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MERE MORTALS Reissue 1986 Debut Album “Omnia In Numeris Sita Sunt” + 1987 Follow-Up “Immortalized”

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Heaven and Hell Records delivers the pomp in September with limited remastered CD reissues of MERE MORTALS‘ debut 1986 album ‘Omnia In Numeris Sita Sunt’ and the 1987 follow-up ‘Immortalized’.

MERE MORTALS‘ origins would begin as an enigmatic progressive hard rock band on the Upstate New York club circuit named LUFTWAFFE. While performing the band’s final show, band leader and main songwriter Robert Acquaviva decided to take the band in a new, more adult-oriented rock direction, focusing on keyboard-driven songs with catchy hooks and harmonies.
Keeping with the same line-up of guitarist Bob Francis Acquaviva, bassist Paul St. James, drummer Tony Stone and vocalist David Paul Slife, the band would change their name to MERE MORTALS.

MERE MORTALS would waste no time heading into the studio to begin laying down tracks. One of the first songs recorded would be a cover of the infamous Benny Mardones hit ‘Into The Night’. As the writing continued, the addition of keyboardist Vince Cavo into the band would increase the caliber of their material.

MERE MORTALS would record 14-tracks, only 10 of which would be used for their debut album ‘Omnia In Numeris Sita Sunt’. Included would be the single ‘Laura’. Both ‘Laura’ and ‘Into the Night’ would receive much regional airplay that helped to create a buzz for the band.

Quickly taking advantage of the hype, MERE MORTALS return to the studio three months after the release to record their follow-up ‘Immortalized’ released in 1987. The album consisted of nine new songs that the band had already been performing live. As with the debut, the band would receive much praise and radio play regional as well as television spots. The band would play several opening spots for national touring acts such as Patti Smyth, Benny Mardones, Taylor Dane and others in support of the release. Within that same year, after a member’s departure and some attempts to shift around members, MERE MORTALS would end up playing their last show as the band and ended as the following year began.

For the first time on CD, both of these 80s pomp rock/AOR obscurities will be remastered and reissued. Both releases will include; extended booklets with photos, complete lyrics, write-ups by Bob Acquaviva and never-before-released bonus tracks.

MERE MORTALS – Omnia In Numeris Sita Sunt HHR140
01. With You Without You
02. Laura
03. Into The Night
04. I’ll Be There
05. Once In A Lifetime
06. Hero
07. Love Is Real
08. Always Gonna Want You
09. Lost Inside Of You
10. Touched By The Sun
Bonus tracks:
11. Night Without Stars
12. Life Alone
13. The Gamble
14. Diamond Cuts Glass

MERE MORTALS – Immortalized HHR141
01. Can’t Stop
02. Forever In Her Heart
03. Morning Light
04. Breakin’ Up
05. Don’t Hold Back (Tell Me How You Feel)
06. Liar
07. Pale White Stare
08. Seems So Foolish
09. Where Did The Love Go
Bonus Track:
10. Women I Know

Finnish SARS Tease Debut EP with New Single ‘Hate Will Grow’

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Finnish heavy hardcore band SARS have released a new single HATE WILL GROW. The song will be included in their upcoming debut EP and is the group’s first release without their former co-vocalist Keijo Niinimaa.

The song was inspired by the absurdity of US gun legislation, with the theme visualized in the new music video created with Pyry Salminen from production company Stone Films.

(STREAM ON SPOTIFY)

This track features on the bands debut EP “Throne of Ash” which is set for release October 9th 2022.

BOREALIS Release Epic Music Video for New Single ‘Ashes Turn To Rain’

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October 7, 2022 will see Canadian melodic metal act, BOREALIS, return with their fifth studio album, entitled “Illusions”, on AFM Records. With their critically acclaimed debut in 2008, BOREALIS took the heavy music scene by storm, and seen them opening for several metal greats such as Epica, Sonata Artica, Saxon or Kamelot to name just a few.

Now, four years since 2018’s “The Offering”, Illusions arguably marks the bands most complete album to date while adding more orchestral elements and darker themes. The album not only introduces composer and multi-instrumentalist Vikram Shankar (Silent Skies, Redemption, Lux Terminus), who was brought in to compose all of the orchestra and synth elements, but the record is also a continuation of the story from “The Offering”, taking place years later through the eyes of the children and how the traumatic events they experienced has shaped their lives.

Following the previously-released, first single, “Pray For Water”, BOREALIS have just shared a second album sneak peak, with a colossal music video for new track “Ashes Turn To Rain”!

“It’s only taken us 15 years, but we’re finally releasing our first official music video for our next single off of ‘Illusions’ called Ashes Turn To Rain,” says guitarist Ken Fobert. “Being our first video, we wanted to do something a little special for it. It’s not only a band-performance video for Ashes Turn To Rain, with the help of our director, Jeremy Tredenick (JReelVisuals), we also incorporated a storyline and visuals to accompany the self-titled opening track for the album. The video features Scandinavian film composer and vocalist, Christine Hals, who not only contributed her unique primal scream vocals but a stunning mountaintop performance as well. Ya! It’s pretty epic and we can’t wait for everyone to see it!”

“We are so excited to release this new record, considering how long it’s been and what the world has been through over the last 2 years!“ Marinelli said recently. “With the extra time we had with this one, we feel like these are some of the best songs we’ve ever written. Some of the songs were written way back in 2019 so we’ve had time to really perfect them.”

“Illusions” was produced by BOREALIS, engineered and mixed by the band‘s drummer, Sean Dowell, and was mastered by Thomas “Plec “ Johansson. Slated for a release on October 7th, the album pre-sale is available at THIS LOCATION!

“Illusions” track listing:

Illusions feat. Christine Hals
Ashes Turn To Rain
My Fortress
Pray For Water
Burning Tears feat. Lynsey Ward
Believer
Light Of The Sun
Face Of Reality
Bury Me Alive
Abandon All Hope
The Phantom Silence

BOREALIS is:
Matt Marinelli (Vocals & Guitars)
Ken Fobert (Guitars)
Aiden Watkinson (Bass)
Sean Dowell (Drums)

(EchO) Share Brand New Music Video for ‘Wanderer’

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Italian doom metal group (EchO) has released the second single from their upcoming album “Witnesses”, which will be out November 25 on Black Lion Records. “Wanderer” comes along with a brand new music video and features Don Zaros of the mighty Evoken on keys.

Vocalist Fabio Urietti comments:
“Like many others, I suffered loneliness in the last two years, but here’s a different matter.
As we have not been able to process what was taking place in our lives, we were not given any possibilities to be able to start again. The individual, in a rudderless world, fells even more alone.
No space for weakness, no space for recovery. To lead exclusively by rage and inner forces, each one of us has done his journey.“

“Witnesses” was mixed by Francesco Genduso and mastered by Greg Chandler. Guest appearances by Heike Langhans (ex Draconian), Francesco Bassi, Alexander Högbom and Don Zaros (Evoken). The stunning artwork was done by Adam Robert Martin. “Witnesses” is available for pre-order HERE

Tracklist:
01.Lethargy
02.Laudanum
03.Fate Takes Its Course
04.Wanderer
05.My Covenant
06.Monochrome
07.Chemical
08.Saturated

(EchO) are:
Fabio Urietti: Voice
Simone Saccheri: Guitars & Keys
Mauro Ragnoli: Guitars
Agostino Bellini: Bass

HE IS LEGEND Announce New Album “Endless Hallway”, Share Double Single ‘The Prowler’ + ‘Lifeless Lemonade’

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Like a true American classic at this point, HE IS LEGEND resemble an old, dog-eared novel or nearly worn-out VHS tape that you dust off in order take a familiar ride and get thrilled at the same time.  Their alchemy of reckless rock ‘n’ roll grooves, heavy metal unpredictability, and downright indefinable magic continues to enchant, enthrall, and enrapture a devout fan base, quietly bordering on cult-like fascination.

Today, the band — Schuylar Croom [vocals], Adam Tanbouz [lead guitar], Matty Williams [bass], and Jesse Shelley [drums] — is pleased to announce its seventh album ENDLESS HALLWAY. It arrives on November 11.

With the album release right around the corner, the band also delivers the one-two punch of a double single with “THE PROWLER” and “LIFELESS LEMONADE.” Both emerge with fangs bared, sweat on the brow, and blood on the chin. Listen here.

“This album is a testament to our band’s endurance,” the band says. “It is easily our most aggressive album to date, born and bred from the odd shift in the world that affected everyone. We have always used our music as an outlet, and no better time than when the world felt so much like an ENDLESS HALLWAY.”

ENDLESS HALLWAY TRACK LISTING:

“THE PROWLER”
“LIFELESS LEMONADE”
“HONEY FROM THE HIVE”
“RETURN TO THE”
“CIRCUS CIRCUS”
“SEAMISTRESS”
“SOUR”
“ENDLESS HALLWAY”
“TIME’S FAKE”
“SINK HOLE”
“ANIMALS”
“LORD SLUG”

He Is Legend’s catalog spans I Am Hollywood, Suck Out the Poison, It Hates You, Heavy Fruit, and Few. However, it would be 2019’s White Bat that elevated them to another level altogether. Revolver highlighted it as “rollicking,” while Metal Injection awarded it a rating of “9/10″ and christened them “legends, indeed.” Riff Magazine hailed them as “one of metal’s best-kept secrets,” and Heavy Blog Is Heavy applauded White Bat as “easily the band’s best album in a decade, but it even takes a run at being the strongest collection of their career.” Plus, it generated nearly 10 million-plus total streams.

For ENDLESS HALWAY, the band wrote in their rehearsal space in Wilmington, NC. They recorded drums outside of Knoxville before cutting guitars with Al Jacob at Warrior Sound in Chapel Hill, NC. Vocals would be a different story as Croom endured one of the most trying seasons of his life.

“We had to push the vocal recording, because my stomach was failing due to my diabetes,” he shares. “It was so bad I couldn’t perform. It took a while to get back to some semblance of normal. Eventually, I hopped in the car and drove 10 hours to Nashville to record at Mitch Marlow’s place. I’m a different person now. The universe throws those things at you to make you stronger. That’s personal growth.”