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The legendary Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister, founder of Motörhead and Grammy Award winning cultural icon, has had a portion of his ashes enshrined at this year’s Hellfest Festival in Clisson, France within a new, giant statue of the man, and the official ceremony to recognize this unique memorialization will occur tomorrow, on June 23, 2022. With band mates Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee present, it is the perfect moment to honor Lemmy’s life. After the Scorpions close the show, band mates Phil Campbell and Mikkey Dee will say a few words, a tribute video to Lemmy will play and Phil and Mikkey will raise a toast to the immortal and eternally popular Kilmister at the monument itself. The ceremony formally recognizes Lemmy’s love of both the road and the fans, which is where he always felt most comfortable.
Hellfest was one of Lemmy’s favorite festivals (Motörhead played the first ever Hellfest and were staples of the festival ever since), and the band have always had a tremendous bond with their French rock’n’roll family. It is therefore fitting that Lemmy will forever be present at the site, with fans able to congregate and pay their respects to him at every Hellfest from here on out. This ceremony will also give fans an opportunity to participate in their own memorialization of Lemmy and see a miniature replica of the custom urn that houses Lemmy’s ashes at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood California.
For fans that wish to share their own tributes, memories, experiences or pay their respects, can post using the hashtag #LemmyLivesAtHellfest.
Infamous pirate metal gang ALESTORM set sail on a new voyage with their seventh studio album, Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum, out this Friday! Today, the band reveals the fourth single and official music video for the title track, “Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum” – a real throwback to the early days of Captain Morgan’s Revenge telling the heroic story of a war on the seven seas!
The new video shows the band in 70s style – bell-bottoms, groovy sunglasses and fringed shirts included. Don’t miss out on this!
ALESTORM spent two years during lockdown going insane and frantically dredging up the craziest pirate metal anthems from their treasure chest of ideas, and have created the most epic and serious (yes, serious) sounding ALESTORM album you’ve ever heard. From the symphonic choir-powered “Magellan’s Expedition” to the rousing anthem “Under Blackened Banners” featuring intense technical riffing and exquisite solo duels, Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum is a real throwback to the early days of Captain Morgan’s Revenge. But fans of the modern ALESTORM sound need not worry either – there’s plenty of party mood in the aptly-named future hit song “P.A.R.T.Y.”, and the high speed, insane folk metal banger “Cannonball” has the most ridiculous and offensive lyrics you’ve ever heard in a pirate metal song (making “Fucked With an Anchor” sound tame).
1. Magellan’s Expedition 2. The Battle of Cape Fear River 3. Cannonball 4. P.A.R.T.Y. 5. Under Blackened Banners 6. Magyarország 7. Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum 8. Bite the Hook Hand that Feeds 9. Return to Tortuga 10. Come to Brazil 11. Wooden Leg (Part III)
7’’ Single track listing:
Side A: Christmas With Alestorm Side B: Nyár Van
As an extra special treat for die-hard collector fans, some special editions come with a full acoustic rendition of the entire album, and there’s even a legendary version of the album FOR DOGS once again. In the Wooden Box only, there is a special 7” Single vinyl, including “Christmas with Alestorm” and “Nyár Van”.
ALESTORM live:
Summer Festivals 2022
01.07.22 ES – Barcelona / Barcelona Rock Fest 03.07.22 HU – Budapest / Barba Negra 05.07.22 IL – Tel Aviv / Reading Club 07.07.22 FI – Tampere / Sauna Open Air 08.07.22 FI – Oulu / Rock in the City 09.07.22 CZ – Vizovicze / Masters of Rock 11.07.22 GR – Thessaloniki / Principal Club Theater 12.07.22 GR – Athens / Gagarin 205 15.07.22 BG – Mogilovo / Midalidare Rock 17.07.22 PL – Namyslow / Czochraj Bobra 25.07.22 FR – Selestat / Rock Your Brain 05.08.22 ES – Villena / Leyendas Del Rock 06.08.22 FR – Saint Maurice / Sylak Open Air 19.08.22 DE – Dinkelsbuhl / Summer Breeze 20.08.22 DE – Hamburg / Elb Riot 26.08.22 DE – Haddeby / Baltic Open Air 10.09.22 DE – Selb / Festival Medieval
Latin America Tour 2022
04.10.22 GT – Guatemala City 05.10.22 SV – San Salvador 06.10.22 MX – Monterrey 07.01.22 MX – Guadalajara 08.10.22 MX – Mexico City 09.10.22 MX – Leon 12.10.22 HN – San Jose 14.10.22 CO – Bogota 15.10.22 CL – Santiago 17.10.22 AG – Buenos Aires 18.10.22 UY – Montevideo 20.10.22 BR – Porto Alegre 21.10.22 BR – Curitiba 22.10.22 BR – Sao Paulo
Australian Tour 2022
19.11.22 AU – Adelaide / Pirate Life Brewing 20.11.22 AU – Perth / Magnet House 22.11.22 AU – Brisbane / The Triffid 24.11.22 AU – Sydney / Metro Theatre 25.11.22 AU – Melbourne / Northcote Theatre
A few days after the announcement of the agreement with the independent label Volcano Records & Promotion, Italian metallers DRABIK set the world of metal on fire with ‘Chain Of Sorrow’, first firing anticipation for the new album awaited on September 23rd.
“You cannot escape from your mistakes and your actions but you can learn to accept the consequences and live with them” (Drabik about Chain Of Sorrow)
Chain Of Sorrow is available through all digital streaming providers while a powerful and evocative lyric video is ready to drive your attention on YouTube at the link below. The song has been produced by Marco “Maki” Coti Zelati, founder and bass player of Lacuna Coil, recorded at Ivory Tears Music Works by Andrea Seveso and mastered by Alessandro Del Vecchio, and anticipates the new album Mannequin.
Watch Chain Of Sorrow’s video below.
“Mannequin” will include ten outrageously powerful tracks that will be revealed further on but today the label is excited to share the tracklist and the cover artwork of an unmissable piece of work for every true metalhead around.
NWOBHM heroes, SATAN, who released their sixth full length album Earth Infernal via Metal Blade in April this year, have announced a 9-date trek through Germany and the Benelux in October. Support comes from Swedish Heavy Metal villains PORTRAIT, who released their critically acclaimed new album At One With None last September via Metal Blade.
Deaf Forever, Metal.de, Guitar, Kulturnews, Metal Blade, Iron Grip & Dragon Productions present SATAN+ PORTRAIT – Earth Infernal European Tour 21.10.2022 NL – Amstelveen, Heavy Metal Maniacs festival 22.10.2022 BE – Vorselaar, De Dreef 23.10.2022 NL – Eindhoven, Dynamo 24.10.2022 DE – Osnabrück, Bastard Club 25.10.2022 DE – Langen, Stadthalle 26.10.2022 DE – Essen, Turock 27.10.2022 DE – Lichtenfels, Paunchy Cats 28.10.2022 DE – Berlin, Brutz & Brakel Stromgitarrenfest 29.10.2022 DE – Hamburg, Heavy Hamburg Halloween
Earth Infernal is a product of the times that birthed it and could only be the work of SATAN. Having churned out cutting edge heavy metal throughout the 80s – and reunited in 2011 – their sixth full-length maintains the high standard they long ago set, and it is perhaps their timeliest release. “For two years the world has been preoccupied with politics and pandemics and while we were all looking the other way our planet has continued to get hotter,” says guitarist Russ Tippins. “Our Earth is now infernally hot. Almost irreversibly so. We are on a one-way trip to Hell and dragging our children along with us. Yes, SATAN has something to say about global warming.” The album entered the German Charts on position 12, the highest Chart entry ever for SATAN!
When it comes to modern heavy metal, there are few bands operating at the same level as PORTRAIT! For a decade and a half, the Swedish unit have been forging their own path, and in the process, infusing life into a longstanding, well-established genre and taking it in new directions. Following up 2017’s acclaimed Burn The World, they returned in 2021 with the mighty At One With None, which was recorded at JFK Studios in Kristianstad, Sweden with Tommy Hansen (Helloween, Hatesphere) handling the mixing. While PORTRAIT fans will immediately recognize it as the work of their heroes, they are not simply rehashing old ideas and treading where they have before. At One With None received critical acclaim by the fans and entered the German Charts on position 41!
Ecuadorian avant-garde/tech death metal trio MINIPONY is gearing up for the release of the band’s highly anticipated sophomore album “AJNA“, which will be coming out on June 24th via Subsound Records. In support of the new record, the band has shared a brand new music video for the track “Song For Fiona”.
The band comments:
“Song for Fiona is the second single of our new album AJNA, it’s a super powerful and groovy song, it respects the aesthetics of our compositions on our first album quite a lot but you can already feel a bit of the evolution in the melodic aspect that we have experienced. In particular with the guitar riffs, always hammering but a little more movement.“
With 12 brand new tracks, “AJNA” presents an organic and engaging sound accompanied by a deep excursion in the melodic and rhythmic aspects with insane vocals. The result is already one of the most important productions in the South American metal circuit. Songs that lyrically touch on themes of respect for animal life and human unconsciousness represented in cynical metaphors, result in a deep and direct concept.
Tracklist:
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Irresponsable
Kill Like A Human
Quaggas
Filippos Lullaby
Breathe
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Song For Fiona
Don 18
Shadow
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Ajna
The album was recorded at Joe Duplantier’s Silver Cord Studio, mixed by Jamie Uertz and mastered by Johann Meyer (Gojira).
“AJNA” will be coming out on June 24th and you can get it here:
Caledonian metal pioneer SAOR is now streaming its upcoming fifth full-length album, ‘Origins,’ in its entirety ahead of this Friday’s release! The album can be heard at THIS LOCATION.
‘Origins’ is due on June 24 via Season of Mist, making it SAOR‘s debut to the label! Inspired by the myths and tales of the Scottish highlands, ‘Origins’ takes the listener deep into the ancient heartlands while delivering SAOR‘s signature hybrid of atmospheric black metal and folk.
Pre-orders for ‘Origins’ are live in the shop HERE. Pre-save the record across all streaming services HERE.
The cover artwork ‘Origins’ was created by Anaïs Mulgrew.
Tracklist: 1. Call of the Carnyx (06:58) 2. Fallen (05:04) 3. The Ancient Ones (07:54) 4. Aurora (08:24) 5. Beyond the Wall (06:13) [WATCH] 6. Origins (06:44) [WATCH] Total: 0:41:17
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