FIRES IN THE DISTANCE has today shared a new live music video for Harbingers, featuring acclaimed producer and composer Randy Slaugh, with videography handled by Jayson Cessna (Astralborne) and Stetson Whitworth and audio for the clip captured by Dave Kaminsky of Studio Wormwood and Power Station NE. The Connecticut, US melodic doom / melodeath band has shared the Harbingers live video ahead of their forthcoming North American touring dates in support of Amorphis and Dark Tranquility – with full dates and details below.
Speaking on the live music video, FIRES IN THE DISTANCE comments: “It’s been a blessing to be able to film at Power Station New England where we tracked drums for Air Not Meant For Us, it really is a magical room. We’re very grateful to once again enlist Jayson Cessna of Astralborne behind the camera, who has been responsible for all videos from our last record. Last but not least, having Randy in our corner has been nothing short of amazing, he truly brings something special to the table and is an incredible musician, producer, and friend.”
September 3 – Canal Club – Richmond, VA September 4 – Hangar 1819 – Greensboro, NC September 5 – Center Stage – Atlanta, GA September 6 – Center Stage – Atlanta, GA September 7 – Conduit – Orlando, FL September 9 – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX September 10 – Trees – Dallas, TX September 11 – The Rock Box – San Antonio, TX September 13 – The Nile Theatre – Mesa, AZ September 14 – Brick By Brick – San Diego, CA September 15 – Echoplex – Los Angeles, CA September 17 – DNA Lounge – San Francisco, CA September 18 – Goldfields Roseville – Roseville, CA September 20 – Hawthorne Theatre – Portland, OR September 21 – Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC September 22 – El Corazon – Seattle, WA September 24 – Metro – Salt Lake City, UT September 26 – Marquis Theater – Denver, CO September 27 – Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS September 28 – The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN September 29 – The Forge – Joliet, IL October 1 – Opera House – Toronto, ON October 2 – Fairmount Theatre – Montreal, QC October 3 -La Source de la Martinière – Québec City, QC October 4 – The Middle East Down – Cambridge, MA October 5 – Baltimore Soundstage – Baltimore, MD October 6 – Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
Air Not Meant For Us tracklist: 1. Harbingers 2. Wisdom of the Falling Leaves 3. Crumbling Pillars of a Tranquil Mind 4. Adrift, Beneath the Listless Waves 5. Psalm of the Merciless 6. Idiopathic Despair
FIRES IN THE DISTANCE is: Yegor Savonin – composition, guitars, programming, lyrics Craig Breitsprecher – bass, vocals Kristian Grimaldi – guitars, vocals Jordan Rippe – drums
NEVER OBEY AGAIN have released a video for “Never Feel, Never Fear”, first single taken from the new album “Trust” to be released on October 18th by Scarlet Records.
“Never Feel, Never Fear” is a high energy modern metal track with strong and aggressive female vocals; a song about duties, tasks, deadlines, social pressure, relationships, money and expectations. Numbness and disengagement from emotions are the only keys to survive the overwhelming pressure and lack of humanity of nowadays society.
video by Never Obey Again
“Trust” album:
sophomore record for the up’n’coming Italian modern metal band with a strong digital fanbase;
powerful, catchy and poignant songs based on ‘authenticity’ as main artistic asset;
outstanding vocal performance by charismatic frontwoman Carol;
Never Obey Again is an exciting live band that successfully toured Holland and Belgium this spring and will be touring Holland, Belgium, Germany and Austria next year;
first edition will be released in a 4-panel digipack;
for fans of Evanescence, Halestorm, Linkin Park, Spiritbox, I Prevail, In This Moment;
“Trust” will be released in the following formats: digipack CD, digital
Artwork by Never Obey Again
“Trust” tracklist: 01 Animal By Choice 02 G.O.D. (Given Or Denied) 03 Never Feel, Never Fear 04 Give Me A Fuckin’ Break 05 Under My Skin, Before Your Eyes 06 Lost… 07 Control 08 I Wish 09 Conquer And Divide 10 Waterfall 11 Trust
Never Obey Again is a female fronted alternative unit that blends heavy sounds and modern electronic elements to create captivating, emotional sound scenarios. They did it effortlessly on the 2023 debut album “The End Of An Era”; they did it better and with an even stronger personal touch on their brand new record, where extraordinary singer Carol shines throughout the entire work.
On one hand, “Trust” has been conceived as ‘music for everyone’ regardless of gender or age as its lyrics and vocals could resonate with anyone; words and melodies that allow the listener to feel like home, protected and safe in sharing feelings.
On the other hand, it represents the band’s decision to go heavier and dress those lyrics with their own sound avoiding any compromise; it sounds deeper, rough and straight to the point. It sounds like Never Obey Again and nothing else.
Never Obey Again: Carolina Bertelegni – vocals Alessandro Tuvo – guitar Alex Pedrotti – guitar Cristiano Trappoli – bass Marco Binda – drums
American death metal icons NILE will finally drop their highly-anticipated 10th album, The Underworld Awaits Us All, this Friday, August 23 via Napalm Records! In celebration of this week’s album release, the band has unleashed their third single – pinnacle burner “Under the Curse of the One God”. Accompanied by a hypnotic lyric video, the track combines sinister atmospherics with breakneck pacing and vicious riff acrobatics, soaring as a technical tour-de-force with career-defining drumming from George Kollias.
NILE’s Karl Sanders comments on the new track and lyric video: “We are really happy that fans will finally have a chance to hear ‘Under the Curse of the One God’. It’s a ferocious and brutal NILE track, and steeped in Ancient Curses. Many thanks to Ingo Sporl for once again wielding his uniquely creative visual artistry to help bring our music to blasphemous life.”
Boasting airtight technicality and unrelenting brutality, the new album pushes each member of NILE – founding mastermind guitarist/vocalist Karl Sanders, longtime iconic drum master George Kollias, vocalist/guitarist Brian Kingsland, along with bassist Dan Vadim Von and guitarist Zach Jeter – to their furthest extremes both in artistry and performance.” Once again produced and recorded at Sanders’ own Serpent Headed Studios in Greenville, South Carolina, the band returned to Vile Nilotic Rites engineer Mark Lewis (Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus, Whitechapel) for mixing and mastering.
Facing the planet’s inevitable end with their diehard fans at their side, NILE waste absolutely no time with histrionics on The Underworld Awaits Us All, distilling their trademark Egyptology driven tempest down to its most streamlined essence. Charging into battle as its namesake depicts, “Stelae of Vultures” makes an immediate impact with dissonant guitar chords and supernatural drumming, teasing the auditory evisceration to come. Topped by impressive screams and gutturals, the track leads into “Chapter for Not Being Hung Upside Down on a Stake in the Underworld and Made to Eat Feces by the Four Apes”, citing the Egyptian Book of the Dead’s 181st chapter. The album’s most succinct track, “To Strike with Secret Fang”, blends low-end punishment with blackened death metal inspiration, before album standouts such as “Naqada II Enter the Golden Age” and “Overlords of the Black Earth” breathe new life with thrash and fusion experimentation, as well as real human choirs – adding a raw element to the NILE fold.Each track soars as a technical tour-de-force – featuring career-defining extreme drumming from Kollias, as well as razor-sharp soloing from all three active guitarists and palpable bass exploration. A perfect example of this equation is pinnacle burner “Under the Curse of the One God”, combining sinister atmospherics with breakneck pacing and whirlwind, vicious riff acrobatics.
Throughout the remainder of its 11 pummeling tracks and intricate interludes, NILE masters full-tilt speed and ferocious musicality. 30 years into their heavy reign, The Underworld Awaits Us All proves that NILE is marching onward and undoubtedly upward, bleeding metal for their fandom for as long as the sands of time will allow.
The Underworld Awaits Us All’s mind-bending art was once again envisioned and created by Michał ‘Xaay’ Loranc, with reference to the cycle of life and judgment at its end.
The Underworld Awaits Us All track listing: 1. Stelae of Vultures 2. Chapter for Not Being Hung Upside Down on a Stake in the Underworld and Made to Eat Feces by the Four Apes 3. To Strike with Secret Fang 4. Naqada II Enter the Golden Age 5. The Pentagrammathion of Nephren-Ka 6. Overlords of the Black Earth 7. Under the Curse of the One God 9. Doctrine of Last Things 10. True Gods of the Desert 11. The Underworld Awaits us All 12. Lament for the Destruction of Time
NILE will kick off their upcoming European headline tour on September 3 in Essen, Germany, and will follow with tour dates in Japan, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand later this year. NILE also recently announced their upcoming 2025 USA co-headline tour with death metal greats Six Feet Under, featuring support from Psycroptic and Embryonic Autopsy. Visit https://nile-official.com/ for more information on all dates!
Additional NILE Tour Dates:
NILE Underworld Europe Tour 2024: September 3, 2024 – Essen, GER @ Turock September 4, 2024 – Amstelveen, HOL @ P60 September 5, 2024 – Bristol, UK @ The Fleece September 6, 2024 – Glasgow, UK @ Slay September 7, 2024 – Dublin, IRE @ Opium September 8, 2024 – Belfast, N.IRE @ Limelight2 September 10, 2024 – Manchester, UK @ Rebellion September 11, 2024 – London, UK @ Underworld September 12, 2024 – Drachten, HOL @ Iduna September 13, 2024 – Uden, HOL @ De Pul September 14, 2024 – Brugge, BEL @ Het Entrepot September 15, 2024 – Mannheim, GER @ MS Connexion Complex September 17, 2024 – Barcelona, SP @ Salamandra September 18, 2024 – Valencia, SP @ Almassera September 19, 2024 – Sevilla, SP @ Custom September 20, 2024 – Lisbon, POR @ RCA September 21, 2024 – Porto, POR @ Hard Club September 22, 2024 – Madrid, SP @ Mon September 24, 2024 – Moncalieri (TI), ITA @ Audiodrome September 25, 2024 – Rome, ITA @ Largo September 26, 2024 – Modena, ITA @ Notte Tempio September 27, 2024 – Aarau, CH @ KiFF September 28, 2024 – San Dona’ Di Piave, ITA @ Revolver September 29, 2024 – Munich, GER @ Backstage
NILE Japan Tour 2024: October 8, 2024 – Tokyo @ Space Odd October 9, 2024 – Tokyo @ Space Odd October 10, 2024 – Osaka @ Varon
NILE in Bangkok: October 12, 2024 – Bangkok, TH @ Mr. Fox Live House
NILE Australia & New Zealand Tour 2024: October 15, 2024 – Perth, AU @ Milk Bar / Civic Hotel October 16, 2024 – Adelaide, AU @ The Gov October 17, 2024 – Brisbane, AU @ The Brightside October 18, 2024 – Melbourne, AU @ Max Watts October 19, 2024 – Hobart, AU @ Uni Bar October 20, 2024 – Sydney, AU @ Crowbar October 22, 2024 – Auckland, NZ @ Whammy
“Revenge of the Underworld Tour” USA Co-Headliner 2025 w/ co-headliners Six Feet Under w/ Psycroptic & Embryonic Autopsy January 7, 2025 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East January 8, 2025 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade January 10, 2025 – Orlando, FL @ The Abbey January 11, 2025 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room January 12, 2025 – Tampa, FL @ Orpheum January 13, 2025 – Charleston, SC @ Music Farm January 14, 2025 – Greenville, SC @ Radio Room January 15, 2025 – Greensboro, NC @ Hangar 1819 January 17, 2025 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom January 18, 2025 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium Underground January 19, 2025 – Albany, NY @ Empire Live January 20, 2025 – Mechanicsburg, PA @ Lovedrafts January 21, 2025 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving Underground January 23, 2025 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater January 24, 2025 – Columbus, OH @ The King Of Clubs January 25, 2025 – Flint, MI @ Machine Shop January 26, 2025 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Elevation January 27, 2025 – Joliet, IL @ The Forge January 29, 2025 – St. Louis, MO @ Red Flag January 30, 2025 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts January 31, 2025 – Ft. Wayne, IN @ Piere’s February 1, 2025 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave February 2, 2025 – Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theater February 4, 2025 – Denver, CO @ Oriental Theater February 6, 2025 – Las Vegas, NV @ Sinwave February 7, 2025 – Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory February 8, 2025 – Roseville, CA @ Goldfield Roseville February 10, 2025 – Portland, OR @ Bossanova Ballroom February 11, 2025 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon February 13, 2025 – Berkeley, CA @ Cornerstone February 14, 2025 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Catalyst February 15, 2025 – Los Angeles, CA @ 1720 February 17, 2025 – Phoenix, AZ @ Nile Theater February 18, 2025 – Farmington, NM @ Lauter Haus February 20, 2025 – Dallas, TX @ Haltom Theater February 21, 2025 – Austin, TX @ Come And Take It Live February 22, 2025 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
NILE Festivals: May 22-25, 2025 – Baltimore, MD, USA @ Maryland Deathfest XX
NILE is: Karl Sanders – Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards George Kollias – Drums Brian Kingsland – Guitar, Vocals Zach Jeter – Guitar, Vocals (touring) Dan Vadim Von – Bass (touring)
Long time friend Tommy Vext (formerly of Bad Wolves) will be filling in on lead vocals for Ill Niño‘s upcoming European Tour. Marcos Leal will not be performing on the upcoming European Tour.
Ill Niño and Vext got their start on the East Coast, in the early days of the NY/NJ hardcore scene, and Vext opened for Ill Niño when he was just a teenager. This multi-cultural urban landscape helped cultivate the band’s sound. Ill Niño‘s Revolution and Confession–era songs are no stranger to Vext, as they share a 25-year brotherhood.
Tommy Vext has had great international success with the multi-platinum cover of “Zombie.” Dave Chavarri says “We are excited to have Tommy perform with Ill Niño across all these European stages.”
About ILL NIÑO:
Hailing from the vibrant East Coast music scenes of NJ and NY, Ill Niño has solidified their position as a formidable force in the world of Latin metal. Their groundbreaking album Revolution Revolucion moving close to half-million copies, marked the beginning of a legacy that continues to thrive 25 years later.
Fuelled by an unwavering passion for their craft and an undying loyalty from their fans, Ill Niño stands strong as they embark on a global tour in support of their new release, IllMortals. Don’t miss your chance to witness this legendary band live in action. Join us on this epic journey as Ill Niño showcases why they are still dominating the metal scene after decades.
“Turn The Tide“ is the new single from long-running heavy metal titans, SATAN. The track comes by way of the band’s forthcoming new full-length, Songs In Crimson, set for release on September 13th via Metal Blade Records.
SATAN‘s history is storied, their albums and incendiary live shows, iconic. The Newcastle, England-bred lineup may quip that their career has been “forty-four years of prolonged mayhem with a twenty-year lunch break“ – forming in 1980, eventually pausing before reuniting in 2011 – but circa 2024 finds the band thriving, writing, recording, and touring at the top of their game.
Proof positive is their seventh studio album, and third for Metal Blade, Songs In Crimson. If 2022’s Earth Infernal album was brutal, up-tempo and with loud guitars, guitarist Russ Tippins calls Songs In Crimson “concise. It’s more to-the-point and gets there quicker. One of the reasons behind the album title is that this record is very ‘song’ focused. There’s more punch this time around. Each chorus speaks for itself.” With influences from King Crimson to Mercyful Fate, SATAN‘s own stylings remain unique, the band’s NWOBHM origins a springboard for musical and lyrical creativity, commentary, and nonconformity.
While Songs In Crimson features lyrics including “a once-great nation is going down“ and “this is the end of an era,“ SATAN offers no quick fix. “There is always hope; solutions are not for us musicians to proclaim,” Tippins believes. “Each song has its own different theme. While there is no title track as such, the song ‘Deadly Crimson,’ which is an anti-capitalism narrative, is as close as it gets to that. As a concept, making money from money is fatally flawed in that it depends on constant growth,” Tippins says. “But constant growth is obviously impossible; a conveyor belt of sacrificial lambs.”
Tippins continues, “‘Turn The Tide’ is the classic ‘King Canute’ scenario — the deluded head of state who believes himself to be divine and sets out to prove it by standing in front of the sea and ordering the waves to retreat. They don’t of course. We are kind of using that as an allegory to illustrate the ridiculous standpoint of certain Jingoistic Brits who believe that foreigners have no place in our country. It’s the shortest song on the album. And also the fastest!“
Songs in Crimson was produced by the band and Dave Curle of First Avenue Studios who also engineered, mixed, and mastered the record.
Songs In Crimson Track Listing: 01. Frantic Zero 02. Era (The Day Will Come) 03. Whore of Babylon 04. Sacramental Rites 05. Martyrdom 06. Turn the Tide 07. Captives 08. Curse in Disguise 09. Truth Bullet 10. Deadly Crimson
SATAN w/ Seven Sisters: 9/04/2024 The Bread Shed – Manchester, UK 9/05/2024 The Cluny – Newcastle, UK 9/06/2024 The Flying Duck – Glasgow, UK 9/07/2024 Voodoo – Belfast, IE 9/08/2024 Grand Social – Dublin, IE 9/11/2024 Boston Music Room – London, UK 9/12/2024 Daltons – Brighton, UK 9/14/2024 Pyrenean Warriors Open Air – Torreilles, FR * SATAN only w/ Haunt, Hellfire: 9/15/2024 Metalitalia Festival – Milan, IT 9/16/2024 Backstage – Muenchen, DE 9/17/2024 Klub Mocvara – Zagreb, HR 9/18/2024 Escape – Wien, AT 9/19/2024 Steel City Sorcery – Linz, AT 9/20/2024 Rockclub Nordbayern – Selb, DE 9/21/2024 Odessa – Warsaw, PL 9/22/2024 Barrak – Ostrava, CZ 9/23/2024 Der Hirsch – Nurnberg, DE 9/24/2024 Trompete – Bochum, DE 9/25/2024 MTS – Oldenburg, DE 9/26/2024 Beta – Copenhagen, DK 9/27/2024 Bambi Galore – Hamburg, DE 9/28/2024 JZ Stricker – Bielefeld, DE 9/29/2024 Asgaard – Gent, BE 9/30/2024 Little Devil – Tilburg, NL
SATAN: Brian Ross – vocals Russ Tippins – guitars Steve Ramsey – guitars Graeme English – bass Sean Taylor – drums
Meet American alt-metal powerhouse, Militia Vox. Known for her electrifying stage presence and fierce, genre-defying music, Militia Vox is set to make waves with her upcoming single ‘Apocalypse,’ available for pre-save now and releasing globally on August 29.
‘Apocalypse’ is more than just a song – it’s an anthem of rebellion, warrior grit and fighting spirit for these turbulent times. With its gutsy vocals, hard groove guitars, synthy saxophones, and explosive energy, the track delivers a sonic experience that only Militia Vox can provide.
Militia Vox reflects on her journey, sharing, “I’m both thrilled and relieved to finally find a label to call home. It’s been a long road – I haven’t worked with a label since 1999. This is my first signing as a solo artist, and I’ve turned down every record deal I’ve ever been offered. It was never the right fit, until now. I’m grateful and proud to officially join the Golden Robot family. Our kickoff single is ‘Apocalypse’ – which is so significant of the journey to get to this point. It’s an anthem for rebellion, survival, resiliency, and liberation.”
Golden Robot Records is honored to partner with Militia Vox as she embarks on this new chapter of her career. Her fearless creativity and unapologetic sound align perfectly with our vision for pushing the boundaries of rock and alternative music. Pre-save ‘Apocalypse’ now and join us in celebrating the unstoppable force that is Militia Vox! The single will be available on all major streaming platforms on August 29.
New York City’s alt-metal multidisciplinary artist Militia Vox is a unique and rebellious blend of metal, rock, goth/industrial, prog and cinematic soundscapes. Known for her 4-octave range, raw presence and serious vocal power, this award-winning heavy music trailblazer has recorded / performed with: Cyndi Lauper, Twisted Sister, Living Colour, Nancy Sinatra, Candlebox, L7, dUg Pinnick (King’s X), John Petrucci (Dream Theater), Nuno Bettencourt (Extreme, Rihanna), Paul Schaffer and the CBS Orchestra and members of Guns ’n’ Roses, Bad Wolves, Kittie and more.
Her duet with heavy metal icon Rob Halford (Judas Priest – Rock n Roll Hall of Fame 2022 inductees), “PUSH COMES TO SHOVE” by Bad Penny, reached #23 on iTunes. She is also frontwoman of all-female heavy metal sensation, Judas Priestess – and the only artist to have a duet with the person they’ve tributed!
Militia made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2022 in “SuperYou! The Musical” and has performed Off-Broadway in “Sandra Bernhard: Everything Bad and Beautiful,” in the National Tours of Dee Snider’s horror orchestra “Van Helsing’s Curse” (Lead Vocalist), Black Women Rock / Daughters of Betty and “Rock of Ages” (Justice), “The Rocky Horror Show” (Magenta, Columbia) and the European Tour of “Jesus Christ Superstar.”
She is a songwriter/composer, filmmaker and AR/VR/XR/immersive creator. Militia hosted Fuse TV’s “Heavy Metal Makeover” and VJed on MTV2, Vh1 and MuchMusic USA. Militia is in books and films, including the documentary “Betty: They Say I’m Different” about the life of funk-rock legend, Betty Davis (Amazon Prime Video.) Her cover of Led Zeppelin’s “FRIENDS” by Patriarchs in Black (with Johnny Kelly of Type O Negative, Danzig and Quiet Riot) ft. Militia Vox was named #10 in the Top 10 Best of 2023 on Sirius XM’s Liquid Metal. Militia Vox has made her mark on the live music scene headlining festivals, such as Wasteland Weekend, apoXeast, Punk Island NYC, and Afropunk Festival.
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s ASA unveil the long-overdue release of "Collective Failure" + first music video for title-track! Check it out and stay tuned for more news! Click image to watch the video
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