ULTIO to Release New Album “Cor” in May, ‘The Grey Inferno’ Track Revealed

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“Cor” is the second release by Black Metal project ULTIO, and it will be released via Brucia Records on May 23rd, 2024 on digital and a limited run of 6 panels Digipack CDs.

The track “The Grey Inferno” is now streaming HERE.

5 years exactly after its first EP “Fera”, ULTIO is back with yet another relentless slab of pure, abrasive Black Metal.
An emotionally shattering experience crafted with the intent of re-evoking a time when Black Metal was simply Black Metal – dark, menacing, uncomplicated and extreme.

Ultio is a project by Giorgio Barroccu (DERHEAD) and “Cor” can be considered like the twistedly demented brother of “The Grey Zone Phobia”, DERHEAD’s latest album released back in March 2023.

Another side of the same, dark coin – ULTIO shares DERHEAD’s very same dramatic tension and despair, however showcasing here a magnificently unrestrained and raw soul: behind a gloomy wall of freezingly cold riffs and shrieking screams ULTIO ascends maniacally, building a sense of impending peril and oppression – dissonance after dissonance.

Similarly to the previous EP, the writing and recording process of “Cor” was also very instinctive and took place in the space of only a few weeks: the result is something furious and unhinged, raw and visceral – and yet, somehow, grandiose and triumphant in all its bestial savagery.

FFO: Marduk, Funeral Mist, Gorgoroth.

Tracklist:

1 – Spikes (04:21)
2 – The Grey Inferno (05:14)
3 – Wretchedness (04:43)
4 – A Thousand Times More (05:16)
5 – Looking For Eyes (05:19)
6 – Cor (06:02)

Credits:

Written and performed by Giorgio Barroccu
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Giorgio Barroccu
Artwork by Giorgio Barroccu
Layout and artistic supervision by Evokaos (Brucia Records)

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THERMATE Release Lyric Video ‘Buzzkill’ from Upcoming Album

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Photo by Marc Sabat – Single Cover Art: Maciej Kamuda – Layout: Juuso Honkanen

Fuzz rock group Thermate (est. 2012) have released a new song, “Buzzkill”, along with a mesmerizing psychedelic sing-along video. With a dynamic blend of heavy riffs and infectious groove, the new single guarantees to make anyone’s flare pants flutter.

New material has been in the pipeline for quite some time, while the rhythm section has seen some changes since their debut album’s release in 2019 through Argonauta Records. The group’s sophomore LP can be expected to come out some time next year.

“The song cruises like a convertible on the groove-filled highways of the ‘70s, making your hair blow in the breeze no matter how bald you are! Towards the end, we slow things down a bit veering towards ’90s vibes and introducing some deliciously heavy stoner riffs. Shamelessly combining various styles, this track serves as a compelling preview of the diverse nature of our forthcoming material,” says the band’s guitarist, Mikko Väätäinen.

Vocalist Arthur Thure continues: “Throughout the history of mankind, good and evil have clashed. Although tyrants have usurped power, there has always been a counterforce which has paved the way for victory over tyranny. The lyrics of this song are meant to encourage one to take a stand against injustice, everywhere and always.”

Members:
Arthur Thure – vocals
Mikko Väätäinen – guitar
Juuso Honkanen – guitar
Perttu Moilanen – bass
Sami Taskinen – drums

Bandcamp: https://thermate.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thermateband/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thermateband
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thermate
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/685hjZFXJCEh3vDlLmKgZz

PEARL JAM: “Dark Matter” in Movie Theaters Worldwide One Night Only on April 16th, Trailer Out Now

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To celebrate the release of the new album, Pearl Jam will present an exclusive cinematic engagement, Pearl Jam – Dark Matter – Global Theatrical Experience – One Night Only, on April 16, 2024. Distributed by Abramorama, Dark Matter will come to life in over 800 locations worldwide, including US theaters AMC, Regal, Cinemark, Landmark, Marcus, Cinepolis, Harkins, Alamo Drafthouse, Chinese Cineplex, IFC, and more. Additionally, AMC and other cinemas will feature Dolby Atmos showings. Worldwide, it graces theaters in over 30 countries, appearing in more than 450 locations across Mexico, the UK, Spain, Netherlands, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, New Zealand, and Poland, to name a few. Today, the band drops their first look at the Theatrical Experience.

You can watch the trailer HERE. Tickets are on sale HERE.

Produced by multi-GRAMMY® award winning producer Andrew Watt, Dark Matter, marks the band’s first release since critically acclaimed Gigaton (2020). In 2023, the members of Pearl Jam—Eddie Vedder [vocals], Jeff Ament [bass], Stone Gossard [rhythm guitar], Mike McCready [lead guitar], and Matt Cameron [drums]—retreated to Shangri-La Studios in Malibu where they simply plugged in and played with producer Andrew Watt at the helm.
The band is celebrating indie record stores with the release of a special edition of Dark Matter on April 20. Only at participating stores as part of Record Store Day. Get more information and find stores at www.recordstoreday.com

Album Artwork: light painting art by Alexandr Gnezdilov

Dark Matter Tracklist
1. Scared of Fear
2. React, Respond
3. Wreckage
4. Dark Matter
5. Won’t Tell
6. Upper Hand
7. Waiting for Stevie
8. Running
9. Something Special
10. Got to Give
11. Setting Sun

About Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam is an alternative rock band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. The band’s lineup consists of bassist Jeff Ament, rhythm guitarist Stone Gossard, lead guitarist Mike McCready, lead singer/guitarist Eddie Vedder and drummer Matt Cameron. Thirty plus years of live performances, twelve studio albums and hundreds of official live concert bootleg releases later, Pearl Jam continues to be critically acclaimed and commercially successful. The band has sold over 85 million albums worldwide and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.

Since the earliest days, Pearl Jam has used its platform to elevate people and causes that often go unnoticed or underserved. Much of the band’s philanthropic work is accomplished through its Vitalogy Foundation which to date has raised more than $50 million for organizations supporting issues such as abortion access, climate change and homelessness, and drawing attention to the fight against diseases such as Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis and epidermolysis bullosa (EB). In addition to the money Vitalogy donates, the band also donates signed instruments, posters and merchandise to organizations to use for their own fundraising purposes. Compounding the impact of Vitalogy Foundation, the band has supported Jeff Ament’s Montana Pool Service building skate parks in Montana and South Dakota. Pearl Jam also lends its voice to notable causes like the West Memphis 3, voting rights and fair ticketing practices. Over the past three decades, the band has a long history of standing up for what it believes in and putting its resources behind those beliefs.
 
Through its innovative Ten Club and fan engagement, community building, coveted poster designs, and longstanding activism and philanthropy, Pearl Jam continues to have a lasting impact on generations of music lovers.

UNEARTHLY RITES Sign to Prosthetic Records And Announce Debut Album “Ecdysis”, Music Video for Title Track Out Now

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Finnish death metal band UNEARTHLY RITES has today announced their signing to Prosthetic Records and will be releasing their debut album, Ecdysis, on May 3 via the Los Angeles label. Alongside the signing and album announcement, UNEARTHLY RITES has shared the title track with an accompanying music video. On their first full-length UNEARTHLY RITES offer up a cavernously old school approach to the genre as a rallying cry against corporate greed and ecocide.

Stream Ecdysis (single) via Apple Music | TIDAL | Deezer | Bandcamp and Spotify
Pre-order Ecdysis here.

Speaking on the signing announcement, UNEARTHLY RITES‘ Simo Perkiömäki (guitar) comments: “We’re thrilled to announce our signing with Prosthetic Records for our absolutely mind snaring debut album Ecydsis, coming out on May 3.”

Vocalist Sisli Piisilä adds: “Ecdysis is a dystopian journey in defense of nature, from the filthy bunkers where old school death metal and DIY punk attitude shake hands.”

Of the title track and music single, Sisli continues: “The title song came from a scene I walked by in the wilderness, a deer that had been ripped up in pieces by wolves. Its fur covered the ground everywhere, leaving only bare bones in sight as the carcass had already offered a feast for the animals of the forest. Ecdysis is about disappointment with modern humanity, wishing to shed one’s skin to join something earthier instead.”

Formed in 2020 through existing friendships in their native underground extreme metal and punk scenes, UNEARTHLY RITES’ members’ mutual adherence to DIY methods and principles of creativity and community resulted in a self-titled EP in 2021. As with their preceding release, Ecdysis once again saw the band record to tape with drummer Tapio Lepistö at the helm of the sessions at Black Floyds Analog Studio between May and September 2022. The ominously stark black and white cover also sees bassist Jennika Vikman once again take on art and logo duties.

At the beating heart of Ecdysis lies UNEARTHLY RITES’ insistence for a better world, with the perilous effects of capitalist interests taking precedence over nature and human life at the core of the group’s concerns. Through their collective work in environmental activism, including anti-mining campaigns in the arctic north, Ecdysis is less a despairing cry as it is a plea for change.

The band’s caustic approach to barbarically punishing death metal adds a feverish urgency to proceedings, with the rhythm section of bassist Vikman and guitarists Simo Perkiömäki and Santtu Markko evoking the genre’s most cavernously brutish traits against Sisli Piisilä’s visceral vocal delivery. Despite their rage and despondency at institutional apathy on the title track and the harrowingly doomy highlight cut Sacrifice Zones, album closer Doomed shuns inaction and resigned complicitly by directly challenging the listener to choose their side for humanity’s sake and future.

Ecdysis tracklist:
1. Hellscape
2. Deep Drilling the Earth’s Crust
3. The Master’s Tools
4. Ecdysis
5. Capitalocenic Nightmare
6. New Venus
7. Fuck Ecofascism
8. Sacrifice Zones
9. Doomed

UNEARTHLY RITES is:
Sisli Piisilä – Vocals
Simo Perkiömäki – Guitar
Tapio Lepistö – Drums
Jennika Vikman – Bass
Santtu Markko – Guitar

BALANCE OF POWER Unleash Music Video for New Single ‘One More Time Around The Sun’ from Upcoming Album

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Almost 20 long years since the release of their latest studio album “Heathen Machine”, UK heavy metal act BALANCE OF POWER returns with a new band line-up and brand new studio offering! “Fresh From The Abyss” will be released on April 19, 2024 via Massacre Records, the pre-sale is available at https://lnk.to/freshfromtheabyss

Founding members Tony Ritchie (bass) and Lionel Hicks (drums) are joined the band’s new lead vocalist Hazel Jade as well as guitarists Chris Young and Adam Wardle, who have since taken over the reins from guitarists Chris Masimore and Stoney Wagner, with whom the band worked on and recorded the upcoming album “Fresh From The Abyss”.

Following previously-released album tracks such as “Never Be Here Again” and “Abyss”, today, BALANCE OF POWER present their new single “One More Time Around The Sun”!

The song is out now on all digital services via https://balance ofpower.bfan.li nk/onemoretimea roundthesun, watch the video clip now premiering here:

Tony comments: “The song is about wanting to spend another year and then another and another with the person you love. I don’t usually write about specific people, but this song was inspired by my love for my wife Diki and never wanting it to end. Hazel changed the melody of the line “Take me one more time around the sun” which added such a great hook to the chorus. Lionel was responsible for the double time sections which lifted the song onto another level for the solos.

Written before, during and after the pandemic, the band took a more organic approach and tested themselves with new and different ways of writing their songs. Largely about life and death, “Fresh From The Abyss” is a collection of songs that either stops the clock and points to a moment in time or stands back and encompasses the vastness of time and space, and living and dying.

Produced by Toby Jepson and Lionel Hicks, “Fresh From The Abyss” was mixed by Sam Lowe with a remix by Mike Plotnikoff. For the mastering, the band hired Simon Francis, the cover artwork was created by Antz White with a design from Stuart Dilley.

Cover Design by Stuart Dilley – Artwork by Antz White

Tracklist:

  1. Last Man Down
  2. Never Be Here Again
  3. Monster
  4. Rage Of Ages
  5. Abyss
  6. Velocity
  7. Deadlands
  8. One More Time Around The Sun

BALANCE OF POWER is:
Hazel Jade – Lead Vocals
Chris Young – Guitars
Adam Wardle – Guitars
Tony Ritchie – Bass, Vocals
Lionel Hicks – Drums

Album Line-Up:
Hazel Jade – Lead Vocals
Chris Masimore – Guitars
Stoney Wagner – Guitars
Tony Ritchie – Bass, Vocals
Julien Spreutels – Keyboards
Lionel Hicks – Drums

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French EVENTIDE – Feat. Members of EPITAPHE – Share New Track ‘Sphere’

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French drone-ambient entity EVENTIDE, featuring members of acclaimed progressive death-doom metal act EPITAPHE will release their debut album “Waterline” on April 11th 2024 via Aesthetic Death.

Today, the project shares “Sphere”, the album’s closing track. Get mesmerised HERE.

EVENTIDE and “Waterline” are both somewhat spontaneous and unplanned, both borne into existence out of a necessity to find an outlet for a diversifying creative flow.

Consisting of members of the French progressive death metal act, EPITAPHE, it is easy to see how EVENTIDE has become a continuation and flow of their sounds and directionality, a creative space and capacity for their desire to evolve all the many different sounds and ideas which overspill from that which they do with EPITAPHE.

In fact, it was during the EPITAPHE recording sessions of “II” that the band had such a wealth of ideas for their tracks that EVENTIDE was spontaneously created to bring those ideas to life. How intrinsically linked both bands are becomes apparent in the opening track, which starts with a chord progression that was developed during the recording sessions for the track “Melancholia” from “II”.

As an album itself “Waterline” is a beautiful meandering journey.
The album grew out of long improvised rehearsals, mixing modular synthesizers, analog and digital effects, saxophone and guitar. EVENTIDE were able to draw on their love of jazz, drone, ambient and electronic music, and then using shapes, textures and timbres to craft and carve streams of constantly morphing atmosphere.

The music feels seamless – but still covers much ground, with the listener often unaware of these morphing shifts, just blissfully taking the flow of the album as it evolves, unfolds and cycles through eerie and ethereal sonorities.

“Waterline” was recorded live (except for the title track and very few overdubs) and the band have had the opportunity to develop and express these ideas live through their involvement with the Collectif Eptagon in Grenoble.

For the physical edition of “Waterline” the band have gathered the great help of Stefan Thanneur for the visuals, it was recorded and mixed at Mémoire Mécanique Studio (France) by Mathieu Gaud (recording) & James Leonard (additional recording & mixing), and the album was mastered by Greg Chandler at Priory Recording Studios (UK).

Source influences include Sunn O))), Ulver, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze and Portico Quartet.

Tracklist:

01. Eventide
02. Waterline
03. Adrift
04. Sphere

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