(Torch – Sweden Rock live picture – photo credit Robert Hellström)
On “Live Fire” (Metalville Records – release date 29.07.), recorded at Sweden Rock Festival 2018, the Swedish metal legend TORCH present themselves in top form.
The performance marked a triumphant return to the stage, and the overwhelming response from the many fans spurred the band on to deliver an exceptional performance.
The show was recorded, but then put aside for the time being as the band was involved in work for their much-acclaimed comeback album “Reignited”.
“Live Fire” includes eight of the band’s classics as well as a live version of “Feed The Flame”, a song that was later included in the studio version on “Reignited”.
On “Live Fire”, TORCH ignite a crashing firework. Raw, fast, heavy and energetic – just as heavy metal should be!
TRACK LISTING Beauty & The Beast Mercenary Feed The Flame Battle Axe Sweet Desire Electrikiss Thunderstruck Watcher Of The Night Warlock
MUSICIANS Dan Dark – voc Chris J First – guit Håkky – guit Ian Greg – bass Steve Streaker – drums
To celebrate the Bandcamp Friday, post rock band ÆON SPOKE released their debut album digitally! A vinyl counterpart will be released at a later date by Season of Mist – more info to be revealed soon! In the meantime, the record can be streamed and downloaded exclusively via Bandcamp at THIS LOCATION.
In conjunction, the band is now sharing a music video for the song “Emmanuel.” “Emmanuel” is the song highlighted at a crucial, dramatic moment in the remarkable film ‘What the Bleep Do We Know?’ starring Marlee Matlin, and contains interviews with Joe Dispenza, John Hagelin among many other notable thinkers. The film was a smash hit in the states, and the DVD release sold over a million units, which included a special edit of the “Emmanuel” video, featuring scenes from the film along with the band performing. The song and video can be found at THIS LOCATION.
“I think these are some of the best songs I’ve ever written,” says guitarist Paul Masvidal of post-rock band ÆON SPOKE, who formed after CYNIC‘s first breakup in 2004. Masvidal is a founding member of progressive metal pioneers and the highly influential Season of Mist group, CYNIC, and was also a member of the legendary band, DEATH on their best-selling and seminal record, Human. Rolling Stone magazine listed the album as one of the greatest metal albums of all time.
ÆON SPOKE’s album contains three bonus songs from the original independently released album ‘Above the Buried Cry’ and ten tracks from SPV Records original 2007 release. Masvidal continues, “I took this record offline after Sean Reinert died. It was too much for me in the wake of everything that happened and I felt too raw to keep the music out there. I needed to bring it closer to home as one of the precious things we shared when we first got back together.”
“Lyrically the record explores the depths of spiritual isolation that underlies the human condition,” explains lead singer and lyricist Paul Masvidal. Paul had worked as a caretaker for the dying while writing the songs for this record, doing music therapy for transplant patients and other critically ill people. “I came to find out what was most important about living through working with the dying.”
The album features guest appearances by: Rex Brown (Pantera, Down, Cavalera Conspiracy) Paul Hepker, Academy Award winning film and TV composer (Tsotsi) R.Walt Vincent (Cynic, Liz Phair, James Blunt, Pete Yorn) Evan Slamka (Marjorie Fair) Chris Tristram (House of Lords, Marjorie Fair) Chris Kringel (Cynic, Portal)
The thirteen track ÆON SPOKE album was mixed by 3X Grammy winning Warren Riker (Cynic, Down, Cathedral, Crowbar, C.O.C, Lauryn Hill, Santana, Stephen Marley, Michael Jackson, Sublime) and bonus tracks mixes by John Hiler (Cynic, Hedwig & the Angry Inch, Gliss, Slayer, Danzig) and was re-mastered by Jamie King (Between the Buried and Me, Canvas Solaris, Trioscapes).
Tracklist: 1. Cavalry of Woe (03:58) 2. No Answers (03:37) 3. Emmanuel (04:30) 4. The Fisher Tale (05:21) 5. Silence (04:26) 6. Face the Wind (04:30) 7. Yellowman (03:46) 8. Pablo at the Park (05:10) 9. For Good (04:09) 10. Suicide Boy (03:30) 11. Sand & Foam (03:20) 12. Grace (05:27) 13. Nothing (06:01)
Recording Lineup: Paul Masvidal – vocals, guitars, keys Sean Reinert – drums, percussion, keys Evo – guitars, effects Evan Slamka – vocals Chris Tristram – bass R. Walt Vincent – bass, vocals Rex Brown – bass Chris Kringel – bass Paul Hepker – piano
Mixing: Warren Riker – tracks (1-5,7,8,11-13) Mixing: John Hiler – tacks (6,9,10) Mastering: Jamie King Engineering: John Hiler, Travis Huff, Jeff Sudakin Album art: Zu Graphics: Mike Eller
As England’s modern metal outfit, CABIN BOY JUMPED SHIP, is gearing up for the release of their much awaited, sophomore studio album, Sentiments, due out on May 27, 2022 on AFM Records, today the band premiered a crushing video clip for their new single “Golden”!
With a vibrant blend of electronicore, brutally heavy yet melodic, modern metal sound, Cabin Boy Jumped Ship took the heavy music scene by storm, transforming dance floors all over the world into pulsating moshpits when they released two EPs and their critically acclaimed, 2019-debut The Heartless. Vocalist Conor Peek recently stated:“It feels so good to have new music out in the world again after so long and I hope our fans can connect with the feelings we portray in this new record.“
Following the band’s previously released album appetizers, rousing tracks such as “Ghosts”, “Demons” and “Survivor”, today they have shared a brand new clip for colossal new single, “Golden”! “Golden is the last track we’re releasing before our new album, Sentiments releases worldwide and we couldn’t think of a better song to kick off the album with,” Peek reveals. “It has everything new and old fans of our band would enjoy and personally I feel like it’s a great unification of everything we embody. Get ready for the heavy!”
Founded in 2013 within the English midlands, Cabin Boy Jumped Ship have been constantly touring around the world for years. They played the UK, Europe, Russia and even on the Philippines, and shared the stage with acts alike Electric Callboy, Deez Nutz or The Devil Wears Prada to name just a few. With more than two million streams on Spotify for The Heartless, more than a million views on their Youtube channel and frenetically acclaimed shows all over the globe, Cabin Boy Jumped Ship have already left an impressive stamp in the world of modern metal. Now, it‘s time for a new era: On their forthcoming record Sentiments, with a new record label – AFM Records and its distribution partners Soulfood and Believe – and their heavily refreshing metal sound, the Leicestershire-based act will unquestionable make a huge step forward, enthralling old and new fans!
Sentiments was recorded and mastered at the Innersound Studios in York, England together with the Graves brothers Sam and Joe (Asking Alexandria, Glamour of the Kill, InVisions). Available as gatefold coloured vinyl, limited box set and digipak on May 27, 2022, the album pre-sale is available at THIS LOCATION!
Indie rock band The Intemperate Sons released their new single “Dust to Dust” to all major platforms via FRAME|WORK.
“This track is a collaboration with Amir Derakh from Julien-K, Orgy, and Dead by Sunrise (slide guitar) as well as Tony Franklin from The Firm, Whitesnake, Blue Murder (fretless bass). The track explores the inevitability of loss and the human experience” says the band.
Formed in the summer of 2019, The Intemperate Sons are an indie-rock band that are the perfect concoction of hard rock mixed with folk, grunge, and alt sensibilities. The band hails from Dallas, Texas and have earned a reputation of writing and performing songs that scratch deep into the groove of the human experience. The band’s music is deeply eclectic across the rock genre with powerful vocal harmonies to tie their melodies together. Fronted by Max Watson (lead vocals, guitars, keys) who plays alongside Jake Watson (guitars, backing vocals) and Mark Marks (Bass), and anchored by Keith Watson (drums, backing vocals, primary lyricist) they form what is a tight knit rock and roll band that is The Intemperate Sons.
Resurfacing from both global and deeply personal unrest THE MACHINIST have today announced their second album, All is Not Well, as well as premiering the title-track and its accompanying music video via Metal Injection. Ready to leave their own indelible mark on 2022 with their idiosyncratic blend of extreme metal and hardcore, All is Not Well is set for release via Prosthetic Records on July 8.
Speaking on the album, Amanda Gjelaj (vocals) comments: “Writing and recording for this album was incredible. I worked with both Ricky Armelino and my fiancé Brian Ginzberg to put together the best possible lyrics, vocal melodies and patterns. Also, I wanted to make sure that what THE MACHINIST believes in, stands for and are against as a band is heard. All is Not Well and PIG, for example, are both completely different songs speaking about different issues with different sounds to them. Throughout the whole album numerous things are brought up from from mental health, aliens, losing a loved one and political and global issues. It has variety and a lot of meaning. I really hope it connects with our fans as this is something I personally love to do and I know the rest of THE MACHINIST does as well.”
Three years on from their debut full length, Confidimus in Morte, and following US and Canadian tours alongside Falsifier and Black Tongue as well as US support slots with While She Sleeps and Vulvodynia respectively, the New York, NY trio have undergone a transformative process of upheaval. In the immediate wake of the Coronavirus pandemic that ravaged their homestate, THE MACHINIST found themselves at ground zero in New York in the early stages of All is Not Well’s creation. With a state of emergency declared, all studio work on the record ceased for an indeterminate time. In this universal limbo the groups core of Amanda Gjelaj (vocals), Josh Gomez (guitar) and Steve Ciorciari (drums) watched on in horror as 2020s political climate began to fall under the weight of itself alongside societal ills and the spread of rampant misinformation.
Resuming recording as the world tentatively took to recovery, THE MACHINIST teamed up with Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz (Bad Wolves, ex-The Acacia Strain) to produce, mix and master their sophomore effort, with help from Ice Nine Kills’ Ricky Armellino for vocal tracking. The time spent in isolation and witnessing the horrors of police brutality (explored on PIG), inflammatory politics and minority communities coming to terms with loss sits restlessly within the marrow of All is Not Well’s lyrical themes. Sonically, Gomez’s penchant for converging both death metal brutality and intricate melodic metal and hardcore serves as a counterpart to All is Not Well’s excoriating kickback at a world in crisis.
THE MACHINIST’s latest effort finds the band embracing more melodious territory and refining their more expansive inclinations with Gjelaj’s vocal performance looming large as an anchoring force on the release’s nine tracks. Across All is Not Well’s 34 minute runtime, it’s plain to see that THE MACHINIST’s decade long existence has led to All is Not Well being the most conceptually and musically realised incarnation of the band yet.
Standing tall in 2022, THE MACHINIST discards solipsistic tunnel vision for a wider scope of the personal and political. All is Not Well refuses to resign in the face of the current climate’s ongoing political and personal divisions, opting instead to shine a light and give a platform for the chance of hope.
All is Not Well tracklist: 1. PIG 2. Mother Earth 3. All is Not Well 4. Hourglass 5. The Final Encounter 6. Death’s Embrace 7. Lysergic Lullaby 8. Monsters 9. Letter in Red
Upcoming THE MACHINIST tour dates: July 8 – All is Not Well release show – The Meadows – Brooklyn, NY w/ Johnny Booth, Yak Mob, Onsight. Vendettanyc
Fast-rising New Zealand rockers Black Smoke Trigger entered producer Nick Raskulinecz’s (Alice in Chains, Foo Fighters, Halestorm) Rock Falcon studio on April 20th to record their first official EP. The band has collaborated with Disturbed’s David Draiman, Marti Frederickson (Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne), Blair Daly and Zac Maloy (Shinedown, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Keith Urban) and Keith Wallen (of Breaking Benjamin).
The young lineup—vocalist Baldrick, guitarist Charlie Wallace, bassist Dan Fulton and drummer Josh Te Maro—signed with manager Andy Gould (Pantera, Linkin Park, Rob Zombie) from L.A.-based Spectacle Entertainment Group and are co-managed with Nico Golfar, marking the most high-profile management deal inked by any rock band from New Zealand.
Gould states… “I saw the video for ‘Caught in the Undertow’ that this band from New Zealand made themselves and it was everything I love about rock music. The visuals and song were great. Digging deeper, I realized this band had crazy talent and it was something I had to be involved with. When playing it for some of my friends (including Jim Morewood/John Jackson from K2 Touring) they agreed this was a band that was only going up.”
In connecting with Raskulinecz as their producer, guitarist Wallace noted, “You can hear his passion. He was someone the band really resonated with. The vision that he has, the music he creates, and the performances he draws out of bands like Korn, Ghost, Deftones, and of course, Alice In Chains. We couldn’t be more excited.”
They are recording brand-new songs in Nashville that capture Black Smoke Trigger’s unique rock flavor. The co-write with Draiman is “a heavy, hard-hitting song you can’t ignore” the band explains. Other tracks will showcase the band’s signature no-holds-barred modern rock blitz.
It will technically be Black Smoke Trigger’s second release; the first EP was tracked a mere three months after they formed in 2019. BST recorded Set It Off with producer Michael Wagener (Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne). The singles “Caught In The Undertow” and “You Can Have it All” introduced a young band with old souls. The cut “The Way I’m Wired” featured Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars. The Set It Off EP jumped onto the Billboard charts with #12 Hard Rock Album Sales and #13 Heatseekers Albums.
Check out the “Caught in the Undertow” video here:
“Our first EP was really an homage to our influences. Since then we’ve had a lot of time to sit together in a room to write and play, and our new material is representative of who we are as a band in 2022. We’ve grown so much in the last few years, matured, and come into our own as songwriters. The upside of being in one of the most aggressive lockdowns in the world is that it really allowed us the time to pull out our best material ”
The New Zealand-based 4-piece was poised for their first-ever U.S. tour in 2021 that included a show at the Whisky A GoGo in Los Angeles with Drowning Pool, hed P.E. and Il Nino. However, Covid travel restrictions halted those plans.
“We’ve been waiting a long time to record and play in the U.S. and it’s finally here,” Wallace says. “We’re beyond excited to record in Nashville with Nick to make the best possible record we can.”
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