Six Feet Below The Snow.

Whether these dark days of winter see you celebrate the Solstice, Yule, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Christmas there is no doubting we are on the very precipice of the festive season. Here at Necromag we want you to have one hell of a holiday so consider this bundle of links our gift to you.
Firstly we have a free sample offering from the disco rockers Electric Six who are giving away their version of the classic ‘You’re A Mean One Mr Grinch’ at their official web site. The song was recorded in association with renowned parody and satire portal The Onion and their AV Club. In addition to the download a streaming video of their performance is available to view here as part of The Onion’s AV Undercover 2011 series.
In a slightly more pagan take on the season The Razor Skyline have made their ode to the Winter Solstice ‘The Longest Night’ available to download via their Reverbnation page. After last years popular give-away, the Californian gothic bellydance inspired troupe have once again offered up this special single to celebrate the true start of winter.
Last, but certainly not least, the kindly folks at the Silber Media label have a brand new Christmas compilation entitled ‘Six Feet Below the Snow’ on offer this merry season. All over the map genre wise and deftly swerving from serious to dumb fun the album is available to stream and download for free at the Silber Media homepage. The artist roster is Charles DeMar, Jon DeRosa, Thorn1, Landerim, Miss Massive Snowflake, Goddakk, Origami Boe, Moodring, Remora, Pacific 231, Sibyll Kalff, Yellow6, Lullabier, Feel No Other, Tony Whitlock, Les Marquises, Løzninger, Electric Bird Noise, Parties, & Drekka with Michael Demery Toran. This release makes up the latest volume in Silber Media’s extensive library of Christmas compilations which now totals over 8 hours of music.
What ever you pick we here at Necromag only ask that you party hard and rock out responsibly.

Pythia.

Pythia have announced that their long awaited second album ‘The Serpent’s Curse’, will be released on 27th February 2012 on Golden Axe via Genepool/Universal in the UK. Pythia have also revealed that advance single ‘Betray My Heart’ will be released on 19th December just in time for Christmas. Formats include an extremely limited edition coloured vinyl 7”, with a remixed version as a B-side, and CD/Digital download with an extra little surprise.
Guitarist Ross comments, ‘Betray My Heart’ is a dark, heavy and very ‘full on’ song. Heavy riff after heavy riff, pommelling drums, layers of epic keys and Emily’s trademark soaring, emotion drenched vocals full of dark yet catchy melodies. This ain’t no sugar-coated pop metal, it’s dark symphonic power-thrash metal!’
The albums artwork was created by Brian Froud, renowned for his work on Star Wars and Labyrinth, while the single artwork comes courtesy of Gurdish Haugsdal. The band have recently completed work on a video filmed at the majestic St. John’s of Hackney at the end of summer to accompany the single, drummer Marc comments “This video was all about capturing the energy and emotion of both the song itself, and the band’s live shows. Pounding and aggressive, yet intimate and emotive, personal and introspective, but spewing forth a venomous assault”. The recording was a baptism by fire for new bassist Mark Harrington who’s shocked response to first days in the band was ‘Whew…. These guys are nuts, what have I let myself in for’ followed by the calmer comment ‘It’s a real honour to be providing the bottom-end rumble to such a sterling bunch of metal warriors! I’m really looking forward to the exciting things we have planned in the next few months…’
Both physical single formats of ‘Betray My Heart’ and a limited CD/DVD edition of ‘The Serpent’s Curse’ are now available for pre-order.

In the spirit of giving Necromag has received a few leads on some festive gifts.
The San Francisco alternative gothic belly dance band The Razor Skyline are briefly making their holiday song “The Longest Night Of The Year” free on their ReverbNation page

Rock on and have a merry bastard xmas!