Sylosis have a new song out. Press release and video below
Late last year, Sylosis almost left a rift in the cosmos
with furious track 'The New Flesh'. Now they're back for blood, delivering
devastating second single 'Erased'.
'Erased' is taken from their upcoming seventh studio album,
The New Flesh, slated to drop on February 20th via Nuclear Blast Records. The
New Flesh is a towering testament to destructive riffing, incisive melody and
refined brute force.
Sylosis stated,
"Erased was one of the last songs to be written for the
album. As we were approaching the deadline to get everything submitted there
was a pressure there that really helped shape this song into something special.
There's a massive chorus here and one of our favourite middle 8 sections that
we've ever put together. We can't wait to play this one live."
The New Flesh is available to pre-order in the following
physical formats:
CD Jewelcase
Solid Red Vinyl (All Retail)
Sky Blue with Black Splatter Vinyl (NB/Band Variant)
Red and Sky Blue Corona with Vinyl (Band Exclusive)
The New Flesh - Tracklisting
01. Beneath The Surface
02. Erased
03. All Glory, No Valour
04. Lacerations
05. Mirror Mirror
06. Spared From The Guillotine
07. Adorn My Throne
08. The New Flesh
09. Everywhere At Once
10. Circle Of Swords
11. Seeds In The River
Sylosis have included a Dublin date, on February 22, two days after the release of The New Flesh.
A HUGE, huge thank you to those who entered our competition to win tickets to see Megadeth, Lamb of God, Children of Bodom and Sylosis in Dublin on November 9th.
The Belfastmetalheadsreunited/RockradioNI competition was thanks due to our friends at MCD, and you entered in your droves!
Literally there were hundreds of entries, and it took an exhaustive process over several cups of coffee to open each one, check that they had the really, really difficult question (yes, it was the Golden Gods!) correct.
Then numbers were allocated at random and the proverbial random number generator did its work.
After all that the winners of a pair of tickets each are: Adele and Terry!
Given the line up we would have loved to give you all tickets! Instead you'll just have to shell out to see this sterling metal line-up.
And don't forget that LoG drummer, Adler, is playing both for his own band and for Megadeth...now that's dedication!
BELFASTMETALHEADSREUNITED and RockRadioNI have teamed up with those generous folks at MCD to offer you the chance to win one of two sets of double tickets to see one of the most metal shows in 2015.
Yes we have two pairs of tickets up for grabs to see Megadeth, Lamb of God, Children of Bodom and Sylosis at Dublin's 3Arena on November 9th as this four-band collective of fearsome metal kick off the UK and Ireland leg of the tour. Simply answer the question at the end of this article!
It's a co-headliner, between 'Deth and LoG, but inevitably will see Mustaine's band closing the night - after all it is the 30th Anniversary of their début release 'Killing is My Business...And Business is Good'.
As they prepare to release their 15th studio album here's what Mustaine had to say: “Having just finished an amazing record full of high-energy heavy metal with Chris Adler, Kiko Loureiro and David Ellefson, I am excited to announce this tour and see all of the metal fans come out for this one. I literally can’t wait to hit the stage again!”
After headlining the second stage at the Download Festival last month, Virginian metal titans LAMB OF GOD are delighted to return to the UK as co-headliners backing new album VII: Sturm und Drang (released July 24 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment). And long time drummer Chris Adler recently joined the Megadeth ranks as well, so will perform with both bands each show.
"I have to say that it's definitely exciting to be announcing this one! I'm more than pleased to let the world know that Lamb Of God will be sharing the bill with thrash metal legends, Megadeth, for five shows in the UK and Ireland, from November 9th-15th!
"It's been almost a decade since we've had the opportunity to tour with Megadeth, and we're absolutely thrilled to be teaming up with them once again for these very special UK dates. Also appearing will be our good friends and long time co-conspirators Children Of Bodom and Sylosis. This lineup is unstoppable! If you're not stoked about this bill, then you very simply do not like heavy metal! Take a plane, take a boat, hitch a ride, take the tube, bring your Wellies…see you there!" – Mark Morton, Lamb Of God.
To win tickets to see this line-up in Dublin on November 9th answer this question:
Dave Mustaine collected which award in June of this year?
WHEN it comes to metal there is something intangible that unites and binds amidst a maelstrom of music and mayhem that despite the horrific faces and brutal lyrical imagery is life-affirming and leaves an audience emerging from concerts smiling and exhausted.
There arefew finer examples of this as when Devildriver - with support from Bleed From Within and Sylosis - took the stage in Belfast's Limelight1, with a display of devastating heavy metal.
Bleed From Within suffered from the curse of the opening act, playing to a half-full venue, many of whom were there only for the top two acts. However, they were determined not to be daunted. Shaking off the supposed metalcore tag the Scottish band took to the stage with intent, and performed as if they were the headliners, maintaining musicianship and onstage banter to a high degree and earning new fans as a result.
Sylosis are one of the bands that have been bubbling under for a while, with their own devoted audience ready to head straight to the pit. 'Fear the World' and 'Teras' were set highlights.
What they did prove is that they are to be escalated to a higher plain in the future - the standard of playing was at a particularly high level and the Middleton's lead sections were played with the ease of one who knows his musical reference points and is prepared to build upon them.
Despite only having just over half an hour on stage Sylosis have visibly grown up since the release of last year's Monolith, and even having a stand-in drummer didn't deter them.
Devildriver haven't been back to Belfast since 2006, when they headlined Rottfest. And, when they took to the Limelight1 stage it was a meeting of minds as if friends old and new were at a particularly chaotic family reunion...
No fancy fanfares, no melodramatic lengthy intro tapes, no fuss, no frills - by the time the opening chords of 'Head On To Heartache' reverberated throughout the venue there was only one focus, a metal band: nothing more, nothing less.
And, that is what undoubtedly all fans really want. Dez Fafara is the congenial frontman, like a tattooed ringleader, the mad uncle who gets the party started, and with a growl that terrifies the faint hearted.
Flanked by manic guitarists Jeff Kendrick and Mike Spreitzer, roaming Chris Towning on bass and anchored by John Boecklin on drums the five-piece delivered what can only be described as a well-rehearsed, well executed and powerful set; each member comfortable with their roles and each one determined to raise each other's game.
The pair of songs 'Not All Who Wander Are Lost' and 'Before The Hangman's Noose' were ear-splitting, mosh pitting metal at its best.
The vast majority of the audience were familiar with all the songs on show, and a charged cover version of Awolnation's 'Sail' brought the audience to a peak.
And then the groove kicked in...
'Clouds over California' was heavy, groove, melodic metal, with Kendrick and Spreitzer rolling the riffs around Fefara's insistent singing.
Closing with 'Ruthless' this was also a ruthless execution of metal at its best, the holy unity of band and audience merged together in a way that left all exhausted and all happy.
All three bands are examples that while pure aggression is at its heart, pure joy is the soul of metal; with all the darkness and all the supposed imagery it is a music form that has the potential, for at least a few short hours when performed live, to bring hearts and minds a thrill of freedom from the mediocrity that passes for culture in the 21st Century.
All photos courtesy of Marc Leach (Copyright Marc Leach Photography). Video of Sail courtesy of NI Rocks
SOUTHERN groove metal maestros DevilDriver today have confirmed a Belfast date on their European tour.
Dez Fafara and his merry band of metal monsters have confirmed a date on April 7th at Ormeau Avenue's Limelight complex, with tour buddies Sylosis and Bleed From Within.
Earlier this week we talked to Dez about his passions, lyrics and circle pits.
Below he reveals how he sacrificed a day off to make sure he played Belfast again
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