Volcano Records & Promotion is pleased to announce the release of HOLE IN THE FRAME’s new single, titled “Monotony”.
Following the success of their previous single “I Crossed The Line”, a complex and intense track that denounced all forms of war, Hole in the Frame returns with a powerful piece that explores themes of discomfort and passivity in everyday life. With the central phrase “I drink to crack down on my pain!” the band expresses the feeling of frustration and homogenization that destroys our emotionality and our strength to rebel. “Monotony” blends crossover and groove metal elements with heavy and alternative influences, reminiscent of artists such as Pantera, Korn, and Slipknot, and is characterized by the energy and intensity that define Hole in the Frame, delivering an exciting experience to the fans of one of Volcano’s breakthrough bands of the past year.
Listen to Monotony on all digital platforms or check out the visual video on YouTube, below.
Swedish black metal stalwarts DARK FUNERAL are now celebrating three decades of blasphemy with a re-worked version of their debut album! ‘Dark Funeral (30th Anniversary Edition)’ is due on August 9 via Century Media Records and has been remixed by David Castillo and re-mastered once again by Thomas “Plec” Johansson. The band is now sharing the second offering from the record, “Shadows Over Transylvania (Re-Recording 2024)” along with a visualizer! The clip can be found at THIS LOCATION.
DARK FUNERAL has previously commented about the special edition, “In January 1994, Blackmoon (RIP) and I put our entire income and savings into a recording session and pressing 1,000 copies of our 4-track debut Mini-CD. A Mini-CD we released ourselves too. To now reach the significant milestone with an epic 30th anniversary is of course very honorable for me & the band. Three decades of Swedish Black Metal filled with precious memories. It is now time for us to reflect on what started it all, a 30-year epic journey, filled with experiences and an unbreakable bond. And in this honor, we have breathed new life into these legendary songs & given them an honest but modern update. Enjoy!“
In addition, DARK FUNERAL will be embarking on a U.S. tour later this year as direct support for GWAR! The trek will kick off on October 17 in Las Vegas, NV and will dominate the states until the final stop on November 20 in Nashville, TN. The full itinerary can be found below while tickets will go on sale tomorrow, June 21 @ 10:00 A.M. local time.
Find rare material from the band’s ominous beginnings in 1994 — an ultimate rendition and must-have for devoted disciples of darkness! Pre-Order this exclusive collector’s edition HERE
Dark Funeral Live U.S. Dates The Stoned Age Tour w/ Gwar
10/17: Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues 10/18: Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee 10/19: Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues 10/20: San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom 10/22: Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo 10/23: Garden City, ID @ Revolution Concert House 10/24: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater 10/26: Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot 10/27: Denver, CO @ Summit 10/29: Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre 10/30: Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre 10/31: Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave 11/01: Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre 11/02: Albany, NY @ Empire Live 11/03: Hampton Beach, NH @ Wally’s 11/05: Boston, MA @ The Paradise Rock Club 11/06: Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel 11/13: Orlando, FL @ The Beacham 11/15: Dallas, TX @ The Studio at the Factory 11/16: San Antonio, TX @ Vibes Event Center 11/17: Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live 11/19: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Heaven) 11/20: Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
Dark Funeral (30th Anniversary Edition) Tracklist:
Recently signed heavy act ACCVSED just released their brand new single ‘Day of the Locust’ which is now streaming via Arising Empire.
Day of the Locust’ showcases the band’s evolution and from their most aggressive and unrelenting side. They usher in a new era marked by a sense of darkness and brutality yet to be seen from them.
Since their formation in 2021, ACCVSED have adhered to one principle: presenting themselves to the world authentically, without playing a role or sugarcoating their expressions. They channel their deepest traumas and fears into their music, creating a distinct and energetic blend of bold guitar riffs, unique vocals, and raw emotion. This combination shapes their sound into an unstoppable force.
Hailing from Wiesbaden, ACCVSED quickly realised that being a local band was not their ambition. They moved swiftly and made a significant impact on the music scene with their debut EP House of Doubt, released in December 2023. The breakthrough single ‘Currents’ led the six track EP, establishing a foundation for their constantly evolving musical style and garnering them worldwide attention. This success resulted in support shows and festival appearances throughout Germany.
Catch ACCVSED live on the following dates with Polar: 26.06 🇩🇪 Bochum – Die Trompete 27.06 🇩🇪 Leipzig – Moritzbastei 30.06 🇩🇪 Frankfurt – Nachtleben
Additional shows: 28.06. 🇩🇪 Rottweil – Stadtjugendring 29.06. 🇩🇪 Feuchtwangen – Moos Meadow Festival 06.07. 🇩🇪 Villingen Schwenningen – Kulturnacht Open Air 20.07. 🇩🇪 Dieburg – Traffic Jam Open Air Festival 22.08. 🇩🇪 Lich – Music Forge Festival 30.08. 🇩🇪 Oberbach – Pell Mell Festival 31.08. 🇩🇪 Egelsbach – Raus ausm Keller Festival Tickets
In 2021, the seeds were sown for what was to become a new odyssey in the realm of Norwegian black metal, marking the inception of YR, a fresh and fierce consortium emerging from the cold darkness of Oslo. The journey reached a crescendo in 2023 when Nekrosis and Doedsskaldr teamed and began work with the upcoming first EP “Maanelyst” – crafted with fervor by the combined genius of Nekrosis and Doedsskaldr, the music and lyrics echo the inner turmoil of human duality, from the frenetic pace of blast-beats to the deliberate rhythms of black’n’roll.
The duo is joined by Levik on bass and Niklas on drums, whose mastery completes the live experience. YR takes to the stage in warpaint, embodying the raw, unfiltered essence of black metal artistry, and setting the scene alight with their electrifying presence.
“Maanelyst” EP was mixed and mastered by Hugo Alvarstein (God Dethroned, Nocturnal Breed, Chrome Division). Cover artwork was done by Necrolust Productions (Kampfar, Whoredom Rife, Black Altar).
Hellstain Productions is released today June 21, 2024 debut EP titled “Maanelyst” digitally and as digipak CD! Pre-order is available at official label webstore.
Like a lumbering, ferocious beast awoken from a centuries-long slumber, the metal behemoth known as DEMISER emerged from the primordial ooze of the South Carolina metal scene in 2017. After several years working toward a sonic apocalypse and intent on causing untold havoc, DEMISER is releasing its sophomore album and Black Light Media/Metal Blade debut, Slave To The Scythe, on August 23rd.
The nine-song LP is a devastatingly intense slab of work; an aural harbinger of hellish intent that sees the band blend ’80s thrash, first-wave black metal, death metal, and a healthy dose of NWOBHM. Slave To The Scythe is the work of a band of men determined to destroy everything in their path. Musically, of course.
The DEMISER collective features Demiser the Demiser (occult liturgic blasphemy), Gravepisser (six-stringed Satanic fukklord), Phallomancer (abysmal rhythm of death), Defiler (dismal baritone curator), and Infestor (purveyor of percussive bile) and they are not here to fuck around. Press reports note that DEMISER is the perfect choice for when you’re, “in the mood for some dirty blackened thrash long on fun and short on pretense.”
Slave To The Scythe was recorded in the summer of 2023 with Chase McGuckin at Seaboard Recording Studio in West Columbia, South Carolina. “We record one at a time with scratch tracks and clicks and all. We recorded with minimal AC so it was hot as fucking shit.” The band sees Slave To The Scythe as the perfect followup to Through The Gate Eternal. “We feel like it’s a continuation of our first album and upholds the same ripping sound,” they say.
DEMISER will be releasing three singles from the new opus, beginning with the face-ripping “Infernal Bust” – a sort of Rosemary’s Baby for a gore-loving audience that includes the lyrics, “Rot your womb, spread the seed that Satan seeps; Flesh grows pale, fruit of man wilts.“
The band comments, “We wrote the music for this one in a single practice, it came together pretty quickly. Then Demiser the Demiser’s dumb ass decided to call it ‘Whores And Fire’ and we told him to shut the fuck up and call it something cooler. We still failed. The lyrics are about the downfall of man through a really evil cumshot.”
“I really wanted a swingy song to explore some triplet fills and had the most fun writing this one for sure,” elaborates Infestor. “When we play it live I improvise half the fills just to keep it fun and fresh.”
For the uninitiated, DEMISER formed in 2017 with the mission of “getting big enough to get a free bar tab,” they say, with no trace of irony. The five men want to drink and play brutally heavy music. They describe the DEMISER sound as, “Fast-ripping black thrash with some dirty rock ‘n’ roll influence at times. As we’ve continued writing, we’ve come more into what DEMISER’s sound is rather than setting out to sound like a specific genre.“
The band’s influences include the likes of Venom, Bathory, Slayer, Motörhead, and Destroyer 666, plus movies like Terminator 2, Commando, and Predator (“pretty much anything Schwarzenegger really”). The overarching themes on Slave To The Scythe are essentially “hell, fire and hellfire.” There are no ballads, no love songs – this is devilish music for devilish people that was largely written on the road.
Decibel has raved about DEMISER, “All the aggression and speed of black-thrash with heavy metal melodies, DEMISER takes the best of both worlds.” Memorable, evil and impossible to deny, Slave To The Scythe represents the sound of a band on the rise, momentum firmly in their favor, waving the metal flag with pride and fury. Consider yourself warned.
Slave To The Scythe will be available CD and digital formats as well as vinyl in “Carbureted Fire.” Find pre-orders at: blacklightmediarecords.com/demiser
Slave To The Scythe Track Listing: 01. Feast 02. Slave to the Scythe 03. Carbureted Speed 04. Phallomancer the Phallomancer 05. Interlude 06. Total Demise 07. Hell Is Full of Fire 08. Infernal Bust 09. In Nomine Baphomet
Out today, Friday 21st June, the new single’s music video by the Sardinian guitarist FRANCESCO MARRAS– founder of SCREAMING SHADOWS and from 2020 member of the English band TYGERS OF PAN TANG.
The single is titled “Lost Souls” and featured as a guest singer David Readman (Pink Cream 69, Voodoo Circle), one of the greatest European Hard Rock voices. The other musicians involved in the song are the Bosnian drummer Pavel Ljubicic and the Sardinian keyboard player Marco Cossu.
The video, created by Wanderley Perna, is available on the guitarist’s Official YouTube channel:
The single (fourth in order of release as a preview of the new album) will be available on all digital streaming/download platforms from June 28th and will not disappoint all lovers of the most classic Hard Rock and Metal.
With a modern and powerful production, mix and mastering are done by Mattia Stancioiu (ex Labirynth, ex Vision Divine) at the Elnor Studio.
‘Lost Souls’ credits: Lyrics and music by Francesco Marras Francesco Marras – guitars, bass David Readman – vocals Pavel Ljubicic – drums Marco Cossu – Hammond
Guitars and bass recorded at Screaming Shadows Studio, Sassari, Italy Vocals recorded at Red Room Studios, Germany Drums recorded at BIMM University, Manchester, U.K. Hammond recorded at Marco’s home studio, Sardegna, Italy Mix & Mastering by Mattia Stancioiu at Elnor Studio, Magnago, Italy
For further information and updates, we invite you to follow Francesco Marras on his official social channels.
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s ASA unveil the long-overdue release of "Collective Failure" + first music video for title-track! Check it out and stay tuned for more news! Click image to watch the video
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