February 2012
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Album Review: Germ - Wish
Germ [Australia] Wish 2012 Full Length Eisenwald Black Metal/Electronic After numerous contributions to prominent Australian bands like Pestilential Shadows, Nazxul, Woods of Desolation and Austere, Tim Yatras this year presents to fans of his works the debut album of his new project, Germ. With most of the aforementioned bands playing the depressive/melancholic style of black metal,...
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Album Review: Aggression - Viocracy
Aggression [Spain] Viocracy 2012 Full Length Xtreem Music Thrash Metal Spanish thrash metal band Aggression this year releases their second full length album, Viocracy, 3 years after the well-received MoshPirit. With the large number of bands playing old-school thrash metal hailing from Europe and America, Aggression certainly stands out from the rest, not only through their land of origin...
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3 INCHES OF BLOOD - New Long Live Heavy Metal...
Reposted from: Bravewords.com 3 INCHES OF BLOOD are currently streaming the track ‘Dark Messenger’ off their forthcoming release, Long Live Heavy Metal. Check it out below: Long Live Heavy Metal will be released on the following international dates: Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Norway: Friday, March 23rd Uk / Benelux / France / Greece / Denmark / Portugal / Rest Of...
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HELLSAW - 'Trist' Video Posted
Reposted from: Bravewords.com Austrian black metallers HELLSAW entered Munich’s Dreamsound Studios back in July to record their fourth full-length album. Titled Trist, the album is the follow up to 2009’s Cold, and is due for release on Napalm Records tomorrow, February 24th. Check out the video for the album’s title track below: Trist tracklisting: ‘The Devil Is Calling...
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Germany's FORCES AT WORK To Release Debut Album In...
Reposted from: Bravewords.com Wuppertal, Germany’s progressive metallers FORCES AT WORK will see the release of their first full length album on April 27th. The new album follows in the footsteps of three EPs which the band released on their own, but the coming work, entitled Straight, will be published on Hands Of Blue Records. Founder Frank Jaeger says: “What can I say, they...
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DARKEND Stream New Track Online
Reposted from: Bravewords.com Obscure horror metallers DARKEND have released the new song, ‘Bleakness: Of Secrecy, Haste And Shattered Crystals’, in anticipation of their forthcoming album, Grand Guignol – Book I. Listen to the song below: Darkend recently revealed the details for the limited edition first pressing of their forthcoming new album, Grand Guignol - Book I, out at...
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AHAB - New Album Complete
Reposted from: Bravewords.com German nautic doomsters AHAB have checked in with the following update: “We can gladly announce that the guitar and vocal recordings are finished, too. Also, mix and mastering has been completed and it sounds great! We can hardly wait to share our new baby with you. We will surely post some small teasers in the next weeks.”
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Former OPETH Drummer's SOEN: Video For Acoustic...
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net SOEN — the project featuring Swedish drummer Martin Lopez (ex-OPETH, AMON AMARTH), bassist Steve DiGiorgio (SADUS, TESTAMENT, DEATH, ICED EARTH), vocalist Joel Ekelöf (WILLOWTREE), and guitarist Kim Platbarzdis — filmed a video for an acoustic version of the song “Ideate” last week in Finland with the Offtherecord.fi. You can now watch the clip below....
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MY BLACK LIGHT: 'Inner World' Video Released
“Inner World”, the new video from Italian female-fronted metallers MY BLACK LIGHT, can be seen below. The song comes off the band’s debut album, “Human Maze”, which was released last year via Germany’s Massacre Records. MY BLACK LIGHT was formed in 2008 by keyboardist/vocalist Rodolfo Coda Bertetto and singer Monica Primo, both of whom shared a passion for...
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FULLFORCE Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces...
FULLFORCE — the Swedish melodic metal outfit featuring Mike Andersson (CLOUDSCAPE, SILENT MEMORIAL, PLANET ALLIANCE) on vocals, Stefan Elmgren (HAMMERFALL) on guitar, Anders Johansson (HAMMERFALL, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) on drums and Tommy Larsson (HEED) on bass — has parted ways with guitarist Carl-Johan Grimmark (NARNIA) “due to some changes in [Grimmark’s] life situation which he had to...
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BELPHEGOR Hard At Work On New Material
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net Guitarist/vocalist Helmuth Lehner of the Austrian blackened death metal outfit BELPHEGOR has revealed that the group is working on material. The band’s as-yet-untitled new album for a tentatively slated for a late 2012 release. From this coming Saturday until next Wednesday, BELPHEGOR will rehearse for the upcoming recordings in Abtenau, Austria. The drum...
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LAKE OF TEARS: 'House Of The Setting Sun' Video...
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net “House Of The Setting Sun”, the new video from Swedish metallers LAKE Of TEARS, can be viewed below. The clip features live footage filmed during the shows in Beijing, Shengyang, Dalian and Shanghai on the “Xoundforce China” tour in January 2012. The song comes off the band’s latest album, “Illwill”, which was released in...
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BLACKGATES Parts Ways With Bassist, Announces...
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net BLACKGATES — the new East San Francisco Bay Area/New York metal outfit featuring former ANTHRAX singer Dan Nelson, drummer Paul Bostaph (ex-TESTAMENT, EXODUS, SLAYER, FORBIDDEN) and guitarist Jeremy Epp (THE VENTING MACHINE) — has parted ways with bassist Uriah Duffy (ex-WHITESNAKE) and has replaced him with Luis Barillas (THE VENTING MACHINE). Commented...
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ANCESTTRAL announces "Bloodshed and Violence" for...
Brazilian thrash metal ANCESTTRAL has released “Bloodshed and Violence” via Digmetalworld, You can download this new release for free by going to this location (http://music.digmetalworld.com/album/bloodshed-and-violence-ep). “Bloodshed and Violence” includes the Black Sabbath’s cover song “I”, that belongs to the album “Dehumanizer” released...
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AUTHOR & PUNISHER and Seventh Rule Recordings...
Seventh Rule Recordings are proud to announce the latest signing to their eclectic roster, San Diego’s AUTHOR & PUNISHER. Iconoclastic in the truest sense of the word, Tristan Shone, the sole propagator behind this haunting, claustrophobic cacophony inverts the tenets of doom metal completely, relying on cold steel and soulless machinery to bring despondency to life. His new record,...
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Album Review: Temblad - Mockery of the Fanatic
Temblad [USA] Mockery of the Fanatic 2011 EP Independent Death/Thrash Metal Temblad is a young death/thrash metal band out of San Diego, and shortly after their formation in 2011, they release a collection of their very first recordings in the form of their debut EP, Mockery of the Fanatic. The album artwork instantly caught my attention, with the blatant anti-Islam sentiments that are...
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Album Review: Haemoth - In Nomine Odium
Haemoth [France] In Nomine Odium 2011 Full Length Debemur Morti Productions Black Metal The French underground metal scene has been brewing for quite a long while now, with recent releases from bands like Aosoth and Blut Aus Nord being some of the perfect specimens for those looking into exploring French black metal. Haemoth joins the ranks of these bands with their new release, In Nomine...
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MORIAN To Release Ashen Empire Album In April;...
Reposted from: Bravewords.com Finnish metallers MORIAN have confirmed April 18th as the release date for their sophomore album, Ashen Empire. Ashen Empire tracklisting: ‘Dawn Brigade’ ‘The World Ends With You’ ‘Darkplay (Let The Right One In)’ ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ ‘Dead Heat’ ‘Bloodwork’ ‘This Mortal...
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VENDETTA - 'Halo In Black' Promo Video Released
Reposted from: Bravewords.com British traditional metal outfit VENDETTA are ready to take it to the hilt once more on March 23rd with the release of their third album World Under Fire via Lion Music. The band are presenting the first promotional video from the album for the track ‘Halo In Black’. The track is “full of the band trademark razor sharp riffs, potent guitar work and...
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TERAMAZE To Release Anhedonia Album In April;...
Reposted from: Bravewords.com TERAMAZE might be Australia’s best kept secret … but that won’t last long. As this band is ready to burst out of their home country and make a well-deserved worldwide impact with their metallic alloy brand. Whilst loosely befitting the genre of thrash metal, the music of Teramaze conjures such adjectives as, “innovative”,...
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ALLEGAEON To Release 'Formshifter' In May
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net Colorado-based modern melodic death metallers ALLEGAEON entered Lambesis Studios in San Marcos, Caliornia last month with producer Daniel Castleman (AS I LAY DYING, IMPENDING DOOM, CARNIFEX, WINDS OF PLAGUE) to begin recording their new album, “Formshifter”. The CD brings forward a sound that both plays off the band’s previous releases mixed in...
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THY WILL BE DONE Posts Video Teaser For New EP
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net American heavy metal juggernauts THY WILL BE DONE have posted a video teaser for their anticipated upcoming EP via their recently launched YouTube channel. The clip features a sampling of new music from their forthcoming release combined with live footage and some familiar faces. “We, as a band and as individuals, went through a lot during the writing...
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MUNICIPAL WASTE: 'The Fatal Feast' Lyric Video...
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net The official lyric video for “The Fatal Feast”, the title track of the forthcoming fifth studio album from the Virginia crossover thrash metal band MUNICIPAL WASTE, can be seen below. “The Fatal Feast” will be released on April 10 in North America and April 13 in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records. The cover artwork for the CD was created...
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DARK TRANQUILLITY: 'In My Absence' Video Released
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net Swedish melodic death metallers DARK TRANQUILLITY have released the fifth promotional video from their latest album, “We Are The Void”, that came out in early 2010. The “In My Absence” clip was filmed by the bandmembers themselves on the road, with guitarist Niklas Sundin taking care of the editing/post-production duties. Additional live...
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CATTLE DECAPITATION Completes Recording New Album
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION wrapped up recording their new album last week and have returned home for a couple weeks before heading off to their European tour with SUFFOCATION. The highly anticipated follow-up to their critically-acclaimed album “The Harvest Floor” (2009 on Metal Blade Records) was produced, engineered, mixed and...
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NIGHTMARE: New Album Artwork Unveiled
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net French power metallers NIGHTMARE have unveiled the cover artwork for their new album, “The Burden Of God” (formerly “Mercury Rain”), to be released on May 18 through AFM Records. The CD was recorded at the Peek studios in the south of France with producer Patrick Liotard. Commented NIGHTMARE singer Jo Amore: “We entered the studio...
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WISDOM Signs With NOISEART RECORDS
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net NoiseArt Records and Rock The Nation booking have announced the signing of the Hungarian heavy metal band WISDOM. Commented the group: “WISDOM was formed in 2001 with no real plan or purpose. We threw together a few covers, and soon after our first songs were composed. As we made up our name and kept on writing songs, our goals were also becoming clear. We...
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PESTILENCE Announces New Bassist And Drummer
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net Guitarist/vocalist Patrick Mameli of the resurrected late ’80s/early ’90s death metal outfit PESTILENCE has released the following statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET: “Recently, bassist Jeroen Paul Thesseling (NUFUTIC, OBSCURA) and drummer Yuma van Eekelen (EXIVIOUS, THE NEW DOMINION) have decided to work more intensively on their main...
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DEFAMER Releases Sophomore Album
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net Australian death metallers DEFAMER have released their sophomore album, “Decrepit Rituals”, via Obsidian Records. The CD was recorded late last year with Ean Redman and mastered by Jason “PC” Fuller at Goatsounds in Melbourne. After the success of DEFAMER’s 2009 debut, “Chasm”, and the departure of guitarist Mitchell...
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FASTKILL Signs With Pulverised Records
One of Japan’s most underrated and devil-speed Thrash Metal act FASTKILL is now the newest addition into the Pulverised Records roster! Bastardized in the year 1996 with the intention to create utter barbaric and primitive Thrash Metal in its most stripped-down and true form, the group’s latest album entitled “Bestial Thrashing Bulldozer” directly picked up from where...
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MASTERPIECE Releases Debut Album
Brazilian thrash metal band MASTERPIECE has released their debut album “Heirs of Freedom” via Digmetalworld. The album “Heirs of Freedom” it was produced, recorded and mixed by Regisson Silva at RVB Records, and mastered by Caio Duarte at BroadBand Productions, both in Brazil. The cover art it was designed by Denisson Silva. The promotional track “Revenge” it...
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FESTER Prepares To Unleash A Celebration Of Death...
Norwegian pioneers in Blackened Death metal, FESTER has risen from their grave to unleash the fury that is A Celebration Of Death. The band’s first offering of new material in 17 years, A Celebration Of Death is a whirlwind of dark musical flavors mixing Black, Death, Thrash, Heavy Metal and Jazz. FESTER returns to celebrate death with this vicious assault of old-school and sinister riffing....
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HEXEN – Album Artwork And Track Listing Revealed
Los Angeles thrashers battalion HeXeN are set to unleash their second album, Being And Nothingness. Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Vivid Tone Recording Studio (Lividity, Guthrie Govan, etc.) by producer Rich Bruce, the sonic onslaught of Being And Nothingness sees the band moving toward a far more comprehensive and thorough voyage of metal musicality and further distancing themselves from being...
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Nephelium Exclusive Song Stream: "Burial Ground"...
Nephelium, the brutal death metal band that traces its roots back to the late 1990s from the city of Dubai, UAE and whom have now re-established themselves in Toronto, Canada for the last 10 years are now exclusively streaming their latest single “Burial Ground” on GunShyAssassin.com from their debut album “Coils of Entropy” released on February 7, 2012. Nephelium Exclusive Song...
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Album Review: Thrown to the Sun - Of Oceans and...
Thrown to the Sun [Turkey] Of Oceans and Raindrops 2011 Full Length Independent Progressive/Melodic Death Metal Bands out of Turkey are certainly fascinating, since the country isn’t exactly known for having metal exports. Thrown to the Sun is the second band that I have encountered out of Turkey, with the first being the black metal band Zwartplaag. Of Oceans and Raindrops is the...
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Album Review: Sabbat - Sabbatrinity
Sabbat [Japan] Sabbatrinity 2011 Full Length Iron Pegasus Records/R.I.P. Records Black/Thrash Metal Long considered as one of the premier metal bands out of the Asian continent (along with Singapore’s Abhorer), none of the prior Sabbat material managed to attract me, not until their most recent full length album, Sabbatrinity, with the appreciation of Sabbat’s material coming...
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CROTALUS - 'Cinder' Video Released
Reposted from: Bravewords.com New Hampshire-based metallers CROTALUS have released a new video for the song ‘Cinder’ from their upcoming album Hate Until I Die, which will be released later this year. The video was produced by Brad Pichi and Branden Maxham of Omnidawns Productions (who produced MELIAH RAGE’s ‘Hourglass’ and ‘Halo of Flies’ videos). Check...
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IMMINENT SONIC DESTRUCTION Release 'Monster' Video
Reposted from: Bravewords.com With just days before the release of IMMINENT SONIC DESTRUCTION’s debut album, Recurring Themes, the band has released a new video for the track ‘Monster’. The video features the full-length track combined with video content created by ISD fans and can be viewed below: As previously reported, the band has decided to give away a free non-album...
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FRAMES Unveils Artwork, Tracklisting For In Via...
Reposted from: Bravewords.com Germany’s FRAMES are in the studio to complete work on their second album, In Via, with engineer Arne Borchard. In Via is set to be released on April 23rd (Europe), April 24th (North America), April 20th (Germany/Switzerland/Austria) via Steamhammer/SPV and will be available as a 6-page CD Sleeve Pak and Double Gatefold LP incl. 180g vinyl, printed innes...
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SAINT VITUS: 'Lillie: F-65' Track Listing, Cover...
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net The long-awaited new album from U.S. doom legends SAINT VITUS, “Lillie: F-65”, will hit the stores in Europe on April 27 via Season Of Mist. Due to “manufacturing issues,” the CD wil be released in North America in May. “Lillie: F-65” track listing: 01. Let Them Fall 02. The Bleeding Ground 03. Vertigo 04. Blessed Night ...
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RIGOR MORTIS Completes Recording New Album
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net The original lineup of Texan thrash metal veterans RIGOR MORTIS — Mike Scaccia (guitar), Casey Orr (bass), Harden Harrison (drums), and Bruce Corbitt (vocals) — has finished laying down 10 new songs for the band’s first album since 1991’s “Rigor Mortis Vs. The Earth”. The group recorded the new CD at 13th Planet Studios in El Paso, Texas,...
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BORKNAGAR Enlists New Drummer
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net Norwegian avantgarde metallers BORKNAGAR have recruited Baard Kolstad (ICS VORTEX) as their new drummer. Kolstad made his recording debut with BORKNAGAR on their cover version of METALLICA’s “My Friend Of Misery”, which was featured on the 20th-anniversary tribute to METALLICA’s self-titled album, available with the September 2011 issue...
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BLAZE BAYLEY: Snippet Of New Song Available
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net A promotional clip for British heavy metal singer Blaze Bayley’s (WOLFSBANE, ex-IRON MAIDEN) upcoming solo concert in Sofia, Bulgaria can be seen below. The 37-second video includes a snippet of a new track which will appear on Bayley’s next studio album, “The King Of Metal”, to be released in early March. “The King Of Metal”...
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TERRA INCOGNITA: 'Outcome' Video Released
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net “Outcome”, the new video from the Athens, Greece-based heavy metal band TERRA INCOGNITA, can be seen below. The group worked with director Thanasis Havales and cameraman Vagelis Doutsias for Aesopia Productions to create a visually and musically entertaining piece. “Outcome” comes off TERRA INCOGNITA’s upcoming album, “Barren...
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UFOMAMMUT Unleash Video Teaser From Oro Recording...
In anticipation of their forthcoming release, Oro: Opus Primum and the follow-up Oro: Opus Alter, UFOMAMMUT have released a video trailer as an early indicator of what to expect from these monolithic new recordings. The footage was filmed during the recording sessions with Lorenzo Stecconi at Locomotore Studio in Roma, where UFOMAMMUT have recorded their previous albums. This video offers a...
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PITH To Release Debut EP; Free Track Download...
Reposted from: Bravewords.com Halifax-based extreme metal band PITH will release their debut EP entitled Fore, on March 6th via Diminished Fifth Records as well the band will be releasing a limited edition of CDs. Founding member Jason Vautour commented: “The ever-evolving story of Pith has and will continue to include a revolving cast of highly skilled and passionate musicians who will...
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LORD OF MUSHROOMS - New Album Due This Month
Reposted from: Bravewords.com Progressive metal originals LORD OF MUSHROOMS have announced they will release their new album Perspectives on February 27th via Lion Music. Guitairst Laurent James commented: “Concept albums are a tradition with the band, and Perspectives is definitively more audacious and will encourage the listener to dig deeper into the lyrics to understand all the hidden...
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BORNHOLM Working On New Album
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net Hungarian pagan/black metal band BORNHOLM is working on its new album, “Inexorable Defiance”, at Pannonia Studios with Viktor Scheer (ex-SEAR BLISS) as producer. The CD will contain 11 tracks which are said to be “more complex and much detailed than anything before in the history of the band. Wrath, monumentality and sparkling splendor that marks...
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KORPIKLAANI Announces New Fiddler
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net Finnish folk metallers KORPIKLAANI recently entered the studio to begin recording their new album for a tentative late summer release via Nuclear Blast Records. The as-yet-untitled CD will mark the recording debut of the band’s new fiddler, Tuomas Rounakari. Commented the band: “We took Tuomas aboard when we noticed that he was actually the only...
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UNLEASHED: New Album Artwork, Track Listing...
Reposted from: Blabbermouth.net Legendary Swedish viking/death masters UNLEASHED will release their new album, “Odalheim”, on April 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was produced by Fredrik Folkare and recorded in at Chrome Studios in Sweden. With “Odalheim”, UNLEASHED not only presents the follow-up to “As Yggdrasil Trembles” in the year 2012, but also...