SOiL Announce European Festival + Headline Tour in August 2024

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SOiL will return to Europe this summer for a round of festivals and select headline dates. Alongside the Chicago heavyweights is support from fellow label mates, and progressive metal masters, Images Of Eden.

SOiL will kick off the tour at the legendary Wacken Open Air Festival on August 2 and end on August 16 in Sulingen, Germany at the ReLoad Festival.

Headline dates will include select dates in the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Germany. The package will team up with the dual female fronted vixens, Butcher Babies, in Cologne, Germany for one night of metal madness.

SOiL will continue its 2024 All Scars set by performing songs exclusively from their 2001 hit album Scars with tracks such as “Halo,” “Unreal,” “Breaking Me Down,” and including deep cuts like “Two Skins” and “Understanding Me.”

The band comments: “We’ve always loved touring Europe, especially during festival season. Being able to return to Wacken Open Air Festival after our amazing show last time in 2019 will be very exciting. Plus, we will be playing many festivals for the very first time (Brutal Assault, Alcatraz, and Re-Load). The select headline dates will be a great chance to play to a more intimate crowd on the days between festivals.”

Dates are as follows:

AUGUST
August 2 – Wacken Open Air Fest – Wacken, Germany*
August 3 – Duycker – Hoofddorp, Netherlands
August 4 – Effenaar – Eindhoven, Netherlands
August 6 – Klub Komplex – Zurich, Switzerland
August 7 – Backstage Club – Munich, Germany
August 8 – Brutal Assault Fest – Josefov, Czech Republic*
August 10 – Gebaeude 9 – Cologne, Germany (w/ Butcher Babies)
August 11 – Alcatraz Fest – Kortrijk Belgium*
August 13 – Logo – Hamburg, Germany
August 14 – Nachtleben – Frankfurt, Germany
August 16 – ReLoad Fest – Sulingen, Germany*

*No Images Of Eden

For more info and upcoming touring, visit: www.soiltheband.com – www.facebook.com/soilmusic – Instagram: soil_official – Twitter: soiltheband – Tour dates: www.bandsintown.com/soil – www.reverbnation.com/soilofficial

Arjen Lucassen Reveals LUCASSEN & SOETERBOEK’S PLAN NINE Video for ‘Ice on Fire’

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Lucassen & Soeterboek’s Plan Nine have revealed the fun new comic-book themed animated video for “Ice On Fire.”  The song is taken from the album ‘The Long-Lost Songs’ which will be released on 17th May via Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. You can watch the video for “Ice on Fire” HERE.

The song rockets its way out of the 80s and into the fresh faced 2024 with all the flamboyance, stadium sized melodies and insatiable chorus of many 80s rock classics. Talking about the song Arjen Lucassen says, “Howdy y’all! I’m proud to present to you the second Plan Nine video and single, Ice of Fire. It was very hard to pick a second single, because we love them all! So we had the label pick this one. As you can hear this track is quite different from the first bluesy song Before the Morning Comes. I think you’ll agree that this track sounds quite 80’s. Which is no surprise…  because we wrote it about 35 years ago! The clip is illustrated by Elan Lopez and edited by Dionne Mokkenstorm at Mascot Label Group. We hope you will enjoy all the silliness, have a real good time and let us know what you think!”

It was the early nineties, and musical polymath Arjen Lucassen had begun working on several projects: a solo album, a progressive-rock opera and a rock album. Around this time, he watched singer Robert Soeterboek perform live with Bodine, his former early-eighties heavy metal band. “His vocals truly impressed me, a rarity!” Lucassen recalls. “He had the charisma and power of singers like David Coverdale and Robert Plant. Discovering that we really got along personally, we decided to collaborate on some songs, just for fun.”
 
They would meet daily in Lucassen’s small ‘studio’ – a bedroom with a mattress and an old 8-track tape recorder. There, they recorded around 20 basic ideas. They brought in Peter Vink on bass, Cleem Determeijer on Hammond, and Rob van der List on drums, who has since passed away, and attracted interest from producers and labels. In the early-nineties Grunge landscape, landing a record deal was challenging. Some labels were interested but hesitated due to fears about being able to sell albums in the era dominated by bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Eventually, the repeated rejections wore them down. “I decided to start working on my rock opera project, expecting it to be the last musical thing I would ever do. My Final Experiment, so to speak!” Lucassen adds.

Fast forward to 2022, and they revisited those recordings. They recently revealed the first song from the album,  Before The Morning Comes. The album encapsulates a glorious treasure trove of 11 original songs with a loving 70s and 80s nod. It’s a blistering romp through the good time rolling rocker of “Let It Ride”, the Beatles-esque “Doctor Robert’s Medicine Show,” the bluesy groove of “Annie Moore,” the chugging glam stomp of “High-Speed Chase” to the 80s metal of “Ice on Fire”, whilst “The Preacher” would fit on a number of Arjen’s back catalogue records. The bonus disc features all the demos and some more newly recorded tracks. 
 
Lucassen continues, “We wanted the best and most suitable musicians for this album who could tour with Robert. Koen handled the powerful drums. Rob van der Loo (Epica) laid down a solid bass foundation. The talented Irene Jansen delivered amazing backing vocals, as always. And, one of the world’s best guitarists, Marcel Singor, played the virtuoso solos with his immediately recognizable style.” 
 
The Long-Lost Songs are lost no more. Plan Nine is reborn, giving the long-lost songs a second life!

Track List

01 Doctor Robert’s Medicine Show
02 The Preacher
03 Annie Moore
04 Get Down To Bizniz
05 Before The Morning Comes
06 High Speed Chase
07 Let It Ride
08 Ice On Fire
09 Long Cold Night
10 Drunker Than Whiskey
11 Die With Your Shades On

More information at https://www.arjenlucassen.com/content

OPIUM DEATH Release Explosive New Single ‘Vesuvius’ from Upcoming Debut Album

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Chicago USA’s Opium Death has a brutal new album coming out next month and those with thrash and death metal sensibilities should take note as “Genocidal Nemesis” delivers slick groove bass lines, heart rate-increasing riffs, and gritty vocals. Thus far they have released two singles “Genocidal Nemesis I: Fear” and “The Condemned” each exploring real-life concepts. This trend continues with the third single “Vesuvius”, about the eruption, as the band explains:

“Vesuvius is a review and representation of the famous disaster in Pompeii, the themes of self-demise present in the rest of the album do not really apply here. Musically it has this very nice blend of thrash and death metal throughout the song and one of our favourite sections in the song is the breakdown that helps construct the explosion of the disaster. We are hoping it becomes a fan favorite.”

Listen to “Vesuvius” via its premiere on Slam Worldwide.

For Opium Death, there is no clear rule or fixed process/formula when they write out songs. Sometimes they come up with a section during practice and work from there, or one of them records a part on an instrument and shows it to the others. This diverse and spontaneous nature of their creative collaboration, along with a wide range of influences across the metal spectrum leads to an album that has a song for everyone and every occasion.

Technical, progressive and recommended for fans of Cannibal Corpse, Cattle Decapitation, and Dying Fetus, there is a lot to enjoy in “Genocidal Nemesis” when it’s unleashed on April 19, 2024.

Album pre-order – https://opiumdeath.bandcamp.com

Previous Singles: Spotify

The Condemned – https://youtu.be/kUEJeyhIjWA​
Genocidal Nemesis I: Fear – https://youtu.be/0-QNpKVYD0M

Track Listing:​
1. Cower (1:16)
2. Genocidal Nemesis I: Fear (3:01)
3. The Condemned (4:32)
4. Ozymandias (8:40)
5. Flatline (1:18)
6. Extinction (5:31)
7. Chronic (4:22)
8. Deadweight (3:28)
9. Shattered (5:36)
10. Vesuvius (3:45)
11. Fe56 (2:07)
12. Genocidal Nemesis II: Desolation (9:29)
Album Length: 53:10

More info: Opiumdeathofficial.com

WILDSTREET to Release New Single ‘Come Down’, New EP ‘Wildstreet IV’ Out April 26th, Announce EU Tour Dates in April/May

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WILDSTREET are set to release their new single ‘Come Down’ on 15th March, new EP ‘Wildstreet IV’ out on 26th April on Golden Robot Records. In addition, the band has announced their EU tour dates in April/May.

With infectious hooks and electrifying riffs, the track embodies the epitome of contemporary party rock. Featuring the talents of Steeve Estatof (renowned from The Voice, France) and Erik Eldenius (notable for his work with Billy Idol), both the single and its accompanying video (out on 15th March) promise an unforgettable experience.

Preorder here: https://orcd.co/wildstreet-come-down

Releasing 6 singles since their 2021 album ‘III,’ Wildstreet has made waves, amassing an impressive 6 million Spotify streams and 4 million views on YouTube. Their relentless intercontinental touring since February 2021 has cultivated a devoted fan base in 15 countries, spanning the United States, Mexico, and across Europe. See the tour dates in the flyer below.

The band will release their new EP ‘WildstreetIV’ on April 26th, out on Golden Robot Records. 

WILDSTREET
Wildstreet began in 2006 and released their self-titled debut album on Retrospect Records in 2009. The band spent the next 4 years touring nonstop and performing at US festivals including: Rocklahoma (5 consecutive years), SXSW & M3 Rock Festival.
 
In 2011, the band released Wildstreet II..Faster..Louder! to widespread critical acclaim. They made an appearance on “The Jimmy Fallon Show” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT2Wpp7NkK8) and their songs were licensed to TV shows on E!, MTV, VH1, Oxygen, TBS and in a THQ video game. Later that year, the band released the official music video for “Poison Kiss,” which included a cameo by Don Jameson of “The Metal Show.” Wildstreet now had the attention of rock fans worldwide. In 2012, the band released the single “Easy Does It,” and it’s official music video. The video went viral on YouTube. Wildstreet has well-over 6 million views and nearly 10k subscribers on that platform.

Wildstreet III was released on June 25, 2021 with the music video for their epic single “Mother”. Since this massive release, the album has over 2.5 million streams on Spotify. Spending most of the year on tour in the USA, the band also were among the first to bring live music back to post-pandemic Europe and played for rock fans in Switzerland and France for the first time. 

As one of the first hard rock bands in the world to tour post-pandemic, Wildstreet have toured 14 countries while working on their latest EP. In February, Wildstreet released the single/music video ‘Sick To Death.’ Produced by Wrath Starz the single features Dave Abruzzese (Pearl Jam) and Sebastian Hadtrath (Once Around). 

On March 15, Wildstreet will release single/music video ‘Come Down’ featuring Erik Eldenius (Billy Idol) and Steve Estatof. ‘Wildstreet IV’ will be out April 26th via Golden Robot Records. They have confirmed concerts and festivals for 2024/2025 and are currently working on a new full-length album.

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THE TREATMENT Announce New Album “Wake Up The Neighbourhood”, Reveal First Single + Video ‘Let’s Wake Up This Town’

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THE TREATMENT are pleased to announce their new studio album ‘Wake Up The Neighbourhood’ to be released May 10th via Frontiers Music and available to pre-order here: https://orcd.co/thetreatmentwutn

The first single “Let’s Wake Up This Town” is released today and is available on all streaming platforms. 

The Treatment, the quintessential rock band from the heart of Cambridge, UK, proudly unveils their highly anticipated sixth studio album, “Wake Up The Neighbourhood”. Set to release on May 10th 2024, this album marks a new pinnacle in the band’s illustrious career.

The band’s new single and video, “Let’s Wake Up This Town”, is out today, offering a tantalizing glimpse into the electrifying energy and unapologetic rock’n roll spirit that defines the album. 

“We wanted to create an album that pays homage to the golden era of rock ‘n roll while infusing our own modern twist,” says the band. “With ‘Wake Up The Neighbourhood’, we’ve pushed ourselves to new heights and crafted an album that we’re truly proud of.”

Since their inception in 2008, The Treatment has consistently delivered high-octane performances and infectious songwriting that sets them apart from the rest. “Wake Up The Neighbourhood” stands as a testament to their evolution as musicians and showcases their relentless drive and passion for rock music.

With influences ranging from the timeless melodies of Def Leppard to the raw energy of AC/DC and Thin Lizzy, “Wake Up The Neighbourhood” is a masterclass in classic rock revivalism. From blistering rock anthems to soul-stirring ballads, the album offers a diverse range of styles that will captivate audiences worldwide.

The Treatment’s discography includes acclaimed albums such as “This Might Hurt” (2011), “Running With The Dogs” (2014), “Generation Me” (2016), “Power Crazy” (2019), and “Waiting For Good Luck” (2021). Over the years, they have shared the stage with legendary acts like KISS, Mötley Crüe, Steel Panther, Thin Lizzy, and Alice Cooper, solidifying their status as one of the most formidable live acts in the rock scene.

Track listing

  1. Let’s Wake Up This Town
  2. Back To The 1970’s
  3. When Thunder And Lightning Strikes
  4. This Fire Still Burns
  5. Man On The Highwire
  6. I Can’t Wait No Longer
  7. Don’t Make No Difference
  8. Fire Me Up
  9. Free Yourself
  10. Kick You Around
  11. I’ve Got My Mind Made Up

Band Line-Up

Vocals – Tom Rampton
Drums – Dhani Mansworth
Guitar – Tagore Grey
Guitar – Tao Grey
Bass – Andy Milburn

Follow The Treatment: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Spotify 

GATECREEPER Announce New Album “Dark Superstition”, Out May 17th

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GATECREEPER’s Dark Superstition is leading a new wave of American death metal.

Their sprawling third full-length, and label debut for Nuclear Blast, is more concise, melodic, and memorable than anything they’ve ever done. It’s a pivotal moment which sees vocalist Chase H. Mason, guitarists Eric Wagner and Israel Garza, drummer Metal Matt Arrebollo and bassist Alex Brown—carving out their own path.

Dark Superstition deals with the supernatural, divination, fear of the unknown, and trust in magic or chance. “Many of the songs incorporate supernatural ideas with my own experiences,” Mason says. “But the title itself is a reference to the Superstition Mountains in our home state of Arizona. It’s a beautiful mountain range surrounded by tragedy and legends of hidden fortune.”

The album’s intricate lead single ‘The Black Curtain‘ leans heavily in a rock direction, and embodies Dark Superstition’s themes with a tale of divination. “It’s about being trapped between living and dying,” Mason tells. “A soul trapped in purgatory begging to be brought back by a supernatural force.” ‘The Black Curtain‘ is available today alongside a video directed by Max Moore, watch it below.

Dark Superstition moves swiftly from one brutal soundscape to the next, each sonic structure evoking its own emotion and landscape. To help perfect their game this round, GATECREEPER joined forces with drummer / songwriter Fred Estby, of Swedish death metal titans DISMEMBER, whose influences can be heard throughout the album. Dark Superstition was recorded at God City Studios in Salem, MA with CONVERGE guitarist Kurt Ballou, who also mixed the album.

The album sees its release May 17 via Nuclear Blast Records. GATECREEPER set out on a Southeast Asian tour which covers Japan, Thailand, Vietnam , Australia, New Zealand and more. They have also confirmed a North American support run with In Flames which covers East Coast, the Midwest and Texas. See below for a full list of dates. Tickets are on sale now.

Stream ‘The Black Curtain‘ on all platforms now at: https://gatecreeper.bfan.link/the-black-curtain

Pre-order/pre-save Dark Superstition: https://gatecreeper.bfan.link/dark-superstition

GATECREEPER – Dark Superstition Tracklist
01 – Dead Star
02 – Oblivion
03 – The Black Curtain
04 – Masterpiece of Chaos
05 – Superstitious Vision
06 – A Chilling Aura
07 – Caught in the Treads
08 – Flesh Habit
09 – Mistaken For Dead
10 – Tears Fall From the Sky

GATECREEPER will tour the U.S. with headliners and label mates IN FLAMES. Catch the band live:

WORLDWIDE DATES:

03/22 JPN   Tokyo – Earthdom
03/23 KOR  Seoul – Club Victim
03/24 THA   Bangkok – Mr. Fox Live House (feat. Suffocation)
03/27 VNM  Ho Chi Minh – Coco Bango (feat. Suffocation)
03/29 CHI   Hong Kong – Music Zone (feat. Suffocation)
03/30 PHI   Manila – Eastside Events Place (feat. Suffocation)
03/31 SGP  Singapore – Esplanade Annexe Studio (feat. Suffocation)
04/02 NZL   Auckland – Whammy Bar
04/04 AUS  Gold Coast – Vinnie’s Dive Bar
04/05 AUS  Brisbane – The Brightside
04/06 AUS  Newcastle – Newcastle Hotel
04/07 AUS  Sydney – Crowbar
04/09 AUS  Wollongong – Dicey Riley’s
04/10 AUS  Canberra- The Basement
04/11 AUS  Melbourne – Prince Bandroom
04/12 AUS  Frankston – inging Bird Studios
04/13 AUS  Adelaide – Lion Arts Factory
04/13 AUS  Perth – Lynott’s Lounge

US TOUR DATES:
05/01 USA  Portland, ME – State Theatre
05/02 USA  Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
05/03 USA  Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
05/04 USA  Wilmington, DE – The Queen
05/05 USA  Norfolk, VA – The Norva
05/07 USA  Charleston, SC – Charleston Music Hall
05/08 USA  Greensboro, NC – Piedmont Hall
05/09 USA  Atlanta, GA – Buckhead
05/01 USA  Daytona, FL – Rockville
05/12 USA  Huntsville, AL – Mars Music Hall
05/14 USA  Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
05/16 USA  Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Small’s Theatre
05/17 USA  Buffalo, NY – The Town Ballroom
05/18 USA  Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple
05/19 USA  Milwaukee, WI – Milwaukee Metal Fest
05/21 USA  Detroit, MI – St. Andrews
05/22 USA  St. Louis, MO – The Hawthorn
05/23 USA  Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
05/24 USA  Austin, TX – Emo’s
05/25 USA  Houston, TX – House of Blues
05/26 USA  Dallas, TX – House of Blues