Rock Group MIDNIGHT DAYDREAM – feat. son Of late Guitarist Bruce Cameron – will release their self-titled debut album on July 5th.
The writer, producer, engineer and main performer on the album is Riley Cameron, the son of the late guitarist Bruce Cameron, who tragically passed away in 1999 shortly after releasing his debut LP titled “Midnight Daydream”. An album that featured a plethora of rock legends. Inspired by his father’s work, the only viable option was to carry the musical legacy that his father left behind.
The self-titled album features a blend of hard rock, electronic, hip-hop and various other musical styles that create a modern sound that captures a spectrum of influences.
The “Midnight Daydream” LP is set to release on July 5th, 2023 and will be available on all mainstream platforms, including Itunes, Spotify and Youtube. Physical Copies and merchandise will also be available through their merchandise store via BandCamp.
Once again, Dutch thrash icons LEGION OF THE DAMNED unload hatred and anger into their remarkable depths of black and death metal, releasing yet another unmatched demon with the upcoming album, The Poison Chalice, out May 26, 2023 via Napalm Records. Surrounded by pitch-black darkness and tortured souls, the demonic underworlds are ready to eat!
With title track “The Poison Chalice”, LEGION OF THE DAMNED embrace the Beast together with an official lyric video! For the first time ever on a studio album, the band hails as a five piece and brings their aggressive and brutally blackened soundscapes to a higher level – closing the album with a steel-breaking track.
LEGION OF THE DAMNED on “The Poison Chalice”: “Title track “The Poison Chalice” praises the dangerous fruits of the left hand path and is straight forward heavy and furious Death Thrash“
Founded in 1990 as Occult, the thrash machine around founding members Maurice Swinkels and Erik Fleuren was reborn as LEGION OF THE DAMNED in 2005. Conquering the European charts for decades, the LEGION crowned itself at #17 in the Official German Album Charts with predecessor Slaves Of The Shadow Realms (2019). For almost 35 years, they have formed their aggressive signature sound from the most horrific ingredients of thrash and death metal, combined with brutal blackened influences, resulting in one of the most defined and unique sounds in the scene. On The Poison Chalice, the band unites with Fabian Verweij as second guitarist besides Twan van Geel and conquers hell together with bassist Harold Gielen.
The Poison Chalice Tracklist: 1 Saints in Torment 2 Contamination 3 Progressive Destructor 4 Skulls Adorn the Traitor’s Gate 5 Behold the Beyond 6 Retaliation 7 Savage Intent 8 Chimes of Flagellation 9 Beheading of the Godhead 10 The Poison Chalice
Bonus CD: 1 Werewolf Corpse – Live at Eindhoven Metal Meeting 2022 2 Pray and Suffer – Live at Eindhoven Metal Meeting 2022 3 Diabolist – Live at Eindhoven Metal Meeting 2022 4 Bleed for Me – Live at Eindhoven Metal Meeting 2022 5 Legion of the Damned – Live at Eindhoven Metal Meeting 2022 6 Intro/Slaughtering the Pigs – Live at Dynamo Metal Fest 2020 7 Doom Priest – Live at Dynamo Metal Fest 2020’ 8 Place of Sin – Live at Dynamo Metal Fest 2020 9 Undead Stillborn – Live at Dynamo Metal Fest 2020 10 Intermezzo – Live at Dynamo Metal Fest 2020 11 Taste of the Whip – Live at Dynamo Metal Fest 2020 12 Slaves of the Southern Cross – Live at Dynamo Metal Fest 2020 13 The Widow’s Breed – Live at Dynamo Metal Fest 2020 14 Legion of the Damned – Live at Dynamo Metal Fest 2020 15 Dark Coronation/Outro – Live at Dynamo Metal Fest 2020
The Poison Chalice comes to life by spreading its eerily beautiful wings within the first few seconds, then dives headfirst into a hellishly furious storm before the second song “Contamination” absolutely kills. In classic LEGION OF THE DAMNED manner, there is no escape as the track relentlessly drives into the abyss.
The album spreads brutal and ice cold thrash soundscapes through relentless, attacking drums and incredible guitar harmonies from both lead guitarists, underlined by angry bass lines. Infectious thrash treasures such as “Progressive Destructor”, and the almost seven-minute berserk “Behold The Beyond” break necks with hammering guitar riffs and bloody double bass infernos. “Beheading of The Godhead” delivers what the song title promises, before the preceding 48 minutes of hate closes with a big explosion!
Together with producer Erwin Hermsen, the band closed the gates of the underworld in Toneshed Studio and demonstrate that they remain the unchallenged masters of brute and unrelenting death-thrash metal in 2023!
LEGION OF THE DAMNED are: Maurice Swinkels – vocals Twan Van Geel – guitars Fabian Verweij – guitars Harold Gielen – bass Erik Fleuren – drums
WARKINGS Warriors beware – from the depths of Valhalla, the mighty kings rise once again! This time, they pay tribute to the high priests of heavy metal, POWERWOLF – who they performed with on their biggest support tour so far in autumn 2022 – by releasing a lyric video for their cover of the classic “Armate Strigoi”, taken from the 2015 POWERWOLF album, Blessed & Possessed.
The freshly crowned Top 10 charting band is ready to conquer new battlefields with the warriors and shieldmaidens of Germany’s hottest folk metal band to date, FEUERSCHWANZ, on their almost completely sold out April/May tour of Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Prepare for huge battles!
WARKINGS on “Armata Strigoi”: “This is our tribute to the mighty wolfpack of Powerwolf. We honor these great warriors with our version of this epic hymn. Ah-Hu!!!”
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WARKINGS live: Memento Mori Tour 2023 w/ Feuerschwanz * + Angus McSix ** + The Dark Side Of The Moon 12.04.23 AT – Linz / Posthof 13.04.23 AT – Vienna / Simm City – SOLD OUT! 14.04.23 AT – Graz / Orpheum 15.04.23 DE – Munich / Backstage – SOLD OUT! 19.04.23 CH – Pratteln / Z7* 20.04.23 DE – Frankfurt / Batschkapp* – SOLD OUT! 21.04.23 DE – Saarbrücken / Garage* 22.04.23 DE – Stuttgart / Im Wizemann* – SOLD OUT! 23.04.23 DE – Heidelberg / Halle 02* 27.04.23 DE – Hamburg / Markthalle – SOLD OUT! 28.04.23 DE – Hamburg / Markthalle – SOLD OUT! 29.04.23 DE – Oberhausen / Turbinenhalle – SOLD OUT! 30.04.23 DE – Nuremberg / Löwensaal – SOLD OUT! 05.05.23 DE – Leipzig / Felsenkeller – SOLD OUT! 06.05.23 DE – Berlin / Huxleys – SOLD OUT! 11.05.23 DE – Bremen / Aladin** 12.05.23 DE – Hanover / Capitol** – SOLD OUT! 13.05.23 DE – Cologne / Carlswerk** – SOLD OUT! 14.05.23 DE – Oberhausen / Turbinenhalle** – ADDITIONAL SHOW!
WARKINGS are: Tribune – War Chant Crusader – Steelwing Spartan – War Drums Viking – Battle Axe Morgana le Fay – Unholy Evocations
Italian death-black metallers EXITIUM will be releasing their debut album, “Imperitous March For Abysmal Glory”, on May 12th 2023 via Time To Kill Records.
The band is now sharing the lyric video for the first single “The Sinister Sedition”. Watch/listen at THIS LOCATION.
“Imperitous March For Abysmal Glory” sees the mysterious Italian band unleashing ten intense and unfaltering tracks of their black-laced death metal which promise to pummel the listener into submission. The band’s sound displays a great sense of urgency and is constantly revived with extra layers of ominous soundscapes ingeniously suggesting an atmosphere of suspence and horror.
EXITIUM‘s sound embodies the perfect combination of face-melting aggression and electrifying atmosphere, with song structures remaining unpredictable and yet strangely coherent.
With its ambitious lyrical concept about an obscure civilization located under the earth’s crust and malicious external entities, the album is propelling EXITIUM to the forefront of the current black-death metal movement with an original and brilliant artistic overhaul.
SASS JORDAN‘s breakthrough album, Racine, was released in 1992 and yielded the Canadian hit singles “Make You a Believer,” “I Want to Believe”–both ranked on Billboard magazine’s Mainstream Rock chart–“You Don’t Have to Remind Me,” and “Goin’ Back Again.” In 1994, Jordan released Rats, which yielded her first song on the Billboard Hot 100 with the single “Sun’s Gonna Rise,” and also featured “High Road Easy.”
Now Jordan has teamed up with Deko Entertainment to take a look back at the Rats tour with the upcoming release of Live in New York Ninety-Four, which was recorded at the South Street Seaport in NYC during that 1994 tour. The band at that time, along with Jordan, consisted of Tony Reyes (bass, vocals), Taylor Hawkins (drums, vocals), Nick Lashley (guitar), and Stevie Salas (guitar). The full album will drop digitally on April 28, to be followed up by a limited-edition vinyl release with preorders going on sale April 15.
The first single off the album is “High Road Easy,” which Jordan shares, is a celebration of the early days in the career of Hawkins, future Foo Fighters drummer. Jordan says, “As we hit the milestone that marks one year since Taylor left us, I wanted to do something to honor his memory–a recognition and appreciation for his glorious, big, beautiful energy–which lives on through this recording and in all of our hearts. That’s why we offer this now …. This particular song, ‘High Road Easy,’ was in its infancy in those days–you can really hear it in the way the band attacks and tears it to pieces–rampaging through its whole length like the pack of road dogs that we were…”
Deko Entertainment president, Bruce Pucciarello, comments on the label’s involvement, “Sass is one of my all-time favorites, so I am thrilled we get to share this never released live performance with everyone. Everything about this record is perfect!”
Tracklist “Intro” “Damaged” “Make You a Believer” “Moonage Daydream” “Head” “Sun’s Gonna Rise” “You Don’t Have to Remind Me” “High Road Easy” “Pissin’ Down” “Ugly”
Canadian Tour Dates: 24 JUN 2023: SHERWOOD PARK, AB – BROADMOOR LAKE PARK 07 JUL 2023: PICTOU, NS – CN GROUNDS 22 JUL 2023: KITCHENER, ON – KITCHENER CITY HALL 12 AUG 2023: MAPLE RIDGE, BC – ALBION FAIRGROUNDS 13 AUG 2023: PRINCE GEORGE, BC – EXHIBITION PARK
FROZEN CROWN is about to kick off a tour across Europe as special guests of the mighty NANOWAR OF STEEL. See the tour dates below.
01.04.23 CH – Aarburg / Musigburg 02.04.23 DE – Munich / Backstage Club 03.04.23 AT – Vienna / Viper Room 04.04.23 HU – Budapest / Analog Music Hall 05.04.23 PL – Krakow / Zaścianek 06.04.23 PL – Warsaw / Hydrozagadka 08.04.23 DE – Hannover / Cafe Glocksee 09.04.23 DE – Hamburg / Logo 10.04.23 DK – Copenhagen / Stengade 12.04.23 NL – Rotterdam / Baroeg 13.04.23 DE – Frankfurt / Nachtleben 14.04.23 DE – Essen / Turock 15.04.23 DE – Trier / Mergener Hof 16.04.23 BE – Vorselaar / De Dreef
FROZEN CROWN released their new album “Call of the North” on March 10th 2023 via Scarlet Records.
‘Call of the North’ is the fourth Frozen Crown album, consolidating their sound while bringing at the same time unseen features on the table (like acoustic ballads and epic choirs), where Power Metal meets old-school Speed and classic Heavy Metal in a modern fashion, with a bombastic production highlighting opulent orchestrations and harmonies.
The Italian band comes back stronger than ever, with the most thoughtful yet the catchiest of their works, bringing along memorable refrains, heavy downtuned guitar riffs and intricate symphonic parts, tied together by a tense and epic battlefield atmosphere.
Being Frozen Crown’s most mature album, ‘Call of the North’is the ideal soundtrack to a long journey in a frozen, forgotten land, through battle chants and war hymns, and defines the sound pushing all their trademark elements to a new level of complexity, without forgetting the easy to remember hooks the fans are used to.
FROZEN CROWN is: Giada “Jade” Etro – vocals Federico Mondelli – guitar and vocals Fabiola “Sheena” Bellomo – guitar Francesco “Ikki” Zof – bass Niso Tomasini – drums
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