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 GÖRTZ 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 HEAVEN SHALL BURN ONLINE: CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS ONLINE:

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The Black Dahlia Murder Will Release New Album. "Servitude", Sept. 27th Via Metal Blade Records!

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Watch/stream THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s “Aftermath” HERE.

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will release their tenth studio album, Servitude, on September 27th via Metal Blade Records, today unveiling the record’s first single and preorders.

 

“Before the tragedy, no one ever thought this band was going to exist without Trevor.”

 

That’s THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s co-founder Brian Eschbach telling it like it is. With the tragic passing of the band’s frontman and co-founder Trevor Strnad in 2022, Eschbach, bassist Max Lavelle, drummer Alan Cassidy, and producer/guitarist Brandon Ellis were faced with a decision: Close the door on one of the most beloved death metal bands of the last twenty years, or carry on in their fallen brother’s charismatic spirit?

 

“Everyone that’s in the band now is someone that Trevor and I searched for,” Eschbach says. “We spent so much time on the road together that everyone understands the mission statement. We don’t really need to talk about it. We just need to make great music and try to make people happy playing it.”

 

After a period of profound grief and deep soul-searching, Eschbach moved from guitar to vocals, setting aside his lifelong identity as a live guitarist for the survival of the band. Former THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER member Ryan Knight returned to the fold to take Eschbach’s place on guitar. The new lineup made their debut in the band's hometown of Detroit in late October 2022 for a tribute show for Strnad.

 

Fast forward to right about now: THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s new album is the one that many would have thought impossible. Servitude marks Eschbach’s recorded debut as THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s lead vocalist and lyricist — and their first with Knight on guitar since 2015’s Abysmal.

 

“I just had to lean into it hard,” Eschbach says of approaching Servitude in a completely new role. “Honestly, writing the lyrics for this album was easier for me than writing the music for the three songs that I wrote music for. I’d pick a subject, research it, and just kinda dive in. Even though it’s not something I’d really ever done before, there was a natural flow to it once I started.”

 

You can hear the thrilling results on “Aftermath,” the ripping lead single, which envisions a post-apocalyptic cannibal scenario. “We wanted that one to be heard first because it’s one of the faster songs on the album, if not the fastest,” Eschbach says. “We wanted that very aggressive BLACK DAHLIA melodic death metal feel coming right at you. Lyrically, it’s about a meteor that fucks up the whole planet, but there’s still people living. Kind of like The Walking Dead, but with no zombies — so you get right to how people deal with it. And by the end, they’re eating each other.”

Watch THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER’s video for “Aftermath,” created by My Good Eye: Music Visuals, at THIS LOCATION.

The members of THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER know that some will be skeptical of an album without Trevor’s inimitable presence. But many fans have already embraced the band’s decision to move forward.

 

“More than pressures or expectations from the fanbase, I feel their trust and support,” Ellis says. “We've always done what we do for them, and they've appreciated our consistency over the years. The global outcry following Trevor's passing has shown us how important the band's music has been to so many people, and how important it is that we continue in his honor. Under all that weight, I think we all knew what needed to be done.”

 

“We put in everything we had, and this is the album that felt right to make,” he adds. “I'm proud of it and proud of the five of us. You can never please everybody, but I know that this music will be a healing and positive force for those who embrace it!”

 

The guitars, bass, and vocals for Servitude were recorded at Ellis’ home studio in New Jersey. The drums were recorded by Mark Lewis in Nashville, Tennessee where the album was also mixed. Servitude was mastered by Ted Jensen.

 

Servitude will be released on digipak CD, cassette, and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants and special editions:

 

180g Black (US/EU)

Electromagnetic (US)

Rising Smoke (US)

Transcosmic Blue (US)

Endless Tide (US)

Utopian Black (US)

Cursed Creation (US – Exclusive Band Tour Variant)

Limited Edition Box Set w/ Ephemeral Vinyl Variant + Bonus LP That Includes 3 Live Tracks (US - Ltd. 400 / EU - Ltd. 600)

Bloody Pulp (EU – Ltd. 1000)

Nature's Grain (Impericon Exclusive – Ltd. 300)

Blood Spray (EMP Exclusive – Ltd. 200)

Stone Cold (EU – Ltd. 200)

Lost Nobility (UK – Ltd. 300)

 

Find preorders at metalblade.com/tbdm.

 

Servitude Track Listing:

1. Evening Ephemeral

2. Panic Hysteric

3. Aftermath

4. Cursed Creator

5. An Intermission

6. Asserting Dominion

7. Servitude

8. Mammoth's Hand

9. Transcosmic Blueprint

10. Utopia Black

 

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Live:

6/14/2024 Z! Live Rock Fest – Zamora, ES

6/16/2024 Download Donington – Park, UK

6/17/2024 Limelight – Belfast, UK

6/18/2024 Opium – Dublin, IE

6/20/2024 Arch Club – Athens, GR

6/21/2024 Block 33 – Thessaloniki, GR

6/23/2024 Graspop – Dessel, BE

6/24/2024 Hirsch – Nuremberg, DE w/ Suffocation

6/25/2024 The Black Lab – Lille, FR w/ Suffocation

6/26/2024 Im Wizemann – Stuttgart, DE w/ Shadow Of Intent

6/27/2024 Mergener - Hof Trier, DE

6/28/2024 Club Vaudeville – Lindau, DE w/ Suffocation

6/29/2024 Jera On Air – Ysselsteyn, NL

6/30/2024 Hellfest – Clisson, FR

7/31/2024 Rockstadt Extreme Fest – Brasov, RO

8/02/2024 Dortmund Deathfest – Dortmund, DE

8/03/2024 Wacken Open Air – Wacken, DE

8/04/2024 Full Rewind – Roitzschjora, DE

8/06/2024 Lifestyle Café – Cham, DE

8/07/2024 Brutal Assault – Jaromer, CZ

8/08/2024 Party San Open Air – Schlotheim, DE

8/09/2024 Szene – Wien, AT

8/10/2024 Menza Pri Koritu – Ljubljana, SI

8/11/2024 Slaughter Club – Milano, IT

8/13/2024 Rockhouse – Salzburg, AT

8/14/2024 Kiff – Aarau, CH

8/15/2024 Summer Breeze – Dinkelsbuhl, DE

8/16/2024 Reload Festival – Sulingen, DE

8/17/2024 Chinasstraat – Gent, BE w/ Decapitated

8/18/2024 Motocultor – Carhaix, FR

 

THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER:

Brian Eschbach – lead vocals

Max Lavelle – bass

Alan Cassidy – drums

Brandon Ellis – lead guitar, backing vocals

Ryan Knight – rhythm guitar, backing vocals

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Tech Death Band Cognitive Drop Video for the Brutal track "Insidious"!

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Technical death metal quintet, COGNITIVE, is pleased to unleash their new video for “Insidious.” The rampaging new track comes by way of the band’s Abhorrence full-length, released May 17th on Metal Blade Records.

Abhorrence finds the New Jersey powerhouse at their brutal best. Once accurately championed by Kerrang Magazine for composing songs that land with “cartilage-crushing force,” Abhorrence carries on band tradition with its a maniacal fusion of relentless riffs and thoughtful, devastating lyrics making for a raging, draining, and ultimately fulfilling experience.

An exercise in aural turbulence, each track on Abhorrence takes its listener on a magnificently traumatic journey. “Our lyrics for this record are all over the place,” notes guitarist Rob Wharton. “There’s some stuff about video games and addiction and mental health. To me, that’s the kind of subject matter that hits home because everyone’s got stuff going on in their lives. It’s relatable.”

Comments Wharton on “Insidious,” “A finger-fancy opening soon leads to slam-heavy grooves and well-articulated vocals, with lyrics about addiction, and a chorus/breakdown that always comes back for more.”

Watch COGNITIVE’s video for “Insidious” at THIS LOCATION. 

Watch the band’s previously released videos for “Abhorrence” HERE and “A Pact Unholy” HERE.

COGNITIVE started work on Abhorrence while touring in support of Malevolent Thoughts Of A Hastened Extinction, sending tracks back and forth while trekking from one intense gig to the next. Drummer AJ Viana has his own studio (he’s previously worked with bands as prestigious as Hath) and recorded, tracked, and mixed the album, before Ryan Williams (The Black Dahlia Murder, John Frum) at Metal Blade Records mastered it.

COGNITIVE’s Abhorrence is available on CD and digital formats as well as vinyl in the following color variants:

Crimson Void (US retail)

Gilded Abyss (EU + US Metal Blade Webstore – Ltd. 400)

Find orders at: metalblade.com/cognitive.

COGNITIVE recently announced a ten-date headlining tour in July with support from Dysentery and Atræ Bilis. In September, the band will play this year’s edition of the Metal Injection Fest in Brooklyn, New York before joining Benighted on their Canadian Infestation tour. See all confirmed dates below.

COGNITIVE w/ Dysentery, Atræ Bilis:

7/18/2024 Dingbatz - Clifton, NJ

7/19/2024 Ralph's Diner - Worcester, MA

7/20/2024 Empire - Albany, NY

7/21/2024 The Shred Shed - Pittsburgh, PA

7/22/2024 E Street Pub - Richmond, IN

7/23/2024 JJs Bohemia - Chattanooga, TN

7/25/2024 The Milestone - Charlotte, NC

7/26/2024 Riffhouse Pub - Virginia Beach, VA

7/27/2024 Shamrock Inn - Baltimore, MD

7/28/2024 The Kennel at West York Inn - York, PA

End Tour

9/21/2024 Metal Injection Fest – Brooklyn, NY

w/ Benighted:

9/22/2024 QG – Rouyn Noranda, QC

9/23/2024 Piranha Bar – Montreal, QC

9/24/2024 Rainbow Bistro – Ottawa, ON

9/26/2024 Rum Runners – London, ON

9/27/2024 Warehouse – St Catharines, ON

9/28/2024 The Back Stage – Windsor, ON

9/29/2024 Sneaky Dee's – Toronto, ON

9/30/2024 l'Anti – Quebec City, QC

"Between Job For A Cowboy and Cattle Decapitation, COGNITIVE are in good company with Metal Blade. The quintet from New Jersey has also developed from a relatively conventional grind/deathcore band into a fiddly extreme metal hybrid that still prefers to contrast blast beats with downtempo parts, but also allows for melodies and generally values skilled craftsmanship puts. The sound is correspondingly transparent and powerful, but not soulless." -- Rock Hard Germany

"Abhorrence radiates with confidence and vision, building upon the near-perfect blend of technical-but-still-catchy death metal and hard-hitting deathcore that they've spent their career refining to a science, but also fearlessly delving into new territory by adding a pinch of melody this time around, to great effect." -- New Noise

"I suggest this release to not only fans of the death metal genre but metal fans looking for something super heavy and technically superior. This album is definitely designed to be played at eleven." -- The Metal Pit

"COGNITIVE delivered a commanding and angry record that was impressive in its musicianship, as well as its brutality. I picture this record making a lot of Best Death Metal lists of 2024. Highly recommend the record." -- This Day In Metal

"With their fifth album, the North Americans prove their impressive musical potential and actually develop some great songs from them." -- Metal.de

"...the thing just rips and rips and rips..." -- Wonderbox Metal  



COGNITIVE:

Rob Wharton – guitars

Harry Lannon – guitars

Shane Jost – vocals

Tyler Capone-Vitale – bass

AJ Viana – drums

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There ends the press release. As such, I wanted to mention, on a side note, that I been listening to the latest release from Cognitive, Abohorence, since the weekend. And, I just can't stop! It's heavy, brutal, and has a killer groove and is a great mix of tech death with deathcore elements. I highly recommend it. Any fellows fans of this band? Any thoughts on this single/ video? Let me know in the comments section below.

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