THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA are back! The band that formed out of some prestigious rock- and metalbands (SOILWORK, ARCH ENEMY, MEAN STREAK) more than ten years ago and simply amazed the audience all over the world.
Meanwhile, the band released five records, received two Swedish Grammy nomination and played countless live shows. Highly praised by media and fans, THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA managed over the years to improve themselves in paying tribute to a decade that highly influenced people and the music business all over the world: The Eighties!
With hits like “Domino”, “Lovers In The Rain”, “West Ruth Ave”, “Divinyls” or the new banger“Change”, the band pulls almost all tabs and emotions of that special era.
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA can’t wait for the return to the stage: “The time has finally come to get these wings on the road. It’s been a long time coming and after releasing two epic records during these weird times, we know that we’re ready to take back what we’ve been missing. It’s gonna be a celebration that you won’t forget. So let down your hair, get your dancing shoes on and set your spirit free. Get your tickets now, we will see you soon! Sincerely, The NFO”
Tourdates 2022
21.05.22 DE-Nordhorn, Alte Weberei 22.05.22 DE-Hamburg, Markthalle 24.05.22 UK-London, Powerhaus 25.05.22 NL-Tilburg, O13 26.05.22 FR-Paris, Backstage by the mill 27.05.22 DE-Saarbrücken, Garage 29.05.22 CH-Pratteln, Z7 30.05.22 DE-Munich, Backstage 31.05.22 CH-Bern, Bierhuebeli 02.06.22 DE-Stuttgart, Im Wizemann Club 07.06.22 PL-Krakow, Hype Park 08.06.22 PL-Warsaw, Hydrzagadka 10.06.22 HU-Budapest, Barba Negra
Tickets will go on sale this Wednesday, 12.00 CET.
After building a groundswell of buzz for its arrival, BASTILLE unveil their anxiously awaited new album Give Me The Future today via Republic Records. Listen to Give Me The Future HERE.
The band set the stage for the record with their latest single “Shut Off The Lights” and announces today they will be performing the song on The Late Late Show with James Corden on February 15th (check local listings). In addition, the song has garnered over 5 million global streams and has incited widespread applause from tastemakers. V Magazine urged it “might just be the highest they’ve ever gone,” while Entertainment Tonight noted it “focuses on staying in the moment and touches on the intimate connection humans experience with one another.” Watch the official music video for “Shut Off The Lights” HERE.
Heightening anticipation, Clash graded the record “8-out-of-10” and raved, “‘Give Me The Future’ offers listeners a healthy amount of escapism to push through and adopt a degree of optimism.” As part of an extensive profile, Associated Press exclaimed, “With techno beats, ‘80s retro futuristic tones and sweeping production, Bastille’s 13-track ‘Give Me The Future’ dives in to the world of science-fiction, exploring the way technology can be a tool for escape.” Forbes applauded the album “a brilliant allegory for the state of the world in 2022, one that is smart and can make you dance” and NME called it “a perfect soundtrack to life after lockdown.”
Not to mention, the band also recently launched the FutureScape Dream Analyser website, where fans can input their dreams and create short-form videos based on their description using AI technology.
To celebrate the album, Bastille will embark on the US leg of their upcoming “Give Me The Future Tour” this summer. The US tour dates kick off on May 14th in Memphis, TN and make stops in Los Angeles on May 20th, New York on June 7th, and more—see the full list of tour dates below. Tickets are on sale now at https://www.bastillebastille.com/. In April, the band will return to arenas for the first leg of their tour (with many dates already sold out) before heading out to the US for dates in May and June.
Laced with references to sci-fi films and literature, video games and VR, Bastille’s new albumGive Me The Future explores a futuristic wonderland free from restrictions—each song a different danceable dreamscape, a place where you can travel back and forward in time to be anyone, do anything, and embrace a new wave of technology, which enables us to get lost inside our imagination.
It’s a record that takes the idea of the limitless possibilities of the future and journeys everywhere from a joyride of escapism on the uplifting “Thelma + Louise” – a tribute to the iconic feminist film on its 20th anniversary – to 80’s New York with the artist Keith Haring on the bright and whistling “Club 57” to a hospital bed in Australia for the devastating but hopeful “No Bad Days.” You’ll hear disco basslines, orchestras of synths, guitars, futuristic gospel, spaceship sounds, euphoric strings, vocoders, talk boxes, a choir of roadies, and host of beats. The title track “Give Me The Future” tips its hat to Phil Collins and The Police, “Shut Off The Lights” is a sonic love letter to Paul Simon’s Graceland, and “Stay Awake” nods to Daft Punk and Quincy Jones.
Having thrown themselves into co-writing for other artists in recent years, for the first time ever on a Bastille album, the band inched open the door to collaborators. Although primarily produced by Dan Smith and long-term production partner Mark Crew, the band also worked with a handful of writers and producers to expand the world. “Distorted Light Beam” was co-written and produced with Ryan Tedder (Adele, Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift), who also helped as a sounding board and executive producer for the album. “Thelma + Louise,” “Stay Awake,” and “Back To The Future” were co-written with legendary songwriter Rami Yacoub (Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time”, Lady Gaga’s Chromatica Album). They also worked with British writers Jonny Coffer, Plested, and Dan Priddy to bring the album to life.
You’ll also hear the voice of award-winning actor, musician, writer, creator, producer, director, and activist Riz Ahmed on a spell-binding and evocative spoken word piece called “Promises.” Riz’s piece was a response the album and brings its overarching themes into sharp focus.
Over the course of their previous three albums, Bastille have cemented a reputation for building whole worlds around their releases, often doing so with innovative, award-winning creativity. Give Me The Future is no different, this time accompanied by a fictional, but familiar, tech giant called Future Inc., the creators of an invention called “Futurescape”—a device which allows users to live out their dreams virtually. It’s weaved through every element of the campaign and can be seen in the videos for the previous singles—“Distorted Light Beam,” “Thelma + Louise,” and “No Bad Days.” Watch Bastille talk about the inspiration behind Future Inc. HERE.
GIVE ME THE FUTURE TRACKLISTING: 1. “Distorted Light Beam” 2. “Thelma + Louise” 3. “No Bad Days” 4. “Brave New World” (Interlude) 5. “Back To The Future” 6. “Plug In…” 7. “Promises” (by Riz Ahmed) 8. “Shut Off The Lights” 9. “Stay Awake?” 10. “Give Me The Future” 11. “Club 57” 12. “Total Dissociation” (Interlude) 13. “Future Holds” (feat. BIM)
“GIVE ME THE FUTURE” 2022 US TOUR DATES: May 14, 2022 Memphis, TN The Soundstage at Graceland May 15, 2022 Oklahoma City, OK Jones Assembly May 17, 2022 Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre May 18, 2022 Las Vegas, NV Theatre at Virgin Hotel Las Vegas May 20, 2022 Los Angeles, CA YouTube Theater May 21, 2022 Paso Robles, CA Vina Robles Amphitheatre May 23, 2022 Portland, OR Keller Auditorium May 24, 2022 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre May 25, 2022 Bonner, MT KettleHouse Amphitheater May 28, 2022 St. Paul, MN Palace Theatre May 29, 2022 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater May 31, 2022 St. Louis, MO The Factory at The District June 1, 2022 Madison, WI The Sylvee June 3, 2022 Toronto, ON History June 5, 2022 Washington, DC The Anthem June 7, 2022 New York, NY Terminal 5 June 8, 2022 Boston, MA Roadrunner June 10, 2022 Detroit, MI Masonic Temple Theatre June 11, 2022 Pittsburgh, PA Roxian Theatre June 12, 2022 Indianapolis, IN WonderRoad Festival June 14, 2022 New Haven, CT College Street Music Hall June 15, 2022 Philadelphia, PA The Met June 17, 2022 Columbus, OH KEMBA Live! Outdoor
After coming to our attention in 2020 GHOSTS OF SUNSET are really establishing themselves as a major player on the hard rock scene. The band have clocked up several hundred thousand streams for their recent singles ‘No Saints In The City’, ‘Look Me Up (If You Come Down)’ and ‘If You’re Not Coming Back’.
‘Queen of Used to Be’ is their latest single and has just been released via Golden Robot Records on all digital platforms. ‘Queen of Used to Be’ further confirms GHOST OF SUNSET’s status as a breakout band in the hard rock scene and keeping the sound of Hollywood and the Sunset Strip!
‘Queen of Used to Be’: Everywhere from reality television to the gutters of the city are littered with former somebody’s who are forced to wrestle with the realization that the cycle continues turning; new stars are shining and it’s all happening without them.
GHOSTS OF SUNSET have also announced that their album No Saints in the City will be released digitally on 4th March.
No Saints in the City finds GHOSTS OF SUNSET expanding on the sound of their debut EP Headed West and welcoming even more influence from various genres of music and artists. No Saints in the City while not a true concept project like Headed West was, takes listeners on a guided tour of the world inside the world of New York City (although it could truly be ANY large city, anywhere in the world). The songs follow various characters as they seek everything from fame, love, redemption to freedom, oblivion, darkness, and dirt.
After one full listen to No Saints in the City listeners will find the slightest trace of dirt beneath their fingernails and lasting imprints upon their soul. Every day across the world, human beings head for various epicenters of art, culture, commerce, life, sex, and death looking to discover who they are or forget who they were.
The music on No Saints in the City carries the imprint of an urban environment after the sun hides its face for the day, and the moon takes over, catching the outline of figures slipping between cars, dodging taxis, hustling, shuffling, stealing, dealing, living and dying while the rhythm of the streets continues to plod a non-stop beat that catches many unable to keep pace.
Each song features guest musicians who were hand-picked for their ability to tell these urban tales via their respective voices and instruments and help bring life to the characters whose stories No Saints in the City shares with the world.
REdEFINED released their new single “IMAGES” along with the official music video today. The single is from their EP also titled IMAGES that was produced/mix/mastered by Zack Dufort of Exodian Studios. In addition, the band has announced show dates with Texas Hippie Coalition.
WATCH “IMAGES” directed by Brando Jones Films here:
Established in 2015, REdEFIND is a massively dynamic quartet based out of Greenville, South Carolina. They tout a powerful and invigorated sound via a melting pot of aggressive hip-hop influenced nu metal with a sleek, modern metalcore edge. REdEFIND are on a mission to redefine modern metal music as we know it.
REdEFIND is motivated to take their game to the next level with plans to expand across the country as a national touring act. Sharing the stage with national performing acts like Mushroomhead, (Hed) P.E., Avatar, Butcher Babies, and 36 Crazyfists, it’s clear that Redefind mean business. The group released their sophomore EP, entitled Let’s Party in April of 2020 and followed that up in August of 2021 with the EP Images. REdEFIND are preparing to go on tour supporting Texas Hippie Coalition in early 2022. If you couldn’t tell by now, REdeEFIND are positioning themselves as a force to be reckoned with.
REdEFIND show dates w/ Texas Hippie Coalition:
Thu Feb 24 @ Warehouse Concert Lounge & Event Center in Clarksville, TN Fri Feb 25 @ Shagnasty’s Grubbery & Pour House in Huntsville, AL Sat Feb 26 @ Furnace 41 in Jonesboro, GA Sun Feb 27 @ Downtown Music Hall in Fort Walton Beach, FL Thu Mar 3 @ Suck Bang Blow in Murrells Inlet, SC Sat Mar 5 @ Sidewinders in Bristol, TN Sun Mar 6 @ The Dil’s Center in Parkersburg, WV
Guitarist Taylor Nordberg (THE ABSENCE, INHUMAN CONDITION), who recently joined Florida death metal veterans DEICIDE, spoke about how he landed the gig in a new interview with “The Zach Moonshine Show“. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “In 2019, my band THE ABSENCE toured with DEICIDE in the U.S. And we got to know the guys and got along really well. And I actually found out that Glen [Benton, DEICIDE frontman] lives, like, two streets over from Jeramie [Kling, THE ABSENCE drummer] and I, where we live. So Jeramie and Glen became good buddies and they ride bikes all the time. It’s a funny little thing, thinking about that. But long story short, [previous DEICIDE guitarist] Chris [Cannella], I believe he’s the head of A&R at Dean Guitars so he’s focusing on that for right now. I heard that they needed a guitar player, so I learned a couple of songs, made a couple of videos, and Glen saw ’em and liked what he saw. So, we had a couple of practices, and bing bang boom, here we are.”
Asked if he has worked on any new material with DEICIDE or if he has just been focusing on getting the old songs down, Taylor said: “Well, when they first asked me to start learning songs, they said, ‘Start learning [the] ‘Legion’ [album], because this year is the 30th anniversary of ‘Legion’. So later on in the year, we’re gonna be playing it start to finish live. So that’s been the main focus over the last couple of weeks — just hammering down those ‘Legion’ songs, which that’s been a blast to just delve into those tunes and that songwriting… Right now, we’re focusing on the ‘Legion’ stuff and then, obviously, me just trying to learn a full set. Otherwise, there is new songs that we’ve been working on. Like I said, we’re kind of just focusing on the ‘Legion’ stuff for right now, but there’s definitely a ton of killer new material on the way. I don’t know what the time frame is — when we’ll record or anything like that — but there is new music, and it’s killer so far.”
Cannella amicably left DEICIDE last month after a three-year run.
When Benton first announced Nordberg ‘s addition to DEICIDE, he said in a statement: “We are pleased to announce and welcome Taylor Nordberg to the DEICIDE family! An amazing and accomplished guitarist who takes our sound to the next level and brings a profound level of professionalism that completes and compliments the DEICIDE machine!”
Cannella said in a separate statement: “Yes, it is true. I am no longer in DEICIDE. There is no drama and we all kept it quiet as to not lead into drama or speculation.
“I have all the love and respect for Glen, Steve and Kevin. I had so many great times over the last three years I cherish for a lifetime, especially the friendship.
“Cheers to all and thanks for all the love and support. I’m excited for what’s to come.”
Cannella joined DEICIDE in 2019 following the departure of guitarist Mark English.
English became a member of DEICIDE in 2016 after the exit of longtime guitarist Jack Owen.
DEICIDE ‘s latest album, “Overtures Of Blasphemy”, was released in September 2018 via Century Media.
‘Taylor Nordberg‘ from ‘Deicide‘ and ‘Inhuman Condition‘ joins The Zach Moonshine Show, to talk about joining ‘Deicide‘, the upcoming tour supporting the anniversary of ‘Legion‘, ‘Inhuman Condition‘ and much more! We play new releases from Inhuman Condition, Day Of Doom, Pass The Ammunition, Corpsegrinder, Midnight, Devil Magick, Watain, Vio-Lence, TWIN TEMPLE, Behemoth, and Selvesterscologne ! We also played some classics by request from Sepultura, Metallica, Brutal Death Fuck, Deicide, Gorguts, Death, Danzig, Overkill, Type O Negative, Cannibal Corpse, Black Sabbath, and Metal Church!
Prosthetic Records are delighted to announce the signing of the Atlanta, Georgia based progressive black metal band TÓMARÚM. Coinciding with the news of their signing, the duo has shared details of their debut full-length – Ash in Realms of Stone Icons – set to be released via Prosthetic on May 6. The lead single from TÓMARÚM’s upcoming album, In This Empty Space, is available now on all streaming platforms. A visualizer for In This Empty Space is premiering now via Invisible Oranges.
Speaking on signing with Prosthetic, the band comment:
“We are incredibly thrilled to announce our signing to Prosthetic Records. Being a part of a roster that has housed legends like Gojira and Lamb of God, as well as currently housing incredible modern acts like Psycroptic, Dawn Ray’d and Schammasch, is humbling to say the least. Our debut full-length, Ash in Realms of Stone Icons, is finally ready after lineup changes, countless delays, and almost five years of obsessive work, and to have it released by a label who truly understands our vision and believes in the potential of the band is an incredible feeling. The team has been so great to work with, and we cannot wait to see where this partnership takes us in the years to come!”
On the release of In This Empty Space, Kyle Walburn (guitars, vocals, programming) adds:
“In This Empty Space was the second song written for the band, and it’s one of our favorites on the album. It is one of the more straightforward, intense tracks on the album and we picked it as the first single because it gives a good idea of what to expect from the record without giving away too much of what’s in store. The song was written during one of my lowest points mentally and bringing it to life has been greatly cathartic. We hope those who choose to listen experience a similar feeling.”
Formed in 2017, TÓMARÚM – which translates from Icelandic to “empty space” – cover topics such as depression, anxiety, loss, and worthlessness over songs inspired equally by atmospheric black metal and technical death metal. The band’s 2020 debut EP, Wounds Ever Expanding, quickly generated an online buzz and garnered praise for its effective fusion of atmospheric black metal and technical death metal – after which Kyle Walburn and Brandon Iacovella (guitars, vocals, contrabass) set to work on Ash in Realms of Stone Icons.
The seven tracks on Ash in Realms of Stone Icons feature session bass from Arran McSporran of VIRVUM, session drums from Spencer Moore of INFERI, and a beautiful cover painted by Mariusz Lewandowski, and display TÓMARÚM at their sharpest and most vulnerable to date with Ash in Realms of Stone Icons being the ultimate declaration of intent from a band with their sights set on breaking barriers.
Written in order of its tracklist, Ash in Realms of Stone Icons is intended to offer a cohesive listening experience that has a definitive exposition, climax and end. Across the hour long runtime TÓMARÚM’s core partnership of Walburn and Iacovella consolidate achingly mournful atmospherics with devastating speed and technical ability as a means of profound artistic catharsis. Nowhere better is this exemplified than the towering album closer, Awake Into Eternal Slumber, which stands at a little over 15 minutes and seamlessly takes all that TÓMARÚM has built before it and triumphantly conveys the essence of the young band.
Ash in Realms of Stone Icons tracklist: 1. Introspection I 2. Condemned to a Life of Grief 3. In This Empty Space 4. Introspection II 5. Where No Warmth Is Found 6. As Black Forms From Grey 7. Awake Into Eternal Slumber
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