Italy’s Depressive Black Metal poets NOTTURNO Return with New Album “Our”, set to be released on October 6th via Hypnotic Dirge Records.
One year to the date of their last album, the newest chapter in the story of NOTTURNO will see the light of day once again this year on October 6.
Following “Obsessions” and “Inside”, the new album entitled “Our” continues the exploration of the human psyche and its obsessive compulsions.
Similarly to previous NOTTURNO albums, the sound is rooted in atmospheric and depressive Black Metal with the addition of classical instruments incorporated into the compositions only adding to the rich sonic tapestry, though perhaps never as seamlessly as on this latest album.
Kjiel’s vulnerable and desperate vocals hover over the musical layers creating a vivid reflection of anguish and melancholy.
Swedish Death Metal Veterans CENTINEX returns to their roots with their 2 track mini single As You Die Out digitally on October 25th and CD Digipak on November 8th.
Times change and so do Centinex. Our “As You Die” single does in a way represent a new beginning for the band, not only by working with new business partners but also by exploring a somewhat new musical direction. As previously mentioned, we have always been about not having any boundaries nor limiting ourselves and these two new tracks might be the clearest example of that. Maybe we are getting old or something, dunno… Anyway, let’s fu**ing rock! // Martin & Centinex
Tracklist 1 As You Die 2 Into Ashes
Produced by Centinex Recorded, mixed and mastered at Wellbay Studios during March 2024 by Johan Hjelm and Centinex Cover art by Chainsaw Design Photos by Abyssal Void
Italian progressive post-rockers STRANIA will release their debut album “Acceptance” on October 18th via Diotima Records! Today the band reveals the first details of their first opus, alongside the tracklisting.
The band shared: “Our first album, “Acceptance”, is a collection of songs composed between spring 2021 and early 2023 and revolves around the personification of nature and the conflictual relationship between mankind and nature herself, whose role constantly shifts from being a saviour and merciful mother to that of a cruel and destructive entity in the eyes of man. We recorded the instrumental parts of the album at “La Fucina Studio” between April and May of 2023. Not having an official singer during that period, the vocals were recorded between June and July of the same year by four local singers, each singing on one of the songs, thus giving every piece a certain feel thanks to their different styles and musical backgrounds. All the tracks were mixed and mastered at the same studio by the end of the summer. The hard work, patience and sacrifice that went into the composition (often troubled and complex) and the recording of this album are rewarded by our trust and love toward music as a whole, and we hope that “Acceptance” and our future works can reach and inspire as many people as possible.”
“Acceptance” Tracklist:
The Tide’s Echo 7:22
It’s Meant To Be 6:40
Metempsychosis 4:21
Nothing Remains 7:38
Lost At Sea 10:34 Total length 36:35
More details to be revealed soon, stay tuned!
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September 13th, STRANIA unleashed the first single ‘Metempsychosis’, from the debut album, featuring Mattia Braghero as guest vocalist.
The band on ‘Metempsychosis’: “Metempsychosis is a song that tells the story of an old man who ventures into the woods to reunite with Mother Nature in his final moments, allowing her to take care of his body and soul. As he walks deeper into the forest, he feels observed by the surrounding trees, which are the reincarnations of those who, like him, sought final peace in that place.”
Further news on STRANIA’s activities will be revealed in the coming weeks!
More information:
STRANIA is an Italian progressive post-rock band, formed in the province of Florence by Andrea Borgioli, Mattia Nicolini and Giacomo Bracci in the summer of 2019. The band reached its current four-piece lineup in late summer 2022.
The members of the band have a very heterogeneous musical culture, but the meeting point between them is highlighted in the post-rock genre, which leaves a lot of expressive and compositional freedom to the group. In fact, all the songs are composed in a collective creative process in the rehearsal room, which can sometimes even last whole day sessions, taking care of the smallest detail.
IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT comments: “It is seen through the ages that universal truth rises to the top. With this in mind, leaders of civilization are divided in control methods deployed through various mechanisms, some for the sake of humanity and some for the sake of interests that don’t necessarily benefit humanity. The sum total of the entire apparatus then reaches a boiling point, after which time agendas are revealed. On a much higher level exists that which lies beyond the five senses, beyond the science and materialism matrix. Many sacred texts worthy of protection by the people have endured while existing in relative obscurity as allegory. The knowledge gets passed down through generational cycles and ultimately makes visible that collective connection in all the world and all of us. This lights up the consciousness with a venerable force like electricity and music. Under the watchful eye, Mars slew the dragon, and seizing its teeth out of the great gaping mouth, scattered them broadcast like seeds unto us.”
SWALLOW THE SUN have released another new single taken from their upcoming album SHINING out October 18th. Fans can now stream and watch the music video for MelancHoly.
Juha Raivio comments on the new song: “This song talks about how melancholy can be comforting, safe and even a beautiful place. But when it turns into your God, it will surely kill you.”
Mikko Kotamäki adds on “MelancHoly”: “I’ve heard these days people call great and catchy songs bangers. Well, this one truly is one.”
SWALLOW THE SUN recently announced details surrounding their eagerly awaited new album SHINING out October 18th. The new record is produced and mixed by Dan Lancaster (Bring Me the Horizon, Muse, Enter Shikari, etc.), mastered by Tony Lindgren (Fascination Street Studios) and recorded by Juho Räihä at SoundSpiral Audio, except vocals recorded by Dan Lancaster.
Juha Raivio adds on the upcoming album SHINING: “After our last album it soon became clear to me that writing another Moonflowers album will kill me. So, I made a quiet wish to myself that if there ever will be any new music then please have a little bit of mercy on yourself rather than be that infinite black hole that will suck out the rest of your remaining light and soul just for the sake of it. Musically this album shines like a glacier diamond and has that power and punch that feels like a kick in your face! While lyrically the album deals how fearing life will eventually kill you and how melancholy can become your God.
In the midst of their stacked headline “Decade of the Swarm” Tour, Pittsburgh, PA Deathcore unit SIGNS OF THE SWARM have dropped new single IWONTLETYOUDIE— their first original music since 2023’s breakout LP “Amongst the Low & Empty”. The new song was once again produced by Josh Schroeder, whose subwoofer HAS been replaced since that album blew it on its would-be first full in-studio playback. Rumor has it he’s treating listening sessions of IWONTLETYOUDIE with caution—something the band didn’t do while writing the song.
“IWONTLETYOUDIE‘ marks the beginning of a new chapter for SIGNS OF THE SWARM: a story of an endless cycle of death and resurrection,” reveals SIGNS OF THE SWARM drummer and main songwriter Bobby Crow. “We like to use the time between albums to explore new ideas and sounds. We did this on the ultra-heavy ‘Unbridled,’ the more moshy ‘The Collection’ (featuring guest shouts from Kublai Khan’s Matt Honeycutt and Molotov Solution’s Nick Arthur), and the eerily melodic crusher ‘Pernicious’. IWONTLETYOUDIE touches on all of those and more; our goal was to channel the energy of deathcore that got us excited about it in our younger year, so expect the explosiveness of ‘Amongst the Low & Empty ‘ but so much more!”
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