BECKO Releases New Single ‘Home’, Announces New ’90s Concept Album “Present Day // Present Time”

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Following up his successful cover of Katie Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” (A Deal With God) Italian trap-metal artist BECKO jumps feet first fusing a new breakbeat rock single “Home.” This newest track is the first single from the upcoming ’90s-inspired concept album ‘Present Day//Present Time’.

“Home” is chaos refined fusing determination with introspection through thoughtful lyrics, and a strong and at times brutal vocal performance from Becko. Turbulent rhythms laced with synthesizers over steady guitars only solidify the track’s tempestuous nature. “Home” is about Dissociative Identity Disorder, and is about one specific personality among a trio trying to take over and work as a team without erasing their distinctive counterparts. The entire concept of the song and the album harkens back to late 90’s music and gaming when the internet was first getting traction, and anime like Iain, Evangelion and Trigun was very darkish and deep. 

“This song is the first song released of my new concept album called ‘Present Day // Present Time.’ It’s a breakbeat rock song with EDM influences,” states Becko. “The song talks about Dissociative Identity Disorder, where the main character is trying to take the other two personalities in power to be the leader of the mind without erasing the other two parts but taking them alongside and becoming stronger. (It’s a biblical concept).“

“Home” is out now from independent multi-genre label FiXT.
 
Purchase/Stream: https://found.ee/EvryRdLdsHOME

BLOODBATH Drop Punishing New Single + Official Music Video ‘Carved’ Feat. Luc Lemay of Gorguts

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It’s time for another deep dive into the horrors of mortality and the foul side of the supernatural – it’s time for “Survival Of The Sickest”! The sixth full-length album from BLOODBATH, Sweden’s undisputed masters of old school death metal, will be unleashed on September 9, 2022 via Napalm Records. This is death metal at its ugly best: vicious, unrelenting and irrevocably sworn to the black.

After smashing the thrashing death metal assault and album opener “Zombie Inferno” out to the masses, BLOODBATH have just released another new burner, entitled “Carved”, featuring none other than Luc Lemay (Gorguts). Without any doubt, the relentlessly heavy track will ensnare the minds of new fans and thrill longtime supporters, aiming to turn intestines outwards in preparation for another irrevocable BLOODBATH!
 
Jonas Renkse on “Carved“:
“If you’re a subject to human experiments performed by the sickest surgeon, you may not have the time to suffer a thousand deaths, but one thing is for certain: YOU’RE CARVED.”

The world is in flames, and “Survival Of The Sickest”, produced by BLOODBATH and co-produced and mixed by Lawrence Mackrory at Rorysound Studios, offers no respite from the horrors of reality. Instead, with the addition of new guitarist Tomas ‘Plytet’ Åkvik (Lik) onboard, BLOODBATH’s latest and greatest album gleefully confronts the slavering ghoul lurking in the shadows, and treats him to ten songs of ripping death metal frenzy. Alongside BLOODBATH’s official alumni, “Survival Of The Sickest” boasts a smattering of irresistible cameos from the great, good and ghoulish of the metal underground, including Barney Greenway (Napalm Death), Luc Lemay (Gorguts) and Marc Grewe (Morgoth).
 
From the thuggish brain-smash of opener “Zombie Inferno” to the bleak, obsidian ooze of closer “No God Before Me”, “Survival Of The Sickest” is the sound of a great band in blistering form. In contrast with The Arrow Of Satan Is Drawn, which borrowed heavily from the blackened end of the death metal world, the new BLOODBATH goes straight for the jugular in true old school fashion. With strong echoes of everything from Morbid Angel and Death to Deicide and Obituary, songs like the rampaging “Putrefying Corpse”, the disgustingly slow and heavy “Dead Parade”, and the deliciously twisted “Tales Of Melting Flesh” breathe fresh fire into an arcane, perpetually rotting formula.

Formed by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström (both of KATATONIA), Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) and Dan Swanö (Edge Of Sanity) in 1998, BLOODBATH devoted themselves to resurrecting the increasingly forgotten art of pure death metal. In 2014, they unveiled a new frontman – legendary Paradise Lost vocalist Nick Holmes, now redubbed Old Nick – and yet another macabre musical evolution. With this new line-up, the only way to go was grim. On “Survival Of The Sickest”, BLOODBATH evoke their most horrifying sonic scenarios to date, from the death-by-munching nightmare of “Malignant Maggot Therapy”, to the murderous nihilism of “Affliction Of Extinction”. A glorious comeback from a legendarily wicked musical force, “Survival Of The Sickest” provides yet more proof that BLOODBATH are the kings of the old school.
 
BLOODBATH add:
“If there was a declaration of goods attached to this album, it would say Florida death metal exported from Sweden.”

Pre-order “Survival Of The Sickest” NOW

“Survival Of The Sickest” track listing:
1. Zombie Inferno
2. Putrefying Corpse
3. Dead Parade
4. Malignant Maggot Therapy
5. Carved
6. Born Infernal
7. To Die
8. Affliction of Extinction
9. Tales of Melting Flesh
10. Environcide
11. No God Before Me    

Get your shirt on the new single “Carved” HERE!

Experience BLOODBATH live in 2022:
09.09.22 CH – Hüttikon / Meh Suff!
24.09.22 MX – Monterrey / Mexico Metal Fest

SYMBOLICAL – Feat. Dariusz “Daray” Brzozowski – to Release New EP “Natura”, Video for ‘The Dread World’ Unleashed

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Mystic death metallers SYMBOLICAL – feat. Dariusz “Daray” Brzozowski – are set to release their new EP “Natura” on September 8th. “Natura” is the second part of the trilogy started with the EP “Igne” (2021). Furthermore the band has unleashed a video for ‘The Dread World’, created by Natalia from N.Station.

Watch ‘The Dread World’ here:

Cymer commentary: “It’s time to open our new chapter about Jesus. He will face Dark Urizen – Universe’s brother who cast Jesus into hell where he will become the leader of demon army. We still keep the spirit of former albums but for the first time we decide to use William Blake’s lyrics – The First books of Urizen. Enjoy !!

The EP pre-order will be available soon at https://symbolical.bandcamp.com

Also check out the videos taken from the earlier EP “Igne”
Disciple of Death – https://youtu.be/nM5Bye5vg34
The Call of Nazareth – https://youtu.be/SdRKGxtavzQ

Symbolical are:
Paweł “Cymer” Cymerman – guitar, vocal
Konrad “Sloq” Słoczyński – guitar
Dariusz “Daray” Brzozowski – drums
Łukasz “Lukas” Matyja – bass

More information at https://mysticsymbolical.pl – https://www.facebook.com/Symbolicalofficial

Dariusz “Daray” Brzozowski is one of the most recognized drummers within the metal scene. Well known for his extreme drumming, blastbeats, precision and supersonic speeds, he earned his reputation through the years and was repeatedly valued for his achievements. Extensively touring the world with his bands. He played over a 1000 shows.

Born in 1980, he got his first kit at the age of 14. His story began with the band Vesania, and was continued in Vader, Masachist, Hunter, Black River. He’s also a session musician for multiple bands. Today, drumming for Vesania and Dimmu Borgir and being an active clinician and educator, he remains in the lead of worlds‘ uncompromising drummers.

Please Note, DARAY is available for studio sessions, drum clinics, as well as session drummer for tours etc. For further information, please contact tarja@splitscreenproduction.com.

Watch Daray Brzozowski (Meinl cymbal artist) performing “Dimmu Borgir“ off of Dimmu Borgir’s album “Abrahadabra“ at the 2016 Meinl Drum Festival: https://youtu.be/ioA5YrUDx6I

More information at:
DARIUS “DARAY” BRZOZOWSKI: https://www.facebook.com/DarayOfficial
DARAY DRUM ACADEMY: http://daraydrumacademy.com
DIMMU BORGIR: https://www.facebook.com/dimmuborgir
MANAGEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/SplitScreenManagement | http://www.splitscreenproduction.com

Iranian OUT OF NOWHERE Leave Their Home, Premiere Very Personal Music Video ‘Dying Sun’

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Iranian Metalcore outfit OUT OF NOWHERE released their long-awaited song “Dying Sun” after settling in Istanbul, Turkey, on the 9th of August. Since the premiere of their last music video, “Blind Crow”, on Knotfest’s website, the band has been going through the hardships every immigrant faces. They captured these hardships in their latest creative endeavor, “Dying Sun”. Vocalist Amin says;

‘Dying Sun is closely tied to our immigration which was one of the hardest things we’ve ever had to do. We had to leave our homes, families, jobs, and friends to pursue what we’ve worked hard for years because there was no room for progress for us in Iran. When we arrived in Turkey, we had to go through a hard process to achieve a decent standard of living which was one of the hardest times for our band. We intended to release new music sooner, but the immigration process didn’t let us do things on schedule. But thankfully, we managed to move through these issues.’

Dying Sun Out Now  On All Platforms: [Fanlink.to/DyingSun]

Every immigrant will tell you how hard it is to leave everything behind and start a new life. Their new creative effort, Dying Sun sees Out of Nowhere, transfers all the raw emotions tied to the journey they’ve been through this past year, Amin continues;

‘This song is the chapter in our band’s personal diary about not letting go of our dreams in the face of adversity and working hard for the things we all believe in while also accepting the risks. I hope that Dying Sun will help anyone in a similar situation endure and keep pushing to achieve what they believe in. We chose the name Dying Sun because we are all like suns that move closer to their end each day, but we also try to keep shining despite that.’

The Turkish scene is far superior for local artists than Iran because, unlike in Iran, artists in Turkey are permitted to perform live shows and even perform at big festivals without any unnecessary concerns like government intervention. Out of Nowhere is currently working towards performing local shows in Turkey. Fans should expect several singles and eventually a twelve-song LP in the future.

Dying Sun was mixed and mastered by Joonas Vuojolahti at Cold Truth Music Studios. The music video was made by Darken Rush.

More About The Band:

Out of Nowhere first emerged from the Iranian Metal Scene in 2010. Initially influenced by Nu-Metal and Alternative acts such as System of a Down and Slipknot, they released their first album, “Man Made Disaster”, in 2013. 
After a brief hiatus, the band decided to evolve their sound by combining their genre with more modern elements to form their 2016 single “Earworm.” In the subsequent years, after growing in popularity in their local scene and also after participating in different music festivals in Iran, they started performing well-known songs by established artists and making changes to these hits to fit Out of Nowhere’s distinct style of Metal, which is their take on “Pop goes Metal”. 
Some examples of these musical endeavors include their performance of Sia’s “Chandelier”,  Bomfunk Mc’s “Live Your Life” and Billie Eilish’s “Lovely”. In 2019 an article from NASA referring to the year when humanity can get its hands on samples from Mars influenced the title of Out of Nowhere’s 2019 Alien-based concept album “2031”. 
With “2031” the band’s sound shifted to a Djent/Progressive direction by utilizing heavy use of synths on top of breakdowns, solos, and vocals. 
After this release, Out of Nowhere was involved in a German documentary about Iranian culture commissioned by ZDF. Their interview with the prominent German TV broadcaster shed some light on the difficult situations musicians face in Iran’s society and was broadcast internationally, which still remains one of the band’s proudest moments.
In 2020 the band continued releasing singles, starting with their ballad “Hope Is On The Way”. It primarily focuses on self-struggle as well as deep feelings and emotions. They also released their take on Billie Eilish’s “Lovely” in the same year.
With their 2021 single “Blind Crow” Out of Nowhere started exploring the heavier side of the musical spectrum by using elements from Deathcore music. MetalSucks premiered the song exclusively on their website while Knotfest premiered the music video of “Blind Crow” on their official website along with an interview. 

Out of Nowhere are:
Amin Yahyazadeh – Vocals
Ali Mostanbet – Guitars
Kasra Jafarzadeh – Guitars
Hamid Shahcheraghi – Bass
Soroosh Kheradmand – Drums
Hossein Amjad – Manager

FOLKRIM Release New Single + Music Video ‘Entwined’

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Finnish folk metal band FOLKRIM is set to release their second studio album On Foaming Waves on October 21st 2022 via Inverse Records. The band released a second single and music video Entwined! 

The band comments:
Our last single, Crack a Cold One brought us a whole lot of positive feedback and we’re
ready to face future fights with those under our belt. Next in the chamber is ‘Entwined!’ The song has more traditional tropes and riffs sprinkled with some wordplay and theatrics. Along the song we’ll be releasing a music video featuring Finnish summer landscapes and bodies – not to mention the themes of heavy boozing. The video is penned by our very own bass artiste extraordinaire, Viktor Suominen. The artist comments: “They say that the camera adds a few kilos, but fucking 30!” We leave you with these words: Open up the entwine and get partying!”  

LISTEN Entwined! on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/folkrim-etwined

CD pre-order available on Inverse Store. 

WATCH a lyric video of first single Crack a Cold One: https://youtu.be/anoNPi_L-vM

On Foaming Waves -tracklist

  1. Blackout
  2. Unhinged Alchemist
  3. On Foaming Waves
  4. Crack a Cold One
  5. Towards the Sun
  6. Entwined!
  7. One More For the Road
  8. Midsummer Mead
  9. Brace Yourselves
  10. Rövarehumppa
  11. Under the Black
  12. Winterstorm
  13. Drunken Song
  14. A Falling Tide

Album cover by Erno Helander.

Three Sides of the Coin Radio Launched on Amazon Alexa Playing KISS 24/7/365, in Conjunction with Voxprotocol

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Not content with being just a podcast, Three Sides of the Coin Radio is also a radio show streaming 24/7/365 playing nothing but KISS music! We program the show, we pick the songs. Some give you a KISS special once a year. Others give you a KISS special for a couple weeks…. Three Sides of the Coin Radio gives KISS music 24/7/365! All you have to do is ask Alexa…

“Alexa, Launch Three Sides of the Coin Radio!”

To listen to Three Sides of the Coin Radio you will need a Amazon Alexa smart speaker, a FireTV or the free Alexa app on your smartphone or tablet.

“KISS has such an amazing and deep catalog of music that rarely is heard on broadcast radio. As KISS fans we know there is more to KISS than Rock N Roll All Nite and Three Sides of the Coin Radio goes DEEP and plays the songs the fans want to hear. 24 hours a day, every day the KISS Army can tune in be sure we are playing the songs they want to hear.” – Michael Brandvold, Co-host Three Sides of the Coin KISS Podcast

Three Sides of the Coin Radio is brought to you by Michael Brandvold Marketing and Voxprotocol, the global leader in voice app entertainment!

“We are thrilled to announce our newest vRadio™ Channel partnership with the ThreeSidesoftheCoin.com KISS Podcast Team,” says Steven Austine, Founder & CEO at Voxprotocol. “Since 2012, Three Sides of the Coin has provided the amazingly passionate fans of the incredible rock band KISS access, insight and information rarely found anywhere. By launching “Alexa, launch Three Sides of the Coin Radio…” their audience can now listen to tracks that the Three Sides Team has meticulously curated, including some fantastic deep cuts and some of the coolest KISS songs ever recorded. It is all KISS, all the time 24/7/365, and we here at Voxprotocol couldn’t be happier!”

“With over 5 million plays, the Three Sides of the Coin Team has built an incredible KISS oriented music podcast community that has been serving the passionate and dedicated fans of the band KISS for over 10yrs. The Three Sides of the Coin Team knows what their fans want to listen to and will enjoy. Combining that with the vast Voxprotocol.com understanding of Artificial Intelligence, Ambient Voice Computing, and how it all comes together to deliver music over the Alexa-powered smartspeaker ecosystem, you couldn’t ask for a more synergistic relationship,” Mr. Austine states.

Voxprotocol and ThreeSidesoftheCoin.com will look to grow their MAUs that listen to vRadio™ Channel “Alexa, launch Three Sides of the Coin Radio…” and offer advertisers the ability to meet this incredibly passionate and loyal fanbase of music where they are at. Contact ADS@voxprotocol.com today for more information about running 30second audio ads in “Alexa, launch Three Sides of the Coin Radio…” and lock in the Audio Ad launch rate for an entire year!

More information at
http://threesidesofthecoin.com
http://threesidesofthecoinradio.com
https://www.facebook.com/threesidesofthecoin
https://www.facebook.com/groups/threesidesofthecoin
https://twitter.com/threesidescoin
https://www.instagram.com/threesidesofthecoin
https://www.youtube.com/user/mbrandvold

About Three Sides of the Coin:

Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 7,500,000 times. Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including Gene Simmons, Eric Singer, Ace Frehley, Bruce Kulick, Vinnie Vincent, Rob Halford, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, Dennis DeYoung, Buck Dharma, Lydia Criss, Eddie Trunk, WWE/AEW Superstar and lead singer of Fozzy Chris Jericho, Angel lead guitarist Punky Meadows, Five Finger Death Punch members Jason Hook and Jeremy Spencer, Vinnie Vincent Invasion and Slaughter lead singer Mark Slaughter, Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider and Jay Jay French, comedian Craig Gass, KISS’ former business manager Chris Lendt, KISS art director Dennis Woloch, Head of KISS Security Big John Harte, the Black Veil Brides Andy Biersack, Ron Keel, Frank Munoz associate producer for Ace Frehley’s Anomaly album, award-winning songwriter Adam Mitchell, Ed Kanon (Peter Criss’ drum tech), Kevin Valentine (drummer on KISS’ Psycho Circus album) and many, many more.

In the early ’90s, Michael Brandvold launched the fifth ever website on the Internet devoted to KISS, KISS Otaku. He built, launched and maintained Kissonline.com (KISS’ official web presence). He now owns Michael Brandvold Marketing, providing marketing services and digital strategy to musicians. Tommy Sommers spent 15 years on the record show circuit collecting, trading and selling memorabilia / Kiss merchandise. He is now a successful residential Real Estate agent in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. Tommy has also produced a KISS song For The Oddfathers and is the owner of Rock Steady Digital Photography. Mark Cicchini, is a world-renown KISS collector. KISS has used parts of Mark’s vast KISS collection for audio, video & print materials including their book NOTHIN TO LOSE, CD re-release of the LOVE GUN album & the VH1 Ultimate Album KISS ALIVE! special as well as many other KISS projects. His wife also makes a mean meatloaf! Lisa Martini has been a KISS fan, almost since birth, thanks to her older brother introducing her to KISS in 1974! Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Lisa Martini has extensive experience in the music industry, from radio to production to merchandising, and also holds a degree in audio engineering. Over the years she’s worked at many KISS Expos. starting at the New York Expos in the mid-’90s to the present day. She’s been fortunate enough to have been part of many outstanding KISS moments, such as helping to launch the KISS fragrance and accompanying them to their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

It’s only our opinion… it’s neither right nor wrong.

About Voxprotocol:
Voxprotocol is the creator of some of the world’s most well-known and widely used music streaming and entertainment voice apps, including “Alexa, open Battle Tracks…”. Along with a constantly growing selection of vRadio™ Channels that include “Alexa, launch Unsigned Radio…” and “Alexa, launch Sunset Strip…”.

Voxprotocol offers advertisers and agencies access to its constantly growing MAUs via 30-second audio ads placed within their highly-trafficked and globally used voice apps, voicefirst mobile apps, and vRadio™ Channels.

With Voxprotocol.com’s vRadio™ Channels, all you have to do is say a few easy-to-remember words to your Alexa-powered smart-speaker/device, and fabulous music from any era and genre plays! No headaches, no hassles, no building playlists, or paying subscription fees to companies that don’t compensate the bands/artists fairly. Just say a few words to your Alexa-powered device, and you get music from the vRadio™ Channel you selected. Voxprotocol does all the AI, Machine Learning & Natural Language Understanding, and you do the listening!