A CLOUD OF RAVENS to release 'Lost Hymns' LP on April 28. Watch their foreboding 'Parable'

April 25, 2023

“Their sound, though inspired by bands of their youth, is not rooted stubbornly in the past - their music feels of this time, with their messages transversing the cosmos” ~ Post-Punk.com

"Sonic luxuriance... racing at full velocity with tight-fisted riffs, cutting exactitude and danceability... a healthy reminder of the original and timeless allure of the post-punk sound and scene" ~ The Spill Magazine

“Dark poetry... rivet through their gritty and immediate sonic scheme, which feels pitch dark and hard as nails” – Destroy // Exist

"Perfect blend of an homage to the past & the modern construction of the future. A heroic journey through a desolate land" ~ Sounds and Shadows

“They play cold wave, they play post-punk, they are Gothic and they set to music some of the most striking lyrics you can find” ~ White Light // White Heat

NYC-based postpunk duo A Cloud of Ravens will release their new 'Lost Hymns' album on April 28, just days after kicking off their European tour with Swedish label-mates Then Comes Silence. Mastered by ACTORS' Jason Corbett at Jacknife Sound studio, this collection of 11 tracks will reach ready ears via Nexilis Records / Schubert Music Europe.

Effectively merging classic and contemporary post-punk and darkwave sensibilities, their somewhat poetic use of prose and metaphor expressed the trials and joys of the world in which we now find ourselves. A Cloud of Ravens' subsequent remix-based EP featured contributions by legendary producer John Fryer and such prominent artists as Clan of Xymox, ACTORS, Chris Vrenna and Ritual Howls.

In the homestretch, they also present their latest single 'Parable' with a video that is as foreboding as the lyrics, following earlier singles 'Requiem For The Sun', 'Nature of Artifice' and 'The Blackest Mantra'.

"In some ways, 'Parable' channels Einstein’s definition of insanity, which is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result," says frontman Matthew McIntosh.

"Though dense in metaphor, 'Parable' is asking - how dire do things need to get in this world for us to realize, as a society and culturally, that maybe something needs to shift as far as how we honor each other, the futility of war, and how we treat the environment? We’ve got one planet, and we’re on it together whether we like it or not. Doesn’t the path of least resistance ultimately make the most sense?"

Formed in 2018 by Matthew McIntosh (guitar and vocals) and Beth Narducci (bass guitar), the Brooklyn-based duo emerged on the burgeoning dark music scene with a series of self-released offerings that garnered attention that led to their 2021 album 'Another Kind of Midnight', a mournful yet triumphant collection exploring the heart of a world amidst a devastating pandemic and torn by moral tribalism.

Growing up in a family of avid music lovers and her mother being a professional opera single, McIntosh arrived at this genre of music after ample explorations in the punk, death rock and hardcore scenes, finally forging the duo's trademark sound with Narducci, whose background is more connected with alternative rock and industrial music, as well as professionally supporting fellow musicians in the A&R field.

As of April 28, the 'Lost Hymns' album will be available from fine digital outlets, including Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon and Bandcamp. Following April-May tour dates in Europe, A Cloud of Ravens will tour North American dates with Clan of Xymox and Curse Mackey in May-June.

CREDITS
Lyrics and music by Matthew McIntosh
Matthew McIntosh - guitar, vocals, synths, drum programming
Beth Narducci - bass guitar
Recorded by Matthew McIntosh
Produced and mixed by Matthew McIntosh and Beth Narducci
Mastered by Jason Corbett at Jacknife Sound

TOUR DATES
Apr 22 Stockholm, Sweden – Klubb DÖD *
Apr 29 Madrid, Spain – DarkMad *
Apr 30 Madrid, Spain – DarkMad *
May 05 Hannover, Germany – Subkultur *
May 06 Liège, Belgium – Le Garage Creative Music *
May 07 Liège, Belgium – Le Garage Creative Music *
May 09 Hamburg, Germany – Headcrash *
May 10 Hamburg, Germany – Bastard Club *
May 11 Berlin, Germany – Wild at Heart *
May 12 Antwerpen, Belgium – Fetish Café *
May 13 Köln, Germany – Artheater *
May 31 San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger **
June 01 Houston, TX – Numbers Night Club **
June 02 Austin, TX – Elysium Austin **
June 03 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater **
June 05 Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad **
June 06 Denver, CO – Oriental Theater **
June 07 Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall **
June 09 Seattle, WA – El Corazon **
June 10 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre **
June 11 Portland, OR – Star Theater **
June 13 San Francisco, CA – August Hall **
June 14 Costa Mesa, CA – The Wayfarer **
June 15 San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick **
June 16 Los Angeles, CA – Regent Theater DTLA **
July 21 Meschede, Germany - Live Am See *
* tour dates with Then Comes Silence
** tour dates with Clan of Xymox & Curse Mackey

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New 'Alan's Song' single from Chicago's Evidence of a Struggle a sonic anti-depressant tribute

April 25, 2023

"Wonderfully cinematic, forward-thinking, open-minded, genre-hopping, rule-breaking... a symphony of sonics, subtlety and suppleness, and of the subverting of expectations. Not to mention a fantastic musical experience" ~ Big Takeover Magazine

"'Combines the coolness of electric jazz, Krautrock-inspired post-rock and atmospheric art rock, offering a gripping and upbeat, yet refined, sound and thoughtful arrangement with sonic prowess" ~ Amplify Music Magazine

Chicago-based Evidence of a Struggle presents 'Alan's Song', an intense slice of alternative / post-rock. This is the edge - it is the sound of fear, beauty and hubris. This is the sound of a beautifully crumbling grand distraction.

This new offering follows the debut single 'Do'Oa', which entailed a wonderful fusion of sounds recalling the works of Tortoise and 4AD artist Dif Juz. Cinematic, moody and invigorating, both tracks preview the forthcoming 13-track eponymous album, to be released on June 9.

The two videos for both tracks are the first chapters of a six-chapter story-book, so to speak, created by Chicago artist John Airo, who has been involved with this project since the outset - creating videos, album covers and accompanying visuals for live performances.

Surrounding the musings of multi-instrumentalist William P C Simmons V a.k.a. Rev. Billy Simmons, Evidence of a Struggle is an evolving group of artists and musicians whose sonic creations may lead you to the center of the darkness or just might unfurl the universe before you with lush, cinematic, beautiful, and sometimes chaotic compositions.

"Alan's song is some cinematic Ridley Scott rabbit hole. These songs generally start as observations or reflections on something going on in the world or in my life that affects us somehow. A friend Alan and I were talking about the state of affairs in our world, here in Chicago, family, etc. There has always been so much, too much to put into words. Something about our hubris, chaos, fear, love, hate and distraction," says Rev. Billy.

"Alan's song sounds like some of this ebb and flow, rising and falling. It's somewhere right about to fall off the edge, but somehow floating above the chaos."

Evidence of a Struggle began in 2020 during lockdowns. This ambitious effort sees Rev. Billy play every instrument – guitar, drums, piano, synth and violin - recorded and engineered from his home studio, The Glue Factory. With Covid restrictions lifted, he began working with Sanford Parker (Voivod, Russian Circles, Yob, Eyehategod, Wovenhand, Darkthrone, Youth Code, Pelican), who helped produce and record the final versions of the songs for this record, as well as mastering.

Shaped by a wealth of records inherited from his older sisters and their boyfriends, coupled with a childhood of playing piano and clarinet until his first guitar acquisition at 16, Rev. Billy was quick to start playing with touring bands. After honing his craft and gaining invaluable experience, he elected to study music performance and guitar at Wichita State University, coupled with two and three-dimensional arts and silversmithing.

Noticed for his unique style and songcrafting, various musicians and labels began to notice Rev. Billy's talent, and he ultimately had to choose between university and music. Beginning with RCA recording artist Ké, Simmons also wrote songs and played guitar for other artists on major record labels like RCA, Touch and Go, BMG and Universal.

In 2023, Matt Walker (of1000faces, Smashing Pumpkins, Morrissey, Garbage, Filter) became involved in this project, playing drums and helping with production with Matt's brother Solomon Walker (Morrissey, Bryan Adams, Eastern Shadows, Year of the Rabbit) and Alan Berliant (Chris Connelly, Mavis Staples, Saint Asonia) also contributing bass.

Apart from music, Rev. Billy also owns Rev. Billy's Chop Shop, known for high-quality haircuts, friendly, welcoming atmosphere and its inclusive, creative space. Hosting new artists' work bimonthly, Chicago Reader declared this to be the city's best gallery in 2019. A staple in the Chicago community, Rev. Billy's Chop Shop is as strong a passion as his music.

As of April 25, 'Alan's Song' is available via Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp, where the full 'Evidence of a Struggle' album (out June 9) can already be pre-ordered.

CREDITS
All music written by William P C Simmons V (aka Rev. Billy)
Performed by William P C Simmons V (aka Rev. Billy)
Produced by Sanford Parker
Loveless Publishing ASCAP
Video by John Airo

The Devil Wears Prada Share "Ignorance" Video — WATCH

April 25, 2023

STREAM "IGNORANCE"

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA SHARE "IGNORANCE" VIDEO

DELUXE EDITION OF COLOR DECAY, FEATURING 10 ADDITIONAL TRACKS, ARRIVES MAY 5

The Devil Wears Prada — Mike Hranica [vocals], Jeremy DePoyster [vocals, guitar], Mason Nagy [bass], Kyle Sipress [guitar], Jonathan Gering [keys, synthesizers], and Giuseppe Capolupo [drums] — will release the deluxe edition of their eighth album Color Decay on May 5 via Solid State. Pre-order it here.

The expanded version will be available digitally and on vinyl. It will include 10 additional tracks — a treasure trove that features two new songs, acoustic versions of Color Decay favorites, live renditions, and remixes. Collectors, rejoice!

Today, the band has shared the video for the additional song "Ignorance."

"This track came about near the very end of the Color Decay sessions," the band shares. "We had almost wrapped the record when Kyle cooked up the original demo for it, and we knew it was something special! We are stoked that it's finally getting released and that we can continue our expansion of the Color Decay universe."

The band continues, "Writing and producing 'Ignorance' was like an experiment in what we can do as The Devil Wears Prada. We are always trying to push our creative boundaries, and this track delivers that with a combination of things you wouldn't expect from us, like an acoustic intro, a guitar solo, and a bunch of hyperpop synths."

TDWP are back on the road with August Burns Red. All dates are below.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA ON TOUR:
WITH AUGUST BURNS RED + BLEED FROM WITHIN:
4/21 — Grand Rapids, MI — The Intersection
4/22 — St. Louis, MO — Red Flag
4/23 — Kansas City, MO — The Truman
4/24 — Wichita, KS — Wave
4/25 — Oklahoma City, OK — Diamond Ballroom
4/26 — Omaha, NE — Slowdown
4/28 — Minneapolis, MN — The Fillmore Minneapolis
4/29 — Chicago, IL — Concord Music Hall
4/30 — Cincinnati, OH — Bogarts
5/2 — Cleveland, OH — House of Blues
5/3 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE
5/5 — North Myrtle Beach, SC — House of Blues
5/6 — Richmond, VA — The National
5/7 — Sayreville, NJ — Starland Ballroom
5/9 — Toronto, ON — Danforth Music Hall
5/10 — Toronto, ON — Danforth Music Hall
5/11 — Montreal, QC — MTelus
5/12 — Quebec, QC — Theatre Capitole
5/13 —Montreal, QC — MTelus

ABOUT TDWP:
The Devil Wears Prada have been consistently delivering since forming in 2005. Fans voted 2009's seminal With Roots Above and Branches Below one of the 5 Greatest Metalcore Albums in a Revolver poll, with the magazine christening it "a true metalcore landmark." The group has notched six consecutive Top 5 debuts on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums Chart, including Dead Throne [2011], 8:18 [2013], Space EP [2015], Transit Blues [2016], The Act [2019], and ZII EP [2021]. The latter served as a sequel to one of their most beloved projects — 2010's Zombie EP. In the wake of the EP, the group exceeded a-quarter-of-a-billion cumulative streams and views. During 2021, the musicians decamped to remote hideaways together in Wisconsin and Desert Hot Springs, California. This time around, Jon took the reins as producer, collaborating closely to assemble a rich sonic architecture for what would become Color Decay.

REACH NYC Share "Killing Time" Video — WATCH

April 25, 2023

BAND SIGNS TO AFM RECORDS

Reach NYC, the alt-metal outfit born out of the legendary New York City hardcore scene, have announced their return with a worldwide signing on German powerhouse label AFM Records. Featuring special appearances by Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach, Kiiara, Sonny + Marcos from P.O.D, Joey Santiago from The Pixies and Sendog from Cypress Hill, Reach NYC are currently gearing up for the release of their long-awaited sophomore studio album.

Nils Wasko, Senior A&R Director of AFM Records, says, "Right from the start of our discussions with René Mata and REACH NYC, creativity and teamwork were the key words. We A&R'ed the whole album together and chose the best engineers and producers available. AFM is here to make sure everyone feels supported in every way. Getting to know René Mata has been such a pleasure and together we will propel their artistry even further on a global hard rock stage."

Formed on Long Island in 1996, Reach were active on the New York scene, frequently rocking infamous haunts like CBGBs alongside the heavy hitting Papa Roach and System of a Down, and festivals like Vans Warped Tour.

Originally named Reach 454, they caught a break when Lava/Atlantic president Jason Flom signed them after a strong performance at a label showcase. The band entered the studio in 2002 with producer Jay Baumgardner (Papa Roach, Evanescence), and emerged in the summer of 2003 with their self-titled debut. The album showcased Reach 454's dynamic melodic shifts and riff-heavy guitar work. The band fell on hard times in 2004 and took an indefinite hiatus.

Throughout the years, Chester Bennington, one of Mata's closest friends, expressed to Rene how important it was for him to keep playing music. The last time Rene and Chester were together in NYC, they hosted a dinner hang with Jacoby, Tobin, and Tony from Papa Roach, Matt Sorum, Marcos of P.O.D., and Rob from Volbeat. While enjoying their dinner, Bennington presented the idea of wanting to put together a tour for the following year with Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Deftones, System of a Down, Papa Roach and wanted Reach to open. Disastrously, the singer passed away that same July of 2017, and Mata fell into a dark depression.

Reach NYC is now premiering a music video for new single "Killing Time," and Mata reveals, "The song is about my internal fight with myself after after losing a close friend. I had relapsed after 25 years of sobriety and had fallen into a massive depression after Chester passed away. The video is the chaos in my subconscious in relapse and depression. A full on war in my heart, head, and soul. Without recovery, family, and friends, I wouldn't have made it out alive. I know the band conveyed it in their playing and recording of the song."

In 2019, Reach NYC drummer Dante and Marcos Curiel encouraged Rene to put the band back together and open for P.O.D. in NYC. It was the band's first show since 2004, and it quickly rekindled their friendship and their love of music. Their love for creating music, as well as the importance of friends and family, renewed their dedication to keep the project going.

On October 9, 2020 Reach NYC returned to the airwaves with a new EP titled, Back From the Dead, their first release in 17 years, also featuring Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach. The EP was mixed by Jay Baumgardner and mastered by Howie Weinberg in Los Angeles. Reach NYC features Rene Mata on vocals, Dante Renzi on drums, Nick Cavagnaro (guitars, vocals), and more recently adding young guns AJ Chiarella on guitars and vocals as well as bassist Tim Robbins.

Reach NYC quickly got back to the stage, and returned to the New York scene performing with longtime friends Quicksand at the Bowery, and made an appearance at Danny Wimmer's historic Welcome to Rockville festival in Daytona, FL in 2021. Most recently, Reach NYC signed a new international deal with AFM records and are currently recording their sophomore record that is set to release in 2023, with special appearances by Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach, Kiiara, Sonny + Marcos from P.O.D, Joey Santiago from The Pixies, and Sendog of Cypress Hill and Powerflo.

ATRIUM Release New Single "Above Water" + Official Music Video via Curtain Call Records

April 25, 2023

Stream/Download "Above Water"

https://atrium.fanlink.to/AboveWater

WATCH Atrium "Above Water" (Official Music Video):

BELOW

Rock band ATRIUM released their latest single "Above Water" to all major platforms via Curtain Call records on April 20, 2023. The single was written and recorded by Bryant August, Chad Szeliga, and Johnny K at Johnny K Productions. It was produced, mixed, and mastered by Johnny K.

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JOHNNY THE BOY Shares New Single, "Druh"

April 24, 2023

Emerging black 'n' roll trio JOHNNY THE BOY (ft. members of CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX) will be debuting its first full length, 'You,' via Season of Mist on June 9, 2023! The band is now sharing a brand new single, "Druh," which can be found below.

Pre-save "You" HERE and pre-order "You" HERE.

JOHNNY THE BOY has done it again.

Sometimes the best ideas come from spontaneity. Sometimes they come from gut instinct. When both happen simultaneously, anything is possible, unimaginable horrors included.

Born from a simple idea, and eventually coalescing over the last couple of years into a fully-formed entity, JOHNNY THE BOY make music that fucking hurts. Armed with a scabrous but sculpted blend of ice-cold black metal, excoriating sludge and sinewy, white-knuckle rock’n’roll, the trio’s musical identity has arrived, perfectly imperfect and ready to eviscerate. Formed around a creative core of vocalist Belinda Kordic, guitarist Justin Greaves (both members of Crippled Black Phoenix) and bassist Matt Crawford (CBP alumnus and live bassist), JOHNNY THE BOY began life as an instinctive grab for something darker and nastier.

“It began at a rehearsal with CBP many, many years ago,” says Greaves. “We were rehearsing down at Arthur’s, where CBP used to practice, and it was during one of those rehearsals that I just got on the guitar, someone else got on the drums and we were just fart-arsing about, with Belinda doing her necro vocals! Then we posted a little clip online and people starting asking, ‘Oh, is this legit?’ Like always, it took fucking years to even think about doing anything, but it was always going to happen.”

“In the background, there’s the fact that in the first band I was ever in, I sang that way,” adds Kordic. “I really missed doing that. We both missed that whole Iron Monkey, Varukers, aggressive side of music. That’s the first way of singing that I loved, and I’ve missed doing it. So we always wanted to do this.”

Brought together by a love of dark, twisted and extreme music and energised by an opportunity to return to the full-bore hostilities of their earlier creative years, JOHNNY THE BOY‘s debut album You is the final proof that the best ideas cannot be stopped. A collaborative effort that brought the evil best out of everyone involved, it’s an album that has been stewed in real blood, sweat and tears. But mainly sweat.

“Justin starting working for me at a venue in our hometown, and there was a mention of doing something called World War,” says Crawford. “We went to our rehearsal room for two days. It was the hottest, most uncomfortable sweatiest room ever, and we were trying to write the coldest, bleakest music you could imagine! So it was horrific, but I think we got five tracks out of those two days. Me and Justin were together in Scunthorpe, and Belinda was working remotely in Sweden, and that was before it was cool!”

One of the songs from that initial batch of JOHNNY THE BOY material was No Regrets: a caustic blast of blackened fury that was mischievously planted at the very end of Crippled Black Phoenix’s acclaimed 2022 full-length Banefyre, almost as a clandestine warning of the darkness to come.

“That was Justin’s idea. When we recorded Banefyre, he said, ‘Why not sneak in and record a JOHNNY THE BOY track?’,” says Kordic. “We did that and No Regrets went on the album, and then Michael at Season Of Mist said he wanted a whole album from us.”

“Yeah, No Regrets played two roles at the same time,” says Greaves. “It was something pretty outlandish at the end of a CBP album, to give everyone a a kick in the bollocks, but it was also our way of saying, ‘We do this other thing, by the way!’”

Not just another “thing”, but an entirely box-fresh (but intrinsically rotten) means of expression, JOHNNY THE BOY conjure a claustrophobic cyclone of serrated-edge riffs and bilious crescendos. Like the outer reaches of the Melvins’ back catalogue pumped backwards through a frosty, Bathory-fuelled prism, with marauding D-beats and moments of oppressive melancholy hurled in for extra impact, You offers a mesmerising blend of the familiar and the unknowable. From the imperious, doomy mantras of Endlessly Senseless to the all-out blitzkrieg of Wired, JOHNNY THE BOY’s warped vision is heavy in every sense.

Meanwhile, bursting out from the abrasive, treacly maelstrom of riffs at all manner of bone-snapping angles, Belinda Kordic’s extraordinary screams and howls elevate every song to a higher level of primitive intensity.
“I truly think that Belinda’s vocals are some of the most more visceral, vicious and spiteful I’ve ever heard,” says Greaves. “I love the opening song, Die Already, it’s just a horrible song. I just love when Belinda’s singing ‘You prick!’ or whatever it is. She’s just spitting venom.”

“It’s all Belinda too,” adds Crawford. “It’s all natural. There’s no studio trickery!”

“When I was recording the vocals in Sweden, at the same studio where we recorded most of the vocals for Banefyre, the engineer asked me ‘Why do you sing like that?’” Kordic recalls. “I just said, ‘It’s instead of crying!’ That’s what I do. I let it out that way.”

In keeping with the rapacious, hateful noise that JOHNNY THE BOY whip up, Kordic’s lyrics are also notable for their direct and destructive rhetoric. A collection of incensed diatribes, everything from the demagogue-baiting Die Already to the poetic grief of closer Without You resounds with gruelling emotional clarity. Eschewing the usual underground metal cliches in favour of harrowing, real world concerns, JOHNNY THE BOY are lunging straight for humanity’s jugular (with a little feline representation thrown in for balance).

“The songs all have different meanings,” Kordic explains. “Die Already is about dictators. Crossings is about how no one should have to die alone. The last song (Without You) is about Tigger, our cat. Wired is about being really neurotic. Druh is about Witold Pilecki who was in the Polish resistance in the Second World War. He got caught on purpose, so that he could get into the concentration camp, so see how the prisoners were being treated. There he discovered what was going on with the Jews, the gypsies, the disabled, and he tried to tell the world. He was a real fucking hero.”

Fuelled by decades of devotion to the infernal musical arts, JOHNNY THE BOYbring something unique and undeniable to the table. You screams its defiance and vitality from first to last, while a sense that Greaves, Kordic and Crawford are sharing an act of profound catharsis with the world is unmistakable. Soon, the band will expand into a full live unit, in order to inflict You’s brutal conflagration on the masses and in the flesh. Most importantly, You burns with a ferocity that simply can’t be faked. Equal parts magick, malice and metal therapy JOHNNY THE BOY ignores the rules and burns the fucking house down.

“This is totally new and it’s exciting,” concludes Greaves. “Everything’s an experiment at this point. But we’re doing it because we needed to rediscover the reason why we all make music in the first place. After a long time in the industry, we’re all very jaded and cynical, but now I can’t wait for the first gigs and seeing all the metalheads’ faces when Belinda comes out and starts screaming. This is going to be fucking great.”

Recording Line-up:
Belinda - Vokillz
Justin Greaves - Guiterrorist & Drumbs
Matt Crawford - Bass Avalanche

Links:
https://www.instagram.com/johnny_the_boy
https://www.facebook.com/JTB444UVO

Recording Studio: Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire UK, Kapsylen Studio, Stockholm Sweden
Mixing: Kurt Ballou @ GodCity Studio, Salem MA. USA.
Mastering: Magnus Lindberg - Magnus Lindberg Productions, Stockholm, Sweden.

Artwork: JOHNNY THE BOY

Biography: Dom Lawson

Photos: Chantik Photography – www.chantik.nl

Shop: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/JTB-You
Pre-save: https://orcd.co/jtbyoupresave

Formats:
Digital
CD Digipak
Vinyl in various colours

UK Alt-Punks, KID KAPICHI, Announce North American Tour Dates Supporting Nothing But Thieves

April 24, 2023

“Meet KID KAPICHI, Liam Gallagher’s favourite new band…With their provocative political punk-rock, these rising stars from Hastings have been compared to The Streetsand Arctic Monkeys”

– The Telegraph UK

“If Britain is going to hell in a handcart then KID KAPICHI are the soundtrack”

– Classic Rock/ Louder Sound

“…smart, fearless and reflects a broken and rudderless Brexit Britain.”

– The New European

“An album of our time… ‘Here’s What You Could Have Won’ feels like a trash can rattling wake up call for the present moment.”

– Kerrang!

“If Idles’ diminishing returns and Fontaines D.C.’s stepping out of formation could see them waver as post-punk’s mainstream flag-bearers, KID KAPICHI effectively embracing being a big rock band could make them an obvious choice to pick up the torch with little hassle.” – Soundboard

“…with track titles like ‘Cops & Robbers’ and ‘Smash the Gaff’, it feels like if Guy Ritchie were an album, it would be this.”

- Sian Eleri (Radio One)

UK alt-punk quartet KID KAPICHI will at long last invade North America!

The Hastings-based outfit will play as direct support for breakout English rockers Nothing But Thieves on the North American leg of their upcoming “Welcome To The DCC” World Tour. With several shows already sold-out, the summer/fall trek kicks off on September 12 in Washington, DC, and concludes in Tempe, AZ on October 9. A complete list of dates can be found below.

Commenting on the announcement of their first tour in the US, Kid Kapichi lead vocalist + guitarist Jack Wilson shares,

“It’s a true honour to support NBT anywhere, but to get to do that whilst fulfilling every band’s dream of taking over the states is really the cream on top of the apple pie. We’re extremely excited to finally get the chance to meet some of our fans from the USA. It’s gonna get loud. We’re gonna get fat.”

KID KAPICHI – 2023 North America Dates

Supporting Nothing But Thieves

September 12 – Washington, DC @ The Fillmore

September 14 – Boston, MA @ Big Night Live

September 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore

September 16 – New York, NY @ Brooklyn Steel

September 18 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall

September 19 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore

September 22 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues

September 23 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre

September 25 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

September 26 – Kansas City, MO @ The Truman

September 28 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s

September 29 – Dallas, TX @ The Factory at Deep Ellum

October 1 – Denver, CO @ Summit

October 2 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex

October 3 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues

October 6 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park

October 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern

October 9 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre

The band are touring in support of an expanded digital version of their current studio album 'Here’s What You Could Have Won', complete with four extra tracks. These new additions are different versions of songs from the original album: a Remix of Radio Oneplaylisted single "Rob The Supermarket" by Bobby Wolfgang – frontman with punk-spirited Blackpool outfit, Strange Bones; stripped back, atmospheric renditions of "Tar Pit" & "Special", plus a live version of "Party At No. 10", the track that first attracted the attention of Liam Gallagher, who was so taken with the sentiment and the song that he invited KK to join him at a charity event at the Royal Albert Hall in London. This rousing, impassioned take on "Party…" was captured live at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill, near the band’s hometown of Hastings.

Check Out 'Here's What You Could Have Won' HERE

KID KAPICHI are:

Jack Wilson - vocals and guitars

Ben Beetham - guitars and vocals

Eddie Lewis - bass

George Macdonald - drums

Kingdom Collapse Release “Anything” Music Video Featuring Member of Disturbed

April 24, 2023

Kingdom Collapse has partnered with Oxide Records for the release of their new single, “ANYTHING” out today, April 21st. The band has also released the official music video for the single that features none other than Disturbed’s John Moyer.

The new single has already received early love from SiriusXM Octane, 99.5 KISS San Antonio, LA Lloyd’s Rock 30, and several other national radio stations.

WATCH the video below.

Stream/Download "ANYTHING" HERE

Alongside the release of their new single, the band has upcoming appearances on several of this year’s biggest rock festivals, including Rockfest and another that is still to be announced.

Kingdom Collapse has been touring viciously, playing with bands such as Three Days Grace, Nothing More, From Ashes To New, Fire From The Gods, Adelitas Way, and more.

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Volumes Release Instrumental Version of "Happier?"

April 24, 2023

Los Angeles quartet Volumes — Myke Terry [vocals], Michael Barr [vocals], Raad Soudani [bass], and Nick Ursich [drums] — have dropped Happier? (Instrumental Edition) today, April 21. The album is what its title states — all the songs from their fourth studio album, 2021's Happier?, without vocals.

Get it here.

This instrumental edition allows the listener to focus on the band's massive and beautifully-produced grooves, and is a "must get" for diehard fans. There is surgical precision about the way the music is written, and this translates through the performances of its instrumental members of the band. Soudani takes care of the bass and programming side of things, while Ursich sits behind the drumkit. There is so much articulation and hardly a note is wasted by either member; they're all played and created in a specific way to serve a purpose in the tracks. The focused listener will hear every single thing contained within the music.

"We are happy to release the instrumental version of our latest album Happier?," the band shares. "Being strictly an instrumental album, it makes a musical statement. No words are dictating how you should feel. While speaking to your subconscious, a listener can have their own inner visuals to the sound. We hope that you can experience the emotion of the music, even without the words."

Volumes have spent the past several years selling out countless shows, posting up over 60 million total streams, and receiving widespread acclaim from a variety of sources, such as Alternative Press, New Noise, Rock Sound, Metal Injection, MetalSucks, Nik Nocturnal, and more. Volumes initially entered the scene with 2010's The Concept of Dreaming EP, gaining momentum with Via [2011] and No Sleep [2014] before serving up Different Animals in 2017. The latter boasted the fan favorite "Feels Good," which racked up over 13 million Spotify streams. Following the Coming Clean EP, Volumes delivered one of their best works to date with Happier?, which arrived in 2021. The instrumental edition arrived in 2023.

RISE TO FALL Release Music Video for Second Single "Hierophant"; New Album to be Released June 9th on Noble Demon!

April 24, 2023

Basque Country melodic death metallers RISE TO FALL will release their new album The Fifth Dimension via Noble Demon. Today, the band releases the second single from the upcoming album, entitled "Hierophant". The track is accompanied by a brand new music video, which you can watch below.

RISE TO FALL comments: "Hierophant is a very Rise To Fall song, a fast, direct and very dynamic song, with rhythm changes, a lot of atmosphere and a memorable chorus. As always with a very melodic solo and a break full of synthesizers. HIEROPHANT has it all for Rise To Fall fans and for those who don't know us it's a very good way to know what Rise To Fall is all about."

Formed in 2006 in Bilbao in northern Spain, RISE TO FALL have established their well-deserved place within the metal scene over the past seventeen years. With a constant output and numerous live shows and festival appearances, RISE TO FALLhave become known for delivering music of the highest level and their devastating live shows. With the release of four studio albums, the band has kept raising the bar, leading not only to numerous tours across Europe, but also headlining tours in Japan and China, as well as touring alongside Soilwork! So be prepared for the next chapter of RISE TO FALL, once again setting their very own benchmarks and spreading their music all over the globe!

"The Fifth Dimension" will be coming out on June 9th and is available for pre-order at THIS LOCATION

Rise To Fall are:

Alain „Dalay Tarda“ Gutiérrez - Vocals
Hugo Markaida - Guitar
Dann Hoyos - Guitar
Javier Martín - Bass
Xabier Del Val - Drums

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ENTER SHIKARI Release Brand New Album 'A Kiss For The Whole World'; Drop Official Music Video For Title Track

April 24, 2023

ENTER SHIKARI have released their highly-anticipated new album A Kiss for the Whole World today, accompanied by brand new music video for the album's title track, 'A Kiss For The Whole World x'. Stream the album HERE and watch the new video HERE or by clicking the image below.

Lead vocalist and producer Rou Reynolds says:

"I’m so excited to let this beast out into the wild! It’s such a vibrant album, a cocktail of emotions and I can’t wait for people to delve in.

Judging on the way the tracks we’ve played live so far are going down, I think it’s really gonna connect with people.”

ENTER SHIKARI have a way with opening statements and as their new album begins with the words “Be embraced, billions” (‘A Kiss for the Whole World x’), we immediately learn plenty about the band's ambition for this album to touch people.

Its trio of whirlwind single releases to date have reignited dormant sparks '(pls) set me on fire' confronted how we measure self-worth ('It Hurts') and eyed the trappings of cyclical mistakes (‘Bloodshot’). Journeying through the new album, we are met with calls to revel in the power of spontaneity, (‘Leap Into The Lightning’), encouraged to explore (‘Jailbreak’), and - most poignantly - asked to consider the changing nature of identity (‘giant pacific octopus’).

A Kiss for the Whole World heralds the band's most vibrant, direct and life-affirming album so far.

For ENTER SHIKARI, rejuvenation, resilience and resurrection have been on the agenda as they've been introducing the new songs to huge audiences in the UK, Europe and Japan on a series of innovative live residency dates this Spring.

Next month they will hit the US to play 4 very special, sold-out album release shows in Anaheim, CA (4/30) Los Angeles (5/03), Chicago (5/5) and New York (5/10).

For full dates, info and tickets head to www.entershikari.com

Praise for Enter Shikari's new album A Kiss for the Whole World:

"Enter Shikari reassert their credentials as one of the UK's most important rock bands." - Upset ★★★★★

“A Kiss For The Whole World might just be its authors' finest work yet. Rooted in the present, somehow it is still the sound of the future.” - Louder ★★★★ ½

“These are anthems of liberation for what seems an eternal uncertainty that we live in.” – Clash ★★★★

"There is an explosive exuberance at the heart of Enter Shikari's superb seventh album." - Kerrang! ★★★★

“As hopeful as they’ve ever sounded” - NME ★★★★

“Here is an album that sees Shikari proving exactly why they’ve carved their own place in UK music royalty.” - Rolling Stone UK★★★★

"When it comes to combining rave, metal and pop craftsmanship in songs that come with self-help messages and moral guidelines, nobody beats [Enter Shikari]" - The Times

More about Enter Shikari and new album A Kiss For The Whole World

As the calendar now signals three years since Enter Shikari last released an album - their UK #2 charting album Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible – it is useful to think back to the final question the band last posed fans: “Is this a new beginning? / Or are we close to the end?” Little could they know just how close to the end things would end up feeling as the events of the early ‘20s dimmed the light in the furnace of their live juggernaut, and connection to their fans. “At the time it felt like we ourselves, as musicians, were experiencing the death of our band,” says lead vocalist and keyboardist Rou Reynolds.

Unsurprisingly, the key in the band’s ignition came in the form of a live show as they headlined the Download Festival Pilot in front of 10,000 fans. Where not a single new word flowed from the pen of Reynolds in the two years prior, a realisation was born that would come to define the band’s seventh LP: “I just didn’t realise that the human and physical connection to other people were so central to how I write,” he says. Enter Shikari isn’t just four people – it’s hundreds of thousands.

The album's lead single "(pls) set me on fire" sparked the next stage in the band’s evolution, and the first words we hear from Enter Shikari 2.0 don’t come in the form of a question this time, but a command: “Please set me on fire”. In other words, ignite the spark inside us and set us free. This may be a new Enter Shikari but they’ve lost nothing in their flair for bold opening gambits.

Reynolds comments on the single’s conception: "Honestly, I thought I was f*****. I’ve never felt so detached from my soul, my purpose, my f****** spirit. I didn’t write music for almost two years. The longest I’d gone before that was two weeks. I was broken. It’s almost as if my brain had asked: “What is the point in music if it cannot be shared? What is the point in writing music if it’s not to be experienced with others?” and then promptly switched itself off. ‘(pls) set me on fire’ grew out of that desperation. This song is a projectile vomit of positive energy. Every emotion trapped inside me for two years, finally set free."

It was in the Spring of 2022 that the band descended to the coastal town of Chichester, and a delipidated farmhouse, to rebuild their studio setup and capture their renewed momentum on record. Using only solar power to track the album – in what Reynolds says was to “bring back some sense of naivety” – the life-giving properties and Technicolor palate of A Kiss For The Whole World were made real. Reynolds continues: “Back to basics. This band - my best friends - bundled into an old farmhouse, miles away from anywhere. Off-grid, and ready to rediscover ourselves. This album is powered by the sun, the most powerful object in our solar system. And I think you can tell. It’s a collection of songs that represent an explosive reconnection with what Enter Shikari is. The beginning of our second act”.

More about Enter Shikari

5 UK top ten albums

2 UK top 40 singles

2 BRIT certified silver albums and 1 BRIT certified gold album

Multiple Kerrang! award winners, AIM Award winners and Heavy Music Award winners

3000 shows worldwide

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www.entershikari.com

April 24, 2023

NEW ALBUM VOYAGE OUT TODAY, APRIL 21 VIA METAL BLADE

New York City's Tanith — Russ Tippins (guitars, vocals), Cindy Maynard(bass, vocals), and Keith Robinson (drums) — have released their new album Voyage, out April 21 via Metal Blade. Get it here.

The album was recorded and mastered on 24-track analog tape and has never been digitized from recording to pressing. Also, fans will recognize Tippins from NWOBHM legend Satan.

Today, the band has shared the video for "Flame." Watch it below.

"To us, 'Flame' is a standout track," the band says. "Firstly, it's written in a major key, which isn't too common in metal these days, and, Cindy plays keys on the intro! Although the lyrical theme is pretty dark, we made sure to keep the music upbeat and positive. We really had the best time making this video at Saint Vitus... enjoy!"

The record will be available digitally, on CD, and via multiple vinyl variants.

ABOUT TANITH:
There is perhaps no band keeping the spirit and sound of '70s hard rock and heavy metal alive more so than Tanith.

Formed in 2017, the band embraced that era wholeheartedly, resulting in 2019's aptly titled In Another Time, which instantly earned cult status and put them on the map. Now, they return with Voyage, picking up where they left off and once again demonstrating their mastery when it comes to this niche. "I wanted more of the same but different in some marginal way," explains vocalist/guitarist Russ Tippins (also of Satan). "Voyage is the sound of the universe speaking to mankind through the medium of Tanith. Or, if you like, twin-guitar heavy rock with dual singers which, if you grew up in the 1970s, will make you want to bounce over to the nearest record store. On a space hopper."

While their debut came together easily, this time around there were hurdles to overcome, first and foremost the COVID-19 lockdown, which geographically split up the band, Tippins living in the UK while vocalist/bassist Cindy Maynard and drummer Keith Robinson dwelt in Brooklyn. Once life finally returned to "normal" and they were ready to record, they were hit by another bombshell with guitarist Charlie Newton abruptly bowing out of the band the day before tracking began.

"Speaking as one part of a two-guitar band, it felt like trying to fly with one wing," says Tippins. "It happened so suddenly we were dumbstruck. I guess we sat around for a few days thinking he was sure to walk through the door at any moment. But soon enough we realized we'd have to try to find a way to make this record without Charlie and I’m not just talking about laying down his lines. It’s about the shared dream we had with him. The conviction he brought to that dream. The four-way belief now reduced to three."

Returning to Brooklyn's Excello Recording and engineer Hugh Pool — the same combination used for tracking In Another Time — the band produced the album themselves, with Pool mixing. The sessions were a fun time for Tanith, again recording to tape rather than digital and utilizing vintage amps and speakers to find the best possible sounds for the instruments. "Just having the time every day all day to be in the music was a big deal and all of our energy went into this project even after leaving the studio," says Maynard. "We were thinking and breathing the music, constantly working on parts and ideas. We came in well prepared overall, and that gave us time to try out different sounds for different parts to get just the thing we were looking for." Given that they established themselves as a twin-guitar band on their debut they also brought in an extra player, Andee Blacksugar, best known for touring with Peter Murphy and as a member of KMFDM, now also a member of Blondie, who Robinson had played with before.

With the record fully realized, the band are eager for people to hear it, and they are confident that it is worth taking the time to listen to it — and experience it — in all its old school glory. Tippins says, "I can think of only two other rock bands in the entire world right now that records onto 24-track analog tape. If all you've ever known is digitally produced music you really need to listen to Voyage on vinyl and experience the difference. And I'm not talking about vinyl pressed from masters recorded on Pro Tools. At no point from tracking to pressing has any of the music on Voyage been digitized. It will open your eyes."

Through Fire Release New Album 'Devil's Got You Dreamin' via Sumerian Records + Unleash New Music Video For "The Road"

April 23, 2023

Release day is upon us, and Through Fire has unleashed their new album 'Devil's Got You Dreamin' (out via Sumerian Records). In celebration of today's news, the band has released a new single and music video for their track "The Road" from the new full-length release. Speaking on the inspiration behind the track, guitarist Justin McCain shared:

"The hardest thing about being on the road is missing my family. I wrote this whole song on the way to the studio thinking about them, thinking about touring, thinking about home."

Leading up to today, Through Fire has released music videos and visualizers for "Karma Kills", "Lose It", "Devolution", and "Over The Influence" which have altogether amassed nearly 1.1 million views on YouTube. Stream 'Devil's Got You Dreamin' here and watch the music video for "The Road" in the thumbnail below.

Fans can see Through Fire hit the stage on the Anniversary Confessions Tour with Ill Niño and Dropout Kings in a couple of weeks. For ticket information, please click here.

Confessions Anniversary Tour Dates

5/4 - Jacksonville, NC - Hooligans

5/5 - Winchester, VA - Blue Fox Billiards

5/6 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom

5/7 - Horseheads, NY - The L

5/9 - Mechanicsburg, PA - Lovedrafts

5/10 - Pittsburgh, PA - Crafthouse

5/11 - Lakewood, OH - Winchester Tavern

5/12 - Flint, MI - Machine Shop

5/13 - Angola, IN - Eclectic Room

5/14 - Joliet, IL - The Forge

5/16 - Bloomington, IL

5/17 - Belvidere, IL - The Apollo Theater

5/18 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room

5/19 - Sioux Falls, SD - Bigs Bar

5/20 - Billings, MT - Pub Station

5/21 - Great Falls, MT - The Newberry

5/23 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theater

5/24 - Colorado Springs, CO - Sunshine Studios

5/25 - Grand Junction, CO - Mesa Theater

5/26 - Phoenix, AZ - Rebel Lounge

5/27 - El Paso, TX - Rockhouse

5/30 - Lubbock, TX - Jakes

5/31 - Corpus Christi, TX - House Of Rock

6/1 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live

6/2 - San Antonio, TX - The Rock Box

6/3 - Fort Worth, TX - Rail Club

6/4 - Tyler, TX - Country River Club

ABOUT THROUGH FIRE:

Hard rock should exist outside of the system. It should break the mold. It should burn through expectations. Through Fire most certainly does. The Omaha, NE quartet—Justin McCain [lead guitar & songwriter], Grant Joshua Kendrick [lead vocals], Tyler Halverson [bass], and Zack Halverson [drums]—fuses hard-hitting riffs, lyrics that truly resonate and contagious melodies that are unforgettable. As a result, this impactful, immediate, and infectious fusion defies categorization and incites energy as boundless as the style itself. Additionally, the approach transformed the quartet into a phenomenon with chart-topping radio successes and over 275 million streams worldwide.

Now, the same fire fuels the band’s third full-length for Sumerian Records. “This album takes you on a roller coaster ride of emotions". We've all been through the fiery trials of life, this album aims to empower us all to get up out of the pit of despair and be victorious over our difficult circumstances. "Recording these songs was truly therapeutic, going in the studio to unleash every raw, honest feeling imaginable while enduring the heat of life's flames and heartache was powerful. This album brought us healing and we know from experience, we can all rise above whatever life throws our way.”

MÉLANCOLIA - UNVEIL DEBUT ALBUM 'HISSTHROUGHROTTENTEETH' AND SHARE VIDEO FOR "GOD TONGUE"

April 23, 2023

Melbourne-based blackened deathcore group MÉLANCOLIA share their video for GOD TONGUE and unleash hell on debut album, HissThroughRottenTeeth, out now and streaming everywhere via Greyscale Records and Nuclear Blast Records.

MÉLANCOLIA’s debut album, HissThroughRottenTeeth immerses listeners in a torturous tale of birth, life and death. HissThroughRottenTeeth follows a fallen deity, cast down from a godly realm and met with the punishment of reincarnating as a human with a wealth of knowledge yet stripped entirely of power.

“Essentially the album is about the pain of existence and how we get no say in coming into this world,” says vocalist and songwriter Alex Hill.

The album traverses different stages of the deity’s miserable existence, doomed to repeat a painful cycle for all of eternity. MÉLANCOLIA sink their teeth into their monstrous storyline with eerie passages, guttural deliveries, and grotesque visuals, dispensing pure dread through their music.

After establishing themselves just last year with the single "Horror_Ethereal," the band announced in February their signing to both Greyscale Records for Australia and New Zealand and Nuclear Blast for the rest of the world. Mélancolia may be fresh out the gates but they're miles from the start line as the four-piece have crafted a unique sound that has already catapulted them to new heights.

MÉLANCOLIA unveiled their second single [Inure] alongside their album announcement in early March, which invited listeners into MÉLANCOLIA’s world of unease and doom, thematically inspired by sadomasochism and how it's often used as a tactic to feel after experiencing a sense of numbness for so long.

"GOD TONGUE" becomes the latest video to shed from HissThroughRottenTeeth, sharing eerie visuals of a mortal monstrosity. The track observes organized religion and condemns those who follow for the wrong reasons.

MÉLANCOLIA echo a tormented entity trapped within the claws of despair, angst, and unnerving melancholy. Like messengers of darkness, Alex Hill takes his place at the forefront as vocalist, Joshua Taafe and Billy Morris join the fold as guitarists with Mason Page on drums. Storming through the gates of 2023 with a vengeance, Mélancolia played their first-ever show with Thy Art Is Murder on their Decade Of Hate Australian Tour in January alongside Starve and Justice For The Damned.

HissThroughRottenTeeth is availableg today, Friday April 21 via Greyscale Records and Nuclear Blast.

Order your copy of HISSTHROUGHROTTENTEETH, here:
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After 9-year hiatus, Edinburgh's WITHERED HAND shares 'Feelings' single and 'Crippled Love' ahead of releasing 'How To Love' album

April 23, 2023

As life-affirming as music gets” ~ The Herald

“Killer melodies … full of warm, woozy sing-song charm”  ~ Rolling Stone

“The UK’s best lyricist” ~ King Creosote

“Beautifully constructed lyrical frameworks... Caledonian gospel”  ~ MOJO

“Godlike Genius” ~ Justin Currie (Del Amitri)

"Stellar music.. sits perfectly square in the middle of Elliott Smith, Flaming Lips, Guided By Voices and Omaha’s Bright Eyes with a dash of Van Morrison and ‘Rocks’-era Primal Scream" ~ The Spill Magazine

As UK folk-rock troubadour Withered Hand gears up to release his long-awaited 'How To Love' LP, he reveals the album's final single 'Feelings', while also sharing a live acoustic video for the latest single 'Crippled Love'. His first new music in nine years, this record will officially be released on April 28 via Reveal Records,

Withered Hand is the nom de plume of Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter Dan Willson, who originally hails from London. On this album, Withered Hand continues to live up to his reputation as one of Scotland’s most gifted songwriters.

"This cry-for-help of a song sums up years of trying to medicate uncomfortable feelings with whatever I could get my hands on. If the album opens with this car crash, then the rest of the songs on ‘How To Love’ are imbued with my attempts to keep stumbling away from living like that," says Dan Willson.

"My own mental health struggles in the past meant life got really dark before I was willing to surrender three years ago and become willing to learn to live sober. It’s a healthy catharsis rocking out with the band on this song though, repaying a debt to some of the harder music I grew up with in the 90s."

“Don’t stop, tell me that I earned this one
Cos one is one too many, too many’s not enoughI
swallowed my pride, I just want the harder stuff
My appetite anaesthetises love”

Earlier, Withered Hand released the lead track 'Waking Up',which has garnered worldwide support and heavy airplay on tastemaker stations including BBC 6 Music and Amazing Radio. The radio edit involved a collaboration with producerMark Freegard (The Breeders, Del Amitri, New Model Army, Lush, Pale Saints), whilethe videowas filmed by Juliana Capesin Portobello, Edinburgh.

Produced, recorded and mixed by renowned producerTony Doogan (Mogwai, David Byrne, Teenage Fanclub, The Twilight Sad, Belle & Sebastian, The Delgados) atCastle of Doom Studios in Glasgow, the new album features guest appearances byKing Creosoteand Mercury-nominated English songwriterKathryn Williams.

Withered Hand's acclaimed 'New Gods' LP(2014) was released on vinyl via Slumberland Records, featuring Scottish luminaries from Belle & Sebastian, Frightened Rabbit and The Vaselines, as well asPam Berry of seminal 90’s US noisepop bandBlack Tambourine, propelling the album straight into the charts.

Willson began writing songs and singing in his thirties following the birth of his first child and the death of a close friend. With a wayward tenor and unaffected charm onstage, he has come to be celebrated as a songwriter and lyricist of rare wit and remarkable honesty. With songs picked up by MTV and cult series 'Skins', he's gained a legion of fans including Jarvis Cocker and Rolling Stone USA, who deemed him an Artist to Watch.

As of April 21, 'Feelings' is available everywhere digitally, includingApple Music and Spotify. The'How To Love' album, out April 28, can be orderd on CD, vinyl and digitally viaBandcamp. Withered Hand presents album release shows inCardiff(April 21st),London(April 22nd) andEdinburgh(April 28th), and also appearing onBBC Scotland’s Quay Sessions (May 3rd) on the back of performances in Manchester and forMarc Riley's BBC 6 Music show.

CREDITS
Dan Willson - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Malcolm Benzie - Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals
Fraser Hughes - Bass, Backing Vocals
Owen Curtis Williams - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Peter Liddle - Keyboards
Richard Merchant - Trumpet
Ross McCrae - Trombone
Lynsey Payne - Saxophone
Eva Willson - Backing Vocals
Eugene Willson - Backing Vocals
Produced, recorded and mixed by Tony Doogan at Castle of Doom Studios, Glasgow
(c) Dan Willson (Rough Trade Publishing)

BRAND OF SACRIFICE Unleash New EP - 'Between Death And Dreams' & Drop New Music Video For Title Track

April 23, 2023

Canadian deathcore wrecking crew, BRAND OF SACRIFICE, have finally unleashed their highly anticipated new EP, 'Between Death and Dreams' To highlight the release, the band have dropped a brand new music video for the EP's title track and a visualizer for track "Blinded".

Watch "Between Death And Dreams" below

Watch "Blinded" HERE.Stream the full EP HERE.

Speaking on the brand new track, BRAND OF SACRIFICE frontman, Kyle Anderson shares

"Between Death and Dreams is an experimental and cinematic doorway into the future of Brand of Sacrifice. I truly feel like we were able to put together a short collection of music that represents the successes of our past and where we're heading, while adding elements of emotion that I've honestly never heard before from an extreme metal band like ours."

Today's EP release follows previous singles "Dynasty" and "Exodus" which marked the band's first new music in over a year, in November last year to much furore from fans. The EP marsk the beginning of a new chapter of BRAND OF SACRIFICE. Maintaining their signature brutality and complexity, but upping it to a whole new level with a few surprises thrown in.

A full range of 'Between Death and Dreams' merch and vinyl is available now from www.brandofsacrifice.com

BRAND OF SACRIFICE are currently on the road with Lorna Shore in the US and shortly after that will be hitting the UK to tour with Spiritbox. For further info and tickets, head to brandofsacrifice.com

ABOUT BRAND OF SACRIFICE

Since 2018, Toronto-based deathcore quintet BRAND OF SACRIFICE have been imprinting their mark on the heavy music scene. Dubbed ‘The Branded Ones,’ the group’s fans joined and marched with them as they tore across the globe in support of their sophomore album "Lifeblood", which debuted on 8 separate Billboard charts and earned them a Juno nomination for Metal Album of the Year. Other highlights included slots on highly anticipated tours with artists like Spiritbox, Thy Art is Murder, We Came as Romans & more.

BRAND OF SACRIFICE have pushed the envelope even further with their next release 'Between Death and Dreams'. With production even more cinematic, exemplified by massive choral soundscapes, brutal breakdowns, and quite few surprises along the way, the EP is an exceptional evolution of their sound. Across their releases to date, BRAND OF SACRIFICE have hit 50 million streams and 10 million YouTube views.

The band draws its name from popular anime series Berserk by Kentaro Miura.

Fans at any BRAND OF SACRIFICE show will be familiar with set-closer “Eclipse” and its ending chant of, “Welcome to the new age.” With 'Between Death and Dreams', it’s evident the band have ushered in yet another, even fresher era from which there is no turning back.

Find Brand Of Sacrifice Online

BrandOfSacrifice.com

Ovtlier Releases New Single "HEARTLESS" + Official Music Video via TLG/INgrooves

April 23, 2023

Ovtlier teamed up with SiriusXM Octane for the exclusive world premiere of their latest single "Heartless" yesterday! The single released today via TLG/INgrooves to all major platforms along with the official music video that was directed by Tom Flynn. Tom has worked with artists such as All That Remains, Body Count, 10 Years, and more.

“They say, 'hurt people, hurt people'. 'Heartless' is about 'toxic' relationships and the effects it can have on one, not just in the present but will leech on you and wreak havoc in the future. You can become so numb in the process of it all by taking the abuse, whether it be physical, mental or emotional you become that very thing you hate. After my experience of this, I shut down emotionally, even more than my childhood trauma. I would be transparent out of the gate and state how deadened I’ve become and that I did not want a relationship or anything to build upon. I refused let anyone in. I could not welcome love. It is a virus that transfers easily," says Joey Arena.

He adds, "'Heartless' is my personal favorite to date. A contender to all deep cutter tracks. A song that’s speaks to you and has you coming back for more. Packing a punch out of the gate and delivering a melody that will have you singing along by the second chorus. Sonically charged and rich with exhaustive lyrics, 'Heartless' is the song you didn’t know you needed in your life."

Honing in on a modern sound while consistently setting themselves apart from the mainstream, Ovtlier (pronounced "Outlier") prides themselves in creating exemplary rock and metal music backed by a rapidly growing fanbase. Ovtlier has earned more than 3 million views of fan-curated content on YouTube and over 3 million streamson Spotify, while capturing the hearts of tens of thousands of followers online. In addition to their loyal fan base, the band has caught attention through achieving features in major media outlets such as Revolver, Loudwire, Alternative Press, Decibel and ABC News.

Continually hitting the Billboard charts, Ovtlier has been able to spread their sound nationwide through constant spins on FM radio and months of regular rotation on SiriusXM Octane- launching them into the forefront of their genre. Ovtlier has had three singles featured on SiriusXM Octane; "Who We Are", "Buried Me Alive" and "Blame The Dead" have made fans out of satellite radio listeners across the country and emphasizes the band's ability to stay creative while maintaining an ever-growing fanbase.

Ovtlier brought 2022 to a close with "Living Dead"-bringing the band their biggest success yet. Ovtlier earned a steady average of 1.5 million streams monthly on three streaming platforms (Amazon Music, Spotify and Pandora) alone and saw "Living Dead" become the most played song on SiriusXM Octane. With "Living Dead"behind them, Ovtlier is gearing up to outdo their own personal best with their upcoming release "Heartless". The track was written by the band's lead vocalist and founder, Joey Arena, accompanied by Evan McKeever and Julian Comeau (Loveless). "Heartless" owes its production to Justin DeBlieck (Ice Nine Kills, Motionless In White) and Evan McKeever while joining its predecessor as the second single mixed by Chris Dawson (SAUL, Any Given Sin) and mastered by Mike Kalajian (Bad Omens, The Plot In You). With Ovtlier's dedication and a star-studded team of support behind them, the success of "Heartless" as the band's most-accomplished single is inevitable.

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RedHook Release Scorching New Debut Album 'Postcard From A Living Hell'

April 23, 2023

Eora/Sydney-based alt-rock shapeshifters RedHook have just unleashed their long-anticipated debut album 'Postcard From A Living Hell' – produced by Stevie Knight (Stand Atlantic, Yours Truly) in collaboration with band member Craig Wilkinson, and mixed by James Paul Wisner (Underoath, Paramore). Fans can stream the album HERE.

'Postcard From A Living Hell' is eleven charismatic, hook-laden tracks forged in RedHook's particle collider of sonic influences, smashing together elements of metalcore, pop-punk, nu-metal, alt-rock, and classic metal with trap, EDM and pop. The LP is stacked with radio singles, including the femme-powered, EDM-inflected breakup anthem 'Imposter' feat. Yours Truly, saxophone-powered pop-punk self-roast 'Soju' feat. Sly Withers, and the self-produced one-two punch of diabolical emo-meets-drum and bass banger 'Low Budget Horror' and incendiary anti-misogyny manifesto 'SAY'.

Focus track 'Postcard Xo' opens the LP, taking us “down that rabbit hole” into a nightmarish hellscape of trauma and self-sabotage. Written as a letter from rock bottom where vocalist Emmy Mack ruminates on struggles with depression and intrusive thoughts of self-harm, the song is also RedHook’s boldest and wackiest musical composition to date. Watch the video below.

Speaking on the 'Postcard Xo' single release, Emmy shares:

"'Postcard Xo' is a pretty dark song, both musically and thematically. It's about finding yourself back in the familiar landscape of rock bottom after a string of preventable fuck-ups, wrestling with feelings of guilt, shame and worthlessness, and wishing the worst for yourself - because that's exactly what you feel like you deserve."

From the sucker-punching hard rock of 'The Critic', to the chaotic rap-fuelled metalcore of 'Psych Vs. Psych’, to the darker synth-pop deviance of 'An Intervention' and the heartfelt alt-rock balladry of ‘Inarticulate’ feat. The Faim, 'Postcard From A Living Hell' is a unique and expansive body of work that showcases the full spectrum of RedHook's colourful musical multiverse. Emmy's superlative bravery in the fan-resonant 'Jabberwocky' is complimented by the savagery of breakbeat rave monster 'Off With Your Head', as the album hits out against injustice and our most persuasive demons while expressing a slew of relatable ordeals that make life feel like a living hell.

Previous singles 'Imposter' feat. Yours Truly, 'Soju' feat. Sly Withers, 'SAY' and 'Jabberwocky' were all added to full rotation on triple j, and have received immense support from the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, BBC Radio 1 (UK), Kerrang! (UK) triple j Unearthed, NME, Hysteria Magazine, Kill Your Stereo, MANIACS and Wall of Sound.

WHAT THE PRESS ARE SAYING:

"Intense, poignant and raw."

NME (AUS)

"This maximal pop punk vibe sounds enormous in RedHook’s hands. Big banger!" – ★★★★★

Dave Ruby Howe – triple j Unearthed (AUS)

"RedHook at their heaviest?! And I am literally obsessed. Tapping into that power and Emmy sounds like a dark goddess. I love those 'I'm angry' attitude moments and that belter of an ending." - ★★★★½

Claire Mooney - triple j (AUS)

“RedHook continue to go from strength to strength.”

Kill Your Stereo (AUS)

"RedHook is unapologetically authentic and their fanbase loves them for it."

You Make The Scene (US)

In 2022, RedHook completed a 28-date regional Australian tour as main support for metalcore titans In Hearts Wake. They also made their celebrated return to Australia's Good Things Festival, becoming the first band ever to grace the lineup twice, going from Eora/Sydney openers in 2018 to national Stage 5 headliners in 2022. The band also made their critically acclaimed debuts at Australia's Groovin the Moo and UNIFY Gathering festivals, and two of the biggest heavy music festivals on the planet, Germany's Rock am Ring and Rock im Park; a feat few Australian bands can claim.

ABOUT REDHOOK

RedHook are a fiercely independent, shapeshifting alt-rock foursome from Sydney, Australia who’ve quickly accumulated a global fanbase and tens of millions of streams through their powerful songwriting and captivating live show.

Featuring the core creative duo of Emmy Mack and Craig Wilkinson, two strangers from regional New South Wales whose paths collided after moving to Sydney in 2017, RedHook combine with young gun drummer Alex Powys and seasoned bassist Ned Jankovic to create heartfelt, attitude-filled and relatable alternative rock music that consistently defies classification.

The strength of their debut single ‘Minute On Fire’ in 2018 was enough to attract the interest of one of the lead promoters of the UK’s iconic Download Festival, who swiftly invited RedHook over to play. The band were then snapped up by The Hen House Artist Management (worldwide) and inked booking deals with New World Artists (AUS) and Wasserman (UK/EU), going on to conquer some of Australia’s biggest music festival stages (Download, Good Things, Stonefest, BIGSOUND). They also completed their debut international tour (supporting metal titans Three Days Grace across the UK & Europe), launched their own gender diversity-inspired alternative festival in Sydney, 'UsFest', and undertook four complete Australian tours (selling outthe Melbourne and Sydney legs of their own debut headline tour).

As RedHook’s global fan base grew steadily with each single release and live show, many big things followed. The band were named triple j Unearthed feature artist, Kerrang! Radio feature artist and were invited to host the ABC’s iconic rage program. They’ve consistently featured as one of the top 50 most-played artists on triple j Unearthed every year since 2019.

2021 saw RedHook release their long-awaited debut EP ‘Bad Decisions’ which has ticked over 13 million Spotify streamsand had its two lead singles added to rotation on triple j. The record earned praise from Kerrang! (UK), Rock Sound (UK), Rolling Stone (AUS) and many more, even scooping a 2022 AIR Independent Music Awards nomination for best punk EP or album.

RedHook continued their steady rise across 2022 with their debut performances at Australia’s UNIFY Gathering, Groovin’ The Moo and boutique festival Rolling Sets, as well as playing one of the world’s most iconic rock festivals Rock AM Ring/Rock im Park in Germany alongside the likes of Green Day and Muse, accompanied by a second tour of Europe supporting The Faim.

Their own headline ‘Bring Ya Mates’ tour was also a huge success with multiple sold out shows around Australia as it emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. This was followed by a mammoth 28-date, two-month-long regional Australian tour as main support for metalcore titans In Hearts Wake and a triumphant return the Good Things festival stage alongside Bring Me The Horizon and Deftones, where RedHook made history as the first band to grace the lineup twice.

In May 2022, RedHook returned with ‘Jabberwocky’ their most gut-wrenching single to date, which was immediately added to triple j high rotation and added to the cover of Spotify’s popular ‘All New Rock’ Playlist. Follow-up singles ‘SAY’ and ‘Soju’ Ft. Sly Withers have both since been added to full rotation on triple j.

These singles will feature on RedHook’s long-anticipated debut album, Postcard From A Living Hell, which is due to arrive on April 21st, 2023. The band will support the release with a monster Australian tour joining international grunge icons The Smashing Pumpkins at the debut of their travelling The World Is A Vampire Festival throughout April, before embarking on their own 11-date Australian headline tour in May.

Find RedHook Online

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Beartooth Share New Song "Sunshine!" — LISTEN

April 23, 2023

Gold-selling, billion-streaming rock band BEARTOOTH — Caleb Shomo, vocals; Zach Huston, guitars; Will Deely, guitars; Oshie Bichar, bass; and Connor Denis, drums — have just unleashed their new single "Sunshine!" and it has all the hallmarks of your favorite Beartooth bangers — cranked up to 11.

There's a supremely catchy, anthemic singalong chorus and a tectonic plate-shifting breakdown that will have you pumping your fist in the air. Say hello to your feel good hit of the summer, courtesy of the 'Tooth!

Listen to "Sunshine!"

"'Sunshine!' is about a lot of things, the most obvious being seasonal depression," says Shomo. "It's always been prevalent in my life but as I grow older, it gets more intense. This song is also about moving on from the dark place I was in during 2020-2021. At the end of the day, life should be enjoyed and a Beartooth song doesn't always have to be miserable."

In other Beartooth news, the band was recently nominated for a Libera Award for "Best Heavy Record" for the 2022 hit single "Riptide," which has garnered over 20 million streams to date. They also wrapped an 18-date, sold-out tour in the UK and Europe, where they headlined some of their biggest shows to date, including the iconic Wembley Arena. It marked the band's most successful overseas run its history so far!

Beartooth will next embark on a 38-date U.S. co-headline tour alongside Trivium, which includes a triumphant return home at Sonic Temple Festival in Columbus, OH. The band will follow the co-headliner with trips to Australia and Europe, while concluding 2023 with an appearance at Blue Ridge Rock Festival in Alton, VA.

TRIVIUM + BEARTOOTH ON TOUR:
WITH MALEVOLENCE + ARCHETYPES COLLIDE:
4/21 — Tampa, FL — 98RockFest*
4/22 — Orlando, FL — Earth Day Birthday*
4/23 — St. Augustine, FL — Planet Band Camp*
4/28 — Newark, NJ — Rock The Rock Fest*
4/29 — Worcester, MA — The Big Gig*
5/1 — Stroudsburg, PA — Sherman Theater
5/3 — Green Bay, WI — EPIC Event Center
5/4 — Milwaukee, WI — Hog Fest*
5/6 — St. Paul, MN — Twin City Takeover*
5/8 — Grand Rapids, MI — GLC Live at 20 Monroe
5/9 — Buffalo, NY — Buffalo Riverworks
5/10 — Huntington, NY — The Paramount
5/12 — Hampton Beach, NH — Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
5/13 — New Haven, CT — College Street Music Hall
5/14 — Portland, ME — State Theatre
5/16 — Richmond, VA — The National
5/17 — Raleigh, NC — The Ritz
5/18 — Daytona Beach, FL — Welcome to Rockville (Trivium Only)
5/20 — Myrtle Beach, SC — House of Blues
5/21 — Silver Spring, MD — The Fillmore
5/23 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE
5/24 — Nashville, TN — Marathon Music Works
5/25 — Columbus, OH — Sonic Temple Festival (Beartooth Only)
5/26 — Indianapolis, IN — Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
5/27 — Columbus, OH — Sonic Temple Festival (Trivium Only)
5/28 — Corbin, KY — Corbin Arena
5/30 — Omaha, NE — The Admiral
5/31 — Clive, IA — Horizon Event Center
6/2 — East Moline, IL — The Rust Belt
6/3 — Kansas City, MO — Uptown Theater
6/4 — Tulsa, OK — Tulsa Theater
6/6 — Austin, TX — Emo's
6/7 — Dallas, TX — The Factory in Deep Ellum
6/9 — Tempe, AZ — Marquee
6/10 — Las Vegas, NV — Brooklyn Bowl
6/11 — Riverside, CA — Riverside Municipal Auditorium
6/12 — San Francisco, CA — Warfield
6/14 — Spokane, WA — The Podium
6/15 — Seattle, WA — Paramount Theater
* Festival Dates with Beartooth Only

The Amity Affliction Share "Not Without My Ghosts" Video

April 22, 2023

NEW ALBUM NOT WITHOUT MY GHOSTS ARRIVES MAY 12 ON PURE NOISE

Australian metalcore trailblazers THE AMITY AFFLICTION — Joel Birch[vocals], Ahren Stringer [vocals, bass], Dan Brown [lead guitar], and Jon Longobardi [drums] — recently announced their new album Not Without My Ghosts, out May 12 via Pure Noise. Pre-order it here or here.

Today, the band has shared the video for the title track, featuring Phem. Watch it below.

The title track is "a song about the way which you can't travel through life without dragging the ghosts of your past behind you, and how they manifest in their various forms," shares Birch.

And, as a whole, the album itself address "the paradox of not wanting to be alive, and yet needing to stay here, while also mourning the loss of friends and trying to use the music as catharsis," Birch previously explained.

It's a heavy record — both sonically and thematically, and that's just how the band's fans like it!

Not Without My Ghosts boasts multiple features — something the band has not incorporated into a release in quite some time — including late New Zealand rapper Louie Knuxx, who passed away in 2021, as well as Comeback Kid's Andrew Neufeld, The Plot in You's Landon Tewers, and Phem.

The Amity Affliction will also appear at several festivals this year, including Louder Than Life in September and Aftershock in October.

The band's Spring 2022 North American headline tour dates are below.

They will next return to North America in the fall, serving as direct support to Parkway Drive. All upcoming TAA dates are below.

THE AMITY AFFLICTION ON TOUR:
WITH CAN'T SWIM + OMERTA:
5/10 — San Diego, CA — Observatory NP
5/11 — Berkeley, CA — UC Theatre
5/13 — Tucson, AZ — Encore
5/14 — El Paso, TX — Rockhouse Bar & Grill
5/15 — Lubbock, TX — Jakes Backroom
5/17 — Kansas City, MO — The Truman
5/19 — Milwaukee, WI — Rave II
5/20 — Columbus, OH — King Of Clubs
5/21 — Nashville, TN — Eastside Bowl
5/23 — Orlando, FL — The Beacham

WITH PARKWAY DRIVE, NORTHLANE, + MAKE THEM SUFFER:
9/10 — Atlanta, GA — Coca Cola Roxy
9/12 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE Outdoors
9/13 — Detroit, MI — Masonic
9/15 — Worcester, MA — Palladium Outdoors
9/17 — New York, NY — Hammerstein Ballroom
9/19 — Montreal, QC — Place Bell
9/20 — Toronto, ON — RBC Echo Beach
9/22 — Cleveland, OH — Jacobs Pavilion
9/23 — Louisville, KY — Louder Than Life Festival*
9/24 — Chicago, IL — Radius
9/26 — St. Paul, MN — Myth Live
9/27 — Oshkosh, WI — Oshkosh Arena
9/29 — Denver, CO — Mission Ballroom
9/30 — Albuquerque, NM — The Revel
10/1 — Mesa, AZ — Mesa Amphitheater
10/3 — Salt Lake City, UT — Complex
10/5 — Las Vegas, NV — The Theater at Virgin Hotels
10/6 — Irvine, CA — FivePoint Amphitheatre
10/7 — Sacramento, CA — Aftershock*
*Festival Dates

ABOUT THE AMITY AFFLICTION:
Since emerging in 2008 with their debut Severed Ties, Australian powerhouse The Amity Affliction have consistently delivered. They've tallied over a billion streams worldwide, clocked four No. 1 records, have earned multiple Gold and Platinum certifications in their home country, and enjoyed a string of Top 30-charting albums on Billboard. They've also received critical accolades from Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, The Noise, and more. Throughout their career, The Amity Affliction have remained a featured attraction on some of the biggest festivals in the world — from Download UK, Reading and Leeds, Vans Warped Tour, Rock am Ring, Rock im park, Graspop, Sonic Temple, Welcome to Rockville, Hellfest, Slam Dunk, Jera on Air, and more! The band has sold out countless headline treks and have hit the road with everyone from A Day to Remember to Motionless in White to Silverstein to Sum 41 to Beartooth to PVRIS. New album Not Without My Ghosts arrives in Spring 2023.