Irish indie rocker Iann Brennan‘s debut album ‘Start As You Mean To Go On‘ is out now on AGR Records.
Game Overâ is the lead single off Brennanâs debut album ‘Start As You Mean To Go On‘, written by the singer himself and performed with his band, recorded and produced by renowned Irish producer Ray Traynor. The quality of this song caught the attention of Hot Press magazine who made it their ‘Hot Press track of the day’.
Iann Brennan is an Irish Indie Rock artist from Dublin, Ireland. Playing guitar from the age of 12 and after spending time in some bands, Iann decided to go solo and one of his first gigs was a support slot to renowned Irish band Aslan. After connecting with Irish producer Ray Traynor, who Iann has worked with ever since, he has gone on to write a collection of anthemic, melodic, catchy, heartfelt songs which are influenced by Iannâs heroes such as Oasis, Kings of Leon, Arctic Monkeys and Stereophonics. His unique brand of entertainment fuses anthemic melodic songs and driving guitar lines with energetic and witty stage banter that will make you want to sing and get lost in the music.Â
Iann’s music reached the ears of German label AGR Television Records, where he signed to the label in 2023 and released the album ‘Start As You Mean To Go On‘, which is out now. Featured on Start As You Mean To Go On is original Aslan songwriter/bassist Tony McGuinness, who heard Brennanâs tunes and wanted to be part of the album. He brings his own flair of magical, grooving bass lines to the record. âA pleasure to be part of Iann’s debut album. He just rocks it.âÂ
Damien Dempsey shares of the rising talent: âWithin Iann Brennanâs soaring anthemic melodies are lots of wise lines between the cracking hooks. If heâs playing near you, do yourself a favour and try to get to him, heâs the bomb.â
Adding to the list of album credentials, U2âs renowned album designer Steve Averill lended his talents to the album cover, logo and artwork on Brennanâs soon-to-be-released album.
Plans are now being made for a tour during the summer/autumn of 2024. Notable past performances include opening for Damien Dempsey, Aslan, Declan OâRourke, Mary Coghlan, Hazel OâConnor, Eddi Reader and Lisa Hannigan.Â
FEUERSCHWANZ have unveiled a live video for âWardwarfâ, cut from the bandâs brand-new English-language album, Warriors! The video perfectly captures the intense and enthusiastic energy present at FEUERSCHWANZ shows, as was once again proven at their almost completely sold out recent headline tour, which will be continued in the fall. âWardwarfâ features Francesco Cavalieri from the dwarven metal band and TikTok sensation WIND ROSE.  With 20 years of band history, FEUERSCHWANZ have earned their status as Germanyâs hottest band by charting at #1 on the Official German Album Charts twice in recent years, nearly selling out full tours and playing several headline and premium slots at the most important European festivals. Check out the captivating live video for âWardwarfâ below, and order your copy of Warriors now – some formats are already completely sold out!
Get Your Copy of Warriors NOW – First Formats are Already Sold Out
Warriors looks back on a remarkable track record of tireless work and is further proof that FEUERSCHWANZ not only welcome challenges with open arms, but actively seek them out. Newly recorded – and for the first time ever in English – songs like “Highlander”, “Das Elfte Gebotâ (The Forgotten Commandment), “Memento Mori”, “Untot im Drachenboot” (Death on the Dragonship), “Bastard of Asgard” and “Fegefeuer” (Purgatory) take on a whole new character, but still sound familiar in FEUERSCHWANZ style. The final track is a cover of the Assassin’s Creed classic “Valhalla Callingâ by Miracle Of Sound, which fits perfectly into the overall work and discography of FEUERSCHWANZ. Warriors is a new milestone in FEUERSCHWANZ‘s successful career, which only knows its way to the top!
Tracklist Warriors: 1 Highlander (English Version) 2 The Unholy Grail (feat. Dominum, Orden Ogan) 3 The Forgotten Commandment 4 Memento Mori (English Version, feat. Lord of the Lost, Chris Harms) 5 Death on the Dragonship 6 Wardwarf (feat. Francesco Cavalieri of Wind Rose) 7 Circlepit of Hell 8 Song of Ice and Fire (feat. Patty Gurdy) 9 Purgatory 10 Bastard of Asgard 11 SGFRD Dragonslayer (English Version) 12 Valhalla Calling
Founded in 2004, FEUERSCHWANZ have evolved over the years from their roots in comedy medieval folk rock into a band to be taken seriously and are rightly regarded as one of the hottest acts on the scene. After they hit #1 in the Official German Album Charts for the first time with Memento Mori (2021), Germany’s hottest band managed to repeat that great success with their latest studio album Fegefeuer (2023). With premium slots at numerous festivals, such as co-headline slots at the legendary Wacken and Summer Breeze Open Airs, as well as abroad, including at Masters Of Rock and on the 70,000 Tons Of Metal cruise in the Caribbean, and an almost completely sold-out headlining tour, FEUERSCHWANZ underlined their outstanding position all the more last year. Many dates of the upcoming big Fegefeuer headline tour in 2024 are already completely sold out.
FEUERSCHWANZ live 2024: Fegefeuer Tour 2024: w/ Orden Ogan, Dominum 27.11.24 NL – Eindhoven / Effenaar 28.11.24 NL – Haarlem / Patronaat 29.11.24 FR – Paris / Trabendo 03.12.24 IT – Milan / Live Club 06.12.24 AT – Vienna / Arena â SOLD OUT!  Festivals 2024: 10.05.24 DE – Rastede / MPS 11.05.24 BE – Bomal-Sur-Ourthe / Durbuy Rock 01.06.24 DE – Fulda / Museumshof 02.06.24 CZ – Pilsen / Metalfest Open Air 14.06.24 AT – Nickelsdorf / Nova Rock 15.06.24 CH – Interlaken / Greenfield Festival 16.06.24 PT – Sao Pedro do Sul / Belavista Open Air 20.07.24 DE – Niedergörsdorf / Motorcycle Jamboree 02.08.24 DE – Wacken / Wacken Open Air 03.08.24 DE – BĂŒckeburg / MPS 09.08.24 BE – Kortrijk / Alcatraz Festival 16.08.24 DE – DinkelsbĂŒhl / Summer Breeze 17.08.24 DE – Weil Am Rhein / MPS 31.08.24 DE – Halle (Saale) / In Extremo âWeckt Die Totenâ Festival 07.09.24 DE – LuhmĂŒhlen / MPS 10.â15.09.24 DE – Kiel / Full Metal Cruise 14.12.24 DE – Essen / Grugahalle â 20 Jahre FEUERSCHWANZ
Depressive Black/Doom Metal overlords FORGOTTEN TOMB return with “Nightfloating” – the Italian’s eleventh studio album, scheduled for release on July 12th via Agonia Records. The album’s title track has made its debut on streaming platforms, and has received a music video, which is being premiered now, below.
“Nightfloating” comes after four years from the critically acclaimed “Nihilistic Estrangement” and it’s an accurate picture of where the band stands these days, artistically; reinterpreting its Depressive Black Metal roots – a genre the band helped to define in the early 2000s with its classic first three records – in the light of its 25 years’ experience, FORGOTTEN TOMB reinvigorates itself with a record that blends past and present, exploring darker territories and different shades of gray. From atmospheric cuts such as the anthemic title-track and the blistering “This Sickness Withered My Heart”, to intricate yet harrowing songs such as “A Chill That You Can’t Taint” and “Unsafe Spaces”, the band tops it off with the surprising dungeon-synth detour of “Drifting” and the 10-minutes epic “A Despicable Gift”, crafting an uncompromising yet refreshing album and setting itself apart once again from all bands that followed in its footsteps. From the first note to the last, “Nightfloating” sounds unmistakably like FORGOTTEN TOMB.
The majestic cover artwork has been hand-drawn by Greek artist Satta La Main Verte, perfectly complementing the mood of the record and its lyrical themes, that follow the band’s caustic tradition while touching on various subjects, from more introspective meditations to all-out misanthropic aggression.
“We are proud of this new record, it’s been a lot of work and the fact that it’s gonna be released during the band’s 25th anniversary makes it even more special,” FORGOTTEN TOMB comments. “It doesn’t get more Forgotten Tomb than this record, it sounds like you would expect, but at the same time it’s got a fresh approach to the subject matter. There are a lot of details to be discovered throughout the tracks and we can’t wait for our fans to listen to it.”
The album was recorded at Elfo Studio in Italy between August 2023 and January 2024, and produced by Daniele Mandelli and FORGOTTEN TOMB. Daniele Mandelli, Ferdinando Marchisio and Alessandro Comerio mixed the album. Davide Tavecchia mastered it at Twilight Studio in February 2024.Â
Tracklisting: 1. Nightfloating 2. A Chill That You Can’t Taint 3. This Sickness Withered My Heart 4. Unsafe Spaces 5. Drifting 6. A Despicable Gift
Indianaâs hard hitters DESEKRYPTOR have been bringing viciousness to the death metal scene since their inception in 2016. Their early demos, the âCurse of the Execratedâ EP and the debut full-length âVortex Oblivionâ cemented a sound steeped in death metal, doom, black and everything malicious in between. Today, the band announces the very first vinyl and CD pressings of the aforementioned âCurse of the Execratedâ EP on Nuclear Winter Records, set to release on June 10th 2024.
Tracklist:
01. Sadistic Incineration 02. Anthropophagic Corpse 03. Enraptured in Chants 04. Curse of the Execrated
For nearly a decade now, Indiana’s DESEKRYPTOR have been patiently perfecting their craft. In 2017 arrived two demos – Demo 2016 and âChasm of Rotâ – which were then collected together under the title of the latter and released by Blood Harvest Records on cassette later that year. A year later came a split with comrades Draghkar and the momentum seemed to be in DESEKRYPTOR‘s favor: good ‘n’ gutted death metal, with a bit of a blackened singe. Five years of silence followed until the âCurse of the Execratedâ EP, which proved that the quartet had only become more poised and powerful during that hiatus.
In 2023, DESEKRYPTOR revealed the full fathom of that poise & power with their debut album, âVortex Oblivionâ. Aptly titled, âVortex Oblivionâ is a churning ‘n’ spurning vacuum of charred riffing, mangled rhythms, and dread atmosphere. As they’ve proven in the past but more so display here, DESEKRYPTOR keenly navigate that spectral divide between classic / “old school” death metal and the genre’s tendrilous developments in recent years. From heads-down tank propulsion and doomed-out stomp on to atonal and/or angular twists and mesmerizing blackened slipstreaming, no tool of death metal’s ancient and modern schools is left untouched. But, above all, it’s the manner in which DESEKRYPTOR wield those tools that puts âVortex Oblivionâ over, the band’s songwriting acumen pulling it all together to create a seamless experience and still leaving plenty of atmosphere to spare as you’re summarily crushed – and then minced. This is what classic death metal debuts are made of!
For fans of: Incantation, Immolation, Funebrarum, Triumvir Foul
Get ready to rock your socks off at the 14th edition of the electrifying Stendhal Festival in Limavady, Ireland on July 4th – 6th, because REN MARABOU AND THE BERSERKERS are about to ignite the stage! đ„ Don’t miss out on the epic performances and unforgettable vibes. Grab your tickets now before they vanish into thin air, at http://www.stendhalfestival.com! đž #HeathenTribe #BerserkerBrothersAndSisters #SkĂ„l đ€đ»đĄïžâïž
The band shared: “Heathen Tribe, we are very proud to announce we’ll be be hitting the stage at this year’s Stendhal Festival. Itâs an incredible festival ran by best kind of folk. Catch you there Berserker Brothers and Sisters, SkĂ„l đ€đ»đĄïžâïžđ„”
As previously announced, REN MARABOU AND THE BERSERKERS will go onstage at the esteemed Metalland Open Air Arena Festival. This much-anticipated appearance is slated for Day 2 of the festival, which will unfold on August 4th, 2024, at the scenic Casilino Sky Park in Rome, Italy! The Day 2 will be headlined by UK’s thrash metal legends ONSLAUGHT! For further details on the festival and to secure your spot among the legends of metal, visit the official event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1067654067759070, and purchase your tickets through the DICE Circuit at https://link.dice.fm/metalland2024.
Renowned for their compelling blend of historical lore and thunderous metal, REN MARABOU AND THE BERSERKERS are set to bring their unique brand of Irish Viking music wherever they play, promising an unforgettable experience for attendees. REN MARABOU AND THE BERSERKERS, a band that has consistently captivated audiences with their energetic performances and rich storytelling.
On the upcoming Irish ‘Helgafjell (Holy Mountain)’ Tour and festivals, REN MARABOU AND THE BERSERKERS’ are celebrating their newest saga, the Album “Helgafjell”, released March 29th via Wormholedeath Records!
Upcoming confirmed tour and festival performances: June 8th – Sally Longs Galway June 14th – Pharmacia Limerick – in association with A.L.M Promotions July 4th – 6th – Stendhal Festival in Limavady July 13th – McHughs Venue, Drogheda August 4th – Metalland Open Air Arena Festival, in Rome, Italy September 14th – Fred Zeppelins, Cork October 12th – Smiddy’s/The Stables Venue, Mullingar December 7th – Sandinos Bar/Club, Derry for YuleblĂłt Celebration.
Tickets, event pages and show details coming soon đ€đ»đ„
March 29th 2024, REN MARABOU AND THE BERSERKERS unleashed their epic new saga “Helgafjell (Holy Mountain)” via Wormholedeath Records, available now on all digital platforms at https://orcd.co/helgafjell!
“Helgafjell,” The Sacred Peak, isn’t just an album; it’s a tribute, a myth, a journey through time and legend. Every track in this album is a meticulously crafted masterpiece, drawing inspiration from the depths of Norse Mythology, with an unwavering commitment to historical accuracy and mythological authenticity. “Helgafjell” is a soul-stirring tribute to Renâs Father, Micka, who passed away in September 2022. It delves into themes of Life, Death, and the Norse Mythology Afterlife. The track “Holy Mountain” is a powerful homage to Renâs Dad, a true warrior with a lion’s heart, now residing in the glorious Norse Afterlife, âThe Holy Mountainâ â a place of eternal bliss for the righteous.
Every aspect of the album, from its evocative artwork by the talented Terence McCann of Blackdog Graphic Design to the captivating photography of Kathleen Curran, has been woven together with precision and passion. Ren Marabou himself has masterfully orchestrated the recording, mixing, and mastering of all tracks at SkÄld Studios, ensuring that each note resonates with the spirit of the Norse legends.
The album ‘Helgafjell’ features an epic tracklist that reads like a saga:
Hailing from the mystical landscapes of Co.Donegal, Ireland, REN MARABOU AND THE BERSERKERS are more than a band; they are a force of nature, blending the power of Viking Metal/Norse Pagan Rock with high-energy performances and anthemic melodies. With endorsements from Cassidy Guitars, Skull Strings, Iron Age Guitar Accessories, and Blackstar, and serving as Ambassadors for Ulster Mead Co., these warriors are unstoppable. Managed by the astute minds at Split Screen Management, the band has already made waves with their album âTales Of Runeâ under United Music Mafia. And after touring across Scandinavia with the likes of VADER and HATE in September 2022, they are now ready to conquer new realms with Wormholedeath. 2023 was just the beginning of their saga, as they recorded ‘Helgafjell’ and stormed stages across Ireland, sharing their powerful music and stories. And 2024? It’s going to be legendary, with RMATB embarking on a tour across the UK and Europe to celebrate the release of their new album. Keep your eyes on their social media for the upcoming dates!
REN MARABOU AND THE BERSERKERS are:
Ren Marabou (Vocals and Guitar)
Terence McCann (Drums)
Michael Casserly (Bass)
If you’re a fan of mythology, electrifying Norse tales, and rock-metal powerhouses, then Marabou and The Berserkers are your ultimate musical calling! Dive into the world of Ren Marabou and The Berserkers â where every chord strikes like thunder, and each lyric tells a tale as old as the gods themselves. Get ready to be part of a thrilling, mythological adventure with a modern metal twist. This isn’t just music; it’s a legendary experience! Join the journey, feel the power, and let the saga of ‘Helgafjell’ resonate with your warrior spirit. The stage is set, the legends await – are you ready to join the ranks of the Berserkers?
Indigenous black metal master BLACKBRAID will be embarking on a European headlining tour this October! The ‘On Wings of Sacred Death’ tour will kick off on Friday, October 11 at Soulcrusher festival in Nijmegen (NL) and will make its way through nine countries until the final stop on October 24 in Copenhagen (DK). Blackbraid will be joined by special guests Lamp of Murmuur and Dödsrit while tickets will go on sale this Friday, May 10 @ 10:00 A.M. CEST atTHIS LOCATION.
These will not be Blackbraid’s only performances across the Atlantic this year as other festival appearances have been confirmed such as Fortress Festival (UK), Nummirock Metal Festival + Helsinki Metal Festival (FI), and Kilkim Zaibu Festival (FI). For American fans who are looking for their fix, Blackbraid will also be performing at C.Y. Festival in Los Angeles, CA on September 21. The full itinerary can be found below while tickets can be found HERE.
Blackbraid recently revealed that he is currently working on his third full-length! Stay tuned…!
Blackbraid EU Summer 2024 (EU/UK): 06/02: Scarborough (UK) @ Fortress Festival 06/21: Kauhajoki (FI) @ Nummirock Metal Festival 06/23: UkmergÄ (LT) @ Kilkim Zaibu Festival 08/10: Helsinki (FI) @ Helsinki Metal Fetsival
Kimmo Kuusniemiâs 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 Kuusniemiâs SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
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