German metallers, Varg, have premiered a video for the song "Streyfzug", a track from their new album, Das Ende Aller Lügen, available via Napalm Records.
With their fifth album, Varg prove that offense is often the best defense – and how impulsivity and unpredictability always makes the best generals. In this battle you will need the best and only the best, those who surreptitiously allure one into the trap, but are also open minded for the frontal attack. In this battle you need the brute force that is called Varg, and this force alone.
Tracklisting:
“Der große Diktator”
“Das Ende aller Lügen”
“Revolution”
“Streyfzug”
“Achtung”
“Dunkelheit”
“Totentanz”
“Einherjer”
“Wintersturm”
“Ascheregen”
“Streyfzug” video:
"Achtung" video:
German and English versions of the music video for “Dunkelheit” are streaming below:
Slovakia's Wastage are a brutal blend of thrash, hardcore and metalcore with no-nonsense lyrics about the dystopian society we live in. Featuring former members of Xibalba, Stone Cold Bitch, Eternity and The Weed, Wastage released their debut album worldwide last October via Sliptrick Records. Now the band have released a music video for the album cut “No Way Out”. Check it out below.
Slave To The System tracklisting:
“Away From Darkness”
“Slave To The System”
“Game”
“No Way Out”
“Ham-Let”
“You Can’t Stop”
“Right Now”
“I Walk Alone”
“Nobody”
“Let Me Go”
“Confidence”
Swiss death metal horde, Omophagia, have released a video for the track “Down We Fall”, featured on their upcoming album, In The Name Of Chaos. Watch below:
Omophagia is the latest addition to Unique Leader Records' expanding roster of extreme metal.
Comments the band in a collective statement, "We couldn't be happier about the fact that we just signed a label contract with Unique Leader Records for the next few Omophagia album. It's an absolute dream come true and we feel honoured to be part of that specific label which brought out so many bands we love. It's been our absolute first choice and we are very glad that Unique Leader is putting enough trust in us to sign us. We are looking forward to a great cooperation over the next few years."
Omophagia, a name relating to the consumption of raw flesh, will unleash their eleven-track, sophomore release In The Name Of Chaos on April 15th. The record was tracked at the band's own studio in Switzerland, mixed and mastered at Hertz Studio in Poland (Decapitated, Vader, Behemoth, Hate etc.) and promises to be their fastest, heaviest and most brutal output to date.
Tracklisting:
“Intro”
“Willing Whore”
“Man Machine”
“Until The Sky Turns Red”
“The Leader”
“Despair”
“The Dominant”
“Love Song”
“Down We Fall”
“Wheel In The Engine”
“Instramentalized”
In conjunction with its release, Omophagia will bring their sonic savagery to the stage on a near-two-week run of European live abrasions supporting Morgoth, Incantation and DarkRise.
Spanish thrash squadron Crisis has released a new video for “Strange”, taken from their new album From Blue To Black, set for North American release on April 15th via Listenable Records.
Crisix comment on the video: "'Strange' was the first track that we composed and possibly the song that made From Blue To Black as it is. That's why we chose 'Strange' to be the first contact with the album." The seventh song on From Blue to Black, "Strange" consolidates all of Crisix's characteristics: quality, mosh-friendly thrash metal fusing the modern and the traditional with catchy grooves and a strong message.”
Formed in Barcelona, Spain in 2008, Crisix have gone from fearsome youthful talented thrash metallers winning the Wacken Metal Battle contest in 2009, being voted as best Spanish upcoming band in Rock Zone magazine for their debut album The Menace (2011), to one of the most revered new European powerhouse in the thrash metal genre.
The band’s new album, From Blue To Black, showcases the band's catchiest, most powerful, devastating material. Although not celebrating a multifaceted metal, Crisix inject such crisp ,velocity and entertainment that it results in a departure from a well worn thrash metal format.
From Blue To Black tracklisting:
“Conspiranoia”
“Journey Through The Fire”
“G.M.M. (The Great Metal Motherfucker)”
“T-Terror Era”
“Psycho Crisix World”
“From Blue To Black”
“Strange”
“Five As One”
“Fallen”
Minneapolis outfit After The Burial have released an official music video for “Collapse”, from their new album, Dig Deep, out now via Sumerian Records.
Dig Deep was recorded at Graphic Nature Audio in New Jersey with producer Will Putney (The Amity Affliction, Upon A Burning Body). The album is the first where the band partnered with a producer.
Tracklisting:
“Collapse”
“Lost In The Static”
“Mire”
“Deluge”
“Laurentian Ghosts”
“Heavy Lies The Ground”
“Catacombs”
“The Endless March”
“Sway Of The Break”
“Collapse” video:
Teaser:
“Lost In The Static”:
After The Burial join label mates Born of Osiris, Veil of Maya, Bad Omens and ERRA for Sumerian Records’ 10 Year Tour:
March
2 - Tampa, FL - The Orpheum
4 - San Antonio, TX - Korova
5 - Houston, TX - Walters Downtown
6 - Austin, TX - Dirty Dog Bar
7 - El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls
8 - Mesa, AZ - Nile Theater
9 - Hollywood, CA - The Roxy Theatre
10 - Sacramento, CA - Ace of Spades
11 - Fresno, CA - Strummer’s (with Veil of Maya only)
12 - San Diego, CA - Soma
13 - Pomona, CA - The Glasshouse
14 - Las Vegas, NV - Eagle Aerie Hall (headlining date)
15 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre (with Born of Osiris only)
16 - Denver, CO - The Summit Music Hall
17 - Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater
18 - St. Louis, MO - Fubar
"Fight The Good Fight", the new video from Detroit, Michigan's WALLS OF JERICHO, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's new album, "No One Can Save You From Yourself", which will be released on March 25 via Napalm Records.
WALLS OF JERICHO frontwoman Candace Kucsulain recently told Toxic Online about "No One Can Save You From Yourself": "It's been a long time since we've put out a record, but not that much has changed. We are still pissed, it's still heavy as shit, maybe a bit more than before, and it still rips! We have a unique energy on stage, something we've worked hard on for the past 17 years, and with all the time between records, it helped us realize what was important to us for our live shows. So through that, we focused on a record with our live show in mind and made a record that represents us and the energy we create. Lyrically, a lot of shit has gone down in my life, and this record you can feel the pain, darkness and chaos. It's a soundtrack to all of it."
Regarding the "No One Can Save You From Yourself" album title, Candace said: "We have been doing this for a long time, and you never stop finding a reason to fight. We feel that real change can't happen until you look inside yourself and own up to your part. We are our own worst enemy, and that can apply to life limitlessly. It's about progress not perfect, but once you know the difference, there's nothing left to do but take action."
"No One Can Save You From Yourself" track listing:
01. Intro02. Illusion Of Safety03. No One Can Save You From Yourself04. Forever Militant05. Fight The Good Fight06. Cutbird07. Relentless08. Damage Done09. Reign Supreme10. Wrapped In Violence11. Anthem12. Beyond All Praise13. Probably Will
WALLS OF JERICHO released a demo version of the song "Relentless" in 2014.
Corners Of Sanctuary (COS) has officially released a new video for the song “Wrecking Ball”, from their recent album, Metal Machine, now available on Metalizer Records Germany in Europe and independently through the band website for the rest of the world.
Gguitarist Mick Michaels states: “We planned to include a heavier visual support for Metal Machine, more than we had done in the past with previous albums.Expect at least two more videos to follow in the coming months.”
The “Wrecking Ball” video, as with the previous one, was produced and directed by Philadelphia-area Indie artist Zen Say, who stated: "It's been a pleasure working with Corners of Sanctuary and sharing ideas across multiple mediums.”
"Wrecking Ball" incorporates the now public domain scenes from the 1936 British science-fiction film, Things To Come – an adaptation of H.G. Well’s story depicting a world at war. The original film was produced by Alexander Korda and directed by William Cameron Menzies. The music video is also laced with on location shots filmed with the band.
The video's message is centered on the horror and devastation brought on during such conflicts and the effects it has on every walk of life. "Though the clips of the movie are based on a fictional story, the reality of what war holds is all too real to simply dismiss," added Zen Say.
"Wow, holy freakin’ fudge pop intense," exclaimed lead singer Frankie Cross, who again finds himself the focal point of the video's imagery.
"This song captures the horror, patriotism and pride of war while the images convey a seriously, emotional landscape. The metaphor of the song will be clearly felt by some... like a wrecking ball”, stated lead singer Frankie Cross when asked about his take on the video's backdrop of war for the song. ”It's just so beautifully frantic... the true star is the production team," he added.
Corners Of Sanctuary is currently supporting Metal Machine with the Wrecking Ball Tour. A new crowdfunding page has been created to assist in supporting the band’s efforts and is now live, here.
Fans’ financial support is being gifted with several Official COS Metal Machine Merchandise Packages which include autographed photos and CDs, concert shirts, patches and supporters having their names listed on the COS website.
Upcoming 2016 Corners Of Sanctuary shows:
March
5 - Memories - Waldorf, MA
11 - Reverb - Reading, PA
April
1 - 3065 Live - Buzzards Bay, MA
8 – Bar XIII - Wilmington, DE
15-16 - 2016 NEPA Metal Metaldown Fest - Pittson, PA
May
12 - The Wire - Berwyn, IL
13 - The Headquarters - Indianapolis, IN
14 - New Dodge Lounge - Hamtramck, MI
21 - Diane’s Cafe - Pittston, PA
28 - Metal Eternal Fest Tour - Ardmore, PA
German epic melodic metal band, Human Fortress, have released a video for the track “Thieves Of The Night”, the title track of their new album, out on March 18th. The clip can be found below.
Two years after the group had returned to the style of their successful first releases from the early 2000’s with Raided Land – and also introduced new vocalist Gus Monsanto (ex-Timo Tolkki’s Revolution Renaissance, ex-Adagio) - Human Fortress continues right where they left off.
Songs such as the catchy title track, power metal hymns (“Rise Or Fall”, “Vicious Circle”) or the slightly modern - but not less epic “Thrice Blessed” will amaze every fan of the Hannover-based band. But Thieves Of The Night additionally could appeal very well to worshippers of Virgin Steele’s ‘80s/’90s classic releases, Kamelot and Avantasia.
Tracklisting:
“Amberstow”
“Last Prayer To The Lord”
“Rise Or Fall”
“Thieves Of The Night”
“Thrice Blessed”
“Hellrider”
“Just A Graze”
“Vicious Circle”
“Smite On The Anvil”
“Dungeons Of Doom”
“Gift Of Prophecy”
“Alone”
Perris Records will release, It's A Mouthful, the new album from Sweden's Captain Black Beard on March 25th.
The video for "Divided Feelings" from It's A Mouthful, is finally available for your viewing pleasure.
It's A Mouthful artwork and tracklisting:
"Divided Feelings"
"Take Me To The City"
"She's The One"
"Tearin' Me Apart"
"Far Gone"
"All I Need"
"Mouthful Of Love"
"When It's Love"
"Something She Said"
"Coast To Coast"
"South Beach"
"Falling"
"Operation: E.A.E.", the new video from THE UNGUIDED — the Swedish band featuring former SONIC SYNDICATE members Richard Sjunnesson (vocals), Roland Johansson (vocals) and Roger Sjunnesson (guitar; Richard's brother) — can be seen below. The track is taken from THE UNGUIDED's latest album, "Lust And Loathing", which was released on February 26 via Napalm Records.
Once you get past the harsh melodic death metal exterior, epic clean vocals and catchy keyboard tones await. Dynamic and strong songwriting with that special Scandinavian massive production and delicate guitar solos turn "Lust And Loathing" into the best gem the band's discography has to offer.
Comments Richard Sjunnesson: "This is the last part of an album trilogy that's been in the making for six years, and what a climax it is indeed. Expect the unexpected! We poured everything and more into this one."
"Lust And Loathing" track listing:
01. Enraged02. The Worst Day (Revisited) 03. King Of Clubs04. Heartseeker05. Photobs Grip06. Black Eyed Angel07. Operation: E.A.E.08. Boneyard09. Hate (And Other Triumphs)10. Mercy (bonus track)11. Judgment (bonus track)12. Betrayer Of The Code (live)
ANTHRAX's Jack Bennett-directed video for the song "Blood Eagle Wings" can be seen at RollingStone.com. The multipart eight-minute epic is taken from the band's latest album, "For All Kings", which was released on February 26 via Megaforce in North America and Nuclear Blast in Europe.
ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian told RollingStone.com about "Blood Eagle Wings": "I think it's our masterpiece of a song. It's the biggest, coolest thing we've ever written."
Regarding the theme of "Blood Eagle Wings", Ian said: "Any great city, whether it's London, Rome, Paris, New York, Los Angeles — these cities are alive because of how many people were killed to make these cities what they are, how much blood was spilled over time."
According to music industry web site Hits Daily Double, "For All Kings", is likely to sell between 20,000 and 23,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The SPS figure is expected to be between 21,000 and 24,000.
SPS, a practice used by Billboard magazine, stands for "sales plus streaming," which includes album sales and converted track sales plus converted streaming data.
For those interested: 10 tracks sold equal one album sale (since $1.29, the cost for an individual track, multiplied by ten gives you $12.99, a common price for an album, and 1,500 streams is equivalent to one album sale.
ANTHRAX's previous album, 2011's "Worship Music", sold 28,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 12 on The Billboard 200 chart. The disc followed up 2003's "We've Come For You All", which opened with just under 10,000 units to debut at No. 122
ANTHRAX's U.S. tour with LAMB OF GOD came to a close on February 12 in Los Angeles, California.
Freedom! When Andragonia, the Brazilian band from São Paulo, went through internal changes two years ago, the goal was to enforce the liberty aspect. The order was changing focus and MO. Fearless of changing the musical direction and aiming to add its prog characteristics to Djent and Gothic, Thiago Larenttes (guitar and vocals), Ismael Omena (bass) and William Lopes (drums) present Oxygen, their new album, resulting from this label free mentality.
It’s a modern, dense, melancholic and full-bodied rock/metal. "Some people link our music to bands like Tesseract, Dream on Dreamer, Periphery, Animals as Leaders, Superior, Mudvayne and Darkseed. When we released the video of “By Your Side”, the second single which preceded the release of the new album, they even mentioned Korn. However, our goal is passing as much thrilling and positive energy as possible through our songs! Although they are kinda dense, we wanna pass love and good vibes through them," notes Thiago Larenttes.
Aiming for a more spatial, mathematic, dynamic, futuristic and modern sound, Oxygen comes enveloped by a theme that explores how excessive expectations surrounding people produce deceptions. "Even so, the lyrics show that most of the time it’s our own fault. We create expectancies over stuff. Relationships, work, and we will always get disappointed with someone," explains Thiago.
On this new album, all lyrics are aimed at a couple and link the deceptions and expectancies created. The story tells how they lived together in past lives and, at the end of each life, how they promised to do anything to find each other in the next one. One of the new tracks, "Smell Of January" has a video, streaming below.
"It’s about a lost love because the character fell in love for a person who was about to leave his world. Even knowing he had little time, he decided to do everything he could, because he knew that through her eyes he could see his own eyes," explains Larenttes. "Ideally, each person has its own interpretation. This is already happening with the ‘Smell of January” video. One fan commented on YouTube that the song helped him deal with the loss of his grandfather. Interesting that people listen to the songs as some kind of comfort and positive thinking," Thiago adds.
"Smell Of January" video:
Oxygen, the follow-up to Memories (2012) was recorded at Renaissance Studios (SP) and has release date set to the end of March when physical and digital pre-sale starts. The record has vocalist Bruno Paraguay (Eminence) guesting on "Good Enough".
"Galleon", the new video from the occult heavy metal outfit MIRROR, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's self-titled debut, which came out last November via Metal Blade.
The brainchild of bassist/diehard metal connoisseur and SATAN'S WRATH vocalist Tas Danazoglou, MIRROR was forged in fire following a chance meeting with London-based producer and accomplished drummer Jaime Gomez Arellano. The union ultimately led to the two embarking on a shared musical vision that encompasses a classic hard-rock/proto-metal sound with tasteful songwriting and musicianship. SATAN'S WRATH guitarist Stamos K. was next to join, his musical instincts and considerable production experience suiting the band's ethos perfectly. Vocalist Jimmy Mavromatis, with his operatic tenor, was added to the growing unit. The lineup was completed with the arrival of Los Angeles-based guitarist Matt Olivo whose infamy was earned as the co-founder of grindcore pioneers REPULSION.
The recording of MIRROR's self-titled debut began in London at Orgone Studios (GHOST, PARADISE LOST, CATHEDRAL) in the autumn of 2014, with Arellano handling production duties. The recording boasts strong melodic ideas with classic, heavy riffs inspired by the sounds of UFO, IRON MAIDEN, DEEP PURPLE and the like.
This April, MIRROR will support REPULSION at select dates in the U.K. In regards to these special performances, Tas Danazoglou comments: "We are very excited to play two shows supporting REPULSION. We will deliver pure, relentless heavy metal and hopefully many more shows will follow."
UK rockers Toseland - featuring James Toseland (vocals), Zurab Melua (Guitar), Ed Bramford (Guitar), Roger Davis (bass) and Joe Yoshida (drums) - are thrilled for the upcoming release of their sophomore effort, Cradle The Rage, this spring.
Due out in North America May 13th via Metalville Records, the eleven song opus follows the group’s powerful 2015 debut, Renegade, which has since gone on to sell well over 10,000 copies in the UK alone - proving this is a band who know how to rock a melody.
For Cradle The Rage, Toseland kept to the winning formula by bringing Toby Jepson (The Answer, Virginmarys, Little Angels) back on board to produce with the legendary Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Bryan Adams, Mötley Crüe) spearheading the mastering of the album.
Says James Toseland about the new album, “Cradle The Rage, as a title, is all about trying to control the frustrations of life we all go through. When things aren't going your way or you seem to be getting nowhere fast. I wanted a song you could sing to release that energy and frustration. All my lyrics are of real interest to me that I've discovered in my life. Whether it be through sport i.e. winning and losing or in life's roller coaster of situations that it throws at us.”
Being invited to play Download Festival, as well as being the opening act for The Darkness and Little Angels provided an incredible kick start to the band's career. UK headline tours followed, along with special guest slots with Status Quo and Reef, Calling Festival with Aerosmith and various appearances in Europe.
Having just wrapped up a February tour of Europe with Black Stone Cherry, Toseland will be setting back out for a headline run of the UK beginning March 13th through March 26th. Check the band website for a complete list of dates.
Tracklisting:
“Too Close To Call”
“Puppet On A Chain”
“Living In A Moment”
“Fingers Burned”
“Stranger Things”
“We’ll Stop At Nothing”
“Never Love Another”
“Livin’ A Lie”
“Waiting For The Answers”
“Nothing You Can Do About It”
“Cradle The Rage”
"Making Monsters", the new video from former MARILYN MANSON and current ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5, can be seen below. The clip was directed by Jonny Coffin and Matt Zane and contains live footage that was edited and directed by Zane.
"Making Monsters" will appear on John 5's new solo album, "Guitars, T!ts, And Monsters", due later in the year.
John has had an illustrious career collaborating with chart topping artists such as LYNYRD SKYNYRD, Ricky Martin, and Rod Stewart. John has performed on critically acclaimed world tours with Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie. Later, John ventured into the world of film score composing for Rob Zombie's "The Lords Of Salem". In 2004 he branched out into a successful solo career and has since released eight studio albums.
John recently released a video for the song "Behind The Nut Love". Originally recorded for his 2005 album "Songs For Sanity", this new version of the track was recorded with John 5's band, THE CREATURES (Ian Ross and Rodger Carter), and is available anywhere digital music is sold. The clip was directed by Matt Zane and shows John 5 sitting in a high-backed chair with a rare 1950 Fender Broadcaster, amazingly playing behind the nut to emulate the sound of a lap-steel guitar.
French progressive metallers NOVELISTS have released their debut full-length album, "Souvenirs", via Arising Empire/Metalville. The CD was mixed and mastered under the masterful watch of NOVELISTS bass player Nicolas Delestrade (BETRAYING THE MARTYRS) at NDSE Recordings and features guest appearances by Pierre Danel (KADINJA), Lotti Holz and Plini Roessler-Holgate (PLINI).
To commemorate the "Souvenirs" release, the band premiered their new music video for the album's title track.
Says the band, "Pavel's [Trebukhin, director] work is an amazing fit to our music. He manages to transcribe beautifully the emotions we're aiming to share in our music. It's been so easy to work with him and he always comes up with results even better than our expectations."
"Souvenirs" track listing
01. Inanimate02. Earth Grazer 03. Gravity 04. Antares 05. Ouroboros 06. Black Lights 07. Voyager 08. Muchos Touchey 09. Echoes feat. Pierre Danel (KADINJA)10. 5:12 AM feat. Plini Roessler-Holgate & Lotti Holz (PLINI)11. The Lichtenberg Figure 12. Souvenirs13. Twenty Years *14. Heartfelt *
* Bonus tracks
NOVELISTS was founded in early 2013 by brothers Florestan (guitar) and Amael Durand (drums), who quickly joined forces with the former A CALL TO SINCERITY members Matt Gelsomino (vocals), Charly Kelevra (guitar), and Nicolas Delestrade (bass). It was not later than April of that same year when NOVELISTS released their first single, "Twenty Years". From there, the group would go on to release five more singles and numerous videos along the next ten months, culminating in the release of their demo EP.
While working with full force on the production of their first full-length album, the demand for live shows had arisen leading the group to perform at events such as Euroblast festival, Ghostfest and Damage Fest, before hopping on their first tour ever with I, THE BREATHER through Europe at the end of 2014.
Sarke’s fourth album, featuring the icy and grim screams from Darkthrone’s lead vocalist Nocturno Culto, is truly the grandest and most dynamic album from the band to date. Bogefod presents nine tracks that stretch from lingering atmospheric doom to thrash to black metal and technical metal - all within the realms of suberb quality. Check out the new video for “Alternation” below.
It is a highly conceptual album spinning around the evil walking dead Torolv Bogefod from the norse classic Eyrbyggja saga. After an ugly death Torolv breaks out of his tomb. Dead, yet undead, he terrorizes the villagers and causes deaths and devastations. This viking story is a 1000 years old.
Several retrospective musical elements enhance the underlying story, as the warm sound of a 100-year-old guitar colours the otherwise icy and grim atmosphere of Nocturno Culto’s screams. In addition to this, the ballad in the track “Dawning” in between all the ripping and chilling moments throughout the album enriches the contrast and contributes to telling the story’s true and folky nature.
Sarke is in a sense a band formed by legends of the darker metal genre, with the pre-mentioned Nocturno Culto on vocals, Steinar Gundersen (Satyricon) on guitar, Thomas “Sarke” Bergli (Khold, Tulus) on bass and Anders Hunstad (El Caco) on keyboards. Together they have crafted an extremely immersive album surely to draw the listener into a historical and dark universe in a way no one ever have before.
Tracklisting:
“Taken”
“Blood of Men”
“Barrow of Torolv”
“Alternation”
“The Wicked’s Transient Sleep”
“Burn”
“Dawning”
“Evil Heir”
“Sunken”
"By The Blood", the new video from Texas heavy rockers DROWNING POOL, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's latest album, "Hellelujuah", which came out on February 5 via eOne Music. The follow-up to 2013's "Resilience" was recorded with renowned producer Jason Suecof (AUGUST BURNS RED, DEICIDE, DEATH ANGEL).
DROWNING POOL singer Jasen Moreno recently told I'm Music Magazine about "Hellelujuah": "Me and the rest of the guys definitely share [the] opinion [that it is the heaviest DROWNING POOL album since 2001's 'Sinner'] and it was intentional; we went into the studio with that mind set and frame of mind to make the heaviest album that we could and still be within the identity of DROWNING POOL. Obviously, we did not want to alienate any of the fan base by going full out crazy, but we tried to make it the most aggressive and heavy thing that DROWNING POOL has ever done. I hope everyone else feels that way too because that was the goal of this record."
Moreno also spoke about DROWNING POOL's collaboration with Suecof. He said: "It's the first time that any of us have worked with him. We had an early conference call with him and we just vibed; he really spoke the language. It really came across in the conversation that he was going to be able to help us capture what we were going for. We didn't have to try and bring him around to our way of thinking because he was already there. He's worked with a lot of heavy bands and he knew exactly what we were looking for and he knew how to get us where we wanted to be. So it was a no-brainer to work with him, and I think the proof is in the CD. We got pretty damn close with what we wanted to capture and he had a lot to do with that, so thank you, Mr. Suecof. At times, I wanted to strangle the dude and it wasn't because he's a jerk or anything like that. He's a very passionate guy and he was fighting for the record just as much as we were fighting for it. I think you can hear that passion in this record from everyone, not just us but from Suecof as well. He really gave it his all and we’re really grateful to have worked with him on this."
Regarding the "Hellelujuah" album title, Moreno said: "That came from our drummer, Mike [Luce], and he is notorious for his coffee rants, whether it's when we're writing or rehearsing or whatever. He gets on these rants and says all this really wild stuff. One day, we were tracking drums and he was all jacked out on coffee and he started throwing out all of these names. 'Hellelujah' happened to be one of them and we all pounced on it. It's a celebration and obviously a play on the word 'hallelujah' with a DROWNING POOL twist. It has that heavy metal bitterness, if you will; we're not trying to champion any über-positive messages on this record, so 'hellelujah' seem to sum it all up. It summed up all of that bitterness, anger and venom. It's been a rough ride for DROWNING POOL, you know?"
Las Vegas-based metallers FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH have released the official music video for their new single "My Nemesis". The video concept was conceived by the band and realized by renowned director Nick Peterson who previously helmed the group's award-winning videos for "Coming Down" (2012) and "Wrong Side Of Heaven" (2014).
"My Nemesis" is the third single from FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's current album, "Got Your Six", and has already climbed to Top 20 on the Active Rock radio chart.
The clip's multi-faceted storyline explores the hard and painful choices everyone has to face one time or another in life. The video is focused around the pain and grief involved in overcoming and moving on from emotionally entangled difficult situations — following various scenarios from teenage runaways to drug abuse and domestic violence. Peterson powerfully depicts this impactful message on film, similar to the band's "Wrong Side Of Heaven" video in 2014. That clip was intended to increase knowledge about the plight of veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the crowd-funding campaign to support the cause raised over $ 225,000 at the time.
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Zoltan Bathory states: "In life, everyone has a nemesis… it can be anything… a self-defeating thinking pattern, a bad habit, an addiction, an adversary… something or someone that puts you in an impossible scenario, where you are presented with a fork in the road. Sometimes there is no other choice but making a hard choice. You can give up and just suffer the situation, or you can use your pain to overcome it, as pain is truly the wind in the sails of change.
"We wanted to present a story about moving on, a story that probes and questions compassion and loyalty. Those are beautiful notions, but remember you have to be loyal and fair to yourself as well, so will you sacrifice yourself for another or will you live with the guilt that you didn't."
In support of the video and the song;s message of overcoming our struggles, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH is encouraging fans to share their own "Nemesis" on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by completing the phrase — "#MyNemesis is ________ and I will #OVERCOME". Search the hashtag, comment and support your fellow FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH fans.
Fans can visit fivefingerdeathpunch.com/mynemesis to see all of the fan responses and are encouraged to send a positive message to those that resonate with them personally.
Speaking about "My Nemesis", FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitarist Jason Hook said: "'My Nemesis', that was the second riff-type guitar lick that I set out to make — some sort of signature, identifiable guitar part. And I like it; it's kind of got a wacky little sound and it's instantly identifiable. I thought it was one of our strong tracks of the bunch at the time."
Added FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH drummer Jeremy Spencer: "It was strong vocally, but we thought… [Singer Ivan Moody] was nailing it, nailing it, nailing it, and then when it came to the tagline of the song, he kind of took a left turn lyrically and it kind of threw us. I think it was called 'Dark Genesis' or something like that, initially. And we were, like, 'Dude, you're talking about relationship stuff all the way up to this point, and then you take this drastic left turn lyrically.' It kind of confused us. So we kind of ended up meeting in the middle and ended up with 'My Nemesis'."
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH will team up with SHINEDOWN for a series of co-headlining shows this May, in conjunction with all of their performances at the biggest U.S. festivals of the year (see below for complete touring schedule).
"Got Your Six" entered the Billboard 200 album chart at No. 2, selling 119,000 copies in its first week of release. This was the band's third straight No. 2 debut, following both volumes of "The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell" in 2013. "Got Your Six", however, did rack up the band's best single sales week ever, surpassing the 112,000 copies sold of "The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell, Volume 1", in its first week.
Each of FIVE FINGER's previous albums has been certified gold in the U.S. for sales of 500,000 copies or more.
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