TODD LA TORRE has released a new video for the song ‘Apology’. The track is taken from the album “Rejoice in the Suffering” that will be released in Europe on April 21, 2023 as jewel case CD, limited to 200 copies on Red Opaque double vinyl and limited to 300 copies on White/Red Splatter double vinyl!
Rejoice in The Suffering line-up: Todd La Torre – Vocals / Drums Craig Blackwell – Guitars / Bass / Keys
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Canada’s The Metal Voice recently spoke to Steel Panther’s singer Michael Starr. Starr spoke about the bands new album ‘On The Prowl’ Plus Starr also spoke about if the band is getting push back from cancel culture folks.
Sixth Studio Album ‘On The Prowl’ was released February 24, 2023.
From the interview
Michael Starr was asked if there was any push back at their shows from the cancel culture folks he replied,” No, not really. The only push back we got was for a plug-in that Satchel designed called the ‘Pussy Melter’ and it was on the TC electronics website and a girl guitar player saw it and she got extremely offended by it. She wrote the company and (the company) took the plug-in off because one person was upset with it. So Satchel came up with the idea and said why don’t we just make a guitar pedal? So we got into the guitar pedal business. And that thing flew off the shelves so quick, cause people were trying to cancel us. We only made 10,000 of them, just a small order of them, a limited edition. And we sold them all in two weeks. So somebody tried to cancel us, or a subcategory of us and it kind of backfired on them. Anyways my point is people that come to our shows, they know what to expect. No one walks off the street and says ohh that looks like a fun show, I’m going to go in buy a ticket and go, I am so offended by them saying FU#K or whatever. People that come to our shows know what they are coming into. They know they are coming to a show where they are going to laugh and hear some profane, politically incorrect humour. I think everyone’s there for the same party. So we really haven’t experienced any of that cancel culture. Our shows have been selling out on this tour and I would like to attribute it to how great my hair looks but it’s not that it is more like people are sick of not being heard. People are sick of getting bullshitted and they want something they can count on. “
On The Prowl Track Listing: 1) Never Too Late (To Get Some Pu**y Tonight) 2) Friends With Benefits 3) On Your Instagram 4) Put My Money Where Your Mouth Is 5) 1987 6) Teleporter 7) Is My D**k Enough (feat. Dweezil Zappa) 8) Magical Vagina 9) All That And More 10) One Pump Chump 11) Pornstar 12) Ain’t Dead Yet 13) Sleeping On The Rollaway
London-based multinational black metal band CALLIGRAM have today announced their sophomore full-length, Position | Momentum, will be released on July 14 via Prosthetic Records. Alongside the album announcement, the quintet have also shared the lead single and accompanying video, Ex-Sistere.
Speaking on Position | Momentum‘s announcement, CALLIGRAM comments: “Position | Momentum is a concept that comes from quantum physics: it says that when studying a particle you can’t know its position and its momentum (its impetus) at the same time. It’s strongly related to the idea of chaos/uncertainty, to the Heisenberg theory and it conveys very well our intentions of exploring the unpredictability of life and the full blown chaos that lies underneath existence which is what this album is about.”
Joy can be found in the most unlikely of places. A listen through CALLIGRAM‘s latest offering may not instantly conjure up feelings of immediate joy, but rest assured – between the blistering howls and blackened riffs, there is much to celebrate.
Position | Momentum saw the group decamp to The Parlour Studios in Kettering to record with Russ Russell (Napalm Death, Dimmu Borgir, At The Gates) during the summer of 2022. The follow up to 2020’s The Eye Is The First Circle doesn’t ease up on intensity; if anything, giving the chaos a little more room to breathe has shaped CALLIGRAM into something even more formidable than before.
Sonically, the band has further refined their amalgamation of bilious D-beat punk and ice cold black metal. The results are as abrasive as one would hope, but ceding space to atmospheric passages helps create a claustrophobic, ominous ambience to proceedings; allowing some light in only serves to accentuate the darkness further.
Once again vocals are delivered in Matteo Rizzardo’s native Italian – and even those who don’t speak the language should soon pick up the jist of his missives. Tales of pain, chaos, struggle and anxiety are poured into each anguished scream, a growing sense of combustibility becomes palpable as the album progresses. But Rizzardo is keen to clarify that Position | Momentum is not about catharsis through music: this is not his therapy.
The hardest work for Rizzardo was done away from the band as he walked along a path of acceptance and self-analysis. As the burdens on his shoulders grew heavier and the darkness became all-consuming he set out to understand, embrace and reclaim the darkest parts of himself. Position | Momentum documents his feelings looking back at troubled times – with clarity, acceptance, and yes – joy. Reflecting on his experiences with some emotional distance meant that the lyrics came easily; Rizzardo describes them as ‘flying out’ – a purging of sorts.
Music is often seen as medicine; a balm to soothe what ails you. With no intention to use Position | Momentum as a crutch, CALLIGRAM has crafted the opposite – a caustic celebration of pain, death and chaos.
Position | Momentum tracklist: 1. Sul Dolore 2. Frantumi In Itinere 3. Eschilo 4. Tebe 5. Per Jamie 6. Ostranenie 7. Ex-Sistere 8. Seminario Dieici
Just in time to celebrate today’s launch of their European tour with Evil Invaders, Schizophrenia and Mason, SoCal modern thrash metal frontrunners WARBRINGER have revealed a brand new music video for the Weapons of Tomorrow burner “Unraveling”! See below for a full listing of the band’s upcoming European and UK tour dates and bang your head to this action-packed, gritty new visual, filmed, produced and edited by Juan Rodriguez with Roberto Maqueos.
Drummer Carlos Cruz states:
“Road Warriors! We’re excited to release this new music video for ‘Unraveling’, capturing the chaos of all of you Heavy Metal maniacs going OFF at a WARBRINGER show! Thank you to Juan and Roberto for once again joining the madness to collaborate on another killer video, and a major thanks to all of YOU for thrashing with us!
The anarchy continues overseas on our ‘Ravaging Europe 2023’ tour with Evil Invaders, Schizophrenia and Mason! Check the dates, spread the word and we’ll see you in the circle pit!”
WARBRINGER 2023 European Dates w/ Evil Invaders, Schizophrenia and Mason: 24/03/2023 BE Aalst – Oilsjt Omploft 25/03/2023 DE Essen – Turock 26/03/2023 FR Colmar – Le Grillen 27/03/2023 BE Namur – Le Belvédère 28/03/2023 DE Kassel – Goldgrube 29/03/2023 DE Mannheim – 7er Club 30/03/2023 DE Leipzig – Hellraiser 31/03/2023 DE Hamburg – BHF Pauli 01/04/2023 DK Copenhagen- BETA 02/04/2023 DE Berlin – Cassiopeia 03/04/2023 PL Warsaw – Hydrozagadka 04/04/2023 PL Krakow – Kamienna12 05/04/2023 DE Munich – Backstage Halle 06/04/2023 CZ Prague – Modra Vopice 07/04/2023 HU Budapest – Barba Negra 08/04/2023 CH Sursee – Kulturwerk 118 09/04/2023 AT Dornbirn – Schlachthaus 10/04/2023 AT Vienna – Viper Room 11/04/2023 CH Martigny – Cave Du Manoir 13/04/2023 FR Lyon – Rock n Eat 14/04/2023 FR Pau – L’Ampli 15/04/2023 ES Barcelona – La Nau 16/04/2023 ES Madrid – Nazca 17/04/2023 ES Mos Pontreveda – Sala Rebullón 18/04/2023 ES Granada – Sala El Tren 19/04/2023 ES Zaragoza – Sala Lo Intento 20/04/2023 FR Nantes – Le Ferrailleur 21/04/2023 FR Paris – Backstage By The Mill 22/04/2023 NL Arnhem – Willemeen 23/04/2023 NL Helmond – Cacaofabriek 24/04/2023 DE Hannover – Cafe Glocksee
UK Dates w/ Hellripper as support only: 26/04/23 – Birmingham, UK – Asylum 27/04/23 – Manchester, UK – The Bread Shed 28/04/23 – Glasgow, UK – Classic Grand* 29/04/23 – London, UK – Boston Music Room
Order WARBRINGER’s latest full-length album, Weapons of Tomorrow,HERE!
With Weapons of Tomorrow, WARBRINGER have not only proven a true mastery of their craft, but have spurred the forward shift of an entire genre – transporting thrash metal into a brand-new era. Building upon their internationally-acclaimed blistering attack, Weapons of Tomorrow showcases a refreshed technical approach and a heightened focus on unique lyrical and vocal style. The record takes the promise of the band’s previous release, Woe to the Vanquished, and carries it onward, presenting WARBRINGER at their absolute best to date – over 10 years into their careers.
WARBRINGER is: John Kevill – Vocals Adam Carroll – Guitar Carlos Cruz – Drums Chase Becker – Guitar Chase Bryant – Bass
Contemporary dark wave project HOST, launched by Nick Holmes and Greg Mackintoshof PARADISE LOST, have released a sprawling ambient remix of ‘Hiding From Tomorrow’ by LUSTMORD. The remix follows the recent release of the bands debut album IX.
Greg Mackintosh comments: “Lustmord has taken this track from electro goth into a whole new territory. I love it when a remix drifts far and wide from it’s source material and he has certainly done that. He has created a sprawling, emotive, cinematic soundscape”
Stream ‘Hiding From Tomorrow (Lustmord Remix)’ on all platforms now at this location.
IX Tracklist 1. Wretched Soul 2. Tomorrow’s Sky 3. Divine Emotion 4. Hiding From Tomorrow 5. A Troubled Mind 6. My Only Escape 7. Years of Suspicion 8. Inquistion 9. Instinct
IX Digipack Tracklist 1. Wretched Soul 2. Tomorrow’s Sky 3. Divine Emotion 4. Hiding From Tomorrow 5. A Troubled Mind 6. My Only Escape 7. Years of Suspicion 8. Inquistion 9. Instinct 10. I Ran (A Flock Of Seagulls cover) 11. Hiding From Tomorrow (Lustmord Remix) 12. Tomorrow’s Sky (GosT Remix)
About HOST
The origins of HOST do not trace back to the 1999 PARADISE LOST album bearing the same name but instead to the West Yorkshire music clubs of the mid-to-late 1980s. While Holmes and Mackintosh were already certified heavy metal fanatics (“metal thrashing mad” as Holmes equates), they were equally drawn to the New Wave and Goth music scenes. The pounding rhythms, sublime melodies and undercurrent of darkness drew them in, creating immediate earworms and a desire to delve further.
Mackintosh finally put plans into motion during the pandemic for a venture that would merge his penchant for sound design with the moods and atmosphere of 1980s dance-pop and Goth. The project was originally a solo pursuit until he asked Holmes, his longtime PARADISE LOST songwriting partner, to join. HOST was selected as the name as a tip of the hat to the aforementioned album that found PARADISE LOST in an unprecedented period of experimentation that eschewed their metal roots and also challenged their fanbase in ways like never before.
“We always stood by Host as an album,” says Mackintosh. “This project is not totally connected to that album, but some of the ideas are extrapolated. We’re taking the basic premise and trying it out now. And, really, it was something fun and interesting for us to do. We’ve been doing PARADISE LOST for a long time and got an itch to try something different from where PL is now. I could take PL down this route again. Who knows? It may happen if we live long enough, but I thought, ‘Why not now?’ I had the time to do it.”
HOST is: Nick Holmes – Vocals Greg Mackintosh – Guitars, Synths & Programming
With the third single “If We Dance” from the upcoming album “Ghosts” THE REVENANTS show a complete another side of their versatile album. Casual, cool and chill, the only thing missing is the right car and the sunset!
The trio around “End Of Green”-vocalist Michelle Darkness is releasing a song that the fans will surely cheer about.
The album “Ghosts” will be released on 04/21/2023 as a DOUBLE CD DIGIPACK with 20 songs and is already on presale. Pre-orderers of the album can look forward to a few extras! therevenants.epr.rocks save-it.cc/epr/if-we-dance
Spring 2018. No big intro, no fanfare and no sensational announcment.
The two longtime soulbrothers, italian-rooted guitar wizard Fabiano Arganese and Marc Ayerle, guitarist, producer and live sound engineer for decades, started to jam around in Marcs own klangmanufaktur studios. There was no plan, no concept, nor any rules or genre typical limitations. The guiding light was the music itself, the song was taking control over the path which shall be followed. After the first weekend session, four songs were written and completely recorded. A great glimpse of delight, which led to further deliberations. So Marc decided to ask one of his best and nearest friends, Michelle Darkness, well-known voice of Southern German Gloomsters “End of Green” (Marc is doing their live sound engineering for nearly 20 years now), to try some vocals on those. It was a perfect match. The Songs began to breath and it all started to gain contour. The rest seemed really to be predictable. The songwriting and production went like a breeze. 20 songs were finished and … The Revenants was born!
Tracklist: Disc I: 01 Ghosts 02 Into The Fire 03 Emeraldmine 04 Redemption 05 Leeches & Whores 06 If We Dance 07 Karma Kills 08 Who Knows 09 Disclosures 10 The End Is Black
Disc II: 01 Los Angeles 02 Ain’t No Wine 03 Me And The Sea 04 Mountain 05 Freestreet 06 Roofless 07 Good Men Gone Bad 08 Slippin’ Away 09 Vendetta 10 Worlds Collide
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s ASA unveil the long-overdue release of "Collective Failure" + first music video for title-track! Check it out and stay tuned for more news! Click image to watch the video
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
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