Carnifex’s seventh studio album World War X, which drops August 2 via Nuclear Blast, will be supported on the Summer Slaughter tour with the Faceless, Rivers of Nihil, Nekrogoblikon, and Brand of Sacrifice. The first single “No Light Shall Save Us” features Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy), with a music video directed by Scott Hansen (Deicide, Prong).
Pathology’s new track “Hieroglyphs on Cement Walls” previews their Reborn to Kill album, due August 9 and promoted by touring with Narcotic Wasteland. Recorded at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland with Zack Ohren (Machine Head, Suffocation) producing and mastering, guests on the album include Black Dahlia Murder singer Trevor Strnad.
Female-fronted reggae band Hirie has a new single with fellow hometown heroes Slightly Stoopid, “I Like the Way You Roll,” planned for Hirie’s upcoming album Dreamer (due September 13 via MegaForce). Other album guests include locals Iration (on “Stay With Me Tonight”) and Chali 2na (“Put it Down”).
Vokab Kompany’s EP Eternal is a tribute to the late Casey Darrell Maloney, known from the Burning Man community and half of the duo Primal Energy. “Vokab Kompany incorporated Casey’s voice and instrumentals to create new tracks that would make Casey proud, with special thanks to Geoff Nigl and John Avery,” says the band of the EP, which features three new songs produced by Cloudchord (Derek Vanscoten).
Deaf Club, the newest group from Justin Pearson (the Locust), is dropping their Contemporary Sickness EP via Pearson’s Three One G label. A video for “Bright Side Of Death,” directed by Rogelio Lopez and edited by Lucas Takano, sports fast-paced footage of the band performing in front of a strobe-lit wall of amps.
Black metal band Crimson Moon (the version fronted by Scorpios Androctonus rather than the mostly inactive rival incarnation with former co-founding bandmate Nocturnal Overlord) released a music video for “Godspeed - Angel Of Death,” from their fourth album Mors Vincit Omnia (Death Conquers All). Due August 30 and featuring guest vocals from Lord Angelslayer (Archgoat) and Proscriptor McGovern (Absu), other tracks sport guest singers Ixithra (Demoncy) and Phaesphoros (of Kawir, who also mixed and performs wooden recorder), with a cover painted by Italian horror artist Daniele Valeriani (Mayhem, Dark Funeral).
Fronted by Riley Hawk (son of skateboard star Tony Hawk), sludge-punk band Warish’s debut album Down In Flames (RidingEasy Records) is preceded by the first single, “Healter Skelter.” They’ll play the Casbah August 30 before touring with San Francisco stoner rockers Acid King, beginning at Portland’s Hesh Fest on September 20 and running through Austin’s Levitation Fest on November 9.
Carnifex’s seventh studio album World War X, which drops August 2 via Nuclear Blast, will be supported on the Summer Slaughter tour with the Faceless, Rivers of Nihil, Nekrogoblikon, and Brand of Sacrifice. The first single “No Light Shall Save Us” features Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy), with a music video directed by Scott Hansen (Deicide, Prong).
Pathology’s new track “Hieroglyphs on Cement Walls” previews their Reborn to Kill album, due August 9 and promoted by touring with Narcotic Wasteland. Recorded at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland with Zack Ohren (Machine Head, Suffocation) producing and mastering, guests on the album include Black Dahlia Murder singer Trevor Strnad.
Female-fronted reggae band Hirie has a new single with fellow hometown heroes Slightly Stoopid, “I Like the Way You Roll,” planned for Hirie’s upcoming album Dreamer (due September 13 via MegaForce). Other album guests include locals Iration (on “Stay With Me Tonight”) and Chali 2na (“Put it Down”).
Vokab Kompany’s EP Eternal is a tribute to the late Casey Darrell Maloney, known from the Burning Man community and half of the duo Primal Energy. “Vokab Kompany incorporated Casey’s voice and instrumentals to create new tracks that would make Casey proud, with special thanks to Geoff Nigl and John Avery,” says the band of the EP, which features three new songs produced by Cloudchord (Derek Vanscoten).
Deaf Club, the newest group from Justin Pearson (the Locust), is dropping their Contemporary Sickness EP via Pearson’s Three One G label. A video for “Bright Side Of Death,” directed by Rogelio Lopez and edited by Lucas Takano, sports fast-paced footage of the band performing in front of a strobe-lit wall of amps.
Black metal band Crimson Moon (the version fronted by Scorpios Androctonus rather than the mostly inactive rival incarnation with former co-founding bandmate Nocturnal Overlord) released a music video for “Godspeed - Angel Of Death,” from their fourth album Mors Vincit Omnia (Death Conquers All). Due August 30 and featuring guest vocals from Lord Angelslayer (Archgoat) and Proscriptor McGovern (Absu), other tracks sport guest singers Ixithra (Demoncy) and Phaesphoros (of Kawir, who also mixed and performs wooden recorder), with a cover painted by Italian horror artist Daniele Valeriani (Mayhem, Dark Funeral).
Fronted by Riley Hawk (son of skateboard star Tony Hawk), sludge-punk band Warish’s debut album Down In Flames (RidingEasy Records) is preceded by the first single, “Healter Skelter.” They’ll play the Casbah August 30 before touring with San Francisco stoner rockers Acid King, beginning at Portland’s Hesh Fest on September 20 and running through Austin’s Levitation Fest on November 9.
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