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TURMION KÄTILÖT Release Video for ‘Totuus’, New Album Out Now

Posted by tarjavirmakari on January 14, 2023

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Finnish industrial metallers TURMION KÄTILÖT have released their new album Omen X today. To celebrate, the band have also revealed a video for their latest single ‘Totuus’.

Purchase Omen X on various formats and stream the album now from: https://turmionkatilot.bfan.link/omen-x

MC Raaka Pee comments on the release of their new album,
“Omen X is the culmination of 20 years of ugly words and terrible thoughts. It features tales about devotion and death. Stories about a mother’s love, violence, and mankind. All these stories are experienced, felt and said out loud. Global Warning was an alert, and now Omen X is the revelation of our disco.”

TURMION KÄTILÖT recently completed an extensive European tour alongside NIGHTWISH, and they’ll be returning for their own headline run across the continent this spring. Full dates are listed below.

TURMION KÄTILÖT Live
Headline Dates
14.01.23 – FI, Helsinki – Jäähali Black Box
20.01.23 – FI, Nokia – Kerhola
21.01.23 – FI, Turku – Utopia
27.01.23 – FI, Ikaalinen – Ikaalinen Spa
28.01.23 – FI, Valkeakoski – Hotelli Waltikka
03.02.23 – NO Oslo, John Dee
05.02.23 – SE Stockholm, Hus 7
06.02.23 – SE Gothenburg, Valand
08.02.23 – DE Hamburg, Markthalle
09.02.23 – DE Berlin, Frannz
10.02.23 – PL Wroclaw, Akademie
12.02.23 – DE Leipzig, Hellraiser
13.02.23 – CZ Prague, Storm Club
14.02.23 – AT Vienna, Chelsea
16.02.23 – HU Budapest, Barba Negra
18.02.23 – DE Münich, Backstage
19.02.23 – DE Stuttgart, Im Wizemann Club
20.02.23 – IT Milan, Legend Live Club
22.02.23 – FR Paris, La Maroquinerie
23.02.23 – DE Oberhausen, Kulttempel
25.02.23 – BE Vosselaar, Biebob
26.02.23 – NL Utrecht, De Helling
27.02.23 – DE Cologne, Club Volta
01.03.23 – DE Frankfurt, Das Bett
02.03.23 – CH Zürich, Dynamo

ALCATRAZZ & GIRLSCHOOL to Co-Headline Tour In February 2023

Posted by tarjavirmakari on January 13, 2023

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New albums from both bands to be released later this year. Watch this space…

On the 40th anniversary of their formation, the mighty Los Angeles-born guitar-driven heavy metal icons ALCATRAZZ are set to team up once again with British longest running all-female rock band Girlschool for a co-headline UK tour in February 2023. Both bands successfully completed an incendiary full European co-headline tour in 2022 and will bring their electrifying and foot-stomping performances to eight cities across the UK.

Jimmy Waldo (ALCATRAZZ) comments: “The band just keeps getting better every show! Across Europe last year we had a fantastic response and enthusiastic fans nightly! Us touring with Girlschool really brings the METAL to town and we are looking forward to bringing it to the UK… THE home of Heavy Metal! Black Sabbath, Saxon, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, are we excited?… Are you kidding me?!”

Denise Dufort (Girlschool) adds: “We are looking forward to once again performing for all of you and sharing the stage with our friends Alcatrazz, we had such a great time across Europe last year, we can’t wait for these UK dates!”

With neo-classical “shred lord” Joe Stump on guitar, founding members Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea, plus the addition of Doogie White, ALCATRAZZ are offering a high energy metal show covering the ALCATRAZZ classics plus Doogie’s own work as a member of the Michael Schenker Fest and Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow. Newly joined by drummer Larry Paterson, formerly of Blaze Bayley Band, Alcatrazz are a metal supergroup in the true sense of the word.

Marking forty-five years filled with sheer passion, stamina and talent, Girlschool will ensure bold, heavy and fast shows loaded with classic gems and fan favourites.

Kicking off in Buckley and ending in the iconic London venue Underworld, this tour is a must for all metalheads.

ALCATRAZZ + GIRLSCHOOL Co-Headliner UK Dates 2023:

03 Feb – Tivoli Venue, Buckley (UK)

04 Feb – Waterloo, Blackpool (UK)

05 Feb – Bannermans, Edinburgh (UK)

07 Feb – Nightrain, Bradford (UK)

08 Feb – Trillians, Newcastle (UK)

09 Feb – Eleven, Stoke (UK)

10 Feb – The Robin 2, Wolverhampton (UK)

11 Feb – Camden Underworld, London (UK)*

*rescheduled 2022 show original tickets still valid

For a full list of confirmed dates, tickets, and additional information visit www.alcatrazzofficial.com

Following this incredible run of dates, both bands will be gearing up to release brand new records in the summer 2023. More info to be announced.

About ALCATRAZZ:

Formed in 1983, Alcatrazz became famous for its blend of melodic and progressive rock and for introducing guitar heroes Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai. Emerging in 1983 with No Parole from Rock ‘n’ Roll, which featured the hit ‘Island in the Sun’, the band continued building popularity in 1985 with their sophomore effort, Disturbing the Peace, which contained the hit, ‘God Blessed Video’. The band issued one more studio LP, 1986’s Dangerous Games, before ceasing operations the following year. The band regrouped and released highly acclaimed Born Innocent in 2020 (their first studio album containing all-new material since 1986) and their fifth offering V in 2021.

ALCATRAZZ ARE:

Jimmy Waldo – Keyboards
Gary Shea – Bass
Doogie White – Vocals
Joe Stump – Guitar
Larry Paterson – Drums

A LIFE DIVIDED Release ‘Best Time’ Single + Music Video

Posted by tarjavirmakari on January 13, 2023

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A LIFE DIVIDED starting the new year by releasing the track “Best Time” – the second single release of the new studio album, which will be released in August.

“The song is about power-loving egoists who, which will stick to their power, no matter what” explains singer Jürgen Plangger. “People who always blame others or blame the entire world.”

This topic is even more explosive, considering the current global political situation. „We live in a kind of permanent state of emergency,” Jürgen continued. “This used to be our best time – this used to be our paradise”. The world around us feels more minor than major these days. Especially from my perspective as a father, I very much hope that this will not become a permanent condition.

The single is a result of the past – dark, angry and direct.

The Munich band A LIFE DIVIDED are an integral part of the scene. In 2003, the group was founded by singer Jürgen Plangger (also guitarist of Eisbrecher). Ever since they have been busy being by play sold-out headliner gigs on tour with Oomph!, Apocalyptica or Mono Inc. Plangger, guitarist Tony Berger, bassist Tobias Egger and drummer Manuel Di Camilloconquered not only the hearts of the fans, but also the German album charts.

SLEEP TOKEN Share Two New Songs ‘Chokehold’ + ‘The Summoning’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on January 13, 2023

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With fans so ravenous in their worship, SLEEP TOKEN have gifted them with two new songs to appease their hunger.

As time turned to midnight on January 5, 2023, the emotionally driven “Chokehold” arrived first. As 24 hours passed, “The Summoning” audaciously followed. Both tracks boldly explore and develop elements that keep Sleep Token’s music vastly removed from any kind of pack, howling at a moon distinctly their own.

Watch the visual for “Chokehold” here and “The Summoning” here.

The band has a 5-date, headline UK run ahead of them this month, with several shows at storied venues like the O2 Academy already sold out.

What comes next, only time will tell, but what’s certain is that it won’t be bound by convention.

Anonymous, silent, masked, armed with a staggering vocal range, a deft touch on the keyboards, plus a live approach that is never less than fully engaged; Sleep Token is the unique, broad-based vision of one individual.

BENEATH MY FEET Unleash Music Video for New Single ‘One More Time’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on January 13, 2023

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After the release of the first two singles “Dig My Grave” and “Caught In A Hurricane”, the Swedish metallers of Beneath My Feet follow up today with their brand new single “One More Time”! The track is released together with a music video, which you can watch below.

Beneath My Feet comments:

“‘One More Time’ is the third single from the upcoming album ‘In Parts, Together’. It’s a certified banger guaranteed to make the whole club get up and move their asses. On this track they channel the sort of energy you feel when you see someone cross the picket line or when the multinational book retailer you work at threatens to lay you off for unionizing. A fuck around and find out type beat.“

Hailing from northern Sweden, on their new studio album Beneath My Feet addresses profound topics such as abuse, trauma, anxiety and grief. Musically, the band combines influences from the American metal sound and the British hardcore scene to produce what is best described as a loving rhytmic punch to the face. Their music brings together heavy rhythm, pop influenced melodic choruses and catchy riffs, an intense blend that not only earned the band a steadily growing name within the scene, but also several tours across Europe and performances with bands like Dead By April, Amaranthe, The Unguided, Machinae Supremacy, Corroded and many others.

Initially scheduled for a release on January 13th, the album unfortunately had to be pushed back to March 3rd due to the worldwide situation and delays in physical production. “In Parts, Together” will be coming out on Noble Demon and is available for pre-order at THIS LOCATION

Tracklist:

Caught In A Hurricane
Dig My Grave
When Both Our Worlds Collide
Dead Equal
One More Time
Sink To The Bottom or Swim For The Shore
Is This Really You
Far From Home
The Uprising
Departure
Roads (Bonus)
Vindicta (Bonus)
Lost Sailors Grave (Bonus)

EISREGEN Share Music Video for New Single ‘Herbstleiche’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on January 13, 2023

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Today, Germany’s most morbid hit factory, the masters of the macabre, EISREGEN, celebrate the release of their brand new, 16th studio album Grenzgänger, out now Massacre Records!

Following the 2020 Top 10 chart success “Leblos” and a double split album with Goatfuneral, “bitterböse” (#12 on the German album charts) in 2021, with 17 new songs on Grenzgänger, the Thuringian band presents themselves in absolute top form and and raises the extreme-metal-bar even higher. To pick out single songs turned out to be difficult, because the two band leaders Roth and Yantit managed to string together hit after hit. Musically as well as lyrically, you can take the album title literally, because they have rarely been more varied. As Roth recently said: “Grenzgänger” is about the German serial killer Rudolf Pleil, who was active after the end of World War 2 and had an easy time finding new mostly female victims in the turmoil of the time. As a superordinate album title, the term itself can of course also be applied to the band: because EISREGEN never cared about musical or taste boundaries and has always consistently done its own thing.”

In celebration of today’s record release, the band has just unleashed a new music video for the song “Herbstleiche”! Says Roth: “Herbstleiche is one of my favorite pieces in our entire musical career: It is a very morbid love song, written from the perspective of a murderer who preserves the loved one for eternity. The song builds up a very special mood that continuously increases. It was very important to me to include this song in our future live set and also to commission a video for it to visualize its content.”

Grenzgänger was recorded in the band’s own HcN Studio by Yantit, and was mixed and mastered by their long-time sound engineer Markus Stock at Klangschmiede Studio E in Mellrichstadt, Germany, who equipped the new tracks with a brutal and yet differentiated sound.

Out now as a 2-CD media book, limited edition Gatefold vinyl LP, limited edition box set as well as in digital formats through Massacre Records, you can purchase your album copy of Grenzgänger at THIS LOCATION!

Grenzgänger track listing:
CD 1