Greek AETHERIAN Reveal Anthemic Second Single ‘ΠΥΡ ΑΕΝΑΟΝ’ from Forthcoming Album

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Greek Melodic Death Metal masters AETHERIAN have revealed their anthemic second single ΠΥΡ ΑΕΝΑΟΝ from forthcoming album At Storm’s Edge!

“In every myth and every legend, across vast continents and raging seas, through the ages they are preserved. Looming over empires, igniting revolutions, destroying civilizations. Where the perpetual flames awoke, what was built, is no more.“

ΠΥΡ ΑΕΝΑΟΝ on all streaming platforms

Watch the animated video for ΠΥΡ ΑΕΝΑΟΝ by HK Visual Creations (Sabaton, etc.) below.

The positive reception of their debut serves as an impetus for the southern European group to continue to improve and present an even stronger sophomore album. AETHERIAN do not rest on their laurels. No sooner said than done.

In 2016 they recorded a new single alongside a video clip called “The Rain” which drew attention and signified
the beginning of their journey. ”The Rain” made a huge impact in a very short time on social media and the underground scene, currently reaching 3.5 million views on YouTube.

Listening to “At Storm’s Edge”, one notices several things: the musicians individually act both more precisely and more playfully. At the same time, the group play sounds even more exciting and distinctive. Especially the majestic melodic guitar leads, the driving drumming and the throaty growls stand out.

In the compositional area AETHERIAN apply their storyteller approach variable and song-serving. Despite considerable playing times, the album’s eight tracks come across as focused and urgent. Acoustic accents and a fine feeling for special atmospheres additionally distinguish the playing of the five Greeks.

The second full length of the band from Athens is called “At Storm’s Edge” and was recorded at Devasoundz studios and produced by Fotis Benardo (Nightfall, ex- Septic Flesh). AETHERIAN are not content with a spectator role on the sidelines, but pushes forward into the center in every respect and goes into full swing. Melo-Death fans beware – don’t be caught off guard again!

WATCH THE FIRST SINGLE ARMY OF GAIA, here.

NEW ALBUM AT STORM’S EDGE JULY 14TH

TRACK LIST

Forgotten Oaths
Army of Gaia
ΠΥΡ ΑΕΝΑΟΝ
At Storm’s Edge
Advent Dreams
Astral Breath
Soulriver
Starlit Shores

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ÅSKVÄDER Release New Single ‘Turn The Tide’

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Garage rock outfit ÅSKVÄDER release the electrifying new single “Turn the Tide” on The Sign Records. Following the single release, the Swedish 4 piece is heading on a Spanish tour, spreading the word about their new high-octane track as well as their latest studio album “Fenix” (2022) across the Iberian peninsula. Dates below.

Åskväder on “Turn the Tide”:

In a perfect world no injustice exists. Turn The Tide pictures the real world were for a fact you struggle everyday. The lyrics describe this struggle and the attempts to succeed. Martin, who came up with the main idea for the song, was not at all sure that this one would fly – but after rehearsing it all became crystal clear. We recorded the song together with Misfortune live during two sweaty days in a cramped studio in Majorna, Gothenburg, Sweden. We kind of upped it a bit tempo wise from our original sketch and added some 80s harmonies to it to reach perfection. We are really happy with the result and sound of this track and it for sure takes our sound to a new level!

Stream the single HERE or listen on YouTube:

Catch Åskväder live:

30 MAY MADRID, ES @ FUN HOUSE
31 MAY DILDAO, ES @ LA NUDE CAFÉ TEATRO
01 JUNE SANTADER, ES @ ROCK DEER THE NEW
02 JUNE AIBIAZAN SORIA, ES @ MANERAS DE VIVIR
03 JUNE VALLADOLID ALDER SAN MIGUEL, ES @ FESTIVAL JUDEA ROCK

Get Åskväders’ latest studio album “Fenix” HERE or via Bandcamp 

About Åskväder:

Electrifying Swedish rockers Åskväder makes thunder and lightning through music. Well balanced seasoning to the sound of the 90s Scandinavian rock scene mixed up with smoking hot riffs drenched in bluesy licks and catchy refrains. Adding thundering drum and bass groove with a topping consisting of elaborate vocal harmonies Åskväder is Swedish and can be translated into ‘Thunderstorm’. That says it all. No fuss, just straight Rock n Roll.

While capturing some of the influences from the legends of our time such as The Hellacopters and Turbonegro Åskväder manages to stay in their own lane, creating their own style of rock for a new decade.

Hailing from the west coast of Sweden, Åskväder released their debut EP ”Quick Fixes” in 2018. In 2020 the band joined forces with The Sign Records for the release of their debut, self-titled studio album. In 2022 Åskväder returned with their second full-length effort, ”Fenix”. The new album takes the Åskväder sound heard on the debut album to a new level. Mixed by Kalle Lilja & Per Stålberg (Welfare Sounds), who truly put an intense vibe to the album.

Åskväder was formed in 2018 and consists today of Lucas Monryd with his lightning speed bass grooves, Tim Ferm on drumrolls, Albin Sörensson on lead vocals and Martin Gut bending guitar strings and singing harmonies. Look out for Åskväder who released their second album through The Sign Records in March 2022.

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Ufomammut Bassist/Vocalist’s Solo Project THE MON Unleash “Eye” Album, Out Now + Streaming

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[photo: Francesca De Franceschi Manzoni]

Eye is the second album from THE MON, the solo project of Ufomammut bassist/vocalist Urlo, also featuring guests from Neurosis, Amenra, White Hills, The Otolith, and more. The record has just been exclusively premiered via The Obelisk!

In comparison to its predecessor, Doppelleben, THE MON’s Eye LP is more introspective and denser, the new record built around electronic soundscapes and acoustic atmospheres that take you on a sonic journey where the songs flow nonstop into one another. While Urlo performs the entire musical foundation of the album, he is joined by a cast of special guests, with vocal/lyrical contributions from Steve Von Till (Neurosis), Colin H. Van Eeckhout (Amenra), and Francesca De Franceschi Manzoni, as well as violins from Sarah Pendleton (Subrosa, The Otolith), and guitars from David W (White Hills).

Eye was written, performed, produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered by Urlo at The Howl, Italy, and the artwork completed by the Malleus Rock Art Lab collective. While choosing a singular genre for THE MON’s Eye is surely a difficult challenge, one could classify the album as heavy dark folk electronic.

Urlo writes, “I’m so excited and grateful for this second album of mine, under the monicker THE MON: Eye. It’s a new path opening for me. I feel these songs differently from everything I did before. I love to play them in every way, with just an acoustic guitar or with effects and layers. I’m so thankful to all the great artists that helped me in creating Eye for what it is – Steve, Colin, Sarah, Dave, and Francesca – but also, all the friends that gave me suggestions and help when I was creating the songs and mixing the album. I’m working on bringing the tracks to a live setting now, and I hope I will be on the road with these new songs, so, I’ll see you very soon.”

Listen to THE MON’s Eye in its expansive entirety through The Obelisk now at THIS LOCATION!

Eye is out now available on limited 12” Blue and Red vinyl variants, digipak CD, and all digital services via Supernatural Cat . Order at the label webshop HERE and Bandcamp HERE!

THE MON is the solo project of Urlo, who is most widely known as the lead vocalist, bassist, synth player and one of the founding members of the heavy psych Italian band Ufomammut. He is also one of the three minds behind the poster art trio Malleus Rock Art Lab, and one of the operators of Supernatural Cat Records. The aim of THE MON is to reach the boundaries of a spiritual soundscape in which the music becomes purification and atonement, a way to bring out the world that is inside the human soul. Where Ufomammut creates mind-expanding, heavy psychedelic, almost other-dimensional sounds, THE MON is far more intimate, looking inward, as Urlo explores and examines his innermost thoughts through music. THE MON builds layers of brooding sounds which sometimes unfurl at a glacial pace and other times lurch with rhythmic propulsion, each piece distinct, densely packed, and all-consuming in their evocative atmospheres.

THE MON released its debut LP, Doppelleben, in 2018, and has since released a digital audio/video EP My Rotten Heart featuring Colin H. Van Eeckhout (Amenra), followed by his brand new LP Eye.

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RAY ALDER Releases New Single + Video ‘Waiting For Some Sun’ from Upcoming Solo Album

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Fates Warning vocalist Ray Alder is pleased to reveal another new song off his upcoming sophomore solo album “II”, due out on June 9th. Check out the track “Waiting For Some Sun” in an atmospheric video created by Manu Giménez / MG Media Productions here

You can pre-order the album in its various formats here!

Stu Block Teams Up w/ Jason Ashcraft for New Track ‘My Vengeance Is Everything’

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Cover Art by Tullius Heuer

Guitarist Jason Ashcraft (Helion Prime, Dire Peril, Planeswalker, Of Romulus) has teamed up with Stu Block (Into Eternity, ex-Iced Earth) to breathe new life into a re-recording of a Dire Peril song released back in 2014 “My Vengeance Is Everything”. This song is the title track on a new two-song EP, which also features a cover of “Blood Upon the Snow” originally written by Bear McCreary for the God of War Ragnarok Soundtrack, fitting the God of War trilogy theme of the EP.

Jason Ashcraft comments:

“I was listening to the old Dire Peril EPs one evening as sometimes it’s nice to revisit the past and see how far you’ve come. While listening to them I was really digging into this song and thought to myself ‘You know there is still potential here and I bet with a new coat of paint it could really shine’. I knew there was one man I wanted to help me bring this back to life – Stu Block. He did such an amazing job on this song I’m excited for everyone to hear it!”

Also joining Jason Ashcraft on the recordings for the EP is drummer Alex Bosson (Helion Prime, Lunar), bassist Chelsea McMasters (ex-Dire Peril), guitarist Taylor Washington (Paladin), vocalists Heather Michele (ex-Helion Prime) and R.A. Voltaire (Ravenous E.H.) along with bassist Carlos Alvarez (Power Theory), guitarist Alon Mei-Tal, and Key Arrangements by Anthony Stahl.

Ashcraft continues: “I knew I wanted to do more with this release and really make it special. That’s why I decided to do a cover of “Blood Upon the Snow” and I love the way it turned out we all really made it our own. I brought Heather Michele on board for this one and she did such a great job. Even got a few words out of R.A. Voltaire (Ravenous E.H.) for this tune”.

Watch and listen to the lyric video for “My Vengeance is Everything (Chaos Reigns)” ft. Stu Block, below.

Spotify – https://tinyurl.com/m2wz8n84

“My Vengeance is Everything” EP was mixed by Carlos Alvarez of Dirty Viking Audio and mastered by Brett Caldas-Lima of Tower Studio.

The EP “My Vengeance Is Everything” is available as of May 26th at https://jasonashcraft.bandcamp.com/album/my-vengeance-is-everything

Track Listing:​
1. My Vengeance is Everything (Chaos Reigns) – 5:44
2. Blood Upon the Snow – 4:38
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Credits:
My Vengeance is Everything (Chaos Reigns) Recording Lineup:
Jason Ashcraft – Rhythm Guitars
Stu Block – Vocals
Alex Bosson – Drums
Chelsea McMasters – Bass
Taylor Washington – Lead Guitars
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Blood Upon the Snow Recording Lineup:
Jason Ashcraft – Rhythm Guitars
Heather Michele – Vocals
Alex Bosson – Drums
Carlos Alvarez – Bass
Alon Mei-Tal – Lead Guitars
R.A. Voltaire – Male Chants
Anthony Stahl – Key Arrangements
​
My Vengeance is Everything (Chaos Reigns)
Music by Jason Ashcraft and Brett Tardif
Lyrics by Jason Ashcraft
Original vocal arrangements by Norman Skinner.

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ONLAP Sign to AFM Records & Share Music Video for Brand New Single ‘Nevermind’

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[photo: Alexis Fontaine]

ONLAP recently presented us their last DIY single, “Unstoppable – feat. Youth Never Dies”, and since years each song that got self-released by the band has been ruling SoMe platforms and DSP playlists, with a fan base growing day by day (415k monthly Spotify listeners, 105k YouTube subscribers) and a cross-platform streaming performance of more than 150M streams. “The Awakening”, the band’s top hit on Spotify, reckons with 23M streams only to this impressive hoard of facts. Nevertheless there’s always room for growth and development with a professional and global label backup, now, the Paris-based alternative rock act has inked a worldwide deal with AFM Records!

Nils Wasko, Senior A&R director of AFM Records, states: “One of the goals that we had set for ourselves was to find new artists who already set the pace with their own, past activities and

further develop the artist globally with a growth rate of 100% within only a few years. By signing ONLAP from Paris we are on our way to turning this into reality. Their talent and music reflects not only today’s taste and sound, their ability to work on schedule and fill the space with stunning creativity is breathtaking. Their new outputs will be a perfect showcase of ONLAP’s talent and a truly exhilarating sound experience.”

Talking about their collaboration, ONLAP shared: “After 15 years of a full indie model, we’re really glad to start this new journey with AFM Records. We really love the whole team, they’ve been listening and understanding the personality and particularities of our musical project and we just can’t wait to start releasing songs, and our new album in the end, with them. Thanks for your trust in ONLAP and for letting us creating the way we always did.”

Today, the band has released a music video for their brand new single, entitled “Nevermind“, through AFM Records. The new ONLAP track is now available on all digital services at THIS LOCATION!

This is the beginning of a huge new adventure for ONLAP,” the band comments. “We worked a lot on this track so that the color of the album and its atmosphere is marked from the beginning and from this first single. We shot the video with Aurélien Mariat and Alexis Fontaine (who work on the bands Landmvrks and Resolve), and are really SUPER EXCITED for its release, joining forces with the great AFM team!”

As their new single showcases, it’s immediate evident that ONLAP have never felt more vibrant and hungry than they are on their upcoming album, scheduled to be released the Spring of 2024. After all those years releasing a giant number of tracks, some EP’s, and 1 best-of album for the 15 years anniversary of the band, ONLAP is now taking the chance to write a full album containing 10 colossal tracks. It will be a collection of their musical history, roots and brand new influences, but most important: including a multiple degree of links inside the album, that will be revealed later. But without a doubt, the most ambitious project ONLAP has achieved in their career so far!

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