ANCIENT SETTLERS present their new EP Tales From The Earth and the eponymous single, accompanied by Lur Burns Red (A Dark Reborn). It is available on digital platforms and through the Through Your Neck Records label.
In this new chapter, the band returns with an acoustic EP inspired by nature and the cultural heritage of the diverse societies inhabiting our planet. Meanwhile, the lyrics take listeners on a philosophical journey about the destiny of our civilization.
This acoustic collection serves as a testament to the band’s creative evolution, aiming to captivate listeners seeking a unique and enchanting acoustic experience. Using sounds directly sourced from nature, along with a variety of narratives in languages such as English, basque and Quechua.
Tracklist:
The Pilgrims Memories
Lehorrekoa eta Itsasokoa (feat. Inaxio Esnaola)
Mother Earth (feat. Ivan Sensión)
Urqukunapa Herencian (feat. Hell Hammer)
Tales From The Earth (feat. Lur Burn Red)
The Pilgrims Memories (Instrumental)
Mother Earth (Instrumental)
Tales From The Earth (Instrumental)
It has been mixed and mastered by Agustín Martinez at Rockline Studios. However, the spectacular cover was made by The Kraken Artworks.
The EP is available digitally in all streaming platforms and in physical format at THIS LOCATION.
Additionally, the band is finishing the recording of their second LP, once again produced by the two-times Grammy awarded Fredrick Nordstrom (Opeth, Architects, At The Gates, In Flames, etc.), conducted at the Fredman Studios in Gothenburg (Sweden).
And they have also collaborated with Jon Toussas (Suicidal Angels, Nightrage, Mors Principium Est.) for the art-cover illustration.
The new album is expected to be available in the summer of 2024.
ANCIENT SETTLERS are: Argen Death (voice) Carlos Chiesa-Estomba (guitars and voices) Agustín Martinez (guitars) Miguel Herrera (bass) Hermán Riera (drums)
Husband and wife melodic death metal and Scottish folk music duo, HAND OF KALLIACH has today announced their signing to Prosthetic Records. Accompanying the signing announcement the Edinburgh based pair will be releasing their sophomore album, Corryvreckan, on February 23. The lead single and accompanying music video, Fell Reigns, is premiering now via Decibel.
Corryvreckan tracklist: 1. Three Seas 2. Fell Reigns 3. Dìoghaltas 4. Cirein-cròin 5. Deathless 6. The Hubris of Prince Bhreacan 7. Unbroken You Remain 8. The Cauldron 9. Of Twilight and the Pyre
Speaking on the album announcement, HAND OF KALLIACH‘s John (vocals, guitars, drums) comments: “We are massively excited to be releasing our sophomore album Corryvreckan on Prosthetic – we’re both long-time fans of the label and are thrilled to join such a phenomenal roster.
“As with our debut Samhainn, this record thematically borrows from the legend of the Cailleach, the ancient witch god of winter from Scottish Celtic mythology. Ambiguously represented as both a vengeful hag and a youthful woman, a bitter destroyer and nurturing paragon of nature, the duality of the Cailleach is a large inspiration for our hybrid sound of melodeath and ethereal folk.”
Of the single and music video, Sophie (vocals and bass) adds: “Building upon the legend of the Cailleach, the ancient witch god of winter from Scottish Celtic mythology, with Fell Reigns, we wanted to explore her seasonal rise to power at Samhainn (the end of summer and beginning of winter) from a different perspective – that of one of her unnamed eight attendants, that assist her in ushering in winter.
“Ambiguously represented as both a vengeful hag and a youthful woman, a bitter destroyer and nurturing paragon of nature, the duality of the Cailleach is a large inspiration for our hybrid sound of melodeath and ethereal folk, and we really loved being able to represent those contrasts in both this track and the broader album, Corryvreckan.”
HAND OF KALLIACH‘s name is borrowed from the legend of the Cailleach, the ancient witch god of winter from Scottish Celtic mythology. The story goes that she lives at the bottom of an enormous whirlpool, Corryvreckan, which lies between some of the western isles of Scotland and lends its name to this album. As the herald of winter, she rises from the depths to wash her plaid (cloak) in the waters of the Corryvreckan. Once washed and restored to a bright white, she casts it across the earth where it lands as snow. This is done at the start of Samhainn (beginning on 31st October, which was the Celtic precursor to Halloween and the name of the band’s debut album). Her reign ends as spring arrives with the festival of Bealltainn in May, and she turns to stone to await the next winter.
The Cailleach is depicted in various, contradictory ways – both as a symbol of death, loss and despair, as well as a source of nurturing and protection. Taking inspiration from all this, the music that HAND OF KALLIACH creates is centred around these dual concepts of benevolence and malevolence, all against the backdrop of the history, mythology and land/seascapes of the Scottish islands.
The threads of Celtic and Gaelic folk music and folklore weave throughout the album, against a backdrop of spectral, melodic death metal. Blending the robust brutality of death metal with the ethereal wisps of folk is an intoxicating brew. Corryvreckan was recorded with Wynter Prior at Sphynx Studios, Brighton, UK. The resulting album is a phantasmagorical journey through ancient tales and truly progressive modern metal, with an unmatched eye for detail that brings every single element of Corryvreckan to life.
KILL THE THRILL are blessed with an elusive vision. Over the past 30 years, the French duo have been dreaming up an abrasive-but-hypnotic blend of industrial rock, post-punk and dark wave.
Their new album, Autophagie, immerses audiences in a cinematic fever dream that would give David Lynch nightmares. The title track swarms with feedback-laden guitars, while “Capitan” crests into an industrial-sized groove. “They come back from afar / With nothing”, Chris Dick sings on “A la dérive“, his voice raw with bitterness, straining each note to a breaking point.
Autophagie comes out this Friday, January 26, 2024 on Season of Mist.
“A great post-punk album that doesn’t shy away from musical experiments…haunting, exciting and beautifully arranged” – Power Metal
“Too sparse for metal, too morbid for new wave, too humanized for industrial, and definitely too alternative for alternative rock” – All Music
“Relentlessly heavy…overwhelmingly atmospheric” – Sputnik Music
Tracklist
1. Tout va bien se terminer (8:53)2. A la dérive (5:36) [WATCH VIDEO] 3. Le dernier train (10:30) 4. Autophagie (4:21) [WATCH VIDEO] 5. Capitan (9:21) [WATCH VIDEO] 6. Cluster headache (5:38) 7. Les enfants brûlent (4:10) 8. Je suis là (5:40) 9. Ahan (5:47) Total: 59:56
KILL THE THRILL was formed in 1989 and is composed of Nicolas Dick on vocals, guitar and lap-steel, Marylin Tognolli on bass for its founding members. Stemming from the French noisy wave of the early 90’s, their music is often described as dark, abrasive and hypnotic, full of epic moments, with a dense and rich sound mixing elements of industrial rock, post-punk, dark new wave and experimental metal.
Forging an atmosphere as dreamy as chaotic, with multiple layers and atmospheres, sometimes ambient, sometimes more hostile. Kill The Thrill interlaces orchestrated soundscapes, enriched with innumerable layers and arrangements, playing amongst the rifts to create a unique and personal work, so far from everything and so close to everyone.
The group released its first album in 1993 entitled DIG, followed by an EP: PIT (on the labels Noise Product CH and Semetary), and at that time had three musicians, already working with samples and playing with blocks of sound.
In 1996, the trio became a duo with a second album entitled LOW (Noise Product CH), recorded, mixed and produced by Nicolas Dick. The artist ErikM intervened on the interludes with sound tracks which frame each title of the group. The album is hailed by the press as a perfect balance between melody and distortion.
Over the years, tracks have appeared on a large number of compilations: La Famille (Noise Product Belgium), Serial Killer Vol 1 (Roadrunner), Brutale Generation (Semetary / WMD), Ah Quelle Belle journée (Amanita records), A Wild State Of Noise And Disorder (Pandemonium), 5 Years Of Fury (Noise Product CH), Tribute To Godflesh (Nihilistic H. Rec.), Fear Drop 14 : “Coal Fire” The Cure masterpiece Pornography, Dark 80’s (Atropine Records) etc.
Frederic De Benedetti joined the band on guitar and it’s again as a trio that the album 203 BARRIERS was released by Season Of Mist in 2001, the album again entirely recorded and produced by Nicolas Dick. With this new opus Kill The Thrill ’s music has evolved towards a daring, disturbing and more extreme sound. With international promotion and distribution, signing with the label Season Of Mist allowed an opportunity of further development for the band.
Kill The Thrill has shared stages all over Europe with other artists such as Godflesh, Killing Joke, Zeni Geva, Isis, Young Gods, Treponem Pal, Einstürzende Neubauten, La Muerte, Neurosis, Jesu, Jim Rose Circus, Grötus, Dillinger, Escape Plan, Dälek, etc.
The album TELLURIQUE released in 2005 (Season Of Mist, recorded and produced by Nicolas) combines a cold and clinical industrial/metal sound with a new wave sensibility, bathed in a heavily melancholic atmosphere, but leaning more in the direction of noisy, distorted shoegazing mists than the fires of metal. The album is described by the press as an organic journey in which you must immerse yourself to feel its harshness and beauty.
This exacerbated trio asserts itself as a true entity in symbiosis, with an unfiltered and no holds barred take on music and sound. Anger has no origin, and when the events from which it arises, physical bodies and soundwaves, can no longer contain patience and intelligibility, the sounds become the violence.
But with Kill The Thrill , violence is always suggested more than frontally expressed, it remains hemmed in and contained.
In 2015 the band reissued its first under the title 1989 (Atypeek Records), a digital-only album intended as a nod to Kill The Thrill ’s origins.
During a few years of silence put to good use on the personal and musical projects of the members of the group, Kill The Thrill took the time to polish a new version which should be released at the beginning of 2024.
The band has released a limited number of albums in its career so far, but is resistant to all erosion, the secret of its longevity residing in the timelessness of the music.
An atypical band whose music is enough to itself ; a discrete band for imposing music ; a group which reveals next to nothing but pursues its sonic quest, outside of common standards. A living ambiguity: cold and hot, the calm and the storm.
“A long flow of orgasmic lava, a wave of shimmering noises that carries away everything in its path. One immerses oneself entirely in its bewitching atmospheres. We leave for a long descent on a carpet of guitars, their richness is inside, under this heap of notes and noises, under this black and disturbing mass. It’s up to you to understand what you can during a journey that is sublime”.
To Kill the Shiver reaches for the ineffable.
Line-up Nicolas Dick – Lead vocals, guitar, lap steel, sample Marylin Tognolli – Bass Guitar François Rossi – Drums
Inferno Metal Festival is now proud to announce that GORGOROTH has been added to the lineup! The band will now be headlining the Friday date of the festival in place of AT THE GATES who will no longer be performing. Inferno will take place from March 28-31, 2024 across several venues in Oslo (NO).
Those who have purchased tickets for Friday, March 29, can request a refund. The refund period will be until February 15, 2024. Festival passes or tickets for other days are not refundable.
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The iconic festival has revealed a mixture of classic bands as well as some vital and exciting new-comers. The updated and final lineup is now as follows:
Dimmu Borgir, Taake, Gorgoroth, Kampfar, Candlemass, Borknagar, Sólstafir, Finntroll, Me and That Man, Carpathian Forest, Cattle Decapitation, Cynic, Nordjevel, Orbit Culture, Winterfylleth, Keep of Kalessin, Vltimas, Arthur Brown, Misþyrming, Saor, Mantar, Koldbrann, Konvent, Khold, Crypta, Signs of the Swarm, Bell Witch, Extermination Dismemberment, Dödsrit, Madder Mortem, Dwaal, Void Ov Voices, Jo Quail, Orm, Phantom Fire, Tilintetgjort, Umbra Conscientia, In Twilight’s Embrace, 200 Stab Wounds, Automaton, Befouled, Vorga, Zustand Null, Shaving the Werewolf, Forcefed Horsehead, Tusmørke, Visegard, Imbalance, Nakkeknaekker, Celestial Scourge, Deception, Vomit Forth, Horrifier, H.P. Doomcraft, Inchoation, Blodkvalt, Selvforakt, Terminal, Deathbarrel
Single day tickets and passes are now available HERE.
After five years, Philadelphia based hard rock outfit RAT ROD and frontman Mike Smith have gone their separate ways.
Smith departed the band to take care of his ailing mother and for health reasons, the singer announced on his Facebook page. In that post, Smith said, “The start of this New Year brings the announcement that, after a lot of thought, I have decided to leave My band, Rat Rod. I had to do this for my own reasons, as well as to have more time to take care of my sick mom. I’m not going into detail, but I want to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH, FROM MY HEART, for all the support and love over the past 5 years. I wish the guys good luck.”
Speaking for the band, lead guitarist Mark McCarty says, “We respect Mike’s decision to leave the band and truly wish the best for him and his family. As for Rat Rod, we intend to continue on in whatever band configuration makes most sense, but preferably with a replacement vocalist.”
RATROD’s newest release, Four on the Floor, has received high praise from both fans and critics alike across the globe with KNAC saying, “… the band has both the piss and the vinegar that lets them make Four On The Floor one hell of an underrated rock and roll gem that you are going to want to listen to…a lot!” and RAMZine in Britain announcing that the album ” … shows the band going from strength to strength, growing in popularity …” while CGCM Rock radio proclaims, “Straight to the point, no frills, no bullshit 4/4 hard rock is what Rat Rod does best. And they do it better than just about everyone else.”
The band is currently speaking to prospective vocalists and interested parties are encouraged to send a demo, photo and short biography via eMail to ratrodrocks@ratrodrocks.com with the subject line: “SINGER.”
Italian modern glam rockers NASTYVILLE will release their new single “Red,Black or…Green?” on February 13th on all the world’s best music stores, on Wanikiya Record’s showcase in Japan and on the label’s showcase on Crashsound Distribution.
A band full of energy, charisma and so much pure rock that you’ll want to grab a nice way and hit the road! Follow the band on all their socials and don’t forget to buckle up for Feb. 13, because Nastyville is coming…..
Nastyville band was born in 2012 from an idea of Danny Boy (drummer) and Dave (guitarist) with the desire to give a new face to the rock genre. The first album Viva hell-A (released back in 2015) features old-fashioned guitar riffs and the flavour of the best street/glam rock, with Lex on vocals, Kruska on bass and Manuel on guitar.
After the Lex and Kruska quitting, the band continue its journey with Mark Lee on vocals (actual current lead singer) and Fabian Anderchen on bass releasing, back in 2017, its second album Glam Caramel: distributed and produced by Volcano Records, the album is characterized by a more metal sound, which gave the band the opportunity to open to the Italian tours of Skid Row, Crashdiet, Enuff’z’Nuff, Adam Bomb, John Corabi, Simon Wright and many others.
The last album Songs of Threesome released back in 2022, distributed and produced by Delta Records, still sees a band lineup change with Dega on guitar and Paul (ex Thee S.T.P.) on bass. In 2023, founding member Danny Boy quit the band to make room for Chris Tabeat on drums. After the release of the brand new single called Red Black…Or Green? the band is currently working non-stop on new musical material in attempt to bring you some new and unique sound.
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