A decade ago, Dávid György Makó started The Devil’s Trade as a solitary journey between him and his banjo. But once he started working on his latest album, his stark and doomy meditations on folk music spawned into something even more cavernous, something that sounded like the inner workings of a fully electrified band.
Since the release of Vidékek Vannak Idebenn, Makó and his band mates have toured across Europe with kindred spirits like Alcest. Watch them deliver a thunderous performance of the album’s epic title track at Budapest’s famously free-spirited Kolorádó Festival.
The Devil’s Trade also stopped by this year’s Hellfest to perform the album’s spine-tingling, bone-crushing lead single “Flashing Through the Lack of Light”. Later this week, the band will shake the stage at Hungary’s Campus Festival alongside their fellow countrymen Thy Catafalque.
The Devil’s Trade 2024 Summer European Tour Dates
July 26 – Debrecen, Hungary @ Campus Festival [TICKETS] July 27 – Wien, Austria @ Arena Wien w/ Stoned Jesus + Dopelord [TICKETS] August 4 – Brasov, Romania @ Rockstadt Festival [TICKETS] August 31 – Diest, Belgium @ Club Hell [TICKETS]
Vidékek Vannak Idebenn is now available on Season of Mist.
Track-list: 1. Én felkelék (3:17) 2. Flashing Through the Lack of Light (6:28) [WATCH] 3. Vidékek vannak idebenn (8:19) [LISTEN] 4. Clear Like the Wind (5:36) [WATCH] 5. Liminal (6:42) 6. Fordulj kedves lovam (6:27) 7. All Kings Must Fall (3:30) 8. Új hajnal már nem jő (4:44) Total: 45:03
Ten years SERIOUS BLACK, ten years of melodic power metal, with the license to create anthems! Since their founding in 2014 the band enthuses their fans not only with five studio albums to date (while their last offering, “Vengeance Is Mine”, charted at a phenomenal #16 in Germany), but also at frenetically acclaimed concerts and festival appearances around the globe. To celebrate their decadal birthday in glorious style, SERIOUS BLACK are set to release their brand new album, entitled “Rise Of Akhenaton”, on September 27, 2024 via AFM Records! The album pre-sale is available at: https://seriousblack.bfan.link/rise-of-akhenaton
Following a previously-released first album track, “Metalized”, now, SERIOUS BLACK have shared a brand new video single, the epic “Silent Angel”! The song is now available on all digital services via https://seriousblack.bfan.link/silent-angel
All of the eleven tracks on their new album showcase, that SERIOUS BLACK stylistically went back to their roots, but at the same time, due to the modern production by Mario Lochert und Bob Katsionis, “Rise Of Akhenaton” sounds more diversified than ever. The interim focus on progressive directives has now changed to more catchy arrangements. Anno 2024, straight, classic power metal – the style the band once got to be known for – reigns again.In support of “Rise Of Akhenaton”, the band will be on tour throughout Europe, with Sonata Arctica and Firewind. Find all upcoming dates listed below!
„The return to what characterized us once, was already indicated on “Vengeance Is Mine” “, Lochert recently said about the natural evolution of the band and adds: „Since his joining three years ago our singer Nikola Mijic has turned out to be a real jewel for us. Because of his expressive voice and his intuitive feeling for great melodies the songs got more clarity and a more direct pace.“
On August 23, 2024, black metal act SPECTRAL WOUND will unveil their highly-anticipated fourth studio album, “Songs Of Blood and Mire”, as a follow-up to the critically acclaimed “A Diabolic Thirst” (2021). Released in CD, vinyl LP, tape and digital formats through Profound Lore Records, the album pre-sale is available at: https://linktr.ee/songsofbloodandmire
Following the release of the first single “Aristocratic Suicidal Black Metal”, today the band has given a further insight into their forthcoming album with the track “The Horn Marauding”. Listen to the song here:
Montreal, Québec -based SPECTRAL WOUND play black metal. Furious and visceral, untrammelled by esoteric posture or grasping idealism. It is music for the poisoned, the futile, the debauched and profane. The blooming of a flower of corruption, torn by cold winds.
Following the raw early offering of “Terra Nullius” (Arcane Angels/Out of Season 2015) SPECTRAL WOUND continued their path of creeping, opulent decay and searing melody, weaving strands of Métal noir Québécois with the weft of the Scandinavian canon. Refining its sound over “Infernal Decadence” (Vendetta, 2018) and the towering, exultant melancholy of “A Diabolic Thirst” (Profound Lore, 2021), with “Songs Of Blood and Mire” (Profound Lore 2024) the band delivers an elegy of the void, seething with the venom and clamour of an ever-emptying world.
“Songs Of Blood and Mire” was recorded and mixed by Patrick McDowall (Guitarist in Spectral Wound) at his studio Black Gate and mastered by James Plotkin. The album will be coming out on August 23 via Profound Lore Records.
Track listing:
Fevers and Suffering
At Wine-Dark Midnight in Mouldering Halls
Aristocratic Suicidal Black Metal
The Horn Marauding
Less and Less Human, O Savage Spirit
A Coin Upon the Tongue
Twelve Moons in Hell
European album release shows: October 24th – London, UK October 25th – Copenhagen, DK October 26th – Leipzig, DE October 27th – Maastricht, NL @Samhain Festival – SOLD OUT
SPECTRAL WOUND are: Jonah – vocals Illusory – drums Patrick – guitars Sam – bass A.A. – guitars
Melodic Heavy Rockers MOTHER MISERY have released their new single and video ‘Next Generation’, taken from the band’s latest album “From Shadow To Ghost“, released on December 15th 2023 via Doc Gator Records.
As the song title “Next Generation” suggests, the song – a real Rock anthem that immediately gets under your skin – is about everyone’s responsibility for today’s children and the hopes of the planet’s youth. So the main message is LOVE, PASSION, RESPECT & EVEN MORE L-O-V-E 🖤 !
Become aware of who you really are and how much good and beauty there is in you! 💎 These Scandinavians, who are passionate about music through and through, will tell you!
🎬 ⚙️ Credits: • Filmed and produced by Daniel Wahlström / Heavy Groove Media • Live footage from Pub Anchor in Stockholm June 15 at the MOTHER MISERY + Transport League show • Kids footage shot in Enköping July 03
Album TRACKS: 📺 01. No Halo 04:23 02. The Phoenix 03:55 📺 03. What Can I Say 04:30 📺 04. Next Generation 04:30 05. Don’t Be The Broken 04:12 06. We Live, We Die 04:51 07. Reveal Them 04:04 08. Saint Sinner 03:47 09. Someone Else 04:44 10. Into The Unknown 06:21
total 45:17
🎨 Rob Hakemo + JB Studio & Media
MOTHER MISERY is a Swedish band that plays a special, individual mix of edgy Hard’n’heavy Rock and Melodic Metal. They also give their music a certain Nordic charm – as only they can. The musicians have thus created their very own genre: SUPERSONIC ROCK!
On December 15th, album number five, “From Shadow To Ghost”, has been released via Doc Gator Records, this time exclusively on vinyl, available in three different colors.
MOTHER MISERY say about their longplayer: “‘From Shadow To Ghost‘ is not only our fifth studio album, but also our most progressive work to date. We continue to serve up our strong melodies, the usual heavy riffs, a bombastic bass and our powerful drums. All this combined with a fat, wide and tight mix and master makes ‘From Shadow To Ghost‘ a release that every heavy and hard rocker should have on their radar.”
LINE-UP: John Hermansen • Vocals, Guitar Emil Ström • Guitar, Lead-Guitar Stiff Hell • Bass Jimmy Lindbergh • Drums, Percussions
Norwegian desert rockers SLOMOSA have finally revealed new details about their forthcoming, sophomore studio album! Slated for release on September 13, 2024 via Stickman Records, “Tundra Rock” will see the Bergen-based four-piece double down on all expectations!
The album pre-sale has just started atTHIS LOCATION.
Following previously-released, much acclaimed album tracks, “Cabin Fever” and “Rice”, SLOMOSA have just premiered a music video for their new single “Battling Guns”, a stoner rock track featuring gritty riffs and powerful vocals! Says vocalist and guitarist Benjamin Berdous:
“This song shows a grungier side to our songwriting, as we wanted to add something new to our catalog. As history repeats itself, their triumphs are cheap and their followers are sheep. The song symbolizes the disbelief and anger at this development.”
SLOMOSA were formed in Bergen in 2017. Driven by their passion for catchy songwriting and groovy riffs, the band has embarked on a unique journey that blends stoner rock, grunge and hardcore into their signature blend, dubbed “tundra rock”; a northern twist on California desert rock.
Since their sudden appearance on the scene with the self-titled debut album in 2020, SLOMOSA have hit the ground running with frenetically-acclaimed festival appearances and relentless tours with more than 130 shows in twenty countries alongside bands such as Orange Goblin, Elder, King Buffalo, Sasquatch or Stöner. Their explosive live performances have earned them an enthusiastic fanbase, both nationally and internationally. SLOMOSA‘s music has even captured the attention of rock greats like Tool guitarist Adam Jones, who recently shared his enthusiasm for the band on his social media, or Kyuss legends Brant Bjork and Nick Oliveri, who have expressed their love for SLOMOSA‘s sound and riffs. With a steadily growing fanbase from all over the world, more than 10.000,000 Spotify streams alone, a busy touring schedule featuring recent shows with heavy weights Fu Manchu in Oslo or UK dates with Alkaline Trio, an upcoming European run with GREENLEAF and their first-ever live appearance in the States supporting ALKALINE TRIO, the future is definitely bright for the band between the seven mountains. Find all upcoming live shows listed below!
On top of continuous touring, SLOMOSA has been channeling all their creative energy into their second, hotly-anticpated studio offering “Tundra Rock”, scheduled for a September release on Stickman Records. The nine album tracks were produced by Eirik Marinius Sandvik at Polyfon Studio and Marinius Studio, and were mastered by Jørgen Træen. The cover artwork was created by Elsa Enestig.
SWEET will release the new studio album “Full Circle” on Sep 20th on Metalville Records. “Full Circle” also will be the band’s last regular studio album ever.
SWEET are a Rock Music Phenomena that has taken the world by storm for more then five decades. Over the years SWEET sold more then 55 million records and earned 34 #1 chart positions world wide. The Golden Thread that links the past through to the present and into the future is SWEET founding member Andy Scott with all his determination to maintain high standards with the band’s musical legacy, recording, and touring. The band today has still an illustrious pedigree recreating “live” the high energy and soaring vocals associated with the Sweet sound that is the band’s trade mark.
SWEET began writing songs for the “Full Circle” album in 2019 pre-pandemic. The project was shelved and the band released “Isolation Boulevard” instead. This involved remote recording sessions which put a new spin on the material. The album was well received and a single “Set Me Free” appeared in many Heritage Rock Charts.
With the Covid period of isolation behind us SWEET started the sessions for “Full Circle” in earnest. The band’s touring schedule split the sessions but by the spring of 2024, the recordings were done. The band’s performance is outstanding and Producers Andy and Tom are very proud of the result.
“Full Circle” Track Listing Circus Don’t Bring Me Water Burning Like A Falling Star Changes Defender Everything Destination Hannover Rising Up Fire In My Heart Coming Home Full Circle
SWEET are Paul Manzi – Lead Vocals Lee Small – Bass Guitar/Vocals Tom Cory – Guitars/Keys/Vocals Adam Booth -Drums/Percussion Andy Scott – Guitars/Vocals
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
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
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