Notable Releases to Come 2009 Edition

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Singapore's Rudra have issued the following update on their MySpace page:

"The band is pleased to announce the title of the forthcoming album. The album shall bear the name "Brahmavidya: Transcendental I". It shall feature fourteen tracks with a total running time of about 70 minutes, produced by Joshua G. Nair & Sean Loo. However, the bad news is that the band had to prematurely terminate its relationship with Trinity Records Hong Kong. The band is currently shopping for a new label home or labels willing to secure territorial licenses. This setback may delay the release of the CD. More updates will be coming your way soon.

"Brahmavidya: Transcendental I" track listing:

01. Bhagavatpada Namaskara
02. Ravens Of Paradise
03. Amrtasyaputra
04. Hymns From The Blazing Chariot
05. Meditations At Dawn
06. Advaitamrta
07. Natural Born Ignorance
08. Immortality Roars
09. Reversing The Currents
10. Venerable Opposites
11. Avidya Nivrtti
12. Not The Seen But The Seer
13. Adiguru Namastubhyam
14. Majestic Ashtavakra

"Brahmavidya: Transcendental I" will be the second chapter of the "Brahmavidya" trilogy.

Two new songs on their myspace http://www.myspace.com/vedicmetal
Sounds pretty fuckin good.

 

[Chromatose]

New YOB is out!

http://www.profoundlorerecords.com/..._ezcatalog&task=detail&id=469&Itemid=99999999

 

[J.]

new skyclad, drudkh, clutch and d666. plus the debut memory driven album and another against nature coming. damn.

 

[Vittra]

OUT NOW ON NUCLEAR WAR NOW! PRODUCTIONS

Stargazer/Sacriphix split 12" EP
ANTI-GOTH 124

12″ version of the split EP with exclusive tracks from each band. Sacriphyx plays atmospheric death metal in the old Greek style. Stargazer goes into uncharted musical territories again with their technical death metal track. Mastered at 45 RPM for the best aural fidelity possible. Limited to 250 on black vinyl 12″. Less limited 7″ version will be back from press in about three weeks.

http://www.nwnprod.com/catalog/

^

 

[swizzlenuts]

Got that email today as well.

 

[lurch70]

new OBITUARY is their best since The end Complete ... all the songs are brutally simple and catchy with some "drill in your head" riffs.
I know this sounds like everything else they did, but somehow this is more, I don't know, easy to digest even on first listen.

 

[Reign in Acai]

Off the new ep released last week.

 

[Ars Magna]

^ nice.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

yob and agalloch have been announced as headliners for this year's fall into darkness fest in portland (oct 30-31)

 

[Vittra]

Katatonia - Night is the New Day

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=124084

Sweden's KATATONIA has set "Night Is the New Day" as the title of its long-awaited new album, due in Europe on October 19 and in the U.S. on October 27 via Peaceville Records. 13 tracks were reportedly laid down for the follow-up to 2006's "The Great Cold Distance" (out of which 11-12 songs will make it onto the final CD), with the new material being described by the band as "our most varied, diverse and possibly strongest shit all together on one and the same album."

"The Great Cold Distance" was released in 2006 via Peaceville. The follow-up to 2003's "Viva Emptiness" was recorded at Fascination Street studios in the outskirts of Örebro, Sweden and was mastered at the Cutting Room in Stockholm.

KATATONIA's live performance from 2006's Summer Breeze open-air festival in Germany was released as a double-disc live album/DVD, entitled "Live Consternation". The "super jewelcase" packaging features both the audio on CD and the show on DVD (including both 2.0 and 5.1 versions). The artwork was once again designed by Travis Smith and closes the visual concept for "The Great Cold Distance" phase.

Video footage of KATATONIA's March 28, 2009 concert at club 1Rock in Moscow, Russia can be view below.

Also:

http://katatonia.com/knews/?p=213

 

[Vittra]

The Gates of Slumber - Hymns of Blood and Thunder

September 14.

 

[Holy_Terror]

This band doesnt have an album out yet, but their demos are amazing. High Spirits rock and roll!! This band is amazing, looking forward to a full length from them some time soon.

www.myspace.com/highspiritsrock

 

[J.]

Jesu
Opiate Sun
Release Date: October 27th, 2009

Justin Broadrick first emerged as a force in music as part of the band Napalm Death in the mid eighties. He then formed Godflesh which cemented his place in a genre which is variously known as extreme, grindcore or just new metal. There are however, many arrows in Justin Broadrick’s quiver. Over the last twenty years he has maintained a series of projects ranging in musical style from punk to industrial to the layered, melodic atmospherics of his current band, Jesu and it’s newest release, an EP called ‘Opiate Sun’. This ability to step outside the confines of musical convention sets him apart creatively from other writer musicians who have been working in his field over this period. Despite, or perhaps because of this stylistic diversity he has attracted an obsessively loyal fanbase and a reliably positive response from critics. The question is always, How does he sound so light while staying so heavy?

Jesu’s output has been spasmodic but of a uniform high quality. All instruments are played by Justin Broadrick and apart from the occasionally guest vocalist (Jarboe from The Swans) he handles all vocals. Two traditional sequenced albums, ‘Jesu’ in 2004, and ‘Conqueror’ in 2007 plus an album length song, ‘Infinity’, in July 2009 have been intertwined with a number of EPs. In 2008 Jesu issued one EP, ‘Why Are We Not Perfect?’ and contributed to two more split EPs with other bands. ‘Opiate Sun’ is the only Jesu release in 2009 aside from ‘Infinity’.

‘Opiate Sun’ will be released in the US and UK on Mark Kozelek’s Caldo Verde Records home of Mark’s own Sun Kil Moon and other transformative musical endeavors. Mark was captured by the strength of Justin’s performance when he saw him live in San Francisco in 2007. Therefore he was only too happy to help out when the opportunity arose to be involved in this important project.

Justin Broadrick is a native of Birmingham, England and resides in Wales. He has produced or remixed releases by Pantera, Isis, and Pelican. He also runs his own label, Avalanche Inc.

TRACK LISTING:
1. Losing Streak
2. Opiate Sun
3. Deflated http://www.caldoverderecords.com/Jesu_Deflated.mp3
4. Morning Light

 

[Dick Sirloin]

I thought it was "Broderick"

 

[J.]

i saw the new asphyx in a store today, but didnt pick it up. any heard it yet?

 

[skeptik]

It's excellent. ANUS approved!

 

[Reign in Acai]

New Ares Kingdom track

http://areskingdom.com/mp3s/Ares Kingdom-Incendiary-Incendiary.MP3

 

[einride]

this fucking cover.

a genre which is variously known as extreme, grindcore or just new metal.

hmm

 

[Krilons Resa]

Why did nobody tell me that Big Business' new album has been out?!

 

[swizzlenuts]

because they aren't jazz.