STONE BROKEN to Headline Planet Rock’s Winter’s End Festival, Announce New Album + Label Deal

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STONE BROKEN are thrilled to announce a new chapter in their rock career with a Saturday night headline slot at the Planet Rock Winter’s End festival, February 3rd, 2024 as well as a new label deal with rock independent 7Hz Productions (ADA). The band, who launched back in 2016 with the incredible support of Planet Rock radio, have now come full circle and are thrilled to perform this headline show which will see them return with brand new material and new album due in 2024.

Says lead singer Rich Moss “The last few years have been incredibly difficult for Stone Broken but we are back and re-energised, clear of a difficult label relationship and writing great new material which will be ready for 2024 so there is nowhere we’d rather launch this next phase of our career than headlining the awesome Planet Rock Winters End festival! We can’t wait to get back on that stage again!”.

Hailing from Walsall, Stone Broken launched on to the rock scene back in 2016 with their successfully self-released debut album All In Time, eventually amassing over 10 million You Tube views and just shy of 9.5 million Spotify streams. 

Two further albums Ain’t Always Easy and Revelation were then released by Spinefarm Records in what proved to be a very fractious and commercially frustrating relationship. Now free of that, the band have discovered a new-found liberation and together with their management company JABA Music, have inked a joint venture with independent rock label 7Hz (ADA), which will see singles and a brand-new album being released in the UK and internationally in 2024. 

Says drummer Robyn Haycock “We started our career back in 2016 with a successful self-released album and then got into a relationship with Spinefarm that just didn’t work out. Together with our management, we’ve decided to take back control to run the campaign we believe is best for us and our fans. It has been a very frustrating last few years but we’re all that bit wiser now! We just want our fans to know that we are pumped, we are back and will be releasing our best new music very soon! To the Broken Army we say, get ready because we are coming back stronger than ever!!”

7Hz Productions, an independent rock label and publisher set up by Barry Campbell and former Albert Productions head of A&R, James Cassidy, has steered the recent successful top 20 debt album releases for Scottish rockers Mason Hill as well as the highly acclaimed and successful Sundowners album for The Answer. With former Earache marketing manager Dan Tobin now joining the 7Hz team as global campaign manager, Stone Broken are thrilled to be part of this new venture with a dedicated team of rock specialists. 

Says Tobin of his new role “I’m very pleased to be providing campaign management to the burgeoning 7Hz label, having worked with many of its acts on previous projects and releases. I’ve spent my entire working life helping to break new and developing rock acts so am always excited by the prospect of a new challenge. I look forward to continuing to build an upwards trajectory for fantastic bands like Stone Broken, Mason Hill, and The Answer, all of whom are amazing examples of the rich and vibrant British rock music scene we all love”.

For Stone Broken, 2024 is a year they are pumped and looking forward to. With new singles and an album in works, the Planet rock Winters End festival cannot come soon enough!

STONE BROKEN IS: 
Rich Moss (front man & guitar)
​Chris Davis (lead guitar)
Kieron Conroy (bass)
​Robyn   Haycock (drums)

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CORONATUS Introduce New Band Members & Premiere Video for Brand New Single ‘Dark Ice’

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With their new single, “Dark Ice”, symphonic metal act CORONATUS introduces their new band members Nemesis, who – with her rock-like vocals – acts as musical counterpart to mezzo-soprano Leni as well as the band’s new guitarist Harry and offer a first glimpse at their upcoming 11th studio album, which is expected to be released in 2024 via Massacre Records!

“Dark Ice deals with our deepest fears of both the unknown, and the strange. It deals with losing control over what could happen to us with every next step we take in an unsafe and unknown environment or situation.” The band comments.

A music video for the new CORONATUS single “Dark Ice” ( available on all digital services at THIS LOCATION! ) is now premiering here:

“Imagine a scene sliding over the ice of a frozen deep lake in complete darkness! You do not see your path, nor will you know, if it’s safe or not. Will the ice underneath your skates be stable or will you break through and drown in the cold black waters?

And did you recognize the strange creature behind you, both menacing and beautiful at the same time, frightening you with its dark eyes as well, as the lyrics of this song imply?

The creature symbolizes another fear, the fear of the stranger, the alien, the migrant. Is it really dangerous? Or is this only your stupid imagination, which makes you feel this fear and horror?

It’s the fear of threatening situations, both real or unreal ones, which we cannot control at all, which overwhelms us and drowns us in panic.”

CORONATUS is:
Leni Eitrich – Vocals (Mezzo-soprano)
Nemesis – Vocals (Rock)
Kristina Jülich – Violin
Harry Zeidler – Guitars
Mats Kurth – Drums

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https://www.instagram.com/coronatus_official

Israeli SPAWN OF EVIL Announce New Album “Sadistic Missionaries”

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Pest Records is proud to announce the upcoming release of the long-awaited third studio album of Israeli Death Metal veterans SPAWN OF EVIL. Titled “Sadistic Missionaries“, the band’s new opus is a decade long worth material featuring 8 new tracks of traditional brutal Death Metal with melodic guitar lines, furious rhythm section and wrathful vocals that will surely impress fans of bands like Morbid Angel, Benediction, Gorefest and the likes, and it will be released this Autumn. 

Here’s what the band’s leader and founding member Moti Rokah had to say about the new collaboration and album: “We are proud to be the new born of the Pest Records family, this collaboration was intended to be! We are very eager to be side by side with the monstrosities Pest Records holds under their wings! 

Our new album Sadistic Missionaries is a milestone in our 25 years journey of pure fun & anger release. The album speaks of those who embrace power to its evil form rather than humanity…
In our families, our education, our governments, our religions. Let there be SpawnPest!”

With 25 years of activity under-belt, SPAWN OF EVIL have released 2 full-length albums so far and played live intensively throughout the years becoming one of the most representative Death Metal bands in Israel. Check out the newest video “Rhea of the Gods” (track featured on “Sadistic Missionaries”, too) here:

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ASTRALBORNE Release New Album And Share Music Video for ‘Skybreaker’

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ASTRALBORNE has today released their second album, Across the Aeons, via Prosthetic Records. The Midwest melodeath trio’s sophomore sees the band take to the furthest corners of the galaxy, exploring themes of Lovecraftian cosmicism and interstellar fantasy fiction. Alongside Across the Aeons‘ release, ASTRALBORNE has also shared a music video for the album track Skybreaker.

Stream Across the Aeons via Apple Music, TIDAL, Deezer, Bandcamp and Spotify.
Order Across the Aeons here.

Speaking on the album release, ASTRALBORNE comments: “Today we are honored to announce the release of our second full length album, Across the Aeons out NOW on Prosthetic Records. Grab a copy! Like, share, comment, and LISTEN on whatever platform you’re on! Once again, we’d like to extend a tremendous thank you to everyone involved for allowing this album to see the light of day and to all of our fans for their continued support. We couldn’t have done it without you.”

On Skybreaker, the band adds: “Skybreaker is an artillery blast of melancholic riffs and anthemic songwriting. Fast, fun, and straight to the point. Probably our shortest full song to date, this banger pulls out all the stops and goes right for the jugular.”

After their 2020 debut album, Eternity’s End, introduced ASTRALBORNE as accomplished purveyors of both compellingly intricate melodicism and dexterous brutality in equal measure, Across the Aeons’ creative process began immediately following their lauded first full-length release. Commencing writing in spring of 2020, the group soon found themselves expanding upon the more grandiose passages of their sonic foundations, with conscious efforts made to accommodate cellist and composer Kakophonix’s contributions.

Recorded by bassist and vocalist Paul Fuzinki in 2021 between Call of the Yeti Studio in Swanton, OH and North Shore Studios in Fife Lake, MI, Across the Aeons was then mixed by Unnus Latif at Black Moon Recordings, Columbus, OH and mastered by Orden Ogan’s Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann at Greenman Studios in Germany. The end result of production sees ASTRALBORNE’s knack for lofty fretwork and rhythmic pummel shine among sanguine acoustic arrangements and beguiling orchestration.

The 12 tracks on offer chart a journey of acceptance in the face of humankind’s impermanence within a cosmic void, be it Fuzinski’s bellowing promise of hell itself, “chaos, death and fire” on lead single War Vessel or interdimensional overlap on Gemini’s celestial death metal pomp. Elsewhere ASTRALBORNE team up with labelmates Steve Redmond (Foretoken, The Day of the Beast) and Yegor Savovin (Fires in the Distance) on December Flower and the resplendent mid-album instrumental Promethean Fire respectively.

ASTRALBORNE’s interstellar voyage is visually brought to life in evocative fashion by Spanish artist Juanjo Castellano (The Black Dahlia Murder, Voidceremony, Coffins). For as alone as we may be in the cosmos of Across the Aeons, the band’s second album shirks the nihilistic connotations of such a realisation, opting instead to revel in the totality of all beings and things.

Across the Aeons tracklist:
1. Exordium
2. War Vessel
3. Nocturneous
4. Skybreaker
5. Gemini
6. December Flower
7. Promethean Fire
8. Star of Extinction
9. Paradigm Shift
10. The Pillars of Creation
11. Across the Aeons
12. Cadence of Sorrow

ASTRALBORNE is:
Paul Fuzinski – Bass and vocals
Derik Smith – Guitar
Jayson Cessna – Drums

Taiwanese LAANG 冷 Announce New Album “Riluo”, Out November 24th

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Taiwanese black metal band Laang 冷 have revealed their new album Riluo, to be released 24th November via Talheim Records.

Pre-order Riluo here: https://laang.bandcamp.com/album/riluo

The band comment: “Riluo is our most vulnerable and emotional album yet. Whether it be a soundtrack of understanding to those who have suffered or a message of raw truth to others, we hope Riluo will touch hearts and souls.”

Laang 冷 (“cold”) are born from an unearthly near-death experience, and the post-traumatic stress suffered by vocalist-guitarist Haitao Yang. The band’s music exquisitely explores the pain, misery, and struggle of trauma and recovery – a unique and highly cathartic project.

Laang 冷‘s musical style combines aggressive and non-canonical black metal riffing with melancholic melodies, tortured vocals performed in Mandarin Chinese, dark orchestras, and traditional erhu & guzheng instrumentation. Haunting and captivating, Laang 冷 provide a highly-charged tormented soundscape – heard throughout the meditative Riluo (“sunset”), with eight new tracks ruminating on death and beyond. 

Although still a relatively new project, Laang 冷‘s list of achievements so far is impressive. Their debut album Haiyang 海洋 (“ocean”) was released in 2019 on Talheim Records, and received the Kaohsiung City National Culture Award, followed by headlining tours through Taiwan and Hong Kong. In 2021 the band released their second album Xinteng 心疼 (“misery”), again on Talheim Records, followed by a headlining North American tour May 2022.

Laang 冷‘s music has also been featured in several movies and video games, including the Hollywood horror film Antidote (2021), directed by Peter Daskaloff, and the video game Dyslite and Silver Squad.

Laang 冷 are:
Haitao Yang – Vocals, guitar, erhu, synthesizers
Willy “Krieg” Tai – Bass

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MY LAMENT Unveil ‘November’ Single, New Album Out on September 22nd

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Belgian death-doom metallers MY LAMENT have signed to Ardua Music for the release of their first full-length in over a decade. “The Season Came Undone” is due out September 22nd 2023.

The band has shared the first single, “November”, in the form of a lyric video. Watch it HERE.

Tracklist:

1. Everything Goes to Waste
2. My Mausoleum
3. Fallacy
4. Like Fallen Rain
5. Oh, Fall
6. Dying of the Light
7. Like Something Almost Being Said (Instrumental)
8. November
9. Life Will Be the Death of Me (2023 Remaster)

After two successful releases, “Broken Leaf” (2009, Solitude Productions) and “Sorrow” (2015), the band have honed their underground roots into a more accessible sound with an emphasis on concise songwriting and memorable melodies.

The upcoming new album “The Season Came Undone” (nine tracks, 51 minutes) reflects the band’s ambition to reach a wider audience without giving up their doom/death heritage. With unique vocal harmonies, soaring leads, a pounding rhythm section and thoughtful lyrics, MY LAMENT has matured into a forward-thinking foursome that doesn’t sound quite like any other band.

Watch for more singles and news on other upcoming MY LAMENT activities to be posted shortly.

MY LAMENT is a doom/death metal band from Antwerp, Belgium. Since its genesis in 2002, the core line-up has remained the same: founding members Steph (bass) and Vincent (drums), soon joined by Paul on guitar. Additional guitars, synths and vocals were supplied by various members throughout the years, with a debut demo titled “Beneath the Hidden” coming out in 2006. Full-length album “Broken Leaf” was released to critical acclaim in 2009 on the Russian doom metal label Solitude Productions.

Always looking beyond the confines of metal, MY LAMENT was chosen to be part of “Heaven and Hell” (2010), an ambitious contemporary music production inspired by the poetry of William Blake, alongside classically trained musicians, singers, composers and scenographers. Some of these concerts saw Robrecht filling in on guitar, who eventually joined as a permanent member.

MY LAMENT hired vocalist Xavier to incorporate melodic singing as well as death metal grunts on “Sorrow” (2015). However, for the following tour in Germany and the Czech Republic, they decided to continue as a four-piece band, with Robrecht combining vocals and guitar.

Invigorated by new influences and a stable line-up, the band has since honed their underground roots into a more accessible sound with an emphasis on concise songwriting and memorable melodies. This new direction became evident in the single “Life Will Be the Death of Me”, released with a self-produced 360-degree video in 2018.

Line-up:

Steph – bass
Vincent – drums
Paul – guitars
Robrecht – vocals & guitars

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