 Following the success of the 'snuff-prevention' video clip ‚Rudra‘, the Swiss Folk / Heavy Metal hopefuls Infinitas have released their 2nd Lyric Video "Amon" on June 06th 2019. The new video clip "Amon" was created by Fernando Melo. The song is about the lives of many people who do a job that gives them no satisfaction - '1 second in Heaven, forever in Hell', it says in the chorus of "Amon". Official Lyric Video for 'Amon' - YouTube link: https://youtu.be/wORPVdpQFYM Infinitas announce to the plot of the song: "Main character in "Amon‘ is a king. His kingdom is involved in a war against the 'Legion of the Dead' (army from Hell, Orks, Monsters, Zombies, etc.) The King died in the war and he goes up to heaven. But he can't find peace there because he is worried about his kingdom. So he met a 'Dark Lord' up in heaven. The 'Dark Lord' offers the King that he can go back and finish the battle, and so the king agrees. As he goes back to the battlefield he realizes that he is not longer a human any more. He is also one of this Monsters and he's also no longer fighting for his kingdom - he is now fighting for the 'Legion of the Dead'. The 'Dark Lord' fooled him. And so the king Amon had to fight against his loved kingdom and he made a really good job, but he feels terrible doing that. When he goes back to the battlefield he shall be a mix of a monster and a wolf. So one night he breaks his oath with the 'Dark Lord' and destroys all the monsters while their sleeping - and so he saves his kingdom." LINE-UP: Andrea Böll • Vocals, Percussion Selv Martone • Guitar, Virtual Instruments Pirmin 'Piri' Betschart • Drums, Vocals, Percussion, Clarinette Live-Session Musicians: Savannah Childers • Violin Marcel 'Camel' Koller • Bass, Background Vocals ► Website ► Bandcamp ► Spotify
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 The sad news of frontwoman Seraina leaving Burning Witches has been circulating the internet over the last week, highlighting that sometimes there are things beyond your control that you don't see coming... Continuing in their relentless pursuit of bringing heavy metal magic to the masses, the band are delighted to welcome new witch Laura from the Netherlands into the fold. The band are introducing Laura to their fans in the form of a new track. Check out 'Wings Of Steel' (available digitally from July 19) over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Jr0hcJw8km8 Seraina states about her departure:- "Dear friends, for personal reasons and after much deliberation I've decided to fully dedicate myself to my band Dead Venus and to leave the band Burning Witches. For the last four years I have had an incredible journey but I feel now that is the time to explore the challenge my own project is offering me. I would like to thank my family, friends and of course the fans for the incredible support. I also thank the band, the label and the management for all their help. There are a lot of beautiful experiences I’ll keep with me forever. My debut album for Dead Venus titled Bird Of Paradise will be released later this year. So my life remains exciting! I wish the Witches all the best and good luck for the future!" Band leader Romana continues:- "This is of course a very sad moment for all of us. We have been very close for the last few years and have achieved a lot together. It's with great sadness we have to accept that Seraina wants to move on and we wish her the best of luck for that! Your time with the Witches will never be forgotten! For us as a band it is important now to look to the new challenges ahead and the new record - the show must go on! Yes we are super thrilled that we have found Laura so quickly via our Dutch connection Sonia. We know it is impossible to replace a great voice in exactly the same way, that is why Laura is the perfect choice for us. She will bring her own strength and personality into the Witches! We will not change the identity of the band, we will continue playing the music we love! Laura is an experienced and crisp vocalist with a wide range and a crazy enough personality to be one of US! Please give her a warm welcome – she has already won many metal hearts at our first show with her at Sweden Rock Festival! We will continue to spread the magic of the witches - thanks for all the support over the years!" New witch Laura states:- "Dear Burning Witches fans of the world, I am really excited and know that I have big shoes to fill! I want to thank you that you've given me this opportunity and also the Burning Witches for their trust and the warm welcome they've given me into their sisterhood! Being able to play the music I love with great people, performing at those amazing shows and festivals, and being supported by a fantastic team is a dream that has come true for me. I can't really wish for more! We are working our asses off at the moment to bring the magic to you all! Keep the fire burning! See you soon on the road and thanks for the support!" Hexenhammer is available for order on a variety of different formats: All formats: nuclearblast.com/bw-hexenhammer Limited Digipack CD: nblast.de/BurningWitchesCD Limited Edition Double Gatefold Black Vinyl: nblast.de/BurningWitchesVinyl Digital album: nblast.de/BWHexenhammerIT Swiss Symphonic Metallers Dreams In Fragments to release their new album on Rockshots Records1/6/2019  The latest signing of Rockshot Records, the Swiss symphonic metal band Dreams In Fragments are poised for the release of their album "Reflections Of A Nightmare" due out on June 28th. Featuring musicians from Majesty Of Silence, Rainforce, Proxima, the foursome known as Dreams In Fragments consists Seraina Schoepfer (lead vocals), Chris Geissmann (guitar, vocals), Jan Thomas (bass) and Franc Fritschi (drums) hailing from the small Swiss town of Wangen bei Olten somewhere between Basel, Berne and Zurich. The band's musical stylings have been compared to popular acts such as Nightwish and Delain. However, Dreams In Fragments have no reason to present themselves as a cover band of any of the greats; Seraina’s voice, operatic yet light as a feather, combined with Chris' growls sets the band apart in the same way the union of hard guitar riffs and dreamy orchestrations does. It is only fitting that their set list is built around the band’s own compositions such as 'The Maze' and 'Nightchild'.
In June 2019, the band will hit the road for an Eastern European tour as a support act with fellow Swiss friends symphonic dark metal group FORGE for their "Heimdall Tour 2019" in Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary. "Reflections of A Nightmare" is available for pre-order via Rockshots Records at http://bit.ly/DreamsInFragments_CD The lyric video of the first single "Nightchild" is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/r-Gd-Juk_Tc Tour Dates w/ FORGE: June 1 - Mladá Boleslav, CZ - Farářova Sluj June 2- Praha, CZ - Modrá Vopice June 4 - Banská Bystrica, SK - Tartaros June 5 - Bielsko Biala, PL - Rudeboy Club June 7 - Budapest, HU - S8 Underground Club June 8 - Hodonín, CZ - Club Nautilus DREAMS IN FRAGMENTS is: Seraina Schöpfer: Vocals Christian Geissmann (Majesty of Silence, Proxima): Guitars, Growls, Orchestral Arrangements Jan Thomas (Rainforce, ex-Pÿlon): Bass Frank Fritschi: Drums Label website: www.rockshots.eu Facebook: www.facebook.com/DreamsinFragments  A few weeks after the official release of the effort, Swiss Pagan / Folk metal band NORVHAR just shared their whole 'KAUNA' EP for full-stream on YouTube thanks to the courtesy on the Unknown Melodeath Channel. In other news, both CD & Digital editions are still available on Bandcamp and the legal streaming services. Stream the 'KAUNA' EP on YouTube | Order your digital / physical copy on Bandcamp  ..For the record... Formed in 2016 from the ashes of the band Harmoniks, NORVHAR is oriented towards pagan / folk / epic metal. It consists of six skilled musicians, all of them with stage experiences. Those six friends offer a music which is inspired, epic, melodic, but which also makes you want to drink beers until the end of times. Vastly inspired by Tolkien’s universe, but also by Nordic mythology, the texts are dense and deep, filled with adventures and battles, with mystical tales and latent alcoholism. The folk melodies, sometimes played on the keyboard, sometime on the flute or on acoustic instruments, intermingle with powerful and sharp guitars, all punctuated by intense bass and battle-like drums. The vocals, straight out of the plains of Valhalla are calling the warriors to battle by their unquenchable fire. NORVHAR is going to release an album at the beginning of 2019. For fans of Moonsorrow, Ensiferum, Equilibrium, Finntroll, Wintersun. https://www.facebook.com/Norvhar/ Ukrainian Modern Metallers Jinjer begin recording new album and European headline tour announced30/5/2019  (Credit: Javier Bragado) Ukraine's most ferocious metal export Jinjer have officially begun work on their highly anticipated third album and follow up to their Napalm Records debut King Of Everything (2016) and their amazing “Micro” EP (2018). Once again teaming up with sound producer Max Morton at Kaska Studio in Kiev, the as of yet untitled album is expected to be released sometime in fall 2019 and promises to be their best and most fierce material to date. "No rest for the wicked! Together with our long time friend and producer Max Morton, we are pleased to announce that we’ve entered Kaska Studio in Kiev to begin recording our third full album, to be released later this year. Trust us, it’s gonna blow your heads off," says the band. Hot off the heels of the news that numerous North American dates with special guests The Browning being upgraded to bigger venues and some shows near the sell out point, Jinjer have also announced a full blown European Headline Tour in November/December to coincide with the release of their new album. Jinjer seem determined to take over the world one country at a time and by any means necessary:- “Europe! We are coming for you! The time has come to show you the fiercest side of Jinjer ever, with a new album, new songs as well as all our older hits and a few surprises in-between. We know a lot of you have been waiting for us to do a proper headline tour with our own production and that time has finally come! Join us this November/December throughout Europe and the United Kingdom and help us celebrate this new era with a bang!” Do not miss your chance to see Jinjer somewhere in Europe or North America this year! JINJER at European Festivals: 14.06.19 UK – Donington Park / Download Festival 15.06.19 ES – Fuengirola / Rock The Coast Festival 18.06.19 SE – Malmoe / KB (w/ Tesseract) 19.06.19 SE – Gävle / Gasklockorna (w/ Tesseract) 20.06.19 SE – Gothenburg / Pustervik (w/ Tesseract) 22.06.19 DE – Essen / Turock (w/ Tesseract) 23.06.19 DE – Karlsruhe / Substage 25.06.19 PL – Krakow / Mystic Festival 27.06.19 FR – Antibes / Festival les Nuits Carrées 29.06.19 DE – Gräfenhainichen / With Full Force 30.06.19 FI – Helsinki / Tuska Festival 02.07.19 AT - Salzburg / Rockhouse (w/ Tesseract) 03.07.19 CH – Aarburg / Musigburg 04.07.19 CH – Monthey / Pont Rouge 05.07.18 FR - Colombier-Saugnieu / Plane’R Fest 06.07.19 DE – Trier / MJC Mergener Hof 09.07.19 DE – Lindau / Club Vaudeville 11.07.19 AT – Wörgl / Komma 12.07.19 HU – Dunaújváros / Rockmaraton 14.07.19 UA – Kiev / Atlas Weekend 19.07.19 UK – Gloucestershire / Amplified Open Air Festival 20.07.19 FI – Laukaa / John Smith Rock Festival 27.07.19 IT – Bolotana / Roc And Bol Metal Festival 02.08.19 DE – Wacken / Wacken Open Air 03.08.19 DE – Köln / RheinRiot Festival - Palladium 06.08.19 DE – Jena / F-Haus 07.08.19 CZ – Josefov / Brutal Assault 08.08.19 PT – Vagos / Vagos Metal Fest 10.08.19 NL – Leeuwarden / Into The Grave 11.08.19 NL – Rotterdam / Baroeg 15.08.19 DE – Aachen / Musikbunker 17.08.19 DE – Hamburg / Elb Riot 21.08.19 DE – Siegburg / Kubana 22.08.19 DE – Würzburg / Posthalle 23.08.19 DE – Wörrstadt / NOAF 24.08.19 DE – Sulingen / Reload Festival JINJER North American Tour w/ The Browning: 9/7: St Louis, MO @ Fubar 9/8: Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street Collective 9/11: San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick 9/12: Los Angeles, CA @ The Whisky 9/13: Mesa, AZ @ Club Red (MAIN ROOM) 9/15: Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater 9/17: Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater 9/19: Austin, TX @ Come and Take it Live 9/20: Dallas, TX @ GMBQ 9/24: Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum 9/25: West Palm Beach, FL @ Respestable Street 9/26: Orlando, FL @ Soundbar 9/27: Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade 9/28: Greenville, SC @ The Firmament 9/29: Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage 10/1: Philadelphia, PA @ Voltage Vounge 10/2: New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater 10/4: New Bedford, MA @ The Vault @ Greasy Luck 10/5: Hampton Beach, NH @ Wally’s 10/6: Montreal, QC @ Astral 10/8: Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck 10/9: Ottawa, ON @ The Brass Monkey 10/10: Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall 10/11: Cleveland, OH @ The Winchester 10/12: Cincinnati, OH Riverfront Theater 10/13: Pittsburgh, PA @ Crafthouse 10/15: Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle 10/16: Angola, IN @ The Eclectic Room 10/18: Columbus, OH @ Al Rosa Villa 10/19: Flint, MI @ Machine Shop 10/20: Grand Rapids, MI @ The Stache @ Interection 10/22: Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge 10/23: Belvedere, IL @ Apollo Theater 10/24: Waterloo, IA @ Spicoli’s 10/25: Iowa City, IA @ Wildwood Smokehouse 10/26: Racine, WI @ Route 20 10/29: Calgary, AB @ Dickens 10/30: Edmonton, AB @ Starlite 10/31: Vancouver, BC @ The Rickshaw Theater 11/1: Seattle, WA @ El Corazon 11/2: Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater JINJER Headlining Europe: 08.11.19 UA – Kiev / Bingo Club 12.11.19 DE – Dresden / Beatpol 14.11.19 DE – Berlin / Bi Nuu 15.11.19 DK – Copenhagen / Pumpehuset 16.11.19 DE – Hannover /Musikzentrum 19.11.19 LU – Esch-Alzette / Kulturfabrik 20.11.19 DE – Frankfurt / Das Bett 21.11.19 DE – Leipzig / Hellraiser 22.11.19 DE – Annaberg-Buchholz / Alte Brauerei 23.11.19 DE – Köln / Gebäude 9 24.11.19 DE – Bochum / Zeche Bochum 26.11.19 NL – Amsterdam / Q-Factory 27.11.19 NL – Eindhoven / Dynamo 28.11.19 NL – Antwerp / Kavka 29.11.19 UK – London / Heaven 30.11.19 UK – Birmingham / Asylum 01.12.19 UK – Newcastle / Think Tank 03.12.19 UK – Manchester / Rebellion 04.12.19 UK – Bristol / The Exchange 06.12.19 FR – Paris / La Maroquinerie 07.12.19 FR – Annemasse / Château Rouge 08.12.19 FR – Toulouse / Le Rex 10.12.19 ES – Murcia / Garaje 11.12.19 ES – Madrid / Mon 12.12.19 ES – Barcelona / Bóveda 13.12.19 FR – Toulon / Omega Live 14.12.19 IT – Milan / Legend Club 15.12.19 CH – Zürich / Dynamo 16.12.19 DE – München / Backstage Werk 18.12.19 AT – Graz / Dom im Berg 19.12.19 AT – Wien / Szene 20.12.19 HR – Zagreb / KSET 21.12.19 SK - Bratislava / Majestic www.facebook.com/JinjerOfficial www.jinjer-metal.com Swiss-Serbian Gothic Metallers Evolucja sign with Alpha Omega Management; working on new album16/5/2019  Swiss-Serbian Evolucija sign with Alpha Omega Management and are already working on their new album 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 Inncoent 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. Evolucija stated: "We are super proud to tell everyone that we signed the deal with Alpha Omega Management. We are in the process of writing and recording our new album, our goals are set high, so we need the best support possible when it comes to promotion activities. Therefore, nothing makes us happier than being able to work with these fine people. We always wanted to be able to focus primarily on our music, without having to worry about business part of things, and becoming part of Alpha Omega family will allow us to do that. Expect great thing in the future, and see you on the road!!!" Evolucija - who just concluded their successful tour, supporting Necronomicon - will perform at Goat Hell Metal Fest, taking place on July 4-9, 2019 in Pula, Croatia. http://www.evolucija.org https://www.facebook.com/evolucijaofficial https://alphaomega-management.com https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement  (photo by Aline Fournier) Swiss black metal pioneers Samael release new video for the title track off their latest album "Hegemony" – watch HERE! Samael are widely known for their Industrial Black Metal armed with wind sections passing through shivering synthesizers. On point and frighteningly brutal, fiery whirlwinds of hypnotic hammering riff forces overlay gruesomely gurgling vocals driving you over the edge. Order their latest album Hegemony right HERE. Samael awakened on the 14th of July 1988 when brothers Xytraguptor and Vorphalack loaded their musical gear into an atomic bunker. Almost 20 years after that day the band experienced a rebirth with the release of Solar Soul (2007). The album, co-produced by long-time producer Waldemar Sorychta and mixed by Stefan Glaumann (Rammstein, Within Temptation...) is now fully remastered and will be released with the addition of 9 bonus tracks (2 remixes, 6 instrumental songs, 1x live track). After resurrecting black metal in the early '90's with their debut album Worship Him, introducing symphonic metal in 1994 with Ceremony of Opposites and pioneering industrial metal with Passage in 1996; Samael released Lvx Mvndi in 2011, a record that built a bridge over the 20+ years of the band's history by melting all sides and personalities of the band into a masterpiece. Now the album has been remixed from stems, remastered and will be released with the addition of 7 bonus tracks. Get your copies of lately re-issued Lvx Mvndi HERE and Solar Soul HERE! Samael are: Vorph: Guitars, Vocals Xy: Keyboards and Programming Drop: Guitars Zorrac: Bass facebook.com/OfficialSamael twitter.com/samaelofficial youtube.com/user/samaeltv napalmrecords.com  Art Gates Records is thrilled to announced the addition of Swiss Blackened Heavy Metal act Frijgard. This four pieced combo executes a wild combination of original Heavy Metal and Black Metal + a unique vision of the genre. Overall the band's lyrical themes are inspired by historical events, nature, science fiction, paganism and fantasy. In words of Iván Magdalena (CEO): "I'm very happy to introduce our new signing Frijgard as we are a label that has always supported Extreme Metal. I think they can achieve great goals and we will support them in many ways".
The album has been recorded at Iguana Studios mixed and mastered and produced by Christoph Brandes. Worldwide Release Date: 14/06/2019 Preorder available from 17/05/2019 www.frijgard.ch www.facebook.com/frijgard www.instagram.com/frijgard www.artgatesrecords.com  Swiss Metallers Fueled By Fear have released a new video for the song "The Devil Will Be Waiting", taken from the band's EP "This Forsaken Place", released on February 11th 2019 via Ashburn Records. EP artwork was done by Azrael Deaign. Watch the video here:- https://youtu.be/LMW3idRosbM
Fueled By Fear, was formed in late 2011, under the name of Blood Bound, featuring members out of formerly well known bands, such as Ex- ortation, Die by Design, Framestand and Disparaged. Their debut full length album “Two By Eight” was released on December 16th 2016 by Ashburn Productions. After the album release, the band played a lot of Club shows in Switzerland. The album hit the Swedish Rock Charts place 5 and entered the Swiss Charts too. The band has toured with Sepultura (on their Baltic Tour in March 2012) and In Flames (on their Russian mini-tour in 2013). Fueled By Fear released their new EP “This Forsaken Place” on February 11th 2019 via Ashburn Records. https://www.facebook.com/fueledbyfear https://alphaomega-management.com https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement  It’s time to meld melodic death metal and trance together! Rage Of Light, the rising stars from Switzerland around charismatic lead singer Melissa Bonny prove that these styles can build a very strong symbiosis. The result is a musical monster! Today, Rage Of Light unleashes the official lyric video for their second single “Away With You”, taken from the new album Imploder! It’s a mix of sharp riffs, electronic beats, melody and screaming violence. The interplay between Melissa’s unique voice and Jonathan’s growls show the variety of Rage Of Light. Watch the Video for “Away With You” HERE On March 29th, Rage Of Light will release their debut album Imploder on Napalm Records. You can Pre-Order the new album HERE!
Rage Of Light are a Swiss trance metal/melodic death metal band, created by vocalist/keyboardist Jonathan Pellet, known for his past works with Trophallaxy/Dysrider. Jonathan came up with the idea to create a hybrid of trance and melodic death metal elements in 2007, but due to being busy with other projects, it took almost a decade for the idea to fully bear fruit. Finally, in 2015, he recruited vocalist Melissa Bonny and guitarist Noé Schüpbach to complete the band. Rage Of Light are: Melissa Bonny - Main vocals Jonathan Pellet - Vocals, keyboards, synth & drums programming Noé Schüpbach - Guitars, bass Bandcamp |
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