hook-laden heavy metal thrill-ride into Nosferatu nights!

Bay Area occult doom trio CASTLE is proud to present the debut single and video, “100 Eyes,” taken from their upcoming sixth album Evil Remains, due out September 6 via Hammerheart Records.

“We’re excited to be making and sharing music again,” says the band’s frontwoman Liz Blackwell. “Our first release from the new album is a message and a reminder to eliminate the distractions that prevent oneself from being the master of your own mind. Our latest video pulled our artistic community together to film a visual representation of self-discovery and empowerment."

Back after a six year break with the black magick fully recharged, CASTLE has delivered a juggernaut of riffery in a hook-laden mix of doom and psychedelic-tinged classic metal. Adding to the atmosphere of majestic doom, Elizabeth Blackwell’s haunted, full-blooded vocals are electric witch hymns of death and madness; ‘Hear my warning, heed my call,’ indeed.

Recorded at Raincity Recorders in Vancouver B.C. by producer Jesse Gander (Anciients, 3 Inches of Blood, Brutus), Evil Remains sonically balances the warm and fuzzy with the bombastic power of an alternate universe stadium rock band. Bassist/vocalist Elizabeth Blackwell and guitarist/vocalist Mat Davis bring their unique female and male vocal attack and scorching, serpentine riffs to dizzying new heights. Rounded out by drummer Mike Cotton’s thunderous precision, Evil Remains delivers a metallic knock out punch from the first to the last note of its eight pummeling tracks.

Written over a five year period — beginning in CASTLE’s then-hometown of Joshua Tree, California, after a year-long tour for their previous album, Deal Thy Fate — the songwriting culminated this past year with pre-production sessions taking place in the band’s new twin home bases of San Francisco and Vancouver.

Since storming out of San Francisco with their 2011 debut In Witch Order, CASTLE has toured relentlessly, playing close to 700 shows on three continents. The live ritual resumes this September across Europe with North American dates to follow.

Evil Remains drops September 6 worldwide on digipak CD, various vinyl variants and all major streaming platforms via Hammerheart Records.

FFO: Cirith Ungol, Christian Mistress, Lucifer, Pentagram, Saint Vitus

PRE-ORDER: https://castlesf.lnk.to/evilremains

CASTLE is:

Liz Blackwell – bass, vocals

Mat Davis – guitar, vocals

Mike Cotton – drums

European Tour Dates 2024:

09/09 – Bamberg, DE – Live Club

10/09 – Karlsruhe, DE – Kohi

11/09 – Freiburg, DE – Slow Club

12/09 – Marburg, DE – Knubbel

13/09 – Weikersheim, DE – club W71

14/09 – Leipzig, DE – Black Label

15/09 – München, DE – Backstage

17/09 – Düsseldorf, DE – Pitcher

18/09 – Hamburg, DE – Logo

19/09 – Oslo, NO – Vaterland

20/09 – Gothenburg, SE – The Abyss

21/09 – Malmo, SE – Plan B

22/09 – Copenhagen, DK – Rahuset

23/09 – Berlin, DE – Reset

24/09 – Prague, CZ – Modrá Vopice

25/09 – Vienna, AT – Viper Room

26/09 – Ljubljana, SI – Channel Zero

28/09 – Basel, CH – Hirschenec

30/09 – Aachen, DE – Wild Rover

Social Links:

https://heavycastle.com

https://www.facebook.com/CastleSF

https://www.instagram.com/heavycastle

https://x.com/heavycastle

https://www.hammerheart.com

https://hammerheartstore.com

Press:

“…a beguiling mix of doom and psychedelic heavy metal…” — DEAF FOREVER

Evil Remains track listing:

1. Queen of Death

2. Nosferatu Nights

3. Deja Voodoo

4. Evil Remains

5. Black Spell

6. 100 Eyes

7. She

8. Cold Grave

American black metal outfit NIGHTHÄMMER has announced its debut album Land of Fear, due out June 28 via Infernus Profunda Records.

Born in the vilest gutters of Oakland, NIGHTHÄMMER was conceived by guitarist Coffin in 2023. Shortly thereafter, drummer Grond and bassist Frost Tormentor joined the ranks, and the trio plunged into Earhammer Studio to record Land of Fear with the renowned Greg Wilkinson (Autopsy, Brainoil, Necrot), crafting their formidable sonic heresy.

Channeling the spirit of second-wave black metal titans like Gorgoroth, Immortal, Darkthrone and Deströyer 666, NIGHTHÄMMER fuses thrash and d-beat into their blitzkrieg of speed-driven riffs, thunderous drums, eerie leads and retching screams with invocations from the apostolic occult.

According to the band, “Land of Fear is an aural odyssey across an irradiated Earth when omni-corporations have finally merged into a sole sycophantic theocratic vision of complete and total domination, pitting what remains of the human race and Earth’s resources against the solemn, cold ultimatum: join or die.”

Prepare to ride the cracking thunder and traverse the Land of Fear, due out June 28 on vinyl and cassette via the band and Inferna Profundus Records, respectively.

FFO: Gorgoroth, Immortal, Darkthrone, Deströyer 666

PRE-ORDER (vinyl): https://nighthammerus.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fear

PRE-ORDER (cassette): https://infernaprofundusrecords.bandcamp.com/album/land-of-fear

NIGHTHÄMMER is:

Coffin – guitars, vocals

Frost Tormentor – bass

Grond – drums

Social Links:

https://www.instagram.com/nighthammerus

https://nighthammerus.bandcamp.com

"You End I" Official Visualizer

Felons has released the official visualizer for "You End I," his brooding, ambient new single that continues the singer-songwriter's cross-genre expansion into electronic and industrial rock.

Co-produced by Felons and frequent collaborator Plantcham, "You End I" is an ethereal excursion into the inner workings of the mind and how one observes their morbid fate.

"'You End I' is a reminder to myself that even when life as we know it ends, a new level will begin, and I will always be okay and ready to ride out," says Felons.

Forever embedded in the East Coast hardcore scene, Felons recently announced several limited-run merch drops with Shop NYHC and Madball. More info on future drops here.

RIYL: The Black Queen, ††† (Crosses), Nine Inch Nails, BANKS

Credits:

Produced by Felons Mixed and mastered by Plantcham

Social Links: http://www.faceboook.com/felons201 http://www.instagram.com/felons201 http://www.twitter.com/felons201

I'm alright You're inside A place to hide out to sleep the night out And we'll be fine We're passing time now I'm here to ride out until we die out I speak my mind now to kill their kind out I'm here to ride out until we die out It's you end i until we die now We'll kill the lights out We'll sleep tonight now

Press:

"a darker side of (Felons)" – New Noise Magazine

"offering plenty of multi-layered pleasure" – Idioteq.com

New England-based sludge supergroup COME TO GRIEF, featuring current and former members of Grief, Disrupt and Warhorse, have made their back catalog available for free via Bandcamp. DOWNLOAD THE COME TO GRIEF DISCOGRAPHY AT THIS LOCATION In addition, the legendary sludge offshoot has announced its first run of East Coast dates in over a year, beginning Nov. 26 in Brooklyn, NY, with Sunrot, False Gods, etc. before wrapping up Dec. 13 in Portland, ME, with Chepang, Yautja and others. Formed in 1991 by Disrupt guitarist Terry Savastano, GRIEF's style of “extreme doom” was seminal to all things slow, doom, and sludge to follow. For more than a decade, GRIEF would release several albums, EPs, splits and compilations before calling it quits in 2001, despite a couple of reunion attempts. Fast-forward to 2014, Terry’s new version of the pioneering sludge band (including former drummer Chuck Conlon) reactivated before playing their first show as COME TO GRIEF two years later. Since then, the band has toured all over the globe with bands like Eyehategod and The Obsessed, including multiple festival appearances at Roadburn, Maryland Deathfest and Austin Terror Fest, among others. COME TO GRIEF resumed its brand of disgruntled, slow-crawling malevolence with the band's first EP, The Worst of Times, in 2017 and the quickly-followed split with Fistula, Take Me In My Sleep / Contusion. The band' second EP, Pray for the End, was released in 2020 just in time for the pandemic to bring things to a halt. Furthermore, the band recently finished recording its debut album When the World Dies at GodCity Studio with producer and tone wizard Kurt Ballou (High On Fire, Gatecreeper). More info to be unveiled at a later time.

FFO: Eyehategod, Iron Monkey, Noothgrush, Buzzoven, Thou East Coast 2021 Tour Dates: Nov. 26 - Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus Bar (w/ Sunrot, FALSE GODS & Cowardice)   Nov. 27 - Washington, DC @ Pie Shop DC (w/ Suppression, Crawler & Low Flesh) Nov. 28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie (w/ MOROS. FALSE GODS & Caged) Dec. 10 - Providence, RI @ Alchemy (w/ CHURCHBURN, EDICT & New Hell) Dec. 13 - Portland, ME @ The Apohadion Theater (w/ Chepang, Yautja & DMT) Web Links: https://www.cometogrief.com/ https://www.facebook.com/extremesludge/ https://www.instagram.com/cometogriefband/ https://cometogrief.bandcamp.com/

Australian death metal quintet DESCENT, featuring members of Resin Tomb, Snorlax, etc., are proud to announce their sophomore album Order of Chaos, out January 14, 2022, via Brilliant Emperor Records.

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A tremendous stride forward for DESCENT, and by far their most accomplished work to date, Order of Chaos is a squelching war chest of punishing death metal savagery from the heart of Brisbane, Australia. Recorded by guitarist Brendan Auld, mixed by tone wizard Kurt Ballou, and mastered by the illustrious Brad Boatright, the album's eight tracks are a full-spectrum bedlam of the highest order, just as the glorious Mitchell Nolte artwork breathtakingly hints.

Riffs of inescapable maliciousness fueled by the great traditions of chainsaw artistry reveal gateway altars pounding a primordial blackened fury. Screams sardonically tear at the void, burying your ears in the realization of the severity of your loss of self in eternal torment. Welcome to the ritual of Order of Chaos. Submit, worship, dissolve and disintegrate.

Formed in 2014 with the desire to create a sound influenced by a plethora of sounds falling under the umbrella of extreme and heavy music, DESCENT is a coalition of members from various bands from the under-ground Brisbane scene, including From These Wounds, Resin Tomb, Feculent, Snorlax, and several others. Since the release of the quintet's first demo in 2015, DESCENT has constantly performed throughout Australia, opening for bands like Cattle Decapitation, Dark Funeral, and Code Orange, among many others. The band released its debut album, Towers of Grandiosity, via Redefining Darkness Records in 2018 and toured Japan with The Crown and Origin later that year.

Order of Chaos will be released January 14, 2022, on multiple formats via Brilliant Emperor (vinyl), Redefining Darkness (CDs) and Caligari Records (tapes).

Pre-order:

https://brilliantemperor.bandcamp.com/ (vinyl) https://shop.redefiningdarkness.com/ (CD) https://caligarirecords.bandcamp.com/  (cassette)

DESCENT is:

Anthony Oliver – vocals Brendan Auld – guitars Josh Kane – guitars Jim Dandy – bass Kingsley Sugden – drums

The Altered Noise, SOCIETY 1 vocalist Matt Zane's tribute documentary about the life and music of former bassist DV "Dirt" Karloff, has been selected for the 5th annual American Horrors Film Festival. "I'm incredibly grateful that the American Horror Film Festival has chosen to show The Altered Noise, says director Matt Zane. "The film is going to get its big-screen premiere in an actual theater, which is just amazing. Crazy to think Dirt is becoming an indie movie star. He would have loved it!" The film festival, hosted by infamous horror icon Hart D. Fisher, takes place Oct. 30-Nov.1 at Emagine Geneva Lakes in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and will showcase critically-acclaimed, bleeding-edge, independent horror films and music documentaries, uncut, the way they were intended. The Altered Noise is Zane's tribute to his fallen friend and former bassist DV "Dirt" Karloff, a larger-than-life presence in the metal world and lauded by the likes of Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction), Paul Raven (Killing Joke, Ministry, ex-Prong) and Raymond Herrera (Fear Factory, ex-Brujeria). The film documents his rise from a wide-eyed Midwesterner to being thrown immediately into the spotlight by joining Society 1 just in time for their world record-breaking 2003 Download Festival performance. With over seven million viewers, American Horrors is the fastest-growing linear streaming channel available. Founded by Hart D. Fisher, the OTT channel features the bloodiest and goriest cult films, original series like Mission Terror Gorecast and Groovey TV, along with uncensored music videos from Danzig, Obituary, Slayer, Warbeast, and more. The American Horrors Film Festival will be broadcast exclusively on Roku, Strictly Streaming and AmericanHorrors.com a few days after the event. To purchase tickets to attend, click here. For more information, go to AmericanHorrorsFilmFestival.com.

From the old textbooks of internal medicine and general surgery, Black Hole Productions presents one of its main chapters — Carnal Pollution by Japanese goregrind duo PHARMACIST. As a purulent discharge of advanced gangrene and after a series of great releases, PHARMACIST has quickly established itself as one of the genre's greatest revelations in just one short year. Recorded, mixed, and mastered at VoidLab Studio in Tokyo, Carnal Pollution exudes four unreleased and exclusive miasmas from its repulsive goregrind with the sordid refinements of old-school death metal. Conceived under the coagulated blood of oxidized scalpels, the band manages, like few others, to rescue the main concepts and characteristics of the genre's staple names. If the treatment for your disease requires dosages of Classic Splatter, PHARMACIST has a cure! Essential for fans of '80s Carcass, Pathologist, and Dead Infection. Formed in Japan in early 2020 by "Pharmacist" (guitars, vocals, bass) and "Therapeutist" (drums), PHARMACIST is decomposing old-school grinding death metal. Mainly active as a studio project, the duo released its first EP, Forensic Pathology Jurisprudence, on June 6, 2020, managing to catch the attention of Bizarre Leprous Productions. The band quickly followed up with the release of its full-length debut, Medical Renditions Of Grinding Decomposition, under BLP's wing in August of 2020. Known to be strictly dedicated to music and arrangements, PHARMACIST has enlisted guitarist Andrew Lee (Ripped to Shreds) for solos on the tracks "Disintegration" and "Obsequial Orchestration," expanding the spectre of goregrind to wider extents.

Purchase: https://pharmacistgore.bandcamp.com/album/carnal-pollution

“HOLD MY HAND, HOLD MY HEART BEHOLD MY LIFE NOW I STAND, I WON’T BEND IT’S ALRIGHT.” A lyrical declaration taken from "It's Alright," the second single from Remnants, the explosive new EP from FOUR TRIPS AHEAD. Emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic more focused than ever before, the NYC band has taken a firm, uncompromising stance, keeping its unique and poignantly heavy melodic signature sound that marks FOUR TRIPS AHEAD as a force to be reckoned with in modern hard rock. Produced by lead vocalist Peter Wilson, the EP's five tracks were engineered by Nik Chinboukas (Metal Allegiance, Testament, Doyle) at Spin Recording Studios, mixed by Grammy- and Emmy Award-winning engineer Nick Cipriano (Dream Theater, Twisted Sister, Erasure), and mastered by the illustrious Roger Lian (Rush, Slayer, Coheed and Cambria). “We were in a highly creative period, so we rushed into the studio to record so we wouldn't lose the powerful vibes. The five songs had similar urgent themes and were road-tested, so to speak," Wilson shared. "It was impossible not to be inspired by the anger, frustration, and social unrest that we were all witnessing and feeling. As we started mixing, the world turned completely upside down." FOUR TRIPS AHEAD’s roots date back to 2003 when the seasoned New York City musicians first came together in search of a new creative outlet. Instantly, the quartet recognized common musical interests—creating heavy rock sounds with killer melodies and progressive oscillation. The band’s last album, ...And The Fire Within, charted consistently in Metal Contraband’s National Top 50 Radio Charts for eight consecutive weeks, with its highest placement at #34, garnering heavy rotation on American college, commercial, and specialty Hard Rock/Metal radio formats. Moreover, their video for the single "Bring Me Down" debuted on AXS.com to an enthusiastic response and was featured in PROG's summer 2020 new music sampler. FOUR TRIPS AHEAD’s new EP is brimming with electricity, capturing the band’s passion, intensity, memorable songwriting, and bold musicianship, standing apart from much of today's contrived rock releases. Musically, Remnants is daring, dynamic, and demanding—hard rock like it's meant to be played. “Remnants," the title track and first single from FOUR TRIPS AHEAD’s new EP, is available digitally and to stream via Dr. Music Records. You can listen to the EP in its entirety via the DSP of your choice. For updates on FOUR TRIPS AHEAD, please visit—

Italian prehistoric death metal duo THECODONTION and English blackened noise enigma VESSEL OF INIQUITY have announced a new split titled The Permian-Triassic Extinction Event, out Sept. 3 via multiple formats. This conceptual split release is about the titular Permian-Triassic extinction event (commonly known as "The Great Dying"), and life emerging anew afterwards. It occurred approximately 251 million years ago and it was the Earth's most severe extinction event, during which almost all of the marine species, terrestrial vertebrates and insects became extinct. Theories for its cause range from meteor impacts, volcanic eruptions and climate change. THECODONTION's side explores two different creatures which lived after that catastrophic occurrence, thus during the Triassic period: Thecodontosarus antiquus was an ancestral relative to sauropods, Procompsognathus triassicus was a small bipedal carnivorous theropod. VESSEL OF INIQUITY's side is sonically destructive, yet it features an evocative and almost poetic description of the inevitable cataclysm that occurred, putting an end to the Permian period and paving the way for new lifeforms during the Triassic. THECODONTION's side was recorded by Guglielmo Nodari (Bedsore) and mixed and mastered by Marco Salluzzo (Bedsore, Deströyer 666), while VESSEL OF INIQUITY's side was conceived, recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered by A. White. After the critically acclaimed debut full-length Supercontinent, THECODONTION is back with two tracks (both spawned during the album's recording sessions), in which the band is at its most experimental and intricate musical point thus far. Atmospheric, melodic leads and blistering solos alternate with crushing riffs and relentless blasting. VESSEL OF INIQUITY's sole member A. White is a master in audial annihilation and ultra-violence in the form of furious drumming and non-stop slab of harsh noise, behind which lies a vortex of sprawling riffs. After two masterpieces such as Vessel of Iniquity and Void of Infinite Horror, this entity is certainly not holding back regarding musical extremity. Calamitous occurrences such as basalt volcanic eruptions and ocean acidification are beautifully depicted with abstract forms on the cover artwork by Italian artist STRX. The Permian-Triassic Extinction Event will be released Sept. 3 on CD via I, Voidhanger Records, cassette (US) via Dead Red Queen Records and cassette (Taiwan) via Bad Moon Rising. THECODONTION is: G.E.F. – vocals (track 2), songwriting G.D. – bass, lyrics, arrangements Session members on The Permian-Triassic Extinction Event: V.P. – drums Skaðvaldur – vocals (track 1) VESSEL OF INIQUITY is: A. White – all instruments, vocals THECODONTION: https://www.facebook.com/thecodontion https://thecodontion.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/thecodontion/ VESSEL OF INIQUITY: https://vesselofiniquity.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Vessel-of-Iniquity-306200196576491/ Labels: https://www.facebook.com/i.voidhanger.records/ https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/i_voidhanger_records http://www.i-voidhanger.com/ https://metalodyssey.8merch.com/ https://www.facebook.com/BadMoonRisingTaipei https://badmoonrising.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/deadredqueenrecords https://deadredqueenrecords.limitedrun.com/