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21 мар 2018
THE AMORETTES Release "Everything I Learned I Learned From Rock N' Roll" Single; Music Video StreamingScottish hard rock trio The Amorettes have released their new digital single and video. The new song, "Everything I Learned I Learned From Rock N' Roll", is taken from the forthcoming studio album Born To Break. You can watch the video below.
The Amorettes will release Born To Break on April 6th via Steamhammer / SPV. Pre-order here.
"Can You Feel The Fire"
"Hello And Goodbye"
"Everything I Learned I Learned From Rock And Roll"
"Born To Break"
"What Ever Gets You Through The Night"
"Hell Or High Water"
"You Still Got Rock And Roll"
"Easy Tiger"
"Bat Shit Crazy"
"Coming Up The Middle"
"High On Your Energy"
"I Want It Bad"
"Everything I Learned I Learned From Rock And Roll" video:
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21 мар 2018
SPIRITS OF FIRE Featuring TIM “RIPPER” OWENS, CHRIS CAFFERY, STEVE DIGIORGIO And MARK ZONDER – Bass Lines Finished For Debut AlbumIn summer 2017, Testament’s Steve DiGiorgio teamed up with Tim “Ripper” Owens, Chris Caffery and Mark Zonder, for a new musical project, Spirits Of Fire. This outstanding supergroup is about to release their debut album. The music can best be described as “classic Priest meets Savatage.”
The fretless guru, Steve DiGiorgio, has finished his contribution for the upcoming Frontiers Music debut release from Spirits Of Fire. Chris, Tim and Mark have all made their final adjustments to the musical elements, and now it is in the hands of producer Roy Z who will be in charge of mixing the songs. Cover art and release news coming soon.
Steve stated: "Looking forward to this American metal project being supported by an Italian record label."
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21 мар 2018
NO HOT ASHES Streaming New Song "Glow"The release of the long awaited self-titled debut album by Northern Ireland-based band, No Hot Ashes, is scheduled for March 23rd. Pre-order here, and listen to the track "Glow" below.
Originally formed in 1983, No Hot Ashes were influenced by UFO, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Journey, Foreigner, Thin Lizzy and other classic rock/AOR acts of that era. They released their first single, "She Drives Me Crazy", in 1986 and supported bands such as Mama’s Boys, Magnum, Girlschool and Steve Marriott’s Packet Of Three.
The group signed a record deal with GWR Records in early 1988, joining Motorhead, Girlschool and Hawkwind on that label’s roster. They also relocated to London in order to be closer to the company and made an album before the end of that year. However, delays then occurred in getting it released and by the end of 1990 the band had called it a day and the record was shelved.
That should have been it, but in September 2013 NHA reformed for a one-off tribute gig which subsequently snowballed. Performing what can be described as classic melodic rock with a contemporary twist, they have been delighting new fans in the years since with their hook-laden guitar and keyboard driven songs, supporting Aerosmith, Foreigner, UFO and Scorpions along the way and touring the UK with FM and Romeo’s Daughter. They have also performed at major festivals such as Hard Rock Hell AOR, Download, London Calling, Ramblin’ Man, Steelhouse, Rockingham and the Frontiers Rock Festival in Milan, going down a storm each time.
NHA are currently preparing to hit the road in support of what is now a very eagerly anticipated debut album, with shows already planned for late spring and summer 2018. Unfortunately for the group, the pleasure of releasing the album is also tinged with great sadness as founding member, bass player and close friend Paul Boyd tragically lost a brave battle with cancer in 2017. Paul appears on the album and the band are respectfully dedicating its release to his memory.
"35 years ago we started a journey as band members and friends. We've had some incredible highs and some devastating lows. We lost Paul Boyd to cancer in January last year. He played and sang on this album. I cannot tell you how proud I am of it and him. The songs are massive, the production immense. The world needs this album because there is always room in life for quality. Listen and enjoy.” Eamon Nancarrow, No Hot Ashes
No Hot Ashes tracklisting:
"Come Alive"
"Good To Look Back"
"Satisfied"
"Boulders"
"I’m Back"
"Glow"
"Over Again"
"Jonny Redhead"
"Souls"
"Running Red Lights"
"Glow":
"Boulders":
Lineup:
Bass - Paul Boyd
Keyboards - Tommy Dickson
Guitar - Niall Diver
Guitar - Davey Irvine
Vocals - Eamon Nancarrow
Drums - Steve Strange
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21 мар 2018
LEATHER Featuring CHASTAIN Singer LEATHER LEONE Release "Lost At Midnite" Lyric VideoVocal legend Leather Leone (Chastain, CJSS) will release the new album from her solo band, Leather, on April 13th in the North America via Divebomb Records, and in Europe through High Roller Records. The album, Leather II, will be released in Japan on March 21st through Rubicon Music, and a vinyl edition will be released on June 29th via High Roller (limited to 500 copies, red or black vinyl).
A lyric video for the new song "Lost At Midnite" can be found below. Says Leather, "'Lost at Midnite' was one of the first written and one of our favorites. I leave these lyrics up for personal interpretation. But saying that, It was a life changing night for me!"
Leather II is available for pre-order here.
Tracklisting:
"Juggernaut"
"The Outsider"
"Lost At Midnite"
"Black Smoke"
"The One"
"Annabelle"
"Hidden In The Dark"
"Sleep Deep"
"Let Me Kneel"
"American Woman"
"Give Me Reason"
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21 мар 2018
JUDAS PRIEST Rejoined By Guitarist GLENN TIPTON At Newark, New Jersey Concert: Video, PhotosGuitarist Glenn Tipton rejoined his JUDAS PRIEST bandmates on stage Tuesday night (March 20) at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey to perform the concert's three-song encore: "Metal Gods", "Breaking The Law" and "Living After Midnight". Fan-filmed video footage of his appearance can be seen below. Also available are photos of the show.
Rumors that Tipton would perform with JUDAS PRIEST at the Newark gig gained strength Monday (March 19) after he took part in a signing session with his bandmates at the Sony Square NYC in New York City.
Tipton recently thanked JUDAS PRIEST fans for their messages of support in the five weeks since he announced that he was retiring from the road due to his battle with Parkinson's disease. Although Tipton played on the band's new "Firepower" album, he is being replaced on tour by the LP's producer, Andy Sneap.
Tipton said: "Four years ago, I was diagnosed with Parkinson's and was told by my specialist that I had already had it for over 10 years. I knew something was wrong with my co-ordination and fluency regarding my playing, but I worked around it and battled on. I have good days and bad days, but the disease is degenerative and I would never want to compromise the greatest metal band in the world."
Tipton added: "It was therefore during the last rehearsals I decided to step down and have Andy Sneap fill in. He's a great guy and I'm sure he'll do a great job. I'm sure the band will be as strong than ever."
He continued: "I have been overwhelmed by the massive support and love I've had from other artists and from fans all over the world and from many friends and metal maniacs out there. It's not the end for me — I'll still be able to write and record and on good days even join the band on stage for a few songs."
Tipton thanked his bandmates for their support and insisted that he will continue to be a member of JUDAS PRIEST.
JUDAS PRIEST bassist Ian Hill told CBS SF that the subject of Tipton not playing on the "Firepower" tour didn't come up until after the recording sessions for the album were already completed. "That's the whole point," he said. "It's a terrible condition. Glenn's great for about ten minutes. He'll stand up there and he'll play through a song. Which is great from an album point of view. He rarely has to play longer than that if he does a song from start to finish. The longest song on the album is only seven minutes. That sort of thing he can handle, and, of course, [in the studio] he's sitting down on a stool. But if you put him on a stage and he to stand up there for the better part of two hours, that wasn't really realistic. We were hoping it was going to happen. We went through a similar scenario the last tour. We all knew then he was having his problems. So we started rehearsals and he was rough, no doubt about it. But as we went on through the week, he got better every day. And by the end of the rehearsals, he was ready to go. And he put in awesome performances on the last tour. So we were expecting — or at least hoping — that would happen again. But into the second week of rehearsals, it was quite obvious to everybody it wasn't going to happen this time around. It was… an achingly painful thing to him to do; to admit to us and the rest of the world — and to himself mainly — that his body wasn't going to let him do what he loved to do above all else anymore, you know? I mean, we were all upset when he came out and said it. The hairs on the back of my neck are sticking up now just talking about it! It's a cataclysmic thing to happen to someone. And Andy just happened to be in the recording studio. He brought some effect tapes down that he'd put together for us for the new album. And just said, 'You know, maybe Andy would be able to do it.' So he asked him, and after he picked is jaw up off the floor [laughs], he agreed to give it a go."
JUDAS PRIEST kicked off the "Firepower" world tour on March 13 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
"Firepower" was released on March 9 via Epic. The follow-up to 2014's "Redeemer Of Souls" was recorded by Sneap, the band's longtime collaborator Tom Allom and engineer Mike Exeter (BLACK SABBATH). The cover artwork for "Firepower" was created by the Chilean/Italian artist Claudio Bergamin.
The North American leg of the "Firepower" tour will wrap on May 1 in San Antonio, Texas. 7
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21 мар 2018
HIGH ON FIRE Completes Work On Eighth Studio AlbumCalifornia heavy rockers HIGH ON FIRE have wrapped production on their eighth studio LP, due later this year. The band has been busy in the studio since February putting the finishing touches on yet another blistering album.
"We are pretty happy with how the new material came together on this one," says drummer Des Kensel. "We usually go into the studio with about two-thirds of the record done, which can be a little stressful, but it forces us to make final arrangement decisions which would normally be put off in a rehearsal studio atmosphere. It also puts some pressure on us to perform at a higher level.
"The bar has definitely been raised on this one, at least for me," he continues. "There's a good mix of fast and slow. The fast has gotten faster and the slow is... still slow."
Bassist Jeff Matz adds: "We've definitely pushed ourselves musically on this album. The material covers a broad range of tempos and styles, but the overall sound and vibe are unmistakably HIGH ON FIRE."
And finally, vocalist and lead guitarist Matt Pike declares: "hold on tight! You're in for a ride!"
HIGH ON FIRE again teamed up with producer Kurt Ballou and GodCity Studios where the last two LPs were created. Additional tracking was done by Bryan Sours of Sour Sound.
The as-yet-unnamed release will serve as the highly anticipated follow-up to 2015's "Luminiferous", which garnered its own massive critical acclaim. NPR claimed that it "vividly captures HIGH ON FIRE's unique chemistry, presenting it in a tone that's both warm and aggressive to the point of leaping out at the listener."
The AV Club said the LP "aggressively illustrates that HIGH ON FIRE still deserves its place at the top of underground metal's food chain. It's hard to think of another band with this much-staying power."
HIGH ON FIRE has been confirmed for the 2018 Psycho Las Vegas festival, set to take place August 17-19 at the famed Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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21 мар 2018
KARDINAL SIN Reveal Victorious Cover Art, Stream "Mastermind" VideoSwedish melodic power metal outfit Kardinal Sin has unveiled the cover artwork of their forthcoming album Victorious; it can be seen below.
But that's not all - you can also watch the official video for the new single "Mastermind":
Kardinal Sin's upcoming album Victorious offers a blend of power metal and classic heavy metal with strong melodies. It was mixed and mastered by Fredrik Folkare at Chrome Studios. Pre-orders can now be placed here.
Tracklisting:
"Patria (Fatherland)"
"Walls Of Stone"
"Mastermind"
"Victorious"
"Bonaparte"
"S.I.N."
"Revenge Of The Fallen"
"Secrets Of The Pantomime"
"Raven Quote"
"Attack"
"Bells Of Notre Dame" (Revisited)
"For The Heroes" (Bonus Track)
Guest musicians on the album include: Fredrik Folkare (Firespawn, Unleashed), Magnus Naess (ex-Therion, ex-Kardinal Sin) and Chris Vowden (ex-Opeth, ex-Kardinal Sin, Denied).
(Live photo by Lisa Vähätalo)
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21 мар 2018
ANDREAS KISSER Responds To MAX CAVALERA's 'Regret' Over Losing SEPULTURA NameAndreas Kisser has responded to Max Cavalera's recent comment that he wishes he had been able to keep the SEPULTURA name after the band's classic lineup fell apart more than two decades ago.
SEPULTURA's most commercially successful period ended in 1996 with the exit of Max after the rest of the band fired his wife Gloria as their manager. His brother, drummer Igor Cavalera, stuck around with the group for another 10 years before leaving SEPULTURA and re-teaming with Max in CAVALERA CONSPIRACY.
With only Kisser and bassist Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. remaining from the classic SEPULTURA lineup, the band has continued making albums and touring the world amid constant calls from fans for a reunion with the Cavalera brothers.
In a recent interview with Broken Neck Radio, Max said that "the one thing" that he would do differently is he would have held on to the SEPULTURA name and never lost it. "'Cause it was ours; we created it," Max said, referring to himself and his brother. "That'd be one thing that probably would be smart — be smarter with your own stuff. Don't let people take it over, like how it happened."
Asked by Metal Wani's Carl O'Rourke if he has "any thoughts or perspectives" on Max's comments, Andreas said (hear audio below): "No, not at all. That's his opinion. What can I say? We did what we did, and he chose the path to go, and we chose ours. All I can say [is] regret is something very — how can I put it? — very bad to feel. I see stuff that we might have a different opinion, or, 'Ten years ago, if I [had not gone] A, I should [have gone] CD,' and stuff. It's not a regret. I think it's a lesson. You have to learn from it, and not be crying out about, 'Oh, I should do this,' 'I should do that,' and think about why things are [as] they are now, and learn from mistakes, let's say. In that sense, I have no regrets; I have just moments of learning. [Laughs] Because if you have regret, you're always gonna be there, I don't know, somewhere in 1996 — you're not gonna leave that place. Because you're always gonna be thinking about that: 'I should do that,' 'I'm supposed to do this and that.' That's very bad for your health, it's bad for your spirit, it's bad for everything — relationships with people and everything. So I prefer to see it as, as I just said, regret doesn't exist. It's just a way of learning. It's a lesson. [It's] not pleasant, but that's where we learn."
The current SEPULTURA lineup released its latest studio album, "Machine Messiah", in January 2017 via Nuclear Blast. 14
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21 мар 2018
ETERNAL FLAME Signs With ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records; Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Singers Goran Edman, Mark Boals To Guest On New AlbumGerman neoclassical heavy metal band, Michael Schinkel's Eternal Flame, have signed a multi-album deal with ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records. Michael Schinkel's Eternal Flame third album Smoke On The Mountain includes 13 tracks, to be out on May 18th. The album is produced by Michael Schinkel & Helmut Kohlpaintner, co-produced by Timothy Touchton, mixed by Michael Schinkel and mastered by Christoph Stickel.
Smoke On The Mountain features Mark Boals (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, Ring of Fire) and Göran Edman (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, John Norum) on vocals.
Timothy Touchton (known by lyrics such as "Go for Gold" Olympics in Seoul 1988, "Sail Away" Joe Cocker as well as 11 Top 40 and three top 5 hits), Carsten Lizard Schulz (Evidence One, Midnite Club, Domain) and Rainer Holzapfl wrote the lyrics.
Michael Schinkel's Eternal Flame is:
Michael Schinkel – Vocals & all Guitars
Helmut Kohlpaintner – Keyboards
Thomas Keller – Bass & Backing Vocals
Michael Hencky - Drums 1
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21 мар 2018
CANDLEMASS Returns With 'House Of Doom' Online Game, SoundtrackSwedish doom metal legends CANDLEMASS are back with an online game and a brand new soundtrack called "House Of Doom".
According to the game's official web site, "House Of Doom" is a unique game with music written by CANDLEMASS leader Leif Edling and performed by CANDLEMASS. The band has also been part of the development of the game that invites you into the world of extreme style heavy metal music, where both music and lyrics intend to evoke a sense of despair, dread and, impending doom.
Epic doom metal riffs from real instruments and doom-style graphics come together in this classic online video slot and result in a never-before-seen player experience.
"House Of Doom" is a five-reel video slot with 10 fixed paylines. It is a volatile game with a high payout. There are wilds, free(doom)spins and bonus scatter symbols (the Skull). Landing three skulls at the right moment triggers the Skulls Of Abyss bonus game, where hidden prizes can be won…
The "House Of Doom" soundtrack was written by Edling, produced by Marcus Jidell, mixed by David Castillo and mastered by Maor Appelbaum.
Edling said last fall that he was working on a new CANDLEMASS song that was "a part of something bigger, something really cool that will take the band on another adventure." He described the process as "very exciting and a new challenge for me as a songwriter."
CANDLEMASS's latest release, "Death Thy Lover", came out in 2016 as CANDLEMASS's special 30th-anniversary EP. The four-track effort featured singer Mats Levén, who joined CANDLEMASS in 2012 following the departure of Robert Lowe. 1
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21 мар 2018
MILLE PETROZZA Hopes To One Day Release 'Ultimate' KREATOR BookAlex Stojanovic of Metal Master Kingdom conducted an interview with KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza before the band's March 1 concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now watch the chat below.
Asked if there are any plans for him to write a book, Mille said: "Yes and no. I mean, there is a German book already [Hilmar Bender's official KREATOR biography, 'Violent Evolution'], but it's very short. I have a friend and he has a fanzine in Germany called Ox magazine — a hardcore/metal magazine; really, really cool, very detailed. He also was the translator for the DEAD KENNEDYS book that came out. Me and him talked about writing a book together. And I would love to do it, but, like everything I do, it has to be cool and perfect and the ultimate book that comes out. So I need time, and I don't have the time when I'm touring all the time. It's a little hard to actually find the right mindset to go into details, because it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I think if you come up with the ultimate KREATOR book with all the stories and all the interesting things that happened in the '80s or '90s, whatever, and go really into detail, it needs to be done properly and not just rushed. That needs a lot of research, a lot of contacting people and trying to get all this stuff together in order to print and make it the ultimate KREATOR book. So, as long as it's not the ultimate, there will be no book."
KREATOR and SABATON have just completed a North American co-headlining tour. The 24-date trek kicked off on February 8 at The Van Buren in Phoenix, Arizona and made stops in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Philadelphia before concluding at Jannus Landing in Tampa, Florida on March 10.
KREATOR is continuing to tour in support of "Gods Of Violence", which entered the official chart in Germany at position No. 1. The cover artwork for the album was created by renowned artist Jan Meininghaus, who also made the limited-edition artwork for KREATOR's previous effort, 2012's "Phantom Antichrist", and has lent his talents to bands like BOLT THROWER, ACCEPT and OVERKILL in the past.
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Alex Stojanovic of Metal Master Kingdom conducted an interview with KREATOR frontman Mille Petrozza before the band's March 1 concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You can now watch the chat below.
Asked if there are any plans for him to write a book, Mille said: "Yes and no. I mean, there is a German book already [Hilmar Bender's official KREATOR biography, 'Violent Evolution'], but it's very short. I have a friend and he has a fanzine in Germany called Ox magazine — a hardcore/metal magazine; really, really cool, very detailed. He also was the translator for the DEAD KENNEDYS book that came out. Me and him talked about writing a book together. And I would love to do it, but, like everything I do, it has to be cool and perfect and the ultimate book that comes out. So I need time, and I don't have the time when I'm touring all the time. It's a little hard to actually find the right mindset to go into details, because it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I think if you come up with the ultimate KREATOR book with all the stories and all the interesting things that happened in the '80s or '90s, whatever, and go really into detail, it needs to be done properly and not just rushed. That needs a lot of research, a lot of contacting people and trying to get all this stuff together in order to print and make it the ultimate KREATOR book. So, as long as it's not the ultimate, there will be no book."
KREATOR and SABATON have just completed a North American co-headlining tour. The 24-date trek kicked off on February 8 at The Van Buren in Phoenix, Arizona and made stops in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Philadelphia before concluding at Jannus Landing in Tampa, Florida on March 10.
KREATOR is continuing to tour in support of "Gods Of Violence", which entered the official chart in Germany at position No. 1. The cover artwork for the album was created by renowned artist Jan Meininghaus, who also made the limited-edition artwork for KREATOR's previous effort, 2012's "Phantom Antichrist", and has lent his talents to bands like BOLT THROWER, ACCEPT and OVERKILL in the past.
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21 мар 2018
JUDAS PRIEST's ROB HALFORD On ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: 'We Will Make It There Eventually'Rob Halford says that he believes JUDAS PRIEST will eventually be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
Even though artists are eligible for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 25 years after the release of their first album or single, iconic hard rock and metal bands like IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST and MOTÖRHEAD have yet to be recognized by the institution, which inducted GUNS N' ROSES in that group's first year of eligibility.
Having been eligible for induction since 1999, JUDAS PRIEST was on the ballot for this year's class of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, but ultimately didn't clinch the nomination.
"It was a thrill to be nominated," Halford told Fox News. "We appreciate and understand what it represents to go into that great institution… It sends a wonderful signal to people. And the fact that we didn't make it? It was a bit disappointing. And we feel heavy metal should be represented more in the Hall Of Fame. But I think we will make it there eventually. We will. Next time around, fingers crossed, we'll make it to the hallowed halls and they'll find a spot on the shelf to put JUDAS PRIEST."
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Rob Halford says that he believes JUDAS PRIEST will eventually be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
Even though artists are eligible for the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 25 years after the release of their first album or single, iconic hard rock and metal bands like IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST and MOTÖRHEAD have yet to be recognized by the institution, which inducted GUNS N' ROSES in that group's first year of eligibility.
Having been eligible for induction since 1999, JUDAS PRIEST was on the ballot for this year's class of the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, but ultimately didn't clinch the nomination.
"It was a thrill to be nominated," Halford told Fox News. "We appreciate and understand what it represents to go into that great institution… It sends a wonderful signal to people. And the fact that we didn't make it? It was a bit disappointing. And we feel heavy metal should be represented more in the Hall Of Fame. But I think we will make it there eventually. We will. Next time around, fingers crossed, we'll make it to the hallowed halls and they'll find a spot on the shelf to put JUDAS PRIEST."
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Rock Hall rules state that artists become eligible a quarter century after their first records were released, but the Hall also claims that other "criteria include the influence and significance of the artists' contributions to the development and perpetuation of rock 'n' roll," which is, of course, open to interpretation.
Eligible for induction since 1999, KISS didn't get its first nomination until 2009, and was finally inducted in 2014.
DEEP PURPLE was eligible for the Rock Hall since 1993 but didn't get inducted until 2016.
JUDAS PRIEST's new album, "Firepower", was released on March 9 via Epic.
The North American leg of the "Firepower" tour kicked off on March 13 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania and will wrap on May 1 in San Antonio, Texas. 1
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21 мар 2018
SUFFOCATION Guitarist: 'We're Working On A Farewell Tour' For FRANK MULLENTerrance Hobbs has confirmed that SUFFOCATION is planning on embarking on one final tour featuring the band's original singer Frank Mullen.
Mullen has fronted SUFFOCATION from its inception in 1988 to the group's breakup in 1998, and then from 2002 onward. Due to his job commitments, he hasn't been able to consistently with the veteran death metal act for the past several years, but he has always been considered an official member of SUFFOCATION and has performed on all of the band's albums.
A few days ago, Mullen announced that he would be exiting the group completely this year after one more tour, although he offered no further details.
In a brand new interview with Metal Underground, Hobbs was asked if it's true that Mullen will no longer be touring or recording with SUFFOCATION after 2018.
"I believe that Frank is planning on completely stopping," the guitarist responded (see video below). "He does wanna do, like, a farewell tour, but it's so hard for him, as well as for us, because there's so much of the world, he can't just take off three months and do South America, do Australia, do Europe, do America, do Japan, go to all these different countries. So right now we're working really hard on — especially between management and Frank — trying to find out what would be the best areas that he'll be able to do in the short amount of time that he has to do a farewell tour. So, eventually it's gonna come, and hopefully it never will. Because we all love Frank — he's one of my best friends in the world, he's always a part of the business of SUFFOCATION as we made this together, and after 30 years… It's not like somebody, oh, he just joined the band and he didn't do a show, so now you kick him out and that's it. No. Frank's been there for 30 years. Now he's my business partner, and it's a more adult relatsionhip. As I said, as time goes on, there's a lot more responsibility for him, and, I guess, all the rest of us who are just musicians, we can go and play in a band all the time and play guitar or go and play in a band and play drums. Frank is screaming his lungs out, and at the end of the day, he's getting his bad headaches and things like that, which, in turn, is making it harder for him to do the kind of touring that a band like us, a death metal band, needs to do in order to get out to the rest of the world and have people take a listen."
He continued: "So, yeah, we're working on a farewell tour for Frank, and it'll be sad if he decides to go, but hopefully he won't. And that's still up in the air to me. But I'm always never gonna let him wanna go. 'No, Frank, you're gonna do this now.' 'No, dude, you're crazy. I can't sit on an airplane for 14 hours anymore.' I'm, like, 'Yeah, you can. But, yeah, Frank's onboard, he's a good dude, and I wish him the best in everything he's doing right now, I wish him the best for his family and his job. And hopefully we can get him back out here to come to say goodbye to you guys, if that's really what he wants to do."
Asked how fans have responded to SUFFOCATION's current stand-in vocalist, Ricky Myers of DISGORGE, Terrance said: "Well, the fans have always actually embraced Ricky. Ricky had his own band, DISGORGE, and still has it — he was a founding member of it. I think a lot of people recognize that 'cause of the extreme brutality of things he does. Now, Ricky is actually singing, but Ricky is a drummer, so, for us, it's almost like a bonus, because Ricky can turn around and he can play drums and have an input. His timing is great, and all the rest of that, and also, he's got a pretty evil voice. So we're really stoked about him, and I think the fans embrace him a lot. From the Netherlands Deathfest, which we just played before this tour started, the fans have really, really [taken] him in, so I think that that's a great thing for us, and I think it's a good thing for him as well."
SUFFOCATION is continuing to tour in support of its latest album, "...Of The Dark Light", which was released last June via Nuclear Blast Records. 4
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21 мар 2018
FREEDOM HAWK – “Danger” Track StreamingRespected Virginia Beach hard rock group Freedom Hawk will release its new LP, Beast Remains, on March 23rd via Ripple Music (Mothership, Blackwülf). The band’s fifth long-player, Beast Remains sees Freedom Hawk return as a four-piece with the addition of guitarist Brendan O’Neil. The culmination of years perfecting and solidifying their style, combined with the returned dual-guitar dynamic, sets the stage for further exploration of the sound they started nearly a decade ago. New track, “Danger”, is streaming below.
Freedom Hawk grew out of the surf/skate environs of Virginia Beach, VA. With four albums under its belt, the band has grown beyond its original sound and is now far outside the stoner rock genre, playing a concoction of groove-heavy rock ‘n’ roll with massive riffs that echo Thin Lizzy, Scorpions and Black Sabbath. Freedom Hawk combines weighted riffs, rolling groove, soulful guitar melodies, and harmonic metal; the quartet’s brand of rock captures the best of the heavy ‘70s with touches of early-‘80s metal and is inspired by experiences that could only come from living ocean side. Freedom Hawk's songs speak to a lifestyle of warm sunny days, surfing, and partying on the beach while the band’s guitar playing can be thick, sonically mirroring swells and large waves. Freedom Hawk has been hailed as "the East Coast's answer to Fu Manchu.”
Preorders available at this location.
Tracklisting:
“Solid Gold”
“Danger”
“The Darkness And The Light”
“Brutal Winds”
“Beast Remains”
“Deep Inside”
“Coming After You”
“Champ”
“Danger”:
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21 мар 2018
CALIGULA'S HORSE - "Graves" A Capella Unravelled; Video"We re-recorded the a cappella section from 'Graves' the other day to give you a little insight into what's going on in there," says Australia’s Caligula's Horse. "In this section we wanted to create the crowded voices of anxiety without resorting to cacophony - so take a closer look and find all the different sets of lyrics as they cross over each other!"
Caligula's Horse released their fourth studio album, In Contact, last September via Inside Out Music. The album can be ordered on CD and 2LP+CD (including exclusive colored versions) here.
Tracklisting:
“Dream The Dead”
“Will's Song (Let The Colours Run)”
“The Hands Are The Hardest”
“Love Conquers All”
“Songs For No One”
“Capulet”
“Fill My Heart”
“Inertia And The Weapon Of The Wall”
“The Cannon's Mouth”
“Graves”
“Songs For No One” video:
“Will's Song (Let the Colours Run)”:
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21 мар 2018
HOMEWRECKER Streaming New Single "Fade To Oblivion"; Hell Is Here Now Album Details RevealedAmerican metal band Homewrecker have debuted a new single, titled "Fade To Oblivion", featuring Anthony DiDio from Vein. Listen below.
"This song is like a summary of what the album is trying to portray by including the elements of hardcore and punk into the main theme of metal," says the band. "It's a look at the struggle with inner conflict and rather than seeking help, letting it pull you into an endless cycle of your own 'hell'. Making this album was the most in-depth we've ever gone. We spent a lot of time perfecting every song and taking inspiration from our favorite bands new and old. We feel it's our best LP yet.
Homewrecker will release their third LP, Hell Is Here Now on April 27th, their first one via Good Fight Music. "Fade To Oblivion" is also available as an iTunes instant gratification track. Meaning, fans who pre-order the LP via iTunes will receive the single as an instant download. "Fade To Oblivion" is now available on all streaming services. Pre-order the album digitally, or physically.
"Burden Of Self"
"One With Torment"
"Bound By Validation"
"Fade To Oblivion"
"Constant Eyes"
"Buried And Suffering"
"Land Of The Damned"
"Rope Of Skin"
"Growing From Nothing"
"Demons In Disguise"
"Final Rest"
"Perpetrators"
"Fade To Oblivion":
The band will hit the road this May in support of their new release with The Black Dahlia Murder on the Nightbringers tour. Dates kick off on May 19th at the Red Carpet Nightclub in St. Cloud, MN and will conclude in Traverse, MI on June 1st after six dates in Canada.
Homerecker will also participate in this year's highly buzzed about Psycho Las Vegas festival taking place August 17th - 19th at venues throughout the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. The band will share the stage with notables such as Dimmu Borgir, Sunn O))), and High On Fire.
Find the band's tour itinerary here.
(Photo - Errick Easterday)
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21 мар 2018
PERFECT PLAN Release "Gone Too Far" VideoHailing from Örnsköldsvik in the cold northern section of Sweden, Perfect Plan is a new AOR combo founded in late 2014. Since their inception, the guys have had the vision to come up an with exciting musical blend of classic Scandinavian AOR (think Work of Art, Treat, early Europe) with nods to genre (and rock 'n roll) legends like Giant, Foreigner, and Journey.
All Rise, due for release on April 20th, is an incredibly skilled and mature release for being a debut album. Truly, and simply, a magnificent example of what “classic” AOR Music is. A video for the song "Gone Too Far" can be found below.
Singer Kent Hilli says, “We're really thrilled and excited to release our debut album All Rise together with Frontiers. We have strived for a dynamic variation and I think all the songs on the album are unique with a strong identity that you can hear. Every song sounds like us, Perfect Plan. We hope you have bought tickets to Frontiers Rock Festival cause we're gonna rock hard and kick some ass April 29th in Milano! See you there!"
The band features the extraordinary singer Kent Hilli together with the equally talented Rolf Nordström on guitar, P-O Sedin on bass, Fredrik Forsberg on drums, and Leif Ehlin on keyboards.
All Rise tracklisting:
"Bad City Woman"
"In And Out Of Love"
"Stone Cold Lover"
"Gone Too Far"
"What Goes Around"
"Too Late"
"Can't Turn Back"
"Never Surrender"
"1985"
"What Can I Do"
"Gone Too Far" video:
"In And Out Of Love" video:
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21 мар 2018
Listen To LED ZEPPELIN's 'Immigrant Song' From 'How The West Was Won' ReissueOn September 7, 1968, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant first took the stage together in Gladsaxe, Denmark. Then billed as THE NEW YARDBIRDS, the band would assemble in the studio for the first time later that month to start recording their debut album as LED ZEPPELIN, and rock 'n' roll would never be the same again. Before the band's 50th-anniversary celebration officially begins in September, LED ZEPPELIN will continue its reissue campaign with a new edition of their celebrated live album "How The West Was Won", originally released in 2003, featuring newly remastered audio, which was done under the supervision of Jimmy Page. Details of additional LED ZEPPELIN 50th-anniversary releases and events will be announced later this year.
"How The West Was Won" will be released on March 23 in multiple formats from Atlantic/Swan Song, including the first ever vinyl and Blu-ray Audio editions (with the Blu-ray containing hi-res 5.1 surround sound).
* CD - Remastered audio on three CDs
* Vinyl - Remastered audio on four 180-gram vinyl LPs.
* Blu-Ray Audio - 96kHz/24 bit 5.1 (DTS-HD Master Audio Surround) and stereo mixes (PCM Stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo).
* Streaming and Digital Download – Remastered audio.
* Super Deluxe Boxed Set
- Remastered audio on three CDs and four 180-gram vinyl LPs.
- DVD of album in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and PCM Stereo, plus photo gallery.
- High-def download card of all stereo audio content at 96kHz/24 bit.
- A book filled with rare and previously unpublished photos of the band at each of the concert locations, plus memorabilia and ephemera.
- High-quality print of the original album cover, the first 30,000 of which will be individually numbered.
"How The West Was Won" highlights the best performances from LED ZEPPELIN's legendary concerts at the Los Angeles Forum and Long Beach Arena on June 25 and 27, 1972. Melded together and sequenced to replicate a single concert from beginning to end, the three-CD and four-LP collections capture the band at the height of its formidable powers. Standouts include a 25-plus-minute version of "Dazed And Confused" and a 21-minute medley based around "Whole Lotta Love". The performances also capture the band introducing songs from its then-unreleased album "Houses Of The Holy", which would arrive nine months later.
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On September 7, 1968, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant first took the stage together in Gladsaxe, Denmark. Then billed as THE NEW YARDBIRDS, the band would assemble in the studio for the first time later that month to start recording their debut album as LED ZEPPELIN, and rock 'n' roll would never be the same again. Before the band's 50th-anniversary celebration officially begins in September, LED ZEPPELIN will continue its reissue campaign with a new edition of their celebrated live album "How The West Was Won", originally released in 2003, featuring newly remastered audio, which was done under the supervision of Jimmy Page. Details of additional LED ZEPPELIN 50th-anniversary releases and events will be announced later this year.
"How The West Was Won" will be released on March 23 in multiple formats from Atlantic/Swan Song, including the first ever vinyl and Blu-ray Audio editions (with the Blu-ray containing hi-res 5.1 surround sound).
* CD - Remastered audio on three CDs
* Vinyl - Remastered audio on four 180-gram vinyl LPs.
* Blu-Ray Audio - 96kHz/24 bit 5.1 (DTS-HD Master Audio Surround) and stereo mixes (PCM Stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo).
* Streaming and Digital Download – Remastered audio.
* Super Deluxe Boxed Set
- Remastered audio on three CDs and four 180-gram vinyl LPs.
- DVD of album in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and PCM Stereo, plus photo gallery.
- High-def download card of all stereo audio content at 96kHz/24 bit.
- A book filled with rare and previously unpublished photos of the band at each of the concert locations, plus memorabilia and ephemera.
- High-quality print of the original album cover, the first 30,000 of which will be individually numbered.
"How The West Was Won" highlights the best performances from LED ZEPPELIN's legendary concerts at the Los Angeles Forum and Long Beach Arena on June 25 and 27, 1972. Melded together and sequenced to replicate a single concert from beginning to end, the three-CD and four-LP collections capture the band at the height of its formidable powers. Standouts include a 25-plus-minute version of "Dazed And Confused" and a 21-minute medley based around "Whole Lotta Love". The performances also capture the band introducing songs from its then-unreleased album "Houses Of The Holy", which would arrive nine months later.
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A live recording of "Immigrant Song", taken from the "How The West Was Won" reissue, can be streamed below.
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21 мар 2018
UNDERØATH: 'Rapture' Video Released"Rapture", the new video from the Christian metalcore act UNDERØATH, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's sixth album, "Erase Me", which will be releaed on April 6 via Fearless Records.
"I think we really wanted to capture something different with this video," said guitar player Tim McTague. "The song is so unique for UNDERØATH and we have always been a visual band. I think being able to tell a visual story with an audible narrative that ties everything together is one of the things that makes UNDERØATH special to fans. We are stoked to see the reaction."
"Erase Me" was written and recorded over the summer of 2017 with producer Matt Squire (PANIC! AT THE DISCO, 3OH!3) and mixed by Ken Andrews (FAILURE, JIMMY EAT WORLD).
"Erase Me" track listing:
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"Rapture", the new video from the Christian metalcore act UNDERØATH, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's sixth album, "Erase Me", which will be releaed on April 6 via Fearless Records.
"I think we really wanted to capture something different with this video," said guitar player Tim McTague. "The song is so unique for UNDERØATH and we have always been a visual band. I think being able to tell a visual story with an audible narrative that ties everything together is one of the things that makes UNDERØATH special to fans. We are stoked to see the reaction."
"Erase Me" was written and recorded over the summer of 2017 with producer Matt Squire (PANIC! AT THE DISCO, 3OH!3) and mixed by Ken Andrews (FAILURE, JIMMY EAT WORLD).
"Erase Me" track listing:
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01. It Has To Start Somewhere
02. Rapture
03. On My Teeth
04. Wake Me
05. Bloodlust
06. Sink With You
07. Ihateit
08. Hold Your Breath
09. No Frame
10. In Motion
11. I Gave Up
"We've had success and we've come through a lot of waters," explains drummer/vocalist Aaron Gillespie. "There's been 11,000 things we've been through so you would think, almost rhetorically, 'What do you need now?' All of us are finally in that place in our lives where the only thing we care about is inclusion for everybody — for the world. For me, exclusion is the scariest thing in the world. And I think UNDERØATH coming back now with a new record — which none of us thought was possible — we want people to know that this is your music and you can feel however the fuck you want about it. I just want to prove that we are doing everything in the most honest way we ever have. This is the healthiest we've ever been as a group of people, as musicians, and in our worldview."
Gillespie's quote touches on the narratives behind the 11-song release: addressing the dire circumstances that led to the demise of the band, the ability to, now, be true to themselves and with their listeners as well as the individual band members disenchantment with religion.
"We took a step away and then we realized that we are a family," adds singer Spencer Chamberlain. "We do miss it and we miss each other. We made the decision to never play again as UNDERØATH and then we let that sit a couple of years. Band members rebuilt themselves and their friendships — and then we rebuilt the band."
UNDERØATH launches the "Nø Fix Tour" on April 20. Tickets for the band's North American headlining dates include a download of "Erase Me", with tickets and VIP packages available via Underoath777.com.
Photo credit: Nick Fancher
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21 мар 2018
RIVERS OF NIHIL - Where Owls Know My Name Album Stream AvailableRivers Of Nihil are streaming their third full-length, Where Owls Know My Name, out now via Metal Blade Records. Order the album at MetalBlade.com and listen to the LP below.
Where Owls Know My Name reunites Rivers Of Nihil with Monarchy producer Carson Slovak (August Burns Red, The Last Ten Seconds of Life) and Dan Seagrave, the storied artist behind such celebrated album covers as Entombed's Left Hand Path and Suffocation's Effigy of the Forgotten. The result is the Reading, PA quintet's most visceral, accomplished, and satisfying offering to-date.
Tracklisting:
“Cancer / Moonspeak”
“The Silent Life”
“A Home”
“Old Nothing”
“Subtle Change (Including The Forest Of Transition)”
“Terrestria III: Wither”
“Hollow”
“Death Is Real”
“Where Owls Know My Name”
“Capricorn / Agoratopia”
Album stream:
"A Home" video:
Rivers of Nihil tour dates with Dying Fetus, Thy Art Is Murder, Enterprise Earth, and Sanction are listed below.
March
20 - Pontiac, MI - Crofoot
21 - Joilet, IL - The Forge
22 - Minneapolis, MN - Skyway
23 - Merriam, KS - Aftershock
24 - Denver, CO - Summit
27 - Portland, OR - Bossanova
28 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
30 - San Jose, CA - The Ritz
31 - Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
April
1 - Phoenix, AZ - Club Red
3 - Tulsa, OK - The Vanguard
4 - Springfield, MO - The Riff
6 - Knoxville, TN - International
7 - Miami, FL - The Ground
8 - Tampa, FL - Orpheum
9 - Birmingham, AL - Zydeco
10 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
11 - Jacksonville, FL - 1904
13 - Houston, TX - Come and Take It Live
14 - Austin, TX - Texas Independence Fest 2018
15 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey Live
17 - St. Louis, MO - Ready Room
18 - Columbus, OH - Skully's Music Diner
19 - Allentown, PA - One Centre Square
20 - Worcester, MA - New England Metal & Hardcore Fest 2019
21 - Asbury Park, NJ - House of Independence
22 - Amityville, NY - Revolution
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21 мар 2018
OCTOPUS Premiere New Song "Strike (While The Iron Is Hot)"Detroit based rock 'n rollers Octopus have debuted "Strike (While The Iron Is Hot)," the latest single from their forthcoming LP, Supernatural Alliance, due March 30th via Rise Above Records, making it their debut album for the label.
Something is stirring in the lysergic spectral swamps of supernatural Detroit. That legendary city's significance in the evolution of wild and heavy music through the ages is beyond dispute, but there is always room for another revolution. Purveyors of a uniquely vibrant strain of balls-out psychedelic turbo-rock, Octopus are about to blow open the doors of perception and invite everyone in for a party. Formed in 2008 by guitarist J Frezzato (ex-Electric Six) and vocalist Masha Marjieh, this ten-legged groove machine began as the channeling of a nocturnal hallucination...
If the music on Octopus' debut album Supernatural Alliance tells us anything, it's that the spirit of low-slung and bowel-rattling psych rock is alive and well. After years of paying their dues and letting the spirit of invention propel them forwards, the quintet are now on blistering collective form and beyond ready to conquer the world. Veering from thunderous, Sabbath-fuelled rampages like Beyond The Center and the album's mighty title track to the piano-driven, old school rock 'n roll clatter of Strike (While The Iron Is Hot) and the woozy, kaleido-blues of the wryly titled Fleetwood Mac, it's a bold and supremely confident opening salvo from a band that seem to be achieving great things powered only by instinct. With a line-up completed by Matt O'Brien (bass/formerly of Detroit fuzz-funk crew Big Chief), Chuck Burns (drums, also a member of Speedball and Seduce, formerly of Universal Temple Of Divine Power) and Adam Cox (keyboards), Octopus are already firmly connected to the cosmic musical mainframe.
Where many other like-minded bands adhere rigidly to an ethos of total-retro-or-die, Octopus sound neither like the past nor the present. Instead, this is a wholesale rejuvenation of psychedelic rock's life-affirming essence. From the album's dazzling, synapse-tickling artwork to the songs' cerebral but surreal lyrical conceits, it's an enthralling soundtrack for a magical world gone wrong.
Newly signed to legendary UK label Rise Above Records, Octopus have found a natural home for the launch of their first slab of supercharged psych-metal splendor. Their new mission is to take their riff-heavy third-eye detonations on the road, bringing psychedelic fury to the masses and, if the planets align, bringing the art of blowing minds and bucking the rock'n'roll system back with a reverb-drenched bang. Next stop, the red planet!
"I remember being a kid, hanging out in video game arcades," J Frezzato recalls. "Those arcades, they were all dark, with blue and red neon lights. Smoke. Drug deals. You went in there as a kid, and you were like, 'Fuck yeah! I'm on Mars now!' There were always Blacklight dragon posters on the walls. That was the image that kept coming to me when we were working on this record. Rock's been turned into a beer commercial, a sporting event and museums and it's been broken into a million orthodox subgenres. I'm not into that. Rock is an underground thing. That's where it belongs."
Supernatural Alliance tracklisting:
"The Center"
"Supernatural Alliance"
"Slave And Master"
"Strike"
"Child Of Destiny"
"The Unknown"
"Sword And The Stone"
"All The Love"
"Black Dynamite"
"Dragonhead"
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21 мар 2018
HYBORIAN Debut “Maelstrom” Music VideoKansas City-based heavy metal riff machine Hyborian have released a video for "Maelstrom", a track from their debut album, Hyborian Vol. 1, out now via Season Of Mist. Order the album here, and watch the new clip below.
Hyborian Vol. 1 was recorded by the band at their self-built studio, mixed by Justin Mantooth at Westend Studios, and mastered by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East. It was originally released by the band (in conjunction with friends The Company KC) in March 2017 and tells the tale of an extra-dimensional, cloaked being called The Traveller.
Hyborian Vol. 1 tracklisting:
“As Above, So Below”
“Maelstrom”
“Blood for Blood”
“Dead Lies Dreaming”
“Ajna”
“Dross”
“Maelstrom” video:
“As Above, So Below” video:
Hyborian is:
Martin Bush - lead vocals, guitar
Ryan Bates - vocals, guitar
Justin Rippeto - drums
Anthony Diale - bass
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