BRUTALISM

For a limited time only NPR is hosting a full album stream of Saint Vitus’ first album in over seventeen years, Lillie: F-65.

The seven-track LP is slated for release on May 22 through Season of Mist Records but you can hear the whole thing a week early by clicking here.  

On the 26th of this month Poland’s premier symphonic metal act Pathfinder, who we’ve been known to laude and gush on from time to time, will release their sophomore album, Fifth Element, worldwide via Sonic Attack Records.

Below you can watch a trailer for the album put out by the band last week or if you just know, like we do, that that album’s gonna be awesome, preorder it here.  

On Monday Night in Prague Metallica played their entire black album (Metallica) to an arena of screaming fans and cameras which recorded the entire event. Since then it’s been uploaded to youtube and embedded below for your viewing pleasure. 

Enjoy!

Metallica Prague Set List:

01. Hit The Lights
02. Master Of Puppets
03. The Shortest Straw
04. For Whom The Bell Tolls
05. Blackened
06. The Struggle Within
07. My Friend Of Misery
08. The God That Failed
09. Of Wolf & Man
10. Nothing Else Matters
11. Through The Never
12. Don't Tread On Me
13. Wherever I May Roam
14. The Unforgiven
15. Holier Than Thou
16. Sad But True
17. Enter Sandman

Encore:

18. Fuel
19. One
20. Seek & Destroy

Metal Woman, the brand new video from Canada’s own 3 Inches of Blood off their new album Long Live Heavy Metal is available to view below.

Long Live Heavy Metal is the band’s fifth studio album, out now on Century Media Records.  

Absit Omen, second song off Be'lakor's forthcoming new album, Of Breath and Bone, is now available to stream below.

Of Breath and Bone shall be released by Kolony Records on June 01, 2012 (EU) and June 04, 2012 (UK).

Have a great weekend, everybody!

…and give the bird. That’s what I got from this video. 

August 31st, people. Mark that day down on your calendar.

Once again I find myself at a computer with no speakers, unable to preview something I’m recommending you listen to. This time it’s a new track from the German funeral doom outfit Ahab titled The Giant, from the album of the same name. I’ve been all brambles in the panties to hear something, anything off this new album since I was taken back by the cover art and here it is but I’m still a few hours out from having my doubts confirmed or crushed under a mountainous wave of genius nautical doom.

That’s okay though.

I can wait.

All I ask is that you, friendly reader, have a listen and leave us your thoughts in the comments’ section. I want to hear how you liked, or didn’t, this new track as I’m sure our other readers who may be in a similar predicament as I do too.

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Whoa. It’s been a long times since our last giveaway, hasn’t it? We’re sorry for neglecting you and to make it up we’re going to go ahead and give away not one but two (2) copies of Grand Magus’ forthcoming new album The Hunt to two of our loyal readers who leave us a comment on this post.

That’s all you need to do to win.

But make sure you are either logged in if you’re a registered member or leave us an email address with your comment so we can get in touch with you if and when you win! As usual this contest is open to anyone, anywhere, regardless of if you’ve won something from us before. Winners will be picked at random.

The Hunt comes out on May 25 so get your entries in by Wednesday the 23rd so we can announce the winners and ship them their prize on Friday.

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Kreator released the lyric video above today for the title track of their forthcoming record Phantom Antichrist in anticipation of the albums June 5th release through Nuclear Blast Records. 

I’ve officially sworn off the phrase “female-fronted”. I mean what does it matter? It’s trivial and, I realized today, a cheap ploy by those who write press releases to get our attention if only because the idea of a female-fronted metal band is “novelty”. No mas. Good bands are good, bad bands are not and what’s between the legs of the “front” or any member does not matter.

Epica is somewhere in between leaning more towards the good.

Here’s their new video for Storm the Sorrow off the latest record Requiem for the Indifferent: 

On July 3 Canada’s death metal masters Kataklysm will release a 2 CD, 2 DVD box set called Iron Will: 20 Years Determined chronicling the band’s twenty-year long career as well as footage from last year’s Summer Breeze festival. In anticipation the band has released the following video with just a few snippets of what you can expect on the DVD and a new song, also titled Iron Will.

Check it out: 

I can't believe we haven't shown this video on here before. Enjoy!

I know I’ve given Kiss a lot of shit on here in the past but I do it in the same way brothers would bust each others balls. I love Kiss. I’m looking forward to Monster and am one of a small subset of fans that actually believes it might be a good album. And yes, I’ll probably crack the seal of that bad boy and spin it while I prop my feet up on the desk and thumb through the first issue of Dressed to Kill.

It’s been about seven years since Running Wild released their last album. Six long years but now they are back with a new record, Shadowmaker, which they intend to unleash on the world in just two days.

And this, dear friends, is going to be a good one.

I had the chance to listen to a few songs off of it earlier this week, and then they released the following video for the title track this morning and I‘m pretty pleased. It could stand to have a little more speed, to be sure, that’s the main complaint I’ve heard from people about their last few, but Rolf’s been doing this thing since ‘76 (!). Like Saxon, they’ve achieved reached legendary status and they can slow it down if they want to, dammit.

Or, as the case may be, their physical abilities dictate…

Watch the video below, covet the box set they describe therein, and let us know what you think in the comments’ section.  

Last month we introduced you to Be'lakors New Album and Track List.  Now I would like to introduce you to their first released song from the new album, "Of Breath and Bone". This song is entitled Remnaunts, the album will be available for pre-orders on May 8th, 2012 at www.belakorband.com and www.kolonyrecords.com.  This is Be'lakor's forthcoming album and seems to forming to be a solid release.  Check it out and let us know what you think.

Wow! It's been a while since we've had one of these so I pulled an extra good one out of the vault. The above is Maniac Butcher's absolutly classic video for Co Dobré Pro Mne, Dobrým Jest. English translation: What is good for me, is good. 

Have a great weekend, guys and gals! 

While combing through Pantera “vaults” for material for the 20th anniversary reissue of Vulgar Display of Power, Vinnie Paul Abbott ostensibly stumbled across a previously unreleased Pantera track, titled Piss, which made its debut last night at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards. Now according to Mr. Abbott this is the only complete unheard, unreleased Pantera track and was recorded during the Vulgar Display... sessions making it a pretty special piece of history.

So with the help of some dedicated fans out there who sent in footage of themselves rocking out and punching each other, a music video to memorialize Piss was made and can be viewed below.  

For what I’m sure will only be a limited time, AOL is streaming, in its entirety, Jeff Loomis’ (ex-Nevermore) new solo album, Plains of Oblivion. Now, I’m presently at a computer with no speakers (archaic, I know) otherwise I’d take the plunge and let you guys know how it is but since I can’t why not head over there for yourself, give it a spin, then come on back and let us all know in the comments’ section?

Plains of Oblivion is available now on Century Media Records.