LIK News

Lik announces new album, ‘Carnage‘, for a May 4th release; launches first single and pre-order Death Metallers Lik from Stockholm, Sweden announce their new album, Carnage, for a May 4th release through Metal Blade Records. Please visit metalblade.com/lik to hear the first single, « Rid You Of Your Flesh » – where you can also pre-order the record in the following formats: –ltd. 1st ed. Digipak-CD –180g black vinyl –grey black marbled vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 300 copies) –white vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 200 copies) –red opaque/black splattered…

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COUNT RAVEN News

Count Raven: ‘Storm Warning‘ and ‘Destruction Of The Void‘ LP and digital re-issues now available via Metal Blade Records Metal Blade Records is proud to announce a new agreement with Swedish Doom Metal legends Count Raven to release their first four albums on vinyl! Three of them will be available on vinyl for the first time ever! The series starts on April 27th with the releases of Destruction Of The Void and Storm Warning. Count Raven formed in 1989 and released their debut Storm Warning in 1990. The album made…

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Primordial releases video for new single, « Exile Amongst The Ruins »

Irish Pagan Metal Gods Primordial will release their new album, Exile Amongst The Ruins, March 30th through Metal Blade Records. Teaming with producer Ola Ersfjord, who worked on Primordial’s 2016 live album, Gods To The Godless, the record was tracked at Dublin’s Camelot Studios, located adjacent to their rehearsal room. For a preview of Exile Amongst The Ruins, a video for the album’s title track (directed by Costin Chioreanu) can be viewed at Primordial comments: « This is a simple story. A soldier’s fate that has happened around the world many…

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LIZZY BORDEN News

Lizzy Borden: ‘Love You To Pieces’ and ‘Menace To Society‘ LP re-issues now available via Metal Blade Records Lizzy Borden is without a doubt an important and accompanying band in the history of Metal Blade Records. As we all wait for updates about the new studio album, Metal Blade has decided to re-issue two classic Lizzy Borden records – Love You To Pieces and Menace To Society – on April 13th. Both will be released as Metal Blade Originals, with a vinyl remastering from Patrick W. Engel. Special treatment and…

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RIVERS OF NIHIL News

Rivers of Nihil premieres title track of new album, ‘Where Owls Know My Name‘, via Loudwire.com – alongside an exclusive interview with the band! On March 16th, Rivers of Nihil will release their third full-length, Where Owls Know My Name, via Metal Blade Records. The band will head out on tour in support of the new album in March and April with Dying Fetus and Thy Art is Murder. Whereas The Conscious Seed of Light (2013) and Monarchy (2015) were thematically centered around spring and summer, respectively, Where Owls Know…

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Twitching Tongues launches video for new single, « Gaining Purpose »

Twitching Tongues launches video for new single, « Gaining Purpose », and making-of video for new album, ‘Gaining Purpose Through Passionate Hatred’ This Friday (March 9th), Twitching Tongues will release their new album, Gaining Purpose Through Passionate Hatred, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of Gaining Purpose Through Passionate Hatred, a video for the new single, « Gaining Purpose » (shot at the band’s previous two U.S. tours leading up to the album’s release), can be viewed at: For another preview of the album, the previous singles – « Kill For You » and « Harakiri »…

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WHITECHAPEL News

Whitechapel: ‘This Is Exile‘ LP re-issue now available via Metal Blade Records, to celebrate the album’s 10-year anniversary! On June 1st, Metal Blade Records will re-issue Whitechapel’s classic This Is Exile album on vinyl, as a special 10-year anniversary collector’s piece. Guitarist Alex Wade comments: « In celebration of the 10-year anniversary of our career-defining record ‘This Is Exile‘, we will be releasing it in full vinyl format with sleeves and complete artwork. The original vinyl release in 2008 was a picture disc so this will be a true collector’s item…

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Harm’s Way lands on Billboard charts with new album, ‘Posthuman’

Harm’s Way recently released their new album, Posthuman, via Metal Blade Records; for their efforts, the band has now entered the Billboard charts! See below for all positions: #10 Current Hard Music Albums #10 Top New Artist Albums #31 Top New Artist Albums Consumption #38 Current Rock Albums #89 Current Digital Albums #120 Digital Albums #123 Top Current Albums To preview and purchase Posthuman, please visit : http://metalblade.com/harmsway Having grown with each subsequent release, Posthuman is a devastating addition to Harm’s Way’s catalog. « We’ve always stayed true to who we…

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RIVERS OF NIHIL News

Rivers of Nihil premieres new track, « A Home« , via InvisibleOranges.com – alongside an exclusive interview with the band! On March 16th, Rivers of Nihil will release their third full-length, Where Owls Know My Name, via Metal Blade Records. Whereas The Conscious Seed of Light (2013) and Monarchy (2015) were thematically centered around spring and summer, respectively, Where Owls Know My Name represents the fall. And although that season is usually associated with death, for Rivers of Nihil, the autumn serves as a rebirth. For a preview of Where Owls Know…

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Primordial releases video for new single, « To Hell Or The Hangman »

Irish Pagan Metal Gods Primordial will release their new album, Exile Amongst The Ruins, March 30th through Metal Blade Records. Teaming with producer Ola Ersfjord, who worked on Primordial‘s 2016 live album, Gods To The Godless, the record was tracked at Dublin’s Camelot Studios, located adjacent to their rehearsal room. Primordial has now released the 2nd single from the album. To watch the video for « To Hell or the Hangman » (directed by Costin Chioreanu), please visit : Comments Primordial singer A.A. Nemtheanga: « In 1493 Walter Lynch was hanged by his own father James…

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