Imperium Dekadenz release live video

German black metallers IMPERIUM DEKADENZ have released a pro-shot video of their performance of the song "Striga" taken from the band's latest album 'Meadows of Nostalgia', which was recorded live at Germany’s Summer Breeze Open Air 2014.

On further news, IMPERIUM DEKADENZ have already announced their first shows in France and a festival appearance in 2015. The details for these shows are as follows:

27 Feb 15 Nantes (FR) La Scène Michelet
28 Feb 15 Macon (FR) Le Souvengard
15 May 15 Bornstedt (DE) Burgruine Schweinsburg, Dark Troll Festival


IMPERIUM DEKADENZ will be touring in support of their latest full-length 'Meadows of Nostalgia'.

The dark chasms and steep rises of the Black Forest mountains have witnessed the rise and fall of empires in bloody battles and glorious history. Celts, Romans and Germanic tribes have lived and perished in these fog ridden, harsh and yet exquisite landscapes. The ancient past and lost peoples left lingering feelings of longing and a deep melancholy, which none have ever captured more intensively than native IMPERIUM DEKADENZ on their fourth full-length "Meadows of Nostalgia". The German duo manages to enhance and deepen its intricate atmospheric style, which already received high praise for their previous album "Procella Vadens" (2010). Although this music evolved out of Norwegian Black Metal, IMPERIUM DEKADENZ soon built their own sonic realm on majestic structures imbued with fierce darkness, which are contrasted by melodic interludes and fragile acoustic parts. Founded in the year 2004, the band quickly gained a dedicated following with debut album "…und die Welt ward kalt und leer" (2006) as well as the follow-up "Dämmerung der Szenarien" (2007). Lyrically IMPERIUM DEKADENZ still clad metaphors of human transience, ashes, dust and shadows into an antique attire with a penchant for the Roman Empire, while declining to deal with stereotypical political, religious or misanthropic genre themes. The obvious intelligence behind their complex and multi-layered compositions and lyrics combined with emotional passion and intuitive skill turns "Meadows of Nostalgia" into a dark masterpiece. Delve deep into the secrets and detailed riches of IMPERIUM DEKADENZ. Glory to the new German emperors!

COLD SNAP - 3rd studio album out January 13th

COLD SNAP have partnered with Bloody-Disgusting.com to release their new music video for the song ‘Silent Killer’. The song comes off their third studio album ‘World War 3’, slated for release on January 13. In this video, the members of Cold Snap are held captive like rats by a mad scientist in his laboratory. He tries to poison them, however… the band fight back with their music!

“From my point of view, a silent killer lives inside every one of us as our conscience. With most people, whenever they do something bad their conscience will haunt them until they manage to straighten things up” says bass guitarist Zoran ‘Zoki’ Ernoic. “Some people however, simply do not have a conscience, and therefore karma always must step in and get them in the end.” The video was directed by Tin Majnaric of MMstudio23, and filmed in the band’s hometown of Varazdin, Croatia. Vocalist Jan Kerekes continues, “We also had a small problem with the cockroaches, they are fast little critters and they don`t give a hoot about being on camera. They kept escaping and hiding from us!”

The song is the second single from the band’s third studio album, ‘World War 3’ which is being released on January 13 by Eclipse Records (Mushroomhead, Bobaflex, A Breach of Silence). It contains 12 intense tracks which were produced by the iconic Danish metal producer, Tue Madsen (Suicide Silence, Sick of it All, Mnemic, Dir En Grey), and is currently available for pre-order from iTunes.

SYLOSIS Stream 'Dormant Heart' in full online

Despite the name, SYLOSIS' forthcoming release Dormant Heart is not a peaceful album: It’s about a powerful force unleashing anger against everyday injustice and a sleeping society that lets these things wash over them. The album is due to be released next week January the 12th but fans don't have to wait until then to hear the band's new offering as the guys are hosting an exclusive pre-release stream, which can be found at this location: media.nuclearblast.de

SYLOSIS began tracking the new album back in March 2014, working away secretly alongside touring commitments. Drum tracks were recorded in May at Monkey Puzzle House by original drummer Rob Callard, who parted ways with the band last month due to time restraints. After filling in for some live shows during SYLOSIS’ Spring 2014 tour, BLEED FROM WITHIN’s drummer Ali Richardson is now a permanent member of the band. The album was produced by Middleton with the help of engineer Scott Atkins and was mastered by TesseracT guitarist Acle Kahney.

Dormant Heart tracklist:

1. Where The Wolves Come To Die 2. Victims And Pawns 3. Dormant Heart 4. To Build A Tomb 5. Overthrown 6. Leech 7. Servitude 8. Indoctrinated 9. Harm 10. Mercy 11. Callous Souls 12. Quiescent

Bonus tracks: 12. Pillars Erode 13. Zero (Smashin’ Pumpkins cover)

Bonus DVD The Dormant Heart Sessions - Live in the studio

LIMITED NUMBER OF EXTRA TICKETS JUST RELEASED FOR SLIPKNOT WITH SPECIAL GUESTS KORN AND KING 810. Dublin. 3Arena. 14 January 2015

LIMITED NUMBER OF EXTRA TICKETS JUST RELEASED

SLIPKNOT With Special Guests KORN & King 810

3ARENA 14th JANUARY

Tickets from €59. 50 // On Sale Now

A limited number of extra tickets have just been released for the multi-platinum, Grammy-Award-winning masked beast SLIPKNOT as they bring their highly anticipated 'Prepare For Hell' tour to Dublin's 3Arena next week, January 14th. This is sure to come as very welcome news to fans who thought they'd missed out on what is sure to be one of the metal highlights of the 2015! Special guests on the tour are SLIPKNOT's longtime friends and musical brothers, KORN.

SLIPKNOT WITH SPECIAL GUESTS KORN

3ARENA 14 JANUARY 2015

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DR. LIVING DEAD! ANNOUNCE RELEASE OF EXCLUSIVE TOUR 7"

Within the frame of the 'Conquering Europe Part 2 – Out For Blood' tour as main support for Suicidal Angels, Swedish thrash metal maniacs DR. LIVING DEAD! will release an exclusive tour 7inch, presenting you the brand new track 'TEAMxDEADx', taken from the band’s upcoming third studio album 'Crush The Sublime Gods' that is set for release on February 23rd all across Europe. This special 7inch is worldwide limited to 500 copies on black vinyl and 500 copies on blue vinyl and will only be offered at the 'Conquering Europe' shows until the end of the tour.

'TEAMxDEADx' 7inch tracklist:

Side 1: TEAMxDEADx *

Side 2: Hologram **

* taken from the album 'Crush The Sublime Gods', out on Century Media Records on February 23rd
** exclusive track, not included on the album

DR. LIVING DEAD!’s upcoming third studio album, 'Crush The Sublime Gods', will be released in Europe on February 23rd, 2015 through Century Media Records in the following formats: Standard CD Jewelcase, limited Digipak CD (with two bonus tracks), limited LP (including the CD of the Digipak version) and as digital album. One fine new track of 'Crush The Sublime Gods' has already been made available via Soundcloud in mid December. If you missed it so far, you might want to check it out now:



'Crush The Sublime Gods' tracklist (CD/digital album):

1. Final Broadcast 2. Crush The Sublime Gods 3. TEAMxDEADx 4. Eternal Darkness Of The Fucked Up Mind 5. Buck$ 6. Civilized To Death 7. Another Life 8. Force Fed 9. Scanners 10. Salvation 11. No Way Out 12. Triggerkiller 13. Wake Up…Join The Dead!

'Crush The Sublime Gods' tracklist (Limited Digipak CD):

1. Final Broadcast 2. Crush The Sublime Gods 3. TEAMxDEADx 4. Eternal Darkness Of The Fucked Up Mind 5. Buck$ 6. Civilized To Death 7. Another Life 8. Force Fed 9. Scanners 10. Free? (exclusive bonus track) 11. Salvation 12. No Way Out 13. One Man's Truth (exclusive bonus track) 14. Triggerkiller 15. Wake Up…Join The Dead!

'Crush The Sublime Gods' tracklist (LP*):

Side 1
1. Final Broadcast 2. Crush The Sublime Gods 3. TEAMxDEADx 4. Eternal Darkness Of The Fucked Up Mind 5. Buck$ 6. Civilized To Death 7. Another Life

Side 2
1. Force Fed 2. Scanners 3. Salvation 4. No Way Out 5. Triggerkiller 6. Wake Up…Join The Dead!

* also includes the CD of the limited Digipak version (with two bonus tracks)

DR. LIVING DEAD! live:

"Conquering Europe Part 2 - Out For Blood” tour Supporting: SUICIDAL ANGELS Special guest: ANGELUS APATRIDA Presented by: Legacy, Rock it!, Metalnews, Noizeletter

11.02.2015 (D) AACHEN Musikbunker 12.02.2015 (NL) BREDA Mezz 13.02.2015 (B) AARSCHOT De Klinker 14.02.2015 (D) ESSEN Turock 15.02.2015 (NL) LEUUWARDEN Club Romein 16.02.2015 (D) OSNABRÜCK Bastard Club 17.02.2015 (D) HAMBURG Marx 18.02.2015 (D) BERLIN K17 19.02.2015 (PL) WARSAW Progresja 20.02.2015 (PL) CRACOW Fabryka 21.02.2015 (CZ) ZLIN Masters of Rock Cafe 22.02.2015 (A) VIENNA Viper Room 24.02.2015 (SK) KOSICE Colloseum 25.02.2015 (HU) BUDAPEST Dürer Kert 26.02.2015 (SLO) LJUBLJANA Orto Bar 27.02.2015 (BA) SARAJEVO Club Sloga 28.02.2015 (SRB) BELGRADE Dom Omladine 01.03.2015 (HR) ZAGREB tba 03.03.2015 (SK) BRATISLAVA tba 04.03.2015 (A) GRAZ tba 05.03.2015 (I) MILAN Blue Rose Saloon 06.03.2015 (D) MUNICH Backstage 07.03.2015 (CH) LENZBURG Met Bar 08.03.2015 (F) TOULOUSE Connexion 10.03.2015 (E) BARCELONA Razzmatazz 2 11.03.2015 (E) MURCIA Garaje 12.03.2015 (E) MADRID Shoko 13.03.2015 (E) BILBAO Euskal Metal Assault Festival 14.03.2015 (F) NICE Alterax 15.03.2015 (F) PARIS Glaz'art 17.03.2015 (D) WEINHEIM Cafe Central 18.03.2015 (D) AALEN Rock It 19.03.2015 (A) INNSBRUCK Weekender 20.03.2015 (D) HERBOLDZHEIM Atlantis 21.03.2015 (D) LEIPZIG Hellraiser 22.03.2015 (D) COLOGNE MTC

SCARLET SOHO - "IN COLD BLOOD"

In Cold Blood is the follow up to Scarlet Soho's 'Warpaint' album (2009). It is produced by James Yuill, Graham Laybourne (Boytronic/Falco), Zanzibar Production and the band themselves. Scarlet Soho are James Knights and Scarlet. This album is by far their strongest yet.

Opening with a lone piano and the plaintive line "you shot me down in cold blood" this album invites the listener to lean in, to be faced with a three and a half minute synthesizer onslaught, swiftly crashing into the glistening electro of When The Lights Go Out followed by stomping live favourite What You Need. In Cold Blood manages to walk the tightrope between light and shade within the space of a single song as well the album as a whole. Take the upbeat doo-wop "uh-huh... uh-huh..." backing vocals in Gigolo, that transform into the sneering threat "you'd better keep your mouth shut and watch you don't drown". Similarly the bleepy shuffle of Two Steps From Heartache keeps you on the dance-floor despite James singing of the inevitability of life crashing down around you. A stripped back departure from what you might expect from Scarlet Soho comes in the form of This Town Is Mine. It features a solitary trumpet that is part cavalry "Last Post" and part sleazy jazz club. The track is an intoxicating mix of melotron, clicks and arpeggiators which culminate in the finger-pointing death-row statement "don't you ever forget - this town is mine". Make The Final twists the mood again striding affirmatively towards ice-cold vocoded disco track 2015. Final track Solo KO is a theatrical mess of swirling synths and grinding bass that manages to be both grandiose and heartfelt. "Take it til your eyes roll, take it til your heart explodes... if it's what you were born for".

In Cold Blood is an impressive achievement for a band releasing their third studio album. It is a tight mixture of synthetic and live instruments pulled into formation by Knights' bold vocal and Scarlet's coherent wording. Lyrically, it is often a dark affair with themes of mortality and fatalism running throughout. Musically, it couples electro pop sensibilities with depth and intelligence.

Cadiz Music will release the album worldwide on 13.02.15. Preorder available from today at scarletsohoshop.bigcartel.com .

'In Cold Blood' album tour

22.01.2015 - Lennons - Southampton (UK) 23.01.2015 - The Brunswick - Gloucester (UK) 29.01.2015 - Le Pop In - Paris (FR) 31.01.2015 - Kavka - Antwerp (BE) 02.02.2015 - Prinz Willy - Kiel (DE) 03.02.2015 - Cafe Glocksee - Hannover (DE) 04.02.2015 - Kaffee Burger - Berlin (DE) 05.02.2015 - Chapeau Rouge - Prague (CZ) 06.02.2015 - Wakuum Club - Graz (AT) 07.02.2015 - Viper Room - Vienna (AT) 20.02.2015 - Railway - Winchester (UK) 26.02.2015 - The Islington - London (UK)

CRIMSON SHADOWS ON TOUR

New year – new tour! CRIMSON SHADOWS are set to hit the road again from mid-January on.

The Wacken-Metal-Battle winners have just announced new tour dates and will enthrall everyone with their epic Power Metal. Check out their upcoming US-Tour dates with Killitorous & make sure to catch them on tour.

15.01.15 CA - Belleville / The Belle Pub 16.01.15 CA - Toronto / The Hard Luck 17.01.15 CA - Guelph / The Green Papaya 18.01.15 CA - Windsor / The Dominion Tavern 19.01.15 CA - London / THE APK 20.01.15 CA - Oshawa / The Atria 21.01.15 CA - Quebec City / TBA 22.01.15 CA - Sherbrooke / TBA 23.01.15 CA - Ottawa / Maverick's UP STAIRS 24.01.15 CA - Montreal /Pirannah