Impellitteri are at work on the follow-up to the Venom album, released in 2015. The new record is expected later this year.

Guitarist and band namesake, Chris Impellitteri, tells All That Shreds: “I am in the studio writing and recording new music at this time… The new music is very much in the vein of Venom, so I think our fans will like it very much! Impellitteri want to evolve artistically without losing our identity… so the new record will definitely have a lot of fast tempo metal songs filled with shredding guitar solos, screaming vocals, and an energetic rhythm section with lots of punch and power in our mix.”

Stay tuned for updates.

 

Italy's Rock Rebel Magazine conducted an interview with ANTHRAX bassist Frank Bello prior to the band's March 14 show at Live Club in Trezzo sull'Adda, Lombardy, Italy. You can watch the chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).

On why the band's 1987 "Among The Living" album continues to endure 30 years after its release:

Frank: "You've got to think, after all this time, it's great to see people reacting to it. Think about it: If it's 30 years old, people get it. You'll see tonight, it's crazy; it's like it just came out. It's very fresh to them. You'll also see a bunch of different people in the audience. You have a big crossover of fans now. We have anywhere [from] 12 years old to 60 years old; everybody is together now. There is a new generation coming up, so for them to see it, to see this 'Among The Living' thing, but it's the 'Among The Kings' tour we're calling it. We do the whole 'Among The Living' album, but then we do some other songs which people really like, from 'For All Kings', our new record. Everybody is very satisfied at the end of the day. Everybody's hand is up in the air, which is all that matters to us. We're very happy about that."

On rumors ANTHRAX and Lady Gaga were considering doing an album together:

Frank: "Lady Gaga is a friend of ours. She's amazing. We love her, but she just did the Grammys with METALLICA. She's a metalhead, which I love, she's awesome, so we'd love to work with her. We'll put it out there; she doesn't have a lot of time, she's very busy. We want to see her do well. She's metal and we love her for it. Of course we'd be very open to that, but nothing is planned now."

On the atmosphere within ANTHRAX while recording "Among The Living":

Frank: "The great thing is not knowing. All you know is there's a vibe. There's a vibe going on in the music scene, especially in the '80s. You've got to remember, it was us, METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH. There was a movement of metal — right in your face. We were all IRON MAIDEN fans, JUDAS PRIEST fans, so we had this great community of metal people coming up and fans, so we knew there was something special that was going on. When everybody came out with their records, it really broke over the top. 'Among The Living' came out for us and it put us in a different elevation."

On the sometimes comedic element to ANTHRAX's appearance and music:

Frank: "We don't really like to have a bad time. When I'm onstage, I have a good time. I love what I do; thank God, I'm very happy that I can play music. There's some parts you want to get into it and rip it up, but for the most part, look, you got to look at it my way: I'm connecting with fans. I'm a fan connecting with other fans. I'm in a good mood and I want to have a good time. People come to a metal show to get away from their problems. You want to have a good time, right? That's where you do that. That's where you're allowed to do that. I think it's fun."

On thrash's relevance in today's metal scene:

Frank: "I don't think thrash ever left. I think it's always been here; for me it has. Music in general, everything in life, there's peaks and valleys. Just because it's not as popular in one point in life, doesn't mean it's not there. Peaks and valleys. It can become less popular, then it becomes popular again. It's cycles. The older you get, you see this. Everything comes in cycles. It's just the truth. That's how life is."

On whether ANTHRAX should take a stronger political stance in light of recent events:

Frank: "No. We're just musicians, and not because we're Italian or anything like that. We're just people. If something is affecting us, maybe that will come out like that, but the last thing I want to do as a musician and songwriter is preach to anybody. I think musicians should be heard through music. I don't want to be preaching to anybody. Everybody has their own opinion about everything. You keep yours, I'll keep mine and everybody's happy."

On his favorite memories from the "Among The Living" album cycle:

Frank: "Lots of touring. You've got to remember, in those days, breaking, people say, 'You're breaking,' and the record broke and it became big. You didn't stop touring. We were never home. All I can remember from that period is that we did the record, it came out and every tour, I remember, I think we opened for so many bands. I just don't remember being home in '87 and '88. It was non-stop, say hello to my family once in a while, and then we were back on tour. It was a great time. The energy…it was electric. I tell you, and I see that and that's a great memory from then, but what I see now, is a beautiful thing going on now. There's a new generation of fans along with our old fans. There's something like that energy. There's something that electric, this electricity we have, it feels like this 'For All Kings' People are really reacting to this when I see it. It's all around the world what's going on. We've been touring this thing forever. It's been out a little over year; we started touring before the record came out. It's been non-stop."

ANTHRAX's February 15 concert at the Barrowland in Glasgow, United Kingdom was filmed for a DVD, to be released later this year via Megaforce. Seventeen cameras, including five GoPros and a full-size camera crane, captured more than two hours of ANTHRAX favorites that were voted onto the evening's set list by fans and included "Madhouse", "Be All, End All", "Breathing Lightning" and "A.I.R.", followed by ANTHRAX's classic 1987 album "Among The Living" performed start to finish. In addition to the live footage, the DVD will include "fly-on-the-wall" interviews and other B-roll shot on the band's tour bus, backstage, in hotels and elsewhere. The DVD is being produced and directed by Paul Green of the Manchester, U.K.-based Paul Green Productions who has filmed concerts for OPETH, THE DAMNED, Gary Numan, THE LEVELLERS and many others.

ANTHRAX's European tour ended in Paris on March 16.

KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons paid tribute to rock icon Chuck Berry last night (Saturday, March 18) by performing a cover version of "Johnny B. Goode" during his first-ever full solo concert in Cleveland, Ohio.

"It's a very sad day today," Simmons said prior to launching into the song (see video below, courtesy of Rob Lovash). "One of the founding fathers of rock and roll has passed on. If it wasn't for Chuck Berry, there wouldn't have been rock and roll."

The rest of Simmons's set in Cleveland included two songs from his 1978 solo album, as well as a number of '70s- and '80s-era KISS classics, including "War Machine", "I Love It Loud", "Parasite", "Almost Human", "Got Love For Sale" and "Charisma".

Last night's show was one of five performances Simmons is staging in conjunction with his Wizard World Comic Con appearances. He will also perform at conventions in St. Louis (April 8-9), Philadelphia (June 2-3), Chicago (August 26-27) and Austin (November 17-18).

Backing Simmons at the shows are guitarist Phil Shouse (Rodney Atkins, John Corabi, LIPSTICK, THEE ROCK N' ROLL RESIDENCY), drummer Jarred Pope (THEE ROCK N' ROLL RESIDENCY), guitarist/bassist Jeremy Asbrock (THE SHAZAM, John Corabi, THEE ROCK N' ROLL RESIDENCY) and guitarist Ryan (HAIR OF THE DOG, THEE ROCK N' ROLL RESIDENCY).

"This is gonna be a first for me," Simmons told CantonRep.com about playing his own shows. "Outside of KISS, I've never done a solo tour. I never did anything like that. Every once in a while I'll jump up on stage and do a song with somebody. Johnny Depp and I did a few songs together, a few other knuckleheads, but that's about it. When Wizard World and I agreed to do five events together, the idea of jumping up onstage and gulping it on for an hour or so came up. And I got a great bunch of guys, real rocking guys who are gonna get up with me, and we'll play all the hits and have ourselves a good old time."

Simmons said in an interview earlier in the month that he was still working on his box set that will include "150 songs that have never been released. That news is gonna be released soon."

Berry, a music pioneer often called "the Father of Rock 'n' Roll," died Saturday at his home outside St. Louis. He was 90 years old. Berry's death was confirmed by the St. Charles County Police Department in Missouri.

Video footage of an all-star band consisting of current and former members of SKID ROW, OZZY OSBOURNE, KILL DEVIL HILL and QUIET RIOT performing the OZZY classic "Over The Mountain" on March 5 during the 50th installment of "Soundcheck Live" in Hollywood, California can be seen below.

Featured musicians:

Vocals: Dewey Bragg (KILL DEVIL HILL)Drums: Brian Tichy (OZZY OSBOURNE, WHITESNAKE)Bass: Rudy Sarzo (OZZY OSBOURNE, QUIET RIOT, DIO)Guitar: Scotti Hill (SKID ROW)Keyboards: Steve Ferlazzo

"Soundcheck Live" is a weekly live music night that brings together the industry's top musicians alongside emerging talent to create a vibrant social experience driven by the artists.

Over the last year, Lucky Strike Live has gone through profound changes in becoming a live music and entertainment venue. The venue is known for the 2016 launch of a weekly Wednesday night series, "Soundcheck Live" where the night is formatted into three riveting acts including Meet The Cast, Guest Curated and ending with an "All Together Now" jam session, completely unrehearsed. The intimate music stage has had special guest performances by the likes of Gene Simmons, Johnny Depp, Sebastian Bach, Linda Perry, Phil X of BON JOVI, Gilby Clarke of GUNS N' ROSES, Robbie Krieger of THE DOORS and Jackson Browne.

Bobby Blotzer's version of RATT made its live debut with QUIET RIOT and ADLER'S APPETITE singer Seann Nicols (a.k.a. Sheldon Tarsha) last night (Saturday, March 18) at the Prairie Knights Casino & Resort in Fort Yates, North Dakota. Video footage of the concert can be seen below.

Nicols joined Blotzer's RATT as the replacement for Joshua Alan, who quit the band in January, explaining that he will be working and focusing on his original music this year.

The rest of Blotzer's RATT continues to include guitarists Mitch Perry (TALAS, HEAVEN, STEELER, MSG, LITA FORD) and Stacey Blades (L.A. GUNS) and bassist Brad Lang (Y&T).

Blotzer has been embroiled in a legal battle with the other members of the classic RATT lineup over the rights to the band's name.

Since 2015, Blotzer had been playing shows under the name RATT with a lineup in which he is the sole member from the band's '80s heyday. He has pitted himself against bassist Juan Croucier, founding singer Stephen Pearcy and guitarist Warren DeMartini, who reunited last October for a surprise performance on a Monsters Of Rock cruise. The trio has since announced a series of RATT shows, including high-profile sets at Maryland's M3 Rock festival and Oklahoma's Rocklahoma, and has issued cease-and-desist letters to concert promoters in an attempt to block the Blotzer version of RATT from performing under that name. Prior to last night's performance, Blotzer took to Facebook to once again reassure RATT fans that he owns the rights to the band's name and to explain once again why he is carrying on with his version of the group.

He wrote: "Everyone knows my intention out here is to make everything album quality and a real show, not just phoning it in like others.

"A lot of you know I've been out here with RATT after the old O.G.s stayed off the road for six years. No one talked to no one. Now, after they saw how big we blew up, it obviously shook the denture cream off and we're in a war that should have been over, due the fact a conning to the court went down.

"It's still unresolved. WBS Inc., my corporation, still owns the name.

"I'm going into detail here only because [the promoters of the Prairie Knights Casino & Resort] show was served by the three blind bland mice a cease-and-desist. Anyone can send one of those to anybody. We then find out that Juan Hector Crucifer has been personally, frantically calling the venue, the gaming commission, the stage manager's mom, you get the point, trying to stop something he, they cannot. The main thing they are and have been trying to pull over everyone's eyes is they won. Reality, we are still in litigating.

"[We'll be] back in court with resounding new evidence showing the lies and horseshit tactics they used in court to sway the judge. Still can't understand why he allowed some of the one-day-old declorations that are easily proved incorrect and blatant lies.

So here we are , selling out 3,000 tonight.

"Come hear RATT the way you want to hear her sound. Like you grew up hearing, not Froggy the blender cats.

"Yes, it's very personal to me. But, I'm real."

Back in November, a California judge ruled against Blotzer with respect to whether Croucier had committed trademark infringement by using the RATT name and logo to advertise his band RATT'S JUAN CROUCIER in the fall of 2015.

Blotzer, who had a spinal fusion surgery for the C6-C7 vertebrae in his neck four years ago, said that he will undergo lumbar spine surgery two days after the Prairie Knights Casino & Resort concert.

The drummer also promised that he would "mop up [the] litigation" he is currently embroiled in with his former bandmate over the rights to the RATT name and that he would return to the road "with RATT around late June."

On March 16, former ANTHRAX singer Neil Turbin conducted an interview with SAXON frontman Biff Byford and guitarist Doug Scarratt for Canada's The Metal Voice at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles, California. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).

On SAXON's upcoming album:

Biff: "We've recorded seven songs already. I finished the vocals just before we came [to the U.S.], actually. We've actually got three or four more songs, but I think we're gonna write three more for the album. We'll rent a studio when we're on festivals — about a week in the studio — and then we'll write some songs. It [is being recorded with British producer] Andy Sneap. He's gone off to do [the new] JUDAS PRIEST [album] while we are here. In September, we'll be finished with that, hopefully. It will be out in 2018, maybe January."

On his memories of touring with MOTÖRHEAD:

"Our first tour of the U.K. — well, our first tour ever, actually — was with MOTÖRHEAD. We'd just written 'Wheels Of Steel'; it was about to come out. We used to go out every night, seven o'clock on stage, doing our thing, and Lemmy would come out after our show, on their show, and say, 'You've gotta buy their album. These guys are great. They're gonna be huge,' or whatever. So he helped us out a lot in those early days. He gave us his stamp of approval. It was nice of him. Lemmy was very intelligent, well read and he had a great sense of humor. He was a bit like me — he had a wicked wit about him."

On Lemmy's death:

"Lemmy was ill. He was actually iller on the American leg than he was on the European leg. We finished in Scandinavia in December, and we all said goodbye for a Christmas break, and we were starting again in January; in London was the first show. And he died shortly after that. I don't think he expected to die, because he was actually feeling a little bit better, but he was told he got cancer in the brain, and it wasn't long after that before he died. He sent me a text message a couple of days before he died saying he thought the tour was great, blah blah blah, and next thing I knew, somebody phoned me up and said, 'Lemmy's gone.' So it was a bit of a shock. But he went in the Lemmy style, really. He didn't linger in a hospital, did he? He died with his boots on."

On whether he would ever reunite with former SAXON members for a special one-off show:

"No. Not in this universe, no. I have to be loyal to the guys [current band], you know. I mean, Doug's been in the band longer than they were. I don't see any point, really. We're headlining huge festivals in Europe, so what would be the point? I mean, it would be all right for the fans — I understand that — but our fans have gone on and moved on to the new SAXON, and that's the way it is. I'm sure UFO get asked exactly the same thing about Schenker. 'Are you ever gonna go out with Michael Schenker again?' Their answer is, 'I don't know.' Probably not, I suppose. I don't know. But maybe. You never say never, can you? But as it stands now, no."

SAXON recently revealed that the band's forthcoming follow-up to 2015's "Battering Ram" will include a song dedicated to MOTÖRHEAD. "[It's] called 'They Played Rock And Roll', 'cause that's what Lemmy [late MOTÖRHEAD frontman] used to say every night [from the stage]," Byford told Sonic Shocks. "It's basically about early MOTÖRHEAD — '79/'80 MOTÖRHEAD, like around 'No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith', 'cause that's the tour we were on, that one. So, yeah, it's about the band, really, and their music."

According to Biff, "They Played Rock And Roll" will be musically similar to Lemmy and Co. He explained: "I asked Nibbs [Carter, SAXON bassist] to write me some music that was like MOTÖRHEAD, and he did. So it sounds very MOTÖRHEAD-ish, but not MOTÖRHEAD, if you know what I mean."

"Battering Ram" was released in North America via UDR Music. The effort featured Byford alongside Paul Quinn and Doug Scarratt on guitar, Nibbs Carter on bass and Nigel Glockler on drums.

Members of GUNS N' ROSES, AEROSMITH, KISS, MÖTLEY CRÜE, TWISTED SISTER and JUDAS PRIEST are among the rock musicians and scores of other artists who reacted on social media to the passing of Chuck Berry, a music pioneer often called "the Father of Rock 'n' Roll," who died Saturday at his home outside St. Louis. He was 90 years old. Berry's death was confirmed by the St. Charles County Police Department in Missouri.

Officers responded to a medical emergency at Berry's home near Wentzville, Missouri, about 45 miles west of St. Louis, around 12:40 p.m. Saturday and found an unresponsive man inside. He was declared dead shortly before 1:30 p.m. after lifesaving measures were unsuccessful.

"St. Charles County police responded to a medical emergency on Buckner Road at approximately 12:40 p.m. today (Saturday, March 18)," the police department said in a statement. "Inside the home, first responders observed an unresponsive man and immediately administered lifesaving techniques. Unfortunately, the 90-year-old man could not be revived and was pronounced deceased at 1:26 p.m.

"The St. Charles County Police Department sadly confirms the death of Charles Edward Anderson Berry Sr., better known as legendary musician Chuck Berry."

Berry, who influenced the likes of THE ROLLING STONES and THE BEATLES, announced last year he would release his first album in nearly four decades in 2017. He said the disc would be dedicated to his wife of 68 years, Themetta Berry. "My darlin', I'm growing old!" he said at the time. "I've worked on this record for a long time. Now I can hang up my shoes!"

Titled "Chuck", album will now reportedly be released posthumously. It will be the legend's first studio album since 1979's "Rock It".

Berry was one of the first people to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame back in 1986 and he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1984.

The first-ever screening of "Rammstein: Paris", the new documentary from German industrial metallers RAMMSTEIN, was held this past Thursday, March 16 at Volksbühne in Berlin, Germany. Video footage from the band's red-carpet arrival can be seen below. Photos are available at Getty Images.

"Rammstein: Paris" will screen in around 350 cinemas internationally, including in the U.S., on March 23. The film was shot in March 2012 at the then-named Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris (now AccorHotels Arena) during RAMMSTEIN's "Made In Germany" tour, and was helmed by the band's longtime collaborator, Swedish director Jonas Åkerlund.

"Rammstein: Paris" has been picked up for worldwide rights (excluding Germany, Austria and Switzerland) by Picturehouse Entertainment, the distribution arm of the U.K.'s Picturehouse Cinemas chain.

"Concert films are always a big challenge," said Åkerlund, who has also worked with METALLICA, SATYRICON, MADONNA and THE PRODIGY, among others. "I compare it to shooting fireworks. The way I approach it is to try to translate the energy that you get in the room onto film, using every trick in the book to make as much of an impression as I can on the audience."

"Rammstein: Paris" was shot over two nights, using 30 cameras.

"That gives you a massive amount of footage," Åkerlund added."This is a two-hour-twenty-minute show, and I take the footage and cut it with the same precision that I would a three- or four-minute music video. Even with a big crew of editors, it took us over a year to nail down the edit."

RAMMSTEIN last year played a number of concerts where the band opened each show with a brand new song, presently only known as "Ramm 4". The track contains lyrics that seem to be a combination of various titles of previous RAMMSTEIN songs.

RAMMSTEIN in 2015 released a 21st-anniversary box set, a numbered, career-wide collection titled "XXI". The set included the band's six studio albums, produced by Jacob Hellner and remastered onto 180-gram heavyweight double vinyl by Svante Forsbäck, as well as a separate rarities double LP, "Raritäten", including a previously unreleased version of the track "Los".

RAMMSTEIN hasn't made a new CD since 2009's "Liebe Ist Für Alle Da".

The band's frontman Till Lindemann in 2015 released a debut album with his side project LINDEMANN.

RAMMSTEIN guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe's EMIGRATE project issued its sophomore album, "Silent So Long", in November 2014 via Spinefarm.

VALLENFYRE, the U.K. death metal band featuring Gregor Mackintosh, songwriter and guitarist of PARADISE LOST, alongside Hamish Glencross, formerly of MY DYING BRIDE, will release its third album, "Fear Those Who Fear Him", on June 2 via Century Media Records. Recorded by the band's new core lineup consisting of Mackintosh (vocals and guitar), Glencross (guitar and bass) and Waltteri Väyrynen (drums), "Fear Those Who Fear Him" was once again produced by Kurt Ballou (CONVERGE, NAILS) at GodCity Studio in Salem, Massachusetts and mastered by Brad Boatright (OBITUARY, BEASTMILK, YOB) at Audiosiege Mastering in Portland, Oregon. The cover artwork was created by Hal Rotter.

Mackintosh comments: "Most bands refine their sound over the first two or three albums. Becoming more technically adept and honing their craft. VALLENFYRE have done almost exactly the opposite. We have devolved, made things simpler and crush most of the melody under swathes of rotting noise. From 'A Fragile King' to 'Splinters' and now to 'Fear Those Who Fear Him', we have become more savage, more raw and less compromising!" "Fear Those Who Fear Him" will be released as gatefold LP+CD on limited colored and regular black 180-gram vinyl, as special edition digipak (international version), jewelcase CD (Canada, USA, Mexico only) and on all digital / streaming platforms.

Inspired by the likes of HELLHAMMER, CELTIC FROST, AUTOPSY, ANTISECT, DISCHARGE, NIHILIST, ENTOMBED, early NAPALM DEATH, early BATHORY and CONFLICT, VALLENFYRE have forged a trademark sound between rotting death metal driven by a chainsaw-like guitar sound, filthy doses of crust and early grind as well as crushing, depraved doom. Onstage, VALLENFYRE performs as a quintet with live members Sam Kelly-Wallace (rhythm guitar) and Chris Casket (bass) completing the lineup.

"Fear Those Who Fear Him" track listing:

01. Born To Decay02. Messiah03. Degeneration04. An Apathetic Grave05. Nihilist06. Amongst The Filth07. The Merciless Tide08. Dead World Breathes09. Soldier Of Christ10. Cursed From The Womb11. Kill All Your Masters12. Temple Of Rats

Your Chance To Die, who re-emerged into the death metal world with their 2013 Red Cord Records sophomore effort, The American Dream, are to release their third album, Ex Nihilo on April 21st via EMP Label Group’s extreme metal imprint EMP Underground. Recorded by Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me), mixed by Zack Ohren (Machine Head), and with album art by French digital artist / illustrator and graphic designer Pierre-Alain D., Ex Nihilo shows the band completely reinvented with deep symphonic atmospheres, inhuman precision and brutality, and a dual-female vocal onslaught.

2015/16 saw the addition of Som Pluijmers (ex-Cerebral Bore) on vocals, making her debut on Ex Nihilo, alongside revered death metal vocalist Missi Avila. The dual-female front offers a tandem dose of sheer vocal brutality backed up by the soaring leads and rhythmic precision of Coca Avila and Ron Dalton on guitars. This package is rounded out by the inhuman speed and accuracy of drummer Thomas White.

In late 2016, the band began talking to Grammy-Award-winning (Megadeth bassist) David Ellefson and Thom Hazaert of EMP Label Group. Through these talks, the band found themselves inking a new deal with EMP for the new direction in 2017.

On signing to EMP, frontpersons Missi Avila and Som Pluijmers said, “Your Chance To Die is honored to be a part of the EMP label group family. We are very excited about our future with EMP, the new record that we have written, and are very thankful for this amazing team we now have behind us. We have worked very hard on our new songs…to become a new band…with different, new, music…and now a great label. We are very excited to have finally have a team that believes in us to release the new album.”

EMP’s A&R Director and Operations Manager Thom Hazaert says, “We are beyond thrilled to welcome YCTD into the EMP Family. They truly are bringing something new and interesting to the Extreme-Metal table, and we’re very excited that we’re able to partner with them to bring it to the World. Obviously, many in the extreme Metal World are familiar with Som’s amazing work in Cerebral Bore, and I am confident soon YCTD will be a household name in that regard as well.”

Since their Red Cord Records debut Suscitacio Somnus in 2011, and follow up, The American Dream in 2013, the band has toured with the likes of Origin, Wednesday 13, King Parrot, Arsonists Get all The Girls, Beyond Creation, and more. In late 2016, the band was direct support to Cryptopsy through Central America prior to hitting to the studio to record Ex Nihilo. From that session, the band released the track “Shadow And Flame” as part of the EMP Underground Sampler Vol. 1 in late 2016.

“Omega”:

Norwegian horror thrashers Critical Solution have signed with Crime Records and will release their new album Barbara the Witch on April 28th.

Preorders and the first digital single from the album will be available next week on March 24th. The single will be accompanied by a video on the same day. 

The record is based on a true story from their hometown Helleland which took place in the 1600's and is narrated by Arthur Brown, The God of Hellfire. The album will come as a double disc also containing bonus disc Covers From Hell featuring many guests including Snowy Shaw. 

Recorded in Sonic Train Studios with producer Andy La Rocque (King Diamond) at the helm, this is the most horror filled album yet.

Tracklisting:

“Natas Fo Live”
“The Village”
“Barbara The Witch”
“Red Hooded Devils”
“Peter Crow”
“The Burning Pyre”
“End Of The Beginning”
“The Headless Horsemen”
“Officer Green”
“A Lady In White”
“Return Of The Witch”
“Into The Abyss”

CD2 – Covers From Hell

“Locked Up In Snow” (King Diamond’s Black Rose cover)
“Let It Die” (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
“Killed By Death” (Motörhead cover, feat Whit Crane/LaRocque)
“Iron Man” (Black Sabbath cover)
“Speed King” (Deep Purple cover)
“Gypsy” (Uriah Heep cover featuring Snowy Shaw)

Chicago-based hard rock band, Aeraco, have signed a deal with Dark Star Records.

Voted "Best Rock Entertainer" at the Chicago Music Awards, Aeraco delivers with a powerful high energy stage show and a straight up hard rock metal sound. And, the band has also shared the stage with such rock icons as Rise Against, Alice In Chains, Hollywood Vampires, Dokken and more.

Look for the new album, Baptized By Fire, to be released worldwide later this year via Dark Star Records in association with MVD and Sony Music Entertainment.

Aeraco is:
Ace - Guitar/Vocals
Spidey - Guitar
Misfit-  Drums
Beast - Bass

With many rock artists trying to figure out the best way to service their music to their fans, melodic rockers Strange Karma are returning back-to-basics - by issuing their latest album, Cold Blooded, as a vinyl-only release. The 10-track album, out today, includes the lead single, “Devil From The Moon”, and is available for purchase via PayPal through the band’s site (in the US, it is priced at $24.95 + $7.80 shipping and handling): strangekarma.net/music.

Comprised of members Martin Strange (lead vocals, piano, guitar), Paul Strange (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Jason McDonald (drums), the group’s singer/leader is especially proud of the release. “We all think this record is a great snapshot of what Strange Karma is all about - it showcases the versatility of the music we like to create and play.”

Cold Blooded was produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered at Dylanava Studios by Grammy-nominated and multi-platinum engineer and producer David Ivory (Silvertide, Halestorm, The Roots) and co-produced by Joe Lam.  

Strange Karma has also released a video for “Devil From The Moon”, which is available for streaming below.

Cold Blooded tracklisting:

Side A:
“Freedom”
“Devil From The Moon”
“Crying For Your Love”
“Realize”
“I Believe (London Town)”

Side B:
“Heartbeat”
“Should’ve Seen It Coming”
“Cold Blooded”
“Hey Man”
“Dreams”

“Devil From The Moon” video:

Righteous Vendetta’s new full-length album, Cursed, is now available via Century Media Records. A full album stream can be found below. Order the album via Indie Merch, iTunes, and the Amazon widget below.

Speaking on the creative journey behind the making of Cursed, the band states: "After two years of writing and recording we are beyond excited to finally release this album with Century Media. For anyone that follows us, they know this has been a long process. But patience has paid off, because we feel that we have crafted the best album we possibly can."

Tracklisting:

“War Is Killing Us All”
“Cursed”
“Weight Of The World”
“Daemons”
“A Way Out”
“Defiance”
“Psycho”
“Never Say Never”
“Doomed”
“Burn”
“Halfway”
“Become”
“Strangers”

Album stream:

Pennsylvania-based progressive metallers BELIEVER are back with new music. New songs from the band will be made available throughout 2017, culminating in the release of a physical product to be announced later this year. BELIEVER fans will enjoy (or not) digital releases every few months with new artwork from Eye Level Studio's Michael Rosner to accompany each release. The first installment, titled "1 Of 5", contains two songs and will be released via Trauma Team Productions on March 18. The songs were mixed by Kevin Gutierrez (RAVEN, PROJECT: FAILING FLESH, DECEASED, DYSRYTHMIA, GARDEN OF SHADOWS) at Assembly Line Studios and mastered by Bill Wolf of Wolf Productions.

As BELIEVER fans know, the band's sound is constantly evolving as they explore new creative directions with each release. Kurt Bachman (guitar/vocals) explains: "At this point our goal was to write good songs, but to also make ourselves feel a bit musically uncomfortable.

"We have long admired the musicianship of RUSH, YES, KANSAS, etc., but it was their ability to write great, memorable songs that has always inspired us.

"After 30 years, I would say that with these songs, we are combining the BELIEVER sound with our very early musical roots and having a fun time doing it!"

To coincide with the first installment of new music and to celebrate the 30th anniversary of both Pennsylvania institutions, BELIEVER and Stoudts Brewing Company (Adamstown, Pennsylvania) are releasing Believer Double Bock beer on March 18.

In true BELIEVER style, this brew is unique. The limited release Believer Double Bock Beer, aged in port and red wine barrels, blends coffee and dark chocolate malt flavors with hints of caramel and dark fruits for a taste experience that exemplifies the art of brewing beer and making music. The beer's label and packaging were also designed by Michael Rosner of Eye Level Studio. Believer Double Bock is a limited release and will be available at Stoudts Restaurant and select Pennsylvania locations.

BELIEVER gained worldwide recognition for its boundary-breaking, artistic form of progressive metal music, throwing open the doors to collaborations between metal and orchestral musicians and sealing the band's legacy. Their focus on creativity and innovation has earned praise from fans and musicians worldwide.

BELIEVER's last album, "Transhuman", was released in April 2011 via Metal Blade Records.

Visit believerband.com for information regarding the new music and Stoudts Believer Double Bock retail locations and merchandise.

BELIEVER is:

Kurt Bachman - Guitar, Bass, VocalsJeff King - Keyboards, Bass, GuitarKevin Leaman - GuitarJoey Daub - Drums

"Shillelagh", a brand new song from DEAD CROSS, the Southern California outfit featuring drummer Dave Lombardo (ex-SLAYER, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, MISFITS), and singer Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE), can be streamed using the SoundCloud widget below. The track will appear on DEAD CROSS's forthcoming debut album, which will be released later in the year via via Ipecac Recordings. The effort was helmed by producer Ross Robinson, who has previously worked with KORN, DEFTONES, SEPULTURA and LIMP BIZKIT, among others, and was mastered at Golden Mastering in Ventura, California.

DEAD CROSS, which is rounded out by Justin Pearson (THE LOCUST, RETOX, HEAD WOUND CITY) and Michael Crain (RETOX, FESTIVAL OF DEAD DEER), last year parted ways with singer Gabe Serbian.

Asked how Patton's addition to DEAD CROSS has changed the band's sound, Pearson told the Faith No More Followers web site: "It's hard to explain. The band is still finding its own skin to fit into. No matter whom you bring into a band, the sound becomes who all are part of it. Let's revisit this question after the album comes out, after we play shows with the new lineup, and after we can reflect on things."

Pearson also talked about DEAD CROSS's collaboration with Robinson. He said: "Ross is one of the most amazing people I've worked with. I'm so grateful for his involvement with the things I have been able to do with him. He has certainly helped me grow and opened my eyes and mind to so many things, musical and non-musical. And the non-musical aspects are as important as the musical, if not more. However, he didn't track Patton's vocals. The music was tracked and produced with Ross when we were working with Gabe. Once Gabe left the band, there was a shift and since then, Patton has tracked the vocals on his own."

German extreme metal band, Valborg, are streaming the new song “Bunkerluft”, featured on their new album, Endstrand, out on April 7th via Lupus Lounge / Prophecy Productions. Listen to the new track below. Pre-order Endstrand at this location.

Championed by Celtic Frost / Triptykon architect Tom G. Warrior as "abundantly original and unique" and "a mixture of Bohren und der Club of Gore, early Black Sabbath and Hellhammer," Valborg creates dense, inventive music that escapes categorization. The trio’s blunt, forceful songs are at once raw and primitive yet hold a nihilistic sophistication that forges clouds of nightmarish atmosphere, giving them a narcotic, dreamlike feel that very few bands achieve.

Produced by Markus Siegenhort (Lantlôs), Endstrand is a 13 song end-time vision hosting apparitions of empty beaches, bunkers in the dunes, novel biological phenomenon, washed up artifacts, noise distorted signals and omnipresent whirring, all of which float above the backdrop of Valborg’s utterly barbaric death crunch. Forging "brutal and wasted, yet powerful" music, Valborg unleashes sound as scorched-earth policy on Endstrand, delivering an immersive mysteriousness and darkness that has earned the group the right to be called one of Europe’s most exciting extreme metal bands.

"Working with Prophecy now feels natural and good to us," comments Valborg bassist Jan Buckard. "We’re looking forward to a pleasant time together."

Tracklisting:

"Jagen"
"Blut am Eisen"
"Orbitalwaffe"
"Beerdigungsmaschine"
"Stossfront"
"Bunkerluft"
"Geisterwürde"
"Alter"
"Plasmabrand"
"Ave Maria"
"Atompetze"
"Strahlung"
"Exodus"

"Bunkerluft”:

“Beerdigungsmaschine”:

FOZZY — the band featuring WWE wrestling superstar Chris Jericho alongside members of STUCK MOJO — has been rejoined by bassist Paul Di Leo. Paul previously played with FOZZY between 2011 and 2014 and appeared on the group's last two studio albums, 2012's "Sin And Bones" and 2014's "Do You Wanna Start A War".

After "Do You Wanna Start A War"'s release, Di Leo was replaced on the road by Jeff Rouse and later by Randy Drake.

Said FOZZY in a statement: "We are so excited to officially welcome Paul Di Leo back into FOZZY! It's been along time coming but Paulie D has come home!"

FOZZY last fall re-signed with Century Media for the follow-up to "Do You Wanna Start A War", due later this year.

In an interview with Live Metal, Jericho talked about how various lineup changes over the years have affected FOZZY's sound. He said: "The core of the band has always been the same. It's always been me, [guitarist] Rich [Ward] and [drummer] Frank [Fontsere]. I think when you have that core element, it's gonna sound the same no matter what. There's been different bass players, but Rich plays all the guitars on the record with a few solos here and there by whoever else is in the band at the time. The songwriting is me and Rich. The core of the band is me, Rich and Frank. It's great to have [guitarist] Billy [Grey] with us for two records in a row, but if [he] left, it wouldn't really matter, because the core is still the same, the songwriting is still the same. So the band is always gonna sound like us."

"Do You Wanna Start A War" sold around 5,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 54 on the Billboard 200 chart. The CD arrived on July 22, 2014 via Century Media.

Due on April 7 via Retrowrek Records, "Dublin Cowboy" is the new three-disc album from former GILLAN guitar legend Bernie Tormé, comprising a studio disc, an acoustic disc and a live live disc.

Says Bernie: "I always wanted to do a triple album and also an acoustic album, and combining the two seemed like the obvious idea, though truth is it nearly killed me: I'm still in recovery! But on top of all that, and with two albums of screaming wails and dive-bombs, I am totally knocked out with how the shred-free acoustic album has been received! Fans who pledged and have heard it absolutely LOVE it! Quadruple album next time? Nah, I really don't think so!"

"Dublin Cowboy" was made following a phenomenally successful pledge-fund appeal that hit its pledge target in less than nine hours. Containing twenty-nine tracks in total across the three discs, the first two are made up of brand new material, including title track, "Dublin Cowboy", and the infectiously bluesy "Power Of The Blues" on Disc 1; as well as the rich unfolding tapestry of sounds on "Shine" and "Wolfgirl", which both appear on the acoustic disc. The third disc, recorded live in South Shields in January 2016, contains live versions of classics that span Bernie Tormé's career, including old favorites "Wild West" and "New Orleans".

The album is available for purchase in CD, vinyl and digital download formats via PledgeMusic.com.

To tie in with the release of the album, there is a 2017 U.K. tour next month and the album will be formally launched at the Borderline, London on April 7. Bernie says: "Got a bunch of rock 'n' roll pint-spillers from the new 'Dublin Cowboy' album that we will be rocking out live on the tour! I can't wait, get ready people, this one will be total killer!"

Photo credit: Lisa Valder

The second episode of a new documentary, "A Week in Dee World", features video footage of former MOTÖRHEAD and current SCORPIONS drummer Mikkey Dee's first in-person viewing of the Lemmy memorial statue at the Rainbow Bar & Grill in West Hollywood, California. Check it out below.

Dee told Red Carpet News TV about iconic MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, who passed away in December 2015 at the age of 70: "Pretty much everything was unique with Lemmy. A lot of people saw him as a bass-player-slash-guitar-player, but to play with this man, he was extremely good. He was so heavy, so unique, and he had a certain way of bending notes and getting into breakdowns in music. He was very, very hard to play with in the beginning, but once we got together and we locked in, after a few years, he was a tremendous bass player and a singer. He was so unique. You can't really put a finger on what exactly made Lemmy, Lemmy, and that's what made him unique. It's easier to say… Some other musicians, you can say, 'Well, that guy or that girl, she's amazing on scales or chops on drums,' or whatever. Lemmy, he was just a very, very unique man in all ways, shapes and forms. And I don't know what to say more about that. You can't explain it. Why does something taste so good? Why?"

Dee also talked about the way MOTÖRHEAD's career came to an abrupt halt with Lemmy's death. "I think we went out with a bang, a big crash — a fantastic way of finishing off the band," he said. "I couldn't believe that Lemmy actually could play, knowing that… Well, you know, we struggled on the [last] European tour, but when he walked on stage, he was unbelievably good. And then he suffered from energy loss. But no one thought he was gonna pass away."

He continued: "Well, he's up there, he's down here somewhere, just laughing, and I kept saying every snare hit I do from now on until the end of my career will be a small tribute to Lemmy there — the man and friend and bandmate that I had."

As previously reported, Dee has been working with art team and publisher SceneFour on an art collection crafted from the new medium of "rhythm-on-canvas."

The complete details about the collection, which is expected to be unveiled later in the year, will be released soon.



A Week in Dee World - Episode 2
A Week in Dee World - Episode 2 - In this very special episode, we get to follow Mikkey Dee Official the first time he visited Lemmy's memorial statue at the RAINBOW BAR AND GRILL.

What's your best memory of Lemmy?

Music in this epsiode: "Overnight Sensation" from "Overnight Sensation" by Motörhead >> http://spoti.fi/2mY5Vsd"Till the End" from "Bad Magic" by Motörhead >> http://spoti.fi/2mbrMO0

Posted by Headbangr on Friday, March 17, 2017

GIRAFFE TONGUE ORCHESTRA, the band featuring ALICE IN CHAINS singer William DuVall alongside members of MASTODON and THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, made its U.S. live debut last night (Friday, March 17) at The Sunset Room in Austin, Texas during this years South By Southwest (SXSW). Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below.

GIRAFFE TONGUE ORCHESTRA was forced to cancel its U.S. tour last November after the band's guitarist Brent Hinds (also of MASTODON) broke his leg in a motorcycle incident.

GIRAFFE TONGUE ORCHESTRA's lineup also includes William DuVall of ALICE IN CHAINS, Ben Weinman of THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, DETHKLOK bassist Pete Griffin and former THE MARS VOLTA drummer Thomas Prigden

GIRAFFE TONGUE ORCHESTRA's debut album, "Broken Lines", was released last September via Party Smasher Inc./ Cooking Vinyl.

DuVall told the Rock 98-9 radio station about the disc: "It's a serious, serious album, man. I could not be more proud of this thing. We just pushed each other to new heights all around, and it's amazing… It's such a dynamic record, and it's just so powerful. And these are some of the best lyrics that I've ever written, because I was pushed to write to this really cinematic soundtrack."

Regarding GIRAFFE TONGUE ORCHESTRA's musical direction, DuVall said: "It has a lot of what people might expect in terms of heavy, progressive… a lot of riffing, a lot of stuff going on… A lot of beats per minute, a lot of beats per second. I mean, Thomas, he can scramble the eggs like nobody else. So there is a lot of that. There's a feast for the senses. For all the musicians and musos out there, we've got you covered. But as much of that heavy, progressive stuff is there, there are also more, shall I say, straightforward, for lack of a better way of putting it, there's more straightforward tunes, but they still have the drive and the attitude and the go-for-the-throat quality. But, you know, a couple of them you might even be able to dance to as much as headbang to. We all have eclectic tastes, and we wanted to represent all of that."

GIRAFFE TONGUE ORCHESTRA made its live debut at last year's Reading (August 27) and Leeds (August 28) festivals in the United Kingdom.

THE STARBREAKERS made their live debut on Saturday, March 11 at The Viper Room in West Hollywood, California. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance — which included renditions of classic songs from JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, METALLICA, MÖTLEY CRÜE and MOTÖRHEAD — can be seen below.

THE STARBREAKERS is an all-star cover band featuring five of the most talented female musicians today. With unparalleled musicianship and looks that kill, they've mastered the art of the cover song — delivering a mind-blowing live show and unforgettable party. THE STARBREAKERS are professional international touring and recording artists, five blonde superstars who will rock your night and break your heart!

THE STARBREAKERS are:

* Jill Janus (HUNTRESS, CHELSEA GIRLS) - vocals* Nita Strauss (ALICE COOPER, THE IRON MAIDENS) - guitar* Courtney Cox (THE IRON MAIDENS, FEMME FATALE) - Guitar* Lindsay Martin (THE AVIATORS, GLAM SKANKS) - Drums* Emily Ruvidich (MISTY DAY) - Bass

Jill Janus began her musical journey as a child performing opera in Upstate New York. As a teenager, she traveled to Europe taking on coloratura soprano roles and was awarded a scholarship to the American Musical Dramatic Academy in Manhattan. Besides having a wealth of performances as a vocalist, Jill also had a very successful career as an international DJ in her 20s. Her charismatic persona and rare four-octave vocal range have made her one of the most unique performers in heavy metal today. With her band HUNTRESS, she's released three albums and toured the world with heavy hitters LAMB OF GOD, ARCH ENEMY and AMON AMARTH, to name a few. Having previously fronted the all-girl cover band CHELSEA GIRLS, Jill is thrilled to return to the stage once again performing cover songs with THE STARBREAKERS.

Los Angeles-born guitarist Nita Strauss has become a force to be reckoned with in the music world, dazzling audiences across the globe, and sharing the stage with a diverse range of artists, including rock legend Alice Cooper, R&B star Jermaine Jackson, early MTV darlings FEMME FATALE, video game supergroup CRITICAL HIT and popular tribute band THE IRON MAIDENS. Her skill, exuberant stage presence and love for all things about her instrument have earned her a stellar reputation and endorsements from many top companies. Nita has been featured on the covers of worldwide print magazines and on dozens of albums, trailers, and soundtracks, including "Heroes Of The Storm" (Blizzard) and Grammy-nominated "Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance" (Konami/Platinum Games); and is the author of the Premier Guitar column "Drop Dead Shred". Nita was also the official in-house guitarist for the LA Kiss, the arena football team owned by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of KISS. She is one of the most sought-after clinicians in the industry and has done extensive clinic tours across multiple continents. Her consistent touring schedule has shown her to play in front of over a million audience members in both 2014 and 2015. Nita is currently playing guitar for Alice Cooper and working on original solo material.

Courtney Cox, originally from Philadelphia, first picked up a guitar at the age of 13. While still in her teens, she received immense practical exposure during her tours and stage acts with established artists such as Adrian Belew, Jon Anderson, Perry Farrell and George Lynch. She co-founded QUEEN DIAMOND, a tribute band to KING DIAMOND. Courtney moved to Los Angeles in 2009, after which she officially became a member of the world-touring tribute band THE IRON MAIDENS. As a member of THE IRON MAIDENS, Cox's stage name is "Adriana Smith", a female version of IRON MAIDEN guitarist Adrian Smith. Courtney has also been a full-time member of FEMME FATALE since 2013.

Lindsay Martin grew up in Upstate New York and started playing drums at the age of ten. Being an accomplished drummer at a young age, she earned a scholarship to USC's Music Program. Lindsay's spent time touring Europe, worked as a respected drum technician and volunteers her skills at music camps for kids. Previously she's played with THE AVIATORS and GLAM SKANKS. She's known for her aggressive rock n' roll style and precision, citing Tommy Lee and John Bonham as influences.

Emily Ruvidich is a multi-faceted musician. In addition to guitar and bass, she's an accomplished classical pianist. Although she's only twenty years old, Emily has toured nationally with several tribute bands and is currently holding down a residency in Las Vegas with all-girl cover group MISTY DAY, playing guitar and keyboard.

The new self-titled album from Florida death metal veterans OBITUARY can be streamed in its entirety below. The disc is being released today (Friday, March 17) via Relapse. Also available is the "Ten Thousand Ways To Die" video, directed by Balázs Gróf.

Comments OBITUARY: "We are so stoked about the new 'Ten Thousand Ways To Die' video. We knew even while making the 'Violence' video from the 'Inked In Blood' release that there would be a continuation video to follow. It just goes to show once again that this band is not afraid to have a good time and laugh at ourselves. Balázs is an amazing artist and captured the band's characters and personalities perfectly in both videos and we are so excited to get the reaction from the OBITUARY fans."

Picking up where 2014's "Inked In Blood" left off, OBITUARY show no signs of slowing down as they continue to reign as kings of death metal. Recorded at the band's home studio in Tampa, "Obituary" is a ten-track tour de force of bone-pulverizing death metal that is as heavy, uncompromising and infectious as anything they've released in the group's historic, nearly 30-year career.

"Obituary" track listing:

01. Brave02. Sentence Day03. A Lesson In Vengeance04. End It Now05. Kneel Before Me06. It Lives07. Betrayed08. Turned To Stone09. Straight To Hell10. Ten Thousand Ways To Die

The cover art was created by Andreas Marschall and can be seen below.

Commented OBITUARY vocalist John Tardy: "When writing records the songtitles and album titles are always the last things on our minds. We know that the songs themselves are the most important thing, so with this our tenth studio album and nearly three decades as a band, we thought it was the perfect time for a self-titled release. It always helps to have a killer album cover so we worked with Andreas Marschall, gave him our ideas and thoughts and asked him to break out the big guns to create an epic logo and he delivered like he always has for OBITUARY." Added the band in a collective statement: "We could not be any more excited about this new album. We had a blast writing and recording it and having Ken [Andrews, guitar] and Terry [Butler, bass] as part of the writing process was a very cool experience for all of us.

"We really took our time with the writing process of these new songs, recording riffs and ideas as we went along and recording them as rough mixes then listening back and making necessary changes to help mold them into the songs that we are extremely proud of. "It's always a challenge in the studio to get the song ideas out of your head onto the recording the way you want but we made sure we were comfortable with the songs and the sounds we were getting before we even hit the record button and it made it a great experience.

"It's hard to believe it's been two and a half years since the release of 'Inked In Blood' and we are so excited to get this new album into the hands of our fans.

"Can't wait for everyone to hear it. Hang on to your ass!!!!"

OBITUARY will hit the road this spring as part of the 2017 Decibel Magazine Tour with KREATOR, HORRENDOUS and MIDNIGHT. The tour kicks off on March 17 in Charlotte, North Carolina and runs through April 15 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Photo credit: Ester Segarra


Obituary by Obituary

Swedish horror death metal outfit, Vampire, are streaming “Revenants”, a track from their upcoming second full length album, With Primeval Force. Listen to the track below, and pre-order the new album at this location.

With Primeval Force will be released on April 21st as limited deluxe CD Digipak (unfolding to cross shape) and deluxe LP (with Gatefold sleeve, 180 g vinyl and 12-page LP-booklet). The LP version is available in the following vinyl colours:

Black vinyl: unlimited
Clear vinyl: ltd. to 100, exclusively available at CM Distro
Transparent-blue vinyl: ltd. to 400, available at various mailorder stores

The album cover is a monstrous piece of handcrafted art by renowned artist Nick Keller.

Tracklisting:

“Knights Of The Burning Crypt”
“He Who Speaks”
“Metamorfosis”
“Skull Prayer”
“Midnight Trial”
“Revenants”
“Ghoul Wind”
“Initiation Rites”
“Scylla”

“Revenants”:

“Ghoul Wind”:

“Skull Prayer” rough mix:

With the release of their self-titled debut album and the follow-up EP Cimmerian Shade, Vampire have made quite an impression on the scene of extreme metal with their unique mixture of harsh Teutonic thrash metal riffs, sombrous melodies and ghoulish vocals from the grave. Now Vampire will return with the worthy successor of previous deeds, With Primeval Force, offering nine tracks of furious and nightmarish death/thrash metal. Still remaining true to the path they have chosen, Vampire have further embedded a dimension of eeriness, a baleful aura that indwells every track like a black spell.

Vampire lineup:

Hand of Doom: Vocals
Black String: Guitars
Command: Electric Bass
Sepulchral Condor: Guitars
Abysmal Condor: Battery

(Photo - Anders Bergstedt)

Belgian black metal band, Saille, have released a video for “Prometheus”, a track from the new album, Gnosis, out today, March 17th, via Code666. Watch the NSFW video below.

Tracklisting:

“Benei ha’Elohim”
“Pandaemonium Gathers”
“Blôt”
“Genesis 11:1-9”
“Before The Crawling Chaos”
“Prometheus”
“Thou, My Maker”
“Magnum Opus”
“1904 Era Vulgaris”

“Prometheus” video:

"Benei ha'Elohim" lyric video:

“Genesis 11:1-9”:

Finnish rockers, One Desire, have released the new song, “This Is Where The Heartbreak Begins”, featured on their self-titled debut album, scheduled for release on March 24th. The song is available for streaming below.

One Desire was started in 2012 by drummer Ossi Sivula. A couple of years were spent writing songs and making demos with different musicians and friends with an aim to create music that could change the world. Various musicians came and went along the way, but in 2014 things started to click when they met Jimmy Westerlund (Negative, Sturm und Drang, Joel Madden of Good Charlotte, Pitbull, etc.), who has several platinum and gold albums to his credit as a producer, guitarist, and songwriter. He had just moved back to Finland after a stint in Los Angeles and the band hired him to produce some songs.

After recording three songs with a new musical direction, they managed to attract the attention of Serafino Perugino, owner and head of A&R at Frontiers Music Srl, but, at this point the band needed a great singer. After trying out some different options, Jimmy suggested his long time friend Andre Linman from the band Sturm und Drang (who had sold over 100,000 records and gone platinum and 2x gold in Finland) who had recently decided to go on hiatus. Andre got together for a couple of sessions with the guys and after writing a couple new songs together, the style and sound that was about to become One Desire was born. Ossi and Andre asked Jimmy to join the band in 2016 and this is the album that was born from that collaboration. Also, not long after this happened, the very talented Jonas Kuhlberg (Paul Di'Anno, Cain's Offering, MyGrain) was brought on and he became the last link in the chain.

This kickass new lineup perfectly captures the original vision for the band and continues upon Linman's and Westerlund's successful legacies. Musically, the band draws musical influences from classic rock bands like Journey, Toto, and Def Leppard, but also lots of heavier, more modern bands. “Our sound is very melodic, slightly pop-ish at times, but still based on a heavy rock sound,” says singer Andre Linman.

After Jimmy brought in the song “Hurt”, the band felt that that they had taken it to the next level. Andre wrote the beautiful ballad, “This Is Where The Heartbreak Begins” plus many other songs and at that time, One Desire started to find the right direction for Ossi's rocker, “Do You Believe”. Finally, in mid-2016, the band felt they finally were musically locked in and had the material to make an album that they could honestly stand behind and love beyond a shadow of a doubt.

“After the album is released we will be touring heavily, so stay tuned for some shows!” concludes Linman. 2017 will be a fantastic year as the journey of One Desire just begins!

One Desire tracklisting:

“Hurt”
“Apologize”
“Love Injection”
“Turn Back Time”
“Falling Apart”
“Straight Through The Heart”
“Whenever I'm Dreaming”
“Do You Believe”
“Buried Alive”
“This Is Where The Heartbreak Begins”

“This Is Where The Heartbreak Begins”:

“Apologize” video:

“Whenever I'm Dreaming”:

“Hurt” video:

Catch One Desire on tour with Eclipse this spring.

Lineup:

Jimmy Westerlund - guitars
André Linman - lead vocals
Ossi Sivula - drums
Jonas Kuhlberg - bass guitar

Austrian symphonic metal act, Edenbridge, have released a new digital single, "The Moment Is Now”, taken from the new album The Great Momentum.

Mastermind Lanvall says about the song: "Our second single and video song “The Moment Is Now” deals with the main message of the album title The Great Momentum. Live in the “timeless, absolute NOW”! Neither in the past, nor in the future!"
 
Watch the video below:

The Great Momentum was released on February 17th. As its predecessor The Bonding (2013), The Great Momentum was also produced by Lanvall and again mixed by Karl Groom (Threshold) at his Thin Ice Studio in Surrey, England. The mastering was taken care of by Mika Jussila (Stratovarius, among others) at the renowned Finnvox Studios. Among the guests featuring on the album are vocalist Erik Martensson (Eclipse, W.E.T, Nordic Union) and the Junge Philharmonie Freistadt orchestra.

The Great Momentum is available via SPV/Steamhammer as 2CD digi (bonus CD with instrumental versions), 2LP gatefold (golden vinyl), download and stream.

Tracklisting

“Shiantara”
“The Die Is Not Cast”
“The Moment Is Now”
“Until The End Of Time”
“The Visitor”
“Return To Grace”
“Only A Whiff Of Life”
“A Turnaround In Art”
“The Greatest Gift Of All”

“Shiantara” lyric video:

Album trailer:

Band lineup:

Sabine Edelsbacher: Lead Vocals
Lanvall: Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Bass, 6 & 12 String Acoustic Guitars, Nylon Guitar, Piano & Keyboards, Hammered Dulcimer, Bouzouki
Dominik Sebastian: Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Nylon Guitar
Johannes Jungreithmeier: Drums