FREE MUSIC MONDAY - KLAYMORE

New Wave of British Heavy Metal... from America! Power, speed, and devastation \m/

Klaymore is a three-piece heavy metal band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Their influences include a wide range of artists and genres in realms such as metal, rock, blues, and punk. The band began in 2007, and has since then played shows in the western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio, and northern West Virginia areas. Klaymore has released two full length albums, an EP of cover songs, and an EP of original material: "Primed For Destruction" (July 2011), "It's Alive" (April 2012) "Respect Your Elders" (October 2012), and "New Breed" (August 2013). Listen to Klaymore's discography on Bandcamp! All kinds of free music included!

 

Links: Facebook // Official Website // Bandcamp

FREE MUSIC MONDAY - HELLBEAR

Best band name ever. No competition. Game over.

Hailing from Richmond, VA, Hellbear provide a grizzly Speed Metal sound intent on shredding your face off. So if you intend on pressing play... better have another face. Along with the Speed Metal front, there's plenty of Thrash and what the band has coined as "speedgroove" included here.

Their debut, self-titled EP is available on 12'' hard copy here. Vinyl junkies indulge! But for those of us lacking a record player in our lives, the EP is available for a "name your price" download through Bandcamp. And yes, as usual, free counts as a price! Get yourself some Hellbear!

Links: Facebook // Bandcamp

NEW MUSIC TUESDAY - SEPTEMBER 3RD

Another week, three more solid releases to move you out of summer and into fall.

If you have somehow missed all of the news surrounding this release, or even everything about the band Gorguts like ever, then you have quite some catching up to do. Canadian tech-metal band Gorguts is set to release their first album in 12 years. Which means their previous release was released when Nu-metal has was the king of the airwaves. Needless to say, a lot has changed, and technical, progressive, brutal, and atmospheric death metal have all taken off since then. The big question that has loomed over the release of “Colored Sands” is simple: can it stand up to the modern metal scene after 12 years? This question has even simpler answer. Yes, yes, yes and yes.


Links: Facebook // Stream // Merch

The Safety Fire has released one of the absolute best prog metal albums of the year with “Mouth of Swords.” I can’t say enough about this album, so I won’t even try. This one is a doozy, and it’s streaming, go listen now. Also, this is an example of the perfect production, mixing, and mastering of a modern metal album. Take notes.

Links: Facebook // Twitter // Official Website

Canadian speed/thrash metal legends Annihilator are back with their newest album “Feast” today. So far so good in the Annihilator camp, “Feast” so far seems to be the band’s most successful album since 2001. Cheers to success. Check this one out.

Links: Facebook // Official Website // Twitter

-Trisolino