WACKEN OPEN AIR 2018 8/2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2018 WACKEN. GERMANY CONFIRM: MANTAR, THE HAUNTED, SAMAEL, BEHEMOTH

Promoters for WACKEN OPEN AIR 2018, set to take place  8/2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2018 WACKEN,. GERMANY have confirmed  MANTAR, THE HAUNTED, SAMAEL, BEHEMOTH and more bands.








Promoters for WACKEN OPEN AIR 2018 have also confirmed AMORPHIS, NIGHTWISH, ARCH ENEMY, DORO, RUNNING WILD, WATAIN, IN EXTREMO, SEPULTURA, BELPHEGOR, EPICA, JUDAS PRIEST, DIMMU BORGIR, CHILDREN OF BODOM, AMARANTHE and MORE EXTREME METAL BANDS.

FROM WACKEN OPEN AIR 2018 PROMOTERS:
No tricks, just treats! 😎
On Halloween we will add some ghoulish bands to our billing – make sure to tune into our livestream starting at midnight on October 31st! 


VIDEO BELOW: WACKEN OPEN AIR 2018 CONFIRMATIONS (COURTESY OF WACKEN OPEN AIR):




Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- 

WATAIN: POST VIDEO FOR "NUCLEAR ALCHEMY"

Swedish black metal warriors WATAIN have posted a video for "NUCLEAR ALCHEMY", a track from the bands anticipated new release "TRIDENT-WOLF-ECLIPSE", due to be unleashed 1/5/2018 via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.



 WATAIN have announced WINTER 2018 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES.










WAITAN unleashed "A TRIBUTE TO BATHORY (LIVE RELEASE)", 2/23/2015 (LIMITED EDITION VINYL) via HIS MASTER's NOISE.


WATAIN unleashed a video for the track "Outlaw", from the bands latest release "The Wild Hunt", unleashed 8/19/2013 (EUROPE) 8/20/2013 (USA) on CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.





 FROM WATAIN:
"By the Fire of Will and the Will of the Fire!"
Beware! NUCLEAR ALCHEMY is now upon thee! https://youtu.be/qGPYb2y_PDA

NEW VIDEO AND SINGLE OUT TODAY
Video by Claudio Marino http://facebook.com/artaxfilm

VIDEO BELOW: WATAIN: "NUCLEAR ALCHEMY" (COURTESY OF CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS):

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

ITP V.017 UPDATE: U.S. SENATE HEARINGS ON RUSSIAN/TRUMP ADMINISTRATION COLLUSION VIA SOCIAL MEDIA

So it's not SPAM if they pay millions in FACEBOOK advertising? It's certainly collusion and TRUMPS campaign manager was arrested.
No worries, Russian/Trump spam didn't sway me, only the bigots came out their closet. 
LIVE from the U.S. SENATE:






http://www.cnn.com/specials/live-video-3
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/31/politics/facebook-russia-latest/index.html
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russian-ads-facebook-election_us_59f88a5ae4b0c0c8e67ce2a2

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

AURA HEIMIS: STREAMING "SILENTIUM MANIUM" VIA BANDCAMP

Santiago, Chile based funeral-death-doom warriors AURA HEIMIS, via BANDCAMP, is streaming the bands anticipated new release "SILENTIUM MANIUM", due to be unleashed 12/1/2017 via ENDLESS WINTER.








AURA HEIMIS unleashed "SICK OV WAITING", (EP) 8/11/2016 and "fiVe", 4/7/2013 both via ENDLESS WINTER.




FROM AURA HEIMIS:
A new Album is ready to be release... "Silentium Manium" by Endless Winter


AURA HEIMIS: "SILENTIUM MANIUM" ( VIA BANDCAMP, COURTESY OF ENDLESS WINTER):




Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

DANI FILTH (CRADLE OF FILTH): POSTS ESSENTIAL ALBUMS FOR HALLOWEEN

DANI FILTH, vocalist of UK blackened extreme metal warriors CRADLE OF FILTH has posted his essential albums for HALLOWEEN.







CRADLE OF FILTH unleashed "CRYPTORIANA-THE SEDUCTIVENESS OF DECAY",  9/22/2017 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS. 


 CRADLE OF FILTH are currently on a FALL 2017 UK HALLOWEEN tour.

 FROM DANI FILTH (CRADLE OF FILTH):
Dani Filth's 13 Essential Albums For Halloween
First off I’d like to bid you all welcome to my 13 essential albums for Hallowe’en.
Secondly I’d like to say that this is my list. Just my humble opinion and not yours.
So please no after-the-fact comments about ‘why is this song not on it?’ and ‘why is that song not on there?’.
I don’t honestly care.
It’s my f**king list!
So with that said fervent pop-pickers, let’s pull back the blood-red curtain and unveil the stage…
Samhain -November Coming Fire
Every year without fail, like the leaves falling from the trees, and whether out on tour or nesting in my cobwebbed Victorian dwelling, this album get’s total religious airing.
Why?
The title pretty much says it all.
It embodies everything there is about the great crepuscular Season of the Dead and showcases it midway through the record in ‘Let The Day Begin’ which takes a serious dark turn into ‘Hallowe’en II’ (a dirtier dirgier version of the Misfits’ classic), which then culminates in the anthemic title track.
Glen Danzig is a bit of a hero for me in music and Samhain are the Misfit’s on a dissonant, creepier goth-tinged juncture to Danzig the band.
As the headline title states, this is essential Hallowe’en listening.
Mercyful Fate -Don’t Break The Oath
King Diamond is another iconic frontman that I favour and in some bizarre twist of fate, this was one of the first Metal albums I ever owned.
In fact I was so taken with this album I actually believed that there were real ghosts singing on it.
And stormy, windswept nights in rural England would find my fiends and I listening to this album with the light’s out and smoking cigarettes from my bedroom window.
Everybody bangs on about the previous album Melissa -especially Metallica- but i think this record is superior in every way, from it’s insanely creepy production, to the intricacy and haunting melody of the songs, to King’s soaring falsetto that brings to mind Witches up to absolutely no good on the Brocken.
And as i’ve always said, if it’s not Brocken, don’t try and fix it!
Emperor -In The Nightside Eclipse
Only the bloody best Black metal album in existence!
Absolutely gargantuan and dripping in atmosphere (the soaring choirs and keyboards behind the maelstrom are unearthly), Emperor on this album are like a ravaging vampiric shit-storm unleashed from the churning bowels of Hell.
Ignore the sometimes burial swathe of the production, it only lends itself to the beautiful turmoil of the music; an organic, moonlit phantasmagoria underlit in darksome Disney colours.
Like Chernabog roaring atop Bare Mountain.
Type O Negative -Bloody Kisses
I first discovered this onyx gem when our record company guy possessed a four track advance CD way back in ’93 and like every other fish who fell under their spell, I was hooked.
Like Herman Munster crooning over an erotically gothic musical landscape that is as once designated by sound effects as it is notes, the first single ‘Black no 1’ became an instant Goth anthem.
Even the Seals and Croft classic ‘Summer Breeze’ gets the Munster’s treatment, turning it from a Summery feel-good hit into an epic love song for monsters.
And as much as I love the noisy post-industrial intermissions and the hardcore sarcasm, this is a Hallowe’en top 13, so best opt for the re-release with these bits removed in favour of ’Suspended In Dusk’, a nine minute morose vampire ballad.
And I will never forget the tour COF undertook with the band back in 2003. An absolute riot start to finish!
RIP Peter Steele.
The Nightmare Before Christmas -Soundtrack (Danny Elfman)
It’s just not Hallowe’en without something a bit fun and ghoulish for the kids, and i’m not talking razorblades and candy cane.
This has got to be every Goth’s favourite animation.
‘This is Hallowe’en, Hallowe’en, Hallowe’en!’
Paradise Lost -Gothic
The Autumnal season always conjures some beautiful memories for me.
Like kicking my way through piles of golden leaves under leaden skies in rural, rustic England.
Village shop windows crammed with creepy Halloween masks, pumpkins and multi-coloured fireworks for Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night.
Jack Frost nipping at your extremities.
Conkers.
Paradise Lost on the CD player, crushingly heavy, tearfully mournful and overall just doing brilliantly what is written on the tin.
The Definitive Horror Music Collection - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Horror movie soundtracks should dominate a great Hallowe’en, if not the whole calendar.
They are the musical spine that discolours the day, in a really good way.
But for the sake of over-running my Top 13 (there are literally fifty great soundtracks that spring to mind), i thought it best to include a lengthy collection, one that features the creme da la face.
It could be any orchestra playing these timeless film-score classics, but my drummer and guitarist are Czech, and the London Philharmonic are too posh for horror movies, so I guess that validates a strong allegiance right here for the City of Prague.
Squirm favourites…
Hellraiser, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, The Omen, Sleepy Hollow, Rosemary’s Baby.
The Misfits -Collections 1 and 2.
Okay, okay, so we’ve already encountered Glenn Danzig in this list, but who the hell cares?
I’ve opted for the 2 Collections as they pretty much cover most of the original incarnation of The Misfits’s repertoire and this, I would guess, would be considered their grand Hallowe’en fiend party mix.
Incessantly catchy horror punk from the original B-movie legends, this is sing-along, monster-mash mosh-music.
GGFH -Disease
What’s a get-together without a little psychotic serial killer music to liven up the evening?
Absolutely nothing, that’s what.
An industrial, techno, demented monstrosity punctuated by the clinical rants of a killer venting spleen on midnight airwaves, this is some pretty disturbing but groovy tuneage indeed.
And I think that once upon a time I wrote a word-byte heavy review that made it into a sticker on the front of the band’s ‘best-of’.
So that definitely proves I dig it.
Like I do graves.
Favourite ditties.. ‘Room 213’ (about the cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer), ‘DMDR’ (Dead Men Don’t Rape) and ‘Dark Powers’.
Diamanda Galas -The Divine Punishment/Saint Of The Pit
More a Satanic ritual than the traditional fare of jaunty musical tunes, both albums here on one convenient disc play out like twisted seances with the dead, with Diamanda (who has lent her vocal talents to a score of horror movie soundtracks) engaging in all manner of screams, screeches and ghostly caterwauls set to a deranged biblical diorama.
Best described as an orgiastic coven of witches summoning some hideous neolithic demon to nail Armageddon to the face of the world, this is some really creepy shit.
Which, in my books, is a good thing.
Slayer -Reign In Blood
Even if it wasn’t All Saints’ Eve, you really should be playing this album at a relentlessly loud volume irregardless.
Such a precise, decisive, incisive, the devil advises, album of the highest calibre.
28 minutes of absolute satanic terror and brutality, that kickstarts your heart attack with the lethal injection that is ‘Angel Of Death’ and doesn’t let up until the dying strains of the apocalypse that is the title track.
Strangely enough, my Mother bought me this on pre-order from the U.S for Christmas ’86 and then proceeded to shout at me to turn it down whenever I was playing it (which was a lot), which again smacks of irony seeing as she now loves the band!
Ghost -Opus Eponymous
True story.
I preordered this album on a recommendation by Amazon (bolstered by the fact that I liked the Mercyful Fate comparisons and the Amicus horror cover art) and subsequently then went on tour.
Christmas came swiftly on the tour’s heels and when I eventually got round to sifting through my accrued mail, i found this album at the bottom of the pile.
I was so blown away that I literally rang everyone to tell them how great this new band i’d ‘discovered’ were.
Ceaseless to say, everyone answered me with something along the lines of…
‘Yes we know twat-features, they’re on the front cover of Metal Hammer this month!”
Whether my discovery led the band to superstardom or not, their debut album is a Seventies-inspired occult nightmare that for once isn’t Sabbath worship.
It’s far more Mercyful Fate fingering the Blue Oyster Cult.
Bathory -Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
Dead of Midnight, Hallowe’en.
Douse all save thirteen candles.
Cut the bleating ram’s throat.
Summon your demons.
Listen to this album by the light of the killing moon (the original vinyl version, the remastered CD version is a shit sandwich, all top and cymbal fizz…).
Thank Dani Filth for the soundtrack to your Hallowe’en, preferably with cold hard cash, or at least with a bit of the ram.
And don’t forget to play ‘Thriller!’.
Cradle of Filth play Dublin Academy, Ireland on Hallowe’en, Tuesday 31st October.
Come and join the Ghoul Guides...
Tickets: www.cradleoffilth.com/tour

 Ten Commandments In Film Soundtrack For Hallowe’en 2017e.h

Before I continue I must forewarn you that most of these soundtracks I have chosen for Hallowe’en are very similar in 'feel' to the average connoisseur, but this is mainly due to the fact that I love soundtracks of a certain gothic persuasion, and that 'persuasion' being the slightly macabre, the fantastical, the erotically dark. In fact, the band's love of all things morbidly soundtrack led to the idea of recording Cradle’s own ’Midnight in The labyrinth', amid all the other orchestral interludes that pepper our musical excretions.

These are in no discernible order either, and I have only included soundtracks I like that are consistently great throughout, there are undeniably plenty of individual tracks that are better (Candyman, Hallowe'en, The Ninth Gate,The Fountain, The Exorcist, 1492, From Hell, Pan's Labyrinth etc, etc),although two of the chosen do include end titles songs that serve to completely obliterate the built up atmosphere (in the ungainly shape of Annie Lennox and G'N'R), so do as I do and learn to ignore these small intrusions on otherwise perfect recordings.

First off is undoubtedly my first and favourite soundtrack (okay, so I do have a favourite!), which is Bram Stoker's Dracula by Wojciech killer, an amazingly atmospheric album full of gargantuan nocturnal war anthems and heart rending melodrama. Often copied but never touched (let alone surpassed), this was the clawed hand that led me down the dank dark road of orchestral music in the first place. Absolutely essential! I highly recommend 'Dracula-the Beginning', The Storm' and 'The Brides'. Hell, the whole soundtrack (bar Annie Lennox, who could’ve been replaced by at least three pieces of music that didn’t make the cut from the film) is frightfully amazing.

Secondly I conjure forth the original Hellraiser by Christopher Young ('Drag Me To Hell' is another amazing score by this composer), a soundtrack full of the dark faerytale nature of the film, swinging from psychotically chilling ambience into full Disney-esque orchestra from one infernal moment to the next. Check out, or carve out, the 'Hellbound Heart' as a perfect example of this monumental slay-ride.

Next we have a trio of classic adaptations sweeping in gracefully, in the macabre poise of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Sleepy Hollow and Interview With A Vampire -all three capturing perfectly the essence of the films they embellish….
'Frankenstein' with it's very baroque antiquarian gothic vibe, 'Sleepy Hollow' (by Danny Elfman nonetheless, who is also responsible for the marvellous The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands and The Wolfman, to name but a smattering…) with it's ghostly funereal garb hung about it like a swathe of mist and 'Interview', an awe-inspiring album full of tarantellas and mournful balladic pieces that serve to conjure up the nocturnal kingdoms of the Bayou and deepest, darkest Europe. Just remember to give G'N'R a wide berth at the end!

Another very much in this vein is the music accompanying the recent Van Helsing, which -much like the film- borrows caricature themes from a succession of other famous creations and brilliantly whips them up to hideous crescendo, my favourites being 'Transylvania' and' All Hallow's Eve Ball' which thunder through a succession of universal horror influences.

Undoubtedly a soundtrack top-ten wouldn't be complete without the inclusion of maestro John Williams, whose soundtrack for The Empire Strikes Back has become a classic, partly due to the album's flagship anthem, the gravely universal 'Imperial March', (a track that I insist played at my funeral as my coffin is loaded onto my personal Star Destroyer -The Shitfire- by a crack squad of elite Stormtroopers who then bomb this squalid rock of a planet from orbit, naturally). Best off buying the 2-disc anniversary edition before they start dropping.

Perfume is a beautifully viscous tale of murder and ambition and the accompanying score is equally lavish, poignant and darkly erotic, with a definite European period whiff about it. Hauntingly brilliant. Scout out 'Laura's Murder' as a candidate for most heartrending track.

Here I couldn't decide between the three, so I just went for the lot. The Omen (1,2 and 3) are the movie equivalent of 'Carmina Burana', but a damn, damn sight scarier. Angelic choirs meet Devilish ensembles in this Jerry Goldsmith cathedral-vast opus that at times feels like the battle for heaven is really waging all about you. Highly recommended are the 'Main Title' of Damien Omen 2 and 'All The Power' of The Final Conflict, with it's glorious sweep from the dizzying heights of heavenly triumph to the slowly creeping and terrifying return of the Antichrist.

Next up are two soundtracks sporting a rather Egyptian theme. Jerry Goldsmith’s The Mummy from 1999 is full of magnificent pomp and ceremony, bandaged in huge orchestral swathes of horror and adventure (it may be essentially a family film but the thought of suffering the Hom Dai -being buried alive with flesh-eating scarab beetles- is pretty vicious in itself), obviously utilising a lot of massive timpani, horns, gongs, sistrums and lyres to bring Thebes 1290bc and Cairo 1926 to vivid life.
Stargate (1994) is conjoined here as choice of soundtrack number eight for pretty much the same Egyptological reason, and although the film is more science fiction than horror per se, it doesn’t sway the soundtrack from sounding massively epic, maybe even more so than The Mummy before it, as it does possess the added benefit of unexplored planetary realms and aliens (albeit Egyptian aliens).
As with most films of this ilk, there are a variety of emotions prevalent, from budding romance through to full-blown apocalyptic maelstrom, and both soundtracks pinnacle the very tip of the pyramid on all accounts.

Number nine is from a very little known movie La Sombra Prohibida (The Forbidden Shadow), a Lovecraftian jaunt that, in all fairness, is okay but not the best, although it does feature an unleashed CGI Cthulhu toward its climax. But don’t let the movie detract you from the awe-inspiring creepy soundtrack of which ‘Santiago’s Madness’, ‘Lazaro’ and of course the massive ‘Cthulhu’ all best summarise this dish best served chilled (and without tentacles).
That’s the good thing about a really great soundtrack, they can be discovered attached to the most disparaging of films, be it a massive family blockbuster, an underground horror sensation or indeed, a little known foreign movie about seashells and squirrels. The best thing is to enjoy them without the accompanying visuals to garner the most from the pictures they intend to paint.

And lastly I decided to opt for The Third Mother, firstly for the fact that it is an incredible psychotic soundtrack courtesy of Claudio Simonetti (of 'Goblin'-the band- fame and close compatriot of horror aficionado Dario Argento), and secondly because I contributed vocals to the end credits. And for that reason alone I ask you to check out 'Mater Lacrimarum' which admittedly does differ greatly to the rest of the very creepy witchcraft coven operatic vibe, as it is a band track, but it does incorporates the main theme with huge Omen-esque choirs backing my instantly recognisable dulcet tones.


Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- 

ANTIGAMA: POST TRAILER FOR "DEPRESSANT"

Polish death metal /grind core warriors ANTIGAMA have posted a trailer for the bands anticipated new release "DEPRESSANT", due to be unleashed 11/9/2017 via SELFMADEGODRECORDS.










ANTIGAMA unleashed "FIRST KILL UNDER A FULL MOON", a SPLIT with ANIMA MORTE ,  10/24/2016 via SELF MADE GOD RECORDS.

ANTIGAMA unleashed "INSOLENT",  5/7/2015 via SELFMADEGOD RECORDS.




FROM SELFMADEGODRECORDS:
 Watch official album trailer for ANTIGAMA's new mini-album "Depressant" out November 10th 2017 on SELFMADEGOD RECORDS (www.selfmadegod.com)
Made by CHARIOTS OF BLACK MOTH








VIDEO BELOW: ANTIGAMA: "DEPRESSANT" (TRAILER COURTESY OF SELFMADEGODRECORDS):



Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2018 8/9th, 10th, 11th and 12th, 2018 at CATTON PARK, WALTON ON TRENT, DERBYSHIRE, UK CONFIRM: DEVILDRIVER, COMBICHRIST, NAILS, ORDEN OGAN, MEMORIAM, WATAIN

Promoters for BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2018, set to take place  8/9th, 10th, 11th and 12th, 2018 at CATTON PARK, WALTON ON TRENT, DERBYSHIRE, UK have confirmed DEVILDRIVER, COMBICHRIST, NAILS, ORDEN OGAN, MEMORIAM, and WATAIN. 








Promoters for BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2018 have also confirmed  JUDAS PRIEST, GOJIRA and NIGHTWISH and EMPEROR.


More metal bands for BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2018 T.B.A.








FROM BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR 2018 PROMOTERS:

#BOA18 ANNOUNCEMENT 🔥
🔥 WATAIN will bring their black metal ritual to headline Sunday’s Sophie Lancaster stage in a UK festival exclusive!
🔥 German power metallers, ORDEN OGAN land a Ronnie James Dio main stage slot on Saturday

🔥 Atlanta aggrotech outfit, Combichrist also join the main stage bill for an early slot on Friday
🔥 Also landing an early main stage slot on Friday are British death/grind four-piece, Memoriam
Early Bird tickets still available on our site bloodstock.uk.com


Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- 

ITP V.017 UPDATE: BBL WITH MORE EXTREME METAL NEWS

A quick statement, and a line in the sand: If your stalking ITP's V.017 author, or/and if you're homophobic, sexist, racist, an alcoholic, or drug addict/wingnut, you're reading the wrong blog, fuck off you retards before you get your ass kicked.
I'm also considering arresting a few people screaming and acting like assholes (whom I don't know, and don't know me and I HATE)  and putting restraining orders against them.

MOZZILLA FIREFOX has to be a huge disappointment as that browser crashed too much for those of us whom are multitasking. 

R.I.P. DENNIS BANKS, founder of American Indian Movement

FROM SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN:  
Dennis Banks (Ojibwe), a founder of the American Indian Movement who later led marches across the United States for justice and spiritual healing, has died. In 2016, after walking from La Jolla, California, to Washington, D.C., to call for an end to drug abuse and domestic violence, Banks told the museum:
"I have a strong belief that in the end of any situation, goodness will prevail, that love of ourselves will prevail. We can coexist with people even if our beliefs are different. Whatever helps a person to be a better person, then I pat them on the back for what their beliefs are. Full steam ahead, never give up, never give in."

For more about Dennis Banks's life, see http://www.npr.org/…/dennis-banks-native-american-activist-…


FROM NPR.ORG: 
 http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/30/560918855/dennis-banks-native-american-activist-and-wounded-knee-occupier-dies-at-80

Also, We support our troops and LGBTQ equality: 
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/judge-blocks-trump-transgender-military-ban/index.html

We don't support corruption:  
FROM L.A. TIMES:
Trump's ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort has been indicted on 12 charges of money-laundering and conspiracy. Read the indictment yourself: http://lat.ms/2yfFsNS

Next week, ITP V.017 will post QUARTERLY (BEST OF SPRING 2017 EXTREME METAL).















BTW, if ITP V.017 readers prefer to read ITP in their native tongue, go for it. ITP has added an option for GOOGLE TRANSLATION of ITP to various languages on the right hand side of this blog.



ITP V.017 will be added to MORE BLOG SYNDICATES soon.





"SCREAMING FROM THE ROOFTOPS": FEATURED RELEASE (POST) OF THE WEEK:
NE OBLIVISCARIS: STREAMING "URN" VIA BANDCAMP

ITP STAYS UNDERGROUND, ..Also, ITP is avoiding the predictable mall core or trend crap out there breaking new extreme metal bands instead.
Here's a RE-CAP of recent ITP V.017 blog entries, support these bands and artists:

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• ANNIHILATOR: POST LYRIC VIDEO FOR "ONE TO KILL"
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• MOONSPELL: POST VIDEO FOR "IN TREMOR DEI"
• ABBATH: "We are very sorry to say that we have bee...
• KANASHIMI: STREAMING "INORI" VIA BANDCAMP
• THY ART IS MURDER: CJ SPEAKS OUT ON RACISM AND MET...
• NECROHERESY: STREAMING "ASYLUM" VIA BANDCAMP
• DISMAL: STREAMING "遺。白 (Loss。Paleness)" VIA BANDCA...
• ITP V.017 METAL AT THE MOVIES PART 10: COLD VOID: ...
• Dauþuz: STREAMING "DIE GRUBENMAHRE" VIA BANDCAMP
• IN FLAMES: "Due to circumstances with the venue th...
• ELUVEITIE: POST NEW TRACK "REBIRTH"
• RISE OF AVERNUS: SET TO RELEASE "EIGENGRAU"
• NE OBLIVISCARIS: STREAMING "URN" VIA BANDCAMP
• METALLICA: POST LIVE VIDEO "SPIT OUT THE BONE" (L...
• Auðn: POST NEW TRACK "VEROLD HULIN"
• FORGOTTEN TOMB: STREAMING "WE OWE YOU NOTHING" VIA...
• JUPITERIAN: STREAMING THREE NEW TRACKS "FOREFATHER...
• SARKE: STREAMING "VIIGE URH" VIA BANDCAMP
• AUTOPSY: POST NEW TRACK "PUNCTURING THE GROTESQUE"...
• GWAR: POST VIDEO FOR "I''LL BE YOUR MONSTER"
• ENSLAVED: ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR 20...
• PESTILENCE: "Hammerheart Records made a contract a...
• HOODED MENACE: POST NEW TRACK "CHARNEL REFLECTIONS...
• BELL WITCH: STREAMING "MIRROR REAPER" VIA BANDCAM...
• LUSTRE: STREAMING NEW TRACK "DREADED STILL" VIA BA...
• MY DYING BRIDE: "I would like to quash some recent...
• ITP V,017 SOCIAL JUSTICE: "RAPE CULTURE": 11TH PRI...
• NOCTURNAL RITES: POST NEW VIDEO FOR "WHAT'S KILLIN...
• JUDAS PRIEST: ANNOUNCE SPRING 2018 U.S. TOUR WITH ...

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ITP V.017 ON NETWORKED BLOGS: http://www.networkedblogs.com/blog/individual_thought_patterns_v.011 
 
ITP V.016//V.017 ON BLOGTOPLIST: http://www.blogtoplist.com/
 
 
ALSO FACEBOOK BUDDIES, SHAREAHOLIC and FEEDBURNER VIA SUBSCRIPTION. ITP V.017 will be added to MORE BLOG SYNDICATES soon. http://us.creativecommons.org

KREATOR: ANNOUNCE WINTER 2018 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH SABATON

German thrash legends KREATOR have announced WINTER 2018 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES WITH SABATON. 










KREATOR unleashed "GODS OF VIOLENCE",  1/27/2017 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.

SABATON unleashed "THE LAST STAND", 8/19/2016 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.








FROM SABATON:
America!
We are excited to return for one more tour with our latest album THE LAST STAND.
In short:
-24 dates in US and Canada.
-Full headline show.
-Biggest production we ever brought to an American tour.

Together with fantastic Kreator! All ages on most shows. Tickets available this Friday!
- Hope you all look forward to this as much as we do!
Full press release and all dates here:

https://www.sabaton.net/north-american-tour-2018-kreator/


FROM KREATOR:

Hordes! We’re excited to announce our return to North America in 2018, co-headlining with the mighty Sabaton!
“It’s a true European invasion and we can’t wait to be back! We’re looking forward to sharing this bill with Sabaton and playing our full headline set for Kreator fans old and new”. Mille
Tickets On-Sale THIS FRIDAY!


Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- 

ANNIHILATOR: POST LYRIC VIDEO FOR "ONE TO KILL"

Canadian thrash legends ANNIHILATOR have posted a lyric video for "ONE TO KILL", a track from the bands anticipated new release "FOR THE DEMENTED", due to be unleashed 11/3/2017 via SILVER LINING MUSIC and NEVERLAND MUSIC.










ANNIHILATOR unleashed "Suicide Society",  9/18/2015 via UDR MUSIC.



FROM ANNIHILATOR:
VIDEO for NEW SONG "ONE TO KILL" from ANNIHILATOR's upcoming 16th studio record. Share it, metalheads!


VIDEO BELOW:  ANNIHILATOR: "ONE TO KILL" ( LYRIC VIDEO COURTESY OF SILVER LINING MUSIC):


Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

APOTELESMA: STREAMING "TIMEWROUGHT KINGS" VIA BANDCAMP

Utrecht, Netherlands based death/doom metal warriors APOTELESMA, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated debut release"TIMEWROUGHT KINGS", unleashed 10/27/2017 via SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS.










FROM SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS:
‘Timewrought Kings’ is the debut album of the Dutch doom band #Apotelesma (formerly known as Monuments), and the result of many hours of arduous, passionate, and sometimes frustrating work. Following the EP, ‘The December Sessions’, ‘Timewrought Kings’ chronicles one’s apprehension at the transience of time and a growing disgust at the weakness in man, yet clinging on to some measure of hope and pride rooted in a sort of staunch steadfastness, and eventually abandoning society altogether. In a sense, one is wrought, or made into that which one is, by the inescapable arrow of time, constantly pushing one into a ceaseless industriousness celebrated by modern society. #rocker
#metal #metalhead
#metalmusic #newmusic #newcd #newrelease #cdrelease #musiccd
#cdcollector
#cdcollection
#cdartwork
#collectible
#collecting
#collectibles
#heavymetal #musicstore #recordstore
#doommetal #doommetalband
#doomdeath #deathdoom #doommetal💀 #solitudeproductions






APOTELESMA: "TIMEWROUGHT KINGS" (VIA BANDCAMP, COURTESY OF SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS):
 


Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

MOONSPELL: POST VIDEO FOR "IN TREMOR DEI"

Portugal based Gothic metal warriors MOONSPELL have posted a video for "IN TREMOR DEI", a track from the bands anticipated new release "1755", (lyrical concept inspired by the 1755 Lisbon, Portugal earthquake) due to be unleashed 11/3/2017 via NAPALM RECORDS and ALMA MATER RECORDS.







MOONSPELL have also announced WINTER 2018 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES WITH CRADLE OF FILTH.






MOONSPELL unleashed "EXTINCT", 3/15/2015 via NAPALM RECORDS.



FROM MOONSPELL:
Our new video by Miguel Braga (Killtoons). An animated video by the creator of Luna (Memorial). Hope you enjoy it, thanks for the overwhelming support to #1755, we had no expectations and you really came through!
IN TREMOR DEI!
Obrigado Portugal e Brasil por todas as mensagens!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vhPdKCNpGc&feature=youtu.be

VIDEO BELOW: MOONSPELL: "IN TREMOR DEI" (COURTESY OF NAPALM RECORDS)

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

ABBATH: "We are very sorry to say that we have been forced to cancel our show at the Into Darkness festival on December 2nd in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. Unfortunately our drummer is undergoing some health issues and we aren`t able to find a suitable replacement for this date"

Norwegian black metal warriors ABBATH (featuring ABBATH, formally of IMMORTAL)  have cancelled the bands appearance at INTO THE DARKNESS FESTIVAL, set to take place 12/2/2017 at LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS as the bands drummer is ill.















ABBATH unleashed the bands debut full length "ABBATH", 1/22/2016 via SEASON OF MIST. 

ABBATH  unleashed "COUNT THE DEAD"( EP) , 12/11/2015 via SEASON OF MIST.

FROM ABBATH:
To the Dutch,
We are very sorry to say that we have been forced to cancel our show at the Into Darkness festival on December 2nd in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. Unfortunately our drummer is undergoing some health issues and we aren`t able to find a suitable replacement for this date and in such short notice. Mighty Dark Funeral will replace us as headliners, so make sure to be there to bang your heads to quality black metal with one of metals hardest hitting and fastest drummers around. We apologize for any troubles or disappointments.

We do however hope to play Into Darkness Festival in the future!
This unfortunate situation will not affect any other confirmed shows!
King

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- 

KANASHIMI: STREAMING "INORI" VIA BANDCAMP

Shizouka, Japan depressive metal warrior  KANASHIMI, via BANDCAMP, is streaming the projects anticipated new release "INORI", unleashed 10/27/2017 via PEST PRODUCTIONS.









KANASHIMI unleashed "THE GREAT DEPRESSION", SPLIT II with HAPPY DAYS, 3/12/2014 via ZERO DIMENSIONAL RECORDS.


FROM KANASHIMI:
The Japanese one-man DSBM project KANASHIMI's sophomore album "INORI" is now released. Following the 2010 EP "In The Tears", the new album remains the same genre by adopting more Japanese-style popular sounding tunes. Melodic and touching, yet tortured with pain. This is some unique composition delivered by the one and only Kanashimi.


KANASHIMI: "INORI" (VIA BANDCAMP, COURTESY OF PEST PRODUCTIONS):

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

THY ART IS MURDER: CJ SPEAKS OUT ON RACISM AND METAL ELITISM

 CJ MCMAHON, vocalist for Australian death/core warriors THY ART IS MURDER was recently interviewed via METAL HAMMER on the issue of elitism and racism in the metal scene.









THY ART IS MURDER unleashed "DEAR DESOLATION", 8/18/2017 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.


FROM THY ART IS MURDER:
CJ speaks up on genre elitism in Metal over on Metal Hammer now.

VIDEO BELOW: THY ART IS MURDER: CJ SPEAKS OUT ON RACISM AND METAL ELITISM (COURTESY OF METAL HAMMER):



Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

NECROHERESY: STREAMING "ASYLUM" VIA BANDCAMP

Slovakian blackened/death metal warriors NECROHERESY, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands latest release "ASYLUM", unleashed 6/16/2017 via SYMBOL OF DOMINATION PRODUCTIONS.









 FROM NECROHERESY:
Necroheresy new album!


NECROHERESY: "ASYLUM" (VIA BANDCAMP, COURTESY OF SYMBOL OF DOMINATION PRODUCTIONS):


Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

DISMAL: STREAMING "遺。白 (Loss。Paleness)" VIA BANDCAMP

Nanchang, China based depressive black metal warriors DISMAL, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated debut release  "遺。白 (Loss。Paleness)", unleashed 10/25/2017 via PEST PRODUCTIONS.









FROM DISMAL:
Dismal - Depressive Black Metal from Hong Kong.
The new Album 遺。白 (Loss。Paleness) is now available through Pest Productions.
Get your copy here:
https://pestproductions.bandcamp.com/album/--6

Dismal -《遺。白》 album preview out now!
Originating from Hong Kong, the low-profile Depressive Black Metal act Dismal has just released the preview of their debut album 《遺。白》 (Loss。Paleness). Nodding to the early Depressive Black Metal bands, and their way of playing Depressive Black Metal can be described as "retro". This album sets its theme on the values of life and karma: only in death are we no longer strangers. CDs will be available for orders tomorrow and will be posted at the end of this month.
https://youtu.be/nPP6dzJDIyc

DISMAL:  "遺。白 (Loss。Paleness)" (VIA BANDCAMP, COURTESY OF PEST PRODUCTIONS): 

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

ITP V.017 METAL AT THE MOVIES PART 10: COLD VOID: UNLEASH SECOND TEASER

 ITP V.017 METAL AT THE MOVIES PART 10: COLD VOID
Swedish depressive black metal legends SHINING have posted the second trailer for "COLD VOID", a short documentary about mental illness,  produced and directed by CLAUDIO MARINO and narrated by NIKLAS KVARFORTH of Swedish black metal warriors SHINING, due to be unleashed 12/7/2017 via  ARTAX FILMS.















SHINING have announced the band have completed the recording of their anticipated new release "X-VARG UTAN FLOCK", due to be unleashed  later in 2017 (release date and more info TB.A.).

 SHINING announced guitarist EUGE VALOVIRTA has left the band, a replacement has yet to be announced.


















SHINING released "IX EVERYONE, EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE ENDS" unleashed  4/20/2015 via SEASON OF MIST.







FROM COLD VOID:
COLD VOID - SECOND TEASER TRAILER
Artax Film have put together a new teaser trailer for the upcoming arthouse documentary about Niklas Kvarforth and his lifelong battle with mental Illness. You can view it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSGp8bCXFSU
Also, as the release of the DVD edition draws near, LEGIONS can now announce that before we sent it off to production the decision was made to make a reversable cover, meaning you can not only display the DVD in your collection with the original artwork but also the more sinister one as shown below.

Pre-order either standard or signed edition now at http://www.shininglegions.com/category/dvd-releases

VIDEO BELOW:  COLD VOID (TEASER #2 COURTESY OF CLAUDIO MARINO):

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

Dauþuz: STREAMING "DIE GRUBENMAHRE" VIA BANDCAMP

German black metal warriors Dauþuz, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release "DIE GRUBENMAHRE" , due to be unleashed TODAY,  10/28/2017 via NATURMACHT PRODUCTIONS.








 Dauþuz unleashed "IN FINSTRER TEUFE", 10/31/2016 via STUNDE DES IDEALS PRODUKTIONEN.




FROM Dauþuz:
Dauþuz - "Dem Berg entrissen" Official Video https://youtu.be/KMDmGvHsZ4Q
Pre-Order CDs, LPs & Shirts here: http://seelenfrost.tictail.com


Dauþuz:  "DIE GRUBENMAHRE" (VIA BANDCAMP, COURTESY OF NATURMACHT PRODUCTIONS): 


VIDEO BELOW: Dauþuz:"Dem Berg Entrissen" (COURTESY OF Dauþuz):



Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

IN FLAMES: "Due to circumstances with the venue that were far beyond our control, we are unable to do the show tonight in Lima, Peru. This is extremely upsetting to us, as we have traveled a long way to play for our Peruvian fans. But our fans’ safety and our ability to put on the best possible show is our #1 priority and neither could be guaranteed."

Swedish melodic death metal warriors IN FLAMES have posted this statement regarding the bands 10/26/2016 show in LIMA, PERU @ Discoteca Mangos as the show was due to feature FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE and SEPTIC FLESH and was cancelled due to safety and security concerns.








IN FLAMES unleashed "BATTLES", 11/11/2016 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.




FROM IN FLAMES:

To our Jesterheads in Peru:
Due to circumstances with the venue that were far beyond our control, we are unable to do the show tonight in Lima, Peru. This is extremely upsetting to us, as we have traveled a long way to play for our Peruvian fans. But our fans’ safety and our ability to put on the best possible show is our #1 priority and neither could be guaranteed. We hope to come back in the very near future, under better circumstances and play another show. Until next time.
- Anders, Björn, Niclas, Joe and Bryce


Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l- 

ELUVEITIE: POST NEW TRACK "REBIRTH"

Swiss folk metal warriors ELUVEITIE have posted "REBIRTH", a digital single, unleashed today, 10/27/2017 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.










ELUVEITIE unleashed "EVOCATION II-PANTHEON",  8/18/2017 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS. 










Last year, in 2016, ELUVEITIE announced Merlin Sutte (drummer), Anna Murphy (vocalist) and Ivo Henzi (guitarist) have left the band as the group have announced two new vocalists, a bag pipe player, a harp and a mandolin player. 


FROM ELUVEITIE:
Enough words! HERE IT IS!
"REBIRTH" IS OUT TODAY WORLDWIDE! 🤘🍻🥂🍾
ENJOY!

Order the song, here: http://nblast.de/EluveitieDigital

VIDEO BELOW: ELUVEITIE: "REBIRTH" (COURTESY OF NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS):

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-

RISE OF AVERNUS: SET TO RELEASE "EIGENGRAU"

Sydney, Australia progressive, doom, gothic metal warriors RISE OF AVERNUS have revealed the art work and release date for the bands anticipated new offering "EIGENGRAU", due to be unleashed 1/18/2018 via AURAL MUSIC. 








RISE OF AVERNUS unleashed "DRAMATIS PERSONAE" (EP), 3/30/2015 via CODE666 RECORDS and "L'APPEL DU VIDE", 10/31/2013 via AURAL MUSIC.

FROM AURAL MUSIC:
Rise of Avernus unveil new album details
Orchestral Death Metallers RISE OF AVERNUS will release their highly anticipated second album titled "Eigengrau" on January 18th, 2018 via code666.

After extensive touring following the release of the 2015 EP ‘Dramatis Personae’, which saw Rise of Avernus touring nationally and internationally alongside bands such as Eternal Tears Of Sorrow, Arcturus, 1349, Eluveitie, Fleshgod Apocalypse and Sigh, RoA are winding up to share their latest offering in January 2018.
Eigengrau is the experience of seeing a deep grey shade in the total absence of visible light. What one may refer to as a ‘perfect darkness.’ Upon this canvas, an individual can project their subconscious, their processes, their anxieties, their fears.
Thematically, Eigengrau explores the fluidic nature of these self-created experiences, how they can be shaped and how they may change at the point of one’s own death. Other tracks go on to explore the intricacies of personal realities, influenced by external factors or via spiritual and religious indoctrination. The nature of self realisation and being forced to confront weakness to overcome it. The distinct sound of the album reflects these altered states, oscillating between delicate movements and nightmarish grandiosity.
Eigengrau was recorded by Ryan Huthnance of Emissary Studios and mixed and mastered by Logan Mader.
All of the artwork was created by Seth Siron Anton and it perfectly encapsulates the overtones of the album.
This is Rise of Avernus’ heaviest and darkest release thus far.


Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-