VILLE VALO Releases New Single ‘Loveletting’, Debut Album Coming Out in Early 2023, Announces 2023 Headline Tours

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Finnish Love Metal pioneer, Ville Valo, will release new single, “Loveletting”, on April 8th under the VV banner. “Loveletting” is taken from VV’s forthcoming debut album, ‘Neon Noir’.

Ville explains, “As fun as the funeral rites for HIM were, it took me more than a few moons to lick my wounds in the shadow of the Heartagram and come up with an excuse to strum and hum again. Eventually I decided to put a leash on my beloved black dog and we started howling together instead of barking at each other. That’s how Loveletting was born”.

“Loveletting” will be made available across all digital platforms from midnight tonight (local time). An official video clip will follow tomorrow @ 17:00 CET, HERE.

VV‘s debut album Neon Noir is scheduled for release in early 2023; belonging to the same forlorn world of woe and whimsy once conceived and governed by Valo in HIM, VV arrives with additional nuanced notes of a fine aged Cabernet.

Ville adds, “Artistically speaking the main difference between HIM and VV is the extra line in the Heartagram, but what an exquisite line it is! It’s the Mamas and the Papas dressed up as Metallica on their way to a Halloween bash at the Studio 54, and now who wouldn’t want to witness that?”

Further details around ‘Neon Noir’ will be released in due course. In the meantime, fans are invited to any number of VV’s headline tour dates taking place next year across Europe, the UK and North America.

Naturally starting in Helsinki, Finland, the 2023 extensive run reaches the UK in March, before heading to America come April.

JAN – MAY 2023 ‘NEON NOIR TOUR’

Europe
13.01.2023 Tavastia, Helsinki (FI)
14.02.2023 Proxima, Warsaw (PL)
15.02.2023 Kwadrat, Krakow (PL)
16.02.2023 Lucerna Music Bar, Prague (CZ)
17.02.2023 Huxley’s, Berlin (DE)
18.02.2023 Fabrik, Hamburg (DE)
20.02.2023 Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
21.02.2023 Batschkapp, Frankfurt (DE)
22.02.2023 Komplex, Zurich (CH)
24.02.2023 Razzmatazz, Barcelona (ES)
25.02.2023 La Riviera, Madrid (ES)
26.02.2023 Cineteatro Capitolio, Lisbon (PT)
27.02.2023 Hard Club, Porto (PT)
02.03.2023 Alcatraz, Milan (IT)
03.03.2023 Backstage Werk, Munich (DE)
04.03.2023 Barba Negra, Budapest (HU)
05.03.2023 Arena, Vienna (AT)
07.03.2023 Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette (LU)
08.03.2023 LMH, Cologne (DE)
09.03.2023 Le Trabendo, Paris (FR)

United Kingdom
10.03.2023 O2 Academy, Bristol (GB)
11.03.2023 Rock City, Nottingham (GB)
13.03.2023 Garage, Glasgow (GB)
14.03.2023 O2 Ritz, Manchester (GB)
15.03.2023 O2 Forum Kentish Town, London (GB)

North America
01.04.2023 Theatre of the Living Arts, Philadelphia PA (USA)
02.04.2023 Big Night Live, Boston MA (USA)
04.04.2023 Roxian Theater, Pittsburgh PA (USA)
05.04.2023 House of Blues, Cleveland OH (USA)
06.04.2023 St. Andrews Hall, Detroit MI (USA)
08.04.2023 Bogarts, Cincinnati OH (USA)
09.04.2023 House of Blues, Chicago IL (USA)
11.04.2023 Varsity Theater, Minneapolis MN (USA)
13.04.2023 Summit Music Hall, Denver CO (USA)
14.04.2023 The Depot, Salt Lake City UT (USA)
16.04.2023 Ace of Spades, Sacramento CA (USA)
17.04.2023 The Fillmore, San Francisco CA (USA)
18.04.2023 Belasco, Los Angeles CA (USA)
21.04.2023 House of Blues, Las Vegas NV (USA)
22.04.2023 House of Blues, San Diego CA (USA)
23.04.2023 Van Buren, Phoenix AZ (USA)
25.04.2023 House of Blues, Dallas TX (USA)
26.04.2023 Aztec Theater, San Antonio TX (USA)
27.04.2023 House of Blues, Houston TX (USA)
28.04.2023 House of Blues, New Orleans LA (USA)
30.04.2023 House of Blues, Orlando FL (USA)
01.05.2023 Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale FL (USA)
03.05.2023 Buckhead Theatre, Atlanta GA (USA)
04.05.2023 Brooklyn Bowl, Nashville TN (USA)
05.05.2023 Underground, Charlotte NC (USA)
07.05.2023 The Fillmore, Silver Spring MD (USA)
08.05.2023 Irving Plaza, New York NY (USA)

Tickets to shows across Europe will be on genral sale Monday, April 11, 2022 @ 10am CET, whilst US tickets will be available for purchase from Friday, April 15, 2022 @ 10am local time.

AIRBOURNE Announce Fall 2022 North American Tour, Share Video for ‘Burnout the Nitro’

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Aussie rockers AIRBOURNE have announced their Fall 2022 North American tour. The tour kicks off September 9 in New York City and runs through October 11 in Los Angeles. All dates are below.

Tickets are available for general on-sale on Friday, April 8 at 10am local time. Get tickets here.

The tour is the band’s first U.S. and Canadian run since the release of 2019’s Boneshaker. The band has also just released the video for “Burnout the Nitro” from the album. Watch it here.

“We are from Melbourne, the most locked down city in the world. Unleashed at last, Airbourne are the most set-free animals on the planet. Look out,” the band says. “They wouldn’t let us in for two years, and after this tour, they’ll never let us back. Get your tickets — NOW OR NEVER!!”

In other Airbourne news, the band’s song “Breakin’ Outta Hell” was recently featured on the Netflix series Cobra Kai.

AIRBOURNE ON TOUR:
9/9 — New York, NY — The Gramercy Theatre
9/10 — Philadelphia, PA — Underground Arts
9/11 — Boston, MA — Paradise Rock Club
9/15 — Quebec City, QC — St. Roch XP L’Impérial Bell
9/16 — Saguenay, QC — Festival Saint-Honoré dans l’Vent
9/17 — Montreal, QC — Corona Theatre
9/20 — Toronto, ON — The Opera House
9/22 — London, ON — London Music Hall
9/23 — Columbus, OH — Skully’s Music Diner
9/24 — Louisville, KY — Louder Than Life
9/26 — Chicago, IL — Bottom Lounge
9/27 — Minneapolis, MN — 7th Street Entry
9/28 — Winnipeg, MB — The Pyramid Cabaret
9/30 — Calgary, AB — The Palace
10/1 — Edmonton, AB — Midway
10/3 — Vancouver, BC — Commodore Ballroom
10/4 — Seattle, WA — Tractor Tavern
10/5 — Portland, OR — Doug Fir Lounge
10/7 — San Francisco, CA — Starline Social Club
10/8 — Sacramento, CA — Aftershock Festival
10/11 — Los Angeles, CA — Troubadour

SOCIETY 1 Release Official Music Video for New Single ‘I Never Saw You’, DV “Dirt” Karloff Documentary Out Now

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LA Based Industrial Metal band SOCIETY 1 has released the official music video for their new single, “I Never Saw You.” Written by Matt Zane, “I Never Saw You” is off of the band’s final album with the late bassist, Black Level Six, out NOW!

“The album is in memory of DV ‘Dirt’ Karloff. It is the last album we wrote and recorded together before his passing. The corresponding movie is entitled The Altered Noise. The album Black Level Six is the official movie soundtrack, which includes interviews with Dave Navarro, Raymond Herrera, Matt Zane and more.

Black Level Six is an experimental album. The idea was to ask the question, “What would a Society 1 album sound like if we recorded it in 1994 in a similar way that Nirvana recorded In Utero?” We heard they recorded the album in 6 days with Steve Albini and, of course, this was before Pro Tools. So some rules were set up for us such as ‘no vocal tune’ and ‘no copying and pasting vocals.’

The music was recorded in 4 days and guitar solos performed by Justin Manning were an additional day. Mixing took 5 days and was done by punk legend Greg Hetson of The Circle Jerks and Bad Religion.” – MATT ZANE

Black Level Six Track Listing

  1. Death Screams
  2. Bleed You Away
  3. I Am The Walrus
  4. The Ghost Remains
  5. Get Up Again
  6. Altered Noise
  7. I Never Saw You
  8. Love Is Dead
  9. While You Mourn
  10. Who Will Know
  11. Bleed In Me
  12. All For You
  13. Ride The Pain
  14. As I Die

Buy/stream Black Level Six HERE.

Watch The Altered Noise below.

The Matt Zane directed The Altered Noise follows Karloff through various phases of his career and also touches upon his incredibly successful profession as a tattoo artist that saw him inking up celebrities such as Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, and Steve-O.

“His life really was interesting, regardless if you’re a fan or not. He was this young guy from the cornfields of Indiana that came out to Hollywood and within eight months he’s touring the world and that was just the beginning of the story,” says Zane.

Catch SOCIETY 1 LIVE With Static X, Fear Factory, & DOPE:
02/25 @ The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
02/27 @ Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
02/28 @ The Showbox – Seattle, WA
03/01 @ Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, CA
03/02 @ Knitting Factory Concert House – Spokane, WA
03/03 @ Revolution Concert House and Event Center – Garden City, ID
03/04 @ Virginia Street Brewhouse – Reno, NV
03/05 @ Ace Of Spades – Sacramento, CA
03/07 @ The Van Buren – Phoenix, AZ
03/08 @ The Historic El Rey Theater – Albuquerque, NM
03/09 @ Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK
03/10 @ House of Blues Dallas – Dallas, TX
03/11 @ The Aztec Theater- San Antonio, TX
03/12 @ House of Blues Houston – Houston, TX
03/14 @ Buckhead Theater – Atlanta, GA
03/15 @ The Plaza Live – Orlando, FL
03/16 @ The Underground – Fillmore Charlotte – Charlotte, NC
03/17 @ Baltimore Sound Stage – Baltimore, MD
03/18 @ Theatre of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA

VIRTUAL SYMMETRY Sign with Sensory Records, Release Fourth Album; to Support Evergrey on European Tour

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Sensory Records welcomes Swiss-Italian cinematic progressive metal outfit VIRTUAL SYMMETRY to the label’s roster.

VIRTUAL SYMMETRY’s Marco Pastorino states, “We are thrilled to announce that we are joining Sensory Records for the release of our next album! They are the best team possible to be part of for the next chapter of our career. We are working extremely hard to give you the best Virtual Symmetry album ever and we are looking forward to giving you more updates very soon!”

Label founder Ken Golden adds, “I’ve been following VIRTUAL SYMMETRY from their first release. Their style of progressive metal fits in perfectly with the Sensory roster. The band has steadily built-up a following in Switzerland, and we are looking forward to presenting them to a worldwide audience.”

Watch for details on the new album to post in the months ahead.

Meanwhile, VIRTUAL SYMMETRY has been confirmed alongside Fractal Universe as support on Evergrey’s extensive 2022 European tour, which runs from September 16th through October 23rd. See all confirmed tour dates and more at the VIRTUAL SYMMETRY official website HERE and at their various social media points.

VIRTUAL SYMMETRY was founded in 2009 as a solo project of guitarist Valerio Æsir Villa, when the first ideas for the debut album, Message From Eternity, began taking shape. The band’s lineup has since expanded to now include vocalist Marco Pastorino, keyboardist Marco “Mark” Bravi, bassist Alessandro Poppale, and drummer Alfonso Mocerino. The band is a revelation in the progressive metal universe, stunning their fans and listeners with influences which range from classical music to contemporary metal and a style characterized by epic suites, rich of cinematic elements and balance between melody and technique, leading the listeners through a dynamic and emotional journey in each track.

Among their live shows some honorable mentions are 2015’s debut live show with Evergrey and Dream Theater, 2017’s live show supporting Deep Purple’s keyboardist Don Airey.

Between 2018 and 2020 the band composed and produced their third album, Exoverse, which was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in Bath, UK, featuring many special guests, such as legendary drummer Thomas Lang, the return of Dream Theater’s keyboardist Jordan Rudess, saxophonist Ruben Paganelli, the symphonic orchestra Sinfonietta Consonus, and Evergrey’s Tom S. Englund.

SEVERE TORTURE Return with New EP And Sixth Full-Length Album

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Death Metal machine SEVERE TORTURE comes crushing down on this godforsaken planet to slaughter everything that stands in its way! And they come bearing great news! 

After 12 years of silence, the band returns with not only a brand new EP ‘Fisting the Sockets’, but also a brutal new chapter in the form of their sixth full length. New music will be released upon the masses soon, more brutal, eclectic and darker than ever!

SEVERE TORTURE comments: “We are stoked to partner up once more with Season of mist to release our new music. We are very proud of the new material and we feel the world really needs some good quality death metal to finally bring a spark of joy in this grim period in history.“

For a glimpse of what’s to come, check out SEVERE TORTURE‘s latest release ‘Slaughtered’ HERE

Brutal. Death. Metal. 

These words define the unique sound of the extreme metal that SEVERE TORTURE is known for since 1997. SEVERE TORTURE has been a constant force over the last 25 years, in presence as well as in their line-up. Their debut album “FEASTING ON BLOOD” was hailed as an instant classic in the early beginnings of the new wave of brutal death metal in 2001.

Ever since the release of their debut the band has toured extensively. Playing shows in North and South America, Mexico and their home continent Europe in support of the 5 albums they have released over the last 25 years. 

Since SEVERE TORTURE is about quality not quantity, they have been laying low since their latest album “SLAUGHTERED”, released in 2010. While still playing shows for the love of the genre, the band was in search of the brutality and energy needed for the material of a new SEVERE TORTURE album. This soul-searching led to the amical split with original drummer Seth in 2018, who was replaced 2018 by Damien Kerpentier. With renewed energy and focus the band started with a clean slate by writing new material, arguably their best material to this day.  

“FISTING THE SOCKETS” will be the first feat of SEVERE TORTURE in 12 years. The band has re-signed their deal with Season of Mist and if it wasn’t for a certain pandemic this upcoming EP “FISTING THE SOCKETS” was probably released much earlier. 

SEVERE TORTURE is currently recording their full-length album, to be released early 2023 through Season of Mist Records. 

ALESTORM Reveal Music Video for First Single ‘Magellan’s Expedition’ + Announce New Album Details

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It’s time to put on your pirate hat and inflate your rubber ducks, because the world-famous Pirate Metal Drinking Crew, ALESTORM, have just set sail on a new voyage with their seventh studio album, Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum, set for release on June 24, 2022 via Napalm Records. Pre-orders start now!

Alongside its pre-order kickoff, ALESTORM have released the charging first single from the new album, “Magellan’s Expedition” – an epic quest telling the tale of Ferdinand Magellan’s historical circumnavigation of the earth in 1522. The official video was filmed on location in a castle, features tons of pyro, and of course, a huge yellow laser-eyed rubber duck fighting a young maiden warrior, transforming her into a real, beautiful duck! Featuring majestic orchestral backing, whirling folky violins and huge Latin choirs, this song is classic ALESTORM like you haven’t heard in years – a real throwback to the early days of Captain Morgan’s Revenge!

The band spent two years during the lockdown going insane and frantically dredging up the craziest pirate metal anthems from their treasure chest of ideas, and have created the most epic and serious (yes, serious) sounding ALESTORM album you’ve ever heard. From the symphonic choir-powered “Magellan’s Expedition” to the rousing anthem “Under Blackened Banners” featuring intense technical riffing and exquisite solo duels, Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum is a real throwback to the early days of Captain Morgan’s Revenge. But fans of the modern ALESTORM sound need not worry either – there’s plenty of party mood in the aptly-named future hit song “P.A.R.T.Y.”, and the high speed, insane folk metal banger “Cannonball” has the most ridiculous and offensive lyrics you’ve ever heard in a pirate metal song (making “Fucked With an Anchor” sound tame).

Pre-Order Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum NOW

Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum track listing:
1. Magellan’s Expedition
2. The Battle of Cape Fear River
3. Cannonball
4. P.A.R.T.Y.
5. Under Blackened Banners
6. Magyarország
7. Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum
8. Bite the Hook Hand that Feeds
9. Return to Tortuga
10. Come to Brazil
11. Wooden Leg (Part III)

7’’ Single track listing:
Side A: Christmas With Alestorm
Side B: Nyár Van

As an extra special treat for the die-hard collector fans, some special editions come with a full acoustic rendition of the entire album, and there’s even a legendary version of the album FOR DOGS once again. In the Wooden Box only, there is a special 7” Single vinyl, including “Christmas with Alestorm” and “Nyár Van”.

ALESTORM live:
09.06.22 SE – Sölvesborg / Sweden Rock Festival
10.06.22 CH – Interlaken / Greenfield
11.06.22 NL – Leeuwarden / Into The Grave
12.06.22 UK – Donington / Download Festival
17.06.22 DK – Copenhagen / Copenhell
18.06.22 FR – Clisson / Hellfest
19.06.22 BE – Dessel / Graspop
01.07.22 ES – Barcelona / Barcelona Rock Fest
07.07.22 FI – Tampere / Sauna Open Air
08.07.22 FI – Oulu / Rock in the City
10.07.22 CZ – Vizovicze / Masters of Rock
15.07.22 BG – Mogilovo / Midalidare Rock
25.07.22 FR – Selestat / Rock Your Brain
29.07.22 UA – Ternopil / Faine Misto
05.08.22 ES – Villena / Leyendas Del Rock
06.08.22 FR – Saint Maurice / Sylak Open Air
19.08.22 DE – Dinkelsbuhl / Summer Breeze
20.08.22 DE – Hamburg / Elb Riot
26.08.22 DE – Haddeby / Baltic Open Air
10.09.22 DE – Selb / Festival Medieval