"Dark Light Child", the new video from SPIRITUAL BEGGARS — the Swedish band featuring ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott and bassist Sharlee D'Angelo, along with vocalist Apollo Papathanasio (ex-FIREWIND) — can be seen below. The animated clip was created by Costin Chioreanu of Twilight13Media (AT THE GATES, GRAVE, ARCTURUS), who was also responsible for the artwork for the band's new album, "Sunrise To Sundown".
Amott commented: "The release of our ninth studio album, 'Sunrise To Sundown', is imminent and we're celebrating with an animated video by our artist friend Costin Chioreanu for the song 'Dark Light Child'! I've had the music for this song a couple of years already, but we started jamming it again recently and everything fell into place when Per [Wiberg, keyboards] helped me finish it up with a great lyric and vocal arrangement."
"Sunrise To Sundown" is being released on March 18 in Europe and March 25 in North America via InsideOut Music.
"Sunrise To Sundown" track listing:
01. Sunrise To Sundown02. Diamond Under Pressure03. What Doesn't Kill You04. Hard Road05. Still Hunter06. No Man's Land07. I Turn To Stone08. Dark Light Child09. Lonely Freedom10. You've Been Fooled11. Southern Star
The album's limited edition version is being released as a two-CD mediabook with a bonus disc including seven tracks (two covers versions and five live songs) and an expanded booklet. The LP format is on 180-gram vinyl and comes in gatefold packaging with a double-sided poster as well as the full standard album on CD as bonus.
After a busy couple of last years with ARCH ENEMY, Michael Amott and his bandmates have once again found the availability and inspiration to lay down eleven dynamic and uplifting new songs, which not only easily demonstrate how much on top of their game SPIRITUAL BEGGARS still are after over twenty years of activities, but also add a fresh and spontaneous vibe to their impressive catalogue. Speaking about how the new album came together, Amott said: "We've been writing the album here and there over the last couple of years when our schedules have allowed us to meet up and spend a few days jamming. A few of the songs I wrote on my own; others were written by our keyboard player Per Wiberg. Our drummer Ludwig Witt submitted two tracks that are actually his first major contributions to the band as a writer — and they're great songs too! I also co-wrote a few tunes with Per Wiberg and that was really a lot of fun as well, it's been a very collaborative process." In contrast to the often-soulless current high-tech digital cut-paste recordings, "Sunrise To Sundown" was tracked live off the floor. Amott said: "I'm super excited about how the album sounds sonically. Our engineer, Staffan Karlsson, also produced and mixed the album, and the result is something we're very proud of.
"I think every album we have made (this being our ninth) has had its own vibe and atmosphere. I can honestly say this band has never made the same album twice.
"To me, 'Sunrise To Sundown' is the next chapter of the book we've been writing since we started the band over twenty years ago. Of course, the foundation of our style is heavy rock music, but we always keep evolving adding new influences and colors to the bands core sound." SPIRITUAL BEGGARS reissued two of its classic catalog titles on October 14, 2013: the band's 2005 "Demons" album was made available for the first time ever on vinyl via InsideOut Music; and their acclaimed and hard-to-find debut LP, the self-titled "Spiritual Beggars" from 1994, was re-released with over 70 minutes of unreleased bonus material via Century Media Records.
Spain's Blast Off present their new video, "Government Of Money". A track re-recorded to mark the occasion of new guitarist Ruben and vocalist Fàbio joining the band. The song has been tracked at Ultrasound Studios with Pedro Mendes and mixed and mastered by Mika Jussila at his Finnvox Studios in Finland.
This spring, Salt Lake City's Visigoth will embark on their first national trek with headliners Night Demon. The heavy metal quintet will be touring in support of their recently released debut, The Revenant King. For a preview of their epic live show, check out the new video for "Dungeon Master" and "Mammoth Rider", shot at the Frost And Fire Festival last year:
Visigoth's Jake Rogers (vocals) comments: "We are pleased to embark on our first ever Eastward conquest alongside our brothers-in-arms in Night Demon! We are looking forward to the many nights of riff-fueled madness and heavy metal camaraderie that lie ahead. Unfortunately, both our lead guitarist Lee and drummer Mikey are unable to join us for this run. We would like to welcome Noah Hadnutt and Connor Carlson onboard as they step in and take up arms in their absence and help us continue to die for rock'n'roll! See you on the road!"
Night Demon adds: "Well, it's been a fulfilling experience for Night Demon touring the world in support of our most recent effort, Curse Of The Damned. We were fortunate enough to have the album honoured as album of the year in five different publications, and make the top ten albums of 2015 in over thirty publications, worldwide. To honour our fans who now have had the time to sit with the album and get familiar with it, as well as the fans who have yet to see these songs performed live, Night Demon will be hitting the road this spring for what we are calling the Final Curse tour. We will be performing Curse Of The Damned in its entirety every night of the tour in over thirty cities across the United States. We are also pleased to be bringing out Visigoth as support on their first national tour. Thanks for the endless support! This one is for the fans and all the people out there who have continued to make Curse Of The Damned a very successful album for the band."
Tour dates:
April
8 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
11 - San Antonio, TX - Korova
12 - Austin, TX - Beerland
14 - Houston, TX - Rudyard's
15 - Ft. Worth, TX - Grotto
19 - Atlanta, GA - TBA
22 - Asheville, NC - Odditorium *
25 - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie *
26 - Portland, ME - Geno's Rock Club *
28 - Boston, MA - Great Scott *
29 - Brooklyn, NY - Saint Vitus Bar *
30 - Montreal, QC - Katakombes *
May
2 - Detroit, MI - Small's *
3 - Cleveland, OH - TBA
8 - Chicago, IL - Reggie's Music Joint *
9 - St. Louis, MO - Fubar
11 - Kansas City, MO - Riot Room
12 - Denver, CO - TBA
13 - Salt Lake City, UT - TBA
The New Roses have released a new music video, for their track "What If It Was You”, featured on their new album, Dead Man’s Voice, out now via Napalm Records.
Tracklisting:
“Heads Or Tails”
“Thirsty”
“Partner In Crime”
“Dead Man's Voice”
“I Believe”
“Ride With Me”
“Hurt Me Once (Love Me Twice)”
“Not From This World”
“What If It Was You”
“Try (And You Know Why)”
“From Guns & Shovels”
The official music video for "Karate", a brand new song from the Japanese teenage girl pop metal band BABYMETAL, can be seen below (courtesy of the official BABYMETAL YouTube channel). The track is taken from the group's second album, "Metal Resistance", which will be released on April 1 via RAL/Sony Music Entertainment in the U.S. and earMUSIC in Europe.
Pre-orders of "Metal Resistance", with "Karate" as an instant grat track, are available on iTunes. "Metal Resistance" features songs that have already been performed live, as well as many never-been-heard-before new songs.
First heard at last year's Yokohama Arena shows, the infectiously hooky "Karate" sees the girls singing "Seiya, soiya," and is accompanied by a karate-style choreography. Following their previous album, "Metal Resistance" features both songs performed as solo songs, and as a group. "Amore -Aoboshi-" and "No Rain, No Rainbow" is performed by Suzuka Nakamoto (a.k.a. Su-Metal), and "GJ!" and "Sis. Anger" are performed by Yui Mizuno (a.k.a. Yuimetal) and Moa Kikuchi (a.k.a. Moametal). The U.K. version of "Metal Resistance" also sees the girls' first full-English song "The One", which had also been performed for the first time last year at Yokohama Arena. BABYMETAL will kick off the 2016 world tour with a headline show at the world-famous Wembley Arena, U.K. on Saturday, April 2, making history by becoming the first Japanese artist to headline the legendary venue.
The track listing for each "Metal Resistance" format is as follows: CD and limited box set including CD + exclusive T-shirt:
01. Road Of Resistance02. Karate03. Awadama Fever04. YAVA!05. Amore06. Meta Taro07. From Dusk Till Dawn08. GJ!09. Sis. Anger10. No Rain, No Rainbow11. Tales Of The Destinies12. The One (English version) 2LP: Side 1
01. Road Of Resistance02. Karate03. Awadama Fever Side 2
01. Yava!02. Amore03. Meta Taro Side 3
01. From Dusk Till Dawn02. GJ!03. Sis. Anger Side 4
01. No Rain, No Rainbow02. Tales Of The Destinies03. The One (English version) Of the new album, BABYMETAL mastermind Kobametal stated: "As prophesied by the Fox God, a new album will be released on April 1st, 2016, also known as the Fox Day.
"Since the release of BABYMETAL's debut album in 2014, we have been racing across the globe non-stop on our world tour. Through the last tour, I have come across people from all over the world and have had the chance to feel that miraculous moment when everyone came together via BABYMETAL.
"Our new song 'The One' contains lyrics that speak of uniting the world, or a crowd favorite at concerts, 'Road Of Resistance', that never fails to bring our fans together. Every BABYMETAL song makes up this extraordinary story.
"I continue to believe that the songs of BABYMETAL continue to push them forward to discover new possibilities.
"All I can say right now is for all of you to wait patiently for the coming of the Fox Day."
Established in 2010, BABYMETAL is the offshoot of the Japanese pop idol group SAKURA GAKUIN that performs a distinctly Japanese mix of schoolgirl J-pop and heavy metal.
BABYMETAL's members admit that they had never listened to metal before joining the group. The girls wear gothy schoolgirl costumes, do choreographed dance routines and bang their heads violently.
Many heavy metal fans have been reluctant to embrace BABYMETAL — which also includes producer Kobametal and a backing band of corpse-painted virtuosos — with some Internet forums calling them "the definition of a gimmick", "awful" and "metal for hipsters."
SOTO, the band led by vocalist Jeff Scott Soto, will release its second studio album, "Divak", ue on April 1 via earMUSIC.
The official video for the song "Weight Of The World", taken from "Divak", can be seen below.
"Divak" (pronounced "dee-vock") comes shortly after the band's debut release, "Inside The Vertigo". It's a mere 15 months later, partly due to Jeff Scott Soto's insistence on continuing to create and build a true brand for his new venture.
Once again, the album is produced by Jeff Scott Soto and drummer Edu Cominato. It was mixed by long time JSS engineer/associate John Ellis.
The band features Soto on vocals; Cominato on drums; lead guitarist Jorge Salan; bassist David Z; and keyboardist/guitarist BJ. They are heavily featured on "Divak" with their writing contributions together. The first single, "FreakShow", was co-produced/written by Tony Dickinson, who also co-wrote "The Fall", which was the first single from "Inside The Vertigo". The track is an extension of the SOTO sound created especially for this new band.
SOTO, formed in 2014, are the dream band created when Jeff Scott Soto realized how much he missed the "heavier side" of his career after fronting artists like Yngwie Malmsteen, TALISMAN and JOURNEY, and even his own solo albums. The band hopes to continue its role as a driving force in today's current hard rock and metal scene.
"Divak" track listing: 01. Divak (Intro)02. Weight Of The World03. FreakShow04. Paranoia05. Unblame06. Cyber Masquerade07. In My Darkest Hour08. Forgotten09. SuckerPunch10. Time11. Misfired12. The Fall From Grace13. Awakened Bonus tracks (all digital retailers):
14. Final Say (live)15. The Fall (live)16. Break (live)17. When I'm Older (live)18. Stand Up (live)
"Winterbane", the new music video from ABBATH, the band led by ex-IMMORTAL frontman Olve Eikemo (a.k.a. Abbath), can be seen below. The clip was created by Jon Simvonis and was filmed by Ragnvald Stokken and Francisco Munoz.
"Winterbane" is taken from ABBATH's self-titled debut album, which was released on January 22 via Season Of Mist.
Bass duties for ABBATH are being handled by a man familiar to metal fans across the world — Tom Cato Visnes, more widely known as King Ov Hell and main composer for several GORGOROTH albums as well as his own bands OV HELL, with singer Shagrath from DIMMU BORGIR, and GOD SEED, with exceptional black metal vocalist Gaahl.
King Ov Hell comments on the "Winterbane" clip: "After some months of hard work, we are finally ready to present you the greatest metal video of all time, 'Winterbane'. Next project would be to build a wall between Sweden and Norway, and have the Swedes pay for it. We are making metal great again!"
ABBATH released a seven-inch single, "Count The Dead", on December 11, 2015 via Season Of Mist. The A-side features the title track while the B-side consists of a cover version of the JUDAS PRIEST classic "Riding On The Wind".
In a recent interview with Australia's TheMusic.com.au, Abbath spoke about the circumstances surrounding his departure from IMMORTAL and his decision to launch a new group. "I feel like I've been fired," he said. "It was never my intention to go solo but I really feel like I've been forced into it. Apparently they [lyricist/guitarist Demonaz and drummer Horgh] are going to continue on [as IMMORTAL] without me and that's fine — but it was very disappointing that no one, not even [IMMORTAL's record label] Nuclear Blast, wanted to hear my side of the story. The other guys wanted to do things solely on their timetable and also claimed that I need to go to rehab, which was just nonsense, because I've always delivered, live and in the studio — always."
He continued: "I just think they ended up being in it for the wrong reasons. They weren't showing any passion for what we were doing.
"Even though my new band is called ABBATH, it finally feels like I'm in a real band — part of a group of musicians who have a great dialogue and share a passion for the music. It didn't feel like that in IMMORTAL for a long time."
"Follow You", the the brand new music video from the Sheffield, England-based band BRING ME THE HORIZON, can be seen below. The song is taken from the group's fifth studio album, "That's The Spirit", which debuted at No. 2 on The Billboard 200 album chart, selling 62,000 copies in its first week of release. The chart and sales numbers were career highs for the British act.
"That's The Spirit" marks a surprising change in BRING ME THE HORIZON's sound and singer Oliver Sykes told The Pulse Of Radio how it came about. "Really, we were wrapping up 'Sempiternal', and we just felt like we'd progressed a lot just in that short space of time since releasing 'Sempiternal' and touring it, so, yeah, I guess when we finished the campaign, we just really felt like we had a big opportunity. Like, 'Sempiternal' really got us out to the public a lot more than the previous record and stuff, and it felt like people were waiting to see what we did next and people were really hungry for it, you know what I mean? So we just wanted to take the opportunity and really smash it out of the park, I guess."
"That's The Spirit" not only marks a change in the band's sound but also has a concept behind it.
Sykes explained recently: "It's a celebration of depression. A way of making light of it. That's the spirit — it's quite a depressing phrase when you think about it — the sort of thing you only ever use when you know there's no positive answer to the situation."
BRING ME THE HORIZON last month announced a headline U.S. spring tour. Dates kick off April 30 at Welcome To Rockville festival in Jacksonville, Florida and continue through May 22 at Columbus, Ohio's Rock On The Range.
SLAYER's new music video for the song "You Against You" can be seen below. The clip was directed by BJ McDonnell, who previously worked with SLAYER on the "Repentless" video. "You Against You" stars Jason Trost ("Hatchet III") as Wyatt, the eyepatched rebel inmate, and tells the story of the circumstances that led to Wyatt's erroneous arrest and imprisonment.
SLAYER drummer Paul Bostaph recently told Be In The Loop Magazine about the "You Against You" clip: "We filmed that in southern California in the Mojave desert, and it was close to an air force base. There's this guy, and he's a collector of like, airplane wrecks, decommissioned planes, that kind of thing, so we went out there and filmed it on this guy's property. It was a huge yard, and it was just amazing. He had a C-130 without the wings, and, you know, how often do you get to sit in the cockpit of one of those things? When I was done with my part of the video, I just walked around all day, sitting in cockpits, checking out these planes. It was awesome. The video is killer, definitely the most fun I've ever had making one. When you see it, just know, those aren't props — that's all real stuff."
"Repentless" was McDonnell's first stint directing a music video. He directed the 2013 horror film "Hatchet III" and has worked as a motion picture cameraman.
"You Against You" is taken from SLAYER's latest album, "Repentless", which is the band's first album to feature guitarist Gary Holt. The EXODUS axeman replaced founding member Jeff Hanneman, who passed away on May 2, 2013 from liver failure. The band's other guitarist, Kerry King, told ArtistDirect how he worked with Holt during the recording of the record. "When I did leads, I probably did half of them," he said. "Gary came in and did his. Then, I probably did the other half of mine. He got to play off of mine on some songs. I got to play off of his on other songs."
He continued: "[Gary] did 'You Against You' before I did mine. I think that one really captured me and Gary playing off each other. He did the first lead and second lead. I did the third and the fourth. The second and third sound like they were written for each other. They play really well off each other."
"Repentless" was released on September 11, 2015 via Nuclear Blast. The follow-up to 2009's critically acclaimed, Grammy-nominated "World Painted Blood" was produced by Terry Date, who has previously worked with PANTERA, DEFTONES and SOUNDGARDEN. The artwork was created by Brazilian artist Marcelo Vasco in collaboration with the band's Tom Araya and Kerry King.
"Repentless" debuted at No. 4 on The Billboard 200, having shifted 50,000 equivalent album units in the week ending September 17.
Bordeaux, France-based psychedelic stoner doom trio, Mars Red Sky, will release their stunning new album Apex III (Praise For The Burning Soul) in North America this May via Listenable Records. Orders can be placed at Listenable Records.
Already available to European audiences, Apex III (Praise For The Burning Soul) was captured by Gabriel Zander, who also engineered the band's lauded Stranded In Arcadia offering, and Jacob Dennis in Studio Cryogene in Bègles, France and truly pushes the boundaries of the band's already monolithic sound. With Apex III (Praise For The Burning Soul), Mars Red Sky delivers grandiose and hypnotizing hymns rooted in a far wider range of musical influences stretching from Robert Wyatt, The Beatles, Nick Drake and Neil Young to Electric Wizard, Acid King and, naturally, Black Sabbath.
Tracklisting:
“(Alien Grounds) / Apex III”
“The Whinery”
“Mindreader”
“Under The Hood”
“Friendly Fire”
“Prodigal Sun”
“Shot In Providence” (bonus track on CD edition)
"Angel In Disgrace", the new video from THE RAVEN AGE, the U.K.-based band led by IRON MAIDEN bassist Steve Harris's son George Harris, can be seen below. The closing cut on THE RAVEN AGE's self-titled EP, it has already been streamed more than 150,000 times, proving to be their most successful track yet.
Said George: "This track has gained a lot of attention across the world and it's nice to be able to illustrate the story behind the song."
THE RAVEN AGE is a melodic metal band from London, United Kingdom consisting of five individuals who very quickly became friends through sharing a love for heavy music and a passion for songwriting.
In 2009, guitarists Dan Wright and George Harris began establishing their vision of a band that combines contemporary heavy music with powerful melodic vocals to create an epic and unique sound.
After writing their first album, they began searching for likeminded musicians to join the band and make their vision a reality.
Taking on bass player Matt Cox in 2012, with vocalist Michael Burrough and drummer Jai Patel joining in early 2013, the lineup was complete and ready to take their music to the stage.
THE RAVEN AGE is currently touring South America with IRON MAIDEN and ANTHRAX as part of "The Book Of Souls" world tour, which will continue on to North America, Japan, China, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and finish with an extensive run in Europe. The band will also be appear at some of the most established rock and metal festivals this summer, including the U.K.'s Download.
THE RAVEN AGE has many more exciting announcements planned for the remainder of this year, including the release of the band's debut full-length album.
Frontiers Music Srl will release of Ted Poley's new solo album, "Beyond The Fade", on May 13. Best known as lead vocalist for melodic rock masters DANGER DANGER, Ted Poley is also an accomplished solo artist, having released two acclaimed releases, "Collateral Damage" (2006) and "Smile" (2007). The story of "Beyond The Fade" starts after DANGER DANGER's acclaimed performance at Frontiers Rock Festival in Milan in 2014, when Ted and the label developed the idea to work together on some new music. The next step was to speak to producer Alessandro Del Vecchio (HARDLINE, EDGE OF FOREVER) and with a band that he put together, Ted performed at the second edition of the Frontiers Rock Festival. A few months later, Ted came back to Italy to finish the vocals on the album. Ted says: "I am absolutely thrilled with the way the whole album came out. If I have one quote: 'It's awesome!' My great friend and co-producer Alessandro Del Vecchio brought my sonic vision to life and no request from me was too great for him toward his goal of making 'the ultimate Ted Poley solo album" and he surely delivered on his promise. We had a lot of fun making the album and its obvious when you hear it. You can practically hear my smile while I am singing. We decided to make it sound big and there are a ton of backing vocals (in some cases more than 80 tracks of them!), along with great songs, soaring melodic guitar leads, pounding bass and big drums, all layered with cool keyboards... like a delicious musical cake! Save some room for dessert, I know that you are going to love this one!" With songs penned by the brothers Tom and James Martin (VEGA) and "Hands Of Love" written by Tony Bruno/Joe Lynn Turner, the sound of the record is nothing else but Ted Poley at his best, with immediately recognizable hooklines, amazing guitar work, immaculate production and total '80s attitude! "Beyond The Fade" track listing:
01. Let's Start Something02. Everything We Are03. Hands Of Love04. The Perfect Crime05. Stars06. Higher07. Where I Lost You08. You Won't See Me Cryin'09. We Are Young10. Sirens11. Beneath The Stars
The official video for the song "Higher" can be seen below. Ted Poley: Lead VocalsIssa: duet vocal on "The Perfect Crime"Alessandro Del Vecchio: Drums, Keyboards, Backing VocalsMario Percudani: GuitarAnna Portalupi: Bass
From humble beginnings in 2012, Montreal, QC's Red Skies has come together to create a musical style of their own with nothing but their creativity to limit them. Unleashing their latest album 2015's Iron Sun plus recently premiering their music video “New Voice” via the band has announced they will be performing a local show date on April 7th at Pirnaha Bar and April 22nd will be performing in Levis, QC at Bar Le Cluster.
Upcoming dates:
April
7 – Montreal, QC – Piranha Bar
22 – Levis, QC – Bar Le Cluster
Slovenian black/death metal outfit, Cvinger, will release their new album, Embodied In Incense, via Art Gates Records on May 23rd in Spain, and on May 30th in Europe/Worldwide. An official video for the track “Embodied In Incense” can be found below.
The album was produced by Magnus Devo Anderson and Cvinger and mixed and mastered by Magnus Devo Andersson.
The artwork has been designed by the artist Paolo Girardi and represents the last step on the journey of departing from, fear, hate, love, humanity, conscience and all the emotions that misguide us with subjectivity and temptations witch are our worst enemy and a gateway to self destruction. The dissection of our weak body, for our soul to become free of the human curse and to become the supreme being, to become God.
Embodied In Incense tracklisting:
“Chapter 1: Conjuration Of The Dead God”
“Psalm, Of A Hollow Man”
“Beheading The Desert Prophet”
“Enchanted Conclave”
“Weak To The Gallows”
“Chapter 2: Eye Carved Upon The Serpents Stone”
“Martyr Shrine”
“Infinity Of The Black Flame”
“Embodied In Incense”
“Chapter 3: Amen III”
“Embodied In Incense” video:
Cvinger will present the new album in China on a tour entitled Black Flames Over China Tour 2016. The trek will begin March 18th and will end on April 4th.
Tour Dates:
March
18 - Huhehaote, China - Who Hot Livehouse
19 - Beijing, China - MAO Livehouse
20 - Wuchang, China - VOX Livehouse
21 - Guangan, China - Little Bar
22 - Chongqing, China - Nuts Livehouse
24 - Guangzhou, China - Yuefu
25 - Dongguan, China - So what Livehouse
26 - Shenzhen, China - Hongtanguan
27 - Zhaoqing, China - Ray Livehouse
28 - Maoming, China - MMO
30 - Changsha, China - 46 Livehouse
31 - Zhengzhou, China - 7 Livehouse
April
1 - Luoyang, China - Xitang
2 - Baoding, China - Anxiang Cafe
3 - Huairou, China - Pagoda Tree Bar
4 - Beijing, China - United Fest
Greek melodic metallers, InnerWish, will release their new album, entitled InnerWish, on March 18th in Europe and North America via Ulterium Records. The album will be available on CD, LP, tape and digital. Bickee Music will issue the album in Japan on March 30th. A new music video for the album track “Modern Babylon” can be found below.
The album was mixed by Fredrik Nordström and Henrik Udd at Studio Fredman (In Flames, Dimmu Borgir, Hammerfall) and mastered by Peter In De Betou (Arch Enemy, Opeth, Amon Amarth).
The artwork for the album was created by Felipe Machado Franco (Blind Guardian, Rhapsody Of Fire, Xandria) and the design was done by Jan Yrlund (Korpiklaani, Apocalyptica, Manowar).
The band comments on the new album: "This is the first album with our new lineup, and we hope this lineup will be unchanged for many years since we now feel stronger, more confident and sure about ourselves than ever before. For those reasons we chose InnerWish as the title of our new album, because it represents us in the most exact way. We are very proud of this album. It might sound very common, but it's the truth for us: this is the best InnerWish album so far! Heavy, aggressive, modern, melodic and diverse at the same time, with all the classical InnerWish elements, combined with some new ones. It might have been 6 years since the release of 'No turning back' but all the difficult times we've been through made us stronger and the result is this new, fifth album of InnerWish. We are back for good!"
Tracklisting:
“Roll The Dice”
“Broken”
“Modern Babylon”
“Machines Of Fear”
“Needles In My Mind”
“My World On Fire”
“Rain Of A Thousand Years”
“Serenity”
“Sins Of The Past”
“Through My Eyes”
“Zero Ground”
“Cross The Line”
“Tame The Seven Seas”
"At Dawn's First Light", the new video from Swedish metal kings AMON AMARTH, can be seen below. The clip was produced by Rafal Szermanowkicz of Grupa 13 and directed by Darek Szermanowicz (BEHEMOTH), "At Dawn's First Light" is set in an epic battle scene in a Slavic settlement from the 9th-10th century, with the band caught in the middle of the bloody fight. The video features an appearance by the modern Viking warriors known as the Triglav Jomsborg East Storm who are led by the ruthless and energetic fight director Igor Gorewicz.
"At Dawn's First Light" is taken from AMON AMARTH's tenth studio album, "Jomsviking", which will be released on March 25 via Metal Blade in North America and Sony Music internationally.
"Jomsviking" — the first concept record in AMON AMARTH's storied career — tells a tragic tale of love and revenge, backed by the Swedes' trademark melodic, anthemic metal, which was produced and mixed once again by Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, TESTAMENT, ACCEPT) and also features special guest session drummer Tobias Gustafsson (VOMITORY). The epic original story is set in the world of the Jomsvikings, the legendary order of mercenary Vikings.
AMON AMARTH frontman Johan Hegg explains: "The Jomsvikings were a shadowy and legendary sect of Viking mercenaries, as shrouded in myth now as they were when they fought across Europe and the Middle East. Ruthless and deadly warriors who fought for the highest bidder, their code was simple: Show no fear. Never retreat. Defend your brothers, and when called upon, avenge their deaths."
He continues: "I felt we were finally ready to use their story as the jumping off point for an AMON AMARTH album. The Jomsvikings and their world is the background for the story of a young man that is in love with a girl but unfortunately she's being married off. He accidentally kills a man when this happens and he has to flee — but he swears to have revenge and win her back. He can't let go of the past. He feels that he's been wronged and his life has been destroyed. The way the story evolves is not a happy story."
By far AMON AMARTH's most ambitious project to date, "Jomsviking" is available for pre-order in various formats now at AmonAmarth.com, where fans can also view the video for the album's first single, "First Kill". Produced by Grupa 13 and directed by Darek Szermanowicz (BEHEMOTH), "First Kill" was filmed in Gohrweide (Germany) and Warsaw (Poland) and features a cinematic depiction of the violent, brutal lyrics, along with powerful live footage of the band performing with their full dragon head and pyro stage set.
"Jomsviking" track listing:
01. First Kill02. Wanderer03. On A Sea Of Blood04. One Against All05. Raise Your Horns06. The Way Of Vikings07. At Dawn's First Light08. One Thousand Burning Arrows09. Vengeance Is My Name (bonus track - for digibook, digital, LP, and viking ship editions)10. A Dream That Cannot Be (feat. Doro Pesch)11. Back On Northern Shores
Adds Hegg: "'Deceiver Of The Gods' was very successful for us and we had a good run with that and did some really great tours. Even before we changed drummers for this record we had the idea to make a concept album. It was something we'd never done before and it gave us a challenge. I started writing the story, went into it wholeheartedly and once you start going down that path there's really no turning back."
Following "Jomsviking"'s release, AMON AMARTH will tour North America with fellow Swedes ENTOMBED A.D. and young USA metal upstarts EXMORTUS.
Hard rockers Crossing Rubicon, featuring Jeanne Sagan – formerly of All That Remains – on bass, have finally unleashed their brand new music video for the song “Unhinged,” that may be found on the No Less Than Everything album. The twelve track affair, which can be described as a throwback to metal of the '80s and early '90s mixed with modern rock, is in stores nationwide.
"In a time where kids are being raised by television, smart phones, and social networking, we want to show that people - kids especially - can still find passion and empathy through music and a music scene. The world may treat you like you don't exist, but music will always be there to speak to you and vent your frustrations, and there is always a scene of people who believe in this, and who will be there for you as well." – Scotty Anarchy (vocals)
Tracklisting:
“Tomorrow Never Comes”
“Unhinged”
“Never Again”
“The Fallen”
“Bittersweet Day”
“Cut Deep”
“Who’s Gonna Save You”
“Violet Carson”
“Reason To Beg”
“Do We Not Bleed”
“I’m Here”
“Return To Atlantis”
High-energy Miami noise rock quartet, Wrong, have released an official music video (see below) for “Turn In”, a track from their self-titled debut full-length, out on April 29th via Relapse Records. This album delivers eleven riff-driven, powerhouse songs replete with battering grooves, dissonant melodies and cathartic vocals.
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.
After spending the rest of 2015 on tour with Black Tusk and House of Lightning, Wrong put the finishing touches on their debut full-length at PineCrust studios in Gainesville, FL. Pre-order the album at this location.
The latest works of UK-based one man extreme metal outfit Foul Body Autopsy, an EP entitled Perpetuated By Greed, is out a mere two weeks and today the grind/thrash/death/black metal mash-up unveils a new video for the title track. Esteemed artist Costin Chioreanu is the man responsible for the video, an artist famed for his work with Arch Enemy, At The Gates and more.
Tom Reynolds comments, "People may be pleased to know that this video is a little more tame in comparison to the “So Close To Complete Dehumanization” video I released with the last record. It turned quite a few heads, so it served its purpose I guess. For this release I wanted to think of something different. As it's only me in the band, you have to think of new ways to release video and hold interest. I could have done a performance style video, but like I said, it's just me in the band, and there's only so much you can do with that type of video. I've always liked Costin's work so I got in touch to see if he would like to work with me on creating an animated video. There's a story in the lyrics so he had plenty to work with and so I left it to his imagination to flesh it out. He came back a few weeks later and showed me what he'd done and I have to say I'm really happy with the final cut."
Recorded at The Parlour Recording Studio (Napalm Death, Dimmu Borgir, Evile) with producer Neil Haynes and featuring cover art from Coki Greenway, Perpetuated By Greed delves into environmental issues, and subjects on a broader scale in comparison to So Close To Dehumanization. The record features six tracks of blistering blackened death grind extreme metal, fast drumming, growls and pinpoint guitar work.
Tracklisting:
“Perpetuated By Greed”
“Enslaved The Rest Of Creation”
“Chewed Up By The Machine”
“Destabilized Perception”
“Devoid Of Humanity”
“Complete Environmental Collapse”
"Misunderstood", the new video from the German gothic metal act CREMATORY, can be seen below. The song is taken from the band's thirteenth studio album, "Monument", which will be released on April 15 via Steamhammer/SPV.
"Monument" track listing:
01. Misunderstood02. Haus Mit Garten03. Die So Soon04. Ravens Calling05. Eiskalt06. Nothing07. Before I Die08. Falsche Tränen09. Everything10. My Love Within11. Die Letzte Schlacht12. Save Me
CREMATORY recently parted ways with longtime bassist Harald Heine and replaced him with Jason Matthias. Heine, who was in CREMATORY for over 20 years, decided on short notice to give up music for personal and health reasons, to spend more time with his family and children.
Infinitely more strongly than on its predecessor, "Antiserum" (2014), the twelve tracks on "Monument" are based on brute guitar riffs and hard-as-nails drum grooves, replete with sinister keyboard hooks and that mix of growls and clear vocals — some in English, some in German — that is so typical of this band. The group's fans will be thoroughly delighted with "Monument" and its dynamic sound. When work on "Monument" commenced in spring 2015, a personnel issue had to be settled in the CREMATORY camp: Matthias Hechler, guitarist, clear voice and a style-defining member for 17 years, had left the band for private reasons. That his departure went off without animosity or internal quarrels was confirmed by Matthias in an interview on the "Live At Wacken 2014" DVD. Following his decision, CREMATORY made a virtue out of necessity, enlisting two successors: Tosse Basler (SCAPEGOAT, AVALANCHE) joined the fold as rhythm guitarist and clear vocalist, and Rolf Munkes is CREMATORY's new lead guitarist.
"Tosse and Rolf have brought a breath of fresh air to the band. They've really inspired us with their powerful style and phat guitar sounds," rejoices drummer Markus Jüllich, who composed the songs again with producer Kristian "Kohle" Bonifer before going on to produce them together at the Kohlekeller Studio. The result is a gothic metal opus that positively bursts with energy, featuring twelve diverse numbers with different degrees of toughness, including double guitar parts and guitar solos. The opener, "Misunderstood", which is supported by the first video release, is probably the most metallic number of CREMATORY's career. Markus refers to the track as an "ideal introduction, not only to our new album but also to our upcoming shows." The ballad "Save Me", which Jüllich/Bonifer wrote some time ago and have now approved for release in view of the new lineup, presents a stark contrast.
"As far as I'm concerned, this number has an orchestral flair," Jüllich reckons. "It suits Tosse and his timbre perfectly." Talking of which: because of their new team, CREMATORY have honed the homogenous blend of frontman Felix Stass's raw growls and the clear voice of their new band member Tosse Basler even more finely than ever before. The album carries its symbolic title with justification and the twelve impressive songs are undoubtedly a real monument to this group's amazing creative powers. In line with this, the cover artwork is both classy and sublime: for the third time in succession, CREMATORY, worked with Hungarian artist Peter Sallai. As in the productional collaboration between Markus Jüllich and Kristian Bonifer, the band has relied on tried and tested collaborators without repeating or indeed copying themselves.
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