South German AOR/Melodic band FRONT ROW WARRIORS release their third single “Chasing Shadows” with a lyric video! The snappy up-tempo track is another great catchy song from the debut album “Wheel of Fortune”, which was released on June 9, 2023 by ROAR! Rock of Angels Records as vinyl and CD/Digipak which received excellent reviews in music magazines.
Video by Jim Evgenidis at Iconfilmworx studios: https://www.facebook.com/iconfilmworx Mastered by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in March 2023.
Italian modern metallers NEVER OBEY AGAIN have released a video for ‘What If’, fifth single taken from the debut album ‘The End of an Era’ to be released on September 22nd via Scarlet Records.
‘The End of an Era’ combines dramatic and introspective melodies, heavy precise riffs and layers of electronic landscapes which create the perfect scenario to welcome the powerful voice of charismatic frontwoman Carolina.
The Never Obey Again debut album represents the purest and deepest needing of an artistic expression of 5 experienced musicians who found their own space in this piece of work; the record felt like it was created by itself as every little idea fell perfectly into place at first attempt.
The main goal of ‘The End of an Era’ is dragging the listeners into experiencing the song and allowing them to wear the lyrics and the atmosphere of every single track on their own skin.
recorded at Never Obey Again Studio, Voghera (Italy)
artwork by Alessandro Tuvo and Alex Pedrotti
for fans of Evanescence, Halestorm, Linkin Park, In This Moment, Spiritbox, Paramore
NEVER OBEY AGAIN:
Carolina Bertelegni – vocals Alessandro Tuvo – guitar Alex Pedrotti – guitar Cristiano Trappoli – bass Matteo Malchiodi – batteria
Sweden’s finest ELECTRIC BOYS have released their eighth album, “Grand Explosivos”. Recorded in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, it fully represents the here-and-now era for the band.
“The pandemic inspired to some more serious subjects so “Ups!de Down”, released in 2021, was a slightly darker album, even though hope was always present”, says Conny Bloom, the band’s main songsmith.
“Grand Explosivos” is, however, quite the opposite. It might actually be that the boys are throwing the best party since “Groovus Maximus”! The album is a hard rockin’, melodic, full of funk & fun adventure, which has become somewhat of the band’s trademark sound.
The first single “I’ve Got A Feelin’” showed the way into the classic rock arenas while the follow-up single “Domestic Blitz” kicks like a mule and won’t take no prisoners. (Or maybe it will? Check out the video and decide for yourself:). The boys are clearly enjoying playing together and we are heading to one helluva party.
“Grand Explosivos” is out today on CD, LP (gatefold 180gr black vinyl, and 180gr turquoise vinyl, limited to 500) and digital formats via Mighty Music. Orders and streaming are available here.
“Grand Explosivos” tracklist:
1. When Life Treats You Funky 2. Better Safe Than Sober 3. I’ve Got A Feelin’ 4. And The Band Played On (Part 1) 5. Domestic Blitz 6. Karma’s Gonna Get You 7. Missed Her By A Minute 8. Learjet 9. Cozmic Jagger 10. The Great Believer 11. And The Band Played On (Part 2)
Formed in Stockholm in 1988, Electric Boys is a band with roots in 70s groove rock and 60s pop and psychedelia. Their critically acclaimed debut album, “Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride” was produced by Bob Rock (Metallica, Bon Jovi, The Cult, Mötley Crüe) and spawned the self-produced Billboard Top 20 single, “All Lips ‘N’ Hips” that got them heavy rotation on MTV.
After extensive touring, the band entered the legendary studio Abbey Road to record the follow-up “Groovus Maximus”, which gave the band another Billboard Top 30 single with the song, “Mary In The Mystery World”. The third album “Freewheelin’” (also recorded in Abbey Road) peaked at #16 on the Official Swedish Album Chart before the band called it a day in 1994.
Guitarist and lead singer, Conny Bloom went solo until he, as well as bassist Andy Christell, joined the legendary Hanoi Rocks in 2005. In 2009 they began the process of reuniting the Electric Boys. They released the album “And Them Boys Done Swang” in 2011 and the critically acclaimed favorite “Starflight United” in 2014.
In 2018 the return to studio albums finally happened, with “The Ghost Ward Diaries”, a record that not only topped the charts in Sweden and Denmark but also brought back the distinctive sound of Electric Boys to their countless fans and new listeners. Roughly three years after, “Ups!de Down”, written already under lockdown, repeated the success but brought a broader array of songs. Now, “Grand Explosivos” promises a new dynamite-like collection of classic hard rock with the trademark Boys’ twist. A big priority release for Mighty Music.
Lineup: Conny Bloom – guitar, vocals Andy Christell – bass “Slim” Martin Thomander – guitar Jolle Atlagic – drums
October 20 will see the release of “Right Place Wrong Time”, the brand new album by Italian heavy psych veterans ANUSEYE, which will be coming out on Go Down Records. In support of the new album, the band has shared a lyric video for the track “Churchofchrist”.
“When we chose the title “Churchofchrist,” we thought about epiphany, which is the great moment of revelation for the artist to bring something to light. Is not that same divine reveal able to change lives as in Christian history? The Earth was shapeless and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. God said: “Let there be light,” and light came. But most people fear disclosures and turn a cross into a sword.“
The band’s upcoming full-length record “Right Place Wrong Time” is the first of two chapters and deals with space/ time perception. It’s a journey, a little bit real and a little bit dreamlike, to explore places relevant to the inner consciousness of the band members. Departures and arrivals are on a loop: each song is named after a city, each city represents a trip, and each trip is a song. The nine tracks feature the artistic maturity of these heavy psych veterans, blended with fresh sounds and beautiful arrangements in psych/kraut sauce.
The album will be out on October 20 via Go Down Records and is available for pre-order at THIS LOCATION
Tracklist:
Odessa
Sagres
Churchofchrist
Bratislava
Medellín
Vancouver
Kyoto
Singapore
Stockholm DIGITAL BONUS TRACKS •Addis Abeba •Santiago •Berlin
Extreme Metal innovators THE AMENTA premiere a second track from forthcoming EP “Plague Of Locus“: a twisted and dingy take on the hypnotic ALICE IN CHAINS song ‘Angry Chair‘.
Transforming the classic Grunge sound of ‘Angry Chair‘ into gloomy Industrial Metal coldness, THE AMENTA highlight the sinister aspects of this 90s’ masterpiece. Staying true to the rhythm and vibe of the composition, the Australian band intensifies the already woeful atmosphere by adding more distortion and alienation into the mix.
Keyboard player Timothy Pope comments:
“‘Angry Chair‘, and the whole of ALICE IN CHAIN‘s “Dirt” album in general, is a favourite of THE AMENTA. They had such a grimy, eerie and fucking heavy sound on the album, and it’s always been a very big inspiration to us, especially when it came to the creation of “Revelator“. The drums for this cover were recorded at the same time as the drums for “Revelator” and, for a brief time, we thought about including the track on that album. To my ears, it shares a common feel. It has a hopelessness and pain that I think is threaded throughout “Revelator“. Cain’s vocals seem to bring out more of that desperate edge in our cover.“
More info about the EP and the forthcoming Australian tour can be found here.
“Plague Of Locus” will be unleashed on October 19th/20th on vinyl via the band and digitally via Debemur Morti Productions. Pre-orders are possible via Direct Merch (vinyl) and via Bandcamp (digital).
THE AMENTA is ugly, dissonant, electronically-lacerated Extreme Metal from Australia, featuring the core creative line-up of Cain Cressall (Vocals), Erik Miehs (Guitars) and Timothy Pope (Keyboards, Samples & Effects) with Dan Quinlan (Bass) and drummer David Haley (PSYCROPTIC, ex-ABORTED) rounding out the lineup.
Early experiments with dissonance resulted in 2002’s “Mictlan” MCD. Two years later, the band had signed to Listenable Records who released the debut full length, “Occasus”. Next came 2008’s divisive “n0n” album. “n0n” was a dense, ugly, sprawling hymn to urban decay. A filthy paean to political manipulation. It was anti-everything.
Upon returning to Australia after extensive European and American touring THE AMENTA, recorded a free download of a huge multimedia release in 2011 entitled “V01D”. The release featured the new title track, re-recordings of tracks from the two previous albums, as well as professionally filmed and recorded live performances and film clips. The new song showcased one of many new directions THE AMENTA could take. Epic chords held in stasis by drones. Melody where before there had only been dissonance.
In 2013, THE AMENTA released “Flesh Is Heir”. The most organic and open of THE AMENTA’s releases to date, “Flesh Is Heir” built huge sculptures of sound from decayed choir loops and found percussion, the strongest riffs and guitar hooks in THE AMENTA back catalogue and an immaculate vocal performance.
After taking a hiatus from live performance in 2014, the band resumed activity in 2019. Inchoate rumblings slowly took shape. In 2020, THE AMENTA is excited to announce a partnership with Debemur Morti Productions, a label whose name is synonymous with art and with the most forward thinking bands in extreme music.
South African Thrashers TRUTH DECAYED unleash ‘Vicious Circles‘ (the 3rd Single from their new EP ‘Faded,Visions II‘). This captures the sound of Truth Decayed’s most solid and cohesive lineup to date. It has become somewhat of an anthem at live shows, and features Lilitu Caprinae from South African Blackened Death Titans Theatre Runs Red.
Ryno Theron (Truth Decayed Vocalist & Guitarist) shares that “We are very excited to finally share this Music Video for ‘Vicious Circles’ with everyone. We super proud of it and this was really such an amazing experience to work with Lilitu Caprinae from Theatre Runs Red, both on the song, as well as the Music Video. She is so talented, experienced, and professional, and added huge value to this song. And of course, to have our drummer Daniel Philogene who put together such a strong Music Video, with an amazing vision of the concept just really tied this collaboration together so well! ‘Vicious Circles’ is all about going round and around; the same excuses, same situations … always everyone else’s fault! We have all experienced people and situations like these!”
Lilitu Caprinae (Theatre Runs Red Featured Vocalist) adds that “I always jump at the opportunity to collaborate with amazing musicians within our scene, so when Ryno Theron presented the idea to me, I was in! What an awesome experience! The song hits me straight in the soul! So beautifully written, and full of meaning. So grateful to have had the opportunity to work with these incredible musicians!”
TRUTH DECAYED are: Daniel Philogene (Drums), Ryno Theron (Vocals & Guitar), Renz Kruger (Bass) & Warren Jones (Guitar)
Truth Decayed hail from Durban, South Africa, and started during lockdown early 2020. The quartet combines the talents of seasoned musicians from varied bands craftily collected by founders and long-time friends Warren Jones and Ryno Theron.
Mere weeks from formation, the band unleashed their debut single ‘Modern Day Illusion’ that earned them a top position on France The Planet’s ‘Metal Madness Week Competition’ on BurgStudio. This was closely followed by winning the Battle of the Bands with ‘The Metal Lab UK’. Their debut EP ‘Modern Day Illusion’ and Music Video for ‘Opposing Direction’ soon followed and received critical acclaim from numerous renowned global media channels, with positive reviews in magazines like Metal Hammer.
During 2021 Truth Decayed proudly represented South Africa on the global stage on international Online Festivals like SUBGB Festival de Música (Colombia), Heresy Fest (Argentina), Caio Indica Fest (Brazil), Larva Fest (Peru), La Ley del Rock (Argentina & Italy), Music Entropia (Greece), as well as the World Of Metal Online Festival (Portugal) where they opened for icons Venom, Rotting Christ, Anvil and Iron Saviour. Truth Decayed also enjoyed frequent Radio play from notable stations like Wacken Radio, Heavy Radio, and their track ‘Opposing Direction’ featured on the Greece Compilation ‘In The Sign Of Chaos Vol 3’ and ‘PTSD’ on the US Compilation ‘Rage Against Cancer’ from Malevolence Records.
In 2022 Truth Decayed unleashed the first part of ‘Faded Visions’, with the singles ‘PTSD’, ‘Faded Visions’, and ‘Absolute War’ receiving critical acclaim. The Music Video for ‘Faded Visions’ had its premiere with HEAVY Magazine in Australia (and Truth Decayed also feature on the cover of the latest Magazine Edition). The full ‘Faded Visions I’ had its Exclusive Worldwide Premiere with Metal Injection. The release was supported with extensive shows in South Africa.
After the success of ‘Faded Visions I’, the KZN-based quartet was primed and set to elevate things to a blistering next level with ‘Faded Visions II’ in 2023. The singles ‘Death By Design’ and ‘Narcissist’ paved the way to the release of the full EP ‘Faded Visions II’, that had Premieres with World Of Metal and Metal Injection. The EP got an overwhelming positive response on reviews, leading the way now for ‘Vicious Circles’ as the 3rd single, supported by a Music Video.
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
