Finnish female-fronted rock sensations GINGER EVIL are pleased to unveil their new official lyric video “Better Get In Line”, taken from their debut album, “The Way It Burns”, out now via Frontiers Music Srl.
The band described the themes of the new track: “Better Get In Line” tells everything essential that is wrong in the world and what is wrong with people. We are now witnessing democratic countries taking their first steps towards dictatorships, led by multimillionaires who are blinded by their own greed and needs. People who care about nothing but themselves and their own delusional reality. Can’t we prevent this? Everyone needs to make personal choices to ensure that such things do not thrive in any country. Small actions have a big impact when the group is large enough. Do we want to gamble with our future?”
Ginger Evil began as Moonshine Inc. in 2005, in a rehearsal room in Helsinki, Finland. After a couple of years of rehearsal and composing, a fruitless search for a singer meant the songs were put on ice.
Meanwhile, guitarist Tomi Julkunen and bassist Veli Palevaara continued gigging in Finland with The Milestones, including arena shows with Deep Purple and Whitesnake. In the aftermath of their fifth album, those Moonshine Inc. songs from a decade back emerged from hibernation, so the search began again for a vocalist.
The powerful voice of Ella Tepponen was known to Tomi and Veli from many theatre and music projects, and drummer Toni Mustonen was already familiar to everyone. Jamming together found a shared musical passion, and a group creative process soon flourished. Ginger Evil was born.
“From Foo Fighters to Fleetwood Mac”, is how the band hears their music, with singer Ella bringing a whole new kind of twist to their rock expression. Once the band got together and songs were taking shape, on board jumped music producer and film director Richard Stanley, known for his work with The Who and John Lennon, heard demos of Ginger Evil and was inspired to co-write lyrics.
In 2022 Ginger Evil signed a deal with Frontiers Music Srl. (Def Leppard, Lynyrd Skynyrd, TOTO, Whitesnake, Skunk Anansie). Debut album “The Way It Burns” was released on February 14, 2025. Organic and fresh sounding album was something that rock fans had been waiting for since the 90’s; something familiar, something new, something that got their asses shaking once more!
“The Way It Burns” Tracklist:
1. Rainmaker 2. Dead On Arrival 3. Shame Old 4. Flames 5. Hands Move To Midnight 6. Arrowhead 7. Better Get In Line 8. Black Waves 9. Whispers 10. Not Your Fool 11. Last Frontier 12. Wake Me
Line Up: Ella Tepponen – vocals Tomi Julkunen – guitars Veli Palevaara – bass Toni Mustonen – drums
Cyrene is not just an album. It’s an indictment. A punch to the gut. It’s the latest work by ATTEMPT TO SOMEBODY’S LIFE, the Italian Alternative Metal band now officially joining the roster of Wanikiya Record/Promotion, the go-to label and press office for the national and international heavy music scene.
After their well-received debut Bridges/Latencies in 2024—praised for blending the ethereal intensity of Deftones with the raw power of Rage Against The Machine—the band returns with a bolder, grittier, and more necessary album.
CYRENE – THE ALBUM
The new record, set for release on May 19, 2025, is named after Cyrenaica, a Libyan region that also lends its name to the album’s title track. With Cyrene, Attempt to Somebody’s Life denounce the brutality of Libyan detention camps, the systemic exploitation of humans by humans, the dehumanization of migrants, and the hypocrisies of the Western world.
The sound is raw, fierce, and real.
Drums and bass were recorded live to preserve a sense of urgency and truth. Guitars form a wall—dry and abrasive—while the synth carves ambient and ethereal openings, symbolizing a freedom either denied or lost. Vocals shift between sweet melancholy melodies and raging screams, striking a perfect balance between emotion and protest.
TRACKLIST 1 – To Judge 2 – Trget 3 – Black Chicken / White Donkeys 4 – Freedom:Democracy = Property:Lager 5 – Cyrene 6 – Mediterraneo
Recorded and mixed by Emanuele Braca at GRS Studios in Florence, mastered by Tommy Bianchi, with cover artwork by visionary artist Januz Miralles, Cyrene is a powerful and conscious journey through the darkest sides of our present time.
With this new release, the band becomes part of the prestigious Wanikiya Record/Promotion roster—marking a major milestone in their artistic journey—with full support across all directions: from press to radio, international festivals to high-profile collaborations.
Sátan, an emerging metal festival in Iceland, is now revealing the daily lineups for the 2025 edition, which will take place in Stykkishólmur on the Snæfellsnes peninsula from June 5-7, 2025! Three-day passes and daily tickets can be found at THIS LOCATION.
The stacked lineup features a series of special performances, including Icelandic death metal icons SORORICIDE, who will be celebrating 35 years with their first live appearance since 2010! This will also commemorate the band’s final performance, making it a very unique event for those in attendance. In addition, Polish death dealers VADER will be performing their seminal record, ‘Litany,’ in its entirety while artists BENEATH and MOMENTUM will each be hitting the stage for the first time in six years!
The daily lineups are as follows:
Thursday, June 5:
Sororicide (35 year anniversary show // Final Show Ever) Brain Police Vader (Special ‘Litany’ Show) Momentum (First show in 6 years) Celestial Scourge Bastarður Miðnótt **Wacken Battle of the Bands Iceland Winner 2025 – TBD!
Friday, June 6:
The Vintage Caravan Carcass Sinmara High Parasite Fortíð Dys Altari Duft
Saturday, June 7:
Skálmöld Taake Discharge Beneath (First show in 6 years!) Forgarður Helvítis Vafurlogi World Narcosis Forsmán
Sátan is a three day metal festival happening in Stykkishólmur on the Snæfellsnes peninsula. The festival focuses on offering a variety of Iceland’s best metalbands as well as a carefully curated selection of international bands.
The organization behind Sátan consists of metalheads and musicians that have been active in the Icelandic scene for up to 30 years and have extensive experience of organizing music festivals and concerts as well as general band related activities.
Everyone is welcome at Sátan regardless of origin, skincolor, religion, gender or sexual orientation and there is only one goal: that everyone, staff, bands and guests, go home smiling after a great festival!
Sátan is committed to zero tolerance against violence and violence of any kind invalidates your ticket!
Hard rock guitar legend Pat Travers continues his deep dive into the concert archive with one of the earliest concerts yet, Heat In The Street Tour – 1978, recorded at the Cleveland Agora, and hitting the streets in just a few weeks time, on May 30.
First, however, a new single peels away the album, a seething rendition of the title track readying the world for one of the most explosive shows he ever played.
Newly relocated to the US after spending a couple of years in London, Travers and bassist Peter “Mars” Cowling stepped away from the trio format they had relied on in the past, by adding ace guitarist Pat Thrall (Stomu Yamashta, Automatic Man, Glenn Hughes, Meat Loaf etc).
With drummer Tommy Aldridge (Black Oak Arkansas, Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne etc) also now on board, the mighty Heat On The Street was released on the eve of their next tour, itself a marathon trek that kicked off in September and just kept on getting better.
“This band was vicious,” Travers reflects. “And by the time we hit the Agora Theatre [on November 27], we were jaw dropping live!”
Their set that night truly represents Travers and co at their best. Surprisingly, just two numbers from the new album made it into the show, “Heat on the Street” and their phenomenal cover of Australian songwriters Harry Vanda and George Young’s “Evie,” a 1975 hit for former Easybeats frontman Stevie Wright and, coincidentally, a highlight of the latest Suzi Quatro album too.
The majority of the show, then, drew from Travers’ three previous albums, his eponymous debut (1976), and Makin’ Magic and Putting It Straight (both 1977). In the hands of this new outfit, however, the music blazed with unprecedented ferocity, the blues at their most magnificent… and Little Walter’s “Boom Boom (Out Goes The Lights)” had never sounded so vivacious – unless you’d already seen the band perform.
There again, you could say the same thing about every song on Heat In The Street Tour – 1978; in fact, no matter how well you think you know Pat Travers (and with 20+ albums behind him, that’s a lot of knowledge), this show’s gonna make you a heap of fresh introductions.
DEVIL IN THE NAME was formed in August 2013 in the capital of Silesia – Katowice on the initiative of Adam Bugajski and Tomasz “Polewa” Plewako.
Devil in the Name is a dark journey through occult rock, stoner/doom metal and hard rock. Through fear and hell of the will of the human mind. The music combined with dark and psychedelic lyrics is a mixture of genres and climates. The band draws inspiration from artists such as: Black Sabbath, Danzig, Pentagram, Motorhead, Mustasch, Kyuss, Dust, Kadavar, Graveyard, Clutch, Obssessed, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Brimston Coven, Reverend Bizzarre.
So far the band has played and shared the stage with: Crowbar, KAT & Roman Kostrzewski, Greenleaf, Belzebong, Closterkeller, Dopelord, Taraban, Sunnata, Somali Yacht Club and Major Kong.
Music for second album was recorded by Mateusz Chruściel at Underworld Studio. All was mixed and mastered by Marcel Kraszkiewicz at Acoustic Studio (Hydra, Nuclear Jeezus). Cover artwork was done by Piotr “Qras” Kurek from Mentalporn (Acid Drinkers, Darzamat, Frontside, Terrestrial Hospice). Guest female vocal by Anja Orthodox from legendary gothic rock band Closterkeller.
“Black Stone” was released March 8, 2025 on CD by Polish label Case Studio (buy here). Album will be released digitally on April 30,2024.
Stream “Black Stone” on Stoned Meadow Of Doom channel:
TRACKLIST:
Morgen Rot & Black Well Witch
Anima Mundis
Hellhounds
Sigillarius
Nameless
The Four Horsemen
Pillow of the God
LINE-UP: Piotr Palonek – vocal Rafał “RastaV” Buniakowski – bass Tomasz “Polew” Plewako – guitar Błażej Parusel – drums
Season of Mist is proud to announce that brutal death metal pioneers DEFEATED SANITY will embark on their 2025 European Tour this summer, bringing their critically acclaimed album Chronicles of Lunacy to stages across the continent!
From their devastatingly technical precision to their stomach-turning slams, DEFEATED SANITY have built a global reputation for their unmatched live ferocity. After reclaiming their throne with Chronicles of Lunacy — a record hailed by Loudwire, Angry Metal Guy, and MetalSucks alike — the Berlin-based band is ready to unleash sheer chaos with a 20-date trek that will carve a path of destruction across Europe.
Comprised of drummer Lille Gruber, bassist Jacob Schmidt, vocalist Josh Welshman, and guitarist Vaughn Stoffey, Defeated Sanity continue to shred expectations. Their shows are a masterclass in extremity, balancing jazz-infused chaos with old-school brutality.
5 July: Molins de Rei, ES @ Move Your Fucking Brain 6 July: Montpellier, FR @ Secret Place 7 July: Turin, IT @ Ziggy Club 9 July: Trutnov, CZ @ Obscene Extreme 10 July: Kassel, DE @ Goldgrube 11 July: Torgau, DE @ In Flammen Open Air 12 July: Berlin, DE @ Badehaus 13 July: Warsaw, PL @ Voodoo 16 July: Helsinki, FI @ Helsinki On The Rocks 17 July: Jēkabpils, LV @ Munky Pride 19 July: Zawiercie, PL @ Injure Grind Attack 20 July: Erfurt, DE @ From Hell 24 July: Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES @ Urban Rock Concept 25 July: Lisboa, PT @ RCA Summer Party 27 July: Manchester, UK @ Offal Fest 30 July: Rezé, FR @ Cold Crash 2 August: Dortmund, DE @ Dortmund Death Fest 3 August: Bratislava, SK @ Bordel Na Dunaji 5 August: Maribor, SI @ AGD Gustaf 6 August: Jaromer, CZ @ Brutal Assault
Prepare yourself for an onslaught of guttural vocals, dizzying riffs, and neck-snapping breakdowns — Defeated Sanity is coming to dismantle Europe, one stage at a time!
Tracklist: 1. Amputationsdrang (2:30) [WATCH] 2. The Odour Of Sanctity (3:36) [WATCH] 3. Accelerating The Rot (3:22) [WATCH] 4. Temporal Disintegration (5:52) [WATCH] 5. Extrinsically Enraged (4:09) [WATCH] 6. A Patriarchy Perverse (4:16) 7. Condemned to Vascular Famine (6:00) 8. Heredity Violated (3:48) Total runtime: 33:35
DEFEATED SANITY is unequivocally one of the most unique, boundary-pushing and crucial bands in the history of extreme death metal. Their music is as technically coherent as it is mind-bending and memorable. Endlessly replay-able and full of discovery, their maze of riffs and musical passages is inspired by infamous classic bands in the extreme metal genre, while also heavily steeped in jazz and progressive classical elements.
The band consists of four members. They’re led by drummer Lille Gruber, who’s the son of deceased co-founding member Wolfgang Teske. Gruber is joined by bandmates Jacob Schmidt (bass), Josh Welshman (vocals) and Vaughn Stoffey (guitar).
As well as being the drummer of Defeated Sanity, Gruber is the multi- instrumental, songwriting mastermind behind the band’s deep and compelling catalogue of songs and compositions. He possesses a bag of tricks seen nowhere else in the genre, and a musical prowess which is on full display throughout their new album Chronicles of Lunacy.
“We love experimenting”, explains drummer and founding member Lille Gruber. “But we realized that some of our oldest fans might have gotten lost after our last couple of albums. With the new one, we wanted to focus more on neck-snapping brutality”.
Chronicles of Lunacy punches you right in the face. Press play and “Amputationsdrang” already has you pinned to the mat beneath its non-stop blasts. Get comfortable, too, because Defeated Sanity don’t let the album up for air until the very end of Track 4. But turns out, acting like knuckle-dragging cavemen isn’t so easy for a band that has a Mensa-level maestro like Gruber at the controls.
At the tender age of six, Lille Gruber picked up heavy guitar and drums. Inspired by killer American BDM bands like Disgorge, Monstrosity and Brodequin, the German wunderkind recorded the band’s first demo alongside his father, Wolfgang Teske. Since Wolfgang’s passing in 2010, Gruber has taken on the bulk of the composing for Defeated Sanity. Whether he’s hammering his snare, pinging between cymbals or riding a colossal groove, The Chronicles of Lunacy flows like a never-ending stream of filth.
“Lille’s drumming is just ridiculous”, Jacob Schmidt says. Schmidt – who toured with Obscura behind Cosmogenesis – joined as the other half of Defeated Sanity’s chaotic rhythm section for the band’s beloved second album. His nimble, belching bass give the new album’s lead single “The Odour of Sanctity” a dizzying bounce. “He’s the face of the franchise, so we’re never going to abandon those head-scratching moments that set Defeated Sanity apart”.
Indeed, Chronicles of Lunacy isn’t Defeated Sanity for dummies. Heck, the lyrics are wrapped up in the twisted ways that delusions can rot the human psyche. This heady concept was made flesh by none other than Jon Zig. Drawn in painstaking detail by his wicked right hand, the album’s cover shows that the birth of some ideas look an awful lot like a gory and sex-crazed nativity scene.
“Each song on Chronicles deals with a different form of mental corruption”, Josh Welshman says”. “Odor” stinks of religious fanaticism. “A Patriarchy Perverse” cracks open the mind of co-ed killer Ed Kemper, while “Extrinsically Enraged” practically foams at the mouth with squealing hammer-ons. “That one’s more literal”, says Welshman with a hearty laugh. “It’s about contracting rabies”. If it weren’t for Disposal of the Dead / Dharmata, then Defeated Sanity would’ve chewed through as many vocalists as they have albums, but after a brutal showing on their last one, Welshman is back with more guttural vengeance. His growls ooze from the pit of his gut on “Temporal Disintegration”, stomped out like the innards of a cockroach by the gravity-defying slams.
While it still hits from every odd angle, Chronicles of Lunacy does draw a jagged red line back to Defeated Sanity’s brutal origins. After all, the band now share a label with their namesake. In true, DS fashion, the first song written for this album was “Heredity Violated”, a headbanging grand finale that never stops chugging. “This album isn’t as tough on the brain as the last two”, says new guitarist Vaughn Stoffey, whose chunky riffs whip “Accelerating the Rot” into the fastest song in the band’s canon. “It’s rawer and more straightforward, which gets back to what fans love about Psalms of the Moribund“.
To dig up the sheer brutality that long-time fans have come to crave, Defeated Sanity returned to Thousand Cave Studios. New York City’s most vile underground hotspot also served as the excavation site for the Billboard-charting The Sanguinary Impetus, which shoveled a fresh layer of dirt over the “polished” production of Passages into Deformity. But the band encouraged producer Colin Marston to get down and dirty with Chronicles of Lunacy. “We still wanted some of the high fidelity that you hear on modern death metal records”, Schmidt says, “but this album has the same crushing low-end as Psalms or Chapters of Repugnance“.
The band execute this two-headed approach to monstrous effect on “Condemned to Vascular Famine”. At just under six minutes, the song delivers the longest ass beating on Chronicles of Lunacy. At times, all four members sound like they’re climbing up the walls in separate asylums, but after slipping in a brief nod to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the band come slamming down into the album’s ugliest breakdown.
“That’s one of our favorites”, the band says. “It lands at a crossroad of the DS sound that we ended up with on Chronicles of Lunacy. Even though it gets pretty fucking weird at times, there’s still an emphasis on heavy, straight-up slamming”
None of their albums are ever going to follow a straight line, but on Chronicles of Lunacy, Defeated Sanity return to sheer brutality.
Lineup: Josh Welshman – Vocals Vaughn Stoffey – Guitars Jacob Schmidt – Bass Lille Gruber – Drums
Guest Musicians: Danny Nelson and Paolo Paguntalan provide backup vocals on “Amputationsdrang” and “Accelerating the Rot”
Recording Studio: Thousand Caves Studio in January 2024.
Production: Recorded, mixed and mastered by Colin Marston. Produced by Colin Marston and Defeated Sanity.
Cover Art: Artwork by Jon Zig Title lettering by Liz Schmidt Layout by Alex Eckman-Lawn
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