Danish thrashers ESSENCE have just announced their direct support slot for mighty MEGADETH in Copenhagen this coming Saturday.

“We are fukn honored to perform with Megadeth on Saturday! It is a dream come true for us as a thrash metal band and as personal fans of the band. The audience can expect no mercy as we tear down the concert hall and peel the painting off the walls with our metal! This will be a show to remember and when we are done, we will bow before the mighty Hanger 18! Playing music for the hell of it has never been more fun!”
Lasse Skov, frontman of Essence

The ESSENCE album „Last Night of Solace“ was released on March 29 via NoiseArt Records and is available as limited CD in slipcase incl. bonus track! Order here: http://shop.noiseart.cc/c13-231/ESSENCE

Check out the official album trailer: http://youtu.be/s5c6jZprnqM

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Just as they stand unflinching in a surreal frozen sea of ice on their latest promotion picture, Scandinavian MERCENARY stand their ground musically as bold and confident as ever on their seventh album »Through Our Darkest Days«. After the roller coaster of loosing half their lineup in 2009 and presenting a renewed lineup and a new musical approach on 2011′s »Metamorphosis«, MERCENARY’s new album combines the strength of their latest approach with both a fresh sound and the grand melancholy and soaring clean vocals of past albums. The unusual mixture of elements from many genres within metal is in truth the band’s biggest asset: an organic diversity bound together by tight songwriting and the ability to stand up to any sort of audience and make them lifetime MERCENARY followers.

“On »Metamorphosis« it was important for us to reinvent our sound and experiment rather than just trying to copying the sound of the old line-up. And we were really happy with the direction and the result. But with »Through Our Darkest Days« we felt that the right thing to do was to combine the new elements with more classic elements from Mercenary’s older material, so it’s only fair to say that the new album combines the best of both eras of the band.” René Pedersen

Again Mercenary decided to record with long time collaborator and Danish master producer Jacob Hansen in order to get the signature powerful and crystal clear production, and for the first time the cover artwork was done by MNEMIC guitar player Mircea Gabriel Eftemie.

The album will be out in Europe on July 26 via NoiseArt Records and is going to be available as limited digipak including bonus track.

„Through Our Darkest Days“ Tracklist:

1. A New Dawn
2. Welcome The Sickness
3. Through Our Darkest Days
4. Dreamstate Machine
5. A Moment Of Clarity
6. Beyond This Night
7. Starving Eyes
8. Generation Hate
9. Forever The Unknown
10. Holding On To Serenity (Bonustrack)

Here you can pre-order the NEW album w/ exclusive poster:
http://shop.noiseart.cc/p228-835/MERCENARY-Through-Our-Darkest-Days-Digipack-Limited-Poster

MERCENARY & OMNIUM GATHERUM live
Presented by LEGACY, PIRANHA, NOIZELETTER, METALNEWS and POWERMETAL.DE

MERCENARY
OMNIUM GATHERUM
+ Special Guest

30.08.2013 DE – Leipzig – Hellraiser
31.08.2013 DE – München – Backstage Club
01.09.2013 CH – Pratteln – Gallery
04.09.2013 RO – Bucharest – The Silver Church Club
05.09.2013 HUN – Budapest – tba
06.09.2013 AT – Wien – Escape
07.09.2013 CZ – Brno – Melodka
08.09.2013 DE – Berlin – Magnet
11.09.2013 BE – Vooselaar – Biebob
12.09.2013 UK – London – The Underworld
14.09.2013 DE – Stuttgart – Club Zentral
15.09.2013 NL – Eindhoven – Dynamo

Further MERCENARY dates:
31.05.2013 DE – Geiselwind, Beastival
01.06.2013 CH – Oberentfelden, Böröm Pöm Pöm (Headliner Show)
02.06.2013 CZ – Pilzen, Metalfest CZ

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Since their debut album „Spread The Fire“ made a huge impact on the metal scene, it was their second album “Plunging Into Darkness” that really made the difference and put FUELED BY FIRE on the thrash metal map for good. Now those insane thrashers are back with their newest effort called “Trapped in Perdition”.

„I would say the biggest difference to the previous album is the influence. We have more of an old school death metal influence along with late 80s early 90s thrash metal. A little heavier stuff on this one and lots of solos. Also some more technicality. I think it’s a step up from Plunging Into Darkness.“ Carlos Gutierrez, Drums

The album was recorded in the so-called Mana Recording Studios, Florida with death metal legend Erik Rutan of Hate Eternal. The front cover, which was done by artist Axel Hermann, who also did artworks for MORGOTH, ASPHYX, ICED EARTH and many others, also portraits the death metal influence with this dark, disturbing and gloomy piece of art.

End of 2012 the band embarked on a lengthy European run with the likes of KREATOR, MORBID ANGEL and NILE and they will do a South American tour as well as an extended North American tour this Summer along with Artillery, Gama Bomb and Bonded By Blood in August/September; a European tour for early 2014 is in the works.

The new FUELED BY FIRE album “Trapped In Perdition” will be out in Europe on July 26 and in North America on August 6 via NoiseArt Records.

„Trapped In Perdition“ Tracklisting:
1. Catastrophe
2. Suffering Entities
3. Forsaken Deity
4. Profane Path
5. Defaced Mortality
6. Rotten Creation
7. Pharmaceutical Extermination
8. Symbolic Slaying
9. Obliteration
10. Abeyant Future (Outro)
11. Depiction of Demise (Bonustrack)

Pre-order the album here:
http://shop.noiseart.cc/p228-836/FUELED-BY-FIRE-Trapped-In-Perdition-CD

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