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3/19/2024

Necrot Release New Single- "Drill the Skull" & to Appear on Cover of the May 2024 Issue of Decibel, as Full Length Release "Lifeless Birth" Looms Near

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NECROT is pleased to unleash their latest single, “Drill The Skull.” The pulverizing new hymn comes by way of the band’s Lifeless Birth full-length, set to drop on April 12th via Tankcrimes.

 

Notes NECROT bassist, vocalist, and principal songwriter Luca Indrio of the new track, “‘Drill The Skull’ is a filthy, sexy, mid-tempo song. You’re going to want to bang your head and at the same time go home and take a shower because this song is nasty as fuck. It talks about how stupid we all are and how superficial today’s society is. We got to the point that we don’t even remember exactly when we all became so dumb and superficial, but here we are! It’s 2024 and we got no brain and it’s fucking great, isn’t it? ‘Drill The Skull’ is the perfect soundtrack for our failing world and at the same time it could easily be the entrance theme for a WWE wrestler about to fuck shit up. Enjoy the filthy riffs!”



Stream NECROT’s “Drill The Skull” at THIS LOCATION.

Stream the band’s previously released single, “Cut The Cord,” at THIS LOCATION.

NECROT continues their ascent to the forefront of American aural extremity, pushing the boundaries of style and continuing to recast metal in their image. Founded by Indrio and drummer Chad Gailey in 2011 with guitarist Sonny Reinhardt joining the following year, the Oakland, California trio offers Lifeless Birth as a culmination of their to-date efforts to encapsulate and push forward the deathly stylings of 2020’s Mortal and their 2017 debut, Blood Offerings.

 

Recorded with Grammy-winning producer Greg Wilkinson — who has helmed all three NECROT albums — and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, Lifeless Birth pivots fluidly between technical intricacy, progressive poise, and all-out brutality. Scouring lead work will have thrash heads nodding knowingly, and an overarching groove reaches out across the metal microgenres with a righteous call to worship. Its songs are memorable and varied, unpretentious but able to rear up with statelier violence. At the same time songs like “Drill The Skull,” “Cut The Cord,” and “The Curse” prove that just because a song is beating you into the ground doesn’t mean it can’t also be forward-thinking. Or catchy.

 

Lifeless Birth, which features cover art again by Marald Van Haasteren, will be released on CD, cassette, and digital formats as well as an LP in several different and exciting vinyl variants all housed in a golden foil stamped gatefold jacket.

 

Find LP preorders HERECD preorders HERE, cassette preorders HERE, and digital preorders HERE.

 

In honor of Lifeless BirthNECROT will appear on the May 2024 cover of Decibel Magazine, marking their second appearance on the cover of the esteemed publication.

 

Comments Indrio, "When Mortal came out in 2020, the world was frozen by the pandemic and as things slowly began to reopen, new challenges hit the band which delayed our tours and new material for years. When Decibel Magazine called and said they loved the new album and invited us back for our second cover story, we were thrilled. As we prepare to release Lifeless Birth, we have a story to share about those times and what the new album means to us. Decibel has been a strong supporter of ours for many years and the perfect outlet for us to speak directly to the dedicated underground metal world. Pick up a copy or subscribe today.”

 

Don’t miss it! Order your copy today at THIS LOCATION.

 

After having their Mortal tour plans scuttled owing to the COVID pandemic, family health issues that led Indrio, who became a US citizen in 2016 and currently lives in Mexico, to return to Italy for a time canceled what would have been their first tour post-plague. Still, despite this and Gailey suffering a broken back, requiring multiple surgeries and intense physical therapy to be able to drum again, period, Indrio being struck with Bell’s Palsy the night before he was originally due to fly to the studio to record, and Reinhardt requiring multiple surgeries on his hands in the months since they finished, NECROT charges forward with material distinguished in its real-world point of view and willingness to look beyond extreme metal tropes in lyrics, the melodies of its guitar solos, and unbridled audience engagement.

 

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8/15/2023

Incantation Shares “Invocation (Chthonic Merge) X” Video, New Album, "Unholy Deification", Out Aug. 25th On Relapse Records + Band Featured on Decibel Mag Cover

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"Another twisted helping of subterranean old-school doomy death metal." - Decibel   

As death metal icons INCANTATION prepare the masses for their new album, Unholy Deification, set for release via Relapse Records on August 25th, today the band shares the record’s third single, “Invocation (Chthonic Merge) X,” and its accompanying video.



Watch the band’s “Invocation (Chthonic Merge) X” video, directed by The C.O.I.N, at THIS LOCATION.

Watch INCANTATION’s previously released video for first single, “Concordat (The Pact) I,” at THIS LOCATION and “Homunculus (Spirit Made Flesh) IX” at THIS LOCATION.
 
Physical preorders for Unholy Deification are available via Relapse.com HERE. Digital downloads/streaming services are available HERE.

Additionally, INCANTATION graces the cover of Decibel Magazine Issue #228! Reserve a copy today at the Decibel store HERE.

INCANTATION Live:
10/15/2023 Field Of The Dead Volume 2 - Cord, AR
More tour dates to be announced soon.

Edified over three-plus decades of experience, Unholy Deification is INCANTATION’s thirteenth full-length album. Validated by peers seasoned and new, INCANTATION is more vital than ever. The lineup, featuring founding guitarist/vocalist John McEntee, drummer Kyle Severn, bassist Chuck Sherwood, and guitarist Luke Shively, displays death metal know-how and the power of determination.
 
Lyrically, Unholy Deification originates with Sherwood. An avid reader and occult logician, the INCANTATION bassist wanted to capture a fully realized concept of evolution through enlightenment. Expect thought-provoking, historically derived intellection. The mortal-to-deity narrative interacts with the merciless musical conflagration of hard-hitting tracks such as "Concordat (The Pact) I," "Homunculus (Spirit Made Flesh) IX," and "Invocation (Chthonic Merge) X." Make no mistake - the ferocious new album, featuring guests Jeff Beccera (Possessed), Henry Veggian (ex-Revenant), and Dan Vadim Von (Morbid Angel), is pure death metal.
 
INCANTATION's sepulchral pandemonium is visually enhanced by award-winning artist and longstanding collaborator Eliran Kantor (Immolation, Kreator, Cavalera, and more.) The end result is an interpretation of Italian Renaissance masters but thrust into INCANTATION's cauldron of chromatic malice.

For INCANTATION coverage inquiries in North America, contact liz@earsplitcompound.com.

1/30/2023

Cattle Decapitation to Play on Decibel Magazine Tour 2023 with Dark Funeral, 200 Stabwounds, & Blackbraid & Tickets Go on Sale this Friday!

Photo by Nick Van Vidler

San Diego, California deathgrind outfit CATTLE DECAPITATION will support Dark Funeral on the tenth annual Decibel Magazine Tour! The journey will commence on May 11th in Santa Ana, California and run through June 10th in Los Angeles, California. Additional support will be provided by 200 Stab Wounds and Blackbraid.

Comments CATTLE DECAPITATION vocalist Travis Ryan, “​Excited to be hitting the USA again and playing more than just one new song this time! Dark Funeral are great guys and we look forward to jamming alongside them and Metal Blade Records told us many good things about labelmates 200 Stab Wounds so it will be good to finally meet and see them! What Blackbraid is doing is super sick and we do love our black metal so all in all it's looking to be quite an awesome run!”

Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 3rd at 10:00am local time. See all confirmed dates below. 

CATTLE DECAPITATION w/ Dark Funeral, 200 Stab Wounds, Blackbraid:
5/11/2023 The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA
5/12/2023 The Nile Theater - Mesa, AZ
5/13/2023 El Rey - Albuquerque, NM
5/15/2023 Granada Theater - Dallas, TX
5/16/2023 Empire Control Room - Austin, TX
5/17/2023 The Warehouse - Houston, TX
5/19/2023 The Orpheum - Tampa, FL
5/20/2023 Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA
5/21/2023 The Underground - Charlotte, NC
5/23/2023 Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD
5/24/2023 Irving Plaza - New York, NY * No Blackbraid
5/26/2023 Club Soda - Montreal, QC
5/27/2023 Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, ON
5/28/2023 Crofoot Ballroom - Pontiac, MI
5/30/2023 The Metro - Chicago, IL
5/31/2023 First Avenue - Minneapolis, MN
6/02/2023 The Summit - Denver, CO
6/03/2023 The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT
6/05/2023 El Corazon - Seattle, WA
6/06/2023 The Vogue Theater - Vancouver, BC
6/07/2023 The Roseland Ballroom - Portland, OR
6/09/2023 The Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
6/10/2023 Regent Theater - Los Angeles, CA

The Decibel Magazine Tour begins on the eve of the official release of CATTLE DECAPITATION’s tenth studio album, Terrasite. The band’s follow-up to 2019’s critically adored Death Atlas full-length was again produced by Dave Otero (Allegaeon, Khemmis, Archspire) with startling new artwork by longtime collaborator Wes Benscoter (Vader, Kreator, Bloodbath, Hypocrisy) and will see release on May 12th via Metal Blade Records. Stand by for additional album details to be unveiled in the coming weeks.