Drummer Joel Maitoza (24-7 Spyz, Seventrain, Shockhead) has just released the second video from his new project, The Frequency Conspiracy. It’s a cover version of "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas, from the soon to be released Quarantine Covers album featuring vocalist Andrew Freeman (Last In Line, Lynch Mob, Offspring), guitarist Christophe Godin (Mörglbl, The Prize, Wax In), bassist Jaimie Scott (Tyketto, Vaughn), and drummer Joel Maitoza (24-7 Spyz, Shockhead, Seventrain).
Maitoza states: “It’s been a blast remaking all of these cover songs and working with such extraordinary musicians. The final nine songs for the album have been selected which will include some surprise cameo appearances. I’m super excited for this album to be completed so I can share it with you all. We’re shooting for a January 2021 release date if all goes as planned.”
The album is currently being recorded at Exum Studios by Scott Exum (Stabbing Westward, Unwritten Law), Room 9 Studios by Jerry Whiting and AJP Studios by Alex Pappas (Finch).
The video for "Carry On Wayward Son" can be found below:
The Frequency Conspiracy previously released a cover of “Rock Candy” by Montrose. Watch the clip below:
Sepultura recently premiered the official music video for "Guardians Of Earth", the fourth single taken from their latest album, Quadra. The band have now released an "alternate audio" version of the clip. Watch both below:
September 25th saw the release of the debut single from Donna Cannone. A gloriously hooky slice of melodic rock n roll featuring two former Thundermothers as well as the Soilwork / The Nightflight Orchestra main man, the track backs up the band’s statement of intent that music should be fun, and "Cross The Line" most certainly is!
And with that, Donna Cannone was born. Former Thundermother member Giorgia Cateri (guitars) and her fellow Italian colleague Luca D’Andria found themselves heading to a rehearsal room a short while ago to play some music and, in their own words, "have some fun." Giorgia’s former Thundermother bandmate Tilda Nilke Nordlund was brought in on drums as the trio began putting together a number of new songs. A knock at the door brought a surprise as, guitar in hand, Bjorn ‘Speed’ Strid (Soilwork, The Nightflight Orchestra) had heard what the band were up to and wanted in. Soon the quartet were recording demos, and one of these demos fell into the hands of Swedish label Despotz Records and a deal was soon done.
"It is with great excitement we announce our signing with Despotz Records. We believe we can achieve some amazing things together and this unit is currently brewing something very interesting. - Something real, wicked, and fiery, that will both cross bridges and cross lines."
The first fruits of this collaboration is the band’s debut single, "Cross The Line", taken from their upcoming album scheduled for early 2021.
The band comments: "'Cross The Line' is a song for the outcasts. A song for those still brave enough to follow their dreams and to stand for their beliefs. For those who are not afraid to face reality and find their path in life, no matter the cost!"
Donna Cannone is:
Luca D’Andria - vocals, bass
Giorgia Carteri - guitar
Björn "Speed" Strid - guitar
Tilda Nilke Nordlund - drums
Video footage of Scorpions performing their classic "The Zoo" in Berlin, Germany in December 1990 has been posted by the band. Watch the clip below:
Scorpions are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the first release of “Wind Of Change” with an exclusive box set, out October 3. Pre-order here.
Wind Of Change: The Iconic Song includes an 84-page hardcover book with rare and previously unseen photographs, vocal and piano arrangements and five versions of the song - including one unreleased - on CD and 12" LP.
Heart and centrepiece of the box set is a handcrafted unique piece of the Berlin Wall, customized with the red “Wind Of Change” star and a handwritten lyric by Klaus Meine.
Deluxe box set includes:
- 12“LP & CD
- 84-pages hardcover book with story written by Dr. Edgar Klüsener former editor-in-chief of Metal Hammer and close confidant of the band
- Rare und exclusive photographs by Didi Zill, band photographer during that period
- Interview with Klaus Meine
- Material from Klaus Meine‘s private archive
- Vocal and piano arrangement
- Handcrafted unique piece of the Berlin Wall customized with the red “Wind Of Change” star and a handwritten lyric by Klaus Meine.
Tracklisting:
CD
"Wind Of Change" (Crazy World Version)
"Wind Of Change" (Scorpions & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Version)
"Âåòåð ïåðåìåí" (Russian Version)
"Viento de Cambio" (Spanish Version)
"Wind Of Change" (Unreleased Demo Version by Klaus Meine)
LP
Side A
"Wind Of Change" (Crazy World Version)
"Wind Of Change" (Scorpions & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Version)
Side B
"Âåòåð ïåðåìåí" (Russian Version)
"Viento de Cambio" (Spanish Version)
"Wind Of Change" (Unreleased Demo Version by Klaus Meine)
A worldwide retail version of the box will be available in an altered form in November 2020, 30 years after the release of the album"Crazy World with an 84-page book, vocal and piano arrangement and Vinyl & CD.
Leviathan Records has just released the video below, along with the following message:
"Chastain - 'Bullet From A Gun' was originally shot in 2004. This is a remastered version of the original. Features Kate French on vocals, David T Chastain on guitar, Larry Howe on drums and Dave Starr on bass. Produced by 880 Entertainment and directed by John Lucasey.
Steve Hackett has released Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live At Hammersmith, via InsideOut Music. This live recording is from his critically acclaimed 2019 UK tour. Watch "The Cinema Show" from the release below:
The concert was recorded at the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo, the final night of the tour. Steve Hackett was joined by his touring band of Roger King (keyboards), Jonas Reingold (bass), Rob Townsend (saxes/flutes), Craig Blundell (drums and percussion) with Nad Sylvan on vocals. Special guests for this performance were Steve’s brother John Hackett (flute) and Amanda Lehmann (guitar and vocals).
This was a very special tour for Steve Hackett as it brought together his favourite album from his time as guitarist with Genesis - Selling England By The Pound - which Steve and his band performed live in its entirety for the first time. The show also featured selected tracks from Steve’s personal favourite album from his extensive solo career Spectral Mornings, together with tracks from his acclaimed 2019 release At The Edge Of Light.
Steve comments: “Amalgamating three personal favourite albums, including the whole of Selling England by the Pound, most of Spectral Mornings and At The Edge Of Light highlights was a very special live experience. Both audio and visual on this product give a mind blowing experience of an unforgettable evening at Hammersmith.”
The first set of the concert includes tracks from Spectral Mornings, celebrating its 40th anniversary, and At The Edge Of Light. Steve and the band were joined by Amanda Lehmann on vocals and guitar and by John Hackett, on flute for "The Virgin And The Gypsy" and "The Red Flower Of Tai Chi Blooms Everywhere".
The second part is the live recording of Selling England By The Pound album in its entirety, plus "Déja Vu", a track initiated for the album by Peter Gabriel, but later completed by Steve.The recording concludes with the concert encores of "Dance On A Volcano" and "Los Endos".
Selling England By The Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live At Hammersmith is released in several formats: Limited Edition Deluxe 2CD+Blu-ray+DVD Artbook; 2CD+Blu-ray Digipak; 2CD+DVD Multibox; Limited Edition 4LP+2CD Box Set and Digital album. Order here.
Tracklisting:
CD1
Intro
"Every Day"
"Under The Eye Of The Sun"
"Fallen Walls And Pedestals"
"Beasts Of Our Time"
"The Virgin And The Gypsy"
"Tigermoth"
"Spectral Mornings"
"The Red Flower Of Tai Chi Blooms Everywhere"
"Clocks - Angel Of Mons"
"Dancing With The Moonlit Knight"
"I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)"
CD2
"Firth Of Fifth"
"More Fool Me"
"The Battle Of Epping Forest"
"After The Ordeal"
"The Cinema Show"
"Aisle of Plenty"
"Deja Vu"
"Dance On A Volcano"
"Los Endos"
Progressive deathcore unit, Within The Ruins, will release their sixth full-length, Black Heart, via Entertainment One (eOne) / Good Fight Music on November 27. A video for the track "Deliverance" can be found below.
The mission statement for album six was simple: domination. Within The Ruins set out to top themselves, in every conceivable way, and with the suitably titled Black Heart, they succeeded.
Savage, ruthless, unrelenting, and hyper-focused, Within The Ruins hammers home ten songs of sheer terror with an unforgiving mandate to destroy. Combining the breakneck precision of classic slabs like Invade and Elite with the unrestrained raw aggression of Halfway Human, Black Heart emerges from the most extended space between records with remarkable urgency and energy.
For more than a decade, Within The Ruins has reigned among the elite of modern death metal, injecting the angsty attack of thrash and the attitude of hardcore punk, while mining the best of deathcore. Audiences quickly grew to understand that Within The Ruins overlaps into several extreme subgenres without limitations from any of them. The determination and skill evident across their six studio albums and three EPs are outmatched only by their devastating live presence, seen on tours with groups like Killswitch Engage, The Black Dahlia Murder, Suicide Silence, and As I Lay Dying.
Vocalist Steve Tinnon arrived for his full-length debut with a mountain of things to get off his chest, screamed throughout the songs with both intensity and dexterity. He previously fronted another band that included Within The Ruins bassist/vocalist Paolo Galang, making this version of the outfit a supergroup of sorts, combined with co-founders, guitarist Joe Cocchi and drummer Kevin McGuill. As with previous records, Cocchi produced his parts as well as his bandmates, together with longtime producer, mixer, and mastering engineer Joshua Wickman of Dreadcore Productions.
New powerhouses like "Domination," "Deliverance," "Hollow," and "Outsider" take their place alongside Within The Ruins anthems like "Gods Amongst Men," "Beautiful Agony," and "Enigma." The group stands tall among their peers in postmodern death metal, technical progressive metal, and the so-called "deathcore" movement, with Gojira like flourishes of color and meditation.
Black Heart will be released on CD, LP, and digital formats. For pre-order options, head here.
Black Heart trackisting:
"Domination"
"Deliverance"
"Black Heart"
"Open Wounds"
"Eighty Sixed"
"Devil In Me"
"Hollow"
"Outsider"
"RCKLSS"
"Ataxia V"
"Deliverance" video:
Lineup:
Joe Cocchi - guitars
Kevin McGuill - drums
Paolo Galang - bass, vocals
Steve Tinnon - vocals
With “Screaming from Beyond” US heavy metal outfit, Spirit Ad release the last single before their new album, Enlightened In Eternity, drops on October. For the official music video for “Screaming from Beyond” the band teamed up with video director Guilherme Henriques.
The band comment: "Once again we have joined forces with our close friend and collaborator Guilherme Henriques to bring our shared vision to life. 'Screaming From Beyond' is about death, loss, grief, mourning, and struggling with the concept of an afterlife or lack thereof. Guilherme inherently understands what Spirit Adrift is trying to convey with our music, and this is our most powerful collaboration to date. This video is mysterious, ominous, tragic, and intense... a perfect visual companion for the song. We hope it resonates with all of you as much as it did with us."
Enlightened In Eternity formats:
-CD Digipak - all outlets
-Gatefold black LP - all outlets
-100x Gatefold transparent orange LP - Evil Greed shop
-100x Gatefold transparent magenta LP - CM Mailorder Shop
-200x Gatefold light blue LP - CM Distro
“Ride Into The Light”
“Astral Levitation”
“Cosmic Conquest”
“Screaming From Beyond”
“Harmony Of The Spheres”
“Battle High”
“Stronger Than Your Pain”
“Reunited In The Void”
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA's Max Moore-directed music video for the song "The Thread" can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's latest album, "The Act", which was made available in October 2019 via Solid State Records.
The members of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA consistently choose to both challenge themselves and the world around them. The group — Mike Hranica (vocals), Jeremy DePoyster (vocals, guitar), Andy Trick (bass), Kyle Sipress (guitar), Jonathan Gering (keys, synthesizers) and Giuseppe Capolupo (drums) — bends and breaks all boundaries on its seventh full-length and debut for Solid State Records. Pulling plain-spoken poetry through distorted discord and dissonance, the six-piece delivers a dynamic and definitive statement.
Regarding the album, Hranica said: "'The Act' is our seventh full-length and the most detailed effort of our career. The process was scrupulous in every facet. Jon, who's played keyboard with the band for the last seven or eight years, produced the album; which is a decision that's insurmountably snowballed over the past few releases. There is no common theme surrounding every song on the record, although there are notions that inhale and exhale through the LP's timeline."
"This just feels very make it, or break it for us," added Hranica. "All bets are in on 'The Act'. We tried to make something outside of the norm for rock, metalcore, or heavy music. We often hear commentary that 'rock is dead' now; I don't think it has to be that way though. Look at the corners pop and hip-hop turn. Artists just need to reinvent themselves and make something creative and inventive again. Reinvention is what we're driving towards."
With their 2012 self-titled debut album, Unisonic unleashed a storm of enthusiasm. For the first time in 23 years, the two former members (at the time) of Hamburg’s metal institution Helloween - Michael Kiske and Kai Hansen – reunited to play in the same band. More than a few metal fans might have shed a tear.
After the successful follow-up album Light Of Dawn (2014) a worldwide tour followed with memorable gigs in South America, Europe and Japan until Unisonic, still at full speed, brought their energy to the small village of Wacken where one of the biggest and most spectacular metal festivals in the world takes place every year.
The international all-star act consisting of Michael Kiske (Helloween) on vocals, Kai Hansen (Helloween, Gamma Ray) on guitars, Mandy Meyer (ex-Asia, ex-Gotthard, Krokus) on guitars, Dennis Ward (Pink Cream 69 and successful producer of many top class hard rock acts) on bass guitar and Kosta Zafiriou (ex-Pink Cream 69) on drums entered the stage at 2016's Wacken festival and made the night ablaze with glorious metal. For the band it was a remarkable experience.
German-American power/thrash metal band, Them, releases their new single together with a great video for the song "Battle Blood". The song is taken from the upcoming studio album, Return To Hemmersmoor. Watch the clip below.
Return To Hemmersmoor takes up where the thematic thread of its two predecessors left off and brings the story to a gripping finale, documenting at the same time the band’s unmistakable musical evolvement. “Possibly the new material is a little tougher and more uncompromising,” guitarist Markus Ullrich compares the three recordings. “Being directly involved, we’re too close to really be able to judge. Fact is: the album definitely sounds more mature, which certainly has to do with the songwriting as well as with our general approach. From the start, Them have worked in a very focussed manner according to a definite plan. For that kind of targeted strategy you really need the right line-up consisting of accomplished musicians that are one hundred per cent behind the concept. Them totally fulfils all those conditions.”
Ullrich is referring to his colleagues, vocalist KK Fossor, guitarist Markus Johansson (Sylencer, 4ARM), drummer Angel Cotte (Demolition Hammer), bassist Alexander Palma, and keyboardist Richie Seibel (Lanfear, Ivanhoe). Although the band members live on two continents (Fossor, Johansson and Cotte in the US, Ullrich, Palma and Seibel in Germany), Them play and work together as a tight unit. When guitarists Ullrich and Johannson collaborate on compositions, frontman Fossor translates their inspirations into skilfully worded melodies and lyrics, the rhythm section puts the pedal to the metal and expansive keyboard sounds lend the songs their special atmosphere, Them are at their preferred operating temperature, which frequently culminates in breathtaking results such as Return To Hemmersmoor.
No doubt about it: Them’s new album Return To Hemmersmoor is an impressive release. The group’s diverse songwriting with its well thought-out story, the band members’ accomplished technical skills and the modern production, mixed again by Dave Otero at the Flatline Audio studio in Denver, have culminated in a haunting thrash metal opus. On the one hand, the album lives up to the role models of the Bay Area scene, on the other hand - thanks to clever references to US power metal and the band’s typical ingredients - it leaves an unmistakable and characteristic fingerprint. It would hardly be possible to pay the band and its new album a greater compliment.
Return To Hemmersmoor will be released as a CD DigiPak version, 2LP gatefold version, CD/LP bundle with shirt (exclusively at the Steamhammer shop), download and stream on October 30 via SPV/Steamhammer. Pre-order here.
Tracklisting:
"Diluvium"
"Age Of Ascension"
"The Tumultuous Voyage To Hemmersmoor"
"Free"
"Field Of Immortality"
"The Thin Veil"
"Waken"
"Memento Mori"
"Hellhounds: The Harbingers Of Death"
"Battle Blood"
"Maestro’s Last Stand"
"Finis"
Back with a vengeance and hell-bent on destruction, Norwegian death metallers, Cadaver, are back in business and ready to reign. Today, the band announces that Edder & Bile, the first full length from this band’s new incarnation of Anders Odden’s original, extreme metal vision, will be released on November 27 via Nuclear Blast Records. In celebration, the band premiere the music video for the first single, "Morgue Ritual". Watch below.
Anders Odden comments, "I met Dirk Verbeuren during the 70000 Tons Of Metal festival in 2014. He was sitting in for Frost in Satyricon and we played 2 shows together. It turned out that Dirk was a huge Cadaver fan and at the time I had several songs in the making for what I thought might be a solo album. The idea of kicking this all into the 3rd version of Cadaver came into life and we started to share ideas. We had about 10 songs by the time Dirk was on tour in Europe with Megadeth in 2016. They played in my neighborhood and we spent the afternoon jamming. Cadaver was reborn. I started to pile up ideas for new tracks and time went by. I really wanted this to sound like Cadaver and be up to date, yet timeless. The music is what we both consider as death metal. I have my own way of writing riffs and he has his own way of expressing them on drums that just fits and sounds great.
"We finally found the time to hit the studio in early 2019 and recorded the album in LA where Dirk lives and works. The music just sparks of energy and freshness from the experience we had jamming together. We are truly kindred spirits and are in this for the long run for sure. Edder & Bile is the manifestation of our commitment to music and the start of everlasting life for the old Cadaver."
Dirk Verbeuren states, "Hallucinating Anxiety threw me for a loop when I first heard it as a teenager. As such albums tend to do, it quickly became one of my favorites. I followed Cadaver through various incarnations over the years, and when the chance to work with Anders unexpectedly presented itself, needless to say, I didn't have to mull it over. Our goal was for 'Edder & Bile' to capture the spontaneous, filthy energy of death metal. It was an effortless collaboration- things just naturally fell into place and the result speaks for itself. Feast upon this, death fiends!"
Edder & Bile was produced by the band as well as Adair Daufembach who also handled the engineering. The album was recorded and mixed at Northwood Sound Studios in Hollywood, CA. The album features vocal cameos from death metal icons Kam Lee (Massacre) and Jeff Becerra (Possessed) ensuring that this crushing rebirth has underground credentials to spare. The photo for the artwork was taken by Hannah Verbeuren and the layout was created by Justin Bartlett.
Edder & Bile will be available in the following formats:
- CD Jewel
- Vinyl
Yellow / Mint Swirl Limited to 1000)
Blue w/ Black Splatter Vinyl (Limited to 350)
Yellow / Mint Swirl + 7" D.G.A.F. Vinyl Bundle (Limited to 400)
Pre-order your copy of Edder & Bile in the format of your choice here. Pre-save the album to Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer here.
Edder & Bile tracklisting:
"Morgue Ritual"
"Circle Of Morbidity"
"Feed The Pigs"
"Final Fight"
"Deathmachine"
"Reborn"
"The Pestilence"
"Edder & Bile"
"Years Of Nothing"
"Let Me Burn"
On October 30, progressive rockers The Flower Kings will release their new double album, Islands, via InsideOutMusic, just a year after the group’s much celebrated Waiting For Miracles.
With "From The Ground", the group now presents a new track from this opus and the band has the following to say about the song: “'Here’s ‘From The Ground’ - a song from our Islands album! The song is a shorter, upbeat tune; A celebration of all the small things - the importance of family, friends, a home, simple things in our everyday life. This video is a very simple photo gallery of recent touring - something most of us cannot experience right now - something that we all - band and fans - wanna get back to as soon as possible. Meanwhile; stay healthy - keep the distance when needed - stay friendly - and let our minds stay positive and full of compassion! PEACE & LOVE! - RS.”
Watch the clip for "From The Ground" below:
The 92-minutes long Islands features artwork by legend Roger Dean (Yes, Asia, Gentle Giant, Greenslade, Uriah Heep) and all trademark sounds and melodies, the band is renowned for. From vintage keys to epic guitar solos, from odd drum patterns to symphonic elements, The Flower Kings present a dynamic and complex record that is bold, bombastic and beautiful.
Islands will be available as massive Limited 3LP & 2CD box set with slipcase and 180 gram vinyl housed in two gatefolds, one single sleeve; as Limited Edition 2CD Digipak and Digital Album. Pre-order here.
Strictly limited coloured vinyl editions are available from these outlets:
Disc One
"Racing With Blinders On"
"From The Ground"
"Black Swan"
"Morning News"
"Broken"
"Goodbye Outrage"
"Journeyman"
"Tangerine"
"Solaris"
"Heart Of The Valley"
"Man In A Two Peace Suit"
Disc Two
"All I Need Is Love"
"A New Species"
"Northern Lights"
"Hidden Angles"
"Serpentine"
"Looking For Answers"
"Telescope"
"Fool’s Gold"
"Between Hope & Fear"
"Islands"
Canadian death metal squadron, Kataklysm, have released their 14th full-length studio album, Unconquered, via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band offers the music video for "Cut Me Down", featuring Tuomas Saukkonen (Wolfheart). Watch the video below.
Maurizio Iacono comments, “'Cut Me Down' is a melodic, high octane assault, with thrash elements and relentless power, showcasing another angle of our new album, Unconquered, which is released today! The lyrical idea of this song is being surrounded by someone whose sole purpose is betraying and taking advantage of you, I lived with this type of scenario around me many times. Luckily for me, I trust no one. I did however trust Tuomas Saukkonen of Wolfheart to come and give a hand on the song and rip through the chorus with me as a special guest!"
Unconquered was recorded and engineered by the band's long-time producer and guitarist J-F Dagenais at JFD Studio in Dallas, TX. Kataklysm enlisted legendary Colin Richardson, post retirement, to aid in the mixing of Unconquered’s weightier and modernized sound with additional help from Chris Clancy’s technicality and precision.Unconquered stands among the best produced albums in the band's career.
Unconquered is available in the following formats:
- CD Jewel Case
- Vinyl
Red W. Black Splatter (Limited to 1500)
Glow In The Dark (Limited to 300)
Clear W. Black Splatter (Limited to 300 on band's store only)
White W. Silver Splatter (Limited to 200)
Black
- White Cassette (Limited to 200)
- CD + Patch Bundle (Limited to 300)
- "Heart of the Beast" CD bundle (Limited to 200)
CD
2 Buttons
Heart Shaped Stress Ball
Sticker
Burlap Bag Bundle
Order your copy of Unconquered in the format of your choice here.
Unconquered tracklisting:
"The Killshot"
"Cut Me Down"
"Underneath The Scars"
"Focused To Destroy You"
"The Way Back Home"
"Stitches"
"Defiant"
"Icarus Falling"
"When It's Over"
Belphegor will re-release their 2000 album, Necrodaemon Terrorsathan, on November 6 (Nuclear Blast). Twenty years after its first appearance the third studio album of the European black death metal force comes to new life as remastered version - available as CD and LP.
Today, the band shares the first taste of that sinister resurrection with a stunning music video for their re-recorded version of the title track, "Necrodaemon Terrorsathan" [available as digital single only]. Check out the video below.
Helmuth states: "During these uncertain global times, we continue to glorify the Pan-demonic Totentanz with the re-recorded title track, 'Necrodaemon Terrorsathan'. It’s a manifestation of diabolical death metal in its purest form. 20 years after the original release, it's an offering to the horde that supports Belphegor, making it possible for us to still be here, on fire, and stronger than ever before. We hail you!"
Pre-order Necrodaemon Terrorsathan here here. Pre-save the album here.
Tracklisting:
"Necrodaemon Terrorsathan"
"Vomit Upon The Cross"
"Diabolical Possession"
"Lust Perishes In A Thirst For Blood"
"S.B.S.R."
"Sadism Unbound"
"Tanzwut - Totengesänge"
"Cremation Of Holiness"
"Necrodaemon Terrorsathan Pt.II / Outro: Analjesus"
Belphegor recently announced their Death Magick Over Europe tour for November. Special guests on this tour will be death-monsters Incantation and black metal outfit Horna. The Totenrituals will kick off on November 4 in Oslo, Norway, at Park Teatret and conclude in Graz, Austria at Explosiv Club on November 29.
Helmuth comments: "After many unfortunate cancellations, Serpenth and I can't wait to go out on tour again and will announce our new live line-up within the next few days. We are still on fire and waiting; the true essence of Belphegor is found while on stage."
Tour dates:
November
4 - Oslo, Norway - Parkteatret
7 - Aalborg, Denmark - Aalborg Metal Fest
9 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Pumpehuset
12 - Kassel, Germany - Goldgrube
13 - Strenice, Czech Republic - Culture House
14 - Bratislava, Slovakia - Empty Hell Fest
15 - Olomouc, Czech Republic - S-Klub
17 - Zwickau, Germany - Club Seilerstrasse
18 - Magdeburg, Germany - Factory
20 - Erfurt, Germany - From Hell
21 - Wavre, Belgium - Mass Deathruction Fest
22 - Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje
24 - Apeldoorn, Netherlands - Gigant
25 - Oberhausen, Germany - Helvete
26 - Wetzikon, Switzerland - Hall Of Fame
27 - Aalen, Germany - Rock It
28 - Milan, Italy - Black Winter Fest
29 - Graz, Austria - Explosiv
EMN (Every Mother's Nightmare) has just launched the video for their new single, "Breathe", exclusively below The track is also making its way to radio and comes from the October 23rd release, Resurrect The Faithful.
BraveWords’ new online experience, Streaming For Vengeance, continues with Here's To The Ones - an Every Mother's Nightmare documentary, and band Q&A, broadcasting live this Sunday, September 27th at 3:33 PM Eastern.
You can watch this live stream on the BraveWords Facebook page. For more information on Streaming For Vengeance visit this location.
Here's To The Ones - A Documentary, is a tell all story in the making of the latest album, Resurrect The Faithful, by the American hard rock band Every Mother's Nightmare. Written by Bill Chavis, directed by Nick Hein and Bill Chavis, Here's To The Ones - A Documentary, is a project developed by HVM Entertainment in 2020 showing the behind the scenes look at the creation process of the band's most pivotal album of their career.
EMN's Resurrect The Faithful is the provocative new album from EMN (Every Mother's Nightmare). 11-tracks of larger-than-life new music featuring the first single "Breathe" and a new recording of their top hit "Love Can Make You Blind". With each album EMN (Every Mother's Nightmare) continues to capture fans and take them on a never ending musical ride. Resurrect The Faithful takes the band to new musical heights. Resurrect The Faithful is due out October 23 on HighVolMusic.
Resurrect The Faithful can be pre-ordered at this location.
Recorded at Supernova Sound Memphis, Resurrect The Faithful differs from any of its predecessors. With a unique wall of guitars and a thunderous rhythm section, Resurrect The Faithful stands above anything the band has written and crosses various musical boundaries. The lyrical content delves into profound subject matter that can be determined by the listener as it relates to their own lives and situations. Each song takes on a life of their own – 11 scorching tracks of pure rock ‘n roll bliss at its finest and perhaps the most defining record in the bands career.
Resurrect The Faithful may be a shock to many; including the 2020 re-record style of the hit "Love Can Make You Blind".
Tracklisting:
"Getaway"
"Breathe"
"Here's To The Ones"
"Sin In My Heart"
"When It Goes Away"
"Resurrect The Faithful"
"Fray"
"Sorry Today"
"Unstained"
"Drown By Luv"
"Love Can Make You Blind" (2020)
“Resurrect The Faithful is a true testament of everything that EMN is today,” says vocalist Rick Ruhl. “This is the best album of my career; it is perfect in every way – at least for us. There isn't a song on it that I wished I could go back and fix or do differently. All of these songs were written and recorded during some very dark times both personally and all around. Only the strong survive and EMN is still here.”
Bill Chavis President of HighVolMusic said, "Over the past five years, I’ve had the honor to establish a true friendship with Rick Ruhl and have a tremendous respect for him. I've learned where he's been, how he got there, how he fought back to save himself, his band, and his career. I was awestruck by his simple approach towards life, his industry experiences and in a way that has now inspired me in making some of my own decisions. The man is a true talent, a rock star and smarter than he will ever let on. No one knew what to expect when we signed our record deal but as a team we have set goals and conquered them. I have had the privilege of watching EMN roar back to life and here we are right now at this point in time. Resurrect The Faithful is by far the best album from EMN."
Here's To The Ones - A Documentary, is a tell all story in the making of the latest album Resurrect The Faithful by the American hard rock band Every Mother's Nightmare. The documentary will make its worldwide premiere September 27 on the Bravewords.com social networks.
Written by Bill Chavis, directed by Nick Hein and Bill Chavis, Here's To The Ones - A Documentary, is a project developed by HVM Entertainment in 2020 showing the behind the scenes look at the creation process of the band's most pivotal album of their career.
Filmed on location at Supernova Sound Memphis in Tennessee, the film shows the band discussing their demo, writing and recording processes for the new material as well as who and what EMN is as a band today.
Plans for release include a Roku release, a stand-alone DVD version packed full of additional footage, and never scene before live performances just in time for the holiday season.
New Zealand's speed metal overlords, Stälker, are returning with yet another lesson in raw and in-your-face heavy metal, breathing the spirit and danger of the glorious 80s. Following 2019's globally acclaimed Powermad EP, the band's impatiently awaited second full-length album, Black Majik Terror, will be released on October 30 via Napalm Records.
As Stälker weaves through tales of darkness and the ever present evil in the world, they close Black Majik Terror with the monumental "Intruder". This track employs everything the band does well - from their exaggerated vocal style to rapidly executed riffs and is an exquisite culmination of Stälker's work leading to this point. Everything you want from speed metal can be found here.
"Intruder" is the second single being released off Black Majik Terror, following the anthemic "Of Steel And Fire". The song is accompanied by a raw tale of rabid outlaws tearing through a post apocalyptic hellscape - viewers are in for a real treat!
Watch the music video for "Intruder" below:
Black Majik Terror will available in various formats/editions - pre-order your copy here.
Formats:
- CD Jewelcase
- CD Jewelcase + T-Shirt Bundle (Napalm Mailorder only)
- Gatefold Vinyl (Black)
- Gatefold Vinyl (Black) + T-Shirt Bundle (Napalm North American Mailorder only)
- Gatefold Vinyl (Yellow/Orange Swirl)
- Gatefold Vinyl (Yellow/Orange Swirl) + T-Shirt Bundle (Napalm North American Mailorder only)
- T-Shirt
Tracklisting:
"Of Steel And Fire"
"Black Majik Terror"
"Sentenced To Death"
"Stalker"
"Holocene's End"
"Demolition"
"The Cross"
"Iron Genocide"
"Intruder"
Enjoying the last warm sunrays of late September, The Night Flight Orchestra comforts you with a late summer anthem to extend the ease and joy of that season. Check out the latest masterpiece of Sweden's classic rock first class and watch the video for "Impossibile" below.
The band states: "Some bands might get depressed when the summer ends and the darkness is coming closer. But not The Night Flight Orchestra. Instead, they choose to celebrate the summers that were, the summers that might never come again, but will always be with you, like a tiny sprinkle of champagne to thaw your frost-bitten heart. 'Impossibile' is a song for all the hopeless romantics who are hanging on by a thread to the memories of their vivid summer escapades, hoping that it will help them survive the approaching winter.
We thank Bonnie Jean for some amazing dancing on the beaches of Caliifornia. Sebastian Forslund put several impressions together and created a wonderful video out of it.
The B-side is a cover of 'Reach Out' by Cheap Trick, and everything except the lead vocals and drums were recorded on tour, on tour buses and backstage rooms throughout Europe, before we had to head home because the the borders were starting to close down. But this is our love letter to you, from The Night Flight Orchestra, hoping that you’ll be with us through the rough winter months coming up."
The Night Flight Orchestra recently released a video for "Golden Swansdown", a track from their new album, Aeromantic, out now via Nuclear Blast. The video features dancer extraordinaire Ella Snellman. A remarkable fact about her performance: The dance was filmed in one take!
Guitarist David Andersson states: "'Golden Swansdown' is a classic power ballad based around the themes of impossible attraction and the difficulties that arise when you let your heart rule your mind. The video was filmed in the pre-apocalyptic late summer of 2019 by René U. Valdes. This might be the last shot of Earth as we knew it. Featuring Rachel Hall on violin and John Lönnmyr on keyboards. Words and music by David Andersson."
Aeromantic was recorded at the Nordic Sound Labs using the same drum kit that was used during the recordings of ABBA's 1980 mega album, Super Trouper. Order the album in various formats here.
Aeromantic tracklisting:
"Servants Of The Air"
"Divinyls"
"If Tonight Is Our Only Chance"
"This Boy's Last Summer"
"Curves"
"Transmissions"
"Aeromantic"
"Golden Swansdown"
"Taurus"
"Carmencita Seven"
"Sister Mercurial"
"Dead Of Winter"
Former Cradle Of Filth keyboardist / backing vocalist Lindsay Schoolcraft has released an official video for the song "Worlds Away", the title track for hew ner harp album. Check it out below.
Though coronavirus has forced us indoors, music still flows. In the case of Canadian multi-instrumentalist Lindsay Schoolcraft, she chose to look back on her gothic metal past and reimagine it in an entirely new light. She has lent her talents to an astounding variety of bands, ranging from Cradle of Filth’s extreme metal to Mary and the Black Lamb’s alt-rock, as well as leading her own project. Last year she released her début solo album, Martyr, which received a Juno nomination in the category of Heavy/Hard Sound Album of the Year.
This year’s project, however, is a different entity. Lindsay has made no secret of her love of playing electric harp, which she has combined with string arrangements for a completely different take on her discography. The result -Worlds Away. Here, she reunites with collaborator Rocky Gray (original drummer of Evanescence, who co-wrote Martyr). His subtle electronic beats add a cinematic tone, such as on “Stranger”, or thundering on album closer "Warn Me". The lilting harp and strings, meanwhile, concoct a fantasy soundtrack atmosphere akin to Loreena McKennitt or Sarah Brightman. Each instrument vies for attention, creating various moods: "Where I Fall" is a strings-driven dark-pop ballad, whereas the harp-tinkling "Masquerade" indulges in musical theater.
Most of the tracks draw from her previous works, but there are two unfamiliar faces. The title track opens the album with Lindsay’s breathy vocals accompanied by her harp. Her singing is a highlight of this record, especially when ascending into the upper echelons during stunning choruses such as on "Fading Star". Many critics have compared her emotive voice to the likes of Sharon den Adel or Amy Lee. The other, "Dance On The Strings", signifies the final completion of a song that had been sitting in her lyric book for over a decade. It deals with toxic manipulation, and the dark strings in the song feel analogous to the strings the narrator can see are controlling the victim.
This record may be worlds away from what you know of Lindsay Schoolcraft, but that works to its credit. The songs sound vibrant, and it is impressive that without listening to the original versions, one would never be able to tell these were re-workings.Worlds Away is simply beautiful and calming, and an excellent way to unwind in these challenging times, while appreciating the talent that has gone into it.
The tracklist is as follows:
"Worlds Away"
"Saviour"
"Darkness-Falls"
"Fading Star"
"Stranger"
"Where I Fall"
"Dance On The Strings"
"Dangerous Game"
"Your Mind"
"Masquerade"
"Warn Me"
Yashira has released an all-new track and music video for their newest single "Shards Of Heaven". The new song is the first to be released off their newly announced full-length LP Fail To Be, which is slated for release on December 11th, via Good Fight Music. The music video for "Shards Of Heaven", which can be seen below, was directed by Cameron Nunez.
"The song is about how violence is used to gain power over people, and specific situations," says the band. "It's about how violence and power are used perpetually throughout history to create false realities for those safeguarded and protected from and by the violence."
Fail To Be is the follow-up to Shrine, from 2018. Fail To Be was produced by Greg Thomas (Misery Signals, Shai Hulud) and Yashira. Engineered and mixed by Greg Thomas and Chris Teti at Silver Bullet Studios in Burlington, Connecticut. Pre saves and pre-orders are available now at this location.
The band continues, "Writing for this record began right after Shrine was released. Seth was still with us while we were writing for this; the sound was evolving a lot from the beginning stages up to when he passed. When we decided to move forward with Ryan, all we had were very blown-out voice memo recordings of the songs, so there was a lot of necessary reworking. For the tracks to be as good as they could be, we wrote to our chemistry and strengths with Ryan, and with a much more pinpointed idea of what we wanted out of our sound, we were able to get into a groove."
"Recording Fail To Be was a different experience for all of us. We'd never been in a studio setting like we were at Silver Bullet as far as putting aside three weeks to crank out a record. We learned a lot from working with Greg and Chris on so many different levels. This setting had us eating/sleeping/breathing this record, and that kind of environment brought out a focus none of us had ever known. We were all dialed in, and we think it shows. Us, Greg and Chris were able to create something we're all very proud of making."
Tracklisting:
"The Constant"
"Shards Of Heaven"
"The Weight"
"Impasse"
"Shades Erased"
"Amnesia"
"Narrowed In Mirrored Light"
"Inertia Mines"
"Kudzu"
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