IRONMASTER Unleash New Single ‘Dismantling Eternity’

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On April 28, Swedish supergroup Ironmaster will release their sophomore full-length record “Weapons Of Spiritual Carnage” via Black Lion Records. Featuring current and ex-members of Dark Funeral, Scar Symmetry, Raubtier, Carnal Forge, and Facebreaker, this strong follow up album is a natural continuation of the path taken on the band’s debut album. This time there is even more death, more black and more thrash, the performance level from all the band members has risen a notch compared to the previous album. More powerful and faster than ever at times but the flow of the album has been the focal point of the whole writing and reording process. Everything has been done with the album format in mind so that the experience when you listen thru the album from front to back will be a good and memorable one.

After the release of the first two singles “Bringer Of Deception” and “Monolithic Suppressor Engaged”, the band follows up today with the brand new track “Dismantling Eternity”. Listen here:

Ironmaster on the new single:

“The end of an album needs to be strong so we saved our heaviest ammunition to the end to go out with a bang, a mix between the styles of Nile,Amon Amarth and some Nevermore like riffing. This song is like a movie with great peaks and valleys in the storyline.“

“Weapons Of Spiritual Carnage” was recorded, mixed and mastered at Blacklounge Studios between May2021 and October 2022 by Jonas Kjellgren. The album is available for pre-order at THIS LOCATION

Tracklist:

  1. Solemn Pestilence
  2. Ocean Of Searing Hatred
  3. Weapons Of Spiritual Carnage
  4. Infinite Virulent
  5. Monolithic Suppressor Engaged
  6. Cast Into The Hollow
  7. Implications Of Sacral Time
  8. Lies Of Apathy
  9. Bringer Of Deception
  10. Dismantling Eternity

IRONMASTER are:
Roberth Karlsson – Vocals
Jonas Kjellgren – Guitars
Janne Jaloma – Drums

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https://ironmaster1.bandcamp.com
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THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON Release Fifth Single + Music Video ‘Legends Never Die’

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THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON enter the world of League Of Legends and present their epic fifth single, entitled “Legends Never Die”! The band transforms the song – which gained hundreds of millions of streams with its original version, sung by the incredible Against The Current – into a metal delight, bringing it back to life with the incredible vocal lines of Melissa Bonny.

It’s the next step in their journey that takes them from the depths of Moria up to the Iron Throne, showcasing the metal side of well known songs from video games, TV shows and big movies.  The multi-talented quartet that consists of members of Feuerschwanz, Amaranthe and Ad Infinitum will release their highly anticipated debut album, Metamorphosis, on May 12, 2023 via Napalm Records.

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON on “Legends Never Die”: 
“‘Legends Never Die’ – exactly one month until the release of our debut album “Metamorphosis”! To shorten the waiting time we present you today our version of the mega hit from “Against the Current” and invite you into the gaming world of “League of Legends”! Can you hear us screaming out your name?”

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON started with a bet between AD INFINITUM singer Melissa Bonny and Hans Platz, the guitarist of FEUERSCHWANZ. Whoever lost owed the other a “dare”. Hans won and challenged Melissa to record a metal version of their first ever single, “Jenny Of Oldstones”, and the rest is history! Exploring the fantastical lives of famous pop culture heroes since their childhood, the multitalented musicians transform soundtracks of internationally recognized movies, TV shows and video games into powerful metal tracks on the debut album Metamorphosis. 

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON don’t just limit themselves to cover versions, but also include new, original songs dedicated to their favorite warriors. Marching into the great worlds of The Lord of the Rings, the band paints the Grammy-nominated soundtrack “May It Be”, featuring Charlotte Wessels (ex-DELAIN), in a new light, while the mystic song “Misty Mountains” (feat. EVERGREY’s Tom S. Englund) of The Hobbit film trilogy underlines the tragic story through melodic folk vocal lines and rousing guitar riff choirs.

Like the seven untamed seas, the melodies appear in energetic and rousing waves, while others head towards the shore in an exciting, elegant and soulful rhythm. Exploring the untouched sides of these multifaceted selected songs, the multinational band shifts the world famous soundscapes into new adventures, taking listeners back to forgotten times. Just like the moon, every song has an unexplored side, now discovered by THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.

Pre-Order your copy of Metamorphosis NOW

Tracklisting:
1. Legends Never Die
2. The Gates of Time
3. Misty Mountains (feat. Tom S. Englund)
4. Double Trouble / Lumos! (Hedwig’s Theme) (feat. Rusanda Panfili)
5. First Light (feat. Rusanda Panfili)
6. New Horizons (feat. Fabienne Erni)
7. The Wolven Storm (Priscilla’s Song)
8. May It Be (feat. Charlotte Wessels)
9. If I Had a Heart
10. The Hanging Tree
11. Jenny of Oldstones

Catch THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON at their first ever live appearances, supporting Feuerschwanz and Warkings on four shows of their almost sold out tour:

11.05.23 DE – Bremen / Aladin
12.05.23 DE – Hanover / Capitol
13.05.23 DE – Cologne / Carlswerk
14.05.23 DE – Oberhausen / Turbinenhalle

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON are:
Melissa Bonny – vocals
Hans Platz – guitars
Morten Løwe Sørensen – drums
Jenny Diehl – harp

BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE Stream New Album “Tempus Veritas” Ahead of Release

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Progressive rock trio BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE is now streaming its brand new full-length, ‘Tempus Veritas,’ ahead of its April 14 release date! The album can be heard in full at THIS LOCATION.

Pre-orders are now available HERE. The album can be pre-saved on various digital platforms HERE.

The cover artwork for ‘Tempus Veritas’ was created by BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE and Ines Hernandez.

Track-list:

1. Tempus Veritas (1:24)
2. Hydrogen (3:57)
3. The Raven (3:41) [WATCH]
4. Last Ronin (4:27)
5. Scarlet Haze (3:42)
6. Deny The Sun (3:15) [WATCH]
7. Glory To The King (3:37) [LISTEN]
8. Summit (3:07)
9. Weakness (2:49)
10. Vesuvius (3:44)
11. Latimer (3:43)
Total: 37:26

BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE create huge, memorable rock music that combines heavy-hitting savagery with intense melodic beauty. Their technical, fearlessly complex grooves and gigantic sing-along choruses have already earned them a widespread fanbase.
 
A ferociously tight live band, BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE have toured Europe and the UK extensively, supporting Skunk Anansie, HED p.e, INME and Black Map as well as festival slots at Download, Standon Calling and Planet Rockstock. Black Orchid Empire have sealed the bands reputation as a force to be reckoned with.
 
Having released their debut album ‘Archetype’ (2016) to universal acclaim, BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE signed with German label Long Branch Records to release the follow up albums ‘Yugen’ (2018) and ‘Semaphore’ (2020). Both albums received stellar reviews and over 3,000,000+ combined streams.
 
“Tempus Veritas” is a collection of stories that seeks to find compelling imaginary narratives hidden away in what we all think of as history.  Behind every milestone or major event in humanity’s long, complex past lies a treasure trove of possibilities for invention – how did Pope Urban VIII feel when confronted by his friend Galileo about the true nature of the sun?  What really happened during an almost triumphant but ultimately doomed Everest attempt? What was it like to be a Norse settler amongst the Saxons; did the omens of the ancient gods begin to disappear?
 
In approaching “Tempus Veritas”, BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE sought collectively to push themselves both musically and thematically. Their pursuit of heaviness, melody, emotional power and rhythmic complexity has pushed them to create something they‘re immensely proud of. “Semaphore” was an album of Sci-Fi, this is an album of Hi-Fi. Tempus Veritas. 

Recording studio:
The Recording Studio London
 
Producer / sound engineer:
Produced by Black Orchid Empire
Paul Visser (engineer)
Dobromir Vasilev (assistant engineer)
 
Mixing studio and engineer:
The Recording Studio London
Paul Visser (mix engineer)
 
Mastering studio and engineer:
Systematic Productions
Ermin Hamidovic (mastering engineer)
 
Line-up:
Paul Visser: Vocals | Guitar
Dave Ferguson: Bass | Vocals
Billy Freedom: Drums

MISS VAIN Release New Single ‘Leap of Failed’ from Upcoming EP

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Finnish metal band MISS VAIN released a new single Leap of Failed. The track is taken from the upcoming EP ‘CROCUS BIFLORUS’ which is set to be released later in 2023 via Inverse Records. 

LISTEN Leap of Failed single on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/miss-vain-leap 

The band comments:
“Are you…

Failed in life?
Sick and tired of yourself?
In need of a change?
 

Nevertheless the new way of life is indeed a leap of faith! Moreover, you can never get rid of your past entirely… It always lurks in your mind and haunts in the shades of loneliness! If you like to proceed, just push play button.

The song was mainly written in a matter of minutes at our recording studio. We were trying to approach something like modern thrash – metal with a load of Miss Vain on top of it and we think it´s quite there! Leap of Failed is a very missvainlike rumble from the first punch to the very last sigh”

LISTEN previously released single All the Same: https://push.fm/fl/missvain-ats 

Crocus Biflorus EP Track list:

  1. One to Burn
  2. All the Same
  3. Leap of Failed
  4. Song of Solitude

Miss Vain is a five piece rock – group from Tampere Finland, drifting in the maelstrom of metal. It´s music is a horns raising energy and catchy melodies with a featherlike delicacy.

Miss Vain was formed in 2019 as a two guy studio project. After two lighter pop – / rock – songs, we lowered our tune and in summer of 2021 Miss Vain grew into a real band… Finally. 

Our mission is to deliver joyful moments with new awesome songs and live shows to all who are willing to be entertained by Miss Vains rumbling tunes.

ANTIROPE Reveal New Music Video & Single ‘Beautiful Liar’

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Doomy Alternative Metal band ANTIROPE (Munich, Germany) just premiered a new music video and single entitled “Beautiful Liar“. The band have also announced the availability of pre-orders for their upcoming full-length album Amnesia which is scheduled to be released on June 30, 2023 via Eclipse Records. The album was produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Patrick Fleischer (Lacrimas Profundere, Darkseed, Alev) at Studio 6.0, and the music video was directed by Patrick Fleischer.

“The original version of Beautiful Liar was a pretty fast alternative rock song,” says lead vocalist and guitarist Slaven Stokic. “It wasn’t until Patrick had the idea to really slow the song down that it became what it is now; a pretty heavy, dark and raw song. For the video, one of the first questions we asked ourselves was how we could capture and isolate the heaviness and darkness that we always feel when we play this song, so we filmed each of us in complete isolation during the performance. A lot of close-ups and the fact that the video is in black and white help enhance the vibe even more. It’s minimalistic, and you can see that each band member sincerely feels the heartbeat of the song. We shot the video in the recording room of studio 6.0, where we also recorded the album, so everything felt very natural and familiar. The video was shot by Patrick Fleischer. His understanding of light is amazing, and he was able to capture all the emotions that everyone felt at a certain moment. The fact that we all know each other so well and are really good friends made the whole process even easier.” Guitarist Patrick Fleischer continues, “As our debut was recorded live, I wanted the first single to represent the band. I wanted to make a pure performance video, without effects, without great locations that distract from the band, just black walls, light and the band. The goal was to make an authentic video that shows how the band performs, to capture the sound and the image…heavy, dark, depressive but also hopeful.”

The new debut album by Antirope is entitled Amnesia. The explosive debut release contains eleven emotional songs, and it is scheduled for release on June 30, 2023. Amnesia runs deep and goes hard, tapping into our emotions with beautiful cruelty and authentic heaviness. It is an honest record, a burst of anti-trend, representing the polarity of life in all its aesthetic doom and poetic subtlety. The album is not so much a statement; however, as it is an unfolding narrative, full of passion, peril, climax, and epiphany. It catalogues a journey. It is the story of us. Since the instruments were recorded live, there is an immediacy to this record that vibrates the ribcage. Not since early Led Zeppelin have listeners heard the glorious echo and ring of the cymbals like mysterious sirens coupled with the crunch and pound of the rhythm guitars and the bass, as if Antirope were playing ten feet away from us, shaking the windows, rattling the floorboards, and bumping pictures off the mantle. As for the vocal performance, we have a heartfelt tenor sound produced so close-in that it binds with our breath and the beat of our blood.

Spoiler alert: This album is an experience, coming full throttle, no detours, aimed straight for the ear, the head, the heart, and the center of your soul.
 
Pre-order / Pre-save Amnesia at https://ffm.to/antamn   

For more information about Antirope and their “Beautiful Liar” music video, please visit them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, or TikTok, and follow them on Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, Amazon Music, Tidal, or Deezer!

Antirope lineup
Slaven Stokic (vocals, guitar), Patrick Fleischer (guitar, background vocals), Julie Fleischer (bass, background vocals), Tobias Schauseil (drums)

PESTIFER Stream New EP “Defeat Of The Nemesis” in Full Ahead of Release

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Three years after acclaimed third full-length “Expanding Oblivion”, Belgium’s PESTIFER unleash a new work of Art. New EP and DMP debut “Defeat Of The Nemesis” delivers five tracks where twisted fusion riffs/leads and complex unpredictable rhythms produce a unique spin on technical and progressive Death Metal.

Collaborating with Death Metal Promotion YouTube channel, Debemur Morti Productions premiere the full stream of this mind-bendingly ferocious EP – listen below!

Drummer Phil explains the creative process behind the five songs:

“This time, all riffs came from Val (guitar) and Adrien (bass). I was sadly too busy with private affairs going on. But in the end, everyone in the band gets engaged in the process of transforming ideas into actual songs during our rehearsals. When the foundations of the tracks are strong, everyone focuses on finalizing his own instrument, and then, we refine them all together. It takes a while for a song to be finished since we all have to be satisfied with the result. Jérôme, the singer, is in charge of the lyrics and concept.“

Vocalist Jérôme adds:

“I can say the result is the fruit of a stable and strong collaboration compared to our previous release which has been significantly slowed down by line-up changes. That doesn’t mean we were fast in composing. Like Phil said, we focus on details a lot and that is probably the reason why it makes our songs so intricate. We want our music to have different layers of listening. So, the sixth time you listen to a song won’t give you the same impression than the first time. New elements can be highlighted with time. I think this release is a perfect match between Valéry’s love for dissonance, strong metal riffs and space traveling leads and Adri’s obsession with dramatic classical music and mesmerizing bass lines.“

“Defeat Of The Nemesis” will be released via Debemur Morti Productions as CD, vinyl (with digital print on B side) and digitally on April 21st. Pre-orders are possible via the label’s EU, US and Bandcamp shops.

PESTIFER is a metal band that has been haunting Belgium since 2004. Composed of four humanoids, the group plays an original music mixing aggressivity, melodies and personality with emphasis on the songs’ structure, elaborate riffing and the general atmosphere.

The project was fantasized by young hairy twins, fanatics of the 90’s Death Metal scene. With a first EP in 2006, PESTIFER aligns concerts on a local scale. In 2010, the band takes a new dimension releasing its first album, “Age Of Disgrace“. Two European tours in support of KATAKLYSM and KRISIUN follow and they sign with Ultimhate Records.

After a new 13-date European tour with NILE, PESTIFER release a new album on Greatdane Records in 2014. “Reaching The Void” confirms the band’s musical direction and brings a new trend with more “sci-fi” themes.

The following years, the band undergoes some line-up changes with the arrival of a new guitar player. In mid-2019, the band records a concept album, marking a new milestone for PESTIFER. The album, the result of several years of writing, is released in March 2020 on Xenokorp Records, a few days before the worldwide lockdown. During that period, PESTIFER sign a publishing contract with Les Editions Hurlantes (GOJIRA, IMMORTAL, MARDUK…).

In 2021, the band releases a video documentary. The film is directed by Giov‘ and focuses on the band’s life during covid. 2022 sees PESTIFER sign a contract with Debemur Morti Productions. Their forthcoming EP, “Defeat Of The Nemesis“, will be released on April 21st.