ROTTING CHRIST Announce ‘Holy Mountain’ Flexi Disc Exclusive

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Greek metal legends ROTTING CHRIST have partnered with Decibel Magazine for the exclusive flexi disc release of their brand new single, “Holy Mountain”, which features Lars Nedland of BORKNAGAR to celebrate the bands’ upcoming tour together. To snag this special item, be sure to get a deluxe Decibel subscription by June 1 at THIS LOCATION.

ROTTING CHRIST will be making a live debut of “Holy Mountain” during their headlining set on the Devastation on the Nation tour! The trek will kick off on April 21 in Berkeley, CA and will conclude in Los Angeles, CA on May 22! Chicago, IL and Brooklyn, NY are already SOLD OUT! Tickets can be found HERE.

ROTTING CHRIST is supporting their critically-acclaimed record, ‘The Heretics,’ which was released in early 2019 and can be ordered, downloaded, and streamed HERE.

ROTTING CHRIST (Devastation on the Nation w/ Borknagar, Abigail Williams, Ghost Bath + Stormruler)
04/21: Berkeley, CA @ Cornerstone [TICKETS]
04/22: Portland, OR @ Bossanova Ballroom [TICKETS]
04/23: Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre [TICKETS]
04/24: Seattle, WA @ El Corazon [TICKETS]
04/26: Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall [TICKETS]
04/27: Denver, CO @ The Roxy Theater [TICKETS]
04/28: Kansas City, MO @ BLVD [TICKETS]
04/29: Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre [TICKETS]
04/30: Chicago, IL @ Reggies **SOLD OUT**
05/01: Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary [TICKETS]
05/03: Toronto, ON @ Lees Palace [TICKETS]
05/04: Montreal, QC @ Foufounes Electriques [TICKETS]
05/05: Quebec City, QC @ Imperial [TICKETS]
05/06: Manchester, NH @ Jewel [TICKETS]
05/07: Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus Bar **SOLD OUT**
05/07: Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus Bar **late show // doors @ 11:00 PM** [TICKETS]
05/08: Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage [TICKETS]
05/10: Greensboro, NC @ Blind Tiger [TICKETS]
05/11: Nashville, TN @ Exit/In [TICKETS]
05/12: Birmingham, AL @ Zydeco [TICKETS]
05/13: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Hell) [TICKETS]
05/14: Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum [TICKETS]
05/16: Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall [TICKETS]
05/17: Fort Worth, TX @ Haltom Theater [TICKETS]
05/18: Austin, TX @ Come and Take It Live [TICKETS]
05/19: El Paso, TX @ Rockhouse Bar [TICKETS]
05/20: Phoenix, AZ @ Nile Theater [TICKETS]
05/21: San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick [TICKETS]
05/22: Los Angeles, CA @ 1720 [TICKETS]

ICYMI: In 2020, brothers Sakis and Themmis Tolis were bestowed the immortal honor of having a newly discovered fossil species named after them! Two researchers from the Natural History Museum in Luxembourg,  Dr. Ben Thuy and and Dr. Lea Numberger, recently found a new brittle-star species and decided to name it “Brezinacantha Tolis” in honor of the Tolis brothers. More info on the discovery and its etymology can be found HERE.

ROTTING CHRIST previously revealed a coveted collaboration with the creators of the PS4 game “Mortal Shell,” which featured the band’s epic track “Χ Ξ Σ (666)” in the official trailer! The game was released worldwide in August of 2020. The trailer can be seen at THIS LOCATION.

It’s not ROTTING CHRIST‘s first encounter with the gaming industry. The band was discovered on a poster in the game ‘The Last of Us Part 2’ along with label mates HORRENDOUS!

French TARLD Reveal New Album And Single ‘Trapped’

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Highly-rated French melodic hardcore quartet, The Amsterdam Red Light District (TARLD), have revealed the artwork of their forthcoming album, Trapped, with the video of the title-track single.

Trapped‘s unique, hand-drawn ballpoint artwork was created by Wayne Danza. Watch the brilliant time-lapse creation video below.

Trapped will be released 6th May.
Pre-order and stream Trapped here: https://www.trapped-album-pre-order
Pre-save Trapped on all streaming platforms here: https://tarld.bfan.link/trapped-2

‘Trapped’ follows TARLD‘s searing previous singles ‘Happy Ending’ and ‘Good Intentions’, featuring Drew York from Stray From The Path. View here: https://youtu.be/hfPHU6ABfCU

Tracklisting:

1: THREATENED GENERATION (Feat. Yukina from Hanabie [Japan])
2: GOOD INTENTIONS (Feat. Drew York from Stray From The Path [USA])
3: NOT THE ONLY ONE
4: HAPPY ENDING
5: BORN TO BE GREAT (Feat. Mat Bastard from Skip The Use [France])
6: NOT SO INNOCENT
7: FREEDOM IS A MOVEMENT
8: TRAPPED
9: FAIR WEATHER FRIENDS
10: NO PLACE LIKE HOME

A bastion of righteous anger in their home country, TARLD are widely-regarded following the release of the debut Gone For a While and their second LP Sapere Aude. Hailing from Lyon, the band are first and foremost a live band; a frenzied tour-de-force of melodic energy. Influenced by bands such as Refused, Fever 333, Raised Fist and their collaborators in Stray From The Path, TARLD have shared the stage with many big names in the punk scene, touring Europe and Japan and performing at Hellfest, Jera on Air, Resurrection Festival, Groezrock and many more. 

Primarily inspired by Enlightenment values, TARLD‘s music advocates liberty, progress, tolerance and fraternity. The band now return with their thumping new record Trapped, which features Drew York, Yukina from Japanese metalcore band Hanabie, and Mat Bastard from acclaimed French rock band Skip the Use.

FAREWELL TO FEAR Release New Single ‘Played Again’

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U.S. rockers FAREWELL TO FEAR returned to the scene armed with two cracking new singles,  ‘Brainwashed’ and ‘Falling’, their first new material in over 12 months. FAREWELL TO FEAR are set to reignite the active rock market in 2022 with plenty of live shows and festival dates locked in.
 
The third single at bat from FAREWELL TO FEAR is rightfully titled ‘Played Again’, a track which takes the angst and experience of feeling used and channels it into a fist pumping anthem. Slashing guitar riffs compounded with Mike Craig’s Pantera-esque vocals punish the listener. Available now on all digital platforms, crank this one and feel empowered! 
 
FAREWELL TO FEAR was born out of the huge black hole that mainstream rock radio left during the absence of super rock stars like Metallica, Alice in Chains and Soundgarden. The band revisits an era with big rock riffs, big choruses and huge anthems for a new generation of rockers.

Stream/buy‘Played Again’ HERE

Their first full-length album New Blood, produced by Brett Hestla (Creed, Dark New Day), generated an incredible three singles on Sirius XM’s Octane channel, a rare feat for an unknown band. As well as landing them at #1 on Amazon’s Hot New Rock Singles chart and #8 on iTunes Rock chart, their debut album also earned them direct support from Howard Stern, including the rarest of moments on Stern’s show… airing an entire song as opposed to the normal 20 second snippet he usually shares. That track, a cover of Rihanna’s‘Diamonds’, recently eclipsed 2.5 million streams on Spotify. 

Inspired by the overwhelming success of New Blood, FARWELL TO FEAR released the Legacy EP, allowing them to seamlessly merge their skills and styles together to create heavy rock songs that deliver a strong punch to the gut, while staying melodic and delivering impactful lyrics hitting all ranges and octaves. 

Shortly following Legacy, the band released their Voices album. Voices was produced by Damien Starkey (Burn Season & Puddle of Mudd) and elevated the bands’ sound to a new level. Expect no stone unturned with this album! The highly anticipated single ‘Underneath my Skin’ landed at #29 on the Billboard Rock Indicator charts. The single sent a powerful sucker-punch with its message of love and obsession. It moves as an emotional gut-wrenching song that will inspire the devil within.

The band wasted no time spreading their new sound with the masses at various rock festivals, touring with artists such as Fozzy, Like A Storm, Palisades and Flaw throughout North America and Canada, including joining Chris Jericho/Fozzy and friends performing on the ‘Rockin and Wrestling Rager at Sea’ cruise.

Staying true to form, FAREWELL TO FEAR immediately went back into the studio amidst the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to release the ever timely single ‘I Won’t Be Your Tragedy’ which quickly shot to #21 on the Billboard Rock Indicator chart and eclipsed over 100K streams on Spotify in 3 months.

FAREWELL TO FEAR is set for an explosive 2022 and has already been invited to perform at the Rebel Rock Festival in Orlando, with Five Finger Death Punch, Limp Bizkit, I Prevail, Sevendust and many more!

FAREWELL TO FEAR is: 
Mike Craig – Vocals 
Tommy Gibbons – Guitars & Vocals 
Jimmy Adams – Drums 
Jeremy Sevens – Bass Guitars 
Bill Staley – Guitars & Vocals 

WILD N’ WASTED Release New Single ‘Wasted Night’

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Wanikiya Record announces with enormous joy the release of the single “Wasted Night” by WILD N’ WASTED!!! Available on the best digital music stores worldwide, as well as via the label’s official store, showcase in Japan and Crash Sound Distribution!

“Wasted Night” encapsulates what is the essence of the band. The typical 80’s style in a modern key. The idea of the song was born to tell a typical night at Wild N’ Wasted, with a text obviously explicit and without holding back the language. The artwork was created by Davide Iuliani and represents the bar of a club (in this case Geronimo’s) with the covers of the previous singles plus the joker, the mascot of the band.

Wild N’ Wasted is an Italian band born in 2017 in Rome. The band was formed by Marco Mancinelli and Yari Pierucci. The initial lineup of the band consisted of Marco on guitar, Yari on bass, Valerio Previdi on drums and Emanuele Razzauti on vocals. In 2018 Valerio leaves the band to move to Milan. In September 2018 the band opens a concert for Thomas Silver (former hardcore superstars). In October 2018 Davide Iuliani on rhythm guitar and Luca Mechelli on drums join the band permanently. In 2019 Wasted joined the Wingstone Records family a collective of musicians. In November of the same year the Italian-Brazilian singer, born in Recife/PE, Thiago De Moraes taking the place of Emanuele Razzauti . During the period of the pandemic, the group does not lose heart and begins work on the EP whose first single will see the light on January 22, 2021, the song is an acoustic ballad entitled “Ayrton” in homage to the pilot, the late Ayrton Senna, to remember the man who was, the champion of the people. The single is available in 2 versions (Portuguese and English). The single passes in several South American web-radios and radios. On September 20, 2021 the first video clip of the band is released, the finished version of the first unreleased song written by the group #Devil Girl” with the collaboration in the video part of Eleonora Travagliati. The following month the co-founder of the band, Marco Mancinelli, leaves the group. He decides to dedicate himself to new musical projects while remaining in good relationships. Renato Orsili (guitarist of Eshuna) takes his place, contributing to the musical and artistic growth of the band. On November 21 the band launches another single complete with lyrics video “You Die”. In terms of sound it is the closest song to the 80’s heavythrash wave.

March 27, 2022 the band releases its first EP titled “Wasted Night”, a collection of the previous singles released with the addition of the Title Track. The entire EP was recorded at the MMI studios in Rome and the mixing and mastering is by Luca Viperini (Conqueror, Anwynn, Bethel). Wild N’ Wasted are ready to play in front of every national and international crowd with their Wild Metal!

Thiago Ivan De Moraes: vocals
Renato Orsili: lead guitar
Davide Iuliani: rhythm guitar
Yari Pierucci: bass guitar
Luca Mechelli: drums

More information at https://www.facebook.com/wildnwastedband

Finnish VARJO-ORKESTERI Release New Lyric Video ‘Sydänmusta’ from Debut Album

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Finnish progressive rock/metal band VARJO-ORKESTERI released a new lyric video Sydänmusta. The track is taken from their debut album Prima Volta which was released on April 1st 2022 by Inverse Records. 

The Band comments the video and album:
“A new lyric video from the Varjo-Orkesteri’s debut album Prima Volta, SYDÄNMUSTA, opens up the bands soundscape in a lighter and more sensitive direction.

“My heart is so black, and in its hiding, the soul will contract.”

Life itself is magical. Such is the debut album Prima Vista by the Varjo-orkesteri. Dark and deep, yet gentle self-reflection about the quality of being when you become you. Or someting else? You’ll find out by placing an apparatus potentiometer to eleven and letting Prima Vista hit a black stamp on your soul, too.”

Listen to the PRIMA VOLTA album on:
Bandcamp: https://varjo-orkesteri.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36CMnmZ
Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B09NWB591C
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/209844113
Apple Music: https://apple.co/3wUuACq
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/281905082

Watch video of first single Vihtahousun illallinen: https://youtu.be/3YSbGgTMeRY
Watch video of second single Luoto: https://youtu.be/cDpuJ8vo8gE

Varjo-orkesteri is a Finnish-language group flavoured by rock, metal and proge.
The band is the “ready-to-go” missile of the hot Karhula scene, which is always ready to kick the nation with freshest and thickest beats. The band sort of formed by accident when the Fog Light boys (Jarmo Pikka, Pasi Hakuli, Saku Hakuli) were planning to put together a new album based on almost complete instrumental demos. Coincidentally, possible vocal contributions (Markku Pihlaja) was discussed. At first as usual, lyrics were to be written in English. But led by something unconscious, the text began to emerge in finnish. This intuition was definitely worth following.

The album’s demos were therefore largely ready when singing melodies and text began to be written in the demos. At the same time, when the songs were demoed, tracks were already recorded for the album. Recording sessions were built according to the spirit of the times “remotely” so that each party recorded their share in their own studios.
By late autumn 2021, the recordings were ready. Mixing and mastering were agreed with their final form at the beginning of December. The end result surprised the whole band, the album (Prima Volta) became a really fresh-sounding revelation, not least for the native languge in the text.

The members of the varjo-orkesteri are quite familiar at least to the music people of the home area (South Kymenlaakso). The members have a background from bands such asOmnium Gatherum, Total Devastation, Manitou, Kaihoro, Return To Void, Demonic Death Judge etc.

ROBERT JON & THE WRECK Release ‘Waiting For Your Man’ Single + Music Video

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ROBERT JON & THE WRECK are pleased to announce brand new music with their single Waiting For Your Man – out today on Blues-Rock Titan Joe Bonamassa’s label KTBA Records. The single dovetails the band’s 12-date UK tour which kicks off at Thekla in Bristol on May 9th and runs until May 20th at The Brook in Southampton.

The single is available to stream here: https://bit.ly/wfymsingle

Watch the official music video here: https://bit.ly/watchwaitingforyourman

Following on from Robert Jon & The Wreck’s triumphant September 2021 UK tour where the band sold out five concerts in London, Manchester, Nottingham, Edinburgh and Sittingbourne, the boys return for a 12-date UK tour in May 2022.

Tickets are available from https://www.alttickets.com/robert-jon-the-wreck-tickets

“We wanted a change of pace and something we can get done quickly,” says the band’s lead singer and guitarist, Robert Jon Burrison about the new single, Waiting For Your Man.   

“Alex (Pasco, Foo Fighters, Paul McCartney) was a blast to work. It was rough to get everything done so quickly. Waiting For Your Man was recorded in one day. There is something about knowing what needs to get done that pushes us to play better and not overthink things. Andrew had ideas flying in for arrangements at the last minute. Henry had ideas for the solos. Everyone nailed it in the studio.”

Robert Jon & The Wreck come from a highly influenced rock and roll background. With Waiting For Your Man, they wanted to inject a bit more of a rock and roll feel and energy. The new single is very riff based and is a result of the band jamming together in one room. The new song came about naturally, felt familiar, and gave them a feeling of nostalgia.” 

“Waiting for Your Man is the simple song about going through the peaks and valleys of any relationship,” says Robert Jon. “Both sides have their issues with one and other, but they want to give each other a chance. Sometimes it is easy to throw away what could have been something great.”

The 2022 UK tour follows the release of the band’s critically acclaimed new studio album Shine A Light On Me Brother. The album features the singles Shine A Light On Me Brother and Everyday that received airplay on UK rock radio including Planet Rock, BBC Radio 2, The Max, Total Rock, MMH Radio, ERB Radio, and Radio Caroline.

Shine a Light on Me Brother is available from www.robertjonandthewreck.com.

The band features Robert Jon Burrison (lead vocals, guitar), Andrew Espantman (drums, b. vocals), Steve Maggiora (keyboards, b. vocals), Henry James (lead guitar, b. vocals), & Warren Murrel (bass, b. vocals).

Robert Jon & The Wreck has been writing songs and releasing albums since the band’s conception in 2011. During this time, this quintet of follicular proficient gentlemen has been busy fine-tuning their sound playing to packed houses across Europe and the United States.  

RJTW has received accolades including nominations of “Best Rock” and “Best Blues” and winning the title of “Best Live Band” at the Orange County Music Awards in 2013, to numerous top 10 chart placement on Southern Rock Brazil’s Top 20 Albums to being praised as “Classic and fresh at the same time,” by Rock The Best Music, “Raising the bar for the Southern genre” by Blues Rock Review, and “keeping the history of classic 60’s and 70’s rock alive for newer generations” by blues guitar legend Joe Bonamassa.

Robert Jon & The Wreck have supported the likes of Joe Bonamassa, Buddy Guy, Eric Gales, Living Colour, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Walter Trout, Rival Sons, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, The Cadillac Three, Black Stone Cherry, Devon Allman Band, Billy Sheehan, Sturgill Simpson, and many more.

ROBERT JON & THE WRECK MAY 2022 UK TOUR + SPECIAL GUESTS
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM WWW.ALTTICKETS.COM and WWW.GIGANTIC.COM 

Bristol, Thekla
Monday 9 May 2022

York, Crescent
Tuesday 10 May 2022

Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Wednesday 11 May 2022

Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel Mill
Thursday 12 May 2022

Newcastle, Riverside
Friday 13 May 2022

Liverpool, O2 Academy
Saturday 14 May 2022

London, The Garage
Sunday 15 May 2022

Sittingbourne, Bourne Music Club
Monday 16 May 2022

Manchester, The Garage
Tuesday 17 May 2022

Glasgow, Oran Mor
Wednesday 18 May 2022

Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
Thursday 19 May 2022

Southampton, The Brook
Friday 20 May 2022