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Welcome to Buckshot, your blast of little bits of metal. First up, Satyricon have released their first single from upcoming album, titled Deep Calleth Upon Deep. Watch the lyric video below:
The album is set for release on 22nd of September via Napalm Records.
Frontman Satyr describes the choice in a statement: “It was not easy to chose a song to represent this album as they are all so different. I consider them all to be a group of individuals with strong and unique personalities and together they make the album Deep calleth upon Deep.
“The title track is the only song we’ve done with baritone and regular guitar all the way through the song. I felt it was needed for the tonal depth I was looking for and to enhance the swing of the groove in the heavier parts. It also has mellotron, cello, violin and backing vocals by classical singer Håkon Kornstad where the cello supports the baritone guitar and the mellotron, violin and the backing vocals provide air and width to the sound. Consider it a journey, play it loud, close your eyes and head into the forest. That’s what I do.” Sure Satyr. Sure.
Pre-orders are available here.
Aussie metalcore lords Gravemind released the Deathgate into the scene last week, and the scene hath rewarded them with some impressive chart numbers.
The Deathgate climbed to #70 on the ARIA Album Charts, #20 on the Australian Artists Chart and #2 on the Australian Independent AIR Chart.
Their PR also reports that they sat within the top 5 metal releases, top 20 rock releases and top 100 overall in iTunes, plust nabbed the #2 metal release on Bandcamp. It would seem their mysterious Deathgate promo campaign paid dividends.
You can catch Gravemind on tour with Blind Oracle this September. They’re playing Launceston, Melbourne, and Brisbane. For tickets, click here.
Portugal’s biggest metal export (and answer to Paradise Lost) Moonspell have announced a new album based on the Great Lisbon Earthquake, called 1755.
The album was produced by Tue Madsen (Meshuggah, The Haunted, Dark Tranquillity, Dir En Grey, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter) also features Portuguese blues singer Paulo Bragança, supplying as Fado, a fallen angel who forms a large part of Portuguese culture. It will also be sung entirely in Portuguese.
In a statement, frontman Fernando Ribiero says, “I have been fascinated with Portuguese history since I can remember. The year of 1755 marked the birth of a new Portugal. Much more than just the greatest natural disaster ever to occur on European soil, the great Lisbon Quake, shockwaves can not be reduced to a dramatic death toll. From absolute tragedy, a new city was born, giving way to a new time where Portuguese relied more on themselves than on the crown or the cross, granting us, much of the city, the lay country, the free will that we enjoy today. This is not just another album from us. It’s a musical and lyrical [historical] document, a homage we pay to our legacy and to the amazing skills and resilience of our fellow Portuguese back then, of all mankind when brought down to the knees by the violent forces of Nature and Reason. Whatever is, is right… yet the earth shakes.”
Pre-orders will be available soon.
