We are very proud to announce the signing of Scottish extreme metal maniacs MAN MUST DIE for a world wide release (outside the UK) of their next album in late October via Lifeforce Records. The band is currently at Valvetone studios putting the final touches on the new effort.
Man Must Die are an extreme metal band hailing from Glasgow, Scotland. Formed in 2002 and originally born of the founding members' desire to push their music to new levels of intensity and brutality, the band's dedication to their craft has since manifested itself in a rich touring history, sharing stages with such acts as Exodus, Machine Head and Decapitated.
We are proud to announce that we have signed a deal with Scarlet Records for the release of our first retrospective DVD, that will hit the stores next fall. We have selected live and backstage video material, unreleased interviews and much more, spanning our entire career.
“I wish to speak to you today about the tragedy of Europe.” So begins the speech sample from English PM Sir Winston Churchill that begins “Twelve Stars And An Azure Gown (An Anthem For Europa),” the fifth track on the new ATLANTEAN KODEX LP, The White Goddess (A Grammar Of Poetic Myth). Indeed the entire concept of Germany’s ATLANTEAN KODEX is expressly European in nature; from the classically influenced melodies, to the lyrics and concepts that inspire the towering, grandiose heaviness of the songs, on through the band’s use of German Romantic Caspar David Friedrich’s “Monk by the Sea” as cover art.
As the delinquents in Portland’s HONDURAN prep their new LP, Street Eagles, for release next week, today Pitchfork draws more attention to the whole debacle by premiering a gnarly new number from the opus. Bludgeoning their respective instruments like drugged-up gorillas attacking oversized speedbags and resulting in the sound of a condemned nuclear power plant being razed by a crew of drunken grenadiers, the HONDURAN trio’s pummeling dirge of filthy, noise-molested powerviolence is exemplified with the grace of battleship bumper cars with the petulant title track to the pending LP.
Formed in mid 2007 Concrete Icon is darkened death metal band from Turku, Finland. Drawing influence from the old school of death metal, combining it with misery filled, melodic leads and doomy, crawling tempos Conrete Icon is armed to bring darkness fuelled heaviness to the underground masses.
In early 2013 Concrete Icon entered Noise Camp studios, Turku to record their debut album titled “Perennial Anguish” which is now released by Black Vulture Records. Get prepared as the darkness is coming!
Acacia was born like a Phoenix out of the ashes of Livsnekad.
"Tills döden skiljer oss åt" is the result of a long project that has been going on from 2009 until 2013. The album was not decided to released under the name Acacia until after it was finished. It is entirely self-recorded and produced by the band.
The musical and lyrical concept of the album reflects on the versatile of life itself.
