Finnish dark metal band Kuoleman Galleria releases their fourth studio album “Pedon Synty” on March 24th 2023. Now they have released the third and final single “Sieluvaras” from the album. The frontman Kimmo Jankkari backgrounds the single:
“Sieluvaras (Soulthief) takes you back to the suppressed memories. It leads to the domination over you. To despair, anger and revenge. The ascendancy might anyhow turn over and the king might have to step down from his throne. When there is only one path to follow the choises are limited to minimum. This song crystallizes the story of the album. It’s a metamorphosis that end up into the destruction of the entity holding the power.”
Kuoleman Galleria celebrates the album release by playing “Deep Waters & Dark Skies Tour” in Finland with legendary Finnish dark metal band Mustan Kuun Lapset and Swedish Wormwood.
March 30. Lutakko, Jyväskylä March 31. Olympia, Tampere April 1. On the Rocks, Helsinki
Helsinki-based Fearout releases new ’Resistenza’ EP as a follow up for their Bleedthrough (Inverse 2021) debut album with. ‘Resistenza’ is released on May 5th 2023 by Inverse Records. New EP will expand band’s repertoire to punk rock, but band still combines their rough-edged metal rock with stoner influences. The first single Hey Stringer, Where’s Wallace? is released today and music video can be seen below.
Hey Stringer, Where’s Wallace? was written approximately same time when we decided to start recording our first album. So it just quite didn’t make it to the first album. This song has upbeat feeling and kind of positive vibe with metal influenced guitar riffs are mixed with punk attitude. This song is influenced by the best TV show ever made: The Wire. Fun fact: when we started this band, I suggested that we should call it Stringer Bell, says lead vocalist Justus.
Fearout is rough-edged Hard Rock/Metal/Punk/Stoner band from Helsinki Finland. The band was founded in 2014 by Arg Kinnunen (Guitar) & Justus Latvala (Vocals). Current line-up was stabilized after Topi Lajunen (Drums) joined band in 2016 and Minttu Minkkinen (Bass) in 2018. Fearout fuses filthy stoner guitars and noisy punk rock aggression with seductive melodies and provide energetic, volatile, and sometimes literally bone crushing live performances. Fearout released their debut album Bleedthrough in November 2021 via Inverse Records. Their second release ‘Resistenza’ will be released in spring 2023.
New Jersey’s SUNROT are today premiering the music video for their new single, Patricide, via YouTube. Patricide is the sludge and noise quintet’s second track to be taken from their sophomore album, The Unfailing Rope, which is set for release on April 7 via Prosthetic Records. SUNROT’s Patricide is available to stream via Bandcamp now and will be available on all streaming platforms this Friday (March 3).
Speaking on Patricide‘s release, SUNROT comments: “Patricide is a song about taking back control from those people and forces that try to exert control over you. It’s a song about empowerment, surviving, healing and breaking those cycles of abuse that so many of us have been put through. Even though this track is embued with a venom and anger, we want people who have experienced these traumas to feel seen. We want this to be an invitation to choose yourself and choose healing, as difficult as that process can be.
“A few of us have backgrounds working in community care of different varieties and so much of what we need to heal as a people is horror we have individually experienced at home either currently or as kids. Folks engaging with that trauma and clawing their way to the other side is one of the most important and powerful things a person can do.
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At times The Unfailing Rope seemed to be a cursed project; recorded no less than three times before hitting the jackpot with its final iteration, completing the record was a hard-fought battle. Vocalist Lex Santiago was hospitalised between the first and second recordings, suffering from a psychotic episode. Although it may have seemed like an albatross around their necks, The Unfailing Rope eventually provided salvation and catharsis for SUNROT in ways they had never anticipated.
Reflecting on the difficulties they overcame collectively to reach a point where the album was fit for release, the band are resolute in finding joy in the debris of the experience. Whilst the musical output is gritty, venomous and far beyond heavy, it is healing, acceptance and forgiveness that is at the heart of what drives SUNROT forward as a band. Coupled with a DIY ethos that connects them firmly to their roots, SUNROT are determined to be a force for good, despite the pain and darkness embedded in their music.
The third and final recording was captured by Scot Moriarty at Backroom Studios in Rockaway, New Jersey, and later mastered by Magnus Lindberg of Cult of Luna. The trial and error of earlier sessions led to a more precise execution of their vision, a more confident approach and a ultimately more live and organic sounding record than they’d originally anticipated. Their take on sludge is adrenalised by the addition of samples, noise and experimentalism. With guest musicians including Bryan Funck, Emily McWilliams, and Blake Harrison (Pig Destroyer) adding embellishments to the core SUNROT sound, the final result is electrifying.
SUNROT is very much a product of its environment; The Unfailing Rope an anthology of the lived experiences of authors. From the micro to the macro, personal to political, every scar, every tale is etched into the fabric of The Unfailing Rope with unflinching detail. SUNROT keen to stress that for all of the trauma, loss and catharsis, joy is only just below the surface.
The Unfailing Rope tracklist: 1. Descent 2. Trepanation 3. Gutter 4. The One You Feed 5. The Cull 6. Patricide 7. Tower of Silence 8. Love
Bagpipes & Rock’n’Roll. If not for the venerable Bon Scott & AC/DC these two things would have remained mutually exclusive. But, for Joetown, it served as inspiration for the style and sound of the band to which they are so proud. Joe gave some insight, “Kerry Gollarney (Guitarist and Bagpiper) is a secret weapon! When those pipes come out the crowd goes f’n mental, it’s like a war cry!”. The new single is a remade version of the Bon Scott era AC/DC classic “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll)” and is complete with video of the band rolling through the city streets in major civic events such as the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. “The video just happened to work out since we have been doing so many public events, I figured, let’s do it like the original AC/DC video they did through the streets of Melbourne. The song and the video are a way to honor how much the song and lyrics have been an inspiration – they are our musical heroes and I think we capture the spirit of what it is all about.”
It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘N’ Roll) JOETOWN Version
Frontman Joe Delaney, (also the voice of popular hair rockers Bomber Alley), gives the signal of much more bagpipes in the mix and is excited that the next single is an original tune that features the pipes, “that sound is stuck in my head now and as a songwriter, I hear melody in that register every time, similar to having its a horn section or B3 player.”
The band will be performing at the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Hartford & New Haven Connecticut, USA, March 11th & 12th with a release party at their hometown haunt, Cherry Street Station in Wallingford on St Patrick’s Day, March 17th.
“Good to see this band called Joetown, from another generation and continent, do a very authentic and respectful retake of the iconic AC/DC video that I was involved in ‘Long Way To The Top’,” says Michael Browning, AC/DC Manager (1974-1979).
Chris Slade (Ex-AC/DC) is quoted as saying, ”Great Pipes!”
FORETOKEN have premiered their new single and its accompanying music video, Serpent King’s Venom, via Distorted Sound.Serpent King’s Venom is the third track to be taken from the Virginia, VA blackened death metal duo’s forthcoming sophomore album, Triumphs, which is set for release via Prosthetic on March 17.
Speaking on the single premiere, Steve Redmond (guitar and orchestration) comments: “Serpent King’s Venom is one of the groovier tracks on Triumphs. When we approached writing the song, we felt the album needed that slower, heavier change of pace. We wanted it to be dark and heavy but still maintain melody. I think we managed to capture that here. We hope everyone digs this one!”
Vocalist, Dan Cooley adds: “Zahhak, the Serpent King is finally here! When I was researching stories for Triumphs this was one of the first I decided on including because it’s so awesome. It’s also the first song written where there’s a dialogue between two characters (Zahhak and Ahriman). Overall, we think we captured the essence of the story and hope you enjoy the song as much as we do.”
Following their 2020 debut long player, Ruin, FORETOKEN’s latest album sees the group expand upon their foundations of meticulously lofty soundscapes, mythological narratives, and elaborate musicianship. Utilizing traditional narratives of myths, legends, and folklore from a wide range of Western and Middle Eastern origins, Triumphs examines the ignored collateral damage of the cost of victory through these established mythos. Stories throughout Triumphs include the tale of the Persian epic poem Shahnameh, written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi (referenced in Serpent King’s Venom), Zhong Kui, the mythological Chinese King of Ghosts (Demon Queller) and Mexico’s The Weeping Woman, La Llorona (The Wraith That Weeps).
Taking musical inspiration from melodic and tech death metal, as well as power, folk and black metal, FORETOKEN’s core sound on Triumphs is bolstered by subtle and captivating use of traditionally Scandinavian, Southeast Asian, and Middle Eastern instruments for atmospheric depth within the album’s 51 minute runtime. Reunited once again with Hannes Grossmann (Hate Eternal, Alkaloid, Obscura, Necrophagist, Blotted Science, and Triptykon) on drums and boasting a guest guitar appearance by The Black Dahlia Murder’s Brandon Ellis on penultimate track A Tyrant Rises As Titans Fall, FORETOKEN’s technical prowess shines through without overpowering any of the nine songs’ rhythmic charge.
Triumphs was penned throughout 2021 by both Steve Redmond (guitar and orchestration) and Dan Cooley (vocals), with the pair settling on eight original compositions and a cover of Naglfar’s I Am Vengeance. Grossmann then commenced drum tracking at his own studio, Mordor Sounds, with guitars recorded by Redmond himself and vocals captured at Trepan Studios by Tony Petrocelly, before mixing and mastering duties were placed in the accomplished hands of Jacob Hansen (Arch Enemy, Fleshgod Apocalypse, The Black Dahlia Murder, and more) at Hansen Studios.
Visually tied together by portrait artist Tomas Honz’s detailed cover painting, depicting a protagonist’s journey in the aftermath of battle, Triumphs aesthetic component is a symbolic embodiment of the duo’s enduring fascination with historial consequence via a folkloric lens. Taking fables and fantasy to extreme sonic heights, FORETOKEN’s Triumphs is as lofty in ambition as it is accomplished in its musicianship and songcraft.
Triumphs tracklist: 1. Revenant of Valor 2. Demon Queller 3. The Wraith That Weeps 4. The Labors 5. Serpent Kings Venom 6. His Riastrad 7. Devil o’ the Sea 8. A Tyrant Rises as Titans Fall 9. I Am Vengeance (Naglfar cover)
WEIGHTLESS WORLD, a melodic metal band from Jyväskylä Finland, released their debut album The End Of Beginning in 2019 and are finally preparing to launch it’s follower. The second album’s name remains yet unpublished but it will be released in fall 2023. The new single and music video ‘Initiate Restart’ from the upcoming album has been released now!
‘’Initiate Restart is a true metal banger flavored with well-timed twists and pinnacled with a trademark big and epic WW-chorus. The song has been tested a few times live and results have been very convincing!’’, tells Valtteri Viinikka, the band’s guitarist.
The song’s straightforward rhythm, explosive energy and irresistible catchiness are familiar features of the band.
‘’In summary it’s a tight and catchy song where influences from some of our favorite bands are slappin high fives with each other’’, adds Kari Rannila, the drummer of the band.
As for the music video the game is on and stakes are high.
‘’The music video is about pondering whether life and death are in our own hands or just dictated events by someone or something else. What if our lives are only a game of chess where the moves made by you determine how long you can keep up with death?’’, Perttu Korhonen, the band’s singer, explains.
‘’The topic can be also approached by thinking what kind of bet would be enough for you to put it all on the line. How high the reward or even how bad your present situation must be in order for you to risk your health, wealth, relationships and even yourself so you can aim for the better you desire?’’, adds Viinikka.
Weightless World is: Perttu Korhonen – Lead vocals Valtteri Viinikka – Growls & backing vocals, guitar Juuso Oinonen – Backing vocals, guitar Tino Kantoluoto – Bass guitar Kari Rannila – Drums
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Produced by Tino-Viljami Vanhala, Framenoir and Weightless World
Directed and Filmed by Tino-Viljami Vanhala, Framenoir
Cast: Riku Mussalo, Simo Lahtela, Marko Beltzer Pesonen, Jussi Pesonen, Jani Korhonen, Samu Herrala, Eetu Pesu, Tania Raussi, Jenna Marjanen
Single cover art: Petri Lampela
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