Finnish melodic death/black metal band SE, JOSTA EI PUHUTA released a third and last single ‘Kuolleena Syntynyt’ (Stillborn) from their upcoming third studio album Gehenna which is released on April 22nd 2022 via Inverse Records.
Singer Samu Männikkö comments: “The deeds go undone, the sword stayed undrawn.Rope greased, alone. The path overgrown.Words go unspoken, songs go unsung.If your life has been in vain, so shall be your death.”
Se, josta ei puhuta is a metal band from Iisalmi, Finland. Band was established 2007 by Samu Männikkö.
During the same year group recorded a four-piece self-titled demo that resulted to a record contract with record label Sound of Finland. Album Ne, joista ei puhuta was released in May 2010.
2011 band recorded its second full-length album titled Musta, kylmä, syvä ja samea which was released in November 2011 by Spinefarm Records.
During 2010 and 2011 group toured actively throughout finnish venues. Band started the preparations for third album. In production phase recording process was halted at the end of 2012.
Finally, in 2020 Se, josta ei puhuta decided to complete the third album. Group is very satisfied for the album titled Gehenna. The album will be released in 2022 by Inverse Records.
Band’s line-up remained unchanged until 2020 when Ilkka Nissinen stepped aside.
Heavy Metal pioneers ANVIL have announced the release of a brand new studio album, entitled Impact Is Imminent, due out on May 20, 2022 via AFM Records!
The Canadian trio belongs to one of the most distinctive bands of their genre, often cited as having influenced notable metal acts such as Slayer, Megadeath, Metallica or Anthrax. After 40 years in the music industry, touring the world in sold-out venues, and garnering critically acclaim for Anvil! The Story Of Anvil – the number #1 music documentary of every metalhead – the iconic band returns with their nineteenth album.
On Impact Is Imminent, ANVIL fires off merciless riff attacks, relentlessly driving drums and impressive bass grooves, complemented by vocal melodies and lyrics that inevitably drill themselves into the listener’s aural tract. As always, Kudlow and founding member and drummer Robb Reiner, are at the epicentre of this heavy metal extravaganza. For the past eight years, they have been supported by bassist Chris Robertson, who not only complements the ANVIL fold on a personal level, but also enhances the tracks with his powerful low frequency bass parts and backing vocals.
Today, ANVIL shared a first single alongside a music video for the full pedal-to-the-metal anthem ‘Ghost Shadow’! Says charismatic frontman Lips: “Ghost Shadow is my 6th sense telling me I’m being watched! Could be internet trolls or paranormal phenomenon! Either way the song is heavy as fuck!!“
Watch the brand new ANVIL video HERE:
“None of our previous albums blends music and lyrics into as tight a unit as ‘Impact Is Imminent’,” enthuses Lips on the fourteen songs on the group’s new album. “Everything comes together homogeneously. As a result, the new material sounds monolithic, right down to the very last details, both in terms of rhythm and harmonies. In the past, our studio sessions were sometimes like a little like jumping in at the deep end, with us having to improvise a lot and making decisions at short notice. Working on ‘Impact Is Imminent’, not only was there plenty of time for the songwriting process in the run-up to the recordings, but I also had the leisure to put all my ideas to the acid test and work on them until they were perfect.”
Like its three predecessors ‘Anvil Is Anvil’ (2016), ‘Pounding The Pavement’ (2018) and ‘Legal At Last’ (2019), ‘Impact Is Imminent’ was produced by Martin ‘Mattes’ Pfeiffer (U.D.O., among others) and Jörg Uken at Uken’s Soundlodge studios, so the successful combination consisting of Anvil/Pfeiffer/Uken has struck again.
The album pre-sale of Impact Is Imminent, available as CD, Vinyl and Digital formats on May 20, 2022, has just started at THIS LOCATION!
The future of British metal lies in safe hands with CONJURER, who today have announced their long-awaited new album Páthos, which will be released 1st July 2022 via Nuclear Blast.
Conjurer continue their journey as the country’s most exciting young metal band with the incredible new album. Celebrating the news, the Midlands quartet have also streamed the first single from Páthos, the mighty ‘It Dwells‘.
A triumphant return from Conjurer following their world-renowned 2018 debut Mire, Páthosis a band flexing their creative muscles, deepening their approach and thought, and expanding their sound.
Bassist Conor Marshall comments: “Excited to finally be able to share the album with everyone! I’m sure this is the same for every band trying to release an album during the pandemic but it feels like we’ve been holding on to it for so long, so it’s nice for it to not be my problem any more and to be able to actually talk about it!”
Opener ‘It Dwells’ is the perfect introduction – earth-shatteringly heavy, unconventional, uniquely beautiful, and instantly recognisable as Conjurer. The track is centred on the contradictions of the emotion of ‘fear’ – that fear can be comfortable and constant, haunting and crushing. It builds to a point of breaking – the need to end fear battling against your will to go on. The repeated screams ‘I’ll have peace’ are an ambivalent declaration of defiance – give in, or fight, either way fear is gone.
Of the single, guitarist/vocalist Dan Nightingale states: “I think ‘It Dwells’ is a good introduction to the sound of the record, from the musical influences to the lyrics and how we’ve drawn from what’s been going on in our lives, it’s one of our most personal outings for sure. It’s nice to have been able to step up our game with the music videos for this album as well. Good album. Top track. Boss man.”
Páthosis not an album for the half-hearted or faint-hearted. Elements of Sumac, Gojira, old Mastodon and Oathbreaker, the new record is a multi-layered beast – sludge, death, doom, black metal and hardcore influences clash and collide throughout, all masterfully finished by Will Putney’s exquisite mix and master.
The fifty-minute runtime of Páthosis not without its moments of the sublime, with post-metal nods to Conjurer and Pijn’s acclaimed Curse These Metal Hands project throughout. That a band can be at once so triumphantly beautiful and gut-punchingly heavy is testament to Conjurer’s quality, and a surefire sign of their future longevity at the top of Britain’s heavy music scene.
CONJURER – PÁTHOS RELEASE DATE: 1st July 2022
1. It Dwells 2. Rot 3. All You Will Remember 4. Basilisk 5. Those Years, Condemned 6. Suffer Alone 7. In Your Wake 8. Cracks In The Pyre
SCHANDMAUL, the undisputed leaders of German medieval folk rock, unveil their newest masterful hit with their eleventh studio album, Knüppel aus dem Sack, out June 10, 2022 via Napalm Records!
With six Top 10 albums on the German charts (with their 2016 highlight Leuchtfeuer reaching #1 and most recently 2019’s Artus at #2), two Echo Award nominations, Gold status for Traumtänzer (2011) and Unendlich (2014), successful tours and numerous festival appearances at the likes of Wave Gotik Treffen, M’era Luna and the legendary Wacken Open Air, as well as millions of streams on digital platforms, SCHANDMAUL have summited to the top of the folk rock scene without a doubt. In 2022, the unit proves once again that they have conquered this position and will stay there with their upcoming full-length!
The first single and title track, “Knüppel aus dem Sack” kicks directly into a sonic universe of long forgotten times, moving forward with modern sound to form an unbeatable symbiosis. The fast-paced verse is fueled by Thomas Lindner’s rhythmic vocal offering and leads into an undoubtedly catchy chorus within the blink of an eye.
SCHANDMAUL on the first single: “The first song lets the cat… the “cudgel out of the sack” right away: Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to dance!”(Thomas Lindner)
“THE rock anthem of the album! Already a live banger that will find its permanent place at concerts!”(Martin Duckstein)
“SCHANDMAUL and fans united, already tested live many times and now also united in one video! Your loyalty has carried us through many difficult times, it is now time to finally rejoice together again.”(Matthias Richter)
Watch the official video for “Knüppel aus dem Sack”HERE:
Since their debut, Wahre Helden, released in 1999, SCHANDMAUL has been a reliable force of top-notch, high-level folk rock full of exciting, captivating storytelling, performed by genre-trademarked instruments such as bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy and folk flutes, all topped with the unmistakable skills of vocalist Thomas Lindner. With the title of their upcoming masterpiece, Knüppel aus dem Sack, the Munich-based outfit refers to a fairytale by the Brothers Grimm, “The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack” (original German name: “Tischlein deck dich, Goldesel und Knüppel aus dem Sack”). Knüppel aus dem Sack shows the band at their undeniable peak as songwriters, storytellers and entertainers and embodies another high that is not only directed to die-hard fans but to everyone keen on diving into the magnificent universe of the German frontrunners.
SCHANDMAUL on the album: “With the eleventh album we announce ourselves loud and clear back after the forced silence!” (Thomas Lindner)
“We report back! A rocking album, nevertheless unmistakably SCHANDMAUL. Fresh wind came additionally by producer Simon Michael, who tickled unexpected sides from the band…” (Martin Duckstein)
“The new SCHANDMAUL album is really on fire and with the first single we literally take the “cudgel out of the sack”! Look forward with us to a fantastic video, and that we can finally rock together again at concerts. We have the music for it in our luggage.” (Stefan Brunner)
“Out of the cultural lockdown, out of the cold of winter, out of rigidity. Time to go out again, to meet and move. To new music, peacefully united. May the album be a ray of hope, especially now in these sad times. Peace.” (Matthias Richter)
Dive into the band’s unmistakable sonic universe, where sounds of medieval times harmonize with modern influences and create catchy anthems, as only SCHANDMAUL can create it. Atmospheric bustle “Königsgarde” (featuring guests FEUERSCHWANZ and Saltatio Mortis) sets off a brilliant firework and proves – along with tracks like the haunting “Niamh” and the buoyant, cheeky performances “Das Gerücht”, “Der Pfeifer”, “Der Quacksalber” and “Glück auf!” (featuring Fiddler’s Green) – that there is a hit lurking at every corner of this exciting offering! Another collection of haunting stories awaits with “Der Flug”, “Tatzelwurm” or “Der elfseitige Würfel”, allowing you to escape from everyday life and lose yourself in a sonic universe of words and music. Packed with atmospheric folk rock, SCHANDMAUL’s Knüppel aus dem Sack is yet another exclamation mark and sparkling jewel full of lightheartedness and bewitching adventures in their almost 25-year band history!
Knüppel aus dem Sack tracklisting: 1. Knüppel aus dem Sack 2. Königsgarde (feat. Saltatio Mortis, Ben Metzner) 3. Das Gerücht 4. Der Pfeifer 5. Tatzelwurm 6. Der Flug 7. Der Quacksalber 8. Luft und Liebe 9. Glück auf! (feat. Fiddler´s Green) 10.Irgendwann 11.Niamh 12.Der elfseitige Würfel (Bonus Track) 13.Long John Silver (Bonus Track)
Knüppel aus dem Sack Tour 2022 Presented by Sonic Seducer, Kulturnews, Piranha, Start, Folker, EMP, Radio Bob & metal.de
11.06.22 DE – Gelsenkirchen / Amphitheater* 28.10.22 DE – Bielefeld / Lokschuppen 29.10.22 DE – Berlin / Huxley´s Neue Welt 30.10.22 DE – Dresden / Alter Schlachthof 05.11.22 DE – Oberhausen /Turbinenhalle 06.11.22 DE – Nuremberg / Löwensaal 11.11.22 DE – Bremen / Aladin Music Hall 12.11.22 DE – Stuttgart / Im Wizemann 18.11.22 DE – Wiesbaden / Kulturzentrum Schlachthof 19.11.22 CH – Pratteln / Z7 24.11.22 DE – Munich / Muffathalle 26.11.22 AT – Vienna / Arena 02.12.22 DE – Hanover / Capitol 03.12.22 DE – Erfurt / Central Club 04.12.22 DE – Hamburg / Fabrik *Folkfield Festival
Promo picture: Aarni Visuals / Mikko Parkkonen. Hair & makeup by Studio Viivi K / Viivi Kiilunen
Finnish RIOGHAN is set to release her debut album ‘Different Kinds Of Losses’ later in 2022 via Inverse Records. The album has been made in collaboration with Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Einar Solberg (Leprous), Teemu Liekkala (ex-Manufacturer’s Pride, Red Eleven) and Teemu Koskela (ex-Celesty).
The first single Breath is released today with a music video and it can be seen below.
Rioghan comments single: “This song really speaks to me in a personal level, as I have wrote the original poem in a pretty dark place, and somehow me and Teemu captured the essence of it musically too, a lot of polarity, ups and downs and finally some gruesome beauty in acceptance. We chose this as the first single as I think it represents the former Rioghan a bit more than the rest of the album, so it is also kind of a transition to new things ahead.”
Composed by Jenni Perämäki & Teemu Koskela. Lyrics by Jenni Perämäki. Single cover by Sakari Tuokkola. -Mastered by Svante Forsbäck / Chartmakers Oy. -Vocal recordings: Ville Hautaluoma -Produced, recorded & mixed by Teemu Liekkala
Two years on from the release of HUNSTMEN‘s sophomore full length, Mandala of Fear, the Chicago, IL group have today announced plans to release a new EP. Titled The Dying Pines, HUNTSMEN‘s latest body of recorded work will be released via Prosthetic Records on April 22.
With European festival appearances at both Roadburn and Desertfest London on the horizon, the EP is a three-track release comprising two brand new original compositions and a cover of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s Carry On. Alongside the news of The Dying Pines, HUNTSMEN have also announced a new vinyl pressing of their debut album, American Scrap, which is available to order here.
Speaking on the announcement of The Dying Pines and the latest reissue of American Scrap, the band comments:
“The past couple of years have been a challenge for everyone across the board, with such uncertainty and considerable loss, we all had a chance to reflect on the past and were able to draw creative inspiration from it. Such themes are present in a lot of our songwriting and are an echo of what is in front of us.”
The hiatus from regular band activity saw Huntsmen return to their roots as a band, writing on an acoustic guitar and leaning into the narrative storytelling found on their debut full length, American Scrap. An invitation from Roadburn festival in the Netherlands to perform American Scrap in full at the 2022 edition of the festival gave them cause to revisit the songs that saw the band strike out with an Americana-metal sound that has been woven throughout their body of work.
A collaborative approach to the songwriting has lent itself well to blending the strengths of the individual band members, as well as allowing space for threads of their own personal stories to to make their way into the sonic tapestry of new tracks, The Dying Pines and Let The Buried Lie Forgotten. The rich instrumental layering and warm vocal harmonies are a vessel for conveying bleak themes of loss and existentialist contemplation. Once again, the evocative cover artwork has been created by drummer, Ray Knipe, complementing the organic sound of the EP, which was recorded at Electrical Audio/Hypercube studios by Sanford Parker, and mastered by Collin Jordan (The Boiler Room).
Elements of the post-apocalyptic vibe of Mandala of Fear find their way into this new EP, but The Dying Pines sits outside of the story arc present on the band’s full lengths – a vignette that lets us know the heart of this band still beats strong, and offers a hint of what’s still to come.
The Dying Pines tracklist:
1. The Dying Pines 2. Let the Buried Lie Forgotten 3. Carry On (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young cover)
Upcoming HUNTSMEN shows:
9 April – Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL (The Dying Pines live premiere and European send off) 24 April – Roadburn Festival – Netherlands, Tilburg 1 May – Desertfest – The Underworld – London UK
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