Already a few days after the announcement of the new album “Ashes Of Doom” STORMAGE present the first “firecracker” from the new album: “Deniers Of Reality” is the name of the song and deals with missing values, selfishness, greed, war and violence and that each individual can do something against it. Don’t say we didn’t warn you: this catchy tune will make furrows in your cerebral cortex!
In the 20 years of their existence, the quartet from the German Sauerland has continuously honed their own style. For the upcoming fourth album “Ashes Of Doom” no one less than Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann (Orden Ogan) participated as co-producer. The result is a multifaceted. cleverly arranged Powermetal album, but just a touch “darker” than the rest.
Tracklist: 01 – Overture Of The Abyss (Instrumental) 02 – Beyond The Horizon 03 – Deniers Of Reality 04 – Fierce As A Dragon 05 – Slide On Your Knees 06 – Our Latest Endeavour 07 – Ashes Of My Doom 08 – The Spirit Never Dies 09 – Blood Shot Eyes 10 – Put The Hammer Down 11 – Son Of Hatred 12 – The Wind Will Take Us Home
Line-up: Heiko Heseler – Lead Vocals & Lead Guitar Tim Sonnenstuhl – Lead Guitar Dirk Heggemann – Bass Vasileios (Billy) Georgiou – Drums
Dark experimental doom band ESOTERIC have announced a new Australian tour, which will take place in during the Australian winter in June/July 2023. The ‘Maniacal Pyrrhonism’ tour will kick off at the Brightside venue in Brisbane, followed by 4 more dates throughout the country! A full list of confirmed dates can be found below. Tickets can be found HERE.
ESOTERIC comment on the trek: “We are hugely looking forward to decimating stages on our tour of Australia, along with and are currently preparing an extended set of 90 minutes for each show, featuring songs from across various albums in the bands’ history“
The band’s latest album is still available in the Season of Mist shop HERE.
ESOTERIC Australia 28 Jun 23 Brisbane (AU) The Brightside 29 Jun 23 Sydney (AU) The Lansdowne 30 Jun 23 Canberra (AU) The Basement 01 Jul 23 Melbourne (AU) Bendigo Hotel 02 Jul 23 Adelaide (AU) The Cranker
ESOTERIC 2023 27 Apr 23 Barroselas (PT) SWR Barroselas Metalfest 2023 26 May 23 Brighton (UK) Doomsday Fest – The Green Door Store
ESOTERIC will be playing in support of their latest release ‘A Pyrrhic Existence’.
Line-up Greg Chandler: Vocals, Guitars Mark Bodossian: Bass, synths Joe Fletcher: Drums Jim Nolan: Guitars Gordon Bicknell: Guitars
For more information on the band, please click HERE
Photo by Vagelis Giotopoulos – Cover artwork and layout by Christos Karietis
GEORGE GAKIS announces the release date of his new record and details of the release party! The new album is entitled “Parallel Dimensions” and will be released by ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records on May 26, 2023!
A work in music and lyrics of his own, which includes 12 songs and of which George is very proud! It has been “managed” in the best way by his super-talented little “brother” Bob Saganas who played -among others- all the guitars and bass while the drums have been taken over by the “one and only” Sotiris Gakis with his sensational playing!
Mixing and mastering was done in America under the guidance and valuable assistance of George’s dear friend C F Kip Winger!
The release party for the album and the presentation of the first video clip will take place in parallel with the celebration of the 30 years of Troublemakers (George’s band) on Saturday, May 27 in Ioannina, at the Spiritual Center of the Municipality of Ioannina!
TRACK LIST:
Insane
Everything You Want
Who Made You A Woman?
Nightmare Dreamer
Fake
Torn
Parallel Dimensions
My Daddy Said
I Love to Kiss Your Love
Some Other Man Will
Dancing with Your Demons
In the Name Of Rock ‘n’ Roll
“Parallel Dimensions” line-up: George Gakis – Vocals / Background vocals Bob Saganas – Guitars / Bass Sotiris Gakis – Drums Sylvia Soupila – Cello on “Torn” Sokratis Kiridis – Harmonica on “Nightmare Dreamer”
Group vocals on: “Parallel Dimensions” “Love To Kiss Your Love” “Dancing With Your Demons” “In The Name Of Rock ‘n’ Roll” by Sotiris Gakis, Bob Saganas, George Tzahristas, George Stergiou, George Gakis
[photo credit: Thomas Kilian / Soulcatcher Photography]
April 21, 2023 sees the WASTELAND CLAN, led by demoness Lilith Fox, Mashl J. (a.k.a. the Messiah), and their three prophets Rayzon, Zach Volcanic and Smoky 616, release their hotly-anticipated debut album, The End Of Time, through Massacre Records. Pre-orders are available HERE!
All that is left after the apocalypse is combined on record: Hate and fear but also hope, brutal as well as earthshaking drums and enchanting choirs, stories of death as well as guidance for the lost and unbelieving. Since “the 10 new songs are each assigned to one of the “New 10 Commandments” of the WASTELAND CLAN“, as the band recently explained, and following first single-releases “Rising Storm” as well as the apocalyptic album title track, today, WASTELAND CLAN shared a video for the third commandment, new single “Dark Matter”!
“‘Dark Matter’ casts dark shadows on the walls of our inner self. An eternal battle between light and darkness rages within us all,” the band reveals. “Like dark matter, intangible, reaching out to us, it seems at times to fill us completely, to enshroud us. And so we feed it with fear until it clouds our vision, numbs us, threatens to swallow us. But let us not forget the message and return to the light.”
Their upcoming debut, The End Of Time, was produced by WASTELAND CLAN, and was mixed and mastered by Oliver Schmidt at Sirius Sound Lab. Available as CD Digipak, limited Vinyl LP and Digital formats on April 21, 2023, you can pre-order your album copy THIS LOCATION! The album artwork was created through the visionary mind of vocalist Lilith Fox.
The End Of Time track listing:
The End Of Time
Dark Matter
Go To Hell
Who I Am
Revenge
Fight Fire With Fire
Rising Storm
Gods Of War
Messiah
Emptiness
WASTELAND CLAN is: Lilith Fox – Vocals Mashl J. – Guitar Rayzon – Lead Guitar Zach Volcanic – Bass Smoky 616 – Drums
After a fair amount of anticipation, PERRACIDE, the solo project by respected death metal veteran drummer Per Karlsson, is finally releasing its first song. “Horripilation” is a tune encompassing exactly what you’d expect from the musician that graced several lineups of extreme metal bands, including Nominon, Nasum, Nifelheim, Benediction, Deströyer 666 and Thorium, to name just a few.
PERRACIDE have teamed up with Metal Shock Finland to premiere “Horripilation” lyric video for Finnish territory, enjoy it here:
With a lineup that includes Perra on the drums, Gord Olson (AngelBlast, Darkened) on vocals and guitars, a solo guitar by Jacob Björnfot (The Duskfall, Kvaen) and the hardcore/speed/thrash Swedish band Kazjurol doing backing riot vocals, “Horripilation” has enough old-school death metal DNA to throw you in a violence spree and make you believe it’s 1989 again.
Perracide’s debut album will be released this Summer.
A few weeks ago, when Danish AOR biggest hopes BOYS FROM HEAVEN released the first single from their upcoming, sophomore album, the scene took notice. Not that it was unexpected, but the refinement of the band’s sound was utterly impressive.
Now “Sarah”, the new single and official video, takes you on a synthwave-meets-power-ballad nostalgia trip. The drum machines and synthesizers will send you right back to the mid-eighties at a time when powerful, catchy melodies fueled contemporary FM radio stations. Boys From Heaven go full “Boys of Summer” on this track. This is the heartbreak love song of the season.
Today Metal Shock Finland has a pleasure to premiere for Finland BOYS FROM HEAVEN’s “Sarah” Official Video, enjoy the premiering below.
The sequel.
A strong debut demands a strong follow-up. The pop/rock sextet Boys From Heaven are now ready with their sophomore album, “The Descendant”.
The group, though still faithful to the 80’s AOR universe, have found greater inspiration in a more atmospheric sound, where dreamy pads, punchy synthesizers and drum machines are blended with the band’s organic and authentic sound.
All musical elements have been meticulously crafted in this incredibly detailed production, which is mixed and mastered by Erik Martensson (Eclipse, Ammunition, etc.).
On “The Descendant”, Boys From Heaven present the sonic equivalent of cruising back to the future, straight to the arcade hall, on to the drive-in cinema, and back home to mend a broken heart.
“With this release, we have made an album that doesn’t just draw its inspiration from the 80’s, but also takes the listener through an array of emotions analogous with this period of music”, keyboardist Mads Noye offers. “The album takes you on a trip from the classic Kenny-Loggins-workout-montage heard on the track “Saling On”; to the sobbing-by-a-rainy-windowsill, 80’s pop banger “Sarah”; and everything in between. Above all, the songs on the album take you on an emotional rollercoaster – and that’s what we are best at!”.
For “The Descendant”, the Danish boys decided to approach the recording in a different way, opting for a more intimate setting. “We know from experience that the tracking process is the longest when crafting an album, and also the most important. Because of this, we didn’t want to book an expensive studio and feel pressed for time and money”, lead singer Chris Catton explains. “We wished to record as much of the album ourselves as possible, so we had time to polish all the details that are part of writing a great, coherent record. Therefore we chose to record the album in my studio in Copenhagen, giving us the opportunity to care for even the smallest details of the album. This, of course, means very little if you don’t have the right producer who can take the recordings and bring the songs to the next level. That’s why we teamed up with Erik Martensson of Eclipse who, it must be said, certainly lives up to his reputation with this impressive production”, he concludes.
“The Descendant” will be released on LP (180gr black vinyl, limited to 300), CD and digital formats via Target Records on June 9th, 2023.
Lineup: Mads Noyé – keyboards Mads Schaumann – guitar, vocals Søren Viig Mathiesen – drums Chris Catton – lead vocals Jonas Klintström Larsen – saxophone Morten Bille – bass
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