Led by ex-Thy Catafalque guitarist János Juhász, five piece Hungarian Death Metal act DAMNATION announce the release of their first studio full-length “Fátum” scheduled for February 18th via Pest Records. Recorded and mixed/mastered at Obsidian Sound Studio by Árpád Szenti “Fátum” evokes the most memorable era of Death Metal, in the vein of bands like Incantation, Morbid Angel or Gorefest and many more alike. The cover artwork is created by Stan Ivan.
With lyrics contemplating on the mortality of the universe, enshrouded by a dark, dense musical atmosphere, “Fátum” is all about one of the earliest fears of humankind: existential angst set in a celestial scale.
A few words about the album from the founder and main songwriter János Juhász: “I am really happy that this album has finally been made, and also thankful that I could make it with such great musicians.”
A first track taken off “Fátum” is now streaming here:
Damnation is:
János Juhász – Guitars Péter Gáspár – Bass Árpád Szenti – Drums Tamás Bárány – Guitars Ádám Forczek – Vocals/Lyrics
Southern California alternative rock outfit DIRTY HEADS spent the summer touring across the U.S. on the headlining “Island Glow” tour and are excited to share a new live- recorded version of their hit single “John Linen” which features rapper Yelawolf who was featured as an opening act on the first leg of the tour. The single is out today across all digital platforms via Better Noise MusicHERE along with a new music video featuring performance footage from the tour. Stream itHERE.
“We were stoked to have Yelawolf on tour with us,” shares vocalist JARED WATSON. “He puts on a great show and knows how to have a good time. So, we invited him up to run a verse and he delivered a moment that was one of the highlights of the show and tour.”
“It was such an honor sharing the stage with Yelawolf, he absolutely murdered this verse,” says guitarist DUDDY B. “I’m glad we were able to capture this moment live for y’all.”
YELAWOLF remarks: “Jared and Duddy really looked out for me on the tour we rocked together. Dirty Heads became instant fam and when the opportunity came to jump on ‘John Linen’ I was all over it! The song fuckin’ slaps…these dudes know their shit and I’m a snob about hip hop, especially…if I don’t vibe I’m out. This song, however, I was psyched to be a part of! Looking forward to more collaborations with the Dirty Heads!”
The original version of “John Linen” featured Alex Vince and Ivuss (aka pro surfer Ivy Miller) and was released in April. The single has since accumulated 78.5 million streams and its lyric video has 478K views. It is also featured on the deluxe edition of their critically acclaimed 2022 album, MIDNIGHT CONTROL,out now via Better Noise Music,and includes13 new tracks with acoustic versions of hit songs “Rescue Me”—which spent the entire month of August at #1 on the Alternative radio charts—“Life’s Been Good,” and “Island Glow,” threeLo-Fi versions of album tracks and three previously unreleased songs.
DIRTY HEADS’ eighth studio album Midnight Control featured 10 all-new songs, including their take on Joe Walsh’s 1978 hit “Life’s Been Good,” which the band performed on national TV on NBC’s “The Today Show” earlier this year. The song has been streamed over 30 million times since the album’s release in May 2022. The album debuted in Top 10 of Billboard’s Top Independent Album and Top Alternative Albums charts and has been streamed over 43 million times since its release, averaging 4 million monthly streams. In June, MIDNIGHT CONTROL was released on vinyl for the first-ever time via Better Noise Music. Get your copy now HERE.
LORD OF THE LOST starts the new year with a bang by hitting #2 on the Official German Album Charts with their new covers album Weapons Of Mass Seduction, as label mates DOMINUM reach #18 with their debut Hey Living People! LORD OF THE LOST finished their most successful year so far by releasing their very first full covers album, featuring songs from legendary Michael Jackson, Judas Priest and Billy Idol among others, on December 29, 2023. LORD OF THE LOST’s latest original album Blood & Glitter, released exactly one year prior, entered the Official German Album Charts at #1 early 2023, marking one of many significant highlights for the band, among representing Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest finals, breaking into mainstream media, joining Iron Maiden as special guests on tour for the second time as well as playing countless sold-out headline shows. The #2 chart entry is the perfect finish of an exceptional year for the band.
Despite an extremely busy 2023, LORD OF THE LOST is continuing full speed ahead into 2024, with their fast-selling “15 Years of LORD OF THE LOST” tour kicking off in March. Besides, the band has plenty of big festival shows coming up in the summer and has been confirmed for two dates in the US later in the year. Secure your copy of Weapons Of Mass Seduction now and make sure to get your tickets to the upcoming shows!
Chris Harms states: “With the release of a covers album, we entered the chart week with absolutely no expectations at all. Our main goal was to create this album to make ourselves happy by playing and recording a selection of our favorite songs by other artists. So, the charts were actually secondary. However, starting the year at #2 on the Official German Album Charts is sensational, phenomenal, and unbelievable! We congratulate our colleague Ikke Hüftgold on his well-deserved #1!”
A year after the release of their successful #1 charting album, Blood & Glitter (Official German Album Charts), LORD OF THE LOST are back with a covers album, Weapons Of Mass Seduction. The exciting new offering features plenty of genre-crossing tracks and wraps up the busiest year in the band’s history so far.
While the album is entirely composed of covers, Weapons Of Mass Seduction confirms LORD OF THE LOST’s creative ability to make even unexpected songs their own, and further confirms their status. The covers album comes in various different formats – some of them containing a second CD with 11 covers that are already released or have been played live. The deluxe boxset includes a third CD with 10 acoustic tracks, exclusively available in this format.
Weapons Of Mass Seduction features a wide range of songs from different eras and genres performed in true LORD OF THE LOST style, all surprisingly fitting for the band and hence forming a cohesive collection of covers. Classic heavy metal track “Turbo Lover”, originally by Judas Priest, meets modern pop hits in songs such as Sia’s “Unstoppable”, Bishop Briggs’ “River” and Zella Day’s “High”. Ultravox’ “Hymn”, followed by Michael Jackson’s legendary “Give In To Me” and Keane’s “Somewhere Only We Know”, expand the multifaceted selection even further. With added rougher elements such as heavier vocals, Bronski Beat’s captivating 80s electro pop hit “Smalltown Boy” gets a dark makeover in the hands of LORD OF THE LOST. An emotional version of The Pretty Reckless’ “House On A Hill” closes Weapons Of Mass Seduction impactfully.
A special 2CD edition of the new covers album provides a cross-cut of covers previously released or already covered live over the course of LORD OF THE LOST’s career. Among them are the Roxette cover “The Look” feat. Blümchen – already known from Blood & Glitter – “Children Of The Damned”, a homage to Iron Maiden, with whom LORD OF THE LOST experienced intense times during the last two years, and the cover of the Finnish ESC song “Cha Cha Cha” by Käärijä – sung by Chris Harms completely in Finnish.
Weapons Of Mass Seduction Tracklist:
CD 1
Shock To The System (Billy Idol Cover)
Unstoppable (Sia Cover)
Smalltown Boy (Bronski Beat Cover)
Turbo Lover (Judas Priest Cover)
Hymn (Ultravox Cover)
Give In To Me (Michael Jackson Cover)
River (Bishop Briggs Cover)
Somewhere Only We Know (Keane Cover)
(I Just) Died In Your Arms (feat. Anica Russo) (Cutting Crew Cover)
High (Zella Day Cover)
House On A Hill (The Pretty Reckless Cover)
CD 2
The Look (feat. Blümchen) (Roxette Cover)
Ordinary Town (Celebrate The Nun Cover)
Cha Cha Cha (Käärijä Cover)
Judas (Lady Gaga Cover)
Children Of The Damned (Iron Maiden Cover)
Wig In A Box (Hedwig and the Angry Inch Cover)
Bad Romance (Lady Gaga Cover)
The Most Radical Thing To Do (The Ark Cover)
This Is The Life (Amy MacDonald Cover)
It’s A Sin (Pet Shop Boys Cover)
Ordinary World (Duran Duran Cover)
CD 3 – Ltd Deluxe Edition only
Starman (David Bowie Cover)
Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon (Neil Diamond Cover)
The Days Of Pearly Spencer (David McWilliams Cover)
Hey You (Pink Floyd Cover)
I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night (The Electric Prunes Cover)
Where Do You Go To My Lovely (Peter Sarstedt Cover)
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) (The Byrds Cover)
In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) (Zager & Evans Cover)
All I Have To Do Is Dream (The Everly Brothers Cover)
15 Years Of LORD OF THE LOST Tour 2024: w/ Special Guests The Raven Age and Support: Blitz Union*, Hell Boulevard**, Empire Giants*** 22.03.24 DE – Nuremberg* 23.03.24 DE – Munich* – SOLD OUT! 24.03.24 IT – Trezzo sull’Adda* 26.03.24 CH – Pratteln* 27.03.24 FR – Grenoble* 29.03.24 ES – Barcelona* 30.03.24 ES – Madrid* 02.04.24 FR – Paris* 03.04.24 LU – Luxembourg* 04.04.24 DE – Frankfurt* 05.04.24 DE – Cologne* – SOLD OUT! 06.04.24 NL – Amsterdam* – SOLD OUT! 17.04.24 CZ – Prague** 18.04.24 HU – Budapest** 19.04.24 AT – Vienna** 20.04.24 DE – Stuttgart** – LOW TICKETS! 23.04.24 NL – Eindhoven*** – NEW DATE! 24.04.24 DE – Berlin*** 25.04.24 PL – Warsaw*** 26.04.24 PL – Krakow*** 27.04.24 DE – Leipzig***
BACK TO EUROVISION: 10.05.24 SE – Malmö Special show one day before the ESC Grand Final
Coming To The U.S.: 14.09.24 US – New York City / Irving Plaza 27.09.24 US – Los Angeles / The Roxy
LORDFEST 2024: 14.12.24 DE – Hamburg / Sporthalle
Festivals 2024: 29.01.-02.02.24 US – Miami / 70000tons of Metal 06.06.-08.06.24 PL – Gdańsk / Mystic Festival 09.08.-11.08.24 BE – Kortrijk / Alcatraz Festival 10.08.-11.08.24 DE – Hildesheim / M’era Luna 14.08.-17.08.24 DE – Dinkelsbühl / Summer Breeze 24.08.24 DE – Wuppertal / Feuertal Festival 07.09.24 DE – Selb / Festival Mediaval – Exclusive Acoustic Set
LORD OF THE LOST are: Chris Harms – Vocals, Guitar Pi Stoffers – Guitar Class Grenayde – Bass Gared Dirge – Piano, Synths, Percussion, Guitar Niklas Kahl – Drums
Defying was formed in 2008. Within 15 years of existing they released two records: “Nexus Artificial” (2014, LP) and “The Splinter of Light We Misread” (2016, EP) which include Joy Division “New Dawn Fades” cover. They combine a variety of genres in their music: post- and progressive metal with sludge, black metal and elements or ambient.
Right now Defying is preparing for releasing new studio album titled “Wadera“. Music was recorded & produced by Tomasz Semeniuk in 2022. All was mixed & mastered by Filip Hałucha at Heinrich House Studio (Azarath, Behemoth, Entropia, Obscure Sphinx). Two guests appeared on the album:
Tymon Urbańczyk – ambient music in “…miast cichać szemrają…“, “The Acquaintance Shade” and “The Lurking Spectres“
Natalia Semeniuk – vocals in “Tempus Infaustum” and “Quietus“
“Wadera” is a concept album inspired by the Polish horror film “The Wolf” (1983) and the short story “Wadera” (1977) by Jerzy Gierałtowski. The album is a musical story about revenge from beyond the grave, told in the spirit of dark romanticism.
Band comments: “The word wadera comes from hunting vocabulary and means a female wolf. In order to achieve a 19th century atmosphere, the album was captured with traditional equipment and microphones – without the use of any plugins or samples during recording. We also utilized more than a hundred-year-old instruments, such as zither or hunting horn. The goal was to make “Wadera” sound like an old film tape.“
Album “Wadera” will be released February 23, 2024 digitally and on CD by Italian label These Hands Melt.
Below you can watch video to the first song from upcoming album. Song is also available at all major streaming platforms.
Tracklist:
1. Tempus Infaustum 2. …miast cichać szemrają… 3. The Fugue 4. Incomprehensibly Woken 5. The Acquaintance Shade 6. The Lurking Spectres 7. Cremaberis Igne AeternoI 8. Reluctant To The Grave 9. Misbegotten 10. Quietus
Line-up:
Piotr Stępiński – guitars, vocals Szymon Stadniczenko – guitars, clean vocals Paweł Siemaszko – bass guitar, vocals (backing) Tomasz Semeniuk – drums, programming
GÅTE emerged as a cultural gem in the early 2000s, seamlessly blending traditional Norwegian folk music with explosive rock, catapulting them from the confines of a practice space to grand stages in record time!
On Jan. the 20th Gåte is set to enter the semifinals of Norwegian leg of the Eurovision song contest with the brilliant and enchanting song “ Ulveham”!
“Ulveham” is based on a medieval ballad, and like other historical legends and songs it carries an important moral.
The song is a story of young maiden that undergoes a series of injustices, but by upholding justice and goodness, even in the toughest trials, she triumphs over evil forces and breaks the curse placed upon her.
ABOUT Gåte have gained a massive audience in their home country Norway and with their unique take on folk/trad rock and triumphant live shows the band has managed to captivate massive audience.
Gåte’s music is a dark, mesmerizing and stunningly beautiful take on Nordic folk. Where they flirt with elements from traditional Norse and pagan music as well as from more modern genres like rock and industrial. Gåte presents is for fans of Wardruna, Heilung and Myrkur.
The critically acclaimed band took a 12-year break before making a much-anticipated comeback in 2017, where Gåte again experienced enormous success with lauded live shows, two critically acclaimed studio albums, two EPs, and a mesmerizing live record.
After years of silence and absence from the music scene, Brazilian hardcore/metal institution PURITAN, well known for its energetic and intense performances throughout all the Brazil, is back to activities with a new lineup.
Formed in 2008, Puritan has in its discography 4 seminal albums that are still recognized today for the energy of their compositions and, in this new phase of their career, they now count on the presence of Bob Nielsen, a well-known figure in the brazilian underground circuit, on guitar, joining founders Bruno Max and Fábio Kiefer.
There are still no plans for new recordings, but the new incarnation of Puritan already has a date to debut on stage, which will happen at Mocanoia, an event that will take place on May 31st, June 1st and 2nd in the city of Vila Velha/ ES, at the renowned Correria Music Bar.
Check out the video for “Não Devo Nada a Ninguém”, from the album “Sucursal do Inferno” (2017)
THE ROCK ALCHEMIST – Italian Rock Band from Turin with a strong sonic identity that blends modern rock with progressive, hard, alternative, and pop elements!
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
Metal Shock Finland (World Assault ) 