New Orleans-based heavy rock/metal band, Transient, is aiming to inspire hope and strength with their new single, "This Heart", and its enlightening music video, which can be seen below. This track explodes with energy while the video portrays the emotional journey from feeling trapped in the darkness to seeing it’s okay to be yourself.

Vocalist Trey J. Mollo: "This is a song dedicated to the people who were forced to hide and be ashamed because they didn’t feel accepted and felt judged because of the way they viewed life. Growing up, I dealt with that on a daily basis, and throughout the years it turned the kindness and understanding within me into rage. Along with that came foolish and selfish decisions in my life. I’m hoping that this song can bring some hope and strength to those who have walked down similar roads and show them they are not alone and it’s okay to be themselves in such a heartless world."

Transient formed only months ago in 2020 and have wasted no time. They went in the studio to record with Jonathan Dolese at KonKrete Studios in Kenner, Louisiana, and their debut single, “Nightmare”, was released on October 18 via Dreambound.

Led by guitarist Jody Linnell, who is the former bassist of Smile Empty Soul and 12 Stones, the band is rounded out by vocalist Trey J. Mollo, guitarist Emmett Shumate, bassist Brian Bennett, and drummer Phil Krohn. Originally the project was a solo endeavour, but after about a year Linnell decided to recruit good friends from his regional area to complete the lineup.

Transient is poised to continue their ever-increasing momentum with their new single “This Heart” and its accompanying music video as they gear up for the release of their debut EP Aperture in mid-spring 2021.

Rocker Madysin Hatter has released a simple yet stunning "one-shot" music video to accompany her acoustic cover of Aerosmith's "Nobody's Fault".

Featuring Rob Bailey on guitar, Hatter's reimagined version of the hard rock deep cut shines a spotlight on the lyrical heaviness and all too timely message of the song.

The video, produced by Sleepless Pictures, showcases Hatter experiencing a range of raw emotion in a field where heavy fog threatens to consume. Check out the video below and listen to the song on iTunes and Spotify.

Madysin Hatter will be releasing new original music (featuring some notable rock musicians) in early 2021.

Mean Man: The Story Of Chris Holmes is coming to Blu-ray, DVD and VOD on January 15. Pre-order here, and watch a new teaser video below:

Iconic W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes has lived a life of highs and lows. This musical journey draws parallel stories of his rise, fall, and rebirth with live performance, interview, behind-the-scenes, and archival footage.

Written and directed by French filmmakers Antoine de Montremy and Laurent Hart (whose Music production career includes televised interviews with Scorpions, Deep Purple, Slayer, Guns N' Roses and more), Mean Man: The Story of Chris Holmes was a project that was born in 2014 after they had an opportunity to meet and direct Holmes in a music video for the Holmes-penned song "Let It Roar" in Cannes, France. At that time, the former W.A.S.P. guitarist had more or less disappeared from the music scene, leaving his home in the US to seek a new beginning with his wife Sarah in France. Not content with merely directing a music video for the re-born Holmes, de Montremy pursued his bigger dream of writing and directing a documentary film about this iconic metal guitar legend and for the next several years shadowed him throughout Europe while filming everything from band rehearsals, to recording sessions to live performances.

By creatively combining archival footage, interviews with past and present band members and musical peers, family members and childhood friends - interspersed with beautifully filmed concert performances of Holmes' current solo band - Director de Montremy skillfully portrays the story of an iconic guitar player who has lived a life of extreme highs and lows. After losing the publishing rights of his own songs and combating dangerous addictions, the legendary W.A.S.P. guitarist is shown starting over from scratch while living at his mother-in-law's in Cannes, France as he puts together with his wife a brand new band and a brand new musical role as not only the main guitarist, but now as the actual lead singer of this newly-born musical project aptly named Mean Man.  

Montremy said: "Over the last five years, I've had the privilege to establish a true relationship with Chris Holmes and to follow him throughout Europe. I was impressed by his charisma, his approach towards life, his multiple experiences and taste for simplicity which have actually altered my own vision of existence. In fact, he has almost become a spiritual father to me, in the way that he inspired me in many of my own decisions."

The DVD and Blu-ray are full of extras not available on the VOD version, which will follow the physical release. A west coast theatrical premiere is being discussed as well, pending the revision and/or relaxation of the current local State Government's restrictions on movie theaters operating during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Suonare suonare" is the new single by Italian rock band, Belladonna. It is a cover of a 70s track by Italian prog-rock band PFM.

Totally re-arranged in the noir, romantic and intense Belladonna style, "Suonare suonare" features a Moog solo by a very special guest: Adam Holzman. Hailed by Keyboard Magazine as one of the 10 best keyboard players in the world, Adam has played for years with Miles Davis and now he plays with Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson.

A lot of Belladonna fans from all over the world are also very special guests in the song: they sent the band their vocal files (recorded with a smartphone) to create the big chant at the end of the song.

"We have always loved 'Suonare suonare' and its lyrics today eerily seem to refer to the situation many musicians all over the world are now in, not being able to tour or even be together in the same room to make music,"  says Belladonna's singer Luana Caraffa, who also created the painting in the single's cover - "And it is beautiful to have people from the four corners of the planet singing together in a song about not being able to make music together!"

"We had the dream of having an electric explosion of passionate virtuosity at the end of this song, a 70s flavored synth solo," adds guitarist Dani Macchi, "and who could make this dream come true better than Adam Holzman? We are honored to have him with us in this song."

Listen to "Suonare suonare" on here. Watch the video below:

"My new podcast, "Musicians Having Coffee & Talking About Stuff" is now live," says Neal Morse. "For the first episode, I’m joined by my friend Mike Portnoy and we get into all kinds of topics: the McRib, Spotify, The Bee Gees... you name it. Watch the video on YouTube or listen to the audio on the waterfall streaming app (here)."

Neal Morse released his Last Minute Christmas Album, available for download from Radiant Records or for streaming on waterfallstreaming.com.

Tracklisting:

"Caroling, Caroling!"
"All You Need Is Love On Christmas"
"Worldwide Sleigh Ride"
"It’s Christmas Time At Last"
"Silver Bells And Promises"
"On This Most Holy Night"
"Mrs. Claus"
"Everything I Want For Christmas"
"‘Tis The Season To Be Blue"
"Lo How A Rose E’er Blooming"
"O Come, All Ye Faithful"

"All You Need Is Love On Christmas":

"Caroling, Caroling!” video:

Classical guitar virtuoso, Thomas Zwijsen, has released an acoustic fingerstyle 12-string ukulele cover of Iron Maiden's "Fear Of The Dark". Watch the performance below.

A message states: "'Fear Of The Dark' (written by Steve Harris) was released in 1992 on the Fear Of The Dark album and became one of Iron Maiden's biggest live hits, often featured on live releases such as Rock In Rio, Flight 666, En Vivo, Live At Donington and more. It also became Thomas' most popular guitar arrangement. This arrangement aims to include vocal melodies, guitar, bass, some drums and even guitar solos at the same time. It's performed on the Hydra Double Neck Ukulele by Ortega Guitars."

Zwijsen previously released the video below, performing a classical acoustic fingerstyle solo guitar cover of Helloween's "Power".

With Demande à la Poussière you enter into a Post Apocalyptic universe made by thick, sludgy and groove-laden guitar lines, vicious and intense vocals, obsessive rhythmic section at the limit of paranoia.

“Quiétude Hostile” is expected to be one of “the next big things” within the Apocalyptic Doom and Post Black Metal movements, and, without hyperbole, it will be one of the albums you cannot give up.

The cover artwork was realised by Aurelie Raidron with the layout of 3stan.

Sophomore DALP’s album will see the light on March 26th, 2021, on CD, LP, Deluxe Edition and Digital format and you can pre-order it HERE.

Tracklist “Quiétude Hostile”:
01. Léger Goût De Soufre
02. Morphème
03. Éréthisme
04. Quiétude Hostile
05. Perdu
06. Bois De Justice
07. L’Oubli Du Contrasté
08. Expiravit

Toronto’s Phantom High are debuting their latest single “Black Divine” on Metal Injection right now.

Phantom High has amassed several singles and an EP since their inception in 2017, putting a Glam core twist on Lady Gaga, Bryan Adams, and Childish Gambino tracks as well as shaping their own originals.

Coined as “Ironic Pop Back From Hell”, Phantom High will entice those looking for something very different from the traditional Rock aesthetic.

Those who can look past the mask can expect a cathartic release, anthemic melodies, Heavy guitars, and abysmal soundscapes, under honest unfiltered lyrics. The lyrics and inspiration behind “Black Divine” resonate in a special way as vocalist Peril Erinyes explains:

Returning Heavy / Doom giants Briton Rites have made their sophomore album, “Occulte Fantastique”, available for streaming:


Briton Rites 2020 include also Phil Swanson, the vocalist (Seamount, Sumerlands, Vestal Claret, ex-Atlantean Kodex, Hour of 13), and the rhythm section of Corbin King and John Leeson.

“Occulte Fantastique” is set to be released on December 18th, 2020 via Echoes Of Crom Records.

Tracklist “Occulte Fantastique”:
01. The Masque of Satan
02. My Will Be Thine
03. In Hell I Will Rule
04. The Demon Lover
05. Strange, But Beautiful
06. The Wizard’s Pipe
07. The Witness
08. Occulte Fantastique

Having played in most parts of the known world, Danish nomads Hexis, known for delivering a ground-breaking mixture of Hardcore and Black Metal, finally found a home. Debemur Morti Productions are delighted to announce the signing of mastermind Filip Andersen's energetic musical project.

During the last years, Hexis have been busy with touring and writing material for a coming full-length album, as Filip narrates: "We have been working on this new album since February 2019. We toured a lot in these two years as well of course, but it's still the album we have been putting most time into for sure. People were expecting us to have time off between these long tours, but we have actually still spent days together, just writing music instead of touring. Sometimes we met for almost a month straight just to sit and write music eight to ten hours a day. I feel it's a big step up from anything we have done and musically I also feel we found more of our 'own' thing."

While most of the earlier Hexis' releases were unleashed on various independent labels, the Danish Blackened Hardcore band wanted a fitting partner for their third long player: "We talked a lot back and forward about what we wanted to do with this upcoming record. We knew that we didn't want to get on a huge metal label which had a million different bands on their roster. We'd end up just getting 'lost' there. I have been following Debemur Morti Productions for many years now and I always loved the aesthetics of the label, that the whole thing seems a little more 'exclusive' and that their records always come in very high quality. It's all something we value very highly as a band. We had a good talk with Phil about how we wanted to do everything and he was up for our ideas. So, it seems like the perfect fit for us! Bands like Blut Aus Nord, Terra Tenebrosa and Ulcerate are artists I respect a lot, so I am very honored to be a part of all this now."

As soon as Covid-19 is history, Hexis will be the first to embark on a full world tour to celebrate the coming of their third album: "When this record is out, we are planning to pretty much just live on the road for the next couple of years. Playing all our favourite places again, but also hitting up the rest of the world where we haven't played yet. I usually get restless pretty fast, so being in a new town every day just feels righter and more exciting to me."

Bezerker was founded in 1988 in Adelaide, South Australia. They recorded their debut album “Lost” in December 1989 after frequent gigging. “Lost” was finally released in the Vinyl format on October 22, 1990.

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of this great album, Awakening Records will officially reissue this real masterpiece. The re-issue includes a lot of unpublished band photos, posters, demos, as well as Bezerker biography, and liner notes by an original band member.

Dedicated to all maniacs obsessed with Old School Thrash Metal.

Tracklist “Lost”:
01. Take All
02. Yours Subliminally
03. Against the Grain
04. I Lost
05. Halloween
06. Dawn of the Dead
07. The Finest Cut
08. Turn from the Light
09. Fall
10. The Kill
“Laugh At The Light” [Bonus Tracks]:
11. Halloween
12. Dawn of the Dead
13. The Art of Dying
14. The Fall
15. Bucket Bong

incinnati, Ohio Doom quartet Blessed Black are excited to announce that they will be recording a new full-length album to be released in 2021.

More info will be coming in the next few months! The band will also be releasing a new single on Feb 12th.

About Blessed Black:

Does the world really need another doom band? Probably not, but that might be why Blessed Black should be the next band on your radar. Transcending genre barriers and infusing influences from the worlds of Traditional Heavy Metal, Post Punk, Grunge, while incorporating the best elements of the Doom genre, Blessed Black is primed and ready to be the new name in the crowded Stoner / Doom landscape.

Formed in October of 2017, what started as a few riffs and a casual hangout in a dirty Cincinnati band space quickly became a project of passion and determination amongst four friends.

Frontman and guitarist Joshua Murphy brings a plethora of experience to the table as a member of the accomplished Thrash Metal band War Curse, complimented by the creativity of fellow guitarist and long time friend Chris Emerson, the seasoned chops of drummer Ray Bates, and powerhouse bassist Brad Bellamy.

Blessed Black unleashed their debut album titled “Beyond The Crimson Throne” in January 2020.

The band said of this seven-song offering,

“Beyond The Crimson Throne” is a representation of the journey we took together as musicians, finding our sound and learning to become a band.

The result is better than we could have imagined and we hope you all enjoy it.

Tracklist “Beyond The Crimson Throne”:
01. The White Wolf
02. The Black Gate
03. Heavy is The Crown
04. The Shadows
05. Arioch’s Bargain
06. Finding The Limits
07. Stormbringer