Progressive psych rock masters ELDER have announced a European tour for 2025, playing their ground-breaking, third studio album “Lore” (released in 2015 on Stickman Records) in its entirety!
The band states:“Lore is turning 10 years old. This album marked a point of departure for Elder upon a path which the band is still walking now. For us, this is the record where the band came into its own as a unique voice in the heavy rock underground. As we approach our second decade as a band, we feel it’s appropriate to look back on this landmark for us and acknowledge it properly, which is why we’re doing a tour performing the entire album along with some other tracks from our earlier catalog; we’ll give this era of the band a proper celebration before turning our attention once again toward the future and the next album, currently being written.
We’ll also be doing a run in North America, which will be announced shortly as well.”
Alongside their just announced appearances at Desertfest Berlin, London and Oslo in 2025, and with many more dates to be revealed soon, the tickets will be on sale from Friday, September 27th via https://beholdtheelder.com/tour/! Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the masterpiece “Lore” and catch ELDER live at the following dates:
08.05.2025 Hamburg (DE), Bahnhof Pauli 09.05.2025 Copenhagen (DK), Colossal Festival 10.05.2025 Oslo (NO), Desertfest Oslo 11.05.2025 Stockholm (SE), Hus 7 13.05.2025 Esch-Alzette (LU), Kulturfabrik 14.05.2025 Tourcoing (FR), Le Grand Mix 15.05.2025 to be announced soon 16.05.2025 London (UK), Desertfest London 17.05.2025 Nijmegen (NL), Sonic Whip 20.05.2025 Wiesbaden (DE), Schlachthof Kesselhaus 21.05.2025 Lyon (FR), L’Epicerie Moderne 22.05.2025 Lucerne (CH), Sedel 23.05.2025 Munich (DE), Feierwerk 25.05.2025 Berlin (DE), Desertfest Berlin
SKAM release their huge new single ‘Rising Fever’ on 4th October, new album ‘From The Depths’ set for release on 29th November.
This hugely talented band release their rocking new single ‘Rising Fever‘ on 4th October, Neal states:
“This song is about our journey in the Music Industry, and tells the story behind the new album. We decided not to compromise on our sound and what we are about as a band, and write songs that we truly believe in and love. The lyrics are about all of the so called ‘industry experts’ we have come across over the years who have told us to write songs a certain way, or look a certain way. We aren’t built that way, and never will be, so this is for them!”
Formed in 2011, SKAM are a hard rock power trio band from the middle of England. They have a reputation for delivering no nonsense, gutsy, classic sounding contemporary British rock music. To date, the band have independently released 3 albums. ‘It’s Come to This’ (2011) and ‘Peacemaker’ (2014) were released to critical acclaim and the band established themselves as a live force to be reckoned with.
A drive to innovate inspired SKAM to release ‘The Amazing Memoirs of Geoffrey Goddard’ (2017), a concept record based on the diary entries of a time travelling RAF pilot. The songs were described as ‘gritty anthemic rockers’ by Classic Rock Magazine and the album received a number of 5 star reviews from the UK Music press. Lead single ‘Take it Or Leave it’ was voted as ‘track of the week’ by Classic Rock Magazine and has since been included on Earache Records ‘New Wave of Rock N Roll’ compilation vinyl. In 2021, broke into the Official UK Rock Charts with their ‘Intra’ EP hitting number 6. Part 2 ‘Venous’ went one better making it to number 5.
On 4th October, the band returns with new single ‘Rising Fever‘, taken from upcoming release ‘From The Depths’, their most eclectic and ambitious album yet. On this album they have pushed themselves into unknown waters, experimenting with everything from Metal to prog, to Acoustic balladry. The album is due for release on 29th November.
UK Tour dates: 12th Oct, KKs Steel Mill, Wolverhampton supporting These Wicked Rivers
1st Nov – Corporation, Sheffield 2nd Nov – Bannermans, Edinburgh 3rd Nov – Trillians, Newcastle 8th Nov – The Giffard Arms, Wolverhampton 14th Nov – The Six Six Bar, Cambridge 16th Nov – Bear Cave, Bournemouth 17th Nov – The Black Heart, Camden, London 23rd Nov – Rebellion, Manchester 29th Nov – The Musician, Leicester 30th Nov – The Patriot, Newport 1st Dec – Planet Rockstock, Porthcawl
Steve Hill (guitar/vocals) Matt Gilmore (bass/backing vocals) Neal Hill (drums/backing vocals)
Following their recent signing with Massacre Records,new dark rock/metal act SCHÄDLICH & SÖHNE (feat. Yantit of Eisregen), has revealed details about their upcoming debut album, entitled “Zweckpessimismus”. The album is slated for release on November 22, 2024, and will be available as a 2-CD Mediabook, Ltd. Vinyl LP (2 colors: black / white), Ltd. Box Set and Digital formats. The Box Set includes the 2-CD Mediabook, a Patch, Flag and an Autograph Card. The pre-sale is now available at: https://lnk.to/zweckpessimismus
Stream their first single, the aptly-titled album opening track “Schädlich & Söhne”, now atthis location.
SCHÄDLICH & SÖHNE are Yantit and Guido Meyer de Voltaire – and in these dark times, they want to add a few dark grey splashes of color to your small and sad world with their new album. Abandon all hope, this music is not for everyone, and certainly no light entertainment. This is for listeners who are capable of thought, have a healthy sense of dark humor and find pleasure in tragedy.
It is an art to aptly describe one’s own lyrical outpourings without quickly sounding pathetic or even
ridiculous. There is certainly a similarity to Ewigheim here, but SCHÄDLICH & SÖHNE are much more direct and at the same time much more abstract. Or to put it a little more vaguely: total cynical negativity + the whole bitter truth = ZWECKPESSIMISMUS [Eng.: calculated pessimism (for people who can endure it)].
For the album’s musical realization, Yantit and Guido were joined by Markus Stock both on bass and as a producer. He was also responsible for the album mix and master. Kevin Olasz contributed some additional lead and solo guitars to selected songs on the album.
“Don’t be tight-fisted, spread the word! Only to people with the necessary understanding of humor and music, of course. We don’t want to upset anyone, do we?” – SCHÄDLICH & SÖHNE
CD Mediabook Track Listing:
CD 1
Schädlich & Söhne
Pathos, mein Freund?
Mit den Augen eines Toten
Katze Fröhlich
Tanz!
1000 Raben
Ein Leben
St. Nimmerlein
Vor uns der Tod
El mundo se está hundiendo
CD 2
Die Welt geht unter
Schädlich & Söhne RMX
Mit den Augen eines Toten RMX
SCHÄDLICH & SÖHNE Album Line-Up: Guido Meyer de Voltaire – Vocals Yantit – All Instruments Markus Stock – Bass
GUEST MUSICIAN Kevin Olasz: Additional lead guitars on “Schädlich & Söhne”, “Pathos, mein Freund?”, “Katze Fröhlich” and “Ein Leben”
Melodic death metal band Hagalas from Jyväskylä, Finland has released a new album titled “Mentes Reae”. The album’s tracks delve deeply into the darker aspects of mental health and human experiences. Themes explored include the hedonism fueled by social media, the struggles of life and the search for meaning, as well as violence and abuse. The songs address both the internal battles individuals face and the external pressures that affect a person’s mental state and behavior. The album as a whole is built around profound and often heavy topics that are particularly relevant in today’s world. Each track offers a unique perspective on the complexity of mental health and the vulnerability of the human mind.
In addition to the band, Samuli Raappana (Tuuliajo) contributed to the recording and mixing, while Tony Lindgren (Fascination Street Studios) handled the mastering. The album is released through the Finnish label Inverse Records.
West Coast deathgrind practitioners CATTLE DECAPITATION have just announced their return to European shores for January of 2025! They will be joined by co-headliners SHADOW OF INTENT and special guests REVOCATION and VULVODYNIA. Full dates below.
THE TERRASITIC RECONQUEST TOUR 2025 CATTLE DECAPITATION & SHADOW OF INTENT With Special Guests: REVOCATION VULVODYNIA 23.01.25 Germany Nuremberg @ Löwensaal 24.01.25 Belgium Sint-Niklaas @ Casino 25.01.25 The Netherlands Amsterdam @ Melkweg 26.01.25 Germany Wiesbaden @ Schlachthof 28.01.25 UK Birmingham @ O2 Institute 29.01.25 UK Glasgow @ SWG3 30.01.25 UK London @ Electric Brixton 31.01.25 UK Bristol @ Marble Factory 01.02.25 UK Manchester @ New Century Hall 02.02.25 UK Southampton @ Engine Rooms 04.02.25 France Paris @ Elysée Montmartre 05.02.25 France Lyon @ La Rayonne 06.02.25 Switzerland Zürich @ Komplex 457 07.02.25 Austria Vienna @ Simm City 08.02.25 Germany Munich @ Backstage Werk 10.02.25 Czech Republic Prague @ Roxy 11.02.25 Germany Leipzig @ Felsenkeller 12.02.25 Poland Warsaw @ Proxima 14.02.25 Germany Hannover @ Faust 15.02.25 Germany Berlin @ Huxleys 16.02.25 Denmark Copenhagen @ Amager Bio 17.02.25 Sweden Stockholm @ Fryshuset 19.02.25 Norway Oslo @ Rockefeller 20.02.25 Sweden Gothenburg @ Trädgårn 21.02.25 Germany Hamburg @ Fabrik 22.02.25 Germany Cologne @ Essigfabrik 23.02.25 The Netherlands Tilburg @ Poppodium 013
Watch CATTLE DECAPITATION‘s’ “Solastalgia” video at THIS LOCATION. You can find the band’s previously released videos for “We Eat Our Young” HERE, “Scourge Of The Offspring” HERE, and “A Photic Doom” HERE.
Though many bands have tried, no one articulates the real apocalypse humanity is facing as vividly and succinctly as CATTLE DECAPITATION. With 2019’s Death Atlas, they reached the apex of this, perhaps leading some to believe they had no place left to go beyond such an achievement, but alas, the band returned with Terrasite, which is as bold a statement as they have ever made. Roaring to life with the savage yet hauntingly melodic “Terrasitic Adaptation” and advancing through the likes of the relentless “We Eat Our Young” and culminating with the ten-plus minutes of “Just Another Body,” Terrasite is an album that constantly shifts dynamics and demands a variety of emotional responses. The record crushed Billboard charts upon its first week of release, earning the #2 position on the Current Hard Music Albums chart, #3 on the Current Independent Albums chart, #4 on the Rock Albums chart and more!
Terrasite features the artwork by longtime collaborator Wes Benscoter (Vader, Kreator, Bloodbath, Hypocrisy), was produced by Dave Otero (Cephalic Carnage, Allegaeon) and includes Dis Pater of Midnight Odyssey handling piano and synths.
Danish death metal/metallic hardcore goliaths LIFESICK will unleash their crushing Loved By None, Hated By All full-length November 1st on Metal Blade Records.
LIFESICK manifests brutal and brutally honest songs with lyrics inspired by the turbulent nature of life. Musically influenced by Swedish death metal, the band’s authentic and explosive mixture of crushing tones and modern breakdowns create an uncompromising sound and vision.
Formed in Fredericia, Denmark in 2015, LIFESICK‘s hometown was founded in 1650 as a giant fortress, at a time when the country was being continually battered by war and defeated by empire after empire. Although the Danish Realm is now among the world’s most peaceful and prosperous places to live, LIFESICK iskeen to alert us to the bitter conflict still raging in their hearts and minds. After three full-lengths of increasing weight and intensity, 2023’s Life And Other Lies EP brought the band’s sobering death/metallic hardcore to Metal Blade Records, where they have come of age with the kaleidoscopic fury and ironclad gloom of Loved By None, Hated By All.
“Sometimes it feels like the more you give, the more they take,” comments the band on that pessimistic title. “Over the last couple of years, we’ve given our all, but we’ve been knocked down time after time. That’s what inspired this title and it resonates with most of the songs on the album. It fits perfectly with LIFESICK’s theme, which is and always will be about the roughness of living in today’s world. LIFESICK exists as it does because of the world as it is.“
As with previous platters, the LP was recorded by Jacob Bredahl at his Dead Rat facility. This time Bredahl’s role expanded beyond engineering, helping to shape and revise new material before twiddling a single knob. “He came down to our rehearsal room where we played all the songs for him live, so he could add his touch to each song or edit stuff that we might have been a little blind to from playing the songs too much. This was the first time we did this, and it was very effective. It is definitely not the last time we will do it.“
Even so, the responsibility for applying LIFESICK‘s monomaniacal momentum to a more sophisticated and immersive sound picture has been shared around more than usual. Mixing was farmed out to Taylor Young at The Pit, “to give it a different touch or nuance from our previous releases,” while the tracks were handed to noise collective John Cxnnor, “to enhance the album with sound design and samples throughout every song, to better unify the album. We provided them with all the songs, along with keywords about the lyrical themes and the album artwork. With this information, they created unique dark industrial samples that perfectly fit the songs and our vision for the album.”
The results ring loud and clear from this tumultuous masterwork of bleak aggro beauty. In advance of the record’s release, today LIFESICK unleashes first single, “Legacy Of Misery.” The band elaborates, “This is an anthem for all of you who have been beaten down by the system and let down by everyone around you, but have found solace in this brotherhood of outcasts. This song is the grooviest on the album, featuring a catchy sing-along chorus. Additionally, it features guest vocals from our good friend Andreas Bjulver from Cabal.”
Loved By None, Hated By All Track Listing: 01. Death Wish 02. Peace Through Superior Firepower 03. Double Cross 04. Hollow Treats 05. Legacy of Misery (feat. Andreas Bjulver of Cabal) 06. Poems for My Funeral 07. Liquid Courage 08. Loved by None 09. The Mourning March 10. Straight Jacket
LIFESICK has tours across Denmark and Southeast Asia booked through the new year with more shows to be announced in the weeks to come. See all confirmed dates below.
LIFESICK Live: 10/12/2024 Walthers Musikcafe – Skanderborg, DK 10/17/2024 Studenterhuset – Aalborg, DK 10/25/2024 Posten – Odense, DK 10/26/2024 Platform K – Horsens, DK 11/08/2024 Copenhagen Distillery – Copenhagen, DK * Record Release Show 12/06/2024 Blueprint Livehouse – Bangkok, TH 12/08/2024 Atlantis Bar – Siem Reap, KH 12/09/2024 Cloud Bar Phnom – Penh KH 12/10/2024 Saigon Kick World Music Bar – Ho Chi Min, VN 12/13/2024 The Rockin Jamz Hall – Johor Bahru, MY 12/14/2024 Cafe Lupe – Antipolo, PH 12/15/2024 Unknown 13 Pub – Quezon City, PH 12/18/2024 Tops Commercial Complex – Bacolod, PH 12/19/2024 South Republic Live House – Davao, PH 12/20/2024 Canto Bogchi Joint – Baguio, PH 12/21/2024 GH Building – Tarlag, PH 1/10/2025 Baltoppen – Ballerup, DK 1/17/2025 Sonderborghus – Sonderborg, DK 1/18/2025 Tojhuset – Fredericia, DK 2/07/2025 Headquarters – Aarhus, DK
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