Instrumental four-piece Tides From Nebula have finished work on their video for the song "The Lifter”, the second single from the brand new album Safehaven which has been released on May 6th via Long Branch Records.
"Safehaven is our 4th release and we are extremely happy to share it with our fans", states the band. "In the past we have worked with acclaimed producers who taught us so much that this time we felt we were ready to take that task upon ourselves. The creative process was smooth and spontaneous similarly to when we were writing our debut album 'Aura'. We are sure that you will be able to hear it all: honesty, darkness, experience and energy."
Swedish melodic metal band Narnia is finally back for the metal attack. Celebrating 20 years as a band, they are back with a brand new studio album, scheduled for worldwide release on September 16th.
Today, the first single “Reaching For The Top”, taken from the upcoming seventh studio album. entitled Narnia, hits the market, together with a promo video produced by Mats Vassfjord (Grand Design & 220 Volt). Watch below:
On the new self-titled album, Narnia revisits their melodic roots but with an updated sound, creating a perfect blend; a powerful production by CJ Grimmark, mixed and mastered by Thomas “Plec” Johansson.
During the years Narnia has been established as one of the leading forces in melodic, neoclassical metal, with a strong reputation of being a great live act that always delivers. And so it continues.. The fans are asking for more and the band is hungrier than ever.
Narnia tour dates:
August
19 - Hope Night Festival - Sävsjö, Sweden
September
23 - Scenen Sofiehof Underjord - Jönköping, Sweden
24 - Nalen Klubb (Alcazar) - Stockholm, Sweden
25 - iNTiMAN - Västerås, Sweden
November
5 - Blast Of Eternity - Neckarsulm, Germany
11 - Brainstorm Festival - Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Narnia lineup:
Christian Liljegren – Vocals
CJ Grimmark – Guitars, keyboards & backing vocals
Andreas “Habo” Johansson – Drums
Martin Härenstam – Keyboards
Andreas Passmark – Bass
Norwegian progressive metal band Withem release their new album, The Unforgiving Road, today (June 3rd). Check out their new video for the album track “Exit”, streaming below:
Withem are inspired by the likes of Symphony X, Pagan's Mind, Dream Theater and Circus Maximus, concentrating heavily on melodic, memorable hooks, but still with plenty of stunning and virtuoso instrumental sections. The band debuted with The Point Of You in 2013, gathering excellent reviews from several music websites, blogs and magazines from all over the world. The release was followed by European touring with Pagan’s Mind, Circus Maximus and Seventh Wonder, and performances at both ProgPower USA and ProgPower Oslo, always with an extremely positive reception.
The new album, The Unforgiving Road sees the band perfecting their style. Withem’s gripping, melody-driven songs avoid the clichés and pitfalls of overly dramatic instrumental sections and sheer senseless complexity and instead centre on creative interplay between the musicians, while the unique vocal range of Ole Aleksander Wagenius gives the band a distinctive touch. Just like the debut album, The Unforgiving Road was produced and mixed by guitarist Øyvind Voldmo Larsen at his own Lionheart Studio, boasting powerful and bombastic production values with plenty of moments for the listener to notice the most subtle intricate parts of the songs.
"The Unforgiving Road is a the culmination of almost a year worth of composing, recording and producing. We didn't want to rush things after the first album, to avoid the usual pitfalls of "sophomore albums," says Withem guitar player and producer Oyvind Larsen. "The challenges we encountered while writing and recording can only be matched with how rewarding it feels after everything is set and done!"
"Øyvind once again took the helm for most of the composition and the whole scope of recording, mixing and producing, and we can't wait to hear everyone's reactions after they listen to the end result," adds new bassist Miguel Pereira. "We are looking forward to start promoting The Unforgiving Road with live shows right after the album is out, and meet all our friends and fans throughout the world."
The Unforgiving Road tracklisting:
“…Intro”
“Exit”
“In The Hands Of A God”
“The Pain I Collected”
“Riven”
“C'est La Vie”
“The Eye In The Sky”
“Arrhythmia”
“In My Will”
“Unaffected Love”
“Outro…”
“The Eye In The Sky”:
“In The Hands Of A God”:
“Arrhythmia”:
“The Pain I Collected” lyric video:
Withem lineup:
Ole Aleksander Wagenius - Vocals
Frank Nordeng Røe - Drums
Øyvind Voldmo Larsen - Guitar
Miguel Pereira – Bass
Stockholm’s death ’n‘ rollers Jesus Chrüsler Supercar released their new album, 35 Supersonic, through Rodeostar Records back in March. Now the band have released a video for the track “Let It Roll”.
35 Supersonic album details follow…
Tracklisting:
“Let It Roll”
“From Hell”
“I Can Get It”
“Backfire”
“Digging My Grave”
“Down, Down, Down”
“Death Street 16”
“For Sale For Satan”
“Eternity‘s Cold Black Night”
“Feed The Flies”
“I Gotta Go”
“From Hell” video:
Tour dates:
July
15 - Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany - Dong Open Air
August
4-6 - Wacken, Germany - Wacken Open Air
7 - Bremen, Germany - Modernes (with Clutch)
9 - Malmö, Sweden - Kulturbolaget (with Clutch)
10 - Helsinki, Finland - Circus (with Clutch)
16 - Bochum, Germany - Zeche (with Clutch)
17 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Den Atelier (with Clutch)
Blues Pills will release their second album, Lady In Gold, on August 5th. The band have released a music video for the album’s title track. The video was directed by Johan Bååth (Avatarium, Dregen) who is best known for his work with cult director Jonas Åkerlund, and shot by well known Backyard Babies drummer Peder Carlsson.
"We shot the video for “Lady In Gold” in Stockholms skärgård (what is like an old castle) with the amazing team around Johan Bååth," commented singer Elin Larsson. "The idea behind the video is to visualize the “Lady In Gold” in all the different ways she can come. She can be that beautiful young woman or a scary old witch. It was a lot of fun and super exciting to jump into these different roles and characters. The whole team did a great job and it was a pleasure to work with all these talented people. Clothes and design was made by Anna Bonnevier and make up and hair by Cecilia Lidén. We all hope you will enjoy the video."
The Lady In Gold album will contain 10 brand new tracks (see full tracklisting below).
Bassist, founding member and main songwriter Zach Anderson comments: "The design comes from the dutch artist Marijke Koger-Dunham who already worked with us for the first album cover. We are super proud to have the opportunity to work with such a legendary artist who has even worked with The Beatles, Cream and many more. The original design was made by her 50 years ago. We worked together to adapt the colors to fit the mood of the album. Hopefully our fans will like it as much as we do."
Commented singer Elin Larsson on the choice of the album's title: "Lady Gold is a character who symbolizes death. We wanted a twist on the typical stereotype of death being the grim reaper. So instead we made her a lady in gold."
Tracklisting:
“Lady In Gold”
“Little Boy Preacher”
“Burned Out”
“I Felt A Change”
“Gone So Long”
“Bad Talkers”
“You Gotta Try”
“Won’t Go Back”
“Rejection”
“Elements And Things”
Just as its successful predecessor Lady In Gold was once again produced by Don Alsterberg (Graveyard, Division Of Laura Lee, José González, Jerry Williams). More info to be revealed soon.
According to The Pulse Of Radio, A DAY TO REMEMBER has announced that its new studio album, "Bad Vibrations", will be released on August 19. The LP's title track, along with an accompanying music video, has also been posted online. This follows up a stand-alone single, "Paranoia", which was released earlier this year as a way to whet fans' appetites.
Singer Jeremy McKinnon told The Pulse Of Radio it's no accident that A DAY TO REMEMBER has been off the scene for a bit. "We took a lot of time off," he said. "I kind of needed it, to be honest with you. I was working with a lot of bands, like producing records on our off time, so I would have none and everybody else in the band would have a lot. And they're just like ready to go back and here I am, 'Oh my God, I'm burnt out!' So the guys were cool to me and let me take some time off, and it's actually been really good for us. So if you see us in the next year or two, we're gonna be way better than the last eight years."
"Bad Vibrations" is A DAY TO REMEMBER's sixth studio effort and follows up 2013's "Common Courtesy". McKinnon told Loudwire about making the new record: "We completely changed the way we wrote, recorded and mixed this album. It was one of the most unique recording experiences we've ever had. We rented a cabin in the mountains 30 minutes outside of town and just wrote together in a room, which was the polar opposite of the last three albums we've made."
"Bad Vibrations" track listing:
01. Bad Vibrations02. Paranoia03. Naivety04. Exposed05. Bullfight06. Reassemble07. Justified08. We Got This09. Same About You10. Turn Off The Radio11. Forgive And Forget
You can catch A DAY TO REMEMBER on tour alongside BLINK-182, ALL TIME LOW and the ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS this summer. The trek kicks off on July 22 in San Diego.
Recognized globally as one of the most prolific drummers in metal, Joey Jordison and his new band Vimic - Kalen Chase (vocals), Jed Simon (Guitar/Vocals), Kyle Konkiel (Bass/Vocals) and Matt Tarach (Keyboards) - have revealed “My Fate”. The latest track to be released off Vimic’s forthcoming debut LP, Open Your Omen, “My Fate” is streaming below via an official music video directed by Max Moore, and available today at all DSPs.
“My Fate” follows Vimic’s previously released tracks “She Sees Everything” and “Simple Skeletons”. All three tracks are taken from the band’s debut LP, Open Your Omen, which is set to arrive later this year on Roadrunner Records.
“She Sees Everything” is accompanied by a Jeremy Danger and Travis Shinn directed music video featuring the first live performance footage of Vimic.
Earlier this month, Jordison spoke with Sirius XM’s Liquid Metal host José Mangin about forming Vimic and the significance of the band’s forthcoming album. “I decided that I really wanted to start fresh. I did not want to keep rehashing some old ideas, if I’m going to keep going I really want to break loose, wipe the slate clean and start fresh,” Jordison stated. “We went into the studio with (producer) Kato Khandwala and started hashing it out… kind of old school. We went in and said, ‘let’s just go back to being in the studio, jamming as a band, getting together with our instruments… and just creating from the ground up. That was one of the coolest things about creating this record.”
Recorded at Sound Farm Studios in Jamaica, Iowa, Open Your Omen was produced, mixed and mastered by Kato Khandwala whose production and engineering credits include My Chemical Romance, Blondie, Breaking Benjamin, Paramore, The Pretty Reckless and more.
The career of Joey Jordison is one that, by any measure, stands among the most creative, and impressive in the history of modern American metal. It is a career that really has been many careers – musician, songwriter, and producer – from small town beginnings to global prominence. Jordison’s journey has included an extraordinary string of hits, 11 platinum and 40 gold records, and a Grammy Award as well as numerous industry accolades for his top tier musicianship and, above all, an immeasurable influence on countless fellow artists and passionate fans around the world.
Queen + Adam Lambert are back out on the road, rocking across Europe this summer. The band launched their summer season on May 20th at Rock In Rio in Lisbon, Portugal. Check out video of the band performing “Don’t Stop Me Now”, below:
Queen + Adam Lambert summer festival tour dates include:
June
3 - Kaissaniemi Park - Helsinki, Finland
5 - Tallinn’s Song Festival Grounds - Talinn, Estonia
9 - Sweden Rock Festival - Sweden
12 - The Isle Of Wight Festival - UK
15 - Palais 12 - Belgium
17 - Rock Am Ring - Switzerland
19 - Life Festival - Poland
21 - Constitutiei Square - Bucharest, Romania
23 - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium - Bulgaria
25 - Anfiteatro Camerini Piazzola Sul Brenta - Padua, Italy
US thrash veterans Flotsam And Jetsam have released a video for “Life Is A Mess”, a track from their new self-titled studio album, which entered the official album charts in Germany (#46; the band's best ever result) and the US (#192 Billboard Top 200, #50 Billboard Independent Charts, #47 Hard Music Charts, #41 Alternative Album Charts, #21 Current Hard Music Charts, #11 Top New Artist Charts).
FeMetal TV was on the set for the video shoot, and posted this behind-the-scenes/interview footage.
Flotsam And Jetsam album details follow…
Tracklisting:
“Seventh Seal”
“Life Is A Mess”
“Taser”
“Iron Maiden”
“Verge Of Tragedy”
“Creeper”
“L.O.T.D.”
“The Incantation”
“Monkey Wrench”
“Time To Go”
“Smoking Gun”
“Forbidden Territories”
“Time To Go” lyric video:
“Iron Maiden” lyric video:
German metal legends Destruction will join forces with Flotsam And Jetsam, Enforcer, and Nervosa for the Europe Under Attack 2016 tour, set to launch in Switzerland in September.
Flotsam And Jetsam comments: “This tour is going to be an absolute thrash fest! Flotsam And Jetsam is honoured to support the legendary Destruction, one of the strongest thrash bands to ever come out of Europe. We can t think of anything better for this fall than getting back to our friends and fans in Europe for a month, hitting the stage and the streets with Schmier, Mike, and Vaaver, the Enforcer crew, and Fernanda and the women of Nervosa, night after night. If that doesn't sound like trouble, we don't know what does!”
Confirmed tour dates, with more to be announced, currently include:
September
15 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
16 - Munich, Germany - Backstage
17 - Brescia, Italy - Circolo Colony
18 - Ludwigsburg, Germany - Rockfabrik
21 - Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
22 - Grenoble, France - La Belle Electrique
23 - Marseille, France - Le Moulin
24 - Toulouse, France - Metronum
25 - Barcelona, Spain - Razz2
27 - Sevilla, Spain - Custom
28 - Lisabon, Portugal - RCA Club
29 - Porto, Portugal - Hard Club
30 - Madrid, Spain - Arena
October
1 - Bilbao, Spain - Santana 27
2 - Paris, France - La Machine
4 - Glasgow, Scotland - Audio
5 - Dublin, Ireland - Voodoo Lounge
6 - Manchester Club Academy
7 - London, England - Underworld
8 - Rjissen, Netherlands - Lucky
9 - Drachten, Netherlands - Indua
11 - Prag, Czech Republic - Storm Club
12 - Nürnberg, Germany - Hirsch
13 - Siegburg, Germany - Kubana
14 - Dornbirn, Austria - Conrad Sohm
15 - Hasselt, Belgium - Muziekodroom
16 - Mannheim, Germany - 7er Club
Flotsam and Jetsam is:
Eric “AK” Knutson - vocals
Steve Conley - guitars
Michael Gilbert - guitars
Michael Spencer - bass
Jason Bittner- drums
Castle has released a video for “Hammer And The Cross”, a track from their upcoming fourth full-length, Welcome To The Graveyard, out on July 15th via Ván Records worldwide.
Directed by Jaan Silmberg of Pistoltrixx, "Hammer And The Cross" was shot north of Toronto, Ontario while the band was between recording and mixing sessions for Welcome To The Graveyard.
"The song “Hammer And The Cross” commands a lot of space and we wanted to find a location to match its starkness," elaborates vocalist Elizabeth Blackwell of the clip. "We filmed the video at an old, abandoned dairy farm north of Toronto in the middle of February in Canada. The cold, swirling imagery is a perfect complement to the hypnotic doomy sounds of the song. It was a successful collaboration with our director and a lot of fun to make."
Welcome To The Graveyard, the follow up to 2014's Under Siege, was recorded by Billy Anderson (Sleep, Neurosis, Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth, Eyehategod, Ommadon) at Type Foundry Studios in Portland, Oregon this past winter.
Comprised of eight tracks written over the last year, Welcome To The Graveyard sees Castle merging their doom-powered riffing with soaring 1970s rock. The album features a new level of confident songwriting and is a creepy-crawl through the wastelands of the band's new Los Angeles' home. The perfect soundtrack for a Hollywood cult initiation, the record is a hard-boiled barrage of classic heavy metal riffery tempered with blasts of melodic orchestrated doom.
Elizabeth Blackwell's haunted vocal style draws a sigil of death and madness - envision the Wilson sisters singing hymns from the stygian void, while lyrically Castle adapt the stark and compelling vistas of Aleister Crowley's Amphora for the song "Traitors Rune" and Eliphas Levi's Transcendental Magic, whose mystic rumination inspiresthe lyrical backdrop for the lead-off single "Flash Of The Pentagram," currently streaming below.
Tracklisting:
“Black Widow”
“Hammer And The Cross”
“Welcome To The Graveyard”
“Veil Of Death”
“Flesh Of The Pentagram”
“Traitors Rune”
“Down In The Cauldron Bog”
“Natural Parallel”
“Flash Of The Pentagram”:
Flash of the Pentagram by Castle
Castle’s live takeover includes a three-week run of tour dates around their appearance at the Maryland Doom Fest on June 24th, followed by a month-long headlining trek beginning July 17th and running through August 20th. From there, the band will take a week-long breather before heading to the streets again for a month's worth of Canadian dates through September 29th.
Tour dates:
June
15 - Yucca Tap - Phoenix, AZ
16 - The Sandbox - El Paso, TX
17 - Paper Tiger - San Antonio, TX
18 - Rudyards - Houston, TX
19 - Siberia - New Orleans, LA
20 - New World Brewery - Tampa, FL
21 - Burro Bar - Jacksonville, FL
22 - The Jinx - Savannah, GA
23 - Reggies - Wilmington, NC
24 - Maryland Doom Fest - Frederick, MD
25 - Ace of Cups - Columbus, OH
26 - 5th Quarter - Indianapolis, IN
27 - Skeletunes - Ft. Wayne, IN
28 - Vaudeville - Des Moines, IA
29 - O'Leaver's - Omaha, NE
30 - Flux Capacitor - Colorado Springs, CO
July
1 - Metro Bar - Salt Lake City, UT
2 - Chateau le Punk - Las Vegas, NV
17 - Slidebar - Fullerton, CA #
19 - Mission Tobacco - Riverside, CA #
20 - Elbo Room - San Francisco, CA #
21 - Hi Water Mark - Portland, OR #
22 - Funhouse - Seattle, WA #
23 - The Palace Lounge - Missoula, MT #
24 - Railyard - Billings, MT #
26 - Reggies - Chicago, IL *
27 - High Noon Saloon - Madison, WI *
28 - Franks Power Plant - Milwaukee, WI *
29 - Shakespeare Pub - Kalamazoo, MI *
30 - Corktown Tavern - Detroit, MI *
31 - Howlers - Pittsburgh, PA *^
August
1 - Now That's Class - Cleveland, OH ^
2 - Rockin Buffalo Saloon - Buffalo, NY ^
3 - Geno's - Portland, ME ^ w/ Hessian
4 - Ralph's - Worcester, MA ^ w/ Pilgrim
5 - Acheron - Brooklyn, NY ^ w/ Pilgrim
6 - The Fire - Philadelphia, PA ^ w/ Pilgrim
7 - TBA - Washington, DC
8 - Riffhouse Pub - Chesapeake, VA
9 - Pilot Light - Knoxville, TN
10 - The End - Nashville, TN
11 - Vino's - Little Rock, AR
12 - The Grotto - Ft. Worth, TX
13 - The Lost Well - Austin, TX
14 - The Elbow Room - Wichita, KS
16 - The Underground - Santa Fe, NM
17 - The Launchpad - Albuquerque, NM
18 - Flycatcher - Tucson, AZ
19 - The Merrow - San Diego, CA
20 - The Complex - Los Angeles, CA
27 - Doom Over T.O. Fest - Toronto, ON
September
7 - Katacombes - Montreal, PQ
8 - Envol at Macadam Fest - Quebec City, PQ
9 - Panic Room - St. John, NB
10 - Gus Pub - Halifax, NS
11 - Baba's - Charlottetown, PEI
12 - Capitol Complex - Fredericton, NB
13 - Ti-Petac - Trois Rivieres, PQ
14 - House Of Targ - Ottawa, ON
16 - Black Pirates Pub - Thunder Bay, ON
17 - King's Hotel - Winnipeg, MB
18 - TBA - Saskatoon, SK
19 - Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB
20 - Fernando's - Kelowna, BC
21 - The Office Pub - Kamloops, BC
22 - Funky Winkerbeans - Vancouver, BC
23 - Logans Pub - Victoria, BC
24 - Palomino - Calgary, AB
26 - The Club - Regina, SK
28 - New American - Sault Ste. Marie, ON
29 - Call The Office - London, ON
High-energy Miami noise rock quartet, Wrong, have released an official video for the track “Entourage”, featured on their self-titled debut full-length, out now via Relapse Records.
After steamrolling onto the scene in 2014 with their promising debut EP and unrelenting live show (and featuring former members of Torche and Kylesa amongst their ranks), Wrong play Helmet / Unsane inspired heavy noise rock for a new millennium. The band signed with Relapse Records in the summer of 2015, after they made waves on their first North American tour with now-labelmates Torche and Nothing.
The official "short film" for the new SHINEDOWN song "Asking For It" can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's fifth studio album, "Threat To Survival", which debuted at No. 6 on The Billboard 200 album chart, selling 65,000 copies in its first week of release.
Commented SHINEDOWN singer Brent Smith: "There are many elements that go into making a SHINEDOWN video. So what we decided to do on the latest installment in the SHINEDOWN catalogue was have as much fun as possible.
"The video for 'Asking For It' is more of a skit/short than a music video.
"Working with longtime friend and director Darren Doane is always an adventure.
"We collectively wanted to do something completely original and different for us and our audience. With the help of our management at In De Goot Entertainment and our esteemed record company, Atlantic Records, we feel that we've done just that..."
Brent previously told the WGRD radio station about "Asking For It": "It's a unique track on the record because it was the very first song that was written for what came to be 'Threat To Survival', and normally during the writing process, we'll write a lot of songs before we go in to record what the album is going to be — anywhere from between forty and upwards of sixty songs sometimes. 'Asking For It' just kind of held on through the all of the other sessions. It always felt like the opening song to the record, and it is the opening song to the album.
"As far as subject matter, it's pretty straight forward: be careful of the toes that you step on in life, because they may be the attached to the ass that you have to kiss later on. It just means be careful how you treat people, basically, and don't be a jerk.
"As far as sonically, it's a very classic punk rock style song. I kind of borrowed a little bit from CHEAP TRICK and Billy Joel…"
"Threat To Survival" was the third SHINEDOWN album to enter the chart in the Top 10, following "Amaryllis" and 2008's "The Sound Of Madness", which debuted at No. 8.
Frontiers Music Srl will release JORN's new album, "Heavy Rock Radio", on June 3.
One of the greatest rock singers of our time, Jorn Lande returns with a unique album of covers of classics from artists and bands that have meant something special to him, and helped forge this talented man's own unique style.
The official video for Jorn's version of "Hotel California", which was originally recorded by the EAGLES, can be seen below.
Through Jorn's extensive career, which includes more than 40 albums of mostly original songs, he has also recorded great versions of several rock classics such as THIN LIZZY's "Are You Ready", UFO's "On And On", DEEP PURPLE's "Perfect Strangers", and many more. Jorn also recorded a successful Ronnie James Dio tribute album, released in 2010. Every song JORN covers is treated with the utmost respect and "Jorn-ized" accordingly. A good example is his heavy sounding version of "I Walk Alone", first released by Tarja Turunen (ex-NIGHTWISH).
"Heavy Rock Radio" is not an ordinary album of cover songs; it is truly a songbook of hits. Featured — among others — are great versions of the EAGLES' "Hotel California" and Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill", which gets the Jorn style treatment to become very powerful and epic, without losing its commercial touch. More great classics included are John Farnham's "You're The Voice", QUEEN's "Killer Queen", and two absolute melodic rock evergreen gems in JOURNEY's "Don't Stop Believin'" and FOREIGNER's "Rev On The Red Line".
The original concept of the album was to create a sort of jukebox of radio hits, but to avoid leaning too much on the pop side of rock, JORN decided to blend the track listing with a few more up tempo rock tracks as well, such as "The Final Frontier" by IRON MAIDEN ("probably the closest you get to anything commercial with IRON MAIDEN," says Jorn), "Live To Win" by Paul Stanley (a song which was also featured on the popular television series "South Park"), and a few hard rock classics show up as well from DEEP PURPLE ("Stormbringer"), DIO ("Rainbow In The Dark") and BLACK SABBATH ("Die Young") to complete the mix.
Jorn says: "The most important thing was to treat these songs with respect towards the original versions. My goal was always to think that the original artist would be honored and find my version relevant. At the same time, my intention was never to try to compete with the original song and artist, but make it a strong alternative version to enjoy. At the same time, it is a well-deserved homage to these artists and bands who influenced me strongly, and I have wanted to record these songs for quite some time but was always too busy writing and recording my own songs to make it happen. Originally, I had a list of 40-50 songs I wanted to do, but I had to strip it down to about 15 songs before deciding on the final tracklist. This means that there are some unfinished business musically, and I will most likely record more of these songs in the future."
Since releasing the critically acclaimed Dracula "Swing Of Death" album last year, Jorn has also been working on an album of brand new songs, which will be the follow-up to the 2013 JORN album "Traveller", to be released in early 2017.
Jorn's catalogue is getting too long to include in brief press statements, and his innovative and creative skills have led to him selling millions of albums worldwide and being a frequent entry on sales charts around the world, including Billboard. Worth a mention is his years with MASTERPLAN, with whom he recorded three albums. Claimed to be the biggest selling Norwegian musical export, since the pop band A-HA, Jorn continues his rock crusade, and there are no signs of him slowing down yet.
The title "Heavy Rock Radio" came quite naturally, as the sound of this album feels like if it's tailor made for any rock radio station, and while Jorn's voice can be enjoyed on more than 40 albums in different rock and metal styles, this record is a special treat which will tide over all the fans waiting for the new original album which is being worked on at the moment.
"Heavy Rock Radio" track listing includes:
01. I Know There's Something Going On02. Running Up That Hill03. Rev On The Red Line04. You're The Voice05. Live To Win06. Don't Stop Believin'07. Killer Queen08. Hotel California09. Rainbow In The Dark10. The Final Frontier11. Stormbringer12. Die Young
Recording lineup:
Jorn Lande: VocalsTrond Holter: GuitarFrancesco Iovino: DrumsThomas Bekkevold: BassAlessandro Del Vecchio: Keyboards
Except as follows:
"Rainbow in the Dark"
Jimmy Iversen and Tore Moren - guitarNic Angileri - bassWilly Bendiksen - drums
"The Devil Strikes Again", the new Ivan K. Maras-directed video from German metallers RAGE, can be seen below. The song is the title track of the band's new album, which will be released on June 10 via Nuclear Blast (July 8 in the U.S. through Metalville). The CD was recorded in September/October 2015 at Megafon Studios (Burscheid, Germany) and at Soundchaser Studios (Zandhoven, Belgium). The production was handled by Marcos Rodriguez and Peter "Peavy" Wagner, while Dan Swanö (MARDUK, OPETH, DISSECTION, KATATONIA) took care of the mixing and mastering at Unisound Studios (Grefrath, Germany). The cover artwork was created by Karim König.
Commented RAGE bassist/vocalist Peavy Wagner: "This is actually related to the song 'Sent By The Devil' from the 'Black In Mind' album of ’95. Also the text deals with some evil obsessions that take control over your life more and more to the point when you cannot resist any longer, have a deep look into yourself and you will understand. And of course the composition brings up some reminiscences without just copying."
"The Devil Strikes Again" will be made available as a 3CD digipack (limited to 1,000 copies; Nuclear Blast mailorder exclusive), 2CD digipack, and 2LP (black, white). All editions contain six bonus tracks (including three cover versions: "Bravado" by RUSH, "Slave To The Grind" by SKID ROW and "Open Fire" by Y&T). The 3CD digipack also features a bonus live CD from the latest European tour with HELLOWEEN.
"The Devil Strikes Again" track listing:
3CD digipack
CD1
01. The Devil Strikes Again02. My Way03. Back On Track04. The Final Curtain05. War06. Ocean Full Of Tears07. Deaf, Dumb And Blind08. Spirits Of The Night09. Times Of Darkness10. The Dark Side Of The Sun
Bonus CD
01. Bring Me Down02. Into The Fire03. Requiem04. Bravado (RUSH cover)05. Slave To The Grind (SKID ROW cover)06. Open Fire (Y&T cover)
Bonus Live CD
2CD digipack
CD1
01. The Devil Strikes Again02. My Way03. Back On Track04. The Final Curtain05. War06. Ocean Full Of Tears07. Deaf, Dumb And Blind08. Spirits Of The Night09. Times Of Darkness10. The Dark Side Of The Sun
Bonus CD
01. Bring Me Down02. Into The Fire03. Requiem04. Bravado (RUSH cover)05. Slave To The Grind (SKID ROW cover)06. Open Fire (Y&T cover)
2LP (Bonus Vinyl 45 RPM!)
Side A
01. The Devil Strikes Again02. My Way03. Back On Track04. The Final Curtain05. War
Side B
01. Ocean Full Of Tears02. Deaf, Dumb And Blind03. Spirits Of The Night04. Times Of Darkness05. The Dark Side Of The Sun
Side C (Bonus)
01. Bring Me Down02. Into The Fire03. Requiem
Side D (Bonus)
01. Bravado (RUSH cover)02. Slave To The Grind (SKID ROW cover)03. Open Fire (Y&T cover)
RAGE released a four-track EP on January 22 to coincide with the band's tour with HELLOWEEN.
"My Way" contained four tracks, including two re-recorded versions of songs from RAGE's 1995 album "Black In Mind" and a brand-new song in both English and Spanish.
"My Way" was the first RAGE release to feature the band's latest additions, Marcos Rodriguez (guitar) and Vassilios Maniatopoulos (drums)
Marcos Rodriguez was born in Venezuela and currently resides in Antwerpen, Belgium. The guitarist is a die-hard fan of RAGE who met Peavy on RAGE's 30th-anniversary tour when his band SOUNDCHASER provided support on parts of the trek. Vassilios "Lucky" Maniatopoulos has so far primarily made an appearance as the vocalist of the band TRI STATE CORNER. However, the former drum student and drum technician of former RAGE and current TRI STATE CORNER/REFUGE drummer Christos Efthimiadis is also longtime friend of Peavy's.
Cleveland quintet RINGWORM will release its eighth full-length album, "Snake Church", on July 29 via Relapse.
After having converted metalheads and hardcore fans alike with their intense, no-holds-barred live shows and consistently punishing albums over the course of the last 25-plus years, RINGWORM once again prove that they are in a league of their own when it comes to face-breaking sonic fury.
Recorded and produced by Ben Schigel (CHIMAIRA, ZAO) at Spider Studios and mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (NAILS, XIBALBA, BLACK BREATH), "Snake Church" obliterates the listener and never relents, leaving nothing but bile and bone in its wake.
Watch the official music video for the title track, "Snake Church", below.
Ever since emerging from the Cleveland metal underground, RINGWORM has garnered the immediate attention of hardcore and metal fans.
RINGWORM displays an awesome ferocity in the power of its instruments, and vocalist the James "Human Furnace" Bulloch uses his voice as a tool to extract the diabolical nature of anyone who hears it.
The band has toured with dozens of prominent metal and hardcore acts over the years, ranging from HATEBREED and CONVERGE to GOATWHORE, NAPALM DEATH, VOIVOD and EYEHATEGOD.
"Snake Church" track listing:
01. Snake Church02. Brotherhood Of The Midnight Sun03. Fear The Silence04. The Black Light Of A Living Ghost05. Destroy Or Create06. Shades Of Blue07. Innocent Blood08. The Apparition09. Believer10. The Razor And The Knife11. Angel Of War12. Temple Of The Wolves
On June 1st, Dutch metal band, My Propane, will release their brand new single “Waves”, accompanied by a music video shot during the recording session. The video introduces new guitarist Jord Otto (Revamp) and marks the beginning of a new chapter for the band, with a no-nonsense and aggressive sound. “Waves” will be available on all digital platforms (Spotify, iTunes, etc). Watch the video below:
“Waves” is the first work released since their debut album, Modern Violent Gentleman (2013), and is again produced by partner in crime Joost Van Den Broek (Epica, After Forever, Mayan). My Propane is scheduled to enter the studio with him later this summer to record their second album.
After having toured together with Evergrey, Stream Of Passion and ReVamp, My Propane has begun to build a reputation for a personal take on modern metal, bombastic live shows and a penchant for irony. The new album is scheduled for release in early 2017.
"Time To Run", the new video from Dutch metallers IZEGRIM, can be seen below. The clip was filmed in Belgium in cooperation with Panda Productions under the supervision of Jens de Vos, who has previously helmed videos for ABORTED and EPICA. The song's lyrical theme deals with a deranged murderer brutally killing people at random for no reason.
IZEGRIM vocalist/lyricist Marloes comments: "It represents a stunning and powerful hell-ride into the gruesome depths of my freaky mind. The victims' faces are just pictures on the wall to me."
"Time To Run" is taken from IZEGRIM's latest album, "The Ferryman's End", which was released on April 15 via Listenable.
Recorded at the prestigious Soundlodge studio in Germany, the ferocious new CD is the follow-up to the band's previous full-length releases, "Code Of Consequences" and "Congress Of The Insane".
Many bands are said not being able to top their earlier albums. "The Ferryman's End" proves that wrong in a very brutal manner, taking the catchy components of what made the band so successfully murderous on record as well as in the live environment and developing them further into extremely punishing barbarity.
IZEGRIM guitarist Jeroen comments: "With this new album, we aimed for more catchy songs, to-thepoint songwriting, agression, viciousness and on top of that a better production. We went 'back to basics,' essentially to incorporate better structure and more power than ever before. This album sounds massive and most certainly a punch right in your face."
Lyrically, Marloes steps into the shoes of a twisted and insane main character sitting on death row waiting to be executed. Every individual song is a journey further into the sick and disturbed brain of the murderer. During the very last act of terror, the Ferryman gets killed, leaving all souls of his victims to dwell forever.
Artwork duties were handled by Eliran Kantor (TESTAMENT, SATAN, HATEBREED, SOULFLY).
"The Ferryman's End" track listing:
01. White Walls02. Time To Run03. Endless Desire04. The Evil Within05. Absolute Necessity06. Reclaim My Identity07. Insanity Is Freedom08. Reflection Of Redemption09. Through A Glass Darkly10. Lost In Tranquillity11. The Ferrymans End
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