A roundup of news from the underground metal scene around the world. Updates include Pteroglyph, Lord, Voice Of Ruin, Terrifier, Omnisight, Prospective and Slagduster.
Pteroglyph Announce New Album ‘Death Of A Prince’ Details
“This album is a culmination of everything I have been working on with Pteroglyph over the last few years,” states Jimmy MacGregor, the one man behind the UK based project. Recently he completed work on his latest work, Death Of A Prince, which is set for release 23rd June 2017.
Founded in 2012 in Leeds, in the northern English county of Yorkshire Jimmy craved something to channel his musical and artistic works into and so, Pteroglyph (pronounced “terroh gliff”) was born. Inspired by his own journey through life and musical greats the likes of Devin Townsend, Sylosis and Gojira one should expect adjectives such as grand, epic, progressive, technical, metal and heavy being used to describe the latest record.
Pre-Order: www.pteroglyph.bandcamp.com
LORD stream new track “Heart of a Hero”
Virginia’s LORD have teamed up with The Obelisk to reveal “The Heart of a Hero”, from their forthcoming album Blacklisted.
Stream “The Heart of a Hero” here: http://theobelisk.net/obelisk/2017/03/23/lord-blacklisted-review-stream/
Pre-order Blacklisted here: https://lordisbadass.bandcamp.com/album/blacklisted
LORD is a band that isn’t afraid to explore the possibilities within heavy music. The band takes the heavy music of the last 50 years and combines it with melodic and progressive sensibilities in order to create something unique. By incorporating hints of genres such as thrash, hardcore punk, prog, death, and black metal, LORD have managed to establish a sound that is both aggressive and unique in a crowded heavy music scene.
Voice Of Ruin Announce New Album “Purge And Purify”, Share Lyric Video For “Horns”
Swiss melodic death metal group Voice Of Ruin recently completed the recordings of their third full-length album “Purge And Purify”, which is set for release on May 12th via Tenacity Music.
The new album was produced, recorded and mixed in Cardiff (UK) by Romesh Dodangoda (Motorhead, BMTH, Sylosis…), mastered by Jens Bogren (Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, Opeth…) and features the artwork of Travis Smith (Soilwork, Opeth, Katatonia…). Pre-orders are now available at this location.
Recently, the Swiss five-piece group has unveiled a lyric video for the album’s first single “Horns” via Terrorizer Magazine, watch it here.
Canadian thrashers TERRIFIER announce ‘Weapons of Thrash Destruction’ Tour, new album out now
Vancouver thrashers TERRIFIER announce they will be hitting the road for a mini tour in April plus will be headlining this year’s 2nd annual CEMR MetalFest in Calgary, AB on April 8th along with other festival performances at Armstrong MetalFest and Metallion Fest this summer. The show dates are in support of TERRIFIER‘s new album ‘Weapons of Thrash Destruction’ released in January of this year via Test Your Metal Records to follow their 2013 EP ‘Metal or Death’ and 2012 full-length ‘Destroyers of the Faith’. Incorporating jackhammer drums, bulldozing bass-lines, a twin-lead attack that leaves posers pulped in its wake, and vocals that can level mountains, TERRIFIER’s motto could well be ‘thrashing is our business…and business is good’.
April 8 – Nite Owl – Calgary, AB – CEMR Metalfest (Headliners) – info
April 22 – SBC Restaurant – Vancouver, BC – info
July 15 – Hassen Arena – Armstrong, BC – Armstrong MetalFest – www.armstrongmetalfest.ca
August 11 – Brookside Resort – Prince George, BC – Metallion Festival – www.metallionfestival.com
SLAGDUSTER premiere new song ‘Mother’s Milk’; New Album ‘Deadweight’ Out May 5th
Inspired by such giants as Goijira. Sikth, Meshuggah, Dillinger Escape Plan, Between The Buried And Me, SLAGDUSTER offer a progressive, groovy, creative, unique and heavy sound.
It’s been a few years since their debut album ‘Nature.Humanity.Machine’ and SLAGDUSTER is ready to unleash their follow up ‘Deadweight’ due out on May 5th, 2017.
“Naturally our sound has come a long way since our debut release in 2010. The music is more complex, and much more developed, still heavy, but even more groove based. Listeners can expect to be challenged by focusing on the compositions, or lost in the musical landscape.” says vocalist Shane Sherman.
Having released their first single ‘Peeping Ron’ a few weeks ago (listen here), the band is ready to share with fans their next track ‘Mother’s Milk’ premiered exclusively on NoCleanSinging.com.
The band comments:
“”Mother’s Milk” is one of the more structured arrangements on the new album. We like some of the riffs so much that we couldn’t avoid bringing them back a couple times. It starts off with a strong driving march feel, before picking up speed and racing around hairpin corners, drifting effortlessly while navigating multiple sonic terrains smoothly from start to finish. Lyrically, the message focuses on a downward spiral of dependence and desperation, characterized within a story about an unhealthy mother/son relationship, a dark contrast to the song’s upbeat tempo.”
Listen to ‘Mother’s Milk’ by visiting the following link: http://www.nocleansinging.com/2017/03/28/an-ncs-premiere-slagduster-mothers-milk/
Vancouver Prog Virtuosos OMNISIGHT Posts Live Video ‘Shift The Paradigm’ Filmed By Blackroom
Vancouver progressive virtuosos OmnisighT teamed up with Blackroom Films to release a new live video for their track “Shift The Paradigm” off their new EP “The Power of One” released in January of this year. The video was shot during their EP release party on March 11th at The Astoria in Vancouver, BC.
