Swedish thrashers Defiatory are about to release their second album, titled Hades Rising. The album marks the continuation of the band’s collaboration with Black Lion Records, following up their debut release Extinct, issued in 2016.
Hades Rising carries on from the aggressive thrash metal sound established on the debut album, evolving into more rhythmic and melodic sessions, granting more variety without losing focus on what is important in the old school style of thrash metal. The album, containing 11 tracks of relentless neck-wrecking thrash metal, with amazing artwork painted by Mika Rudin, will be released May 11th.
As soon the band finished the album, they started to work on two music videos, the first one, "In Hell" is ready to hit you in the face!
Defiatory notes, “‘In Hell’ takes the listener through the horrors of war and the helplessness and madness striking the soldiers fighting it. Are you fighting for the right side? Who is the enemy? Who are your friends? As the battle is over and the smoke clears, are you certain that your choices have been the right ones?”
Tracklisting:
"In Hell"
"Dance Of The Dead"
"King In Yellow"
"Stronger Than God"
"Death Takes Us All"
"Morningstar"
"Down To His Kingdom Below"
"Metatron"
"Bane Of Creation"
"All That Remains"
"Hades Rising"
Defiatory is:
Martin Runnzell - vocals
Ronnie Björnström - guitars
Ludvig Johansson - lead guitars
Patrik Wall - bass
Jon Skäre - drums
CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR, which features current NAPALM DEATH touring guitarist John Cooke, has released a music video for the song "Engineering Consent". The track is taken from CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR's recently released album, "Eunoia". The clip was filmed and edited by Ryan Fallon and features the exquisitely named DJ Bastardcunt.
CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR formed in 2012 in the barren seaside town of Southport in the U.K., bonded together by a shared love for fast music and heavy drinking.
In direct contradiction to the album's contents, "Eunoia" means "beautiful thinking" or "well mind", neither of which are the natural descriptors for the creators of these thirteen fast and filthy tracks. The album can politely be described as a collection of intense, introspective, deeply personal — and sometimes political — diary entries; a fair representation of how CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR see the world around them.
The five musicians responsible for this audio warfare have left their fingerprints over much of the fast and/or heavy music originating out of the Northwest of England (and occasionally further afield) for many years now. To have past/present members of NARCOSIS, THE ERGON CAROUSEL, NAPALM DEATH, VENOMOUS CONCEPT, HORSE BASTARD, MAGPYES and others says more about the depths of sonic depravity that they're capable of, more so than as a claim to fame. The fetid cherry on the fucked-up cake is the production abilities of CORRUPT MORAL ALTAR drummer Tom Dring; as well as taking the reins on this recording, he has been behind the desk for the likes of VENOM PRISON, DRAGGED INTO SUNLIGHT and DAWN RAY'D — even roping the latter's Simon B in to perform violin on album closer, "Five Years".
Having released the album on a "pay-what-you-want" basis via Bandcamp towards the end of 2017, the overwhelming response has led to the band opting to release "Eunoia" physically too. The record was pressed on 180-gram black vinyl, with matte finish inner and outer sleeves, plus a gloss A4 print of a recent shirt design.
The official video for the song "Broken Heart" from ESCAPE THE FATE can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's sixth full-length album, "I Am Human", which will be released on March 30 via Better Noise Records.
"I Am Human" sees ESCAPE THE FATE at its most raw, real, and relatable. Helmed by Grammy Award-nominated super producer Howard Benson (MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, IN FLAMES, ALL THAT REMAINS), this record sees an evolution of ESCAPE THE FATE's sound that brings the band back to the excitement of their roots.
"We're getting older, and we're changing — so our music should change with us," singer Craig Mabbitt says. "At the same time, we rediscovered what made us who we are. I felt like I was 17 years old again. I haven't been this excited to release something since I first joined the band and we put out 'This War Is Ours'."
"I Am Human" track listing:
01. Beautifully Tragic
02. Broken Heart
03. Four Letter Word
04. I Will Make It Up To You
05. Bleed For Me
06. Do You Love Me
07. I Am Human
08. If Only
09. Empire
10. Recipe For Disaster
11. Riot
12. Digging My Own Grave
13. Resistance
14. Let Me Be
ESCAPE THE FATE has announced its return to North America for a number of headline appearances, dates supporting PAPA ROACH, and a run of Australia and New Zealand celebrating the 10th anniversary of its classic sophomore album, "This War Is Ours". Beginning on Wednesday, April 4 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the tour will visit major markets such as Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Saturday, April 14; Detroit, Michigan on Thursday, April 19; Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday, April 21; Seattle, Washington on Friday, May 4; Houston, Texas on Saturday, May 12; and many more. ESCAPE THE FATE will also perform "This War Is Ours" in Australia and New Zealand from Monday, May 28 through Monday, June 4, visiting cities such as Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane and Wellington.
"Used Future", the new video from Austin, Texas metal luminaries THE SWORD, can be seen below. The clip was created by videogame makers Rooster Teeth in the spirit of old Nintendo games.
"Used Future" is the title track of THE SWORD's sixth studio album, which is being released today (Friday, March 23). The disc was recorded in Portland, Oregon with producer Tucker Martine (MY MORNING JACKET, THE DECEMBERISTS, FIRST AID KIT).
In an interview with Billboard, THE SWORD lead singer and guitarist J.D. Cronise revealed the band's sound has evolved away from doom metal and now incorporates elements of LED ZEPPELIN, THIN LIZZY and BLACKFOOT.
"We have to do something that we find interesting and enjoyable," Cronise said. "And, for me, the same old thing all the time just gets boring after a while. Our tastes have changed and evolved and matured over the years, and to me, everything we've done feels totally natural.'
He added: "I think what's weird is people's reactions of not really knowing what to make of [the new sound]. Which, in a way, I get, because it's just not a thing that's done very commonly these days. But, for me, I can't imagine it having gone any other way."
THE SWORD's live album "Greetings From..." , was released last May via Razor & Tie. The band recorded all of the shows on its fall 2016 tour with OPETH and chose nine songs to make up the track listing on the disc.
German metallers CALIBAN have released a music video for the song "Ich Blute Für Dich". The track, which features Matthi from NASTY and Sebastian "Sushi" Biesler from ESKIMO CALLBOY on vocals, is taken from CALIBAN's upcoming album, "Elements", which will be released on April 6 via Century Media.
CALIBAN guitarist Marc Görtz had this to say about the album cover: "We used the elements Earth, Air, Fire, and Water as symbols for realization, ideas, power, and emotion. These symbols inspire us to continue to do what we love the most, which is to create, evolve, and be inspired by our music. And these elements directly correspond to the cover art, which was done by Marcel Gadacz. He did the art for 'Gravity', so we're happy to have him back."
For "Elements", CALIBAN brought back longtime collaborator — going all the way back to 2007's "The Awakening" — and studio wizard Benny Richter to co-produce with Görtz at his Nemesis Studios. CALIBAN also hired on German-based Andy Posdziech and buddy Sebastian "Sushi" Biesler, as well as Australian-based Callan Orr to assist in the recording process. "Elements" was mixed by Görtz and mastered by Olman Viper, whose repertoire includes previous CALIBAN albums "I Am Nemesis" (2012), "Ghost Empire" (2014), and "Gravity" (2016).
"The production on 'Elements' was pretty different," says Görtz. "The instrumental side of the production was produced by me, Andy and Callan. Then, Benny and myself worked on fine-tuning the music. The vocals, however, were produced by Benny, with Sushi acting as a vocal coach. We wanted Benny to focus on the vocals and the vocal production. Getting them right was very important to us."
Marilyn Manson's music video for the song "Tattooed In Reverse" can be seen below. In the clip, Courtney Love plays nurse to Manson's wheelchair-bound patient.
Manson wrote on Twitter: "Who allowed Courtney Love to be my nurse? Oh shit…I did." Manson also recently shared two new photos with Love, writing: "Reunited and it feels so wrong. That's why we F**k S**t up."
"Tattooed In Reverse" is the third single from Manson's latest album, "Heaven Upside Down".
Manson and Love have been on-again, off-again friends for years, with the two occasionally taking jabs at each other online or in the press.
Manson told Esquire about their relationship: "We never really had a falling out. We've always been weird with each other, because she's slept with pretty much every one of my friends, supposedly. Not me, though. She, one time, told me she was mad at me because I didn't want to fuck her and I was smarter than her. I said, 'Well, you kind of proved your own point right there on that one.'"
Both Love and Manson appeared on the final season of the smash FX biker series "Sons Of Anarchy", although they did not have any scenes together.
Manson and Rob Zombie will co-headline the "Twins Of Evil: The Second Coming Tour" this summer, starting July 11 in Detroit and wrapping up on August 29 in Irvine, California.
Experimental sludge act Sorxe has released their first-ever music video for the track “Hypnotizer”.
The video for "Hypnotizer" was edited by Jason Cakebread "Cake" @fatcakemedia with Sorxe guitarist, vocalist and synthmaster Tanner Crace on the 2nd camera.
The track comes from their sophomore studio album; Matter & Void which was recorded, mixed and co-produced by Matt Bayles (Russian Circles, Botch, Isis). The album is available now on Prosthetic Records in the following formats: CD, limited edition violet and black swirl LP and all digital outlets.
Big Kizz is the new Swedish rock band featuring drummer Axel Sjöberg (ex-Graveyard), bassist John Hoyles (Spiders, ex-Witchcraft) and vocalist/guitarist Pontus Westman (Lady Banana). The group will release its debut full-length, Music Is Magic, on May 18th via Tee Pee Records.
A music video for the first single, "I Want My Girl", is available for streaming below.
Big Kizz plays good time rock 'n' roll energized with elements of power pop, garage rock and punk that will have toes tappin', ears ringin' and mouths singin' from the moment the needle hits the wax! Big Kizz burst onto the scene in 2017 with its debut, Eye On You, an EP filled with upbeat rock ‘n’ roll circa 1976, when proto-glam and punk rock were hardly distinguishable from each other.
"Big Kizz have gathered influences from across the musical spectrum, fed them through our ingenious, Phil Spector-esque hit-creating rock machine and spewed out an eclectic swirl of instant heavy hitters!", says Sjöberg. "With a nod to Ty Segall and Shocking Blue, a tip of the hat to Tina Turner and Ray Charles, and a thumbs up to Velvet Underground and Bikini Kill, we have delivered a masterclass in wearing our influences on our sleeve, but crucially, fired them out with -- what is surely soon to be known as -- our signature Big Kizz flair."
Combining a love for British guitar pop songcraft with crunching power chords and a tongue-in-cheek flair for the absurd, the band's impending long-player, Music Is Magic, is an explosive fusion of Beatlesque melodic hooks, Who-styled power, and a twisted sense of humor. The record also includes a blistering cover of the Bikini Kill classic "Rebel Girl".
"Music Is Magic"
"I Want My Girl"
"I Gave Up Tears Ago"
"Baby Boy"
"Lose My Love"
"Long Distance Call"
"High "
"Rebel Girl" (Bikini Kill cover)
"I Hate R 'N' R"
"Eye on You"
"Legalt"
German power metallers, Circle Of Silence, will release their new album, The Crimson Throne, on April 27th via Massacre Records. Pre-order the album here, and check out a video for the album track "The Crimson Throne" below.
Tracklisting:
"Conquer The Throne"
"Race To The Sky"
"Destroyers Of The Earth"
"The Chosen One"
"Lionheart"
"The Crimson Throne"
"Into The Fire"
"A Kingdom Divine"
"Endgame"
"Possessed By Fire"
"Wild Eyes"
HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS has premiered a new track and accompanying music video for "Just Another Ghost". The track is the second single from the band's upcoming album, "Bad Frequencies", which is due out April 27 via Pure Noise Records.
HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS singer and guitarist JT Woodruff states: "'Just Another Ghost' is a song about floating through life, and the anxiety that comes with the feeling that life is passing you by. One second you are having the time of your life, and the next second you feel all alone. Your mood can go from euphoria to panic, until you eventually feel you aren't even there, or you are invisible."
Directed by Benny Gagliardi, the video features the band performing in two extremely different locations to create the feeling of being in different worlds. Woodruff says: "We wanted to have a video that matched that feeling and emotion, which is why we shot in two entirely different locations. We put flyers on the wall at Slidebar from life-changing shows that each member of HH personally went to when we were growing up. Then to capture the sadness and loneliness, we drove out to Slab City, California in a location that was perfectly isolation, like in a dream. We wanted it to look like two entirely different worlds, because that's how life can feel sometimes. Anxiety is powerful, and we wanted to capture that raw feeling."
"Bad Frequencies" was produced by HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS along with Nick Ingram, and mixed by Cameron Webb (NOFX, SOCIAL DISTORTION). The band previously worked with Ingram on the "Hurt" EP as well as Webb for "Push Me Away" which was released last summer ahead of their full run on the Vans Warped Tour.
"Bad Frequencies" track listing:
01. In Gloom
02. Pink Hearts
03. Crimson Sand
04. The Perfect Way To Fall Apart
05. Just Another Ghost
06. Bad Frequencies
07. Skylark
08. Edge Of Town
09. Starlighter (Echo, Utah)
10. Push Me Away
11. The Suicide Mile
12. Straight Down The Line
13. Pills
HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS is composed of JT Woodruff (vocals, guitar), Mark McMillon (guitar, backing vocals), Matt Ridenour (bass, backing vocals), Chris Popadak (drums).
HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS will be hitting the road for a 50-city USA headlining tour in April. With support from LISTENER, HOTEL BOOKS, SIENNA SKIES and HEAVY THINGS, the "Bad Frequencies" tour will kick off in Albany, New York on April 18 and travel to cities like San Antonio, Columbus, San Diego, Boise, Seattle and Honolulu before wrapping up in Fairbanks, Alaska on June 30.
"Fistful Of Misery", the new video from Danish power and progressive metal masters ROYAL HUNT, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's 14th studio album, "Cast in Stone", which was released in Japan on February 7 by King Records and in the rest of the world on February 21 by NorthPoint Productions.
"Cast in Stone" track listing:
01. Fistful Of Misery
02. The Last Soul Alive
03. Sacrifice
04. The Wishing Well
05. Cast In Stone
06. A Million Ways To Die
07. Rest In Peace
08. Save Me II
Formed in 1989, ROYAL HUNT is the brainchild of keyboardist and main songwriter André Andersen, whose goal was to combine basic values of classic rock with progressive, current musical elements.
Says Andersen: "This album took a while to complete… mind you, between the very first idea and until the final mix, we did two tours and released two live albums… so this one's been in the making for quite some time. In a way, it's been very practical: you could work on it for a while, than go on doing something else and then come back later to re-evaluate what's been done before. As a result, all songs on the album are solid and well crafted, showing every aspect of ROYAL HUNT today: originality, catchy hooks, strong melodies, great musicianship and larger-than-life production. On that — the production — we definitely did quite a job: all the vital recorded parts were done in analog as well as the final mixing/mastering so there're no 'loudness wars' in sight; no brickwall limited, over-compressed, lifeless wall of sound… the album breaths just like a real rock album should. I could also go on for hours praising everybody's contribution — musicians and singers alike — but as my opinion will inevitably be very biased, I would prefer to leave the final judgment to you… after all this album's been made for you to enjoy (although we're enjoying it immensely ourselves at the moment)."
German thrashers Pripjat will release their second album, Chain Reaction, on April 27th via NoiseArt Records. The album will be available on CD digipak and 2 LP black vinyl in gatefold. Today sees the release of the first single off the album, "Survival Of The Sickest", just in time for the launch of the album pre-order. The official video for the song can be found below.
The band states: "So here we go again, friends - the first single of our upcoming release Chain Reaction is called 'Survival Of The Sickest'. It is a straightforward thrasher with a catchy and tense main-riff that should leave no doubt about where Pripjat is heading 2018. The lyrics are a pissed reflection on the status quo of our world and the ridiculous events that recently became normal. If we head on the same direction there is just one answer to our problems: A Nuclear Solution!"
Pre-order Chain Reaction digitally and receive "Survival Of The Sickest" instantly, or stream the song here.
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Pre-order Chain Reaction physically via the following links:
"Just a Head"
"Take The Law"
"The Seed"
"Bowed, Yet Unbroken"
"Kiev Burns!"
"28.04."
"Brick By Brick"
"Survival Of The Sickest"
"Chain Reaction"
"Returnless"
The official video for "It's Just Another Day", a brand new song from the classic lineup of DOKKEN — Don Dokken (vocals), George Lynch (guitar), Jeff Pilson (bass) and Mick Brown (drums) — can be seen below. The clip was filmed in January with director Jamie Brown, who has previously worked with LYNCH MOB and KXM.
In October 2016, the classic lineup of DOKKEN reunited to play the Loud Park festival in Japan. Fortunately for fans outside of Japan, cameras were there to capture the performance and now Frontiers Music Srl is set to issue "Return To The East Live 2016" on April 20. In addition to the Japanese performance, this set will feature footage from the classic lineup's only U.S. show in September 2016 at Badlands in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
"Return To The East Live 2016" will be available in the following formats:
* CD/DVD* Blu-Ray
* Collector's Box (CD/DVD + T-Shirt) [Comes with XL tee in the U.S., L tee in EU]
* 2xLP Standard 180g Black Vinyl
* 2xLP Limited Edition 180g Green Vinyl (Exclusive to Frontiers' U.S. Store - Limited to 150 worldwide)
* 2xLP Limited Edition 180g Red Vinyl (Exclusive to Frontiers' EU Store - Limited to 150 worldwide)
* MP3 (audio only)
If the release wasn't amazing enough, the package includes "It's Just Another Day" and two acoustic re-workings of classic tracks.
Don Dokken says: "After 25 years, it was great to reunite with George and Jeff and Mick and do a couple shows for the fans. We hope you like this album and video. There's a lot of great bonus footage of us having fun, so enjoy it."
Pilson adds: "I'm so thrilled this piece of the DOKKEN story is hitting the streets. What a magical experience it has been and this CD/DVD captures a lot of that wonderful manic energy that has always made DOKKEN so vital! I remain extremely grateful to have been a part of such a vibrant voice in the world of heavy rock. Thanks to the fans and to George, Don and Mick for being the musicians, writers and friends that you are!"
Track listing:
CD
01. It's Another Day (new studio track)
02. Kiss Of Death
03. The Hunter
04. Unchain The Night
05. When Heaven Comes Down
06. Breakin' The Chains
07. Into The Fire
08. Dream Warriors
09. Tooth And Nail
10. Alone Again (intro)
11. Alone Again
12. It's Not Love
13. In My Dreams
14. Heaven Sent (acoustic studio bonus track)
15. Will The Sun Rise (acoustic studio bonus track)
DVD
01. Tooth And Nail
02. Unchain The Night
03. When Heaven Comes Down
04. Breakin' The Chains
05. Into The Fire
06. Alone Again
07. It's Not Love
08. Paris Is Burning
09. Kiss Of Death
10. The Hunter
11. Dream Warriors
12. In My Dreams
13. Behind The Scenes
Don recently told the "The Classic Metal Show" that he didn't know "why it took a freaking year" to complete the DVD. He said: "We had almost two hours of just backstage, goofing around, on the train, going to Osaka, Nagoya, on the train, having fun backstage, screwing around. That took forever to edit. So on the new live DVD, there's gonna a lot of bonus footage — a lot of just candid, messing around, having fun. 'Cause, you know, George and Jeff hadn't been in DOKKEN for over 20 years."
As for the musical direction of the new song, Don said that it is "very DOKKEN-sounding" and "very classic '80s" with "big harmonies. It's just like 'Paris Is Burning' meets 'In My Dreams'," he said. The track is the first new song to be recorded by the classic DOKKEN lineup since the 1997 "Shadowlife" album.
Don also talked about his current relationship with George and Jeff, both of whom he had previously traded verbal barbs with in the press. "I would say that I had some trepidation [about playing with them again], obviously," Dokken said. "We've been getting offers for years and years and years to do a reunion, quote-unquote, tour, and I said, 'Guys, I'm not interested. DOKKEN, to me, is Chris McCarvill, 'Wild' Mick Brown and Jon Levin, who's been in the band for 22 years. That's DOKKEN.' I don't see why I need to go back in time and do this. What's the point? If it's just for money, they know how I feel about that. And there's more to life than money. You can live in a mansion and drive a Ferrari and be miserable. And I said, 'I'm not interested.' So I had some trepidation. We only rehearsed with Jeff and George for three days when we did the South Dakota one show only in America, where we filmed. But they showed up, we rehearsed, went to Japan, we filmed the show, we did these huge arenas, sold out. And it was great. George and I shot the shit for hours and hours every day over sake and beer on the bullet trains and we talked about everything from politics to spirituality and it was all good. And Jeff is such an addict, he's almost maybe worse than me when it comes to music. I mean, every day, Jeff's on the bullet train looking at the footage from the night before and he's looking at this, he's looking at that. 'Check this out. How about that? This is a good shot.' He's mixing the songs, he's trying to figure out what's the best takes. So it was a band effort. That was nice."
Scottish 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:
Swedish 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).
New York City metal band Metalfier have released today a music video for the track “Breaking The Law” (Judas Priest cover). The video contains images recorded by friends and fans during the bands presentations around NYC. The video was edited by Ignacio Orellana.
“Breaking The Law" comes included on the band’s latest EP Into The Unknown and it pays tribute to the Heavy Metal Gods, Judas Priest. With this video the band is currently promoting its upcoming show on April 27th at The Space at Westbury when it will be supporting Steel
Panther.
Metalfier is:
Andrew Janda - Guitar/Vocals
Christian Cos - Guitar
Reda Woodcock - Bass
Ignacio Orellana - Drums
"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”
Hailing 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"
"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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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.
Hollywood based rockers Salems Lott have released a new video for the track "Shattered To Pieces", from their upcoming album Mask Of Morality, set to be released April 6th. The clip, directed by Ian Moore and produced by UWOWI, can be seen below:
Salems Lott guitarist Jett has checked in with the following comment: "This track is a very universal song as most people have had to deal with the sudden affliction of sickness or loss of those who are close to them and the accompanying forms of grief, anger and acceptance. It's very different from the band's previous work and showcases a diversity in the band's sound."
Tracklisting:
“Enigma”
“When Heaven Comes Down”
“You Can’t Hide From The Beast Inside”
“Higher Anguish”
“Royal Desperado”
“Fatal Attraction”
“Shattered To Pieces”
“Thin Ice”
“Mother Of Chains”
“Alexandria’s Genesis”
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