Bay Area thrash metal legends TRAUMA will release their new album “Awakening” on September 9th via Massacre Records.
Today the band has unleashed their new single ‘Walk Away’ accompanied by an official video, watch it below.
TRAUMA about the song: “There are a lot of different elements to this song: dynamics and tempo changes, lots of harmony guitars and blistering drums. It’s a long song that has so many interesting parts – it never gets boring or repetitive. Lyrically this song explores the never-ending conflict in the Middle East.”
“Awakening” cover artwork was designed by Ioannis / Dangerous Age, whereas producer Juan Urteaga mixed and mastered the album at the Trident Studio.
CD Digipak
Walk Away Ted Talks Death Of The Angel Meat The River Red Burn Falling Down Voodoo End Of Everything Blind Death Machine Ltd. Vinyl LP
A-Side
Walk Away Death Of The Angel Meat The River Red Burn
B-Side
Falling Down Voodoo End Of Everything Blind Death Machine
TRAUMA’s new album “Awakening” will be available as CD Digipak, limited edition vinyl LP as well as in digital formats, you can already pre-order it here » https://lnk.to/trauma-awakening
Maltese Metal Heads ALIGN THE TIDE unleash their second track with video – “Unbreakable” from their highly anticipated upcoming album – “Hollow”. The album will be released on August 26th, 2022 via Cleopatra Records. “Unbreakable” is now available on all major streaming services and the video can be found on the Cleopatra Records YouTube channel here. The track is more like an anthem of empowerment, touching on subjects such as inner strength, the tenacity to endure whatever life throws at him/her. To keep fighting no matter what!
Unbreakable recently premiered via Decibel Magazine and the feature can be found here.
Band Statement:
“Hollow” is a perfect transition into our new style as Align the Tide, still keeping the main elements but with a refined sound. Expect heaviness, catchy choruses and in your face riffs that will make you dance. We decided to go with a topic such as ‘Mental Health’, in which most people go through on a daily basis. Each song has its own story that most people will relate to as some tracks are based on real life experiences as well as having concepts and stories.
Pre-orders for both “Unbreakable” and “Hollow” are available below:
In case it was missed, check out ALIGN THE TIDE’s first video from the ‘HOLLOW’ album ‘Judgment’, here.
Formed in September 2015, the band experimented with several different music sounds while working alongside different local musicians, extracting influences and styles.
The founders of the band, have been exploring music genres for the past nine years before settling in the active sound you hear today in Align The Tide! Together, they composed music based on thrash, groove & melodic metal resulting in the recording of their debut album ‘Dead Religion’ & videos for ‘The Golden Throne’ & ‘Welcome to Hell’ from the same record. Merchandise has been designed & produced to accompany the above release.
In March 2018, the band supported the legendary band ‘Mushroomhead’ on their American tour visiting several main cities such as: Mesa, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, Jerome, Fort Collins, Denver, Colorado Springs, Lincoln, Waterloo, Minneapolis, Joliet, Madison, Racine, Cleveland.
Upon returning home the band participated in several local gigs & festivals where they have rooted their main fan base before embarking on a mini European tour visiting Germany and the Czech Republic.
Align The Tide are signed to the major Independent record label based in the US – Cleopatra Records. They have released ‘Dead Religion’ as their first opus with their second album ‘Hollow’ due to be released in August 2022.
VANTE’s second single “Watch The Sunrise” has broken into the Top 40 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Indicator Chart at #24 and the Foundations Chart at #16. Vante’s self-titled debut album was released on Dark Star Records.
“Watch The Sunrise” the second single from the debut VANTE album is out now and is accompanied by a video that can be viewed below, the video is quickly approaching 100,000 plays.
Brian Troch, lead singer, speaking about the radio breakthrough, “I was already so pleased that VANTE was consistently in the Top 100 on Billboard but when I got the news that we had made the top 40 I was ecstatic!! Scott and myself always knew “Watch The Sunrise” had radio potential but it is exceeding even our own expectations and it’s showing no sign of slowing. Big thanks and congrats to all who involved in this process.”
Beginning on July 29th VANTE will be taking over the BraveWords.com Facebook/Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts to share short video clips telling the stories behind all of the songs on their debut album.
Brian Troch – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Additional Bass, Keys
Scott McClellan – Guitar, Lead Guitar, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocals Rev Jones – Bass Guitar, Guitar, Fretless Bass Chris Moore – Drums Jeff Tortora – Drums Jaben Pennell – Hammond B-3 Organ on The Craving & Going With The Flow Jenny Franck – Background Vocals on I Stand & It’s My Life
Track Listing
Why Is It So Cold
It’s My Life
Watch The Sunrise
Paint It Red
The Craving
Going With The Flow
I Stand
Animal
Under My Skin
Waiting For Reverence
Scary Was The Man
Thunder and rain
The Road To Shangri-La
Never The Slave
Co-Produced by Brian Troch, Jaben Pennell and Scott McClellan Mixed and Mastered at Vibehouse productions by Jaben Pennell
Following their much acclaimed, 2019-debut Subterranean Awakening, recorded just 5 months after the band’s first rehearsal, Helsinki-based CIMINERO have inked a worlwide deal with Italy’s heavy music label Argonauta Records!
Frontlady Valentina comments: “Ciminero is excited to be part of the Argonauta family. We are based in Finland, yet we have a strong connection with Italy. I am Italian and it reflects also in our music, as some of our songs are written in Italian.We are proud to be supported by and collaborate with Argonauta.”
CIMINERO plays a heavy mixture of doom, occult rock and stoner, add a dose of captivating melodies and psychedelic moments, one could imagine a descendant born from the unholy covenant of Blood Ceremony and Cathedral, whose journey has been long without forgetting the origins. Formed in late 2018, their music began to flow unstoppably which led to their first album Subterranean Awakening. Instead of touring and to support their critically acclaimed debut due to the world’s lockdown, CIMINERO used their time in the most possible creative way, and focussed on album number #2 right away. The band’s sophomore studio album will be released through Argonauta Records, with more details to follow in the weeks ahead.
“I got the chance to drown myself into CIMINERO ceremonies thanks to their previous album a few years ago,“ says Argonauta Records owner, Gero Lucisano. “I was immediately impressed by the occult vibes of the songs, with the singer Valentina being an authentic priestess. I feel lucky to have been offered the chance to work with their new opus, even more occult and plenty of obscure emanations. This will be outstanding!”
German’s Heavy metallers PREMORTAL BREATH are set to release their new 7-track EP “Of Angels And Wolves” on September 10th.
PREMORTAL BREATH is modern HEAVY METAL with a variety of influences combined into a melodic but hard whole. Captivating guitar melodies, rousing choruses, spot-on drumming, grooving bass-lines and much, much more.
All of these are just puzzle pieces in the bigger picture that is PREMORTAL BREATH. The multi-layered lyrics deal with topics like terrorism, psychological problems and the abysses of our society.
TRACKLIST:
Circle 04:18
Of Angels And Wolves 04:44
But I’m Not Afraid (feat. Stu Block) 03:37
Wordless 04:27
Hourglass 04:23
Fuck My Brain 05:23
Spartan (Bonus Track) 03:24
total: 30:25 min.
PREMORTAL BREATH was founded in 2010 by Thomas ‘Tommy’ Greulich (vocals) and Thomas ‘Potti’ Pettrich (drums). A first line-up was completed by Armin Rosen (guitar) and Tobias ‘Tobbe’ Eymer (bass). Shortly after, two first songs were recorded at Beat House Studio.
After some changes in the line-up, the next stable line-up was completed by Dominik ‘Domme’ Eymer (bass) and Sebastian ‘Seb’ Herbold (guitar). In the meantime Tobias had switched to guitar, while singer and drummer remained the same. In 2014 the band recorded the first album “They” in this line-up.
The line-up remained constant until 2016 when founding member and drummer Potti announced his departure to have more time for his family. Some time passed until Andreas ‘Andy’ Reichard joined as a permanent member after having acted as a live drummer in the meantime.
LINE-UP: Thomas ‘Tommy’ Greulich • Vocals Sebastian ‘Seb’ Herbold • Guitars Tobias ‘Tobbe’ Eymer • Guitars Mathias ‘Matze’ Ruppold • Bass Andreas ‘Andy’ Reichard • Drums
Full of energy and creativity, the formation recorded the second work “Monsters” in spring 2018.
2021 brought with it the departure of longtime bassist Domme as well as the arrival of Matthias ‘Matze’ Ruppel, who is now responsible for the low frequencies.
The pandemic had caused many plans to be put on hold, so PREMORTAL BREATH were euphoric to revisit Empire Studios in 2022 to record their new release “Of Angels And Wolves“.
Japanese Thrash Metal veterans “Samurais From Hell” SURVIVE– active for more than 20 years + with 7 studio albums released so far – are currently busy working on their next full-length studio album. Today the band has revealed more details of what’s coming up. Furthermore two new studio vlogs are posted online.
“With their Sashimono War Flags flying high SURVIVE are forging their unique Japanese Metal into a new brutal and extreme form. You can hear their war cry “Banzai” as the Samurais of Metal charge forward to take the world by storm. Be prepared, follow Survive to the battle of Metal Supremacy.“
August 14th Sapporo Cyclone – “Sinjilow 50th Anniversary Show” w/ Head Phones President, Melt4, Metal Fist – Tickets at https://t.livepocket.jp/e/kt-c9
August 27th Kyoto trust
August 28th Beyond The Heart
September 3rd Kawasaki City CLUB CITTA’ – “Metallization III Festival“ – Tickets at http://metallization.jp
“Live At Death Valley” coverart + booklet created by Mohsen “Stargazer” Fayazi
On May 4th 2022, SURVIVE unleashed their first ever live album “Live At Death Valley” in conspiracy with Pest Records. The CD version features 8 tracks plus a bonus EP made of 4 tracks, one having Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan (Venom Inc) as special guest!
Here’s what the legendary Mantas from Venom Inc. had to say about SURVIVE’s live potential:
“I had the pleasure and honor of touring Europe with Survive and they proved themselves to be a valuable asset to the touring package. I can say without hesitation or reservations that they were most definitely my favorite band on the tour. Incredibly nice and gracious guys who obviously loved their music and delivered every single night. I gave them the nickname ‘The Japanese Machine Head’ a song that they played at every sound check became the tour anthem because of its wonderful chorus structure. Melody, hook lines and brutally heavy guitar riffs define this amazing band who deserve global recognition. Maximum Respect from Jeff (Mantas)”
Track list : 01_Degenerate 02_Wrath 03_Fuck Against Authority 04_Obey Your Own Army Corps 05_Rules Of Lies 06_Immortal Warriros 07_Human Misery 08_the Road to hell is paved by goodwill
+bonus tracks from EP ‘The Road To Hell Is Paved By Good Will’:
The Road To Hell Is Paved By Good Will (Featuring Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan/Venom Inc)
Rules Of Lies (Orchestra Ver)
Seize The Victory
The Road To Hell Is Paved By Good Will (Live@Club Citta Metallization Festival 2020)
Just recently SURVIVE released their ‘Wrath’ lyric video, created by Mohsen “Stargazer“ Fayazi, in case you missed it, watch here: https://youtu.be/1ntABHr9J80
“It is easy to be technically brilliant metal band in the studio but the true trial by fire is a Live album! With this “Live At Death Valley” album SURVIVE proves they are truly the “Samurais From Hell”! The album was mixed live so it is 100% authentic, no studio gimmicks! Great songs, fantastic technical skills! On top of that you get great new bonus tracks! Brilliant!” – Kimmo Kuusniemi, Band Manager, Sarcofagus Guitarist
Produced by SURVIVE Executive Producer by NEMO Recorded & Mixed by GAKU
Tokyo’s Thrash Heroes SURVIVE – active in the world for over 20 years – have forged their own indelible path within the jmetal scene. It was back in 1998, when former Death File guitarist and mastermind Nemo decided to form a thrash metal band of his own which soon became the juggernaut known as SURVIVE. Over the next two decades the band have played many big festivals (Loud Park, Beast Fest, Multiplex-motorbike event, Korean Live Rock, Formoz Festival, Asia Metal Festival, Dongducheon Rock Festival, Trendkill Extreme Feast, etc) and toured all over the world with acts such as Behemoth, United, Killswitch Engage, Dope, Pulling Teeth, Testament, Outrage, Anthrax, Hatebreed, Napalm Death, Amon Amarth, Venom Inc, At The Gates, to name just a few, cementing their place in Japanese metal history. Still going strong, SURVIVE‘s latest album “Immortal Warriors” was released to the Japanese market on September 12th, 2018 and a year later, on September 24th 2019, the album is out worldwide via Sliptrick Records. SURVIVE released their first live album “Live At Death Valley” on May 4th 2022 in conspiracy with Pest Records. SURVIVE have lost none of their verve and “Immortal Warriors” is an absolute must for fans.
SURVIVE’s album catalogue: 2001 Against Next 2002 Chaos Confusion 2003 Rebel Lion 2006 SURVIVE 2008 Nothing Left On My Path 2015 Human Misery 2018 Immortal Warriors 2022 Live At Death Valley
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