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English doom-metal band Electric Wizard will release their eighth album, 'Time to Die,' September 29 via Spinefarm Records. In anticipation, the band has teamed with Revolver to premiere the creepy, psychedelic music video for the far-beyond-crushing new song, "SadioWitch." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments.
According to Electric Wizard vocalist-guitarist Jus Oborn, the footage—which was captured in various locations, including Iceland—features "Clandestinely filmed scenes of Luciferian depravity" of the kind "long-awaited by the diehard cult of Wizard fans... A visual amalgamation of Kenneth Anger's psychedelic occultism, the monomania of Jess Franco, and the unbridled excess of Robert Hartford Davies, documenting fully the pleasures of the flesh, drugs and sadism... as they really happen today..."
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Black Veil Brides will release their new, self-titled album, which was produced by Bob Rock (Metallica, Motley Crue), on October 28. In anticipation, the band unveiled its new single, "Heart of Fire," on BBC Radio 1 today (September 7)—listen to a rip of the premiere below and let us know what you think in the comments.
Earlier this week, SoCal metalcore stalwarts Atreyu, who recently became active again after a three-year hiatus, announced that they had a big surprise in store for fans on Friday, September 5. Well, the moment has arrived. The band has released the brand new song, "So Others May Live," as a free download for fans and supporters. You can stream it below and download it right here.
Vocalist Alex Varkatzas comments: "'So Others May Live' is inspired by one of my best friends, who is ex-military. The things our troops go through to protect us are pretty unreal. Their treatment after leaves a lot to be desired, as well.
"The song honors them and condemns our government's constant deployment of these brave souls. The people who fight and die for us often come from a certain socio-economic background - the working class. The people making these decisions to send our nation's children to war come from positions of privilege and wealth; their kids aren't the ones getting deployed and they aren't risking their lives every day at work. Yet they order the working class to go 'keep us safe' at the drop of a hat, it feels like. It's bullshit. It's the politicians and the rich of this country waging war to keep the majority pre-occupied, so they can make money and advance their bullshit political agendas. The expense is 'expendable' working class/poor Americans' lives, never the rich."
Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments.
Highly influential melodic death-metal band At the Gates recently announced that their first new album in 19 years, 'At War with Reality,' will be released October 28 via Century Media Records. Below is an album trailer that has a clip of a new song, as well as the track listing.
Track listing:
1. El Altar Del Dios Desconocido
2. Death And The Labyrinth
3. At War With Reality
4. The Circular Ruins
5. Heroes And Tombs
6. The Conspiracy Of The Blind
7. Order From Chaos
8. The Book Of Sand (The Abomination)
9. The Head Of The Hydra
10. City Of Mirrors
11. Eater Of Gods
12. Upon Pillars Of Dust
13. The Night Eternal
'At War with Reality' is available for pre-order at Century Media's webstore.
Melbourne, Australia prog-metal act Ne Obliviscaris will release their new album, 'Citadel,' on November 11 via Season of Mist. In anticipation, the band has teamed up with Revolver to premiere the third movement of "Painters of the Tempest (Part II), Triptych Lux, Curator." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!
To pre-order 'Citadel,' visit Season of Mist's westore. For more on Ne Obliviscaris, follow them on Facebook.
Sixx:A.M., the supergroup featuring singer James Michael, guitarist DJ Ashba (Guns N' Roses), and bassist Nikki Sixx (Motley Crue), have premiered a new song, "Let's Go." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!
"That's a great, heavy song," Ashba recently told Revolver. "It's just balls-out. It's got this cool riff where I play this harmonic part and it comes in with the vibe of a song like Marilyn Manson's 'The Beautiful People.' The guitars sound like an army. It's super high-energy and the solo is really neat. And right when the solo kicks in, the whole entire band breaks down and does this classical-influenced part."
The band's third album, 'Modern Vintage,' will be released on October 7.
Los Angeles punk-rock group Neighborhood Brats are releasing a new album, 'Recovery,' via Deranged Records, the label that launched bands like White Lung, Fucked Up, Career Suicide, etc. Today, the band—which has been compared to a "female-fronted Black Flag" and is notorious for its energetic live shows—has teamed up with Revolver to premiere the track, "Complete Mess." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!
To get 'Recovery,' visit Deranged Records' webstore. For more on Neighborhood Brats, follow them on Facebook.
Swedish metal stalwarts The Haunted released their new album, 'Exit Wounds,' today via Century Media. In celebration, the band has teamed up with Revolver to stream the entire record in its entirety right here, right now. Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments!
To get 'Exit Wounds,' visit Century Media's webstore. For more on The Haunted, follow them on Facebook.
Known for his unique fusion of infectious electronic music and aggressive rock and roll, one-man project Celldweller will release his third artist album, 'End of an Empire,' on September 16 viz FiXT. In anticipation, Revolver is proud to premiere the title track from the record right here, right now. The song takes listeners on a 7 1/2 minute journey of metal-infused drum & bass blasts, and a contrasting mix of lush vocal hooks and aggressive screams. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments.
The single "End of an Empire" is available for immediate download with all pre-orders from FiXT or iTunes. You can see the full track list for the album under the song stream, as well as view a trailer for the record.
'End of an Empire' Track List:
1. Faction 01
2. End of an Empire
3. Lost in Time
4. Faction 02
5. Faction 03 (Instrumental)
6. End of an Empire (Comaduster Remix)
7. Lost in Time (KJ Sawka Remix)
8. End of an Empire (Breathe Carolina Remix)
9. Lost in Time (OCTiV Remix)
10. End of an Empire (Instrumental)
11. Lost in Time (Instrumental)
12. End of an Empire (Comaduster Remix) (Instrumental)
13. Lost in Time (KJ Sawka Remix) (Instrumental)
14. End of an Empire (Breathe Carolina Remix) (Instrumental) 15. Lost in Time (OCTiV Remix) (Instrumental)
Evanescence's Amy Lee has premiered her first original solo song, the electronica-inflected "Push the Button." The track will appear on 'Aftermath,' the soundtrack to the movie 'War Story,' which Lee scored with cellist and composer Dave Eggar. Check it out and let us know what you think in the comments. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Lee revealed that, for now and the immediate future, Evanescence are inactive:
The situation is we're not doing it now. I don't like to make predictions about the future, because I'm honestly open-minded, and I would never want to say I'm done with any of it, because it's a huge part of me. I've loved my time with Evanescence, I wouldn't want to just throw it away, but, for the foreseeable future, I don't have any plans to do anything with the band. It's really important to me to take some time to show some different sides of myself. I've said this all the way through Evanescence, especially on the second and third record: "I have the freedom to express myself completely within the band, so why would I want to do anything else?" And that's true only to an extent, because as much as I could go through a range of emotions, there's a certain expectation there. With the fans, with myself, I know what Evanescence is; it's an entity, it's bigger than just myself, which is awesome, but I can write a song and go "That is or isn't an Evanescence song," and they both happen. So there does need to be other outlets for me to make music.