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STELLAR CIRCUITS Release Visualizer for ‘Pleasure Cruise’, New Album Out Now

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North Carolina’s progressive-metal powerhouse STELLAR CIRCUITS is taking the scene by storm with today’s release of their sophomore album, Sight To Sound, available now from Nuclear Blast. On the visionary band’s latest record, they’re upping the ante with a massive dose of technical, progressive songwriting teaming with aggression that’s intricately balanced with memorable melody and a dark anthemic ambience that sucks listeners in with every crushing riff.

Purchase/Stream Sight To Sound: https://sc.bfan.link/sight-to-sound

In sync with the record release, STELLAR CIRCUITS has revealed a visualizer for frantic and alluring track ‘Pleasure Cruise.’

Commenting on the track’s lyrical message, vocalist Ben Beddick says:

“‘The song deals with living inside of a false reality and willingly doing so. Lusting after things that are unobtainable. There was a redemption that emerged through the chorus and the outro though…it seems to offer hope. Hope in the real connection we have to people and to the earth.”

Sight To Sound Tracklisting:
1. Catch Your Death
2. Witch House
3. Pleasure Cruise
4. Skull Beneath The Smile
5. Sight To Sound
6. Truthseeker
7. Alchemy
8. Nightlife
9. For The Birds
10. Learning To Sleep
11. Where Were You

Also check out the other videos from STELLAR CIRCUITS:
Watch ‘Witch House‘ here: https://youtu.be/d0WVsc7jXsk
Watch ‘Catch Your Death‘ here: https://youtu.be/lij_Rwa6Odc

About STELLAR CIRCUITS:

Formed in 2015, STELLAR CIRCUITS emerged to combine the conceptual polarities of groove-oriented music with progressive-minded technicality. Over the quartet’s lifespan, they’ve managed to fulfill their own prophecy, formulating a core sound that is complex and layered, while providing a listenability that extends well beyond the rock genre. Visceral, intellectual, groovy, technical, and melodious are rarely indicators that can all be used to describe the aural essence of one band. In the case of STELLAR CIRCUITS, the rare combination makes a striking and definitive appearance in all they do.

The Winston-Salem, NC foursome followed their 2015 debut EP with their first full-length album in 2018. Ways We Haunt would be recorded with North Carolina’s own Jamie King(Between The Buried And Me, He Is Legend), a legend in his own right, bringing his signature touch to STELLAR CIRCUITS’ first long form release.

Generating significant attention, especially from the band’s more veteran industry peers, STELLAR CIRCUITS would go on to be invited as special guests on Chevelle’s 2021 N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S. tour. Completing a nationwide trek that introduced STELLAR CIRCUITS to a significantly broader audience, the foursome immediately saw their fanbase increase exponentially, prompting a shift in their attention to a new record with which they could continue to build on the solid foundation they had since established.

Sight to Sound, STELLAR CIRCUITS’ sophomore release, sees the band working once again with Jamie King to convey their growth and expansion on what they do best. Vocalist frontman Ben Beddick highlights the forward momentum, relaying how the band “wanted to push past the point of comfort when writing this music. To make something real and honest that we can all stand by.”

Coming to audiences around the world via Nuclear Blast Records, Sight to Sound expands upon the progressive and groove-centric nature of the band; combining a heaviness, a catchiness, and strength of composition with technical proficiency that results in STELLAR CIRCUITS’ most polished release to date. Vocalist Ben Beddick further expands on the writing process and the record’s trajectory, marking a “turning point around the beginning of the writing process that steered us toward a particular conceptual direction. Moving closer to an understanding of the perception of our senses. This record is meant to serve as a sort of invocation. A sense of qualia. The term ‘synesthesia’ comes to mind…”.

Comprised of vocalist Ben Beddick, bassist Jesse Olsen, guitarist Jared Stamey and drummer Tyler Menon, the North Carolina quartet produce an effective and unparalleled coalescence that will undoubtedly excite new listeners while more than satisfying long-term followers. Featuring 11 original tracks that are poised to impress even the most discerning of aficionados, Sight to Sound puts the global music landscape on notice that STELLAR CIRCUITS has definitively arrived.

GRETA VAN FLEET Premiere New Song ‘Farewell For Now’

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Grammy-winning rockers GRETA VAN FLEET are debuting their new track “Farewell For Now;” listen HERE and watch/share the visualizer HERE.

“On ‘Farewell For Now’ we express the sentiment of our longing to stay on stage and savor the magic created by the audience-music phenomena,” notes bassist Sam Kiszka. “But we must pack up and go to the next place to do it all over again; as always, we’ll be back soon.”

“Farewell For Now” is the latest track to be unveiled from the band’s highly anticipated forthcoming third studio album Starcatcher, due July 21 on Lava/Republic Records. The new track follows the release of “Meeting The Master” and “Sacred The Thread;” American Songwriter calls the latter track a “stunner.” Of “Meeting The Master,” Consequence raves that the song “[digs] deeper into their mythical lore by revisiting concepts from their previous work,” while Uproxx notes that “‘Meeting the Master’ [is] an existential new single on which lead vocalist Josh Kiszka embarks on a spiritual journey;” pre-save/pre-order the record HERE.

Most recently, the band shared a live performance video of “Sacred The Thread;” watch/share HERE.
Additionally, the band is launching another new vinyl variant—an exclusive black glitter vinyl—that is available for pre-order HERE. The band is also offering a red glitter vinyl, exclusive to Target, as well as an opaque vinyl available at select record stores across the country.

In celebration of the new music, the band is set to kick off their Starcatcher World Tour on July 24 in Nashville at the Bridgestone Arena. The tour, produced by Live Nation, includes stops at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York and The Forum in Los Angeles as well as London’s OVO Arena Wembley and more; see below for a complete list of dates. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased HERE. The Starcatcher World Tour includes support from special guests Kaleo, Surf Curse, Mt. Joy and Black Honey.

Greta Van Fleet will also be touring throughout Europe, starting in Hamburg, Germany on November 6 with further international stops in Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam and more.

Starcatcher is written and recorded by the band—lead singer Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka, bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka and drummer Danny Wagner—alongside Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile). Recorded at the legendary RCA Studios in Nashville, the band utilized the large recording room to capture the pure energy of their world-renowned live performances.

“We didn’t really have to force or be intense about writing, because everything that happened was very instinctual,” Jake says. “If anything, the record is our perspective, and sums up where we are as a group and individually as musicians.”

Throughout the ten-song collection the band explores the duality of fantasy versus reality and the contrast between light and darkness. “We had this idea that we wanted to tell these stories to build a universe,” says Wagner. “We wanted to introduce characters and motifs and these ideas that would come about here and there throughout our careers through this world.”

The band took multiple concepts from critically acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s Gate and brought them into Starcatcher, although Sam’s take on the new record’s big ideas hint instead at new beginnings. “When I imagine the world of Starcatcher, I think of the cosmos,” he says. “It makes me ask a lot of questions, like ‘Where did we come from?’ or ‘What are we doing here?’ But it’s also questions like, ‘What is this consciousness that we have, and where did it come from?’”
The band is best known for their renowned live performances, selling over one milliontickets worldwide. They sold out their entire 2022 arena tour, holding a special energy between them and their devoted fans. With Starcatcher the band aims to capture that energy in the recording studio.
Most recently, the band performed at the inaugural Lollapalooza Mumbai and completed an extensive U.S. arena tour in March. This month, Greta Van Fleet played at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta and the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis.

Starcatcher follows their acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s Gate, released in 2021 to extensive chart and critical success. The album debuted at #1 Billboard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Hard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Vinyl Album, #2 Billboard Top Album Sales and in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. Their From The Fires EP, released in 2017, won Best Rock Album at the 61^st Grammy Awards.

GRETA VAN FLEET—STARCATCHER

1. Fate Of The Faithful

2. Waited All Your Life
3. The Falling Sky
4. Sacred The Thread
5. Runway Blues
6. The Indigo Streak
7. Frozen Light
8. The Archer
9. Meeting The Master
10. Farewell For Now

Forming in Frankenmuth, Michigan in 2012, Greta Van Fleet consists of three brothers—vocalist Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka and bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka—as well as drummer Danny Wagner. Together they have performed across multiple continents, sold over 3.5 million records worldwide and performed on late night television shows such as “Saturday Night Live,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

GRETA VAN FLEET LIVE
July 24—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena*
July 27—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena*
July 28—Houston, TX—Toyota Center*
July 31—Denver, CO—Ball Arena*
August 2—Salt Lake City, UT—Vivint Arena*
August 4—Seattle, WA—Climate Pledge Arena*
August 5—Portland, OR—Veterans Memorial Coliseum*
August 8—Oakland, CA—Oakland Arena*
August 10—Los Angeles, CA—The Kia Forum*
August 12—Las Vegas, NV—T-Mobile Arena*
September 3—St. Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center†
September 6—Chicago, IL—Allstate Arena†
September 8—Detroit, MI—Little Caesars Arena†
September 11—Washington DC—Capital One Arena†
September 12—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden†
September 15—Boston, MA—TD Garden†
September 16-17—Asbury Park, NJ—Sea Hear Now Festival 2023
September 19—Philadelphia, PA—Wells Fargo Center†
September 22—Indianapolis, IN—Gainbridge Fieldhouse†
September 23—Cleveland, OH—Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse†
November 6—Hamburg, Germany—Sporthalle‡
November 8—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Ziggo Dome‡
November 9—Paris, France—Accor Arena‡
November 12—Brussels, Belgium—Forest National‡
November 14—London, UK—OVO Arena Wembley‡
November 16—Dublin, Ireland—3Arena‡
November 19—Manchester, UK—AO Arena‡
November 20—Glasgow, UK—OVO Hydro‡
November 26—Copenhagen, Denmark—Forum§
November 28—Munich, Germany—Zenith§
November 30—Bologna, Italy—Unipol Arena§
December 3—Barcelona, Spain—Sant Jordi Club§
December 4—Madrid, Spain—WiZink Center§
December 6—Lisbon, Portugal—Campo Pequeno§
September 20, 2024—Mexico City, Mexico —Foro Sol**
September 27, 2024—Mexico City, Mexico —Foro Sol**
*with Kaleo
†with Surf Curse
‡with Mt. Joy
§with Black Honey
**as part of Metallica: M72 World Tour

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AFTERMATH Release Single ‘SLAVeABLE (We’re Not Your Animals)’

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AFTERMATH released their highly anticipated new album, No Time to Waste via Zoid Entertainment/TLG/INgrooves on March 17, 2023. This marks the third album in a trilogy, and is a departure from the previous dark, concept album installment in the trilogy.

“We are really proud of this album. It completes a trilogy of albums that began with our debut. Written in the darkest period in modern history, we actually wrote this one as an album of hope. We streamlined it from our previous dark concept record. The ten songs on this album are heavy and energized. It’s a metal record with a message and that message is we can do this together but we have no time to waste.” – Kyriakos “Charlie” Tsiolis.

Stream “SLAVeABLE (We’re not your animals)” at https://ffm.to/aftermath-slaveable

The official music video will premiere on Bravewords.com on June 13th.

Stream/Purchase No Time To Waste here.

No Time To Waste Tracklisting:

No Time To Waste
Original Instructions
Transform & Disrupt
Up is Down
SLAVeABLE (We’re Not Your Animals)
We Can Do This Together
Echo Chamber
Strawman in the House of Cards
We Don’t Want A Riot
Give Peace A Chance

Chicago based Aftermath, fronted by Kyriakos “Charlie” Tsiolis, formed in October 1985 when Charlie and his schoolmate Steve Sacco (Guitar) got together. This early incarnation with Adam (Bass) and Ray Schmidt (Drums) released their first demo in 1986 featuring “Sentenced to Death”, “Revenge”, “Shotgun” and “The Aftermath”.

In 1987, they unleashed their second demo entitled Killing the Future featuring the tracks “When Will You Die”, “Going No Place”, “Chaos”, “Meltdown” and “War for Freedom”. The band pursued a mind-blowing speed and technical brand of thrash that soon set them apart from the pack and in the process made them a pioneering crossover thrash band.

The tracks “War for Freedom” & “When Will You Die” were both featured on the British Metal Forces magazine_compilation LP Demolition: Scream Your Brains Out in 1988. Their appearance on the Metal Forces compilation further expanded the band’s international appeal.

By 1988, the band’s musical direction was changing, and Adam’s raw and simple bass lines would soon be replaced with complex and technical bass parts handled at first by John Lovette. Ironically, John never played bass on any Aftermath recording and was not even a bass player. He wanted to join the band so badly, however, that he came to the audition with a friend’s bass he had just started to play. The speed and complex playing he displayed were like nothing the members had ever seen before on bass. He landed the gig that day. When the band decided it was time to add a second guitarist, Lovette told his bandmates of his desire to switch to guitar and for the first time he came clean he was a guitar player pretending to be a bass player all along. His bass playing was surpassed by his guitar skills and the band found its second guitar player, but unfortunately the search for a bass player was forced to resume. Luckily, the search (for the time being, anyway) ended with Danny Vega. His warm and precise playing was the perfect complement to the guitar playing of Lovette and Sacco and worked amazingly well with Schmidt’s powerful drumming. With Lovette handling most of the song writing duties, Aftermath was about to make an unbelievable musical change.

By 1989, that change brought on by Lovette’s writing and the band’s musical tastes and stylings had slowed and matured as evidenced by the release of the underground classic demo Words That Echo Fear. Danny Vega was replaced on bass by Chris Waldron. The band went onto to become a trailblazing progressive/technical thrash band in the years that followed.

In 1990, based on the huge international success of the Words that Echo Fear demo, the metal label RoadRacer Records (a subsidiary of Roadrunner Records) approached the band for a demo deal, which resulted in a live four track demo featuring the songs “Eyes of Tomorrow”, “Afraid Of Time”, “The Act Of Unspoken Wisdom” and “Reflecting Pictures”. Negotiations eventually broke down and Aftermath signed to New York’s Big Chief Records. The label’s collapse halfway through the recording sessions led to a long delay in finishing the record. While the band struggled to pay the studio bill, the album the band started to record in 1990 would not see the light of day for four years. The experience left the band reeling and forced them to issue the album under their own imprint with the help of their manager through Zoid Recordings in 1994. Four long years had passed since the initial recordings for the record Eyes of Tomorrow and the scene had dramatically changed.

The album was subsequently re-released on Thermometer Sound Surface / Zoid and released yet again four years (1998) later on Black Lotus Records in a re-mastered version.

Quite famously, Aftermath, in a notable court case Tsiolis v. Interscope. Records. Inc., 946 F.Supp. 1344, 1349 (N.D.III. 1996) sued high-profile millionaire rapper DR. DRE over the ownership of the Aftermath name. The Rapper tried to buy the name for $50,000, which the band rejected. The band sued him. As part of the settlement, Interscope Records signed the band. To the label’s surprise, the band delivered a record under the moniker Mother God Moviestar. Its eponymous Electro-Metal debut was released in March 1998. The case has been studied in law schools around the US related to the issue of trademark dilution.

Aftermath has continued to receive critical acclaim as one of the major influences in the genre. The band was featured on pages 9 and 10 of Gary Sharpe-Young’s A – Z of Thrash Metal, available on Cherry Red Books. Aftermath is also given an entire feature section in Alexandros Anesiadis’ 2019 book Crossover the Edge: Where Hardcore, Punk, and Metal Collide.

Twenty-five years after its formation, Aftermath’s music made its return in 2011 with the release of the Box Set 25 YEARS OF CHAOS on Area Death Productions and the vinyl When Will You Die on F.O.A.D. The reemergence of one of the most original thrash bands ever continued in 2014 with their decision to reunite for several concerts in 2015.

Coming off their first show in 20 years at Ragnarokkr Metal Apocalypse in their hometown of Chicago, the band ripped the stage apart at Headbanger’s Open Air in Hamburg, Germany that summer. In the Fall of 2015, the reunion continued with the reissue of Eyes of Tomorrow. With an expanded booklet and remastered by Paul Logus (Pantera, Steel Panther), Shadow Kingdom Records released the band’s debut along with bonus material. Following this release was the Killing the Future reissue on Divebomb Records. Once again Paul Logus remastered the tracks from their original source and created a wall of sound in the process. Killing the Future, along with the expanded booklet and bonus tracks from the band’s 1986 first demo completed the celebration of the band’s 30th anniversary.

In 2017, the band started writing the material for their new album. There is Something Wrong is an 11-song opus recorded by Chuck Macak. mastered by Ted Jensen and released through Ingrooves by Zoid Entertainment and The Label Group. A concept record in the truest sense of the word, the album features a mix of old-school crossover thrash and technical/progressive metal and is a commentary on what is wrong with the world today. A calling out of the masses to wake up and know the real enemy. The music is urgent, and the lyrics challenge the listener to seek the truth. Aftermath went back to its early days and revived its crossover thrash stylings on several songs, but those are only samples of what the listeners have in store for them once they put on their headphones and listen to There is Something Wrong in its entirety.

In 2020, Aftermath released a re-imagined version of the John Lennon classic, “Give Peace a Chance”. The song was remixed and remastered for the new album and included on the record because of the message.

“John Lennon’s urgent call for peace in Give Peace a Chance is more important today than ever, and our call for peace with this cover is the perfect message to follow up our previous album. We released a dark concept album with a bleak message and felt it was important to follow that up with something positive. The visuals in the video are as important as the lyrics in a way. We live in a visual world today and this video needed to get out the message of HOPE. Having a young girl be the focus of the video was our way of getting that across. Seeing only positive acts when she puts on Lennon’s famous glasses was the perfect visual metaphor. Lennon’s message is transmitted not only through his lyrics but also through the perspective created by his unique lenses” says the band.

The video was directed by critically acclaimed video director Steven Nathan in New York City.

AFTERMATH is:
Kyriakos “Charlie” Tsiolis – Vocals
Steve Sacco – Guitar
Ray Schmidt – Drums
George Lagis – Bass

SCHATTENMANN Present Music Video for Album Title Track ‘Día de Muertos’

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While they are currently on tour with EISBRECHER ( find all gigs listed below, including just announced headlining dates! ), industrial dark rock and metal act, SCHATTENMANN, is gearing up for the release of their hotly-anticipated, forthcoming album! Día de Muertos, the band’s fourth studio offering, is due out on June 30, 2023 via AFM Records, the pre-sale is available at THIS LOCATION!

Following a series of previously-released singles such as “Menschenhasser”, “Hände Hoch”, “Dickpic” or “Jeder Ist Schlecht”, now, the four-piece is presenting us a music video for their album title track! SCHATTENMANN frontman Frank Herzig comments: “For us, Día de Muertos is an absolutely life-affirming song. “We celebrate life, death and time” means seize the day, enjoy life and make the most of the time you have left.”

Watch the new SCHATTENMANN clip for “Día de Muertos”, now premiering here:

With their unique sound and profound music, SCHATTENMANN has become one of the most promising bands in the German metal scene. Chaos, the band’s latest, much acclaimed album (2021, AFM Records), has already seen them unmistakably showcase: SCHATTENMANN‘s sound became heavier, more metallic, more multifaceted and uncompromising in terms of content.

With Día de Muertos, SCHATTENMANN has purposefully expanded their sound to include modern and enthralling elements through the influences of metal and industrial, and their upcoming offering won’t make any exceptions. The album promises to take its listener on an even more intense journey and solidify their already strong presence in the world of heavy music!

“On ‘Día de Muertos’, you will only find songs that get straight to the point without detours. Half-hearted ideas or even filler material is sought in vain here,” Herzig recently said, who also produced and mixed the album.

“We sorted out a lot during the songwriting and kept only the very best tracks to present to the public. In this way, ten strong songs have been created that leave no questions unanswered.”

This statement is all the more true since Herzig and his three bandmates Jan Shook (guitar), Luke Shook (bass) and Nils Kinzig (drums) once again draw on the full range of content. Their credo is: “We wish, that our fans are touched by our music and take something out of it for themselves personally. We want to arouse emotions, from good mood to anger, but at the same time it can also be melancholic or thoughtful.”

Día de Muertos track listing:

Día de Muertos
Jeder ist schlecht
Hände hoch
Menschenhasser
Dämonen
Meer aus Licht
Haters Gonna Hate
Dickpic
In deinem Schatten
Ewigkeit

In support of their upcoming album release, SCHATTENMANN are currently touring with German rock act EISBRECHER, but have also just announced their Día de Muertos Tour 2024!

Make sure to catch SCHATTENMANN live at the following dates:

With EISBRECHER
09.06.23-DE-Leipzig, Parkbühne (Neue Venue)
10.06.23-DE-Dresden, Alter Schlachthof
16.06.23-DE-Berlin | Columbiahalle
17.06.23-AT-Wien, Gasometer
18.06.23-DE-München, Zenith
29.06.23-DE-Wiesbaden, Schlachthof
30.06.23-DE-Bochum, RuhrCongress
01.07.23-DE-Hannover, Swiss Life Hall
02.07.23-DE-Fürth, Stadthalle

Día de Muertos Tour 2024
01.02.24 DE-Frankfurt, Das Bett
02.02.24 DE-Berlin, Columbia Theater
03.02.24 DE-Hannover, Musikzentrum
04.02.24 DE-Hamburg, Knust
08.02.24 DE-Dresden, Tante Ju
09.02.24 DE-Leipzig, Hellraiser
11.02.24 DE-Oberhausen, Kulttempel
21.03.24 DE-München, Backstage
22.03.24 AT-Wien, Chelsea
23.03.24 DE-Stuttgart, Im Wizemann
24.03.24 DE-Nürnberg, Hirsch

For More Info Visit:
http://www.schattenmann.net
http://www.facebook.com/schattenmannband
http://www.instagram.com/schattenmannband
http://www.afm-records.de

Sognametal Brigade VREID Return with Bombastic New Track ‘Flammen’

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In 2004 VREID arose from the ashes of WINDIR after the tragic perishing of Terje ‘Valfar’ Bakken. From the very start Vreids mission has been to explore new musical paths and soundscapes. They continuously push their music to the limits and continue to grow musically.

This adventures journey has resulted in 9 albums, brought them to 25 countries, and have had them playing over 500 shows.

From its tumultuous inception, the Norwegian metal scene has always been about pioneering. Leading the black ‘n roll movement in Norway, VREID are the perfect example of that.

After almost 30 years playing together in Ulcus & Windir, and almost 20 years under VREID‘s mighty banner, the Sognametal brigade are back with bombastic new track Flammen!

Listen to the single here: https://orcd.co/vreidflammen

The first new musical output from VREID since their critical acclaimed Wild North West project from 2021.

Flammen (eng. – the flame) shows the true DNA of VREID’s musical universe, where classic heavy rock ruthlessly intertwines with atmospheric Nordic noir.

It is the result of spontaneous combustion of creativity; and was written, recorded, and released just within weeks, in the early summer days of 2023.

A standalone song that truly embody a band where the flame of passion burns stronger than ever. Life is now!

VREID:
Sture Dingsøyr – Vocal & Guitars
Jarle Kvåle – Bass
Jørn Holen – Drums
Stian Bakketeig – Guitars
Espen Bakketeig – Keys & Vocals

ABOUT VREID:
VREID have always chosen a course of constant evolution, marked by thematically denoted phases regarding their often historically inspired lyrics.

This became particularly clear with the albums “I Krig” (2007) and “Milorg” (2009), which both revolved around concepts dealing with resistance and liberation of Norway during World War II.
On the following three albums, “V”(2012) , “Welcome Farewell” (2013), and “Solverv” (2015), VREID where heavily influenced by the mythology of their Norse roots.

And in 2018 on the album “Lifehunger” the band successfully blended elements of 70’s rock, 80’s classic metal, and Norwegian black metal into intoxicating and hard-hitting black ‘n roll. The album also featured a remarkable guest contribution from SÓLSTAFIR’s vocalist Addi Tryggvason on the track “Hello Darkness”.

In 2020, when the world came to halt, VREID kept on rolling.

They launched their own beer through Balder Brewery, an immediate success where all the first batches sold out. And in June 2020 VREID invited fans worldwide to their home region and hosted a massive streaming concert among the beautiful mountainous surroundings of the Sognefjord.

The concert, ‘Into the Mountains of Sognametal’ has sinced bee viewed by over 140.000 people from over 40 countries.

VREID have hammered out their success partly by being a heavily touring band. The four-piece performed more than 500 shows in 25 countries so far. Their everlasting march to conquer new territories has led the Norwegians to headline tours in Europe, North America, Japan, and India.

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Finnish KAKSONEN Release New Album “Universumin Kuningas”

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Finnish metallers KAKSONEN have gotten active after a ten-year hiatus and releases a new album. “Universumin Kuningas” (The Emperor of the Universe) is an opus about humanity – of immortal fury in a mortal body. The epic growth story starts from hubris and limitless belief in one’s omnipotence, on top of which realities of human existence are poured, such as generational burden, the challenges of human relations, and the confrontation of one’s insignificance. In the end, one has to accept the limitations of life and their place in the world. In music, this diversity of life is interpreted through violent outbursts, but also lighter atmospheric and epic landscapes.

Listen to the album on music services: https://push.fm/fl/kaksonen-universuminkuningas

The four-piece band Kaksonen (Antti Lähdesmäki – guitar, Ville Koskivaara – bass & vocals, Tuomo Rinkinen – drums, Miika Vainio – vocals & guitar) was founded in the Äänekoski nuclear fallout area around 2007. The goal from the get-go was to play energetic and world-embracing heavy music that would truly speak to people regardless of background or ideology. During the following six years, the band played countless furious gigs and released a bunch of recordings. Life eventually led the childhood friends apart across the Nordic countries, and the project was put on hiatus for nearly ten years. Now, activated again, the band is in a more fierce form than ever before with a more focused vision of the band’s vision of metal music.

Tracklist