Norwegian Rock outfit LEPROUS continue to promote their latest studio album “Aphelion”, which is currently available in a special ‘Tour Edition’ re-launch via InsideOutMusic.
The tour kicked off yesterday, on February 28th in Bremen, Germany and will go up to March 16thin Hamar, Norway, featuring the groups The Hirsch Effekt (Only Germany & Austria), Nordic Giants (Only UK and Ireland) as well as Fight The Fight (All dates!) in the support slots.
In order to further promote the “Aphelion” release with the upcoming tour, LEPROUS drummer Baard Kolstad has now also launched a special drum playthrough for the “Aphelion” song “Silhouette”, which you can see HERE
Whom Gods Destroy, the formidable new progressive metal group formed by keyboardist Derek Sherinian, guitarist Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal, and vocalist Dino Jelusick, along with the potent rhythm section of bassist Yas Nomura and drummer Bruno Valverde, will soon be releasing their debut album “Insanium” on March 15th, 2024 worldwide via InsideOutMusic.
Today, a third single off “Insanium” is being released and you can also check out the track “Crawl” in a video directed by Vicente Cordero / Industrialism Films, edited by Vojan Koceić / PILOTstudio and with visual FX and additional editing by Wayne Joyner HERE
Whom Gods Destroy vocalist Dino Jelusick commented about “Crawl” as follows: “’Crawl’ was the 2nd song Ron, Derek & Myself worked on. We had many versions of it. Very progressive and very melodic. Combines all the influences that the band has and just grows into something that’s our very own.”
As KEYGEN CHURCH prepares to release its stunning Nel Nome Del Codice full-length on March 22nd via Metal Blade Records, the second single from the record – its essential title track – has been issued in both audio and visual formats.
KEYGEN CHURCH is the brainchild of technologist/songwriter Victor Love (Vittorio D’Amore). Love, also of 8-bit phenoms Master Boot Record (MBR), is a one-person outfit, writing, and recording via undisclosed real-time stream events, where the dedicated (and lucky) bear witness to KEYGEN CHURCH‘s spontaneous creative process. Like previous alt code/text art-titled albums (2022) and (2022), Nel Nome Del Codice is a modern-primitive love letter to doom/gothic/black metal with foundations in Baroque-era Classical and Romantic-era music. This time, however, Love has refined his sonic tool kit – “the complete set of sounds,” he says – the aftereffect of which is computerized big-hall libations like “La Chiave Del Mio Amor,” “Nel Nome Del Codice,” and “Lode Al Disco Sacro.”
Sputnikmusic once noted, “they successfully managed to ‘dehumanize’ classical music. Just imagine: Bach found a time machine and traveled to the present time, releasing an album with church organs while in the background an old computer was booting from floppy,” while MetalSucks likened KEYGEN CHURCH‘s sound to “the sinister score for an epic Castlevania movie.” 100% Synthesized. 100% Dehumanized. Nel Nome Del Codice is KEYGEN CHURCH disincarnate.
In advance of the record’s release, KEYGEN CHURCH today unveils the title track to Nel Nome Del Codice, stating, “The church of Keygen is open and the choirs are leading accompanied by piano arpeggios and pipe organs until the calm is broken by waves of synth metal doom. In the name of the sacred code.“
Stream KEYGEN CHURCH‘s previously released single, “La Chiave Del Mio Amor,” at THIS LOCATION.
Watch for further updates on KEYGEN CHURCH‘s activities surrounding Nel Nome Del Codice to post in the coming weeks.
Love got his start in music through technology. He was a tech at his father’s computer business, where hands-on experience with hardware and software cultivated a jump to sysadmin at university. From there, the Italian fell into digital marketing and trendsetting. When the KEYGEN CHURCH architect was exposed to pirated software, the intro – called “cracktros” – music was pivotal to the “key generator” culture. The scene (aka “demoscene“) that evolved out of that caught his metal-attuned ears and gadget-oriented mind. Master Boot Record and KEYGEN CHURCH are the products and expressions of a bygone bootlegging era thrust into the present through different genre lenses. Suppose the former is inspired by death metal. In that case, the latter is symphonic black metal, and Nel Nome Del Codice is not unlike Arcturus‘ La Masquerade Infernale or Elend‘s The Umbersun if envisioned by Japanese 8-bit composer Koichi Sugiyama (Dragon Quest).
Love’s work in KEYGEN CHURCH is homage and innovation. He’s a fan of ciphers – astute fans will have to figure out where they’re used on Nel Nome Del Codice. The logo is ASCII art, a “graphic language” created by bulletin board system (BBS) users in the early days of the Internet. While the cover may appear minimalist initially, the 1-bit pixel art by Germany-based illustrator Valenberg (Perturbator, VirtuaVerse) signals KEYGEN CHURCH‘s ascent to their final form. If the metamorphosis is complete, Love’s journey to Nel Nome Del Codice has been inspiring. The refined craftwork of “Lode Al Disco Sacro,” “Sulla Via Della Gloria,” the nearly eight-minute closer, “Sempre Nel Mio Pensiero,” beholds darksome liturgical majesty, the likes of which we’re hearing/experiencing for the first time at our respective pews.
SiX By SiX, the progressive power trio comprising Ian Crichton (Saga), Nigel Glockler (Saxon) and Robert Berry (3.2), are pleased to announce the release of their sophomore album ‘Beyond Shadowland’ on InsideOutMusic on April 26th, 2024. The band reconvened in Berry’s own Soundtek Studios in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2023 to bend, shape, hammer and caress their diverse musical talents into 11 impressive new tracks. With this album, they continue to define and build upon their unique melodic space, welding guitar-driven rock, metal and prog into a unique and powerful sonic setting.
To coincide with the announcement of the new album, the band have released the first single ‘The Arms Of A Word’, a track which reflects on the division driven by a click-bait driven media. You can watch the brand new video below.
UK death metallers INGESTED drops their latest single, “Pantheon,” upon the masses today. The brutalizing new hymn comes by way of the band’s latest full-length, The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams, set for release on April 5th via Metal Blade Records!
Since their fifth album, 2020’s Where Only God May Tread, INGESTED has been on a creative tear that has produced almost a full record every year, each displaying the kind of musical growth that only comes from constantly practicing, playing, and writing. The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams, is not only as innovative and brutal as their last disc — the bleak, firestorm Ashes Lie Still — it showcases a band willing to expand its creativity without sacrificing the ferocity that made it one of the most impressively destructive, technical death metal bands on the scene. The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams is proof that once INGESTED sniffs out a trail of musical blood, they ravenously follow it until they’ve uncovered a festering feast.
Whether pummeling listeners with double-bass rolls, blast-beats, and grinding rhythm; breaking it all down with jagged, staggered riffs, and piercing harmonics; or flooding the mix with rapid-fire bursts of minor key melodies, INGESTED has injected all of their experience, skill, and artistry into ten trenchant new tracks. New single, “Pantheon,” in particular, is a scorching conglomeration of alternating tempos, abrupt rhythm shifts and devastating guitar grind between staccato midsections.
While INGESTED were in a solid headspace creatively while working on …Tide…, they were tangibly weighed down by some personal traumas and frustrations they’ve faced in recent years. Such issues make their songs more relatable, and ultimately inspired the album title, The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams. “It’s essentially a metaphor for trying to make it through life and forging a career for yourself, including all the hurdles that come your way,” notes vocalist Jason Evans.
Some of the conflicts for INGESTED were rooted in depression and insecurity, a condition that fueled the themes behind “Pantheon.” Right at a time when the band was playing huge shows to devoted crowds and hanging with bands they’ve admired for years (including Dying Fetus and Suffocation), and newer groups shaking the scene, (such as Lorna Shore and Sylosis), Evans was struggling with an identity crisis.
Elaborates Evans, “I wrote ‘Pantheon’ when I was suffering from a heavy bout of imposter syndrome. We’ve done all these big tours with all these huge bands, bands we grew up idolizing, and now we’re rubbing shoulders with giants so to speak. It’s about questioning if you belong, if you’re good enough, am I able to keep up with my peers? Can I fill the shoes of my idols once they are gone? Do I deserve it?“
Watch INGESTED‘s previously released video for “Paragon Of Purity” HERE.
The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams was produced by the band with the guidance of recording engineer Nico Beninato. The records includes a guest appearance by Chimaira‘s Mark Hunter who provides vocals for the track “In Nothingness” and Sylosis singer Josh Middleton who contributes to “Expect To Fail,” as well as the striking cover art of David Seidman.
Following the release of The Tide Of Death And Fractured Dreams, INGESTED will embark upon a European headlining tour with support provided by Fallujah, Vulvodynia, and Mélancolia. See all confirmed dates below.
INGESTED w/ Fallujah, Vulvodynia, Mélancolia: 4/17/2024 The Fleece – Bristol, GB 4/18/2024 Asylum – Birmingham, GB 4/19/2024 The Underworld – London, GB 4/20/2024 Rebellion – Manchester, GB 4/21/2024 Slay – Glasgow, GB 4/22/2024 Rescue Rooms – Nottingham, GB 4/23/2024 Papillon – Southampton, GB 4/24/2024 Glazart – Paris, FR 4/25/2024 Le Ferrailleur – Nantes, FR 4/26/2024 Groove – Bilbao, ES 4/27/2024 Moby Dick – Madrid, ES 4/28/2024 Razz 3 – Barcelona, ES 4/29/2024 Le Rex – Toulouse, FR 5/01/2024 KiFF – Aarau, CH 5/02/2024 Feierwerk – Munich, DE 5/03/2024 Rock Café – Prague, CZ 5/04/2024 Analog Music Hall – Budapest, HU 5/05/2024 Viper Room – Vienna, AT 5/06/2024 2Progi – Poznan, PL 5/07/2024 Moritzbastei – Leipzig, DE 5/08/2024 Hole44 – Berlin, DE 5/09/2024 Pumpehuset – Copenhagen, DK 5/10/2024 Kollektivet Livet- Stockholm, SE 5/11/2024 Musikens Hus – Gothenburg, SE 5/12/2024 John Dee – Oslo, NO 5/14/2024 Logo – Hamburg, DE 5/15/2024 Schlachthof – Wiesbaden, DE 5/16/2024 Kulttempel – Oberhausen, DE 5/17/2024 JH Comma – Bruges, BE 5/18/2024 Doornroosje – Nijmegen, NL 5/19/2024 Patronaat – Haarlem, NL
INGESTED: Jason Evans – vocals Sean Hynes – guitars, backing vocals Lyn Jeffs – drums
Essenger known for his forays into EDM and Rock fusions turns to the Synthwave side in his latest chill flavored single “Silence” featuring heavyweight Synthwave veterans The Midnight. Shimmering synths collide with an electronic guitar for a chill mood rounded out with a passionate vocal performance and masterful production from The Midnight. “Silence” effortlessly captures a serene soundscape that will please any fan of easy listening.
In his own words, “‘Silence’ was an unfinished track off After Dark that Tim and Tyler from The Midnight helped me finish and release as a bonus track for the album’s 4 year anniversary.”
Essenger stands on the cutting edge of electronic music, blending an array of influences for a sound that pays tribute to modern alt-rock, EDM, cyberpunk, and synthwave. The artist infuses his songwriting with powerful and personal lyrics, and the result is a singular creative style that forges new ground for contemporary electronic music.
The Midnight consists of Tyler Lyle (a songwriter from the Deep South) and Tim McEwan (a producer from Denmark).
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s 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
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