While unveiling the European Mainland tour for current album “Dilvium” in February 2020 with Dethroned, Fractal Universe and Thulcandra, German Progressive Death Metallers Obscura have asked guitarist Steffen Kummerer to record a playthrough video for “Emegent Evolution”. If you’ve not had the pleasure of “Dilvium”, what are you waiting for?!
Former Hunt The Dinosaur and The Faceless drummer Bryce Butler was filmed filling in for Antony Barone on the drum stool for Shadow Of Intent as they player the iconic Chain Reaction in Anaheim California. Here’s “Barren And Breathless Macrocosm” culled from their set with 9/10 “Meloncholy” from the Symphonic Deathcore warriors out now!
For those that missed it, Sunfall are about to go on hiatus, presumably while their newly installed frontman Ben Mason (Pintglass, Bound In Fear, Carbine) does some serious touring with his other bands. They’ve racked up some shows before they go though including a spot at Mortal Metal Festival. So without further ado, here’s sticksman
Inspired by the likes of Periphery, Croatians Core System took two long years to create the Tech-Fest appearance worthy album “Contrast”. Bassist Eugene Baranasic has taken some studio time to record a bass playthrough video for one of the stand out tracks in “Question Authority” and you can pick up the album over at bandcamp
Courtesy of Jackson and Legator with a bit of Kemper profiling, Signs of the Swarm have recorded their first playthrough video for new album “Vital Deprivation” with a track called “Undying Fidelity”. The album is their first outing with new vocalist David Simonich having lost CJ McCreery to Lorna Shore.
Using an Ibanez RGMS8 coupled with Fractal Axe FX Ultra, Core System guitarist Josip Novak has recorded a playthrough video for “Lately” from the Croatian Progressive Metalcore bands freshly painted summer album “Contrast”. They took part in our “Under The Influence” Series, sharing their love of “III: Select Difficulty Level” by Periphery.
At Metal Noise it’s very much still 1877. That’s the debut EP from Pennsylvania quintet The Hopewell Furnace, a piece of Technical Deathcore mastery. Their first follow up single “The Nothing” has received the full playthrough treatment from Cillian Murphy aka Jonathan Crane aka Scarecrow aka Josh Gretchen. Damnit, just who is behind the mask?
Chimaira guitarist Rob Arnold has been busy reliving the bands finest moments of late with a number of playthrough videos and Q&As appearing via his YouTube channel. Today’s offering is a playthrough of “Comatose” from the bands self titled third album that appeared via Roadrunner Records in 2005. Cleveland Ohio Metal at its finest.
December will see Inferi join Tech Trek with Archspire, Beneath the Massacre and Vulvodynia upon our shores. To celebrate, bassist Andrew Kim has picked up his 5 string and recorded a playthrough of “Cursed Unholy” from “End Of An Era | Rebirth”.
Covered by Faces of Eve bassist Owen Morris earlier this week on his Darkglass X Ultra Ibanez SRSC, here’s “It’s Yours” by Loathe. Faces of Eve themselves have a pair of pre Tech-Fest singles in “Sleeper” and “Lower Than She” out now while the Liverpool natives have dropped a pair of singles via SharpTone Records
