London Metal Monthly Issue 003, June 2014 (Nile, Arch Enemy, Sigiriya) | Page 3

NEWS
NEW OPETH ALBUM RELEASE
RESCHEDULED TO AUGUST

Upcoming
Opeth
album
“Pale
Communion”, due to be released
on Roadrunner Records, has been
postponed from its original June
release date until August 26th 2014.
Since the announcement the band have
released the artwork for the album, as
well as a track from the album “Cusp
of Eternity” online for streaming.
Although their last album, “Heritage”
was well recieved by critics, it
polarised fans due to its confinued
foray into progressive territory.

BLOODSHOT
IN
THE

DAWN
STUDIO

Acclaimed and unsigned death-metal
group from Hampshire are currently
recording their forthcoming, yet to be
titled full length album. The release
will follow their self-titled 2012 LP
which was also released independently.
Bloodshot Dawn play a thrash infused
style of melodic death metal with
occasional progressive elements. Their
last album stood testament to the fact
that you don’t necessarily need to be
on a record label in order to release an
epic, professional sounding full-length
album.
The band funded the album via
Kickstarter, a platform which allows
artists to finance projects through
donations from fans and others
interested. They managed to not only
meet, but exceed their targets: proving
the dedication of their fanbase! We can
only hope this results in the creation of
a stellar miscreation in their sophomore
LP.
On the page, the band states “We are
hoping to record the songs during July
this year and then being mixing and
mastering of the album at the beginning
of August with the planned release date
being October 25th 2014!”
The page also lsits guest artists linedup for the recording sessions, “Vocals
from Sven De Caluwé (ABORTED), and
guitar solos from Chris Amott (Ex-ARCH
ENEMY), Per Nilsson (SCAR SYMMETRY),
Teemu Mäntysaari (WINTERSUN) & Andy
James (Previously of Sacred Mother
Tongue)!!!”.

June 2014
STEAK

RECORDING
ALBUM

NEW

London
based
heavy
electric
stoner-rock visionaries STEAK have
announced a new full-length release
due to be released through Napalm
Records in September, as well as
album release shows. The band play
a hard-hitting rhythm laden style that
is sure to appeal to fans of Kyuss,
Clutch, or Mondo Generator. Many
of the bands albums are available
for streaming on their bandcamp
webpage.

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NILE at The Underworld

June

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South Carolina, U.S.A death metal legends Nile return
to London as part of their 2014 European tour in
continued support of their most recent release “At the
Gates of Sethu” (Nuclear Blast). The album has been
well received by critics and fans alike, and hailed as
one of their most brutal miscreations yet, featuring the
return of tyrannical guitars of both Dallas Toler-Wade
and founding member (and vocalist) Karl Sanders;
as well as the inhuman drumming of George Kolias.
While the band have not released any news about any
forthcoming albums, from the patterns in their release
history, it is fair to assume that we can expect another
by the end of next year. Having released “Sethu” 2
years ago now, we can expect the band to fill the set
with lots of classics and crowd-pleasers!
Support for the band comes from classic heavy
metal titans Vicious Rumours, veterans who’ve been
consistently delivering awesome and surprising metal
since 1979. Over the course of their career, they have
created albums in a range of styles, while never losing
their core identity or musical ambition. Still sounding
as strong as ever, Vicious Rumours play a combination
of old and new material, adapting older songs to the
expectations of the modern heavy-metal audience.

What is the name of Nile’s latest album?
A. Egyptian Relaxation Songs IV
Email answers, with choice of vinyl* to:
B. At The Gates of Sethu
[e-mail]
C. What Would Anubis Do?
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