DAMMNATORUM was founded in 2018 by Max (bass) and Mef (drums). Band decided that the Latin language best expresses the lyrics of their songs. Material for debut album was recorded in 2022:
drums at Invent Sound Studio by Szymon Grodzki
guitar & vocals at Over The Under Studio by Karol Korniluk
All was mixed and mastered by Szymon Grodzki at Invent Sound Studio (Banisher, Pandrador, Unborn Suffer)
Album “In Umbra Mortis” was released June 1, 2023 digitally on the most popular streaming platforms (here) and on CD independently by the Band. Cover artwork and booklet layout by Daniel Rusiłowicz who works with Polish band HATE.
For promotion purpose there was published music video to the songs “Egzitium” and month ago clip to the single “Per Mortem Vado“.
Band comments their album: “On the album, you can notice our return to instrumental and arrangement proficiency. The lyrics of the songs talk about the dark side of human personality or state of mind. They do not reference religion or mythical creatures. They describe people, states of mind, or places. An example is ‘Aokigahara’ – the suicide forest, or ‘Necrophagus’ – about a murderer who seemed to be an ordinary person.“
Tracklist:
1. Te Coram Sto 2. Per Mortem Vado 3. Exitium 4. Furor Priscus 5. Necrophagus 6. Aokigabara 7. Animarum Pernicies 8. Tenebrae 9. Diluculum Rubrum 10. Vobis Mors
Finnish hard rock band Rylos has released a new single Prisoner of Thoughts. The song tells about how a person can become a prisoner of his own thoughts, which prevents him from believing in himself. Prisoner of Thoughts is the first single from the upcoming fifth album Signs of Life, which will be released in March 2025. The album production was already started two years ago, but the constant line-up changes delayed the making of the album.
Composed by Mikko Heino, Riina Suikkanen, Jussi Uutela, Jere Anttonen, Niko Partanen, Juha-Pekka Pusa
Lyrics by Mikko Heino & Arto Porvari
The band is now starting the Signs of Live -tour, with which they will preview the songs from the upcoming album.
SIGNS OF LIVE 2024
14.9 Jysäys Rock, Anjala, FINLAND 25.9 Bar Loose, Helsinki, FINLAND 27.9 Fort Bar, Tallinn, ESTONIA 28.9 Club Republika, Riga, LATVIA 02.11 Vanha Viiala, Myllykoski, FINLAND 09.11 Hotel Zilton, Loviisa, FINLAND 14.11 Cart & Horses, London, UNITED KINGDOM 14.12 Hard Rock House, Helsinki, FINLAND
Rylos has been making music regularly for the past ten years, released 4 albums, 7 singles and the video game Space Adventure.
Today, September 13th, Italian progressive post-rockers STRANIA have unleashed their new single ‘Metempsychosis’, featuring Mattia Braghero as guest vocalist. The single is taken from the band’s upcoming debut album “Acceptance”, out later this Fall via Diotima Records.
The band shared: “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.”
I am too old To wake once more My life was long I’ve come to rest In your green chest Mighty forest Open your arms Show me the path To reach your heart Those who died In this place Found a new home For their soul My spirit Is a seed From the ground Trees will grow They breath they breath Like human beings Their bark’s moving They see they see They’re watching me Walking dying It lives they live This place the trees Surrounding me In this magic place Now i see her face She is everywhere Mother please take care Of my worn out body Of my broken bones You’ll turn them into new Trees, life must go on
Currently, the production of the first album, “Acceptance” has been completed, independently produced at Giacomo Salani’s “La Fucina” recording studio in Empoli (FI). The album consists of five songs, composed between 2021 and 2023, recorded in collaboration with four different singers external to the project.
Further news on STRANIA’s activities will be revealed in the coming weeks!
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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.
With 25 years of reign and seven acclaimed albums under their belts, Grammy-nominated metalcore pioneers AS I LAY DYING are back with an unmissable new album that will define their legacy for years to come. Poised to be one of the most highly-anticipated metal comebacks in years, the band’s eighth full-length studio album, Through Storms Ahead, will drop on November 15, 2024 via Napalm Records. The album is available for pre-order now.
Featuring explosive new tracks “Burden” and “The Cave We Fear To Enter” – which arrived earlier this summer as the band’s first new musical offerings in five years – Through Storms Ahead is an evolution of newly explored elements that further bolster the proven line-up of vocalist Tim Lambesis and guitarist Phil Sgrosso alongside recent newcomers Ryan Neff (bass, clean vocals), Nick Pierce (drums) and Ken Susi (guitar).
In celebration, AS I LAY DYING just dropped the eviscerating new metalcore anthem of the year, “We Are The Dead”. Featuring the gut-punching vocal talents of famed guest vocalists Alex Terrible (Slaughter to Prevail) and Tom Barber (Chelsea Grin, Darko), the latest album single arrives with an equally gripping new music video – proving equal parts mesmerizing, eerie and brutal. The video features appearances from both special guest vocalists.
Guitarist Phil Sgrosso offers about the track and video: “‘We Are The Dead’ represents the more brutal territory from our new album, spotlighting our thrashier tendencies that we still enjoy mixing in amongst our more melodic sound. I think this is the meanest we’ve ever gone in terms of aggression, and who better to join us than two of deathcore’s finest, Alex Terrible of Slaughter to Prevail and Tom Barber from Chelsea Grin. Shout out to our third-time video collaborator Tom Flynn for jumping in with us and pulling off another visually creative undertaking for the track.”
Featuring immense, stunning production by guitarist Phil Sgrosso and Hiram Hernandez, mixing by Aaron Chaparian, mastering by Ted Jensen and album art once again created by Corey Meyers, Through Storms Ahead proves that good things come to those who wait. The album features crystal clear, punishingly precise technicality and quality – proving keen attention to detail and thoughtful exploration throughout Through Storms Ahead.
A melancholic guitar-driven introduction track blasts into a deft explosion on first song “A Broken Reflection”, showcasing the masterful melding of skills that the new incarnation of AS I LAY DYING brings to the table. The clean vocals of bassist Ryan Neff absolutely soar throughout, fortifying the high-end of the track’s multi-layered attack of searing, heart-wrenching guitar harmonics, driving bass, pummeling drums and the furious low-end gutturals of iconic frontman Tim Lambesis. Streamed over a million times within days of its initial release, first single “Burden” annihilates with instantly gripping energy, charging in with an intensely catchy chorus, multiple breakdowns and ingenious guitar soloing from Phil Sgrosso. “Whitewashed Tomb” bleeds in with a cinematic underscore before its potent vocal lines, hair-raising, rhythmic guitar leads and ominous, reverberating electronic atmosphere takes over. Melodic “The Void Within” and “Taken From Nothing” evoke classic AS I LAY DYING style blended with modernized metalcore passages, while tracks such as “Strength to Survive” and “Gears That Never Stop” showcase the vital songwriting prowess of the band in 2024. Blending metallic battery with dominant accessibility, the tracks further attest that Through Storms Ahead won’t pause for a single moment of mediocrity. Title track “Through Storms Ahead” bludgeons with intense drums and an earworm chorus, while acclaimed second single “The Cave We Fear To Enter” begins pensively before charging into an emotive melodic metalcore opus.
Tim Lambesis, Phil Sgrosso & Co. have created a metalcore masterpiece for the modern scene, solidifying that AS I LAY DYING are continuing to evolve and expand their trademark sound in a new era.
Through Storms Ahead tracklisting: 1. Permanence 2. A Broken Reflection 3. Burden 4. We Are The Dead (feat. Alex Terrible, Tom Barber) 5. Whitewashed Tomb 6. Through Storms Ahead 7. The Void Within 8. Strength To Survive 9. Gears That Never Stop 10. The Cave We Fear To Enter 11. Taken From Nothing
AS I LAY DYING are preparing to kick off their massive European “Through Storms Ahead Tour”, featuring support from Caliban, Decapitated and Ov Sulfur, on November 15 in Würzburg, Germany. For tickets and more information on all shows, visit https://asilaydying.com/. Before those shows, US fans can catch the band at the iconic New England Metal & Hardcore Festival on September 22!
US Festival Date: 22.09.24 US – Worcester / New England Hardcore & Metal Fest
THROUGH STORMS AHEAD EUROPE 2024 AS I LAY DYING w/ Caliban, Decapitated, Ov Sulfur
15.11.24 DE – Würzburg / Posthalle 16.11.24 CZ – Prague / Sasazu 18.11.24 SE – Gothenburg / Film Studios 19.11.24 NO – Oslo / Rockefeller 21.11.24 FI – Helsinki / Kulttuuritalo 23.11.24 SE – Stockholm / Fållan 24.11.24 DK – Copenhagen / Amager Bio 25.11.24 DE – Berlin / Uber Eats Music Halle 26.11.24 PL – Warsaw / Progresja 27.11.24 HU – Budapest / Barba Negra 28.11.24 AT – Vienna / Gasometer 29.11.24 DE – Munich / Zenith 30.11.24 IT – Milan / Alcatraz 01.12.24 IT – Rome / Orion 03.12.24 CH – Zürich / Xtra 04.12.24 FR – Lyon / Transbordeur 05.12.24 ES – Barcelona / Razzmatazz 06.12.24 ES – Madrid / Riviera 08.12.24 FR – Paris / Trianon 09.12.24 DE – Saarbrücken / E-Werk 10.12.24 BE – Brussels / AB 11.12.24 NL – Amsterdam / Melkweg 13.12.24 DE – Hamburg / Inselpark Arena 14.12.24 DE – Leipzig / Haus Auensee
(Caliban & Decapitated to rotate depending on market)
AS I LAY DYING: Tim Lambesis – vocals Phil Sgrosso – guitar Ryan Neff – bass/vocals Ken Susi – guitar Nick Pierce – drums
After announcing their new album for a November 15th release, Swedish death metallers TOXAEMIA are gearing up the engines for the first song to be advanced from the record: “Blood Red”. And it will be released as a digital single and official video.
““With ‘Blood Red’ we wanted to explore the mind of a serial killer, and that primal raw power”, explains Toxaemia’s founding member and bassist Pontus Cervin. “We wanted a real go at the mix of heaviness and speed only death metal can give. At the same time, we wanted to expand what Toxaemia is and what we can become, while still maintaining our roots”, he offers.
Enjoy the premiering here:
Four years and countless gigs later, we are proud to present the successor to 2020’s much-lauded “Where Paths Divide”, by Swedish legendary old-school death metal act TOXAEMIA. And to say “Rejected Souls of Kerberus” is their second and most accomplished studio album to date is a huge understatement.
The five-piece worked with Dan Swanö once again for the mixing and mastering of the album as both the band and the fans were extremely satisfied with the work he did on Toxaemia’s last record. Also, this time around, like last time, the Swedes have drawn two songs from the archives of their old demos: ”Beyond the Realm” and ”Tragedies Through Centuries”. Also, a cover song is present for the first time on a Toxaemia album: Dismember and their ”I Saw Them Die”.
The result: a pure Swedish death metal bastard. No pun intended.
Despite Toxaemia having chosen more of a modern sound than the last album, the choice made it an overall heavier sounding record. The band also wanted to make sure that they incorporated a lot of variation to give the record the extra edge it needed to top “Where Paths Divide”. In addition to that, friend and founding member Emil Norrman was brought back to the drumkit to add his own unique and very core Toxaemia sound into the mix giving “Rejected Souls Of Kerberus” an end result that every fan of death metal will revel into.
“Rejected Souls Of Kerberus” will be released on CD, LP (black and transparent red vinyl versions available, each limited to 200 copies) and digital on November 15th, 2024 via Emanzipation Productions.
Lineup: Pontus Cervin – bass Emil Norrman – drums Stevo Bolgakov – guitars, vocals Dennis Johansson – vocals Anton Petrovic – guitars
Today, From The Vaults announce the first single and official video, “The Blitz,” from the upcoming STEEL INFERNO album, “Rush Of Power”. A speed metal bombardment that recounts a time when armies marched through the night to strike fear and deal death to anyone who stood in their way. CHAOS REIGNS, THERE IS NOWHERE TO HIDE!
Join the premiering here:
Steel Inferno was formed in 2012 and has since its formation released three full-length albums: “Aesthetics of Decay” in 2016, “…And the Earth Stood Still” in 2020 and “Evil Reign” In 2022.
The latter took the band in a slightly different direction. If the Steel Inferno’s early material was akin to European metal like early Accept and Judas Priest, the newer material is closer to some of the earliest US power metal bands such as Helstar and Jag Panzer – all mixed with a fundamental inspiration from early thrash and speed metal.
With this new-found approach, que band toured like crazy to support “Evil Reign”, until the time came to record new songs again. Angioni Studios were booked, speed riffs, solos were recorded, thunderous rhythms were taped and raging vocal takes were taped. The result will be released later this year, in the format of Steel Inferno’s new album, titled “Rush Of Power”. “The Blitz” is the first digital single to be known from the album and, if it serves as an appetizer, the new record will be killer.
Lineup: Thierry Zubritovsky – bass Krzysztof Baran – drums Lars Lyndorff Krelskov – guitars Jens Andersen – guitars Chris Rostoff – vocals
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