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PSYGNOSIS Release Second Track + Video ‘Eclipse’

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Instrumental Prog quartet PSYGNOSIS are proud to announce their brand new album “Mercury”, which will be released on September 15, 2023 via Season of Mist! This beautiful album reveals a whole different approach on extreme metal with different elements, of which one stands out the most: the band is forgoing a traditional vocalist and instead incorporate classical dearest instrument – the cello, adding a haunting and melodic element to their atmospheric extreme metal sound.

In celebration, the band are now releasing the second new track ‘Eclipse’, which comes in the form of a new music video.

Pre-orders are now available HERE. Pre-save the album HERE.

Track list:
1. Öpik-Oort (12:33) [WATCH]
2. Eclipse (10:38) [WATCH]
3. Sunshine (08:57)
4. Caloris Basin (08:43)
5. Uranometria (15:27)
Total: 56:18

Recording Studio:
Cello recorded by Raphaël Verguin
All other instruments recorded by Thomas Crémier at SoundBlast Studios

Mix/Mastering: Thomas Crémier at SoundBlast Studios

PSYGNOSIS is a project started in 2009 by Rémi Vanhove, who was eager to gather all of his musical influences into one entity. A first solo EP, “Phrases”, was released in June 2009 and lays the foundations of PSYGNOSIS’ music: an atmospheric extreme Metal with hints of electronic music. Rémi then surrounded himself with a second guitarist, a bassist and a singer, and continues to program the drums himself.

The first album “Anti-Sublime” was released in January 2012 and allowed the band to continue the artistic process started with “Phrases”. This release also marked the first encounters of the quartet with the public. After the EP “Sublimation” in 2013, Psygnosis came out with a second album in 2014. “Human Be[ing]” shows that the band has gained in maturity, through better digested influences and compositions whose structures become more complex.

The year 2015 marks an important change for PSYGNOSIS: The band made the radical choice to become instrumental by recruiting Raphaël Verguin as a cellist. A first EP “AAliens” followed, followed up by the full length “Neptune” in 2017, an ambitious opus of one hour and seventeen minutes inviting the listeners to travel to the ends of the Solar System.

Despite the instrumental aspect, PSYGNOSIS continues to assert its first intention: that of a Metal mixing nervous riffs, blast beats and atmospheric ambiences. The meeting of Rémi and Raphaël with the guitarist Elise Masliah and the drummer Thomas Crémier enables the quartet to stabilize its formation and to defend on stage PSYGNOSIS’ intense and emotional music.

Line-up:
Thomas Crémier : Drums, Sound Engineer
Elise Masliah : Guitar
Rémi Vanhove : Guitar, Sound Design
Raphaël Verguin : Cello

More info at
http://www.facebook.com/psygnosismusic
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https://psygnosis.bandcamp.com
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OXYMORRONS Release New Single + Video ‘Look Alive (Netic)’

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OXYMORRONS continue to revolutionize the music scene with their latest single, “Look Alive (Netic).” Out today, the track is the fourth release from the NYC-based genre-defying and trailblazing band’s upcoming debut album, Melanin Punk, available on October 20th via Mascot Records.

“Look Alive (Netic)” is testament to Oxymorrons’ undeniable talent and unwavering commitment to breaking barriers and defying expectations. The blistering track captures the essence of their hybrid sound and never say die attitude. The band explains, “’Look Alive’ is the perfect sonic representation of our unique blend of Rock and Hip-Hop. It hits hard, exudes energy, and lives authentically in both spaces. With swaggy, unapologetic vibes, it simultaneously uplifts while delivering a powerful message: ‘Hard Times Get Better.’ Stay focused, Stay Active, and Push Forward, always Look Alive.”

Oxymorrons’ new single also pays tribute to a fallen member of their chosen family, sharing, “for those who wonder what (Netic) is – Netic Rebel, a founding member of the band Game Rebellion, was an integral part of the AfroPunk movement, playing a vital role in building the festival’s legendary legacy. More than just a musician, he was a guiding force, a brother, and a mentor to all who knew him, leaving an indelible mark on the universe. Without Netic, there would be no Oxymorrons, as he not only inspired but also empowered POC bands to remain authentic and true to themselves. He embraced imperfections and was a perfect soul in his own unique way. Netic was a gift from the universe, and for this gift, we are forever grateful. His spirit lives on in the music, the memories, and the hearts of those he touched, and his legacy continues to resonate through the power of music and the unity he fostered.”

Listen to “Look Alive (Netic)” & Pre-Save ‘Melanin Punk’ Album:
https://lnk.to/oxymorrons

Oxymorrons’ “Look Alive (Netic)” follows the resounding success of the album’s previous singles, “Graveyard Words,” “Enemy,” and “Last Call”. Each track released from Melanin Punk has showcased a different side of the eclectically influenced band, solidifying Oxymorrons’ position as one of the most exciting and radical acts in music. Their relentless exploration of new sonic territories while staying true to their rebellious spirit and unapologetic authenticity has garnered them a dedicated and rapidly growing global fan base.

Melanin Punk personifies the community they are curating, as the concept derives from melanin as a unifying force transcending mere skin tone. The band is built on the ethos of inclusivity and embracing the beautiful complexities of human existence. Through their music and performances, they aspire to create positive change, break down societal barriers, and inspire unity among diverse communities.

Oxymorrons will bring their unforgettable live show to stages across the US this fall, as they join Corey Taylor’s solo tour and embark on their Look Alive headline run with supporting acts Rivals, Sorry Mom, and The Raging Kids.

Track list

Enemy
Last Call (ft Troi Irons)
Graveyard Words
Look Alive (Netic)
Head For The Hills (ft Kid Bookie)
Melanin Punk
Mike Shinoda Flow (ft Hyro the Hero)
Insomnia
Re-Up (ft KANNER)
Moon Chasers

Oxymorrons Online:
www.oxymorrons.com/
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twitter.com/OXYMORRONS
tiktok.com/@oxymorrons
youtube.com/@OxymorronsTV

Dual-Bass Band THE OMNIFIC Release ‘Phat Mackerel’ Single + Announce World Tour

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Globally-renowned Australian instrumental prog trio THE OMNIFIC have revealed their progressive masterpiece ‘Phat Mackerel’, out now via Wild Thing Records. The track comes as the band’s first new offering since their acclaimed 2021 debut album, Escapades, which cemented The Omnific’s status as torchbearers of the next generation of progressive rock and metal, thanks to their unparalleled musicianship and unmistakable, earthmoving dual-bass lineup.

Stream ‘Phat Mackerel’ here: https://ffm.to/phatmackerel

By eschewing guitars for a second bass, the supernatural intertwining duality of bassists Matt Fack (Fackrell) and Toby Peterson-Stewart, backed by flamboyant drummer Jerome Lematua, tap into this distinct frequency that sings in ways that vocals could not replicate; a constant that has remained true since the band’s formation in 2016. The Omnific’s mosaic of progressive rock, djent, funk, and synth-driven soundscapes has captivated a worldwide following, with the young virtuosic band accruing millions of streams and views on Spotify and YouTube, respectively.

The Omnific have built a reputation for delivering stunning technical live shows that include international headlining tours, and sharing stages with the likes of Between The Buried And Me, Intervals, and Twelve Foot Ninja. This year, the group toured with Ne Obliviscaris in Europe, and Polyphia on their sold-out Australian tour; following Polyphia’s own Clay Gober featuring on the Escapades hit track Antecedent.

The Omnific will be touring their new single with their recently-announced 46-date Phat Mackerel World Tour, covering Australia, Europe, UK, USA, and Canada.

The EU / UK dates will see the Australians perform at legendary German festivals Reeperbahn and Euroblast, plus headline dates.

EU / UK Dates (with special guests Walkways, Future Static, Shell Beach):

Sep 17: HU, Budapest, A38*
Sep 18: AT, Vienna, B72*
Sep 19: CZ, Prague, Klubovna*
Sep 21: DE, Hamburg, Reeperbahn Festival, Bahnhof Pauli
Sep 22: DE, Hamburg, Reeperbahn Festival, Molotow +
Sep 25: DE, Munich, Backstage Club
Sep 27: DE, Frankfurt, Nachtleben
Oct 01: DE, Cologne, Euroblast Festival +
Oct 03: UK, Manchester, Canvas 2 +
Oct 04: UK, London, Camden Assembly +

*No Shell Beach
+No Walkways / Shell Beach

Tickets from theomnific.com/tour

A keen eye may catch that the name “Phat Mackerel” comes from a spoonerism of Fackrell’s name, one which he has been tagged with for his entire life. Now years later and with the trio’s combined power, The Omnific slap and tap their way through virtual realms, seeking to finally settle the score with the track’s titular foe. Adam Bentley (Felix Martin, Arch Echo) and Ermin Hamidovic (Plini, Periphery, Devin Townsend) return for mixing and mastering duties respectively, injecting this latest single with the same shine and pop that made Escapades so immediately visceral. Airy atmospheric textures serve as a scale-setting backdrop to the dexterous wallop of twin bass guitars and the precise punch of percussion, culminating in an epic display of technical ability, unbridled creativity, and the quirky charisma that The Omnific imbues in its craft.

Debuting alongside ‘Phat Mackerel’ is an accompanying music video for the track. Captured by director Jamie McVicker (Plini, I Built The Sky), the nostalgic visual accompaniment depicts The Omnific’s mission to defeat The Mack, with the trio’s quirky sense of humor and passion for retro gaming immediately shining through, even capping off with a boss fight against Phat Mackerel himself. As if he were Captain Ahab to Phat Mackerel’s Moby Dick, Fack concludes, “Born to be Matt Fackrell, forced to be Phat Mackerel. After a life filled with the name Phat Mackerel, it’s now time to eradicate the fish once and for all!”

METALITE Premiere Music Video for Powerful, New Album Single ‘Blazing Skies’

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On January 19, 2024, Swedish melodic power metal act METALITE will release their forthcoming studio album, Expedition One, and sees them unleash their most gigantic record to date!

Expedition One tells a fictitious story about life on our planet in the year 2055. The band’s upcoming magnum opus inspires with a wide range of diverse compositions and an intelligent sci-fi story that couldn’t be more topical. In addition, their fourth album offering manifests the musicians’ amazing artistic development. METALITE‘s visionary sci-fi trip is told over sixteen multi-faceted songs that combine the quintet’s many strengths: powerful and at the same time delicate guitar riffs and solos, anthemic melodies courtesy of vocalist Erica Ohlsson, driving rhythms and cleverly positioned keyboard parts. Expedition One was produced by guitarist Edwin Premberg, and was mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen. The pre-sale of this early 2024 album highlight, one that belongs into every well-sorted power- and melodic metal record colection, is available via AFM Records at THIS LOCATION!

“In the past four or five years, our sound has evolved considerably,”Premberg recently said.“The quality of our production in particular has progressed considerably since our debut.”

Following the previously-released, first single, “Disciples Of The Stars” and a haunting, in-depth album trailer, today, METALITE are premiering a music video for the powerful anthem “Blazing Skies“! Join the Expedition One, and watch their official, new music video now premiering here:

”We are really excited to release this bombastic song together with this epic video made by Ted Lindén at Bullsize Production.” METALITE comments. “The song is truly a blast in a classic Metalite style and it feels that we have leveled up a few steps since last time. We hope everyone will like it and we looking forward to play it live!”

METALITE live:

20.09.2023 Full Metal Cruise Part II

For More Info Visit:
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https://shop.afm-records.de/de/metalite

PHOBOPHILIC Kick Off European + UK August Tour Dates

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US death metal group PHOBOPHILIC are heading on their debut European and UK live dates, kicking off today. The Fargo, North Dakota band will be performing on the Inhuman Wreckage tour alongside Ossuary this August. The tour will culminate on August 31 – 03 September at Kill Town Death Fest in Copenhagen, Denmark – with full dates and details below.

Speaking on the upcoming tour dates, PHOBOPHILIC comments: “We’re incredibly excited to make our European debut this summer. It’s an honor to be able to share the experience with fellow Midwesterners Ossuary as we make our way to Kill-Town Death Fest.”

Inhuman Wreckage tour dates w/ Ossuary:
18 August – Iduna – Drachten, NL
19 August – Die Trompete – Bochum, DE
20 August – Music City – Antwerp, BE
21 August – New Cross Inn – London, UK
22 August – Le Klub – Paris, FR
23 August – Canadian Café – Tours, FR
24 August – Los Bancos de Atrás – Unquera, ES
25 August – Sala Silikona – Madrid, ES
26 August – Sala Upload – Barcelona, ES
27 August – Secret Place – Montpellier, FR
28 August – Centrale 66 – Modena, IT
29 August – Golden Nugget – Nürnberg, DE
30 August – Cassiopeia – Berlin, DE (KTDF Warm Up)
31 August – 03 September Pumpenhuset / Kill-Town Death Fest IX – Copenhagen, DK

Formed in 2016, PHOBOPHLIC have steadily accumulated early releases in the shape of two demos, 2019’s Undimensioned Identities EP and a split release with Canada’s Sedimentum, all the while honing their craft out across the North American touring circuit – featuring live stints with Gatecreeper and Mutilatred respectively, as well as appearances at LDB Fest and Philadelphia Death Nexus – positioning themselves among US death metals most intriguing young acts.

Following their early productivity both in studio and on the road, PHOBOPHILIC pulled together to shape their debut album Enveloping Absurdity. Shunning the fantastical in favour of lived human reality, the band opted to center their gaze on what it is to exist. Drawing from French writers Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre as well as Germany’s Fredrich Nietzche’s strains of philosophical thought, Enveloping Absurdity is a meticulous vivisection of the philosophical self and purpose, as it asks fundamental questions of life’s true meaning.

PHOBOPHILIC’s formative promise is fully captured with a stellar production job that retains their to-the-bone intensity, but allows room for the underlying grandiosity of their compositions, thanks to Adam Tucker at Signaturetone Recording in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The artwork was then licensed from Finnish illustrator Joonas Räsänen at EvM Art, as the band sought to marry Enveloping Absurdity’s overarching thematic ponderance with aesthetic totality.

On their debut long player PHOBOPHILIC rebel against notions of defeat and pessimism, in spite of the struggles that come with an overabundance of consciousness, to a profound embrace of that which ails as well as thrills. At the beating heart of Enveloping Absurdity’s sonic extremity is a victory of the self, not content with simply surviving, but choosing to live.

PHOBOPHILIC is:
Aaron Dudgeon – guitars and vocals
Josh Poer – guitars
Christian Alm – bass
Vincent Tweten – drums

SKULL & CROSSBONES Share New Album Single ‘Live Your Dreams’

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While they are currently gearing up for the release of their much-awaited, first full-length, German heavy metal band SKULL & CROSSBONES is premiering their new album single “Live Your Dreams”! The band, featuring former Stormwitch members Volker Schmietow, Tobi Kipp, Jürgen “Wanschi” Wannenwetsch and Marc Oppold, will release their debut album Sungazer as CD Digipak, Ltd. Vinyl LP and Digital formats through Massacre Records, you can pre-order your copy at THIS LOCATION!

As first singles already showcased, SKULL & CROSSBONES have dedicated themselves to traditional heavy metal. Following tracks such as “Nature’s Legacy” and the album title track, their brand new single, “Live Your Dreams” – a power ballad in the style of the old metal ballads of the glorious 80’s – is now available HERE!

The band motivates: “You should try to live your dreams so as not to be envious of those who have achieved what you always wished for yourself.”

Sungazer track listing:

Midnight Fyre
Sungazer
Manhunter
The Invisible Man
Tyrant’s Rule
Nature’s Legacy
Inner Self
Live Your Dreams
The Drowned
The Traveller

SKULL & CROSSBONES Live:
09.09.2023 DE Bisingen – Umsonst & Draußen Zollernalb
16.09.2023 DE Gerstetten – Schlicker
09.12.2023 DE Horb am Neckar – Marmorwerk

SKULL & CROSSBONES are:
Tobi Hübner – Vocals
Volker Schmietow – Guitar
Tobi Kipp – Guitar
Jürgen “Wanschi” Wannenwetsch – Bass
Marc Oppold – Drums

For More Info Visit:
http://skullandcrossbones.de
https://www.facebook.com/skullandcrossbones.Band
https://www.instagram.com/skullandcrossbones_official