 [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
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American Maynard James Keenan (A Perfect Circle) awarded Metal Hammer Golden Gods' Icon Award13/6/2018  Photo credit: Mick Hutson Maynard James Keenan received the Icon Award at Monday night’s Metal Hammer Golden Gods’ ceremony. The award was presented to Keenan by Daniel P. Carter, host of BBC Radio 1’s Rock Show, recognizing a lifetime of contributions to heavy music, with past lifetime achievement winners including Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Lemmy and Alice in Chains. Keenan was celebrated for his work with his trio of bands: A Perfect Circle, Puscifer and Tool. Keenan is in the midst of a European tour with A Perfect Circle, supporting the band’s recently released album, Eat The Elephant. A Perfect Circle kicks off the first of three consecutive, sold out shows in the UK beginning this evening at the O2 Apollo in Manchester followed by back-to-back performances at the O2 Academy Brixton. A Perfect Circle tour dates: June 12 Manchester, UK O2 Apollo Manchester SOLD OUT June 13 London, UK O2 Academy Brixton SOLD OUT June 14 London, UK O2 Academy Brixton SOLD OUT June 16 Landgraaf, Netherlands Pinkpop Festival June 17 Berlin, Germany Zitadelle SOLD OUT June 20 Zurich, Switzerland Halle 622 June 21 Dessel, Belgium Kastelsedijk June 22 Clisson, France Hellfest June 23 Esch-Sur-Aizette, Luxembourg Rockhal June 24 Dessel, Belgium Graspop June 26 Paris, France Olympia SOLD OUT June 28 Madrid, Spain Download Festival Madrid June 29 Barcelona, Spain Be Prog! My Friend Festival July 1 Verona, Italy Rock The Castle October 20 West Valley City, UT Maverik Center October 22 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheater October 24 Austin, TX Austin 360 Amphitheatre October 26 – 28 New Orleans, LA Voodoo Music + Arts Experience October 29 Atlanta, GA Fox Theatre October 30 Orlando, FL CFE Arena November 1 Charlotte, NC Bojangles’ Coliseum November 2 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena November 3 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena * November 6 New York, NY The Theater at Madison Square Garden November 7 Baltimore, MD UMBC Events Center November 9 Detroit, MI Masonic Temple Theatre (WRIF Radio Show) November 11 Minneapolis, MN Armory (93X Radio Show) November 13 Cedar Rapids, IA U.S. Cellular Center November 14 Park City, KS Hartman Arena November 17 Anaheim, CA The Theatre at Honda Center November 18 Las Vegas, NV The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas – The Chelsea November 20 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre December 2 Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow Academy December 3 Manchester, UK Victoria Warehouse December 5 London, UK Wembley Arena Pavilion December 7 Antwerp, Belgium Lotto Arena December 12 Copenhagen, Denmark Forum Copenhagen December 13 Hamburg, Germany Sporthalle Hamburg December 15 Kraków, Poland Tauron Arena Kraków December 16 Vienna, Austria Wiener Stadhalle December 18 Milan, Italy Mediolanum Forum December 19 Rome, Italy Palalottomatica  This April and May, Chicago post-metallers Snow Burial will embark on an eleven-date European tour with Cornwall doom outfit Monolithian. Beginning in the United Kingdom on April 23rd, circling through the continent, and closing with London's acclaimed Desertfest on May 5th, this tour will be Snow Burial's second trip across the pond. Snow Burial recently recorded at the famed Electrical Audio in early 2018, crafting a split 7-inch with Iowa City’s doom maestros Aseethe (Thrill Jockey). The tapes and vinyl will be released courtesy of Hand Of Death Records. The band commented, "We are beyond excited to get back to Europe and hit the road with our good friends in Monolithian. The opportunity to be a part of Desertfest and spend two weeks getting loud across an ocean is amazing and humbling. Add to that the chance to bring with us a brand new split tape with Aseethe from Hand of Death Records and we're on top of the world. " Formed after a Shiner reunion show, Snow Burial established themselves in the American Midwest scene and released twin EPs Oxblood Siren (2013) and Oxblood Tides (2014). Through promoting the EPs and extensive regional touring, the band earned a reputation for their crushing sound and performances.  Following positive reviews, tours, and airplay, the band released their inaugural LP Victory In Ruin in January 2016. Snow Burial continued touring the US and UK in 2017, featuring an opening slot for Scott Kelly and Sanford Parker’s project Mirrors for Psychic Warfare, with coverage from Metal Hammer Magazine and multiple blogs. In spring 2017, they proudly released a new song “Burn Down the Crown,” on the Unpresidented: DIY vs. Donald Trump benefit compilation. Tour Dates *with Quietus (FR) 23.04.18 Portsmouth UK @ The Festing 25.04.18 Saint-Etienne FR @ The Thunderbird 26.04.18 Lille, FR @ Bobble Cafe* 27.04.18 Plzen, CZ @ Divadlo Pod Lampou 28.04.18 Kolin, CZ @ Bar Pod Hodinami 29.04.18 Biansko-Biala, PL @ Rudeboy Club 30.04.18 Jena, DE @ Cafe Wagner 02.05.18 Barnbury UK @ The Wheatsheaf 03.05.18 Plymouth, UK @ The Underground 04.05.18 Nottingham, UK @ EARTHMOVER Festival (Angel Microbrewery) w/Primitive Man and Bismuth 05.05.18 London, UK @ DESERTFEST (The Dev) Denmark's Taphos sets release date for debut album; reveals first tracks, to tour with Degial in May4/4/2018  Blood Harvest Records and Helter Skelter Productions set June 8th as the international release date for Taphos' highly anticipated debut album, Come Ethereal Somberness, on CD and 12" vinyl formats. 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 finesse 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 May alongside Swedish comrades Degial (dates after the jump). Until then, as its title ominously proclaims, Come Ethereal Somberness! Hear two new tracks off the album, the 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
[more tour info: 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  Oh wow! Back in 2008, Alestorm were mere newcomers and beginners - and yet they created a modern metal classic and a completely new subgenre. Captain Morgan`s Revenge marks the birth of Pirate Metal as we know it today and turned a couple of young Scotsmen into the hottest band the modern metal scene has to offer! Ten years later and sold-out shows all over the world, their boozy debut gets its well-deserved anniversary treatment and will be re-released on January 26th 2018 with Napalm Records! Captain Morgan`s Revenge – 10th Anniversary Edition has received a fresh remix and remastering by original producer Lasse Lammert at his LSD studios and will be coming with a rejuvenated artwork. Alongside the 'Live At Summer Breeze' bonus disc, this re-release will be a true gem for all collectors, new fans and nostalgics alike! The pirates about their upcoming Anniversary Edition: "Oh wow! Can't believe it's been 10 years already since we made this record. We were all terrible musicians back then, and it was only thanks to the immense skill of our producer Lasse Lammert that we managed to salvage a passable bunch of songs. But anyway, it seems a bunch of you people seemed to like this album, so we decided to give it a bit of spit and polish for the 10th anniversary. NO, this is not one of those shitty 'brickwall' remasters that some bands do, and NO, this is not a re-recording by a bunch of disinterested and jaded old musicians. We've taken the original multitrack source material from 10 years ago (bad playing, cheap keyboards, awful vocals and everything), and just re-mixed the whole album to be punchier, tighter, more dynamic, and more sonically delightful than before. You probably won't even notice the difference! But it's there. And it'll sound awesome on vinyl, for the first time ever!" Captain Morgan`s Revenge – 10th Anniversary Edition, coming as CD digi pack, LP gatefold and digital download, is now available for pre-order HERE! 
After the band just returned from the US Vans Warped Tour as well as an extensive European run this year, Alestorm will continue to drop their anchor live on the following dates. Turn on your eyepatch and let the rum flow freely here: 25.11.17 MX – Mexico City / Cosa Nostra 26.11.17 CO – Bogota / Auditorio Lumiere 28.11.17 PE – Lima / Mangos 01.12.17 BR – Curitiba / John Bull 02.12.17 BR – Sao Paulo / Tropical Butanta 03.12.17 BR – Porto Alegre / El Toro Pub 04.12.17 UY – Montevideo / Montevideo Music Box 06.12.17 AR – Rosario / Animal 07.12.17 AR – Buenos Aires / Uniclub 08.12.17 AR – Cordoba / Casa Babylon 09.12.17 CL – Santiago / Nuevo Club Rock & Guitarras Piratefest UK Tour 2018: with support from Rumahoy and The Dread Crew Of Oddwood 09.02.18 UK – Liverpool / O2 Academy 10.02.18 UK – Sheffield / Corporation 11.02.18 UK – Newcastle / Northumbria Uni 13.02.18 UK – Aberdeen / Garage 14.02.18 UK – Glasgow / O2 ABC 15.02.18 IRE – Belfast / Mandela Hall 16.02.18 IRE – Dublin / Tivoli 17.02.18 UK – Birmingham / HRH Metal 18.02.18 UK – Manchester / O2 Ritz 20.02.18 UK – Leeds / Stylus 21.02.18 UK – Norwich / Waterfront 22.02.18 UK – London / O2 Forum 23.02.18 UK – Brighton / Concorde 2 24.02.18 UK – Bristol / Motion 25.02.18 UK – Southampton / Engine Rooms www.alestorm.net www.facebook.com/alestormband www.alestorm.napalmrecords.com  Over the last year Delain have been celebrating their ten year anniversary – from the release of their fifth full-length Moonbathers and an anniversary edition of their debut album Lucidity to extensive headline tours across Europe and North America to gracing some of the world’s biggest festival stages – the band is set to cap it off with the release of their first ever live DVD / Blu-Ray package coming out on October 27, 2017 on Napalm Records! 'A Decade of Delain: Live at Paradiso' was filmed at a sold out gig at Amsterdam’s legendary Paradiso on December 10, 2016. Delain was joined on stage throughout the evening by Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy), Liv Kristine, Burton C. Bell (Fear Factory), and many other special guests and collaborators. Coming as a 2-CD / DVD / Blu-Ray as well as LP Gatefold editions, 'A Decade of Delain – Live At Paradiso' is now available for pre-order HERE! The set list for the evening showcased songs spanning Delain's entire decade-long existence, including everything from the sing-along singles to cuts from the band’s vault that are rarely played live. On top of the full live concert, the package includes an exclusive documentary about the band entitled We Are The Others – A Decade of Delain, a bonus live performance of “We Are the Others” from Masters of Rock 2015, and the “Suckerpunch” music video. Says the band: After months of planning, performing and putting together our first ever live DVD / CD / Blu-Ray "A Decade of Delain - Live at Paradiso", we are very excited to be so close it's release now! What to expect? Have a look at this trailer for a sneak peek! We hope you enjoy it, and we hope it makes you extra eager to experience the complete 115 minute show and all cool extras, including the documentary "We Are The Others - A Decade of Delain" very soon! Check out Delain's teaser for their upcoming live release right HERE!  The tracklist of 'A Decade of Delain – Live At Paradiso' reads as follows: CD/DVD/Blu-Ray: 1. Intro (The Monarch) 2. Hands of Gold (featuring Alissa White-Gluz) 3. Suckerpunch 4. The Glory and the Scum 5. Get the Devil Out of Me 6. Army of Dolls 7. The Hurricane 8. April Rain 9. Where Is The Blood (featuring Burton C. Bell) 10. Here Come the Vultures 11. Fire With Fire 12. The Tragedy of the Commons (featuring Alissa White-Gluz) 13. Danse Macabre 14. Sleepwalkers Dream (featuring Rob van der Loo, Sander Zoer, and Guus Eikens) 15. Your Body is a Battleground (featuring Marco Hietala – video) 16. Stay Forever 17. See Me In Shadow (featuring Liv Kristine and Elianne Anemaat) 18. The Gathering 19. Pristine (featuring George Oosthoek) 20. Mother Machine 21. Sing to Me (featuring Marco Hietala – video) 22. Don’t Let Go 23. We Are the Others DVD/Blu-Ray Bonus Content: 1. We Are the Others – A Decade of Delain documentary 2. “We Are the Others” – live at Masters of Rock 2015 3. “Suckerpunch” official music video  In support of Delain's upcoming live release, the band will hit the road for the Danse Macabre Tour this Fall, featuring special guest and frequent collaborator Marco Hietala from Nightwish on all dates, along with a very special set list of rarely-played Delain songs! Support will be coming from Serenity and Cellar Darling. Catch this very special and exciting live package on the following dates: Oct. 26 – Paris, France – Alhambra Oct. 27 – Pratteln, Switzerland – Z7 Oct. 28 – Bochum, Germany – Zeche (SOLD OUT) Oct. 29 – Munich, Germany – Backstage Oct. 31 – Utrecht, Netherlands – Tivoli (SOLD OUT) Nov. 1 – London, UK – Koko (SOLD OUT) Delain will follow the Danse Macabre Tour with a string of dates in South America in late 2017 and a full North American tour with Kamelot and Battlebeast in Spring 2018: Nov. 18 – Sao Paolo, Brazil – Manifesto Nov. 19 – Granfinos, Brazil – Granfinos Nov. 21 – Rio De Janeiro, Brazil – Theatro Odissea Nov. 23 – Santiago, Chile – Club Subterraneo Nov. 24 – Rosario, Argentina – Teatro Vorterix Rosario (w/ Amaranthe) Nov. 25 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Estadio Luna Park (w/ Tarja and Amaranthe) Apr. 16 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom Apr. 17 – Charlotte, NC – Filmore Underground Apr. 18 – Silver Springs, MD – The Filmore Apr. 20 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza Apr. 22 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis Apr. 23 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House Apr. 25 – Albany, NY – Upstate Concert Hall Apr. 26 – Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Music Hall Apr. 27 – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall Apr. 28 – Minneapolis, MN – The Cabooze Apr. 29 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly's May 01 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater May 02 – Salt Lake City, UT – Complex May 04 – San Jose, CA – City National Civic May 05 – Anaheim, CA – Grove Anaheim May 06 – Phoenix, AZ – Marquee Theater May 08 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues May 09 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues May 11 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade May 12 - Orlando, FL @ House of Blues May 13 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution www.delain.nl www.facebook.com/delainmusic www.instagram.com/delainofficial www.twitter.com/delainmusic Satyricon unveils track-list for new album 'Deep calleth upon Deep'; now available for pre-order4/8/2017  Nearly three years in the making, black metal legends Satyricon have revealed their highly anticipated ninth studio album, 'Deep calleth upon Deep' is set for release on 22nd September via Napalm Records. The opus will be available in digital format, CD digipak and gatefold vinyl options and is now available for pre-order HERE! The band recently unveiled initial album details and the album’s artwork, an obscure drawing from 1898 by perhaps the greatest Norwegian artist of all time, Edvard Munch.
Recorded in Oslo, Norway and Vancouver, Canada, during early 2017 and mixed together with revered studio guru Mike Fraser (who previously worked on Satyricon’s 2006 album, ‘Now, Diabolical’), ‘Deep calleth upon Deep’ is not just a new collection of songs from one of extreme music’s most enduring and reliable bands: this is a wholesale reinvention and a brand new era in Satyricon history. Says frontman and visionary Satyr: “Approaching this release, what I always kept in mind is that either this is the beginning of something new or it’s gonna be my last record. If this is going to be the last, then it needs to be something special. If there are more records, then I’d better make sure that this is so different from the last one that it feels like a new beginning. I think it’s really, really dark, very spiritual and filled with confidence and energy.” 'Deep calleth upon Deep' is a profound statement about the essence of Satyricon’s music and the eternal value of art itself. Satyr continues, “The way that I see it is that for any art, be it Satyricon or any other form of art with substance, in order for you to be able to inhale and completely understand it, it will take a little bit of you as well. If you get it all after a couple of listens, you know that it probably won’t stay with you. So the title is saying, ‘From the depth of the people making this record to the depth of the listener…’ If you want to take part in this journey, you should be prepared to dig deep down in the darkest corner of your soul with us." Satyricon have always excelled as a live band, their evocative performances increasingly becoming special events as their frequency is dialled back to accommodate the Oslo band’s new ‘modus operandi’. In support of 'Deep calleth upon Deep' the band is set to tour on the following dates: 24.09.17 DE - Hamburg / Grünspan 25.09.17 DE - Essen / Turock 26.09.17 NL - Tilburg - 013 27.09.17 BE - Vosselaar / Biebob 29.09.17 UK - London / Heaven 30.09.17 FR - Paris / La Maroquinerie 01.10.17 FR - Nantes - MJC De Reze 02.10.17 FR - Toulouse / Le Metronum 04.10.17 ES - Madrid / Sala But 05.10.17 ES - Barcelona / Razzamatazz 06.10.17 FR – Montpellier / Rockstore 07.10.17 IT - Bologna / Zona Roveri 09.10.17 CH - Zurich / Dynamo 10.10.17 DE - Munich / Backstage Halle 11.10.17 AT - Vienna / Szene 12.10.17 CZ - Prague / Akropolis 14.10.17 PL - Krakow / Kwadrat 15.10.17 PL - Warsaw / Progresja 16.10.17 DE - Berlin / SO36 17.10.17 DK - Copenhagen / Pumpehuset 19.10.17 DK - Aarhus / Train 20.10.17 SE - Gotherburg / Pustervik 21.10.17 SE - Stockholm / Klubben 31.10.17 MX - Guadalajara / C3 Stage 01.11.17 MX - Mexico City / Circo Volador 02.11.17 CR - San Jose / Pepper’s Club 07.11.17 CL - Santiago / Blondie 08.11.17 AR - Buenos Aires / Uniclub 10.11.17 BR - Belo Horizonte / Stonehenge 11.11.17 BR - Sao Paulo / Clash Club 12.11.17 BR - Rio De Janeiro / Teatro Oddiseia 22.11.17 NO - Molde / Gamle Kulturset 23.11.17 NO - Trondheim / Byscenen 24.11.17 NO - Oslo / Sentrum Scene 25.11.17 NO - Tromso / Driv 29.11.17 NO - Bergen / Hulen 30.11.17 NO - Stavanger / Folken 01.12.17 NO - Kristiansand / Kick 02.12.17 NO - Hamar / Gregers www.satyricon.no www.facebook.com/satyriconofficial www.napalmrecords.com www.facebook.com/napalmrecords  After being temporarily off the listeners' radars, Russian melodic heavy metallers Descenery are back with their debut LP, "Stillborn Monolith", which was self-released on July 1st, 2017. The band's debut offers a combination of heavy and melodic death metal, presenting also elements from other genres. "Stillborn Monolith" features a number of guests not only from Russia but also from Sweden, Poland, UK, Italy, Australia, USA and Portugal. The complete list is as follows: - Dag Swano (Nightingale); - Ragnar Widerberg (Witherscape, ShadowQuest); - Mick Armstrong (Atma Weapon); - Sebastian Nadjer (HellHaven); - Anastasia Mescheryakova (Mescheryakova, ex-Gospel Tramp); - Igor Plotnikov (The World Within); - Dario Guarino (Aged Teen, Nameless Crime) - Emily Highfield (Suldusk); - Phil Romeo (Countless Skies); - Stephan Kobiakin (Finding Sanity, ex-Summoned Hell, ex-A Dream Of Poe). Daria Kirianova is responsible for the artwork, and the lyrics for one of the tracks («A Man, Anew») were written by Amari Satsu from Khabarovsk. Mikhail Myshalov, who is mostly known for his cooperation with Sergei Tabachnikov, did the mixing and mastering.
Austria's Belphegor reveal album artwork and announce first dates for the 'Totenritual Crusade 2017'12/7/2017  On September 15th, European diabolical death/black metal kings Belphegor will unleash their new full-length inferno ‘Totenritual’, releasing their diabolical death/black sounds onto the world once again. Today, the band have revealed the cover design of the upcoming album. The artwork was created by Greek artist Seth Siro Anton, who also painted the cover artwork for ‘Pestokalypse VI’ in 2006 and ‘Conjuring The Dead’ in 2014.
Belphegor are also pleased to announce that they will be heading to our UK and Ireland shores again. Support bands on this run will include Deströyer 666, Enthroned, Nervochaos and Nordjevel. The dates are a part of a wider European hell ride which will kick off September 28th in Copenhagen, Denmark. 28.09.2017 - DEN - Copenhagen, Pumpuheset 04.10.2017 - GER - Weinheim, Café Central 05.10.2017 - GER - Oberhausen, Helvete 06.10.2017 - BEL - Bruges, Het Entrepot 07.10.2017 - BEL - Marbehan, Salle du Bois Isles 08.10.2017 - London, The Dome 10.10.2017 - Glasgow, Audio 12.10.2017 - Belfast, Limelight 2 13.10.2017 - Dublin, Voodoo Lounge 17.10.2017 - FR - Marseille, Jas' Rod 18.10.2017 - CH - Lucurne, Schuur 20.10.2017 - AUT - Graz, Xplosiv Belphegor will soon reveal the remaining Rituals and cities for this tour of brutal Death/Black Metal cremations!!  ‘Totenritual’ was recorded at Stage One Studios, Germany and Studio Mischmaschine, Austria. Over three years have passed since the ‘Conjuring The Dead’ album was released. The new album was mixed by Jason Suecof and mastering handled by Mark Lewis at Audiohammer Studios, Florida. www.belphegor.at www.facebook.com/belphegor  North Wales Metalcore Quintet Rosen Bridge have revealed details of their forthcoming sophomore EP ‘Dreamcatcher’. Set for self-release on 12th May, vocalist Antony Jones states: “It’s about overcoming obstacles and chasing what your goals are. The artwork represents the journeys that people can take within their own thoughts, without looking like a self-help book cover.” As an insight into the four tracker, the band are also streaming the title track here, with Jones explaining: “We decided to lead with Dreamcatcher as it’s the best representation of the EP as a whole. Lyrically, it focuses on making changes to your life and bettering yourself, whilst the music has pretty much all of the elements of the EP: heavy riffs, vocal hooks, solos and a breakdown for good measure.” 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. For ‘Dreamcatcher’, the follow-up to debut ‘Entropy’, the band set out to create 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 work hard. Thankfully they are pleased with the product: “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. We hope that this material will yield more live 'sing-a-long' chorus moments mixed in with the big, heavy riffs as well.” If you like Issues, Volumes & Northlane, then we are positive Rosen Bridge are for you - and you should catch them on the road this May:  Rosen Bridge Live (more dates to be announced):
May 18th: AATMA, Manchester May 20th: The Saddle, Chester May 25th: The Bird’s Nest, Deptford May 26th: The Harp Restrung, Folkestone May 28th: 8 Bit, Swansea | May 29th: The Full Moon, Cardiff https://www.facebook.com/RosenBridgeUK/ | https://twitter.com/RosenBridgeUK | http://www.rosenbridge.bigcartel.com/ |
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