THY ART IS MURDER DECADE OF HATE (LIVE IN MELBOURNE 2023) AVAILABLE DIGITALLY NOW + LIVE VIDEO FOR 'REIGN OF DARKNESS (LIVE IN MELBOURNE)'

THY ART IS MURDER, one of Australia's top-heavy exports, released their seminal second album Hate on October 19, 2012. On January 14th, 2023, the band immortalized their sold-out 'Decade Of Hate' Melbourne performance at The Forum. Fans can now own or stream the digital version of Decade Of Hate (Live In Melbourne), which is out today. The physical versions including a CD jewel and LP, will be available to the masses on November 17th.

Check out the fiery live video for the track 'Reign of Darkness (Live in Melbourne 2023)'. The live album was engineered by Lance Prenc, and mixing and mastering was completed by Will Putney (FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY). 

THY ART IS MURDER's Andy Marsh comments, "When we set out to record our record Hate all those years ago, none of us could anticipate the ride of a lifetime we were about to embark upon. So it seemed fitting that when we announced this recent 'Decade Of Hate tour', we were again uncertain about what the shows would hold in store. They turned out to be the biggest of our career. 

“Throughout this wild journey, it was only through the undying support of our friends and fans across the world that we were able to traverse these monolithic milestones and for that, we are forever grateful. To have a dream is one thing, but to live it is something truly special and you have given that privilege to us.

“In the last ten years, we attempted to cover as much ground on tour as possible, but this last anniversary tour was rather brief as we began preparations for our new record Godlike. With the help of our incredible crew, we are proud to give you HATE in full, the way we imagined we might one day be able to one day present the songs. For all those who couldn’t make it to a show, and for anyone who just wants to relive the experience it has now been immortalized on wax for all to hear.”

Stream the single 'Reign Of Darkness (Live in Melbourne 2023)' and the full album, here: 
https://taim.bfan.link/decade-of-hate

Watch the live video for 'Reign Of Darkness (Live in Melbourne 2023)', below.

Decade Of Hate (Live In Melbourne 2023) will be available in the following physical formats on November 17th:

• CD Jewelcase

• 2 LP

  • Blue W. Black Pink Splatter (North American Exclusive; Limited to 1000)

  • Purple W. Blue Pink Splatter (European Exclusive; Limited to 900)

Hate was produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Will Putney (EVERY TIME I DIE, KNOCKED LOOSE, END). The artwork was created by Brent Elliot White (CARNIFEX, DEATH ANGEL). The album catapulted the band onto the world stage, seeing them play a mammoth 342 dates around the globe, with more US tours than any other Australian band at the time. Between laps of the world, Hate earned the band an ARIA and a Metal Hammer Golden Gods Award nomination and has been streamed over 55 million times to date.


THY ART IS MURDER is:
C.J. McMahon | Vocals
Sean Delander | Rhythm Guitar
Kevin Butler | Bass Guitar
Jesse Beahler | Drums
Andy Marsh | Lead Guitar

Pre-order/listen Decade Of Hate (Live In Melbourne 2023) here: https://taim.bfan.link/decade-of-hate

Chicago's Evidence of a Struggle presents new audio-visual trip for 'Bassakards'

"Wonderfully cinematic, forward-thinking, open-minded, genre-hopping, rule-breaking... a symphony of sonics, subtlety and suppleness, and of the subverting of expectations" ~ Big Takeover Magazine

"Fascinating... This melodic journey expertly fuses the innovative textures of art rock with the insurgent spirit of alternative music... a complex and immersive auditory universe" ~ Post-Punk.com

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

"Chaotic and lovely" ~ Punk Rock Beat


Chicago-based artist Evidence of a Struggle presents his new video for 'Bassakards' from his debut 13-track eponymous album.  A song about longing and loss, it's no wonder that this song's essence is wonderfully chaotic. Taking the listener on a great instrumental journey, this record blends numerous sub-genres spanning the art rock and alternative music realm.

Surrounding the musings of multi-instrumentalist William P C Simmons V a.k.a. Rev. Billy Simmons, Evidence of a Struggle creates lush, cinematic, beautiful and sometimes chaotic compositions.

Launched 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. Once Covid restrictions were lifted, renowned sound engineer Sanford Parker (Voivod, Russian Circles, Yob, Eyehategod, Wovenhand, Darkthrone, Youth Code, Pelican) helped produce, record and master the final versions of these songs.

The album is complemented by a multi-chapter audio-visual storybook, 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. To date, these include the cinematic single 'Do'Oa' (a wonderful fusion of Tortoise and Dif Juz), 'Alan's Song' (the sound of fear, beauty and hubris), 'Bisquee' with its engaging off-kilter post-rock, and the album's high-octane 'Sal-E'.

"Bassakards is a song about longing and loss. There are so many counterpoints within this song, both sonically, visually, and emotionally. They are all parallel, similar, contrary, and oblique. Listen, look, let the sound speak its truth to you, let the animation challenge what you think about the story the sound is telling, and let the visuals challenge your beliefs. Let it move you to move forward, not bassakards," says Rev Billy.

With a backstory involving collaborations with RCA recording artist Ké and various artists on major labels like RCA, Touch and Go, BMG and Universal, it is no surprise that Evidence of a Struggle would evolve. 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) on bass.
 
Apart from music, Rev. Billy also owns Rev. Billy's Chop Shop, also known as an inclusive, creative space, hosting new artists' work bimonthly and declared by Chicago Reader as the city's best gallery in 2019. Rev. Billy's Chop Shop is as strong a passion as his music.

The 'Evidence of a Struggle' album is out now and is available via Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp.

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

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ON THORNS I LAY Hit New Heights on First Advanced Single

ON THORNS I LAY are Greek titans. The band came up through the underground during the early '90s, in the wake of Nightfall, Septicflesh and Rotting Christ. But while those bands were swayed more by symphonic and black metal, these Athenians developed a taste for the gothic. Which makes sense. After all, they are named after a Shakespearean sonnet. 

Now, 30 years and ten albums later, On Thorns I Lay have signed with Season of Mist. It's fitting then that their first offering for the label is a self-titled album. The lead single epitomizes the way this band conducts death and doom metal into an atmospheric thunder storm. A pale wan of keyboard casts a brooding shadow, while riffs reign down like lighting bolts.

But "Newborn Skies" reaches even greater new heights. The melodic leads just keep on climbing, until they ascend into a heavenly choir. "This song is talking about this critical moment in life when you need to reconsider, reanimate and restart in order to keep going and follow your dreams", the band says. "No matter how dark the ride has been, no matter how difficult and obscure, you have to make the final decision. You still have your fate in your hands".  

'On Thorns I Lay' is out October 13. Pre-save the album HERE. Pre-order it HERE.

ON THORNS I LAY started as a death metal band together with other cult bands in Greece in the early 90’s such as Rotting Christ, Septicflesh, Necromantia, Nightfall and started to spread their name in the local and global underground scene.

ON THORNS I LAY have released 9 albums so far such as “Orama”, “Crystal Tears” and “Aegean Sorrow” gaining great praise. The band have shared the stage with artists such as Dream Theater, In Flames, Anathema, Amorphis, Katatonia, Rotting Christ, Tiamat, The Gathering, Satyricon, Septic Flesh and many more. The band’s last album “Threnos” (2020) followed the path of atmospheric, yet emotional Doom Death Metal – paying tribute to the roots and representing the trademark sound of the band once again. ON THORNS I LAY continue to tell dense stories of loss and despair.

After their mini tour at the Baltic states with Rotting Christ in 2022, ON THORNS I LAY finished the recordings of their 10th album and first for Season of Mist. The self-titled LP pushes death-doom to epic heights, casting a newborn Gothic glow over muscular riffs and cavernous vocals hearkening back to the halcyon days of early ‘90s Peaceville death-doom.   

Current line-up:
Peter “Invoker” Miliadis: Vocals, bass (Dimlight, ex-Slaveatgod)

Chris Dragamestianos: Guitar

Nikolas Paraskevopoulos: Guitar (Dimlight, Yoth Iria)

Kostas Mexis: Bass (Aetherian, ex-Black Path)

Antonis Ventouris: Keyboard

Stelios Darakis: Drums (Dexter Ward, ex-Sacred Outcry, The Eternal Suffering, ex-Mortal Torment, ex-Lloth)
 
Recording line-up:
Peter “Invoker” Miliadis: Vocals, bass (Dimlight, ex-Slaveatgod)

Chris Dragamestianos: Guitar

Nikolas Paraskevopoulos: Guitar (Dimlight, Yoth Iria)

Antonis Ventouris: Keyboard

Stelios Darakis: Drums (Dexter Ward, ex-Sacred Outcry, The Eternal Suffering, ex-Mortal Torment, ex-Lloth)

Guest musicians

Fanny Melfi - Fallen From Grace 

Labros Kiklis - Fallen From Grace  

Stavros Papagiannakopoulos - Thorns Of Fire, Crestfallen  

Ilias Mantikos - Thorns Of Fire 

Katerina Tzitzou - Fallen From Grace 

Irina Dimaki - Fallen From Grace 

Anna Thana - Fallen From Grace 

Aris Karatzas - Crestfallen, Newborn Skies, Raise Empires, Among The Wolves 

Recording Studio:Devasoundz Studios

Producer:Fotis Benardo

Mix/Mastering:Fotis Benardo

Cover artwork:Dimitris Tzortzis

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Tropic Gold Sign to UNFD + Share "Adrenaline" Video

Suffolk-via-Essex quartet Tropic Gold have announced their signing to UNFDwith the video for the huge new single "Adrenaline." The track was exclusively premiered on Monday night’s BBC Radio 1 Rock Show, with sit-in host and long-term supporter Alyx Holcombe enthusing, "That was so incredible!"

Watch the video below.

"'Adrenaline' unravels the uncontrollable feeling of not being able to get through a day without an unreasonably positive event occurring," shares the band. "It vocalizes how having a day without an extreme positive lift can result in intense lows, similar to withdrawal symptoms. The lyrics are written from a 'talking to myself' perspective, with vocals representing an inner monologue highlighted throughout the song."

Tropic Gold continue, "The excitement of signing with UNFD is undeniably life changing. We are beyond grateful for the shared enthusiasm UNFD have in the future of Tropic Gold, and are not holding back on making the most of what this partnership can create. The shared ambition for bringing the vision of Tropic Gold to life has allowed us to expand our team for the first time, and UNFD have made us feel lovingly welcomed and part of a family immediately. We can't wait to invite the world to join the experience."

ABOUT TROPIC GOLD:
Tropic Gold offer up a sleekly modern meld of alternative, metal, pop, and electronica, cajoling their passions for a dynamic culture pool of music and production styles into a single sonic petri dish. Though originally formed in 2019, the quartet have spent years in the lab, developing their sound and strong aesthetics behind the closed doors of a bespoke, self-built multimedia studio. The Tropic Gold method is truly hands on, with guitarist Joshua Leehandling all production and recording duties, as well as diving into the weeds on their visual curation, manning the camera and edit suite as often as the production chair. Today, with their vision firmly in grasp, the band are ready to move beyond the prologue, and have struck up a partnership with UNFD to bring their soaring, infectious soundscapes to a global audience. Pairing swathes of moody atmospherics with soaring, ear worm choruses, the band's songs feel like they would be equally A Vibe™ pulsing across sticky, cramped dance floors as soaring atop airy arenas.

Coming on like a new romantic Bring Me The Horizon or a post-breakup Don Broco who just discovered their parents copy of The Cure's Disintegration or a 45rpm copy of Sing The Sorrow playing at 33rpm… tl;dr: Tropic Gold are as gloomy as they are catchy.

 Sharing a sonic space with the likes of the aforementioned BMTH and Broco, PVRIS, (latter day) Architects, Caskets, Spiritbox's plaintive moments, and even Enter Shikari (albeit on Valium), Tropic Gold are just getting started in figuring out how to weaponize their cocktail of slap and swag.

TROPIC GOLD ARE:
Jacob Parris — Vocals
Joshua Lee — Guitars + Programming
Bradley Lawrence — Bass
George Southernwood — Drums

Portland-based indie pop artist BERKLEY presents 'Festival Day', rooted in Colorado and the pain of growing apart

"Equal parts catchy and groovy... recalls the carefully manufactured hits of pop kingpin Beck and songwriting savants Miike Snow. Shimmering synths envelop the listener like a warm bath, while a melodious electric guitar floats atop in the form of a rock-tinged bass line" ~ Dallas Observer

“Earnest and immediate pop-rock with shades of Americana and ’70s Laurel Canyon rock & roll" ~ Bandcamp Daily

"Superb. Here we have a super-catchy melody, a high feel-good factor, impeccable delivery and production. Fans of Ben Folds, Ethan Gold and Ben Kweller should take note" ~ Amplify Music Magazine

"Intertwines ‘70s country with modern pop and Berkley’s soft vocals layered to hazy guitars will remind you of a sunset in the countryside on a summer road trip" ~  Central Track

"Knows how to tug at the emotional heartstrings without ever venturing into the terrain of sappiness or maudlinism" - Ghost of Blind Lemon


Portland-based Colorado-raised artist Berkley will release his new single 'Fiesta Day', previewing his debut full-length album 'Pueblo', to be released via Oregon label Big Secret Records. Interrogating the small spaces shared between what-ifs of the past and the realities of the present is where Berkley’s songwriting sparkles. On 'Fiesta Day', Berkley blows the dust off the events that shape us to reveal what follows.

Over the pulsing rhythm that propels the track, Berkley revisits the end of a teenage friendship with clarity brought by time. The track pumps at a windows-down-driving tempo while Berkley pleads with the estranged: I don’t want you near / but I wish you were here / please understand me before the end of the world.

Set during Fiesta Day, a local celebration of Latinx culture in his hometown of Pueblo, Colorado, Berkley reclaims the pain of growing apart by reimagining a final conversation. Warbling Moog synthesizers, shaky guitars, and a lonesome piano represent the haunting memories of a lost connection.

Inspired by the first-person experimental video game Paratopic, which switches players’ perspective and place in time, the accompanying video takes viewers through different moments and locales in Berkley’s life, from a stretch of interstate in pre-COVID New Mexico to Berkley’s early 2000s high school years, his 20s spent in Los Angeles, and a 2008 sold-out performance in a northern Colorado theater. All footage was captured by the artist in his efforts to audio-visual cataloge his career.

Berkley is the musical moniker of Andrew Jones, a notable recording engineer who now channels his production and songwriting talents into this project. After exploring broad musical territory from recording with former Cher bassist and ASCAP award winner Bob Parr to 2016’s power pop collaboration with members of The Offspringto 2017’s “gorgeous” (AV Club) synthesizer project Sound for Bombs, Jones decided to sharpen his focus on electronic elements and pop song forms.

Earlier, he released 'Pueblo Nights', backed up by members of the Austin-based band Watering, which explores themes of memory, youth, and growth in Berkley’s hometown of Pueblo, Colorado as he recalls being in young dumb love in a small city’s punk rock and heavy metal music scene. Its straightforward laidback pop grooves are driven by shaky electric guitar tones and chiming keyboards.

“The passage of summer to fall in my hometown of Pueblo, Colorado is marked by this parade that takes place during an event called Fiesta Day. That time of year always reminds me of when a high school friend dropped out, seemed to change his identity, and left town. I was heartbroken and bitter about it until I wrote this song and realized I could have been a better friend and noticed why he did that. This is a song that sums up the album’s purpose well — taking responsibility for your part in the past and forgiving yourself, hoping others will too,” says Berkley.

In Berkley, Jones has found a palatable recipe for his wide range of influences and a renewed outlook on writing and performing. But his origins are unexpected. After touring in his own punk and metal bands in his teens and early 20s, Andrew Jones dipped his toe in the Los Angeles songwriting scene, ultimately finding himself among a team of writers developing early ideas for Michael Jackson’s comeback album.

Following Jackson’s death, Jones reevaluated his path in music and stopped writing and performing for three years while he taught university writing and literature. Jones’ muses returned in 2010 when he quit his teaching job to immerse himself in jazz guitar studies and rekindle his relationship with music and his primary instrument.

As of July 26, 'Fiesta Day' is available via Bandcamp, where the full 'Pueblo' album is available for pre-order. Set for release on September 1, it is available on CD and vinyl. The first 100 come in a random color (brown, army green, gray, or purple). It also includes exclusive audio from vintage Pueblo KDZA broadcasts and field recordings captured in Pueblo locales significant to Berkley's life. A seamless listening experience track to track, side per side - this is how Pueblo is meant to be heard.

SINGLE CREDITS
Music and lyrics by Andrew Jones aka Berkley
Berkley - vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano, drum machine
Ramon Muzquiz - drums
Recorded at The Nest Studio in Denton, TX
Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Andrew Jones
Additional recording at Huge Planet, Nashville, TN by Jake Davis
Field recording in Pueblo, CO by Andrew Jones and Josh Knobbs “Factor”
Cover layout and design by Dan Gremminger
Single cover photo by Sean Beeman
Artist photos taken by Juli Williams


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3TEETH Releases Stripped-Back New Single “Drift” & Music Video Giving Inside Look At Industrial Act In Studio Recording First New Album In 4 Years, ‘EndEx,’ Out September 22

Continuing with the series of monthly singles ahead of the release of new album EndEx in September, 3TEETH is sharing the brand-new track and video for “Drift,” offering a rare, stripped-back sound for the modern industrial act, honing in on a more emotive electro sound.

It’s paired with a music video that provides an intimate look at the five members in the studio, with insider portraits teeming with 3TEETH’s brand provocateur. There’s slithering reptiles, plumes of fire, an arsenal of artillery, loads of tech wizardy and desolate desert landscapes, taken from California’s Joshua Tree where the band holed up to work on EndEx.

See the video for “Drift” below;

Says 3TEETH frontman and creative lead Alexis Mincolla of the track, "Resignation is a testament to a life well-lived, a life unrestrained by fear or regret. It's the final triumphant flicker in the lantern, the last traces of a wild, fiery spirit burning brilliantly against the encroaching darkness as we drift from the mundane reality of flesh and bone to the spectral void where consciousness floats freely, unencumbered by the constraints of our physical existence."

3TEETH’s new album EndEx will be released by Century Media Records on September 22, showcasing the modern industrial act at their most raucous yet, unveiling bold revelations of humanity’s technosocial disintegration behind a brutal soundtrack that sounds all the alarms.

It’s the band’s first album since 2019’s Metawar, which Consequence just named as one of the Top 50 Industrial Albums of All Time, hailing 3TEETH as “one of the modern bands keeping industrial alive.”

EndEx features the handiwork of a solid extended team including the accomplished sound designer Mick Gordon (best known for his work on the gaming phenomenon DOOM) who produced several of the tracks along with producer Nick Rowe and mixer Sean Beavan (NIN), bringing in another dimension to the band’s unmistakable sound.

Early singles have included noisemaker “Paralyze” (featuring Ho99o9); the gripping sonic salvo, “Merchant of the Void,” that touches on the bleak landscape of modern society amid A.I. takeovers and economic collapse; “Slum Planet,” taking aim at the ills of a sick planet obsessed with over-consumption at all costs; and Scorpion,” a track in which the band’s instrumental arsenal is tempered by alluring female vocal chants that provide an ambient feel.

Early tracks have been hailed as some the “best new songs” by Metal Hammer and Revolver. While Metal Hammer says the new 3TEETH material “traces lineage in both Al Jourgensen and Trent Reznor,” Revolver hails the new music as “utterly gigantic and over-the-top in the best way possible” and applauds the return of 3TEETH in 2023 at a time “when we needed their apocalyptic, incendiary industrial-metal most.”

Ahead of the release of EndEx in late September, 3TEETH will release two more singles. Other highlights on the album include a cover of Tears for Fears’ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” continuing 3TEETH’s penchant for aggressive reworks of pop songs, previously seen on Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks,” Sweet’s “Ballroom Blitz” and Dead or Alive’s “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record).”

EndEx will be available in CD, Gatefold LP, and digital album formats. Special formats include: 

• Red LP (available at all EU outlets)

• Red Smoke LP (available at all US outlets)

• Utra-Clear / Red Splatter LP (available from 3TEETH)

• Utra-Clear / Red Splatter LP (available from Revolver)

Pre-order EndEx here: https://3teeth.lnk.to/EndEx

ABOUT 3TEETH

3TEETH first manifested their cybersocial intentions as early as 2013: a musical entity born out of Mincolla’s Downtown L.A. weekly gatherings known as “Lil’ Death” With Xavier Swafford (keys, synth), Chase Brawner (guitars) and Andrew Means (bass, synth) joining Mincolla. 3TEETH released their first self-titled album the following year. Alliances with the likes of TOOL and Rammstein resulted in the collective’s first live performances and a rise to further notoriety with the release of 2017’s album shutdown.exe. which took 3TEETH to global stages. Working alongside producer and mixer Sean Beavan (NIN) at new label home, Century Media, 3TEETH upped their own sonic arms race with Metawar (2019) and entered a new echelon of cultural consciousness with a collection of tracks including the biting “President X” and their haunting take on Foster the People’s “Pumped Up Kicks.”

"The modern carriers of the industrial rock torch" — Revolver

"State-of-the-art sensory overload with take-no-prisoners level of aggression" — Rolling Stone

“3TEETH bring the aggression with aplomb” — Loudwire

“3TEETH are one of the modern bands keeping industrial alive”

— Consequence

3TEETH is:

Alexis Mincolla – vocals

Chase Brawner – guitars

Xavier Swafford – keyboards and synthesizer

Andrew Means – bass

Nick Rossi – drums

Find 3TEETH Online

Website: https://3teeth.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/3Teeth

Twitter: https://twitter.com/threeteeth

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/3teeth/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUZ81wDL5GF_v0XUOyJRSg

Dying Wish Announce New Album "Symptoms of Survival" + Share "Watch My Promise Die" Video

Portland's own DYING WISH have announced their new album Symptoms of Survival. It arrives on November 3 via SharpTone Records. Pre-order it here. 

To accompany this exciting news, the quartet has shared the video for "Watch My Promise Die." Watch it below. 

"'Watch My Promise Die' is written about the overwhelming anxiety of pre-destined failure," says singer Emma. "When you commit everything you have to one area of your life, the idea of it falling apart looms with such heavy importance. The song is written from the perspective of toying with that fear, allowing your weakness to overcome before you lose everything in a means outside of your control."

As for the album as a whole, she continues, "Symptoms of Survival is an eleven-part piece covering the complexity of human suffering in all forms. From the honest and personal perspective of heartbreak, painful trauma, loss, rage, and regret — to the more objective perspective of war, greed, and ultimate survival."

PARMALEE’S “GIRL IN MINE” TOP 10 AND CLIMBING

Perseverance pays off as the band earns spot as one of country radio’s most played Groups of the Year 

Will guest host Middays the Month of August for KKGO Los Angeles;
Tour with Train awaits

Through hardship and triumph, Parmalee has endured and landed a spot as one of the most played groups on country radio, celebrating their latest Top 10 single, “Girl In Mine.” With three #1 singles to their credit, “Girl In Mine” is the follow-up single to their smash hit song “Take My Name,” which was Billboard’s Most Played Country Song of 2022. 

“We have been chasing this ‘crazy dream’ for many years,” said lead singer Matt Thomas. “We have fans that have been with us since the beginning, and to still see those faces and bunch of new ones is why we do this. We’ve had some really difficult times along the way, but we’ve never wavered and getting the chance to be out there and play our music for the crowds is still what drives us. We’re having more fun today than ever!”

Last week, the group headlined the Ole Smoky Moonshine & Yee-Haw Brewing “Tailgate Throwdown” as part of the weeklong festivities for the SEC Media Days, which took place in Nashville. The group was recently highlighted in a Good Morning America/ABC News feature about CMA Music Fest. Watch the clip below.

With a full slate of summer festivals and amphitheaters, Parmalee will take their brand of country music to more than a dozen shows with Grammy Award winners, Train. “We’re thrilled about the tour with Train, and we’ve been fans of them and their music for a long time,” said Matt. “They share a band mentality, just like we do, and I feel like we’re cut from the same cloth in a lot of ways. We’re excited to play our music for their fans.”

ABOUT PARMALEE:
Parmalee is one of Country music's most successful acts with three #1 singles, multiple platinum records, and more than 1 Billion on-demand streams. Comprised of brothers Matt and Scott Thomas (lead vocals/guitar and drums, respectively), cousin Barry Knox (bass), and life-long friend Josh McSwain, the North Carolina natives first topped the charts with “Carolina,” followed by their PLATINUM-certified No. 1 single with Blanco Brown, “Just the Way.” They followed with “Take My Name,” which was Billboard’s Most Played Country Song of 2022. Their latest single “Girl In Mine” is Top 10 and climbing. For more information, visit: www.parmaleemusic.com. 

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WORM SHEPHERD Descend With Ominous New EP 'The Sleeping Sun' And New Single "The Dying Heavens"

Symphonic deathcore devastators WORM SHEPHERD are returning with their crushing new EP 'The Sleeping Sun', due out 8/18 via Unique Leader Records pre-save the EP HERE. As a blood-curdling taste of the release, the band has unleashed new single "The Dying Heavens" with an accompanying lyric video, available now. Watch below and listen HERE.

'The Sleeping Sun' EP marks the next grim chapter in WORM SHEPHERD's rapid ascent since their striking 2021 debut album 'In The Wake Ov Sol'. Across 5 epic tracks, the band showcase their trademark blend of destructive deathcore and cinematic orchestral arrangements.

On the creation of the EP, guitarist Tre Purdue shares: 

“This EP has a ton of layers to it. We wanted to capture a lot of elements that we haven’t tackled before and retain some of the sound we’ve had previously. When I wrote this EP I wanted you to experience something new every song. Going from emotional melodies to bone crushingly heavy… I think is something we captured perfectly on this EP and is only a taste of what’s to come, as we continue to grow and experiment with our sound.”

Fans may recognize "The Frozen Lake Part II" which was previously released as a standalone single along with a chilling music video earlier this year. Now the song has found its rightful place within the immersive narrative of 'The Sleeping Sun' EP, having racked up 55,000 YouTube views and over 153k Spotify streams.

Prepare to be entranced by WORM SHEPHERD's expansive symphonic visions when 'The Sleeping Sun EP' rises on 8/18.

ABOUT WORM SHEPHERD

Formed in 2019, WORM SHEPHERD are a cutting-edge symphonic deathcore band based in Brockton, MA.

Their debut album 'In the Wake Ov Sol' made waves upon its release in 2021, showcasing the band's dexterous musicianship and cinematic flair and was praised as "one of the most promising deathcore debuts in recent memory" (Distorted Sound), "an atmospheric and emotive masterpiece" (Metal Injection) and "a dynamic symphonic reimagining of deathcore" (Ghost Cult Magazine).

Blending blackened death metal, old school deathcore and dramatic orchestral arrangements, WORM SHEPHERD have quickly become a rising force in the extreme metal underground that shows no signs of slowing down.

Buckcherry Share "Summer of 69" Video

60 shows into their Vol. 10 tour, Buckcherry today premiere the video for the track "Summer of 69."  

The song was originally released by Bryan Adams on his album Reckless in 1984 and became a worldwide hit. The video was directed by Tom Flynn, who also directed the band's two prior videos from Vol. 10 — "Good Time" and "Shine Your Light." The video was shot in Detroit and at Summerfest in Milwaukee and captures a day in the life of a touring rock band. The video can be seen below. 

Vol. 10 was released on June 2.  The band will continue touring through 2024. All current dates are below.

BUCKCHERRY ON TOUR: 
7/25 —  Leesburg, VA — Tally Ho **
7/27 — Taylorville, IL — TAILGATE and TALLBOYS **
7/29 — Youngstown, OH —  WEAN Park (With Kid Rock)
7/30 —  Syracuse, NY — Lost Horizon **
8/1 — Norwalk, CT — Wall Street Theatre **
8/3 — Cadillac, MI — The Venue Event Center **
8/4 — Indianapolis, IN — The Vogue **
8/5 — Plymouth, IN — Plymouth Motor Speedway (With Tesla)
8/11 — Sturgis, SD — Buffalo Chip **
8/12 — Grand Island, NE — Filling Station and Bar **
8/13 — Sioux Falls, SD — Alliance Center **
8/15 — Fargo, ND — Butler Center  **
8/16 — Mankato, MN — Vetter Stone Amphitheatre **
8/18 — Brainerd, MN — Armory **
8/19 — St. Charles, IL — Arcada Theatre **
8/20 — Des Plaines, IL — Des Plaines Theatre **
8/22 — Hays, KS — Fox Theatre **
8/23 — Ft. Smith, AR — Temple Live **
8/25 — Tyler, TX — Country River Club **
8/26 — Waco, TX — The Backyard **
8/27 — Cedar Park, TX — Haute Spot **

WITH SKID ROW:
8/31 — Dallas, TX — House of Blues
9/2 — San Antonio, TX — Aztec Theatre
9/3 — Pryor, OK — Rocklahoma**
9/4 — Columbia, MO — The Blue Note — Boondocks**
9/6 — Huber Heights, OH — Rose Music Center
9/8 — Montclair, NJ — Wellmont Theater
9/9 — Huntington, NY — The Paramount
9/10 — Lynn, MA — Lynn Auditorium
9/12 — Portland, ME — State Theatre
9/13 — Glenside, PA — Keswick Theatre
9/15 — Paducah, KY — Carson Center
9/16 — Cleveland, OH — MGM Northfield Park
9/17 — Jim Thorpe, PA — Penns Peak
9/19 — East Moline, IL — The Rust Belt
9/20 — Joliet, IL — Rialto Square Theatre
9/22 — Welch, MN — Island Event Center
9/23 — Fort Yates, ND — Prairie Knights Casino*
9/24 — Deadwood, SD — Deadwood Mountain Grand Casino
9/26—Minot, ND — Original Bar and Nightclub
9/28—Great Falls, MT — The Newberry
9/29 — Billings, MT— Pub Station
9/30 — Missoula, MT — The Wilma
10/5 — Eugene, OR — McDonald Theatre
10/6 — Suquamish, WA — Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort
10/7 — Arlington WA — Angel of the Winds Casino
10/8—Coquitlam BC- The Hard Rock Vancouver
10/10 — Penticton, BC — Penticton Trade and Event Centre
10/12 — Edmonton ALB—River Cree Casino —
10/13 — Dawson Creek, BC — Ovintiv Event Centre
10/14 — Cold Lake, AB — Reid Field House**
10/16 — Lethbridge, AB — ENMAX Centre
10/17 — Saskatoon, SK — TCU Place
10/19 — Calgary, AB — Grey Eagle Casino
10/20 — Moose Jaw, SK — Moose Jaw Event Center
10/21 — Brandon, MB — Westoba Place
10/23 — Winnipeg, MB — Burton Cummings Theatre
10/24 — Thunder Bay, ON — Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
10/26 — Duluth, MN- Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
10/27 — Green Bay, WI — Epic Event Center
10/28 — Sault Ste. Marie, MI — Kewadin Casino
10/29 — Rochester, MI — The Roxy** 
11/4 — Las Vegas, NV — Sema Fest
11/28 — Chickasha, OK — Legends **
11/29 — Amarillo, TX — Hoots Pub **
12/1 — Albuquerque, NM — Isleta Casino
12/2 — Tucson, AZ — Rialto Theater
12/3 — San Luis Obispo, CA — The Fremont**
12/5 — San Diego, CA — House of Blues
12 6 — Anaheim, CA — House of Blues
12/8 — Phoenix, AZ — The Van Buren
12/9 — Los Angeles, CA — The Fonda Theatre
12/11 — Grand Junction, CO — Mesa Theatre**
12/12 — Denver, CO — Ogden Theatre
12/14 — Boise, ID — Revolution Concert House
12/15 — Reno, NV — Nugget Casino Resort
12/16 — Wheatland, CA — Hard Rock Hotel and Casino 
**Buckcherry Only

2024 TOUR DATES:
1/20/2024 — Key West, FL — Rokisland Fest
4/9/2024 — Effingham, IL — Effingham Performance Center
4/18-22/2024 — Summer of '99 Cruise 

The ‘OMEN’ EP from depdepan is out today

the debut release on Bamala Newtown Label

You can watch the video for ’The Goat’ below

For more info - https://debdepanomenep.myportfolio.com

REPENTANCE - Unleash Lyric Video for Second Single "Buried By Fear"; New Album to be Released September 1st on Noble Demon!

Chicago, Illinois based metal outfit REPENTANCE has delivered another intense taste of their highly-anticipated sophomore full-length record, entitled The Process Of Human Demise, which will be out on September 1 via powerhouse label Noble Demon. Following the release of the first single "Withered & Decayed" (feat. Milo Silvestro of FEAR FACTORY), REPENTANCE follows up today with a lyric video for the album's opening track "Buried By Fear".

Guitarist Shaun Glass comments: "When we first started up the early jams of this song I knew it was something special & 100% was going to be a absolute bruiser of a song. Fast forward to June at the return of Milwaukee Metal Fest we debuted the song live for everyone and it was quite the response and for us as well! I can 100% say this track will punch you in the throat but in a good way!"

Vocalist Adam Gilley adds: "Buried by Fear is a smash to the face right from the start. It has the thrash and the groove to keep you moving. The song is about the fear of the unknown, the fear of death. Not knowing what is to be offered on the other side."

Watch the video for "Buried By Fear" here:

Founded in 2018 by former SOIL and DIRGE WITHIN guitarist Shaun Glasss, REPENTANCE is a primal aggressive metal band; laden thick with heavy slabs of groove mesh that bleed intensity. Having played numerous gigs with high profile acts such as Trivium, Devildriver, Jinjer, Skull Fist, Toxic Holocaust, Sacred Reich and others, the band soon became known for their distinctive heavy yet dynamic sound, loaded with details and tension.

In September 2021 REPENTANCE have announced their worldwide signing to Noble Demon, followed by the release of the band's critically acclaimed latest EP Volume I - Reborn (2021). Five tracks of aggressive, fast-paced and technical compositions, enhanced by tight and sharp production, delivered an impressive Noble Demon debut and served as the perfect appetizer for the band's sophomore full-length record. The Process Of Human Demise features 12 brand new tracks showcasing REPENTANCE at their strongest yet - With guest contributions from the likes of TRIVIUM's Corey Beaulieu and FEAR FACTORY's Milo Silvestro, the band's upcoming album has become a relentless and intense maelstrom that will sweep you along and an album not to be missed in 2023!

The Process Of Human Demise was produced by Alex Lackner at Accelerated Sound. Mix and master by Chris Collier at CMC21 Productions. Album artwork by Colin Marks (Rain Song Design).

Due to international logistics issues, the official release date has been postponed from August 4 to September 1 - digitally and physically. The album is available for pre-order at THIS LOCATION

Repentance will play their album release show with special guests Wings of Severance, Burned in Effigy and Bless the Martyr on August 5th at The Vixen in Mchenry, IL.

Repentance are:
Adam Gilley – Vocals
Shaun Glass – Guitar
Eric Burns – Guitar
Eric Karol – Bass
Brandon White – Drums

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BMG ANNOUNCE HEADCAT VINYL AND CD RELEASES OF 'WALK THE WALK...TALK THE TALK/LIVE IN BERLIN/DREAMCATCHER' AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 15TH

HeadCat is an American rockabilly supergroup formed by vocalist/bassist Lemmy (of Motörhead), drummer Slim Jim Phantom (of The Stray Cats) and guitarist Danny B. Harvey (of Lonesome Spurs and The Rockats). 

This coming September 15th sees the welcome reissue of the bands 2011 album ‘Walk The Walk…Talk The Talk’ on CD and vinyl, alongside the first CD release of the live ‘Dreamcatcher’ album (first released on vinyl in 2022 for RSD), and the debut release on double-vinyl, CD and digital of the previously unheard ‘Live In Berlin’ album, recorded at Huxley’s in Berlin, Germany on 18th October 2011. 

Pre-order the releases HERE: 

To celebrate these releases, today HeadCat reveal a new digital single entitled ‘American Beat (Live at Huxley's, Berlin)’, taken from the ‘Live In Berlin’ album.

The band was formed after recording the Elvis Presley tribute album by Swing Cats A Special Tribute to Elvis in July 1999 to which the future bandmates all contributed. After recordings were finished they stayed at the studio and Lemmy picked up an acoustic guitar and started playing some of his old favorite songs by Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, and Eddie Cochran. The rest of the guys knew them all and joined in. The name of the band was created by combining the names Motörhead, The Stray Cats, and 13 Cats, which resulted in HeadCat.  
 
In 2006, the band released their first studio album ‘Fool's Paradise’. It included cover songs from artists such as Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Jimmy Reed, T-Bone Walker, Lloyd Price, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash. On the recordings, Lemmy played acoustic guitar. In later years, Lemmy began to use his signature Rickenbacker bass in live performances.  

HeadCat redefined rock ‘n’ roll in their own way as they took all of the elements that made this groundbreaking genre so exciting to generations of rockers, and gave it their own eclectic twist. 

‘Walk The Walk… Talk the Talk’, the bands second album, was first released in 2011 and features covers from the likes of Chuck Berry, The Eagles and The Beatles as well as band originals, ‘American Beat’ and ‘The Eagle Flies on Friday’. It also comes on a new color way – Half/Half Black/White. The CD features extended sleeve notes based on interviews with Danny B. Harvey and Slim Jim Phantom. 

‘Live In Berlin’ is a previously unreleased live concert which was recorded at the Huxley’s in Berlin, Germany on 18th October 2011. It was produced by the band and mastered by guitarist Danny B Harvey. The double LP comes on red vinyl while the CD features extended sleeve notes based on interviews with Danny B. Harvey and Slim Jim Phantom. 

‘Dreamcatcher’ was recorded at the Dreamcatcher theatre at the Viejas Casino in Alpine CA on 1st Feb 2008. It was produced by the band and mastered by guitarist Danny B Harvey. The new CD features extended sleeve notes based on interviews with Danny B. Harvey and Slim Jim Phantom. 

DYLAN SCHNEIDER’S ANTHEMIC “AIN’T MISSIN’ YOU” ARRIVES AT COUNTRY RADIO

Named by Billboard as “country music’s next rising star,” Dylan Schneider “has a viral hit on his hands” (Country Now), today delivering his TikTok-charted, anthemic break-up smash “Ain’t Missin’ You” to country radio – the second most added song behind Chris Stapleton. 

Written by Schneider with Brett Tyler and producer Lalo Guzman, the sharp-witted song boasts wily lyrics and an electric hook that finds the “Artist to Watch” (Amazon Music, Pandora, Taste of Country) continuing to “expand the bounds of his artistry” (American Songwriter) and channeling the “undeniable country swagger” (Billboard) he’s known for.

Spitting some cold-hard truth to a girl’s ex-boyfriend, the feisty track instantly connected with fans across social media, racking up more than 88M TikTok views, 88k user-generated TikTok videos and 19.4M on-demand streams, before climbing to #3 on TikTok’s Country playlist and securing placement on viral-song charts.

With over 1M YouTube views, Schneider enlisted his good buddy and influencer Caden McGuire for the official music video, where McGuire portrays the ex-boyfriend who lost the girl to a better man. Watch below.

Having just wrapped shows with Tyler Hubbard and Niko Moon, Dylan will be out on the road with Kane Brown and Granger Smith throughout the remainder of the year. For tickets, visit: www.dylanschneidermusic.com.

About Dylan Schneider:

Drawn to the storytelling aspects of country music, Dylan Schneider started performing and writing songs at the age of 14, after meeting Brett Eldredge and singing with him on-stage during a concert. After that, he began posting videos to his Facebook page, where he’d cover popular Country songs, gaining a devoted online following. Since then, Schneider has made a name for himself in the Country music community, forging a sound that merges modern pop sensibilities with a down-home feel. He’s been named a “Breakthrough Artist to Watch” by Amazon Music, an “Artist to Watch” by Pandora, Taste of Country and Sounds Like Nashville and declared “Country Music’s Next Rising Star” by Billboard. He’s toured with Florida Georgia Line, Kane Brown, Morgan Wallen, Dan + Shay, Granger Smith, LANCO, Mitchell Tenpenny, Chris Lane and Niko Moon, co-wrote Dustin Lynch’s Top 5 hit song “Momma’s House,” scored two RIAA-certified Gold records, accumulated over 1M social media followers and banked an upwards of 250M on-demand streams (and counting). Signed to BBR Music Group/Wheelhouse Records, his latest five-track EP College Town truly embraced his irresistible rock-n-roll edge and unrestrained pop-country swagger. Now, after posting a snippet of his new break-up anthem “Ain’t Missin’ You” on social media, the sound went viral, racking up more than 88M TikTok views, 88k user-generated TikTok videos and 19.4M on-demand streams, before climbing to #3 on TikTok’s Country playlist and securing placement on viral-song charts. Giving into fan demand, the rising country star’s “Ain’t Missin’ You” is out now and currently climbing the country radio charts.

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Silent Planet Share Video for New Single "Antimatter" — WATCH🌎

California metal band SILENT PLANET have shared the brand new song "Antimatter."

Watch it below.

It follows last summer's one-off single ":Signal:," which was the first taste of new music since 2020's full-length release Iridescent. 

"Antimatter" documents the harrowing van accident the band was involved in last fall. It was a terrifying experience that had a lasting mental and physical impact on the band members.
 

"At approximately 5am on November 3, we were westbound on the I-80 through Wyoming when our driver hit a patch of black ice, causing him to lose control of our vehicle," singer Garrett Russell recounts. "Asleep in our bunks, we woke to the sound of our friend screaming as we felt the van start to tilt. We braced together as we spun off the road, van falling on its side, then sliding down a nearby embankment until we eventually flipped onto the roof. I was thrown across the vehicle and briefly knocked out, and remember waking to find my bandmates all miraculously safe inside their bunks."

He continues, "This song is an extension of this experience we shared while huddled in the wreckage together, my friends helping me to stem the bleeding of my head wound. Temporarily under the effects of a concussion, strange visual distortions began to form, inspiring many of the themes in this song: The fragility of life, the way we make sense of it all, and wondering what awaits us on the other side. While this track is part of a larger story of our upcoming concept album, this one was specifically inspired by this moment... and the moments inside of that moment when I entered that timeless space. This song is our response to the greater Silent Planet community, who donated to help us stay on the road and continues to believe in this project."

He furthers, "I went back to visit my family for the holidays and had a sobering conversation with my dad. I was telling him about the (likely) permanent hearing damage that causes a constant, inescapable, constant high-ringing in my ears. And I was scheduling an appointment to get an MRI of what turned out to be a small fracture in my frame. And my dad told me, "'Maybe you should do a cost-benefit analysis of this whole music thing,' and I think any good parent would say the same after seeing images of a wreck that could have easily taken the life of their child. My dad has this quiet intensity, and that conversation made me face a greater truth.

"The risk has always been there. So many of the 40+ tours we've embarked upon have had those 'close call' moments where you breathe a silent prayer of relief, and then another pray to forget. Because we love to do this. Because we feel that this is a dream beyond our wildest and we are so grateful. Grateful enough to allow for the risk. But in that moment where we felt the full weight and force of our lives hurdling off the I-80... there wasn't time for fear and there was no space left in our van for regret. We figured that maybe the other side of this dream had pulled into the station. It wouldn't be until we were wreckage that the guilt would set in. Unable to find one of our family... I started to feel the weight of consequence. Guilt. Terror at the thought of loss. And that's the other side of this song... knowing that things can break and accepting that it's part of the beautiful whole. I was recently asked what part of my back I fractured. 'Pars Interarticularis,' I answered.  'Hmm... never heard of that,' they remarked. And that's when it occurred to me. We usually don't notice something is there until it breaks.

"So to sum it up, I suppose this is a song about revelation as an aftermath."

Silent Planet will return to the road this September, supporting Dayseeker. All dates are below.

SILENT PLANET ON TOUR:
WITH DAYSEEKER + MOXY THE BAND:
9/1 — Lubbock, TX  —  Jakes
9/3 — Memphis, TN  —  Black Lodge
9/5 — Indianapolis, IN  —  Deluxe @ Old National Centre
9/6 — Flint, MI  —  Machine Shop
9/8 — New Haven, CT  —  Toads Place
9/9 — Asbury Park, NJ  —  Asbury Lanes
9/12 — Lakewood, OH  —  The Roxy  —  Mahall’s
9/13 — Davenport, IA  —  Capitol Theatre
9/15 — Colorado Springs, CO  —  Black Sheep
9/17 — Billings, MT  —  Pub Station
9/19 — Spokane, WA  —  Knitting Factory
9/20 — Tacoma, WA  —  ALMA
9/22 — Bend, OR  —  Volcanic Theatre Pub
9/23 — Reno, NV  —  Ranch House
9/24 — Los Angeles, CA  —  Fonda Theatre 

SILENT PLANET ARE:
Garrett Russell — Vocals 
Nick Pocock — Bass
Mitchell Stark — Guitar
Alex Camarena — Drums

Holding Absence Share "Scissors" Video — WATCH

NEW ALBUM THE NOBLE ART OF SELF DESTRUCTION OUT AUGUST 25 VIA SHARPTONE RECORDS

HOLDING ABSENCE have released an intense new single titled "Scissors." The track depicts the concept of sacrifice as a means to evolve, as the narrator commits to severing parts of themself in order to grow.

"Scissors" is the fourth single from The Noble Art Of Self Destruction, which will be released on August 25 via SharpTone Records.

Vocalist Lucas Woodland comments, "Today, we are excited to reveal the latest song from our new album TNAOSD called 'Scissors.' This song is a love letter to our favorite genre, which ispost-hardcore. It'sheavy, catchy, and emotional.

"We can't wait for you guys to hear this one, as we step ever-closer to releasing the whole album next month."

Watch the lyric video for "Scissors" below.

Purchase and pre-save The Noble Art Of Self Destruction now here.

The Noble Art Of Self Destruction was recorded at Canada's Jukasa Studios with producer Dan Weller (Enter Shikari, Bury Tomorrow).

HOLDING ABSENCE ARE:
Lucas Woodland — Vocals
Scott Carey — Guitar
Benjamin Elliott — Bass
Ashley Green — Drums

The Contortionist Release Career-Defining Live Set Digitally

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(July 21, 2023) – Progressive rock band The Contortionist release their recent live box set, Retrospective: Live from Atlanta, today on all digital service providers. This definitive collection features 31 tracks of live audio recordings from the band’s 2021 live-stream performances.  The 3 live streamed performances cover every facet of the band’s career, including a full album performance of the critically acclaimed full-length Clairvoyant as well as an entire set focused on the band’s heavier catalog.
 
About the release, guitarist Cameron Maynard, says, “When we initially conceived this project, our objective was to give something to our fans amidst the inability to physically perform to a live audience. As it turns out, we were so happy with the end result that we thought it would only be appropriate to release in a more tangible way.”
 
Keyboardist Eric Guenther, adds, “This is the best representation of The Contortionist to date, and to us, the recording that defines the identity of this band and how we sounded in the first 10+ years.”
 
Earlier this year, the band released the collection as a limited edition, physical box set and released two videos taken from the live-stream performances, for tracks “Clairvoyant,” and “Geocentric Confusion.” Watch them below.

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CADAVER THE AGE OF THE OFFENDED OUT NOW + RELEASE LYRIC VIDEO FOR 'DEADLY METAL'

The wait is over! Norwegian death metallers, CADAVER unleash their sixth studio album, The Age Of The Offended, via Nuclear Blast Records. True to the band’s primitive roots and an audacious, ground-breaking, psychedelic horror show, the album is an angry, fucked up album for angry, fucked up times, defiantly created against the odds.

The band also releases the lyric video for the menacing track, ‘Deadly Metal’.

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Watch the lyric video for ‘Deadly Metal’ below.

Stream The Age Of The Offended, here: https://cadaver.bfan.link/taotolp.ema

For The Age Of The Offended the band decided to compile footage about today's climate of everyone being offended and what it means to music and art.

The first episode discusses the band's legacy, being involved in the Norwegian Extreme Metal scene, and takes fans around Oslo on the 'Black Metal Bus Sightseeing Tour'. 

Watch CADAVER TV Episode 1 - the 'Black Metal Tour Oslo' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dInTOsulP9w

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The Age Of The Offended was recorded at Daufembach Studio, Villa Necro, Studio Tomb, and Studio Studio. Adair Daufembach was responsible for producing, engineering, mixing, and mastering. Kjartan Hesthagen also assisted with the engineering, working in tandem with the band and Adair. The band enlisted Fleshflies to create the artwork for The Age Of The Offended.

Below is the tracklisting for The Age Of The Offended:
1. Sycophants Swing (Intro)
2. Postapocalyptic Grinding
3. Scum Of The Earth
4. The Age Of The Offended
5. Death Revealed
6. The Shrink
7. Crawl Of The Cadaver
8. The Drowning Man
9. The Sicker, The Better
10. Dissolving Chaos
11. Deadly Metal
12. The Craving
13. Freezing Isolation

Order The Age Of The Offended: https://cadaver.bfan.link/taotolp.ema

The Age Of The Offended is available digitally and in the following formats:

• CD Jewel

• Vinyl

  • Orange w/ Silver, Blue Splatter Vinyl (Limited to 1300, worldwide)

  • Blue w/ Orange, Black Splatter Vinyl (Limited to 800, NB EU)

CADAVER is:
Anders Odden | Vocals, Guitar
Dirk Verbeuren | Drums
Ronni Le Tekrø | Guitar
Eilert Solstad |  Bass

Alkaloid collapse time (and genres) on new single

Alkaloid don't just build worlds. They concoct whole universes.

The European supergroup have written multi-part odes to cosmic Lovecraftian entities and ancient Cephalopods who rise up to rule over the future of the Earth.  

Think of their new single as extreme prog. metal's answer to the Big Bang theory. "The Cambrian Explosion" compresses four billion years of multicellular evolution into mere minutes. Microbes cluster together. Ancient mycelium stir in the grooves of slimy cell walls. Pulsating stenches soar from trenches, thrust into hyper speed by blistering drum chops and colorfully infused riffs that explode like supernovas.

This song was initially written by former guitarist Danny Tunker, who left it as a sort of parting gift. It's fitting then that it started as a tribute to Alkaloid's death metal roots. But this band have never stayed put long enough to be classified as just one genre. "The Cambrian Explosion" is littered with surprises. We won't give everything away. But when the breakdowns hit, just know that you need to be prepared for anything, whether it's a flair of flamenco or a Stygian choir.                                                        

Here's what Alkaloid have to say about their new single: "Danny left us this song before he quit the band. It started as a tribute to our tech death past, but after some additional mangling by the band, the song became something we’re not sure any longer where it belongs, but which excites us all the more for it. The lyric describes four billion years of evolution of multicellular life in under four minutes. We no longer consider ourselves part of the tech death genre; in fact we never did. But we always embrace musical extravaganzas, and felt that this insane little missile of a track as a nod to both where we came from musically and to Danny’s importance in this band in the past fits perfectly in between our other new songs on the album. As luck would have it, we were able to include a passage with a gospel choir directed by Sara Robalo, and managed to include a few other spontaneous and unexpected twists in the spur of the moment. Enjoy!”

The video for "The Cambrian Explosion" was created using Midjourney, an AI image generator. Watch it below.

'Numen' is out September 15 on Season of Mist. Pre-order the album HERE. Pre-save the album HERE.

Progressive extreme metallers Alkaloid prepare to unfurl their new many-tentacled full-length, 'Numen' via Season of Mist. Featuring members of Triptykon, Obscura, Dark Fortress, and Obsidious, the Germany-based quartet of Morean (vocals, guitars, concepts), Hannes Grossmann (drums), Christian Münzner (guitars), and Linus Klausenitzer (bass) construct upon, expand away from, and journey between previous full-lengths The Malkuth Grimoire (2015) and Liquid Anatomy (2018) on Numen. In every respect, Alkaloid recommence the purposeful warp of various metallic genres they dimensionally blur. Tracks like the video single for "Clusterfuck,” “The Cambrian Explosion,” and “Numen” posit heavy cosmological/Lovecraftian theoretic themes on top of musically-adept songs that are accessible yet undeniably intricate.
 
“We’ve all been around the block a few times by now as metal musicians,” says songsmith Morean. “The feeling that we’ve outgrown the narrow niche of pure extreme metal was a main motivator to start this band in the first place, ten years ago. The ‘prog’ tag is handy for us because, per definition, it already encompasses a wider range of possible styles and influences we can get away with than any one specific metal genre. This means we could ensure from the beginning that we’ll always be able to write whatever we want, no matter how crazy our ideas become. The heart of this band is always the songwriting, and we all like complex and virtuosic music in all its diverse manifestations. However, we do share a love for death metal as the smallest common denominator in the band, and we wanted to make sure no one thinks that just because we include melodies, clean guitars, and influences from other genres, we’d automatically sacrifice the brutality and relentless esthetic of extreme metal.”
 
'Numen' was written during the pandemic, but it was planned long before the scourge of disease wracked humanity. As a result, the songwriting sessions were predictably not "in the room" but over the Internet after the band members had isolated and worked on their constituent parts. Demos flew back and forth. Then, Tunker left amicably for personal reasons. Alkaloid could’ve folded, but the close-knit group soldiered on. They intensely relied on the professionalism and dependability of the collective to drive 'Numen' to completion. The complications of the two years it took to sonically inscribe the album into aeonic vastness didn’t fragment the end result. Instead, the process accelerated Alkaloid’s lambent, eldritch explorations. “Clusterfuck,” “The Cambrian Explosion,” “Numen,” and “A Fool’s Desire” expertly bridge the past to the future, where Alkaloid’s originative, daedal storytelling captures (and holds hostage) the imagination.

The title, 'Numen', got its start at the dawning of Alkaloid. It’s a word that Morean fell in love with immediately, and he knew it had a place in his creative endeavors. Whereas The Malkuth Grimoire talked about combining existing elements into new structures, and Liquid Anatomy dealt with the creation of new elements, 'Numen' tries to look at the universe from a kind of meta-perspective from an imaginary god, as if the space that everything happens in was given a voice and a role as observer and shaper of everything that happens. In it, sentient panspermic mycelia are swathed in Lovecraftian nastiness—like Shub-Niggurath and the Fungi from Yuggoth—while the new Dyson chapters interpret the aspiration to reach divinity rather literally, reshaping the entire galaxy by manipulating spacetime itself. Desperate to escape their doom, the Cephalopods from previous songs have returned, too. 'Numen' is dense but not impenetrable. In fact, from the first moments of opener, "Qliphosis," to the final contemplation of closer "Alpha Aur,” Alkaloid prove to be more charismatic than ever.
 
Line-up
Morean - guitars, vocals
Christian Münzner - guitars
Linus Klausenitzer - bass
Hannes Grossmann - drums

Recording Studio: Mordor Sounds, Nürnberg, Germany.

Producer: Sara Robalo

Recording & mixing: Hannes Grossmann

Mastering: Alan Douches at West West Side Music studio in Hudson Valley, NY.

Guest musicians
Adam Wallis, Cydney McQuillan-Grace, John Schaffer, Lauren Gill, Sara Robalo, Shannon Bedford

Additional choir tracks on "The Cambrian Explosion" and "Shades of Shub-Niggurath"

Former Alkaloid guitarist Danny Tunker contributed to "The Cambrian Explosion"

Artwork & photos: Christian Martin Weiss

Biography: Chris Dick

Pre-order: https://shop.season-of-mist.com/list/alkaloid-numen

Pre-save: https://orcd.co/numenpresave 

Format
Digital download
CD Digipak w/mediabook
Black Vinyl (Gatefold)
Coloured Vinyl (Gatefold)

Links
https://alkaloid-band.com/
https://www.facebook.com/alkaloid.metal
https://twitter.com/AlkaloidBand
https://www.youtube.com/c/Alkaloidbandmetal
https://alkaloid-band.bandcamp.com
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KMQDFaAsPEKcqKzdvkYKc

ATRIUM Release New Single "Warrior in the Garden" + Official Music Video via Curtain Call Records

Rock band ATRIUM released their second single and official music video called "Warrior in the Garden" to all major platforms on July 21, 2023.

ATRIUM will be joining their good friends from the rock band COLD during Florida dates on the “Year of the Spider” - 20 Year Anniversary Tour.

Stream/Download "Warrior in the Garden"

https://atrium.fanlink.to/Warrior

WATCH Atrium "Warrior in the Garden" (Official Music Video) below:

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