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UNPROCESSED Unveil Brutal New Single + Video ‘Dark, Silent and Complete’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 3, 2024
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Photo: Max Stern

Innovative musical mavericks Unprocessed have released their most diverse single to date, a three-part concept song, ‘Dark, Silent and Complete’. The single comes ahead of their EU/UK headline tour, with many dates sold out or on low ticket warnings.

Stream the single here: https://ffm.to/dark-silent-complete

David Levy (bass & cello) commented on the single: “’Dark, Silent and Complete’ is a 3-part concept song that revolves around the idea of finding peace in solitude and utter darkness. An inner monologue that leads one towards a nihilistic state of mind, in which no outside factors can influence oneself. 

“In the first part (dark) sheer chaos and anger pump through blast beats and fast, progressive riffing, until the silence arrives and moody synths are disrupted by organic orchestral sounds, opening up a soundscape reminiscent of Radiohead or massive attack, building up to the third part (complete), where the whole band comes in for an excessive outburst of emotions.”

‘Dark, Silent and Complete’ is the band’s second standalone single this year, following the hugely dynamic ‘Sacrifice Me’. Listen here: https://youtu.be/ivXDVKwzCIw

Guitarist / vocalist Manuel Gardner-Fernandes has also unveiled his stunning new signature model guitar, the Ibanez MGFM10-OBL. With its modern headless design and beautiful black gloss finish, Manuel now joins the ranks of legendary Ibanez signature artists including Steve Vai, Jo Satriani, Polyphia and more. Watch the release video here and full specs can he found here.

Catch the band, with Avralize in support, on the following dates:

03/10/2024 – Euroblast Festival – Cologne DE (headline)
04/10/2024 – headCRASH – Hamburg, DE SOLD OUT
05/10/2024 – BETA – Copenhagen, DK SOLD OUT
06/10/2024 – John Dee – Oslo, NO
07/10/2024 – Nalen Klubb – Stockholm, SE
09/10/2024 – Kuudes Linja – Helsinki, FI LOW TICKETS
10/10/2024 – Paavli Kultuurivabrik – Tallinn, EE
11/10/2024 – Melna Piektdiena – Riga, LV
13/10/2024 – Hydrozagadka – Warsaw, PL    
15/10/2024 – Dürer Kert – Budapest, HU
16/10/2024 – B72 – Vienna, AT LOW TICKETS
17/10/2024 – Feierwerk (Kranhalle) – Munich, DE SOLD OUT
18/10/2024 – Legend Club – Millan, IT
19/10/2024 – Klub Komplex – Zurich, CH
20/10/2024 – La Boule Noire – Paris, FR SOLD OUT
22/10/2024 – Exchange – Bristol, GB SOLD OUT
23/10/2024 – Asylum 2 – Birmingham, GB
24/10/2024 – Deaf Institute – Manchester, GB LOW TICKETS
25/10/2024 – Key Club – Leeds, GB
26/10/2024 – The Dome – London, GB UPGRADED / LOW TICKETS
27/10/2024 – Green Door Store – Brighton, GB SOLD OUT
29/10/2024 – Botanique – Brussels, BE SOLD OUT
30/10/2024 – Patronaat – Haarlem, NL SOLD OUT
31/10/2024 – Cassiopeia – Berlin, DE SOLD OUT
1/11/2024 – Das Bett – Frankfurt, DE SOLD OUT

Tickets now on sale here:  https://ffm.live/unpro-eu24

Unprocessed’s beautifully melodic, technically proficient and at times brutally heavy sound has catapulted them to the forefront of the modern metal scene, having toured as main support to TesseracT across Europe, Polyphia in the USA and sold out countless shows on their first North American headline tour in 2024.

Their latest album ‘…and everything in between’ has been described by publications such as Kerrang! as “An album so forward-thinking that it’s a huge breath of fresh air in the world of metal” KKKK. This is driven in part by their virtuoso guitarist and vocalist Manuel Gardner Fernandes, whose talent for turning the most complex technique into ultra-modern melodies has made him a world renowned flag-bearer for the next generation of bands in the genre.

The German quartet represents a new evolution of futuristic guitar driven metal. 2024 will see the band take on Europe for their first headline tour with a plethora of new music and collaborations to come.

Unprocessed are:
Manuel Gardner Fernandes – Vocals, Guitars
Christoph Schultz – Guitars
David John Levy – Bass & Keys
Leon Pfeifer – Drums

Unprocessed online:
www.unprocessed.band
www.facebook.com/unprocessedofficial
www.Instagram.com/unprocessedband 

ANOMIC Sign with Wormholedeath for Reissue of “Opacity” EP

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 3, 2024
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Rising Thrash/Death Metal act ANOMIC has signed with Wormholedeath Records for the reissue of their debut EP, “Opacity” set to be re-released on November 22nd, 2024.

An Unstoppable Force Finds Its Home

Anomic is a force to be reckoned with. Founded by Dutch/Syrian guitarist and vocalist Raafat “Raaf” Atasi, the band blends the fury of Thrash with the unrelenting brutality of Death Metal, creating a sound that is both punishing and addictive. After leaving the German thrash outfit War Agenda in August 2023, Raaf wasted no time channeling his creative fire into Anomic. He channeled a multitude of influences, resulting in the band’s debut EP, “Opacity”. This 3-track sonic assault tackles existential themes like conformity, war, insanity, and the very apocalypse itself.

Joining Forces for a Crushing Future

Raaf wasn’t alone in this sonic crusade. He enlisted his old friend Fadi Massamiri to join the band as bassist and second vocalist, with Fadi also taking the reins on mixing and mastering “Opacity”. To solidify their rhythm section, the band recruited the legendary Krzysztof Klingbein (live drummer for Vader, Belphegor, and Hate) to lay down the punishing drum tracks on the EP. Additionally, the monstrous vocals of Stefan Nordström guest star on the track “On Deaf Ears”, add an extra layer of malevolent fury.

Anomic’s signing with Wormholedeath Records marks a pivotal moment in the band’s journey. In a statement, the band expressed their excitement:

“We are stoked to announce that AnomiC is now a member of the WormHoleDeath family. Our EP ‘Opacity’ will be released and distributed this year (2024) digitally by WHD worldwide. This is an important chapter in the band’s journey, and we wanna thank the spectacular label owner Carlo Bellotti and his team Carla Predan and Natascia Pribac for this great opportunity to spread our music properly, and with a great label that is a home to so many killer bands signed to their roster. Moreover, our first full-length, which is to be released in 2025, will also be released and distributed with WHD. So, we’re looking forward to this great collaboration and can’t wait to share plans with you all. Stay metal!”

‘Opacity’ tracklist:

  1. Opacity
  2. This Blood is Mine
  3. On Deaf Ears Feat. Stefan Nordström

Get a taste of “Opacity” with the lyric video for “On Deaf Ears ft. Stefan Nordström”

Brace yourselves, metal maniacs! Anomic is here to demolish everything in their path. Stay tuned for more news and prepare to be crushed by “Opacity” on December 6th, 2024!

Connect with the band:
www.facebook.com/AnomicOfficialMusic
www.instagram.com/anomicofficialmusic
www.youtube.com/@Anomic-Official
anomicband.bandcamp.com

HOPE IS A LIE Release First Single ‘Dance’ from Upcoming Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 3, 2024
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Photo by Tuomo Heiti

Finnish Hope Is a Lie is slow, unhurried, and extremely bleak doom, post-metal, sludge, industrial and a pinch of grunge. While the music sounds like despair, and conveys bleak stories of a future without human relationships, if you lose all hope, you have nothing more to lose.

‘Dance’ is the first single from HIaL’s debut album. It’s a story of loss and longing, and about that last chance to find the connection once lost. Nonchalant and creeping, slow and heavy, mixing various vocal styles, this is the song that started Hope Is a Lie.

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer etc.): https://push.fm/fl/hial-dance

  • Music: Markus Alavire
  • Lyrics: Lasse Girs
  • Arrangements: Hope Is a Lie

The band’s self titled debut album is released on December 13th 2024 by Inverse Records and will be supported by three singles: ‘Dance’ (2 October), ’Suits (feat Amber Shadows)’ (30 October) and ’End of Days’ (27 November). All music is written by the band, and is mixed by Markus Alavire and mastered by Owe Inborr.

You might like Hope Is a Lie if you like: Oranssi Pazuzu, Amenra, Absent in Body, Insomnium, We Lost the Sea, Mogwai, Neurosis.

Hope Is a Lie is:
Markus Alavire: Vocals, guitars, bass, programming & keyboards
Lasse Girs: Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
Tuomo Heiti: Drums.

​https://www.facebook.com/hopeisalieband
​https://www.instagram.com/hopeisalieband/

DEIVOS Premiere New Single ‘My Sacrifice’ from Upcoming Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 3, 2024
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photo by Marcin Studzinski

Decibel Magazine is hosting the exclusive premiere of “My Sacrifice,” the newest single from Poland’s long-running death metal technicians DEIVOS. The song precedes the band’s devastating seventh studio full-length, Apophenia, nearing October release on Selfmadegod Records.

A hypnotically demolishing listening experience, DEIVOS’ Apophenia ruptures forth with nine new tracks. The album is void of filler, stacked end-to-end with breakneck transitions and bulldozing passages of technical but not overthought death metal that dismantles everything in its path.

Apophenia was captured across Poland throughout 2023, the drums engineered/recorded by Krzysztof Godycki at Roslyn Studio, the bass recorded at Kamil Home Studio, and the guitars and vocals recorded at Zed Studio where the album was mixed and mastered by Tomek Zalewski at Zed Studio in early 2024. The album’s intros and outros were created by Mścisław except the “Feretory” outro by Head.One.Beatz. The record features cover art by the late Mariusz Lewandowski (Mizmor, Bell Witch, Fuming Mouth), design and layout by Michał Kaczkowski, and photography by Marcin Studziński.

With the new song, DEIVOS vocalist Hubert Banach states, “‘My Sacrifice’ is about the things that are sacrificed for a false promise of a better life after death.”

Listen to DEIVOS’ Apophenia single “My Sacrifice” first at Decibel Magazine RIGHT HERE.

Apophenia will be released on CD and digital platforms October 18th. Find digital preorders at Selfmadegod Records’ Bandcamp where the first single “Sermon Of Hypocrisy” is streaming HERE and watch for physical preorders to post at the label’s new webshop in the days ahead.

DEIVOS formed in 1997, and in 1999 released their first demo, Praised By Generations. After a few years of silence, in 2003 they released the Hostile Blood EP via Butchery Music, which was enthusiastically received by the underground death metal community. In 2004 the band started writing new songs for their first album, which was eventually recorded in early 2006 at the famous Hertz Studio (Decapitated, Vader); Emanation From Below was released in Poland in November 2006 by Empire Records. Thanks to Metal Mind Productions, the album was released in Europe in January 2008, and then in the USA.

In late 2008, DEIVOS entered the Hertz studio again to record their second album, Gospel Of Maggots. This record gained the attention of the American label Unique Leader Records, who released it in February 2010. Following some lineup changes, the band returned to Hertz Studio in February 2011 to record their third album, Demiurge Of The Void, which was also released by Unique Leader in September 2011.

After a four-year hiatus, DEIVOS signed to Selfmadegod Records to release their devastating album, Theodicy, in February 2015. The band’s next album, Endemic Divine, came two years later, and their sixth album, Casus Belli, was released in November 2019, both also through Selfmadegod Records.

In 2021, DEIVOS and Selfmadegod reissued the band’s oldest releases, and so the Emanation From Below, Hostile Blood, and Praised By Generations were reissued together as a double-disc set. Since then, the band has been devoted to creating the seventh DEIVOS album, Apophenia.

https://deivos.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/deivos_official
https://www.facebook.com/Deivos
https://www.youtube.com/deivosofficial
https://www.selfmadegod.com
https://www.selfmadegod-store.com
https://www.facebook.com/selfmadegod
https://www.selfmadegod.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/selfmadegod_records
https://www.youtube.com/user/SelfmadegodRecords

BUSH Commemorate 30th Anniversary of “Sixteen Stone” with Special Vinyl Reissue

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 3, 2024
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Hot on the heels of their critically acclaimed, sold-out summer headline tour, Bush is set to commemorate the 30th anniversary of their groundbreaking debut album Sixteen Stone with a special vinyl reissue. This milestone release marks the beginning of an exciting new partnership with Craft Recordings, a label renowned for its dedication to preserving and amplifying iconic music. The multi-Platinum LP, a cornerstone of the ’90s post-grunge era, is set to arrive on November 22nd and is available for pre-order today.

Alongside a wide release, fans can get their hands on six limited-edition colored pressings: “Opaque Red” (available wide), “Silver” (exclusive to Independent Record Stores), “Translucent Lemonade” (via Best Buy), “Sepia” (via Barnes & Noble) and “Highlighter Smoke” (available at Revolver), plus a “Fog” pressing exclusive to the band’s Spotify followers via Fans First.

Released on December 6th, 1994, Sixteen Stone propelled Bush into the international spotlight, selling millions of copies in the US—the album recently certified 7X Platinum by the RIAA—and producing a string of hit singles. With its blend of heavy guitar riffs and introspective lyrics, the album helped define the alternative-rock sound of the ’90s, cementing Bush as one of the era’s most successful bands.

Upon release, Sixteen Stone debuted at No.4 on the Billboard 200, staying on the chart for more than 70 weeks. The album’s runaway success was driven by its singles, including the chart-topping hits “Glycerine” and “Comedown,” both of which exploded at radio peaking at No.1 in Billboard’s Alternative Airplay charts and No.1 in the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Other fan-favorites on the album include “Machinehead,” “Everything Zen” and “Little Things.” The enduring popularity of these tracks has kept the album resonance for new generations of listeners, while its influence on modern rock remains undeniable.

The album’s sound was shaped at Westway Studios in London, where the band worked with producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, a duo whose production credits include Madness, Morrissey and Elvis Costello. The result was a record that seamlessly blended grunge and hard rock with Britpop sensibilities, creating a unique sound that resonated with fans around the world.

Reflecting on the album’s legacy in an interview with Heavy Consequence, frontman Gavin Rossdale shared, “I think there’s something to be said about the truth of these songs — the way they resonate with people, what they do for people. That’s the beauty of it. And I think the power of it.”

The Sixteen Stone 30th anniversary reissue follows the band’s extensive Greatest Hits tour, celebrating their decades-long career and coinciding with the release of their Greatest Hits compilation. In addition, Bush recently unveiled the Loads of Remixes EP, a seven-track collection that reimagines some of their most iconic songs, offering fans a fresh take on their classic hits. Track details for the Greatest Hits (available on CD, LP and digital) and Loads of Remixes EP (digital) also below. 

With over 24 million records sold, one billion streams and a procession of No.1 singles, Bush—current lineup comprising Gavin Rossdale (vocals, guitar), Chris Traynor (guitar), Corey Britz (bass) and Nik Hughes (drums)—stand tall as rock outliers whose imprint only widens as the years pass.

Click here to pre-order or stream/download Sixteen Stone.

Sixteen Stone tracklist:

Side A:

  1. Everything Zen
  2. Swim
  3. Bomb
  4. Little Things
  5. Comedown
  6. Body

Side B:

  1. Machinehead
  2. Testosterone
  3. Monkey
  4. Glycerine
  5. Alien
  6. X-Girlfriend

Loads of Remixes E.P. tracklist:

  1. Everything Zen (Remix by Jason Aalon of Fever 333 & theearthsays)
  2. Machinehead (The Impulse Mix) by Gavin Rossdale
  3. Swallowed (GLU Remix) by Michael Shuman from Queens of the Stone Age
  4. Glycerine (Corey’s Bedroom Mix)
  5. Letting The Cables Sleep (Nightmares on Wax Remix)
  6. The Sound of Winter (Junior Sanchez Remix)
  7. Little Things (Remix by Kevin “Boonn” Hissink feat. Jason Aalon of Fever 333)

Greatest Hits tracklist:

  1. Everything Zen
  2. Little Things
  3. Comedown
  4. Glycerine
  5. Machinehead
  6. Swallowed
  7. Greedy Fly
  8. Mouth (The Stingray Mix)
  9. The Chemicals Between Us
  10. Letting the Cables Sleep
  11. The People That We Love
  12. Inflatable
  13. The Sound of Winter
  14. The Only Way Out
  15. This Is War
  16. Bullet Holes
  17. Flowers on a Grave
  18. The Kingdom
  19. More Than Machines
  20. Nowhere To Go But Everywhere
  21. Come Together

For more information, visit CraftRecordings.com and follow on Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

IN WE FALL Drop New ‘Silent War’ Lyric Video & Single from Upcoming Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 3, 2024
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Photo Credit: Carlos Nemeth

In We Fall are a compelling Alternative Metal band from Vila Real, Portugal. The band is known for creating a distinct and exotic sound bursting with flavors of Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, and Grunge. The band just premiered a new lyric video entitled “Silent War” which is the first single & video taken from their upcoming full-length album Inner Self which will be released on December 13, 2024 via Eclipse Records. The album was produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Daniel Moreira at EvoluiSom Studios. The lyric video for “Silent War” was directed by Pedro Daniel at Phobos Anomaly Design.

“We decided to make a video of this song because it is a current theme, as well as being the first song made by the band”, says lead vocalist & guitarist Daniel Moreira. “This song pays tribute to fallen souls of all global conflicts. The lyric video is completely allusive to the lyrics, talking about what it’s like to be someone who is involved in a war scenario. The idea was to represent the current war between Russia and Ukraine, but it is a generality for any war scenario, so it is like a compliment to each of the soldiers. The work done together with Pedro Daniel from Phobos Anomaly Design made it possible to put into images what we intended to convey with the lyrics and the music!”.

In We Fall’s debut album titled Inner Self, is a concept record and the songs are magnificent fireworks displays bursting with stories that speak to the horrors of war, the shock of betrayal, the risk of blind trust, and the tragedy of putting our fists against the world. Altogether, the band shows us how much we are one, learning together how to feel, how to fall, and how we can finally rise. Inner Self has something for everyone, like a magical prism exploding with colors. Some of the song-introductions are flavored with grunge, just as many of the verse-riffs have heavy metal backbone. Often, the vocals possess an alternate flair that other times weave satisfying harmonies that remind us of the best album-oriented rock of the ages. The drums are complex, tight, and surprising, delivered in clever mixed meter and also a straight four/four that makes us want to stand up, stamp down, clap our hands over our heads, and shout at the moon. And for the utmost in blissful diversity, the platform lead guitar solos provide to us an electrifying smorgasbord including profound melodies, soaring runs, heart-breaking bends, and blistering sweeps, giving beginners a mission and the most dexterous shred-wizards – beautiful nightmares. Inner Self will be released on December 13, 2024 by Eclipse Records.

Pre-order / Pre-save Inner Self at https://ffm.to/inwinn

For more information about In We Fall and their “Silent War” lyric video, please visit them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, or Eclipse Records and follow them on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Pandora, Deezer , Tidal, and more now!

In We Fall lineup
Daniel Moreira (vocals & guitar), Luis Almeida (bass guitar), Frederico Lopes (drums), Carlos Carneiro (guitar)

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