Underground Metal News: Seconds Alive, Timeworm, Mortor, Beyond The Pleasure and more

A roundup of the latest news in the underground metal scene from around the world. News updates include Seconds Alive, Timeworm, Mortor, Beyond The Pleasure, Words That Burn, Treyharsh, Longhouse, Voice Of Ruin, Terrifier, Hollow Leg, Cydemind and We Ride.

 

 

UK metal: SECONDS ALIVE have released a music video for their single ‘THE ONE PERCENT from their forthcoming EP release ‘SPEAK OF LOVE | CONTROLLED BY HATE’.  The video was directed by Ant Thornton, drummer of Black Foxxes (previously directing for Feed The Rhino, Hildamay, Brotherhood of the Lake).

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Norwegian sludgy noise makers Timeworn return with their second full-length album “Venomous High”, the follow up to 2015’s critically lauded debut “Luminescent Wake”.

Recorded at Oslo’s legendary Caliban Studios (Sibiir, Blood Command, Djevel, etc…), the new album contains nine tracks and is set for release on June 2nd via Fysisk Format. Pre-orders are now available at this location.

Meanwhile, the first single “The Infectious Gloom” is already streaming online via Terrorizer Magazine, check it out here.

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Canada Death Metal: Where the fast tempos, low-register, complex guitar riffs of thrash meets the brutality of death metal, you will find Canada’s almighty MORTÖR. Like any cross-over band worth its weight in salt, Mortör come armed to the fucking teeth with muscular grooves, bold imagery, and a party-like live performance and overall attitude.

The band has released the track ‘Pleasure Of Hate‘ off their upcoming album Burn Up The Dead.

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Ukrainian post-djent band BEYOND THE PLEASURE released their debut EP ‘God of War’
last December, 2016. For all of you, who haven’t heard this four songs of chaos and
hate, the band has released musical video for ‘Never Let You In’ song. Watch the
clip, produced by famous ukrainian director Volodymyr Shtun, over on YouTube

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Irish modern metallers Words That Burn are thrilled to present their new official video for the song “Mirror Perfect Mannequin”, taken from their critically acclaimed album “Regret is for the Dead”.

Watch video here

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French dark metal: Just three days before its official release,  Treyharsh have shared a new song from their second full-length album “When The Sun Sets In The Ocean”, out this Friday via TH Records.

Titled “The Taste Ov Childhood”, the new track has premiered via No Clean Singing, who commented “this new song is definitely dark, with a sinister atmosphere that emanates throughout its mix of heavy, bludgeoning grooves and jolting, cutting riffs.”
Check it out here.

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Canada Doom Metal: Set to unleash their sophomore album “II: Vanishing” digitally on April 14th via their Bandcamp with physical cassette release June 2017 (date to be determined) via Sunmask Records, Ottawa, ON doom metal trio LONGHOUSE has teamed up with ToiletOvHell.com for the exclusive premiere of their second single ‘Vigil’ featuring JD Gobeil from Loviatar.

‘Vigil’ can be heard on ToiletOvHell.com at http://www.toiletovhell.com/premiere-longhouse-the-vigil/

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Swiss melodic death metal group Voice Of Ruin have just shared a video for their new song “Snakes In My Head” via NoCleanSining. The song is off the band’s upcoming third full-length album “Purge And Purify”, which is set for release on May 12th via Tenacity Music.

Watch the video directed by Brice Hincker here.

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Canada thrash metal: Incorporating jackhammer drums, bulldozing bass-lines, a twin-lead attack that leaves posers pulped in its wake and vocals that can level mountains, Vancouver thrashers TERRIFIER have teamed up with SkullsnBones.com for the premiere of their latest lyric video ‘Nuclear Demolisher’, which can be viewed at https://skullsnbones.com/terrifier-nuclear-demolisher-lyric-video/

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Florida Doom/Sludge: Critically acclaimed doom/sludge band HOLLOW LEG have teamed up with No Clean Singing to reveal their video for “Raven”, a track that’s taken from their recently released EP Murder.

Watch the video here: http://www.nocleansinging.com/2017/04/03/an-ncs-video-premiere-hollow-leg-raven/

Order Murder here: https://hollowleg666.bandcamp.com/

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Canada Progressive Metal: When instrumental prog metal meets violin, the outcome is truly a unique sound that sets a band apart from all others in their respective genre of music. Introducing Montreal’s CYDEMIND, their instrumental prog technique blended with violin as their vocal piece makes for an auditory experience like no other.

CYDEMIND’s first single ‘What Remains’ is now streaming at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUAl4FaXaf0

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Spain’s hardcore outfit WE RIDE has released a third track from their upcoming album, Empowering Life, set for release on April 14th. According to front-woman Mimi Telmo, “’Do It All Again’ reflects all the feelings and memories we make when we are on the road. When we come back home the only thing we think about is we would do it all again.”

Listen to ‘Do It All Again’ at Rockzone

 

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