Epica Tease New Collaboration Album with Some Familiar Faces

Here are all the announced guests on the upcoming Epica collaboration album! I am pleasantly surprised by the familiar faces and know this will be an absolutely incredible record. According to lead singer Simone Simons, the album is expected to be released this December. This concept is a complete surprise to me, because it’s a very modern approach. It seems to be a more mainstream venture from the band, just based on the guests and new song performed on the 20th Anniversary show with singer and Saxophonist, Jørgen Munkeby from Shining. I listed all the guests in the captions on the photos. Below is a comprehensive list with songs so you can see what each guest sounds like!

– Tommy Karevik

– Fleshgod Apocalypse

– Frank Schiphorst

– Roel van Helden

– Asim Searah

– Phil Lanzon

– Henri Sattler

– Sven de Caluwé

ALKALOID, A Progressive Death Metal Super Group Premieres New Song

ALKALOID is an Extreme Progressive Metal band aiming to capitalize on differences of musical influences from each member.  The band premiered a new song and an audio album teaser for “The Malkuth Grimoire”.  It is the band’s debut album that is being crowd funded on Indiegogo.  The band is a mix of Death Metal, Progressive sounds inspired by Rush, and Sludge metal.  The music has a slow and dark delivery, with immense technicality in the instrumentation.  Check out their lineup and brand new song below on sound cloud.

Morean – vocals & guitar (Dark Fortress, Noneuclid, The Hungry Gods)

Christian Münzner – guitar (Ex-Obscura, Ex-Necrophagist, Spawn of Possession)

Danny Tunker – guitar (Aborted,)

Linus Klausenitzer – bass (Obscura, Noneuclid)

Hannes Grossmann – drums (Ex-Obscura, Ex-Necrophagist, Blotted Science)

https://soundcloud.com/alkaloidband/carbon-phrases

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/alkaloid-s-debut-album-the-malkuth-grimoire—2