Morgoth Streaming “Black Enemy”


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Photo by Evelyn Steinweg/www.steinweg-photographie.de

Morgoth is streaming “Black Enemy” off their new studio album Ungod, out March 30, 2015 in Europe and April 7, 2015 in North America via Century Media Records, here.

Ungod was recorded, mixed and mastered in November and December 2014 by Jörn Michutta and Matthias Klinkmann at Sound Division Tonstudio in the band’s initial home-area of Sauerland / Germany, after having already successfully tested the studio for the God Is Evil EP. MORGOTH recently parted ways with longtime vocalist Marc Grewe, who was replaced by Karsten “Jagger” Jäger (also in DISBELIEF). Jagger has already proven being the perfect fit for MORGOTH at his live debut in December, and his performance on Ungod will further solidify the choice.

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Wacken Open Air 2015 Adds Kvelertak, Combichrist, Mushroomhead, Obituary, etc. To Perform


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Wacken Open Air has confirmed more bands for the 2015 edition, which will be held from Thursday, July 30 to Saturday, August 1, 2015 in Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany.

Kvelertak
Waltari
Combichrist
Noctiferia
Bembers
Mushroomhead
Skindred
Obituary
Morgoth
Karbholz
M.O.D.
Zodiac

They will join the complete list of confirmed acts:
Alkbottle
Amorphis
(special “Tales from the Thousand Lakes” Show)
Anaal Nathrakh
Ancient Bards
Angra
Annihilator
The Answer
Armored Saint
Asrock
At the Gates
Avatar
Baltic Sea Child
Bembers
Biohazard
Black Label Society
Black Spiders
Bloodbath
Blood Red Throne
The BossHoss
Butcher Babies
Cannibal Corpse
Combichrist
Cradle of Filth
Crossplane
Cryptopsy
Danko Jones
Dark Tranquillity
Deadiron
Death Angel
Ensiferum
Epica
Exumer
Falconer
The Gentle Storm
Godsized
Grailknights
Ill Niño
In Extremo
In Flames
Judas Priest
Kärbholz
Kataklysm
Khold
Kommando
Kvelertak
Lord of the Lost
M.O.D.
Mantar
Morgoth
Mushroomhead
My Dying Bride
New Model Army
Noctiferia
Nuclear Assault
Obituary
Opeth
Powerwolf
Queensrÿche
The Quireboys
Rob Zombie
Rock Meets Classic
Running Wild
Sabaton
Samael
Savatage
Sepultura
Shining
Skiltron
Skindred
Stoneman
Stratovarius
Subway to Sally
Tears for Beers
Thyrfing
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Truckfighters
U.D.O. & Bundeswehr Musikkorps
Waltari
Within Temptation
Zodiac

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Watain, At The Gates, Satyricon Confirmed For Blastfest 2015


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Blastfest will be held 18-21st February 2015 in Bergen, Norway and in case you missed this lineup announcement, here it is again:

Alfahanne
Aspherium
Asphyx
At The Gates
Baptism
Blood Red Throne
Bolzer
Bömbers
Borknagar
Byfrost
Craft
Crib45
Cryptopsy
Dark Funeral
Dark Tranquility
Dead To This World
Decapitated
Demilich
Den Saakaldte
Djevelkult
Destroyer 666
Destruction
Endstille
Esoteric
Falloch
Finntroll
Gehenna
Hecate Enthroned
Impaled Nazarene
Kall
Melechesh
Moonsorrow
Morgoth
Naer Mataron
Orange Goblin
Paradise Lost
Primordial
Purple Hill Witch
Rotting Christ
Samael
Sarke
Sarkom
Satan
Saturnus
Satyricon
The Sickening
The 3rd Attempt
Tortorum
Tsjuder
Vallenfyre
Winterfylleth
Wyruz
+ more yet to be announced.

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Morgoth Part Ways With Marc Grewe, Recruit ex-Disbelief Vocalist, Upcoming Shows


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German death metallers Morgoth have parted ways with long time vocalist Marc Grewe and replaced him with Karsten “Jagger” Jager from Disbelief. He is currently handling all the vocals on their forthcoming album Ungod, as well as their upcoming live shows.

Stream the unmixed versions of the new record here.

Ungod will be released on March 30th in Europe and April 7th in North America via Century Media Records and will be celebrated with a string of very special release club shows in Germany with support by DESERTED FEAR, as well as local opening acts to be announced soon. See below for dates:

Dec 20: Metalowa Wigilia 2014- Warsaw (Poland) – Progresja
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Jan 17: Break The Silence Festival – Dippoldiswalde / Dresden (Germany)
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Feb 20: Blastfest – Bergen (Norway)
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MORGOTH + DESERTED FEAR & local supports / Ungod album release shows:
Mar 26: Bambi Galore – Hamburg (Germany)
Mar 27: Cassiopeia – Berlin (Germany)
Mar 28: Cafe Cairo – Würzburg (Germany)
Mar 29: AJZ Bahndamm – Wermelskirchen (Germany)

MORGOTH live 2014/2015:
19.-21.06.2015 – Copenhagen (Denmark) – Copenhell Festival
19.-21.06.2015 – Dessel (Belgium) – Graspop Metal Meeting
19.-21.06.2015 – Clisson (France) – Hellfest
13.-15.08.2015 – Dinkelsbühl (Germany) – Summer Breeze Open Air

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Nightwish, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse Set For Summer Breeze Open Air 2015


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Summer Breeze Open Air Festival has announced its lineup for the 2015 edition. The event is held at Aeroclub Dinkelsbuehl Airfield between Sinbronn and Illenschwang in Dinkelsbuehl, Germany from August 13th to 15th, 2015.

Agalloch
Amorphis
Any Given Day
Avatarium
Battle Beast
Below
Belphagor
Breakdown Sanity
Cannibal Corpse
Carnifex
Combichrist
Cradle Of Filth
Dark Tranquillity
Death Angel
Devilment
Diablo Blvd
Dornenreich
Emil Bulls
Ensiferum
Falloch
Ghost Brigade
Glory Hammer
Hark
Isole
Kataklysm
Knorkator
Lantlos
Morgoth
Neagra
Necrotted
Nightwish
Ost + Front
Powerwolf
Pyogenesis
Rectal Smegma
Saltatio Mortis
Sepultura
Serum 114
Sonic Syndicate
The German Panzer
Trivium
Trollfest
VIIJA

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Graspop Metal Meeting 2015 Adds More Acts


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Graspop Metal Meeting 2015 have added Airbourne, A Day To Remember, Asking Alexandra, COUNTERPARTS, Der Weg einer Freiheit, FM, Hollywood Undead, Life of Agony, Marduk, Morgoth and Vallenfyre to their ever growing list of participants to their lineup. The event is held in Dessel, Belgium on June 19, 20 and 21, 2015


Blastfest 2015 Adds Four more Bands


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Norways Blastfest is expanding to a four-day festival with over 60 bands due to perform. The festival, located in Bergen will run from the 18th to the 21st February and will feature performances from the likes of At The Gates, Paradise Lost and Primordial.



Press Release:
Blastfest Is Expanding!

Blastfest has accepted the challenge and has delivered! It is official, Blastfest will be even bigger! With very positive results and excitement of a recent poll, the Bergen, Norway festival have decided 3 days of metal madness wasn’t enough and have expanded the festival into a 4 day event with a total of 60 bands! That’s 4 days, 4 venues, and 60 bands! Yes. 60 BANDS! The festival is now running from Wednesday February 18th to Saturday February 21st.

And that’s not just the only announcement the festival will make today because just like the recent state of updates the festival are keeping form and have just confirmed another 4 bands to the already exploding poster! So without further adieu, we are pleased to report the addition of true Norwegian black metal veterans Gehenna, British symphonic black metallers Hecate Enthroned, Norwegian death metal titans Blood Red Throne and death thrashers Wyruz!

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Gehenna
All of our grenade prayers have been answered; the word became flesh! It’s with a shivering voice of the utmost excitement that Blastfest welcome Norwegian black metallersGehenna to the lineup of 2015! These purveyors of the dark arts have long been regarded as one of the most important acts to come out of the Norwegian black metal scene in the 90’s. It’s therefore with great delight that the festival welcome them back to Bergen for their first ever Blastfest performance.

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Hecate Enthroned
Back in the 90’s a band made its way to the forefront of the symphonic black metal scene alongside bands like Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir, receiving praise for their ability to be both extreme in their expression as well as incorporating symphonic elements. We are of course talking about UK act Hecate Enthroned. As of today the band is still going strong, if not turning towards an ever heavier expression with their now death metal-infused take on the black arts. Blastfest are very pleased to have them cross the North Sea to perform live in Bergen for the very first time ever, as part of the festival!

Blood Red Throne
Blood Red Throne
If you were asked to name a Norwegian death metal band, chances are that the first name to enter into your mind would be that of Blood Red Throne. Ever since the release of their first four-track demo back in 2000, they have been a household name in death metal circles. It’s therefore with great pride that Blastfest welcome the ravenous war machine, the primitive killing machine that is Blood Red Throne into the fold. Be prepared for blood spatter and arterial lust!

Wyruz
Wyruz
Some say Blastfest needed to add more thrash metal to the lineup, so they have decided to include prime death/thrash act Wyruz! These guys have been going strong for over a decade now, and are dead set on destroying everything at Blastfest 2015.

Lineup
Alfahanne | Asphyx | At The Gates | Baptism | Blood Red Throne | Bolzer | Borknagar | Byfrost | Craft | Crib45 | Cryptopsy | Dark Funeral | Dark Tranquility | Dead To This World | Decapitated | Demilich | Den Saakaldte | Djevelkult | Destroyer 666 | Destruction | Endstille | Esoteric | Finntroll | Gehenna | Hecate Enthroned | Impaled Nazarene | Melechesh | Moonsorrow | Morgoth | Paradise Lost | Primordial | Rotting Christ | Samael | Sarke | Sarkom | Satan | Saturnus | The Sickening | Tortorum | Tsjuder | Vallenfyre | Wyruz + more yet to be announced.

Blastfest will be held 18-21st February 2015 in Bergen, Norway.

4 Days | 4 Venues | 60 Bands | Exhibitions | Clinics | Stand Up Comedy | Tattoo Convention | Theme DJ’s

Tickets on sale now: http://blastfest.no/?page_id=60

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Blastfest 2015 Adds More Bands, Forges Amazing Lineup


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Norway’s premier metal festival continues to gain steam as Blastfest has added seven more bands to their already impressive lineup. Finntroll, Moonsorrow, Primordial, Morgoth, Crib45, Tortorum and Djevelkult join a stacked bill that already features At The Gates, Samel, Decapitated, Cryptopsy, Asphy, Borknagar, Vallenfyre, Melechesh, and Rotting Christ among others. Blastfest will be held 19-21st February 2015 in Bergen, Norway and features 3 Stages, over 40 Bands, exhibitions, clinics, stand up comedy, a tattoo convention and themed DJ’s.

 

 

From The Press Release:

Blastfest Adds Seven More Bands To The Lineup!

Norway’s Blastfest has just unveiled another seven great reasons why you need to book the 19th – 21st of February 2015 off work. Today the festival organisers announce the addition of seven more bands to the billing including Finnish folk metal upstarts Finntroll, melodic black metal sextet Moonsorrow and Ireland’s men of myth Primordial.

The Bergen festival is only in its second year and after having already announced acts such as At The Gates, Decapitated, Rotting Christ, Destruction and Asphyxamongst others and with more yet to come, it’s fair to say that Blastfest is already offering one of the finest extreme metal line-ups of 2015.

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Morgoth – God is Evil 7”


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German death metal outfit Morgoth are back! God Is Evil (Century Media) is their first new music since 1996’s Feel Sorry for the Fanatic (Century Media), but for now they’re only providing a small taster of what is to come. The single contains two tracks from the forthcoming UnGod album, due next year.

Reminiscent of Death at their best, the title track is a technical number filled with plenty of time and style changes. Marc Grewe’s bark sounds as strong as ever, his pained screams adding to the sinister feel. ‘Die as Deceiver’ is more of a simple mid-tempo head-banger, not as intricate but no less enjoyable thanks to its infectious groove.

It may have been a long wait, but Morgoth have conjured up a great comeback single. If the band can keep quality to this level the full album should be a belter.

 

8.0/10

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DAN SWINHOE


Eindhoven Metal Meeting- Part I


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Eindhoven Metal Meeting is quite the event in the southern Netherlands and even most of metal loving Europe by now. This year the festivities were three nights starting Thursday 12th through Saturday 14th of December. Billing 40+ bands in various genres and a very restricted press list, Ghost Cult was more than happy to be their press partner this year. Being solo, our reporter and photographer decided to only follow the main stage, excepting the Thursday when the running order was a little more forgiving.

 

Sabaton01Day one: Thursday 12th the party begins. Sadly we missed the apparently brilliant set by Death Angel due to travel issues. Apparently these classic thrashers played a great deal of their newer work with verve and gave one hell of a show. Sadly, they didn’t play much of their older work in this set. Arriving just when Sabaton started playing the main stage, the power metal party was starting. Sabaton know how to engage an audience. They may be a bit over the top, although compared to the rest of the power metal genre, they’re pretty timid. Their show was bombastic and everyone in the room enjoyed them very much. There was a smaller crowd than you’d expect with a name like Sabaton, but maybe the variety of the line-up accounted for this. It seemed that the core of the audience came more for the thrash and death related acts. Sabaton decide to play a somewhat different set than they usually do, citing they know many fans at this gig have seen them many times before. The vocals and mix are a little off, but the solos and general mood were awesome. It’s clear though they were playing for a “home crowd.”

 

Next up in the small room downstairs was Izegrim, a local up and comer in death metal. These guys have been playing all over NL of late and personally I hadn’t caught them yet. Their female vocalist promises to add a slightly different touch to a genre that is usually pretty conservative in its taste. When they started playing, inexperience, and possibly nerves showed. There are some good show elements (stepping forward to the edge of the stage to solo and such), but they last only a fraction of a second, giving their show a nervous feeling. The guitar solos sound a little patchy and the music in general is straight forward death metal as we know it. It’s well constructed though and while inexperience shows in the lie show, these guys could definitely grow bigger after they relax due to some more stage experience.

 

Finishing on the main stage is Accept. These hard rockers have been around for years, and experience showed. Their show is big and well executed, but carefree and relaxed at the same time. The best thing to see was that they really enjoy themselves. This infected the crowd who, even if it’s not their cup of tea musically, seemed to enjoy them. The sound too was exceptionally good too. Props to these guys for pulling off flawless solos and vocals, thundering drums and even slight improvisations while giving a great show, building a real party. Since I hadn’t seen Death Angel, they were my highlight of the night, but I heard Death Angel could rival them in excellence.

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Friday 13th: The next day we return to Eindhoven Effenaar for a second day of loud. This day had a distinctly less party feel with mostly death and black metal bands playing the main stage. No power metal, thrash, or hard rock today, but bleak, dark, aggressive metal. Because of the denser programming today we could only cover the main stage. When we arrived we found out Fleshgod Apocalypse sadly had cancelled due to travel problems. The fans who came especially for this band (and there was a few of them) milled about the main room and in front of the venue aimlessly.

 

Now opening on the main stage is Morgoth. This German death metal outfit’s name is so common as a metal band, it’s a bit of a search to know who youMorgoth01 have in front of you. They make a very quick solo filled type of death metal, with a very tight drum base. Sadly, many of the songs sound very similar, with growling vocals, and loads and loads of shredded solos. They’re very good at what they do (even though the sound is a little off, with the bass drum being overly represented.), but not very special. Good, more traditional and solid death metal.

 

At the same time Dues Mortem are playing in the smaller room downstairs. Since Morgoth couldn’t keep my attention I decide to have a look there. The room is decently full, but it seems most of the crowd prefers Morgoth to Deus Mortems somewhat slower, more song structured and listenable black metal. The Polish outfit is less black than some of the other billed bands, and doesn’t really use the more complex chord schemes and high vocals that normally characterize the genre, but pull off a good show.

 

Belphegor01After this we go to catch Belphegor. A quick discussion over genre-types with a clear black metal connoisseur in the press pit leads to the label of “Blackened Death”, who, while starting out as a black metal outfit, is moving more and more towards death metal. They still work with the wall of sound approach, but the vocals are lower and more growling, there are less dissonant in the guitar work and the song structure is simpler than most black metal. These guys also definitely know how to give a show, adorning the stage with some interesting bone sculptures. Melodies that almost float over the wall of noise created by blast beats, and quick guitar strokes are actually quite good and catchy. Definitely a very enjoyable band.

 

Napalm Death takes the stage next, and definitely show the punk roots in their hyperactive, aggressive grindcore and death metal. Running around the stage, vocalist Barney Greenway never leaves a dull moment in their 2-3 minute elapsing songs. They get 50 minutes to completely annihilate the crowd. Sadly, the sound is poorer than usual with these guys, and it kind of muddles and confuses the more crisp sound they normally have. Everything was very loud, which is good for Napalm Death in general, but now gets a bit over the top, especially with the sloppiness in both the playing and the mix. Definitely not a bad gig, but I’ve seen them do better.

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The next band is one I’ve been looking forward to for some time; Carpathian Forest is, according to my black metal connoisseur, the only real black metal band on the bill. Being one of the relics from the old Norwegian scene, they should be exceptional. Sadly, the mix is terrible, laying emphasis on the bass drum and low sounds, vocals strangely mixed, where‘s vocals drowned out whenever the second set came in. It almost felt like a death metal mix, and even then was very poor. A fan mentioned, flabbergasted, that he hardly recognized the songs they played. Definite disappointment, while from an engagement and visual point of view the show was exceptionally good.

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Then it’s time for odd duck on today’s billing; Tiamat. The new wave/Goth metal band would have been in front of a better crowd had they been billed the next day, when there is more melodic metal booked. This means that the rather dull song structures and lethargic deliverance which works wonderfully for goth fans does nothing at all for the more death and black oriented crowd today. Many trickle out or silently abide, waiting for whom they really came for to get on stage next, Watain.

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Playing on Friday the 13th of the 13th year of their existence, the show doesn’t seem to hold much special value for Watain themselves. Having heard horror stories of the bands stage props and blood chucking habits, I was prepared for the worst, but didn’t get anything too bad. They left home their rotting sheep’s heads, only tossed one goblet of old blood into the awaiting crowd (which hit a very excited young man and his much less thrilled girlfriend), and had their fire rig set up flanking the drummer, accompanied by two huge screens made up of skin and bone panels. The band still has their own particular funk, but nothing too bad, and the sound was actually the best of the whole day in the much plagued room. I think the band has toned down the gore for a festival gig, where the next day the same room still has to be used for a full day. The show was excellent and really engaging, even though the band is mostly interested in their own ritual performance, and not much in the ecstatic crowd. Definitely worth waiting for the witching hour for them to start.

 

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See our review of Part II here:

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Written and photographed by Susanne A. Maathuis