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6/11/2025

Heaven Shall Burn Team Up with Old Friend Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage for "Numbered Days" Cover



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HEAVEN SHALL BURN TEAM UP WITH OLD FRIENDS FOR THEIR COVER OF "NUMBERED DAYS" FEATURING JESSE LEACH OF KILLSWITCH ENGAGE — WATCH

 TAKEN FROM NEW ALBUM HEIMAT OUT JUNE 27 VIA CENTURY MEDIA 

BRITTA GÖ
RTZ FROM HIRAES FILLING IN ON VOCALS FOR UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS

Following their tradition of covering some of their favorite and most influential tracks featuring members of the original, Heaven Shall Burn are releasing "Numbered Days" (Feat. Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage).

Check out the visualizer that is accompanying the celebration of the friendship between the bands here


Bonus points for anyone catching the title of one of Heaven Shall Burn's classics in the lyrics.

The band comments, "Killswitch Engage are THE metalcore band! When we heard 'Numbered Days' for the very first time, it totally blew us away. It was clear that something new was brewing up. No other band has influenced this style of music more and interpreted it better. Just because the guys have been very good friends for many years doesn't mean you can't pay tribute to this great band. We hope the song means as much to you as it does to us!"

Leach further adds, "All of us are honored by Heaven Shall Burn covering 'Numbered Days.' That song truly kicked off an album for us that would change our lives. All these years later to have people still resonate with our music means the world to us. Now to have a band like Heaven Shall Burn cover it 23 years later is really wild! Grateful and very stoked to have been a part of the reshaping of this song and to hear someone else's take on it!"

Make sure to catch Killswitch Engage on their upcoming European tour, because "Numbered Days" isn't the only song from this legendary band that had a lasting impact on modern extreme music.

Another pending question is finally answered: After Heaven Shall Burn had to cancel some shows due to their singer Marcus Bischoff suffering from a severe infection of his vocal chords, the band is happy to announce that Britta Görtz from HIRAES will be filling in. "We have a plan!" says Bischoff. "Britta from HIRAES will fill in for me at the upcoming shows, so tomorrow in Kufstein as well as next weekend! Give her a warm welcome, show her what HSB fans are made of and make the shows something very special in the band's history! We are really looking forward to it! Things are already looking better for me, too! Your Molle and the HSB guys!"

 Get well soon and welcome Britta!


Photo Credit: Candy Welz

"Heimat" = German for "home/homeland/native land" — a term that merely refers to a relationship between people and spaces but has nevertheless always been highly emotionally charged. Often misused, it sometimes causes discomfort, lively discussions, and battles over interpretation.

Guitarist Maik Weichert comments, "Heimat is not meant as the narrow-minded end point in the sense it has been used by agitators and populists, but the starting point for observations and perspectives. The album is about a much wider sense of the term 'Heimat': The homelands for many different people and also about the spiritual home, something that shapes and determines our thoughts and actions."

Heaven Shall Burn took their time with the follow-up to Of Truth And Sacrifice, which reached No. 1 on the Official German Album Charts in 2020. Heimat was produced at the band's own studio, The Dude Ranch, which is run by guitarist Alexander Dietz. As in the past, Danish producer Tue Madsen took care of the mixing and mastering.

The Thuringians enlisted the renowned artist Eliran Kantor for the artwork, who previously crafted the artwork for Of Truth And Sacrifice. The centerpiece of the impressive triptych is a rearing stag — in its roaring variant a classic motif of wildlife painting, the epitome of kitsch and trivial art from the 19th and 20th centuries and interpreted by some as a symbol of patriarchy and capitalist competition, but here placed as a vital allegory of resistance amid an apocalyptic scene. He is flanked by a hunting lynx and a watchful owl, which complete the highly symbolic artwork concept as further elements of the triptych. As with Of Truth And Sacrifice, Heaven Shall Burn worked together with composer, producer and director Sven Helbig and conductor Wilhelm Keitel, this time supported by the Mondëna Quartet and the Ukrainian Sophia Chamber Choir.


Cover Art: Eliran Kantor
Heimat will be released on June 27 by the band's long-standing label partner Century Media.
Heimat will be available in the following formats:
*Ltd. Deluxe Triple-Gatefold transp. red-blue splattered 2LP+CD (album on 45rpm + Keinen Schritt zurück -EP)
*Ltd. Deluxe 2CD+Blu-ray Mediabook (+ Live at Summer Breeze 2024 Blu-ray + Keinen Schritt zurück -EP)
*Ltd. transp. light blue-red splattered LP (500) available from Heaven Shall Burn (SOLD OUT)
*Ltd. Side A/B split (red&black) LP (500) available from Heaven Shall Burn on live shows
*Ltd. deep blood red LP (300) available from Heaven Shall Burn
*Ltd. olive green LP (300) available from Heaven Shall Burn 
*Ltd. transp. sun yellow LP (500) available from cmdistro.de and various Indie retailers
*Ltd. orange LP (300) available from Impericon
*Ltd. transp. green LP (300) available from EMP who also carry options with a wooden canvas (30cm x 30cm)
*Black LP
*Standard CD Jewelcase
*Digital album (+ Keinen Schritt zurück -EP)

Pre-order the album here.
HEIMAT TRACK LISTING:
"Ad Arma"
"War Is The Father Of All"
"My Revocation Of Compliance"
"Confounder"
"Empowerment"
"A Whisper From Above"
"Imminence"
"Those Left Behind"
"Ten Days In May"
"Numbered Days" (Feat. Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage)
"Dora"
 "A Silent Guard"
"Inter Arma" 

KEINEN SCHRITT ZURÜCK EP TRACK LISTING:
"Keinen Schritt zurück" (Feat. Donots)
"Schweineherbst" (Feat. Dÿse)
"Eisenkopf"
"Destroy Fascism"

HEAVEN SHALL BURN have already released three singles and videos taken from Heimat:
"My Revocation of Compliance" video 
"Confounder" video  
"Empowerment" video

Don't miss their exclusive release shows in clubs and festival appearances in Europe. More info here.
HEAVEN SHALL BURN ARE:
Marcus Bischoff — Vocals
Maik Weichert — Guitar
Alexander Dietz — Guitar
Eric Bischoff — Bass
Christian Bass — Drums


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10/17/2023

Tankcrimes to Release Twentieth Anniversary Vinyl Repress of Toxic Holocaust's Debut Album "Evil Never Dies" on Dec. 8!



Tankcrimes is pleased to announce a special twentieth anniversary vinyl repress of Evil Never Dies, the debut full-length from TOXIC HOLOCAUST, set for release on December 8th.

 

TOXIC HOLOCAUST began kicking out the corrosive jams in basements and bedrooms over twenty years ago, building a punishing legacy of mutant thrash and filthy street punk that’s outlasted the heydays of the genres that spawned them. Founder Joel Grind, whose dedication to the one-man-band ethos gives the late Quorthon a run for his money, melts down the greatest punk metal crossover riff collection imaginable into nuclear ooze. With each successive release, Grind repurposes the most visceral strengths of speed, thrash, and punk through his own unique vision, making for new metal anthems that consistently reignite a circle-pitting feeding frenzy in the scene.

 

Initially released in 2003 via Nuclear War Now Productions and Witches Brew Records, Evil Never Dies was Grind’s first official full-length. Wrote All Music of the release, “…Evil Never Dies may have originally been released in 2003, but it rocks and rages like it was plucked directly out of the metal underground circa 1983. The group's leader -- the appropriately named Joel Grind -- managed to pack quite a wallop on this recording, which perfectly laid out the group's subsequent releases. In other words, you know exactly what to expect with each new TOXIC HOLOCAUST release -- early Metallica/Slayer-styled thrash. Case in point, such eardrum bashers as ‘War Is Hell,’ ‘Enemy Of Jesus,’ ‘666,’ and the album closer, ‘Atomik Destruktor.’ For thrash so vintage sounding that it could be passed off as an unreleased album teleported directly from the mid ‘80s, Evil Never Dies is one potent metallic weapon.” Dead Rhetoric concurred noting, “Fun, zesty jams like ‘Damned To Fire,’ ‘Summon The Beast,’ and ‘Warfare’ aren’t hard to get into. They’re punchy, instantly memorable cuts that demonstrate Grind’s deft, but simple songwriting skills…”

 

Comments Grind on the Tankcrimes reissue, “It’s hard to believe I recorded Evil Never Dies twenty years ago. It simultaneously feels like yesterday and forever ago. At the time, there was minimal info on recording a DIY solo record at home. I just kinda learned as I went through trial and error. After all these years, I’m still happy with the way it turned out. No computers, no fixing…bumps and bruises and all.

 

“People have been asking for this LP to be available again and I can’t think of anyone better to bring it back to life than Scotty Heath from Tankcrimes. There’s nothing better than getting to work with your friends.”

 

Tankcrimes will reissue Evil Never Dies as a one-time, vinyl-only pressing limited to 2000 copies in the following color variants: Toxic Radiation Splatter (500) and Yellow w/ Black And White Splatter (1500).

 

Find preorders at the Tankcrimes webshop at THIS LOCATION.

 

Evil Never Dies Track Listing:

1. Evil Never Dies

2. War Is Hell

3. Enemy Of Jesus

4. Damned To Fire

5. Exxxecutioner

6. 666

7. Summon The Beast

8. Demise

9. Warfare

10. Dead To The World

11. Fallout

12. Atomik Destruktor

 

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6/29/2023

Death Metal Legends Incantation New Album "Unholy Deification" to Be Released on August 25th by Relapse Records (Pre-Orders Available), Plus New Video "Concordat (The Pact) I"

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"Another twisted helping of subterranean old-school doomy death metal." - Decibel   
Death metal icons INCANTATION will unleash their new album, Unholy Deification, via Relapse Records on August 25th, today revealing the record’s artwork, track listing, preorders, and first single/video!
 
INCANTATION frontman John McEntee comments, "I'm not interested in playing it safe. I think other people feel that there are limits to what we do. However, I don't see it that way. If it feels right, then it's INCANTATION. The songs we write are an honest expression of ourselves. When people hear the new album, I hope they think, ‘Why are these guys so pissed off?!’ Rage gives focus, which is why this album turned out the way it did."


Watch INCANTATION’s “Concordat (The Pact) I” music video, directed by The C.O.I.N., at THIS LOCATION.

Physical Unholy Deification preorders are available via Relapse.com HERE. Digital downloads/streaming are available HERE.
 
Unholy Deification Track Listing:
1. Offerings (The Swarm) IV
2. Concordat (The Pact) I
3. Chalice (Vessel Consanguineous) VIII
4. Homunculus (Spirit Made Flesh) IX
5. Invocation (Chthonic Merge) X
6. Megaron (Sunken Chamber) VI
7. Convulse (Words Of Power) III
8. Altar (Unify In Carnage) V
9. Exile (Defy The False) II
10. Circle (Eye of Ascension) VII
 
INCANTATION will be on tour throughout Europe and Australia this Summer. See all confirmed dates below.
 
INCANTATION Live:
6/30/2023 Pitfest – Emmen, NL
7/01/2023 Kavka Oudaan – Antwerp, BE
7/02/2023 Boston Music Room – London, UK
7/03/2023 Rebellion – Manchester, UK
7/04/2023 Exchange – Bristol, UK
7/06/2023 Le Belvédère – Namur, BE
7/07/2023 Bambi Galore – Hamburg, DE
7/08/2023 Metal Magic Festival – Fredericia, DK
7/09/2023 The Abyss – Gothenburg, SE
7/11/2023 Debaser – Stockholm, SE
7/14/2023 In Flammen Open Air – Torgau, DE
7/15/2023 Forest Fest – Chevenez, CH
7/16/2023 Slaughter Club – Milan, IT
7/17/2023 Bridge Klub - Ilirska Bistrica, SL
7/18/2023 Fuga – Bratislava, SK
7/20/2023 Hydrozagadka – Warsaw, PL
7/21/2023 Injure Grind Attack Fest – Zawiercie, PL
7/22/2023 Enter The Eternal Fire – Volyně, CZ
7/25/2023 EL Barrio Club – Dubai, UAE
7/27/2023 Crown And Anchor Hotel – Adelaide, AU
7/28/2023 The Bridge Hotel – Sydney, AU
7/29/2023 Max Watts Vic – Melbourne, AU
7/30/2023 The Basement – Canberra, AU
 
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.




1/27/2023

Remastered 15th Anniversary Edition of Meshuggah's Classic "ObZen" Coming March 31st Via Atomic Records: Preorders Available!


2023 marks fifteen years since the release of ObZen, the groundbreaking sixth studio album from long-running metal icons MESHUGGAH.

Another masterpiece of musical diversity and surprises standing among an already sonically astounding discography, the 2008-released ObZen contains the band’s monster hit, “Bleed” – the song that tore through the industry like a shockwave leaving fans and musician friends alike simply awestruck. In a glowing review of the record, Blabbermouth accurately surmised of ObZen, “This is a distillation of the band's last fifteen years of mindfucking into a defining statement so cleverly-crafted, it manages to come across as monolithic and opaque even with a million skittering moving parts. Pure MESHUGGAH, pure chaos, pure control.” Metal Injection concurred noting, “The album is laced with all the elements MESHUGGAH fans have come to expect from the band -- the angular riffs; the discordant, eerie guitar solos; the polyrhythms and complex arrangements -- but here these elements are melded together into one seamless product which represents a band at the pinnacle of their career."

In celebration of ObZen’s fifteenth anniversary, Atomic Fire will unleash a sonically updated version of the album, remastered by Thomas Eberger and Sofia von Hage at Stockholm Mastering. The re-release of this masterpiece comes in hi-def audio on all streaming platforms, as well as a beautifully enhanced digipak featuring a twenty-page booklet and stunning 180-gram gatefold double vinyl in several marbled and splatter color variants (limited worldwide to under 1500 of each). The special edition will be released on March 31st.

Preorder yours today at THIS LOCATION.

Since forming in 1987 in Umeå, Sweden, MESHUGGAH has developed into one of the most technically complex and virtuosic groups of players the metal realm has ever encountered, their distinctly unique brand of progressive, grooveinfused extreme metal inadvertently launching an entirely new subgenre. Crowned “one of the ten most important hard and heavy bands,” by Rolling Stone, the band has earned the respect and admiration from fans and musicians alike. Stay tuned for more MESHUGGAH news in the coming weeks.



1/19/2021

Brazilian Death/ Thrashers Nervosa Releases New Single & Official Video for "Under Ruins"

[photo credit: Barbara Ciravegna]


Death/Thrash Juggernaut NERVOSA Releases New Single & Official Video For “Under Ruins

Watch HERE!

New Studio Album, Perpetual Chaos, Out On January 22, 2021 via Napalm Records

Pre-Order NOW!

Newly-staffed femme Thrash Metal engine NERVOSA releases their explosive third single, “Under Ruins”, cut from their upcoming full-length album, Perpetual Chaos, to be released this Friday on January 22nd, 2021 via Napalm Records. 

As a harbinger of their new record, Diva Satanica’s powerful and aggressive vocals draw the listener into the heavy vortex of NERVOSA’s pure energy. Along with an official music video, the new track highlights the difficult topic of a homeless child left to survive on the streets. 

NERVOSA’s upcoming full length Perpetual Chaos marks the beginning of a new era whilst also underlining their straight-forward lyricism and style: From political grievances and amplifying the voices of minorities to protesting against factory farming, capitalism and succumbing to the ill-informed musings of social elites - these commanding women do not mince words.

Enter a thrashing world of destruction and be a part of the next generation of NERVOSA!
 
Guitarist Prika Amaral comments:

“It was a wonderful experience with these girls, they are all very talented and did an excellent job, I have never been so happy with the final result of a record. I chose Artesonao studio in Malaga, because it is isolated and in an extremely beautiful place, we worked hard but we had the best vibe between us.”

Watch the official music video for “Under Ruins” HERE


Pre-Order the new album Perpetual Chaos NOW!

Vocalist Diva Satanica on the album process:
“It was undoubtedly a very intense process in every way. Not only did we learn to work together, but also to get to know each other and live together. I am very lucky to be able to be part of a project like this and I am sure that with the release of this album, NERVOSA will take a very important step in its career. Working with Martin Furia was incredible, he helped me to find nuances in my voice that I didn't know I had. Get ready, for a new era more powerful than ever!”

Guided by a marvelous force of uncompromising thrash and death metal, the raw power of Perpetual Chaos has its finger on the pulse of time: Lyrically, NERVOSA does not hesitate to tackle issues that impact the very core of society as we know it. Tracks like the airtight opener “Venomous”, the fast-twitching “Until The Very End” and “Time To Fight” prove that NERVOSA’s revitalized identity experiments with both fresh new elements and crucial auditory foundations without succumbing to any clichés. “Genocidal Command” perks ears with Diva Satanica’s vocal eloquence, accented by the outstanding range of Schmier (DESTRUCTION) whilst mirroring a rousing thrash metal manifest. A tremendous outcome awaits with brawl-brushed guitar lines, blisteringly fast drums and critical lyricism – striking the listener in a way only NERVOSA could. Viva Perpetual Chaos!

Perpetual Chaos Tracklisting:
01. Venomous
02. Guided By Evil
03. People Of The Abyss
04. Perpetual Chaos
05. Until The Very End
06. Genocidal Command 
07. Kings Of Domination
08. Time To Fight
09. Godless Prisoner
10. Blood Eagle
11. Rebel Soul
12. Pursued By Judgement
13. Under Ruins 

(LP Gatefold Vinyl Red – limited to 500 copies)                               
(LP Gatefold Vinyl Blue)

Perpetual Chaos will be available in North America in the following formats:
Limited Die Hard Edition: LP Gatefold Vinyl Splatter Blue/Red + 7 Inch incl. Bonustrack, Sticker and Patch– strictly limited to 300 copies 
- LP Gatefold Vinyl Red Transparent – limited to 500 copies
- LP Gatefold Vinyl Blue Transparent
- CD Digipack
- Digital Album
 
NERVOSA are:
Diva Satanica (Vocals)
Prika Amaral (Guitar)
Mia Wallace (Bass)
Eleni Nota (Drums)

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