Metal roundup: Rob Zombie, Piss Vortex, MANTAR & more

by | Mar 8, 2016 | MUSIC

I’ve got a lot of other shit on my plate this week so this is gonna be quick, but here’s some highlights from our inbox:


I’ve got a lot of other shit on my plate this week so this is gonna be quick, but here’s some highlights from our inbox:

Black Market: DOA

Details via PunkNews:

“DOA” is off the band’s upcoming LP Get Over It. On the tune, the band embraces 90s alt rock like Sonic Youth and Nirvana and updates that volatile sound into a modern punk context. This music is noisy and unpredictable.

You can pre-order the release here. Meanwhile, hear the new tune below right now.

MANTAR – Era Borealis

Details via EarSplit:

Mantar has also announced the release of a limited exclusive 7″ for “Cross The Cross.”

Their new album, Ode To The Flame, will be released on April 15th via Nuclear Blast. The album will be available as a digi-CD, vinyl (black and gold – the latter of which is only available from the Nuclear Blast Mailorder), and digital download. Preorders are available HERE.

Rob Zombie: Well, Everybody’s Fucking In A U.F.O.

Zombie has got a new release, The Electric Warlock Acid Witch Satanic Orgy Celebration Dispenser, which might excite some of you all, he’ll also be coming through the Commonwealth – 9/3, Bristow, VA at Jiffy Lube Live – along side fellow 00’s superstars Korn (can I make a backwards K on a keyboard?). Tickets will be available starting March 11 at www.livenation.com.

More details via Zombie’s label:

Rob Zombie has also released a lyric video to accompany lead single “Well, Everybody’s Fucking In A U.F.O.” which premiered on Vevo (Seen below). Pieced together with black-and-white stock footage of dancing, pasty-adorned women, and sex ed. classes enhanced by flashing neon lyrics, this video will draw you in and keep you there.

And finally…

Piss Vortex: Abyss

Details via Svbterranean:

Danish grindcore quartet Piss Vortex are set to release their new EP, Future Cancer, on April 1 via Indisciplinarian Records. The six-track EP, which follows their 2014 self-titled debut, features 12 minutes of aberrated, disjointed and dissonant madness. We at Svbterranean are happy to present one of those wonderfully ugly compositions today! The track in question is the record’s penultimate track, “Abyss”, which unleashes bursts of noisy cacophonies and Gorgutsian lurches. It’s dizzying, nauseating and heavy as hell:

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner is the former editor of GayRVA and RVAMag from 2013 - 2017. He’s now the Richmond Bureau Chief for Radio IQ, a state-wide NPR outlet based in Roanoke. You can reach him at BradKutnerNPR@gmail.com




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