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BECKO Releases New Alt Single ‘REB00T MYSELF’ Feat. Tired Violence

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Italian multi-genre producer, musician, and vocalist BECKO, teams up with post-hardcore artist Tired Violence in the new Emo, Rock single “REB00T MYSELF.”

The seventh installment of his upcoming ’90s-inspired concept album Present Day // Present Time with “REB00T MYSELF” continues the ominous trek through one man’s mind in a future dystopian society that’s running into the ground. An enigmatic fusion of post-hardcore, rock, metal, and alternative, with emo thrown in the mix the track, showcases Becko‘s talents as a producer with finely tuned brutal vocals, intertwined with synthesizers, drums, and thrashing guitars for an aggressive yet introspective soundscape.

Featuring a screaming vocal performance from Tired Violence layered over Becko’s own combative vocals and lyrics “REB00T MYSELF” is a journey of rebuilding, remaking, and restoring.

“As a lot of this concept album ‘Present Day // Present Time’ the song is a deep conversation with the inside self,” explains Becko. “It’s when you understand that you need to change to be a better you and you will follow into the darkness to destroy your personality and re-create a new self like you are a robot or a machine, rebooting yourself.“

Purchase/Stream: https://link.fixtmusic.com/REB00T

Marco Calanca of post-hardcore band Hopes Die Last, created Becko as a solo project, uniting influences of EDM, Hip-Hop, Industrial, and Emo-Rock.
With previous releases under his belt with labels ranging from Warner Italy and Universal Italy, to Monstercat, Lowly Palace, and Smash the House since 2014, Becko found a new home in early 2020, signing a multi-album deal with the independent, artist-owned/operated USA-based electronic-rock label FiXT, founded by genre-pioneering artist & producer Klayton (Celldweller, Circle of Dust).
In 2020, Becko released the full-length album INNER SELF, as a triumphant fusion of trap & metal. In 2021 Becko released a flurry of singles including “Darkest Days” which was produced by Mike Shinoda all on the path leading up to the release of his second full-length trap-metal album with FiXT, You Are (Not) Alone, which dropped in early 2022. Becko introduced his latest 90s-inspired concept album Present Day // Present Time with the release of “Home” and continues to build towards the full album release in 2023.

More information at
https://beckomusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/Becko666
https://fanlink.to/followbecko

Tired Violence, the solo project of Richmond, VA based musician Tyler Morris, aims to revitalize the sound of yesterday’s post-hardcore and bridge the gap between generations of alternative music fans. Combining the familiar sounds of pioneers such as Underoath, Saosin, and Attack Attack! with modern production and style, Tired Violence invokes a sense of nostalgia while never falling out of style or rehashing formulaic soundscapes or structure.

Tired Violence is on a mission to prove that post-hardcore and metalcore were never a phase, but a way of life and a sound that’s here to stay.

More information at
https://www.facebook.com/tiredviolenceband
https://twitter.com/tiredviolence

CELESTIAL SCOURGE Launch ‘Dimensions Unfurled’ Lyric Video

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Norwegian death metallers CELESTIAL SCOURGE have recently released their debut EP “Dimensions Unfurled” via Time To Kill Records.

Today, the band have launched the lyric video of the EP’s title track, “Dimensions Unfurled”. Watch / listen HERE.

“Dimensions Unfurled” tracklist:

The Vast Profound
Moon Dweller
Elliptical Orbit
Dimensions Unfurled
Mortal Sun

Orders:

CELESTIAL SCOURGE is a brutal/technical death metal band from Norway founded by Stian Gundersen during the pandemic. The band features members from well known acts from Norway such as BLOOD RED THRONE, DECEPTION, RUUN and ARVAS.

The band draws influence from a wide range of death metal bands while injecting melodies and progressive elements to create their own frantic sound.

Line-up:

Eirik Waadeland – Vocals
Hans Jakob Bjørheim – Guitars
Sindre Wathne Johnsen – Guitars
Stian Gundersen – Bass
Kristoffer Lunden – Drums

EP recording line-up:

Eirik Waadeland – Vocals
Stian Gundersen – Bass
Kristoffer Lunden – Drums
Sanjay Kumar – Session Guitars

DEIMOS’ DAWN to Release “Anthem Of The Lost” Debut Album on 14th April

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The debut of thrashers DEIMOS’ DAWN will be titled “Anthem Of The Lost” and will be released on 14 April on MDD Records.

The Berliners, who been “searching for the perfect thrash metal song” have found already in 2019 the perfect voice for this intention in germanys flagship growler Marc Grewe (ex-Morgoth) and offer now 45 minutes of solid and classic thrash, which may seem unusual in view of Grewe’s musical vita, but is convincing from the very first note. Ex-Sodom guitarist Andy Brings was so excited with the quartet’s concept and music that he not only produced Grewe’s vocals, but also contributed almost all the lyrics to the album.

For the final production, the band went into the studio of Corny Rambadt (Sodom, Disbelief, a.o.) The first sounds have been available with “Deathstar Splanged Banner”on the band’s YouTube channel for some time now, another taster of the album will be available soon!

The first glimpse of the cover artwork you get enclosed. “Anthem Of The Lost” will be released on CD and vinyl. A record release show is already being planned and will take place on 08 April in Braunschweig. More infos will be available in the next few days. Be prepared!

Record Release Show will take place on April 8th, Braunschweig | KufA Haus /w Final Cry, u.a.

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Finnish DOL Release First Single ‘Lillith’s Song’ from Upcoming EP

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Finnish dark rockers DOL release their second EP “Amor Brutale” later this spring. Now the single and music video of a track “Lillith’s Song” is released.

DOL’s guitar player and singer Eero Veri backgrounds the single:

Couple years ago I heard the story of Lillith for the first time and I was fascinated by it. I had hear the name all around in pop culture, but never knew the whole story. Lillith is the mother of all vampires and demons, according to some wife of lucifer and the first wife Adam in christian mytology, although almost any reference to her was completely cut from the bible as we know it. The latter being the most fascinating claim for me, I’ve always heard of Eve but never any wife or even woman before her. According to the legend, Lillith was Adams equal, not made of his ribs but created just like him. She was too dominant and did not submit to Adam, so he asked god for another wife and so, Lillith was sent to hell and given to lucifer.

In the song I try to reference her as a (vampire like) entity that takes over the female in the song and her spouse feels at first that she has this coldness inside because she wont submit to her but at the end notices that things are much better doing so. There is more of that vampire side of things mixed in there on the lyrics as the woman in the beginning is thinking should she bite the man, turning him also to a vampire, but would that have too big of an effect on their love? Would she completely rule over him after that? All she wants is to be his equal partener…

On the musical side of things, we try to dive deeper into dark rock and goth themes and sounds, still keeping the core same as before. There are also definedly much more synths amd programmed drumbeats than, before also trying to mix some violins and cellos there too.

Listen to the single on music services: https://push.fm/fl/dol-lilithssong

The songs post-production, mixing and mastering was done by Matias Kupiainen of Stratovarius, who is largely behind the overall sound of the track.

More information at https://linktr.ee/dolband

ANGSTSKRÍG Return with New Single ‘Midt i en Angstkrig’ Feat. Danish Rapper Jøden

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ANGSTSKRÍG are back with the second single, the brothers have set towards new heights in black metal and mix the genre with Danish rap from the well-known rapper Jøden. The single ‘Midt i en Angstkrig‘ (In the Midst of a War of Anxiety) will be released on 3 February together with a new music video.

Angstskríg about the new single:
“In the name of innovation, ‘Midt i en angstkrig’ (In the Midst of a War of Anxiety) also draws influences from the musical theatre to create something new: a black metal musical song. And why not add yet another dimension and invite Michael ‘Jøden’ Mühlebach Christiansen to blast beat rap? That’s obvious!” // Angstskríg

Pre-save the single here: https://ingrv.es/midt-i-en-angstkrig-1wx-k

Danish black metal duo ANGSTSKRÍG returns with its sophomore album ‘Angstkrig’ (Danish for ‘anxiety war’) following up on the 2021 debut album ‘Skyggespil’. ‘Angstkrig’ was created during the pandemic and completed, as the world re-opened. This made its mark on the album’s seven black metallic, genre-fusioning and non-compromising songs, which revolves around and confronts the modern world’s inhuman pressure on the human. Second single of the upcoming album ‘Midt i en Angstkrig‘ (In the Midst of a War of Anxiety). Will be released February 3rd.

The two Blackened Brothers formed ANGSTSKRÍG in 2019 and intoxicated by inspiration, they quickly wrote the material for the debut album ‘Skyggespil’ (Danish for ‘shadow play’), which was recorded with producer Frederik Brandt Jakobsen, just as a pandemic world locked down. ‘Skyggespil’ was released in 2021, and the duo remained obscure, while the album’s convincing songwriting and unique nordic tone made the rumours of ANGSTSKRÍG spread widely.

The story about ANGSTSKRÍG took its beginning towards the end of the last millennium. From a young age the duo were taken under the wing of a common mentor, by whose guidance they taught themselves how to play, write and perform. Here, their urge to create, their artistic curiosity and wealth of ideas as well as the need to challenge boundaries and convictions was founded. And the duo’s common musical journey began. Though life circumstances and choices separated the two and took them down diverging paths, where one pursued the road of knowledge, the other a path of entertainment, they never lost touch, and the idea to reunite remained. So after a decade of gaining invaluable individual experiences, life was now taking new dramatic turns and the time was right to reunite as the two Blackened Brothers in ANGSTSKRÍG.

Since the inception, ANGSTSKRÍG’s vision has been to create music challenging both themselves and the listener. ”No comfort zone” is the underlying principle for the duo for which it is essential to convey thinking and to challenge conventions and thus participate in creating a basis for a better world. Like everything else in this universe, ANGSTSKRÍG is in a state over perpetual becoming. This on both a personal and a musical level – and for the band there are no taboos, only those to break – and one of the most important is the mental health which we all must consider. And which music is better to express discomfort than metal?

The seven tracks on ‘Angstkrig’ encloses the listener in a great sounding darkness which draws especially from both Norwegian black, Swedish melody, Danish groove and Icelandic melancholy. The music is riff based and conveys a solemn vibe spreading throughout the band’s genre fusioning music that carries black metal as the main musical characteristic. The album features guest appearances by the guitarist Mendel (ex-Aborted), Nils Courbaron (Sirenia) and Carl Mörner Ringström, while Danish rapper Jøden delivers a heavy, well-delivered verbal performance.

‘Angstkrig’ is recorded, mixed and mastered by Frederik Brandt Jakobsen in Hikikomori Studio, the artwork is created by NM.AAR, and the album is released March 31st 2023 through Despotz Records.

Credits:
Music & Lyrics: Angstskríg
Producer: Frederik Brandt Jakobsen & Angstskríg
Mix & mastering: Frederik Brandt Jakobsen
Artwork: NMAAR

You can now pre-order the upcoming album ‘Angstkrig’ via Despotz Records Webshop or Bandcamp:
Webshop: https://despotz.bigcartel.com/artist/angstskrig
Bandcamp: https://angstskrig.bandcamp.com/album/angstkrig

Finland’s FRAIL Release New Single ‘Kiss Goodbye’

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FRAIL‘s latest single release “Kiss Goodbye” is a combination of bouncy metal, rock and disco. The single is the third release from Frail’s upcoming full-length album to be released in 2023. Frail’s previous singles “Save a Life Tonight” and “Children of Depravity” have received positive attention both in Finland and abroad – for example in the form of radio play and playlist places provided by Spotify.

Brutal irony of fate

Kiss Goodbye is written by Lari Launonen, the previous member of the Frail band, and Tarmo Kellomäki, the singer-songwriter of Frail.

“Kiss Goodbye” is a really old song that is built of 2 songs of my good friend and ex-Frail member Lari Launonen and one chorus made by me. Before going to the studio, the current band got the idea to combine the absolutely killer riff that was in the second song with the actual “main” song. The whole thing turned out so great that we dared to ask Mozart Launonen for permission. Clearly he wasn’t that delighted about the idea at first.” laughs Tarmo Kellomäki.

Kellomäki and Launonen are united not only by the song’s production, but also by its theme – death. “Kiss Goodbye” tragically became a sister track to Frail’s previous single “Save A Life Tonight”.

“Where Frail’s previous single “Save a Life Tonight” dealt with the fear of losing a loved one with an angry and sad touch, “Kiss Goodbye” tackles the theme with a more hopeful approach – even though the subject of the song’s narration passes away. The songs are also connected by my and Lari’s own real-life experiences. While my child survived a heart disease, Lari’s son did not. Lari has openly and publicly dealt with his family’s story, and I won’t go into it any deeper. However, it can be said that there is a downright brutal irony of fate in the ensemble formed by the songs.” continues Kellomäki.

Dancing in the midst of sadness

Musically, “Kiss Goodbye” strongly takes the listener into the world of post-grunge, nu-metal and disco-rock of the 21st century. In the disco rhythm of the song’s chorus, there are hints of the dance-punk greatness of Panic at the Disco! – band, while the rest of the song is about bouncy American rock.

“At live shows, this song has made the gang swing their hips nicely. For me, music is a strong physical experience, and that’s why it’s great to play this song live. In the theme part, one bounces heavily and in the chorus, on dances. Despite the dark theme of the song, it contains a hopeful view of the future and therefore this dance fits the whole thing well. It’s like dancing in the midst of sadness.” Kellomäki thinks.

Music video

A music video for the song “Kiss Goodbye” has also been released, which showcases the band’s energy similar to its live performances. The video was filmed during the band’s playing rehearsals in authentic rehearsal facilities in Jyväskylä, Finland.

Listen to the single on music services: https://push.fm/fl/frail-kissgoodbye