Israeli melodic death metal sensation STRUCTURAL, releases the new video and single “Your Damnation”. The song is the first one out from their forthcoming album “Decrowned”, which is set for a worldwide release on June 23 via Swedish label ViciSolum Records.
Structural about the single/video:
“The time has finally come, after 5 years of silence, today weare releasing a new single! We can’t stress enough how much we look forward for you guys to listen to this, and we are sure you will like it.”
Marco Angioni’s photo by Lena Angioni
Welcome to the official tribute song and lyric video of STREET FIGHTER, to one of the biggest metal festivals in Denmark – Nordic Noise, which celebrates its 11th anniversary this year.
‘Nordic Noise – A Decade Of Noise’ features the talents of Michael Bastholm (Artillery), Sofia Schmidt (Ethereal Kingdoms), and Lars Märker (Meridian) on lead vocals, backing growls by Michael Hvolgaard Andersen (Withering Surface, Thorium), and not least a real “guitar hero” solo by Soren Andersen (Electric Guitars, Glenn Hughes).
The track is produced and performed by the multi-talented Marco Angioni at Angioni Studios. Written by Marco and Lars Märker, it is a tribute to heavy metal from the golden age of the eighties added a modern heavier twist.
Join ‘Nordic Noise – A Decade Of Noise’ premiering here:
Soilwork, Tygers Of Pan Tang, Evergrey, Eclipse, Pyramaze, Ambush, Captain Black Beard, Meridian, Stargazer, Alien Force, Nighthawk, Evil, Steel Inferno, Silver Phantom, Boys From Heaven, Metal Cross and Exelerate are the bands that will perform at Nordic Noise 2023 – on Stairway, in Copenhagen. See the poster below.
Recording line-up:
Michael Bastholm – vocals
Sofia Schmidt – vocals
Lars Märker – vocals
Soren Andersen – guitar solo
Michael Hvolgaard Andersen – backing vocals
Marco Angioni – guitars, bass, and Hammond
Sam P. Lehr – drums
Digital single: https://bfan.link/nordic-noise-a-decade-of-noise
Danish extreme metal quintet THE ARCANE ORDER is gearing up for the release of the band’s highly anticipated fourth album “Distortions From Cosmogony”, which will see the light of day set on June 9th via Black Lion Records. While the first single “Cry of Olympus” already gave an intense insight into the upcoming album, the band follows up today with a brand new music video for the track “The First Deceiver”. Watch the video below.
Stream the single HERE
Guitarist Flemming C. Lund comments:
“On this song we wanted a darker kind of vibe while utilizing some sinister harmonies we never did before. A bit like in the older Pestilence-songs from the ‘Malleus Maleficarum’ era, while still mixing it up for a more progressive chorus and some dark yet groovy passages to spice things up.”
Lead singer Kim Song Sternkorpf elaborates on the song theme:
“From a lyrical perspective, the song is about Prometheus, the perfect anti-hero. The myth of how he had to flee the wrath of the gods for bestowing the gift of fire to man served as one of the best classical narratives of rebellion and liberation. Is he a self sacrificing saviour of man or has he brought ruin on us all for giving men a tool to undermine the reign of the divine?”
With its new experienced line-up featuring members of renowned acts such as Soilwork, Møl and HateSphere, THE ARCANE ORDER created an epic metal album within its singular style combining the extreme, the grandiose, technical and melodic while telling the story of mankind’s eternal existential conflict between autonomy and submission.
The band’s upcoming fourth album is a 54 minutes long virtuosic display of THE ARCANE ORDER’s unique fusion of death, black, tech, classic and melodic metal. The band’s skillful balancing of the epic and aggressive, the extreme and melodic and of the technical and catchy is unfolded in a dramatic songwriting taking the band’s expression to new heights, while demanding complete devotion from the listener – who are equally rewarded, if this is delivered.
In the same manner, the subject matter of THE ARCANE ORDER demands a will to immerse oneself, look inwards and to be challenged. “Distortions From Cosmogony” revolves around humankind’s eternal existential struggle of division between autonomy and submission, internally as well as externally. The album dives into the distortion and transition taking place, when humans project their incompleteness into the creation of gods and their counterparts, here on earth as well as beyond. Humans have always told stories about itself and the world with cosmogonies carrying reward and punishment as the most archetypal narratives. The album asks the eternal questions about who we are, which narratives shape us and if these will forever determine our species. These fundamental existential questions find their natural habitat in THE ARCANE ORDER’s unique, visionary extreme metal on “Distortions from Cosmogony”.
As the previous three, THE ARCANE ORDER’s new album “Distortions from Cosmogony” is recorded by Jacob Hansen (Aborted, Arch Enemy, Volbeat, Katatonia a.o.) and in addition Jacob Bredahl (Lifesick, Eyes, Livløs ao.) has recorded vocals, while the guitars were tracked in Flemming C. Lund’s home studio.
“Distortions from Cosmogony” will be released on 2-LP, CD and physical formats and can be pre-ordered at THIS LOCATION while digital formats can be pre-saved HERE
Tracklist:
THE ARCANE ORDER is:
Kim Song Sternkopf – Vocals
Flemming C. Lund: Guitar
Kasper Kierkegaard: Guitar
Anders Frodo S. Mikkelsen – Bass
Bastian Thusgaard – Drums
At the beginning of the nineties, four young people in Hünxe, North Rhine-Westphalia, decided to make music under the name CRACK UP. In 1994 they released “Forsaken Dreams”, a demo that caused a sensation in the German and European death metal underground. 1996 saw the release of “Blood Is Life”, the highly acclaimed full-length debut.
Anno 2023, this long out-of-print gem is now being reissued. A remaster was deliberately avoided, as any modernisation would probably be at the expense of the spirit that blew through the scene at the time and which you can almost breathe through the original production from Andy Classen. Only the artwork has been reworked.
“Blood Is Life” will be rereleased on 28 April with the demo songs as bonus tracks for the first time on all common streaming platforms, as well as on CD at MDD and selected mailorders. From 19 May it will be available in stores everywhere! If you have no idea what to expect beforehand, just check the visualiser for “Unburden” on the MDD YouTube channel!
Tracklist
1 Blood Is Life
2 Unburden
3 Wounded
4 Voices
5 Failing
6 Forever in Me?
7 Hatred Unfolds
8 Cycle of Need
9 Painted Black
10 Fading Away
— Bonus Tracks „Forsaken Dreams“ Demo —
11 Forever in Me
12 A Part of Me
13 Fading Away
14 Black – Blood
15 Dreams
Orders
▶ MDD: http://mdd-records.de/crackup
▶ NUCLEAR BLAST: https://www.nuclearblast.de/crack-up-blood-is-life-cd-1065032
▶ AMAZON: https://amzn.to/41jn7Je
British hard rock legends and progenators URIAH HEEP release the lyric video for the majestic track “Golden Light”, taken from their twenty-fifth studio album Chaos & Colour, out now via Silver Lining Music.
“Golden Light” is a smorgasbord of soaring melodies, robust rhythm, luscious guitar lines, and brims with spiritual optimism. “We’ve always had positive energy in everything we do,” beams Mick Box, Uriah Heep’s venerable and effervescent founding member. “It’s always good over evil no matter where we look at it. That’s what we’re like as people, which is why it’s always been a big part of Heep to have that positivity.”
“‘Golden Light’ is a typical melodic Heep rock song” continues Box, “it explains that in this troubled world, there is a guardian angel shining down a light, to guide us through these difficult times. ‘Appy days!”
Stream/Listen to Chaos & Colour here
Chaos & Colour is an album which bristles with explosive classic rock guitars, supreme harmonies, and Heep’s famously generous keyboard foundation. “One Nation, One Sun” is a journey of soaring balladic contemplation, “Fly Like An Eagle” takes the listener on a journey of meditation, whilst “Closer To Your Dreams” is a battle cry for all rockers to get out there and do it, with Shaw imploring that “So many have tried but slipped away/Now it’s time for you to have your say.” During the entire album, Bernie Shaw’s timeless vocals sit expertly beside the band’s phenomenal artistry (Mick Box – guitar, Phil Lanzon – keyboard, Russell Gilbrook – drums, Dave Rimmer – bass), rounding out exceptional performances throughout.
Produced by Jay Ruston, and engineered by Pieter Rietkerk, Chaos & Colour is a superb album of quality hard rock from the pioneers of the genre who continue to create top class material. Old fans will be reinvigorated whilst new fans will surely find Chaos & Colour an exceptional discovery. In this, their 53rd pioneering year as a band, Chaos & Colour sees Uriah Heep throwing down more life, light and energy than peers 40 years their juniors.
Chaos & Colour Track List
| 1. Save Me Tonight |
| 2. Silver Sunlight |
| 3. Hail the Sunrise |
| 4. Age of Changes* |
| 5. Hurricane |
| 6. One Nation, One Sun |
| 7. Golden Light |
| 8. You’ll Never Be Alone |
| 9. Fly Like an Eagle |
| 10. Freedom to Be Free |
| 11. Closer to Your Dreams* |
| 12.Save Me Tonight (Demo)** |
JOEL HOEKSTRA (Whitesnake, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Revolution Saints) has announced the upcoming third release from his solo project Joel Hoekstra’s 13, “Crash Of Life” on June 16, 2023. “Crash Of Life” introduces a new talent into the fold as Girish Pradhan (Girish And The Chronicles, The End Machine) takes on lead vocal duties on the album.
The first single from the album, ‘Far Too Deep’ is out today.
As with the previous two albums, the all-star cast of bassist Tony Franklin (Blue Murder, The Firm), drummer Vinny Appice (Last In Line, ex-Dio, Black Sabbath), and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (Sons Of Apollo, Black Country Communion) contribute their immense musical talents. And as he did on the last record, vocalist Jeff Scott Soto also lends a helping hand with background vocals.Hoekstra once again handled the bulk of the creative process, overseeing production, songwriting, and arranging (music and lyrics) for this stunning hard rock record. Chris Collier returns and does a masterful job mixing and mastering here as well.
Pre-order/save “Crash Of Life” HERE: https://orcd.co/jh13
“Crash Of Life” tracklisting:
Line-up:
Joel Hoekstra -Guitars
Girish Pradhan -Lead Vocals
Vinny Appice -Drums
Tony Franklin -Bass
Derek Sherinian – Keyboards
Jeff Scott Soto- Backing Vocals
New York City based guitarist Joel Hoekstra currently plays for Whitesnake and Trans Siberian Orchestra. He is also a member of Revolution Saints with Deen Castronovo (Journey) and Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, The End Machine, ex-Dokken) and Iconic with Michael Sweet (Stryper), Nathan James (Inglorious), Marco Mendoza (ex-Journey, The Dead Daisies), and Tommy Aldridge (Whitesnake, ex-Ozzy Osbourne). Additionally, Joel is also well-known for his work with Cher, Night Ranger, the Broadway show Rock of Ages, his fill in work with Foreigner, annual sets on the Monsters of Rock Cruise, recording projects like VHF and his acoustic shows with Brandon Gibbs. He is also a frequent columnist for Guitar World Magazine. In recent years, Joel released the critically acclaimed albums “Dying to Live” and “Running Games” from his side project Joel Hoekstra’s 13. He has also released three instrumental solo albums.
