April 2014 – METAL PURGATORY MEDIA

RIVERS OF NIHIL Debut “Birth Of The Omnisavior” Video & Announce Tour With Whitechapel And DevilDriver

April 30, 2014 0

Rivers of Nihil debut “Birth of the Omnisavior” video! Tour with Whitechapel and DevilDriver begins next month! Reading, PA natives Rivers of Nihil continue their ascent of the death metal ladder with a brand new music video. “Birth of the Omnisavior” is a sleek and dark video that captures visually what this band does so well sonically: they play emboldened, deftly-executed death metal at a level far beyond their years. Watch “Birth of the Omnisavior” from their album The Conscious […]

FORGOTTEN TOMB Release Free Live Album

April 29, 2014 0

In order to reward the fans for their magnificent support, Italian pioneers of blackened doom metal, FORGOTTEN TOMB, release a free live album recorded during Kings Of Black Metal Festival in Germany in 2012. The audio has been professionally mixed and originally comes from Forgotten Tomb’s brand new DVD, Darkness in Stereo: Eine Symphonie Des Todes – Live in Germany (which additionally offers a full video of the above-mentioned concert as well as excerpts filmed at: Under The Black Sun […]

CATTLE DECAPITATION’s “To Serve Man” Available On Vinyl Now; “Humanure” Pre-Orders Are Live

April 29, 2014 0

Cattle Decapitation’s “To Serve Man” available on vinyl now; “Humanure” pre-orders are live Cattle Decapitation’s “Decade of Decapitation” vinyl series continues with one of the band’s most infamous releases: Humanure. Fans will surely enjoy the “bloody stool” vinyl color, which features red splattered on brown. This is the second piece of vinyl in the series which celebrates 10 years of releases on Metal Blade Records. Purchase the previously released To Serve Man and pre-order Humanure now at indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords. The […]

SHORES OF NULL – Quiescence

April 27, 2014 2

SHORES OF NULL is hard to describe. Not many bands leave me speechless but describing this band or talking about what I thought of this release is actually hard because its got so many great things to say about it but I’m going to give it a shot. So if you are a fan of doom metal and a fan of melodic black metal, put those two together and you get this band. Quiescence is their debut release after only […]

MACBETH – Neo-Gothic Propaganda

April 27, 2014 1

I know I’m a little late because I’ve been meaning to post this review for a bit now but here it is now! This album is definitely a great transformation that MACBETH has been going for and well worth listening to. If you didn’t know, Macbeth is an Italian gothic metal band that formed in 1995. Many of their previous releases dipped a bit into the gothic black metal sound, especially like the 1998 release Romantic Tragedy’s Crescendo which had more death […]

SATURDAY’S SONGS OF THE WEEK #3

April 26, 2014 0

PROFANE CREATION TRAIL OF TEARS FROWNING ATREXIAL DRACOVALLIS

CAINAN DAWN – Thavmial

April 25, 2014 0

CAINAN DAWN from France are a force to be reckoned with. Since their debut full length Nibiru in 2011, fans have been anxiously awaiting the release of Thavmial till today and it was well worth waiting for. The band may have had a three year gap till now of silence but you can tell when listening to the album that the band spent every moment working hard making Thavmial a strong, solid and evolution in sound. Thavmial is true French black metal, comparably up […]

ANCIENT ASCENDANT – Echos And Cinder

April 25, 2014 1

Some of us like death metal, some like black metal right? What if a band beautifully blends them and does a damn good job making it sound flawless? ANCIENT ASCENDANT from the UK shows with Echos And Cinder exactly that and more. Introduced in North America with their debut 2011 full length The Grim Awakening (Siege of Amida), and 2012 EP produced by Dan Swano, Into The Dark, the group is looking to expand their fan base with their unique well-rounded sound. The group have […]

COLTSBLOOD – Into the Unfathomable Abyss

April 25, 2014 0

After touring alongside WATAIN in 2013, COLTSBLOOD has been eager to show the world this anticipated debut release which has already seen much acclaim from many metal reviewers and fans alike after only being released the end of last month. The UK doom metal trio did not make their proper introduction to music fans until 2013 when they unveiled their initial demo, Beyond the Lake of Madness. A short while later, the band released another demo, a four-track split with CRYPT LURKER […]

DEN SAAKALDTE Premiere New Song “Endelost Ode”

April 24, 2014 0

Norway’s black metal heroes DEN SAAKALDTE return with a refined sound and a second brand new song entitled “Endelost Ode”. The track comes from band’s upcoming Kapittel II: Faen i Helvete album, set to be released on May 27th in Europe and June 10th in North America via Agonia Records. “Endelost Ode” is available for streaming now at Eternal Terror: http://www.eternal-terror.com/main/index.php?id=3879 Listen to the first revealed song below: DEN SAAKALDTE steps out of the shadows after five long years of […]