BAZUndergroundUpdates CCXLVIII

We are back once more, and this week is definitely packed with metal goodness!
So, let’s see what’s out there…


WHITECHAPEL The long-awaited new full length album Hymns in Dissonance by Whitechapel is almost here! Scheduled for a release on March 7th via Metal Blade Records, we still get a little ahead in the goodie album because a new single from it is already available! Watch the album title track video right over here and remember to place your pre-order!
DAWN OF OUROBOROS Oakland, CA blackened progressive metal band Dawn of Ouroboros has now shared the lead single and title track from their forthcoming third album Bioluminescence, set for release via Prosthetic Records on March 7th! Head over here right now to check out the track Bioluminescence, over here to place your album pre-order, and as an added bonus; over here to claim tickets to Dawn of Ouroboros Bioluminescence release tour!
IMPERISHABLE Swedish death metal stalwarts Imperishable have announced the release of their second album Swallow the World, set for a release on April 11th via Hammerheart Records! The first single Bells however is already available along with a music video, and you can head over here right now to check it out after which you can head over here to place your album pre-order!Storm, out now on Metal Blade Records! Head over here right now to check it out, you won’t be disappointed!

RIVERS OF NIHIL Returning to North American stages this spring, Rivers of Nihil are heading out for a month-long headlining tour running from 22nd of May in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania through 22nd of June in Toronto, Ontario! Support will be proved by Holy Fawn, Inter Arma and Glacial Tomb! Tickets and VIP packages are available right now over here!
ALLEGAEON Joining Warbringer on North American co-headlining tour this spring, the Colorado melodic tech metal outfit Allegaeon is stoked to head out on the Vortex of Violence tour, commending on March 18th in San Diego, California, and closing on April 12th in Los Angeles, California! The tickets are on sale already so make sure you have quick hands!
ENTHEOS Progressive death metal duo Entheos will be supporting Born of Osiris on their upcoming US winter tour! Beginning on January 31st in Iowa City, Iowa, the tour will run through February 22nd in Grand Rapids, Michigan! Additional support will be provided by Within Destruction, AXTY, and Lost in Separation! Tickets are already on sale so make sure you check out all of the confirmed dates and get your tickets!


ONIROPHAGUS It’s time for death! It’s time for doom! It’s time for Onirophagus and their third album Revelations From The Void out now on Personal Records. Prepare to have your body, soul and spirit smooshed into the ground with some distressing, heavy riffing. You can listen to the album in full here or buy a CD copy—even monsters must feast… actually, especially monsters.


FLESHBORE It’s time for a tech-death party! This Friday sees the release of Painted Paradise by Felshbore on the ever-reliable Transcending Obscurity Records and if you want some pummeling, technical goodness, step this way. The album is available on a variety of editions and if you want your own digital copy, you need spend only a single dollar.

SUNROT You’ll probably struggle to find the bad-music-for-the-dentist-office section in your local record shop, but fear not, because we’re here to guide you towards the industrial horror of Passages the latest EP from Sunrot. Featuring Dylan Walker (of Full of Hell) on one of the five tracks—if screaming is an art, Walker is definitely an artist. This is extremely uneasy listening. Ambience, noise, terror and some stoner metal riffs (if stoner metal was traumatic). Enjoy! Pre-order a cassette or digital copy here.

Having to pay gigantic sums for international postage is a real gear grinder. While it’s our default setting to link Bandcamp pages in the case of new and pre-releases, we thought it would be helpful to add some online stores that might provide a useful alternative.
So if you see a release you fancy, but it’s being sold in a far off land and you don’t want to fork out on exorbitant shipping, see if any of the links below can remedy the situation.
Dark Essence (Norway) Dark Essence (US)
Direct Merch (Australia)
eOne Heavy (EU) eOne Heavy (UK) eOne Heavy (US)
Metal Odyssey (EU) Metal Odyssey (US)
Napalm Records (Germany)
Prophecy Productions (Germany) Prophecy Productions (US)
Rough Trade (UK) Rough Trade (US)
Season of Mist (EU) Season of Mist (US)
Southern Lord (EU) Southern Lord (US)
Throne Records (World)
Transcending Obscurity (EU) Transcending Obscurity (US)
As stated above, this week is jet packed! We hope you all have quick hands with those tickets and everything else there is to be offered, and hold those horns high!
By Julia Katrin and Tom Osman
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