Dubai’s First Ever Death Metal Band NEPHELIUM Announce Show Dates, Stream Album Samples
Born from the desert sands, Dubai’s first ever death metal band Nephelium, whom now reside in Toronto, Canada have announced their upcoming show dates in Ontario for December and January in the following cities in promotion of their album “Coils of Entropy” set for release in early 2012.
Samples from the album are presently streaming on the bands bandcamp page at the following link here.
Show Dates
Dec 10, 2011 – London, ON – The Richmond Tavern *Free Show* w/ Ataxia, Invitation to Die, Death Charger
Dec 17, 2011 – Hamilton, ON – TBA
Jan 21, 2012 – Cambridge, ON – 515 Concert Club w/ Fragile Existence, Serene Molestation, Xyphos, Dislabia, Rotting Entrails
Jan 28, 2012 – Oshawa, ON – The Green Bottle w/ Saprophyte and Wolvesskin
About: Dubai may be known as a city rich in history, a business hub and the home of the tallest structure in the world, but it’s also the birthplace of the first death metal band to come out of the Middle East.
Dubai is where, in the late 1990s, guitarist Alex Zubair and drummer Alan Madhavan came together to form Nephelium, guided by the sole vision of a band comprised of equal parts complexity and brutality.
Staying true to the roots of death metal, Nephelium was quick to forge ahead with experimentation, pulling in influences from metal and other genres.
With the hope of spreading Nephelium’s insidious gospel across the world, Zubair and Madhavan settled in Toronto, Canada where they completed the band’s lineup and immediately began playing shows and tearing up local stages, which quickly led to opening slots for metal heavyweights Skinless and Deicide.
Following a tumultuous journey spanning ten years, two continents and countless lineup changes, Nephelium is ready to once again give the death metal world a good shaking with the release of their debut album, Coils of Entropy.
The embodiment of Nephelium’s journey to striking the perfect balance between technical death metal, old school metal and Arabian melodies, Coils of Entropy is a six-track masterpiece set to breathe new life into today’s dwindling death metal landscape.
Nephelium – Coil of Entropy – 2012
Official Release Date: TBA
R.I.Y.L. – Cannibal Corpse, Death, Deicide, Vader, Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Aeon, Nile, Kronos, Suffocation
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“It’s brutal, it’s in your face, it’s new but old, it’s a must have in any metal heads library.” – XplosiveMetal.com
“These guys hit it on the head, they nailed it. Its brutal and complex and definitely in your face” – MetalTitans.com
“A fast-moving blast wave of hot shrapnel, with brutally addictive rhythms, flashy guitar leads and solos” – NoCleanSinging.com
Shared Stage w/
• Deicide
• Augury
• Neuraxis
• Beneath The Massacre
• Crimson Shadows
• Starring Jane Leigh
• Blackguard
• Warmachine
Source: Asher Media
