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OF VIRTUE Release New Single & Video ‘True Colors’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 15, 2023
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Midwestern metal act OF VIRTUE have just released their brand new single and music video for ‘True Colors’, taken from their upcoming full-length album Omen, which is due 29th September via Arising Empire.

Download/stream here: https://arisingempire.com/TrueColors

On the new track, the band comment:

“The wise Maya Angelou said “when people show you who they are, believe them the first time. This is also true of drug addiction. This disease can wear many faces and often times, we choose to ignore the obvious red flags that are right in front of us. Because of our own struggles, insecurities or reasons for wanting to drown out the pain – we allow these things to have agency over our actions and our way of life, contributing to the vicious cycle that is so hard to break.  It can be easy to blame the vice or behaviors for the misery that is brought in our lives. True Colors is also indicative of another hard truth – What you consume, what/who you believe you are – can become your new reality and “true” self.” – Damon (guitar/vocals)

The new album is still available for pre-orders here: https://arisingempire.com/ofvirtue

Set for September 29th, “Omen” will be available in limited colored vinyls and CD, together with unique merch options at the Arising Empire online shop, Impericon & band shop. further information, such as artwork and track-list, can be found below.

On the album, OF VIRTUE comment: “Three years in the making and feeling as if it’s the most significant one in our timeline thus far, this album was by far the most difficult to create in many more ways than one and one of the most emotional experience for us. Hope that it helps you through your time of need, the way it did us.”

Track-list:

  1. Omen
  2. Hypocrite (WATCH)
  3. Cold Blooded (WATCH)
  4. Cut Me Open (WATCH)
  5. Sober (WATCH)
  6. A.N.X.I.E.T.Y. (WATCH)
  7. Floating ft Rory Rodriguez (Dayseeker)
  8. True Colors (WATCH)
  9. Sinner (WATCH)
  10. Holy (WATCH)
  11. Cannibals (WATCH)
  12. False Idols

BEING AS AN OCEAN + OF VIRTUE +SENNA – remaining dates
15.09. CH Langenthal Old Capitol
16.09. DE Stuttgart Im Wizemann

Progression, or more generally, change, is a constant in music; in order to adapt and survive, you must grow and develop—no band knows this as much as Michigan heavy music act Of Virtue.

Born from the blistering cold, barren fields of Michigan and erupting into an internationally recognized and critically acclaimed alternative powerhouse, Of Virtue’s growth is nothing short of jaw dropping. Whether it’s having shared their music with fans in over 30 countries across the globe, amassing a multitude of Billboard charting positions, gaining Top 50 Mediabase radio play slots, having over 20 million total streams or beyond—Of Virtue is always looking forward to change and progress, to evolve and grow.

The band combine an eclectic taste for the melodic, catchy and ethereal with a foundation seeping with  brooding, thick guitars thanks to guitarists Damon Tate & Mike Valadez along with a penchant for multifaceted vocal tonalities shared by vocalists Tyler Ennis & Damon Tate. All of this is brought together by the monstrous rhythm section featuring Ryan Trinh on drums. With this lineup at their disposal, Of Virtue has cemented themselves a diverse and engaging act drawing influence from all types and styles of music to create something that is truly their own.

With their next record, »Omen«, on the way they have even further expanded on what makes them who they are, and by doing so they bring a warning—tread lightly and base today on yesterday or you may not get to tomorrow.

OF VIRTUE are:
Tyler Ennis | vocals
Damon Tate | guitar & vocals
Michael Valadez | guitar
Ryan Trinh | drums

Follow the band’s socials:
https://www.instagram.com/ofvirtue
https://www.facebook.com/ofvirtue
https://www.tiktok.com/@ofvirtueband
https://twitter.com/ofvirtue
https://ofvirtueband.com/

XORSIST Share New Single ‘Distorted Shapes’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 15, 2023
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Photographer credit: Ville Linder

Swedish trio XORSIST has shared a new single, titled Distorted Shapes. Distorted Shapes is the third and final pre-release track to be taken from the group’s forthcoming sophomore album, At the Somber Steps to Serenity, and showcases the band adding experimental production techniques to their Stockholm death metal sound. At the Somber Steps to Serenity is due for release via Prosthetic on October 6.

Stream Distorted Shapes via Apple Music, TIDAL, Deezer, Bandcamp and Spotify.
Pre-order At the Somber Steps to Serenity here.

Speaking on the single release, XORSIST‘s Alphonse Bouquelon (drums and backing vocals) comments: “For this final single we went slightly experimental with the production regarding the vocal department, which is mostly performed by Birk (Castenmalm, vocals and bass). Many recording takes that are in the final track were things that occurred either by chance or improvisation in the studio, such as atmospheric yells and backing vocals where Gustav (Ryderfelt, vocals and guitars) and I join forces, or voices, if you will.

“To us, this track is a representation of our new attitude toward the recording and the production of our music, which can be felt throughout the whole album.”

Following their self-released debut album Deadly Possession in 2022, XORSIST caught the attention of the Prosthetic Records with their old school approach to and affinity for Sweden’s death metal legacy and history. Founded by Gustav Ryderfelt (vocals and guitar) before cementing their line-up with both Birk Castenmalm (vocals and bass) and Alphonse Bouquelon (drums), XORSIST’s core sound is one rooted in deep reverence for the genre’s roots as much as it is a spirited progression of the raw and uncompromising Stockholm sound.

Seeking to continue their working relationship with the legendary Sunlight Studios (Dismember, At The Gates, Entombed, Grave and more), XORSIST once again opted to retain Tomas Skogsberg on co-production duties with Iñaki Marconi (Soen, Sepultura, Carcass). XORSIST’s proclivity for musical tradition is not mere homage so much as it is a graceful carrying of the genre’s torch. Having built up a glowing reputation in the Swedish underground by fans new and old, At the Somber Steps to Serenity sees the young band ensure the old school Swedish death metal torch continues to burn brighter than before for the fabled city in which they reside.

At the Somber Steps to Serenity tracklist:
1. A Life in Vain
2. Carve It Out
3. Blessed By The Divine
4. Imitation
5. Coterie of the Depraved
6. Banished to Obscurity
7. Distorted Shapes
8. Grace
9. Darkened Wings
10. At the Somber Steps to Serenity

RED ELEVEN Unveil New Heavy, Complex + Beautiful Single ‘Distant Waves’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 15, 2023
Posted in: Int. News, News. Tagged: Red Eleven. Leave a comment
Photographer: Arto Kettunen

RED ELEVEN once again redefines their musical boundaries with their third single, “Distant Waves.” The song simultaneously evokes feelings of confusion and admiration, and is an excellent fusion of complexity, djent-influenced riffs, and progressive rhythm, all while maintaining subtle melodic sensitivity. The combination of raw emotions and delicate melody creates an enchanting paradox that will have you listening to the song again and again, discovering new layers with each listen.

Listen to “Distant Waves” on music services: https://push.fm/fl/red11-distantwaves

The vocalist of the band, Tony Kaikkonen, explains the message of the song:

“The song is about ‘awakening.’ It’s about realizing how many things that we take for granted may actually be something entirely different in reality. As a sub-theme, it references people’s selfishness and pursuit of self-interest without caring about the outcome.”

Distant Waves” is released with a visually stunning music video directed by Arto Kettunen. Kettunen mentions that the vision for the video came to him while watching the Smurfs. The video was filmed at the home of Petteri “Spöde” Vaalimaa, the bassist of RED ELEVEN, in Varkaus.

Red Eleven online:

https://m.facebook.com/redelevenband
https://www.redeleven.info/
https://www.instagram.com/_red_eleven_/

INFERNO FESTIVAL 2024 Announces Black Metal Bus Sightseeing Tours with Anders Odden

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 15, 2023
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In conjunction with Inferno Metal Festival, the Black Metal Bus Sightseeing Tour with Anders Odden (Cadaver, Celtic Frost, Order) is back with an all new routing! Following the success of this special event’s inception last year, this incredible experience will take Inferno attendees through some of the places that marked the beginnings of Norwegian black metal!

Between 1991 and 1993, many of the most important events during this dark chapter of Norwegian music history took place in Oslo. Therefore, Inferno Metal Festival has put together a field trip to experience these legendary moments in time, including the site of Helvete, the legendary record store once owned by late Mayhem founder Øystein “Euronymous” Aarseth.

Anders Odden formed his first black metal band, Slaught, in 1986 after attending a rehearsal with Mayhem at the age of 14. He was one of the pioneers of the Norwegian scene, dealing with tape trading, organizing of concerts and creating extreme music of his own. He formed Cadaver in 1988, releasing what would be the first Norwegian death metal album on Earache Records in 1990. During this period, Odden performed alongside true Norwegian legends such as Darkthrone, Mayhem, Old Funeral and many more iconic bands.

This field trip has exclusive anecdotes and personal memories of the early life of the scene from someone who was there since the beginning. The daily sightseeing schedule is as follows:

BLACK METAL BUS SIGHTSEEING – A FIELD TRIP THROUGH NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL

12:00: Departure The Hub, Inferno Festival hotel.
12:30: Langhus station – Photo op – IYKYK
13:30: Visit to NESEBLOD RECORDS the site of “HELVETE” 1991-1993
15:00: Holmenkollen Kapell, re-done after church-fire that took place on August 23, 1992
16:00: Return to the Hub, Inferno Festival hotel.

Tickets for the tour are now available at the below links!

  • March 28: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/726031
  • March 29: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/726033
  • March 30: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/726035
  • March 31: https://www.ticketmaster.no/event/726037

Inferno Metal Festival will take place from March 28-31, 2024 across several venues in Oslo (NO).

More information at Official Inferno Fest Website – Facebook – Instagram – Twitter – Tickets

DOPELORD Unleash New Album Single ‘The Chosen One’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 15, 2023
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[photo: Michał Sobociński]

October 6, 2023 will see Poland’s doom metal giants DOPELORD release their colossal fifth studio album “Songs for Satan”, issued by Blues Funeral Recordings. Following a previously-released first track, “Night Of The Witch”, and a recent tour as special guests of VADER, today the Warsaw-based four-piece is presenting their new single “The Chosen One”!

Having paved the way for Polish doom metal for over a decade by sticking to their strictly DIY ethos and hard work, mighty foursome DOPELORD is about to open a new chapter of its history by joining the coveted ranks of US label Blues Funeral Recordings (Acid King, Dozer, Lowrider, Dead Meadow).

Their fifth full-length “Songs for Satan” is a moment of critical mass for DOPELORD. A blast of devil worship in the riffing realms is nothing new, and while they aren’t the first band to openly embrace the motif, their amplified heresy is uniquely triumphant, their fuzz-drenched apostasy genuine and glorious.

About their new single, the band reveals:
“The song is about being delusional and thinking god/devil is speaking to you directly while you’re probably a highly disturbed person.”

Not only does their forthcoming offering, “Songs for Satan”, showcase the band’s equal mastery of lumbering plod and silvery hooks, it also more importantly mines Polish Catholicism’s decades of oppression for lyrical fuel. Tracks like “Satan’s Call,” “The Chosen One,” “One Billion Skulls” and “Worms” are pointed in their defiance of the church’s cultural dominance, even while managing to be contagiously singable at the same time. Maybe the extremity of their position will lead a few listeners to question their beliefs and examine the church and religion’s role (whether in Polish society or elsewhere) like a strong push to open a door. The voice of rebellion is crucial, and DOPELORD’s shout is unmistakable.

Calling to mind Electric Wizard, Windhand, Belzebong and Acid King, “Songs for Satan” is DOPELORD’s apex, an iconoclastic milestone for stoner doom that rumbles the earth and shakes our figurative foundations. It will be available on October 6th, 2023 in various vinyl editions, limited digipak CD and digital. The ultra-limited deluxe edition will be shipped a few weeks prior to PostWax subscribers. 

New album “Songs for Satan”
Out October 6th on Blues Funeral Recordings

Preorder on Blues Funeral website, Bandcamp and EU store

TRACKLIST:

  1. Intro
  2. Night Of The Witch
  3. The Chosen One
  4. One Billion Skulls
  5. Evil Spell
  6. Worms
  7. Return To The Night Of The Witch

Rock and roll’s history with Satan goes back to before there even was rock and roll. A blast of devil-worship in the riffing realms is nothing new, and Warsaw, Poland’s DOPELORD aren’t the first band to openly embrace the motif. Even so, their amplified heresy is uniquely triumphant, their fuzz-drenched apostasy genuine and glorious. The band coalesced in late 2010 in the city of Lublin, Poland, where three of the soon-to-be-band’s members attended university. Merging members from two previous groups and pulling inspiration from classic cult films, 70s rock, occult themes and magical herbs, the quartet set its sights on stoner doom before the style had taken much hold in their country.
 
DOPELORD released their debut Magick Rites in 2012, a record that flaunted their love of vintage heavy rock and proto-metal, which The Sludgelord noted for its “huge unstoppable riffing in every song.” 2014’s Black Arts, Riff Worship & Weed Cult was a leap forward in songcraft, and as the band got serious, they began touring abroad in Western Europe, the members also completing a relocation to Polish capital city Warsaw. Critically-acclaimed 2017 album “Children of the Haze” found their formula for drawn-out psych-sludge behemoths perfected, as confirmed by The Heavy Chronicles, which proclaimed, “Nothing will be the same again. There used to be doom, now there is Dopelord.”
 
As if heralding the actual end times, fourth LP “Sign of the Devil” arrived on March 10, 2020, just as the covid-19 pandemic took terrifying hold of the planet and called the knowable future of humanity into question. Supremely confident in their infectious bludgeon and thematic overtness, DOPELORD presented a record that stepped more fully than ever into both melody and rebellious iconoclasm. Naming “Sign of the Devil” their album of the week, Worship Metal cheered it as, “a torrent of ear-pleasingly suffocating riffs which crush all in their path,” adding, “Satan would be pleased.”
 
Derailed from their aggressive live schedule for two years, DOPELORD blasted out the “Reality Dagger” EP in 2021 before setting to work on their boldest statement yet. On October 6th, 2023, their fifth album “Songs for Satan” will induct the mighty foursome as one of Europe’s heaviest and most faithful doom purveyors of the new era, crushing everything on their path under the Blues Funeral Recordings banner. 

About the PostWax series: The PostWax vinyl subscription series presents exclusive limited-edition records from some of the best stoner rock, doom and heavy psych bands on the planet. Benefiting from a spectacular success in 2018, PostWax Year One debuted monster releases to subscribers first — including Elder’s “The Gold & Silver Sessions” and Lowrider’s seminal comeback album “Refractions” — which were subsequently released in standard retail versions to the public several months later. PostWax II will unfold as a series of 9 deluxe releases on gorgeous vinyl, next-level sleeve design, hand-crafted art and illustrations, and behind-the-scenes liner notes, with releases from Dead Meadow, Acid King, Dozer, Josiah, Dopelord, Mammoth Volume, The Otolith, REZN & Vinnum Sabbathi, Lowrider & Elephant Tree.

Catch DOPELORD live on tour this Fall:

Oct 12 Prague Modra Vopice
Oct 13 Cottbus Muggefug
Oct 14 Jena KuBa
Oct 15 Braunschweig B58
Oct 16 Hamburg Hafenklang
Oct 17 Malmö Plan B
Oct 18 Copenhagen Loppen
Oct 19 Kiel Schaubude
Oct 20 Groningen Café de Walrus
Oct 21 Nijmegen Doornroosje
Oct 22 Antwerpen Trix DesertFest Belgium
Oct 23 Lille La Bulle Café
Oct 24 Osnabrück Bastard Club
Oct 25 Düdingen Bad Bonn
Oct 26 Düsseldorf Pitcher
Oct 27 Berlin Lido Heavy Psych Sounds Fest
Oct 28 Dresden Chemiefabrik Heavy Psych Sounds Fest

More information at Facebook⎮Bandcamp⎮Instagram⎮Spotify

DRAGONFORCE Unveil New Single & Official Music Video ‘Doomsday Party’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 15, 2023
Posted in: Int. News, News. Tagged: Dragonforce. Leave a comment
[Photo Credit: Travis Shinn]

Grammy-nominated extreme power metal legends DRAGONFORCE have unleashed a standalone single, entitled “Doomsday Party”! The 80s rock influenced track is spiced up with hypnotizing retro video game soundscapes and epic guitar solos in true DRAGONFORCE manner. Formed in 1999, the London, UK based unit is known for their epic compositions, and the world’s fastest band’s signature lies in their masterful and lightning-fast guitar solos and inspiration drawn from a myriad of heavy metal styles and fantasy realms, blending 80s rock influences with infectious sing-along choruses and uplifting melodies.
 
DRAGONFORCE has hundreds of millions of YouTube video views and nearly two million monthly listeners on Spotify (with over 200 million streams on platinum-selling single “Through the Fire and Flames” alone). DRAGONFORCE’s fast-selling North American tour, which begins next month, will feature a fresh setlist and entirely new stage production! The band is joined by special guests Amaranthe, with additional support from Napalm Records labelmates NanowaR of Steel, as well as Edge of Paradise. Get your tickets now before they’re gone, and stay tuned for more new music!

Herman Li on “Doomsday Party”:
“We’re super excited to unveil a brand-new DragonForce song after a wait of over 4 years! It was a tough decision to choose which of our new tracks to release first, but we decided on this one because it showcases a different facet of our music while still retaining the unmistakable DragonForce sound.
The filming process for this video was a blast, and we had the opportunity to bring our vision to life in the city of Los Angeles, CA. Our hope is that metal fans from all walks of the genre spectrum will find something to enjoy in it. We can’t wait to play this live during our upcoming tour!”

Experience DRAGONFORCE Live in 2023:

North American Tour 2023
w/ Amaranthe, NanowaR of Steel + Edge of Paradise
Oct 20 – Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater*
Oct 21 – Albuquerque, NM – Revel*
Oct 23 – Austin, TX – Empire Garage
Oct 24 – Dallas, TX – The Granada
Oct 25 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
Oct 27 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
Oct 28 – Ft Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
Oct 30 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade – Heaven
Oct 31 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground
Nov 01 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
Nov 03 – New York, NY – Palladium Time Square
Nov 04 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
Nov 05 – Montreal, QC – MTelus
Nov 06 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
Nov 08 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater
Nov 09 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic
Nov 10 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
Nov 11 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Nov 12 – Lawrence, KS – Granada Theater
Nov 14 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
Nov 15 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
Nov 16 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
Nov 18 – Berkeley, CA – UC Theater
Nov 19 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
* no NanowaR of Steel

DRAGONFORCE is:
Herman Li – Guitar, Backing Vocals
Sam Totman – Guitar, Backing Vocals
Marc Hudson – Vocals
Alicia Vigil – Bass, Backing Vocals
Gee Anzalone – Drums, Backing Vocals

DRAGONFORCE online:
WEBSITE
YOUTUBE
INSTAGRAM
TWITTER
TIKTOK
FACEBOOK

Herman Li online:
WEBSITE
TWITCH
TIKTOK
INSTAGRAM
TWITTER
DISCORD
YOUTUBE
FACEBOOK

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