ARTILLERY Release “Raw Live (At Copenhell)”, Out Now + Reschedule 40th Anniversary North American Headlining Tour

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ARTILLERY is not a band of many live albums, In fact, in over four decades, they have put out just one. Until now. So, when it’s bound to happen, it should be special. Enter “Raw Live (At Copenhell)”, out today. Recorded in 2022, just coming out of pandemics lockout, in one of the biggest metal festivals in their home country (and among the biggest metal festivals in Europe!), the live set by the Danes was impeccable. Sadly, it was also one of the last live appearances by drummer Josua Madsen, who was killed the next year in a car accident. It also marks a turning point for the veteran thrashers, who recently said goodbye to vocalist Michael Bastholm Dahl and guitar player Kraen Meier and are looking forward to an exciting new era ahead. But, for now, let’s bow before Josua’s monster performance at Copenhell in 2022 and hear it from Artillery’s guitar player and founder Michael Stützer about the release. 

“The year was 2022, we got the offer to play at one of the world’s absolutely coolest metal festivals: Copenhell. Everything had been destroyed by COVID-19 in the years before. So, 2022 was the year we got busy. 

Big festivals contacted us, German TV and so on. Rockhard, Sweden Rock, Brutal Assault and Copenhell. 

Copenhell was big for us. To share the stage with bands like KISS, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Mercyful Fate, Judas Priest, it hardly gets bigger. We sat down and decided to get the concert recorded, it had to be as raw as possible, authentic as hell and the hope was to be able to use the tracks as bonuses for future releases. Maybe as a live release. When we received the recording, we thought that the recording should be released as a concert, not as bonus tracks. Søren Andersen, our permanent producer, was put on the case. Sound levels had to be fixed a bit, but that was it. Søren said at one point, “Damn, Josh is ON FIRE!”. And he was! 

Denmark’s biggest music magazine Gaffa gave the concert 5/6 stars and the headline was “The man is busy”. Josh played better than ever. Josua was killed in a car accident in 2023. Now the album is released, a little late, yes, but it’s a recording, which is as it should be when talking about Artillery. Raw, unpolished, straight in your face. Hence the name of the live record: “Raw Live (At Copenhell)”. 

Artillery has been around for more than 40 years. The final chapter has not been written yet; just wait, there is more to Artillery. For example, a Metalized tour with friends from Manticora and new singer Martin Steene, known from Iron Fire and Force of Evil, as well as a larger USA tour. The album is a tribute to Josh, as well as a clenched fist in the air to our fans. Thanks Satan. Thanks to Mighty Music.” 

“Live Raw (At Copenhell)” is out today on CD, LP (black vinyl) and digital formats. It can be ordered here. 

Recording lineup:
Michael Bastholm Dahl – vocals 
Michael Stützer – lead guitars 
Peter Thorslund – bass 
Kraen Meier – lead guitars 
Josua Madsen – drums 

In addition, ARTILLERY are pleased to announce a North American headlining tour celebrating their 40th anniversary! The journey, initially scheduled to take place last Fall but postponed due to visa issues, begins March 27th in Austin, Texas, closes April 20th in Toronto, Ontario, and includes a performance at 2 Minutes To Tulsa Festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma with more dates to be announced in the weeks to come. Support will be provided by Vapor and Potential Threat.

ARTILLERY guitarist Michael Stutzer comments, “We are really excited to get back to North America to celebrate 40 years of ARTILLERY’s thrash metal. We had an amazing time on our last tour and can’t wait to meet our diehard fans again.“

ARTILLERY w/ Vapor, Potential Threat:
3/27/2024 Come And Take It Live – Austin, TX
3/28/2024 The Compound – Houston, TX
3/29/2024 2 Minutes To Tulsa Festival @ Vanguard – Tulsa, OK
3/30/2024 Feed N Seed – Lafayette, LA
3/31/2024 Midcity Ballroom – Baton Rouge, LA
4/01/2024 Siberia – New Orleans, LA
4/02/2023 Conduit – Winter Park, FL
4/03/2024 Brass Mug – Tampa, FL
4/04/2024 Boggs Social – Atlanta, GA
4/05/2024 Ridgeville Roadhouse – Ridgeville, SC
4/06/2024 Ground Zero – Spartanburg, SC
4/07/2024 Another Round – Richmond, VA
4/08/2024 Preserving Underground – New Kensington, PA
4/09/2024 Cactus Club – Milwaukee, WI
4/10/2024 Sanctuary – Detroit, MI
4/11/2024 Sherman Showcase – Stroudsburg, PA
4/12/2024 Sammy’s Patio – Boston, MA
4/13/2024 Meadows – Brooklyn, NY
4/14/2024 Alchemy – Providence, RI
4/15/2024 Timeless Babez (The Pit) – Buffalo, NY
4/16/2024 L’Anti Bar And Spectacles – Quebec City, QC
4/18/2024 Piranha Bar – Montreal, QC
4/19/2024 Dominion Tavern – Ottawa, ON
4/20/2024 Hard Luck – Toronto, ON

More information at:
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Spotify
Apple Music
Tidal

THE LAST ELEMENT Unleash Music Video for New Single ‘Slave’ Feat. Discrepancies

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Following their their latest EP “Chapter 3: Solitude” (released by the end of 2023 via Drakkar Entertainment at THIS LOCATION), Amsterdam-based modern metal act THE LAST ELEMENT is presenting a music video for their brand new single “Slave”, featuring St. Louis-based rap / rock act Discrepancies!

 “We wrote Slave three years ago and we are very excited to finally release it.” THE LAST ELEMENT comment. “Slave tells the story of being stuck in your head, constantly feeling like nothing you do is good enough. Telling myself to work harder and harder only to lose what I wanted to achieve, love and happiness.  Slave wrote itself, the perfect format to release the emotions and frustration.”

“Slave” is now available on all digital services at https://thelastelement.bfan.link/slave, the new music video is streaming here:

THE LAST ELEMENT started in 2018. Immediately they found common ground, both Jan (bass) and Jasper dealt with hardship in the past, each song they wrote was a way to lift a burden. Jan most notably dealt with the suicide of his life partner, and Jasper came from a history of child abuse and the fallout that created. They bonded over the troubles they lived but more importantly who it made them and what it made the band, they became stronger, the damage, the scars of their past gave the fuel to their music and helped them write what is closest to their hearts. THE LAST ELEMENT is the bond between them, and all the people who are scared to get hurt or that have to deal with misfortune, “we all heal when we are together, together we are stronger. Thus our music became the translation of those feelings, the dark, the heavy, the rage but also the light, the love and hope,” the band says.

Since their formation, THE LAST ELEMENT has reached +3 Million streams on Spotify alone and +10 million across platforms in a fully DIY-spirit. With these numbers increasing daily and previous releases added to editorial playlists such as “New Blood”, “New Core”, or “New Metal Tracks”, and following shows in support of acts such as Asking Alexandria, THE LAST ELEMENT is definitely levelling with established names in the genre on the way to determine their goal in life to share their music and lyrics with a global audience. 

To shorten your wait for a new album to be released in the hopefully not so distant future, the band’s latest EP “Chapter 3: Solitude” is available on all digital services via:
https://thelastelement.bfan.link/chapter-3-solitude

THE LAST ELEMENT is:
Jasper Roelofsen – Vocals
Noah Grim – Guitar
Jan Bijlsma – Bass
Mark Cappon – Drums

For More Info Visit:
http://www.thelastelement.net
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http://www.instagram.com/thelastelementofficial
http://www.drakkar.de

Peruvian CHASKA to Release New “Rites of June” EP in Spring, Unleash ‘Nymph of the Lake’ Single + Music Video

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Peruvian metal band Chaska is set to release new 6-track EP ‘Rites of June’ on May 5th 2024 via Finnish Inverse Records. The first official single taken from the EP ‘Nymph of the Lake is released today and music video can be seen below.

Hueso Raffo comments:
“Nymph of the Lake is a song inspired, in some way, by Lake Titicaca; for something of its mystery and its beauty. With this song an attempt was made to portray or create a fable or legend scenario. This song creates a watery and nocturnal environment, which evokes a certain feeling of intimacy. Another of its main characteristics is fiction. Its atmosphere surrounds two characters, male and female. The male character, within a dream or some kind of astral projection, tries to attenuate the loneliness of his soul. While the female character appears to fulfill or satisfy the wishes of the other one. Finally, both characters merge into a kind of astral travel to another dimension, or it could even be some kind of abduction, whose outcome becomes the departure of both characters to another reality out of this world we know.”

LISTEN to Nymph of the Lake on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/chaska-nymph – Single cover by Fabián Flores-Castro

Rites of June Track list:

  1. Winter Night Heights
  2. Sweet Lover
  3. Imperio Caído
  4. Possession
  5. Nymph of the Lake (Live Session)
  6. Bicolour Cannibalism (Live Session)

Album cover by Fabián Flores-Castro

Chaska is a Peruvian band tha fuses the intensity of worldwide metal with the beauty of Latin American folklore elements, and has become one of the most interesting bands in their country and in Latin America. The band was formed in Arequipa, Perú, in 2002.
 

December 2002, Chaska won a local band contest obtaining, as prize, the recording of two unpublished songs.
 

February 2003, the band released their self titled EP, Chaska. This EP allowed the band to play in different cities of Perú.
 

In 2005, Chaska performed for the first time outside of Perú, in Chile. Then, the band was invited to be the opening act for the Brazilian band, Sepultura, in Bolivia.
 

June 2007, Chaska released an EP titled Bicolour Cannibalism / Tuta Chaska, as a preview of its debut album, Pururauca.
 

March 2009, the band released their first full-length album, Pururauca, through the Peruvian label, Mythic Metal Productions.
 

In 2012, Chaska and the producers of the Peruvian film, La Luz en el Cerro (The Light on the Hill), reach an agreement so Chaska’s music is part of the soundtrack of this movie.
 

September 2015, the band released the song, Winter Night Heights, composed exclusively for the film, La Luz en el Cerro (The Light on the Hill).
 

September 2016, Chaska reissued its album, Pururauca, through the Peruvian label, Xaria Music.
 

July 2017, the band released the compilation, Everlasting Night, through the Peruvian label, Inti Records.
 

October 2017, Chaska released a video clip for the song, Winter Night Heights. This video was a shared work with Caudal Films, and includes images of the film, La Luz en el Cerro (The Light on the Hill).
 

February 2019, the band was part of the compilation album, Songs of Injustice, released by the European magazine, Metal Hammer.
 

March 2019, Chaska was part of the 1st World Metal Congress held in London, England.

In 2020, the band released two live session videos for the songs, Nymph of the Lake and Bicolour Cannibalism.

August 2020, Chaska reissued its album, Pururauca, in cassette format, through the Peruvian label, Disturbio Producciones.

Through the years, Chaska has shared the stage with important bands like Primal Fear, Death Angel, Moonspell, Annihilator, Rhapsody, Arkona, Saratoga, and more.

In 2023 Chaska made a deal with Finnish label Inverse Records to release the new 6-track EP Rites of June which will be out later in 2024.

Line-up:
Hueso Raffo (guitars and vocals)
Fabián Flores-Castro (drums)
Hernán Gonzales (bass)
Live musician:
Carlos Polar (lead guitar)

https://www.facebook.com/tutachaska
https://www.instagram.com/chaskamusic
https://chaska.bandcamp.com

Annihilator’s JEFF WATERS to Release Three Solo Albums

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For The Metal Voice former Anthrax singer Neil Turbin spoke Annihilator main man Jeff Waters at The NAMM Show 2024.

When asked about releasing new music 
“New music, yes, but not with Annihilator. I’ve been doing this Annihilator thing for 35 years now since I put my little first album out called ‘Alice In Hell’ and I’m just gonna do a show (Annihilator) for a festival in Europe this year. But I’ve been working on what all us guys seem to wanna do when they wanna step away from a band they’re in, is a solo project. So I got a solo thing I’m doing. I finished three records in the last three years. And that’s coming out. I live in England. I’ve had a studio with my wife there for about six years. And just before (the coronavirus pandemic) hit, we brought in SSL exchange consoles and upgraded things and made it into one badass mixing studio. And then the thing hit. So I was kind of stuck with this beautiful studio and instruments and all this fun stuff. And I thought, Screw it. Now’s the time to just get creative and do something outside of the heavy metal thing. So it’s more hard rock stuff. It’s everything from disco to THE KNACK to KISS to, like, early stuff,  hard rock, heavy metal, ’70s, ’80s, a bit of VAN HALEN, of course. So it’s not groundbreaking, amazing new stuff that’s gonna come out for me. It’s more like a tribute in a way, in my own way.”

When asked who will be singing
“I got real singers. Stu Block, who was in Iced Earth and Into Eternity and all that, a fellow Canadian and a great singer, I tapped him.”

When asked when the albums will be released
“I think the first album starts coming out, I think, summer. I don’t know a lot of information because I decided to do something a little different. I tried to go with the first album to a few record companies, and it was, like, Oh, boy, this isn’t the old days. So instead of just trying to just let it go and let it get out there and know that nothing was really gonna happen, I tried a different idea, and I went to video game companies. And I thought, Hey, what if I did an album, or three, and gave you the album covers, gave you the booklets, gave you the trademark, the name of the band, the logo, and now you can have all three of them. It’s gone. I don’t get royalties, I don’t get anything if it does well, but I want one paycheck.’ And the second company I went to — without being a dick, we got more money from the video game company than I did in five or six Annihilator records. So somebody paid me to do a solo album more than my real band. They just paid the bills and it helped pay for that console I was telling you about.”

THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT Announce New Album “The Demon Who Makes Trophies Of Men” + Release Single for Title Track

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Dutch avant-garde death metal act THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT are proudly presenting their brand new album ‘’The Demon Who Makes Trophies Of Men’’ which will be out on April 5, 2024 via Human Detonator Records.

Pre-orders for the “New” album are now available HERE

The band have just released the title track of the album, which comes in the form of a music video and can now be found HERE. The track is also available on all other digital platforms HERE.

THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT states: “Time hath passed on since the scandalous lies about the V-trilogy (which wasn’t a trilogy). But the stars have once again aligned, and what an ageold cult failed to do by design, a band of untalented “musicians” has done by accident. The great Monolith Deathcult is on the mediocre loose again. The three-headed death machine unleashes supreme aural terror through a blasphemous new track “The Demon Who Makes Trophies Of Men”.

The cult is alive. All hail the cult! ”

Track-list:

  1. The Demon Who makes Trophies of Men (6:09) [WATCH]
  2. Commanders Encircled with Foes (7:06)
  3. Kindertodeslied MMXXIV (6:22)
  4. The Nightmare Corpse-city of R’lyeh (4:18)
  5. Gogmagog – The Bryansk Forest Re-visited (7:16)
  6. Matadorrrr (4:27) [WATCH]
  7. Three-Headed Death Machine (4:41) [WATCH]
  8. I Spew Thee out of my Mouth MMXXIII (8:24) [WATCH]
Cover artwork: Frank te Riet @ http://www.brandstichters.design

THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT is a blood-chilling super-spectacle and the ominous last sorry chapter in the once-proud musical landscape. Despite being nominated countless times for “ the honourable Covid-escape” THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT stays relevant and like the most avanced shape-shifter, it reinvented itself musically countless times.

Their “music” is THE soundtrack of The Great Rese(n)t, a stunning exercise in astonishing musically wrong-headedness. Illogical, tension-free, and filled with colossal cut-rate Pro Tools editing, but it lacks the prurience and unintentional laughs that might make it a guilty pleasure.

What they will built back better is a new artistic empire of shocking embarrassment and unnecessarily. Their message is as blunt and brutal as a lead pipe: We, The Monolith Deathcult, are the new invincible gods.

THE MONOLITH DEATHCULT’s previous smash hits “Fist of Stalin”, “Dawn of the Planet of the Ashes”, “Connect the Goddamn Dots” heading towards 2,000,000 streams on Spotify and the best is yet to come.

Producer / sound engineer: The Monolith Deathcult
Mixing studio and engineer: Guido Aalbers @ http://www.giesound.nl

Mastering studio and engineer:
Track 1/2 by by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering – California – U.S.A http://www.maorappelbaum.com
Track 3/4/5/6/7/8 by Guido Aalbers @ http://www.giesound.nl

Line up:
Robin Kok: Bass, vocals
Michiel Dekker: Guitars, vocals
Carsten Altena: Guitars, keyboards
Frank Schilperoort: Drums (session member)

http://www.monolith-deathcult.com
http://www.monolith-deathcult.bandcamp.com
http://www.youtube.com/TheMonolithDeathcultOfficial
http://www.facebook.com/monolithdeathcult
http://www.instagram.com/monolithdeathcult
https://tmdc.bigcartel.com/

ENDLESS LOSS to Release Debut Album “Traversing the Mephitic Artery” on March 25th

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Australia’s ENDLESS LOSS are set to release their debut album “Traversing the Mephitic Artery” in CD (digisleeve limited to 400 hand-numbered copies) and tape format on March 25th 2024 via Nuclear Winter Records.

The first single, “Vertiginous Depths Of Unchained Hedonism“, is now streaming HERE.

Tracklist:

01. Oppugned Sentience (Intro)
02. Nexus Webs Of Malefic Prescience
03. Vertiginous Depths Of Unchained Hedonism
04. Grave Subjugation
05. Looming Ire
06. Mouldering Resurrection
07. Traversing The Mephitic Artery
08. Sepulchre Of Violent Consummation
09. Impenitent Draconian Triumph

Bestial black/death two-piece ENDLESS LOSS has earned a strong underground reputation for their vicious releases and savage live shows. The band was born in 2015 in the bleak industrial wasteland of Adelaide, Australia.
The pair released their first tape “Solitary Starless Beast” in 2016, with Decibel Magazine praising the raw-sounding demo for its “charred black and bestial spirit.”
The outfit followed this up in 2022 by heading further into war metal territory with their EP “Bloodletting Narcotic Divination”. No Clean Singing celebrated the release for being “brutally bludgeoning and psychotically violent”.
From there, ENDLESS LOSS toured doggedly across Australia and joined other Adelaide metal heavyweights Charnel Altar for the co-headlined Metaphysical Warfare Tour in early 2023.
The band recorded nine tracks in the chaotic days leading up to the tour. These songs, which strike hard with poisonous, hypnotic riffs and sharply aimed violence, are to be released on ENDLESS LOSS‘ debut, full-length album “Traversing the Mephitic Artery”. Expect 28 minutes of barbaric bloodshed.

For fans of: Profanatica, Teitanblood, Triumvir Foul, Demoncy

https://endlessloss.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/endlesslossau
https://www.instagram.com/endlessloss/