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Belgian Death-Doomers MY LAMENT Share ‘Like Fallen Rain’ Single

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Long-running Belgian death-doom metallers MY LAMENT share their new single “Like Fallen Rain”. Stream it HERE.

The track comes off the band’s first full-length in over a decade. “The Season Came Undone” is due out September 22nd 2023 via Ardua Music.

The lyric video of the album’s first single, “November”, is available HERE.

Tracklist:

1. Everything Goes to Waste
2. My Mausoleum
3. Fallacy
4. Like Fallen Rain
5. Oh, Fall
6. Dying of the Light
7. Like Something Almost Being Said (Instrumental)
8. November
9. Life Will Be the Death of Me (2023 Remaster)

After two successful releases, “Broken Leaf” (2009, Solitude Productions) and “Sorrow” (2015), the band have honed their underground roots into a more accessible sound with an emphasis on concise songwriting and memorable melodies.

The upcoming new album “The Season Came Undone” (nine tracks, 51 minutes) reflects the band’s ambition to reach a wider audience without giving up their doom/death heritage. With unique vocal harmonies, soaring leads, a pounding rhythm section and thoughtful lyrics, MY LAMENT has matured into a forward-thinking foursome that doesn’t sound quite like any other band.

Watch for more singles and news on other upcoming MY LAMENT activities to be posted shortly.

Biography:

MY LAMENT is a doom/death metal band from Antwerp, Belgium. Since its genesis in 2002, the core line-up has remained the same: founding members Steph (bass) and Vincent (drums), soon joined by Paul on guitar. Additional guitars, synths and vocals were supplied by various members throughout the years, with a debut demo titled “Beneath the Hidden” coming out in 2006. Full-length album “Broken Leaf” was released to critical acclaim in 2009 on the Russian doom metal label Solitude Productions.

Always looking beyond the confines of metal, MY LAMENT was chosen to be part of “Heaven and Hell” (2010), an ambitious contemporary music production inspired by the poetry of William Blake, alongside classically trained musicians, singers, composers and scenographers. Some of these concerts saw Robrecht filling in on guitar, who eventually joined as a permanent member.

MY LAMENT hired vocalist Xavier to incorporate melodic singing as well as death metal grunts on “Sorrow” (2015). However, for the following tour in Germany and the Czech Republic, they decided to continue as a four-piece band, with Robrecht combining vocals and guitar.

Invigorated by new influences and a stable line-up, the band has since honed their underground roots into a more accessible sound with an emphasis on concise songwriting and memorable melodies. This new direction became evident in the single “Life Will Be the Death of Me”, released with a self-produced 360-degree video in 2018.

Line-up:

Steph – bass
Vincent – drums
Paul – guitars
Robrecht – vocals & guitars

https://mylament.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/mylamentdoom
https://www.instagram.com/mylamentband

Legendary Drummer ERLAND DAHLEN Reveal “Racoons” Album Details + Single ‘Foggy’

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Having played on more than 300 albums with a wide range of artists from different genres, and with four solo albums to his name, drummer ERLAND DAHLEN is set to release his fifth studio album “Racoons” on Is It Jazz? Records on the 27th October.

Obviously, being so much in demand on such a wide variety of collaborations and sessions, it is clear that Dahlen is an artist with considerable skills, who is sensitive to the requirements of other musicians, and who is well able to adapt those skills to whatever the music requires. However, he is also a renowned solo artist with his own creative ideas, and who, by using a multitude of percussive instruments, is able to create a massive, intricately layered sound, that is all his own.

Over the years, Dahlen had accumulated so many musical ideas that didn’t fit in with any other projects, and he grew to realise that he needed a project that would allow him to record and play live for himself.

Originally the plan had been to release just one solo album, 2012’s “Rolling Bomber”. However, since then this solo work has grown in importance for Dahlen, so much so, in fact, that for “Racoons” he actually made and used a lot of unique instruments, as he explains:

I play a lot of custom-made instruments here. Lars Hurlen has built different log drums for the album, and Harald Hougaard has built a custom-made zither bass. I also use custom-made chromatic blossom bells, and different metal items, such as huge serving plates.

Those eager to find out the kind of sound that these create ahead of the full-album release, can do so with the track “Foggy”, which can be streamed or downloaded from a variety of services at THIS LOCATION.

Dahlen had this to say about the track:

“Foggy” starts off with a drum groove that moves across a drum machine beat. The idea was to let the groove evolve and gradually add more elements in a repetitive drone-like landscape.

“Racoons” was recorded with Bjarte Stensli in March 2023 at the Rainbow Studio in Oslo, with additional recording and mix by Jens Petter Nilsen and Hallvard W. Hagen from Xploding Plastix.

With cover art by Tom Korsvold, tracklisting on “Racoons” is as follows:

Sun Pt. 1
Stride
Auto
Slow
Mud
Foggy
Sun Pt. 2

“Racoons” will be available in CD, Digital and LP formats, and can now be pre-ordered from:

Bandcamp: https://erlanddahlen.bandcamp.com/album/racoons
Webshop: https://isitjazzrecords.no/shop/

Dahlen has received numerous industry awards for the albums on which he has appeared, including 13 Spelleman Awards, having been nominated an extraordinary total of 38 times. He can also be found behind the drumkit of a number of Norwegian and International film scores.

Some of the artists with whom he has played, either live or in the studio, include Norwegian Jazz legends such as NILS PETTER MOLVÆR, EIVIND AARSET, STIAN WESTERHUS and GEIR SUNDSTØL, together with bands and artists such as MADRUGADA, KAADA, JOHN PAUL JONES, ANE BRUN, ANNELI DRECKER, MARIT LARSEN and XPLODING PLASTIX, along with a host of others!

More information about ERLAND DAHLEN can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063804630105 and https://www.facebook.com/erland.dahlen or on the Artist Page at https://isitjazzrecords.no/artists/erland-dahlen/

DÉCEMBRE NOIR Release First Single ‘Against The Daylight’ from Upcoming Album

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Against The Daylight is the first single from the new DÉCEMBRE NOIR album Your Sunset | My Sunrise, which is set to be released on October 13th via Lifeforce Records.

The lyric video was created by Jerkka Perälä / Soft Neon Audiovisual, who is also responsible for the visual works for his own band ATLASES, also in Lifeforce Records.

AGAINST THE DAYLIGHT on all digital platforms

As for the direction of their new album, DÉCEMBRE NOIR reveal the following: “Your Sunset | My Sunrise” is the cry for inner peace set to music. A heavy heart full of tears, which threatens to plunge its bearer into the abyss at any moment. Even if this means giving up oneself, in the end only the long-awaited silence counts. It is the escape on the wings of addiction from the battlefield of never-ending depression.

The approach of the band from Thuringia, Germany also reaches deep on their fifth full-time album – both lyrically and musically. This is already known from the previous records “The Renaissance Of Hope” (2020), “Autumn Kings” (2018), “Forsaken Earth” (2016) and “A Discouraged Believer” (2014). DÉCEMBRE NOIR act consistently atmospheric, gloomily tuned and open to interpretation. The underlying thoughts, emotions and intentions of the songs of the quintet are not always clearly determinable. And they don’t have to be. For the nuances and forebodings set to music have a special significance in the German band’s playing.

What once started between doom and death metal, has developed over the years and releases to an independent, organic gloomy sound, which achieves its ominous effect space and its captivating fascination quite independently of liking or style questions. On “Your Sunset | My Sunrise”, produced by HEAVEN SHALL BURN’s Alexander Dietz at his Chemical Burn Studio, DÉCEMBRE NOIR again rely on melancholic as well as melodically addressed pieces that stand completely on their own and therefore captivate because they are presented so heavy, dark and atmospheric.

TRACK LIST

Dead End: May
Against The Daylight
Your Sunset | My Sunrise
Sentimental Giants
Sleepwalker (In Yesterday’s Smoke)
Trivial Heart

DÉCEMBRE NOIR Live
14.10. Erfurt | Club From Hell – ALBUM RELEASE SHOW

25.11. Saalfeld | Klubhaus

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BLOODRED HOURGLASS Release New Video/Single ‘How’s the Heart?’

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BLOODRED HOURGLASS, the powerhouse of Finnish melodic modern metal, is set to captivate the metal world once again with their new single and music video from the eponymously titled album “How’s the Heart?”. Fans of Bloodred Hourglass are in for a treat as the single’s release coincides with the launch of album preorders. So mark your calendars and preorder the forthcoming album as CD, vinyl, or limited box set, and digitally at THIS location. The band’s highly anticipated new album is slated for worldwide release via Out Of Line Music on October 20, 2023!

Listen: https://brhg.lnk.to/HowsTheHeart

Bloodred Hourglass, known for their blend of melodic and death metal influences, has a storied history of delivering impactful music in the metal world. The upcoming album “How’s the Heart?” is poised to be a landmark release in the band’s discography as it showcases their evolution as musicians and promises to be another testament to their musical prowess by drawing listeners into a narrative of intense energy and the signature brutality that has become synonymous with Bloodred Hourglass.

“Sometimes the small moments become the most meaningful memories in your life. The song ‘How’s the Heart?’ is easily the most straightforward song in the history of the band.” – Bloodred Hourglass

The new album “How’s the Heart?” will take you through the stages of grief with the perfect blend of aggression and beauty, breaking the boundaries of genres with a further developed and dynamic, modernized sound still tied to BRHG’s traditional Nordic roots and signature soundscapes. Their trademark riffing, aggressive drumming, versatile vocals, catchy choruses, and grandeur synths are mixed and mastered by Dan Braunstein (Spiritbox, Veil Of Maya, Dayseeker). The predecessor album of BRHG, “Your Highness,” had reached #2 on the physical Finnish album charts and #3 on the official Finnish album chart, and #43 on the official German album charts.

Tracklist:
01 Of Course I Still Love You
02 In Lieu of Flowers
03 Fragile
04 Anomaly
05 The Sun Still In Me
06 Song of Forgotten
07 Leina
08 Devotion
09 The End We Start From
10 How’s the Heart
11 Only When I’m Breathing (Bonus Track)
12 Hennessy (Bonus Track)
13 Twin Flame (Bonus Track)

With a reputation for powerful live performances and thought-provoking music, Bloodred Hourglass continues to push the boundaries of the genre live on these confirmed shows in Finland and Estonia. More shows will be confirmed shortly.

05.10.2023 Lost In Music, Olympia, Tampere
20.10.2023 Finlandia-klubi, Lahti
21.10.2023 Vanha Ylioppilastalo, Helsinki
28.10.2023 Black Box, Mikkeli
03.11.2023 Utopia, Turku
04.11.2023 Sawohouse, Kuopio
10.11.2023 Totem, Lappeenranta
11.11.2023 Suistoklubi, Hämeenlinna
17.11.2023 Wanha Mestari, Kauhajoki
18.11.2023 Kantakrouvi, Oulu
24.11.2023 Klubi, Tampere
25.11.2023 Lutakko, Jyväskylä
01.12.2023 Kannusali, Espoo
02.12.2023 Unholy Winter Fest, Joensuu
05.12.2023 House of Rock, Kouvola
08.12.2023 Tiivistämö, Helsinki
09.12.2023 Paavli Kultuurivabrik, Tallinn (EE)

Bloodred Hourglass are:
Jaredi Koukonen – Vocals
Jarkko Hyvönen – Drums
Jose Moilanen – Bass
Lauri Silvonen – Guitar
Joni Lahdenkauppi – Guitar
Eero Silvonen – Guitar

More info:
https://www.brhg.net
https://www.facebook.com/bloodredhourglass
https://www.instagram.com/bloodredhourglass
https://twitter.com/BRHG_official
https://www.youtube.com/bloodredhourglass
Bloodred Hourglass on Spotify

KARPATHIAN RELICT Release Second Video ‘The Masochist’ from Upcoming Album

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KARPATHIAN RELICT (Ukraine/Poland, based in Sanok, PL) was formed as Orthodox in 2006 by Bogdan Lewicki and Andrzej Czujko. Under that name “Forever Not Yet” was recorded in 2009 – and later released in early 2011. After 2 years of stagnation, where Bogdan and Andrzej moved to Poland – Orthodox was reformed in 2013 as KARPATHIAN RELICT with Patryk Olbert (bass) and Adrian Mięsowicz (vocals). Later, they released “Beyond The Over” (2017) and re-released “Forever Not Yet” (2018). In the next few years – their journey continues – creating new music, and playing with several amazing musicians – to finally settle down with Bartek Oleniacz as a guitarist, and later on with Mateusz Baczek on a bass position.

Right now, band is preparing to release new studio album titled “Never Be After“. Third album will be released on September 9, 2023 via MusikÖ_Eye and Metal Exhumator as digital and CD. Pre-order here.

The album will contain 8 tracks in which the mainstream is our preferred style of death metal music. In th song “The Moth”, as a guest Eliza Kuźnik (KSU) plays on violin.

Drums were recorded by Piotr “Koła” Dorotniak at Stodoła Studio (Poland). Music was mixed and mastered by Adrian Mięsowicz (Tribe Five Studio) who was responsible for sound on live show recorded for 44th anniversary (BluRay 4K) of the oldest Polish punk rock band KSU. Cover artwork and layout by Michał “Xaay” Loranc (God Dethroned, Kamelot, Nile).

Tracklist:

The Moth
Bury In The Past
Closed Book
Silent Water Pt. I
Silent Waters Pt. II
Жach
My Anthem
The Masochist

Band commentary: “There will be admixtures of technical death metal and progressive music. In a few places, there will also be instrumental interludes on instruments not often found in extreme music, but we will not reveal the exact details. We hope that the listeners will also share our excitement and together we will make it to the publication of all tracks.

The new album is a reflection of what we like to listen to ourselves, and since each of us has completely different tastes, we tried to combine it in some way. We hope that the new album will give listeners a lot of fun discovering what is recorded on it and will make them want to come back to it again and again and again and each time it will be a new experience in communing with our music and new discoveries.”

KARPATHIAN RELICT have released video to the song “The Masochist“, watch it out below.

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S.O.R.M Release Debut Album “Under My Skin”, Out Now

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S.O.R.M, the hard rock sensation hailing from Lidkoping, Sweden, releases their highly anticipated debut album “Under My Skin” today via Noble Demon. Featuring eleven brand new and electrifying tracks, this remarkable debut showcases the band’s unique blend of hard rock, heavy metal and classic rock, that is sure to appeal to a wide range of fans worldwide!

Formed in 2017, S.O.R.M quickly made a name for themselves with the release of their outstanding “Hellraiser” EP (2020), which introduced the band to the world and captivated audiences with their infectious hooks right from the start. Now and here, “Under My Skin” finally follows, packed with catchy melodies, memorable singalongs and the spirit of something that is more than just music.

But that’s not the whole story, as “Under My Skin” features guest guitarists Doug Blair of W.A.S.P and Nick Petrino of Dee Snider, who add an extra layer of excitement and expertise to the album. Their contributions elevate the already powerful and captivating sound of S.O.R.M and create an unforgettable musical experience not to be missed in 2023!