Australian rockers Dead City Ruins have released a video for "Bones", featured on the band's new album, Never Say Die, out on April 13th via AFM Records. Watch the clip below, and pre-order the album here.
Tracklisting:
"Devil Man"
"Bones"
"Dirty Water"
"Rust And Ruin"
"The River Song"
"We Are One"
"Destroyer"
"Raise Your Hands"
"Lake Of Fire"
"Devil Man" (live)
"We Are The One" (live)
"Bones" (live)
On February 9th, Good Tiger will release their sophomore full-length, We Will All Be Gone, via Blacklight Media/Metal Blade Records. A new video for "Salt Of The Earth" is streaming below.
On the new video, guitarist Dez Nagle shares: "The video for 'Salt Of The Earth' was filmed during our last US tour, showing a small insight into our lives on the road. The song is a lot of fun to play live and we look forward to playing it on every continent we can in 2018."
With music instantly accessed at the touch of a button, it seems that the urge to pigeonhole bands as quickly and neatly as possible has been driven to ever more extremes in recent years. Good Tiger, however, forge their own path. Blending their influences in a manner that defies lazy classification sets them apart from their contemporaries, imbuing everything they do with a distinctive sound and feel, and with We Will All Be Gone, Good Tigerhave dramatically built upon their stunning debut, 2015's A Head Full Of Moonlight. Comprised of guitarists Derya "Dez" Nagle and Joaquin Ardiles, bassist Morgan Sinclair, drummer Alex Rudinger and vocalist Elliot Coleman, Good Tiger has raised the stakes across the board - every track on We Will All Be Gone has a definitive character of its own, and none stay in a single gear, all of them dynamic and textured as they evoke various tones and moods.
Tracking at Middle Farm Studios in southwest England, the band also recruited producer Forrester Savell (Karnivool/Dead Letter Circus), and engineer/mixer Adam "Nolly" Getgood (Periphery/Animals As Leaders). "We worked with Nolly on the last album, we had a great working relationship, and wanted to explore that further in a more developed situation," Dez explains. "Forrester has made some of our favorite albums, and is someone we could trust steering the ship. Having self-produced for so long it can be at times quite difficult to let go, so it was important we found people we could fully entrust to help create the album we wanted to make."
Tracklisting:
“The Devil Thinks I'm Sinking”
“Float On”
“Such A Kind Stranger”
“Blueshift”
“Salt Of The Earth”
“Grip Shoes”
“Just Shy”
“Nineteen Grams”
“Cherry Lemon”
“I'll Finish This Book Later”
“Salt Of The Earth” video:
“Blueshift”:
“The Devil Thinks I’m Sinking”:
The album is available for preorder in the following formats:
- Digipak CD
- 180g Black Vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 500 copies)
- Flesh Pink Clear Vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 200 copies)
- Opaque Pale Pink Vinyl (USA exclusive - limited to 500 copies)
Los Angeles’ All Hail The Yeti delivers modernized, pure American heavy metal laden with punishing grooves and catchy hooks. They just wrapped up the recording process for their yet-to-be titled third full-length offering, which is set for release later this year, produced by the three-time Grammy award winning Warren Riker (Down, Cathedral).
In the meantime, a brand new track, “Slow Season,” can be enjoyed now via the form of a killer, high-intensity, live-performance video that truly captures the essence of the band’s high octane live show.
Vocalist Connor Garritty states, "We are all beyond excited for this new video release! It was a true pleasure to work once again with the master, Brian Cox (Hollywood Undead, Gemini Syndrome), who continues to impress every time. This marks our fourth consecutive music video with him directing and we know you will be as stoked with the finished product as much as we are. This new song, ‘Slow Season,’ will also be on our new album on Minus Head Records, which is currently tentatively slated for an early summer release."
“While always progressing and trying our best to step outside the box, we have kept the classic Yeti sound with a few new hooks sprinkled here and there. 'Slow Season’ proves just that, as Alan (guitars) and I have really come together and hit our stride. The material has matured, along with the rest of the band to ultimately deliver the most diverse, yet aggressive and powerful release yet! We are coming to leave our definitive mark on the heavy music scene and plan on touring non-stop across the world to spread the word. Hope all our European / UK fans can catch us on this 36-date run, which is now about to be in full swing. Come hang and say hello. Lets party, it’s going to be our biggest year yet!"
If you're in the European / UK area this month, be sure to check out the band’s tour dates via Facebook as they are coming out that way supporting 36 CrazyFists, which is now underway.
Italian progressive rock / metal band Heretic’s Dream have released a new music video for the song "A Price To Pay". The track is taken from the forthcoming album Resilience, due out later in 2018. The video was directed by Adriano Giotti. "A Price To Pay" was produced / mixed by Roberto Riccardo at RR Studio and mastered by Andrea Fusini at Fusix Studio.
The song is about the dichotomy lived by a parent, between the consciousness that his child deserves to live his life and to have his own experiences (even the toughest) and the temptation of preserving him from dangers and suffering.
“To love you is to die a bit, and make a deal with Hell / to love you is to dance with fear / to love you is to let you go, my words just run in circles,” states the chorus, while the video tells the story of a child divided between two fighting parents. The child’s love overcomes the adults’ barriers and the two separated parents even end up meeting each other in a common embrace with their child.
Waiting for a phone to ring is A Price To Pay when you love someone who learns daily to become a man in this world.
Upcoming Heretic's Dream live dates:
January
28 - Power Prog Fest Vol 2 - Rome, Italy
February
26 - Tapper - Tallin, Estonia (with Katatonia)
27 - Melna Piektdiena - Riga, Latvia (with Katatonia)
28 - Loftas - Vilnius, Lithuania (with Katatonia)
April
15 - Bel Etage - Kiev, Ukraine (with Therion)
POP EVIL's music video today for the song "Colors Bleed" can be seen below. The clip was once again directed by Columbia Tatone, who also helmed the recent "Waking Lions" video.
"The #MeToo movement has been a paramount inspiration to my creative endeavors," says Tatone. "The courage of individuals has inspired and empowered me, not only as a female director but as a truth-seeker.
"'Colors Bleed' highlights togetherness: standing together against global issues," he continues. "#MeToo has put the spotlight on equality, and through this video, we were able to portray the many ways we're pitted against each other and how we can't fight fire with more fire. As men and women, we have come alongside one another and stand together peacefully.
"I'm grateful and honored that POP EVIL invited me to collaborate with them and be a part of their journey."
"Colors Bleed" is taken from POP EVIL's fifth, self-titled album, which will be released on February 16 via Entertainment One. "Pop Evil" marks the recording debut with the band of British drummer Hayley Cramer, who joined POP EVIL in 2016 following the departure of Josh "Chachi" Marunde. The disc was helmed by veteran producer Kato Khandwala. The cover artwork was created by Mike Cortada and can be seen below.
"Pop Evil" track listing:
01. Waking Lions
02. Colors Bleed
03. Ex Machina
04. Art Of War
05. Be Legendary
06. Nothing But Thieves
07. A Crime To Remember
08. God's Dam
09. When We Were Young
10. Birds Of Prey
11. Rewind
POP EVIL will embark on the "Music Over Words" tour, which will serve as the official kick-off for the new LP. Additionally, POP EVIL is confirmed for festival dates Carolina Rebellion on Friday, May 5 and Fort Rock on Sunday, April 29.
The massive U.S. tour kicks off on February 14 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan at the Kewadin Casino. The band will hit both sides of the U.S. coast before wrapping things up at The Fillmore in Detroit on April 6. PALAYE ROYALE and labelmates BLACK MAP will serve as support for all dates.
One of progressive metal's most groundbreaking and innovative artists is unquestionably BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, which, after 15 years as a band, continues to push itself to new dimensions with its songwriting. The group's newest accomplishment, adding to its vast catalog, is the conceptual epic two-part album "Automata", part one of which will be released on March 9 through the band's new label, Sumerian Records.
The first look into this vast undertaking is the video for the album's aggressive lead track, "Condemned To The Gallows", which you can watch below.
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME will embark on a North American headlining tour on March 2, with support from THE DEAR HUNTER and LEPROUS.
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME lead vocalist and keyboardist Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr. states: "Every single week, music comes and goes. We can get music instantly, and with this luxury, the listener has a hard time sitting down with albums and exploring their every twist and turn. Because of this, we have decided to release our new album in two parts.
"Our music is dense and our albums are very long, so we want to give people two separate moments to dive in this year and explore new music that we've put our entire being into. We hope you enjoy the creation as much as we've enjoyed the process."
Sumerian founder Ash Avildsen adds: "I first toured with BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME in early 2000s when they were on Lifeforce. Since then, we remained friends and I have watched their career grow nonstop through eras on Victory and Metal Blade. I am very grateful such a seminal, influential and progressive group of musicians have chosen to partner with Sumerian for their next chapter. It's days like this that remind me of my roots and excite me about our future."
"Automata I" track listing:
01. Condemned To The Gallows (6:35)
02. House Organ (3:41)
03. Yellow Eyes (8:45)
04. Millions (4:43)
05. Gold Distance (1:02)
06. Blot (10:27)
"Automata II" will be released in the summer.
What if dreams could be broadcast for the purpose of entertainment? Could you consume the innermost thoughts of another person on screen? If you could, what does that say about an attention-starved audience? More importantly, what would become of the dreamer?
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME poses those questions and more on its two-part eighth full-length and introductory offering for Sumerian Records, "Automata". The North Carolina quintet — Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr. (lead vocals, keyboards), Paul Waggoner (lead and rhythm guitar, backing and lead vocals), Dustie Waring (rhythm and lead guitar), Blake Richardson (drums) and Dan Briggs (bass, keyboards) — explores these themes by personally smashing boundaries once again. "Automata" marks the band's first proper double LP-spanning concept. Moreover, they continue to expand their ever-evolving style, upholding a tradition of progression in the process.
"We never want to repeat ourselves," affirms Paul. "We're always trying to do something different, and this album fell right into that sort of pattern. We push ourselves into new places, while retaining our basic sound. Musically, we go somewhere that's fun and challenging. We never know how it's going to turn out. These are uncharted waters for us. We've never written an entire piece and presented it in separate parts like this."
"All of our music should build up to the newest record," Tommy leaves off. "That's what happens with 'Automata'. You can take little snippets from our past throughout this album. It sounds like BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME, but it's still new. We hope to keep the music industry on its toes. This is part of doing that."
Marco Mendoza will release his long-awaited new solo album, "Viva La Rock", on March 2 via Mighty Music. The disc was recorded in Copenhagen with the multi-talented producer and guitar player Søren Andersen (Glenn Hughes, Mike Tramp) at the helm. The Søren/Mendoza collaboration proved to be the right way forward with the chemistry exploding in the studio, writing and producing some of the finest new rock songs that are screaming out to be heard through a radio somewhere in the world.
The official video for the "Viva La Rock" title track can be seen below. The clip was filmed by Mark Stoumann and edited by Stoumann and Mark Allison.
The new disc will be the first solo album in eight years from Mendoza, whose last effort, "Casa Mendoza", came out in 2010 via Mascot Records.
"Viva La Rock" is big, bad and beautiful. It reflects the larger-than-life personality of Mendoza, both on and off stage.
The Los Angeles native, who has a proud Spanish/Mexican heritage, is usually found holding down the bass rock foundation with artists like Neal Schon (JOURNEY), WHITESNAKE, THIN LIZZY, Ted Nugent and can currently be found with new classic rock champions THE DEAD DAISIES.
With a hard-working ethic that sees him constantly out on the road either with THE DEAD DAISIES or as a solo artist, he was delighted when Mighty Music offered him the opportunity to release an album that could propel his own brand of music to a wider public.
"I am really excited about the release of this album," says Marco. "It will be my first collection of new songs in seven years! I have been extremely busy with THE DEAD DAISIES since 2013 so when the opportunity to get some new music together came along, I jumped at it! I hope you guys have as much fun listening to it as I did recording it!"
With the title track, "Viva La Rock", thrusting out of the speakers as a worthy invitation to come and listen, Marco then takes you on a roller coaster of musical emotions and sounds with a number of potential hit singles like "Rocketman", "Sue Is On The Run" and the ballad "Leah". With a cauldron full of influences, including blues, funk and R&B, there is something for everyone that loves great music, and for good measure there a little of his past thrown in with a visit to "Chinatown" from THIN LIZZY, complete with a guest appearance by GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Richard Fortus and former WHITE LION singer Mike Tramp on additional vocals, then the Ted Nugent cover "Hey Baby".
"Viva La Rock" will be released on limited color LP, CD and digital.
Mendoza will support "Viva La Rock" with a European tour.
"Kaleidoscope", the new video from San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD, can be seen below. The clip was directed by MACHINE HEAD's longtime collaborator Mike Sloat, who previously helmed the band's videos for "Locust", "Aesthetics Of Hate", "Imperium" and "Now We Die", among others.
"Kaleidoscope" is taken from MACHINE HEAD's new album, "Catharsis", which will be released on January 26 via Nuclear Blast. The effort will be made available in several formats, including a CD/DVD digipak edition which contains footage of MACHINE HEAD's 2015 concert at San Francisco's Regency Ballroom.
The follow-up to 2014's "Bloodstone & Diamonds", "Catharsis" was produced by MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn and was recorded, mixed, and co-produced by Zack Ohren (FALLUJAH, ALL SHALL PERISH) at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California. Mastering was handled by Ted Jensen (HATEBREED, ALICE IN CHAINS, DEFTONES) at Sterling Sound in New York. Cover photography was created by Seanen Middleton.
In a recent interview with Poland's Interia.pl, Flynn stated about "Kaleidoscope": "We literally wrote that [song] in the studio. Me and Dave [McClain, drums] were messing around. It just came super-fast. I ended up going in there and I freestyled a bunch of the lyrics and that whole intro section was the second time I ever sang the song. It just poured out of me. I was really excited."
He continued: "I think when you go to capture a record, you go into the studio and sometimes it can be a little bit of a sterile environment. You want to capture lightning in a bottle, but it's hard, it's the hardest thing to do. Many bands don't do it. With ['Kaleidoscope'], we just fucking captured it and it was crazy. You're literally hearing the first day we ever played that song as a band. We captured it. I think you feel that energy. I think there's an urgency there, there's an excitement there. I don't know if it would have been there if we worked on it for eight or nine months and then recorded it later."
The North American tour in support of "Catharsis" will kick off on January 25 in Mesa, Arizona.
BREAKING BENJAMIN has released the official music video for its new single "Red Cold River", the first track to arrive from the band's sixth studio album, "Ember". Digital downloads of the single are available now. Expect more details to be revealed about "Ember" later this month, with pre-orders already scheduled to launch on January 26.
Frontman Ben Burnley told The Pulse Of Radio a while back what his formula was for writing a good album. "I like to write songs that I like, you know what I mean, and then it just so happens that the public likes it too, you know," he said. "I mean, I don't get, like, too, too artsy with it or anything like that. Just cool riffs, good melody, good lyrical content, slap it all together and you've got yourself a record. [Laughs]"
The new LP will follow up 2015's "Dark Before Dawn", which ended a six-year gap between albums for the group and marked the recording debut of the band's current lineup, of which Burnley remains the sole original member. "Dark Before Dawn" debuted at NO. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart upon release, another first for the act.
The album went gold in the U.S. for sales of more than 500,000 copies and yielded the chart-topping singles "Failure", "Angels Fall" and "Never Again".
BREAKING BENJAMIN kicked off a nationwide tour with AVENGED SEVENFOLD and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE on January 12.
SILVERSTEIN has released a music video for the song "Whiplash". Taken from the band's eighth studio album, "Dead Reflection", the track is darker and angrier than ever before. The clip contrasts a cinematic driving scene with a soul-bearing performance from the group, adding up to a more experimental vibe than it has ever released to fans in the past.
Signed to Rise Records, the Ontario post-hardcore quintet has released seven other hit studio albums since 2003, including "Discovering The Waterfront" and "A Shipwreck In The Sand". "Whiplash" follows previously released singles and videos for "Retrograde" and "Ghost".
SILVERSTEIN has released an album every odd year since its 2003 debut, "When Broken Is Easily Fixed", and that drive is paramount to why the band remains one of post-hardcore's most relevant and influential acts. This consistency shows an uncommonly clear path of growth from album to album as the band honed the aggressive-to-melodic contrast that became their signature sound. "Dead Reflection" marks a sharp jump in that evolution: the band pushed themselves harder than ever before, resulting in an album the takes all of SILVERSTEIN's strengths — pummeling riffs, explosive dynamic shifts, and huge, anthemic choruses — and ramps up the intensity. Guitarist Paul Marc Rousseau co-produced "Dead Reflection" with Derek Hoffman, leading to a level of collaboration with which band had never experimented before. After years of creating and touring, the members of SILVERSTEIN have each become accomplished musicians in their own right while still summoning the same unbridled ferocity that marked the band's early days, and it's this fusion that makes "Dead Reflection" feel so vital.
Pagan metallers Asenblut will release their new EP, Legenden, on February 16th via AFM Records. A video for "Asenblut" from the upcoming release can be found below.
The EP takes a look at the early days of Aufbruch while taking a huge step forward at the same time: four songs from the band’s early days, re-recorded and refined in the most perfect way, again by Mr. Sebastian “Seeb” Leevermann (Orden Ogan) in his Greenman Studios.
As a very special treat, the EP also includes a cover version of Manowar’s “God Or Man”.
Tracklisting:
“Die Legende” (2018)
“Heldenbürde” (2018)
“Asenblut” (2018)
“God Or Man” (Manowar cover)
“Von Des Verräters Untergang” (2018)
French gore-grinders, Benighted, have released a video for “Leatherface”, a track from their Necrobreed album, released last February via Season Of Mist.
Says the band: "We are very proud to unleash this new creepy episode of the Necrobreed story through the music video for the track 'Leatherface'! Kick Your Eyes Productions made a great job again and deliver this second piece of insanity starring the gorgeous Cecylia Suicide!"
Order the album in various formats at this location.
Benighted are among the acts set to perform on the highly anticipated eighth edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, sailing from Miami / Fort Lauderdale, FL to Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands and back from February 1st - 5th.
Visit the official 70000 Tons Of Metal website at this location, and be sure to check out their official Facebook page.
UK death metal powerhouse Dyscarnate have released a Niklas Sundin (Dark Tranquility) directed animated music video for the song "Nothing Seems Right". The track, which the band describes as "...a voyage into the depths of utter, cosmic nothingness..." is off of their critically acclaimed full length With All Their Might that came out last year.
"With All Their Might is the sound of us nailing our colors to the mast in no uncertain terms," says the band of their latest release. "We've always worked on each new album as its own entity, and feel the whole thing needs to flow as one cohesive piece. Every song has its place on the record, but the lyrics and feel of each one reflects a signature theme. We feel that while this record is the most complete thing we've ever done, it's also the most varied, dynamic, and evolved we have ever been. We have written this album for only ourselves, and as a result feel we have something our fans will really connect to."
Dyscarnate will be touring on With All Their Might relentlessly throughout 2018 with UK tour dates to be announced very soon.
St. Louis power/thrash act Conquest has released a video for the song “New August”.
The single was first released in May 2017 and is one of the band’s most radio friendly tracks. The song follows-up the band’s tribute, covers album Under The Influence.
“New August” is available on digital streaming services like iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and more.
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD is sending a message of purpose for 2018 by highlighting "Your Life", the final track from its new album, "Five". The standout song closes the record with elegiac keys, jagged riffing and an 808-boom propelled by edge-of-your-seat raps and an undeniable plea: "It's your life. It's do or die." Watch the brand-new Brian Cox-directed video below.
"It might be cliché to say, but it needs to be repeated: You can't waste your fucking time," said HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD's Johnny 3 Tears. "Every moment you waste worrying is a moment you could've been doing something that might actually have consequence by the day you die."
Having just wrapped a four-month North American tour in December in support of "Five", HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD is jumping right back in with a substantial run of Europe that starts next week. With sold-out shows from Manchester to Birmingham and Munich to Prague, the quintet's atomic live performances are in high demand, especially in London and Budapest where multiple nights have been sold out since shortly after their announce in August. Tickets and VIP packages for all available shows are on sale now.
"Your Life" follows a string of HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD videos from "Five" that have now amassed over 20 million combined views.
"Five" was released on October 27 via Dove & Grenade Media/BMG and debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard Top Albums chart. Threading together a collage of metallic instrumentation, street corner poetry, and industrial haze, the record has already racked up over 35 million streams, led by tracks like "California Dreaming", "Whatever It Takes" and the airy and ominous "Bad Moon".
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD is Johnny 3 Tears, J-Dog, Charlie Scene, Funny Man and Danny.
Neal Morse has released a video for "Livin' Lightly". The song is opening track of his new solo album, Life & Times, which will be released on February 16th on Radiant Records via Metal Blade Records/SONY on all digital outlets, as well as CD and vinyl. Pre-orders are now available here. Watch the new clip below.
Tracklisting:
"Livin’ Lightly"
"Good Love Is On The Way"
"JoAnna"
"Selfie In The Square"
"He Died At Home"
"She’s Changed Her Mind"
"Wave On The Ocean"
"You + Me + Everything"
"Manchester"
"Lay Low"
"Old Alabama"
"If I Only Had A Day"
"Livin’ Lightly" video:
"He Died At Home" video:
Widely regarded as one of the world’s leading progressive rock (“prog”) musicians, there is now no doubt that Neal Morse is a “big success,” but his desire to move people through his music burns brighter than ever. Now in his mid-fifties and his children grown up, there is a sense on Life & Times that Morse is looking around and taking stock.
“I’ve come through a lot of difficult times and I’m in a fairly content place now,” he says. “You can feel that on some of the songs.” Much of this ‘acoustic-orientated, singer/songwriter’ album was written while he was travelling around the world on The Road Called Home tour in 2017, with some of the songs being inspired by the places he visited, while others are from spending time with his family.
For example, “Manchester By The Sea” is a musical portrait of that notorious rarity—a sunny day in Manchester, England—when Morse was sitting in a coffee shop watching the world go by. “Selfie In The Square” captures what he saw walking around Luxembourg City, hearing the cathedral bells and children playing, but realizing what a difference it makes to share these experiences. “Luxembourg was really nice, but I knew that if my wife was there, it would feel like a holiday, so I wrote a song about it to send to her,” he explains.
Born in 1960 to a musical Californian family, Morse played in many bands during his youth. He learned and mastered several instruments along the way. In 1995, he wrote and recorded The Light with his new band, Spock’s Beard. It was an album grounded strongly in the then-unfashionable progressive rock genre. The album and title song became modern prog classics, and began to bring Morse and the band global recognition. In 2000, he also joined forces with Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater), Pete Trewavas (Marillion) and Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings) to form Transatlantic, a prog supergroup that went on to win the PROG Magazine Award for “Album of the Year.”
Neal Morse’s solo work has focused almost entirely on music with a strong message of redemption, beginning with 2003’s Testimony - a two-disc musical account of his spiritual journey - and most recently with The Neal Morse Band’s PROG Magazine Award nominee, The Similitude Of A Dream, based on John Bunyan’s classic allegory, The Pilgrim’s Progress.
In touring news, Morse is hoping to move more people with these songs at some “absolutely solo” shows in cafes and small venues throughout the US and Europe in 2018. Check out Neal Morse at the following tour stops (with more dates to be added in the coming weeks on his official website):
February
20 - Boston, MA - Club Passim
22 - Sellersville, PA - Sellersville Theater
23 - New York, NY - The Cutting Room
March
17 - Denver, CO - The Soiled Dove
22 - Decatur, GA - Eddie’s Attic
23 - Charlotte, NC - The Evening Muse
28 - Mesa, AZ - Make Weird Music HQ
30 - Whittier, CA - Whittier Theater
April
3 - San Francisco, CA - Hotel Utah
5 - Portland, OR - The Old Church Concert Hall
6 - Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
12 - Evanston, IL - Space
13 - St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill Duck Room
14 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall
18 - Quebec City, QC - TBA
19 - Montreal, QC - TBA
21 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall
VIXEN frontman Janet Gardner's official music video for the song "Candle" can be seen below. The track is taken from her self-titled debut solo album, which was released last August via Pavement Entertainment.
Gardner told Rock Pages that "Candle" is a "really heartfelt" song that she wrote about her parents. "They both passed away within a gap of two years from each other," she explained. "I was with my dad when he took his last breath and the emotional impact of that… I still feel it to this day. So that song, even though it was hard to put into words, means a lot to me."
"Janet Gardner" is a collaboration between the singer, who works days as a part-time dental hygienist, and her husband, guitarist/producer Justin James, who has previously worked with STAIND, COLLECTIVE SOUL and TYKETTO.
"It sort of happened honestly," Gardner told Billboard. "We set up a studio in our new house (in Connecticut) and we were both down there fiddling around, and eventually we started to exchange ideas. We probably had written about five songs and thought, 'This is working pretty good. What are we gonna do with this?'" Gardner and James initially thought about another group or duo name. "Then we said let's call it my solo album. Why not? I've never done one. Even though it is a really strong collaboration, let's call it that."
Gardner described her solo debut to Unrated Magazine as "a very diverse collection of music. Justin and I combined forces with hard rock influences from the last four decades," she said. " If you like the seventies, the song 'The Good Or The Bye' is the song for you. If you like the eighties, 'If You Want Me', 'Candle' and 'Hippycrite' are for you. If you like the nineties, you might dig 'Your Problem Now' and 'The Grind', but they all have a common thread that is simply our sound together."
Regarding how the songwriting process for the album compared to that in VIXEN, Gardner said: "Every creative relationship is different. Justin and I are married, so we obviously have tons of trust in one another. No one has any expectations of us, so we have a lot of freedom to do whatever we want. With VIXEN, we have an established musical style, so there is always that 'Is this right for VIXEN?' question looming over the writing process, but we have known each other for years, so it's very comfortable to present ideas."
As previously reported, Gardner is currently recovering from surgery to remove blood clots in her brain, a condition known as a subdural hematoma.
On Friday, January 12 — the day after playing a successful show with her solo band at the Whisky A Go Go in West Holywood, California — Janet was rushed to the hospital where she had to have a hole drilled into her skull to relieve the hematoma and put a titanium plate to cover the hole.
Montreal's Karkaos have released a music video for "Tyrants", off their latest offering Children Of The Void, featuring new vocalist Viky Boyer, drummer Justine Ethier (Blackguard) and lead guitarist Samael Pelletier along with collaborations with guest artists Lindsay Schoolcraft (Cradle Of Filth) and Morgan Lander (Kittie).
The bands comments: "Karkaos is extremely proud to release its new video for the song ‘Tyrants’. This new video crafted by JP Charlebois, known for his work with Ion Dissonance and Slaves On Dope, is the perfect visual vessel to bring this song to your screen by being as brutal, relentless and intricate as the song itself.
"We felt that Tyrants was the perfect song to give a second and different look to Children Of The Void. Its powerful meaning can easily be applied to our world and the weird times we all seem to be going through. We need to remember that we will always be stronger united than divided and this song is a testament to people taking the lead when our leaders couldn’t. Make sure to watch it and share it with your friends and pick up a copy of the album or some merch if you enjoyed it."
Watch the new clip below.
Children Of The Void official tracklisting:
"Babel"
"Skymaster"
"Kolossòs"
"Let The Curtain Fall"
"Pale"
"Children Of The Void"
"Rêverie"
"Tyrants"
"Where Mushrooms Grow"
"Lightbearer"
"The Beast"
"Bound By Stars"
"Tyrants" video:
"Children Of The Void" lyric video:
"Kolossòs" video:
Karkaos official 2017 lineup:
Viky Boyer - lead vocals (scream and clean)
Vincent Harnois - rythm guitar and back vocals
Justine Éthier - drums
Samael Pelletier - lead guitar
Sébastien Bélanger Lapierre - keyboard
Michel Péloquin - bass guitar
Austria's Harakiri For The Sky will release their new album, Arson, on February 16th via AOP Records with distribution from Plastichead Distribution (Europe/North America/World) and Edel (Germany/Austria/Switzerland). The band has released a video for "Heroin Waltz", available for streaming below.
"This song is not primarily about heroin or doing drugs inherently, but also about the aspiration to find warmth in life and the search for something that makes you feel complete. I think it is almost impossible to find this warmness and equanimity, as life is nothing but a continuous downward spiral. The longing is willing to abate after a few years, but the sadness will last forever." - J.J. (vocals)
Founded in 2011 in Vienna, Austria, Harakiri For The Sky has created a unique mixture of melancholy and aggression, madness and meaning, and wrapped in alternately manic/mellow songs. The band was initially begun as a studio project by Bifröst member M. S. and vocalist/lyricist J. J., and has recently been expanded to a live lineup, which has gone on to perform with the likes of A Forest of Stars, Ellende, Fäulnis, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, and Agrypnie among others, encompassing over 20 countries to date.
Arson was recorded, mixed and mastered by Daniel Fellner and follows the band’s critically celebrated 2016 album III: Trauma, which was featured on many critics’ “Best Of 2016” lists and received a nomination for the “Amadeus Austrian Music Award.”
Tracklisting:
“Fire, Walk With Me”
“The Graves We’ve Dug”
“You Are The Scars”
“Heroin Waltz”
“Tomb Omnia”
“Stillborn”
“Voidgazer”
“Manifesto” (Graveyard Lovers cover)
“You Are The Scars” lyric video:
“Tomb Omnia”:
Harakiri For The Sky has announced a European tour in the spring of 2018. The band will be supporting Dutch dark-rock band Dool and the three week excursion will take place March 2nd through March 18th, with performances in eight different countries.
January
17 - Turku, Finland - Gong
18 - Tampere, Finland - Klubi
19 - Jyväskylä, Finland - JKL Metal Festival
20 - Helsinki, Finland - Metal Crane Festival
21 - Tallinn, Estonia - Tapper
25 - Malmö, Sweden - Babel
26 - Göteborg, Sweden - Musikens hus
27 - Stockholm, Sweden - Klubben
28 - Karlstad, Sweden - Nöjesfabriken
29 - Oslo, Norway - Revolver
February
10 - Vienna, Austria - Szene Wien (Exclusive Release Arson Show)
March
2 - Essen, Germany - Turock
3 - Vosselaar, Belgium - Biebob Concerts
5 - Nantes, France - Le Ferrailleur - Café Concert
6 - Paris, France - O’Sullivans Backstage
7 - Colmar, France - Legrillen Grillen
8 - Aarau, Switzerland - KIFF
9 - Pavia, Italy - DAGDA Live Club
10 - San Donà di Piave, Italy - Revolver Club
12 - Budapest, Hungary - A38 Hajó
13 - Kraków, Poland - Klub Alchemia
14 - Magdeburg, Germany - Factory
15 - Erfurt, Germany - Club From Hell
16 - Berlin, Germany - Roadrunners Rock & Motor Club
17 - Mannheim, Germany - MS Connexion Complex
18 - Tilburg, Netherlands - Poppodium 013
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