OCEANS OF SLUMBER Release Visualizer Video for ‘Hearts Of Stone’ from Upcoming Album

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After releasing the first new single, “The Waters Rising”, in February, Texas-based New Southern Gothic outfit OCEANS OF SLUMBER present the next song taken from their upcoming album, “Starlight and Ash” , that is scheduled for a release July 22nd.

Check out an atmospheric Visualizer Video for “Hearts of Stone” HERE

Cammie Beverly (vocals) says about the song: “Lost and alone from birth, a product of the institution of life on the streets. Trouble follows this person around like a badge of honor. Grief finding grievances, the perfect formula of despair.”

“Starlight and Ash” was produced by Joel Hamilton (Violet Road, Battle of Mice) and mastered by Maor Appelbaum (Yes, Voivod). The stunning artwork was created by Eliran Kantor (Testament, Heaven Shall Burn and many more).

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.

Pre-order here.

LORNA SHORE Release First Song ‘Sun//Eater’ from Upcoming Album

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For LORNA SHORE , 2020 was nothing short of a reckoning – in a career built on challenges, changes and a single-minded vision. For the New Jersey quintet 2020 signaled the pandemic and cancelled tours. The following year presented the band with a staggering creative challenge in the form of the song, “To the Hellfire” from their hugely well-regarded “…And I Return to Nothingness”-EP. Yet, through it all, they upped their sonic ante with their upcoming album, “Pain Remains”, that not only aligns with everything LORNA SHORE has hinted at but it also exceeds that – brutally and magnificently. “It feels like a rebirth of everything for us – the energy, the band, the morale,” says drummer Austin Archey.

LORNA SHORE shot the video clip with Loki Films at the end of their sold out UK tour in March and Will Ramos (vocals) has the following to say about the song: “We’re so happy so be able to put out something different and new that further exemplifies who we’ve become as individuals and as a whole. This song/album really brings together everything that we’ve been working towards being and we couldn’t be more excited to share it with you all.”

“Pain Remains” is scheduled for a release in October and more info will unfold in due time.

Watch and stream HERE.

DRIFT INTO BLACK Share New Music Video for ‘Angel Of Doom’

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May 20th 2022 will see the release of “Earthtorn“, the highly anticipated new studio album by Sayreville, New Jersey -based melodic doom metallers Drift Into Black. After the release of the first two singles “It Fell From The Sky” and “Weight Of Two Worlds“, the band has shared a brand new music video for the track “Angel Of Doom”.

Drift Into Black‘s upcoming concept album “Earthtorn” flows continuously, telling the story of the extinction of humankind seen through the eyes of an extraterrestrial visitor disguised as a human sent to mother earth to analyze our behavior and eventually deplete us of all our natural resources. He learns about our past and our experiences of war sickness. Love, loss, and death, he falls in love with a woman and is torn between his selfishness for her. He begins to question his willingness to carry out his mission. He gets to watch as his love slowly falls victim to the disease and starts to wither away. Day by day, she grows sicker and eventually passes away from cancer. His experience of love, sickness, loss, and death is for real now. He realizes that there is nothing good left on Earth throughout all the darkness. He informs his planet that there is nothing to be retained here on Earth and that he will be returning home, leaving the human race to its slow decay.

“Earthtorn” will be coming out on May 20th and is available for pre-order HERE

Tracklist:

1.Good Mourning Earth
2.It Fell From The Sky
3.The March To Oblivion
4.Angel Of Doom
5.Ghost On The Shore
6.The Ups And The Downs
7.Weight Of Two Worlds
8.Left To The Burning Sun
9.On Borrowed Time
10.Mankind

MARIANAS REST Announce Tour Dates in May, Supporting Ensiferum, Dark Tranquility & Harakiri for the Sky

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Finnish Melodic Death/Doom unit MARIANAS REST will get on exciting endeavors to support  Ensiferum  & Dark Tranquility on tour, starting this week, May 19th in Vilnius, LTU. Straight from the road the band will head to support Harakiri for the Sky & Vorna on May 29th in Helsinki, FI.

MARIANAS REST live in 2022
19.05.22 LTU – Vilnius / Vakaris Club *
20.05.22 LVA – Riga / Melna Piektdiena *
21.05.22 EST – Tallinn / Tapper *
22.05.22 FI – Helsinki / Vanha Ylioppilastalo *
23.05.22 FI – Jyväskylä / Lutakko *
24.05.22 FI – Oulu / Kantakrouvi *
26.05.22 SWE – Göteborg / Pustervik *
27.05.22 SWE – Göteborg / Pustervik *
29.05.22 FI – Helsinki / On The Rocks **
*Supporting Dark Tranquillity and Ensiferum
**Supporting Harakiri for the Sky

Emerging from the Finnish coastal town of Kotka, melodic death metal strikers MARIANAS REST unleashed their third studio album, Fata Morgana, on March 12, 2021 via Napalm Records – laying a brutal yet gloomy veil of melancholy over the world. The top-notch offering combines intense melodic death metal spiced with significant doom elements and breathes an overall lyrical theme of the dark aspects of life with every note.

Founded in 2013, and after releasing their debut Horror Vacui (2016) and critically acclaimed successor Ruins (2019), the six piece with Jaakko Mäntymaa on vocals and Omnium Gatherum’s Aapo Koivisto on keys showcases a true virtuosity of heavy riffs, hypnotizing soundscapes and impetuous tempo-changes on its new piece of art. The eight-song epos delivers atmospheric melodies that are as endless and fascinating as the overwhelming beauty of Finnish nature, which tracks like the expressive “The Weight” or authentic “Pointless Tale” are evidence of. Topped by guest appearances of Timo Virkkala, who shares his awesome cello magic, and the bewitching backing vocals of Lindsay Matheson/Schoolcraft (ex-Cradle Of Filth), MARIANAS REST take their creative output to the next level and make Fata Morgana a must-have for fans of bands like Insomnium and My Dying Bride.

This melodically-grasped melancholy is produced by Teemu Aalto (Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum) and MARIANAS REST, recorded and mixed by Teemu Aalto at Teemu Aalto Music Productions and mastered by Svante Forsbäck at Chartmakers, who received a Grammy nomination with Candlemass feat. Tony Iommi for Best Metal Performance.

WHERE’S MY BIBLE Release Music Video ‘Chapter IV: Origin’, New EP Out Now

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Finnish metal band WHERE’S MY BIBLE released the final track Chapter IV: Origin which completes their new EP Circle which is released on May 13th 2022 via Inverse Records. Music videos were done for each track on the EP and the final video can be seen below.

Singer Jussi Matilainen comments:
“In a previous release, we didn’t want to reveal this one to be the final end where an old one has to die in order to replace a new one. The “Origin” that concludes the story of Ep’s four songs tells how to be reborn and to accept things as they are. Like how you are perfect just the way you are. Maybe broken, but that doesn’t mean you’re weak. When you learn it, you are already on the right path and going far in your life. Because we all are here to learn until we die how to be human and get along with ourselves as well as others.

Everything goes around the circle as our EP title says. Even if you do your best and accept things as they are, the circle can take you back to square one. But don’t be discouraged! You did it once so you can do it again, more experienced and stronger than ever. 

The whole project was very tough in every way but also extremely awesome and instructive. Not only in the musical sense but also in terms of introspection. Be kind to eachother especially to yourself. Please, Enjoy the journey of Circle…as we did”

Guitarist Toni Hinkkala continues:
“As in the story of “Circle” we have re-created ourselves and it feels absolutely awesome. The story ends with a song where we brought something old yet sounding like our new self. Thus, according to the name of Ep, we made the circle complete.” 

Listen to the Circle EP on a streaming service of your choice: https://push.fm/fl/pxpdjopu

WATCH Chapter I: Escape music video: https://youtu.be/cahs8c5TbUQ
WATCH Chapter II: Void music video: https://youtu.be/jkL18FCJIkw
WATCH Chapter III: Nest music video: https://youtu.be/fBACJCeHcLg
WATCH Chapter IV: origin music video: https://youtu.be/cjQu57RH6-E

EP cover by Niko Hiltunen

REN MARABOU AND THE BERSERKERS’ Frontman Enters Iron Age Guitar Artist Roster

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Irish Viking Metal/Norse Pagan Rockers REN MARABOU AND THE BERSERKERS‘ frontman Ren Marabou has a pleasure to announce his entry to Iron Age Guitar Accessories -roster!

Ren states:
“I am a proud Iron Age Endorsed Artist and I’m absolutely loving our Berserker picks made from Ebony. If you want you own Berserker picks head over to Iron Age Guitar Accessories. I also highly recommend the Ragnarök range, incredible craftsmanship fit for any Viking ready for battle 🛡⚔️ 🔥 ᛒᛖᚱᛋᛖᚱᚲᛖᚱ🔥 #brandofsacrifice 🔥”

More information at https://www.facebook.com/IronAgeGuitar and https://ironageaccessories.com

REN MARABOU AND THE BERSERKERS will be releasing their new album “Tales Of Rune” this summer. It will be the band’s first full length release through United Music Mafia.

The Irish Heathens say this will be their most riff filled, head banging, anthemic and energetic album to date. This cranked up Norse Mythology themed album will have you filling your mead drinking horns, and readying yourself for battle. 🛡⚔️

The band Recorded, Mixed and Mastered the album in Meadowbank Studios Donegal.

Furthermore, the band announce their jovial new single ‘Lets Drink Mead’, coming out still in May, and it will be the last single before the albums release. ‘Let’s Drink Mead’ is a song about the fallen warriors who now feast in the great halls of Valhalla.

Hailing from the Emerald Isle and based in the hills of Co.Donegal these Irish Viking Metal/Norse Pagan Rockers, REN MARABOU AND THE BERSERKERS, deliver their own take on this powerful genre with a high energy stage show and anthemic, contemporary stylings. Endorsed by Cassidy Guitars, Skull Strings, Fishsticks drum sticks and Iron Age Guitar Accessories. Signed to United Music Mafia and Managed by Split Screen Management.

Watch/ stream:
‘Brand Of Sacrifice’ – https://open.spotify.com/album/1yKOPpwG663aD3s8GBbGbJ
‘Sigurd the Dragon Slayer’ – https://open.spotify.com/track/0OOr73kAIK4WPkt0ZAH5jf
‘Death of Baldr’ – https://ummmusicvideo.com/v/FtJpC
‘Dødssang’ – https://youtu.be/odx-OzoufTI
‘Fenrir’ – https://open.spotify.com/track/3F8c7CKWNs0wdR5XHGOuye
‘Prophecy of the Seer’ – https://youtu.be/QAXTujQ3xdE

Remember also to check out the band’s weekly segments for fans and Heathen Tribe lovers at https://www.facebook.com/renmarabou!

REN MARABOU AND THE BERSERKERS are:
Ren Marabou (Vocals and Guitar)
Terence McCann (Drums)
Michael Casserly (Bass)

Get brand new band merch at https://renmarabou.bigcartel.com

More information at
BAND: https://www.facebook.com/renmarabou
MANAGEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/SplitScreenManagement | http://www.splitscreenproduction.com