Brazil’s kings of death metal Armageddon KRISIUN are releasing their new studio album “Mortem Solis”!
To give you yet another foretaste of the new album, a lyric video for the track “War Blood Hammer” (Created by Cloud Music Typography) can be seen HERE
KRISIUN guitarist Moyses Kolesne checked in with the following comment about “War Blood Hammer”: “’War Blood Hammer’ follows the same path of the other 3 singles we’ve released for ‘Mortem Solis’, maybe a bit more tech oriented but we tried to sound as brutal, aggressive and natural we can but avoiding all the artificial tools like grid editing, emulators, plugins, metronomes. All was recorded to give people the real Death Metal vibe of early 90s’. It’s not perfect but heavy!!! Death Metal nowadays sounds too melodic for me, too artificial. Bands are technical but not brutal or aggressive! We want to bring the real death metal vibe back but with the modern approach and have Krisiun identify there!!!”
“’Cursed to Die’ is about the creation of life, and brings upon the idea that maybe the figure we see as ‘god’ is no different than what we already are”, says LORNA SHORE about the new song and video. It is the third track released from their upcoming album, “Pain Remains”, that is due for a release on October 14th, 2022 via Century Media Records.
“Cursed To Die” is out on all digital platforms. Check out the video HERE
Today also marks the start of the preorder for “Pain Remains” that is available in various formats with the CD Digipak and all initial runs of the Gatefold 2LP coming with a special matte/glossy varnish.
California reggae-influenced band DIRTY HEADS have announced their highly anticipated 8th studio album Midnight Control, with cover art created by bassist David Foral, due out August 26 via Better Noise Music. The band also released the new track “Heavy Water,” featuring Grammy-nominated band Common Kings. “Heavy Water” is streaming now, along with a music video featuring live shots from the current Dirty Heads Let’s Get It Kraken Summer tour. Fans can pre-order Midnight Controlhere.
“’Heavy Water’ is a song about empowerment,” lead singer Jared Watson shared. “Being in the water constantly from a young age, we know the power of the ocean – there is nothing more powerful or uncontrollable. ‘Heavy water’ is a metaphor for life because when life throws something at you that’s unforeseen and uncontrollable, you will be ready for it and not let it overtake you. YOU are the heavy water and mother f*ckers better get out of your way because you are on a mission, and nothing is stopping you. Either way, you got this.”
“Heavy Water” is the 2nd release off the band’s highly anticipated new album Midnight Control, following the single “Life’s Been Good,” the band’s take on Joe Walsh’s 1978 hit. After just 4 weeks, “Life’s Been Good” is racing up the Alternative Radio charts already sitting at #25 and getting support by stations across the country, including KROQ in Los Angeles.
“’Life’s Been Good’ is the perfect follow up to ‘Vacation,’ lead singer Jared Watson commented. “It just felt right. If you like the vibe of ‘Vacation’ and that song impacted your life in a positive way, ‘Life Is Good’ is the continuation of that feeling. I think the story of enjoying life is really what Dirty Heads are all about.”
Dirty Heads are currently out streaming some of the biggest alternative acts in the U.S., with nearly 2 BILLION total streams on-demand + programmed. Worldwide, the band has over 1.28 MILLION digital track sales and 1.5 BILLION on-demand streams since 2018. Statistics via U.S. and Global Music Connect.
Earlier this year, the band released new remixes of their viral TikTok hit “Vacation,” with producers such as Borgeousand an acoustic version of the track after the #VacationTransition challenge went viral on TikTok, amassing over 378 MILLION streams and over 6 BILLION consumption plays across all social media platforms.
Follow the band’s latest releases on Dirty Heads 101 playlist on Spotify.
Midnight Control TRACK LISTING
Island Glow (3:38) [EXPLICIT]
Heavy Water (feat. Common Kings) (3:20) [EXPLICIT]
Life’s Been Good (3:13)
Make Me (3:11)
Midnight Control (3:32)
Little Things (3:08)
Indigo (3:21)
El Dorado (3:30) [EXPLICIT]
Shade (3:40) [EXPLICIT]
Live Your Life (3:09) [EXPLICIT]
Upcoming Dirty Heads Tour Dates
Fri Aug 05 – Paso Robles, CA – Vina Robles Amp Sat Aug 06 – Las Vegas, NV – Downtown Las Vegas Event Center Tue Aug 09 – Cheyenne, WY – The Chinook @ Terry Bison Ranch Wed Aug 10 – Lincoln, NE – Pinewood Bowl Theater Thu Aug 11 – Milwaukee, WI – BMO Pavilion Fri Aug 12 – Chicago, IL – Radius Sat Aug 13 – Newark, OH – EVERWILD Music Festival Sat Sept 24 – San Diego, CA – Bay Fest Fri Sept 30 – Ocean City, MD – Oceans Calling Festival Sat Oct 1 – Charleston Farms, SC – License 2 Chill
Los Angeles death metal titans ABYSMAL DAWN will spread their death metal brutality on European soils September 2022.
The ‘Enthralled In Europe’ tour isn’t for the meek! ABYLSMA DAWN will be supporting death/thrash legends ATHEIST and SUICIDAL ANGELS during 25 gigs in 15 different countries, hitting countries like Hungary, Switzerland, Denmark and many more. The tour starts on the 6th of September and meets it’s end on 2nd of October 2022.
ABYSMAL DAWN comments: “So what can we say? This will be our second time touring in Europe, and the last time we played there was in 2015 with Death To All and Loudblast. Have we been long overdue to come back? Hell yes we are! To say we’re just ‘excited’ to return to your fine continent again with some killer bands, would be a huge understatement. So friends and metal brethren, come out and bang your fucking heads! Let’s make this a tour to remember.”
The full list of confirmed shows can be found below.
ABYSMAL DAWN (+Atheist +Suicidal Angels)
01 Sep 22 Kosice (SK) Collosseum 02 Sep 22 Ostrava (CZ) Barrack Club 06 Sep 22 Budapest (HU) Barba Negra 07 Sep 22 Novi Sad (RS) Fabrika 08 Sep 22 Sofia (BG) Mixtape 5 09 Sep 22 Bucharest (RO) Maximum Rock Fest 10 Sep 22 Cluj Napoca (RO) Flying Circus 11 Sep 22 Vienna (AT) Viper Room 13 Sep 22 Martigny (CH) Sunset Club 14 Sep 22 Milan (IT) Slaughter Club 15 Sep 22 Rome (IT) Traffic Club 18 Sep 22 Weinheim (DE) Café Centra 19 Sep 22 Paris (FR) Glazart 20 Sep 22 Vorselaar (BE) De Dreef 21 Sep 22 Essen (DE) Turock 22 Sep 22 Apeldoorn (NL) Gigant 23 Sep 22 Geleen (NL) Café De Meister 24 Sep 22 Berlin (DE) ORWO Haus 25 Sep 22 Osnabruek (DE) Bastard Club 26 Sep 22 Hamburg (DE) Headcrash 27 Sep 22 Copenhagen (DK) Stengade 28 Sep 22 Cottbus (DE) Gladhouse 29 Sep 22 Warsaw (PL) Proxima 30 Sep 22 Katowice (PL) P23 01 Oct 22 Kosice (SVK) Collosseum 02 Oct 22 Ostrava (CZE) Barrack Club
Abysmal Dawn will play in support of their latest EP ‘Nightmare Frontier’, which is available to order at the Season of Mist E-Shop, Abysmal Dawn Bandcamp, and Abysmal Dawn Store. The single and EP can be streamed via your favorite streaming services HERE.
Worldwide known bassists ALBERTO RIGONI and MICHAEL MANRING are pleased to announce that “Grains of Sand” album, feat. Mark Zonder and many other guests such as Billy Sheehan, has been mixed and mastered and will be released of September 15th! It will be available in digital, Digipack CD and limited edition tape/cassette! You can pre-order “Grains of Sand” at http://albertorigoni.bandcamp.com.
Furthermore ALBERTO RIGONI & MICHAEL MANRING have just recently released a new single and video for “No Escape” ft. Adam Nitti and Mark Zonder. Watch it below.
“Grain of Sands” album is spanning songs from prog, rock and ambient, with great special guests: Adam Nitti, Billy Sheehan, Bryan Beller, Mike LePond, Stu Hamm, Lars Lehmann and Mark Zonder!
Alberto Rigoni says: “After the release of Song for Souls in memory of my father I said I was going to retire (at least for a bit) but well…. I could not resist to make an album with one of the best bass player in the world like Michael. Hope you will enjoy it”
Michael Manring says: “Alberto is a prolific artist with a deep love of the bass. His enthusiasm is inspiring and it’s always a pleasure to work with him.”
Three-time Grammy-nominated rock outfit NOTHING MORE have released an extended version of their current Top 10Billboard Active Rock charting hit single “TIRED OF WINNING” (#8) due to popular demand. The extended version “TIRED OF WINNING / SHIPS IN THE NIGHT” was released on July 29, across digital platforms HERE. The extended track is taken from their upcoming album SPIRITSdue October 14 via Better Noise Music and was first revealed in the group’s sci-fi oriented music video (seen here) released in April. It garnered immediate attention from fans requesting the extended version also be released digitally. “TIRED OF WINNING / SHIPS IN THE NIGHT” will also be featured on the official soundtrack for the upcoming Better Noise Films horror-thriller movie THE RETALIATORSin cinemas worldwide on September 14. THE RETALIATORS – OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK will be released via Better Noise Music on September 16 and includes tracks from labelmates including Motley Crue, Tommy Lee, Papa Roach, Five Finger Death Punch and more.
NOTHING MORE are also excited to share they have partnered with Z2 Comics (The Doors, Machine Gun Kelly, The Grateful Dead) to release their first-ever graphic novel “SPIRITS VOL.1” authored by Dan Watters (Cowboy Bebop, Arkham City: The Order of The World) and illustrated by Christian Rosado. The graphic novel will be released in Spring 2023 and be available in a standard edition hardcover, a deluxe edition oversized hardcover, a limited deluxe edition oversized hardcover hand-signed by band (999 copies total) and a special tour-only softcover only available for purchase in-person at NOTHING MORE shows or directly via their website.
The band recently unveiled their own meta-personality test, “SPIRITS TEST,” developed by frontman JONNY HAWKINS, which features 25 psychometric questions then determines your “SPIRIT TYPE.” Each SPIRIT TYPE has its own character and personality descriptions which are further explored in the upcoming graphic novel. Deluxe edition bundles for “SPIRITS VOL. 1” will highlight the SPIRIT TYPES with bundles including SPIRITS art prints, cards, an Eight-Sided Nothing More Spirits Octahedron, SPIRITS enamel pin, an exclusive color variant SPIRITS vinyl and more.
HAWKINS explains more on the “SPIRITS TEST” and “SPIRIT TYPES”:
“The comic book focuses on four of the Spirit Types. As we were making the album, I came up with the concept for the Spirits Test. Imagine if the zodiac had a baby with the Meyers Briggs personality test, and that baby came out with a fascination with cryptic iconography and metal music… that is this test. Each of us has a Spirit Type and this comic book is an artistic expression of how those Spirit Types come to life in a world very much like our own.
Guitarist MARK VOLLELUNGA shares how the idea for a graphic novel developed:
“I set forth on this collaboration with Z2 comics, and our manager, Will Hoffman, with the idea to expand the NOTHING MORE world and allow the reader to dive deeper down the rabbit hole and elaborate on what these Spirit Types mean; where they came from and why they exist. We wanted to write stories that invoke a compelling sense of empathy and wonder while maintaining a very personal connection to NOTHING MORE songs. Dan Watters was the perfect dude for the job. He’s such a brilliant, captivating writer. Both of us shared inspiration from shows like The OA and Sense 8 and we wanted to accentuate the differences all people have when something in your life wrecks you… and that even though these differences may seem polarizing, we all still need each other. It’s because of these differences that you learn to survive and grow. This story shows that great strength and mutual respect come to those who learn how to embrace one another despite such differences.”
NOTHING MORE will bring their electrifying live show to venues across the U.S. this fall alongside rockers IN THIS MOMENT in addition to a handful of headlining solo shows and a festival stop at Louder Than Life in Louisville, KY. A handful of new headlining and support shows have been recently announced, see below for a full list of upcoming dates or visit https://nothingmore.net/. “With socially conscious and personal lyrics, bouncing energy, grooving riffs, and soaring vocals the band demands your attention,” lauds Concert Addicts (6/15), after seeing the band on their recent co-headlining tour with Asking Alexandria earlier this year. Previously NOTHING MORE have toured with hard rock heavyweights like Shinedown, Five Finger Death Punch, Breaking Benjamin, Papa Roach and Disturbed, and been seen on several popular rock festivals–Rocklahoma, Welcome To Rockville, Inkcarceration, Rock Fest, etc.
NOTHING MORE 2022 TOUR DATES
8/26 Evansville, IN @ Old National Events Plaza # 8/27 St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant # 8/28 Clive, IA @ Horizon Events Center # 8/30 Albuquerque, NM @ The Sunshine Theater * 9/1 Lubbock, TX @ Lonestar Events Center # 9/2 Dallas, TX @ Southside Ballroom # 9/3 Pryor, OK @ Rocklahoma 9/5 Little Rock, AK @ The Hall 9/6 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle # 9/8 Alton, VA @ Blue Ridge Rock Festival 9/9 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore # 9/10 Myrtle Beach, SC @ House Of Blues # 9/12 Knoxville, TN @ The Concourse * 9/13 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore # 9/14 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE – Outdoor Stage # 9/15 Wallingford, CT @ Oakdale Theatre # 9/16 Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway # 9/17 Elmira, NY @ The L* 9/18 Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore # 9/20 Columbus, OH @ Kemba Live # 9/21 Cleveland, OH @ The Agora # 9/22 Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life Festival 9/24 Green Bay, WI @ Epic Event Center* 9/25 Grand Rapids, MI @ 20 Monroe Live # 9/27 Maplewood, MN @ Myth Live # 9/28 Grand Forks, ND @ Alerus Center # 9/30 Great Falls, MT @ Centene Stadium # 10/1 Spokane, WA @ The Podium # 10/3 Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre # 10/4 Portland, OR @ Arlene Schinitzer Concert Hall # 10/5 Reno, NV @ Grand Theatre # 10/7 Garden City, ID @ Revolution Concert House and Event Center # 10/8 Central Point, OR @ Bi-Mart Amphitheater # 10/11 San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park # 10/12 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern # 10/14 Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues # 10/15 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex # 10/16 Billings, MT @ Pub Station * 10/18 Omaha, NE @ The Admiral # 10/19 Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theatre # 10/21 Chicago, IL @ Radius # 10/22 Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom # 10/23 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE – Outdoor Stage #
#with In This Moment *NOTHING MORE headlining
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