TWILIGHT FORCE Release Video for Title Track of New Album “At the Heart of Wintervale”, Out Now

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Today Swedish symphonic power metallers TWILIGHT FORCE have released their fourth long player, At the Heart of Wintervale. Landing over three years after the band’s previous studio album, their latest opus recounts brand new and exciting stories from the Twilight Kingdoms! Along with the album release, the Swedes have also unveiled a new music video for the album title track ‘At the Heart of Wintervale’, which can be witnessed here:

TWILIGHT FORCE comments:
“Rejoice! The eternal wait is over! At the Heart of Wintervale is finally unleashed upon the mortal plane, and all is well again! This creation is the culmination of our immense efforts to bring you along on a journey through the vast realms of the Twilight Kingdoms, and to explore its rich history of myths and magic through a swift and sparkling musical adventure. So come, join us once again on a quest to remember – for today is a day of celebration! 
May the Power of the Dragon forever guide you!”

Purchase At the Heart of Wintervale on various formats and stream the album now here.

At the Heart of Wintervale consists of 8 captivating tales from far and wide, with a run-time of approximately 45 minutes. The songs are all stories and legends from the Twilight Kingdoms, gathered over years of meticulous research, further exploring and delving into the vast and magical world of its realms. 
  
At the Heart of Wintervale is available on CD, Digibook, and Vinyl. The limited Digibook edition also includes three bonus tracks. The first is a song which many of TWILIGHT FORCE‘s loyal knights may somewhat recognise; it is an acoustic blend of some of the older works, featuring an entrancing vocal performance and guitar work by TWILIGHT FORCE‘s very own wood elf Aerendir. The second and third bonus tracks are orchestral versions of two songs from the album, giving fans the opportunity to experience a different soundscape, and perhaps discover exciting new elements and intricacies never discerned previously.

At the Heart of Wintervale Tracklist

1. Twilight Force
2. At the Heart of Wintervale
3. Dragonborn
4. Highlands of the Elder Dragon
5. Skyknights of Aldaria
6. A Familiar Memory
7. Sunlight Knight
8. The Last Crystal Bearer

At the Heart of Wintervale Digibook Tracklist
1. Twilight Force
2. At the Heart of Wintervale
3. Dragonborn
4. Highlands of the Elder Dragon
5. Skyknights of Aldaria
6. A Familiar Memory
7. Sunlight Knight
8. The Last Crystal Bearer
9. The Sapphire Dragon of Arcane Might is Back Again
10. Skyknights of Aldaria (orchestral version)
11. The Last Crystal Bearer (orchestral version)

Today there is a double cause for celebration though. It is not only album release day, but TWILIGHT FORCE‘s Winter Wonder Tour also launches today in Copenhagen, Denmark. The long-awaited run will take the Swedes to 20 different cities across Europe!

Winter Wonder Tour 2023
w/ SEVEN SPIRES and SILVER BULLET

20.01. DK Copenhagen – Templet
21.01. DE Osnabrück – Bastard Club
22.01. NL Eindhoven – Effenaar Kz
24.01. UK Manchester – Rebellion
25.01. UK Glasgow – Audio
26.01. UK London – Underworld
27.01. FR Paris – Backstage
28.01. DE Mannheim – MS Connexion
30.01. DE Bochum – Rockpalast
31.01. DE Köln – MTC
01.02. FR Lyon – Rock’n’Eat
03.02. CH Pratteln – Z7
04.02. IT Milano – Legend Club
05.02. DE München – Backstage (Halle)
06.02 SI Ljubljana – Orto Bar
08.02. HU Budapest – Barba Negra
09.02. CZ Prague – Storm Club
10.02. DE Hannover – Musikzentrum
11.02. DE Berlin – Frannz
12.02. DE Hamburg – Knust

Tickets are on sale and available here: http://black-harbour.com/bands/twilight-force

TWILIGHT FORCE is a Swedish symphonic power metal band known for their highly fantastical lyrics and LARP-style outfits which the band performs onstage in. The band’s main lyrical themes are based on the lore of a fictional world known as The Twilight Kingdoms, created by keyboardist Blackwald. The band has released three albums to date. Their latest, Dawn of the Dragonstar was released in 2019. During the past few years, TWILIGHT FORCE have been busy forging their newest opus, At the Heart of Wintervalewhich has been released by Nuclear Blast Records on January 20th, 2023.

TWILIGHT FORCE is:
Allyon | lead and backing vocals
Lynd | lead and rhythm guitars
Born | bass
Blackwald | keyboards and narration
De’Azsh | drums
Aerendir | rhythm and acoustic guitars

ONCE TO DIE Release Official Music Video for Latest Single ‘Regain Strength’

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Metal band ONCE TO DIE have released the music video for their latest single “Regain Strength”. The single was recorded at Hear No Evil Studio and was mastered by Sparrow Sound.

“‘Regain Strength’ is a song about overcoming depression and rising from the dark hell we once lived. To dig our selves out from the grave with a renewing of the mind and spirit,” says the band’s frontman Jey Collins.

Stream “Regain Strength” HERE

WATCH Once To Die – “Regain Strength”:

From the chaotic depths of Southern California, 3 original members decided to resurrect the vicious beast of Once to Die. Justin Bundy, Mark Pistone (Carry us through), Jey Collins (Solus Deus) aligned with local slammers Hector Gonzalez (Phobia) and Austin D’amond (Bleed the Sky) to evolve a destructive yet harmonious sound. The design to construct an infectious blend of beautiful calamity to bury both our own and others demons under the rubble.

Once To Die is:

Jey Collins – Singer
Mark Pistone- Guitar
Justin Bundy- Guitar
Hector Gonzalez- Bass
Austin D’Amond – Drums

Italian Avantgarde/Folk Entity POSEIDON to Release Debut Album in February

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Brucia Records is proud to present POSEIDON‘s highly anticipated self-titled debut album, due out February 28th, 2023 on digital and CD + notebook edition including postcards.

POSEIDON is the eponymous collaboration album between Argento, Azoth (both SPITE EXTREME WING, IANVA) and Algol (HIEMS, FORGOTTEN TOMB, KIRLIAN CAMERA).

POSEIDON started to take shape in 2006 when Argento and Algol were visiting Le Tombe beach on the southwest side of the island of Elba.

On that rugged and uncontaminated shore made of black serpentine stones blending into the dark abyss of the night, near the site of ancient Etruscan tombs, they both shared the ambition of being able to replicate the hypnotic poetry of the Sea, mystically uniting Sky and Earth with its repetitive yet ever-changing flow of music.

And just like waves, POSEIDON’s music moves, wanders and becomes one with the singing Sea, flowing effortlessly, and blending beneath the underwater currents of its stream a unique mix of Acoustic Black Metal, Folk Music, Psychedelic Rock and Avantgarde.

POSEIDON’s music is vastly improvised: written and recorded during ritualistic night sessions, using a vast range of unorthodox mediums and instruments such as mellotron, tube radio and various folkloristic frame drums.

A phenomenally multi-layered work, coming from the depth of the ocean like a message in a bottle containing a sacred ritual spelled in ancient tongues, and aimed at those souls that are curious and adventurous enough to go out to sea, leaving the land behind.

The CD edition comes with a special notebook written through asystematic narrative path with Alessia Brunello, and inspired by “Burn After – A performance Book” by Elenia Depedro.

Tracklist:

I. Aphros
II. On the cave of the nymphs
III. Metamorphosis
IV. The Flying Dutchman (Algol remix)
V. Ci vuole un legno or Le radeau de la Méduse (Feat. Void)
VI. Opalescence 101
VII. A Saturno

Tracks I, II, III, VI composed and recorded in a ritual night session of August MMVI.
Tracks IV originally composed and recorded for Spite Extreme Wing (Ultra) in a ritual night session of December MMVII, remixed by Algol.
Tracks V composed and recorded in a forgotten night session (featuring Void on bass).
Tracks VII composed and recorded in a ritual night session of December MMVI.

Algol – guitars, percussions (bodhran, congas, cymbals, drums), voice, sea samples
Argento – guitars, tube radio, mantra samples
Azoth – bass, keys (Mellotron, Yamaha EX7, Korg Microkorg)

All music by POSEIDON.

Guest bass on Track V: Void
Cover Photo by Roberto Ridi, Le Tombe (The Graves) beach, book Pianeta Elba. Printed by Edizione Immagine, 2019.
Notebook written through Asystematic Narrative Path with Alessia Brunello. Inspired by: Elenia Depedro, Burn After. A performance book printed by Libri Aparte, 2011.
Design and artistic direction by Evokaos (Brucia Records)

GRIEFBRINGER Launch ‘Ghosts of the Desert’ Lyric Video

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Italian doom/sludge stalwarts GRIEFBRINGER have unveiled the new lyric video for “Ghosts of the Desert”. The song is taken from the band’s debut album, “The Horrible Wilting”, out now via Church of Crow Records.

Watch the video at THIS LOCATION.

Invisible Oranges hosted the exclusive premiere of the album HERE.

GRIEFBRINGER is a doom/sludge monster ready to roar: if you like to drown in grieving sounds made by huge distorted walls and bleeding ballads, this is for you.

“We’re all from the gloomy and dark side of the Italian scene, with 30 years of international experience in bands such as MONUMENTUM, HAUNTED, SCHIZO, HELL OBELISCO, just to name a few.
Collaboration with the previous projects convinced us to get together and explore the depth of the soul in this new creature. Darkness and godliness of places and images are our most important source of inspiration.`
After years of recording and mixing and mastering and sacrificial offers to the gods of dusk we’re ready to finally unleash ‘The Horrible Wilting’. The beast has been mastered by the Grammy winner Giovanni Versari at La Maestà studio, plus reamp by Marco Mastrobuono at Kick Recording Studio and recording, mixing and wisdom by Marco Paradisi at Boat Studio.
8 fresh new songs, 8 chances to freak out. Enjoy”.

Tracklist:

01. Blind Harbinger
02. Disfigurement
03. A Warlock
04. Ghosts of the Desert
05. Grimace of Madness
06. The Horrible Wilting
07. Obeying the Owl
08. The Creeper

Artwork by View From The Coffin

GRIEFBRINGER is:

Luca Frazzoni – guitars, vocals
Andrea Zanetti – bass, vocals
Dario Casabona – drums

KATATONIA Release Music Video for ‘Opaline’, New Album Out Now

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[Photo Credit: Mathias Blom]

The day has come to dive into the most beautiful realms of melancholy, as Swedish grand seigneurs of gloom KATATONIA have finally unveiled their Napalm Records debut and new studio album, Sky Void of Stars. With Sky Void of Stars, KATATONIA have already enthralled critics and fans worldwide – resulting in extensive streaming and video views as well as various cover stories. On top, the album ranks at #1 on several soundchecks like German Rock Hard and Legacy Magazine.
 
With a captivating, story driven music video for hypnotizing “Opaline”, the entity around founding members Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström not also emphasizes the release, but also teases their Twilight Burials EU & UK tour with Sólstafir and SOM – kicking off today in Tampere, Finland. The video shows impressions from the band’s latest US tour and prepares fans for a unique live experience to remember. “Opaline” embraces KATATONIA’s intense, genre-bending style, significantly shaping the scene while still staying true to their own musical values.

Daniel Moilanen on “Opaline”:
”Opaline. A bleak, yet thunderous anthem for our empty sky. A dim gaze upon a time deliberately fleeting like the migratory bird. A final single and a taste of the future?”

Founded in 1991, KATATONIA have continually embraced the dark and the light alike and – living through genre evolutions beyond compare – ripened their own particular form of expression. Carving their way from their nineties gothic-tinged doom metal to the ethereal post-metal entity they are today, the band is ready to showcase its brilliance and illuminate the void in the scene with Sky Void of Stars.
 
KATATONIA on the new album, Sky Void of Stars:
“Our 12th album, Sky Void of Stars, is a dynamic journey through vibrant darkness. Born out of yearning for what was lost and not found, the very peripheries of the unreachable, but composed and condensed into human form and presented as sounds and words true to the KATATONIA signum. No stars here, just violent rain.”

Order Your Copy of Sky Void of Stars HERE
– first formats are already sold out!

Emerging from the gloom, KATATONIA is a beacon of light – breathing their unique, never stagnant, atmospheric sound through this new offering, all written and composed by vocalist Jonas Renkse. Album opener “Austerity” provides a courting introduction to the album. Crashing through the dark, it convinces with memorable, mind-bending rhythms as it shifts with elaborate guitar riffs that perfectly showcase the musical expertise and experience of the band. Topped off by the dark, conjuring voice of Renkse and mesmerizing lyricism, the gloomy mood for the album is set. Songs like down- tempo “Opaline” and moody “Drab Moon” fully embrace their melancholic sound while fragile “Impermanence” is accented by the original doom metal roots of KATATONIA. Like a dark star, these pieces relume the dreariness, creating an ambient auditory experience with memorable hooks while still inducing the crashing sounds of hard guitar riffs and pounding drums. The experimental mastery of the quintet and their atmospheric approach is purely vivid, making this album a thrilling sensation. With “Birds”, the artists show off their explosive potential with a quick and energetic sound, proving their genre-defying style. Dazzling drums and heavy guitar riffs reflect the influence of their humble beginnings, while “Atrium” also plays into this highly  energetic atmosphere, maintaining the gloomy ambience that characterizes KATATONIA with epic sounds and poetic lyrics to get lost in.

Sky Void of Stars track listing:
1    Austerity
2    Colossal Shade
3    Opaline
4    Birds
5    Drab Moon
6    Author
7    Impermanence (feat. Joel Ekelöf)
8    Sclera
9    Atrium
10  No Beacon To Illuminate Our Fall
11  Absconder (Mediabook Bonus Track)

Experience KATATONIA Live 2023
 
Twilight Burials UK & Europe Tour
w/ Sólstafir and SOM
20.01.23 FI –  Tampere / Tampereen Tullikamari (Pakkahuone & Klubi) – SOLD OUT!
21.01.23 FI –  Helsinki / Kulttuuritalo
22.01.23 EE –  Tallinn / Helitehas
24.01.23 PL –  Warsaw / Klub Stodoła
25.01.23 DE –  Berlin / Huxleys Neue Welt
26.01.23 DE –  Cologne / Essigfabrik – SOLD OUT!
27.01.23 DE –  Stuttgart / LKA Longhorn
28.01.23 CZ –  Prague / ROXY Prague
29.01.23 AT –  Vienna / Arena Wien
31.01.23 HU –  Budapest / Akvárium Klub
01.02.23 DE –  Munich / Backstage Werk
02.02.23 CH –  Zurich / Komplex 457
03.02.23 IT –  Milan / Live Club
04.02.23 FR –  Lyon / Ninkasi Kao – SOLD OUT!
06.02.23 ES –  Madrid / Kapital
07.02.23 ES –  Barcelona / La Salamandra
08.02.23 FR –  Toulouse / Le Metronum
10.02.23 GB –  London / O2 Forum Kentish Town
11.02.23 GB –  Manchester / O2 Ritz Manchester
12.02.23 GB –  Bristol / Marble Factory
13.02.23 GB –  Glasgow / The Garage
14.02.23 GB –  Wolverhampton / KK’s Steel Mill
16.02.23 DE –  Frankfurt Am Main / Batschkapp
17.02.23 NL –  Haarlem / Patronaat – SOLD OUT!
19.02.23 FR –  Paris / Le Trianon
20.02.23 LU –  Luxembourg / Rockhal
21.02.23 BE –  Antwerp / Muziekcentrum Trix
22.02.23 DE –  Hamburg / Gruenspan
23.02.23 DK –  Copenhagen / Amager Bio
24.02.23 NO –  Oslo / Rockefeller Music Hall
25.02.23 SE –  Stockholm / Fryshuset Arenan

Latin American Tour
17.03.23 MX – Guadalajara / C3 Stage
18.03.23 MX – Monterrey / Cafe Iguana
19.03.23 MX – Mexico City / Cafe Auditorio
22.03.23 CH – Santiago / Club Chocolate
24.03.23 AR – Buenos Aires / El Teatrito
25.03.23 BR – São Paulo / Carioca Club

OMEGA INFINITY Transmit Cosmic New Song ‘To The Stars’

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Void metal outfit OMEGA INFINITY, the project of Xenoyr (NE OBLIVISCARIS) and Tentakel P. (TODTGELICHTER), is now transmitting a cosmic new song, “To The Stars,” which is taken from the band’s upcoming full-length, ‘The Anticurrent.’ Step into the galactic void and listen at THIS LOCATION.

OMEGA INFINITY comments: “This song represents the only chance for survival humanity has, as resources run low and the ever-decaying universe has exceeded its half-life. A desperate race for survival as the inevitable end of everything is looming over all our fates.”

The band previously revealed a mind-boggling 360° VR music video for the first single, “Iron Age,” which can be found HERE.

“The Anticurrent” is due on February 24 and can be pre-saved HERE pre-ordered HERE.

The cover art was created by Adrien Bousson.

Track List:
1. The Alpha (07:40)
2. Creation (05:11)
3. Iron Age (07:11) feat. Adrienne Cowan [WATCH HERE]
4. Banish Us From Eden (04:42)
5. To The Stars (05:16) [LISTEN HERE]
6. Death Rays (06:18) feat. Lindsay Schoolcraft
7. Voices From The End Of Time (12:19) feat. András Nagy
Bonus
8. Night Journey (Sear Bliss cover) (Bonus) feat. András Nagy
9. Ye Entrancemperium (Emperor cover) (Bonus) feat. MJ Braun

OMEGA INFINITY: The story of the endless cycle of birth and death told on a cosmic scale, being viewed from The Void that permeates the whole existence.
The debut album “Solar Spectre” (released in 2020 by Season Of Mist) created a dark and disturbing soundtrack for a journey through our own solar system, combining furious Black Metal of the 90‘s, harsh electronic and menacing ambient sounds with ancient growls and screams and gathered overwhelmingly positive press and fan response when it was first unleashed upon earth.

Not content with only one small statement and following their greater vision for The Void, Tentakel P. (TODTGELICHTER) and Xen (NE OBLIVISCARIS/ ANTIQVA) had already finished their sophomore album at that time, with only the pandemic preventing the vocal recordings and thus an earlier release. 

“The Anticurrent” unleashed a very different view of The Void unto the listener. Rather than the blackness of space, the second album explores Time: From the Big Bang and the chaotic birth of the universe, the album’s focus moves through the rise and fall of human civilisation, while zooming back out to a cosmic scale to witness the inevitable end of the universe in the menacing finale. 

No OMEGA INFINITY album would be complete without cover versions (SEAR BLISS and EMPEROR) and the addition of friends as guests to the ensemble: Heralding The End together with the band are (in order of appearance) Adrienne Cowan (SEVEN SPIRES/ AVANTASIA), Lindsay Schoolcraft (ANTIQVA/ ex-CRADLE OF FILTH), Andras Nagy (SEAR BLISS) and Marta J. Braun (TODTGELICHTER/ VYRE).

If you ever wanted to know how a myriad of Black Holes devouring themselves in a time distortion sound – look no further than OMEGA INFINITY’s sophomore album “The Anticurrent”!

Line-up:
Xenoyr
Tentakel P.

Recording line-up:
Xenoyr (NE OBLIVISCARIS, ANTIQVA, SPIINE): Vocals
Tentakel P (TODTGELICHTER, ENMERKAR a.m.m.) :  Everything else

Guest musicians:

Adrienne Cowan (SEVEN SPIRES) – Clean vocals and screams on „Iron Age“
Lindsay Schoolcraft (ANTIQVA, ex-CRADLE OF FILTH a.m.m.)– speech and screams on „Death Rays“
András Nagy (SEAR BLISS) – screams on „Voices From The End Of Time“ and „Night Journey“
Marta J. Braun (TODTGELICHTER, VYRE) – clean vocals and screams on „Ye Entranceemperium“

Recording studio: Deep Void Studio

Producer / Mixing engineer: Tentakel P. (Deep Void Studio)
Vocal Engineering For Xen By Xenoyr And Tentakel P. (Deep Void Studio)
Vocal Recordings By Adrienne Cowan herself
Adrienne Cowan Appears Courtesy Of Frontiers Music
Vocal Recordings For Lindsay Schoolcraft By Tyler Williams (Monolithic Prod.)
Vocal Recordings For András Nagy By Viktor Scheer (Intercellar Studio)
Vocal Recordings For Marta J. Braun By Tentakel P. (Deep Void Studio)
All Other Recordings, Engineering And Mix By Tentakel P. (Deep Void Studio)

Mastering studio and engineer: Markus Stock At Klangschmiede Studio E. Mellrichstadt

Biography: Omega Infinity