German symphonic power metallers Aeternitas unveil music video for new single "Fountain Of Youth"5/11/2020  Symphonic power metal prodigy Aeternitas are proud to release the astonishing official video to "Fountain Of Youth", taken from their upcoming album "Haunted Minds" due for release on 20 11 2020 worldwide. Statement: "Fountain Of Youth" was the first song we wrote for our new album "Haunted Minds". It already contained the elements of the entire album: a strong and catchy chorus; powerful riffing along with mighty orchestral parts and the varied alternate voices of Alex and Julia. We were very excited to bringing it to live in our music video and looking forward for the feedback of our fans..." Watch "Fountain Of Youth" Official Video below:- Credits :
"Haunted Minds" is the band's 6th album, the most powerful Aeternitas album yet, and with Henning Basse (Ex-Metalium, Ex-Firewind) and Glen Drover (Ex-Megadeth, Ex-King Diamond) they are honoured to have these guest musicians involved. Pre order "Haunted Minds" HERE https://www.facebook.com/AETERNITAS.official
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Canadian heavy power metallers Unleash The Archers reveal video for acclaimed new anthem "Legacy"13/10/2020  [Photo Credit: Shimon Karmel] In August, breakout Canadian melodic metal quartet Unleash The Archers dropped one of the most highly-acclaimed albums of 2020, Abyss, sparking serious buzz in the metal and rock communities, and beyond. Deservingly, the conceptual benchmark scored banner praise from critics and fans alike, with Stereogum dubbing the opus "a ripper", and Bandcamp enforcing it as "a mandatory listen". Upon release, Abyss charted worldwide, debuting at the #1 spot on the US Current Hard Music and Top New Artist Album charts, #4 and #8 on the US and Canadian Billboard Top 200 Hard Rock charts as well as on #21 in the German album charts. Today, the band is following up on the album's successes by throwing fans a hefty bonus in the form of a new video for the post-drop fan favourite "Legacy" – one of Abyss' standout anthems. Searing in with breakneck blastbeats, cosmic guitar work and frontwoman Brittney Slayes' impeccable vocal delivery, the pop-tinged anthem single-handedly proves the band's position as one of this generation's premier heavy acts, bar none. The new video provides an introspective live-action backdrop to the track's conceptual lyrics. Frontwoman Brittney Slayes explains: "This song means a lot to us as a band, it's pretty different from everything that we've done before and really set the tone for the sonic exploration that is Abyss. When Andrew first brought the intro riff to us we immediately loved it, but we were a little hesitant as we felt our fans might not understand why we were choosing to include this style of track on the album. The hesitation was momentary though, as we all very quickly decided it was too cool not to continue writing, and luckily it seems like our fans have fallen in love with it as well. It's quite theatrical, and yet somehow very simplistic as well. " Watch the new lyric video for "Legacy" HERE Slayes adds about the video: "When it came time to choose the next song for a music video, "Legacy" was the resounding winner, but we wanted to do something a bit more than the traditional lyric video. The band all agreed that this is the kind of track that you put on when you're commuting, when you're wandering through the city just vibin', when you're on that long bus ride or sky-train ride staring out the window at the world passing by... So that's what this video is. It's you hanging out in our heads as we walk the streets of Vancouver, travelling towards something, or away from something, but always moving forward. We hope "Legacy" can be your soundtrack to those everyday moments in life, when you've finally put the phone away to really look around and enjoy the beauty of the world that surrounds you. We genuinely hope it can be a small light in this seemingly never ending darkness, even just for a moment." Unleash The Archers online:  Formed in Nicosia, Cyprus in 2012, Harmonize originally started as a thrash metal band until gradually transforming into the Heavy/Power Metal force that they are today, although the band still maintains some thrash and dark elements in their style. Harmonize have so far released two demos and have performed live numerous times (including shows alongside Blaze Bayley, Bonfire, Wotan and others) while working on fine tuning their sound and style. The band’s upcoming debut album, titled “Warrior in the Night” is scheduled for release on October 2nd and will be out on CD and Digital. It is based on an original epic fantasy fiction story that is still under development by guitarist George Constantinou and London-based actor Nicolina Papas. As expected, battles and swords, kings and queens, angels and demons are but a few of the symbolic themes one will come across as the album’s story unfolds!
“Warrior in the Night” includes a couple guest appearances by close friends of the band, one being actor Nicolina Papas on the haunting narrative “Beyond Darkness” outro track of the album and also Andreas Paraschos of death metal act BLYND, who provides the brutal chorus backing vocals on the song “Tonight.” A video for the title track is now available at https://youtu.be/Z2mOojGM-pM For more info visit the band’s website at https://www.harmonizeofficial.com Harmonize line-up: Sozos Michael – Vocals George Constantinou - Rhythm Guitars Lambros Apousianas – Lead Guitars Panagiotis Takkides – Bass Harrys Peratikas – Drums https://www.harmonizeofficial.com https://www.facebook.com/harmonizeofficialpage https://www.instagram.com/harmonize_band https://twitter.com/HarmonizeBand https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1SCa9PmUJrFtafwkFx2rfw/videos  Northern Irish Symphonic Power Metallers Ravenlight have just released a haunting new cover of ‘Zenith’ by Ghost. Following on the release of their debut album ‘Project Genesis’ in June of this year, Ravenlight, unfortunately, had their live plans to promote the release cancelled due to the ongoing situation in the world, however, instead of remaining idle, they returned to the studio to record an ambitious cover of the Ghost track. Singer Rebecca Feeney had the following to say about the track: “Zenith may seem a not so obvious song for a cover, however, we went with Zenith for many reasons. I really enjoyed singing along to it, it really suited my range. Furthermore, we felt that Zenith is a very underrated Ghost song, due to the fact that it is a bonus track on the Vinyl version of Meliora, so it is not as well known as other tracks, giving us a chance to really put our own spin on it.” The video is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtYrszs5uxk Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RavenlightNI/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ravenlightni/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/ravenlightni Website - http://www.ravenlight-band.co.uk Bandcamp - https://ravenlight.bandcamp.com/  After 6 years of rocking international stages with their heavy metal style, Scarlet Aura signs again with Universal Music. The Universal Music Romania will handle an exclusive worldwide digital distribution as well as physical distribution in band’s home country for the upcoming release, while Silver City Records will take care of the international physical distribution and production. The deal includes the 6th studio album of Scarlet Aura that will be released in 2021 alongside the tour with Primal Fear. This is the new phenomena that the Romanian band brought to the metal stage – a trilogy of metal albums followed by fantasy book volumes written by the singer Aura Danciulescu. The upcoming album will continue a conceptual trilogy called “The Book of Scarlet” that started in 2019 and already includes two critically acclaimed albums “Hot’n’Heavy” (2019) and “Stormbreaker” (2020) together with accompanying fantasy books. Scarlet Aura on the signing:- “Alongside Silver City Records, we are putting our shoulder into strengthening the metal stage after an almost devastating year and we are happy to have Universal Music as partners. Life is now, music is forever! See you at the shows!” Universal Music Romania statement: ”We are happy to join forces again with Scarlet Aura, a band that proved throughout the years its talent, innovation, hard work and dedication for what they love the most: metal music!” Line up:- Aura Danciulescu – Lead Vocals Mihai Danciulescu – Lead guitar, Vocals Rene Nistor – Bass guitar, Vocals Sorin Ristea – Drums For more information about Scarlet Aura please visit: scarletaura.net youtube.com/ScarletAura instagram.com/scarlet_aura_ facebook.com/scarletaura twitter.com/Scarlet_Aura_ silvercityrecords.com  Art Gates Records are proud to announce Thai symphonic & progressive power metal act Melodius Deite as the new artist to join their international roster. The five pieced combo is formed back in 2007 and is characterized by their advanced skills and the unique combination of Heavy Metal subgenres, such as symphonic metal, power metal, progressive metal and even the most extreme genres. In words of the band:- "We feel more than happy to work with Art Gates Records. They’re really professional and dedicated, definitely a great record label. We’re so excited and can’t wait to show you what we got with the new album" After releasing 3 albums: "Episode 1: Dream On", "Episode II: Voyage Through the World of Fantasy", "Episode III: The Archangels of the Olympians", the band is ready to release their fourth and brand new album "Elysium" in October 2020 through Art Gates Records worldwide.
The album has been recorded at Melodius Deite Studio, mixed and mastered by Pawel Karlinski at Karlin Studio in Poland and produced by Biggie Phanrath. More info at www.artgatesrecords.com  July 3, 2020 will see the high priests of heavy metal, Powerwolf, release their highly anticipated album, Best Of The Blessed, via Napalm Records. Without a doubt, Powerwolf are one of the most successful metal bands of modern times, and anyone who has ever been to a show – the one and only metal mass – is aware of their incredibly entertaining and captivating live performances. Following sold-out arenas and headlining festival shows at Wacken Open Air, Summer Breeze among many more, 2019 marked Powerwolf's 15th band anniversary. As a very special gift, they will release Best Of The Blessed this summer, which features 16 timeless classics by the band shrouded in a brand new shape! And speaking of live: Powerwolf's upcoming, must-have magnum opus will also include 14 live tracks, recorded at the Wolfsnächte Tour 2018, such as “We Drink Your Blood”, “Resurrection by Erection”, and the epic, sing-along hit, “Sanctified with Dynamite”. The available Earbook and LP Box Edition will give you even more of the priests' incredible Live Sacrament! Now, and to keep you heavy and decked in (un)holy metal in times of lockdown, experience Powerwolf's live show right in your living room, as the band has just released a blistering video for their Best Of The Blessed live version of “Sanctified with Dynamite”! Watch POWERWOLF's brand new video HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3k6xANiavI 
Californian Power Metallers Helion Prime announce new album Kickstarter; album details unveiled24/3/2020  Photographer - Jason Sinn Sacramento, CA's power metal band Helion Prime announce a fundraising campaign for their highly anticipated third studio album "Question Everything" to follow “Terror Of The Cybernetic Space Monster” released in 2018 via AFM Records. "Question Everything" will be the first album in the Helion Prime catalog to feature current vocalist Mary Zimmer (Voicehacks, ex-Luna Mortis). This announcement follows the release of a demo version of the song "The Final Theory", which has appeared on Spotify's "Heavy Queens" playlist. Preview the perks on Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2Ucbjaj Guitarist Jason Ashcraft comments: "I am so excited to finally announce this album. The concept is something I've been holding on to for a long time, and it's great to finally see it come to life." The concept of the album shows each song focusing on a different scientist or figure throughout history. Though they went against the common beliefs of their time and often faced persecution for their ideas, they continued to ask questions and stand up for what they knew to be true. As time would go on, their theories and beliefs would eventually be acknowledged.
The band has also released the production staff for this coming record: Michael Goodrich of Hypnotic Audio Chris Collier of CMC21 Productions Brett Caldas-Lima of Tower Studio Simone Mularoni of Domination Studio Alex Nasla of Witherfall and Gear Gods Studio Album Art: Marc Whisnant, with edits by Bo Bradshaw Helion Prime is: Jason Ashcraft - Guitar Chad Bill Anderson - Guitar Mary Zimmer - Vocals Alex Bosson - Drums Jeremy Steinhouse - Bass Helionprimemetal.com Facebook.com/helionprimemetal Instagram.com/helionprimemetal  Photo Credit: Liné Hammett With only three weeks left until the new anticipated Burning Witches album Dance With The Devil hits stores, the band have released the official video for the title track. Watch and listen to 'Dance With The Devil' here: youtu.be/shbmA2WMHRw
The band has also launched a series of track by track videos series, which previews snippets from each of the tracks on the album:
Dance With The Devil will be in stores on March 6th and can be pre-ordered here: nblast.de/BWDanceWithTheDevil Watch the official visualizer video for 'Sea Of Lies': youtu.be/decnY34nllo The new album was recorded at Little Creek Studio and produced once again by V.O. Pulver and German thrash titan Schmier. The cover artwork was created by Hungarian artist Gyula Havancsák (BLIND GUARDIAN TWILIGHT ORCHESTRA, ACCEPT, POWERWOLF, STRATOVARIUS) and DESTRUCTION/GOMORRA guitarist Damir Eskic. More on Dance With The Devil:
Dance With The Devil tracklist: 01. The Incantation 02. Lucid Nightmare 03. Dance With The Devil 04. Wings Of Steel 05. Six Feet Underground 06. Black Magic 07. Sea Of Lies 08. The Sisters Of Fate 09. Necronomicon 10. The Final Fight 11. Threefold Return 12. Battle Hymn [feat. Ross The Boss & Michael Lepond] Bonus CD (DIGI only!) 01. Mansion In Darkness (also available on the 2LP version!) 02. Black Magic (acoustic) (also available on the 2LP version!) 03. Executed (live) 04. Open Your Mind (live) 05. Hexenhammer (live)  Sweden’s hottest metal export is just rounding up their European arena tour with Sabaton and are ready to present a very special Valentine’s Day gift: Amaranthe spice up the day with a brand new song featuring former vocalist of Arch Enemy, Angela Gossow. 'Do Or Die' displays Amaranthe’s heavier side and is accompanied by a dystopian horror video filmed in Spain, featuring Fardou Keuning's stunning creations. Brave enough? Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/iZweNFWbegI Angela Gossow comments:- "It was thrilling to join Amaranthe for a more extreme track and shooting a cutting edge video for it! This is no cosy studio performance, but real ice cold winds, sewage, cadavers and pouring rain - the reality we live in, the devastating legacy we leave to our future generations. Time to wake up, turn - and bang - some heads! Watch out for these guys and killer lady, they are going to crush you this year with a new album and some heavy touring!!!" Guitarist Olof Mörck states:- "While Amaranthe's music is often uplifting, energetic and positive, sooner or later everyone needs to deal with the obvious fact that the world is literally crumbling around us - and it is crumbling fast, thanks to the short sighted abuse of our common Mother Earth! We talked to legendary Angela Gossow of Arch Enemy fame to do an entire package of a video and a song, outside of any normal album cycle, and let our different perspectives on metal collide in a massive explosion; and it resulted in Do or Die! Together with Overbeck Media who shot the video, we delivered something really quite special, and Angela brings in a fresh strength to the trademark Amaranthe sound that is sure to resound all across the metal world! Death and Fire!" Purchase or stream the digital single here: https://nblast.de/Amaranthe-DoOrDie Listen to 'Do Or Die' and other new tracks in the NB New Releases Playlists: http://nblast.de/SpotifyNewReleases | http://nblast.de/AppleMusicNewReleases  With their foundations tracing back to 2008, the group have released 5 albums since then (2011's Amaranthe, 2013's The Nexus, 2014's Massive Addictive, 2016's Maximalism, and 2018's Helix), consistently delivering hauntingly catchy tunes led by their unique three-part vocals. Within their arsenal of hit singles - with 'Drop Dead Cynical' leading right at the front - a myriad tracks have been received very well via press and fans alike; having also gained countless plays on both radio stations around the globe and across streaming services (the group's songs have been streamed more than 100 million times on Spotify). A string of support tours have blazed Amaranthe's trail in front of huge crowds as well as at their own headline concerts (the group impressively once performed in front of 10,000 fans at Liseberg, Gothenburg). They have kept working incredibly hard over the years, the latest product of which culminated in the form of Helix, which achieved them some of their highest chart positions in the band's history (Switzerland #21, Germany #29 etc.). Be sure to follow the band on Spotify & YouTube to not miss any of their upcoming releases.. AMARANTHE is: Elize Ryd | vocals Olof Mörck | guitars, keyboards Henrik "GG6" Englund Wilhelmsson | vocals Johan Andreassen | bass Morten Løwe Sørensen | drums Nils Molin | vocals amaranthe.se facebook.com/amarantheband instagram.com/amarantheofficial twitter.com/amaranthemetal youtube.com/amaranthetv nuclearblast.de/amaranthe |
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