CYHRA Release New Single + Video ‘Ready To Rumble’

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Swedish melodic metal rockers CYHRA return with an explosive new single and video ‘Ready To Rumble’ on September 2nd via Nuclear Blast. The band which was founded by vocalist Jake E (ex-AMARANTHE) and guitarist Jesper Strömblad (ex-IN FLAMES) are thrilled to finally release new music after having their No Halos In Hell (2019, Nuclear Blast) album touring campaign cut short due to the global pandemic outbreak.

Stream ‘Ready To Rumble’ here: https://cyhra.bfan.link/ready-to-rumble.ema

Vocalist Jake E comments: ”No Halos In Hell got such great reviews all over the world, and we had shows planned for a year ahead. Then COVID hit, and in a heartbeat it felt like the world was pulled from under our feet.” Jake continues, “I can’t express the gratitude over how I feel about the whole Cyhra team. The crew, tour agents, management, and the band, and how we all managed to stay true to our beliefs and to what we want to achieve! I would be lying if I said it was easy to start writing songs again, but we managed to do it as a TEAM! I think that we all agreed that the new songs and the new album needed to demonstrate that Cyhra is a force to be reckoned with moving forward. And I hope we’re able to break new ground on this new album, while at the same time pleasing our existing fan base.”

Drummer Alex Landenburg adds: “We have used the downtime during Covid to compose some of the strongest songs I have ever recorded and I’m so excited to get back out on the road and to play this new material for our fantastic fans! Let’s get ready to rumble!”
 
Guitarist Euge Valovirta echoes the sentiment: ”It was about time. So glad to be back doing what I’ve been doing since I was a kid. First it was hockey and for the last 25 years it’s been music. You know release an album, go on tour, repeat that. Am I ready to rumble? You bet and I hope our fans, old & new are too. Let’s f-king rumble and have a great time!”

Lastly, new guitarist Marcus Sunesson adds: “We’re finally here! We pulled though the worst blow to the music scene ever. Even though it was rough at times we came out on the other side, stronger than ever. United and determined to do and show you what we love the most; make incredible songs and come play for you all! I feel humbled and so honored to be a part of this amazing band and simply can not wait to show you what we’ve put our hearts and souls into with the new Cyhra album. Let’s turn it up a notch, shall we! Are you ready to rumble? We are!”

The band are currently hard at work on their self-produced as-of-yet-untitled third album (and second for Nuclear Blast), with Valovirta overseeing final mixes, and legendary producer Jacob Hansen mastering the album. And while founding guitarist Jesper Strömblad may be noticeably absent from the new album’s first single, the band are fully supportive of Jesper’s current involvement with highly acclaimed new band The Halo Effect– and look forward to his return to the fold when he is ready.  

Line Up:
Jake E – vocals
Euge Valovirta – guitars
Alex Landenburg – drums
Marcus Sunesson – guitars
Jesper Strömblad – guitars

MORTEMIA Release New Song ‘Forever and Beyond’ Feat. Linda Toni Grahn

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Photo credits Morten pic: Angst Im Wald – Photo credits Linda pic: Linda Toni Grahn

Morten Veland (SIRENIA, MORTEMIA and founder of TRISTANIA)  released the 11th  MORTEMIA  song from ‘The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions’ today. The track features Linda Toni Grahn (Anima Veil, ex Follow the Cipher) on guest vocals and it is now available on all digital platforms. The track is entitled ‘Forever and Beyond’.

Morten Veland:

“I am proud and honoured to introduce Linda Toni Grahn from Anima Veil (ex-Follow the Cipher) as my special guest for ‘The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions’. The 11th song is entitled ‘Forever and Beyond’, and will be available on all digital platforms on the 26th of August 2022. This song is a very powerful, groovy and quite uptempo track. Linda has a really cool signature voice with a great diversity that fits perfectly for this track. I feel truly privileged and thankful to have Linda on board this project, and I am really looking forward to sharing this song with you all. Forever and Beyond is an awesome addition to “The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions.”

Linda Toni Grahn:

“It was a fantastic collaboration with Morten during this song. Super nice and friendly and easy to work with! From the beginning I felt that his way of creating music was in line with my own sense of what I want to sing. The melody and lyrics suited me very well. I really love this song, it’s both heavy and brutal but also soft and elegant. Wonderful work and I just want to say: THANK YOU MORTEN!”

Stream and buy the song HERE.

After 11 years of silence Norwegian multi-instrumentalist, producer and artist Morten Veland is once more active with his solo project Mortemia, this time with a brand new concept. ‘The Pandemic Pandemonium Sessions’ is a series of singles  released on a monthly basis, each song featuring a well known and highly profiled guest singer from the metal scene, so far the following singers has contributed: 

  • Madeleine Liljestam (Eleine)
  • Marcela Bovio (Stream of Passion, Ayreon, MaYaN, Dark Horse White Horse)
  • Alessia Scolletti (Temperance, ERA)
  • Liv Kristine (Liv Kristine, ex-Theatre of Tragedy, ex-Leaves Eyes)
  • Melissa Bonny (Ad Infinitum, The Dark Side of the Moon)
  • Brittney Slayes (Unleash the Archers)
  • Maja Shining (Forever Still)
  • Erica Ohlsson (Metalite)
  • Heidi Parviainen (Dark Sarah, ex Amberian Dawn)
  • Zora Cock (Blackbriar)

More information at https://www.facebook.com/mortemianorway

FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY Share Cover of LAMB OF GOD’s ‘Walk With Me in Hell’

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New Jersey six-piece FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY —  JosephBadolato [vocals],  PatrickSheridan [guitar],  TimothyHowley [guitar], WillPutney [guitar], PeterBlueSpinazola [bass], and Josean Orta  Martinez  [drums] — have shared the video for their cover of LAMB OF GOD‘s ‘Walk With Me in Hell.’ Watch + listen here.

“When we started this band, Lamb of God was one of our collective inspirations as to what we hoped FFAA could become one day.  Uncompromising DIY work ethic, socially conscious subject matter, timeless songs and riffs for days. In celebration of our upcoming tour with them, we thought it’d be fun to do a little tribute to one of their classics. Please enjoy ‘Walk With Me In Hell,'” says the band.

FFAA released their sixth album Oh What the Future Holds earlier this year via Nuclear Blast. Get it here.

“OH WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS” TRACK LISTING:
‘Oh What The Future Holds’
‘Pandora’
‘Far From Heaven’
‘In Shadows’
‘Two Towers’
‘A Higher Level Of Hate’
‘Collateral Damage’
‘Savages’
‘Conditional Healing’
‘The Man That I Was Not’

ICYMI:
‘Far From Heaven’ OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEicHBvqd2Y
‘Pandora’ OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/i3iWnhd7FMw
‘In Shadows’ OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PS-eSCFfPM
‘Two Towers’ OFFICIAL VIDEO: https://youtu.be/cm72YQcvjrY

FALL7TIMES Release Official Music Video ‘Unstoppable’ from New Album “Departures”

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Swiss-Italian Alternative Rockers FALL7TIMES have unleashed their official music video for ‘Unstoppable’, taken from their new album “Departures”, released on May 15th 2022. The video clip was shot at the band’s rehearsal venue on 08/17/2022.

In this new video clip the band is glad to introduce their new members:
Mike “Bizzik” Bizzini on keyboards.
Roman Smolyak on rhythm and lead guitar
Mirco Pedrazzi on bass guitar.

Watch ‘Unstoppable’ here:

The footage was shot by the singer (Alex Rémy), drummer (Tia Santi) and keyboardist (Mike “Bizzik” Bizzini).

CREDITS:
A huge thanks to Roberto Colombo from Heaven Recording Studio (Massagno – TI – CH) for helping the band recording vocals and drums.

FALL7TIMES’ second album “Departures” is out on all digital platforms! Artwork was created by Paola Sonia Pigozzo (Art&Amore). If you want to purchase a physical copy, just send a Mail to f7tband@gmail.com.

Also check out the album teaser at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxwrevjDRINfXG-Qk96aEgjNGaDMyzwiA

Fall7Times are:
Alex Remy – Voice
Mattia Santi – Drums
Massimiliano Serra – guitar
Mirco Pedrazzi – bass
Michele Bizzini – sinth and keyboard
Roman Smolyak – lead Guitar

FALL7TIMES are a Swiss-Italian alternative rock / metal band formed in autumn 2018 from the idea of drummer Mattia Santi who wanted to create a definitive lineup to record the debut album, RESET, released on September 1st, 2019. FALL7TIMES were ready to present the album beyond the Swiss border, but the arrival of 2020 and the global pandemic stopped any possibility to performing live for two
consecutive years, so the band immediately began to write new music without allowing the decline of enthusiasm to fade / stop the project. The new album “Departures” which after almost 2 years of hard work, was released on May 15th 2022, produced, mixed and mastered by Federico Ascari of Modena.

More information at
https://www.facebook.com/Fall7Times-1983129531722483/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8GhxBDvOU-gFu37UQYNovg
INSTAGRAM: @fall7times_band

DEFACING GOD Release Third Single + Lyric Video ‘The Resurrection’

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The duchess and dukes of darkness, DEFACING GOD, have returned to unleash their wrath with their new album, The Resurrection of Lilith, out this Friday via Napalm Records. Casting new spells, the band is ready to meet their nemesis and raise hellfire by summoning Lilith, the mother of Darkness.

Rooted in occultism and witchcraft DEFACING GOD strives on ancient stories and grandiose soundscapes conjuring their worthy representation of opulent Scandinavian metal traditions. Echoing styles of artists such as Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth. The band continues the legacy of unconventional extreme metal, taking their rightful place in the garden of Eden and ready to deface God!

But first, DEFACING GOD complete the unholy trinity with their third offering, just before the album drops. Their new single “The Resurrection” summons the sacred sovereignty Lilith and showcases the band’s potential lying within extreme melodies with a twist of haunting riffs and indelible drums that immerse astoundingly with the gory growls of vocalist Sandie The Lilith. Stirring with powerful feminine rage, DEFACING GOD encapsulates symphonic sounds with extreme power, creating anthems for the banished.

DEFACING GOD on “The Resurrection”:
“The Resurrection – the title track of the beast we are about to release! This song is dedicated to Lilith and her resurrection. A song of rebellion and an all-consuming need for revenge. Revenge over those who banished her to a cursed fate and revenge in the name of all her fellow witches – her blood sisters – strong women throughout history who never got a voice!’”

Through their storytelling, music and aesthetic, the band pulls their listeners into a dark universe of obscure myths, folklore and ancient stories, all the while weaving in often subtle lyrical inspirations from modern societal oppressions and personal demons. Sonically, DEFACING GOD balance massive extreme melodies with a twist of grandiose orchestration by Lars Vinther, but rather than blending their influences with a conventional dose of black metal, the band proudly merges these auras with infernal death metal. Additionally, The Resurrection Of Lilith was produced by Jacob Hansen – known for his work with Fleshgod Apocalypse, Volbeat, Evergrey, Epica and countless others.

DEFACING GOD state:
“A lot of mixed emotions and passion has been held over and inside this album and to support those emotions our sound is both eerie and dramatic, filled with symphonic details to set the mood and atmosphere. We have created a lot of details so that the listener is challenged, which is why it is important to mention that we chose to work with Lars Vinther on the tracks.

Lars did the orchestration parts and he is that ´´extra´´ we needed to complete our sound with the classical components and to make our sound more grandiose and dramatic. The use of classical instruments/symphonics is something that is more seen in the modern black metal genre (Cradle, Dimmu Borgir etc.) But we play melodic death metal and because of our love for classical music and our dark and massive sound, we thought it would be interesting to experiment with the orchestrations and more layers in our music.

Melodic death metal has been made a million times before, but I think we managed to make this piece very personal with all the experimenting.

Pre-order DEFACING GOD’s debut The Resurrection Of LilithNOW

The Resurrection Of Lilith arises with a cinematic, chanting introduction, leading the listener into the demonic world of DEFACING GOD. Building up tension to release into an uncompromising melodic, orchestral death metal assault on “The Invocation Part I “Lilith””, the track emerges as the first of three songs introducing female forces of legend as a trinity to be reckoned with – the first being Lilith, Adam’s first wife, who refused to obey and now reigns as a symbol of feminine rage and independency, but also for the darkness found within oneself. Bookending the undeniably strong “The Resurrection” are parts two and three – “The Invocation Part II “Jezebel”” and “The Invocation Part III “Abyzou”” – which lead into “The Rise of Trinity”. The remainder of The Resurrection Of Lilith proves to be an auditory onslaught of epic proportions, seeing DEFACING GOD unleash their supreme power and full songwriting dynamics with varying yet unrelentingly hard-hitting tracks like “The End Of Times”, “Echoes From Fulda”, “Death Followed Like a Plague” and “Enslaved”. Penultimate track “In the Land of Rain and Sorrow” blasts with a blackened, dense wall of sound before the album closes with encapsulating, symphonic “Into the Mist of Memories” – featuring a neo-classically inspired guitar solo.

The Resurrection Of Lilith Track Listing:
1. Black Moon
2. The Invocation Part I “Lilith”
3. The Resurrection
4. The Invocation Part II “Jezebel”
5. The Invocation Part III “Abyzou”
6. Rise Of The Trinity
7. The End Of Times
8. Echoes From Fulda
9. Death Followed Like A Plague
10. Enslaved
11. In the Land Of Rain And Sorrow
12. Into the Mist Of Memories

Vocalist/Composer CHARLOTTE WESSELS Releases Profound New Single ‘Toxic’

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Dutch singer and symphonist CHARLOTTE WESSELS continues her impressive solo journey by releasing her newest single, the profound “Toxic”, from her upcoming second full-length album, Tales From Six Feet Under Vol II, out October 7, 2022 via Napalm Records.
 
Within this immersive piece of rock, pop, metal and beyond, CHARLOTTE WESSELS’ artistic talent shows no limits on Tales From Six Feet Under Vol II. Carefully crafting lyrics, instrumentals, vocals and even mastering production, her artistic and intellectual sophistication is beyond compare. Besides her own prominent creative impact, the album also features delicate guitar work by DELAIN ex-band colleague Timo Somers.

It might be easy to get lulled into a false sense of security by the relaxed opening beat of her latest single, but do not be fooled: CHARLOTTE WESSELS’ takes no prisoners on her newest single, “Toxic”. The track starts with suspenseful, magical sounds that, together with challenging lyrics, offer a perfect symbiosis. The ambient sounds are completed with hard guitar riffs and growling screams. Staying true to her metal origin, CHARLOTTE WESSELS, proves once again that she does not care for limitations! Effortlessly, she combines various genres making versatility her trademark as she introduces an atmospheric sound with explosive potential.
 
CHARLOTTE WESSELS on “Toxic”:
“’Toxic’ is a direct response to the populism, greed, misogyny and victim blaming that come screaming from our screens on a daily basis, and with the recent overturning of Roe v Wade, it has sadly become only more relevant since its initial release on Patreon. I hope you like the song but I mostly hope the issues it deals with will be a thing of the past before I am.

CHARLOTTE WESSELS will bring her work to the stage on October 23 at Tivoli Vredenburg – Ronda, in Utrecht, NL, for her first and only live show so far: Tales From Six Feet Under – Live in Concert. She recently announced her live band, which includes several former DELAIN members and consists of Timo Somers, Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije, Joey Marin de Boer and Sophia Vernikov.  Tickets available HERE.

Pre-Order Tales From Six Feet Under Vol II NOW

On the exciting new offering, Tales From Six Feet Under Vol II, WESSELS’ styles range from melancholic alt-pop to synth-infused rock and connect atmospheric elements with harder sounds, crossing genre boundaries with ease.
 
Starting with captivating synth-flavored track “Venus Rising”, CHARLOTTE WESSELS’ lures the listener into her multifaceted world of sound to be spellbound within the blink of an eye. Following “Human To Ruin” mesmerizes with a sweet melody that breaks into a propelling metal track, where calmer parts alter with powerful break outs. Wessels releases her power on other commanding tracks like “The Phantom Touch” and “Good Dog”, while on “The Final Roadtrip”, she presents the full range of her vocal prowess atop carefully balanced electronic beats and indie soundscapes. “Toxic” comes with an obscure, captivating whispering sound that turns into a strong sonic wall, as the album then fades out with the honest atmospheric gems “I Forget” featuring a cello performance by Elianne Anemaat, and “Utopia”.

This eclectic wealth of songs proves WESSELS’ exceptional ability to express the sincerest feelings and emotions within her art and her distinct intuition for the combination of seemingly different genres. Tales From Six Feet Under Vol II is an enchanting portent of CHARLOTTE WESSELS’ further multifaceted endeavors.
 
CHARLOTTE WESSELS states:
“Since May 2020, I’ve been writing and recording a new song every month down in my basement “Six Feet Under Studio”, fueled by – and released to – my tight-knit Patreon community. This album wouldn’t be there without them. I’m excited to team up with Napalm Records again to release a new collection of these tracks with a wider audience.
 
With Tales From Six Feet Under, I released my favorite tracks of the first year of this endeavor onto the world in 2021, and Tales From Six Feet Under Vol II is its counterpart, with my favorite tracks from the second year. There are definitely differences between the two, with the second leaning more towards the heavier side, but they do belong together.
 
Together they represent a time of introspection and solitary songwriting in the basement. A time that has taught me a lot and has been very meaningful to me, but also a time that, as I started this project in the middle of Covid quarantine, has already – thankfully – started changing. Not because I won’t be writing and recording Six Feet Under anymore, but because as the world is opening up again, I too will come out of the basement and out of my shell again with live concerts, and collaborations are on the horizon.”

Tales From Six Feet Under Vol II track listing:
1. Venus Rising
2. Human To Ruin
3. The Phantom Touch
4. Against All Odds
5. A Million Lives
6. The Final Roadtrip
7. Good Dog
8. Toxic
9. I Forget
10. Utopia

Bewitching Tales From Six Feet Under Vol II will be available as 1LP Vinyl GOLD, 1LP Vinyl RECYCLED BLACK, 1LP Vinyl RECYCLED COLOR (Patreon exclusive) as well as on all digital platforms. Moreover, fans will get a combined 2CD Digisleeve that also includes WESSELS’s exciting first solo offering Tales From Six Feet Under Vol I, which will be released on CD for the first time now! With this eclectic wealth of songs, she debuts a song in her native language with Dutch rocker “Afkicken”. For this occasion, CHARLOTTE WESSELS recently presented a breathtaking full production, cinematic music video. Re-watch this breathtaking work of art HERE!