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HOLY MOTHER Present New Video Single ‘Jeremiah’ from Upcoming Album

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June 7, 2024 sees US hard rock / metal veterans HOLY MOTHER present the follow-up to “Face This Burn”, and their overall seventh studio album “Rise”! Coming as CD Digipak, Ltd. Vinyl LP and Digital formats via Massacre Records , the album pre-sale is available at: https://lnk.to/holymotherrise

Following the previously-released, first single “Fire”, today, the band has shared another groove-ladden album appetizer, a music video for the track “Jeremiah”! HOLY MOTHER frontman Mike Tirelli comments:
“Do you know when you hear a song name like ‘Jeremiah’? You automatically think Jeremiah was a bullfrog. But I wrote a song about Jeremiah, a bad man! This song is really about a corrupt billionaire businessman, and the people that get fooled by his persuasiveness.
The heavy groove and the riff of this song is what I like the best. And not to mention the heavily inspired Dio-ish vocal vibe that really puts this song over the top.”

“Jeremiah” is now streaming on all digital providers at https://holymot her.bfan.link/j eremiah, watch the video clip premiering here:

In a career that spans from the 1990’s until the present day, HOLY MOTHER has delivered some of the most blistering American, fist-pumping music of their genre and pulls no punches with its heaviest and most powerful release to date.

New album anthems like “Rise”, “Power”, “Fire”, “Rain” “Jeremiah”, and “Hex” will have you banging your head and stomping your feet, and the classic “Live To Die” from the critically acclaimed “Toxic Rain” album of HOLY MOTHER‘s past is brought to new life, channeling the spirit of the late, great HOLY MOTHER co-founder Randy Coven.

This album will melt your face, compel you to raise your fists and rebel and as HOLY MOTHER intend to lead the force of metal followers to their destiny with the driving force of the amazing Ronnie James Dio-style vocals of Mike Tirelli, the blistering shredding of the young guitar prodigy Mickey Lyxx, the pounding in-your- face drumming of powerhouse James Harris, and the blazing bass of the Brit, Wayne Banks. Don’t be left in the dust! Pick up HOLY MOTHER‘s “Rise” now at https://lnk.to/holymotherrise and join the metal community in the rise of HOLY MOTHER!

Album Tracklist:

Fire
The Elevator
Jeremiah
Power
Rise
Down
Interventionist
Hex
Live To Die
Rain

Album Line-Up:
Mike Tirelli – Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitars, Bass Guitar
Mickey Lyxx – Lead / Rhythm Guitar
Wayne Banks – Bass Guitar
James Harris – Drums, Backing Vocals, second lead vocals on “Rise”

HOLY MOTHER Live:
23.08.2024 FR Champtoceaux – Barbeuk Metal Festival
24.08.2024 FR La Rochelle – Crossroad

For More Info Visit:
https://www.holymotherband.com
https://www.facebook.com/holymotherband
https://www.instagram.com/holymotherband
https://youtube.com/@Holymotherband
https://massacre-records.com

HUNTSMEN Share New Single + Music Video ‘In Time, All Things’

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HUNTSMEN has today shared the lead single and music video, titled In Time, All Things, from their upcoming third album, The Dry Land, which is set for release via Prosthetic Records on June 7. In Time, All Things‘ music video was directed by Ryan Luciani (GoodFriend), with the track ushering in The Dry Land‘s overarching themes of the liminal space between the living and the dead.

Stream In Time, All Things via Apple Music, TIDAL, Deezer, Bandcamp and Spotify.

Speaking on the single and music video release, Chris Kang (guitar and vocals) comments: “We chose In Time, All Things as our first single because it is a sanctuary directly at the border between life and death, which is the subject matter of The Dry Land. It’s a place where an exhausted traveler can find respite while looking upon the mirrored realms, reflect upon their beauty, indifference, and desolation, and decide next steps.

“For those who have seen death, the warm light of the living day must share space in the heart with the frigid night of the eternal process. Where once the only direction was forward, now there is also back, where the dead remain, frozen in time. The survivor is pulled between both, their soul the prize in a war as old as existence. We hope to capture the possibility that both the night and day can coexist, balanced, within the still-beating heart.”

Following the release of their sophomore full-length, Mandala of Fear, in 2020 and The Dying Pines EP in 2022 HUNTSMEN’s intervening years between studio albums were marked with devastatingly contrasting highs and lows. Whilst their body of studio work continued to garner acclaim from fans and critics alike, chronic illness would become a recurring uphill battle for the ensemble. As these jarring mixed fortunes reached their apex towards the end of 2022, the band reached towards each other outside of their craft as old friends. Taking stock of four years of tribulations led to a reevaluation of what it is to be creatives and, in turn, ushered in a collective rebirth.

Writing sessions for The Dry Land saw a number of artistic firsts for HUNTSMEN, most notably with the first full collaborative inclusion of vocalist Aimee Bueno-Knipe. The creative process soon saw HUNTSMEN adding more black metal influences into their Americana and folk tinged doom, evidenced most overtly on tracks such as This, Our Gospel and lead single In Time, All Things. Elsewhere, HUNTSMEN’s knack for finely crafted and richly layered melodies offer moments of resplendence on the slow burning Lean Times and closer The Herbsight.

Mirroring the circumstances and environment that led to its creation, The Dry Land’s pacing is one rooted in the art of rise and fall dynamics both musically and lyrically. Tales of escaping religious violence, malevolent apparitions and death incarnate all play key roles throughout the album’s narrative thread. HUNTSMEN treat each tale as both exorcism and exaltation, adding a pervasively unsettling quality to The Dry Land that is sure to stick long after the runtime is over.

The Dry Land was recorded and mixed by Pete Grossmann at Bricktop Studios before being placed in the hands of Brad Boatright for mastering, with the resulting sound adding a towering grandiosity to the album whilst simultaneously highlighting HUNTSMEN’s newfound corrosive qualities. The Dry Land’s striking cover art was created by Derek Setzer, depicting an immolating dancer in high contrast black and white amongst rusted gold.

Through the fire, HUNTSMEN find themselves reborn on The Dry Land.

Upcoming HUNTSMEN shows:
June 7 – Sleeping Village – Chicago, IL (The Dry Land album release show)
w/ Without Waves and Anatomy of Habit

The Dry Land tracklist:

This, Our Gospel
Cruelly Dawns
Lean Times
In Time, All Things
Rain
Herbsight

HUNTSMEN is:
Chris Kang – guitar and vocals
Aimee Bueno-Knipe – vocals
Marc Stranger-Najjar – bass and vocals
Ray Bueno-Knipe – drums and vocals
Gavin Cushman – guitar and vocals
Kirill Orlov – guitar (on The Dry Land studio recording only)

TRAGEDY Announce Disco Metal Live Invasion Over Europe + US // Wacken Open Air Debut

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New York City tribute masters TRAGEDY have issued the following:

Beloved disco metal maniacs, we have more amazing live shows to include in your Tragedy ’24 calendar…

Some dates yet to be announced (some also yet to be booked)…be prepared for a springtime and summer full of lust, glitter, disco and METAL! Including our premier at the world’s biggest heavy metal festival, Wacken Open Air, and our debut at the Full Metal Holiday week-long festival, on the Spanish Balearic island Mallorca in October…

After having decimated eleven cities in eleven days across the UK, we hit the road in the US for some hott dates with Psychostick before returning to Europe later in May. Wet, hot, glittery times ahead!

See below for all currently announced club shows and festivals. We’ll see YOU in the front row!

info/tickets here: letsmaketragedyhappen.com/live/

10 May – US, Indianapolis IN – Black Circle (w/ Psychostick)
11 May – US, W. Chicago IL – W.C. Social Club (w/ Psychostick)
24 May – DE, Bochum – Matrix (w/ Mambo Kurt)
26 May – UK, Glastonbudget Festival
28 May – DE, Cologne – Groove Bar (w/ Mambo Kurt)
29 May – CH, Seewen – Gaswerk
30 May – DE, Karlsruhe – Die Stadtmitte
31 May – DE, Simmertal – Kulturgarten
1 June – DE, Ulm, Blaurock Open Air
7 June – US, NYC – Brooklyn Bowl (w/ Start Making Sense)
14 June – US, Philadelphia – Brooklyn Bowl (w/ Start Making Sense)
19 July – DE, Cham – L.A. Summerstage
20 July – DE, Munich – Backstage
23 July – AT, Vienna – Viper Room
28 July – DE, Hamburg – Logo (w/ Mambo Kurt)
2 Aug – DE, Dorsten, Red Balloon Festival DE
3 Aug – DE, Bad Düben (near Leipzig). Full Rewind Open Air
3 Aug – DE, Wacken, Wacken Open Air (yes! 2nd show on Aug 3rd)
6 Aug – UK, Plymouth – The Junction
7 Aug – UK, Swindon – The Victoria
8 Aug – UK, Bilston/Wolverhampton – The Robin
9 Aug – UK, Liverpool – District
10 Aug – UK, Reepham Festival
11 Aug – UK, Stoke on Trent – Eleven Music Venue
13 Aug – UK, Cardiff – Fuel
15 Aug – UK, Driffield, Tribfest
16 Aug – UK, Grimsby – Yardbirds
17 Aug – UK, Stockport – Glitch
18 Aug – UK, Edinburgh Fringe Festival – Bannermans
19 Aug – UK, Edinburgh Fringe Festival – Bannermans
22 Aug – DE, Dusseldorf – Pitcher
24 Aug – DE, Braunschweig, Lammer Open Air
25 Aug – UK, Wannasee Penrith Festival
28 Aug – UK, Huddersfield – The Parish
29 Aug – UK, Lindisfarne Festival
30 Aug – UK, Bedford – Esquires
31 Aug – UK, Bridgwater – The Cobblestones
03 Oct – DE, Kaiserslautern, The Irish House (w/ Mambo Kurt)
18 Oct – ES, Santanyi (Isle of Mallorca), Full Metal Holiday

March/April UK tour wrap

The UK tour was like floating in a sea of sequins, bodily fluids and liquid ecstasy! Fantastic having Ward XVI along as support!

“the beauty of a Tragedy show…. pure escapism, blisteringly good music…there’s no one out there doing this as well as they do” – My Global Mind

“what makes Tragedy so special, the musical skill and metal interpretations are fantastic, but every single song is a classic that the audience know every word to. The end result is the band don’t play a single song themselves, each and every one is sung along to by the totally engrossed crowd.” – Livewire

“Watching the audience made my night. From the lady in black to my right who was absolutely losing her shit, to the one in front of me who was celebrating her birthday, to the guys behind me banging their heads to the heavier riffs… every single one had the biggest smiles on their faces throughout. Tragedy are the epitome of ‘party band’. Great music, great songs, great fun. Hands down one of those bands you just have to catch live.”” – Moshville Times

“the crowd and myself don’t care we are singing along, have the simply the best time to this twisted rock band.” – Metal Planet Music

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Flipping the script on sleaze rock tropes, with I Am Woman, we find the inner-metal in disco and soft-rock classics made famous by women. Tragedy’s concept has always been to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, inverting the yin and the yang. Here we celebrate womanhood in all forms on 14 newly-recorded, reinvented anthems of palpable power and fearless fun!

Featuring songs originally made famous by Chic, Gloria Gaynor, Cyndi Lauper, Betty Buckley/Barbara Streisand, Abba, Shocking Blue/Bananarama, Shirley Bassey, Aretha Franklin, Irene Cara, the Pointer Sisters, Dolly Parton, Sheryl Crow, Helen Reddy and Katy Perry.

get it now! – Get tragedy-official.com/merch

Tracklist: Le Freak – I Will Survive – She Bop – Memory (feat. Mrs. Smith) – Lay All Your Love On Me – Venus – Goldfinger – Respect (feat. Marcy Harriell) – Flashdance… What a Feeling – I’m So Excited – Here You Come Again – All I Wanna Do – I Am Woman – Roar

SHADOWS OF STEEL Release New Lyric Video ‘Power Of Dreams’

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Italian SHADOWS OF STEEL have released their new lyric video for ‘Power Of Dreams’, taken from from “Twilight II” album.

The band was formed in Genoa in October 1996 by Wild Steel (vocals), fresh out of Projecto, and Andrew Mc Pauls (keyboards).

The band completed the recordings of Twilight II with the help of many guests, including André La Fisìc, Francesco Molinelli, Steve Bone, Ross Lukather. A sort of family album that includes four original tracks and four covers like its predecessor. The album was released in digital format only in February 2022 and on CD in April 2024, enriched with four bonus tracks.

Currently, a new work is in the drafting phase.

Line up:
Wild Steel – Vocals
Andrew Spane – Guitars
Ice – Guitars
Andrew Mc Pauls – Keyboards
Fabio Zunino – Bass
Mattia Peruzzi – Drums

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shadowsofsteel
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3BHFiuq8v30Zi2bS6Jgrat

WORMED Announce New Album “Omegon”, Out July 5th

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Amidst the most infinite expanses of the universe – where modern advances in technology collide with ancient alien forces – stand the almighty Wormed. The brutal space invaders are poised to take another quantum leap into the world of technical death metal with their highly-anticipated fourth album. Omegon was recorded at BlackStorm Studios and mixed and mastered to perfection by Colin Marston. On lead single “Automaton Virtulague”, the band transcend into a crushing and heady new dimension.

Omegon comes out July 5 on Season of Mist. Pre-order and Stream: https://orcd.co/wormedomegon

On “Automaton Virtulague”, Wormed twist technical brilliance and brutal elegance into an alternative universe. The song opens a hole into the album’s overarching, mind-bending, sci-fi narrative. A shadowy hacker named Krighsu battles against galactic civilizations over the mysterious Omegon, a cosmic substance that defies the grasp of mere mortals. Behind the double helix of guitarists Migueloud and D-Kazar, Phlegton’s blackhole growl bends the fabric of space and time.

The video for “Automaton Virtulague” was created by Polyhedron with concepting and post-production by Phlegeton Art Studio.

Cover art by Phlegeton – “Phlegeton Art Studio”

Tracklist
1. Automaton Virtulague (4:13) [WATCH]
2. Pareidolia Robotica (4:56)
3. Protogod (4:48)
4. Pleoverse Omninertia (3:44)
5. Malignant Nexus (1:58)
6. Virtual Teratogenesis (4:28)
7. Aetheric Transdimensionalization (4:53)
8. Gravitational Servo Matrix (4:25)
9. Omegon (7:31)
Total runtime: 41:00

Space – the final frontier. Yet, when WORMED reach out into the void, the results sound far more like a dark space opera inhabited by bizarre aliens, genetically and technically evolved meta-humans struggling for power and survival in galactic empires. Now, the nano-technological war has been unleashed in the void to defeat the last sower of human life, Krighsu!

Odd-time signatures, avalanches of breaks and complex rhythmical as well as melodic patterns will excite every aficionado of extreme technicality, while growls down-tuned strings and double-bass assaults will more than satisfy extreme metal connoisseurs. While being outstandingly skilled musicians Wormed are avoiding any self-indulgent show of prowess for its own sake. Instead, the five-piece from Madrid clearly lays its emphasis on creating atmospheric songs, which develop and grow along the underlying story.

Originating from Spain’s capital Madrid in 1998, Wormed immediately made an impact in the death metal scene with the release of their ‘Floating Cadaver in the Monochrome’ MCD (1999). Following a promo CD under the title ‘Voxel Mitosis’ (2001), the first studio album ‘Planisphaerium’ received high acclaim by critics and fans alike in 2003. In the wake of their debut full-length, the Spanish received invitations to international festival shows and touring around the globe. Wormed performed in Japan alongside GORATORY and VOMIT REMNANTS and afterwards hit Europe with MALIGNANCY and DESPONDENCY.

A creative hiatus, partly due to line-up changes and filled with re-issues of their previous released as well as the single ‘Quasineutrality’ (2010) finally ended, when their sophomore album ‘Exodromos’ came out in 2013. On their third full-length ‘Krighsu’ (2016), the fast-rising Spanish Sci-Fi tech death prodigies are telling a dystopian cosmic story with lyrics and music joined into an overarching concept. Its intense brutality, dissonant dynamic riffing, and tremendous heaviness combined with an amazing futuristic concept, which introduced the character Krighsu – last human in the cosmos, harvested top reviews and saw Wormed headlining in the US and co-headlining in Europe.

In the summer of 2019, Wormed brought their ultra-technical cosmic sonic onslaught to new heights on their 4-track EP ‘Metaportal’, released through Season of Mist. Praised as a monstrously satisfying addition to their catalogue, the EP bridged the gap between their previously released 2016 ‘Krighsu’ and their newest project. Atmospheric yet faithful to the skull-crushing mindboggling textures they’ve given fans over the years, ‘Metaportal’ allowed Wormed to come to terms with the loss of Guillermo Calero in 2018 and move forward.

On ‘Omegon’, Wormed’s upcoming 2024 release, they continue the story of Krigshu, a timeline hacker entangled in manipulation by cosmic forces. As viciously as the aggression they bring on their technically impressive instruments, Krigshu battles his way to unlock the mysteries of Omegon, a mysterious cosmic substance holding ultimate power. With 9 tracks of ultimate interstellar chaos, a story unfolds and Wormed prove yet again that they reign supreme on the technical death metal genre.

Line-up
Phlegeton – Vocals
Migueloud – Guitars
D-Kazar – Guitars
Guillemoth – Bass
V-Kazar – Drums

Recording Studio
BlackStorm Studios (Karrantza, Basque Country)

Production Credits
Ekaitz Garmendia – Producer & Sound Engineer
Mixed & Mastered by Colin Marston at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves (Queens, NY, USA)
Editing by Simon Da Silva at The Empty Hall (Madrid, ES)

Official Website: http://www.wormed.net/
Bandcamp: https://wormed.bandcamp.com/
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/324196
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wormed
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wormedband/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wormedband
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/WormedTV
Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/artist/wormed/id341334269
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1YXwL0RvyKn9swZ6CsVDwk
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/music/player/artists/B002XOX5EY/wormed

GOATWHORE Announce UK + Irish Tour with EYEHATEGOD in December

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New Orleans’ favourite extreme metal alchemists, GOATWHORE have confirmed they’ll join Eyehategod on an all encompassing fifteen date steamroller ride through the UK and Ireland. Kicking off in Glasgow on December 6, 2024 and taking in an appearance at the Byker Grave Fest in Newcastle along with Discharge and more to be announced the day after before laying waste to the the shires over two weeks, finishing in Dublin, Ireland on the 21st.

It’ll be the band’s first time here since their hjghly rated Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven album was released on Metal Blade Records in 2022.

Twin Troubled Tables Tour 2024
EYEHATEGOD + GOATWHORE
2024-12-06 – Glasgow – Slay
2024-12-07 – Newcastle – Byker Grave Fest, University
2024-12-08 – Sheffield – Corporation
2024-12-09 – Manchester – Rebellion
2024-12-10 – Nottingham – Rescue Rooms
2024-12-11 – Swansea – Patti Pavilion
2024-12-12 – Reading – Face Bar
2024-12-13 – Brighton – Arch
2024-12-14 – London – Garage
2024-12-16 – Milton Keynes – Craufurd Arms
2024-12-17 – Bournemouth – The Bear Cave
2024-12-18 – Wolverhampton – KK’s Steel Mill
2024-12-19 – Bristol – Marble Factory
2024-12-20 – Belfast – Voodoo
2024-12-21 – Dublin – Grand Social

Tickets for all shows are available here: routeonebooking.fanlink.tv

GOATWHORE released their critically adored Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven full-length last October via Metal Blade Records. Their most accomplished album to date in sound, concept, and execution, the twelve-track offering earned the #9 position on Billboard’s Current Hard Music Albums chart upon its first week of release and stands among the most ravaging records to come out of 2022.

Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven was produced by Jarrett Pritchard (Exhumed, 1349), and tracked primarily at Studio In The Country in Bogalusa, Louisiana under pandemic restrictions. The band recruited acclaimed producer Kurt Ballou (Converge, High On Fire, Gatecreeper, Code Orange) to mix the record with final mastering duties handled by Grammy-award winning engineer Ted Jensen (Ghost, Gojira, Cult Of Luna). The record is tied together by the art of longtime collaborator Jordan Barlow.

Angels Hung From The Arches Of Heaven is available on CD, digitally, and LP on multiple color variants. Preview and purchase yours today at: metalblade.com/goatwhore

View the band’s videos for “Born Of Satan’s Flesh” HERE. And the title track HERE.

GOATWHORE:
Louis B. Falgoust II – vocals
Sammy Duet – guitars, vocals
Zack Simmons – drums
Robert “TA” Coleman – bass

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