dEMOTIONAL is an up-rising, promising sextet hailing from Sweden, formed in 2009 with the aim to step and be in the front line of the new wave of Swedish metal bands. The band is not only recognized for their music but also for their sense of fashion and style on and off stage. The audience is thrilled to see head banging rockers in suites, and not only trashy jeans and tank tops like common metal bands typically wore. After releasing two albums of studio "State: In Denial" (2013) and "Tarassis" (2015) and numerous shows in Scandinavia and Europe (sharing stages with Arch Enemy, Entombed ...) plus a headlining tour in Russia, dEmotional is ready to release its new opus "Discovery". Watch & listen to the brand new singles "All That It Takes" & "Ashes""Discovery" (produced my Pontus Hjelm, Dead By April) will be the bands third full length album and will be released 27th May 2017 worldwide. Expect hot news soon!!! https://www.facebook.com/dEMOTIONALband/ _____________________ Austrian Thrash Metal maniacs DeathTale join the family of Art Gates Records. The band was founded in 2008, raised up from the Thrash / Death Metal band Demolition, founded by Tom Kräutner in 1996. The development of the music, which is technically more mature and more melodious, is based on international standards.Biting, multi-layered vocals combined with impulsive, powerful melodies and challenging guitar solos leads to intense "metal compositions". In words of the band: "We are looking forward to working with AGR, which is also a new chapter in the band history of Deathtale. AGR offer us with its possibilities a completely new level to reach people with our music. At the same time they create a good basis for the band to bring out and promote our upcoming album. We are sure that we will get the best support from our new label." The band is ready to release their third album of studio this year through Art Gates Records worldwide. More info coming soon to www.artgatesrecords.com and: www.deathtale.at
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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) www.triddana.net www.facebook.com/Triddana www.youtube.com/Triddana www.twitter.com/Triddana British black metal horde Stahlsarg have inked a deal with the Dutch label Non Serviam Records. The 2nd album entitled “Mechanisms Of Misanthropy”, will be released autumn 2017 as a physical release and through all digital platforms. The album has been recorded and mastered by Danny B Takoma (Lockup, Criminal) at HVR Recording Studio With cover art created by Simon Bossert of Metal Artworks (Unlight, Imperium Dekadenz official). This second album by Stahlsarg focuses more on the human side of living in a time of oppression, uncertainty and death and the desperate lengths people put themselves through to resist and survive. One of the songs is about Sophie Scholl of the White Rose movement,with a guest vocal from Kim "Kylla" Dylla / Vulvatron known for her roles in Gwar and the black metal band A Winter Lost, another is about the Norwegian resistance fighter Jan Baalsrud. Comment by Stahlsarg: "We are very pleased and honoured to join Non Serviam Records and be a part of their excellent roster of bands. Non Serviam Records is a perfect partner for the future development of Stahlsarg and we look forward to working together to unleash more of our black metal onslaught with our new album Mechanisms of Misanthropy" Non Serviam Records commented: “We are really happy to sign Stahlsarg to our label. This band plays great black metal, and we can’t wait to release this beast upon mankind” https://www.facebook.com/stahlsarguk/ Italian thrash metal act Haniwa has released a new album called "Helleven" via Qua Rock Records. The music is rapid, groovy and catchy, at times with melodic openings. This album is the result of an hard work, made of sweat, passion and attitude, where Haniwa unleashed all their experience and musical impetuousness. The first video taken from the single "Haniwa" will be available soon. About the new album, the band says: “We have composed 11 songs where we believe that our unusual and personal vision of the music is contained, including the listening of totally different music genres in decades but represented in the Haniwa’s way. Haniwa means brutality, aggression, melody and rhythm with a fresh and direct attitude, which takes natural inspiration from the single elements background, but the explosive mix goes beyond the sum of them. The album is the evolution of an instinctive EP, played by impulse, which allowed the band to create a synergy and a compositional maturity that permitted within a year to conceive Helleven”. London-based extreme death metal group Abhorrent Decimation are prepared to release their most inspired, charismatic and dominating material to date in the form of their upcoming sophomore album, The Pardoner, hitting digital and physical retailers worldwide on July 28, 2017 via Prosthetic Records. Pre-order links and the first single from this record will become available on Friday, June 2. The 10 track, 50 minute opus was recorded, mixed and mastered by bassist David Archer at Audio Empire. The intricate artwork for The Pardoner was created by German illustrator Karmazid, based on a visual concept by Vocalist Ashley Scott. Conceptually, the album is an in-depth exploration into "The Pardoner", English poet Geoffrey Chaucer's most depraved and deceitful character from The Canterbury Tales. "The Pardoner" is a religious fraud and hypocrite who preaches against the love of greed, yet whose own love of wealth enabled him to profit off the sins of others. He claimed to work on behalf of the clergy, selling spiritual forgiveness for one's sins in the form of his pardons, which included forged "official letters" from high ranking church officials absolving one of their sins and bones and crystals blessed with healing powers. In Chaucer's story, "The Pardoner" tells a harrowing tale of three men whose materialism becomes the death of them. Vocalist Ashley Scott comments on the lyrical content of the album:- "Lyrically, the album opens with a scene setter. 'Pardoners' would often operate with a partner called a 'Soothsayer'. A 'Soothsayer' would visit a town prior to 'The Pardoner's' arrival. It was his job to stir locals up regarding their sins and the repercussions thereof. He would advise people that if they could find a 'Pardoner', they should do so and atone for their sins by buying a pardon or indulgence. Tracks 2 to 7 are the story 'The Pardoner' tells of the three men, avarice and Death. In many places throughout tracks 2 to 7, I actually use Middle English turn of phrase. In some places, I have used my own interpretation and translations of Chaucer's work and in other places; I introduced some of my own narrative and details. The idea was to create an obvious storytelling feel to this section, with word play and rhyme playing a major role in what I did, as I wanted to ring as true to the original as possible. Track 8 is my own conclusion of the inexorable nature of death and greed. Track 9 is an instrumental and then the record closes with Track 10, The Pardoner. A sort of self damning, confession-monologue." Stay tuned for more coming from Abhorrent Decimation leading up to the release of The Pardoner in July. Italy's Asphodelia ink deal with The Flaming Arts as their worldwide management and booking agency17/5/2017 Asphodelia have officially announced that they have inked a deal with The Flaming Arts as their worldwide management and booking agency, alongside many international artists of their great roster. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/asphodeliaofficial/ Management: http://www.theflamingarts.eu/archives/artists/asphodelia YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBocOqp_FuelGWag3N2ycTQ Spanish power metal hopefuls Tales of Gaia have inked a deal with Fighter Records for the release of their upcoming debut album this September. Formed back in 2010 in Barcelona, Tales of Gaia did their first demo recording in 2012 and then their self-financed debut EP, Breaking Dawn, in 2014, which came out in January 2015. This EP was well received in the scene and sold copies not only throughout Europe, but also America and Asia. However, their vocalist left the band after a couple of shows, and a new one was recruited in June of the same year. After some line-up changes, the band finally entered the studio in early 2017 to record their debut album, entitled Hypernova, at Dante Studios with Israel Ramos (vocalist in Avalanch, Alquimia, and Amadeüs) and Wheel Sound Studio with Txosse Ruiz (producer of bands like Ankor and Döria). Now, they just got signed to Fighter Records, who will take care of the worldwide promotion and distribution. Tales of Gaia are finishing the recordings of Hypernova, and soon we'll be able to reveal the fantastic cover artwork as well as track-listing and a first advance single, so stay tuned! In the meantime, check out the band's official Facebook site below for more news. www.facebook.com/TalesofGaia www.fighter-records.com www.facebook.com/fighter.records As a lead-up to Sabbath Assembly's highly anticipated sixth album, Rites of Passage - set for international release on May 12th via Svart Records - today, heavily trafficked tastemakers Noisey - Music By Vice stream the album in its entirety. Hear the entirety of Sabbath Assembly's Rites of Passage exclusively HERE. Led by vocalist Jamie Myers (ex-Hammers of Misfortune), Sabbath Assembly anno 2017 features guitarist Kevin Hufnagel (Gorguts, Dysrhythmia), who has been with the band since 2011; original Sabbath Assembly drummer Dave Nuss; bassist Johnny Deblase, who also played on the band's self-titled album; and the new addition of second guitarist Ron Varod (Kayo Dot, Psalm Zero, Zvi). Rites of Passage marks a moment in which Sabbath Assembly truly "comes of age" as a unique combination of its members, creating progressive metal influenced by Gorguts and Hammers of Misfortune while maintaining a melodic edge true to the roots of the band in the hymnody of the Process Church of the Final Judgment. Thematically, Rites of Passage is a reflection on the complexity of the transitional stages of life. Ethnographer Arnold van Gennep first defined "rites of passage" in 1960 as birth, childhood, puberty, marriage, parenthood, religious initiation, and funerals. In our current age, when many eschew these specific rites, Sabbath Assembly's newest songs define transitional moments based on experiences in their own lives that have left them feeling truly changed. The songs on Rites of Passage include stories of losing one's religion (rather than initiation), dissolution of a relationship (rather than marriage), and managing the dementia and physical decline of a loved one (as more profound than a funeral rite). In a time when others in the occult rock genre remain preoccupied with fantasy and dark mysticism, Sabbath Assembly finds the most profound of transformative moments in everyday experience. Rites of Passage presents its listeners with a set of songs that the band hopes will mirror their own experiences of transition, and in some way provide necessary passage. Feel the full reflection exclusively HERE, as well as read a revealing interview with Myers, courtesy of Noisey - Music By Vice. www.sabbathassembly.com www.facebook.com/sabbathassembly www.svartrecords.com www.facebook.com/svartrecords www.youtube.com/svartrecords www.twitter.com/svartrecords Romanian Misanthropic Black Metallers Argus Megere announce the release of their video, for Carul Cerului, the opener track from VEII, the band’s new studio album. The video was directed by Alexandru Das and will be released on May 17th, here’s you can preview some images from its hypnotic and rather intricate feel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEi_kemPnzE VEII was released this April 17th and is now streaming in full and available for digital ordering here: https://loudragemusic.bandcamp.com/album/argus-megere-veii, while a physical version of it, jewel-case CD, is now available for ordering here: http://shop.loudragemusic.com/argus-megere-veii https://www.facebook.com/argusmegere http://www.loudragemusic.com/ http://loudragemusic.bandcamp.com/ 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 https://www.facebook.com/RosenBridgeUK/ https://twitter.com/RosenBridgeUK http://www.rosenbridge.bigcartel.com/ |
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