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  • NILE Mastermind KARL SANDERS to Release New Solo Project

     

    Just shortly after announcing the signing of almighty death metal icons NILE to Napalm Records, the premier international rock and metal label is pleased to announce the additional signing of the band’s own mastermind KARL SANDERS’ solo project, with plans to release brand new Saurian music next year.
     
    Following the first two Saurian project albums – Saurian Meditation (2004) and Saurian Exorcisms (2009) – KARL SANDERS is ready to unleash more musical musings from inside his eclectically influenced mind. To date, each Saurian release has explored unique, original compositions of haunting, primarily Middle Eastern inspired music in a cinematic, ambient and mostly instrumental format – similar to the quiet, exotic interludes found on NILE albums. Providing a diverse escape for both fans of NILE and those otherwise intrigued by its world music aura, Saurian proves that Sanders’ universe is anything but one-dimensional.
     
    In addition to releasing new Saurian music, Napalm Records will reissue both Saurian Meditation and Saurian Exorcisms, with more details to come.
     
    KARL SANDERS says about the signing:
    “I am just thrilled to death that we have signed up with Napalm Records for the new KARL SANDERS Saurian album. I am really happy that we have found such a good home for both NILE and my Saurian side project, as they are a great company with some sincere people. I am looking forward in earnest to working together with everyone at Napalm to bring fans the new Saurian music, as well as re-releasing the first two Saurian records.”
     
    Stay tuned for more information on upcoming Saurian music and reissues, coming soon!

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  • ENSLAVED ANNOUNCE "THE OTHERWORLDLY BIG BAND EXPERIENCE" ON DECEMBER 21ST

     

    Enslaved's new EP Caravans To The Outer Worlds was released unto the universe last month. It is a tale of departure, about leaving behind a barren and desolate world, traveling boldly into the future. It signaled the end of an era for the psychedelic Norwegians, hinting at new pastures.

    In celebration of the EP's release, tied in with the upcoming Winter Solstice (a Pagan holy day marking the symbolic death and rebirth of the Sun), Enslaved are proud to announce an extraordinary streaming event. 'The Otherworldly Big Band Experience' will take place on Tuesday December 21st. Fellow psychedelic Norwegian prog band Shaman Elephant will be joining Enslaved onstage.

    Watch the stream trailer for more information:


    The Otherworldly Big Band Experience
    Tuesday December 21st @ 12:00PM PT / 3:00PM ET
    Tickets are now on sale now via https://enslavedstore.com/collections/big-band-stream
    The stream will be available to watch until the end of December 24th
    Stream FAQ + support info is HERE:
    https://enslavedstore.com/pages/faq-support

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  • HYPOCRISY | "WORSHIP" FIRST METAL ALBUM IN SPACE

     

    On November 26th, the newest addition to the HYPOCRISY catalog, WORSHIP, was released via Nuclear Blast Records. That evening, the band presented their fans with a special listening session that featured a video of vinyl being sent up to the stratosphere.

    The journey was completed on a bespoke launch vehicle that carried and supported the record through the atmosphere. The craft was lifted by a large hydrogen-filled balloon reaching a maximum altitude of over 120,000 feet/36.57 km above the Earth. It fell back down to Earth reaching speeds over 200mph until it re-entered the troposphere (where we all live) where the onboard parachute slowed the craft to a gentle walking pace by the time it touched down.

    Watch the full video of this historical launch here below:

     

    It has been 8 long years since the last record, and HYPOCRISY fans can feel the itch. WORSHIP is 11 tracks of precise, ferocious musicianship. Commonly inspired by the fusion of the modern and the ancient, HYPOCRISY has once more found a way to combine innovative ideas with classic sound in order to deliver something metalheads can enjoyably consume with awe and brutal vigor. As usual, all recording and mixing took place at Tägtgren’s Abyss Studio AB in Sweden while mastering was completed by Svante Forsbäck at Chartmakers Audio Mastering. Designed by artist Blake Armstrong (KATAKLYSM, IN FLAMES, CARNIFEX, etc.), WORSHIP’s artwork speaks to the history of the relationship between humanity and extraterrestrials.

    Below is the Worship tracklist:

        Worship
        Chemical Whore
        Greedy Bastards
        Dead World
        We're The Walking Dead
        Brotherhood Of The Serpent
        Children Of The Gray
        Another Day
        They Will Arrive
        Bug In The Net
        Gods Of The Underground


    Order and listen to Worship here: https://www.hypocrisyband.com/worship

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  • EXHORDER - New Orleans Thrash Legends Kicked Off US Headlining Tour

     



    New Orleans thrash metal legends EXHORDER will kick off their US headlining tour with support from Take Offense, Extinction A.D., and Plague Years TONIGHT, Wednesday, November 24th, in Brooklyn, New York! The month-long trek will see the band performing their classic 1990 debut, Slaughter In The Vatican, in its entirety every night of the tour through December 19th. See all confirmed dates below.

    EXHORDER w/ Take Offense, Extinction A.D., Plague Years:
    11/24/2021 Saint Vitus Bar – Brooklyn, NY
    11/26/2021 The Middle East – Cambridge, MA
    11/27/2021 Cafe 611 – Frederick, MD
    11/28/2021 Craft House – Pittsburgh, PA
    11/29/2021 Reggies – Chicago, IL
    11/30/2021 Emerson Theatre – Indianapolis, IN
    12/02/2021 Southport Music Hall – New Orleans, LA
    12/03/2021 Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
    12/04/2021 The Rail Club – Ft. Worth, TX
    12/05/2021 Come And Take It Live – Austin, TX
    12/06/2021 Rock House Bar – El Paso, TX
    12/07/2021 Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ
    12/08/2021 1720 – Los Angeles, CA
    12/09/2021 Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA
    12/10/2021 1933 – Bakersfield, CA
    12/11/2021 Dive Bar – Las Vegas, NV
    12/12/2021 The Phoenix Theater – Petaluma, CA
    12/14/2021 Bossanova Ballroom – Portland, OR
    12/15/2021 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
    12/16/2021 The Shredder – Boise, ID
    12/17/2021 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
    12/18/2021 Moxi Theater – Greeley, CO
    12/19/2021 Marquis Theater – Denver, CO

    http://www.exhorder.com

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  • JUDAS PRIEST ANNOUNCE THE SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE GRAPHIC NOVEL

     

     

    Z2 Comics proudly announces that one of the biggest acts in the history of heavy music will team with the rapidly growing entertainment brand for an original graphic novel to be released in 2022, in time for the anniversary of their highest selling album of all time, the indisputable classic: Screaming for Vengeance.

    Teaming with writers Rantz Hoseley (Comic Book Tattoo, the Heroin Diaries) and Neil Kleid (Savor), and artist Christopher Mitten (Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.), the multi-platinum selling Metal Gods bestow upon their generations of fans their first-ever graphic novel!

    500 years from now, a ring of cities orbit high above the surface of a dead world, controlled by a ruling elite that maintains power through manipulation and brutality. When a naïve engineer inadvertently threatens the status quo with his vital scientific discovery… A BLOODSTONE... he is betrayed by those he trusted and cast out to the broken planet below.  In the wreckage and desolation of a broken world where every day is a battle for survival, he must choose between accepting his new life in exile…or SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE.

    Certified double platinum in the United States, Screaming for Vengeance was released in July of 1982, and marked the beginning of the band’s success in North America, transcending the “new wave of British heavy metal” sound they had come to define, and moving them into the mainstream despite a heavier-than-ever sound. The album’s first single “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming” would prove to be one of the biggest hard rock hits in history and continues to inspire fists in the air around the world to this day. The album was ranked #3 on Rolling Stone’s 2017 list of “100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time,” and is celebrated throughout the world as one of the genre’s most defining moments, ushering in the success of heavy music in the 1980s up through today.

    Judas Priest: Screaming for Vengeance will be released in both softcover and hardcover formats in finer bookstores, comic shops and record stores everywhere in July 2022, with special limited deluxe and super deluxe versions featuring an exclusive anniversary vinyl LP, prints and more available to preorder now exclusively through the Z2 website.

    https://z2comics.com/products/judas-priest-screaming-for-vengeance-graphic-novel-vinyl-lp-action-figure

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