Florida-based rock revivalists UMBILICUS have begun their first rehearsals for their recently announced shows on February 23, 24, 25 in Orlando, Miami, and Tampa, respectively. The quartet, made up of death metal musicians Paul Mazurkiewicz (Cannibal Corpse, Heaven’s Gate) on drums, Taylor Nordberg (Deicide, Inhuman Condition) on guitar, Vernon Blake (Anarchus) on bass, and Brian Stephenson (FORE) on vocals, will be sharing the stage with rock band King Buffalo for 3 dates in Florida on their current tour.
Umbilicus released their debut album in September of 2021 on Listenable Insanity Records, which is available at umbilicusband.bandcamp.com
After performing at Pol’and’Rock back in 2021, Transylvanian FolkCore Orchestra DIRTY SHIRT was requested back to play the main stage on the 2022 edition after winning the fan-voted Golden Spinning Top festival contest. To date, this was the largest audience that Dirty Shirt has performed for, with an estimated 50k in attendance, according to festival organizers.
The band has shared the full concert video from the festival, which can be viewed, below.
And if you like what you see and hear from the live video, new and old fans alike will be happy to hear that the band will be touring in 2023 for the second part of the Get Your Dose Now Tour, with shows already announced in Romania, Poland, France, and UK (dates listed below).
Dirty Shirt‘s sixth album “Get Your Dose Now!” (released April 1, 2022) is a shorter nine-track album, with a little more than 30 minutes, but Dirty Shirt maintains that the listening experience will be very intense, as they combine many influences, and the songs change constantly with complex orchestrations. It was produced by Mihai Tivadar, mixed and mastered by Adrian Bila Uritescu and the album artwork was done by Lia Cucuianu.
Dirty Shirt brings a truly unique live experience, huge energy, huge emotions, and fun, with a scaling lineup based on the performance, which adds a lot of authenticities and a great live sound.
Recommended for anyone looking for something interesting and lively, Dirty Shirt is for fans of Twelve Foot Ninja, Dubioza Kolektiv, and Eluveitie.
Tour Dates: Feb 24 – BUCURESTI (RO) – Quantic – Freak Show 10 Years Feb 25 – BRASOV (RO) – Reduta – Freak Show 10 Years Mar 10 – CLUJ NAPOCA (RO) – Form Space – Freak Show 10 years Mar 21 – LES 2 ALPES (FR) – Snow Fest Mar 22 – CHAMBÉRY (FR) – Brin de Zinc Mar 23 – GRENOBLE (FR) – Ampérage Mar 25 – MARSEILLE (FR) – Le Molotov Mar 27 – VAL THORENS (FR) – Snow Fest April 28 – TORUŃ (PL) – Od Nowa – w/ Łydka Grubasa April 29 – POZNAN (PL) – Tama- w/ Łydka Grubasa May 2 – WROCLAW (PK) – Majówka Festival May 5 – ARAD (RO) – Club Flex May 6 – TIMISOARA (RO) – Faber – Freak Show 10 years Jun 10 – GALATI (RO) – Versus Pub Jun 17 – LOTRIOARA (RO) – Sasha’h Bike Festival Jun 23 – SUMMER CAMP BREZOI (RO) – Bikers For Humanity Jul 21 – BECLEAN (RO) – Festivalul Celtic Transilvania Aug 11 – CORBII DE PIATRA (RO) – Stonebird Festival Oct 7 – LONDON (UK) – The Garage
About:
Dirty Shirt is a top Romanian crossover folkcore metal band, winner of second place at the international final of Wacken Metal Battle 2014 and of several awards at Metalhead Awards and Maximum Rock Awards. The band’s unique style derives from mixing the heavy sound of modern rock/metal with the festive ambiance of East-European traditional music, the eclecticism of world music (country, reggae, and tribal rhythms), the electro sound of industrial music, the energy of hardcore, and the groove of funk. It’s not surprising to find great appreciation for Dirty Shirt albums in hundreds of reviews all over the world, including in well-respected magazines such as Metal Hammer (DE, HU), Rock Hard – (DE, FR, SLK), Metalsucks – USA, Hard Rock Mag – FR, Terrorizer – UK, etc.
Swedish blackened death metal veterans FATAL EMBRACE will release their brand new full-length record, entitled “Manifestum Infernalis”, on March 24th via Black Lion Records. “Manifestum Infernalis” is the band’s long awaited first new work since 1997, and even though many years have passed, that doesn’t change the fact that Fatal Embrace are “hungrier than ever and super excited to write, record and release new music again!” After the release of the first two singles “Empyreal Doom” and “The Black Oath”, Fatal Embrace follow up with a brand new lyric video for the track “The Rot”.
Fatal Embrace comments:
“The Rot is our third single from our upcoming album Manifestum Infernalis. It was written late in the process but quickly became a band favorite on the album. It has a storytelling quality to it and the lyrics has quite a story to tell as well. It has those qualities that have become our call sign. Frantic parts blended with melodic passages all blended together in darkness to set the mood just right. By now our stand on faith based decision making and collective delusional thinking should be quite clear. This is the death of christianity. This is The Rot. A manifesto all on its own.“
“Manifestum Infernalis” was recorded, mixed, produced and mastered in Studiomega by Christian Silver and Fatal Embrace. Album artwork by Moon Sang. Layout and design by Andreas Johansson and Marcos Cerutti. The album is available for pre-order at THIS LOCATION
Tracklist:
Empyreal Doom
The Black Oath
Wolves Of Golgotha
Prometheus’ Sermon
Call Of The dark
Eyes of Oak
Sign Of The Pentagram
Deus Mali
The Rot
Fatal Embrace are: Henric Serholt – Vocals Christian Silver – Drums Andreas Johansson – Guitars Manne Engström – Guitars John Silver – Bass Guitar
VOID CHAPTER have announced their upcoming cinematic industrial rock album ‘humAnIty’ is now available for pre-order from FiXT.
Featuring appearances from Celldweller, Daedric, K Enagonio, Megan McDuffee, Robin Adams, and The Anix, the album is a masterfully crafted exhilarating audio journey through a dystopian sci-fi world. humAnIty showcases the years of experience as solo artists and producers, with the complex pristine sound design and audio production, and the fabric of rich storytelling and songwriting for each finely crafted single.
Laying the foundation for a future dystopian world run completely by merciless AI, ‘humAnIty’ picks up where previous albums The Sprawl and The Uprising left off. Each release features a facet of the bleak world inhabited by humanity in this dark future. The slow burning “Drones” tells the story of the day-to-day people trapped in hopelessness, and includes the first vocal performance from Void Chapter’s own Brian Skeel. While “Diabolic” (feat. Daedric) picks up the dark tale of a world under the control of an unmerciful A.I. maintaining its grip on humanity and our day to day lives.
All is not lost. Dropping with the pre-order announcement is the release of the extended cut of “Resist.” An anthem of rebellion, the original cosmic collaboration from Void Chapter and Celldweller brought the fury of roaring guitar riffs and a pummeling rhythm section capped by one of Celldweller’s most dynamic and powerful vocal performances to date.
The album also features the extended versions of the previous releases of “Diablolic”, “Reclaimer”, “Drones”, “Target Acquired” and a brilliant cover of Star Wars “Duel Of The Fates.”
The project is the brainchild of producers/composers Otto Cate, Adam Fielding, and Brian Skeel, and delivers an exhilarating audio journey through dystopian sci-fi worlds. Built upon years of experience as solo artists and producers, the project unites their efforts under the fabric of rich storytelling and songwriting with pristine sound design and audio production.
Celldweller has inspired tens of millions of listeners across a global community of fans, content creators, and brands with 500,000,000+ streams and hundreds of placements in major Films, TV shows, and Video Games. Celldweller’s discography includes the self-titled Celldweller album in 2003, Wish Upon A Blackstar in 2012, End of an Empire in 2015, and Offworld in 2017, and his 5th studio album Satellites in Fall 2022.
Watch the “Resist” (feat. Celldweller) [Extended] Visualizer below.
‘Do It Again’ is a previously unreleased track by UK rock band SKAM and is officially out now through X-Ray Records/Golden Robot Records.
Originally recorded during the sessions for Intravenous in 2021, the song is a love letter to the UK rock scene and the music that inspired the boys to pick up their instruments. Firmly inspired by the classic rock sound, the track uses this as a template while still having the stadium chorus and power riffs that fans have come to expect from the Leicester rockers.
Due for release March 3rd, Intravenous is the culmination of SKAM’s 2-part anthology, making up their 4th full length release. The album consists of both earlier released EPs – Intra and Venous, and has been re-mastered by Ade Emsley, known for his work mastering for Iron Maiden and other great bands.
The album is inspired by modern day struggles and each song focuses on a negative human trait but sends the message that in any situation, there is always hope. Having honed their craft, the lads have gone back to basics and put together a collection of hard-hitting tracks.
“Lyrically, the songs follow the same theme of human conditions and experiences. We have really tried to push the envelope of the SKAM sound on this one and there is something there for fans both old and new. You will hear hard hitting bangers typical of the sound SKAM are famous for, but also some curve balls in the form of a power ballad and a 90s style grunge track!” – Steve Hill (vocalist/guitarist)
The track listing will run in ‘album order’ as the band believes it should run when put together, and the release will include the previously unreleased track ‘Do It Again’
Formed in 2011, SKAM are a hard rock power trio band from the middle of England. They have a reputation for delivering no nonsense, gutsy, classic sounding British rock music. Over the last 9 years, the band have worked tirelessly to build a solid following in the UK. Now, they are considered to be at the forefront of the ‘New Wave of Classic Rock’ movement that is currently sweeping the nation.
To date, SKAM have independently released 3 albums, It’s Come to This (2011), Peacemaker (2014) and The Amazing Memoirs of Geoffrey Goddard (2017). With these releases, they established themselves as a live force to be reckoned with. The band have hit the road with The Answer, Airbourne, Skindred, The Quireboys, and GUN, to name just a few formidable live acts.
Their single ‘Take it Or Leave it’ was voted as ‘track of the week’ by Classic Rock Magazine and has since been included on Earache Records’ ‘New Wave of Rock N Roll’ compilation vinyl. Their recent EP Intra hit the UK Rock Chart at # 6!
SKAM don’t write songs to a formula, but as rock fans trying to capture what they would want to hear.
Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to announce the upcoming release of SMACKBOUND‘s new album “Hostage” on April 21, 2023. The Finnish five-piece, vocalist Netta Laurenne, guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari, drummer Rolf Pilve, keyboardist Vili Itäpelto, and bassist Tuomas Yli-Jaskari, once again deliver a hooky, driving, metal-influenced slab of hard rock power on their second album. The first single and music video from the album, ‘Change’ is out today.
”We started writing the album in early 2021 and even recorded the drums for a couple of songs we had ready in the fall, but then stopped the process because a lot was going on in our lives. Given a deadline for getting the album done, most of it was written and recorded in September and October 2022 and I remember writing lyrics and singing lead vocals just days before mastering. And we mixed the album until the very last minute, with Vili [Itäpelto] and Tuomas [Yli-Jaskari] taking turns between working on the record and sleeping! It was a hell of a ride, but we were able to pull through and give birth to our beloved second child, ”Hostage,” says vocalist Netta Laurenne.
Hailing from Finland, Smackbound’s story started back in 2015 when vocalist Netta Laurenne founded the group. A classically trained singer who has also studied pop, jazz, and folk singing, Laurenne’s powerful vocal style is also perfectly suited for hard rock and metal and she went about finding the perfect musicians to team with for the musical style she wanted to pursue with Smackbound. Guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari (Wintersun), drummer Rolf Pilve (Stratovarius, The Dark Element), keyboardist Vili Itäpelto (Tracedawn), and bassist Tuomas Yli-Jaskari (Tracedawn) joined forces with Netta and the band commenced writing songs and set about playing gigs to continue to gel as a cohesive unit. Those gigs helped the band build up their rapport as musicians and live performers, turning them into a well-oiled machine by the time they hit the studio to record their debut album “20/20”.
But before “20/20” was released, the band formally debuted with a string of successful singles and videos on Youtube including the hooky ‘Drive It Like You Stole It,” the energetic “Wall Of Silence,” and the powerful “Run”. All three singles were included on the band’s debut album, which was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios, produced by Tuomas Yli-Jaskari, and mixed and mastered by Jesse Vainio (Sunrise Avenue, Apocalyptica, Poets Of The Fall), except for ‘Those Who Burn’, which was mixed by Nino Laurenne.
Between the release of “20/20” and the band’s upcoming album “Hostage”, Laurenne partook in various guest appearances and also partnered up with fellow Finnish vocalist Noora Louhimo to release an absolutely amazing heavy/hard rock album under the name Laurenne/Louhimo in 2021. “The Reckoning” was released to rave reviews as it showcased two powerful, dynamic vocalists delivering stunning performances boosted by their undeniable chemistry working together.
Now, Laurenne and her bandmates return for the second chapter of the ongoing story of Smackbound with “Hostage”.
Produced by: Tuomas Yli-Jaskari, Netta Laurenne, Vili Itäpelto
THE ROCK ALCHEMIST – Italian Rock Band from Turin with a strong sonic identity that blends modern rock with progressive, hard, alternative, and pop elements!
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
Metal Shock Finland (World Assault ) 