Sunday, May 31, 2020

ITP V.020 UPDATE: BBL WITH MORE EXTREME METAL NEWS


ITP V.020 UPDATE: BBL WITH MORE EXTREME METAL NEWS


I've needed a break from blogging as I've been glued to CNN regarding the global protests against the Minneapolis,  Minnesota police officer DEREK CHAUVIN's  third degree murder and voluntary manslaughter of GEORGE FLOYD.


ITP V.020 is ANTI RACIST (ITP's author is African American/Native American) and in solidarity with the protesters.

Be back tomorrow.



FROM CHARLIE BENANTE (ANTHRAX): 





FROM KORN:






FROM NECKBEARD DEATHCAMP:





FROM JONES BEACH THEATER (LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK):



 



PETE ALONSO (NEW YORK METS FIRST BASEMAN): 






FROM SPOTIFY: 







FROM REUTERS:






FROM NBC NEWS:




FROM ICE CUBE:





FROM JOHN CAMBELL (LAMB OF GOD):





FROM ANTAGONIST:



FROM KIM KELLY (METAL JOURNALIST):





FROM BROOKLYN VEGAN:



FROM ROGER WATERS:


White Silence Is Violence!
Watch this video! The Police, and those they serve, would clearly rather jack up the violence and would rather burn down the town, than be held accountable under the law.
How about, Murder in the first degree, life imprisonment for the killer and Murder two for the accomplices?
How about actual real law?


FROM ETHEREAL SHROUD:

 


I feel now is a better time as any to make a point - next time you support a racist band and overlook their abhorrent viewpoints, trying to differentiate the artist from the music, remember the viewpoints they promote and support. They're the same ones that allow people like George Floyd to be murdered just for existing.
#blacklivesmatter



 FROM BAD RELIGION: 


Let us be clear; though our band’s music focuses on the inequalities of our modern society, as white men we can never fully know the reality of being Black in America. We can stand with you, hear you, learn from you how America has failed, and work together to create a new world where all people are free, are heard and are protected and celebrated.
The continuation of systemic and institutionalized racism illuminates the failure of our democracy to fulfill what the philosopher John Dewey called the "moral meaning" of democracy, that it foster the all-around growth of every citizen. We must reclaim our democracy, actively exercise the right to vote that our ancestors gave their lives for and elect leaders committed to the realization of a radical democracy that honors and nurtures all of us.
Be kind and take care of each other, Bad Religion


FROM CLOUDS: 


 FROM WOE:

To everyone marching, protesting, kneeling, shouting, standing strong, sending support, and documenting the fight for justice, the fight against absolute power, the fight against authority without accountability, the fight against a racism with roots worked deep into the soil of society: the world is watching, the world is with you, the world will remember.
For those who can't be out there, you can still do your part to support. Donate to organizations that help the cause. Talk with your friends and family. Use your voice to reach people who aren't listening.
If you are looking for organizations worthy of donation, here are some suggestions:
NAACP Legal Defense Fund: https://org2.salsalabs.com/…/p/sal…/donation/common/public/…
National Police Accountability Project: https://www.nlg-npap.org/about-npap-justice/
Committee to Protect Journalists: https://cpj.org/
National Bail Fund Network: https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/nbfn-directory
We will be making a donation from our small band fund to support this work. If you have purchased Woe merch or streamed our music, you have contributed to this, so thank you. Any money that comes in through https://woeunholy.bandcamp.com over the next week will be donated, as well.
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
― Frederick Douglass


FROM ZEALOTRY:

 All our Bandcamp proceeds for the month of June will be donated to community bail funds and other organizations providing aid to #GeorgeFloyd protesters. We hope other bands join us in doing the same.


FROM MICHAEL JORDAN (NBA LEGEND):




FROM JAY WEINBERG (SLIPKNOT):



FROM LAST RITES:




FROM IMMORTAL BIRD:

Black lives matter. George Floyd was murdered. Breonna Taylor was murdered. No justice. No peace.
For every like + share this gets, we'll be doubling that number and donating it to community bail funds tomorrow.
Other resources where you can donate/support/learn:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/




FROM MINNESOTA:

Reclaim the Block ➝ https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/
Black Visions Collective ➝ https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/
North Star Health Collective ➝ https://www.northstarhealthcollective.org/
NAACP Legal Defense Fund ➝ https://www.naacpldf.org/
Local Bail Funds ➝ https://shorturl.at/hB017


FROM CORRY TAYLOR (SLIPKNOT):

 Several roads have brought us to this point. Only one road is going to lead us out of here. We HAVE to take the road together. Fight injustice. Fight racism. Fight oppression.


FROM CLASS IN SESSION:

 Justice for Breonna Taylor. #BlackLivesMatter

FROM REUTERS:

 A number of NHL players have voiced a call to stand together for change amid fiery clashes between police and protesters over last week's death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white policeman knelt on his neck in Minneapolis.


FROM OVERKILL:

FROM Craigie & Debbie Zildjian.: 






FROM CVLT NATION:

Since day one. Please donate to one of these orgs and support our brothers and sisters on the front lines of destroying white supremacy.
Black life is beautiful and essential and without it we wouldn’t exist, as a company and as a species.
http://blackvisionsmn.org/


FROM NOTHING MORE:

Like many of you, we are shocked and appalled by the senseless killing of George Floyd. In relflecting on this incident and the many other instances of Police Brutality we tried to determine how we could help promote reform in our country and to help hold police accountable for their actions so that equal justice could be shared by all, regardless of race, profession, or class.
Although it may be a drop in the bucket, we've decided to donate money to get out the vote efforts. In the past we have supported @headcountorg in their efforts to register to vote and today we have decided to continue that support both by donating money, by asking you to consider doing the same and more importantly by asking all of you to register to vote. Don't believe those who tell you you're vote doesn't count. Let your government representatives know you want change and remember that next time your at the ballot box. Get involved. Register to vote now at headcount.org/nm
~ Jonny, Mark, Daniel & Ben


FROM BANDCAMP:

 This coming Juneteenth (June 19, from midnight to midnight PDT) and every Juneteenth hereafter, we will donate 100% of our share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.


FROM BANGER:

Banger stands in solidarity with the Black community in fighting racial inequality and injustice.
Together is how we move forward.


FROM OTEP:


The ONLY way ALL LIVES MATTER is when there is an equal playing field.
#blacklivesmatter
- Tim No 37

FROM KONKHRA:


Our thoughts go to our brothers and sisters in the USA.
Stay safe. Respect everyone. Fight oppression. Love is the Law ❤️





FROM THE ABSENCE:

 While we will never be able to understand the day-to-day struggles and injustices that our sisters and brothers of color face, let it be known:
WE SEE YOU, WE HEAR YOU, AND WE STAND WITH YOU UNTIL THE END!!
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
#blacklivesmatter





 FROM BLOOD MUSIC:

In solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter and many other labels within the industry, we will be observing Black Out Tuesday tomorrow and be conducting zero business.
We will also send donations to a few Black-owned businesses that were destroyed.
#TheShowMustBePaused

TRANSLATION LOSS RECORDS: 


#BLACKLIVESMATTER. Get involved. Donate your time and $$$ where you can. Listen and empathize. Lead with compassion and understanding. We will be standing in solidarity all week with our communities here in Philadelphia and across the globe.


FROM MORTEMINENCE: 

[Don’t be silent, don’t be Apolitical]
[If you are neutral in situations of oppressions, you’ve chosen the side of the oppressor]
Few days ago, we posted a picture of the burning minneapolis police station subtitled « Lords Of Chaos » in reference to the infamous book about Black Metal and its controversial adaptation. Looking backward, it was probably a mistake to post this as a meme, and other visuals referring to Black Metal tormented past were juxtaposed to the mayhem going on in the USA. Maybe it’s better to laugh than cry over the deeply injust and oppressive context which lead to these totally legitimate outbursts of violence.
But I think we should go deeper than just the fun of putting Black Metal Imagery over USA riots.
A well known french webcomic writer Le Petit Metalleux Illustré (The Illustrated Little Metalhead) recently said in a FB thread that Black Metal and Social Justice are not incompatible.
This seems probably incoherent, since Second Wave Black Metal has been a genre created by white people in a very rich country, and even though you can find explanations in the social context of why it was created and why the burning churches etc…The whole just remains an edgy white teen whine.
Unfortunately, this myth and the values of individualism, hate, misanthropy has been perpetuated by many of the bands following them, mainly consisting of White People who basically have nothing to say, nothing but making Black Metal an empty shell or worse, a musical vector of nationalist, racist or white supermacist ideas.
I think no one should deny that Black Metal has a serious nazi-invasion problem, but it seems that this fact is being denied by most persons in the scene, which is an even more serious problem. Bands hide their far-rights ideologies behind a mask of apolitism. Surely some bands doesn’t speak overtly of white supremacy, but that doesn’t excuse them for being racist vermin. And since Black Metal fan-base consists of mostly white people -unconcerned of problems of systemic racists violence and police racist brutality-, this reality of a Facist-Invaded Black Metal scene is denied by the fans under the argument of « It is just music, we don’t care about politics », and this when they are not themselves also openly racist.
The RABM scene took a huge développement these last years. Unfortunately - but things tend to change-, Persons of Colour, LGBTQIA+ and minorities in general are under-represented. But many bands have taken a stand against oppression, lyrically or just as persons, and especially these last time, in response of the murder of George Floyd and the events following his tragic death.
Right now is a moment to take a stand, dear Black Metal Bands.
Deafheaven, Alcest , Heretoir , friend and comrades Etxgina and other took theirs. RABM has to be inclusive and aware of POC’s and other minorities’ oppressions.
But now is the time to take a stand for the « apolitical bands » to show their support to minorities and to the Black Live Matters movement and for every person living under racial systemic oppression.
Right now is the time to tell your an ally ! If there’s no racism behind your apolitical stands, right now is the time to stand for it.
Right now is the time for labels and promoters who systematically deny the problems of Fascists in Black Metal by being blind to politics, to take your stand. I won't name and tag you, Labels and Promoters, but most of the people reading this will know damn well who I'm talking about.
« If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor » wisely said Desmond Tutu.
Or, as recently said George Floyd’s best friend, tears flooding his eyes « If you are not with me, you’re against me »
Black Live Matters
Say his name: George Floyd
Say the name of all the victims of police brutality and police racism.
Take your stand as an ally against injustice
No justice. No Peace.
And Burn All This Shit Fucking Down.
-Antonin Malingre, proud grand son of an Immigrant from Congo,
speaking for Morteminence.

 


BAIL FOR PROTESTERS NETWORK:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X4-YS3vFn5CLL9QtJSU0xqmTh_h8XilXgOqGAjZISBI/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR0U5QY5qIfovFC7bMk5sCClh_nBgtZYxh196olscLQP53OIzSLd6iT_SDc


FROM SAY HIS NAME:

https://saytheirnames.carrd.co/?fbclid=IwAR1DfueUu2rDTbtpVc-WqBWcXdLGSf6QXY9h0-pHfVKkh2bU9G7FntY0I8M#petitions











Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-BLACK LIVES MATTER-\m/ -l- 

Friday, May 29, 2020

ITP V.020 UPDATE: BBL WITH MORE EXTREME METAL NEWS










ITP V.020 UPDATE: BBL WITH MORE EXTREME METAL NEWS


It's been a day. ITP is well aware that one of four Minneapolis,  Minnesota police officers (DEREK CHAUVIN) has been arrested and charged with third degree murder and voluntary manslaughter in relation to the murder of GEORGE FLOYD, a 46 year old African American male whom was handcuffed and pinned to the ground via a police officer's  knee to his neck.




There will be journal entries on these topics tomorrow.





Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal,
Stay Safe and BLACK LIVES MATTER.

SORCERER: POST NEW RELEASE "LAMENTING OF THE INNOCENT"

Stockholm, Sweden epic, doom metal warriors SORCERER, via YOU TUBE, have posted the bands anticipated new release  "LAMENTING OF THE INNOCENT", unleashed, TODAY, 5.29/2020 via METAL BLADE RECORDS.











FROM SORCERER:

So today is the release of our third album. Please note that the physical release will be next friday. But you can now listen to "Lamenting of the Innocent" on all digital plattforms. Here are some links:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/5FfhsfeLtYR9O60o43zAYH…
iTunes: https://music.apple.com/…/lamenting-of-the-innoc…/1500795863
Youtube: https://youtu.be/fvNxS6P2eoE
Thank you all for supporting Sorcerer.









VIDEO BELOW: SORCERER:  "LAMENTING OF THE INNOCENT" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF METAL BLADE RECORDS):





















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

LAMB OF GOD: POST VISUALIZER FOR NEW TRACK "ROUTES (FEATURING CHUCK BILLY OF TESTAMENT)":

Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. thrash metal warriors LAMB OF GOD have posted a visualizer for  "ROUTES (FEATURING CHUCK BILLY OF TESTAMENT)", a track from the bands anticipated new, self titled release, due to be unleashed  6/19/2020 via EPIC/SONY.
















LAMB OF GOD have POSTPONED the bands anticipated 2020 UK and EUROPEAN tour dates due to CORONA VIRUS and mass gathering restrictions.


LAMB OF GOD re-unleashed "ASHES OF THE WAKE",  re-released  5/2019. 



LAMB OF GOD originally released "ASHES OF THE WAKE", 8/31/2004 via EPIC RECORDS.


LAMB OF GOD unleashed "STURM UND DRANG", 7/24/2015 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.

ITP V.012 REVIEW: LAMB OF GOD: "RESOLUTION": 
http://spak-individualthoughtpatterns.blogspot.com/2012/01/itp-v012-review-lamb-of-god-resolution.html












FROM  LAMB OF GOD:

Our new single "Routes", featuring Chuck Billy is out now. Watch the video now, and be sure to pre-order our new self-titled album - available everywhere June 19. | lamb-of-god.com











VIDEO BELOW: LAMB OF GOD: "ROUTES (FEATURING CHUCK BILLY OF TESTAMENT) (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF LAMB OF GOD): ":

















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

FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE: SET FOR SATURDAY NIGHT LOCKDOWN WITH DINO CAZARES (FEAR FACTORY) and RAFAEL BITENCOURT (ANGRA) .

May 30th, 2020 at 9PM PT and 12PM EST, FRANCESCO PAOLI , guitarist and vocalist for Italian symphonic extreme metal warriors FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE will be interviewing  DINO CAZARES (FEAR FACTORY) and RAFAEL BITENCOURT (ANGRA) .









FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE have announced the bands anticipated SPRING 2020 NORTH AMERICAN tour is POSTPONED due to CORONA VIRUS travel restrictions. 




FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE unleashed "VELENO",  5/24/2019 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.

















FROM NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS:

Tune in this Saturday, May 30th (at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 6pm CET) for Episode 9 of Saturday Night Lockdown, a LIVE weekly video podcast hosted by Francesco Paoli Official of FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE.
This week the guests will be Dino Cazares of Fear Factory and Rafael Bittencourt of Angra.
CLICK on "⭐️ Get Reminder"
www.facebook.com/fleshgodapocalypse/live/
CLICK on "🔔 Set Reminder"
www.youtube.com/watch…
If you're enjoying the show, please support the band and pick up merch at https://shop.fleshgodapocalypse.com/
Portraits by Abbie 'Stabby' Art
www.patreon.com/abbiestabbyart





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

MEGASCAVENGER: SET TO UNLEASH "SONGS IN THE KEY OF MADNESS", POST NEW TRACK "FIVE SEVERED FINGERS"

Kalmar, Sweden based death metal duo MEGASCAVENGER have posted "FIVE SEVERED FINGERS", a track from the projects anticipated new release  "SONGS IN THE KEY OF MADNESS", due to be unleashed 8/6/2020 via XTREEM MUSIC.










MEGASCAVENGER unleashed "BONEYARD SYMPHONIES",  2/1/2019 via SELFMADEGOD RECORDS.












FROM XTREEM MUSIC:


MEGASCAVENGER sign to Xtreem Music; 1st single, cover art and tracklist revealed!!
(en español: http://b.link/megascavenger1)
One of the countless projects of the Swedish Rogga Johansson, called Megascavenger, has just signed an agreement with XTREEM MUSIC for the release of their 5th album that will be entitled "Songs in the Key of Madness" and that will be released in August 6th, 2020 on CD format.
Megascavenger emerged in 2012 as a solo project by Rogga Johansson (PAGANIZER, REVOLTING, PUTREVORE, RIBSPREADER, THE GROTESQUERY... and up to 40 other bands that are known...) and on each and every album, he has brought forth guests from many prominent bands. Legends from MASTER, ASPHYX, AVULSED, GRAVE, EDGE OF SANITY, MASSACRE and BENEDICTION among many others have all been doing their stuff on Megascavenger songs through their first four albums: "Descent of Yuggoth" (2012), "At the Plateaus of Leng" (2014), "As Dystopia Beckons" (2016) & "Boneyard Symphonies" (2019).
This time, on their 5th opus "Songs in the Key of Madness", Megascavenger have dug deeper into the graveyard soil than before, to spew forth songs heavily influenced by bands like Exhumed, Impetigo, Ghoul, Frightmare and Blood Freak, but still retaining that Grave/ early Illdisposed vibe.
The guests featured for vocals and guitar solos this time, are from MACHETAZO, CROPSY MANIAC, WOMBBATH, FONDLECORPSE and PAGANIZER and they do their best to bring out the worst in both blistering fast and utterly heavy songs of the album. The excellent drums on the album re handled by Jon Skäre of WACHENFEDLT and DEFIATORY fame, as well as many other bands.
Tracklist for "Songs in the Key of Madness" is as follows:
1. They Went Mad
(ft Aaron Whitsell of Cropsy Maniac)
2. The Beckoning of the Rats
(ft Silvester Koorevaar of Fondle Corpse and
Aaron Whitsell of Cropsy Maniac)
3. Laboratory Serenades
(ft Rober of Machetazo)
4. First We Slay (Then We Gorge)
(ft HÃ¥kan Stuvemark of Wombbath)
5. Five Severed Fingers
(ft Dennis Blomberg of Paganizer)
6. Nothing but the Feet Remains
(ft Jonny Pettersson of Wombbath)
7. Human Sinkhole
(ft Dennis Blomberg of Paganizer)
8. A Terrible Tale of Reeking Remains
(ft Dennis Blomberg of Paganizer)
Release date for "Songs in the Key of Madness" will be August 6th, 2020 through XTREEM MUSIC on CD format. You can visit Megascavenger's official site here: Megascavenger and listen to the 1st advance single on the following link:
https://youtu.be/SPfJlLvMcGk














VIDEO BELOW:  MEGASCAVENGER: "SONGS IN THE KEY OF MADNESS" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF XTREEM MUSIC):


















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

COSMIC PUTREFACTION: STREAMING "THE HORIZONS TOWARDS WHICH SPLENDOUR WITHERS" VIA BANDCAMP

Italian death metal warriors COSMIC PUTREFACTION, via BANDCAMP, are streaming the bands anticipated new release  "THE HORIZONS TOWARDS WHICH SPLENDOUR WITHERS", unleashed 5/22/2020 via I, VOIDHANGER RECORDS.
















FROM COSMIC PUTREFACTION:



https://cosmicputrefaction.bandcamp.com/album/the-horizons-towards-which-splendour-withers





 The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers" is out NOW in its entirety. Stream it at the link below:
https://cosmicputrefaction.bandcamp.com/…/the-horizons-towa…
I'll provide to add my own copies of cds and vinyls to my own bandcamp as soon as I'll receive them.
In the meanwhile:
To buy CD directly from I, Voidhanger Records:
https://metalodyssey.8merch.com/…/cosmic-putrefaction-the-…/
To buy LP (black and colored) directly from I, Voidhanger Records:
https://metalodyssey.8merch.com/…/cosmic-putrefaction-the-…/
Cassettes will come along very soon through Caligari Records.
Cheers






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