UK alt-rock five piece As Lions have unveiled a special acoustic performance of the current hit single ‘Skin’ by Rag ‘n’ Bone Man, filmed at London’s YouTube Creative Studio in Kings Cross. Showcasing the band’s softer side, the stripped back version exposes their incredible ability to adapt, and tone things down.

WATCH HERE / (Spotify Audio Link)

The band are currently on the road in the US with Shinedown, where they have bulldozed their way into the Top 15 of the Billboard Mainstream and Active Rock Radio Charts, joining the company of huge US rock acts including Avenged Sevenfold, Papa Roach, Mastodon and many more.
 
And now, following their headline show at the Boston Arms Music Rooms in March, As Lions will be back in the UK for their first ever headline tour, playing a run of 17 dates in September.

As Lions are also confirmed for their first UK festival appearance of the year at Bristol's Fat Lip Festival in July with Young Guns. The band will also be playing a number of European & US festivals including Rock Am Ring, Rock Im Park, Graspop, Rock On The Range and Northern Invasion.
 
FESTIVAL APPEARANCES

June 2nd – Rock Am Ring (DE)
June 2nd-4th – Rock Im Park (DE)
June 16th-18th – Graspop (BEL)
July 23rd – Amplified Festival, Gloucestershire
July 29th – Fat Lip Festival, Bristol
 
HEADLINE DATES

Sept 9th – Bridgend, Hobo’s
Sept 10th   Milton Keynes, Craufurd Arms
Sept 12th – Nottingham, Rock City Basement
Sept 13th – Bristol, Louisiana
Sept 14th – Tunbridge Wells, Forum
Sept 15th – Norwich, Waterfront
Sept 17th – Chester, Live Rooms

Sept 18th – Birmingham, Flapper
Sept 20th – Leeds, Key Club
Sept 21st – Newcastle, Jumpin Jacks
Sept 22nd – Glasgow, Garage Attic
Sept 23rd – Stoke, Sugarmill
Sept 25th – Manchester, Rebellion
Sept 26th – Dover, Booking Hall

Sept 27th – Bournemouth, Anvil
Sept 28th – Southampton, Joiners
Sept 29th – Leicester, Firebug
Sept 30th – London, Old Blue Last

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Folk Metallers Triddana presents "Twelve Acoustic Pieces", a selection of tracks from their first 2 albums in acoustic format. This release will be available only in digital format on the main platforms.

Triddana was formed in 2011 in Buenos Aires, the first album "Ripe for Rebellion" was released in 2013 and it´s second album entitled "The Power & The Will" in 2015 through the German label PowerProg.

After a tour in Europe in 2016, the band will return in summer of 2017 to present this new album

Everlasting lie https://youtu.be/5WCqFIQsRA8
 

Tour in Germany:

15/06 - MISE Open Air - Büssfeld (Hessen, Germany)                          
17/06 - Irish Pub Giessen - Giessen (Hessen, Germany)               
23/06 - Dingens Am See - Mengerskirchen (Hessen, Germany)          
24/06 - Rockkeller - Alsfeld (Hessen, Germany)
01/07 - Purgatory - Runzhausen (Hessen, Germany)
22/07 - Open Air Seedorf - Lüneburg (Lower Saxony, Germany)               
24/07 - Free & Easy Festival Backstage - Munich (Baviera, Germany)

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Hailing from North Wales, Metalcore quintet Rosen Bridge have released sophomore EP ‘Dreamcatcher’. Available to stream here and for digital download via major platforms, vocalist Antony Jones gives an insight into the four tracker: “It’s about overcoming obstacles and chasing what your goals are. Creating this record has essentially been a collective purge of emotions for us. It could have easily been a very dark record but the music & the experience of creating it with each other has been the positive driving force to help us find our feet and out of that negative space. We hope then that if it has achieved this for us, it can also be a catalyst of hope for other people.”

The video for the lead single of the same name can also be viewed here.
 
Rosen Bridge, completed by Eddie Edwards and Marcus Williams on Guitar, Rowan Jack on Drums and William Roberts on Bass duties, are named after a synonym for worm holes. As a somewhat tongue-in-cheek reference, they class themselves as ‘spiritually driven metal’, which ultimately boils down to wanting to spread a message of positivity, something often not found in heavy music. “Our music is heavily influenced by our experiences in battling mental health issues. We want to motivate people to talk to us and each other and share their own experiences. We want people to be inspired to move against their pain and be the best person that they can be. We have all had experiences with living through highs and lows and the music that has inspired us in these times is the music that motivates us to change for the better,” comments Jones.

Serving as the follow-up to debut ‘Entropy’, ‘Dreamcatcher’ saw the band set out with the aim of creating a record that would “make people feel great”. Laying down the release with John Mitchell at Outhouse Studios, the members slept in one van and commuted to the studio each day, ready to give it their all. The outcome is comparable to a blend of Issues, Volumes & Northlane, with the band explaining:  “The new release tries to focus more on keeping a consistent groove, with the soulful vocal hooks from the first EP. We still kept some more complex sections, but really wanted to develop our style to have a more varied sound with heavy and lighter moments.
 
Catch the quintet playing the new material live in May:

18th: AATMA, Manchester | 19th - Foxy's Lomax, Liverpool | 20th: The Saddle, Chester
22nd - Trillian's Rock Bar, Newcastle | 23rd - Subside, Birmingham | 24th - Mulberry Tavern, Sheffield 25th: The Bird’s Nest, Deptford | 26th: The Harp Restrung, Folkestone | 27th: Flairz Venue, Hastings 28th: 8 Bit, Swansea | 29th: The Full Moon, Cardiff | 30th - Skerries, Bangor

‘Dreamcatcher’ is available now via all major digital distributors and to stream at https://soundcloud.com/rosenbridgeuk/sets/dreamcatcher/s-Y4WBu

Watch ‘Dreamcatcher’: https://youtu.be/RxGJVk0a9-g  

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Italian death metal combo Mechanical God Creation are set to enter the studio soon to record their third album! Furthermore the band has announced their new shows.

Comments the band:-

     "We are happy to announce these two new concerts, May 20 with Soul Rape, and for the first time in July 1st we will play in Norway where we have been invited to perform at Garasje Festival. We are excited to announce that we have completed the composition of the new album, and we will soon reveal the date of entry into the studio."

May 20th - Wanted Pub - Galliate, Italy
(more information at https://www.facebook.com/events/213291032494320)

July 1st - Garasje Festival - Norway
(more information at http://garasjefestival.no)

New shows will be announced shortly.

Earlier this year Mechanical God Creation toured with Septicflesh, supporting them in Russia. A video footage for their song “Walking Dead” has been posted on YouTube, watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJo7JU46X_0

http://www.mechanicalgodcreation.it
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French hardcore metal group DeathAwaits, come at you kicking and growling their way through their head-smashing new video Brainless. Taken from the forthcoming album, Solve Coagula (out 14th April via Sliptrick Records), the track really bristles with anger and aggression whilst showing plenty of musical dexterity. Check out the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0B9xvYIN74&feature=youtu.be

Video directed by Anthony Mouchet
Special thanks to Vincent Portal (Torv) for his acting skills

DeathAwaits have also announced a release party on April 15th and tour dates across France and Spain in May to promote the new album Solve Coagula. If you have the chance, get yourself along and catch one of their storming live shows …you won’t regret it.

Release party:
Apr 15 | Bordeaux, FR

Tour dates:

May 05 – Tours, FR
May 06 – Angers, FR
May 07 – Poitiers, FR
May 19 – Nancy, FR
May 20 – Vormelange, FR
May 25 – Cantabria, ES
May 26 – Palencia, ES (at Brutologos Fest)
May 27 – Salamanca, ES
May 28 – Barcelona, ES



DeathAwaits are:

Florian Garrigue – Vocals
Jordan Bonnevialle – Guitar
Damien Riou – Guitar
Frédéric Bouziat – Drums
Thomas Granturco – Bass

DeathAwaits are endorsed by EICH Amplification, Atelier Kraken, Skull Strings, SP Custom, DINE Wear, Riki le Plectrier.

Band links: Facebook | Youtube

North Wales Metalcore Quintet Rosen Bridge have revealed details of their forthcoming sophomore EP ‘Dreamcatcher’. Set for self-release on 12th May, vocalist Antony Jones states: “It’s about overcoming obstacles and chasing what your goals are. The artwork represents the journeys that people can take within their own thoughts, without looking like a self-help book cover.” As an insight into the four tracker, the band are also streaming the title track here, with Jones explaining: “We decided to lead with Dreamcatcher as it’s the best representation of the EP as a whole. Lyrically, it focuses on making changes to your life and bettering yourself, whilst the music has pretty much all of the elements of the EP: heavy riffs, vocal hooks, solos and a breakdown for good measure.”
 
Rosen Bridge, completed by Eddie Edwards and Marcus Williams on Guitar, Rowan Jack on Drums and William Roberts on Bass duties, are named after a synonym for worm holes. As a somewhat tongue-in-cheek reference, they class themselves as ‘spiritually driven metal’, which ultimately boils down to wanting to spread a message of positivity, something often not found in heavy music. “Our music is heavily influenced by our experiences in battling mental health issues. We want to motivate people to talk to us and each other and share their own experiences. We want people to be inspired to move against their pain and be the best person that they can be. We have all had experiences with living through highs and lows and the music that has inspired us in these times is the music that motivates us to change for the better,” comments Jones.
 
For ‘Dreamcatcher’, the follow-up to debut ‘Entropy’, the band set out to create a record that would “make people feel great”. Laying down the release with John Mitchell at Outhouse Studios, the members slept in one van and commuted to the studio each day, ready to work hard. Thankfully they are pleased with the product: “The new release tries to focus more on keeping a consistent groove, with the soulful vocal hooks from the first EP. We still kept some more complex sections, but really wanted to develop our style to have a more varied sound with heavy and lighter moments. We hope that this material will yield more live 'sing-a-long' chorus moments mixed in with the big, heavy riffs as well.” If you like Issues, Volumes & Northlane, then we are positive Rosen Bridge are for you - and you should catch them on the road this May:  

Rosen Bridge Live (more dates to be announced):

May 18th: AATMA, Manchester
May 20th: The Saddle, Chester
May 25th: The Bird’s Nest, Deptford
May 26th: The Harp Restrung, Folkestone
May 28th: 8 Bit, Swansea | May 29th: The Full Moon, Cardiff

https://www.facebook.com/RosenBridgeUK/ | https://twitter.com/RosenBridgeUK | http://www.rosenbridge.bigcartel.com/

Romanian Melodic Death Metal combo False Reality announces a line-up modification, after Marc Spedalska, the bass player who only performed in three live gigs, decided to quit the band, after being admitted as a resident neurologist medic in the city of Cluj-Napoca, thus pursuing his medical career.

His replacement is a young bass player from Brasov, the band’s home city, Radu “Snuff” Constantinescu, who was active in the bands Consequence and Around the World and who has other two active projects: Arrest The Moment and My Backyard Telescope. He already performed in two live shows with False Reality during the first two concerts in the End of Eternity album promotion tour that started in January this year.
 
False Reality will continue their Romanian tour with their new bass player, announcing four more shows for now, in March, in the following cities:

București (03.03.2017)
Buzău (04.03.2017)
Târgoviște (17.03.2017)
Constanța (18.03.2017)

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http://www.loudragemusic.com/
http://loudragemusic.bandcamp.com/

Avenged Sevenfold are set to return to the UK for their biggest tour yet. Their previously announced 10 date UK tour in January 2017 includes 2 nights at London’s 02 Arena. Tickets are priced £45 / £37.50 regionally and £45 / £37.50 / £30 for London via www.livenation.co.uk and www.ticketmaster.co.uk. 
 
The band’s last visit was in 2013 for a sold out arena tour plus an awe inspiring headline slot at Download Festival in June 2014 which cemented their unshakable reputation for breath-taking live performances.
 
Avenged Sevenfold recently played a groundbreaking live 360 Virtual Reality gig on the roof of Capitol Records in LA after which they surprised fans with the announcement that their new album ‘The Stage’ – their first for Capitol Records - would be available that night. Previously they had made headlines with the release of the title track, co-produced by the band and Joe Barresi (Queens of the Stone Age, Tool) AND a companion video directed by Chris Hopewell (Radiohead, The Killers). The latter has already amassed well over TEN million YouTube views – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBYVlFXsEME
 
The Stage is a work of immense scope and ambition, featuring 11 panoramic tracks tied together by an Artificial Intelligence theme. Inspired by the writings of Carl Sagan and Elon Musk, the album is the band’s first thematic release. While the term “AI” conjures up images of robots and fantasy films, the band steers clear of a science fiction storyline. Instead, the album sees them taking a futurist’s look at the accelerated rate at which technology’s intelligence is expanding and what that means—good and bad—for the future.
 
The album’s epic 15-minute-plus closing track, “Exist,” features a guest appearance by award-winning astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson giving a spoken word performance he penned specifically for the album.

January 2017

Saturday 7th     Dublin 3Arena
Tuesday 10th    Glasgow The SSE Hydro
Thursday 12th  Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
Friday 13th       Birmingham Genting Arena
Sunday 15th      Sheffield Arena
Monday 16th    Manchester Arena
Wednesday 18th          Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
Thursday 19th  Cardiff Motorpoint Arena   SOLD OUT
Saturday 21st   London O2 Arena  SOLD OUT
Sunday 22nd     London 02 Arena
 
Joining them as special guests are Disturbed with In Flames opening.

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Norwegian black metal icons Mayhem are celebrating the release of their 1994 landmark De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas full-length with tours across the globe. This coming January, the band will march their way across North America performing the record in its monumental entirety.

In conjunction with their many live appearances, Mayhem will also release De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive on December 15th, 2016. The album was captured live in Norrköping, Sweden last year during the band's headlining set at the Black Christmass Festival. The show marked Mayhem's first time ever playing De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas in full.

Notes the band of first single "From The Dark Past," "'From The Dark Past' has not been played many times live before, yet is in many ways an archetypical song from the band, containing key elements that are scattered throughout the rest of the album - blizzard blast beats and eerie atmospherics, all of course adorned by vocalist Attila Csihar's unique voice within the genre. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas is widely considered one of the most influential black metal albums of all time, and this is the first time in history this classic album from 1994 is performed live in its entirety."

Sample De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive footage of "From The Dark Past" as well as "Life Eternal" at THIS LOCATION.

De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive was recorded, mixed and mastered by Tore Stjerna and NBS Audio and produced by Csihar and guitarist Teloch with light production by Anne Weckstrom, stage design and production by Jonas Svensson, video recording by Thornfields Production and video editing by Tamàs Tarczi. The celebratory release will come available on CD, LP, and DVD (the first 1000 copies are numbered) as well as digitally on December 15th, 2016. For physical preorders, point your browser HERE. For digital orders go HERE.

De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas Alive Track Listing:

1. Funeral Fog
2. Freezing Moon
3. Cursed In Eternity
4. Pagan Fears
5. Life Eternal
6. From The Dark Past
7. Buried By Time And Dust
8. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas 
 
Mayhem will return to North America on January 20th in Montreal, Quebec for a headlining tour that will pillage its way through two-dozen cities, the trek coming to a close on February 19th in New York, New York. Support will be provided by Black Anvil and Inquisition.

MAYHEM w/ Black Anvil, Inquisition:

1/20/2017 Club Solda - Montreal, QC
1/21/2017 Phoenix Theater - Toronto, ON
1/22/2017 Agora Ballroom - Cleveland, OH
1/23/2017 Metro - Chicago, IL
1/24/2017 Turner Hall Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI
1/25/2017 Mill City Nights - Minneapolis, MN
1/27/2017 Gothic Theater - Denver, CO
1/28/2017 The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT
1/30/2017 Marquee - Calgary, AB
1/31/2017 Starlite Room - Edmonton, AB
2/02/2017 El Corazon - Seattle, WA
2/03/2017 Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver, BC
2/04/2017 Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
2/06/2017 Social Hall SF - San Francisco, CA
2/07/2017 The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA
2/08/2017 Club Red - Phoenix, AZ
2/10/2017 Alamo Music Hall -  San Antonio, TX
2/11/2017 Trees - Dallas, TX
2/13/2017 Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
2/14/2017 Throne Theater - Wilmington, NC
2/15/2017 The Howard Theater - Washington, DC
2/16/2017 Theatre Of The Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
2/17/2017 The Chance - Poughkeepsie, NY
2/18/2017 Royale - Boston, MA
2/19/2017 Gramercy Theatre - New York, NY

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'Y Proffwyd Dwyll’ the second album from Welsh doom crew Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard was released earlier this year just 9 months after their debut ‘Noeth Ac Anoeth. Once again produced by Chris (Conan) Fielding, it was without doubt a whopping great slab of heaviness. Those who’ve investigated beyond the name, have already discovered that both the band and their music are deadly serious, and though MWWB may share sonic alliances with likes of Conan, Windhand and Yob, the many who tuned into their debut have discovered that MWWB don’t stick to the usual tropes, and are a unique proposition, with a sound all their own. The guitars are down-tuned to ‘Z,’ the guitar tone is tar thick and the riffs massive and full of hooks ... of course.

But with the soaring, angelic, multi textured vocals of Jessica Ball, MWWB have added an extra dimension to what’s considered doom. Not your normal melodramatic dark chanteuse here pilgrims, more like MWWB’s secret weapon, a vein of crystal in the rock. In fact it’s a combination, which sounds both startling and often beautiful. Like if Liz Fraser had fronted Kyuss or Sleep ... though that’s too simplistic a comparison.

Now the band are set to tour the UK in February 2017 with fellow expansive doom enthusiasts OHHMS.

Thursday, 9th February Club Ifor Bach - Cardiff*
Saturday, 11th February, The Phoenix - Coventry
 Sunday,12th February, The Sanctuary -  Basingstoke
Monday, 13th February, The Cellar -  Oxford 
Tuesday, 14th February, The Northumberland Arms - Newcastle*
Wednesday, 15th February, The Stag & Hounds - Bristol
Thursday, 16th February, The Anvil - Bournemouth
Friday, 17th February, The Scene Club - Swansea
Saturday, 18th February, Sticky Mike's Frog Bar - Brighton

*Mammoth Weed Wizard Bastard only

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