MISERY INDEX Launch Drum & Guitar Playthrough Videos

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Baltimore Death Metal savants MISERY INDEX have recently released their newest album “Complete Control” worldwide via Century Media Records, which managed to enter the official album sales charts upon release in Germany on # 23, in Switzerland on # 35 as well as in the USA as follows: Current Hard Music Albums: # 7, Heatseekers Albums: # 119, Top New Artist Albums: # 12 and Current Album Sales: # 100.

MISERY INDEX continue to promote the new release with a series of recently launched playthrough videos:

“Necessary Suffering” (Drum Playthrough by Adam Jarvis): 
Premiere via Vic Firth: HERE
 
“The Eaters and the Eaten” (Drum Playthrough by Adam Jarvis)
Premiere via Sick Drummer: HERE
 
“Administer The Dagger” (Guitar Playthrough Edit by Mark Kloeppel)

Premiere via Guitar World: HERE

“Complete Control”, the 7th  studio album and Century Media debut for MISERY INDEX, was mixed by Will Putney, mastered by Jens Bogren / Fascination Street studios and features artwork by Matt Lombard. “Complete Control” is a riff-driven assault that captures the tension of the modern condition and channels it into 9 songs of ripping end-times Death Metal. Spewing with Orwellian invective and razor-sharp songwriting, “Complete Control” is a much-needed hammer to the face; a wake-up call for the disaffected and dispossessed. 

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OCEANS OF SLUMBER Release Cinematic Video for ‘The Lighthouse’

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Press your hands together and bow your heads to praise “The Lighthouse”, the newest song and music video by Texas-based New Southern Gothic outfit OCEANS OF SLUMBER HERE

Directed by Angela Herr and Bianca Greene, OCEANS OF SLUMBER teamed up with FirstSight Agency to produce this cinematic music video following the emotional journey of a charismatic post-apocalyptic cult leader.

Vocalist Cammie Beverly says about the song and video: “In true story-telling fashion, ‘The Lighthouse’ evokes the frenzied emotions of the evangelical south’s dangerous religious leanings. Leading with an ominous gospel, ‘The Lighthouse’ is a song as dark and atmospheric as the humid air that hangs heavy in our region.”

Fronted by the inimitable power, range, and grace of vocalist Cammie Beverly, “Starlight and Ash” posits OCEANS OF SLUMBER in a league of their own. This is as much eloquent extensions of famed singer-songwriters Nick Cave and Chris Stapleton as it is the heartbreaking pulse of Type O Negative and Katatonia. “Starlight and Ash” isn’t Metal, but its edges are. The album, that is set for a release July 22nd, was produced by Joel Hamilton (Violet Road, Battle of Mice) and mastered by Maor Appelbaum (Yes, Voivod). Its stunning artwork was created by Eliran Kantor (Testament, Heaven Shall Burn and many more).

Pre-order here.

CALIBAN Release New Video for ‘Darkness I Became’, Announce Tour with ANNISOKAY

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Check out a new video clip for “Darkness I Became” that Sebastian Pielnik captured during the intimate release shows for CALIBAN’s latest album, “Dystopia” HERE

“Dystopia” is a new chapter in the success story of CALIBAN with another Top Ten entry in the Official German Album Charts on position #6.

After playing summer festivals CALIBAN will be back on the road with their friends in Annisokay as special guests and support is coming from Resolve & League Of Distortion.

CALIBAN
Special Guests: Annisokay
Resolve, League Of Distortion
29.11.22 (CH) Solothurn – Kofmehl
30.11.22 (AT) Wien – Szene
01.12.22 (DE) Nürnberg – Hirsch
02.12.22 (DE) München – Backstage Werk
03.12.22 (DE) Köln – Live Music Hall
04.12.22 (BE) Hasselt – Muziekodroom
05.12.22 (DE) Saarbrücken – Garage
06.12.22 (DE) Wiesbaden – Schlachthof
07.12.22 (DE) Hamburg – Gruenspan
08.12.22 (DE) Münster – Skaters Palace *
09.12.22 (DE) Berlin – Huxley’s Neue Welt
10.12.22 (DE) Bremen – Modernes
11.12.22 (DE) Leipzig – Felsenkeller
* without Annisokay

Summer Festivals:
01.07.22 (ES) Viveiro – Resurrection Fest
17.08.22 (DE) Dinkelsbühl – Summer Breeze
20.08.22 (DE) Hamburg – Elbriot Fesitval
08.10.22 (AT) Vorchdorf – Metalnight Outbreak

A long running fixture in the European metal scene, CALIBAN have reemerged with a furious vision for these dark days. Welcome “Dystopia”!

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Hungarian GHOST TOAST Release New Music Video ‘Get Rid Of’

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Photo by ​Tamás Varga (Brownhand)

Hungarian instrumental progressive rock band GHOST TOAST released a new music video Get Rid Of. The track is taken from their fifth studio album Shade Without Color which was released earlier this year via Inverse Records. 

The band comments: 
“Get Rid Of is the opening song from the new Ghost Toast album called Shade Without Color (released on March 3rd 2022 via Inverse Records).

We believe that everyone wants to get rid of at least some of their burdens – we use music to get free from most of them and hope that others can use our music for something similar. The Woman played by Zsuzsanna Nyeste, the video is made by Tamás Varga from Brownhandfilm.”

Listen to the album on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/ghost-toast-shade-without-color 

Tracklist:

  1. Get Rid Of
  2. Leaders
  3. Chasing Time
  4. Let Me Be No Nearer
  5. Acceptance
  6. Deliberate Disguises
  7. Reaper Man
  8. Whimper
  9. Rejtekből

Album cover by Antal Miklós Tod.

Line-up:
János Stefán (bass, sound fx, programming, acoustic guitar, keyboards)
Bence Rózsavölgyi (guitars)
Zoltán Cserős (drums, drum programming)
János Pusker (cello, keyboards)

LIAR THIEF BANDIT Launch New Single ‘Peace with Disaster’

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Liar Thief Bandit release the fifth single from their upcoming mini-album “Diamonds”. “Peace with Disaster” is an intense classic rock track featuring electrifying twin guitar melodies and uplifting vocals. Besides the new single, the Swedish power trio also confirms new live dates. 

Liar Thief Bandit on the new single:

Peace with Disaster is a song about hitting rock bottom, realizing it and taking the first steps toward a new era. It was written in a changing time emotionally, in between a definite ending and a new beginning in life. If there’s any message to be delivered with this song, it would be that it’s sometimes important to admit defeat to be able to gather strength to carry on with an optimistic state of mind. Hope is the last thing that leaves us!

Listen to the band’s new single through your favorite streaming platform or right here:

Liar Thief Bandit live:
July 1 – Hx-Festivalen, Helsingborg, SE
July 14 – SommarRock, Svedala, SE
July 20 – Basement, Copenhagen, DK
July 22 – SkogsRÅrocken, Ydre, SE
July 23 – Stationen, Röstånga, SE
August 5 – Weltturbojugendtage, Hamburg, DE
August 6 – Campen in Hain, Niederdürenbach, DE
September 17 – Rock Garden, Påarp, SE

Liar Thief Bandit’s mini-album “Diamonds” will be released later this year on The Sign Records.

BLITZPØP Premiere New Song & Music Video ‘Spirit Of Times’

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[ photo: Liz AW ]

September 30, 2022 will see alternative/garage rock and soul-grunge outfit BLITZPØP debut their first EP, entitled MDMA. The up-and-coming band, featuring MOTHER’S CAKE frontman Yves, GIANT ANTEATER vocalist Pia, bassist Alex of THE VINTAGE CARAVAN and Kajetan on drums, unleashes a new wave of a straightforward sound and a “Fuck off the deep shit“ attitude, combining alternative, grunge and garage rock elements with a fuzzy dose of the soul and electronica funk. Their rough yet melodic and heavily groovin‘ debut should please fans of 90’s rock and grunge era in the likes of Hole and Nirvana, Dead Weather, The Distillers or The Kills, but stands out due to its very own touch and strong individuality.

But give ear, as following the previously-released, first single and EP title track, “MDMA”, today BLITZPØP has shared a music video for new song “Spirit Of Times”! Says extraordinary vocalist Pia: “Spirit of Times reminds us of an unforgettable time we spent in Portugal where we also shot the video. Beautiful days we’ll never forget.

For us this song is all about freedom, good vibes, good times where you can forget all your bad feelings and problems. We’re glad to bring you a new track and hope you’ll like this song as much as we do.”

BLITZPØP’s upcoming debut was recorded by Raphaël Neikes, Manuel Renner and Tom Kornis at Chaos AD Studios and at Moonwalker Productions. The EP was mixed by Raphaël Neikes at Moonwalker Productions and mastered by Tom Kornis at Chaos AD Studio.

As guitarist Yves recently commented: “Blitzpøp is all about crazy songwriting with mainly naughty and painfully recognizable lyrics. Most Important for us was to not think too much about what we create, it should simply kick ass! 

We wrote the songs in our small dirty flat which was the perfect environment for that kind of music. We started to produce the song ideas ’till we had about 10 tracks. What was missing was the band. Pia and I started to call some friends like the awesome drummer Kai and the hammering bass player Alex (The Vintage Caravan)…a few minutes later bllitzpøp was born!

We hope all you Pøppers will have as much fun while listening as we had while creating it!”

MDMA will be issued by the band directly on September 30, 2022, and you can you pre-save the EP at THIS LOCATION.

Tracklist:

  1. MDMA
  2. The Sickness is Coming
  3. Martyr
  4. Spirit of Times
  5. Cybergods
  6. All The Pain is Real