RAVENSTINE have released their new official video for the song “Freedom Day”! The track is taken from the band’s new album that was released on March 3, 2023 as Digipack CD, Black Vinyl (LTD. 200), White Vinyl (LTD. 100) and as digital streaming/download format!
Music by Martin Sosna & John A.B.C. Smith Lyrics by John A.B.C. Smith
Credits: Martin Sosna – Guitar Ian O’Sullivan – Guitar Hanno Kerstan – Drums Zanil Tataj – Vocals John A.B.C. Smith – Lead and Harmony Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Lead Vocal
Today, Swiss heavy metal outfit BURNING WITCHES sets the “World On Fire” with the diabolical third single taken from their upcoming fifth studio album, The Dark Tower, out this Friday via Napalm Records! “World On Fire” gets the listener’s pulse pumping immediately due to the rising tension of flashy guitar work, before melodic six-string solos unite with unbeatable guitar onslaughts and sophisticated drum attacks – underlining conjuring vocal lines that call out for an evening zombie dance!
The chart-cracking five-piece has had an exemplary seven-year career – topped by their most famous song, “Hexenhammer” (2 million clicks on YouTube). Aside from their first American tour with The Iron Maidens in 2022, they have also supported Grave Digger and excited fans with their explosive performance at the world-famous Wacken Open Air festival. Currently, the witches are preparing for their album release shows in May – watch out!
BURNING WITCHES on their single, “World On Fire”: “We are starting the release-week with a roar: The new single ‘World On Fire’ features relentless double-bass power, massive guitars and catchy melodies – this is a typical up-tempo WITCHES banger that defines this new record really well! This forceful anthem will be for sure an epic live banger, that you can find in the set-list very soon. We hope you dig it!”
On fifteen energetic tracks, BURNING WITCHES ring the bells for a midnight mass in smoky-warm bars. Restless and intense, the fierce women of BURNING WITCHES shred their instruments on The Dark Tower like no other, but with the soft mid-tempo track “Tomorrow”, the witches settle down to gather their strength for just a moment. Bittersweet melodies float up to the sky like weightless feathers, carrying a message of five confident women. Ready again to gradually increase the tempo, “Heart Of Ice” and “Arrow Of Time” ensnare with extravagant guitar tapping and heroic vocals by Laura, while “The Lost Souls” merges devilish staccato and legato riffs, creating an ominous atmosphere amid the bewitching screams of the five Swiss enchantresses. With their new studio album, BURNING WITCHES not only bring back the glory days of heavy metal, but push it beyond – trapping the soul of each listener with energetic performances on The Dark Tower.
Make sure to catch BURNING WITCHES live at their The Dark Tower release shows: 12.05.2023 – Pratteln, CH / Z7 17.05.2023 – Oberhausen, DE / Resonanzwerk 18.05.2023 – Diest, BE / Hell
BURNING WITCHES are: Laura Guldemond – Vocals Romana Kalkuhl – Guitars Courtney Cox – Guitars (stand in/special guest) Larissa Ernst – Guitars Jeanine Grob – Bass Lala Frischknecht – Drums
LAMB OF GOD will be hitting the road this summer for their exclusive 2023 headline tour featuring special guests Ice Nine Kills, Suicide Silence, The Acacia Strain, Frozen Soul and more across select dates. Produced by Live Nation, the 8-city tour kicks off on August 10 at The Wellmont in Montclair making stops across the U.S. in St. Louis, Oklahoma, Las Vegas, Riverside and more.
TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with artist presale beginning Tuesday, May 2. Additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale beginning Friday, May 5 at 10am local time at LiveNation.com.
VIP: VIP Merch and Early Entry packages will be available beginning Tuesday, May 2. For more information visit LambofGod.com
LAMB OF GOD 2023 TOUR DATES: Thu Aug 10 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont % Mon Aug 14 – St. Louis, MO – The Factory % Fri Aug 18 – Corpus Christi, TX – Concrete Street Amphitheater @% Mon Aug 21 – Oklahoma City, OK – Criterion %$ Fri Aug 25 – Las Vegas, NV – Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort %# Sun Aug 27 – Riverside, CA – Riverside Municipal Auditorium %# Wed Aug 30 – Flagstaff, AZ – Pepsi Ampitheater @% * Mon Sep 11 – Pikeville, KY – Appalachian Wireless Arena ^ *
%With support from The Acacia Strain
@With support from Ice Nine Kills
$With support from Frozen Soul
#With support from Suicide Silence
^With support from The Black Dahlia Murder, After The Burial and Alpha Wolf
Following their much acclaimed, self-titled 2017-debut, June 30, 2023 sees Australian heavy metal force NIGHT LEGION release their sophomore studio album, entitled “Fight Or Fall”, via Massacre Records!
As first album single, “The Hounds Of Baskerville“, immediatly proves, “Fight Or Fall” is a no-nonsense return to fast and powerful heavy metal with screaming vocals, crushing guitars and hooks that remind you what great songwriting sounds like. This record is not a happy walk through a forest of elves – this is the battlefield where metal lives and soaring vocals invoke the spirits of what made metal the force it is today!
Give ear, a music video for NIGHT LEGION‘s new single is now streaming HERE:
A classic horror inspired track slightly based around the Sherlock Holmes’ “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, however with a much more dark and brutal twist and in our own way,“ the band reveals. “It centralizes to a small town being terrorized by the local werewolves, with descriptive references.
Some people believe it, some people don’t and think it’s a legend we have devised ourselves until they themselves face the terror & wrath. The wolves in this case also represent the 5 of us – we are about to unleash a new record and we have the hunger to unleash on the live circuit!
It’s also inspired by how humanity’s own state of madness can conjure up such evil for the reason to terrorize, deceive and always live in fear. The reference to the chorus “Chase the hounds of Baskerville” really comes from how we as humans are intrigued to learn more about the mysteries of the world and anything that scares us. It’s a pretty bold, in your face, massive memorable chorus – it’s the run to the hills of the album, I’d say, hence being the first single.
It’s a heart stopper vocally & Stu’s guitar work adds another dimension – this song will play a movie in the listeners head.”
[Artwork by Dusan Markovic]
“Fight Or Fall” was produced by NIGHT LEGION guitarist Stu Marshall, and was mixed and mastered by Chris Themelco at Monolith Studios. Set to be released on June 30, 2023, the album pre-sale has just started via Massacre Records at THIS LOCATION!
“Fight Or Fall” track listing:
The Hounds Of Baskerville
Babylon Burns
Soaring Into The Black
Fight Or Fall
At World’s End
Beyond The Crimson Dawn
Harvest Of Sin
The Enemy
The Hand Of Death
NIGHT LEGION is: Louie Gorgievski – Vocals Stu Marshall – Guitars Col Higginson – Guitars Glenn Williams – Bass Clay Tchakalian – Drums
Swedish rock trio THE GEMS have signed a worldwide contract with Napalm Records! The new band consists of three ex-Thundermother members – vocalist Guernica Mancini, drummer Emlee Johansson and guitarist/bassist Mona Lindgren – who are ready to kickstart this exciting chapter by releasing their first single, “Like a Phoenix”, very soon.
THE GEMS are currently working hard on finishing their debut album, but will also make time to play their second show ever at Downtown Riot festival in their hometown of Stockholm, Sweden this Saturday, May 6, 2023! With their previous band, the musicians performed at many of the most important European festivals like Wacken Open Air and Sweden Rock Festival, played a streaming show from Olympiastadion in Berlin, and even toured with rock legends Scorpions in North America – so there is no doubt that their performance will be a full-on rock’n’roll experience! Make sure to stay tuned for more news on their upcoming album!
THE GEMS on the signing: ”We are so happy and excited to be a part of the Napalm Records family. We feel very confident that Napalm is the perfect label for us to spread our music, and that we will make a great team together and conquer the world!”
Napalm Records CEO Thomas Caser: “With THE GEMS the name says it all! The musicians are already well-known to every rock fan and we are convinced that we have discovered a new star in the rock scene. We are already looking forward to the first anthems from the Swedes!”
THE GEMS are: Guernica Mancini – Vocals Emlee Johansson – Drums Mona Lindgren – Guitar, Bass
THE ROCK ALCHEMIST – Italian Rock Band from Turin with a strong sonic identity that blends modern rock with progressive, hard, alternative, and pop elements!
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
