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New Releases Out Today: 09/28/2011

Brandon Geist — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:22:27 +0000

It’s Tuesday–the day that albums come out–and this one is a fucking doozy, stocked full of awesome new records. Check out the list of new releases below and let us know which ones you have already or are planning to get.

Anvil – Monument of Metal (The End)
Brutal Truth – End Time (Relapse)
Chickenfoot – Chickenfoot III (eOne)
Confession – The Long Way Home (Mediaskare)
Darasuum – Bite Back (Rite Of Passage/Mediaskare)
Deserters – Fail Yourself (Rite Of Passage/Mediaskare)
Glorior Belli – The Great Southern Darkness (Metal Blade)
Hatesphere – The Great Bludgeoning (Napalm)
Homicidal – State Of Mind! (Eulogy)
Hundredth – Let Go (Mediaskare)
Landmine Marathon – Gallows (Prosthetic)
Life As A Ghost – Drifter (Eulogy)
Lou Reed & Metallica – The View (digital single; Warner Bros.)
Machine Head – Unto The Locust (Roadrunner)
Man Made Machine – Become (Razor & Tie)
Mastodon – The Hunter (Reprise)
Maylene and the Sons Of Disaster – Maylene and the Sons Of Disaster: IV (Ferret Music)
Nightrage – Insidious (Lifeforce)
Nirvana – Nevermind (20th anniversary deluxe edition; Universal)
Noothgrush – Live For Nothing (Southern Lord)
Nothing Til Blood – When Lambs Become Lions (Strike First)
Oh, Sleeper – Children Of Fire (Solid State)
Rose Funeral – Gates Of Punishment (Metal Blade)
Rosetta/Junius – Split (Translations Loss)
Rwake – Rest (Relapse)
Sebastian Bach – Kicking & Screaming (Frontiers)
Suffokate – Return To Despair (Mediaskare)
Textures – Dualism (Nuclear Blast)
The Fucking Wrath – Valley of The Serpent’s Soul (Tee Pee)
Volumes – Via (Mediaskare)
Warbringer – Worlds Torn Asunder (Century Media)

Textures Release New Music Video, “Reaching Home”

Brandon Geist — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:41:47 +0000

Dutch tech-metallers Textures will be dropping their fourth album, Dualism (Nuclear Blast), on September 23. They debuted the lead single off the record, “Reaching Home,” on Revolvermag.com a few weeks ago; today, they’ve unleashed the video for the song. Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments.

Exclusive: Textures Premiere New Song “Reaching Home”

Jason Le Miere — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:00:32 +0000

Dutch tech-metallers Textures will be dropping their fourth album, Dualism (Nuclear Blast), on September 23, but you can get a preview right now by listening to the track “Reaching Home.” Drummer Stef Broks also provides his insight into the song below. Don’t forget to tell us what you think in the comments section.

REVOLVER What’s this song about?
STEF BROKS The song is about finding a way back to innocence. The person speaking in the lyrics is struggling his way through life, passing by melancholic moments of looking back, clear moments of present time, and hopeful moments of looking forward. Home is where this person’s longing for; but does home lie in living, in only his thoughts, or in surrendering to passing away?

Which part of it did you come up with first? And what was the inspiration?
Most of the stuff was written by our guitar player Bart Hennephof. Inspired by vast Scandinavian landscapes, he borrowed the Edge’s delay pedal to create this hyper catchy riff and melody line. We put the whole frame in a modern metal context et voilà, “Reaching Home” was born!

Was this an easy song to write or record? Why or why not?
While the song is the most catchy one of the whole album, the instrumental background is still kinda tough to play. It’s packed with details and accents that avoid the one—the most dominant factor in pop rhythms. In this way, it’s a freaky song without too many people noticing that.

What sort of feedback have you gotten on this song so far?
That this song reminds people of Tool, Depeche Mode, Devin Townsend, U2, and eeeeh…Textures. Although “Reaching Home” sounds like a direct assault to the rock charts, it’s still a very Textures song. An eclectic example of what a metal band can offer in 2011.