Nightwish have posted pro-shot video of their classic “Ever Dream” being performed in Vancouver.

The band remark: “‘Ever Dream’ is one of our favourite tracks to perform live! Check out the second video from Ville's (Lipiäinen) vault, recorded at the Orpheum Theatre (Vancouver, Canada) in 2015. Enjoy and stay safe!”

Nightwish have add two dates in Mexico to their upcoming schedule. The band's tour schedule for Central and South America is as follows:

October
12 - Guadalajara, Mexico - TBA
13 - Mexico City, Mexico - TBA
16 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - Luna Part
19 - Santiago, Chile - Teatro Caupolican
22 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Vivo Rio
24 - São Paulo, Brazil - Espaço Das Américas

Nightwish have released a previously unseen live video for "Yours Is An Empty Hope", shot at Teatro Metropólitan in Mexico City on October 15, 2015.

Says Nightwish founder/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen: "We dug up Ville Lipiäinen's archives and came across with some never seen live footage from the past tours. Something to reminisce while waiting for the Human. :II: Nature. tour to finally start. More to come soon!"




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Firewind guitarist Gus G. has checked in with a new update:

"Being on lockdown can be tough, but it has at least allowed me to work on a lot of new music. I’m officially writing a new solo album which looks like it’ll be all instrumental, but I’ve been writing music with and for other people as well. I guess that’s my meditation, my way of dealing with all the madness. Hope you’re all keeping safe."

Gus recently released the new video below, along with the following message:

"Hi, Gus G from Firewind here. This is a video I filmed a few weeks ago for the Virtual Guitar Show 2020 (hosted by Music Radar). It’s a home rig rundown type video. New guitars, new pickups, amp collection, pedalboards, it’s all there! Hope you enjoy this, gear maniacs!"

Firewind's new self-titled album is out now via AFM Records. Get it here. The record boasts 11 prime examples of melodic metal songs. The skill, craftsmanship and power bleeds through every note, a passion you can almost taste, with hymnal melodies as a particularly outstanding feature.

Tracklisting:

"Welcome To The Empire"
"Devour"
"Rising Fire"
"Break Away"
"Orbitual Sunrise"
"Longing To Know You"
"Perfect Stranger"
"Overdrive"
"All My Life"
"Space Cowboy"
"Kill The Pain"

"Break Away" lyric video:

"Welcome To The Empire" video:

"Rising Fire" video:

EPK:




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"Guess what family, friends and others?" asks guitarist Alex Zubair. "I’m an official member of Phear!"

"I’m extremely excited to be part of this family and amazing people who bleed Metal," continues Zubair. "Currently in recording our new EP at Woodward Studios with the amazing multi-talented producer / engineer and a brother Jon Howard (Immonith / Threat Signal) coming soon and I promise you, it will melt your faces! Check us out and Spread the Phear." 

Phear has issued the following statement about their new guitarist:

"Attention all Phearmongers! Phriends and phamily, brothers and sisters... the time has finally come, and we are beyond excited to officially announce our new guitarist... a true shred master... Mr. Alex Zubair."

"Alex lives, breathes, and bleeds Phear! He has been with us since June, and literally within seconds of joining, he sunk his teeth into our new material, and has worked so hard to help elevate us to a whole new level! His contributions have already had a huge impact on Phear’s music... evidenced by the first solo he laid down in the studio for 'Save Our Souls'... a truly unique sound and style that left all of our minds blown! One of Alex’s most notable musical accomplishments is making the finals in Shredders Of Metal season one. And now he is ours to do our bidding! Bwahahahahaha... welcome to the phamily brother!"

For further details, visit phearband.com.

 




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"When we recorded the bonus tracks for our 20th anniversary edition of Plays Metallica By Four Cellos, 'Battery' was kind of our revenge for the old times because in the '90s we were not able to play it - maybe not even tonight but you'll never know before you try it," says Eicca Toppinen of Apocalyptica.

Watch their take on "Battery" from With Full Force Festival 2018 below.

This season’s last Tuska Utopia episode takes the torch bearers of cello metal, Apocalyptica, to perform at the ruins of the medieval Church of St. Michael. The episode premieres on Friday, November 27th at 9pm (UTC +2). Watch the trailer below and buy tickets here.

Eicca Toppinen: "Playing at Pälkäne church ruins for Tuska Utopia was such a unique experience for us. The atmosphere in this special location gave us such a deep and inspiring state of mind. The whole set up with lights and sound felt so intense and fitting into our music. We are super thrilled to share this experience with you!"

The episode is available for purchase worldwide at SemiLive's platform until November 29th at 9pm (UTC +2). 

Each hour-long stream includes a concert, an interview with the artists and a tour of the location in the spirit of a travel show hosted by Samy Elbanna from the band Lost Society. The episodes are directed by Taku Kaskela, well-known for directing both TV shows and music videos. Tuska Utopia is a new concept created and produced by the team behind the Tuska Festival.

Before Apocalyptica, you have a chance to catch Turmion Kätilöt at the Suvilahti gas holder in Helsinki on Friday, November 13th at 9pm (UTC +2) and Battle Beast at a secret stone castle on Friday, November 20th at 9pm (UTC +2). Check out all Tuska Utopia trailers on Tuska’s YouTube channel and make sure you buy tickets to all three episodes here. 

 




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My Ruin guitarist Mick Murphy has checked in with the following update:

"Just edited and uploaded two new Neanderthal videos to YouTube. Here’s the first one for the song 'Darkthrasher'. It was filmed (by Tairrie B. Murphy with additional footage by Jerry Brown) at Scruffy City Hall all the way back in February, when rock shows as we knew and loved them were still happening. The audio is taken from Monday Night Metal, available for free download here."

Murphy has released another EP under his Neanderthal moniker, entitled Quarantunes II. He has checked in with the following:

"Surprise! Here’s a new Neanderthal digital EP for y’all to check out. Four brand new songs written and recorded over the past few months. You can download it for FREE (with option to donate).

Dedicated to the memory of Edward Van Halen. Thank you for your amazing contributions to guitar playing, rock music and gear. You're the king and you'll go down in history as a true innovator, and the greatest rock player of all time. Riff In Power."

Quarantunes II by NEANDERTHAL

Tracklist:

"South East Lightning"
"Birthday Jam"
"The Healer II"
"Shit Show Theme Song"

All songs, guitar, bass, drums, recording & mixing by Mick Murphy. Recorded at The Magick Room in Knoxville, TN - 2020. Cover artwork by Tairrie B. Murphy.




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Styx frontman Tommy Shaw recently guested on AXS TV's Live From Daryl's House - featuring Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates fame and his house band - performing some Styx classics as well as the Hall & Oates song "It's A Laugh". Check out the clips below.




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Season Of Ghosts vocalist / founder Sophia and guitarist Zombie Sam returned on Saturday, November 7th for yet another round of bickering. Conversation turns serious, this time addressing the struggles of every day lockdown life during the pandemic and mental health. They cap things off with another unplanned acoustic performance of "Time Travellers" from the band's debut album, The Human Paradox, and the title track from their latest album, "A Leap Of Faith". 

Back in 2013, Season Of Ghosts vocalist Sophia released a cover of "Sarah's Theme" - created with bandmate Zombie Sam - from the '90s Walt Disney film Hocus Pocus. It was originally released via Soundcloud, but it is now available on most digital platforms. Check it out below.




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BLACKMORE'S NIGHT has released its new holiday song "Here We Come A-Caroling", taken from the forthcoming four-track EP of the same name. The song is a beautiful rendition of the classic Christmas carol, which is being given a new-yet-traditional sound by Candice Night and Ritchie Blackmore. It's the first taste of the upcoming EP, which will arrive on December 4 via earMUSIC, the global independent rock and contemporary music label of Edel Germany GmbH.

The "Here We Come A-Caroling" lyric video, with wonderful animations and festive illustrations, can be seen below.

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT was founded in 1997 by Blackmore and Night to stage their mutual love for traditional medieval and folk-rock music. Blackmore has shaped the hard rock scene for decades as one of the most influential and notorious guitarists ever, first with DEEP PURPLE and later with RAINBOW.

"Nature's Light", BLACKMORE'S NIGHT's eleventh studio album, will be released in the spring of 2021, followed by a reissue of the band's entire catalog later in the year.

To bridge the time while waiting for "Nature's Light" to be finally released, BLACKMORE'S NIGHT decided to record a new Christmas-themed EP and give their fans something special to celebrate the holy days with. "Here We Come A-Caroling" will become available on limited-edition 10-inch translucent green vinyl as well as a limited-edition CD digipak and digital.

"Nature's Light" is an honest declaration of love to the folk music of the Renaissance era, deeply inspired by myths and legends of times that are long gone and driven by the fiery relationship between the two married songwriters.

Max Vaccaro, general manager of earMUSIC, says: "We celebrate the 'homecoming' of a true music legend: BLACKMORE'S NIGHT started its wonderful musical journey with Edel in 1997. Today, decades later, it is a joyful occasion to welcome Ritchie and Candice back and to plan many years of exciting collaboration with them for their new music and a catalog that has reached the heart of millions of fans over the years."

Blackmore and Night add: "On June 2, 1997, we released our first Renaissance folk-rock debut album: 'Shadow Of The Moon'. With devotion and professionalism, our new record label, Edel, brought 'Shadow Of The Moon' to the top of the charts, where it remained for 17 weeks, earning us our first gold record as BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, a project close to our hearts and as untouched territory, a new genre for us to bring to the world.

"Our music is an escape from the stress and pressure of modern times. Journey back through time with us, to a simpler, magical time where music enters your heart and soul.

"We are honored to be 'back home again' with our friends and colleagues of Edel.

"BLACKMORE'S NIGHT has returned with our new CD, fans have been waiting for five years, and we are excited to be able to pair up again with Edel to bring it to them."

"Here We Come A-Caroling" track listing:

01. Here We Come A-Caroling (Vinyl Side A)

02. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear (Vinyl Side A)

03. O Little Town Of Bethlehem (Vinyl Side B)

04. Silent Night (Vinyl Side B)

My Ruin vocalist Tairrie B. Murphy has checked in with the following announcement:

"I'm proud to debut my new energy and the birth of Feminenergy, out now.

Twelve socially conscious, politically reflective, hardcore tracks of hip hop, rock & resistance with a raised up fist. Reclaiming my time, speaking my mind with a vengeance and calling for a referendum on this unfit, derelict president. This is a free download and my gift to you. However, if you would like to make a donation in the name of art, I thank you for the continued support.

Respect to the architects and those I sampled. Once again, you have inspired me and I just wanted to show my love for you. 

S/O to the awesome turntable stylings of DJ GrandMixer Gms, who rocked the old school scratching on 'Caution' and 'Truth Bomb', my song dedicated to legacies and good trouble of Civil Rights icon John Lewis and the Notorious RGB, who both sadly passed away this year. S/O to the one and only Paul Catten (Dead Sheeran, Barrabus, Murder One, Lazarus Blackstar, Medulla Nocte) in the UK who joins me on vocals for our cover of the infamous Afrika Bambaataa & John Lydon classic 'World Destruction' from 1984 to 2020, kaboom! New video coming soon. Stay tuned.

And lastly, a very special thank you to my husband and musical partner of 20 years, Mick Murphy who helped me to bring my ideas and this album to life. Mick played live drums, bass, guitar, engineered, mixed and co-produced my new album with me. From heavy metal to hip hop, My Ruin to VintageCurses and Feminenergy, Mick is a true master of heaviosity and he never ceases to amaze me. This album is our new radical, liberal baby!"

Feminenergy by TAIRRIE B

Tracklist:

"World Destruction"
"Hardcore"
"KNXVLN"
"Raised Up Fist"
"Nasty Woman"
"Referendum"
"The Coldest"
"Truth Bomb"
"American Carnage"
"Caution"
"Fistful Of Steel"
"I'm A Woman (MM ResistMix 2020)"

Tairrie recently checked in with the following update:

"I've been posting about politics a lot lately, so I want to take a minute and share a little music. I recently came across another old school tape cassette with a few soundboard recordings of Manhole└A while we were on the October Rust tour with Type O Negative (RIP PeterSteele) way back in the day. These 8 songs were recorded hard, fast & loud...live at Elysée Montmartre in Paris, France on 12.15.96.

Each track has been digitized from cassette to wave files for this album which is a free download and my gift to you to add to your Manhole / TuraSatana / MyRuin collection of recordings. It's been fun revisiting these recordings after so many years. I hope you feel the same way I do. Please share with anyone you know who might enjoy this walk down my rock memory lane with you!

No matter what incarnation my various projects take (from hip hop to heavy metal) when it comes to my art, I will always stay true to myself and follow my heart. Thank you for continuing to be with me on my musical journey from past to present day. May we never grow apart."

Live in Paris by Manhole

Tracklist:

"Hypocrite"
"Hard Times"
"Kiss Or Kill"
"Victim"
"Break"
"Negative Creep"
"Roughness"
"Six Feet Deep"




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Devin Townsend held his Crappy Halloween Party / Quarantine Concert #5: Rarities By Request on October 31st, which featured him performing rare songs from his extensive catalogue. Former Strapping Young Lad drummer Gene Hoglan, guitar legend Steve Vai, and vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen all made guest appearances.

Vai, who guested on the song "Triumph",  has posted a new video with the following message:

"Aiy there mayti! Captain Velorum here. Here’s what I originally sent Devin Townsend for his 'Crappy' Halloween party. I’m sure it will 'hook' you in."

Vai appears in the video below at the 4:52 mark.




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Sinner frontman / founder Mat Sinner - also known as the bassist and co-founder of Primal Fear - has checked in with the following update:

"Little update from the Sinner songwriting camp. As the current global problems will take much longer as expected, we’ve decided to write a lot of more songs until we will be 200% happy with minimum 10 new tracks! But as five songs are already confirmed, it will be a much more heavier, faster and darker album than you would expect - copy that!"

Last year, Sinner released a lyric video for the title track off their Santa Muerte album. Order it here, and watch the clip below.

After having delivered a top-notch album with Tequila Suicide in 2017 (reaching #49 in the German charts), the band around mastermind Mat Sinner (Primal Fear, Voodoo Circle, Rock meets Classic, and more) created another all-killer-no-filler album in 2019. Featuring guests like Ronnie Romero (Rainbow) and Ricky Warwick (Black Star Riders), Santa Muerte comes with an additional surprise for all the listeners: Sinner introduce Giorgia Colleluori - a permanent new member to the band, sharing vocal duties with Mat Sinner.

The album was produced by Mat Sinner and Dennis Ward (Amon Amarth, Helloween, Van Canto and more).

Tracklisting:

"Shine On"
"Fiesta Y Copas" (feat. Ronnie Romero)
"Santa Muerte"
"Last Exit Hell"
"What Went Wrong" (feat. Ricky Warwick)
"Lucky 13"
"Death Letter" (feat. Magnus Karlsson)
"Craving"
"The Wolf"
"Misty Mountain"
"The Ballad Of Jack"
"Stormy Night"
"Sorry" (Bonus Track)

"Santa Muerte" lyric video:

"Death Letter" (feat. Magnus Karlsson) video:

"Last Exit Hell" lyric video:

"Fiesta Y Copas" video:




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Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD return with a much-overdue new live release. Titled "Lost Machine - Live", the album was recorded in Québec City during the worldwide touring cycle for the band's latest studio album, "The Wake", and will be released on November 27 worldwide via Century Media Records.

The video for the second single from the disc, "Iconspiracy", can be seen below.

VOIVOD drummer Michel "Away" Langevin comments: "And now 'Iconspiracy', the second single/video from our upcoming release 'Lost Machine – Live'. Like the video for the first single 'The Lost Machine', the footage comes from the Montréal Jazz Fest 2019 and the audio is from the Québec City Summer Fest 2019, where the entire live album was recorded.

"'Iconspiracy' has become one of our favorite songs to perform on tour since the album 'The Wake' came out in 2018.

"The video direction is by Felipe Belalcazar and my art was animated by Jaan Silmberg.

"There are a lot more projects in the works. Meanwhile, have fun with this one!"

Both "Iconspiracy" and the previously released single "The Lost Machine" feature audio recorded in Québec City (07/13/2019), video filmed in Montréal (06/30/2019) and material processed in Morgöth (2020). The videos were directed and produced by Felipe Belalcazar of Mental Pictures.

"Lost Machine - Live" consists of 13 tracks across 74 packed minutes of playing time by one of the best live acts in this day and age.

"Lost Machine - Live" track listing:

01. Post Society

02. Psychic Vacuum

03. Obsolete Beings

04. The Prow

05. Iconspiracy

06. Into My Hypercube

07. The End Of Dormancy

08. Overreaction

09. Always Moving

10. Fall

11. The Lost Machine

12. Astronomy Domine

13. Voivod

"Lost Machine - Live" will be available as limited CD with O-Card packaging (in its first European pressing), as digital album and as gatefold 2LP on 180-gram vinyl in the following variations and limitations:

* Black vinyl: Unlimited

* Sky Blue vinyl: 100x copies via CM Webshop Europe

* Transparent Magenta vinyl: 200x copies via CM Distro Europe

* Creamy White vinyl: 200x copies via Nuclear Blast

* Deep Blood Red vinyl: 200x copies via Band

* Neon Green vinyl: 200x copies via Band

"Lost Machine - Live" can be pre-ordered in its various editions at this location.

This past summer, VOIVOD released a new three-track 12-inch vinyl and digital EP titled "The End Of Dormancy" via Century Media Records. The EP is centered around a special "Metal Section" version of the title track (off VOIVOD's latest album, "The Wake") with added trumpets, saxophone and trombones. The complementary songs on this release are exclusive live versions of "The End Of Dormancy (Metal Section)" and the group's classic "The Unknown Knows", recorded at Montreal Jazz Fest 2019.

"The End Of Dormancy" EP comes with artwork by Langevin and is available on 180-fram 12-inch vinyl.

In March 2019, VOIVOD was honored with a Juno Award (the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Award) in the "Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year" category. VOIVOD won the award for "The Wake", which was released in September 2018 via Century Media Records. The disc was recorded and mixed by Francis Perron at RadicArt Recording Studio in Canada. The album's artwork was once again created by Away.

KILLER BE KILLED will release its sophomore album, "Reluctant Hero", on November 20 via Nuclear Blast. The third single from the LP, "Inner Calm From Outer Storms", can be streamed below.

The supergroup, which is comprised of Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, ex-SEPULTURA), Troy Sanders (MASTODON) Greg Puciato (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN), and drummer Ben Koller (CONVERGE, ALL PIGS MUST DIE, MUTOID MAN), previously released its self-titled debut album in 2014 via Nuclear Blast Entertainment.

Troy said of the song: "'Inner Calm From Outer Storms' is about having the ability to sense a distant or unseen target. It explores a journey of reckless abandon where the destination may, or may not, actually exist."

Puciato agreed, saying the lyrics reference "the idea of being open to the freedom of having chaos be a state of existence."

"Reluctant Hero" track listing:

01. Deconstructing Self-Destruction

02. Dream Gone Bad

03. Left Of Center

04. Inner Calm From Outer Storms

05. Filthy Vagabond

06. From A Crowded Wound

07. The Great Purge

08. Comfort From Nothing

09. Animus

10. Dead Limbs

11. Reluctant Hero

"This has been a long time coming. It feels great to be getting this out," said Puciato of the Josh Wilbur-produced (LAMB OF GOD, GOJIRA) album."

Two years ago, Max confirmed to Metal Underground that KILLER BE KILLED had begun the songwriting process for its second LP. "We already demoed for it; we got 10 songs out of it," he said at the time. "[It came out] fantastic. Troy is more involved, which is what I wanted from the beginning. So that's gonna be great."

Drummer Dave Elitch (ex-THE MARS VOLTA) played on KILLER BE KILLED's first CD but was unable to continue with the band due to scheduling conflicts with his other group, ANTEMASQUE.

For their live debut at the 2015 Soundwave festival in Australia, Cavalera, Sanders, Puciato and Koller were joined by Juan Montoya (MONSTRO, ex-TORCHE), who also performed on the KILLER BE KILLED debut album.

"Killer Be Killed" sold around 5,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 58 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released in May 2014, the CD was produced and mixed by Josh Wilbur, whose credits include work with GOJIRA, LAMB OF GOD, HATEBREED, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, ESCAPE THE FATE, P!NK and STEVE EARLE.

Progressive music titans DREAM THEATER have will release their ninth career live album, "Distant Memories - Live In London", on November 27. Recorded at their sold-out show at the Apollo Theatre in London, the live release documents the band's popular world tour in support of their latest critically acclaimed studio album "Distance Over Time" and the 20th anniversary of their seminal concept album "Metropolis Part 2 - Scenes From A Memory".

Fans can check out the live version of "Fatal Tragedy" from "Distant Memories - Live In London" below.

Says guitarist John Petrucci: "Performing 'Scenes From A Memory' live in its entirety 20 years after its initial release was a ton of fun for all of us.

"'Fatal Tragedy' is one of the darker, heavier and more exciting songs on 'Scenes' and always gets an amazing response from our audience. It's an important track because, lyrically, it helps to establish the story's plot details while musically it showcases some of our favorite instrumental moments on the album."

"Distant Memories - Live In London" is the band's first since 2014's "Breaking The Fourth Wall". The new live release will be available in various configurations including digital only, a 3-CD and 2 DVD multibox, a 3-CD and 2 Blu-Ray digipak with slipcase, a limited deluxe 3-CD + 2 Blu-Ray + 2 DVD Artbook and a limited 4-LP and 3-CD box set. The video components will also feature a behind-the-scenes look at the band as they get ready for the shows. All formats of "Distant Memories - Live In London" are now available for pre-order here.

"Distant Memories - Live In London" track listing:

01. Untethered Angel

02. A Nightmare To Remember

03. Fall Into The Light

04. Barstool Warrior

05. In The Presence Of Enemies – Part 1

06. Pale Blue Dot

07. Scenes Live Intro

08. Scene One: Regression

09. Scene Two: I. Overture 1928

10. Scene Two: Ii. Strange Déjà Vu

11. Scene Three: I. Through My Words

12. Scene Three: Ii. Fatal Tragedy

13. Scene Four: Beyond This Life

14. Scene Five: Through Her Eyes

15. Scene Six: Home

16. Scene Seven: I. The Dance Of Eternity

17. Scene Seven: Ii. One Last Time

18. Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On

19. Scene Nine: Finally Free

20. At Wit's End

21. Paralyzed (bonus track)

This past September, Petrucci confirmed to Sonic Perspectives that DREAM THEATER will enter the studio this fall to begin work on the follow-up to last year's "Distance Over Time" album. Asked if he and his bandmates go into the studio with ideas already mapped out or if they try to come up with stuff on the spot, Petrucci said: "With DREAM THEATER, what we like to do most of the time is have a collective type of writing — we're all in the same room. And even if guys bring in ideas, it's more like we sort of play the idea and everybody joins in and we bounce it off of each other, and that's how the songs are written. So it's always good to have some of those seeds — some places to go. Whether you use them or not — you don't have to use them — but they're good starting points. So, yeah, we'll always come in with something. And what we'll usually do, which is really helpful too, is we'll discuss, prior to those sessions, the type of record we wanna make, which I think is really important.

"We have a long career, and we have a large catalog, and we try to look at each album as being another chapter in our story," he explained. "So when we approach a new album, we try to do something that's unique and that might just make things more interesting. Why do people want to keep listening to DREAM THEATER or wanna get the new record if there's not anything new or different or exciting about it?

"So, we'll discuss that beforehand so that everybody can kind of just be on the same wavelength [when it comes to] what we [are] trying to do here. As opposed to just walking in, like, 'All right. What do you wanna do?' 'I don't know. What do you wanna do?'"

"Distance Over Time" marked DREAM THEATER's first album for for Sony Music's progressive imprint InsideOut Music. The group spent the past 25 years recording under various labels in the Warner Music Group system, most recently Roadrunner Records, which released five albums by the band between 2007 and 2016.

Photo credit: Nidhal Marzouk

Dutch death doom elite ASPHYX will release its 10th studio album, "Necroceros", on January 22, 2021 via Century Media Records. The LP was recorded at Tom Meier's Tom Meier Studio and at Paul Baayens's The Mörserstudio, and mixed and mastered by Sebastian "Seeb" Levermann at Greenman Studios. It once again features front cover artwork by Axel Hermann.

The official music video for the first single from the disc, "Botox Implosion", can be seen below. The clip was filmed by Maurice Swinkels of Younique Film (LEGION OF THE DAMNED, EXODUS, KATAKLYSM).

ASPHYX frontman Martin Van Drunen commented: "We actually wanted to film this on Sunset Boulevard [in] L.A., where most of the pathetic subjects of this song have their residence, but due to the pandemic, it was best not to fly over to the USA. So since it's a fast-shredding and written-in-the-typical-humorous-death-metal-gore-tradition track, we put a few laughable elements in it. Fortunately, good old Turock in Essen was so friendly to let us film there and where we're usually not that keen on shooting videos, with this one, we had quite some fun. Still, it is a helluva brutal tune!"

"Necroceros" track listing:

01. The Sole Cure Is Death

02. Molten Black Earth

03. Mount Skull

04. Knights Templar Stand

05. Three Years Of Famine

06. Botox Implosion

07. In Blazing Oceans

08. The Nameless Elite

09. Yield Or Die

10. Necroceros

Van Drunen previously stated about "Necroceros": "The first recordings for 'Necroceros' started somewhere in November 2019. Mainly just rough ideas. We hired Tom's studio for a couple of jam sessions so we could record as soon as we thought something had potential. We finished about six or seven songs, but after a few listenings we decided there had still quite some work to be done.

"After the three previous albums and this one being ASPHYX's 10th official full studio record, we were very well aware that the standard had to be incredibly high. Our advantage was that for the first time we had a steady lineup. Since 'Incoming Death', we were damned good 'worked in' together, one 'felt' what the other wanted or where he was music-wise going. With Paul having tons of riffs on the shelves, the earlier takes and the unexpected rapidly spreading COVID-19 outbreak and thus all our gigs being canceled one after the other, we booked Tom once more for a bunch of jam-recordings. Which turned out marvellously...

"It took two weekends to finally arrange all songs and tape the drum-tracks. Going completely berserk while playing and being totally satisfied with the variety, rawness, brutality and dynamics of each particular track, we were 100% certain that we were heading in the right direction.

"Long before all the above was happening, I already had introduced 'Necroceros' as a working title. It came out spontaneously, sounded powerful and since we used the word 'Death' in every release title, so did 'Necro'. The idea was a sci-fi fantasy entity on an eternal course, existing only to devour planets, turning universes into meaningless voids. And while the boys were laying guitars and bass over the drums I searched and wrote the themes and lyrics for every single track.

"To mix with Seeb was a shot in the dark, but he had told me one of his wishes was to ever be able to mix a death metal album for a band like ASPHYX. And since we wanted a fresh input, we gave him a chance by letting Seeb do a test and it fused simply excellent.

"As always, we passed the working title on to Axel Hermann to skizz about and let him throw his morbid imagination over it with detailed bits and pieces. And once more he didn't let us down with another brilliant masterpiece.

"And here we are. Something old, something new, something krushing, something sparkling, something alcoholic, something genius, but all very, very ASPHYX!"

ASPHYX's previous and much acclaimed studio album "Incoming Death" was released in September 2016 and entered the official sales charts in various European countries as follows: Germany: No. 30, Switzerland: No. 67 and Belgium (Wallonia): No. 78.

ASPHYX is Martin Van Drunen (vocals), Stefan "Husky" Hüskens (drums), Paul Baayens (guitars) and Alwin Zuur (bass).

WHITESNAKE brings together some of the most-passionate music of its multi-platinum career on "Love Songs", a new collection that contains remixed and remastered versions of the group's best love songs. It's the second release in the band's "Red, White and Blues Trilogy", a series of compilations organized by musical themes that began this summer with "The Rock Album" (white) and will conclude next year with "The Blues Album" (blue).

The new collection includes a mix of hits and deep tracks that were originally released between 1987 and 2011 on five WHITESNAKE studio albums and David Coverdale's third solo album, "Into The Light". "Love Songs" is being released today (Friday, November 6) as a CD , as a double-LP set pressed on 180-gram red vinyl, and digitally.

Like "The Rock Album", Coverdale says all the tracks on "Love Songs" have been revisited, remixed and remastered. "Some have been musically embellished where my co-producer Michael McIntyre, my new mixer Christopher Collier and I felt it appropriate or necessary to bring out the best in these songs," he explains.

Coverdale continues: "As most of you know, pretty much all the songs I write are love songs in some way, shape or form. These are some of my favorites. Not all are ballads. Some are out and out rockers with powerful romantic themes…and of course…include heavy breathing in all of them!!"

In addition to the album tracks "Don't You Cry" and "Midnight Blue", the set also introduces three previously unreleased outtakes from the "Into The Light" album sessions: "With All Of My Heart", "Yours For The Asking" and "Let's Talk It Over". The albums "Restless Heart" (1997), "Good To Be Bad" (2008) and "Forevermore" (2011) are also represented on the compilation with multiple tracks ("Too Many Tears", "Summer Rain" and "Easier Said Than Done").

The official music video for the remixed version of "Love Will Set You Free" can be seen below.

In the coming months, some of the band's most adored MTV-era hit videos will be released on WHITESNAKE's YouTube channel in brand new HD, including a fan-requested promotional video for the song "Easier Said Than Done" from the "Forevermore" album.

"The Love Album" CD track listing:

01. Love Will Set You Free

02. The Deeper the Love

03. All I Want, All I Need

04. Too Many Tears

05. Can't Go On

06. Is This Love

07. With All of My Heart *

08. Summer Rain

09. Your Precious Love

10. Now You're Gone

11. Don't You Cry

12. Midnight Blue

13. Easier Said Than Done

14. Yours For The Asking *

15. Let's Talk It Over *

LP Track Listing:

Side One

01. Love Will Set You Free

02. The Deeper the Love

03. All I Want, All I Need

04. Too Many Tears

Side Two

01. Can't Go On

02. Is This Love

03. With All of My Heart *

04. Summer Rain

Side Three

01. Your Precious Love

02. Now You're Gone

03. Don't You Cry

04. Midnight Blue

Side Four

01. Easier Said Than Done

02. Yours For The Asking *

03. Let's Talk It Over *

* previously unreleased

SEETHER has released a full-band acoustic version of "Dangerous", the lead single off the band's latest album, "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" ("If You Want Peace, Prepare For War"). The performance clip was filmed while the four members of the group were in quarantine and can be seen below.

Last month, SEETHER claimed the No. 1 spot at rock radio for "Dangerous". The milestone marked the multi-platinum rock band's 16th No. 1 song and 20th Top 5 hit over the course of its impressive 20-year career.

To celebrate its 20th anniversary, SEETHER will release three of its classic albums — "Disclaimer II", "Karma And Effect" and "Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces" — on vinyl for the very first time on November 13, 2020 via Craft Recordings. Released early in the band's remarkable run, these three albums exemplify the distinctive musicianship and songcraft for which SEETHER is best known and helped solidify them as one of the most successful hard rock bands in the world. Pre-order "Disclaimer II", "Karma And Effect" and "Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces" on vinyl here.

Since forming in Pretoria, South Africa in 1999, SEETHER has amassed a global fan base that has grown organically with the quartet's sense of purpose and commitment spreading outwards, offering their fans around the world camaraderie, comfort and a sense of personal power. While others of their ilk faded away, SEETHER maintains a strong sense of self, ignoring trends and critics in favor of a consummate devotion to their craft. Their impressive sales and chart history includes three platinum and two gold albums, 15 No. 1 singles (including 2017's "Let You Down", 2014's "Words As Weapons" and 2011's "Tonight"); 19 Top 5 multi-format hits, with U.S. singles sales topping 17 million and over 1.5 billion streams worldwide across all platforms.

They are also creators of the Rise Above Fest, founded in 2012 to raise awareness for suicide prevention and mental illness. Past headliners of the annual gathering include Slash, GODSMACK, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, PAPA ROACH and many more. Since conception, the Rise Above Fest has turned into a broader movement, expanding its presence at additional music festivals around the globe. All SEETHER shows donate $1 of ticket sales to benefit the SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices Of Education) organization.

Having debuted at No. 1 on the U.K.'s official albums chart with their "Live Around The World" album, QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT now release the full length performance of "Somebody To Love" on QUEEN's official YouTube channel.

The "Live Around The World" album compiles concert highlights from the world over, personally selected by Roger Taylor, Brian May and Adam Lambert from over 200 shows they have performed together, many among them becoming available for the very first time.

The show-stopping "Live Around The World" performance of "Somebody To Love" was captured at the Isle Of Wight festival in 2016 — QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT's first U.K. festival together and a milestone show which Lambert recalls was "a really special night."

Written by Freddie Mercury, "Somebody To Love" was a highlight of QUEEN's 1976 album "A Day At The Races" and a huge hit in its own right, reaching No. 2 in the U.K. and a Top 20 place in the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. Mercury freely acknowledged that the song's composition was influenced by the legendary soul star Aretha Franklin and — as the "Live Around The World" performance confirms — Lambert's soulful, gospel-tinged interpretation is well suited to this much-loved, soul-searching song with its complex vocal harmonies.

"Adam has the ability to sing anything and everything we throw at him," Taylor said of Lambert's vocal abilities. "There's nothing he can't handle. Our songs are big and theatrical and Adam fits that easily. I think he's the best singer around. His range is staggering."

"Some of QUEEN's songs are just so vocally athletic and physically demanding," Lambert said. "For example, 'The Show Must Go On' is certainly demanding, 'Who Wants To Live Forever' goes from zero to 99. 'Somebody To Love' is really intense and big.

"One thing as a vocalist which I love about QUEEN's catalogue is they’ve ventured into so many different genres," Adam added. "It makes every show a fun and challenging evening for me and I just love that."

"Begin Again", the new music video from FATES WARNING, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's latest album, "Long Day Good Night", which is being released today (Friday, November 6) via Metal Blade Records.

FATES WARNING has been a formidable presence in progressive metal for more than 35 years, helping to shape and drive the genre without ever compromising its integrity or losing relevance. They return in 2020 with "Long Day Good Night", the most epic and longest album of its storied career, mixed by Joe Barresi.

"The styles of music we've written distinguish this record from the rest of our catalogue," states vocalist Ray Alder. "There are some songs with electronics and some with a nice ethereal feel, as well as some pretty straightforward grooves, at least for us. And there are also some pretty heavy songs. We tried to give the listener a host of different things to listen to, as opposed to an album where every song sounds the same." As such, the album is something of a rollercoaster ride, moving through various moods and making for perhaps their most vital release to date.

Guitarist Jim Matheos began writing the album in mid-2019, working closely with Alder for about a year, honing the songs, completing 13 for their 13th full-length — which, uncoincidentally, has a total running time of 72:22. Despite their long history of making records, Alder makes it clear that the songs take a lot of work to realize.

"Like all albums, nothing comes easy," he says. "It's quite a process to go from the idea to the actual finished song. Sometimes you think you're done with it, then you hear something else and you have to try that. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, but you at least have to try it just so you know that in the end you've done everything possible to make it as good as it can be. Jim and I spent practically every day for the last year writing this album. I am very happy with the outcome, and with the blend of styles. I guess I could say that this album represents all of the years that we have been together."

The record also features guest appearances from touring guitarist Mike Abdow, who contributed some solos, plus PORCUPINE TREE/THE PINEAPPLE THIEF drummer Gavin Harrison, who plays on "When Snow Falls". "Under The Sun" sees the band incorporating a full string section for the first time.

"Long Day Good Night" track listing:

01. The Destination Onward

02. Shuttered World

03. Alone We Walk

04. Now Comes The Rain

05. The Way Home

06. Under The Sun

07. Scars

08. Begin Again

09. When Snow Falls

10. Liar

11. Glass Houses

12. The Longest Shadow Of The Day

13. The Last Song

Space thrashers Fullminator have released a video of their cover of the Beastie Boys classic, "Fight For Your Right To Party". The song is from their upcoming EP, Omniplasm, which will be released on December 12th.

Omniplasm artwork and tracklisting:

"Artificial Immolator (AI)"
"Checking Accunt$"
"Omniplasm"
"Perihelion"
"Fight For Your Right" (Beastie Boys Cover)

Fullminator is:

Reptilian Deluxe - vocals
Lord Gartallaz - drums, backing vocals
Enforcer Blowmiux - bass
Cyber Zurrfex - lead guitar
Master Kiununtriux - rhythm guitar, backing vocals

For further details, visit Fullminator on Facebook.

 




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See Cradle Of Filth frontman Dani Filth in his most sinister role yet, as he terrorizes Nergal from Behemoth, Mille Petrozza of Kreator, and Derrick Green from Sepultura in the animated short, Whats Up, Rock Squad?!, created by @hmetalmaniac.

Vampiric masters of extreme metal, Cradle Of Filth, had been scheduled to perform a live stream concert from St. Mary's Church, Colchester Art Centre, England on the auspicious date of October 30.

It had been promoted as a vicious, delicious, certainly mal-nutritious performance showcasing the band’s new keyboardist and backing singer, as well as a slew of graveyard hits both past, present and possibly future. In short, the ultimate Nightmare before Halloween!

Unfortunately, those plans have come to a screeching halt, as Cradle Of Filth frontman Dani Filth explains: "Due to the ongoing Covid crisis and the uncertainty of travel, we unfortunately need to move the date of our live stream event. With band members residing outside of and throughout the UK, there was a real chance of quarantine or travel issues. The new show date is February 20, 2021. All tickets remain valid and everyone who bought one is automatically entered in to win a custom Cradle Of Filth Midian guitar worth over $2,000. Sorry for any inconvenience, the show will be an epic event not to be missed!”

Next year's live stream has been moved to an undisclosed bigger venue, with twice the production. Tickets are available at this location.

 




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Evergrey vocalist / guitarist Tom Englund provides a welcome update: "Tomorrow we, the band, will for the first time listen to the new Evergrey together. Only me and Jonas (Ekdahl, drummer) have heard it. Album is mixed tremendously as always by our good friend Jacob Hansen! We might slip you some news tomorrow! If not, have a great weekend! And, the first letter of the four word title is E."

This will be Evergrey's 12th studio album, serving as the follow-up to The Atlantic from 2019, which spawned videos for "A Silent Arc", "Weightless", and "End Of Silence".

 



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Canadian indie pop rock band Walk Off The Earth, featuring former The Creepshow vocalist Sarah Blackwood, performed at the iconic Opera House in Sydney, Australia earlier this year. During the stop they covered the AC/DC classic "Thunderstruck" and shot an official performance video, which can be viewed below.

A message from the band: "Thanks for having us at this legendary venue! This is one of our fav songs of all time. Love our Aussie peeps. See you soon."

Stream or download the song here.

 

AC/DC have released a video teaser for their new single, "Demon Fire", featured on the band's new album, Power Up, out on November 13 via Columbia Records. Watch the new clip below:




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