 The young trancecore group To The Rats & Wolves are back! Today the German sextet have released a music video for their brand new single 'Cheap Love', which has been taken off their upcoming third full length record. Watch their brand video for single 'Cheap Love' here: https://youtu.be/WJ5Nrwz6mOQ Get the song here: https://ToTheRatsAndWolves.lnk.to/CheapLove "'Cheap Love' is a fusion of older and newer musical elements. After two years without releasing any new material we wanted to come back with a bang, and that’s what Cheap Love is for." - To The Rats & Wolves To The Rats & Wolves will be back on the road in March/April next year for a widespread European tour, which includes two UK show dates - due to take place in London and Manchester. Tickets available from the link below: 'CHEAP LOVE EUROPEAN & UK RELEASE TOUR 2019' 15.03 DE Hamburg - Knust 16.03 DE Berlin- Bi Nuu 22.03 UK London- Boston Music Room 23.03 UK Manchester- Deaf Institute 27.03 DE Stuttgart - Universum 28.03 DE Munich - Backstage Halle 29.03 AT Wien - Chelsea 30.03 CZ Prague - Nova Chmelnice 03.04 CH Zurich - Dynamo 04.04 DE Frankfurt - Das Bett 05.04 DE Cologne - Essigfabrik 06.04 NL Amsterdam - Melkweg Born from the ashes of Beast War Returns, To The Rats & Wolves gained popularity rather quickly with their eye-catching outfits, two singers and a trademark heavy sound. One EP and two albums in, their energetic mix of electronic energy and modern, contemporary heaviness is unique in today’s music scene. Their newest effort benefits from a strict DIY-attitude - as the band took over every part of it’s production without outside influences. To The Rats & Wolves are: Dixi Wu | vocals Nico Sallach | vocals Danny Güldener | guitars Marc Dobruk | guitars Stanislaw Czywil | bass Simon Yildirim | drums www.facebook.com/totheratsandwolves www.instagram.com/totheratsandwolves www.totheratsandwolves.com
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Veteran Industrialists Static-X return with original band line-up; announce new album and world tour23/10/2018  Static-X is back! Featuring the band's original line-up introduced on their 1999 platinum-selling debut full-length album, Wisconsin Death Trip, bassist Tony Campos, guitarist Koichi Fukuda and drummer Ken Jay have joined forces once again to release a new album, Project Regeneration. The album, set for release in spring 2019, will be released in conjunction with a world tour to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Wisconsin Death Trip. The band plans to perform the majority of their debut album at each show. Headline dates will serve as memorial events to honour late frontman Wayne Static, who passed away on November 1, 2014. More information on the world tour and other dates will be coming soon. The band has cultivated a treasure chest of vocal performances and musical compositions left behind by Wayne. Along with the help of Static-X 's long-time producer Ulrich Wild, the band is in the process of completing their seventh studio album, which will feature between 12 and 15 brand new Static-X tracks. "With the 20th anniversary of Wisconsin Death Trip quickly approaching, it feels like the right time to pay our respects to the band, to Wayne, and to all the fans who have been with us right from the start. We had a lot of material to work with... several demos that Wayne left behind, as well as some really great isolated vocal performances from some nearly finished songs. Together, we have been writing and crafting something very special!" says bassist Tony Campos Check out a new teaser featuring clips from a brand new music video, as well as five new Static-X tracks - "Road To Hell", "Something Of My Own", "Terminator Oscillator", "Hollow" and "Disco Otsego" - along with a personal message from bassist Tony Campos about the inspiration behind Project Regeneration now at www.static-x.org. For the unfinished tracks, the band is inviting several of their friends to lend their voices for the completion of this very personal project. "We have confirmed interest from our friends David Draiman, Ivan Moody, Al Jorgensen, Dez Fafara, Edsel Dope, Burton C Bell, and a few others," says Campos. "Unfortunately, due to everyone's crazy schedules, it is a little early to know how things will shake out. We are more than confident that the album will have some incredible guest vocalists, but it should be noted that it is still too early to count anyone in 100%."  The guest vocalist curation process is being led by none other than SiriusXM programming pioneer Jose Mangin, who is working alongside the band as one of the executive producers for Project Regeneration. Static-X has created a pre-order campaign allowing fans who purchase Project Regeneration in advance to have their name appear in the liner notes of the new album. Additional special pre-order package options are also available, including Project Regeneration merch bundles and several old school Static-X merch items to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Wisconsin Death Trip. Pre-orders are available via www.static-x.org. "This is a celebration of Static-X Wisconsin Death Trip, Wayne Static, and all of our fans," adds Campos. "We are very excited about what we have created, so we wanted to involve the fans early, and in a campaign sort of way, so that they can participate with us and help to dictate some of the things that we do." "Reuniting with the guys has been an amazing experience," says drummer Ken Jay. "It's been so much fun sharing stories and working on new music together. Obviously, it is bittersweet because we all miss Wayne and we wish that he was here with us, doing what he did best... Evil Disco..." "I am so excited to play Static-X songs live again," says guitarist Koichi Fukuda. "The Static-X sound is so big and powerful live! I can't wait to play songs like "Bled For Days", "Push It" and "I'm With Stupid" again." Static-X plans to do multiple video updates and a series of Facebook Live chats over the next few months in order to keep the fans involved as the process continues to unfold. "We feel very grateful that we have such a loyal fan base that misses the band, and misses Wayne, and I know that Wayne would appreciate all the heart and effort that we are putting into this," says Tony Campos. "I've had some very heartfelt discussions with Wayne's family about doing this. They were very touched by the amount of love and effort that we have put into this new album and they have given us their full support. Having the blessing of Wayne's family means the world to us! I know in my heart that Wayne would be very proud! Stay tuned for more Project Regeneration and world tour details coming soon! www.static-x.org www.facebook.com/staticx/ Twitter: @officialstaticx Instagram: @staticxofficial  Finnish death metallers Torchia released a visually stunning music video for the song “Light My Path” taken from their widely acclaimed debut album “Of Curses and Grief”. The video was directed and edited by Jouni Valjakka’s (Whispered) Obliviart Productions. Edward Torchia, the vocalist and the mastermind behind the video comments the piece: ”Light My Path is about walking the final day and washing oneself in the river of death. While writing the lyrics I had a strong visual image of the story, so I really wanted to depict that in a visual form at some point. It was important for me that everything happened in water so half of the video was shot literally in a lake. The five of us have already made the passage and are beckoning the one dying to join in the abyss.” Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/ANVkVEl5cu8 The band also heads on to tour Europe at the end of September. A Curse Upon Europe 2018 starts on September 28th in Croatia and passes through Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Slovenia and Austria before returning to the cold, dark Finland. Tour dates: 09/28 Pozega, Croatia | Tom Klub 09/29 Monastier di Treviso, Italy | Krach Club 09/30 Cassano d’Adda, Italy | The One Metal live 10/01 Lyon, France | Rock’n Eat 10/02 Stuttgart, Germany | Gaby’s Gruft 10/03 Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont, Belgium | Le Cercle 10/05 Maribor, Slovenia | DOM Maribor 10/06 Spittal an der Drau, Austria | Bar Walhalla 10/11 Helsinki, Finland | Bar Loose 10/12 Jyväskylä, Finland | Kiskoklubi http://torchia.fi http://www.facebook.com/torchiaband http://www.youtube.com/torchiaband https://instagram.com/torchiaband https://torchia.bandcamp.com https://spoti.fi/2Dq4RDT  Italian epic metallers Sound Storm are both excited and proud to introduce the new members who have recently joined the symphonic metal band. Now made up of 7 experienced musicians each bringing their own elements to the music, Sound Storm will feature two different style of vocals both of which are quite different from the previous singers. Due to ex members’ quitting over the years (due to personal decisions), the band wanted something different than before, as they've been craving for something totally different from the past. Sound Storm is a continuous evolutionary process, and these changes are just the start of their (r)evolution. The new line-up is made of: Chiara Tricarico - Vocals Andrea Racco - Vocals Valerio Sbriglione - Lead and Rhythm Guitar Elena Crolle - Piano, Keyboards and Arrangements Massimiliano Flak - Bass Rocco Mirarchi - Rhythm Guitar Mattia Rubino - Drums  Sound Storm know their fans will give the warmest welcome to Chiara, Andrea and Mattia as permanent members of the band both in the studio and live activities as they are immensely talented and will help the band reach new heights. The new members will have their official touring debut with Sound Storm in September and October alongside the mighty Haggard on the upcoming "Bards of Symphony and Metal" tour, it will definitely be a blast! Confirmed tour dates: Tue 18 Sep - Essen, Turock (GER) Wed 19 Sep - Z7 , Pratteln (SWI) Thu 20 Sep - Substage, Karlsruhe (GER) Fri 21 Sep - Backstage, München (GER) Sat 22 Sep - Hellraiser, Leipzig (GER) Sun 23 Sep - Bi Nuu, Berlin (GER) Mon 24 Sep - Markthalle, Hamburg (GER) Tue 23 Oct - Szene ,Wien (AT) Thu 25 Oct - Form Space, Cluj-Napoca (ROM) Fri 26 Oct - Quantic, Bucharest (ROM) Sat 27 Oct - TBA, Sofia (BUL) Tue 30 Oct - Dom Im Berg, Graz (AT) Wed 31 Oct - Dagda Live Club, Retorbido (ITA) facebook.com/soundstormworld instagram.com/soundstormworld youtube.com/powerofsoundstorm  [Photo Credit: Béranger Bazin] The Nordic Epic Metal masters Sirenia are going to return to the European stages again. In November, Morten Veland and his bandmates are heading South for an headlining tour. Supported by their fellow Norwegians, Triosphere, Sirenia will bring their epic melancholic symbiosis of orchestral opuses and raw heavy metal sounds to the UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland and Italy. Don’t miss the chance to see them on the road. On this tour, Sirenia will play tracks from their brand new album, called Arcane Astral Aeons, scheduled for release by the end of October 2018. Be amongst the first to listen to this brand new opus live! Today, we are proud to unveil the album cover. Band leader Morten Veland about the artwork and the album: “We are very pleased to present the artwork for our new album Arcane Astral Aeons. Once more we have worked with designer Gyula Havancsák to create an artwork that renders and adorns the heart and soul of our music. The album was recorded in Audio Avenue Studios (Norway), and Sound Suite Studios (France), while the mixing and mastering took place in Hansen Studios (Denmark) with mixing engineer Jacob Hansen. This album is something unique to us as it is the first one we have made together with our fans, everyone who have supported our pledge campaign has directly contributed to the funding of the album and to make it what it has turned out to be. We are very proud of what we have achieved together and we're very eager to share it with you, hoping that you all will find it as special as we do."  Sirenia on tour: 04.11.18 UK – London / The Dome 05.11.18 FR – Paris / La Boule Noire 06.11.18 FR – Nantes / Ferailleur 08.11.18 ES – Barcelona / Razzmatazz 2 09.11.18 ES – Madrid / Mon Live 10.11.18 PT – Lisbon / RCA Club 14.11.18 CH – Musigburg / Aarburg 15.11.18 CH – St-Maurice / Le Manoir Pub 16.11.18 IT – Bologna / Alchemica Club 17.11.18 IT – Milan / Legend Club more dates to be announced soon! Morten Veland about the upcoming tour: "We are excited to announce the first tour dates in support of our upcoming album to be released the 26th of October. We will return to some countries we have not been to for some time. We intend to announce further dates later on, covering more countries and territories. Stay tuned for more news and we are looking forward to see you on the road again soon." Homepage Napalm Records  Swiss metal band, Maxxwell, have announced the release of their fourth album 'Metalized' on September 21, 2018. Metalized says it all - many concerts have left their mark. On the new record, the band rocks harder, catchier and a lot more edgier than on their earlier releases. The lyric video for the title track 'Metalized' will be released on June 29, 2018. The song is a homage to the band's big influences, with a bit of a wink. A video teaser can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/40vwMxI7DP4 Sometimes it takes a little longer for a work to reach completion. This is what happened with Maxxwell, who have taken a full four years to produce their fourth release, "Metalized". Thanks to the strength of the band's last album, "Tabula Rasa", they played support on tours with Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock, Doro, Kissin' Dynamite, Rage & Shakra and support slots for Within Temptation, Extreme, Gloryhammer - just to name a few. In the almost 10-year career of Maxxwell, they have performed a total of over two hundred shows.
The band is ready to conquer the stages of this world, and all signs point to a storm. The band's new self-confidence is also the completely autonomous way things are being done this time round. The band is overseeing the label, management, booking and production all in one. A tour has already been confirmed. Maxxwell will be accompanying "Threshold" on their "Legends Of The Shires" tour as a special guest. More to come soon... 10.10. Musikbunker – Aachen, DE 11.10. Z7 - Pratteln, CH 12.10. Colos-Saal - Aschaffenburg, DE 13.10. Boerderij - Zoetermeer, NL 14.10. Markthalle - Hamburg, DE 16.10. F-Haus - Jena, DE 17.10. Nová Chmelnice - Prague, CZ 18.10. Feierwerk - Munich, DE 19.10. MS Connexion Complex - Mannheim, DE 20.10. Turock - Essen, DE 21.10. Islington Assembly Hall - London, UK www.maxxwell.ch www.facebook.com/maxxwellswitzerland  New Hampshire's Begat The Nephilim have teamed up with Decibel to stream their entire new album Begat the Nephilim I: The Surreptitious Prophecy / Mother of the Blasphemy which will be released on June 15th via Unholy Anarchy. Listen to the album here: https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2018/06/12/full-album-stream-begat-the-nephilim-i-the-surreptitious-prophecy-mother-of-the-blasphemy/ In addition, the band have announced a number of shows to coincide with the release. Check out all dates below. JUNE 15th - Bungalow - Manchester, NH 16th - Cooks Cafe - Naugatuck, CT 29th - The Tank - Agawam, MA 30th - 212 - Westbrook, ME JULY 12th - Century Bar - Philadelphia, PA 13th - Lakeside Tavern - Richmond, VA 14th - Grove - Knoxville, TN 15th - Springwater Supper Club - Nashville, TN 16th - Highlands Taproom - Louisville, KY 17th - The Estate - Columbus, GA 18th - Verona - Port Richey, FL 19th - Warrior on the river - Tallahassee, FL 20th - Slims - Raleigh, NC 21st - The Palladium - Worcester, MA (W/ Summer Slaughter) Pre-order the album here: https://unholyanarchy.aisamerch.com Begat The Nephilim is an American blackened melodic death metal band based out of Southern New Hampshire that has a sound comparable to acts such as The Black Dahlia Murder, Behemoth, Cattle Decapitation and Fleshgod Apocalypse. Since the bands inception in August 2012 Begat The Nephilim have shared the stage with high profile acts such as Soulfly, Suicide Silence, Napalm Death, Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Morbid Angel, Job For A Cowboy, Dillinger Escape Plan and many more as well as participating in tours/festivals across the US such as Summer Slaughter and the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. Begat The Nephilim have a heavy yet melodic sound and bring a frenetic and chaotic live performance to the stage which has left a lasting impression on crowds across the US with the band undertaking several nationwide tours and resulted in them being picked up by Unholy Anarchy Records.  Osaka's Crossfaith have today released 'The Perfect Nightmare', the first taste of their forthcoming fifth album. Speaking of the track, singer Ken says:- "Welcome to The Perfect Nightmare! You will all be hearing more music from us very soon, but we wanted to start telling our next story with this raging tune. We will see you all soon!” Watch / listen here:- https://unfd.lnk.to/ThePerfectNightmare  He's not wrong either, the Japanese quintet bring their must-see live show to UK and European venues in September and October. World Tour - UK & Irish dates: OCTOBER 13: BRISTOL Marble Factory 15: GLASGOW The Garage 16: NOTTINGHAM Rock City 17: MANCHESTER Academy 2 19: LONDON Electric Ballroom 20: SHEFFIELD Festivile 21: DUBLIN Academy An album announcement will follow shortly.  Witch Mountain, who recently announced the May 25 release of their self-titled album via Svart, stream "Mechanical World" (https://soundcloud.com/nathan-carson-783351518/mechanical-world-a-spirit), a cover of Spirit's 1968 single. "As my Spirit LP collection grew, I played this song for Rob Wrong," explains Nate Carson. "He recognized the riff because it had been sampled in the Brother Ali song, ‘Sleepwalker’. That was cool because it meant we each had a connection to the song, from different angles. We both thought 'Mechanical World' was classic, unique. So we played it for Justin and Kayla in the tour van, and they both latched onto it immediately. We especially liked hearing a woman sing these lyrics without changing the pronouns. That always freshens things up. Our arrangement is the same as the original but tuned down a few steps to make it heavier." Witch Mountain pre-orders are available via https://witchmountain.bandcamp.com/album/witch-mountain. Witch Mountain tour dates: May 31 Seattle, WA North West Terror Fest June 23 Portland, OR Star Theater # July 11 Sacramento, CA Blue Lamp July 12 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill July 13 San Diego, CA Til Two July 14 Los Angles, CA Lexington July 15 Phoenix, AZ Club Red July 16 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad July 18 Austin, TX Lost Well July 19 Denton, TX Dan’s Silverleaf July 20 Memphis, TN HiTone July 21 Knoxville, TN Pilot Light July 22 Atlanta, GA The Earl July 23 Asheville, NC Mothlight July 25 Chapel Hill, NC Cat’s Cradle July 26 Richmond, VA Strange Matter July 27 Baltimore, MD Metro July 28 Philadelphia, PA Kung Fu Necktie July 29 Brooklyn, NY Saint Vitus July 31 Boston, MA Great Scott August 1 Portland, ME Geno’s August 2 Montreal, QC Vitrola August 3 Ottawa, ON House of Targ August 4 Toronto, ON Garrison August 5 Buffalo, NY Mohawk August 7 Lexington, KY Cosmic Charlie’s August 8 Chicago, IL Reggie’s August 9 Omaha, NE Lookout Lounge August 10 Denver, CO Hi-Dive August 11 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge www.facebook.com/witchmountain http://witchmountain.bandcamp.com  Death metal mavericks Taphos premiere the new track "Ocular Blackness" at heavily trafficked web-portal InvisibleOranges.com. The track hails from the band's highly anticipated debut album, Come Ethereal Somberness, set for international release on June 8th via Blood Harvest Records and Helter Skelter Productions. Hear Taphos' "Ocular Blackness" in its entirety exclusively HERE. Hot on the heels of Blood Harvest's compilation of the band's first two recordings as Demo MMXVI & 7" EP MMXVII, garnering widespread acclaim and heightening anticipation for their first full-length, at last arrives Taphos' Come Ethereal Somberness. As a debut LP, Come Ethereal Somberness does everything it should: stay consistent to a band's sound established on their demos whilst pointing toward new avenues. Here, Taphos do both, and then some. Hailing from the same Danish scene as Undergang and Phrenelith, Taphos create a classic - and classically gutted - style of Metal of Death. Their first recording, Demo MMXVI, possessed a darkly thrashing sound highly reminiscent of turn-of-the-'90s death metal on both sides of the Atlantic, as resolutely Scandinavian as it was American, its filthy propulsion as palatably fresh as it was authentically ancient. On the subsequent two-song EP, Taphos' sound becomes more world-eating, their songwriting aims more epic whilst not losing the raw fury of their beginnings. Now, with Come Ethereal Somberness, they synthesize the two stylistic shifts into something both berzerker and epic, manic and finessed in equal measures. Indeed, Taphos are firing on all songwriting cylinders here, as the energy literally bursts off the charts but retains a sense of composure and daresay class rarely scene in full-blooded death metal. Hammering and hideous yet nevertheless invoking a clarity that never castrates their attack, the quartet render each of these seven central compositions (bookended by moody instrumentals) a story unto itself. Hell, the titles themselves tell that story - "Ocular Blackness," "Insidious Gyres," and the equally telltale "Thrive in Upheaval" and "Impending Peril" among them - and that story is horrific.
New nightmares are here, then, and Taphos will be taking them on the road with a full European tour this month alongside Swedish comrades Degial (dates after the jump). Thus, as its title ominously proclaims, Come Ethereal Somberness! Hear the new, aforementioned track "Ocular Blackness" exclusively HERE, courtesy of InvisibleOranges.com. Hear the previously revealed (and aforementioned) "Thrive in Upheaval" and "Impending Peril" HERE at Blood Harvest's Bandcamp. Pre-order info can be found HERE.  "The Preditorial Siege of Europa" tour dates with Degial Wednesday 2nd May: Oslo, Norway - Revolver *just Degial Thursday 3rd May: Gothenburg, Sweden - The Abyss *just Degial Friday 4th May: Hamburg, Germany - Bambi Galore Saturday 5th May: Oberhausen, Germany - Helvete Sunday 6th May: Arnhem, The Netherlands - Willemeen Monday 7th May: London, UK - Boston Music Room w/ Aura Noir (n) Tuesday 8th May: Paris, France – Le Klub Wednesday 9th May: Toulouse, France - Les Pavillions Sauvages Thursday 10th May: Bilbao, Spain – Pub Mendigo Friday 11th May: Porto, Portugal - Metal Point Saturday 12th May: Madrid, Spain – Studios Rock & Pop Sunday 13th May: Barcelona, Spain – Sala Monesterio Monday 14th May: Nice, France – Atherax Music Tuesday 15th May: Milan, Italy – Circolo Svolta Wednesday 16th: Abtenau, Austria - Temple Neudegg Alm Thursday 17th May: Dresden, Germany - Chemiefabrik Friday 18th May: Wroclaw, Poland - Ciemna Stromna Miasta Saturday 19th May: Berlin, Germany - Urban Spree www.killtownbookings.com www.facebook.com/taphosdeath www.taphos.bandcamp.com www.bloodharvest.se www.bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com www.twitter.com/BloodHarvestRec www.facebook.com/pages/Blood-Harvest-Records/300012152033 |
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