Rock Band AWAKEN THE GIANT Release New Single "Feel Alive"; New “Black & Blue” EP Out Now.

"Feel Alive" can be bought/streamed at

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Awaken the Giant released their new single "Feel Alive" to all major platforms!

“Feel Alive is a song about being caught up in depression and addiction, being in a crowded situation and not feeling part of it, and feeling eager to fast forward to the future in hopes of a better life and to feel alive again” says the band.

Awaken The Giant is an American rock band from Houston, Texas, formed in 2017 by Blake Suarez (guitar/vocals) and Tab Cocchia (Vocals/guitar).

Original band mates from a former band, Tab and Blake broke away to create a heavier, harder sound and be the sole song writers. This allowed them to create the sound that they always envisioned.

Awaken The Giant is independently releasing their debut EP Black & Blue on 2/25/22, and has amassed a world wide fan base. The EP will showcase mainstream rock songs to heavier multi genre styles with electronic elements.

The band released their debut single titled "I Fooled You" on July 23, 2021. The single has already amassed over 8.4 million streams on Spotify!

Awaken The Giant Show Dates:

Friday 2/25 Houston, TX @Acadia Bar

Sunday 2/27 Tulsa, Oklahoma w/Kingdom Collapse @ The Vanguard

Monday 2/28 Memphis, Tennessee w/Kingdom Collapse @ Growlers

Tuesday 3/1 Fort Walton Beach, FL @ DownTown Music Hall

Saturday 3/5 - Pascagoula, Mississippi @ The Celtic Irish Pub

Friday 3/11 Katy, TX @The Wildcatter Saloon w/Uncured, Versus Me & Madame Mayhem

Friday 3/18 New Orleans, Louisiana @ Babylon Music & Sports Bar

Saturday 4/2 CPR FEST with 3 Doors Down, Seether, Badflower, Nonpoint

Awaken The Giant is: 
Tab Cocchia: Vocals 
Blake Suarez: Guitar/Unclean Vocals 
Mike Yorks: Guitar 
Dustin Lanier: Drums

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Chase Rice Transforms Tennessee Home into Rural Recording Studio as He Prepares Newly Inspired Album

Photo Credit: Kaiser Cunningham

For multi-Platinum singer-songwriter Chase Rice, the past decade-plus of making music can be described in many ways: a whirlwind, a rollercoaster, a hold-on-tight-and-don’t-blink-or-you’ll-miss-it journey. What his career hasn’t included until now is a pause; a chance to reflect and redirect. With the unexpected opportunity to spend more time at his farm outside Nashville than ever before, Rice was able to do exactly that – and the new music he’s working on has benefitted as a result.

“For the first time I can remember since moving to Tennessee, I was just living,” notes the man American Songwriter praises for “cementing his place as one of country music’s most intriguing and lasting acts.” “My home has been the road for so long – and I absolutely love it – but I didn’t realize how much I missed having the chance to hang out with old friends, to make new friends and to actually experience living in the moment.”

The North Carolina native has not only been amassing such real-life experiences, but also the songs that flow out of him as a result. Newly inspired and more focused than ever before, Rice’s album in the works features multiple solo writes for the first time in his career as well as a wide range of sonic influences that reflect the types of music he enjoys listening to as a fan and the freedom that comes with creating from a place of true excitement. And when it came time to record the endless flow of songs he’d been writing, Rice decided to lean into exactly where the process had taken him thus far.

“I had started writing songs at home with just me and a guitar whenever the inspiration hit me; instead of heading downtown and trying to crank something out during a scheduled writing session,” explains Rice. “I realized that bringing the writing room into my real life – my farm, duck camp, a vacation with my friends – whatever that might look like, was making for some really great songs. So, when we started talking about getting into the studio – what that should look and feel like – I realized we already had the answer. It should feel like home.”

With producer Oscar Charles at the helm, Rice and company filled his living room with a vintage stand-up piano, guitars, drums and percussion, bass and keyboards – while leaving out some of his usual recording tools. For the first time in his career, Rice is recording with no click track, no pre-programmed music beds – and in many cases, one-take vocals on these songs.

“It’s been an incredible experience,” reflects Rice. “We’ve been camped out there for weeks, usually going for 12-plus hours a day without even realizing the time is flying by because everyone is in such a creative groove. It’s definitely the most excited I’ve ever been about making music, so I can’t wait to share this new sound with the fans.”

About Chase Rice
With more than 2.2 million albums sold and over 2.1 billion total streams, plus a legion of passionate fans at his high-energy concerts across the globe, Chase Rice has established himself as a powerful force in Nashville and beyond – yet he genuinely sees current single “If I Were Rock & Roll,” available everywhere now, as the launching pad for music that says what he wants to say, how he wants to say it. The song serves as a follow up to his three-part project, The Album, featuring his latest No. 1 hit, “Drinkin’ Beer. Talkin’ God. Amen. (feat. Florida Georgia Line)” and Platinum-certified Top 10 hit “Lonely If You Are.” This is the same gravelly-voiced Chase Rice fans first fell in love with years ago – but better. Freer. Unbeholden and uninhibited, somehow capable of evoking Chris LeDoux and The Chronic, campfire singalongs and stadium anthems, all at once. The new music builds upon the success of his sophomore album, Lambs & Lions, which featured the Double-Platinum, two-week chart topper “Eyes On You” – Rice’s first No. 1 as an artist and the most-streamed song of his career. Lambs & Lions followed Ignite the Night, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums and No. 3 on the all-genre chart, producing a pair of Top 5 hits; “Ready Set Roll” and “Gonna Wanna Tonight.” In addition to selling out arenas with Kane Brown and stadiums with Kenny Chesney, Rice also opened for Garth Brooks to 70K+ at Detroit’s Ford Field in early 2020 and has consistently sold out 3,000+ seat venues on his own headlining tours.

For more information, visit www.ChaseRice.com and follow Rice on on Facebook, Twitter and TikTok@ChaseRiceMusic and on Instagram @ChaseRice.

ORIGIN Announce The Space Control Tour 2022 With Co-Headliners MISERY INDEX!

Genre defining technical death metal giants ORIGIN are proud to announce "The Space Control Tour 2022" with co-headliners MISERY INDEX. The 16-date North American trek kicks off on May 6th in Chicago and will make appearances in Toronto, Boston, and Atlanta before the final show in Austin on May 22nd. Joining the bands as special guests is WOLF KING.

Guitarist Paul Ryan comments, "2022 is the 25th year of ORIGIN's existence, and what better way to celebrate than to hit the road with one of our favorite bands and people to share the stage with - none other than the mighty MISERY INDEX! We were on the road when Covid-19 hit and ORIGIN has never gone a full calendar year without a show, let alone the 26 months that we all have suffered during the pandemic! Excited to get the grind out to the masses again and possibly even play some new material as well!!"

Drummer John Longstreth adds: "ORIGIN and MISERY INDEX grew up together! We've had the amazing opportunity to share the road and stage with these titans multiple times in our 25-year existence, and we couldn't be more excited to do it again! As COVID-19 hit at the beginning of our final "UNPARALLELED UNIVERSE" tour, we were one of the final bands forced off the road as the world ended. I am thrilled to report that ORIGIN is back with a new album full of punishing post-apocalyptic new shreds, and we're set to bring it to the post-apocalyptic world! So take your vitamins, and do your pushups, because we're all around (covid)19 lbs overweight, and it's time to trim the fat! Let's SHRED!!!! See you out there!"

ORIGIN will be touring in support of Unparalleled Universe which was recorded and mixed by longtime producer/engineer Robert Rebeck at Chapman Recording in Lenexa, KS. Mastering was handled by Colin Marston at Menegroth - The Thousand Caves. Watch the music video for "Infinitesimal To The Infinite" here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5mRx_IBKPA

ORIGIN just wrapped up in the studio. Stay tuned for more information on the band's forthcoming record.

Tickets for the tour go on sale this Friday, February 11th at 10:00 AM lEastern.
Purchase the tickets at www.originofficial.com/tour

Confirmed dates for ORIGIN & MISERY INDEX co-headlining "The Space Control Tour 2022" with special guests WOLF KING are:
5/06/2022 Cobra Lounge - Chicago, IL
5/07/2022 Emerson Theater - Indianapolis, IN
5/08/2022 The Sanctuary - Detroit, MI
5/09/2022 Velvet Underground - Toronto, ON
5/10/2022 Mavericks - Ottawa, ON
5/11/2022 Foufounes Electriques - Montreal, QC
5/12/2022 La Source De La Martieniere - Quebec City, QC
5/13/2022 Sonia - Boston, MA
5/14/2022 Saint Vitus Bar - Brooklyn, NY
5/15/2022 Dingbatz - Clifton, NJ
5/16/2022 The Blind Tiger - Greensboro, NC
5/17/2022 Masquerade (Hell) - Atlanta, GA
5/18/2022 Brass Mug - Tampa, FL
5/20/2022 Acadia - Houston, TX
5/21/2022 Amplified Live - Dallas, TX
5/22/2022 Come And Take It Live - Austin, TX

Order your copy of Unparalleled Universe here:
http://nuclearblast.com/origin-unparalleled-universe

Electro darkwave trio VONAMOR release debut self-titled album. Watch the videos for 'You The People' and 'Take Your Heart'

"Captivating avant-garde new-wave... charmingly ensures via an 80s call-and-response style throwback; with an ensnaring melody" ~ Post-Punk.com 

"Dynamic and exciting... a clear indication of how original and passionate, if not also complex, their artistic vision can be" ~ The Spill Magazine

"An addictive necromantic mood" Amplify Music Magazine
 
"Chilling and fiery… Stellar offering" ~ Big Takeover Magazine

"A dark delicious slice of darkwave excellence" ~ Skylight Webzine

"Charismatic and talented... avant-garde sensibilities and diverse influences, delivering music that is unique and haunting" ~ The Record Stache

<<VONAMOR is music and movement. VONAMOR is real and virtual.
VONAMOR is the end and the beginning. VONAMOR is from love, of love, for love.>>

Italian postpunk-darkwave-electro trio VONAMOR have released their debut 'VONAMOR' album digitally and on CD via Time To Kill Records (TTK). The album, which boasts the artistic production of the eclectic producer Lucio Leoni, follows their recent singles 'You the People' and 'Take Your Heart' and earlier videos for 'Never Betray Us' and 'Fast-Forward Girl'.

Through their pulsating, imaginative music, VONAMOR mixes fascinating contemporary electronic beats with dark, noise and punk sounds evocative of the ‘80s with the addition of melancholic and clever lyrics written in several different languages, including English, Italian, French, German and even Chinese.

Track by track, the 'VONAMOR' album teases the audience with a wildly emotional trip around the world - through the stories of love, belonging, submission, protest, power, desire, abuse and the passion that affects our everyday lives. Here we find stories of femme fatales and fearful memories, of burning desires, motherly loves and fatal tragedies, falling empires and latent revolutions. Music about a messed-up world that is always moving too fast, yet makes us dangerously linger between reality and dystopia, sanity and madness. Music conveying the hope that we recover our true and authentic bond with mother nature and other human beings.

This 'VONAMOR' long-player is rich with musical brilliance, magnetic sensuality, unexpected twists, literary echoes and cinematographic references. Through an addictive vortex made of male and female voices, tongues, idioms, musical timbers, beats and pauses, VONAMOR come face to face with a multitude of demons, suggesting a change of perspective - to make you move, dance and, ultimately, love, leaving all restraints and conventions behind.

“Through our darkwave music and words, we search for the question, the ambiguity, the multiform influence of a variety of demons. We feel the urgency of questioning ourselves, our fellow human beings and the reality around us," says Giulia Bottaro.

VONAMOR is made up of sisters Giulia Bottaro, Francesca Bottaro and Luca Guidobaldi, with Francesco Bassoli and Martino Cappelli joining in for live performances. This project started in 2016. Initially focused on communicating images and composing scores for short films, they morphed into the trio we know today with their style, literary echoes, imperious art-pop and enigmatic aesthetics.

'You The People' is available across online stores and streaming platforms, including Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, Spotify and elsewhere. On February 18, the full-length album will be released, both digitally and on CD, and can be pre-ordered directly from Time To Kill Records.

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Beauty In Chaos releases 'Behind The Veil' LP with all-female vocal lineup, plus video for 'Grasp The Stars' ft. Betsy Martin

LA-based label 33.3 Music Collective has announced the release of ‘Behind The Veil’, the highly-anticipated new album from Beauty In Chaos. Recorded, mixed and produced by Grammy nominated producer Michael Rozon, this all-female featured collection brings back three BIC alumni – Tish Ciravolo, Cinthya Hussey and Betsy Martin – as well as new family members Whitney Tai, Elena Alice Fossi and Pinky Turzo.

"The concept of this all female release started to take form when we added “Stranger” (ft. Kat Leon) as the closing track of ‘The Storm Before The Calm’. It was a bit different than the rest of the album, but it turned into the perfect lead-in to the direction of this new record,” says BIC curator Michael Ciravolo.

"Our past formula has been to follow up each of our two albums with a remix record. This time I decided to change the script a bit and include a remix of each song on ‘Behind The Veil’.”

Earlier, Beauty In Chaos released the singles 'Orion' ft. Whitney Tai and 'Kiss of the World' ft. Elena Alice Fossi. In addition to the six new songs, this release features some diverse re-envisions by Tim Palmer, MGT, John Fryer, Statik, Tommy Hatz, Julian Shah-Tayler and Michael Rozon.

An evolving and revolving collective, Beauty In Chaos also presents the video for 'Grasp The Stars' featuring Caterwaul front-woman Betsy Martin, the album’s dark and heavy closer. Industrialism Films created what Ciravolo describes as a “homage to the ’87-’88 Scream scene in Los Angeles”. Scream was a popular darkwave club, where Ciravolo’s former band Human Drama and Martin’s Caterwaul were staples.

Betsy Martin notes, “The music took me to a place of being in a meteor shower of emotion. It brought out feelings of how we sometimes create unhappiness for ourselves with manipulation brought on by pain, causing such confusion. I could visualize dodging these sharp and pointy damaging stars of thoughts whizzing by in my head. The music travels a celestial path to a calm after a storm.”

33.3 Music is releasing ‘Behind The Veil’ on CD and limited-run vinyl. As with all BIC releases, a 25-track digital version is included with all physical copies. Ciravoloimparts “I am blessed with a lot of talented friends that created more remixes than would fit into the time-constraints of the CD. I value everyone’s time and talents, so I convinced 33.3 to release ‘Further Behind The Veil’, which contains these additional re-envisions as part of a limited edition 2-CD set.”

The Limited Edition 2-CD Set contains the bonus CD ‘Further Behind The Veil’, which includes additional remixes by Paul Wiley (Marilyn Manson), Sin Quirin (Ministry), Kitty Lectro, Bentley Jones, Roman Marisak, Kevin Kipnis, Julian Shah-Tayler and The Phoenix Supernova, as well as an extended album version of 'Orion'.

The ‘Behind The Veil’ album is available across streaming platforms, including Bandcamp. It can also be obtained, in all formats, directly from Beauty In Chaos' online store at https://www.beautyinchaosmusic.com/music-store.

CREDITS - 'Grasp The Stars'
Recorded, mixed and produced by Michael Rozon
Betsy Martin - vocals
Michael Ciravolo - guitar and video concept
Tish Ciravolo - bass
Dirk Doucette - drums
Kevin Kipnis - bass VI
Video filmed and Directed by Vicente Cordero / Industrialism Films
Edited by Ryan Conlon (Industrialism Films)
Lighting by Anthony Love. Makeup by Jessica Zweig

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Stone Broken Drop "Black Sunrise" Video — WATCH

NEW ALBUM REVELATION ARRIVES APRIL 15 VIA SPINEFARM

STONE BROKEN have shared the video for the new single "Black Sunrise." Watch it below.

Frontman Rich Moss says, "'Black Sunrise' explores the darker side of portrayal."

He continues, "Sometimes people only want to show a certain side of themselves, maybe even an exaggerated version or completely fictitious personality. The truth is, it's going to be hard to keep up the act. The mental impact will ultimately take its toll. This is where the title stems from: a 'Black Sunrise' doesn’t exist; it's the opposite of reality."

Stone Broken will release their dynamic new studio album Revelation via Spinefarm on April 15. Pre-order it here.

Borrn from a desire to push themselves into new realms of musical creativity, Revelation sees Stone Broken storming into rock's big leagues.

Watch the video for the title track and first single below.

Having partnered with award-winning producer and former SikTh guitarist Dan Weller (Enter Shikari, Holding Absence, Bury Tomorrow) back in early 2019, both artist and producer hit it off right from the get-go. Working remotely with Weller between Walsall and London, the band shared lots of new ideas, experimenting with aspects of electronic sound design and fusing different strands of their more straight-ahead hard rock with darker electro elements — something frontman Rich Moss and drummer/backing vocalist Robyn Haycock had long wanted to try.

Revelation is an album both for Stone Broken fans and for the band itself. And between the enforced COVID break and these exhilarating new elements that have been iincorporated into the music, the band and their Broken Army are ready to take on the world.

"We had a completely different approach on this record compared to our previous records," says Moss. "We wanted to try everything. We wanted to experiment, we wanted to build our sound from the ground up and totally re-imagine the 'Stone Broken Sound' — but without losing what we already had. It wasn't easy, not in the slightest. But we managed to break down a few walls to get there, and along the way had some awesome discoveries, like [drummer] Robyn now having more vocal duties across the whole record. It really works well and brings a whole new dynamic to our songs."

STONE BROKEN ARE (L–R IN PHOTO ABOVE):

Chris Davis —Lead Guitar

Rich Moss — Vocals + Guitar

Robyn Haycock — Drums

Kieron Conroy — Bass

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ACM New Female Artist of the Year Nominee Caitlyn Smith Announces New Album; New Single to Country Radio

ACM NEW FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR NOMINEE CAITLYN SMITH ANNOUNCES SELF-PRODUCED
NEW ALBUM HIGH ARRIVES APRIL 8

Releases New Single To Country Radio: “DOWNTOWN BABY”

Album Pre-order Available Tomorrow

“How will you ever know what you’re capable of if you never try?” singer and innovator Caitlyn Smith asks. “For far too long, I’ve let this fear of failure sit in the driver’s seat. So, I leaned into a more supportive community, and I learned to trust my own compass. I was so curious to know what my music would sound like now. Through this process I’ve grown, and I’ve made a record I’m really proud of… a record that’s all mine. High.

After spending the better part of 2021 in the studio, logging hundreds of hours self-producing her next album, the ACM New Female Artist of the Year nominee announces her forthcoming third album, High, set for release on April 8 via Monument Records. Pre-order available tomorrow.

“Self-producing has taught me so much about trusting my own compass,” says Smith. “It has been a beautifully terrifying experience and has added a layer of vulnerability when you’re also responsible for painting the sonic landscape as an artist, in addition to writing and singing the songs.”

Tomorrow the power vocalist releases “Downtown Baby,” the first single shipping to Country radio from High. The new release follows her arena-ready title-track released in January and written by Smith alongside Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Erin Decilveo (originally released by Cyrus on her album Plastic Hearts), of which MusicRow critic Robert Oermann notes “this single confirms the widely admired songwriter’s status as a first-rate record maker.”

After spending the last year opening for George Strait, Reba, Little Big Town, and Old Dominion in stadiums and arenas across the country, Minnesota’s Mpls.St.Paul Magazine notes, “The mammoth-voiced, versatile, classic-country-loving vocalist whose songs mix acoustic Americana with gritty blues swagger and punchy pop hooks is fast becoming one of the most buzzed-about singers in Nashville.”

Smith just announced her own headlining High & Low Tour 2022 which kicks off in her hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 1. The 13-city tour includes stops at New York’s Gramercy Theatre and at Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville, Tenn.

This month, Smith returns to London as part of C2C, performing at Indigo at The O2. Of Smith’s new music, BBC Radio 2’s Bob Harris opines, “It’s big and it’s dramatic and it is absolutely fantastic. I love this record.”

Caitlyn Smith - The High & Low Tour 2022

4/1 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
4/6 – New York City, NY – Gramercy Theatre
4/7 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
4/23 – Indianapolis, IN – HI-FI Indy
4/24 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
5/4 – Allston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
5/5 – Asbury Park, NJ – The Wonder Bar
5/6 – Philadelphia, PA – MilkBoy
5/7 – Alexandria, VA – The Birchmere
5/11 – Atlanta, GA – Vinyl
5/12 – Charlotte, NC – Visulite Theatre
5/13 – Savannah, GA – District Live
5/14 – Charleston, SC – Music Farm

About Caitlyn Smith
After winning a Critics Choice Award and writing songs for the likes of Miley Cyrus, Dolly Parton, Meghan Trainor and John Legend, Garth Brooks, and Jason Aldean, Caitlyn Smith has established herself as one of Nashville’s brightest rising stars. Undeniably one of the best vocalists of this generation, Smith’s 2018 Starfire and 2020’s Supernova saw her in the pages of TIME Magazine and The New York Times, and had her named to Rolling Stone’s 10 country artists to know and Paste’s 10 country artists to watch. Her latest single, “High,” is available everywhere now. Visit CaitlynSmith.com for more information and follow along on Instagram and Twitter @caitlynsmith or @caitlynsmithmusic on Facebook and TikTok.

Carpenter Brut Announces Return To North America With 13 Tour Dates Planned For Summer 2022; New Album "Leather Te

Carpenter Brut

Announces Return To North America

With 13 Tour Dates Planned For Summer 2022

New Album Leather Terror

The Second Installment In The Leather Trilogy

Out April 1 Via Universal

First Single “Imaginary Fire”

Feat. Greg Puciato (Formerly The Dillinger Escape Plan)

Out Now

Album Presales Available Now

French synthwave icon Carpenter Brut is returning to North America this summer with a series of 13 tour dates just announced for the U.S. and Canada, kicking off August 18 in Los Angeles and running through September 3 in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Tickets go on sale beginning Friday March 4 at 10 AM local time in each market at the following link: https://linktr.ee/TOUR2022CARPENTERBRUT

The upcoming tour is in support of Carpenter Brut’s brand-new album Leather Terror, out April 1 via Universal. The first single – the colossal synthrock anthem “Imaginary Fire” – is out now. It features vocalist Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Killer Be Killed, The Black Queen) with an accompanying music video directed by Dehn Sora that captures an eerily beautiful apocalypse during a psychedelic trip.

See the video for “Imaginary Fire” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_t_ZXavIOo

Leather Terror is the second in Carpenter Brut’s Leather album trilogy, the next chapter following his widely acclaimed 2018 album Leather Teeth. That album was included in numerous Best Album lists across the spectrum of rock, alternative and electronic music that year. Kerrang championed the mysterious French artist as one of the “Best Live Bands On Earth” while Carpenter Brut was also honored as a performer at the Metal Hammer awards.

The albums form the soundtrack of an imagined movie from 1987. The previous record introduced the story of Bret Halford, an introverted science student. He liked a girl who didn’t like him and much preferred the team’s star quarterback. Bret got mad and tried to create a concoction that would allow him to control them all, but ends up disfigured and decides instead to become a rock star. This is how he will seduce the girl, and all other girls: By becoming Leather Teeth, singer of Leather Patrol.

Now, Leather Terror finds Bret Halford as a true rock star and a ruthless avenger. Leather Teeth inflicts vengeance on those who stand between him and what he desires. While the album Leather Teeth was in parts a celebratory take on ‘80s glam rock, in his new opus, Carpenter Brut – across the space of twelve tracks – gets more malevolent, documenting the rise of his protagonist as a serial killer who wants to take revenge on all those who mistreated him when he was younger.

Regarding the album, Carpenter Brut says, "After spending much of 2018 touring, I had decided to take a long break to compose the new album of the trilogy. The pandemic confirmed that my choice to stay home was the right one. I ended up taking over a year and a half to compose this album. I made a lot of decisions with the time I had that I wouldn't have had time to make if the pandemic hadn't happened. I wanted to make the whole thing as massive as possible. There is no guitar on this album. I did everything with synths. Even though I didn't know exactly how I wanted the album to sound at first, I knew I wanted it to be massive and violent.”

Massive and violent, yes. But inviting – so much so, that Leather Terror features a significant number of guests.

In addition to the aforementioned Greg Puciato on new single “Imaginary Fire,” Alex Westaway of Gunship gives voices on the pummelling synth pop of “The Widow Maker” ("a rather particular hybrid timbre"), and Ben Koller of Converge and Jonka of Tribulation appear on the sinister title track, which closes the story. The Norwegian band Ulver and Kathrine Shepard from the band Sylvaine are also on board as well as Persha – a Parisian singer – who directly contacted Carpenter Brut to initiate a collaboration.

Leather Terror reflects both a serial killer, and an artist, in their prime: Bold and daring while full of shock and awe, creating a true spectacle out of great darkness with a flamboyant disregard for rules.

CARPENTER BRUT NORTH AMERICAN LEATHER TERROR TOUR

August 2022

18 Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda

19 Las Vegas, NV @ Psycho Vegas Festival

20 San Francisco, CA @ UC Theater

22 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom

23 Seattle, WA @ Showbox

26 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity

27 Chicago, IL @ Metro

28 Pontiac, MI @ Crofoot Ballroom

30 Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall

31 Montreal, QC @ MTelus

September 2022

01 Boston, MA @ Royale

02 New York, NY @ Brooklyn Steel

03 Silver Spring, MD @ Fillmore

About Carpenter Brut

Carpenter Brut draws its influences from ‘80s TV shows and B-movies loaded with synthesizers. The mysterious and discreet man evokes an encounter between Justice beats and the universe of John Carpenter. The French act pays tribute to the post-hippie/pre-AIDS culture that then set the basis of electro and metal to give us a unique, violent and crazy ‘80s revival sound. Over the last decade he built a successful career, as a major act from the darksynth scene. He has toured the world with acts like Ghost and Ministry and performed at well-known festivals such as Coachella & SXSW, and has accumulated 366 million streams of his music worldwide.

Find Carpenter Brut Online

Website: https://carpenterbrut.com/

Bandcamp: https://carpenterbrut.bandcamp.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carpenter.brut

Twitter: https://twitter.com/carpenter_brut

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carpenterbrut/?hl=en

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVnLrkvF3M_H1NTOsMvgrA

Generation Kill Release Official Lyric Video for "Dogs Of War" (Ft.John Joseph of Cromags, Bloodclot)

"Dogs of War" can be downloaded/streamed at : https://bfan.link/mkultra

Thrash powerhouse Generation Kill released the official music video for single "Dogs of War"featuring John Joseph (Cromags, Bloodclot). The single is from their new album, MKUltra that is out now via Blood Blast Distribution and Art Is War Records. The album guest features Gary Holt (Slayer/Exodus), Chris Poland (Megadeth, Ohm), John Joseph (Cromags, Bloodclot), as well as, Grammy Award-winning pianist Ronnie King who guests on the final track "La Fin Du Monde."

"'Dogs of War' was so much fun to write and create with the boys. I said I wanna song that John Joseph will sing on, so that's what Jay Velez and the boys delivered. Then I wrote the lyrics, recorded it and then called John to ask if he will sing on the song. I sent him the track and then 10 minutes later, he called to say that he loved it, so we got him in the studio and he killed it! John has such a distinct voice and style that it just killed on this track. It's such an honor to have one of the entire band's hero on our album" says Rob Dukes.

John Joseph adds, "Generation Kill's new record MKultra is fucking brutal on so many levels - hard riffs and lyrics that mean something. The pit is going to get extremely violent over this one."

Generation Kill is an American thrash metal band formed in New York City in 2008 by Rob Dukes (ex-Exodus). Dukes, on hiatus from touring with Exodus, wanted to funnel his excess creative energy and aggression into something new. After the inclusion of Jason Trenczer, Lou Lehmanand Sam Inzerra, the band began writing and recording their first album, Red, White, & Blood, featuring several hit singles including, “Feast for the Wolves” and “Hate” as well as a cover of Nine Inch Nails “Wish” which enjoyed heavy radio rotation.

Due to creative differences with Inzerra and the untimely death of guitarist Lou Lehman, Jay Velez and Jim DeMaria (Heathen) joined and began recording their sophomore album, We're All Gonna Die with renowned producer Zuess (Rob Zombie, Hatebreed). Shortly after its release, the band embarked on a European tour with fellow Exodus member Lee Altus’ band, Heathen. The album spawned several successful singles, including “Prophets of War” which went to number one on Sirius Liquid Metal’s “Dirty Dozen” and remained one of the top requested songs on the channel.

Following the success of their second album, drummer Rob Youells joined the band and they went into the studio, this time with Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal to record an album with founding member of Run-D.M.C, Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels. The project was initially titled DMC Generation Killbefore becoming its own entity, later renamed Fragile Mortals.

Teaming up with Nick Bellmore (Hatebreed, Corpsegrinder), Generation Kill has finally released their long-awaited third full-length album, MKUltra. A powerful collection of songs, MKUltraincorporates everything an aficionado of the thrash metal genre has been longing to hear for the last decade: crunchy riffing, capturing melodies and killer solos mixed with brutal, thought-provoking lyrics. Their heaviest album to date, the album showcases the diverse musical backgrounds of each seasoned band member, a signature sound which has defined and allowed Generation Kill to remain a band without limitations.

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GWAR Announces North American Leg of “The Black Death Rager World Tour”

Kicks Off May 19th in Ft. Wayne, IN

New Album “The New Dark Ages” Out June 3rd on CD and Digital / September 16 on Vinyl and Cassette

Human Scum! In support of their forthcoming opus, “The New Dark Ages” our Lords and Masters GWAR will return to the road in North America this Spring! The first leg of “The Black Death Rager World Tour,” kicks off May 19th in Ft. Wayne, IN and runs through June 17th in Reading, PA. Support on the run will come from Crowbar, The Native Howl and Nekrogoblikon. A complete list of dates can be found below. Tickets go on sale to fan club members this Thursday March 3rd and to the general public this Friday March 4th.

Lead doom-warbler, The Berserker Blothar, comments on the upcoming tour: “Ah, the cruel Spring, when life bursts forth and humans are reminded how dead they are inside! The horrific majesty of GWAR will blow through your town like painted ladies working the block for that rock.”

Watch a trailer for the tour

Pre-order “The New Dark Ages” at https://gwar.net/collections/the-new-dark-ages. The album will be released on CD/Digital June 3rd and Vinyl and Cassette September 16th via the band’s own “Pit Records.” The first aural offerings from the album are cumming soon.

GWAR LIVE:

Support: Crowbar, The Native Howl, Nekrogoblikon

5/19: Ft. Wayne, IN @ Piere’s*

5/20: St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant* (PointFest PreParty)

5/21: Wichita, KS @ TempleLive*

5/23: Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep

5/24: Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theater

5/26: Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades

5/27: Chico, CA @ Senator Theatre

5/28: San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

5/29: Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee

5/31: San Antonio, TX @ Vibes Event Center

6/2: Destin, FL @ Club LA

6/3: Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal

6/4: Charleston, SC @ Music Farm

6/5: Charlotte, NC @ The Underground

6/7: Joliet, IL @ The Forge

6/8: Green Bay, WI @ EPIC Event Center

6/10: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

6/11: Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom

6/12: Albany, NY @ Empire Live

6/14: Hampton Beach, NH @ Wally’s

6/15: Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground

6/16: Providence, RI @ The Strand

6/17: Reading, PA @ Reverb

*No Crowbar

It was also just announced that GWAR will be heading across the pond bringing “The Black Death Rager World Tour,” to Europe this summer.

You've read the album, now hear the book!

"GWAR in the Duoverse of Absurdity" chronicles the epic battle between GWAR and their doppelgangers from an alternate universe the band discovers behind their treasured Magic Mirror. The book uses an innovative storytelling technique that combines words and pictures printed on paper (made from real trees!) in a seamless format we are calling a "graphic novel.” The tale is illustrated by the masterful talents of Andy MacDonald (Wolverine, Dr Strange, Wonder Woman), Shane White (Things Undone, Braun, Endless Summer), Matt Maguire (GWAR) and Bob Gorman (GWAR). Z2 Comics (Judas Priest, Dio, Anthrax) have teamed up with GWAR to produce what will surely be known as the ultimate illustrated saga of the beloved Scumdogs of the Duoverse.

Paleface Drop Music Video For Brand New Track, "The Orphan"

Switzerland's finest purveyors of brutality, PALEFACE, have dropped the music video for their brand new track "The Orphan" today. The 6:30 opus is by far the band's most impressive and expansive single to date, combining new elements of shred Watch the video below. Find the track on streaming platforms HERE.

The latest slice of gloriously heavy Swiss beatdown is taken from the band's upcoming album, Fear & Dagger which will be released later this month on Friday, March 25th, 2022. Fans can pre-order physical copies of the album, available in 3 double-vinyl gatefold variants or CD digipak or pre-save the album digitally HERE.

Speaking on the new track and video, frontman Zelli shares

"The Orphan" is a song about the suffocating struggle people who suffer with depression go through. The feeling that life has no sense and simply isn’t worth living any longer. The idea that you get to such a hopeless and helpless point that you just give up and leave your life in the hands of death, like “Fuck it, I can’t do it anymore, so Death, do what you want with me”. You become The Orphan of The Deadman.

I wanted the video for "The Orphan" to really reflect the struggles of depression in a straight-in-your-face way. I didn’t want to pull any punches because that’s not the reality of struggling with mental health conditions like depression. The performances where I’m bound by chains and in the bathtub are visual representations of how depression can trap you and render you completely immobile and incapable of breaking free. It’s a metaphor for how hard it is to get out of depressive states. To other people it looks easy to just stand up and get out of the bathtub, but to the person suffering, it’s impossible and the will to fight is just not there, so the urge to surrender and let yourself drown becomes almost impossible to fight.

We, as a band, take mental health very seriously and want people who struggle to know that they are not alone. If you or someone you know is suffering please contact The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (USA) on 1-800-273-8255 or find your local free helpline here: https://findahelpline.com"

Since their last album, 'Chapter 3: The Last Selection', independent outfit, Paleface have gained international recognition throughout the Deathcore and Beatdown Community. Known for their huge, aggressive riffs, brutally bombastic rhythm section, frontman, Zelli's outstanding vocals and a pinch of humor. This is Switzerland’s finest heavy music.

Their new album, "Fear & Dagger", focuses on more mature and critical topics related to the fears and struggles young people have to content with in the 21st century, most importantly, the topic of mental health. The album is a 65 minute monster, containing 16 tracks with guest appearances from members of Justice For The Damned (AUS), Traitors (US) and Landmvrks(FR) and a PALEFACE fan, diagnosed with schizophrenia, who lent his voice and perspective to the album.

Speaking on the album, frontman Zelli shares

"This is what Paleface is all about. The entire 65mins. speaks for us: for our emotions, our style, our dedication and our PLFC-Family.

We wrote and recorded the entire record within six months not only for our fans and for us, but also for all the people out there who are struggling with dark times in their life and themselves. We want to give them a piece of solace. Music to connect with, something to gain strength, something to be happy about, something that helps you deal with the pain or just something to let all the anger out.

I am unbelievably proud of "Fear & Dagger". It is, by far, our angriest and most emotional record yet and I can’t wait to share it with the world."

"The Orphan" follows previous singles "Deathtouch" and "Dead Man's Diary" feat. LANDMVRKS frontman Florent Salfati. Between them, the two previously released singles have clocked up 1.6 million cross-platform streams and 261,000 YouTube views.

ABOUT PALEFACE

PALEFACE was formed in Zurich, Switzerland in 2017 by vocalist Marc Zellweger (Zelli) and drummer Colin Hammond (CJ) having met through a mutual friend in 2016. After bonding over a shared love of beatdowns and hardcore, Zelli and CJ shook hands at a concert in 2017 and promised they would create the craziest beatdown band ever together.

They recruited guitarist Yannick Lehmann to the band and released their debut ‘Chapter 1: From The Gallows’ in 2018. Later that year, they brought bassist Tommy-Lee Abt to PALEFACE family. They played their first show in October 2018 and quickly grew in popularity with the song “Deprivation Method”.

In early 2019, Paleface started writing ‘Chapter 2: Witch King’ which was released in May 2019. The band started to gain international attention with the release of tracks “Human Hunter” and “Skin People”. They released the single “No Mercy At All” at the end of 2019 and started working on the final installment of the dark story they’d created with Chapters 1 & 2.

Chapter 3: The Last Selection’ was released on October 30th 2020 to much acclaim. PALEFACE released two music videos for huge tracks “Curse Us”, “The Rats” and “Skalpell” which quickly ranked high in the deadown/hardcore charts and saw the band become cover stars on Spotify’s Heavy Beatdown playlist. The released the music video for "Lights Out" earlier this year. Their releases to date have seen them clock up nearly 10.2 million streams across all platforms and 165k monthly listeners on Spotify alone.

The neutrality Switzerland is known for globally does not apply to Paleface.

They came to destroy.

Paleface Are:

Vox: Marc “Zelli” Zellweger

Guitar: Yannick Lehmann

Bass: Tommy-Lee Abt

Drums: Colin “CJ” Hammond

Find Paleface Online

www.palefaceofficial.com

Lions At The Gate Drop New Track "Bed Of Nails"; Announce Debut Live Show

Los Angeles hard rock quintet LIONS AT THE GATE have dropped their latest single and music video, "Bed Of Nails". The track strikes a fine balance between otherworldly vocals, relentless rhythm, and massively heavy riffs. Speaking on today's release, Lions At The Gate frontman Cristian Machado commented:

"'Bed Of Nails' is a song that was brought in by Diego, a string of riffs that told a story. Kile pushed the dynamics of the song into extremes by surrounding Diego’s riffs with ghostly verses. Ahrue and Steve rounded off some of the parts and the bridge of the song. When I heard the demo, I fell in love with the heavy riff and the double bass, especially followed by those intimate and creepy verses. That caught my attention instantly. When we got the final mixes back from Kile, I realized how strong the song was.

The message of the song is not hidden in the lyric, it is blatantly about deep inner struggle to accept the things you can not change. I think, especially to embrace those things which blossom growth, even when they involve intense struggle. It’s a theme stitched well into the album. Laying out a maze, attempting to discover an exit path, trying to cut through the uncertainty of life and the chaos of the world. Really though, aren’t we all?"

Watch "Bed Of Nails" below below and find the track on streaming platforms HERE. Be sure to stay tuned for more Lions At The Gate news coming soon.

LIONS AT THE GATE will be making their live debut at the legendary Whisky a Go Go on April 28th. Their long-awaited premiere event will be supported by fellow metal acts Thrown Into Exile and Breaking In A Sequence. Tickets go on sale at 10AM PT on Friday, March 4th from https://eventlink.to/latgwhisky.

ABOUT LIONS AT THE GATE

A familiar signature sound, but with a fresh and rejuvenated take, former Ill Niño members Cristian Machado (vocals), guitarists Diego Verduzco and Ahrue Luster (ex-Machine Head) along with bassist Stephen Brewer (ex-Westfield Massacre) and drummer Fern Lemus (ex-Silence The Messenger) are LIONS AT THE GATE.

Moving on from their previous projects, these musical forces made the most of their creative freedom and newfound inspiration. Machado’s powerful vocals are better than ever as he soars with a steady balance and grace with his aggressive scowl as well as embracing his softer side. What is not lost in this band's musical palette are the dynamics of their trademark heaviness, supported by the foundation of big choruses to balance the crushing rhythm within the songs.

Find Lions At The Gate Online

latgofficial.com

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SYLVAINE Announces Two-Hour Guest DJ Special via Gimme Radio

Norwegian multi-instrumentalist SYLVAINE will be releasing her fourth studio album, 'Nova,' this Friday, March 4! To celebrate the release of the record, SYLVAINE will be hosting a two-hour guest DJ special on Friday at 3:00 P.M. EST // 21:00 CET, in which she picked an eclectic playlist and will be present in the live chat to talk to fans! As usual, it is totally free to sign up and listen - download the Gimme Metal app or visit GimmeMetal.com.

In addition, SYLVAINE will be embarking on her first ever North American tour this spring in support of AMORPHIS, along with UADA and HOAXED! SYLVAINE will join the tour on April 18 in Millvale, PA and will cross the country before circling back to the East Coast where the trek will conclude in Baltimore, MD on May 12. The full run of dates can be found below! Tickets are on sale now at THIS LOCATION.

The song and album are available for pre-saving on all other digital platformsHERE while the record is available for pre-ordersHERE.

SYLVAINE North American Tour (w/ AMORPHIS, UADA, + HOAXED):
04/18: Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre [TICKETS]
04/19: Joliet, IL @ The Forge [TICKETS]
04/20: Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre [TICKETS]
04/22: Denver, CO @ The Oriental Theater [TICKETS]
04/23: Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell [TICKETS]
04/25: Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre [TICKETS]
04/26: Vancouver, BC @ The Imperial [TICKETS]
04/27: Seattle, WA @ El Corazon [TICKETS]
04/29: San Francisco, CA @ The UC Theatre [TICKETS]
04/30: Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre [TICKETS]
05/01: Mesa, AZ @ The Nile Theater [TICKETS]
05/03: Austin, TX @ Come and Take it Live [TICKETS]
05/04: Dallas, TX @ Amplified Theater [TICKETS]
05/06: Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage (The Loft) [TICKETS]
05/07: Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum [TICKETS]
05/08: Orlando, FL @ The Abbey [TICKETS]
05/10: Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre [TICKETS]
05/11: Richmond, VA @ The Broadberry [TICKETS]
05/12: Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage [TICKETS]

To speak to Sylvaine, the one-woman multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, and composer born Kathrine Shepard, is to speak to some spirit that exists beyond the veil of convention and stereotypes. This is not a woman playing to the vogue dark melodic folklorist trope that has become so prevalent in the metal scene but rather, this is a woman who is a serious and classically trained composer and arranger whose songs, that originate on unplugged electric guitars in lavender and black bedrooms, end up exploding against the unlimited conventions of what modern music can accomplish. 

For some time, Kathrine Shepard has been seen as the petite pixie of the Norwegian black gaze scene but her small eleven features and lightheartedness belie the woman warrior behind Nova, her complex and personal fourth release. Following her 2018 Atoms Aligned Coming Undone release, Sylvaine (a play on the name of one of her beloved French poets, Paul Verlaine) gives us Nova, an album that is both a musical and personal reawakening of a singer/composer finding her way in this world.  

The Lord of the Rings type choir arrangement heralds in the opening of her latest release as we the entranced listeners follow her to the realm of Lothlorien. The creation of this ambitious release began in 2019, before the world changed before all of our eyes. Experiencing a personal loss in a time the world was suffering a collective loss, Sylvaine composed on her guitar and wrote in her notebooks, eventually leading her into the small rooms of Drudenhaus in early 2021. Sequestered away in the countryside of France, the Norwegian native and her musical cohorts would all contract Covid. Asthmatic since birth, our heroine isolated herself in a small room to score out the different soprano and alto melodies of an actual choir to make her vision for the opening track “Nova,” come to life. Sung in an imagined language, the syllables of NO-VA continued to emerge, suggesting to the singer something linguistically symbolic and important. 

“I’ve been wanting to write a choir piece since my 'Wistful' days,” she says, “Just a purely vocal piece. I love harmonies and the most personal instrument you have is yourself, your voice. I wanted to really show who I am this time around.” 

Naked on the cover, which may raise some eyebrows, Sylvaine insists to her fans that this is a symbol of her own vulnerability and personal rebirth that transpired over these years of creating Nova. “Nova" in terms of language is connected to words such as nuova (Italian) or nueva (Spanish), meaning ‘new’ and speaks to a rebirth, to loss, the temporality of life, grieving as nothing lasting forever, but looking forward as new doors are forever opening.  

Album tracks “Mono No Aware” and “Fortapt” are compositions in the 10-minute range, showing the progressive skills of the multi-instrumentalist’s musical mastery and magic. Taking the loud and quiet back-and-forth of the ‘90s a step farther, she manages to haunt every note with primal sincerity. “Fortapt” is a particularly unique track, paying homage to Sylvaine’s Norwegian roots. And while critics may want to pin a song like “Nowhere, Still Somewhere” in the shoegaze or dreampop category, her mysterious resonance adds something to the composition that makes Sylvaine’s work defy categorization.  

Much like Joan of Arc, Sylvaine is not a one-woman army without her legionaries. Instead of enlisting members of the folk metal glitterati, she has been a bit more selective about her surprise guests on her album, choosing Scottish violinist Lambert Segura of SAOR and cellist Nostarion aka Patrik Urban, whom she met while performing a very special acoustic show in Belgium in 2019. For Sylvaine, it felt emotionally appropriate to weave classically trained instrumentalists into her work, demonstrated on the last track on the album, "Everything Must Come to an End." 

Unlike so many of the pixie dream girls haunting the American metal landscape right now, Sylvaine sings but also screams from the very depths. There is absolutely no one in the metal game right now who can match her vocal range, which traverses from the elvish sounds of Enya and Lisa Gerard to the black metal Ericthro screeches of her kvlt counterparts of the land of ice and snow. 

In the U.S., we have a tendency to clarify bedroom pop as music that is composed in the feminine space of one’s bedroom confines. Although orchestral and incredibly composed, Sylvaine does not shy away from admitting her songs always start bare bones—almost all of her compositions begin with an unplugged electric guitar. “A melody and a chord progression should be able to stand on its own without any effects whatsoever. The song will go on to manifest itself in different ways but that main guitar part has to be solid enough to emotionally work just by itself, “ she says.  

But to this lover of Verlaine and the French Romantic poets (as well as a diehard Type O Negative fan), the written word is still paramount to her heart. After all, she explains, “Music is an attempt to avoid the words we can’t always express in life.” 

Links:
https://www.facebook.com/sylvainemusic/
https://www.instagram.com/sylvainemusic/
https://sylvainemusic.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/c/sylvainemusic/
https://soundcloud.com/sylvainemusic
https://twitter.com/sylvainemusic
https://www.sylvainemusic.com/

Recording Lineup:
Sylvaine – vocals/guitars/bass/synths/arrangements
Dorian Mansiaux – session drums

Current Lineup:
Sylvaine

Live line-up:
Sylvaine - Main vocals/guitar
Dorian Mansiaux - Drums
Florian Ehrenberg - Guitar/backing vocals
Maxime Mouquet - Bass/background vocals

Guest Musicians:
- Lambert Segura (SAOR) - violins on “Everything Must Come To An End”
- Patrick Urban - cellos on “Everything Must Come To An End”

Recording Studio: Drudenhaus Studio, Issé, France

Producer, mixer, sound engineer: Benoît Roux

Mastering Studio + engineer: Karl Daniel Lidén at Karl Daniel Lidén Productions

Cover Art: Photo by Andy Julia, post-production/digital illustration by Daria Endrese

Biography: Veronika Lee

Pre-sales: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/SylvaineNova

Album formats:
CD Digipak
Digital
Vinyl in various colours

THE AGONIST Nominated for 2022 JUNO Award in "Metal/Hard Rock Album of the Year" Category

THE AGONIST Nominated for 2022 JUNO Award in

"Metal/Hard Rock Album of the Year" Category for Latest Release, Days Before the World Wept

Order HERE

North American Tour Dates Supporting Hypocrisy Begin April 29

[Photo Credit: Eric Sanchez]

Death metal trailblazers THE AGONIST are thrilled to be nominated for a 2022 JUNO Award - Canada's most prestigious music award - in the “Metal/Hard Rock Album of the Year” category for their latest release, Days Before the World Wept, out now via Napalm Records! The 2022 JUNO Awards will broadcast and stream live on Sunday, May 15 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen, and globally at CBCMusic.ca/junos.

Following yesterday's nominee announcement, the band offered:

"We are thrilled to learn that Days Before The World Wept was nominated for a JUNO Award! What can we say - what artist doesn't want their work to be recognized and appreciated? This was a very important release for us that will define us for years to come, and we're happy that it has made its mark on the metal world."

Inspired by real life experiences, fan and media acclaimed Days Before The World Wept explores a grim, conceptual tale of greed, gluttony, confusion, pain, redemption, and hope enveloped in a new level of aggression and cohesive, technical prowess. Soaring through a kaleidoscope of blistering metal mastery and hopeful lyrical dramatism, the opus dominates as one of the most impressive works of the band’s catalog.

In other news, the band recently announced their first North American tour dates of 2022! THE AGONIST will join forces with Swedish death legends Hypocrisy for their upcoming Worship Tour, kicking off on April 29 in Brooklyn, NY and concluding in Baltimore, MD on May 29. In addition to THE AGONIST, special guests on the tour include Carach Angren and Hideous Divinity. A complete list of dates can be found below!

THE AGONIST On Tour w/ Hypocrisy - North American 2022 Tour

+ special guests Carach Angren & Hideous Divinity

April 29th - Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw

April 30th - Boston, MA @ Middle East (Downstairs)

May 1st - Montreal, QC @ L'Astral

May 2nd - Toronto, ON @ Lees Palace

May 4th - Joliet, IL @ The Forge

May 5th - Minneapolis, MN @ The Cabooze

May 6th - Winnipeg, MB @ Park Theatre

May 7th - Regina, SK @ The Exchange

May 8th - Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room

May 10th - Vancouver, BC @ Red Room

May 11th - Seattle, WA @ Club Sur

May 12th - Portland, OR @ Bossanova Ballroom

May 13th - Berkeley, CA @ Cornerstone

May 14th - San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick

May 15th - Los Angeles, CA @ 1720

May 17th - Mesa, AZ @ Nile Theater

May 18th - El Paso, TX @ Rochouse Bar & Grill

May 19th - Austin, TX @ Come and Take it Live

May 21st - Dallas, TX @ Amplified Live

May 22nd - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall

May 24th - Orlando, FL @ The Abbey

May 25th - West Palm Beach, FL @ Respectable Street

May 26th - Jonesboro, GA @ Furnace 41

May 27th - Greensboro, NC @ Blind Tiger

May 28th - Pittsburgh, PA @ Enclave

May 29th - Baltimore, MD @ Metro (w/ Carach Angren only)

THE AGONIST is:

Vicky Psarakis -Vocals / Piano

Danny Marino - Guitar

Pascal Jobin - Guitar

Chris Kells - Bass

Simon McKay - Drums

Eric Church to Play Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium with Morgan Wallen & ERNEST on June 11

ERIC CHURCH ANNOUNCES ONE-OF-A-KIND SHOW WITH MORGAN WALLEN AT MINNEAPOLIS’ U.S. BANK STADIUM THIS SUMMER

ERNEST Joins as Special Guest on June 11

Tickets On Sale March 11 at 10 a.m. CT via
EricChurch.com

Minneapolis Joins Previously Announced Milwaukee Stadium Show Set for May 28

After first breaking the news to his Church Choir faithful last night, CMA Entertainer of the Year/superstar Eric Church now officially announces his second headlining stadium show this summer, with “One Hell of a Night in Minneapolis” set for Saturday, June 11 at U.S. Bank Stadium. The supersized show will see the 10-time GRAMMY nominee joined by fellow songwriting craftsmen Morgan Wallen and ERNEST.

Today’s announcement adds to an already remarkable year for the man celebrated by Stereogum as “one of the biggest touring musicians on earth,” as rock-infused anthem “Heart On Fire” climbs the Top 10 at country radio and The Gather Again Tour holds the top spot on Pollstar’s Live75 chart for back-to-back weeks, with Variety proclaiming: “For a guy whose concerts time out at three hours a night, the pandemic’s break was but a way to rest up and blast off, ferociously.”

The update follows Church’s recent news that he will also headline a Milwaukee stadium show over Memorial Day weekend, with Brothers Osborne and Parker McCollum joining him at American Family Field on Saturday, May 28.

“Church is never predictable — aside from the fact that he consistently stages one of the most explosive (and longest) sets in country music,” the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel remarked upon that show’s announcement. “For the second stadium-headlining show of his life, expect Church to give his fans his all.”

Tickets to the U.S. Bank Stadium show go on sale to the general public Friday, March 11 at 10 a.m. CT via EricChurch.com. Members of the Church Choir will have early access to tickets beginning Friday, March 4. Tickets to the American Family Field show and remaining dates of The Gather Again Tour are on sale now.

Church Choir members will also have the exclusive opportunity to gather together for a pre-show tailgate at U.S. Bank Stadium by adding the “Church Choir Pre-Show Tailgate” during the Church Choir pre-sale to access to the pre-show tailgate with food trucks, two drink tickets, a special gift, tailgate games, giveaways and more. Also at the stadium and open to the general public will be a pop-up store with These Boots by Lucchese (Church’s exclusive signature boot line).

For more information, visit www.ericchurch.com and follow on Facebook and Twitter @ericchurch and Instagram@ericchurchmusic. Fans can also download the Eric Church Official App for exclusive offers only available on tour – including seat upgrades, contests and special merchandise – all while connecting with fellow fans from around the world.

Eric Church Tour Dates
March 4 Orlando, Fla. | Amway Center
March 5 Tampa, Fla. | Amalie Arena
March 11 Chicago, Ill. | United Center
March 12 St. Louis, Mo. | Enterprise Center
March 18 Green Bay, Wis. | Resch Center
March 19 Green Bay, Wis. | Resch Center
March 25 Birmingham, Ala. | Legacy Arena at the BJCC
March 26 Little Rock, Ark. | Simmons Bank Arena
April 1 Fort Worth, Texas | Dickies Arena
April 2 San Antonio, Texas | AT&T Center
April 9 New Orleans, La. | Smoothie King Center
April 15 Portland, Ore. | Moda Center
April 16 Spokane, Wash. | Spokane Arena
April 29 Boise, Idaho | ExtraMile Arena
April 30 Salt Lake City, Utah | Vivint Arena
May 6 San Diego, Calif. | Pechanga Arena
May 7 Los Angeles, Calif. | Crypto.com Arena
May 11 Sacramento, Calif. | Golden 1 Center
May 13 Las Vegas, Nev. | T-Mobile Arena
May 14 Glendale, Ariz. | Gila River Arena
May 20 New York, N.Y. | Madison Square Garden
May 28 Milwaukee, Wis. | American Family Field
June 11 Minneapolis, Minn. | U.S. Bank Stadium
June 17 Wildwood, N.J. | Barefoot Country Music Fest
June 23 Mack, Colo. | Country Jam 2022
July 1 Ottawa, Ontario | Canadian Tire Centre
July 2 Toronto, Ontario | Scotiabank Arena
July 9 Pendleton, Ore. | Pendleton Whisky Music Festival
July 23 Brooklyn, Mich. | Faster Horses
July 30 Camrose, Alberta | Big Valley Jamboree
August 27 Stateline, Nev. | Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey’s
August 28 Stateline, Nev. | Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harvey’s

About Eric Church
Eric Church spent the past year releasing new music at a relentless pace; sharing the results of a marathon session during which he spent nearly a month writing and recording a song per day while sequestered in rural North Carolina – including his latest Gold-certified No. 1 “Hell of a View” and current Top 10-and-climbing single “Heart On Fire.” The resulting critically acclaimed and chart-topping three-part project, Heart & Soul, is available everywhere now.

Just as unique as Church’s approach to recording and releasing music is his tenacity on the road. During 2019’s Double Down Tour, Church played back-to-back nights of two unique shows in each market sans opening act, giving every city’s fans six-plus hours of his iconic music. The tour also featured a massive stop at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, where he broke the venue’s concert attendance record with more than 56,000 fans in attendance and became the first artist to sell out the venue with a solo lineup. Church also took to the field at Tampa Bay’s Raymond James Stadium in 2021 to perform the National Anthem with R&B star Jazmine Sullivan ahead of Super Bowl LV and has now returned to the road for his 55-city The Gather Again Tour, visiting full-capacity arenas for an in-the-round show in addition to a recent headlining spot alongside George Strait and Metallica during the ATLive festival at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. He will also headline a one-of-a-kind stadium show at Milwaukee’s American Family Field in May.

A seven-time ACM Award winner, four-time CMA Award winner (including the 2020 award for Entertainer of the Year) and 10-time GRAMMY nominee, Church has amassed a passionate fanbase around the globe known as the Church Choir as well as a critically acclaimed catalog of music. His previous project, the Gold-certified Desperate Man, earned a GRAMMY nomination for Best Country Album (his third nod in the category). Prior releases include the Platinum-certified Sinners Like Me (“How ’Bout You,” “Guys Like Me”), Carolina (“Smoke a Little Smoke,” “Love Your Love the Most”) and Mr. Misunderstood (“Record Year,” “Round Here Buzz”), the Double-Platinum certified The Outsiders (“Like a Wrecking Ball,” “Talladega”) and the 3x Platinum-certified Chief (“Springsteen,” “Drink In My Hand”), as well as 30 Gold, Platinum and multi-Platinum certified singles.

About Morgan Wallen
The New Yorker dubbed Morgan Wallen “the most wanted man in country” in part due to the CMA Award Winner’s 8 billion on-demand streams, multi-Platinum certifications and four consecutive chart-toppers, and in part due to his flyover appeal: “Bruce Springsteen meets Larry the Cable Guy.” The critically-acclaimed follow-up to his Double Platinum breakout If I Know Me, Dangerous: The Double Album (Big Loud/Republic Records), topped 2021’s all-genre Billboard 200 year-end albums chart with 3.2 million units sold and sparked an in-demand 54-date The Dangerous Tour underway now, with the “Up Down” (2017), “Whiskey Glasses” (2018), “Chasin’ You” (2019), “More Than My Hometown” (2020), “7 Summers” (2020, named one of Time Magazine’s Best Songs of the Year) and “Sand In My Boots” (recently No. 1 at Country radio) singer playing two nights at Madison Square Garden and three nights at Bridgestone Arena. Working outside the traditional Nashville mainframe with producer Joey Moi, Hits Magazine notes, “Wallen continually colors outside the lines,” adding, in turn “he’s connected to his fans in ways unprecedented for a country star.” With over 705,000 tickets sold ahead of the tour’s launch, $3 from every ticket sold benefits the songwriter from East Tennessee’s More Than My Hometown Foundation. For more information, visit MorganWallen.com.


About ERNEST
Nashville’s most unpredictable hit maker ERNEST is “The Charmer” (MusicRow), a triple threat talent and one of Music City’s on the rise artist/writers that’s changing the status quo. As a chart-topping songwriter, he fuses influences ranging from Eminem to George Jones, creating a twist-heavy verse style that’s become his signature, proving its mettle and earning him five No. 1 hits to date. The eccentric free spirit launched his debut single to country radio “Flower Shops” feat. Morgan Wallen in January to 88 first week stations, the No. 1 most added single of the week, and is Top 30 after just five weeks. His debut full-length album of the same name - FLOWER SHOPS (THE ALBUM) – will release on March 11, showing off the more classically country side of his craft. ERNEST appeared alongside ’90s country legend David Lee Murphy and labelmate Ben Burgess on HIXTAPE: Vol. 2 track “Red Dirt Clouds” last fall, and his podcast Just Being ERNEST is in its third season, hosting guests like Keith Urban, Diplo, Jason Aldean, Bobby Bones and Craig Wiseman, with many more to come.

Turbo Polka Legends RUSSKAJA On Tour w/ Flogging Molly - Beginning Next Week!

Turbo Polka legends RUSSKAJA are eager to make their way stateside this spring! The band will join Celtic punk icons Flogging Molly on their upcoming tour in the US, which starts next week! The 14-date tour kicks off on March 8th in Knoxville, TN, and comes to a close in Ventura, CA on March 26th.

Following the tour, Russkaja will also be a part of Flogging Molly's Salty Dog Cruise, which sets sail on March 28 - April 1, traveling from Miami to Nassau & Grand Bahama and back.

With over 20 million streams on Spotify alone, along with relentless international touring RUSSKAJA’s Turbo Ska Punk is unstoppable!

3/08 • Knoxville, TN • The Mill & The Mine

3/09 • Huntsville, AL• Mars Music Hall

3/11 • Kansas City, MO • The Truman

3/12 • Tulsa, OK • Cain's Ballroom

3/13 • Austin, TX • Stubb's Waller Creek

3/15 • Tempe, AZ • The Marquee

3/17 • Los Angeles, CA • Hollywood Palladium

3/18 • Funner, CA • Harrah's Resort Socal

3/19 • Indio, CA • Fantasy Springs Resort Casino

3/20 • Reno, NV • Grand Sierra Resort

3/22 • Santa Cruz, CA • The Catalyst

3/23 • Monterey, CA • Golden State Theatre

3/25 • Oakland, CA • Fox Theater

3/26 • Ventura, CA • Ventura Music Hall

RUSSKAJA are:

Georgij Makazaria – Vocals

Engel Mayr – Guitar, Vocals

HG Gutternigg – Potete, Tuba

Mario Stübler – Drums

Nico Loro Ravenni – Sax

Dimitrij Miller – Bass

Lea-Sophier Fischer – Violin

RUSSKAJA online:

Website

Facebook

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Guitar Virtuoso Hedras Releases New Single + Music Video "Angels"

Genre-fusing guitar virtuoso Hedras has today released a new single and music video "Angels" (out via Blood Blast Distribution). The song is the title track from his newly announced forthcoming album 'Angels', out on Friday, May 13. With intricate fretwork laid over urban beats, Hedras showcases his unique style on his Cort Mutility guitar as seen in today's music video (available later this year). Speaking on the release, mastermind Hedras Ramos shares:

"I'm a big fan of urban Latin music, Trap, and EDM. I always imagined combining those styles with prog Metal, so I had to dive deeply into electronic production and learn how to cohesively put all those elements in synergy with my own guitar ideas and create songs that have a meaning and a vibe. "Angels" is the result of that and part of a full album in that vein."

Watch the music video for "Angels" below, and pre-save the album here. Be sure to stay tuned for more Hedras news coming soon.

Established in Dallas, TX, multi-instrumentalist Hedras Ramos began his musical career at age 6 by learning to play the drums. It wasn't until 2005 however (at age 13) when Hedras became interested in learning guitar. He typically practiced 7 or more hours every day, even playing up to 12 hours a day during vacations from school. Being entirely self-taught, Hedras pushed himself hard to master the guitar and in 2011 he had composed and produced his first instrumental album 'Atoms and Space'. with guests such as Andy James and Jennifer Batten. Following this was his instrumental album 'The Impressionist' which became available for purchase in September 2017, which had special guests such as Plini (guitarist), Martin Miller (guitarist), and Anup Sastry (drummer). In 2020 Hedras released his latest instrumental album titled 'Pagans', a djent and progressive metal work that was supported by Abasi Guitars in a collaboration where Tosin Abasi from Animals as Leaders, who personally gifted Hedras an 8-string Larada guitar and featured renowned musicians of the prog world recorded such as Japanese virtuoso bass player Ayumu and prog drummer Anup Sastry.

Find Hedras Online

hedrasramos.com

GATECREEPER ANNOUNCE SPRING 2022 HEADLINE TOUR

GATECREEPER have announced they're hitting road this spring for a North American headline tour with support from Narrow Head, 200 Stab Wounds and Fearing.The excursion will kick off in Austin, TX on April 21st and will end with a hometown show in Phoenix, AZ on May 14th. Tickets go on-sale Friday, March 4th at 12:00PM Local Time at Gatecreeper.com.

GATECREEPER TOUR DATES:
Apr 21 - Austin, TX - Mohawk
Apr 22 - Fort Worth, TX - Tulips
Apr 23 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
Apr 25 - Orlando, FL - Social
Apr 26 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
Apr 27 - Columbia, SC - New Brookland
Apr 28 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
Apr 29 - Brooklyn, NV - Brooklyn Made
Apr 30 - Philadelphia, PA - First United Church
May 1 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs
May 2 - Montreal, QC - Foutounes
May 3 - Toronto, ON - Velvet
May 4 - Detroit, MI - Sanctuary
May 5 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
May 7 - Denver, CO - Marquis
Mar 8 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
May 10 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's
May 11 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne
May 12 - Oakland, CA - Starline
May 13 - Los Angeles, CA - 1720
May 14 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent*
*No Narrow

GATECREEPER's upcoming tour supports their recent, critically acclaimed EP, "An Unexpected Reality," which is available now from Closed Casket Activities at http://Smarturl.it/anunexpectedreality.

GATECREEPER Lineup:

Chase “Hellahammer” Mason - Vocals
Eric “The Dark Cowboy” Wagner - Guitar
Israel Garza - Guitar
Alex Brown - Bass
Matt Arrebollo - Drums

ABBATH Lands Cover of Outburn Magazine

It is with great pride that we announce that Norwegian metal legend ABBATH has landed the cover of Outburn Magazine's 96th issue! The issue will feature an exclusive, in-depth interview as well as a limited edition bundle that features autographed prints and other ABBATH memorabilia.

The cover image was taken by Jeremy Saffer while the signed, limited edition prints were taken by Ester Segarra.

The issue will be on shelves across North America next week. Limited edition bundles can be ordered exclusively via Outburn HERE.

ABBATH is promoting his upcoming new full-length, 'Dread Reaver,' which is due on March 25 via Season of Mist! ICYMI: The band dropped a brand new single yesterday, "The Book of Breath," which can be heard at THIS LOCATION. The single is now available on all streaming platforms as well.

ABBATH has recently announced a co-headlining European tour this September along with WATAIN, in which the bands will be supported by TRIBULATION and BÖLZER. The full run of dates can be found below!

Pre-orders for 'Dread Reaver' are available in the Season of Mist shop HERE. Pre-save the album on streaming services HERE.

The ravens gaze ominously from above. The seas roar in anticipation. The mountains creak yet again. Abbath’s remarkable new album, Dread Reaver, is upon us all. Two years in the making, Abbath’s third full-length is the culmination of everything before it. A fusion of debut Abbath (2016) and follow-up Outstrider (2019), the aptly titled Dread Reaver extends its fantastical fangs outward and drives its cloven hooves onward. Indeed, there’s nothing like an Abbath record. This is the darkest metal for epic journeys and ancient battles. Comprised of eight riveting tracks and a red-hot cover of Metallica’s “Trapped Under Ice,” Dread Reaver shows Abbath triumphing over all trials and tribulations, riding hard into merciless glory as the one and only “Lemmy of black metal.”
 
Abbath was formed by Olve Eikemo (aka Abbath) in Bergen, Norway, in 2015. After splitting with vaunted extreme metallers Immortal, the beguiling frontman and storied songwriter only had one path: Abbath. Years before, he had proven that venturing out of the Immortal constellation was not only plausible but doable with the I project, a short-lived, one-album (Between Two Worlds) band featuring notable musicians from Immortal, Enslaved, and Gorgoroth. Indeed, once Eikemo was free of Immortal’s shackles, he was able to assemble a cadre of like-minded conspirators for his solo debut album, Abbath. So crucial was Abbath that the Norwegian Embassy in the UK ran a music/culture piece, while in Norway, the album was nominated for a Spellemannprisen (Norwegian Grammy). Metal Hammer Germany even gonged Abbath with its Best Debut award. Follow-up album, Outstrider, was equally lauded. Billboard’s coverage sent shockwaves through the rock/metal scenes, while Kerrang! labeled it “dominating and creative,” awarding it 4Ks. Decibelalso heaped praise on Outstrider, giving it the Best New Noise trophy. New album Dread Reaver will yet again lionize Abbath as leader of the frost-bitten pack.
 
Powered by Abbath’s creative musical imagination, Dread Reaver runs riotously out of the gate. The album’s edifice affords tracks like “Acid Haze,” “Scarred Core,” “The Deep Unbound,” and the album’s closing title track ample room to champion the extremes of black metal, heavy metal, and hard rock. While there are nods to NWOBHM greats, thrash metal’s luminaries, and black metal icons, Dread Reaver is unmistakably Abbath. There is no other fingerprint. Paired with thought-provoking lyrics based on the historical figure of Othryades, Abbath’s new album not only shouts exultant but reads like an ancient pyrrhic tale steeped in violence, sorrow, and grit. The idea of a Dread Reaver—a fearless duelist—can also be read as a metaphor for life’s actions and subsequent struggles. Be warned: Dread Reaver is Abbath at his most menacing and accomplished.
 
Dread Reaver was produced by Endre Kirkesola, Abbath, and Dag Erik Nygaard at Dub Studio in Kristiansand and Bergen Lydstudio, respectively. Kirkesola and Nygaard also engineered. Mixing was performed by Abbath and Kirkesola, while the mastering was done by maestro Maor Appelbaum (Faith No More, Rob Halford) at Maor Appelbaum Mastering in Los Angeles. The goal was to field a storming production that sat firmly at the crossroads of Abbath’s heroes Kiss, Motörhead, Manowar, and Bathory. From the anthemic thrust of opener “Acid Haze” and the epic pound of “Dream Cull” to the rampaging “The Book of Breath” and the wicked cover of Metallica’s “Trapped Under Ice,” Dread Reaversounds as massive as Norwegian mountain and as fiery as the depths of Hell. Truly, the recording lineup of Abbath (guitar, bass, vocals), Ukri Suvilehto (drums), Ole André Farstad (guitars), and Mia Wallace (bass) found their sonic muse.
 
Abbath and Season of Mist will release Dread Reaver on February 25th, 2022. The album features a Bjørn Stian Bjoarvik (Immortal) cover and will be supported by singles “Dream Cull”, “Dread Reaver” and “The Book of Breath.” Of course, it’ll all be powered by Abbath’s wry, larger-than-life persona. If “Ace of Spades” catapulted Motörhead to fame and notoriety, then Dread Reaver will find Abbath atop extreme metal’s gigantic heap, the spoils of icy blood, scorching sweat, and steely tears at his feet. As “Myrmidon” states, “Die with a smile, stare glassy-eyed up / At boiling skies! / Valkyries descend to gore-caked fen / Fallen warriors arise!” Lightning strikes thrice with Abbath’s incredible Dread Reaver!

Recording line-up:
Abbath - Guitar, bass & vocals
Ukri Suvilehto - Drums
Ole André Farstad - Lead & acoustic guitars
Mia Wallace - Bass on Acid Haze, Scarred Core, The Deep Unbound & Dread Reaver
Simon Dancaster - Lyrics

Recording studio: Recorded in Dub Studio / Additional recordings: Bergen Lydstudio

Producer / sound engineer: Endre Kirkesola / Dag Erik Nygaard

Mixing studio and engineer: Abbath and Endre Kirkesola

Mastering studio / engineer: Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering - California - U.S.A


Biography: Chris Dick

Cover art: Bjørn Stian Bjoarvik / Photos by Francisco Munoz

Links:
www.facebook.com/abbathband
www.abbath.net
www.instagram.com/abbath_official

Pre-saleshttps://redirect.season-of-mist.com/AbbathDreadReaver

Available formats: Digital, CD digipak, CD digibox, vinyl black and coloured