Metal Blade Records is once again spreading the word of Heavy Metal to the world now through the label's brand new site, Metal Blade TV. Metal Blade TV will be a place for metalheads to go and see video interviews and segments from some of their favorite Metal Blade artists in addition to other notable metal musicians and bands. Metal Blade is doing this because the label is not only about exposing its own bands to the metal community, but also bringing attention to the talents of all metal musicians out there on the scene working hard to give you music to bang your heads and pump your fists to.
Recently featured on the Sick Drummer Magazine Brutal Beatings E-Compilation, Denver, Colorado's Clinging To The Trees Of A Forest Fire have signed with Prosthetic Records. The band formed in 2006 and released an EP ("Harmonies From Bleeding Mouths") that year, and released their first full-length, "Omega Drunk On The Blood Of Alpha" in 2008 on Debello Recordings. They're currently recording their Prosthetic debut. Their sound has been referred to as "funeral grind," as it's "too slow for grindcore, too fast for doom," and have been compared to the likes of Brutal Truth, Pig Destroyer, Discordance Axis, EyeHateGod and Napalm Death.
Vocalist Ethan McCarthy commented on the signing and new album: "Our new CD is being recorded by Dave Otero at Flatline Audio (Cephalic Carnage, Catheter, Cobalt) and it is our most dynamic, bleakest, and dirtiest material to date. We can't wait to go out and tour on this release, and we are proud to be a part of the Prosthetic roster."
Nuclear Blast and Amazon.com have teamed up to provide metalheads everywhere with the “Sinister Spring Sampler” featuring the following eleven bands & tracks from the label’s all-star roster:
EXODUS, “The Hammer And Life” (demo)
ELUVEITIE, “Thousandfold”
ARSIS, “Beyond Forlorn”
ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY, “Cryogenica”
MNEMIC, “Sons Of The System”
NILE, “Permitting The Noble Dead To Descend To The Underworld”
EPICA, “Resign To Surrender”
THREAT SIGNAL, “Through My Eyes”
SONATA ARCTICA, “Flag In The Ground”
AUGURY, “Faith Puppeteers”
HYPOCRISY, “Hang Him High”
All tracks are in MP3 format and compatible with MP3 players (including the iPod®), iTunes, and Windows Media Player.
Download all tracks from the Amazon free sampler at this location
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Here's a quick look at Gus Rios and his drums, for the making of the 11th studio album from Malevolent Creation. Aside from being the engineer who recorded Malevolent's 10th album Doomsday-X, Gus has played with many bands including: Upon Infliction, Resurrection, and is now the permanent drummer for Malevolent. More to follow...
