Singapore’s NOPROPHECY‘s debut album “As The Bridge Collapses” is now ready to captivate fans with its versatility from Rockshots Records. Promising a multifaceted experience, the album delves into the band’s signature melodic style while exploring various stylistic shifts across metal genres.
Describing their sound in five words – Aggressive, Melodic, Intense, Groove, and Dynamic – NOPROPHECY has consistently pushed boundaries, showcasing their signature blend of fierce intensity and melodic artistry.
“There are so many variations the band incorporates into its songwriting with this album and we believe there is something for everyone. We feel an album should always have a flow from start to finish and that is what we’re trying to achieve with this album. We definitely played around with the choruses more this time, keeping in mind to engage more crowd participation for this album cycle. We want to give the fans a refreshing experience, yet something that is relatable on a personal level.” adds the band.
NOPROPHECY invites fans and metal enthusiasts alike to join them on this exciting and diverse musical venture. With their dedication to delivering a powerful live experience, NOPROPHECY incorporates backing tracks during performances to elevate the audience’s engagement.
Recommended for fans of Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine, and As I Lay Dying, “As The Bridge Collapses” is now available as of November 24th, 2023 from Rockshots Records.
Track Listing: 1. Convelescent 0:38 2. As The Bridge Collapses 3:05 3. Ghost Of Yesterday 4:28 4. Sorrows 4:03 5. Burn It Down 3:33 6. Broken 3:31 7. Set Me Free 4:15 8. Voices 3:39 9. Higanbana 3:29 Album Length: 29:21
About: Established in 2013 by Alveria Sykes, Singapore’s NOPROPHECY has emerged as a formidable force in modern metal. The band’s inception was fueled by a collective passion for music and a desire to unite their musical abilities in a band setting. Each member looked up to revered musicians, aspiring to bring their own unique touch to the musical landscape. During its formative years, NOPROPHECY saw a rotation of musicians, but by the release of “After Life Comes EP” in 2016, the band had solidified its lineup, setting the stage for what would become a promising musical journey. Their debut full-length “As The Bridge Collapses” is due out in November 2023 from Rockshtos Records.
Hungarian extreme groove metal pioneers Omega Diatribe have premiered the song “Stench Of Demise” with an outstanding music video ahead of their forthcoming fifth studio album “Deviant“.
The new album will be released on the 1st of December under the wings of Metal Hu Records, in an impressive 8-panel DIGIPAK CD and 2 types of vinyl editions.
Co-produced, mixed and mastered by the legendary producer Tue Madsen (Meshuggah, Suicide Silence, The Haunted, etc.) at Antfarm Studios in Denmark.
Gergo Hajer, the band’s songwriter & guitar player commented of this new offering: “Unfortunately, we and our families were not spared by the pandemic either, so we had to deal with many human losses recently. In this song, we were able to release these negative energies and process the grief. A few songs or records helped me a lot to get through the dark periods in my youth, but also to this day. I believe that this song (or even the whole record) can provide support to those who have gone through or will go through similar traumas in their lives. Deviant wasn’t a happy record at all, but we never had the goal to write happy music. Instead, it’s the deepest and most honest record we’ve ever released.”
Then Akos Szathmary the bass player & graphic designer continues: “This is a topic that we try to avoid on a daily basis. For those who haven’t experienced it up close, it’s hard to get a feel for it, because it’s so unreal. Then it just happens to you and you stand there helpless, you have to accept that you can’t help. Unfortunately, death is inevitable for everyone and is constantly breathing down our necks. I don’t think we planned the main theme for Deviant this way, life just came and hit us in the back and took over. The graphics of the album cover are also based on passing away, on the pages of the 8-panel digipak we depicted the last moments of a human being’s life.”
When internationally-renowned actor Brian Blessed OBE delivers a proclamation for opening track, “The Prophecy”, expectations are automatically high for Saxon’s latest album. Have no fear and make no mistake, SAXON meet and exceed them on their 24th studio album, Hell, Fire And Damnation, set for release January 19th 2024 via Silver Lining Music.
Biff Byford, lead singer and founder-member reminisces when asked about the title of the band’s brand new release, Hell, Fire And Damnation.
“I’ve had that saying in my head since I was a small boy because my dad used to say it when he was upset,” Biff smiles. “He used to say, ‘Hell, fire, and damnation, what’s tha’ been doing now?!’ when I was ‘messing up his cabbage patch’ or carving things into the kitchen table. It was a very ‘Yorkshire’ saying back in the day.”
The title track unleashed today is a superlative British Heavy Metal classic exploring the juxtaposition between good and evil.
“There’s so much music out there about hell and the devil and the occult that I just thought it’s about time somebody wrote one about the battle just between good and evil!” explains Biff. “You can’t sing about the devil without singing about the good guy either, and the song basically says ‘make your choice’. We all have to make the choice, are we evil or are we good? The song’s about that fight.”
Hell, Fire And Damnation is an album which sees Saxon investigate all areas of history and mystery amidst ten of their most confident and thunderously powerful songs yet. Biff delivers his richest vocals in years, Nigel Glockler and Nibbs Carter on drums and bass respectively lay down the rhythmic law with bombastic power, and the guitars of Doug Scarratt and Brian Tatler are fresh and fiery, a perfect complement to each other, carrying an overall energy and fury which will have fans salivating. Musically, Saxon bring it all to the table. There’s a furious tribute to actual heavy metal in the denim & leather coated super-sprint “Fire And Steel”, a wonderful nod to the NWOBHM’s birth in the electric mid-pace “Pirates Of The Airwaves”, but maybe the true treasure amidst the jewels is “There’s Something In Roswell”, with the sort of expansive groove and embrace which deserves arenas.
Produced by Andy Sneap (Judas Priest, Exodus, Accept and Priest guitarist) and Biff Byford, with Sneap mixing and mastering, Hell, Fire And Damnation strides the perfect line between confident, current power, and gloriously irreverent flexing of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal muscle which Saxon co-created.
“I think this album’s one of the best he’s done sound-wise, and he’s done a lot of albums” Biff declares. “It has a really raw, vibrant sound… if you compress the total time making this album, it was four weeks tops… you can hear everything brilliantly, nothing’s overcomplicated, nothing’s over compressed. The guitar sounds are fucking immense, they’re just great, raw guitar sounds. And we haven’t done a lot of overdubbing on there, it’s just playing. I really, really like it.”
2024 promises to be a great year for Saxon, with the European tour alongside Judas Priest and Uriah Heep kicking-off in the UK in March, plus the arrival of the heavy metal masterpiece Hell, Fire And Damnation.
“Getting these shows in March 2024 with Judas Priest and Uriah Heep meant it made sense to push and get the album made faster,” says Biff, “so, we got on with it in haste and pulled it out of the bag. It was tricky, but I think it’s safe to say we managed it well.”
Oh, it’s safe to say alright!
Hell, Fire And Damnation will be available in a variety of formats and pre-orders can be placed at this location.
Vocals recorded by Seb Byford at Big Silver Barn, York (UK); Drums recorded by Jacky Lehmann at Lampes Posthotel Old Cinema Restaurant Der Krug (Germany); Guitars recorded at Big Silver Barn, York (UK).
HELL, FIRE AND DAMNATION WORLD TOUR (Part 1) 11 March – OVO Hydro, Glasgow (UK) 13 March – First Direct Arena, Leeds (UK) 15 March – 3Arena, Dublin (IE) 17 March – BIC, Bournemouth (UK) 19 March – Resorts World Arena, Birmingham (UK) 21 March – OVO Arena Wembley, London (UK) 24 March – Festhalle, Frankfurt (DE) 25 March – Olympiahalle, München (DE) 26 March – Volksbank Messe, Balingen (DE) 27 March – Westfalenhalle, Dortmund (DE) 29 March – O2 Arena, Prague (CZ) 30 March – Tauron Arena, Kraków (PL) 1 April – Wiener Stadhalle, Vienna (AT) 2 April – Roxy, Ulm (DE) 3 April – St. Jakobshalle, Basel (CH) 5 April – Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon (FR) 6 April – Mediolanum Forum, Milan (IT) 8 April – Zénith, Paris (FR) 13 June – Sant Jordi Club, Barcelona (ES) 15 June – Navarra Arena, Pamplona (ES) 17 June – Palacio Vistalegre, Madrid (ES) 1 July – Barclays Arena, Hamburg (DE) 2 July – Max-Schmeling-Halle, Berlin (DE) 4 July – Arena Nürnberger, Nürnberg (DE) 8 July – Sap Arena, Mannheim (DE) 10 July – Messehalle, Dresden (DE)
Dark electronic pop collective TVINNA are now releasing their first single “Louga” from their new upcoming album ‘Two – Wings of Ember’.
Special guest on the song and music video is Fabienne Erni, also known as the vocalist from Eluveitie.
Vocalist Laura explains: ” ‘Louga’s’ lyrics are in old-high German, once more, as we find this old language to be a wonderful medium for spell-and ritual-like invocations.
This song is our rite to celebrate life, love and the gift of children. A song for them to be welcomed within our circle, show them our unconditional love, offer a home and gift them courage. „Louga“ means „flame“ and we encourage our little flame, i.e. the children, to grow, glow, unfold and be free.”
The song is accompanied by a beautiful music video which can be viewed HERE. Don’t forget to pre-save the song HERE.
‘Two – Wings of Ember’ will be released on the 23rd of February 2024 via By Norse. More info such as artwork, tracklist and album details can be found below.
Artwork by: Concept & Model: Laura Fella Concept & Photography: Sam Evans Composition & Graphic Design: Fieke van den Hurk
Tracklist:
Nénuphar (02:16)
Dawn Of Mine (04:05)
Louga (feat. Fabienne Erni) (03:33)
Irwahhên (04:06)
Arma (04:46)
Wings Of Ember (05:00)
Somnia (06:46)
Two Staves (05:01)
Fortress (03:58)
The Fall (06:06)
Der Weg (03:17)
Total length: 48:54
TVINNA live: 23.05.2024 – Hamburg, Hebebühne, DE 24.05.2024 – Leipzig, Naumanns, DE 25.05.2024 – München, Backstage Club, DE
Line-up: Laura Fella: Vocals, Synthesizer, Shaman Drum, Electronics, Beats (Faun) Rafael Fella: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Electronics (Eluveitie) Alain Ackermann: Drums (Eluveitie) Sascha van der Meer: Backing Vocals (Solarcycles)
Massive guitar riffs blaze out of melancholic, mystical dark folk mists, rhythmic throbbing ignites soulful hymns -expressive, progressive and deeply emotional at their core. Analogue sound elements meander playfully through tightly woven melodic arcs and spherical rock waves, unleashed and captivating at the same time. Everything comes together, melts and culminates in a rewarding ritual, the second TVINNA album “Two -Wings Of Ember”.
“Where there is light, there is also darkness. This duality pulsates in each of our songs, it is a big part of our very own perception and aesthetics. By letting the darkness shine, we hope to see the light shine brighter.” (Laura Fella)
Dawnbreed Records released a compilation of UTYR‘s first two EPs yesterday, November 25th 2023. The effort is available in CD format and can be streamed at THIS LOCATION.
The old school of black metal is something that thousands upon thousands have tried to emulate with few seeming to do it true justice. Unyielding in its cold darkness yet never afraid to bring melody into the mix for a real sense of potency alongside its hateful nature, the original vein of the sound is always open for more to really deliver excellence like what UTYR has accomplished.
Combining their pair of EPs for a tremendous display of darkness that wouldn’t halt for the ending of the earth, what’s put forth in this creation is an assault upon the very notion of life itself as its foolishness is spattered throughout the dominating void of the universe.
Devilish in all the right areas with its voracious bouts of fury that give way to an immense dirge of riffs which summon the power of the north winds themselves, UTYR puts forth a display that many throughout the dense underground can only ever hope to bring forth when they take their first steps out into those wilds.
The realm of black metal is always in search of its next source of ferocity and raw attitude that is put together by real talent, and UTYR has risen from the blackness to answer that call.
Finnish Melodic Thrash/Death Metal band MIDJUNGARDS have released their first single and music video for ‘Last March‘. The song is taken from their second album ‘When Empires Fall‘, which will be out on January 26th, 2024 via Dark Trails Records. The YouTube video can be viewed below.
1. Intro 2. The Last March 3. Chosen By The Gods 4. Stronger Than Hate and Love 5. When Empires Fall 6. Age Is A Number 7. In Dragon’s Blood 8. The Ring 9. Father And Son 10. Written In The Heart
Produced by MIDJUNGARDS. Recorded and mixed by Leevi Kohonen at Finnvox Studios. Mastering by Mika Jussila and Finnvox Studios.
MIDJUNGARDS is:
Toni Cano – vocals, bass and guitars Murilo Messer – lead guitar Timmo Salakka – drums
MIDJUNGARDS was formed in 2006. Toni Cano developed the concept of the band over the years, close to the amazing history of the historical goths. Toni learned the historical goth language and get very deep into their long history to get all the inspiration needed.
With the help of the ex-drummer of “Parking Fox” Paco Muñoz. Toni recorded the debut album ‘From Scandza‘ at Finnvox studios, with the release on March 2023.
The debut album was well received by fans and press. MIDJUNGARDS toured after the release in Finland and Estonia, in Spain and played at the great festival “Rock Imperium” in Cartagena.
MIDJUNGARDS second album ‘When Empires Fall‘ offers a blend of melodic Thrash Death Metal with lyrics inspired in the classic and medieval world or the historical goths.
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
