Finnish newcomers HORIZON IGNITED wrapped up an incredible 6-week European tour last autumn, where they supported HYPOCRISY alongside SEPTICFLESH and THE AGONIST, picking up new fans in droves along the way.
Today, the band are pleased to release a new single ‘Carry Me’, which has only previously been included on the vinyl version of their latest album Towards The Dying Lands (released in July 2022).
The band comments on the song: “When we released our second album Towards The Dying Lands, there was one song that was included only as a vinyl exclusive. It’s a brilliant track with a huge bridge and we decided to play it live during our first ever European tour with Hypocrisy. We quickly noticed that it works in a live setting as well and since then we have all fallen deeply in love with the track, so it brings me much joy to announce the digital release of ‘Carry Me’! We hope that this track pleases our fans as much as it pleases us and we can’t wait to play it live again.”
This week, symphonic metal titans EPICA finally kicked off the Epic Apocalypse Tour 2023, a European co-headline tour with APOCALYPTICA, that will take them to 21 countries over the course of the next 3 months.
ust in time for the first show in Vilnius (the band’s first ever performance in Lithuania), they have released a new live video for ‘Rivers’, an atmospheric ballad off their latest full-length release Omega. Filmed in Santiago de Chile during the band’s Latin American Tour in 2022 by Panda Productions, the new live video is available here:
The band also have three vinyl re-releases ‘The Phantom Agony’, ‘Consign To Oblivion’ and ‘Design Your Universe (Gold Edition)’ that are out this Friday and available for purchase here: https://www.nuclearblast.com/uk/band/epica
Catch EPICA on one of the following dates – tickets and VIP upgrades are available from www.epica.nl/tour
— EPIC APOCALYPSE TOUR 2023 – with APOCALYPTICA + WHEEL -remaining dates 23.01.23 | Sentrum Scene | Oslo, NO 24.01.23 | Berns | Stockholm, SE 25.01.23 | Amager Bio | Copenhagen, DK 27.01.23 | AFAS | Amsterdam, NL 28.01.23 | Georg Elser Halle | Hamburg, DE *SOLD OUT* 29.01.23 | Ancienne Belgique | Brussels, BE *SOLD OUT* 30.01.23 | O2 Academy | Bristol, UK 01.02.23 | Rock City | Nottingham, UK 02.02.23 | O2 Academy | Glasgow, UK 03.02.23 | Academy | Manchester, UK 04.02.23 | Roundhouse | London, UK 06.02.23 | Den Atelier | Luxemburg, LU *SOLD OUT* 07.02.23 | Zenith | Paris, FR 08.02.23 | Le Bikini | Toulouse, FR 10.02.23 | Razzmatazz 1 | Barcelona, ES 11.02.23 | Gamma | Murcia, ES 12.02.23 | La Riviera | Madrid, ES 14.02.23 | Coliseum | Lisbon, PT 12.03.23 | Capitol | Hanover, DE 13.03.23 | Carlswerk Victoria | Cologne, DE 14.03.23 | Schlachthof | Wiesbaden, DE 15.03.23 | MHP Arena | Ludwigsburg, DE 17.03.23 | Komplex 457 | Zurich, CH 18.03.23 | Metropole | Lausanne, CH 19.03.23 | Fabrique | Milan, IT 20.03.23 | Tonhalle | Munich, DE 22.03.23 | Barba Negra | Budapest, HU 23.03.23 | Gasometer | Vienna, AT 24.03.23 | Hala Vodova | Brno, CZ 25.03.23 | Progresja | Warsaw, PL *SOLD OUT* 27.03.23 | B90 | Gdansk, PL 28.03.23 | Columbiahalle | Berlin, DE 29.03.23 | Haus Auensee | Leipzig, DE
The clock is ticking: On February 10th, Swedish modern metal visionaries IN FLAMES release their fourteenth studio album Foregone – the new masterpiece from a band whose artistry and influence on modern metal is undeniable.
Today, IN FLAMES release the fifth single from Foregone: “Meet Your Maker” is a pulsating track with hypnotizing power and furious anger. Like a raw nerve exposed, the song speaks of the desperation and frustration brought on by the chaotic dystopia of post-pandemic society.
Frontman Anders Fridén states, “When we started to write for Foregone, Meet Your Maker became the song that set the tone in terms of what we were aiming for sonically as well as thematically. You’ll see it’s everything you’ve come to expect from In flames and some. Enjoy and see you on the road in 2023!”
The new single comes with an outstanding video that features the bands impressive performance skills. You can watch the video here:
Following the successful return of their own festival, Dalhalla Brinner, IN FLAMES recently announced an extended edition of the event for the next year: Dalhalla Brinner 2023 will take place on August 25th and 26th in Dalhalla, Sweden. Aside from the host band, the lineup will feature special guests that will be announced soon.
The wait is over! UK’s Modern hard rockers ONE LAST DAY have released their new single and lyric video ‘As Time Stands Still‘, available now on all major streaming services at https://earache.lnk.to/AsTimeStandsStill.
Enjoy the lyric video here:
Singer Alex Willox on ‘As Time Stands Still’: “As Time Stands Still is a song is about the mental struggles of feeling like you are trapped in time. I feel this will resonate with a lot of listeners and I truly hope its enjoyed!”
Guitarist Gareth Stapleton adds: “The music was written with the intention of making a huge sounding, emotional song, which I feel Alex has accomplished with his lyrics and vocal melodies. We have added a subtle layer of strings to the song, which is a first for us, and has really helped give an extra sense of emotion and epic-ness to the track.”
Earlier the band shared on the single: “As Time Stands Still continues along the same path of the previous One Last Day songs, with catchy vocal hooks and huge choruses. The track is heavy and emotive, yet accessible.”
The single artwork depicts a man trapped in time, by way of being stuck inside the hourglass.
ONE LAST DAY’s next live shows:
3rd February – Headline show @ The Acoustic Couch, Bracknell – event page 4th February – The Factory, Worthing – event page 4th March – HMV – High Wycombe, acoustic set 11th March – Bucks Uni SU Wycombe 27th April – Bridgwater, Somerset, The Cobblestones – event page 28th April – Oldham, Bank Top Tavern – event page 29th April – Whitehaven, The Twisted Tongue – event page 30th April – Rotherham, Bridge inn rotherham – event page 6th May 2023 – VoodooFest, Liverpool – event page
Launching in early 2021, ONE LAST DAY are a modern hard rock act coming out of the South-East of England. A heavy and emotive band, their musicality is left wide open to a myriad of rock styles all wrapped up into their own distinctive sound. The band are a powerhouse live act, performing near sellout shows, growing a loyal legion of followers at each gig and getting invited to play increasingly larger shows across the UK.
ONE LAST DAY deliver heavy yet accessible music, combining an eclectic symphony of influences from Hard Rock to Grunge and Metal. This was demonstrated in their debut EP ‘CHAPTER 1: THE END IS THE BEGINNING’ which featured seven gargantuan tracks, including the successful single ‘THIS BOTTLE GOT ME’. From prog stylings to rock ballads, the EP is sure to sate the appetite of those wanting to hear more from this fresh and exciting band. The EP was produced by the band themselves, with mixing and mastering done by IgniteAMR.
It’s an interesting time to be setting out in the industry but ONE LAST DAY have accepted the challenge. These guys have already torn up stages from The Underworld, Camden and The Fleece, Bristol to The Fighting Cocks, Kingston and The Facebar, Reading. So come along for the ride and remember where you heard them first!
Line-up: Alex Willox – vocals Gareth Stapleton – rhythm guitar and backing vocals John Harmsworth – lead guitar and backing vocals Jim Hutton – bass guitar Andy Scott – drums
As part of their 20th anniversary celebrations, Swedish power trio MÄRVEL will release the double vinyl compilation “Double Decade” in the beginning of 2023. Packed with Märvel’s patented take on high-octane and super catchy rock’n’roll, the double vinyl contains Märvel‘s greatest hits, previously impossible to get B-sides, and rare tracks, all newly mastered by Magnus Lindberg (The Hellacopters, Imperial State Electric, Cult Of Luna, The Datsuns, Tribulation, Lucifer).
The compilation also includes two brand new, previously unreleased songs, mixed by Robert Pehrsson (Dundertåget, Death Breath, Robert Pehrsson’s Humbucker). One of these new tracks is called “Catch 22” and is released as a digital single on the 20th of January.
Sometimes, no matter how hard you try you end up with your beard in the mailbox or pants down to your ankles with a school-bus full of idiots laughing at you. You just can’t win. And even more sometimes, you’re in a relationship where you can’t stand each other but still can’t exist without each other.
Catch 22 was recorded during the studio sessions for the album Graces Came With Malice. We felt it didn’t quite fit the theme of the album but it was still a strong song that we wanted to highlight in a special way. By including it in Double Decade we’re looking backwards and forwards at the same time. Like a rear-view mirror facing forwards.
The double vinyl “Double Decade” will be available in two different set of colors, one containing 2x transparent clear vinyl, and the other containing one transparent orange and one transparent purple vinyl. Both versions come in a luxurious gatefold with an exclusive booklet. “Double Decade” will be released on The Sign Records on February 24, 2023, and can be pre-ordered now. The album is available for pre-order through Bandcampor at THIS LOCATION
Italian doom metal outfit SHORES OF NULL is gearing up for the release of the band’s highly anticipated new album “The Loss of Beauty“, which will be coming out on March 24th via Spikerot Records. “The Loss of Beauty” is Shores Of Null’s fourth album and follows the acclaimed “Beyond The Shores (On Death And Dying)”, unanimously considered by fans and critics as one of the doom metal gems of recent years. Both albums were recorded between 2019 and early 2020, and although “The Loss of Beauty” was initially conceived as the band’s third album, “Beyond The Shores” took its place as it better reflected the doom and gloom sentiment of the “annus horribilis” 2020.
Across 11 tracks (plus two bonus tracks), Shores Of Null once again submerges listeners with tempestuous and turbulent riffs. The band continues to hone its sound and take its melancholic dark metal to new heights by mastering an assorted palette of genres with inbred poignancy. The lyrics celebrate beauty in imperfection and transience and are meant to be an invitation to seek beauty in little things, especially those unexpected and ephemeral.
After the previously released first single “Nothing Left To Burn”, the band follows up today with a brand new music video for “The Last Flower”, directed by Sanda Movies.
Vocalist Davide Straccione on “The Last Flower”:
“This song has, in my opinion, one of the best choruses of the album, and I also feel very connected to the lyrics. I pictured a future where everything is dying and there’s but a flower left alive in this world that must be saved at all costs, even with our own life if it means saving our future. It’s a metaphor that encloses the main theme in ‘The Loss Of Beauty’, which is preserving beauty no matter what. It is a reminder that everything is ephemeral.“
“The Loss of Beauty” is dark and heavy, tinged with feelings of despair and melancholy. An album not to be missed and highly recommended for all fans of Amorphis, Enslaved, and Paradise Lost.
The album was recorded by Marco “Cinghio” Mastrobuono at Kick Recording Studio (Hour Of Penance, Inno, Fleshgod Apocalypse). Cover artwork by Sabrina Caramanico.
“The Loss of Beauty” is available for pre-order HERE and will be available in the following formats:
Shores of Null on tour with Swallow The Sun, Draconian and Avatarium: 02/04/2023 – Parkteatret (Oslo/Norway) 03/04/2023 – Valand Gothenburg/Sweden) 04/04/2023 – Pumpehuset (Copenhagen/Danemark) 05/04/2023 – HeadCrash (Hamburg/Germany) 06/04/2023 – Doornroosje (Nijmegen/NL) 07/04/2023 – Het Entrpot (Brugge/Belgium) 08/04/2023 – Rebellion (Manchester/UK) 09/04/2023 – Slay (Glasgow/UK) 10/04/2023 – The Limelight (Belfast/Ireland) 11/04/2023 – Whelan’s (Dublin/Ireland) 12/04/2023 – The Underworld Camden (London/UK) 13/04/2023 – Essigfabrik (Koln/Germany) 14/04/2023 – Matrix (Bochum/Germany) 15/04/2023 – Colos-Saal (Aschaffenburg/Germany) 16/04/2023 – Im Wizemann (Stuggart/Germany) 17/04/2023 – Le Grillen (Colmar/France) 18/04/2023 – O’Sullivans Backstage By The Mill (Paris/France) 19/04/2023 – Le Ferrailleur (Nantes/France) 20/04/2023 – Le Rex De Toulouse (Tolouse/France) 21/04/2023 – Sala Changó (Madrid/Spain) 22/04/2023 – Sala Bóveda (Barcelona/Spain) 23/04/2023 – La Secret Place (Saint Jean De Védas/France) 24/04/2023 – CCO Jean-Pierre Lachaize (Lyon/France) 25/04/2023 – Legend Club (Milano/Italy) 26/04/2023 – Orto Bar (Lubiana/Slovenia) 27/04/2023 – Konzerthaus Schüür (Lucerna/Swisse) 28/04/2023 – Undertown (Meyrin Canton Ginevra/Swisse) 29/04/2023 – Caves du Manoir (Martigny/Swisse) 30/04/2023 – Backstage (Munich/Germany) 01/05/2023 – Dürer Kert (Budapest/Hungary) 02/05/2023 – Viper Room (wien/Austria) 03/05/2023 – Futurum Music Bar (Praga/Czech Republic) 04/05/2023 – Hole44 (Berlin/Germany) 05/05/2023 – Drizzly Grizzly (Danzica/Poland) 06/05/2023 – U Bazyla (Poznan/Poland) 07/05/2023 – UT Connewitz (Lipsia/Germania)
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