OBITUARY TODAY IS THE DAY RIGHTEOUS VENDETTA DEMON HUNTER OBITUARY TEMPLE OF THE MORNING STAR: CURSED OUTLIVE RELAPSE 20TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION CENTURY MEDIA SOLID STATE Legendary death metal band Obitu- THE END Wyoming-based metalcore stalwarts Righ- Demon Hunter is an American metal ary return with their self-titled, 10th studio Today Is the Day reigns as one of the most teous Vendetta are back with Cursed. institution. The band embraces brazenly album, further cementing their legacy as one influential bands of the past two decades. The The new album was produced by Mitch Mar- transcendent melodies, without apology, of the most important metal bands of all band’s violent and anthemic style, which low (In This Moment, Stitched Up Heart) and while maintaining a defiant heaviness time! Picking up where 2014’s critically ac- blends metal, noise, psychedelia, and rock, is preceded by the band’s 2014 EP Defi- reminiscent of the most timeless of metal claimed Inked in Blood left off, Obitu- has won worldwide acclaim ever since the ance. “We challenged ourselves and pushed music. For over a decade, Demon ary show no signs of slowing down as they debut album, Supernova, first hit in the early our creative limits,” states frontman Ryan Hunter has weathered the changing tides continue to reign as Kings of their 90s. Ten studio albums have been released Hayes. From the riffy hard rock bludgeon of of rock subculture, proving ever resistant to genre. Recorded at their home studio in on such labels as Amphetamine Reptile, Re- opening track, “War is Killing Us All” to the trends, and ever resilient, making music as Tampa, FL, Obituary is a 10-track tour-de- lapse, and Southern Lord. The band’s lineup radio-ready hook-fest of “Weight of the determined and resolute as the men within force of bone-pulverizing death metal that is has included such musicians as Brann Dailor World,” Cursed is the sound of a band mov- the band. But their personal hardship and as heavy, uncompromising and infectious as and Bill Kelliher, who would later go on to ing from strength to strength. “We wrote 30, private struggle resulted in a renewed anything they’ve released in their historic, form Mastodon. Today Is the Day has 40 songs and really figured out who we are strength, embodied in sound and spirit on nearly 30-year career! “We really took our toured the world with Motorhead, Helmet, in the process. But patience has paid off, their eighth album, Outlive. “It feels like the time with the writing process of these new The Melvins, Morbid Angel, Converge, Na- because we feel that we have crafted the five of us have done more living in these last songs,” says vocalist John Tardy. “Recording palm Death, Neurosis, Eyehategod, Unsane, best album we possibly can.” Add to that a couple of years than in the entire decade riffs and ideas as we went along and record- Coalesce, and many more. Steve Austin has non-stop itinerary of live shows where the prior,” says frontman Ryan Clark. Out- ing them as rough mixes then listening back made a name for himself as a producer, help- energized five-piece ensnare new fans and live tracks like “Cold Winter Sun,” “Died in and making necessary changes to help mold ing create seminal albums for Lamb of God, followers, Righteous Vendetta are burn- My Sleep” and “Half as Dead” are among them into the songs that we are extremely Converge, Deadguy, among others. This 20th ing rubber on their way to contender status. the latest melodic metal mission statements in proud of.” anniversary edition of Temple of the Morning an arsenal rich with sonic diversity, melodic Star features the original album remastered in depth, and authentic passion. addition to demos, live cuts, and a DVD. Es- sential. BLACK MAP BODY COUNT ARCH ENEMY IN DROVES BLOODLUST AS THE STAGES BURN! E1 CENTURY MEDIA CENTURY MEDIA Black Map creates music driven by the pulse Body Count, the gangster-metal collective Featuring footage of their headline perfor- of their early genesis as a trio who packed it- that made music fearsome to mainstream mance at Wacken Open Air 2016, marking self into a rehearsal room with pure intentions, America, their renegade track “Cop Killer” the pinnacle of a highly successful album a 12-pack and a boundary-smashing lack of sending politicians, parents and law en- campaign in support of War Eternal, As the prohibitions or rules. Their commitment is to forcement officials into a proverbial tailspin Stages Burn! highlights an impressive live each other, to what feels right; to meditation on when it was released unto the world a quar- production fans of Swedish thrashers Arch big riffs that lurch and churn, dripping with at- ter-century ago. That’s not to say Ice-T and Enemy! The full Wacken 2016 show was mosphere, powering bold and evocative state- Body Count have been silent over the past recorded with 13 cameras, produced and ments. The band is the union of three 25 years, but as Ice is quick to point out, you directed by Patric Ullaeus. The audio was established Northern California rock musi- can’t start a movement if people aren’t will- mixed by Andy Sneap. The DVD/Blu-ray cians, driven by a shared dedication to big ing to move. “Music happens in climates,” bonus material features also Behind the riffs, big drums and powerful, straight-ahead, the Body Count frontman says when asked Scenes footage from Wacken, as well as all enveloping rock n’ roll. Black Map con- about his expectations for the band’s new excerpts from the “Tokyo Sacrifice” live sists of the versatile voice and walloping bass opus, the aptly titled Bloodlust, a razor-sharp DVD, all War Eternal music videos and a groove of Ben Flanagan (Trophy Fire), the wall- collection of social right hooks and body new, previously unreleased video clip for of-sound big riff histrionics of guitarist Mark blows – such as the track “No Lives Matter” “Time Is Black.” The Deluxe Box Set will Engles (dredg) and the unstoppable driving – that paint a picture of an America in utter come with an Artbook incl. CD, DVD and force and tasteful skill of drummer Chris Robyn and complete shambles. “Now we have Blu-ray, pop-up art, lanyard and an As the (Far). Together, with In Droves, Black Map impending doom again, racism is at an all- Stages Burn! laminate. As the Stages Burn! have created an exhilarating masterpiece. time high and it’s our season again. This is will be available as Ltd. Deluxe the optimal time for a Body Count record.” CD+DVD+Blu-ray Box Set, Special Edition CD+DVD Digipak, Gatefold 2LP+DVD and as digital album (Silver vinyl is limited to 500 copies!). CHICKENFOOT TROUBLED HORSE REPLACIRE CREEPER BEST + LIVE REVOLUTION OF REPEAT DO NOT DEVIATE ETERNITY, IN YOUR ARMS CFE/CHICKENFOOT/E1 RISE ABOVE SEASON OF MIST ROADRUNNER/ATL Chickenfoot is a supergroup featuring In the wild and wayward world of undiluted, Replacire is the brainchild of guitarist Eric Ostensibly a punk band, Creeper’s sonic legendary front man Sammy Hagar, gui- old school heavy metal and rock’n’roll, Swe- Alper, who founded the band in 2010. The palette draws on everything from Alkaline tar god Joe Satriani and the classic den’s Troubled Horse are a living, breath- American tech metal prodigies hailing from Trio and Jawbreaker to Meat Loaf, David rhythm section of bassist Michael An- ing, balls-out example of how change must Boston, Massachusetts self-released their Bowie and Queen, while the band’s pre- thony (Van Halen) and drummer Chad always be harnessed to make things bigger, debut full-length The Human Burden in 2012. cisely honed aesthetic echoes everything Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers). In ad- better and more exhilarating. Formed in The album’s unique and wide-ranging mate- from the surreal flair of David Lynch to the dition to “Divine Termination” – the band’s 2003 in their hometown of Örebro (also rial was an ambitious statement of intent that sci-fi shock of The X-Files, the gut-twisting hor- first new tune in 5 years – Best + Live in- home to Witchcraft), the Horse crew quickly established the New Englanders as ror of The Exorcist, and the camp Tech- cludes over 90 minutes of live music – for erupted into the consciousness of riff-wor- a must-follow heavy act in their corner of the nicolor of Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet. the first time released on CD. Sammy shippers everywhere with the invigorating US. Do Not Deviate is a vicious beast. Relent- Eternity, In Your Arms is the UK quintet’s Hagar says, “Listening to this collection of whirlwind of spiky garage rock, propulsive lessly attacking and pushing forward. Yet debut album and sees them wrestling with songs from the ‘Foot brings back memories psychedelia and thunderous, overdriven Replacire combine aggression with techni- existential crises, personal failures and emo- of some of the most fun I’ve ever had in a soul-meets-doom riffing that was their debut cal intricacy and lace their harsh death tional desolation via the kaleidoscope of a band.” The “LIVE” disc features a 13-song album, Step Inside. Revolution on Repeat is a metal not only with the usual genre elements richly drawn narrative tapestry. Eternity, In strong set list including almost every song diverse, diverting and irresistible slab of curi- such as cascading syncopated breaks, odd- Your Arms recently earned a perfect score from Chickenfoot’s debut album as well ously timely heavy rock that defies the rule- time signatures, and jazzy moments, but from Louder Than War, who raved: “A debut as Hagar’s old Montrose classic “Bad book and breathes new life into that most also inject a clever elegance, which is quite that could easy have been weighed down Motor Scooter,” The Who’s “My enduring and fecund of musical genres.