The official metal 2012 thread

March 2012 releases:

01.03 Absence Of The Sacred - Come Hither O Herald Of Death
01.03 Casketgarden - The Estrangement Process
01.03 Hammer Horde - Vinlander
02.03 Heidevolk - Batavi
02.03 Lunar Aurora - Hoagascht
06.03 Every Time I Die - Ex Lives
07.03 Barren Earth - The Devil's Resolve
08.03 Dark Forest - Land Of The Evening Star
09.03 Epica - Requiem For The Indifferent
10.03 Blinded By Faith - Chernobyl Survivor
10.03 Pandemonium - Misanthropy
12.03 Enochian Theory - Life... And All It Entails
12.03 Angel Witch - As Above, So Below
12.03 Gorod - A Perfect Absolution
12.03 Sigh - In Somniphobia
13.03 Soulfly - Enslaved
13.03 Impending Doom - Baptized In Filth
13.03 Cannibal Corpse - Torture
13.03 Spawn Of Possession - Incurso
13.03 Adrenaline Mob - Omertá
14.03 Deals Death - Elite
16.03 Folkstone - Il Confine
16.03 Unheilig - Lichter der Stadt
16.03 Secrets Of The Moon - Seven Bells
19.03 Enthral - Obtenebrate
19.03 Astra (USA) - The Black Chord
20.03 Enthroned - Obsidium
21.03 Unisonic - Unisonic
21.03 Sadistik Forest - Death, Doom, Radiation
23.03 Meshuggah - Koloss
23.03 Aura Noir - Out To Die
23.03 Borknagar - Urd
23.03 Axel Rudi Pell - Circle Of The Oath
23.03 3 Inches Of Blood - Long Live Heavy Metal
23.03 OSI - Fire Make Thunder
23.03 It Bites - Map Of The Past
26.03 Bejelit - Emerge
26.03 Naglfar - Téras
26.03 Wodensthrone - The Storm
26.03 God Forbid - Equilibrium
27.03 Wretched - Son Of Perdition
27.03 Hour Of Penance - Sedition
27.03 Overkill - The Electric Age
27.03 Dark Empire - From Refuge To Ruin
27.03 The Mars Volta - Noctourniquet
28.03 Viikate - Petäjäveräjät
30.03 Ministry - Relapse
 
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01. Only The Broken Hearts (make you beautiful)
02. Shitload of Money
03. Losing My Insanity
04. Somewhere Close To You
05. I Have A Right
06. Alone In Heaven
07. The Day
08. Cinderblox
09. Don't Be Mean
10. Wildfire II
11. Wildfire III

The new SONATA ARCTICA record will be called "Stones Grow Her Name", and will be released on May, 18th. It was recorded in several studios in Finland, mixed at "Sonic Pump Studios" by Mikko Karmila and mastered at "Chartmakers" by Svante Forsbäck.
The album will be released as limited edition digipak, standard jewel case, vinyl and download.
 
World renowned hard rock band High On Fire will release its new studio album De Vermis Mysteriis on April 3 via eOne Music. Recorded in Salem, Massachusetts' GodCity studios with producer and Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou, the 10 song effort -- touted as "direct, eye-opening and powerfully supernatural" -- is the band's sixth studio recording and the follow up to 2010's Snakes for the Divine which debuted at #62 on the Billboard Top 200 and has been called "wonderful" by The New York Times and "an exhilarating rush" by The Chicago Tribune.

De Vermis Mysteriis (or "Mysteries of the Worm") takes its title from a fictional grimoire created by Psycho author Robert Bloch and incorporated by H. P. Lovecraft into the lore of the Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft mentioned De Vermis Mysteriis as one of the books that "repeat the most hellish secrets learnt by early man"). The album carries a deeply mystical undercurrent, incorporating fantastical themes and lyrics detailing, among other things, time travel, a serum called liao that is made out of a black lotus and "a Jesus twin who can see the past through his ancestors' eyes." And that's just scratching the surface!

Musically, De Vermis Mysteriis is absolutely explosive, showcasing the California power trio's thundering roar and expanded harmonic and rhythmic palettes while the songs move confidently through multiple riffs and movements. High On Fire construct tough, burly stoner metal that is at once devastatingly epic and mercilessly metallic as superstar guitarist Matt Pike's sizzling ax and avenging-angel riffs fuse with Des Kensel's double-kick-drum onslaught and Jeff Matz's concrete crushing, Burton-esque bass guitar. Over the course of forty-five minutes, High On Fire have created an amalgamation of fantastical lyrical ideas and brute force musicianship anchored in an endlessly captivating, punkishly frantic sound. Simply put, the band generates awesome on demand and has a virtual chokehold on monolithic-sounding, masterfully crafted epic music. High On Fire is a savage bull in the china shop of modern metal.

When asked for comment on De Vermis Mysteriis, Pike somewhat cryptically replied, "Prepare for your dark journey."

The track listing for High On Fire's De Vermis Mysteriis is as follows:

01. Serums of Liao
02. Bloody Knuckles
03. Fertile Green
04. Madness of an Architect
05. Interlude
06. Spiritual Rites
07. King of Days
08. De Vermis Mysteriis
09. Romulus and Remus
10. Warhorn

Here's hoping the production will be better than on Snakes.
 
In Mourning - The Weight of Oceans
Progressive Death Metal
Spinefarm Records


Release dates:
EU: 18.04.12

Tracklist:
01. Colossus
02. A Vow To Conquer The Ocean
03. From A Tidal Sleep
04. Celestial Tear
05. Convergence
06. Sirens
07. Isle Of Solace
08. The Drowning Sun
09. Voyage Of A Wavering Mind

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I didnt like it at first either, but cmon now, its not that bad ..... it actually "matches" the band quite well.

The album itself is definitely going to be killer. I expect nothing less from these tech-death giant. Not a single weak album in their catalogue, and i think they'll show again why they are one of the greatest technical death metal bands of all time.
 
God I'm addicted to the Napalm Death album. Practically the only thing I've been listening to the last two days.
 
I hope the label finally release this and the Nychts album this year.

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