DAWN OF AZAZEL: Long-Running New Zealand-Based Death Metal Tyrants To Release New Full-Length
Long-running New Zealand-based progressive death metal tyrants, DAWN OF AZAZEL, will release their fourth full-length next month. Titled The Tides Of Damocles, the ten track slab of sonic violence is the trio's first output in six years following 2009's critically-heralded Relentless long-player. The Tides Of Damocles was recorded,
mixed and mastered last year at Mana Recording Studios (Cannibal
Corpse, Hate Eternal, Goatwhore, et al) in Tampa, Florida by Brian
Elliot and J.J. Hrubovcak. A name referencing the ocean as a metaphor for the forces of life that constantly assail and erode the will of those who seek power, The Tides Of Damocles thrusts forth forty-eight minutes of harrowing, surgically precise death metal mastery.
Comments
the band of their latest works: "We're excited as fuck to resurface
with this record. It has an anger and a dynamism that reflects the
reasons we've been silent for a several years, and our aggression moving
forward in spite of these obstacles. We couldn't be more proud of this
record as our contribution of something ferocious and unique to the
death metal genre."
The Tides Of Damocles Track Listing:
1. Strike First, Strike Hard, Strike Often
2. Irresistible Foe
3. Vassalplasty
4. The Odious Tides
5. Forever Enduring, Always Ready
6. Controlled Burn
7. Progeny of Pain
8. The Eagles Grasp
9. Damocles
10. Tarnished Gold
DAWN OF AZAZEL
will bring their brutality to the stage in the coming days on a slew of
live excursions through New Zealand and Australia with further
invasions to be announced shortly.
DAWN OF AZAZEL:
3/22/2015 The King's Arm Tavern - Auckland, NZ w/ Goatwhore
4/18/2015 Napier Deathfest - Napier, NZ
4/23/2015 The King's Arm Tavern - Auckland, NZ w/ Napalm Death, Carcass
5/02/2015 The King's Arm Tavern - Auckland, NZ w/ Suffocation, Decapitated
7/04/2015 Rust In Perth 2015 - Perth, AU
8/29/2015 Living Death Fest 2015 - Melbourne, AU
Dubbed, "metal in its roughest and most primal form" by The Metal Observer and influenced by the ferocious sounds of Order Of Chaos, Immolation, Sarcofago and the like, DAWN OF AZAZEL
was forged in 1999 and quickly began to make a name for themselves with
relentless live shows throughout New Zealand and Australia. The release
of two demos and a 7" received widespread acclaim within the
underground fanzine and tape trading community. DAWN OF AZAZEL would later release their debut, the volatile The Law Of The Strong,
though Agonia Records in Poland in 2003 followed by an extensive tour
through New Zealand, their first ever shows in Germany, France, Austria,
Switzerland, Holland and Belgium and a headlining tour of
Australia. Second full-length, Sedition, was unleashed via Ibex
Moon Records and found the band playing over 120 shows touring first
through Thailand, Indonesia, and the U.S., followed by thirty-two shows
through Europe supporting American death metal icons, Immolation.
Australian tours with Deicide, Katyklysm and support slots on their
homeland for Motörhead, Korn, Suffocation and Children Of Bodom capped
off a year and a half of live bedlam to support the album. The band's
infamy was further bolstered by the controversial mix of the band's
violent and Satanic lyrical content and frontman Rigel Walshe's
occupation as a police officer becoming the subject of television and
newspaper coverage at home and abroad.
Seeking
a level of professionalism that could not be found at home, the band
entered Erik Rutan's famed Mana Studios in Tampa, Florida to record
their third offering, Relentless, released via Unique Leader
Records. Live journeys alongside Krisiun as well as support slots for
Megadeth, Suffocation, Aborted, The Faceless, Necrophagist, Dying Fetus,
Morbid Angel, and Slayer ensued. Shortly after its release, Walshe was
offered a position of a covert nature within the police
department. During this period from 2010 through 2013 the band went on
hiatus and focused on creating new material, re-gearing their personal
circumstances to enable them to take the band to greater heights. 2013
was spent composing new material, and in early 2014 the band once again
entered Mana Studios to record their fourth album, The Tides Of Damocles.
The Tides Of Damocles will be released independently via the official DAWN OF AZAZEL BandCamp page at http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001aeBohcU9qwzyuIpg5hi2bQ3_E03nhemkQw6SFl_pR4rBFvFrmWnwMLgSfC95HK72Cm1GNAfirEXJwdBQGP3JL9I_txIdX_VdFZ4Etdptbd_ce_Fwm7DEEsjhI9mgFrsp0SyG2wfmcJzwNoGMuBIdk5pTTe0SOZToDw3iYHMqFW9ZvK51xJriePGbMEAuh1ifx3xfTGRfhCVNYJayU6iZAUTVwFddUqSV&c=lICyv0AdSw4cGpyU1o6PNVAKoZB38UaIYzxmPxjCMqGq3EYnbrAsQg==&ch=_iYs6-6mKRNBTplExKPm4jcAUTArAW_ThzlCTl3uCnPwpO6VvbVMoA==" rel="nofollow - THIS LOCATION on April 28th, 2015 and come available digitally and as a stunning, deluxe, six-panel digipack with 20-page booklet. Preorder your copy today.
DAWN OF AZAZEL:
Rigel Walshe - bass, vocals
Joe Bonnett - guitar
Jeremy Suckling - drums
"Blunt 'n' belittling malevolence, mathy yet molten in nature, prepare to meet your new masters: New Zealand's DAWN OF AZAZEL" - Terrorizer
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