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Just as the title suggests, gothic rock/metal band Seraphim Shock are self-described as the ultimate Halloween band within the gothic rock scene. The band has toured with such bands as The Electric Hellfire Club, Type O Negative, Tiamat, Mayhem, Cradle of Filth and many more throughout their career. The been around since the mid-90’s and have released their first self-titled demo in 1994.

They released their first official album in 1997, Red Silk Vow under their own label Requiem Records. The follow up EP Nightmares for the Banished was released in 1999 under the same label. The records were re-release later on through indie metal label Sacrilege Records after the band fell into obscure within the goth scene due to high demand. The early works were praise by many for their gothic rock/metal hybrid sound which helped them cross over into the metal scene granted them tours with many prominent metal bands. Although however they never made the full transition into the metal world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCSIL-IupQU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLnMDkNDPq0

After a short hiatus, the band returned in 2004 with a whole new album, Halloween, Sex N’ Vegas. Along with a new revamped sound, the band added slight hints of industrial with a whole new horror punk coat while sticking to the original gothic rock sound. The album also included a different version of their song “Prey” which original came out in 1999 in the compilation Music from the Succubus Club. The compilation was inspired by the tabletop roll playing game Vampire the Masquerade.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITewmiFArw0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTXj_-2wlN8

Their last album was in 2010 with Black Hearts Revival was a somewhat return to form with their original sound. Since then the band has been active and touring with frontman Charles Edwards even appearing as bass player for The Electric Hellfire Club during the band’s reunion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47w5sMCvSwI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmgDRAg6tXg

https://www.facebook.com/SeraphimShock


Stay safe, have fun and Happy Halloween!

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Over the summer we have had many wonderful releases throughout metal and including the return of some legendary acts...

3teeth – Metalwar (industrial metal)
Over the years within a short time, 3teeth have been getting increasingly popular and have been one of the main industrial metal bands spearheading the industrial revival movement. Soon after the band gained the attention of progressive rock band Tool. This was when they brought them on tour some time back and thus crossover into the metal scene. This quickly caught the attention of a certain label, Century Media Records. Metawar was released in mid-May and is by far their heaviest album to date.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYIsZr9L_rM

Slipknot – We are Not Your Kind (nu metal/groove metal)
After 5 long awaited years, Slipknot has returned with the band’s sixth album. This would also be the band’s first album with long time member Chris Fehn (#3) who was the metal act’s percussionist and backing vocalist due to unpaid royalties. The rest of the band continued forward with much anticipated hype from fans once word got out of a new record. We are Not Your Kind was released through Roadrunner Records in early August.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3ADK6gsDGg

Mayhem – Worthless Abominations Destroyed single (black metal)
While Mayhem’s newest album doesn’t drop until November, their single did during the summer with Worthless Abominations Destroyed for their upcoming sixth album. Not too late to preorder this LP from Century Media Records.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzT1vRXsHoo

Tool – Fear Inoculum (progressive rock/metal)
The long awaited album from legendary act Tool had arrived this past August. It’s been 13 years since their 10,000 Days release and the wait is over. Released through Volcano/RCA (US) and Napalm Records (Europe), the album was sold in 2 separate editions, standard and the highly sought after limited deluxe edition that contained a 4-inch HD screen with original material, a 2-watt speaker that included an additional song and 36 page book.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7DfQMPmJRI

Rammstein – Untitled (neue deutsche harte)
In the beginning of Summer we saw Rammstein’s come back after 10 long years. Top charting worldwide, the seventh studio album Untitled was released back in May.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0NfI2NeDHI

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The frontman of Megadeth, Dave Mustaine has recently been diagnosed with throat cancer. The news break today. More information in the link below.

https://ew.com/tv/2019/06/17/megadeth-dave-mustaine-diagnosed-with-throat-cancer/

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From Italy is Valkiria, a one man gothic/death doom metal band fronted by Valkus Valkiria (Domenico Senatore). The project has been in operation since 1996 which was originally a black metal band. Over time Valkus expanded the band into melodic doom metal and gothic metal territory. Working independently on fully self-released records until 2012 with his 5th album Here Day Comes under Italian hard rock label Bakerteam Records did he catch his big break.

Since then Valkiria has rerecorded and rereleased al of his works. Now after 6 years of no new original material, Valkiria is back with the brand new single - Wind of Glory which is currently available for download for FREE on bandcamp. The single will be featured in the upcoming album No Darkness, No Light which is stated to be released in September later this year. Follow the link below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RxD_BxVCpA

Taken from the description----

No darkness no light will feature predominantly gothic metal elements with strong black metal influences, a bridge thrown in the nineties looking at bands like Type o negative, Tiamat, Moonspell, My dying bride, Paradise lost, without failing to offer a modern and personal interpretation.

https://valkiria.bandcamp.com/album/wind-of-glory
https://www.facebook.com/valkiriaepika/

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American alternative metal/art rock group Tool recently unveiled two new singles live in concert which premiered on May 5th. These two new songs are the latest original material the band has done in over 13 years since the debut of their fourth album 10,000 Days back in 2006. The band has stated that they confirmed a release date for August 30. Knowing Tool, hopefully the date doesn't change.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZJIldL5TZU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lffKMJw9H0A