THE ANIX Releases New Single ‘Panic’

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The Anix raw emotional depths in his latest rock single “PANIC“. “PANIC” is the next single off his upcoming album VOLTAGE, due in late 2024 from FiXT.
 
“PANIC” embodies a rich mix of synth, drums, guitar, and bass to create a sound that is at once expansive and deeply introspective. The track offers listeners a gateway into the artist’s private experiences with sudden anxiety and panic attacks, particularly around performances and public speaking. This release is not just a song but a story of vulnerability and the human condition, revealing the often unseen struggles individuals face while seemingly riding a wave of success.

Detailing the inspiration of “PANIC,” The Anix explains, “‘PANIC’ is written as an internal dialog with myself during unexpected issues I started having with anxiety/panic attacks before a performance or speech. This started happening out of nowhere, with no warning, where I would just lose the ability to manage my breathing, which makes it impossible to speak. All it takes is for this to happen to you once, then the fear of it happening again can trigger it to happen, which creates a downward spiral of events and paranoia.”

The Anix is the alternative / electronic-rock project of Los Angeles artist/producer Brandon Smith. Known for pushing creative boundaries with his genre-blending mix of alternative rock with dark melancholic undertones drenched in an array of synthesizers, The Anix’s music has captured the attention of global editorial curators with prominent features across official playlists from Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Yandex Music, and more. The Anix has received press support from outlets like Revolver, Substream, and Outburn magazines as well as features in TV and video game franchises including Call of Duty, Destiny, Mass Effect, and WWE.

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ORANGE GOBLIN Release New Single + Video ‘The Fire At The Centre Of The Earth Is Mine’

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The new single from UK metalheads ORANGE GOBLIN’s hugely anticipated new album Science, Not Fiction is out today. The track, titled ‘The Fire at the Centre of the Earth is Mine’, follows ‘(Not) Rocket Science’ and ‘Cemetary Rats’ as the third single to be taken from the album and is accompanied by a new lyric video by Matt Vickerstaff which you can watch below.

Speaking about the new track, singer and lyricist Ben Ward said, “We are very proud to present our new single ‘The Fire at the Centre of the Earth is Mine’. We consider this a very ‘typical’ Orange Goblin song…uptempo, melodic and instantly catchy, with all the ingredients of classic Heavy Metal! it’s the perfect way to kickstart the new Orange Goblin album! Lyrically, it’s about how we can’t change our past, but as the rest of the world is seemingly falling apart, we all have a chance to change our future. We are very excited about adding this banger to the live set at future shows!”

Science, Not Fiction will be released on 19th July on the following formats:

  • CD Deluxe with Bonus track presented in a digipack with a 20-page booklet
  • Limited Edition Gatefold 2LP Green and Black Marble vinyl edition available exclusively from the band & Peaceville stores
  • Limited Edition Gatefold 2LP Crystal Clear vinyl edition.
  • Gatefold 2LP in classic black vinyl
  • CD Jewel case with 16-page booklet (9 tracks)

Science, Not Fiction tracklist

  1. The Fire At The Centre Of The Earth Is Mine
  2. (Not) Rocket Science
  3. Ascend The Negative
  4. False Hope Diet
  5. Cemetary Rats
  6. The Fury Of A Patient Man
  7. Gemini (Twins Of Evil)
  8. The Justice Knife
  9. End Of Transmission

Bonus track on CD Deluxe & LP

  1. Eye Of The Minotaur

Orange Goblin – UK & Ireland tour 2024
Friday 4 October – Opium, Dublin
Saturday 5 October – Limelight 2 – Belfast
Sunday – 6 October – King Tut’s – Glasgow
Tuesday 8 October – Gorilla – Manchester
Wednesday 9 October – KK’s Steel Mill – Wolverhampton
Thursday 10 October – The Fleece – Bristol
Friday 11 October – The 1865 – Southampton
Saturday 12 October – The Dome – London

Tickets are on sale at https://www.orangegoblinofficial.com

MICHAEL SCHENKER Announces New Album “My Years With UFO”, Reveals First Single ‘Mother Mary’ Feat. Slash & Erik Grönwall

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Michael Schenker announces new album ‘My Years with UFO’  celebrating the 50th anniversary of Schenker’s years with UFO. The first Single ‘Mother Mary’ featuring Slash and Eric Grönwall is out now and released through earMUSIC.

Guitar phenomenon Michael Schenker is set to revisit his iconic past with a new album ‘My Years with UFO’ which will be released on September 20th. The album reimagines classic UFO hits, celebrating his 50th anniversary alongside today’s rock elite.

Produced by Michael Schenker and Michael Voss, the new album marks the 50th anniversary of Schenker’s groundbreaking era with UFO, spanning from 1972 to 1978—a period that brought the English hard rock band international acclaim and cemented their place in rock ‘n’ roll history.

In this celebratory album, Michael Schenker re-records 11 of UFO’s greatest hits from this magical era, infusing new life into the classics with an impressive lineup of guest stars. Joining Schenker on this journey are Derek Sherinian on keys, Brian Tichy on drums, and Barry Sparks on bass. The album boasts a stellar roster of guest artists, including Axl Rose, Slash, Kai Hansen, Roger Glover, Joey Tempest, Biff Byford, Jeff Scott Soto, John Norum, Dee Snider, Joel Hoekstra, Joe Lynn Turner, Carmine Appice, Adrian Vandenberg, Stephen Pearcy, and Erik Grönwall.

The first single ‘Mother Mary’ featuring  Slash and Grönwall is out now.

Listen to ‘Mother Mary’ HERE

This album is the introduction to an upcoming trilogy as Michael Schenker signed an exclusive three-album-deal with earMUSIC, with albums to be followed in 2025 and 2026.

Access the album HERE

BIG BIG TRAIN Release ‘Last Eleven’ Recorded Live at Sweetwater Studios

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Following this year’s Cruise To The Edge, Big Big Train travelled to Sweetwater Studios in Fort Wayne, Indiana to take part in a recording and mixing session run by Sweetwater chief engineer, Shawn Dealey. This session gave the band an opportunity to record an alternative version of Last Eleven, the closing song on this year’s acclaimed The Likes Of Us studio album. You can listen to the Sweetwater version of Last Eleven, which has been mixed by Shawn, here: https://bigbigtrain.lnk.to/LastEleven-SweetwaterLiveVersion

Shawn has previously worked with artists including Steve Hackett, Spock’s Beard, Animals As Leaders, Counting Crows, Jared James Nichols, Bootsy Collins, Beth Hart and many more. You can read more about Shawn here: https://sweetwaterstudios.com/about-us

Lead vocalist Alberto Bravin comments: “Having rehearsed at Sweetwater before our USA shows and Cruise To The Edge in March, it was wonderful to return there for a recording session. It was interesting to take an alternative approach to Last Eleven, which differs significantly from the version released on The Likes Of Us album. We really enjoyed working with Shawn in Sweetwater’s amazing studios and hope to return there again in the future.”

Drummer Nick D’Virgilio adds: “I really get into how songs make me feel and this version of Last Eleven, with its mellow beginning, has such a great vibe to it. Not that the original has anything wrong with it at all! I just like how the story in the song now comes across. It starts mellow, revs up and gets powerful, then ends mellow again. It also showcases some wonderful vocals.”

Guitarist/keyboardist Rikard Sjöblom says: “We had this idea to take it down in the first verse, which I think turned out really sweet! I ended up doing the intro on acoustic guitar, with Oskar [Holldorff, keyboards] on Fender Rhodes and Clare [Lindley] adding some nice violin lines, which turned Last Eleven into a different song for me. I also played some electric baritone guitar later in the song too, which added some further flavour to the overall sound. I think I like this new version even better than the original!”

Big Big Train headline the final Night Of The Prog festival in Germany on 21st July before making their debut at the renowned Cropredy Festival in the UK on 9th August. The band then undertake their own headline tour in September and October, playing 13 shows across the UK and Europe, before returning to co-headline Cruise To The Edge in April next year.

21st July – Night of the Prog, Loreley, Germany
9th August – Cropredy Festival, Oxfordshire, UK
17th September – Wyvern Theatre, Swindon, UK
18th September – The Riverfront, Newport, UK
19th September – Playhouse Theatre, Whitley Bay, UK
21st September – Queens Hall, Edinburgh, UK
22nd September – Palace Theatre, Newark, UK
24th September – Stables Theatre, Milton Keynes, UK  – SOLD OUT
25th September – The Stoller Hall, Manchester, UK – SOLD OUT
27th September – Stadthalle, Weinheim, Germany
28th September – Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
29th September – Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
1st October – Cosmopolite, Oslo, Norway
2nd October – Viften, Copenhagen, Denmark
5th October – Cadogan Hall, London, UK

Ticket links for all shows are at www.bigbigtrain.com/live

Listen to & order The Likes of Us here: https://bigbigtrain.lnk.to/TheLikesOfUs

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CONAN Sign to Heavy Psych Sounds Records for Release of Next Two Albums

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UK’s battle doom giants CONAN join the Heavy Psych Sounds roster for the release of their next two albums, with the first to be released in the spring of 2025.

About signing to Heavy Psych Sounds, the band says: “We are delighted to announce we will release our next album on Heavy Psych Sounds. We have watched the label grow in both size and stature, and watched awesome bands join, and we feel that now is the right time to join too. Gabe and the team have a hands-on approach with appeals to us, and we’re excited to explore this new relationship.“CONAN’s doom is singular. Carved of granite. Of course, there have been changes since guitarist/vocalist Jon Davis founded the group in 2006, but the intention at the time toward superlative heavy — tonal extremity wrought with impressionist lyrics stripping ideas to the core where sometimes the whole line is just one word; they’ve always called it “Caveman Battle Doom” – remains at the root of everything they’ve done since. And across five studio records between 2012 and 2022, CONAN have set the standard by which much of “heavy” anything is judged. In comparison, most are found wanting.

For every time you’ve heard about CONAN’s music being about galloping steeds or frost-covered sharp-peaked mountains, imagery of largesse and violence, the truth is Conan are an exercise in frequency. It’s the low resonance that shakes your chest, the depth of the bass – now handled by David Ryley (ex-Fudge Tunnel) – the push of air from Johnny King’s kick drum, or the way the dark-fuzz distortion of Jon Davis’ guitar is offset by shouting vocals cutting through that sometimes punishing onslaught, rarely to offer comfort so much as add viciousness to the crash, plod and pillage.

In 2024, CONAN sign to Heavy Psych Sounds as a recognized name and one of the foremost acts of their generation, wildly influential in their home country of the UK and well beyond; headliners in practice and theory alike. Their fifth LP, 2022’s ‘Evidence of Immortality,’ brought a dark ambience to coincide with its outright attack. With experiments in darkwave and synth adding breadth to the stated root purpose of aural force, it’s never been harder to guess where the next few years might take their sound, but whatever’s coming, CONAN will make it kill. The better part of two decades later, their reliability remains unshakable. Which you want when your band is so heavy that the floor and your ribcage both start to vibrate. — Words by JJ Koczan

On this occasion, Conan have unveiled new merch designed by Branca Studio and Mirkow Gastow, which can be purchased now via Heavy Psych Sounds EU store and US store.

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ATHENA XIX Release Digital Comeback Single & Lyric Video ‘The Conscience Of Everything’

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2024 is set to be a historic year, especially for Italian cult progressive metallers ATHENA XIX: formerly known as ATHENA, they are re-united with front-man and founding member Fabio Lione, who is also the vocalist of their labelmates ANGRA among others. Lione‘s return marks a new era for the band as they’re preparing the release of their much-anticipated fourth studio album which is due out later this year through Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM). While fans have been waiting impatiently for further details to be shared, ATHENA XIX finally present a first musical sign of life, titled ‘The Conscience Of Everything,’ today.

Stream/purchase the track: https://athenaxix.rpm.link/consciencePR

The band state, “This song deals with humanity in all its iterations, leading listeners through a world filled with complex melodies and deep instropection. This opus is much more of an experience than a mere song and also only the beginning of our common journey. Abandon yourselves!”

Don’t forget to subscribe to Reigning Phoenix Music on YouTube to stay updated and listen to ‘The Conscience Of Everything’ along with other new tracks in the “RPM New Releases” playlist on Spotify. Subscribe here: https://rpm.link/spotifynewreleasesPR.

About ATHENA XIX

Originating in 1991, ATHENA released their most successful album to date, “A New Religion?,” in 1998 – still recognised and appropriately rewarded as the best prog metal album of an Italian band ever. The original band members finally re-united in 2019 — after several line-up changes and a hiatus — writing new songs which will be released later this year via Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM).

ATHENA XIX are:
Fabio Lione | vocals
Simone Pellegrini | guitars
Gabriele Guidi | keyboards
Alessio Sabella | bass
Matteo Amoroso | drums

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