Saudi thrash metal trailblazers DUNE are now unleashing a lyric video for the sonic onslaught “Sieve” a formidable track from their freshly released debut EP “Years Of Chains” which came out this May. Known for their genre-defying fusion and unrelenting energy, DUNE‘s latest offering is set to captivate metal enthusiasts worldwide. “Sieve” is a testament to the band’s evolution and their commitment to delivering a unique and powerful musical experience. The comment on the creation of the EP:
“Years of Chains” is an EP that we wrote years ago but didn’t get a chance to properly record due to multiple difficulties that came our way, after years we have chosen a list of the songs from the originals we have for the EP. The recording process was fun yet we looked for perfection to make the songs as we imagined them with the best quality that we could make.”
The track is the introduction to the EP and provides an eerie start to the chaos and aggression that follows. It clocks in at 4:41 and showcases DUNE‘s signature blend of chainsaw-heavy guitars, chunky bass slaps, intricate drum techniques, and aggressive vocals.
DUNE is excited to see the reception to their debut offering, it is a dark journey into tumultuous subjects and deep dark thoughts influenced by their culture and personal traumas. This EP comes from a mixture of hard work, ambition, introspection, and hostility and is recommended for fans of Testament, Metallica, and Korn.
Watch and listen to the lyric video for “Sieve” via its premiere on NoCleanSinging HERE.
Progressive death metal duo ENTHEOS today announces their new EP, An End To Everything, scheduled for release on October 25th through Metal Blade Records.
Merging elements pulled from countless genres – including death metal, groove, grunge, electronica, slam, gothic rock, jazz, prog and more – and pushing progressive death metal in ever more imaginative directions, ENTHEOS continues to progress with each new release.
Comments vocalist Chaney Crabb on their latest output, “An End To Everything’s title and lyrics are significant on a personal level and depict an era in my life that ended with the death of a close friend because of addiction. This person had thrived in life against many odds, but ultimately succumbed as a result of their own poor decisions. An End to Everything is about the nature of the darkness of life and the human experience.
“Musically, our goal on this EP was to write five songs that could both stand on their own as singles and be cohesive as a collection. As always, we aimed to incorporate many different musical influences and blend them in a succinct way. Over the span of three months, we worked from the demo stages to completion alongside Mark Lewis, who co-produced and engineered the EP, to make five tracks that are uniquely ‘ENTHEOS,’ and we are incredibly proud of the result.”
In advance of the release, the band today unveils a video for the track “All For Nothing.” Crabb elaborates, “‘All For Nothing’ is a song about existential reflection and the idea that, no matter how significant the things that we seek in this life seem, they may serve no purpose in the grand scheme of things. Musically, we wanted to write a more straightforward, catchy death metal song and incorporate a ‘big chorus’ ending.”
Watch the band’s previously released video for “An End To Everything“HERE and “Life In Slow Motion” HERE.
ENTHEOS‘ An End To Everything EP will be released digitally and vinyl (with three additional live tracks) in various color variants.
An End To Everything Track Listing: 01. An End to Everything 02. All for Nothing 03. Life in Slow Motion 04. A Thousand Days 05. Return to Me 06. Absolute Zero (Live in Nashville) * 07. In Purgatory (Live in Nashville) * 08. I Am the Void (Live in Nashville) * * Vinyl Only Track
ENTHEOS is currently road-bound on their anticipated US Summer tour supporting As I Lay Dying. The journey commenced on July 9th and runs through August 10th. Additional support will be provided by Chelsea Grin. The band has also announced several headlining shows throughout the trek. Tickets are on sale now. See all confirmed dates below.
ENTHEOS w/ As I Lay Dying, Chelsea Grin [remaining dates]: 7/12/2024 Roseland Theater – Portland, OR 7/13/2024 Temple Theatre – Tacoma, WA 7/14/2024 Knitting Factory – Boise, ID 7/15/2024 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT 7/16/2024 Summit – Denver, CO 7/17/2024 The Truman – Kansas City, MO 7/18/2024 Lefty’s – Des Moines, IA w/ He Is Legend ^ 7/19/2024 The Cabooze – St. Paul, MN ** 7/21/2024 House Of Blues – Chicago, IL 7/22/2024 Preserving Underground – Pittsburgh, PA ** 7/23/2024 Empire Live – Albany, NY 7/24/2024 Irving Plaza – New York, NY 7/25/2024 Theater of The Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA 7/26/2024 The Fillmore – Silver Spring, MD 7/27/2024 The NorVa – Norfolk, VA 7/29/2024 The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC 7/30/2024 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA 7/31/2024 Jannus Landing – St. Petersburg, FL 8/01/2024 Southport – New Orleans, LA ** 8/02/2024 House Of Blues – Houston, TX 8/03/2024 The Factory in Deep Ellum – Dallas, TX 8/04/2024 Vibes Event Center – San Antonio, TX 8/06/2024 El Rey Theater – Albuquerque, NM 8/07/2024 The Van Buren – Phoenix, AZ 8/08/2024 The Belasco – Los Angeles, CA 8/10/2024 The Observatory Northpark – San Diego, CA ^ No As I Lay Dying, Chelsea Grin ** ENTHEOS headlining date
Go hard or go home. CANTERVICE unveils their latest “Chasing The Sky” and it’s a dive into their dystopian mythos complete with a dark story and though provoking lyrics as they offer a stinging commentary on contemporary society.
“Lyrically ‘Chasing the Sky’ sits right at home within our overarching dystopian narrative,” explains CANTERVICE. “It is also a relevant commentary on today’s workforce and how common it is in the culture, especially in corporate, for leadership to dangle “carrots” in front of employees, such as the verbal promise of a raise or promotion, which are often false and not in writing. These are psychologically manipulative tactics intended to exploit ambition, pushing employees to work harder and beyond the initial scope of their role to achieve leadership’s own goals. The leaders then advance in their own careers while boasting these accomplishments on their resumes and LinkedIn, all without sharing the success with the employees who got them there or providing them with any additional momentum for their career growth. The employees often come out very damaged from this process, in ways that not only affect their motivation for work and career growth but also impact their personal lives and the relationships with those they are closest to.”
CANTERVICE’s new track is a powerful blend of metalcore, alternative metal, and hard rock, infused with energetic and fierce moods. The anthem is an electrifying addition to their powerful arsenal as the track seamlessly traverses diverse genres to capitalize on sonic storytelling. With vocals that dance between powerful to brutal in a dichotic battle laced with thrashing guitars, synthesizers, and steady rhythms this single is a perfect representation of CANTERVICE’s ability to merge heavy instrumentation with deep lyrical content.
Freedom is an illusion, one created by those who’ve taken the concept of freedom, hijacked it, and then repackaged it into a commodity. We live in a world where our thoughts, feelings, and interactions are stamped with a bar code and sold to the highest bidder. We are all victims of informational and psychological warfare on a day-to-day basis, and our perception of reality has become nothing more than what those wishing to play God have created for us. We belong to them now, and we allowed it to happen. We voted for it, invested in it, and as we descended into a state of Stockholm syndrome, we traded what rights we had left for security, to protect us from the same system that they created. It’s a system created for a single purpose, to ensure that we always will need them. Society has become brainwashed and sedated, slowly entering into a slumber of which there is no return. This was the plan from the beginning, the wheels are in motion and they are making their move. Now the question is, what will we do to stop it? Welcome to CANTERVICE. https://link.fixtmusic.com/chasingthesky
American masked metal masters MUSHROOMHEAD recently announced their brand-new, upcoming ninth album, Call The Devil, out August 9, 2024 via Napalm Records. 30 years into their groundbreaking history, the band shows no signs of slowing down, proving innovative without losing sight of their trademark sound and imagery.
Following the album’s hard-hitting first single, “Fall In Line” – which Revolver dubbed “groove-heavy” and Consequence called “a pummeling barrage of industrial metal” – today, MUSHROOMHEAD unveil their second new nü metal-laden single “Prepackaged”. The song shines as one of the band’s heaviest new offerings, cementing their renown with massive riffs, aggressive growls and a catchy chorus.
MUSHROOMHEAD mastermind Steve “Skinny” Felton says about “Prepackaged”: “‘Prepackaged’ turned out extremely heavy, aggressive and haunting. Full of dark sonic textures. Both the video and the song are delightfully dark, foreboding and unrelentingly grim.”
Resulting in debuts at #2 on the US Current Hard Music Albums chart and #8 on the Current Rock Albums chart, MUSHROOMHEAD introduced a whole new slew of accessible, hard-hitting anthems on the “artistic breakthrough” (Loudwire), A Wonderful Life, and have only aimed to expand on it with their ninth auditory onslaught.
Returning after a 12 year hiatus, longtime guitarist Dave “Gravy” Felton – who performed on several of the band’s biggest albums and is credited as a primary songwriter on classic anthems like “Along The Way”, “Sun Doesn’t Rise” and “The Dream Is Over” – contributes his trademark skills to two Call The Devilalbum tracks. The album once again features production by band mastermind/drummer Steve “Skinny” Felton, as well as the return of Matt Wallace (Faith No More, 3 Doors Down) on mixing, also recognized for his work on MUSHROOMHEAD’s iconic album XIII. The album is also the band’s first to feature mastering from Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Epica, Arch Enemy).
Bursting with ominous intensity, album opener “Eye To Eye” launches with warning sirens and a grooving riff provided by Gravy, proving the band wastes zero time with filler on Call The Devil. Eclectic tracks like the emotive, surprisingly jazzy anthem “Emptiness”, dramatic carnival creeper “UIOP (A Final Reprieve)” and haunting “Hallelucination” showcase the more experimental side of MUSHROOMHEAD, while heavy burners such as the gripping “Prepackaged”, charging and melodic “Hideous” and aggressive drum-forward “Torn In Two” cement the band’s lauded metal renown. Featuring guitar work and writing from Gravy, the winding, dark “We Don’t Care” proves to be a future live favorite with its chanting chorus and earworm hook as vocalists Steve Rauckhorst and Jackie LaPonza split leadership duties. Call The Devil brings the cinematic, signature style of musical mastermind and bassist/keyboardist Ryan “Dr. F” Farrell to the forefront, exploring piano-driven balladic auras and compelling with eerily Vaudevillian three-part vocal achievements on songs like “Decomposition”, “Grand Gesture” and “Shame In A Basket”, eventually veering into welcomed bizarre territory with album closer “Doom Goose”.
Call The Devil track listing: 1. Eye To Eye 2. Fall In Line 3. Emptiness 4. We Don’t Care 5. UIOP (A Final Reprieve) 6. Prepackaged 7. Decomposition 8. Grand Gesture 9. Hallelucination 10. Hideous 11. Torn In Two 12. Shame In A Basket 13. Doom Goose
MUSHROOMHEAD recently announced a slew of tour dates. See below for all currently booked performances!
INKcarceration Festival 2024 19.07.24 OH – Mansfield / Ohio State Reformatory
EU/UK 2024 Tour mit Dymytry* & Silenzer**: 09.08.24 DE – Bochum / Rockpalast Bochum * 10.08.24 FI – Kotka / Dark River Festival 11.08.24 UK – Southampton / EngineRooms * / ** 12.08.24 UK – Birmingham / O2 Institute2 * / ** 13.08.24 UK – London / O2 Academy Islington * / ** 14.08.24 NL – Haarlem / Patronaat * / ** 15.08.24 DK – Sullingen / Reload Festival 16.08.24 CZ – Moravsky Krumlov / Rock Castle 17.08.24 PL – Warsaw / Proxima * 18.08.24 PL – Kraków / Klub Kwadrat * 19.08.24 DE – Berlin / Cassiopeia *
USA 2024 Tour mit Upon a Burning Body, There Is No Us und Mind Incision: 04.10.24 NY – Buffalo / Rec Room 05.10.24 NH – Hampton Beach / Wally’s 06.10.24 MA – Worcester / Palladium Upstairs 08.10.24 VA – Leesburg / Tally Ho 09.10.24 NJ – Sayreville / Starland Ballroom 10.10.24 PA – Lititz / Mickey’s Black Box 12.10.24 PA – Pittsburg / Preserving Underground 13.10.24 OH – Cincinnati / Bogarts 15.10.24 MI – Grand Rapids / The Intersection 16.10.24 IL – Belvidere / Apollo Theater 18.10.24 WI – Green Bay / Epic Events Center 19.10.24 IL – Joliet / The Forge 20.10.24 WI – Milwaukee / The Rave 22.10.24 IL – Moline / The Rust Belt 23.10.24 IL – Bloomington / Castle Theater 24.10.24 OH – Columbus / The King of Clubs* 25.10.24 MI – Flint / Machine Shop 26.10.24 OH – Cleveland / Agora Theater* *No Upon A Burning Body
MUSHROOMHEAD is: Steve Rauckhorst – Vocals Scott Beck – Vocals Jackie LaPonza – Vocals Dave Felton – Guitar Joe Gall – Guitar Ryan Farrell – Guitar, Bass, Keys Aydin Kerr – Drums, Percussion Robert Godsey – Drums, Percussion Steve Felton – Drums, Percussion, Keys, Vocals
Today, the legendary thrashers of DESTRUCTION have dropped a cover version of Accept’s world famous hit, “Fast as a Shark”, alongside a new visualizer video. The song is featured on the two track 12’’ vinyl in the very limited fan edition, No Kings – No Masters, and is heating up the anticipation of the ‘Klash of the Ruhrpott’ on July 20, 2024, where the Teutonic 4 (DESTRUCTION, alongside Kreator, Sodom and Tankard) will be reunited this year. Fans are so excited by this unique event that it was sold out within only three days! This show clearly promises to celebrate thrash metal in its purest form and solidify their legacy in the genre.
DESTRUCTION‘s massive career has seen many successes, with the band hitting stages at the world’s biggest festivals around the world like Hellfest, Wacken Open Air, Graspop Metal Meeting and México Metal Fest. In 2023, they then went on to complete the ‘40 Years Of Destruction’ anniversary tour throughout South America, Mexico and Europe. But still, the vicious thrash metal pioneers DESTRUCTION are far from slowing things down. On the contrary – they are more than prepared for their next milestones – stay tuned for more news about an upcoming album, set for release in early 2025!
Mastermind SCHMIER himself on the new track: “When this song came out in 1982, it changed our world. There it was: The first German speed metal anthem and what an intense harmony solo!!!! I still love this track like on the first day I heard it, so to finally cover it was a manifested desire. We did it the DESTRUCTION way, ‘cause the original will always be the best version! This is a tribute to one of the originators of heavy music and shows how important this tune was for the whole metal world! Enjoy!”
“No Kings – No Masters” track listing: 1. No Kings – No Masters 2. Fast As A Shark (Accept Cover)
“No Kings – No Masters” will be available in the following limited formats: 1LP Slipcase Translucent Blue (strictly limited) – Sold Out! 1LP Slipcase Solid Gold (strictly limited) – Sold Out! 1LP Slipcase Silver (strictly limited) – Sold Out! Digital Single
DESTRUCTION are: Schmier – Vocals, Bass Martin Furia – Guitars Randy Black – Drums Damir Eskić – Guitars
Finnish metal band AUTUMN’S GRIEF released the second single ‘The Absolution’ from their upcoming third album ‘Dead Among The Living’ which is set to be released on October 25th 2024 by Inverse Records.
The band comments: “The Absolution is a song about the inner battles of a human being and confessing one’s pain and sins to a good friend. “While we were choosing the single songs from the third album, The Absolution was one of the favourite songs on everyone’s list. It has a special atmosphere starting right from the first notes.” Tells the bands vocalist Noora Virtanen
Composed & Written by Autumn’s Grief Single cover painting by Kris Olson (krisolsonart.com). Edited by Mikko Virtanen
Dead Among The Living (album 2024) Track list:
The Absolution
Dead Among The Living
Perfectly Flawed
Pushing Up The Daisies
The Inquisition
Aberration of Light
The Skyclad Spell
A Light In a Void
The Failure
Alone
Composed & Written by Autumn’s Grief
Album cover painting by Kris Olson (krisolsonart.com). Edited by Mikko Virtanen
Autumn’s Grief takes the listener on a journey through the sorrowful and cinematic metal music landscape filled with beautiful piano melodies, dark and heavy guitars, robust bass and mournful vocals. Founded in 2021 and originated from Finland, Autumn’s Grief has released two full albums, The Dead Don’t Smile (2021) and Dead By The Dawn (2022). The third album, Dead Among The Living will be the ending album of the band’s Dead-trilogy. The band consists of guitarist Santtu Rosén (Dead End Finland), keyboardist Ville Skön (Willie Dangerr, Synthwave Willie) and vocalist Noora Virtanen (Tulio)
Line-up: Vocals – Noora Virtanen Guitar & Bass – Santtu Rosén Keyboards – Ville Skön Jarno Petterinen – Session drums
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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