AT THE GATES Added to INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL 2024

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Inferno Metal Festival is now revealing that At the Gates will be among the headliners for the 2024 edition, which takes place from March 28-31, 2024 across several venues in Oslo (NO). The Swedish band has played a significant role in shaping the landscape of melodic death metal. This will be the first performance for At the Gates at Inferno Metal Festival.

So far, the iconic festival is revealing a mixture of classic bands as well as some vital and exciting new-comers! More will be announced soon!

The current lineup is now as follows:

At The Gates
Borknagar
Sólstafir
Finntroll
Carpathian Forest
Cattle Decapitation
Keep of Kalessin
Misþyrming
Saor
Konvent
Khold
Crypta
Signs of the Swarm
Extermination Dismemberment
Orm
Umbra Conscientia
200 Stab Wounds
Tilintetgjor
Imbalance
Nakkeknaekker
Vomit Forth
Horrifier

Single day tickets and passes are now available HERE.

Official festival hotel – Clarion Hotel® The Hub:

In addition, Inferno Metal Festival is now revealing that the Clarion Hotel The Hub is once again the official hotel partner!

For more information can be found via the official Inferno Festival Website or directly via the hotel’s website. The ”Inferno” booking code is enabled to get the discounted prices.

The iconic Inferno Metal Festival started in 2001 and is the longest running metal festival in Norway and one of the most important extreme metal festivals in the world. We are very proud of this position and we will continue fronting Norwegian metal and bringing bands from all over the world to Norway. Inferno Metal Festival is being held four days at Rockefeller Music Halls’ two stages Rockefeller and John Dee as well as many smaller clubs around Oslo. The festival takes place during Easter in Norway when not a lot of other stuff is happening in Oslo. The festival are usually sold out and more than fifty percent of the audience are from outside of Norway. The ticket sales are from all over the world including China, Australia, Chile, Japan, Taiwan, Canada, USA, Columbia, Argentina and many more.

More info at: Official Inferno Fest Website – Facebook – Instagram – Twitter – Tickets

ON THORNS I LAY Announce New Album + Release First Track ‘Newborn Skies’

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The gods have favoured us today! Atmospheric death doom metalband ON THORNS I LAY are announcing the first details of their debut album “On THorns I Lay”!

The album will be released on October 13, 2023 via Season of Mist and a first track ‘Newborn Skies’ is now available in the form of a lyric video HERE.

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

ON THORNS I LAY comment on the new track: “Newborn skies” is talking about this critical moment in life when you need to reconsider, reanimate and restart in order to keep going and follow your dreams . No matter how dark the ride has been, no matter how difficult and obscure, you have to take the final decision you still have your fate in your hands.”

ON THORNS I LAY are furthermore releasing the album details of “On Thorns I Lay” such as the track-list and artwork. All info can be found below.

Track list:
1. Fallen From Grace (8:07)
2. Newborn Skies (4:44) [WATCH VIDEO]
3. Crestfallen (8:08)
4. Among The Wolves (7:38)
5. Raise Empires (7:18)
6. Thorns Of Fire (7:23)
Total: 58:54

Cover artwork by Dimitris Tzortzis

ON THORNS I LAY started as a death metal band together with other cult bands in Greece in the early 90’s such as Rotting Christ, Septic Flesh, Necromantia, Nightfall and started to spread their name in the local and global underground scene.

ON THORNS I LAY have released 9 albums so far such as Orama, Crystal Tears, Aegean Sorrow and Threnos gaining great reviews in (Scream Norway, album of the month, Inferno Finland 5/5, Metal Storm Top 5 albums of 2020 and many others…). The have shared the stage with great bands such as Dream Theater, In Flames, Anathema, Amorphis, Katatonia, Rotting Christ, Tiamat, The Gathering, Satyricon, Septic Flesh and many more…

Their music style is pure atmospheric melodic doom death metal!

ON THORNS I LAY’s last album “Threnos” followed the path of atmospheric, yet emotional Doom Death Metal – paying tribute to the roots and representing the trademark sound of the band once again. ON THORNS I LAY continue to tell dense stories of loss and despair.

After their mini tour at the Baltic states with Rotting Christ  they signed a deal with the world famous record label Season Of Mist and they have finished the recordings of their 10th album entitled ‘On Thorns I Lay to be released in 2023.

Recording studio
Devasoundz Studios
Producer / sound engineer
Fotis Benardo

Mixing and mastering studio and engineer
Fotis Benardo

Current line-up
Peter Miliadis – Vocals (Dimlight, ex- Slaveatgod)
Christos Dragamestianos – Guitars
Nikolas Paraskevopoulos – Guitars (Dimlight, Yoth Iria)
Kostas Mexis – Bass (Aetherian, ex- Black Path)
Antonis Ventouris – Keyboards
Stelios Darakis – Drums (Dexter Ward, ex- Sacred Outcry, The Eternal Suffering, ex- Mortal Torment, ex- Lloth)

Guest vocals:
Fanny Melfi – Fallen From Grace
Labros Kiklis – Fallen From Grace
Stavros Papagiannakopoulos – Thorns Of Fire, Crestfallen
Ilias Mantikos – Thorns Of Fire
Katerina Tzitzou – Fallen From Grace
Irina Dimaki – Fallen From Grace
Anna Thana – Fallen From Grace
Aris Karatzas – Crestfallen, Newborn Skies, Raise Empires, Among The Wolves

More info at

TREVOR RABIN Signs to InsideOutMusic for Release of First Vocal Led Solo Album in Over 30 Years

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InsideOutMusic are pleased to announce the signing of TREVOR RABIN, the South African guitarist, singer, multi-musician, writer and producer. They will release ‘Rio’, his first solo album of vocal material in 34 years on October 6th, 2023 worldwide. 

Of the signing and the forthcoming album, Trevor comments: “Signing to InsideOutMusic was the most natural and happy signing. Thomas and I have been friends for a while, and we’ve wanted to work together for a while.  As I got close to completing the project, I called Thomas. It was that simple. I am extremely happy to be working with the InsideOutMusic team and being part of the Sony family.”

InsideOutMusic label-head Thomas Waber adds: “Working with Trevor is a big bucket list moment for me and the label. I became a fan of his signature writing style at the beginning of the 80s and have been following him ever since. He is one of the true greats in Rock Music. ‘Rio’ is everything we could have hoped for and more!”

Although he has carved a lengthy and diverse career, Johannesburg-born Rabin is best known for membership of the band Yes over a 12-year, four-album spell that began in 1983, his smash hit song ‘Owner Of A Lonely Heart’ of the same year topping America’s Billboard chart and inspiring the iconic prog-rock band to cross over into a far larger audience. Rabin was inducted to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame with the band in 2017 and more recently teamed up with former Yes members Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman in the trio ARW.

Given that his previous vocal-led solo album, ‘Can’t Look Away’, was released in 1989 (2012’s ‘Jacaranda’ was all-instrumental), Rabin has kept us waiting for more than three decades for a follow-up. Trevor admits that there was pressure from all sides, including his own family, to have speeded up the process. However, the delay is excusable. Since leaving Yes following the ‘Talk’ album in 1994 and largely as a prequel to touring as part of ARW in 2016, the guitarist entered the time-consuming world of movie soundtracks. Trevor’s name appears as composer for such blockbusters as Con Air, Armageddon, Remember the Titans, Enemy Of The State, Deep Blue Sea, Glory Road, and Gone In 60 Seconds and both National Treasure movies, amongst many others. “Over the past ten years I was having ideas, concepts that I couldn’t implement due to my busy schedule,” he explains, adding: “To be honest, those years flew by in a flurry. I knew that this was the time, and once I found my momentum I worked on the album 24/7.”

‘Rio’, named after Rabin’s grand-daughter, features a painting by Trevor himself and will be available to pre-order from August 4th on several different formats. More information will be available soon. 

Trevor’s social media presence has been newly relaunched, and you can find all the key places to find out more information below. You can also see a video of Trevor checking in here:

TREVOR RABIN Online:
www.instagram.com/trevorrabin.official
www.facebook.com/TrevorRabinMusic 

Italy’s TARCHON FIST Welcome Mattia “Matt” Vescovi as New Drummer

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Italy’s NWOTHM band TARCHON FIST proudly announce their new drummer
Mattia “Matt” Vescovi.
 
Matt comments:
“I’m really excited! I can’t wait to share my energy with these crazy metalheads!”.
 
Matt started to play drums when he was just 8 years old. After playing in several bands, at 20 he joined Raya, a crossover band with Spanish lyrics, playing with them for more than a decade. From 2017 to 2022, he was part of Soulline, a well-known metal band active throughout Europe since 2001.

About Soulline, Loud and Proud states:

“We were immediately struck by the choice of setting the drums on the side of the stage […] It’s the drummer of the Swiss band who immediately impresses us. Matt is a real war machine”.

 In April TARCHON FIST released their fifth studio album, “The Flame Still Burns”, via Underground Symphony.

“The Flame Still Burns” is available as CD Digipak and digital.

Order your copy here:
https://tarchonfistband.bandcamp.com/album/the-flame-still-burns (PHYSICAL)
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/tarchonfist/the-flame-still-burns (DIGITAL)

More about “The Flame Still Burns”
“Wolfpack” official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7s6Qv3-_Tg
“Soldiers in White” official video: https://youtu.be/-1vGLK6WyGA
“The Flame Still Burns” official video: https://youtu.be/BmpIBr6m_HI

TARCHON FIST are
 
Mirco “Ramon” Ramondo – Vocals
Luciano “Lvcio” Tattini – Guitars & Backing Vocals
Sergio “Rix” Rizzo – Guitars & Backing Vocals
Marco “Wallace” Pazzini – Bass & Backing Vocals
Mattia “Matt” Vescovi – Drums

TARCHON FIST online:

NIXIL Share New Single + Music Video ‘Abyss Unto Abyss’

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US black metal quintet NIXIL has today shared a new track and music video, Abyss Unto Abyss, from their upcoming album, From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire. Abyss Unto Abyss is the third single to be taken from their sophomore full-length, with the music video once again produced by the Baltimore, Maryland band.

Stream Abyss Unto Abyss via Apple Music, TIDAL, Deezer, Bandcamp and Spotify
Pre-order From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire here.

Speaking on the single and music video release, NIXIL comments: “Abyss Unto Abyss was written during a bout of intense insomnia resulting in a state of comatose lucidity. It is a channeled poem describing how to use these sometimes maddening altered states of consciousness to trigger personal evolution and explore those vast territories beyond our mundane existence.”

Having made their presence known with their 2021 debut, All Knots Untied, NIXIL has steadily garnered a loyal following through live appearances across the United States – sharing stages alongside Hulder, Evoken, Molder, Yatra, and an appearance at Maryland Deathfest 2022 along the way. Time spent on the road served to sharpen their collective musicianship and fully realise NIXIL’s desire for collaborative unity and authenticity within the group ahead of From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire’s creation.

NIXIL’s scorched earth approach to black metal’s sonic extremities offer a radical alternative to secular approaches to, and readings of, their craft. Where All Knots Untied was an introductory affair for the quintet, 2023 sees the band further expand upon concepts of chaos gnosticism, ego-death, self-empowerment and freedom.

After solidifying their line-up in its current form, with the arrival of guitarist / backing vocalist Alden, NIXIL opted to record From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire live at Magpie Cage Recording Studio with J. Robbins. The resulting six songs seethe with a frenzied despair, whilst more ominous passages breathe with a disquieting existential terror in every percussive and rhythmically meditative trance, exactly as the band intended to capture before handing mastering duties to James Plotkin.

NIXIL’s latest offering is more than invocation and manifestation alone, From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire is an invitation for those shackled by earth and flesh to dispel from regressive human made traditions and misplaced guilt and shatter the illusion of a self.

From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire tracklist:
1. Collapsing the Poles
2. In Thrall
3. A Door Never Closed
4. From the Wound Spilled Forth Fire
5. Abyss Unto Abyss
6. The Way is the Grave

NIXIL is:
C.: vocals
Key: drums
Aurora: bass, backing vox
Alden: guitar, backing vox
Shane: guitar

CHRIS BOLTENDAHL’S STEELHAMMER Release New Lyric Video for Midnight Oil Cover ‘Beds are Burning’

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CHRIS BOLTENDAHL’S STEELHAMMER have released their new lyric video for Midnight Oil cover ‘Beds are Burning’, taken from the band’s upcoming album “Reborn In Flames” that will be released on July 28, 2023 as Digipack CD, black vinyl, limited sun yellow vinyl, limited splatter vinyl, limited picture disc, digital streaming / download and as a limited to 500 copies collector’s black steel box with logo printing on the lid that includes: digipack CD, a metal necklace with waxy cord strap, a woven logo patch and photocard signed by all band members! Pre-order here: https://bit.ly/steelhammer_reborn_in_flames

Chris comments on the song: “The song “Beds are burning” by Midnight Oil is more relevant today than ever before. Mankind is digging its own grave. Climate change can hardly be stopped. It is such a great song with a current time criticism … this song should wake up and lead us again and again in mind: there is only this world … after that nothing more comes!”

Digital single of “Beds are Burning” is now available across all digital and streaming platforms! Pre-save the album, here: https://bfan.link/reborn-in-flames

Mixed & mastered by Chris Boltendahl @ Graveyard Studio
Lyric video created by W Designer: https://www.facebook.com/wdesignerbr

Line-up:
Chris Boltendahl – Vocals
Tobias Kersting – Guitars
Lars Schneider – Bass
Patrick Klose – Drums

Follow Chris Boltendahl’s Steelhammer:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChrisBoltendahlsSteelhammer
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisboltendahlssteelhammer/