YES, who are Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison, Billy Sherwood & Jay Schellen, will release their new studio album Mirror To The Sky on InsideOutMusic/Sony Music on the 19th May 2023.
Today the band has revealed the second single ‘All Connected’ from the album, Listen to and watch ‘All Connected’ below.
“This is a very important album for the band,” says Steve Howe, Yes’ longest serving member, master guitarist, and producer of Mirror To The Sky. “We kept the continuity in the approach we established on The Quest, but we haven’t repeated ourselves. That was the main thing. As Yes did in the seventies from one album to another, we’re growing and moving forward. In later years, Yes often got going but then didn’t do the next thing. This album is demonstrative of us growing and building again.”
For Yes, that “next thing” is a collection of high energy, intricate, lush and layered new studio songs for an album which adds to the band’s much heralded legacy, while charting a path to exciting future times ahead.
MIRROR TO THE SKY will be available on several formats, all featuring artwork by long-time Yes artist and collaborator Roger Dean.
Norwegian progressive rock group AVKRVST will release their debut album ‘The Approbation’ on 16th June, 2023. Pre-order at https://avkrvst.lnk.to/TheApprobationNE.
The Approbation is a concept album about a bleak soul who is left solely with his thoughts, isolated on a cabin deep into the dark forests, far away from civilization. The 49 minutes long concept album contains 7 songs, which take the listener though the thoughts of a man struggling towards the acceptance of death, being hauled into the abyss.
Previously released as a single on streaming services, the haunting new video for the album’s second single “Arcane Clouds” is out and can be seen here
Blackened death metal act HARADRIM has announced the release of the band’s upcoming debut full-length record, entitled “Death of Idols”, which will be coming out on June 23rd via Trust No One Recordings and EAT Heavy Records. Hailing from the far north of Sweden, HARADRIM was formed during late 2021 and is based around the core duo of Anton Palmborg and Dennis Sjögren. Being a band heavily inspired by the crust and hardcore scene of their hometown Umeå, “Death of Idols” delivers a dynamic and relentless blend of massive tones that will delight all fans of Behemoth, Marduk and Martyrdöd.
With the release of “Venus Falling” HARADRIM have just unleashed the first single of their soon-to-be-released debut. Listen to “Venus Falling” on BANDCAMP or SPOTIFY
HARADRIM about the track:
“Venus Falling contains most aspects of Haradrims music, the first half of the song is leaning on their blackened death metal sound with blast beats and fast riffs while the second half is heavy and epic with a thick layer of guitar leads and a melodic guitar solo. Lyrically Venus represents three things here, the first is Venus the roman goddess of beauty. The second is Gaia, who is mother earth in Greek mythology and the Greek equivalent to Venus. The third is the star Venus which in christian mysticism is associated with Lucifer, the fallen angel.”
“Death of Idols” track listing: 01.Death of Idols
Venus Falling
Tyrant
Godless
Defiling of Spirit
Nero
Demigod
Conquest
The Price of Compliance
Acheron
Ashes of Warsaw
“Death of Idols” was recorded and mixed in the summer of 2022 at Lilhuset productions by Andreas Gren. The album was mastered by Dan Swanö (Dissection, Incantation, Asphyx) at Unisound.
The album is now available for pre-order at THIS LOCATION
HARADRIM are: Anton Palmborg – Guitar, vocals Dennis Sjögren – Bass Isak Nilson – Drums
Season of Mist is proud to announce the signing of ON THORNS I LAY! The Greek death doom band will release a brand new album via Season of Mist in the Fall of 2023.
Check out the band’s previous releases on Bandcamp HERE!
ON THORNS I LAY comments on the signing: “We are proud to announce our signing with Season Of Mist, one of the top Metal labels out there! It is an absolute honour for us, as we couldn’t imagine a better place to release our upcoming and best album in our career so far”
ON THORNS I LAY started as a death metal band together with other cult bands in Greece in the early 90’s such as Rotting Christ, Septic Flesh, Necromantia, Nightfall and started to spread their name in the local and global underground scene.
ON THORNS I LAY have released 9 albums so far such as “Orama”, “Crystal Tears” and “Aegean Sorrow” gaining great praise. The band have shared the stage with artists such as Dream Theater, In Flames, Anathema, Amorphis, Katatonia, Rotting Christ, Tiamat, The Gathering, Satyricon, Septic Flesh and many more. The band’s last album “Threnos” (2020) followed the path of atmospheric, yet emotional Doom Death Metal – paying tribute to the roots and representing the trademark sound of the band once again. ON THORNS I LAY continue to tell dense stories of loss and despair.
After their mini tour at the Baltic states with Rotting Christ in 2022, ON THORNS I LAY finished the recordings of their 10th album which will be released in the Fall of 2023.
Line-up Peter “Invoker” Miliadis: Vocals, Bass Chris Dragamestianos: Guitars Nikolas Paraskevopoulos: Guitars Antonis Ventouris: Keyboards Stelios Darakis: Drums
Screaming Bones has released a visualizer video for the track “Leave Me Alone” off the reissued album “And It’ll All Be Good.”
The album, released via Wormholedeath, takes the listener on a journey through a surreal soundscape of hypnotic tones and heavy guitar riffs.
“And It’ll All Be Good” is a hidden gem of an album, with each listens revealing new layers of beauty within the chaos. The reissue of the album via Wormholedeath brings the music to a wider audience, showcasing Screaming Bones’ unique blend of heavy psychedelic soundscapes.
The project’s Bandcamp and official website provide access to Screaming Bones’ extensive discography and showcase the visual art and music videos that accompany the music.
“And It‘ll All Be Good” is available on all major digital platforms here: orcd.co/anditllallbegood
On the first single taken from the forthcoming Magnetic Eye Records Redux Series installment “Superunknown Redux”, Italian drone doom art collective UFOMAMMUT present their sizzling deep fried take on SOUNDGARDEN’s ‘Let Me Drown’. More information about this album can be found below. The massive double album has been scheduled for release “Superunknown Redux” on July 14, 2023, the pre-sale is available at THIS LOCATION!
The UFOMAMMUT cover track of SOUNDGARDEN’s ‘Let Me Drown’ is now streaming here:
Parallel to “Superunknown Redux“, Magnetic Eye Records will release the by now customary companion album entitled “Best of Soundgarden Redux” that contains further 15 cover versions of deep cuts and all-time classics from across SOUNDGARDEN‘s extensive catalogue recorded by more exciting artists.
UFOMAMMUT comment: “Something was happening to underground music at the end of the eighties”, guitarist Poia muses. “It was a time when a particular branch of rock music was becoming more granitic, powerful and real, free from the clichés of classic metal, and inspired by a more raw, punk attitude. Seattle was the epicenter of that ‘sonic earthquake’ and those waves reached the world and also Italy, at the outskirts of rock, at the beginning of the nineties. This storm changed our lives, forever. We were doomed and decided to form a band, inspired by both the classics of rock and by the new bands we began to love. This link with the past made sense. Also, King Buzzo in an interview once said that ‘Nirvana were The Beatles, while Soundgarden were… Led Zeppelin’.”
Urlo adds: “We still remember the first time we listened to ‘Badmotorfinger’, just after it released way back in 1991”, the vocalist recalls. “The riffs, the drums, Chris Cornell’s vocals slapped us in the face. Soundgarden took the rock of that period to a different level. And with ‘Superunknown’ they reached perfection. It is a unique and unattainable record. We take it as a big honour to have the chance to pay tribute to those giants and open this album with ‘Let Me Drown’, a song that sounds perfect in Soundgarden’s hands. We began to play it as it was, but immediately understood that making the piece too similar to the original wasn’t the way. So, slowly, little by little, we deconstructed it. We tried to understand the spirit of the song, and did our best to transform it into our own vision: a thunderous desperate vortex, inspired by both music and lyrics. Dealing with Kim Thayil’s riffs and Chris Cornell’s voice was a challenge, but also a very interesting, deeply satisfying experience. We think that, at the end, we’ve created a very Ufomammut song with the backbone of a great Soundgarden classic.”
Tracklist “Superunknown Redux”
Ufomammut ‘Let Me Drown
High Priest feat. Bobby Ferry (16) ‘My Wave’
Marissa Nadler ‘Fell on Black Days’
Somnuri ‘Mailman’
Valley of the Sun ‘Superunknown’
Frayle ‘Head Down’
Spotlights ‘Black Hole Sun’
Horseburner ‘Spoonman’
Witch Mountain ‘Limo Wreck’
Beastwars ‘The Day I Tried to Live’
Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows ‘Kickstand’
The Age of Truth ‘Fresh Tendrils’
Marc Urselli’s SteppenDoom feat. Matt Cameron (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam), Igor Sydorenko (Stoned Jesus), Alain Johannes (Queens of the Stone Age, Eleven), Albert Kuvezin (Yat-Kha) & Utelo ‘4th of July’
Dozer ‘Half’
Darkher ‘Like Suicide’
Rising at the end of the 20th Century, SOUNDGARDEN were loud, heavy, genuine, and unaffected by whatever was cool. Their mix of weighty power, soaring melodies and punk sneer made them ideal standard bearers for the grunge movement, but their towering musicianship and intelligent songcraft helped them transcend the era and remain iconic far beyond their origins in the Seattle scene. Arguably their finest and most comprehensive statement, “Superunknown” was the album that launched them to global mega-stardom. It contains some of the most lasting, meaningful, and heaviest songs they ever wrote.
“Superunknown Redux” presents new takes on all fifteen tracks from the seminal SOUNDGARDEN album from some of the loudest, coolest, and most eclectic bands across rock and metal today, along with a few less heavy but absolutely captivating contributions. Along with “Superunknown Redux”, we also present our “Best of Soundgarden Redux” companion album, offering up another 15 all-time classics and deep cuts from across the rest of the grunge gods’ extensive catalog.
The Magnetic Eye Redux Series features hand-picked classic albums from across the history of rock and metal re-imagined in their entirety from start to finish. Artists we love from within and outside the heavy rock landscape choose tracks to make their own, bringing these milestone records into the new millennium with crushing heaviness and searing energy. To date, we’ve produced Redux editions of PINK FLOYD’s “The Wall”, HELMET’s “Meantime”, BLACK SABBATH’s “Vol. 4”, HENDRIX’s “Electric Ladyland”, ALICE IN CHAINS’ “Dirt”, and AC/DC’s “Back in Black”, which have included artists like RED FANG, MATT PIKE, PALLBEARER, THE MELVINS, ALL THEM WITCHES, KHEMMIS, ASG, SUPERSUCKERS, ZAKK WYLDE, MARK LANEGAN, RUBY THE HATCHET, and many more amazing artists.
Tune into the seventh foray into Redux territory as Magnetic Eye Records and friends pay long-due respect to the Seattle legends with “Superunknown Redux”!
UFOMAMMUT were founded in Italy in 1999 as a trio playing a distinct style of doom metal that has been termed psychedelic doom and doom drone among many other attempts to pigeonhole the band. Their sound is characterised by songs of mostly epic length, heavy riffing that is often hypnotically repeated as well as droning vocals. All eight studio albums from the debut-full-length “”Godlike Snake” (2000) to their latest success “8” (2017) have been critically acclaimed and celebrated by the fans. Live, UFOMAMMUT are visually supported by the video and graphic art studio Malleus Rock Art Lab. Two band members, Poia and Urla, are part of this rock artist collective. The Italian trio has performed at prestigious festivals such as Roadburn, Hellfest, Ieper Fest, Maryland Death Fest, and Brutal Assault Festival among many others and has toured around the globe.
THE ROCK ALCHEMIST – Italian Rock Band from Turin with a strong sonic identity that blends modern rock with progressive, hard, alternative, and pop elements!
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