IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT to Release New Full-Length Album “Spirit Of Ecstasy”, Unveil New Track + Music Video ‘Maximalist Scream’ Ft. Snake/Voivod

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Experimental metal outfit IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT have just announced their new full-length album Spirit of Ecstasy out on July 22nd via Century Media Records . The album will be released as Ltd. CD Edition (Mini-Gatefold), Gatefold 2LP & LP-Booklet and on all digital platforms. 

To celebrate the album announcement, IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT have also just dropped their new track for “Maximalist Scream (feat. Snake/Voivod)”. Watch the music video for the band’s debut track off of their upcoming release, HERE.

“Atmospheres awash with mysterious origins. Sacred rites of passage and formidable knowledge lead to marvels of engineering,” states IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT. “Funneling the mass into a finite horizon all roads travel in duality. Blurred is the line between real and illusion as the last scream of truth is destroyed by evil so grotesque. It transforms into a lone rider traveling into the forbidden darkness…”

Spirit of Ecstasy follows the band’s previous LPs 2020’s Alphaville, 2018’s Vile Luxury and most recently their 2021 live record,  An Evening With Imperial Triumphant, which was was recorded at the infamous Slipper Room in New York City. Just like its predecessors, the album features a handful of special guests including Kenny G on soprano saxophone, Max Gorelick on lead guitar, Snake on vocals, Alex Skolnick on lead guitar, Trey Spruance on lead guitar, Andromeda Anarchia with choirs,  Sarai Woods with choirs, Yoshiko Ohara on vocals, J. Walter Hawkes on the  trombone, Ben Hankle on the trumpet, Percy Jones on bass, SEVEN)SUNS on strings, Colin Marston  on Simmons drums and Youtube, and Jonas Rolef on vocals. Stay tuned for more details about the highly anticipated release by following the band on socials. 

Pre-order here.

KRISIUN Announce New Studio Album “Mortem Solis”, Launch First Single/Video ‘Serpent Messiah’

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Brazil’s kings of death metal Armageddon KRISIUN are pleased to announce their new studio album “Mortem Solis”, to be released on July 29th, 2022 via Century Media Records.
 
In anticipation of the new album release, a new track entitled “Serpent Messiah” is being launched today as its first single and can also be seen in a powerful video directed by Estevam Romera HERE

For the group’s 12th album, the trio – brothers Alex Camargo (bass/vocals), Max Kolesne (drums) and Moyses Kolesne (guitars) – recorded their new material locally at Family Mob Studio (Ratos De Porão, Crypta) in São Paulo, Brazil and mixed/Mastered with Mark Lewis (Kataklysm, Deicide, The Black Dahlia Murder, etc.) in Nashville, Tennessee. “Mortem Solis” comes with artwork (To be seen above!) designed by Marcelo Vasco (Slayer, Venom, Dark Funeral).

“Mortem Solis” – which is Latin for “Death of the Sun” – will be available as limited edition Digipak (with the exclusive bonus track “Death of the Sun), as Digital Album and as LP on 180g. vinyl.

Pre-order here.

TRIBULATION Sign New Worldwide Deal with Century Media Records, Win Swedish Grammy for Best Rock/Metal Album

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One of the most esteemed names in modern Swedish metal, TRIBULATION have extended their partnership with their long-standing record label, Century Media Records, and have not only entered into a new worldwide deal, but are also working on new recordings right now.

Furthermore, TRIBULATION’s latest album ‘Where the Gloom Becomes Sound’ (2021) has just won a Swedish Grammis Award last week for best ‘Rock/Metal Album’. Nominees amongst this category were At The Gates, Lucifer, The Night Flight Orchestra and Nestor. It is the second Swedish Grammis in TRIBULATION’s history after winning the first award with their 2018 effort ‘Down Below’.

Addressing the news of their extended relationship with the CM, as well as the band’s upcoming release plans, TRIBULATION guitarist and founding member Adam Zaars comments:
“ After this involuntary hiatus, this global societal and cultural hiccup, we are just about to return to the stages and as already announced, we have already started our next chapter. As of now, we have a few new songs recorded that will be released digitally later this year and on wax as soon as possible after that. It’s a Tribulation you will recognize, but in a new shroud with new tastes and smells. Angrier, darker, and a tad more cynical. We have also slowly started working on our next album that we will yet again release with our long-term partners Century Media Records, with whom we have now signed a worldwide deal. Make sure to catch us live this summer!”

Philipp Schulte (Director Century Media) further states: 
„We are happy to extend our partnership with Tribulation. Band and label have gone a long way together already. We are looking forward to years ahead of us as the band’s worldwide label home.

Check out TRIBULATION’s most recently released 18-minute opus ‘The Dhampir’, which has previously only been available in full length as a bonus track on the Deluxe Vinyl Version of the band’s critically acclaimed album ‘Where the Gloom Becomes Sound’.

Listen here.

FELLOWSHIP Release First Single + Video for ‘Until the Fires Die’ from Debut Album

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UK’s power metal sensation FELLOWSHIP have released a video for ‘Until the Fires Die’ – first single taken from the debut album ‘The Saberlight Chronicles’, set to be released on July 15th via Scarlet Records.

Pre-orders: https://orcd.co/thesaberlightchronicles

Watch the video here:

Masters of the rings

UK’s Fellowship burst onto the power metal scene with their debut record, laying down catchy tunes, speeding guitar-work and life-affirming lyricism. 

Continuing in the magical tradition of Twilight Force, Rhapsody and Majestica, and bringing the genre’s emotional stakes to new heights, ‘The Saberlight Chronicles’ is equal parts high fantasy narrative concept-record and heartfelt collection of absolute bangers… at least that’s how they say it – they’re British, after all. 

Taking on the subject of mental health at a time in our lives where we all need a pick-me-up, the album tells a mythical story of self-worth, self-discovery and the quest for courage, all through songs so catchy you’ll be singing along on the very first listen. 

Metal has never felt so good!

FELLOWSHIP is:
Matthew Corry – vocals
Sam Browne – guitar
Brad Wosko – guitar
Callum Tuffen – drums

OCEANHOARSE Release New Single & Video ‘Heads Will Roll’

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Finnish heavy metal act OCEANHOARSE have unleashed their brand new single “Heads Will Roll” onto the world. The single comes along with a music video, that you can watch below.

Ben Varon comments:

“We’ve been working on ‘Heads Will Roll’ for a few years, as it took a while for us to find the right groove for it. But we’ve believed in the song’s potential from the beginning, so we kept at it. Finally, with the help of producer Kari Huikuri, we managed to capture the song as we feel it should be, while playing it live in the studio. No click tracks, just four musicians locking in and going for it. I think that energy shows through the end result!” 

He continues:

“Lyrically, the song is another take on one of my ‘favorite’ subjects, which is corruption, tyranny and overall inhuman behaviour. Unfortunately, this song feels more relevant than ever right now…“

Having released their debut studio album “Dead Reckoning” in 2021 via Noble Demon, followed by multiple single releases, Oceanhoarse like to stay busy and might be one of the most remarkable and hard working newcomers out there right now. The band’s explosive mix of crushing riffs as well as intense and groovy arrangements not only brought the band on tour with Swedish progressive metal masters SOEN recently, but also praise from fans and press alike. So make sure to check out the band’s new music video or listen to “Heads Will Roll” through your favorite streaming platform HERE

SOEN + Oceanhoarse
30.8. Tallinn, TBA, Estonia
31.8. Riga, TBA, Latvia
02.9. Gdansk, Drizzly Grizzly, Poland
03.9. Warsaw, Proxima, Poland
04.9. Wroclaw, Klub Pralnia, Poland
06.9. Aschaffenburg, Color Saal, Germany
07.9. Milan, Magazzini Generali, Italy
08.9. Rome, Largo, Italy
09.9. San Dona di Piave, Revolver, Italy
10.9. München, Backstage, Germany
11.9. Berlin, Fraanz, Germany
13.9. Köln, Stollwerck, Germany
15.9. Leipzig, Hellraiser, Germany
17.9. Budapest, A38, Hungary
18.9. Bratislava, MMC, Slovakia
20.9. TBA, Czech Republic
21.9. Wien, Arena, Austria
22.9. Aarau, KIFF, Switzerland
23.9. Strasbourg, La Maison Bleue, France
24.9. Paris, La Maroquinerie, France
26.9. Manchester, Rebellion, United Kingsom
27.9. Birmingham, O2 The Institute 2, United Kingdom
28.9. London, O2 Islington Academy, United Kingdom
29.9. Antwerpen, Trix, Belgium
30.9. Zoetermeer, Boerderij, Netherlands
01.10. Zoetermeer, Boerderij, Netherlands

Iranian ONE MISSING LINK Release Video for ‘Shadows Inside’

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Iranian Metalcore band ONE MISSING LINK returns with a fresh new Music Video for ‘Shadows Inside’. Since their last creative effort The Monstrosity featuring Vocalist Nikan Nasim and guitarist Mahan Abdollahi, One Missing Link has become a quartet with the addition of drummer Kiumars Saffari and bassist, Nima Mohammadi.

Shadows Inside Out Now Via Tough Sounds:  https://fanlink.to/shadowsinside

One Missing Link‘s latest creative effort Shadows Inside deals with the concept of duality within the human consciousness and how the conscious and usually the righteous ‘Self’ converses with the invariably corrupt ‘Specter’ who creeps up on the ‘Self’ with intrusive and usually destructive thoughts. 

Some words about Shadows Inside by vocalist Nikan:
“This song is about a conversation with a half-life specter of our own self within the heart; it’s the part of us that desires evil things; should you ever succumb to it, it leaves you with the consequences. But the truth is, you control both “Yourself” and the “Specter,”; this begs the question, how can we overwhelm all these temptations in our daily lives? This song calls for a victory rush against all the black dots inside our personalities that could blacken our hearts.”

Shadows Inside was mixed and mastered by Finnish producer “Joonas Vuojolahti” at Cold Truth Music Studio and was released through Tough Sounds. The music video of Shadows Inside, which premiered on Spaceuntravel, was filmed and edited by “Amirhosein Esmaeili,”

Artwork by: Bardiya Mazdeh

More About The Band:

Devastating Metalcore Grooves with Post Hardcore sensibilities, One Missing Link proves themselves to be the Iranian representatives of the New Wave of Core.
Colored by the integrity of outfits like Wage War, The Black Dahlia Murder, and Motionless in White, One Missing Link combines the extremity of Rusty Metalcore Noises with the fragility of unstable apperception.
The band’s initial inception started with vocalist Nikan Nasim and guitarist Ali Mostanbet’s cover of the Architects song Royal Beggars in 2020. They released their first original single, “Shivers,” a year later, after the departure of “Ali Mostanbet.”
After signing with the first Iranian Metal Label Tough Sounds, One Missing Link made a comeback with the release of “The Monstrosity,” and “Shadows Inside” from their upcoming EP ‘The Other Side’.