Following their successful 3-week European tour with Lik Sweden’s MASS WORSHIP releases a new song titled “New Dark Age,”. The band’s latest offering is a haunting, six-minute journey through a hellish musical landscape that explores humanity’s response to rapid technological advancement.
Watch the video (directed by Jani Stefanovic, Dream Decipher Productions), below.
The band explains: “Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s quote about the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents, ‘New Dark Age’ delves into the idea of how recent technological advancements may lead to the piecing together of dissociated knowledge, unveiling terrifying aspects of reality. The song raises the question of whether humanity will confront these new challenges or retreat into the peace and safety of a new dark age. We continue our journey to express humanity’s current state of affairs and underlying suppressed emotions through our music, and ‘New Dark Age’ is no exception.”
“New Dark Age” is the first song to feature electronic work from newly recruited guitarist Simon Söderberg, adding a new dimension to MASS WORSHIP’s sound. Fans of the band can expect a powerful and immersive experience, with the song’s driving rhythm and haunting vocals combining to create a truly intense musical experience. The song was produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by drummer Fred Forsberg at his Fvck Life Studios.
DISTANT has become an unstoppable force. After touring the US with Bodysnatcher, Angelmaker, and Paleface the band just wrapped up their first European headlining tour with Extortionist, Dagger Threat and Abbie Falls. Now they are dropping “(In)Human Scum”, a blistering remix of their track “Human Scum” by electronic music producer INHUMAN.
DISTANT comments: “We joined forces with INHUMAN to bring you our very first remix of Human Scum – We present you ‘(In)Human Scum’!
As this being the very first remix outside of our usual field of play, we chose to work with INHUMAN to bring his form of nastiness into our music to create something new yet still within heaviness of our music, expanding the boundaries beyond.”
Get your eardrums wrecked on all digital platforms and click here for the visualizer:
INHUMAN further adds: “I am thrilled to present my remix of ‘Human Scum’ by the renowned deathcore band, DISTANT. This release merges the raw intensity of metal with the infectious energy of analog and digital electronic music production, creating a captivating fusion that pushes boundaries and defies the heaviness of classic deathcore. Prepare for an electrifying ride as I reinvent ‘Human Scum’ in a fresh sonic landscape. Through this remix, we invite you to experience the powerful convergence of two distinct musical worlds, where the driving force of metal collides with the pulsating rhythms and patterns of electronic soundscapes. Join us on this thrilling musical journey as we redefine the essence of ‘Human Scum’ with an invigorating twist. Get ready to immerse yourself in an adrenaline-fueled audio adventure.”
DISTANT recently announced their return to USA and Canada in the fall: “We are coming back to the USA, and also hitting Canada for the first time on a co-headline tour with our brothers in Left to Suffer!
The tour is supported by the Australian maniacs of Justice For The Damned and the Danish bloodhounds in Cabal!”
DISTANT has become one of the prominent faces of European Deathcore. Melding together brutal death metal, slam, noise and beatdown with a hyper-dissonant orchestra of impending doom, they’ve come eons since their origins as metalcore obsessed friends in Rotterdam and Bratislava. “Heritage”, the quintet’s Century Media debut and third installment of bone crushing, thick-as-concrete heaviness, takes their trademark “Downtempo/Deathcore” and pushes it into the red.
Produced by the band’s guitarist Nouri Yetgin and Within Destruction guitarist Howard Fang plus co-producer Simone Pietroforte, “Heritage” is DISTANT’s coming of age and reckoning moment.
After releasing a rerecording of their fan favourite “Declaring War (2023)” NASTY recently unleashed “Chaos (2023)”. Find the song on all digital platforms and a visualizer, below.
The band comments: “Listening to this ‘Endzeit’ scenario Hardcore-Death banger is a pure energy boost, it’s the perfect tune to break all personal records!”
On June 2nd, OMNIUM GATHERUM released their new EP, Slasher, via Century Media Records. Their newest visual offering for the song “Sacred” tells a tale of discovering the hidden meaning that sets us free, as we overcome fear and embrace the power of forgiveness in a world where the echoes of our presence resonate everywhere. This new song and the whole EP can be streamed now HERE.
Jukka Pelkonen (vocals) comments: “What is holy to you? What are the sacred things? This song dives into the values of life. If you don’t stand for something you will fall for everything”
Markus Vanhala (guitars and clean vocals) adds: “ We’ve pumped and stoked to have our new appetizer “Slasher” EP out for our people. Here’s also the newest single “Sacred”, which in my books have some hints of Judas Priest and Whitesnake and Survivor between the good traditional OG lines. We’ve been having a good start for the year before summer festivals with all that amazingly successful North American tour we just did, Finnish grammy nomination for “Origin” album and the two single releases getting people into the OG-world. That world will be ours!
Mixed by Jens Bogren and mastered by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios, Slasher is modern melodic death metal of the highest caliber. This 4-track EP includes a cover version of the 80s classic “Maniac”, plus the first studio recordings with new guitarist, Nick Cordle. After 25+ years, Omnium Gatherum proves once again that they’re still leading the pack!
As the hits of the world keep coming, so does ripe new material from 3TEETH. The modern industrial act provides another tempting taste of their anticipated new album with the release of “Slum Planet,” featuring production from DOOM composer Mick Gordon. It’s featured alongside a gripping new video from one of Hollywood’s leading directors Matteo Santoro (who grew up with 3TEETH frontman Alexis Mincolla).
Repeating the anthemically charged chorus, “I don’t care if you live or you die, as long as you’re willing to buy,” the song takes aim at the ills of a sick planet obsessed with over-consumption at all costs, further admonished in an attention-grabbing mid-track diatribe from frontman and creative lead Alexis Mincolla.
As Mincolla explains the track, ”An ecosystem? More like an ego-system. ‘Slum Planet’ is a monument to the hubris of mankind, to the ruthless exploitation of nature in the name of progress, to the willful blindness of those who chose profits over preservation.”
“Slum Planet” continues 3TEETH’s series of monthly teases leading up to their anticipated fourth album coming soon via Century Media Records (with more details to be announced soon).
It follows the May 3 release of their explosive return to the fold with “Merchant of the Void,” hailed as a one of the “best new songs” by Metal Hammer and Revolver. While Metal Hammer says the song “traces lineage in both Al Jourgensen and Trent Reznor,” Revolver hails the song as “utterly gigantic and over-the-top in the best way possible” and applauds the return of 3TEETH in 2023 at a time “when we needed their apocalyptic, incendiary industrial-metal most.”
Says Gordon, “3TEETH are one of my favorite acts. They proudly fly their own unique flag. The new album charts course through the next stage of our vanity-led evolution as a species, and by that I mean the album is a world unto itself. I’m just stoked that these guys have allowed me along for the ride.”
“The modern carriers of the industrial rock torch” — Revolver
“State-of-the-art sensory overload with take-no-prisoners level of aggression” — Rolling Stone
“3TEETH bring the aggression with aplomb” — Loudwire
North American gothic metal fans were met with cause for elation last week, when genre-leading outfits BLACK VEIL BRIDES & VV (Ville Valo) announced an epic co-headlining tour for autumn of this year. The announcement has proven to be an omen of what is still to come, as today, Black Veil Brides have released their cover of the Sisters of Mercy classic, “Temple of Love” featuring VV!
Leading with foreboding organs that quickly kick into a dark double time pace, the track tells tales of the perils of love in gothic storms, and bades the listener beware the wrought elegance it weaves. With an ominous tone, “Temple of Love” is the solemn backdrop to which these love metal paragons begin their union and sets the unholy couple off on their upcoming concert tour.
Committed to uncompromising expression, with a foundation in hard rock tradition and rule-breaking iconoclasm, BLACK VEIL BRIDES is a transcendent celebration of life-affirming power and anthemic catharsis. A gothic vision first summoned in a small town by an isolated kid fascinated with death, rock, theatricality, and monsters (both real and imagined), BLACK VEIL BRIDES is now a postmodern heavy metal institution with a legion of like-minded fans and supporters worldwide.
“I first discovered Sisters of Mercy in my freshman year of high school, I had a poster of AFI from the ‘Art of Drowning’ era and Davey was wearing a SOM shirt and so as was often the case back then I went on the hunt to find the music that had inspired my favorite musicians. The very first song I heard by SOM was the ‘92 version of ‘Temple of Love’ and I became obsessed with their entire catalog. We’ve talked about doing a BVB version of this song for years and when given the opportunity to collaborate with fellow SOM fan and goth rock icon VV, it seems liked the perfect situation. We are thrilled with how it turned out and hope that anyone who’s familiar with the track enjoys our spin on it and those who have never heard the original enjoy it and maybe this will lead them down the path to the greatness that is SOM like that poster of AFI did for me when I was a kid.” – Andy Biersack
A darkly romantic icon himself, VV (Ville Valo), frontman for Love Metal pioneers HIM, casts a long and pervasive shadow that is still delightedly out of step with the status quo. VV’s recently released debut solo album, ‘Neon Noir’ belongs to the same forlorn world of woe and whimsy once conceived and governed by Valo in HIM, but with the nuanced notes of a finely aged Cabernet.
This fall, the classic season for dark and romantic music, BLACK VEIL BRIDES and VV (VILLE VALO) will co-headline a massive tour in select cities across North America. Presented by Hot Topic, the BVB & VV 2023 Tour (featuring special guests DARK DIVINE) combines three unique bands who champion the heavy-hearted, hopeless, and broken with mixtures of high intensity and melody. Produced by Live Nation, tickets to the tour are available now.
Hot Topic Presents BVB & VV 2023 Tour Dates:
Sept 10 – Louisville, KY – Paristown Hall Sept 11 – Birmingham, AL – Avondale Brewing Company Sept 12 – St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live Sept 14 – Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues Sept 15 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live!* Sept 16 – Niagara Falls, NY – The Rapids Theater* Sept 17 – Toronto, ON – HISTORY Sept 19 – Montreal, QC – MTELUS Sept 20 – Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom Sept 22 – Wallingford, CT – Dome at Toyota Oakdale Theater Sept 23 – Bethlehem, PA – Wind Creek Event Center Sept 24 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater Sept 25 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount Sept 27 – Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe Sept 28 – Gary, IN – Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana* Sept 29 – Columbus, OH – KEMBA Live!* Sept 30 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre Oct 01 – Chesterfield, MO – The Factory Oct 03 – Austin, TX – ACL Live Oct 05 – Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Theater* Oct 06 – Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha Oct 07 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee Oct 09 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre Oct 11 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Convention Centre Oct 12 – Calgary, AB – Grey Eagle Event Centre Oct 14 – Vancouver, BC – Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre Oct 15 – Spokane, WA – The Podium Oct 16 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre Oct 18 – Garden City, ID – Revolution Concert House Oct 19 – Wheatland, CA – Hard Rock Live Oct 20 – Riverside, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium
*Not A Live Nation Date
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