The limited edition collector’s box was already sold out in no time, now MISSION IN BLACK present their top album “Profit Reigns Supreme” on petrol marbled vinyl!
Fans’ and collectors’ hearts will beat faster, because this vinyl looks truly legendary! The 10 songs were mixed and mastered by Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann @ Greenman Studios Arnsberg, the cover was created by Björn Gooßes / killustrations.
The pre-sale starts today, the vinyl album will be released on July 19th!
MISSION IN BLACK have not only proven with this album that they are here to stay, their many live performances also speak for themselves: #metalwithmessage is in demand!
Tracklist: 01 – Profit Reigns Supreme 02 – What Does It Take To Be Alive 03 – Patron Of The Downfall 04 – Dead Alive 05 – The Darkness Within 06 – Silence Of A Distant Sky 07 – This Curse 08 – Dreamcatcher 09 – Kill Your Idols 10 – A Glimmer Of Hope
Band founders Andy “Black” Flache and Daniel Tschoepe, together with Simon Schorp, vocal wonder Steffi Stuber and the new guitarist Eddie Stübner, have been able to use the time since the highly acclaimed debut album “Anthem Of A Dying Breed” to write 10 brand new songs and sharpen their own contours. So the current album “Profit Reigns Supreme” can be assigned much more to Melodic Death Metal than the predecessor could claim. The result was “a musical bastard from In Flames & Kreator with female vox & growls”, produced by Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann in his “Greenman Studios” in Arnsberg (responsible for the last Orden Ogan albums, Rhapsody of Fire or Brainstorm).
“We are still on our Mission” #metalwithmessage
live 2024: Jul. 11 – 13, 2024, AREA 53 Festival 2024, Leoben, Austria Sat, JUL 13, Dalmstöckle Open Air 2024, Renningen, Germany Aug. 1 – 3, 2024, Metal United Festival 2024, Obertraubling, Germany Fri, SEP 6, Metal Babes Festival 2024, Bree, Belgium Sat, SEP 7, Bongert Open Air 2024, Brüggen, Germany Sat, SEP 21, Gas gäbä – Festival 2024, Staig, Germany Fri, OCT 11, Rock für die 14 Benefiz Festival,Jungingen, Germany Sat, NOV 30, Pirates Metal Night – 10 Years El Puerto Records, Giengen, Germany Sat, DEC 7, METAL IM HANGAR 2024, Crailsheim, Germany
Line-up: Andy „Black“ Flache – drums Eddie Stübner – guitars Steffi Stuber – vocals Daniel Tschoepe – guitars Simon Schorp – bass
Industrial Prog-Death Metal Juggernaut Lethal Technology dismantles the soul-crushing grip of industrialization in their new lyric video, “Factory,” the first track off their upcoming album, “Mechanical Era,” set to pulverize eardrums on August 2nd, 2024 via Wormholedeath Records.
“Factory” is a sonic sledgehammer wrapped in social commentary. The song dissects the relentless pursuit of perfection in an industrial setting, exposing the dehumanizing cost of progress. With brutal riffs and stark imagery, the track paints a picture of a society caught between industrial pride and the cold rejection of anything inefficient. Lethal Technology throws down the gauntlet, urging listeners to confront the true cost of a system prioritizing productivity over humanity.
Lethal Technology is a genre-bending behemoth, drawing inspiration from a diverse arsenal that includes Devin Townsend, Strapping Young Lad, Fear Factory, Dying Fetus, Dream Theater, video game soundtracks, and even a sprinkle of 80’s giants like Genesis. This unique blend results in a sound that defies categorization, a monstrous fusion of technical prowess and raw aggression.
Prepare yourselves for “Mechanical Era,” crushing its way into existence on August 2nd, 2024 via Wormholedeath Records. Lethal Technology is also sharpening its blades for a series of live assaults throughout 2024 and 2025, and whispers of new material already hang heavy in the air.
KRILLOAN will release the new album “Return Of The Heralds” on the 20th of September through Scarlet Records.
Following the success of the blazing debut album “Emperor Rising”, “Return Of The Heralds” delivers yet more fast melodic tunes living and prospering in the realm of traditional power-speed metal.
The new Krilloan record is once again a heartfelt homage to the “good ol’ times” of classic heavy metal and sword & sorcery entertainment that shaped them. Epic and fierce battle hymns about Conan the Barbarian, Elric of Melniboné, “Warhammer 40.000” and those never-ending days spent in a world beyond our own: this is the conceptual foundation of the Swedish band led by guitarist Klas Holmgren, with a clear focus on a well-crafted and always well-balanced songwriting as well.
artwork by Alvaro Valverde/AV Art Ilustracion
One thing is for certain: you will never be bored listening to a Krilloan album!
“Return Of The Heralds” will be released in the following formats:
digipack CD
vinyl LP
digital
“Return Of The Heralds” tracklist: 1 Atlantean Sword 2 Kings Of The Iron Hill (feat. Battle Born’s Jack Reynolds & Tom O´Dell) 3 Blood & Fire (Born On A Battlefield) 4 Hammer Of Wrath 5 Avenging Son 6 The Oathpact 7 Return Of The Heralds (feat. Evermores’ Johan Haraldsson & Johan Karlsson) 8 The Kingkillers Tale (feat. Magnus Holmström, Swedish folk master and HammerFall live guest) 9 We Burn 10 Beyond The Gates
Krilloan: Alex VanTrue – vocals Klas Holmgren – guitar Steve Brockmann – guitar Marco Toba – bass Christoph Brandes – drums
Just two years removed from their smoldering debut, BLACK LAVA are once again ready to erupt. The Savage Winds to Wisdom spills from the band’s sacred cauldron of influences. Blackened countermelodies and hexing prog rhythms boil amidst old-school death metal. Only this time, these Australian sorcerers have added a heavy dose of atmosphere, conjuring medieval fantasies that are bound to whisk metalheads straight into the pit.
The Savage Winds to Wisdom comes out this Friday, July 12 on Season of Mist, but you can get blown away by all nine gale-force songs today by listening to the full album stream on Season of Mist’s YouTube channel.
Though they formed during pandemic lockdown, Black Lava came together with the ease of a natural stream. When he’s not touring with Ne Obliviscaris, Dan Presland also drums alongside Hadal Maw guitarist Ben Boyle in the labyrinthine all-instrumental band Vipassi. Those two have crossed paths with vocalist Rob Watkins around Melbourne’s metal underground for the past decade. But the band took their time summoning The Savage Winds to Wisdom. It’s not until opener “Colour of Death” has bubbled to a nice, sludgy head that Watkins unleashes the first of his many blood-soaked roars.
“There was greater care taken with the compositions”, Boyle says. “There’s more layering to the riffs and melodies. We called on a more broad list of inspirations and tones to give the album a greater sense of balance while keeping the same attention to detail. The Savage Winds to Wisdom is the kind of album that lends itself to repeat listens”.
“Unsheathing Nightmares” lures you in before hooking its claws into your skull. The drums crash and rumble behind clouds of buzzing distortion, only for a riff to reign down with the crushing force of an executioner. You can practically hear Watkins’ eyes rolling into the back of his head as he calls upon an ancient evil amidst hellish, rain-soaked ambience. “Speak to me, O silent one” .
“I try and stay true to the spirit of metal”, Watkins says about crafting lyrics. “For ‘Ironclad Sarcophagus’, I pictured this ancient wizard sending out evil vibes into the world in hopes of tricking someone into opening his coffin”. The video for the album’s lead single also has more to it than meets the eye. What appears to be just another Satanic ritual turns on a knife’s edge into something even more bloody and sinister.
Cover Art: Paolo Girardi
The Savage Winds to Wisdom swirls with a deeper and darker sense of atmosphere, but the album still cuts all the way to the bone. The towering riff on “Dark Legacy” reigns down nothing but dread. “There’s more depth to this album, but it still stays true to what we set out to do with Black Lava: create heavy, energetic and catchy tunes that make our listeners feel powerful”.
Winding over the course of seven eventful minutes, the title track is big enough to stand as its own mythical kingdom. Stirred by a screeching solo from Ne Obliviscaris’ Ben Baret, the song whirls into a torrential finale that makes The Savage Winds to Wisdom a perfect storm of blackened, groove-laden heavy metal.
“We sharpened our tools with this album”, Black Lava says. “The Savage Winds to Wisdom is a step up in all aspects. We went a little more dark and brutal and that’s exactly where we want to take our music”.
Tracklist: 1. Colour of Death (6:44) 2. Dark Legacy (4:08) [LISTEN] 3. Wrapped in Filth (4:03) 4. Unsheathing Nightmares (4:45) [WATCH] 5. Summoning Shadows (6:03) 6. Ironclad Sarcophagus (4:08) [WATCH] 7. Pagan Dust (4:46) 8. Sanguis Lupus (5:21) 9. The Savage Winds to Wisdom (7:07) Total runtime: 47:12
Like any good sorcerer, Black Lava cast a wicked array of spells. Dan Presland, Ben Boyle and Rob Watkins treated Outburn magazine to a list of the band’s most potent influences and most punishing songs.
Not even the most stifling period in recent history could contain Black Lava. Despite being kept under strict lockdown during the pandemic, these Aussies were just stewing together, waiting to erupt. Now, only two years removed from their smoldering debut, the band are roaring back with even more mythical firepower on The Savage Winds to Wisdom.
“Our second album is a step up from the first in all aspects”, drummer Dan Presland says. “We took more time on the songwriting. The Savage Winds to Wisdom shows exactly where we want to take our music”.
Though possessed by an ancient and mysterious alchemy, Black Lava formed with the ease of a natural spring. Over the past decade, all four members have crossed paths around the various corners of Melbourne’s metal underground. On top of their progressive all-instrumental vision quests in Vipassi, Presland also drums alongside Hadal Maw guitarist Ben Boyle in the grinding, tech-death, underground curiosity A Million Dead Birds Laughing. But when the two got together to blow off steam amidst quarantine at Presland’s newly minted home studio, they were pleasantly surprised by the darkness that swept over these jam sessions.
“Both of us were dealing with a lot of pent-up frustrations”, Presland remembers. A few weeks before, his flight home from America (where he was supposed to track the drums for Ne Obliviscaris’ fourth album Exul) touched down hours before Australia closed its borders. “But that anger, coupled with our need to keep creating, led us in a different direction”.
Progressive metal was still a clear undercurrent, but the songs that came spewing out were unusually heavy. Death and black metal held more sway, though sludgy rock n’ roll also found its way into the mix. Such a peculiar range of influences required a vocalist with a very particular set of pipes. Fortunately, Rob Watkins jumped at the opportunity to reunite with Presland, who was the drummer in their thrash band Metalstorm. With Watkins’ Blackhelm bassist Tim Anderson added to the fold, Black Lava burst onto the scene in 2022 with their smoldering debut.
“Soul Furnace more than lives up to those lofty expectations”, Distorted Sound hailed, “proving to not only be a late contender for album of the year, but also one of the more impressive debut albums of recent years”.
Black Lava wasted no time in keeping the juices flowing. The band was already hard at work on their second album while the first one was hot on the shelves. The Savage Winds to Wisdom stirs from the same cauldron of influences. Lead single “Ironclad Sarcophagus” echoes from the crypt with eerie countermelodies and a rhythm section that’s more bewitching than a spell book.
“I pictured this ancient wizard sending out evil vibes into the world in hopes of tricking someone into opening his coffin”, Watkins says. “When writing lyrics, I try and stay true to the spirit of metal. But really, I’m just channeling how the music makes me feel”.
If Soul Furnace was like stumbling upon the entrance to an ancient cave, then The Savage Winds to Wisdom is a fiery, full-blown descent into the belly of the beast. “Dark Legacy” rings through the long black night with one sustained roar of a guitar roar, like an angry, one-eyed ogre. But while the songs came quickly, with Presland and Boyle carving out monstrous riffs and scaly grooves for Watkins to splatter his medieval fantasies, Black Lava took their time with this album. It’s not until nearly three minutes into the opening number, after “Colour of Death” has boiled to a full headbang, that the first of its many horns-up roars is unleashed.
“There was greater care taken with compositions on The Savage Winds to Wisdom”, Boyle says. “There’s more depth and layering to the riffs and melodies. Calling on a more broad list of inspirations and tones, the album has a real sense of balance, a certain quality that will lend itself to repeat listens and attention to detail, while still staying true to what Black Lava set out to do; create heavy, yet energetic and catchy anthemic tunes that tell a story and emanate a sense of atmosphere and power for the listener.”
True to its name, The Savage Winds to Wisdom swirls within a deeper and darker sense of atmosphere. Whereas before their bang-bang approach to songwriting resembled something closer to a punk rock band, this time around, Black Lava concentrated more on atmosphere. “Unsheathing Nightmares” reveals its root source of terror in careful layers, mutating from raw black metal and razor-sharp tech-death into a rainy, ambient hellscape. “That’s one of the songs that really excited me”, says Watkins, who calls upon a coven of witches by digging into the slimier depths of his baritone.
The title track is big enough to stand alone as its own self-contained world. Winding over the course of seven eventful minutes, it’s the longest and perhaps most ambitious song in Black Lava’s musical geology. Blast beats pound like hail beneath waves of distortion that crash with the force of a monsoon. “The silents of fate” Watkins reckons, like a sea captain stranded among the wreckage. “The thousand winds swirl the soul”. Swept up by a screeching solo from special guest Ben Baret (Ne Obliviscaris), the song whirls into an unstoppable force, a torrential finale that brings this album to a truly epic conclusion.
“We sharpened our tools with this album”, the band says. “We went a little more brutal and that sets the tone for where we’ll head in the future.
On The Savage Winds to Wisdom, Black Lava conduct a perfect storm.
Recording Line-up: Dan Presland (drums) Ben Boyle (guitar) Ben Boyle (bass) Rob Watkins (vocals)
Guest Musician: Benjamin Baret (Ne Obliviscaris, Vipassi) plays the guitar solo on “The Savage Winds to Wisdom”.
Live Line-up: Dan Preslans (drums) Ben Boyle (guitar) Nick Rackham (bass) Rob Watkins (vocals)
Recording Studio: Bushido Studios in Melbourne, Australia
Producer & Sound Engineer: Troy Mccosker
Mastering, Mixing & Engineering: Studio Fredman and Fredrick Nordstrom
FALCON TRAILS release ‘Caught’, the second pre-release single from the upcoming studio album ‘Coming Home’ which will be released on 19th July on Metalville Records.
“Caught” is a spontaneous love song. Musically, the song transports the funky hard rock grooves from the mid-70s, when bands like Deep Purple in the Coverdale/Hughes era or Trapeze celebrated international success, back to the present day.
FALCON TRAILS is a Vintage classic Rock styled three piece band featuring Finnish composer / lyricist Mika Grönholm, U.K based vocalist Lee Small, & Finnish drummer & percussionist Tom Rask.
Their music sails you deep into the seventies with a distinct vintage rock, soul and funk style. Lee and Mika share the same influences in music and in various bands from that period, building the foundation for FALCON TRAILS.
Mika say’s: ‘’It was the music we first heard as children and it stayed in our hearts and minds forever. We heard and saw those big time bands making their mark in our generation, and in our own way, we respect that spirit with our music. We take our hats off to those great acts such as Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Pink Floyd and many others.”
All the Music from “Coming Home” was written and recorded around years 2018 and 2019 and was completed in 2024, but the material has never has been released until now.
Mika and Lee are no strangers to the music industry. Both recorded albums and there involved in many differnet music projects before, showing their natural musical understanding.
Mika continues: ” When we were writing the tracks for the album, I did rough vocal guide melodies. Then I sent those on to Lee, and he changes what he needs to suit him and his very soulful vocal style, lifting the songs and taking them to where I wanted them to be. Both of us having such a similar style & thinking which makes the creative process very enjoyable and easy.”
TRACK LISTING Fastlane Feel The Way We Want Soul Satisfaction Devotion Caught Winter’s Blues Last Hearts Of Fire Safe In My Arms Stars Coming Home Sapphire Sky
LINE UP Nika Grönholm – guitars, bass, keyboards Lee Small – lead & backing vocals Tom Rask – drums Michelle Lynch – backing vocals on tracks 1, 5, 9
PATRIARCHS IN BLACK release “A Few Good Men”, the third pre-single from the upcoming studio album “Visioning” (Metalville Records – release date July 19th)
Dan Lorenzo says: “I wrote A Few Good Men with Kelly Abe. It’s the quickest song on the album. Kelly wrote the lyrics.”
Kelly Abe about the song: “A Few Good Men” is a homage to the small group of true brothers we have in our lives, who are there for the long haul at times that matter most. It’s a commentary on fair-weather friends, acknowledging that camaraderie is easy when times are good, but over time you come to realize that only true brothers show up when it’s inconvenient: Camaraderie is fodder on a proper day, for all the friends who spring to leave dismay” – catch the double in that. TIME DON’T LIE. “
Former Type O Negative/ Danzig drummer Johnny Kelly and guitarist riff writer Dan Lorenzo (Hades / Non-Fiction) formed Patriarchs In Black at the end of 2021. The project included well known guests on vocals and bass including Karl Agell ( COC Blind/Lie Heavy) , Jimmy Gnecco, Dewey Bragg ( Kill Devil Hill/Bill Ward) among others. Their debut single “Demon of Regret” came out January 2022 and the full album “Reach For The Scars” was released July 1st 2022. Their 2nd album “My Veneration” was October 6th 2023 with multiple guest vocalists and bassists.
For the forthcoming 3rd studio album “Visioning” Dan Lorenzo has already written twelve new songs. Beside drummer Johnny Kelly it features again a bunch of great singers and bass players, like Dave Neabore (Dog Eat Dog), Karl Agell (Corrosion Of Confirmity), Eric Morgan (A Pale Horse Named Death), Mark Sunshine (Unida), Jason McMaster (Watchtower), Kyle Thomas (Exhorder) and many more.
The songs on “Visioning” combine elements of classic doom metal with modern sounds as well as excursions into hardcore/crossover.
The album was mixed and mastered at JROD Productions by Jon Cioicari.
“It’s SO fun and not putting too much pressure on singers to come up with one or two amazing lyrics and melodies a year. I write a LOT of riffs/music. Our third album came together very easily. FUN FUN FUN” says Dan.
“VISIONING” TRACK LISTING
ENTRY
PERFORMED BY JONATHAN ENG
WHAT DO THEY KNOW? (FOR THE CHAMPIONS)
JOHNNY KELLY – DRUMS DAN LORENZO – GUITARS MARK SUNSHINE – VOCALS IRON LOU – BASS
BEFORE I GO
JOHNNY KELLY – DRUMS DAN LORENZO – GUITARS KARL AGELL – VOCALS DAVE NEABORE – BASS
HEART OF SPITE
JOHNNY KELLY – DRUMS DAN LORENZO – GUITARS HOB TRAYNOR – VOCALS JOHNNY ARAYA – BASS
LOW PRICE
JOHNNY KELLY – DRUMS DAN LORENZO – GUITARS/BASS MARK SUNSHINE – VOCALS
WELCOME TO HELL AGAIN
JOHNNY KELLY – DRUMS DAN LORENZO – GUITARS/BASS KELLY ABE – VOCALS DMC – VOCALS
WHISKEY ON MY MIND
JOHNNY KELLY – DRUMS DAN LORENZO – GUITARS FRANKIE DIAZ – VOX SAL JUVARA – BASS
EMPTY CUP
JOHNNY KELLY – DRUMS DAN LORENZO – GUITARS KYLE THOMAS – VOCALS JOHNNY ARAYA – BASS
CURSE MY NAME
JOHNNY KELLY – DRUMS DAN LORENZO – GUITARS JASON MCMASTER – VOCALS EAZY EZEKIEL – BASS
A FEW GOOD MEN
JOHNNY KELLY – DRUMS DAN LORENZO – GUITARS KELLY ABE – VOCALS ERIC J. MORGAN – BASS JASON DONNELLY (DJ PUZZLE DJ) – TURNTABLES
BIRTH
DAN LORENZO – ACOUSTIC GUITAR DAVE NEABORE – KEYS JONATHAN ENG – VIOLA
VISIONING
JOHNNY KELLY – DRUMS DAN LORENZO – GUITARS/BASS MARK SUNSHINE – VOCALS
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