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  Distant - the multinational down-tempo, deathcore juggernaut from Rotterdam (The Netherlands) and Bratislava (Slovakia) - has launched another standalone single: "Human Scum". Currently streaming on all digital platforms, the bloodstained video (directed by the band's own vocalist, Alan Grnja; produced by Tomas Ferenc & Lukas Ferenc of VLN Production) for the track can be viewed below: Distant comments: "'Human Scum' is a deathtrap of a track, with a hooky chorus and an impeccable atmospheric soundscape. The tracks adds on to the never ending evolution to Distant songwriting capabilities and the sound of hellscape. After Tyrannt's crucible with his father - Tsukuyomi - he suffered a great defeat. Stranded in this new world in his mortal body, he's found by his silent worshippers of the Covenant, who work to help Tyrannt's rebirth into full power again - and, raising his army against the forces of Tsukuyomi to get the ultimate revenge....

  BLOODSTOCK festival is thrilled to already be looking ahead and announcing a swathe of awesome bands for the 2023 event, which is set to take place on 10th-13th August 2022 at Catton Park, Derbyshire. Metalcore pioneers KILLSWITCH ENGAGE are set to headline the Ronnie James Dio main stage on Friday, their first ever appearance at the festival. Meanwhile, thrash legends MEGADETH will close out proceedings in spectacular style on Sunday night. Other confirmed main stage bands include DEVILDRIVER, FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY, KNOCKED LOOSE, DECAPITATED and GATECREEPER. Over on the Sophie Lancaster Stage, ZEAL & ARDOR will headline one day (tbd) and expect to also see sets from KING 810 and UNTO OTHERS. Stay tuned for more 2023 surprises soon. In surprise news at this year's event, Bay Area metal squad MACHINE HEAD thrilled fans over on the Sophie Lancaster stage when they played a surprise set; their very first festival show in 10 years! Internet chatter had prevailed all week as BLOOD...

  Already having made a name for themselves across the globe with their downtempo, slam-infused deathcore, DISTANT are back and have just dropped a crushing new track entitled ‘Cursed’. The single which is accompanied by a haunting new music video is out now via Unique Leader Records. Check out the official music video for ‘Cursed’ right here: Speaking about the new single, the band tell us, “Cursed” is a new chapter in the story of DISTANT. Story starts where “Aeons Of Oblivion” left off and takes us on a pilgrimage to the new dimensions full of despair.” Fresh off their UK tour supporting Lorna Shore, Distant are about to embark on the legendary Chaos & Carnage Tour in the USA alongside Suicide Silence, Carnifex, Lorna Shore and many more. The band will make their way back to the UK/EU later this year where they will support Despised Icon and Decapitated. ‘CURSED’ IS OUT NOW VIA UNIQUE LEADER RECORDS. Stream here: orcd.co/distantcursed Hailing from The Netherlands and Slov...

Mammothfest 2018 kicks off this Friday the 5th October with headliners Bleed From Within, so with the festival so close now is time to start planning your schedules! Saturday the 6th October sees Polish death metallers Decapitated playing a not to missed UK exclusive headliner set. Find out all the bands performing and times below in this handy clashfinder: https://clashfinder.com/s/mammothfest2018 The clashfinder doesn't contain the Sunday battle of the bands running order but this was revealed in a live-streamed video on the 30/9/18 on Mammothfest's Facebook page with the director Steve Dickson, pulling out the names at random to form the schedule for Sunday. The result was: 19:00 - 19:30 NORTHAMPTON - Prognosis 18:15 - 18:45 CHESTER - In Depths 17:30 - 18:00 BRIGHTON - Tales of Autumn 16:45 - 17:15 CORK Ireland - GOD ALONE 16:00 - 16:30 CHESTER - Callus 15:15 - 15:45 CHELTENHAM - Heriot 14:30 - 15:00 WOLVERHAMPTON - Recall the remains 13:45 - 14:15 LONDON - Jackknif...

Mammothfest are proud to announce that Decapitated will now be doing a UK exclusive headline set on Saturday the 6th October in Brighton. So make sure you come down and witness the death metal carnage that ensues from the Polish act. The festival also has some other line-up changes, as unfortunately Cypecore who were due to headline on Sunday can now longer attend but Mammothfest local legends King Leviathan are taking the headline slot which is actually also their last ever local performance, so don't miss this momentous goodbye for the blackened thrash metallers. See the updated new Sunday line-up poster below! With the festival now fast approaching, the MAMMOTHFEST 2018 limited edition tees now available to pre-order! Order here: https://www.mammothfest.uk/store/MAMMOTHFEST-2018-Ltd-edition-tees-p113441071 For more on Mammothfest: https://www.mammothfest.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/MammothfestUK

Polish death metal masters DECAPITATED have released a music video for the song 'Kill The Cult', here:  https://youtu.be/kQUTQTNChbE The track comes from their latest album Anticult, which was released July 7, 2017 via Nuclear Blast Records. The video was directed by Łukasz Jaszak, who previously directed the music video for 'Never' and created the cover art for DECAPITATED's three most recent albums. Order Anticult: Limited Edition Vinyl (inc signed insert): http://nblast.de/DecapAnticultRS Limited Edition Digipack CD: http://nblast.de/AnticultDigCDAMZ DECAPITATED festival appearances: 10.08. NL Leeuwarden - Into the Grave 16.08. CZ Litomerice - Death Coffee Party 18.08. PL Cieszanow - Rock Festiwal 25.08. PL Walbrzych - Metal Mine 31.08. PL Lyski - Magia Rocka 01.09. PL Szczecinek - Materiafest 02.09. UK Edinburgh - Heavy Scotland 07/08.09. RL Beirut - Beirut Metal Fest 06.10. UK Brighton - Mammothfest 03.11. DK Aalborg - Metal Festival 16/17.02.2...

Mammothfest are offering a one-off summer sale which ends 31st July, which will be your last chance to secure savings! The festival wants to continue to bring you the finest and up and coming talent to Brighton, UK and to help this they are offering some deals to cater for your needs of what you can afford and to help support the local scene and the event... Below are 3 ticket links... 0% discount (full price), 25% discount and 33% discount. If full price is too much for you, get a cheaper ticket if you want! Full price: https://www.gigantic.com/mammothfest-2018-tickets 25% discount: https://www.gigantic.com/mammothfest-2018-various-brighton-venues-2018-10-05-00-00-27664 33% discount: https://www.gigantic.com/mammothfest-2018-various-brighton-venues-2018-10-05-00-00-27664 The future of the festival is unclear but one thing is for certain that 2018 is going to be a blast, so come and be a part of this awesome weekend! Find out more about what bands are appearing across the weekend ...

Mammothfest UK has announced new additions to the 2018 line-up: INGESTED, DEAD WITCHES, CYPERCORE, FORGOTTEN REMAINS and more join already announced headliners DECAPITATED, BLEED FROM WITHIN, UNFATHOMABLE RUINATION, CYTOTOXIN and more, making up another utterly devastating line up for the festival. DECAPITATED headline MAMMOTHFEST 2018 and are now joined by an arsenal of stunning other live bands! World Wide Slam Kings INGESTED are firm favourites in Brighton obliterating their crowds to bits every time while holding the throats of all sceptics, proving time and time again they lead the way in British extreme metal, getting stronger and more devastating with every offering. Focused brutality at its best, their fourth chapter, THE LEVEL ABOVE HUMAN available via Unique Leader records sees the band tour the world extensively and so it was only right we got them back as main support to DECAPITATED on Saturday 6th October 2018. https://www.facebook.com/ingestedu...

Polish death metallers DECAPITATED have been announced as the first headliner for Mammothfest, Brighton UK 2018! This is another massive and proud moment for the South coast metal festival who last year impressively boasted 4 UK exclusive performances from ROTTING CHRIST, TJSUDER, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE and AMENRA who all utterly destroyed the ARCH on Brighton's seafront, MAMMOTHFESTS new home! In the past, the festival has also had heavyweights Venoc Inc., Textures and many more so it certainly will be exciting to see what else Mammothfest has up its sleeve for 2018. For more details on the event see the poster below: With just the one headliner announced so far, keep an eye out for more news from Mammothfest!  You can currently get weekend tickets for the festival at the discounted price of £40 until the end of March:  https://www.gigantic.com/mammothfest-2018-tickets Check out the Mammothfest store for merchandise:  https://www.ma...