SPEARHEAD COUNTRY: U.K.
GENRE: DEATH BLACK THRASH METAL
NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the second band of the NeKroWeek, they are
SPEARHEAD ( U.K. - Death Black Thrash metal) a damn killer
band to come from British soils with the add on this last album of Torturer
(ex-Belphegor drummer) , a band for fans of Angel Corpse, Necrophobic,
Belphegor, Morbid Angel, Carcass, Destroyer 666 among others!
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard! The music clip for the track "Kshatriya" from
their last album "Theomachia":
http://youtu.be/6dCOFOc5c38
Founded in 2005, Spearhead recorded their debut offering Deathless
Steel Command in mid-2005 - an assault of belligerent chaos and hatred,
released through Invictus Productions in 2006. Following the 2006 promo
EP When the Pillars Fall,Spearhead entered Hertz Studio
(Poland) in the Summer of 2007 to record the second full-length, the
highly-acclaimed Decrowning the Irenarch - a monument of imperious,
martial death metal war, testifying to the eternal truths of the warrior
tradition, released again under the blood-soaked banner of Invictus
Productions in December 2007.
The intervening years saw Spearhead destroy stages on the 2008 European
tour with Impiety and the 2009 US tour with Urgehal, together with a
large number of European festival appearances, including Inferno, Hells
Pleasure, and SWR Festival amongst others.
In 2010 Spearhead entered Orgone Studios (London) to record the third
full-length, Theomachia: The Doctrine of Ascension and Decline, released
in April 2011 by Agonia Records. By far the most violent, hostile, and
unrelenting Spearhead release to date, Theomachia is a bloody
proclamation of the cyclical nature of time and the path of war in the winter of
civilisation. Surrender to the swift advance of death or perish by the sword of
all-devouring time…
BALFOR
COUNTRY: UKRAINE GENRE: BARBARIC BLACK METAL
BLACK METALLERS BALFOR STREAM PRE-PRODUCTION TRACKS!
[22.05.2013]
Ukrainian Black Metallers
BALFOR are streaming pre-production versions of two tracks as a demo of
what is to come on the band’s sophomore full-length album. “Heralds of the
Fall” and “Wolfbreed” were recorded in November 2012 at the
Blacklight Studio, Ukraine, with long-time
BALFOR producer Dmitry “Yrt Glormkhaoth” Shulgin (VERMIS MYSTERIIS)
recording the bass guitars, whilst the band’s former guitarist Alexander
“Agnarr” Takhmazov (CONQUEST) recorded guitars. Keyboards are by Ivan
Popov (AFTERMOON, INFERNO). It is expected that
BALFOR will enter the studio to record the full album in the autumn of
this year. The two tracks can be heard on the band’s SoundCloud page at:
https://soundcloud.com/balfor/sets/balfor
Having recently announced a lineup change that saw all the former members aside
from founder and frontman Thorgeir leave the band,
BALFOR is set to play its first show with the new lineup of Thorgeir
on vocals and guitars, Warider on guitars and backing vocals,
Athamas (DEFERUM SACRUM and RAVENTALE) on bass and vocals and Khaoth
(KHORS) on drums, on the 23rd June at the Kilkim Zaibu Festival in
Lithuania along with bands like DESTRUCTION, TURISAS, EINHERJER and
SOLSTAFIR.
BALFOR will play a one hour set which will include old and new songs.
SAMMATH NAUR COUNTRY: POLAND
GENRE: BLACKENED DEATH AND ROLL
NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the first band of the NeKroWeek, they are
SAMMATH NAUR (Blackened Death & Roll) a killer and
skilled band from Polish lands, for fans of Behemoth, Emperor, HATE, Morbid
Angel, Vader, Trauma and allot more. Features Valeo of Vesania
and Lucasz one of the best Polish drummers of this days!
Show your support and share this info to all your metal brotherhood if you like what you have heard!
The audio clip for the track "KROL DUCH" from their new album
"Beyond the Limits":
http://youtu.be/STS1Z2lD8QQ
Sammath Naur was formed in 1999 by Uzurpator - vocals, Saturnus
- guitars, Sigmar - guitars and Lestath - drums. The name of the
band has been adapted from JRR Tolkien's works and means 'Chambers of Fire', the
only place where the One Ring could be destroyed.
The band recorded its first 6 track demo, "Through the Mountains of Mordor, "
that same year. The music on this demo was very raw and simple. It was
reminiscent of Immortal and Emperor's early works. Due to the poor sound
quality, the demo has never been released.
In 2001 Sammath Naur greeted its new guitarist Tempter, keyboard
player Demetrius and bassist Morgoth. Saturnus decided to
change his role from a guitar player to a vocalist, thereby replacing
Uzurpator. In this new lineup, the band started working on new material and
getting ready for a recording session. The result was a second demo, "The
Wall of Sleep". It was self-funded and released in 2001. It contained 6 new
compositions, somewhat faster and more mature, in which electric organs played a
more prominent role. "The "On the Altar of Mars" music video was attached
to this release. The author of the music video was Patryk Chyla. It won
second prize at the Berlin music video festival in 2002. It was Sammath Naur's
first major success. Many positive reviews were written after the release of
The Wall of Sleep. The material has been intensively promoted at concerts
throughout Poland with bands like Esqarial and Lost Soul.
Work on a new release was started in 2003. The process of creating and recording
new material took a long time. The band was troubled by personal problems
throughout the whole time. Saturnus left at the very beginning of the
recording session. Soon after the bass tracks were recorded, Morgoth went
in Saturnus' tracks, leaving the band. Work on the third release was
completed in 2004, unfortunately without Tempter, who was replaced by
Valeo (aka. V), and with a brand new vocalist, Levan. The new album
was titled "The Forever War". It consisted, once again, of 6 tracks,
however this time a certain innovation was introduced. The Forever War
was a concept album. The tracks all made up a consistent whole. They combined
various music styles, intertwining in a natural way, such as black/death metal,
soundtrack scores and symphonic music. The material was a sure step forward in
the development of the band, although the real breakthrough was yet to come. In
this new lineup, Sammath Naur's members started promoting their new
material on numerous concerts. Having been invited by Effect Murder and
Deception, they set out on their first tour of Poland. An intensive
search for a record company started at about that time. The band eventually
decided to sign a contract with Redrum666 Records. The cooperation,
however, proved ill-fated. The premiere of The Forever War kept being
postponed. The album wasn't released.
By the end of 2004 the band decided to record their first professional album.
Composing music this time didn't take so long. It was completed on the break of
June-July 2004. Sammath Naur was joined by bassist Tas at that
time. The recording session started in February 2005 and was planned out into 3
stages. During its course, important changes in the lineup occurred. Keyboard
player Demetrius, who took part in the recording of the new material,
left the band. His absence forced guitarist Valeo (aka V) to record the
keyboard parts on the album. Hitherto vocalist Levan was removed
from the band during recording. As a result of this, most of the vocal parts
were arranged and performed by drummer Lestath. There was one more new
musician, Revisque - composer and producer of game soundtracks, with whom
the band started to co-operate already by the end of the recording session.
That's why only one of his compositions, "Grand Space Opera, " can be
found on the new CD.
Everything was completed by June 2005. Soon afterwards, Polish Empire Records
grew interested in the material from SN, thanks to whom the album
"Self Proclaimed Existence" was released in December 2005 in conjunction
with THRASH'EM ALL magazine. The CD comprised of 11 tracks. The music was
faster and far more aggressive - it's really didn't sound anything like the
first two demos. The style of creating music by merging various musical genres,
first attempted in The Forever War, was explored more deeply on this
album. The assimilation of such diverse styles as black/death metal, classical
rock, new age, film scores, symphonic and choir music resulted in a unique
creation that couldn't be categorized, stereotyped or pigeon-holed.
Thanks to this album, the true potential of Sammath Naur's musicians has
been noticed very quickly by other artists. Presently, Valeo plays with
Vesania and Rootwater and Lestath has been a drummer of
Esqarial and Darzamat.
HATE ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN SUMMER
FESTIVAL APPEARANCES! [2013.05.17]
After the death of the band's bassist "Mortifer" last month, Polish act
Hate has announced the group will remain active and has confirmed a
string of festival appearances for the summer.
These dates will be in support of latest album "Solarflesh". Currently
announced shows are available below, and the band also comments:
"We would like you to know that we have decided to continue with the band and
keep on doing our job as always. There is still a big hole in our hearts, but we
do not want to focus on mourning over the tragedy. Instead we decide to focus on
the band and keeping it alive as well as all the ideas we shared with
Mortifer."
"We treat what we do as a mission and we cannot see the end of it. On some shows
to come we will be accompanied by Mortifer’s wife Alexandra on
bass guitar. She has been in the business for some time and been involved in a
few Russian bands before. As an experienced musician, she will undoubtedly
manage on the stage with us.
"On other shows we will be joined by Piotr Kolakowski (Neyra), a talented
musician who had previously been on stage with us as a session musician. The
festivals below have been confirmed, but there are more to come soon."
May 23 - Extremefest - Hunxe - Germany Jul 26 - Rock im Betonwerk - Chemnitz - Germany Aug 09 - Brutal Assault Open Air - Jaromer - Czech Rep Aug 16 - Gothoom O.A. Fest - Bana - Slovakia Aug 17 - Summer Breeze Open Air - Germany Aug 24 - Cieszanów Rock Fest - Cieszanów - Poland Aug 31 - Rock am Wehr - Jena - Germany
PYORRHOEA COUNTRY: POLAND
GENRE: DEATH GRIND METAL ART
NeKronos Promotion is Proud to present the second band of the NeKroWeek, they are
PYORRHOEA (Death Grind Metal Art) a killer and
brutal band from Polish lands, for fans of Vader, Napalm Death, Trauma, Hate,
Morbid Angel and more. Features ex-HATE, Conquest Icon and
Centurion Members!
Show support and share this info with all your Metal friends!
The live clip for "I am the War":
http://youtu.be/cpmUkMI9M1o
"VILA ESPANCA UNDERGROUND FEST II" - SIDE B CADAVER N'ROLL + KONAD + IBLAZE +
SPEEDEMON + LESADOS + ACIDROPS.
A 2ª edição do "Vila Espanca Underground", realiza-se no proximo dia
1 de Junho, Sabado, no Side B. Um evento dedicado ao movimento
underground da cidade de Vila Franca de Xira e arredores, conta nesta
edição com 6 bandas locais. As portas abrem às 20h30, e o início da 1ª banda às 21h00.
O bilhete de entrada custa - 5€.
GNIDA COUNTRY: POLAND GENRE:
GRINDCORE / BRUTAL DEATH METAL
GNIDA ON
W:O:A: 2013! [2013.05.13]
Finally
GNIDA's live performances have begun! Right now we're after our 3rd show. We
also applied for the Wacken
Open Air Festival audition. The chance was given to us and we used it
the best way we could. Here's a short fragment of our show. Huge thanx to all
the bands we shared the stage with, to all the jury members, the tech-crew and
all the public who shown up at Od Nowa. It's been a distinct PLEASURE to
be there and get SO MUCH support! Thanx a 1,000,000!!!
The songs are: 'S.Y.F' and 'Place of Torment'. Enjoy!
We inform you that the 30th of May 2013 in Warsaw (Progression Club)
at 18:00, there will be a special concert organized in tribute to the deceased
musician Sławomir "Mortiferowi" Archangielskiemu. It will be a special
event, from which all proceeds from ticket sales and the sale of t-shirts, will
be forwarded to the family of the deceased.
The concert will be attended by teams, which Mortifer was associated in a
special way, as well as his friends and acquaintances. Tickets can be purchased
on the day of the concert.
BANDS:
KAZIK & EL DUPA HATE
SALTUS
NAUMACHIA
DRAGON’S EYE
STROMMOUSSHELD CONQUEST ICON
Original Message in Polish:
Informujemy Was, że 30-go maja 2013 w Warszawie (Klub Progresja) o godzinie
18.00, odbędzie się specjalny koncert zorganizowany w hołdzie zmarłemu muzykowi
Sławomirowi „Mortiferowi” Archangielskiemu. Będzie to szczególne
wydarzenie, z którego cały dochód z biletów jak i ze sprzedaży t-shirtów,
zostanie przekazany rodzinie zmarłego.
W koncercie wezmą udział zepoły, z którymi Mortifer był związany w sposób
szczególny, a także jego przyjaciele i znajomi. Bilety do nabycia w dniu
koncertu. Serdecznie zapraszamy!
KAZIK & EL DUPA HATE
SALTUS
NAUMACHIA
DRAGON’S EYE
STROMMOUSSHELD CONQUEST
ICON
Uma noite intimista, com ambiente Lounge, ao som dos Oldies Pop, um trio
bem conhecido na nossa praça, Voz, Baixo e Piano com Sofia Silva, Alexandre
Ribeiro e Pedro Raimundo, interpretando clássicos dos anos 80 e 90. A entrada é Livre!!
BALFOR
COUNTRY: UKRAINE GENRE: BARBARIC BLACK METAL
BLACK METALLERS BALFOR ANNOUNCE NEW LINE UP!
[13.05.2013]
Ukrainian Black Metallers
BALFOR have announced a line up change that sees virtually the whole
band depart, with only frontman and guitarist Thorgeir remaining.
Commenting on the reason for such a drastic change, Thorgeir said:“We
parted ways for a variety of reasons and we hadn't actually worked together for
a very long time. This decision was not an easy one, but it was a necessary one
that took into account the needs and interests of all the band members, and I
would like to take this opportunity to thank the guys for all this time we
worked together, it was a great experience! But sometimes a change is necessary
if you want to move forward”
With work having begun on the sophomore full-length album, BALFOR’s new line up,
which consists of Thorgeir on vocals and guitars, Warider on
guitars and backing vocals, Athamas on bass and vocals and Khaoth
on drums, marks a new stage in the band’s development, one that Thorgeir
is very positive about. “We have been rehearsing together since the beginning
of the year, and I am now very sure that the new line up works just as well, if
not better, than the previous incarnation of BALFOR, because new
blood has brought a fresh perspective to the band’s music and a lot of
enthusiasm. Warider, the new guitarist, is quite young, but hugely
promising, whilst Khaoth has honed his considerable drumming skills with
Dark Metallers KHORS. Athamas brings with him not only the
experience he has gained with bands like DEFERUM SACRUM and RAVENTALE,
but he is also a great vocalist, which is able to give an additional
perspective to the BALFOR
sound”.
