Updated: Jun 29, 2020
Boston-based death metal group Zealotry have released an instrumental version of their third record "At The Nexus Of All Stillborn Worlds", aptly titled "At The Nexus of All Voiceless Words". This instrumental version is a recommended listen for those who wish to focus further on the group's highly dense arrangements and detailed counter-point riffs, inspired by the heydays of 90s Floridian, Finnish and French-Canadian schools of death metal. The album can be streamed here
Updated: Jun 7, 2020
In the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak that has struck the world, Chthe'ilist announced that its first US tour with Rippikoulu and Nucleus would be postponed until further notice. Here is the statement from Gatekeeper Productions regarding this unfortunate turn of events :
The Rippikoulu, Chthe'ilist and Nucleus tour has been postponed until further notice. We were unable to reschedule this tour right away despite our original intentions due to work schedule conflicts that will only get resolved when the smoke clears. That being said, this tour will be rescheduled as soon as the situation permits. Each promoter including ourselves will be honoring the tickets purchased at the rescheduled show. Refunds will also be given upon request with your local promoter. Many people have been asking what they can do to help during this time. Most of you know that buying merchandise from the bands will help immensely with the costs put into printing tour merchandise. We would also like to bring light to the fact that many of the promoters we worked with on this tour own their own venues. Our company would be nothing without these fantastic establishments and promoters we get the pleasure to work with so we would like to encourage buying their official merchandise or a ticket to a show (whether you intend on going or not) if you are able to help during these trying times. We have included some links below where you can purchase merchandise or find their events online. Rippikoulu https://rippikoulu.bandcamp.com/album/musta-seremonia Chthe'ilist https://profoundlorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/le-dernier-cr-puscule Nucleus https://nucleus.bandcamp.com/ Chthe'ilist has also announced its new partnership with North-American printing company Pyrepress to recover financial losses. Those wanting to support Chthe'ilist financially may be able to procure themselves band merch at this location.
Updated: Jun 17, 2020
Canadian neoclassical/technical death metal band First Fragment have begun recording their 3rd album. The album will feature over an hour of new material, including the track "Soif Brulante" which has been part of the band's live setlist since 2018 and an epic 19 minute closer. The album is set to be released by Unique Leader Records sometime in the summer of 2021. This will be the band's first release with drummer Nicholas "Le Fou" Wells" (Pronostic), fretless bassist Dominic "Forest" Lapointe (Augury, Ex Beyond Creation) & 2nd guitarist Nick Miller (Killitorous, Unleash The Archers). Building upon the foundation laid on the band's previous releases, this 3rd record combines neoclassical, power & technical death metal together with flamenco, jazz and baroque classical music, boasting over-the-top twin-guitar work and most likely the highest number of fretless bass solos ever recorded on a metal album.
