LAST TEMPTATION Release New Single ‘Main Attraction’ from Upcoming Album

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LAST TEMPTATION returns with a brand-new single ‘Main Attraction’, the perfect set up for their upcoming new album ‘Fuel for My Soul’, due for release on May 20 on both CD and digital, with vinyl out on September 2 via Crusader Records, available for pre-order/add/save now.
 
‘Main Attraction’ is an absolute screamer, soaked with the best traditional metal influences. The message is; once again, humanity tries to reassure itself about its life. ‘Main Attraction’ touches on the idea that sometimes we have the impression of doing things well, with the end being quite the opposite. It’s already too late to change anything. 

Listen to ‘Main Attraction’ HERE

‘Fuel for my Soul’ is a great step forward for LAST TEMPTATION. Recorded in a week, the band took their time to rehearse the new songs and had over 40 demos before eventually narrowing it down to 11 hard-hitting tracks. 

‘Fuel for my Soul’ has an entirely different production style compared to the last album. All the rhythm tracks, bass, drums and guitars were recorded live, and the songs are far more eclectic than previous releases. While LAST TEMPTATION still maintain their Ozzy/Black Sabbath influences, they add a grungy twist, along with big choruses that give an 80’s vibe. 

FUEL FOR MY SOUL – tracklisting

  1. Ashes and Fire
  2. I Believe
  3. Stronger Than Fate
  4. I Don’t Wanna be Your God
  5. Fuel for My Soul
  6. Carousel of Hell
  7. Free, Strong and Loud
  8. In the Mirror
  9. Main Attraction
  10. The Answer
  11. Going Crazy

Pre-order/add/save ‘Fuel for My Soul’ HERE

SPIRIT ADRIFT Announce “20 Centuries Gone” Collection, Premiere ‘Sorcerer’s Fate’

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Artist photo by: Valerie Littlejohn

SPIRIT ADRIFT expand their prolific catalog with “20 Centuries Gone ”, a collection of two new original songs and six cover songs that span the timeline of the band’s most foundational influences. Featuring artwork by Brian Mercer (Lamb of God, High on Fire, Mastodon), and mixed by Zeuss (Overkill, Crowbar, Municipal Waste), this release is a powerful journey through the past, present, and future of trad-metal’s most exciting new band.  On “20 Centuries Gone”, SPIRIT ADRIFT put their trademark swagger on classics from Type O Negative, Pantera, Metallica, Thin Lizzy, ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

The new 8-song collection features 2 new originals and 6 cover songs, set for release on August 19th.

SPIRIT ADRIFT mastermind Nate Garrett comments:
“I always thought it would be a cool experience to record some songs by bands that are foundational to the DNA of SPIRIT ADRIFT. These choices are obvious and on the nose to me, but maybe unexpected to the fans.  That made the whole thing a lot of fun.  A band like Lynyrd Skynyrd might not be the first thing you think of when considering SPIRIT ADRIFT’s influences, so the task for me became figuring out how to honor these great songs, but in the distinct SPIRIT ADRIFT style.  To make the whole thing even more special, I channeled these influences and wrote a couple of new songs to kick things off.  There’s a lyric in ‘Sorcerer’s Fate’ that mentions ‘past and future both aligned,’ and that became the concept here.  The whole thing is presented in reverse chronological order.  That way, you get a sense of where SPIRIT ADRIFT is headed, but you’re also taken on a journey back in time through our most fundamental influences. Hope y’all enjoy it!”

Stream ‘Sorcerer’s Fate’ here.

SUICIDE SILENCE to Release “The Cleansing (Ultimate Edition)” on June 24th

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SUICIDE SILENCE have come full circle and returned to their original label home Century Media Records.
With nearly two decades of non-stop touring around the globe, hundreds of thousands of records sold and cementing themselves as a lynchpin band in modern extreme metal, the Riverside, California quintet has rejoined the label that released the highly acclaimed albums: “The Cleansing” (2007), “No Time To Bleed” (2009) and “The Black Crown” (2011).

As a first release SUICIDE SILENCE are rereleasing their classic debut album as “The Cleansing (Ultimate Edition)” including liner notes by the band and extensive bonus material on June 24th , 2022.

Pre-order here.

DVNE Announce European Live Dates

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UK’s progressive post-metal outfit DVNE released their seminal second album, Etemen Ænka, which was hailed by fans and press alike around the globe, including “contender for the best metal release of 2021” by Germany’s Fuze magazine. Despite the global pandemic, DVNE managed to play two successful European tours and are now announcing more European dates!

DVNE On Tour 2022
01.05. London, Desertfest (Roundhouse)
25.05. Karlsruhe, Dudefest
27.05. Berlin, Desertfest
28.05. Jena, Kuba Open Air
29.05. Krakow, Zascianek*
30.05. Vienna, Arena*
01.06. Dusseldorf, Pitcher
02.06. Bielefeld, Forum*
03.06. Rotterdam, Grounds*
06.06. Amsterdam, Melkweg*
07.06. Dortmund, Junkyard
08.06. Hamburg, Knust*
09.06. Dresden, Beatpol*
10.06. Munich, Sounds of Liberation Fest
11.06. Kassel, Goldgrube*
(*w/ Villagers of Ioannia City)

Tour w/ High on Fire
22.06. Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
23.06. Leeds, Brudenell
24.06. London, The Garage
25.06. Brighton, Chalk
26.06. Bristol, The Fleece

DVNE are a band of great contrasts, weaving titanic heaviness and intricate gentleness together, complex lyrical ideas with engaging storylines, and this has only been expanded upon and concentrated on second album Etemen Ænka. “It is a very dense and layered album which will reward multiple listens, and while this is becoming a recurring aspect of our music, we feel that we went further with it this time. It’s also a very polarising album, emotionally speaking. The heavy sections are, well, very heavy, while the clean sections are much more intricate and delicate,” explains the band. Their name is a reference to the timeless sci-fi epic Dune by Frank Herbert, this is very much a genre that they happily inhabit, and is once again reflected in the lyrical content of the record. While wanting to create a universe of their own, they also cover more serious topics related to the society we live in, and while Asheran was very much focused on their relation to their surroundings and the environment, Etemen Ænka focuses much more on social issues and more specifically on inequalities and the human relationship with power.

Purchase / Stream Etemen Ænka: songs-of-arrakis.bandcamp.com

TONY HARNELL To Be Inducted Into The Metal Hall of Fame at M3 Festival

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Highly acclaimed metal vocalist Tony Harnell, the voice of Norwegian metal band TNT, will be Inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame on-stage at the M3 Festival, on May 7, 2022, in Columbia, MD. 

Tony Harnell rooted his legacy in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal as the vocalist for TNT. His vocals can be found on fan favorites such as “Seven Seas,” “Everyone’s a Star,” and “10,000 Lovers (In One)“, with the 2 later songs having been in rotation on MTV. He has also fronted the bands Westworld, and Starbreaker, along with his own solo projects “The Mercury Train,” and “The Wildflowers featuring Bumblefoot.” Harnell was also featured in the “Sonic the Hedgehog” video game series for SEGA.

“It’s is no surprise that fans and the Nominating Committee are Inducting one of the greatest Hard Rock and Metal Vocalists of our time, Tony Harnell, into the 2022 Metal Hall of Fame,” says Metal Hall of Fame President/CEO Pat Gesualdo.

“I’m honored and humbled to be Inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame, and to even be thought of alongside so many of the Hall’s great artists,” Says Tony Harnell. “And thank you to the Metal Hall of Fame for the amazing charity work that you do.”

Watch the Preview Video here:

DRIFT INTO BLACK Share Brand New Lyric Video ‘Weight of Two Worlds’

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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 single “It Fell From The Sky“, the band has shared a brand new lyric video for the track “Weight of Two Worlds”.

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