UK metal band Under release single 'Malcontent'

Uneasy listening trio Under are streaming their new single “Malcontent” now over on Doomed & Stoned!

When asked on the theme behind the song, the band stated:
"Andy (Preece – drums, vocals) came up with this suitably grinding, droning riff while bored out of his mind waiting outside a changing room. As we arranged the overall tine, adding Mayo’s signature noise and our usual uneasy rhythmic approach, we tried to accentuate that feeling of anxious horror and discomfort as much as we could. To reflect this feeling I wrote the lyrics to invoke that sickly desperation apparent in anybody hungry for power."

The single can be found here: https://doomedandstoned.com/post/179214218218/under

Their new album, Stop Being Naïve, is set for release via APF Records on October 30th.

Under are a trio from Stockport, Greater Manchester. Formed in 2016. Though rooted in the blueprints of Sludge and Doom Metal, their sound is harder to pin down with elements of Prog, Noise and Avant Garde creeping in. Under play with jagged, slow, off kilter riffs that tease the listener into a false sense of security with dark and abstract lyricism evoking a trippy and sinister unease. The trio cite the likes of Swans, Mr. Bungle, The Melvins and Radiohead as prime influences.

After the success of their debut EP 'First Attempt' in 2015, Under built up a solid reputation playing frequent live shows in and out of Manchester. In 2016 they embarked on a successful UK mini-tour with Kurokuma.

In 2017 Under signed to APF Records and released 'Slick', their highly anticipated debut full length album, completely self-produced and recorded by the band themselves. The trio successfully built on everything they had been working towards, carefully fine-tuning every detail on the record. ‘Slick’ was an eclectic listen - chock full of crushing riffs, odd time signatures, and a mixture of aggressive screaming vocals and more relaxed tripped out clean sections. All three band members provided vocals, often harmonizing together to create epic melodic textures.

In support of the “Slick” Under played live shows throughout 2017 and early 2018: both as headliner and as support to Whores, King Parrott, Church of the Cosmic Skull, Slabdragger, Elephant Tree, The Hyena Kill, Hundred Year Old Man, Gurt, Part Chimp, Primitive Man and Slomatics. They also played the Dreadfest, Cvltfest and Gizzardfest Fesivals and the APF Records Showcase in Manchester.

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/understockport/
https://understockport.bandcamp.com/

I, The Betrayer release video for 'Shephard Of Fire'

Norwegian five piece I, The Betrayer have released a video for their cover of the Avenged Sevenfold classic “Shephard Of Fire”

Check out the video by acclaimed videographer Andy Pilkington of Very Metal Art here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5rD6b7mPlg

The track is the first signs of new music from the quintet following the release of their debut EP “7” last year.

I, the Betrayer is made up of five guys from altogether different musical backgrounds brought together by their love of metal, and random chance, to create music which encompasses every part of their collective vision. Influenced by all kinds of styles, from blues and progressive rock to death metal, they have managed to carve their own identity within the genre.

Amongst the heavy metal chugging and pounding drums, you can expect to hear soaring vocal melodies leading to guttural lows, progressive inspired leads on top of driving metal progressions and contemplative clean passages exploding into a forceful and commanding song.

Having won the affections of fans around the world and picking up universal praise from the metal press with “7”, the band are burrowed away working on their follow up.

Links:
http://www.ithebetrayer.com/
https://www.facebook.com/ithebetrayerr/

Spanish metal band Bones Of Minerva release single 'Privilege'

Spanish metal band Bones Of Minerva have released a new single, Privilege.

You can hear Privilege in full here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DBYHrrPDi0

The single was issued just prior to the band hitting the UK for a double date weekend tour, were the first date was in Oxford on October 26th and the second will commence at The Dev in London on October 27th.

Remaining live dates for October:
SAT 27/10 - London - The Dev (The Dev+Church of Cat Promotions)

Bones of Minerva are quickly developing a reputation as one of the must-see acts of the Spanish metal scene, bringing something different both on record and onstage, and they are a band who are working tirelessly to get their music to everyone they can. Their eclectic sound aims to combine visceral and melodic elements; merging heavy riffs, hypnotic rhythms, ethereal passages and raw lyrics.

In the age of digital media, selling out all the hard copies of an album is no mean feat, and October 5th saw their debut Blue Mountains (Nooirax/La Rubia Productions) reissued in a special edition including two new tracks.

The four-piece consisting of Blue (vocals), Chloé (bass), Ruth (guitars) was formed in 2013, with Nerea (drums) joining the band in early 2018. Blue Mountains came out early last year, followed by crowdfunded deluxe vinyl edition at the beginning of 2018.

After a year which has seen them embark on two tours of Spain and shows in Sweden, recording single ‘Vehemence’ for the Spanish film Call TV and a shout out as one of the albums of the year by Bandera Negra (Radio 3 España) the band is now gearing up for their first European tour, starting later this month with their first UK dates.

The end goal? To take their music as far as possible, with everything to gain and nothing to lose.

Bones of Minerva’s new single ‘Privilege’ is available to stream now on youtube, soundcloud and bandcamp.

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/bonesofminerva/
https://bonesofminerva.com/

Oracle announce live performances with Primordial, Diamond Head and Mortiis to finish 2018

First, on the weekend of October 27th and 28th, Oracle will be part of the 20th edition of The Siege Of Limerick. Held at Dolans in Limerick, this massive event will feature the likes of Primordial, Bolzer, Slidhr, King Witch and Seven Sisters.
For the full line-up, ticket links and more head to the Facebook event page

Then, on the weekend of Novermber 23rd/24th Oracle will be part of the 18 And Life Part II festival, which will be held at the Voodoo and Limelight 2 venues in Belfast. The jam packed bill will also include NWOBHM legends Diamond Head, Overoth, Rabid Bitch Of The North, Two Tales Of Woe and many more.
Tickets are available from www.thedistortionproject.bigcartel.com

Next on the agenda, on Friday Decemebr 7th, Oracle will be part of Crypt Of The Riff 2, where they will share the stage of the Voodoo in Belfast with Ten Ton Slug, Elder Druid and more.
Full details can be found at the Facebook event page

Finally, on December 14th, Oracle will be at The Palm House in Belfast, where they will be supporting the troll king himself, Mortiis! Also playing will be Drakonis and Congenital Abnormalities.
For more information, click here

At all of these shows you'll be able to hear Oracle playing tracks from their latest release - Tales Of Pythia, which Metal Gods TV described as "a pace changing ruthless rampage of savagery".

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/oraclebandni/

Invoker release video for 'End Me'

Swiss hardcore mob Invoker have released their new video for latest single, "End Me". The video, which comes from their new EP "Cursed To Feel", can be seen HERE

Cursed To Feel is set for release on October 12th via Grim Reality Records.

Vocalist David Lukas had this to say on the meaning behind the video:
"So the song is basically about the moment your head/mind decides to end your life. You can't feel your body, you can't feel anything. You just attempt to do it. Everyone who has ever been in such a deep and heavy depression as I have been knows what I mean, I think. It all feels kinda like in a dream, and in the final moment, you wake up and decide to go the other way."

Always striving for sincerity and power in their work, Swiss hardcore mob Invoker have quickly gained a reputation for their mesmerizing live shows. Able to cast a spell over every crowd they greet; the weight of the band’s emotion, conviction and watertight, layered assault draws in and flattens fans where they stand.

Following their formation in 2012 and after a year of songwriting, the band released their first EP “Loose Lips, Sink Ships” in 2013. Met with praise and quickly gaining them a dedicated fan base, the band released their debut single “Lost Alone” shortly after. It’s since gone on to become a crowd favourite.

Following a whirlwind few years, supporting the likes of Landscapes, Being As An Ocean, Counterparts, and Napoleon or Break Even, the five-piece returned to the studio to pen their debut album. The result was the flattening "Four Wall Nightmare"; a heady mix of crushing aggression, post rock flourishes and nods to hardcore legends Sick Of It All. The record went on to secure the band positive reviews around the world, including Metal Hammer Magazine in the UK.

Following the release of their debut the band toured several countries in Europe and brought the emotionally drenched assault every night. Their lyrics, driven by their own experiences, are written with the intent to reach out to people struggling, encouraging people to help each other.

Now in 2018, Invoker have returned with their new EP; "Cursed To Feel". Set to be released on October 12th, the new record is heavier and more emotional than everything the band have released before it. Making it a great continuation of their discography, and marks exciting things to come.

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/weareinvoker/
https://www.facebook.com/GrimRealityRecords/

Matt Finucane set to release “Disquiet”

Brighton-based musician Matt Finucane is set to release his new EP “Disquiet” on October 19th via Crude Records!

Happy to be “an explorer and purveyor of the wonderfully unconventional and confrontational”, as Ringmaster Reviews wrote.  He takes his influences from art rock, Krautrock and horrible electronic noise, and says: “All my heroes are safely dead, but it's not just playing at being Music's Bad Conscience - I can recall when music meant something, in these days of deadly sonic perfection and pretend grit.”

Gigs are solo acoustic, in a duo, or full electric as the occasion demands. Albums are DIY-released and raw. “This Mucky Age” (2011) & “Glow in the Dark” (2012) – scored good reviews, followed by singles “In The Evil Empire” & “Lilith” in 2014 and 2015. After a writing binge, the first of a batch of new material emerged as an EP – “Threaten Me with Your Love” – in 2017.

Around this time Matt put together a live band (featuring Mik Hanscomb of Junkboy), gigged across the UK and kept working on songs. In May 2018, driven by the short-fused spirit of the times, he released an EP of abrasive, noise-heavy protest songs, appropriately called “Ugly Scene”. This is to be followed in October with the opposite half of the picture, a mellow slab of grandeur and weirdness called “Disquiet”.  Again, the clue’s in the title…

Track list:
1. Ulterior Motives
2. Happy Chains
3. People Move On
4. Always A Shadow
5. Dead Men Sing Us To Our Rest

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/Matt.x.Finucane/
https://mattfinucane.net/

The Parasitic Twins set to release “All That's Left To Do Now Is Sleep With Each Other”

Ripping a page from the Killing Joke school of lo-fi noise, then setting it on fire via the way of Today Is The Day and Godflesh, Hull’s scariest kids, Parasitic Twins are gearing up to unleash their debut EP; the furious “All That’s Left To Do Now Is Sleep With Each Other” on October 26th. Recorded live and raw, at Melrose Yard Studios in York, the hardcore duo, made up by guitarist/vocalist Max Watt (Rotting Monarchs) and drummer Dom Smith (Mary and The Ram), have performed together previously as part of Seep Away was born of a desire to create the most abrasive sound they could.

Discussing their debut single, “Massive”, Watt had this to say: “It’s about that mental sense of abandon that comes once in a while and turns our lives into ash. Temporarily, of course. Everyone’s been in that place where long term plans and prospects just become irrelevant and all you can focus on is immediate day to day shit, and one day you wake up and think “Goddamn, what was all that noise about?” At the time it’s huge but with time just becomes a notch in your past, then you gotta make the reparations, and push all that negative shit to the back.”

Hammered into the raw aggression like a nail into splintered wood is a youthful rage desperate to be heard. Taking comfortable influence from the late 90s sludge scene, the track “Flipswitch” borrows from the Raging Speedhorn school of duel vocal ferocity while “End” wraps a chain around the Biohazard-esque bouncy hardcore and throws it on the heap. Making “ATLTDNISWEO” a white-hot blast of crusty oblivion, perfect for fans of low end, aggro-punk. Listen to at wielding volume.

Links:
https://twitter.com/twinsparasitic
https://theparasitictwins.bandcamp.com/

Ljungblut set to release "Villa Carlotta 5959"

Ljungblut originally started out as a solo project from Seigmen / Zeromancer bass player and main songwriter Kim Ljung in 2005. He needed an outlet for songs which didn’t fit in with his main bands. After three solo albums in English, the project evolved into a full quintet – and they released two independent albums in Norwegian.

“Villa Carlotta 5959” is the sixth Ljungblut album, and the last in a trilogy of albums with Norwegian lyrics. Here, several songs have historical references. “Hasselblad” about the 12 Hasselblad cameras left behind on the surface of the Moon. “Superga” referring to the Superga height outside Torino, most known for the cathedral and the plane crash that killed the Torino football team in 1949. Then there are songs referring to Ljung’s chronic migraine – “Min Krig” (My war) and “Aldri helt stille” (Never completely quiet).

The album has a wide range of tempos and dynamics, but at the same time a cohesive sound and melancholy mood. An organic sound with Kim Ljung’s characteristic voice surrounded by a plethora of vintage synths and instruments. The basis of the album was recorded live in studio and mixed by Alex Møklebust (Seigmen / Zeromancer) and Terje Johannesen.

“Villa Carlotta 5959” is set for a November 2nd release through Norwegian label Karisma Records.

Track list:
1.  Hasselblad
2.   Oktober
3.   Til Warszawa
4.  235
5.   Superga
6.   Diamant
7.   Himmelen som vet
8.   Ohnesorg
9.   Aldri helt stille
10.   Min krig

Line-up: 
Kim Ljung
Dan Heide
Sindre Pedersen
Joakim Brendsrød
Ted Skogmann
with:
Erik Ljunggren
Ginge Anvik
Terje Johannesen

Links:
http://ljungblut.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Ljungblut-86549322482/

https://www.karismarecords.no/