NACHTBLUT Announce Seventh Album “Todschick”, Out February 21st

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Germany’s dark metal pioneers NACHTBLUT have announced their seventh studio album, Todschick [eng: dead chic], set to be released on February 21, 2025 via Napalm Records. The quartet unveils ten new tracks, expanding their repertoire by incorporating various stylistic elements and 1980s-inspired synthesizer sounds, seamlessly blending this with their signature dark metal sound and Askeroth’s distinctive vocals.

The even more sinister and versatile offering follows their 2020’s successful album Vanitas, which reached #19 on the official German album charts. Produced by the renowned Chris Harms of Lord of the Lost, the wooden box set also includes a bonus CD with seven additional tracks, featuring collaborations with genre heavyweights – promising an extra surprise.

Today, NACHTBLUT unveils the beautifully gloomy title track, “Todschick”, together with an eerie official music video. Like death itself, it blends catchy synths with explosive riffs, embracing the inevitability of death while redefining the beauty of darkness. Place your pre-order now and listen to “Todschick” below for a taste of what’s to come! Plus, German fans should make sure to join the band as they hit the road in spring 2025. See below for all current dates!

NACHTBLUT about the new single:
“With this song, NACHTBLUT embraces death and simultaneously reveals the beauty of darkness, redefining the word ‘Todschick’ (dead chic). As the title track of the album, it’s the perfect introduction to a new era.”

Embrace the Darkness: NACHTBLUT’s Todschick Marks a New Dark Metal Dawn

The monumental release of Todschick not only presents 10 fresh new tracks, but even offers a wooden box set which includes a bonus CD with seven additional tracks, featuring collaborations with guest artists such as Frank Herzig (Schattenmann), Freki (Varg), Tetzel (Asenblut/All For Metal), Eric Fish (Subway To Sally), and further top acts.

The melancholic track “Das Leben der Anderen” criticizes modern societal ills like doom-scrolling through social media, overlaying the seemingly perfect lives of others with guttural screams. Meanwhile, the dark, new-wave-synth track “Manchmal kommen sie wieder” explores the eternal cycles of creation, destruction and war. Some songs also reference film classics, including “Stirb Langsam,” a humorous celebration of escapism, which, in true NACHTBLUT style, conceals a sharp message. Tracks like “Kinder des Zorns” invite headbanging with especially hard riffs and tempo. With “Schneller als der Tod,” the band ventures into entirely new musical territory, seamlessly merging epic wild west elements with the powerful sounds of dark metal. Energetic melodies blend perfectly with Askeroth’s characteristic vocals, creating a unique atmosphere that brings the album to a striking conclusion, offering an unexpected musical twist.

With Todschick, NACHTBLUT not only masterfully enriches dark metal with captivating, genre-spanning sounds that set new accents, but also addresses contemporary societal issues, striking a chord with the times. This new masterpiece is an invitation to view the dark beauty of life and its challenges in a new light, and to join the band on their 2025 headline tour to experience it live!
 
NACHTBLUT on the new album:
“Todschick is an album where death sets the rhythm, a musical blood kiss, in which the line between fiction and reality fades with every note.”

Pre-Order Your Copy of Todschick NOW

Todschick tracklisting:
01 Von Hass Getrieben
02 Todschick
03 Nachtgeweiht
04 Das Leben Der Anderen
05 Manchmal Kommen Sie Wieder
06 Mein Ist Die Hölle
07 Götterstille
08 Kinder Des Zorns
09 Stirb Langsam
10 Schneller Als Der Tod

NACHTBLUT live 2025:

Nachtblut “Todschick” Tour 2025:
21.02.25 DE – Hanover / Musikzentrum
22.02.25 DE – Osnabrück / Rosenhof
27.02.25 AT – Wien / Szene
28.02.25 DE – Munich / Backstage – Sold Out
01.03.25 DE – Stuttgart / ClubCann – Sold Out
02.03.25 DE – Stuttgart / ClubCann *Additional Show
06.03.25 DE – Nuremberg / Hirsch
07.03.25 DE – Leipzig / Hellraiser
08.03.25 DE – Berlin / Hole44
13.03.25 DE – Oberhausen / Kulttempel
14.03.25 DE – Frankfurt / Das Bett
15.03.25 CH – Luzern / Konzerthaus Schüür

Get your tickets here: http://www.nachtblut.com/

NACHTBLUT are:
Askeroth – Vocals
Ablaz – Bass
Skoll – Drums
Greif Guitar

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BLEED FROM WITHIN Announce New Album “Zenith” with New Single + Video ‘In Place Of Your Halo’

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Metal powerhouse BLEED FROM WITHIN have announced their new album Zenith that’s set to be released on the 4th April via Nuclear Blast Records. Alongside the announcement, the band have revealed the video for new single ‘In Place Of Your Halo’, a thunderous shot of modern metal fury that pays homage to their native Scotland with a bagpipe-backed refrain for the ages.

On the news of their new album the band comment:
“In Place Of Your Halo marks the beginning of the next chapter for Bleed From Within. It is an anthem for those that feel like life has passed them by, or those that have been held back by their own limitations. We are killing the older version of ourselves in order to grow. This develops our resilience, a topic that underpins this band’s journey and most of what we shout about. We’ve not had it easy, but neither has anyone else. This song is for all of us.

Through this growth, we come closer to our potential, our Zenith – the title of our 7th studio album. This is a body of work that we are so immensely proud of and look forward to sharing more of over the coming months. We couldn’t think of a more fitting introduction to our next steps as a band than a breakdown with some bagpipes over it. Plenty more new music to follow. Enjoy.”

Pre-order and pre-save Zenith now at: https://bleedfromwithin.bfan.link/zenith

ZENITH TRACKLIST
1. Violent Nature
2. In Place Of Your Halo
3. Zenith
4. God Complex
5. A Hope In Hell
6. Dying Sun
7. Immortal Desire (ft. Brann Dailor)
8. Chained To Hate
9. Known By No Name
10. Hands Of Sin (ft. Josh Middleton)
11. Edge Of Infinity

Be the first to hear ‘In Place Of Your Halo’ live as BLEED FROM WITHIN join SLIPKNOT‘s ‘Here Comes The Pain’ Europe and UK tour from tomorrow. You can also catch the band across North America in 2025 supporting BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and TRIVIUM on ‘The Poisoned Ascendancy’ tour before they return to the UK and Europe for ‘The Zenith Tour’ where they’ll be joined by AFTER THE BURIAL and GREAT AMERICAN GHOST.

HERE COMES THE PAIN TOUR 2024
supporting SLIPKNOT
05.12.24 – NL, Amsterdam – Ziggo Dome
06.12.24 – DE, Dortmund – Westfalenhalle
08.12.24 – DE, Stuttgart – Schleyerhalle
09.12.24 – DE, Germany – Quarterback
11.12.24 – CH, Zurich – Hallenstadion
12.12.24 – FR, Paris – Accor Arena
14.12.24 – UK, Leeds – First Direct Arena
15.12.24 – UK, Glasgow – OVO Hydro
17.12.24 – UK, Manchester – Co-op Live Arena
18.12.24 – UK, Birmingham – Utilita Arena
20.12.24 – UK, London – The O2
21.12.24 – UK, London – The O2

THE POISONED ASCENDANCY NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2025
supporting BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE and TRIVIUM
19.04.25 – MO, Chesterfield – The Factory
20.04.25 – NE, Omaha – Steelhouse
22.04.25 – WI, Green Bay – Epic Event Center
23.04.25 – MI, Grand Rapids – GLC Live At 20 Monroe
26.04.25 – IL, Chicago – Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
27.04.25 – MI, Detroit – The Fillmore
29.04.25 – PA, Pittsburgh – Stage AE
30.04.25 – PA, Philadelphia – The Fillmore
02.05.25 – MA, Boston – MCM Music Hall At Fenway
03.05.25 – QC, Laval – Place Bell
04.05.25 – ON, Toronto – Great Canadian Resort Theatre
06.05.25 – DC, Washington – The Anthem
07.05.25 – NY, New York – The Rooftop At Pier 17
09.05.25 – PA, Bethlehem – Wind Creek Event Center
11.05.25 – TN, Nashville – The Pinnacle
13.05.25 – KY, Corbin – Corbin Arena
14.05.25 – GA, Atlanta – Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre
17.05.25 – NC, Charlotte – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
18.05.25 – NC, Raleigh – Red Hat Amphitheater

THE ZENITH TOUR 2025
w/ AFTER THE BURIAL & GREAT AMERICAN GHOST
10.09.25 – BE, Antwerp – Zappa
11.09.25 – DE, Cologne – Live Music Hall
12.09.25 – DE, Hamburg – Docks
13.09.25 – DE, Berlin – Kesselhaus
14.09.25 – PL, Warsaw – Progresja
16.09.25 – FI, Helsinki – Tavastia
17.09.25 – FI, Tampere – Olympia-Kortteli
19.09.25 – SE, Stockholm – Klubben Fryshuset
20.09.25 – SE, Gothenburg – Pustervik
21.09.25 – NO, Oslo – Vulkan Arena
22.09.25 – DK, Copenhagen – Amager Bio
24.09.25 – CZ, Prague – Meet Factory
25.09.25 – HU, Budapest – Barba Negra
26.09.25 – AT, Vienna – SIMM City
27.09.25 – DE, Munich – Backstage
28.09.25 – CH, Zürich – Kompex 457
30.09.25 – FR, Villeurbanne – CCO La Rayonne
01.10.25 – FR, Toulouse – La Cabane
03.10.25 – PT, Lisbon – LAV – Lisboa Ao Vivo
04.10.25 – ES, Madrid – Salva Mon Live
05.10.25 – ES, Barcelona – Razzmatazz 2
07.10.25 – FR, Paris – Bataclan
08.10.25 – NL, Tilburg – 013 Poppodium
10.10.25 – UK, London – O2 Forum Kentish Town
11.10.25 – UK, Manchester – O2 Ritz
12.10.25 – UK, Glasgow – Barrowlands

Tickets for all dates are available now at bleedfromwithin.com

PESTILENT SCARS Release Third Single And Music Video ‘Golden Maiden’

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PESTILENT SCARS is a five-piece melodic death metal band from Oulu. All the members are between 18 and 19 years old. The band’s central themes focus on melodic songwriting, pure emotion, tight gigs and overall the old school way of getting around.

The band is about to release their debut album Meadows of Misfortune on January 17th 2025 via Inverse Records. 

The third single ‘Golden Maiden’ is out today and it displays the band’s multi-genre background, being the song with the most writing contributions from all members. 

LISTEN to Golden Maiden on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/pestilent-scars-maiden 

  • Music by Elias Vierimaa, Pasi Matinolli & Topi Ilmola
  • Lyrics by Pasi Matinolli
  • ISRC: FI3FC2448703
  • Single cover by Topi Ilmola

“Mostly my writing comes straight from the heart. When I write music it has to come naturally. Melodies are very important to me and that’s why we have lot of melodic riffs in our songs. It tells you a story, it’s not basic death metal. I feel like I can show much more about myself with melodies. It’s something that I do. I don’t think a lot about which bands have inspired me, but i have to say that gothenburg’s melodic death metal scene from 90’s has inspired me a lot. But our music still has that Finnish melancholy. Both Finnish and Swedish melodic death metal is very important to me.” – Guitarist/Songwriter, Elias Vierimaa

Meadows of Misfortune Track list:

01. Into The Meadows
02. Internal Torment 
03. Golden Maiden 
04. Deceitful Phoenix 
05. Unreality 
06. A Reaching Hand 
07. Democide
08. All On My Own
09. In Search Of Reason
10. False Messiah

Album cover by Topi Ilmola

Pestilent Scars was born in the winter of 2022/2023. The band has had the same line-up for almost its entire existence. Pestilent Scars released their first single “Deceitful Phoenix” in the summer of 2023. The single was a relative success. Deceitful Phoenix” was followed by “All On My Own” in the autumn of the same year.

The band played several live shows in 2023 and 2024, which were energetic and showcased the band’s overall idea. At their last gig the band performed their forthcoming album “Meadows Of Misfortune”. The album will be released in early 2025.

Strictly limited CD is now available on pre-order

Line-up:
Pasi Matinolli – Vocals
Elias Vierimaa – Guitars
Artturi Kauppi – Drums
Sampo Jylhä – Bass
Topi Ilmola – Guitars

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UNTIL DEATH OVERTAKES ME Premiere “Diagenesis” LP Ahead of Release

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Ahead of its release this Friday on the twisted Aesthetic Death roster, today No Clean Singing presents an exclusive stream of “Diagenesis”, the new LP from enigmatic funeral doom entity UNTIL DEATH OVERTAKES ME. Stream the album HERE.

“Diagenesis” is due out December 6th 2024 via Aesthetic Death.

White light died, aeons away from home. Reality is fundamentally altered. Mutilated, it lurches on, as if blind to what has gone missing, to what will never return.

UNTIL DEATH OVERTAKES ME (UDOM for short), active since 1999, resides somewhere in the more murky reaches of the doom genre. Often called ambient funeral doom, UDOM’s sound is always undergoing subtle changes, and delivers introspective musical journeys to and through the darker and more tortured places of the human mind.

Since inception, UDOM has released 18 albums. The majority of these were self-released, targeting primarily digital-only platforms. “Diagenesis” is a culmination of inner torments which, having grown over the years, finally find a release through 4 lengthy tracks. Starting with a dream through which the dead communicate for the very last time, and from which the realisation is born that the act of remembering, preserving, lies wholly with the living. Realising the burden is subject to one’s own slow decay, guilt so powerful it seems only death can solve it, sets in. Yet that same death will not be avoided, and until then, we may dream. “Diagenesis” ends with a tribute to the dead of whom memories are fading, which ends up speaking more of the own despair, eventually faltering as it realises it will never reach those who can no longer hear.

“Diagenesis”. The final act of the dead. To become one with the surroundings whence they came, to become indistinguishable from the rest of reality, and effectively, to vanish as if they’d never existed. To leave the living despairing with the knowledge that no matter how deep they dig, in earth and mind, the dead shall never be found again.

Bereavement ravages the mind, and time promises to blunt its strength. A pale wasteland may recover one day, but the guilt that comes with fading memories takes root instead.
And here, time only strengthens it. As clear images become abstract dreams, guilt bears down with its growing, crippling mass.

The only ones to understand, who could ever forgive, have already gone ahead, and are those same ones fading out of view.

And when they’re truly gone, only death may forgive.

Tracklist:

1. Ascension
2. End’s Lure
3. White Light
4. For

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JUST REBORN Drop Powerful Anthem of Hope And Strength ‘Ad Aspera’

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Female-fronted symphonic power metal band JUST REBORN has unveiled its latest single, “Ad Aspera. “ The poignant exploration of overcoming darkness and finding the strength to rise above is taken from the critically acclaimed album Formae Mentis. 

The song is about the “power of dreams” as a useful tool for dealing with life’s complexity. It also discusses the fear of opening one’s eyes and finding oneself in a reality where hate and falsehood rule (“I opened my eyes. It felt so different than before. Your innocent face now has turned into a masquerade—of hate!”).

You can win through the power of dreams (“Wake in your dreams go ahead and try to scream” … “Stay in the eagle’s eye your time has come to fly”) …believe in dreams… (“Believe in all your dreams and fight hold on, it won’t be long and then you’ll see the sun and reach for the sky”).

It is a very reflective song like many others in “Formae Mentis” but it also delivers a positive message, especially to young people.

Formae Mentis: A Masterpiece of Symphonic Power Metal

“Ad Aspera” is just one gem from the treasure trove that is “Formae Mentis. Crafted over three years, “Formae Mentis” is a concept album that delves into the intricate labyrinth of the human mind. Each track is a testament to the band’s dedication, showcasing influences ranging from classical music to power metal, medieval echoes to progressive rock, blues to lyrical opera. This rich tapestry of sounds has been meticulously woven together, resulting in a symphonic power metal album that is both unique and compelling.

Stream the album here: orcd.co/formaementis

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IGNEA Bring Ukrainian Metal to ‘World of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl’ Video Game

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Ukrainian melodic metal band Ignea have taken their first step into the world of video games with a groundbreaking debut in the highly anticipated game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Developed by Kyiv-based GSC Game World, the game intertwines Ukrainian culture, history, and artistry.

True to its commitment to authentically represent Ukraine, the game exclusively features music by Ukrainian artists, and Ignea stand out as one of the few metal acts included. Fans can enjoy no fewer than seven songs and two instrumental versions, which enrich the in-game radio experience and immerse players in the hauntingly atmospheric world of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone.

Ignea comment: “From the very beginning, people told us our music felt like it belonged in video games, and we’ve always dreamed of making that a reality. To have our songs featured in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, a project born from the resilience and creativity of Ukrainian developers, is a profound honor. This game isn’t just entertainment—it’s a cultural milestone and a symbol of Ukraine’s strength. We’re incredibly proud to contribute our sound to such a powerful, historic Ukrainian creation.”

With over one million copies sold within 48 hours of release, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 stands as both a gaming triumph and a cultural milestone, amplifying Ukrainian voices on a global stage. Through their music, Ignea contribute to this legacy, blending the power of metal with the enduring spirit of their homeland.

In further news, Ignea have just released a first live performance video for the track ‘Leviathan’, which was shot during the mighty Bloodstock Festival of 2024. The full set will be made available later this year.

Ignea is a Ukrainian melodic metal band that mixes heavy riffs with symphonic, electronic, and folk elements, creating a powerful OST-like experience. Every release is backed by heavy story-telling, making their art more than just music. 

In the beginning of their career, Ignea was the first Ukrainian metal band to release an original song with the full symphonic orchestra ‘Alga’, a hymn named after the battle cry of Crimean Tatars who are defending their land, released after the Crimea annexation. The video for the song now counts nearly 10 million views. 

According to the national awards The Best Ukrainian Metal Act, the band’s second album The Realms of Fire and Death has been selected as the metal album of the year and Ignea has been named the best Ukrainian metal band of 2020. This album has been fully funded by the band’s patrons at the Patreon platform.

After touring Europe several times, and releasing 2 LPs and 2 EPs independently, Ignea won quite a big support from fans from all over the world and ended up signing with one of the biggest metal labels, Napalm Records.

Despite the full-scale war, the band managed to release a full-length album in 2023 dedicated to the Ukrainian travel writer and photographer Sofia Yablonska, play multiple charity shows in Ukraine, and embark on a EU/UK tour with the legendary Fear Factory, playing 43 shows within 2 months.

Ignea also proudly serves as cultural ambassadors for Ukraine, diligently raising awareness about the country’s ongoing situation among their international fanbase. Their recent performance at ESNS, Europe’s biggest showcase festival, further solidifies their status, alongside appearances at Wacken, Summer Breeze, Bloodstock, Leyendas del Rock, and selected club shows this summer as they lend their support to the esteemed Cradle of Filth and Epica.

Ignea are:
Helle Bohdanova — vocals
Yevhenii Zhytniuk — keyboards
Oleksandr Kamyshin — bass
Ivan Kholmohorov — drums
Dmytro Vinnichenko — guitars

For more information:
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https://twitter.com/ignea_band
https://www.youtube.com/igneaband