MALEVOLENCE BLENDS WITH CARBON MEDIEN

The wait is finally over and MALEVOLENCE fans can rejoice onward as the band have decided to sign with the American label CARBON MEDIEN after a very hefty period of dialogue and negotiation. CARBON MEDIEN feels extremely proud of this achievement and the third release for the band, will mark the very first for the label.  Says CEO Derek Silver, “I have been a fan of MALEVOLENCE since day one and back in 2003 I even had the opportunity to meet Carlos personally in the USA and since then we have been in touch. From the very first time I heard their promotional work CELEBRATION OF DYSFUNCTIONAL BECOMING that I knew in advance that they were going to publish the best material since their inception. ANTITHETICAL took a while, but for the better, as this album will be reckoned as one of the greatest metal albums of all time coming out of the Portuguese territory! We, at CARBON MEDIEN are looking for a strong cooperation on all levels and we hope our love and dedication to the band will garner them even more recognition than the one they already posses out here. ANTITHETICAL is a great opportunity for people to discover great music”. ANTITHETICAL marks the third album by the Portuguese act and it will be available globally from November, 22nd 2013 throughout the alliance of CARBON MEDIEN to one of the largest distributors in the world associated with INTERSCOPE RECORDS/UMG. ANTITHETICAL will be available in hundreds of online stores, mobile services and streaming companies all over the globe. To mark the occasion a third single from ANTITHETICAL will be released during the next weeks.

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MALEVOLENCE: New Video SLITHERING Premieres Tomorrow

SLITHERING, the brand new video from Portuguese Extreme Progressive Metallers MALEVOLENCE will premiere exclusively via Metal Underground, Puregrainaudio  and Arte Sonora. It was directed by David Barros of 4THERECORDS. SLITHERING, written by guitarist/vocalist Carlos Cariano, is taken from the band’s upcoming third album ANTITHETICAL, which will be released in 2013.

Carlos commented about the new video: “SLITHERING was the first single extracted from our impending new album. DECIBEL MAGAZINE kindly assisted us to make the PREMIERE of the audio episode some weeks ago, helping us in the process to show the song writing diversity on ANTITHETICAL. Now we are moving forward and presenting the visual production of our first (ever) music video interrelated with the same song. To achieve that we worked with 4THERECORDS, a young company producing mainly short films and commercials. SLITHERING is their boldest achievement to date and we are truly pleased with the visual quality of our first cooperation with this entity.  The support of 4THERECORDS was central and decisive to attain the professional final results”.

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MALEVOLENCE 1ST SINGLE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

On Friday, September 21, extreme progressive metallers MALEVOLENCE unleashed in straight cooperation with DECIBEL MAGAZINE (USA) the first single from upcoming 3^rd full length effort ANTITHETICAL. 

One week later (Friday, September 28) MALEVOLENCE advanced the audio single S L I T H E R I N G available via PUREGRAINAUDIO (CANADA) for direct download under exclusivity (here).

S L I T H E R I N G represents a very conceptual and intense view addressing the radical eradication of all the spiritual and impious structures slinking over the Earth. On a daily basis an artistic demonstration of free will and non-conformist expression towards the insignificant mentalities that generate defilement. Those commonly understood as the foundations of truth using the language of contradiction to attract and conquer above weakness and depression all over the place. S L I T H E R I N G is the ultimate insubordinate statement addressing the “art of war” against such deceitful principles. The fragmented worldwide paranoia must be reenergized by individual will – ability - knowledge and inner perception. An episode showcasing the power of knowledge versus faith!  A radical audio (visual) installment representing the modern times clashing with the old/dysfunctional system of hypnotizing values.

The 1^st (ever) official MALEVOLENCE VIDEO for the upcoming album ANTITHETICAL will be unleashed during the next weeks.

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MALEVOLENCE Reveals "ANTITHETICAL" Album Cover Artwork

Portuguese extreme progressive metallers MALEVOLENCE uncovered the artwork for their extremely anticipated 3rd full length effort ANTITHETICAL.

The wreak havoc yet very striking illustrative piece was produced by the design bureau KKSTRUCTURES.

By portraying the central album conceptual theme fueled by the art of conflict, KKSTRUCTURES in straight involvement with the band twisted an eye-catching visual parallelism dissecting the antithetical contrasts between the positive and negative extremes.

Transcending the opposites by mode of individual revelation (summon insurgence) whilst erecting a differing perspective throughout exorcising thesis, the visual mind bending design brings forth in the process the social global context trivialization invoking an upheaval synthesis. The fire combustion epitomizes the universal purification (in need) as an unrelenting way of forward critical thinking.

The follow-up to the 1999 critically acclaimed MARTYRIALIZED 2nd full length effort, was written and produced by Carlos Cariano, recorded by

Paulo Pereira at 20M2SEA STUDIO (Portugal), mixed and mastered at WOODSHED STUDIO (Germany) by V. Santura (TRIPTYKON, OBSCURA, PESTILENCE).

ANTITHETICAL features the line-up that recorded MARTYRIALIZED including core members Carlos Cariano (vocals/guitars), Aires Pereira (bass),

Fred Noel (guitars), Paulo Pereira (keyboards) alongside session drummer extraordinaire Dirk Verbeuren (SOILWORK, THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, JEFF LOOMIS).

Whilst preparing to exorcise a comprehensive ANTITHETICAL TEASER upon the masses featuring audio selections from the broad-spectrum body of work

(7 songs = 43 minutes), MALEVOLENCE should hold the anticipation through the design representation until final track list, new music and release dates are revealed.

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MALEVOLENCE: More third album details revealed!

Portuguese extreme progressive metallers MALEVOLENCE have set ANTITHETICAL as the title of their forthcoming third album.

The main theme of the album illustrates a razor-sharp concept inspired from Ancient Greek Etymology (1580s, from Gk. ANTITHETIKOS) that reflects the diametrical opposition to a number of propositions consisting in the revelation of a divergent thought. Pertaining to ANTITHETICAL, the Anti (against) + Thesis (position), as a figure of speech (mainly used by the authors of the Baroque period; style of the epoch known as the art of conflict) acknowledge opposition towards the relative thesis expressed.

MALEVOLENCE singer/guitarist/songwriter Carlos Cariano detaching a slight sparkle on the title and its significance, said:

“ANTITHETICAL is loaded with intoxicatingly corrosive contrasts whilst the album represents pure rebellion, a pure nonconformist extension towards the current situation of the globe, an upheaval towards the current language  that has no force of expression and no meaning, due to the predictability of words and counterfeit actions that have become commonplace worldwide.
Inner strength and living values nowadays are negatively base underneath relative truths and we are expressing ourselves precisely antithetically whilst insisting on critical thinking”. 

Music and lyrics are far beyond the average practice and ANTITHETICAL is a very unnatural progressive slab of extreme sonic amalgamation creating parallelisms to simplify extremes whilst apprehending both the positive and the negative perspectives of existence, in order to erect with the synthesis that transcends both.

As Hope is ANTITHETICAL to Despair, the contrasts established within the album serve in effect to give tension to the broad-spectrum body of work consisting of 7 songs.ANTITHETICAL includes the most epic material (longest song clocking at 9:27m), plus the heaviest proportional songwriting ever accomplished on the eighteenth year of existence of the collective.

Exploring experimental yet instrumental mind bending extreme metal structures, the album is a pure heavy mammoth demonstration on extreme progressive metal territory.

The final track listing and further details shall be revealed soon.

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