David Maxim Micic has posted a new song titled 'Mbinguni Amina' on his YouTube channel. Listen below. The song will be featured on his upcoming 'Bilo 2.0' EP, which will be available for streaming on May 28th, and for purchase by the end of June.
Monuments have inked a deal with Century Media Records. They've also officially announced that they have recruited vocalist Matt Rose. He has been working with the band for the past seven months, and he will enter Fortress Studios for final vocal production and recording with Dan Weller (SikTh) later this month. The band have also been confirmed for Euroblast festival vol. 8, which takes place in Cologne, Germany on October 19th, 20th and 21st.
The new Monuments lineup.
UPDATE: Blabbermouth.net reports that the band's debut album 'Gnosis' will be released in August.
The Euroblast Collective has announced the first twelve names for the 8th edition of Euroblast festival, which will take place in Cologne, Germany on October 19th, 20th and 21st. Watch the announcement video below, or click through to YouTube for better quality.
The following bands will be performing at the festival:
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According to an advertisement page that was posted on Sevenstring.org, the new Periphery album will be released on the 3rd of July. Furthermore, it is stated that the album will feature a guest solo by guitarist John Petrucci of Dream Theater. According to some, the advertisement is taken from Revolver Magazine, but this has not been confirmed. A tour video update, along with news about the upcoming release, were posted earlier.
UPDATE: According to Guitar World, the release date has been confirmed by the band. The album will also feature guest appearances by Wes Hauch (The Faceless) and Guthrie Govan.
Means End have uploaded a pre-production update video, featuring the band performing an excerpt from their upcoming debut album. Watch it below. They recently released a remixed version of their 3-track debut EP, which can be streamed or downloaded for free from Bandcamp. Rehearsal footage for the song 'Ominous Notions' was posted earlier.
The Interbeing have uploaded a music video for the song 'Shadow Drift' to Metal Hammer's YouTube channel. Watch it below. The song was featured on the band's debut album 'Edge of the Obscure'. They were recently announced to play at Euroblast festival vol. 8, which takes place in Cologne, Germany in October.
TesseracT have released a new EP, titled 'Perspective', which is available for purchase from iTunes. Moreover, the band's vocalist, Elliot Coleman, has uploaded his version of the song 'Concealing Fate pt.2 - Deception' to his SoundCloud page. Listen below. He writes: [i]"[...]I figured I share one of the two auditions that got me in the band in the first place.
Metal Assault has also published an interview with Skyharbor mastermind Keshav Dhar, about the debut album and the band's upcoming show in India supporting Lamb of God.
UPDATE: A vocal performance video for 'Order 66' has been posted as well, watch it below.
UPDATE2: Another vocal performance video for the song 'Celestial' was posted. Watch it below as well.
Being have uploaded a new version of the track 'Cosmonaut' to their Bandcamp page. Listen below. The song was produced by Misha "Bulb" Mansoor, guitarist of Periphery, together with Casey Sabol, former lead vocalist of Periphery. Another track, titled 'The Singularity: Cosmists II', was posted earlier.
Sees have released a new track, titled 'Invertebrate Psalms', which is available for free download at their official website. Listen below. The track features guests Dylan Cram on bass and Michael Garcia on lead guitar. An announcement regarding the launch of the band's presets page was posted earlier.
