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RIMBACHER Drop New Single ‘Worldkiller’, Debut Album “High Hopes On The Rocks” Out in November

Posted by metalshockfinland on August 8, 2024
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Photographer: Heikki Sulander

Finnish Aussie rock influenced turbocharged hard rock band Rimbacher serves their stadium-grade 80’s glam with an unabashed attitude. Their new single Worldkiller is now released. The band that consists of professional musicians releases their debut full length album High Hopes On The Rocks -album on November 1st 2024 via Inverse Records.  

Worldkiller is a high-octane, cascading aesthetic that brings the explosive feel of the Sunset Strip stylishly into this millennium. The song is a critique of the moulds of modern society and the power brokers who promote the destruction of the world.

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal etc.): https://push.fm/fl/rimbacher-worldkiller

  • Composer/Lyricist: Niko Rimbacher
  • Arrangement: Rimbacher

“The narrator of this piece refuses to go into the moulds that social conservatives try to put people in. The song emphasises individualism and thinking with your own brain. All beauty is lost when those in power destroy the world under the guise of their own interests,” singer Niko Rimbacher backgrounds.

The band doesn’t hide its influences, nor does it keep its raucous guitar heroics under wraps. In addition to the two solo guitarists, Niko, a singer known as a multi-instrumentalist, has also decided to play guitar.

“The song’s rhythmic dynamics resemble a lot of RATT and the energy bursts between the sections nicely. The catch phrase of the chorus hooks the listener on the spot!

A funny thing about the recording of the song was that although we have two great guitarists in our band, Jim and Osku, the main guitar solo of this song is played by Niko himself. He had a great vision for the solo, so why not!” bassist Reisca Morani tells.

The album features the tasty singles Chasing Ghosts, Cocaine Eyes & Nicotine Stains, Last Breath Of Rock ‘n’ Roll and Loving You (Is Loving A Broken), showcasing the band’s recognisable but delightfully diverse output.

With a reputation as a tight and fierce but professional live band, Rimbacher has won over rock fans over the past year as opener for Michael Monroe‘s Demolition 23 and on many Finnish festivals.

Line-up:
Niko Rimbacher – Vocals
Osku ”Sticky” Kilpi – Guitar
Jim ”Jimbo” Heikkinen – Guitar
Reisca Morani – Bass
Jouni Kauppinen – Drums

CineMetal Marvels AMMIFY Unleash Empowering New Video ‘Evaporate’

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Metal rock sensation Ammify proudly unleashes another stunning song and video, “Evaporate”. The track is a powerful anthem from their acclaimed debut album “Lost, Not Hiding,” released by Wormholedeath Records.

Evaporate enters the murky waters of betrayal, anger, and defiance.  Truly an anti-ballad, Evaporate will take you on a journey that will bring you to realize there is hope amongst the sorrow despite the obstacles that need to be overcome.

Ammify, featuring Ammy Phoenix (vocals/lyrics) and Pete Renzullo (music/production), presents their debut album “Lost, Not Hiding,” blending cinematic lyrics with intense soundscapes in a genre they call CineMetal.

Their collaboration began in 2018 and resumed in 2022, leading to a four-month remote recording process. The result is 13 tracks that challenge traditional metal boundaries, with Ammy’s poignant lyrics offering raw authenticity.

Beyond the album, Ammify plans to innovate with videos, mixed media, and acoustic renditions, promising a dynamic experience for their audience. Their creative synergy aims to leave a lasting impact on the music scene.

“Lost, Not Hiding” is available on all digital platforms here: orcd.co/lostnothiding

Explore Ammify world:
http://www.facebook.com/ammifymusic
http://www.instagram.com/ammify

Blues Rock Phenom PAT TRAVERS’ Vintage Live Album “Live ’N Loaded 84” Out Now

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A scorching, vintage live album from blues rock phenom Pat Travers, lighting the stage on fire with his signature guitar-wailing!

Pat Travers was responsible for some of the most electrifying live shows of the 1980s – and Live ’N Loaded 84 captures one of the greatest of them all.

Lit up by the success of  “I La La La Love You” and its so-memorable appearance in the 1983 movie Valley Girl, the Canadian-born superstar was touring his latest album, so aptly titled Hot Shot, when the tapes rolled for this show. And he devastates with smokin’ hot versions of his best known songs, including “Snortin’ Whiskey,” “Boom, Boom (Out Go The Lights),” “I La La La Love You” and more!

Making its first ever appearance on vinyl, Live N’Loaded will also be released on CD with four bonus tracks – Hot Shot favorites “Killer” and “Just Try Talkin’ (To Those Dudes)”; “Gettin’ Better” from 1977’s breakthrough Puttin;’ It Straight album and “Ready Or Not.”

“I La La La Love You” is released as a single, stream it here.

Album available on both digipak CD and RED MARBLE vinyl!

TRACK LIST

  1. Tonight
  2. Killer [CD ONLY]
  3. Life In London
  4. Gettin’ Betta’ [CD ONLY]
  5. Just Try Talkin’ (To Those Dudes) [CD ONLY]
  6. I La La La Love You
  7. Stevie
  8. Born Under A Bad Sign
  9. Ready Or Not [CD ONLY]
  10. Hot Shot
  11. Born A Rocker
  12. Rockin’
  13. Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)
  14. Snortin’ Whiskey
  • CD/VINYL: https://cleorecs.com/search?q=pat+travers+live+%27n+loaded
  • DIGITAL: https://orcd.co/pattravers_livenloaded84

AIRI’S Release First Single ‘Marigolds’ from Second Album

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Airi’s is a five-piece rock band from Finland, founded in 2019. They play indie rock, which has been boldly influenced by 90s rock, progressive rock and big band arrangements. Now they release the 1st single ‘Marigolds’ from their 2nd album ‘Sea of Your Thoughts’ to be released in September. The single represents the fast-paced rocker section of the following album.

Listen to ‘Marigolds’ on music services

The song is about a toxic relationship. The narrator represents people who are in one-sided relationships in which they are not respected. However, the narrator feels a strong attraction to the other, despite everything, and is unable to leave the relationship. ‘Marigolds’ gives the listener an eventful listening experience and makes it interesting for people to hear the next releases from the upcoming album.

We are Airi’s. 

We are a five-piece rock band from Finland. We play indie rock, which has been influenced by 90s rock, progressive rock and big band arrangements. We want to tell stories from the entire emotional spectrum of human life, from anxiety and depression to admiration and love. Our music has been influenced by artists like Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews Band and The Police, as well as nature, art and life. 

We released our first single ”Girls” in March 2019 and since then we have toured actively around Finland, playing shows everywhere from the smallest clubs and bars to festivals and the biggest rock clubs in Finland. We love to play live and we always want to make every gig a unique experience to the audience by varying the setlist and jamming spontaneously between the songs. In 2019-2021 we released seven singles and one EP, of which the 2020 single ”Tranquilizing” got us our first radio play on Finnish national radio station YleX. Our 2021 single ”The Sky” was also played on Finnish and UK indie stations. 

We released our debut album ”Kind Little One” in August 2022. The songs on the album work as standalone pieces, but together they also tell a bigger story about the main character’s life, from the very first steps to the final breath and beyond, starting already from the album cover and going all the way to the final seconds of the last track. The album was well received in Finnish media, and for example KaaosZine gave it 4/5 stars in its review. The singles ”Earthquake” and ”Headlights” were played frequently on indie radio stations around Europe, and the radio exclusive single ”Lonely Cloud” was even played in the United States, at the legendary radio DJ Rodney Bingenheimer’s show on SiriusXM. 

We celebrated the release of our debut album by organizing the ”Kind Little One” charity concert in Espoo concert hall Kannusali, which raised 1500€ to Finnish Mental Health Organization MIELI ry. Mental health is one of the main themes on the album and also an important subject to us, and we want to disclose the subject in our music and at our live shows. 
Our second full-length album, titled “Sea of Your Thoughts”, will be released during fall 2024.

Find out more on weareairis.com, Facebook and Instagram.

ECHOSOUL Release New Single ‘Hallowed Ground’

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Following the success of their recent release “The Path of the Righteous”, progressive metal group EchoSoul releases “Hallowed Ground”, a heavy metal and power metal ‘banger’ that speaks to a real life experience from Guy Hinton’s childhood. Stream the single here:

  • https://open.spotify.com/album/18U8PHi6VULforZHBAuU7W
  • https://music.apple.com/us/album/hollowed-ground-single/1759834803
  • https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=yyI5C5POuA0&list=OLAK5uy_kCMV4u06-spZHCWOkrQQ5NZDeh3pm5SYo

LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/EchoSoul

Described as progressive metal with a power metal base and hints of death metal and symphonic metal, Echo Soul layers textures from influences ranging from Iron Maiden, Priest, Queensrÿche, King Diamond, Sanctuary, Nevermore, Iced Earth, and Dream Theater to Diviner. “Hallowed Ground” is a combination of many of EchoSoul’s heavy metal and power metal influences. With Hinton’s slamming guitar to back the intense vocals from Rob Lundgren, EchoSoul brings us back to this real-life experience and how Hinton felt as a child discovering a new realm. Lyrics like “I suddenly realized that I was standing on holy ground. In the ancient of days, this is where they buried their own. On hallowed ground, the life began to speak…” cause listeners to empathize with the feeling of encountering the unknown, and the curiosity and sense of imagination that comes with being a child.

“When I was younger, me and some friends had actually jumped the fence of a cemetery, (very old one that backed up to my house). The age and names of the graves went back hundreds of years, and I suddenly got the sense of standing on Holy ground and thought about the reverence for those that passed and that process.” –Guy Hinton, founder, songwriter and guitarist for EchoSoul

EchoSoul is made up of creator, songwriter, and guitarist Guy Hinton (Apparition) and  Rob Lundgren (Reveal, The Mentalist) on lead vocals these two as the main duo, then supporting members Randy Walton on bass (BioGenesis, Letters To The Blind), Tyler Witte (Decade Divide, Masochist,) and Fabio Alessandrini (Annihilator) sharing space on drums, and guests on the new album: guitarist Andy LaRoque (King Diamond), Giampieri Presilli (Steve Vai Touring musician) and Brady Gladieux (Masochist). 

Look for “Hallowed Ground” on all streaming platforms to get a sense of the group’s unique sound and talent and stay tuned for more from EchoSoul this year. Currently, EchoSoul is continuing to work on new music, and has finished the recording of their new album, and is mastering the last few tracks for their full album release in November. 

About EchoSoul:

EchoSoul is a progressive metal band from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Formed in 2019 by lead and rhythm guitarist Guy Hinton, the band originally started as a collaboration among artists like Tim “Ripper” Owens (Judas Priest), Iced Earth, and Samus Paulicelli. Since premiering the first album with close to zero press, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the album still managed to make ‘Album of the Year’ in Germany and Top 10 all through Europe, even without any live touring support. EchoSoul is comprised of Guy Hinton (Apparition) as guitarist and songwriter, backing Vocals, and Rob Lundgren (Reveal, The Mentalist) on Lead vocals, Randy Walton on bass (BioGenesis, Letters To The Blind), Tyler Witte (Decade Divide, Masochist,) and Fabio Alessandrini (Annihilator) on drums.

For more information on EchoSoul, please visit: Spotify | Facebook | Bandcamp | Twitter | Instagram

ALBERTO RIGONI Announces Confirmed Guests of Upcoming Project NEMESIS CALL + More to Follow

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After the release of “Unexpected Lullabies” via SlipTrick Records on June 4th 2024, dedicated to her born Vittoria (almost five months old now!), ALBERTO RIGONI (soloist, BAD As, ex Twinspirits, Vivaldi Metal Project, etc-) started working on a new project called NEMESIS CALL‘s “Kingdom of Shred”, an instrumental album spanning between progressive, metal, shred and neoclassical. The album features a lot of guests from around the world, some famous, some not, but extremely talented.

“This project is quite challenging, not easy to coordinate so many guests, but so far I’m really excited about the results and I’m enjoying composing and producing. I don’t have a release date yet, I’m only focusing on the production right now.” – says Alberto

Alberto announces that so far the confirmed guests are the following and more will be announced in September!

Drummers:
Mike Terrana (ex Rage, Axell Rudy Pell, etc.)
Thomas Lang (Steve Hackett)
Mark Zonder (ex Fates Warning, A-Z, Warlord)
Sajan (14 years old!)
Shion Nakagawa (FRCTS)
Victoria Acosta (10 years old!)
Wiktoria Bialic

Guitarists:
Alexandra Zerner (soloist)
Alexandra Lioness (Jenner, Sigma Epsilon)
Thomas Polychuck (In Sylva, Virgil Donati, Simon Philipps, Derek Sherinian)
Loida Liuzzi (solisti)
Keiji by Zero (soloist)
Aanika Pai (11 years old, soloist)
Samet Kiliç

Composition production, bass and keyboards: Alberto Rigoni

As an independent artist, Alberto is looking for supporters who can help him in reaching the budget for the production (recordings, mix, mastering, etc.) of this new album and started this fundraising campaign that will end on October 15th 2024. 20% of the income will be donated to Lega del Filo d’Oro (https://www.legadelfilodoro.it), Italian association which helps deafblind children.

You can support Alberto here: http://www.albertorigoni.net/nemesiscall

You can listen to a full song here: https://soundcloud.com/albertorigoni/shadows

Preview all the reels on http://www.instagram.com/albertorigonibassplayer

Also check out the reel of

  • Thomas Polychuck at https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9wwdfmOKOt/
  • Sajan at https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8zbzh2NS8Y/

More information at:
ALBERTO RIGONI: http://www.albertorigoni.net | http://albertorigoni.bandcamp.com | http://www.facebook.com/albertorigonimusic | https://www.badas.rocks
MANAGEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/SplitScreenManagement | http://www.splitscreenproduction.com

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