 Swiss-Serbian Gothic Metallers Evolucija are thrilled to announce that they will co-headline, alongside KBO, the "Rock Night in Trstenik" open-air festival, taking place on June 28th in Serbia! Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/332398714106551/ Next EVOLUCIJA festivals: June 28th - Rock Night in Trstenik - Serbia July 5th - Goat Hell Metal Fest - Pula, Croatia More shows TBA. Swiss-Serbian Evolucija was formed in 2007 in Switzerland by Dragisa Marinjes. In the same year the debut album “Baklja slobode” came out on Tioli Records. For the German film “Die Templerherren” Dragisa composed the official soundtrack “Pale Rider”. In 2012 Dragisa and Swiss Frontwoman Ilana moved to Serbia. Their second album “Igra Pocinje” was released in 2016 again on Tioli Records. The first album in English “Hunt” came out on March 30th, 2018, on Pure Steel Records. The German Cute & Dangerous Magazine rewarded the band with the Innocent Award for the album, becoming then the winner of “Album of the Year”. Highlights of Evolucija are Montreux Jazz Festival (CH), Karneval Vrnjacka Banja (SRB), Beer Fest Belgrade (SRB), BARF Festival Belgrade (SRB) and Swiss Metal Attack Z7 Prattlen (CH). The band is currently working on new album, more information will be revealed soon. http://www.evolucija.org https://www.facebook.com/evolucijaofficial https://alphaomega-management.com https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement
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 Hypersonic are confirmed for the next Brainstorm Fest, which will be held in The Netherlands on November 8th / 9th. Tickets are already on pre-sale at this link: https://brainstormfestival.bigcartel.com/ The band is currently at work in a recording studio to complete their new single "Path of Salvation" which will be released this summer. (Official Video-clip): https://youtu.be/8gw1SiGYHIU Hypersonic was born in 2006 by the idea of Salvo Grasso and Emanuele Gangemi. The line-up established with Maria Rita Randazzo on vocals, Francesco Testai on keyboards and Giuseppe Carciotto on bass.When Maria Rita and Giuseppe left, the band welcomed Vera Romeo and Francesco Caruso.In 2007 Hypersonic released his first demo (Demo 2007 with the first tracks composed by the drummer Salvo Grasso and the guitarist Emanuele Gangemi.A new singer, Alessia Rapisarda joined the band in 2008 and her beautiful and powerful voice was welcomed with enthusiasm.At the beginning of 2008 the band released their first EP entitled Inspiration Is Transpiration; it was acclaimed with positive feedback from magazines and various radio promotions.In the following months Francesco Testai left the band for personal reasons so Dario Caruso, Francesco's brother, became the new keyboarder: the line-up was finally accomplished. During these years the band took part in numerous live shows and Rock and Metal festivals.In March 2009 Hypersonic entered at Tower Hill Studio (Belpasso / Catania-Italy) to record their first album Fallen Melodies, mixed by Luigi Scuderi and Salvo Grasso and mastered by Riccardo Samperi at TRP MUSIC STUDIO (Tremestieri Etneo / Catania-Italy). In December 2010 Hypersonic released the new single Rebirth online from the album. In January 2011, the band signed a record deal with Underground Symphony to release the debut album Fallen Melodies, scheduled for January 31th.Fallen Melodies had a great success in the following months, receiving great reviews and interviews from Heavy Metal zine and webzines worldwide.Hypersonic played in different European and Italian festivals like Elements Of Rock (Switzerland), Femetal Fest and We Rock Fest (Italy).  In January 2016 the band signed a record deal with Revalve Records for the releasing of the new album entitled Existentia.The new album is a concept based on the existence of man and the spiritual affairs afterlife and it will be released in March/April 2016.In the album there are some special guests like:Michele Luppi (Secret Sphere, ex-Vision Divine, Killing Touch, Los Angeles), Tommy ReinXeed Johansson (ReinXeed, Golden Resurrection), Jo Lombardo (Metatrone, Ancestral), Roberta Pappalardo (Black Roses), and more.Mix and Mastering are edited by Riccardo Samperi at TRP MUSIC STUDIO (Tremestieri Etneo / Catania-Italy). in September 2016 Great Achievement for Hypersonic!!!
#38° in Itunes Netherlands Rock Chart #78° in Itunes Switzerland Rock Chart https://www.facebook.com/hypersonicband/ https://www.facebook.com/revalverecords/ https://www.revalverecords.com/Hypersonic.html  Mongolian rock / metal group The HU announce 23 European summer tour dates throughout June and July, including 6 UK dates, for the first time ever. The tour coincides with the upcoming international release of their debut album The Gereg, slated for summer 2019. Bringing their unique style of Mongolian rock to the masses, The HU will be making their worldwide debut this June during a run of summer festivals in Europe. Swapping the Altai Moutains and Gobi Desert for High rises and down pours, their European summer tour will include, Sama’Rock Festival and Eurockeennes De Belfort Festival (France), Download Festival (UK), Tons of Rock Festival (Norway) and Graspop Festival (Belgium), plus UK performances in Brighton, Manchester, Bristol, Glasgow and London. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 3rd May and can be purchased from the band’s official website, HERE. The four-piece band combines traditional Mongolian instruments with modern American hard rock to create their own style of music they call “hunnu rock,” which derives from “HU,” the Mongolian root word for human beings. This unique sound blends heavy rock elements with traditional Mongolian guttural throat singing, accentuated by lyrics reflecting old Mongolian war cries and poetry. You can watch the band’s EPK HERE. The HU became an online sensation when they released music videos for “Wolf Totem” and “Yuve Yuve Yu” in December 2018, racking up a combined 24 million views to date. They, re-released the singles on March 29, generating incredible global recognition across the globe. The track, “Wolf Totem” reached Top 5 on the iTunes Rock Chart and was featured as the #1 song on 19 different charts, while “Yuve Yuve Yu” reached #2 on 11 different charts across the globe. Both tracks are available digitally HERE. In April, the band were offered Official Mongolian Ambassador to the World by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Mongolia, whilst he congratulated them on their success. The HU also celebrate their signing to E7M (Eleven Seven Music) – home to Mötley Crüe, Five Finger Death Punch, Papa Roach and Nothing More. Eleven Seven’s COO, Steve Kline said about the signing:- “Eleven Seven is continuously searching for unique and talented artists. The Hu’s mix of traditional Mongolian instrumentation and original brand of rock is unlike any other band. From first listen, we were immediately blown away. The Hu are about to take the world by storm, and we could not be more excited to welcome them to the Eleven Seven family!” Eleven Seven Label Group Managing Director Europe Dan Waite added to Kline’s comments:- “The Hu will perform in 12 European countries in June and July, playing to hundreds of thousands of festival fans this summer. With 2 tracks in the UK iTunes genre top 10 currently this is perfect timing to satisfy the demand to see the band. The excitement building up reflects the compelling blend of music and Mongolian culture”. The HU said:- "We couldn’t be more excited to join the amazing team at E7M. The passion they have for The HU can be felt from New York to Mongolia and we’re excited to do great things together.” THE HU EUROPEAN TOUR 2019 JUNE Thursday, 6 Berlin GERMANY Sage Friday, 7 Nurnberg GERMANY Rock Im Park Saturday, 8 Eifel, Nurnburg GERMANY Rock Am Ring Sunday, 9 Amiens FRANCE Sama'Rock Festival Tuesday, 11 Brighton UK The Haunt Wednesday, 12 Manchester UK Academy 3 Friday, 14 Glasgow UK G2 Saturday, 15 Donington UK Download Festival Monday, 17 Bristol UK Fleece Tuesday, 18 London UK Underworld Wednesday, 19 Paris FRANCE Nouveau Casino Friday, 21 Dessel BELGIUM Graspop Festival Sunday, 23 Varniai LITHUANIA Kilkim Zaibu Monday, 24 Warsaw POLAND Hydrozagadka Wednesday, 26 Copenhagen DENMARK Pumpehuset Thursday, 27 Stockholm SWEDEN Debaser Strand Friday, 28 Oslo NORWAY Tons of Rock Sunday, 30 Hamburg GERMANY Knust JULY Monday, 1 Amsterdam NETHERLANDS Melkweg (Oude Zaal) Tuesday, 2 Cologne GERMANY Luxor Thursday, 4 Belfort FRANCE Eurockeennes De Belfort Festival Friday, 5 Zurich SWITZERLAND Moods Saturday, 6 Cesky Brod CZECH REPUBLIC Rock for People Founded in 2016 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the HU members Gala, Jaya, Temka, and Enkush, with their producer, Dashka, combine the bombastic bass and drums of rock music with traditional Mongolian instrumentation like the Morin Khuur (horsehead fiddle), Tovshuur (Mongolian guitar), Tumur Khuur (jaw harp) and guttural throating singing. Since the formation of the band, they’ve been working on their first album, The Gereg. The term Gereg means the first diplomatic “passport” issued by the Mongol Empire during the time of Genghis Khan. The album contains nine songs, including the recently released “Yuve Yuve Yu” and “Wolf Totem,” and is slated for release in 2019 on Eleven Seven Music. WEBSITE // FACEBOOK // INSTAGRAM // TWITTER // YOUTUBE   Lebanese Metallers Phenomy are happy to announce their addition to the Ostrava V Plamenech -lineup, playing alongside Grave Digger. The festival takes place on August 3rd in Dolni Vitkovice (CZ). Get more information here: https://www.facebook.com/ostravavplamenech. Just previously Phenomy announced their tour dates with Brazilian metal legends Sepultura on the Machine Messiah Tour 2019 in April. The confirmed shows w/ Sepultura are: April 20th – RU – Novosibirsk @ Podzemka April 22th – KZ – Almaty @ Hard Rock Café April 23th – KG – Bishkek @ Asanbai Center Lebanese metal band Phenomy was formed by Loïc El Haddad and Rudy Bejjani in 2014. The band’s sound is a mixture of Thrash / Groove metal with melodies, breakdowns and tribal/ethnic rhythms. Only three month after its formation, Phenomy performed in several local gigs and in the Persian Metal and Rock Festival in Cannakale/Troya city in Turkey alongside big names like Orphaned Land. Later on, Phenomy released their debut album “Once And For All” and received good feedback from magazines and webzines, before signing a distribution deal with Via Nocturna in 2017. In Summer 2017 Phenomy toured with Repay the eastern European countries (Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria). Furthermore the band supported Grave in Lebanon in October 2017. In July the band played at Metalhead Meeting 2018 in Romania and in august they took the stage at Wacken Open Air 2018. Phenomy released their second album “Threaten World Order” on March 2018. https://www.facebook.com/PhenomyOfficial https://www.phenomy.net German Thrashers Dying Gorgeous Lies join Sepultura in Germany, to play Metal Days Tolmin 2018!19/7/2018  German thrash metallers Dying Gorgeous Lies will be joining Sepultura on their "Machine Messiah Tour 2018" in Germany, as main support in Gunzendorf, and as special guest in Burglengenfeld, where the main support comes from Warbringer. Furthermore Dying Gorgeous Lies are confirmed to play Metal Days Tolmin 2018 in Slovenia. See below the details. DYING GORGEOUS LIES & SEPULTURA *July 31st - GUNZlive - Gunzendorf (Ger) - main support - Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/834507486758692/ *August 22nd - Burglengenfeld (Ger) w/WARBRINGER - special guest - Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1801725476799650/ Next DYING GORGEOUS LIES festival: *July 21st Metal Days Tolmin 2018 - Slovenia - Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/275641776522625/ German Female fronted thrash metal act Dying Gorgeous Lies‘ powerful stage presence creates a toxic essence generating an ominous seething in front of every stage that puts all metal heads under its spell. Watch the band’s “First World Breakdown” video here: https://youtu.be/uB2y3Y3lPYU http://www.facebook.com/DyingGorgeousLies.Official https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement http://www.massacre-records.de  With just a month to go, Bloodstock has chosen the last of its New Blood bands, added some more to the Jagermeister stage, revamped entertainment both after hours on the Sophie Lancaster & New Blood stages and in VIP too, bought a Hawaiian shirt ready for Cannibal Corpse, and is still working on a few final tricks! A limited amount of adult day tickets remain available priced £65 (+ booking fee) and child day tickets at £20 (+ bkg fee) over at http://bloodstock.seetickets.com. You can still also pick up four-day ‘weekend tickets with camping’ for £145 (+ bkg fee), with children’s weekend tickets only £35 (+ bkg fee). Kids under 4 years go free! Weekend tickets are selling faster than ever and just like last year, are looking likely to sell out in advance, so don’t delay if you want to guarantee entry to the UK’s best metal weekender! Without further ado, here’s the final batch of results from Bloodstock’s top talent-seeking Metal 2 The Masses finals!
Bloodstock was so impressed by the range of talent across this year’s competition, we can reveal two additional bands landing spots on Saturday’s New Blood line-up - grinding hardcore crusters The Brood (www.facebook.com/TheBroodUK) and progressive death metallers Luna’s Call (www.facebook.com/LunasCall). We’re also pleased to welcome Hobgoblin’s video upload contest winners, Earthbound (www.facebook.com/EarthboundMusicUK), a blend of melodic death riffs with big choruses and some progressive elements! Two more bands join the New Blood family on Sunday. Smashing first place in the Oxford final, Imminent Annihilation (www.facebook.com/ImminentAnnihilation) promise to bring some face-melting riffs of the heavy and metal kind. Last but certainly not least, kings of London’s competition Dead Before Mourning (www.facebook.com/metalDBM) might just be your new favourite thing, if you’re a fan of Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, or Exodus. There’s also more treats in store over on the Jagermeister stage! Here’s five more bands to tempt you into an ice cold shot. Friday brings thrash beasts DAMAGED REICH (www.facebook.com/damaged.reich), down-tuned stoner/thrash sludgers CALLUS (www.facebook.com/Callus.band), and metal lovin’ headbangers UNTAMED (www.facebook.com/Untamedrock). Breaking heads & ears on Saturday are death metallers CRANIAL SEPARATION (www.facebook.com/CranialSeparation). Sunday welcomes Nottingham lads DEF GOLDBLUM (www.facebook.com/defgoldblum); three skinheads and one MC on a mission to save the soul of rap metal. BLOODSTOCK also recently revealed their brand new entertainment plans for the Sophie Lancaster stage after the bands finish. The big top tent will transition into ‘The Lock In’, a fully immersive club night presented by Old Blue Last Beer and hosted by comedian Andrew O’Neill. Each night features a different DJ, celebrating a decade of metal! Thursday sees DJ Krusher unearthing tracks from the ‘70s, Friday rocks out to the ‘80s with The Dark Lord Alexander Milas, on Saturday, everyone’s favourite metal encyclopedia Dom Lawson brings you the best of the ‘90s, and Metal Hammer editor Merlin Alderslade rounds out Sunday’s fun with top tunes from the ‘00s. Not only that, there’s world record attempts, games, prizes, a giant can sculpture(!) and plenty more. Nabbed yourself a VIP ticket? Head over to the BLOODSTOCK VIP Facebook page at www.facebook.com/BloodstockVIP to see full details of this year’s exclusive entertainment. And if you want to have your say in which movies should be screened each night at the New Blood stage after the bands end, cast your vote at: https://www.facebook.com/events/215185702446013/. If you missed out last month, BLOODSTOCK’s cranking up the fun with their remaining club nights for July! Don’t miss a great night out at one of the clubs below for the chance to win weekend tickets, associated prizes, and hear blistering tracks from BLOODSTOCK bands, old and new. Fri 13th July - Portsmouth Edge of the Wedge Fri 13th July - London Electric Ballroom (Project Mayhem) Fri 20th July - Leicester Firebug Fri 27th July - London Elektrowerkz (Voodoo Summer Ball Rodeo) Sat 28th July - Dublin Fibber Magees Sat 28th July - Birmingham Eddie’s Rock Club Sat 28th July - Sheffield Corporation Want to meet like-minded metalheads who’re going to BLOODSTOCK? Got tips to share, want a camping buddy, or just to chat about bands? Maybe you want to find out if you’re not the only one taking a Hawaiian shirt for Cannibal Corpse’s set (https://youtu.be/8dM_TN7I5m8)!! Join these fan-run Facebook groups - Bloodstock Metal Forum 666 at www.facebook.com/groups/bmf666/ and/or the BLOODSTOCK Camp Loners & Newbies at www.facebook.com/groups/171715506329753/. With Friday night headliners JUDAS PRIEST, Saturday headliners GOJIRA and Sunday’s bill toppers NIGHTWISH, as well as EMPEROR, AT THE GATES, CANNIBAL CORPSE, DEVILDRIVER, WATAIN, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, WEDNESDAY 13, JASTA & FRIENDS, FEED THE RHINO, FOZZY, COMBICHRIST, BLOODBATH, ALESTORM, VENOM INC., MR BIG, ORPHANED LAND, KAMELOT, POWER TRIP, CONJURER, DORO, ORDEN OGAN, SEPTICFLESH, EXHORDER, PALLBEARER, MEMORIAM and many more, we’re counting down the final days ‘til BLOODSTOCK 2018! BLOODSTOCK will take place at Catton Park, Derbyshire on 9th-12th August 2018. Get additional information at www.bloodstock.uk.com.  Making their first UK appearance are Dutch symphonic blackened death behemoths Pictura Poesis, making their appearance as the Friday night special guests! Pictura Poesis was founded in the south of the Netherlands at the start of 2013. taking their inspiration from paintings and literature, the band succeeds in combining a broad spectrum of classical music with energetic blackened death metal. The band released their latest CD Miseriae Mundi on the 6th of May 2017 following their 2 earlier releases in 2013 and 2014. Unfortunately, Bas decided to part ways with the band. In the second half of 2017 Pictura Poesis once again had to set out to find a new vocalist. Linda van Vugt soon appeared on the band's horizon, and proved to be a good addition to the band's sound. With Linda on vocals, Pictura Poesis are now set to reach further heights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0UHyDDPYFQ&feature=youtu.be Bringing a proper Northern touch to the fifth edition of the UK’s leading Symphonic Metal event, Winter In Eden will be appearing as special guests. This marks their first appearance at the festival since they headlined the first edition in 2015. Formed in 2009, Winter In Eden have become one of the most recognisable names in the UK’s symphonic metal scene. Their energetic live performances have been enjoyed by capacity crowds in the UK at events such as The Cambridge Rock Festival and various Femme Metal Festivals alongside the likes of Delain and Revamp. Most recently, Winter In Eden have taken their live show into mainland Europe, performing to increasing numbers in the Netherlands and Belgium, playing with acts such as Stream of Passion and Maiden uniteD. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt-omW7xwXs The band have been in the studio working on their fourth album, which will be the follow up to their 2014 album Court Of Conscience. Pictura Poesis & Winter In Eden will join Manchester black metal coven Argesk and French symphonic powerhouse Beneath My Sins at Northern Symphony 2019. Weekend and day tickets are available from the following links: http://uksymphonic.bigcartel.com https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-symphony-2019-tickets-45901829608 Northern Symphony Festival is set to take place at O'Rileys, Hull on 5th & 6th April 2019.  Japan's finest metal band Gyze, who are celebrating the release of their brand new EP 'The Rising Dragon' today, have announced a bunch of European summer live dates! Formed in 2009 in Sapporo, Japan, Gyze gained credence among many talented local artists. As a result, they were invited to Tokyo where they released their first EP in 2011. In 2012 the band took the second place in national Metal-Battle Finals in Japan organized by Wacken Open Air. Being noticed overseas Gyze signed their first contract with Coroner Records. Their first album “Fascinating Violence” was released Worldwide in 2013 and 2014 in Japan. It was ranked #1 on Amazon for consequent 3 months and topped the import CD charts in BURRN! magazine. After their major debut in Japan with Victor Entertainment in September 2014, Gyze have released their second full-format album in Japan and in 2015 Worldwide. In late 2016 Gyze joined the collaboration project to create the soundtrack for a PS4 game ”Let It DIe” developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and released worldwide by GungHo Online. Having gained recognition among the world metalheads, Gyze released their 3rd full-length album with Universal Music Japan in March 2017. Today Gyze have released their brand new new EP 'The Rising Dragon' ( including a stunning bonus track featuring Marc Hudson of Dragonforce! ), which gives an absolutely new feel and is filled with haunting Japanese melodies. 'The Rising Dragon' is out now, grab your copy on Spotify and Amazon!  In support of Gyze's brand new release, the band will return to Europe live this summer! Make sure to catch their excellent live shows on the following dates: 11/08/18 ES - Villena / Leyendas Del Rock 12/08/18 UK - London / Underworld 13/08/18 BE - Genk / Colosseum 14/08/18 DE - München / Backstage 17/08/18 DE - Dinkelsbühl / Summerbreeze 18/08/18 DE - Essen / Turock Open Air Says the band:- "Awesome news! New Europe tour dates and EP digital release! Already in August we're going back to Europe bringing a new single The Rising Dragon filled with Japanese melodies and spiced with Hokkaido passion. Moreover The Rising Dragon is now online, get our new EP at Spotify, Amazon & Apple Music! Let's sing together this summer!“ www.gyze.jp https://www.facebook.com/gyzejp  Techno-Thrash French group Voight Kampff will play play at the world renowned HellFest which takes place in Clisson, France from June 22nd – 24th and will feature such megastars as Avenged Sevenfold, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest to name but a few (over 140 bands). It’s a “not to be missed” weekend for metalheads and Voight Kampff will be strutting their stuff on Friday, the 22nd. The group have also announced their appearance at this years Garmonbozia Festival in Renne, France. It’s the 20th anniversary of the festival and other featured bands will be Carcass, Enslaved and more. It all takes place on October 26th/27th where Voight Kampff will continue to promote their excellent new album Substance Rêve released via Sliptrick Records on April 24th.   Though Voight Kampff’s Techno-Thrash roots are still in evidence, the songs on Substance Rêve are more diverse, progressive, spanning a wider spectrum of emotions and influences from bands like Enslaved, Death, Voivod, Cynic and even King Crimson can clearly be heard throughout the record. Buy now from: Amazon | iTunes | Shop Sliptrick Listen to Substance Rêve on: Spotify Voight Kampff are: Ramon – Vocals Gaël – Guitar Smats LaBroque – Guitar Z – Bass Pyromancer – Drums Facebook | Youtube | Soundcloud | On Sliptrick |
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