MARATON Release New Music Video for Single ‘Perdurant Lives’

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Norwegian MARATON are known for their distinct and iconic soundscape, characterised by technical drums, earthquake-awakening bass, shimmering guitars and almost sacred vocals.

The band release a new music video for their single “Perdurant Lives”, watch it below.

About the new music video, singer Fredrik states:
“Perdurant Lives is a song about accepting that you will never be a perfect human being. A snippet from a life will always show that one is missing or seeking something. This video was made as a reflection of highs and lows. When ever you think you reached the the ultimate “peak-you”, the mind twist the success to reflect another dimension of problems/situations you have to deal with. Lets go in to the rabbit-hole together:
This is Perdurant Lives“

Maraton break boundaries between genres, creating progressive alternative rock with roaring bass, massive guitars and exceptional vocals. Described as “shamelessly melodic”, the band experiments with sounds and creates music that can be described as a dynamic journey through sensory impressions. Thematically, lines are drawn between the emotional and the philosophical, and the songs are based on human receptivity to new impressions and developments.
Maraton released their debut album “Meta” in 2019, with great success and very good reviews internationally. At the time of writing, the debut has almost 3 million plays on Spotify alone, and despite the pandemic and little opportunity for concerts, the band’s fan base is constantly growing.

The band has been praised for their fantastic and energetic live performances with such claims as: “Bergersen’s falsetto delivery is simply amazing” and “With a voice driven by power and clarity, I was left with goosebumps in places you did not know you could get goosebumps ” -Heavymetal.no.
Maraton have previously played at festivals such as Roskildefestivalen in Denmark, By:larm– and the Trondheim Rocks festival in Norway, and after the debut album they went on an extensive European tour with Leprous.

By combining and experimenting with different genres, the band creates a distinct and iconic soundscape that is characterized by technical drumming performed with mechanical precision, earthquake-awakening bass, shimmering guitars and almost sacred vocals.
Despite this strange and wonderful mix, the songs present themselves as surprisingly catchy, but at the same time timeless, and as something that should be enjoyed and absorbed through more than one listening. Maraton are finally back with new music, and the follow-up album “Unseen Color” is expected in the autumn of 2022.

LENA SCISSORHANDS Feat. DEATH DEALER UNION Release ‘Borderlines’ Video

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LENA SCISSORHANDS feat. DEATH DEALER UNION have released a video for ‘Borderlines’, via Napalm Records.

“My first song in collaboration with Death Dealer Union… It didn’t just help me stay busy and creative in the times of a big global depression but also worked as therapy in the times of need. I had fun collaborating with new musicians! Please enjoy ‘Borderlines.’” – Lena Scissorhands

“With all the amazing and talented bands of the last decade, we wanted to stand apart by capturing some of the foundational aspects of Metal and yet weave a strong thread of modern female fronted Nu-Metal but with no rules!“ – CC McKenna

Buy/Stream here: https://lnk.to/DDU-Borderlines

Lena Scissorhands featuring Death Dealer Union is an alternative power metal collaboration envisioned by drummer and main songwriter CC McKenna, a skilled veteran Los Angeles musician with vast experience as an actor, model and businessman.

Everything started when CC and the guitarist Doug Wei and started to compose music together during studio jam sessions.

After a few songs took shape in the recording studio, they auditioned several lead vocalists before the awesome Lena Scissorhands, a true rock/metal queen, wrote and featured some phenomenal lead vocals on Death Dealer Union songs.

The rest is history…

British Riff Machine VISCERA Return with Blasting New Single ’Sungazer’ + Announce UK Tour

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British riff machine VISCERA are back with their blasting new single ’Sungazer’.

The band comment of ‘Sungazer’: “We’re surrounded by this smoke screen lifestyle, where people base their comparisons of others through a diamond lens that leaves all the sh*t in the shadows…’Sungazer’ touches on that. Lyrically, it’s about becoming fixated on pursuits or people that ultimately have a negative impact on your mental state, to the point where you become cut off and disassociated with everyone around you. The distraction tactics we take on to escape from that, only to find yourself losing sight of the things that truly matter in your life and by then all the time has passed. We thought having the song set on another planet would be a cool way to symbolise that feeling of being cut off and alone.”

The song was produced by the band and mixed by Simone Pietroforte (Distant), with artwork by Jason Peppiatt (Psycroptic).

Stream here: http://orcd.co/sungazer

Viscera will be touring the UK in May, with support from Osiah. Dates:

19.05.22 UK Milton Keynes @ The Crauford Arms
20.05.22 UK London @ Boston Music Room
21.05.22 UK Brighton @ The Green Door Store
22.05.22 UK Bournemouth @ The Anvil
23.05.22 UK Bristol @ Rough Trade
24.05.22 UK Birmingham @ Dead Wax
25.05.22 UK Manchester @ The Star and Garter
26.05.22 UK Glasgow @ The Garage Attic
27.05.22 UK Leeds @ The Key Club
28.05.22 UK Nottingham @ Percy Picklebackers

Tickets from: http://lnk.to/VISCERA-UK2022

Featuring former members of Heart of a Coward, Abhorrent Decimation, Martyr Defiled, Nervecell and Surfaces, Viscera formed in 2019.

Inspired by the seminal 90s & 00s bands – notably Pantera, Meshuggah, At The Gates, The Black Dahlia Murder and Killswitch Engage –Viscera combine these influences with modern tech death and deathcore flavours. Combined with a potent blend of watertight syncopation, Viscera are undoubtedly a powerful emerging force to be reckoned with.

In their time the band have toured with Decapitated, Ingested, and Lorna Shore.

LIAR THIEF BANDIT Release New Single ‘Diamonds (Are Made Under Pressure)’

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Swedish power trio LIAR THIEF BANDIT shares the fourth single from their upcoming mini-album. “Diamonds (Are Made Under Pressure)” is a feel-good rock track with uplifting choruses and vibrant riffs. The track continues on a theme presented on the band’s latest album “Deadlights” (2021). Mike from the band explains:

“Diamonds (Are Made Under Pressure) is a love song and a continuation of Catch and Release from the Deadlights album. ‘Catch’ was about meeting someone new in an untimely way, ‘Diamonds’ is about nourishing what that relationship has grown to be. Dare to believe in the happiness you feel and you’ll find it easier to enjoy the present!“

Listen to the band’s new single through your favorite streaming platform or right here:

Liar Thief Bandit’s mini-album “Diamonds” will be released in September on The Sign Records. 

H.E.A.T Premiere Music Video for New Single ‘Back To The Rhythm’

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The heirs of 80s Hard Rock introduce the virtual world ‘H.E.A.T City’ with the elaborate and explosive new music video, premiered yesterday. H.E.A.T’s new album ‘Force Majeure’ will hit the streets on August 5th, 2022.

With the release of their new single ‘Back To The Rhythm’ the band opens the gates to an electrifying new world, which visually lays the foundation for the upcoming release. With the new music video, H.E.A.T not only prove their love for fun and creative music videos but also showcase their strength as performers – be it on stage or in front of the camera. Fasten your seatbelts – It’s getting hot and loud!

Listen to ‘Back To The Rhythm’ here: https://Heat.lnk.to/BackToTheRhythm

For most people, the last two years have probably been marked by exactly what has given H.E.A.T’s album its name – a “force majeure”.

But H.E.A.T definitely don’t let such force stop them, quite the opposite.

The band is back with original singer Kenny Leckremo on the lead, taking everyone on a speedy and energetic ride through H.E.A.T City!

Pre-order “Force Majeure” here: https://Heat.lnk.to/ForceMajeure

TRACKLISTING
1. BACK TO THE RYTHM
2. NATIONWIDE
3. TAINTED BLOOD
4. HOLLYWOOD
5. HARDER TO BREATHE
6. NOT FOR SALE
7. ONE OF US
8. HOLD YOUR FIRE
9. PARAMOUNT
10. DEMON EYES
11. WINGS OF AN AEROPLANE

From 9th April, the band will go on a big Scandinavian tour followed by an EU tour throughout May and will also have the first songs from the album in their luggage.

Since the band’s early days, starting from their song “1000 miles” – a huge hit in their Scandinavian home in 2009, media worldwide has been praising every one of the band’s albums as one of the best rock albums in the respective years.

H.E.A.T – OCTOBER 2022 UK TOUR
TICKETS: WWW.MYTICKET.CO.UK
with special guests
Mason Hill and Collateral

Leeds, Warehouse – Friday 14 October 2022
Wolverhampton, KK’s Steel Mill – Saturday 15 October 2022
Swansea, Patti Pavilion – Sunday 16 October 2022
Nottingham, Rescue Rooms – Monday 17 October 2022
London, Electric Brixton – Tuesday 18 October 2022

From The Vaults Release All-Danish Compilation “Heavy Metal Rock Vol. 1”

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Heavy metal is so much more than just music, or a music style. Since its very early beginnings, it gathered people under one flag, it gave to the rejected and misfits of society a sense of belonging and a “tribe” that cared for its members. Unlike many “specialists” predicted, the genre is alive and well more than 40 years after Tony Iommi invented the first heavy and downtuned rock’n’roll riff. More young bands jumping to the style wagon, more astonishing releases every day and new, young fans, discovering new and old bands and opening the doors to the heavy metal world, from which they’ll never go out again. 

From The Vaults is a label created to unite both ends of the heavy metal spectrum. With an A&R team that includes Michael Stützer (from Artillery fame) and Tom Noble (long-time Tygers Of Pan Tang manager), it was created to sign new fresh-blooded groups and old bands of musicians that are slowly realizing that their steady, married profiles can actually fit a “weekend warrior” life again. 

Enter “Heavy Metal Rock Vol. 1”. The label compilation compiled by Michael Hvolgaard Andersen, named after the genre-thematic Heavy Metal Rock Meeting festival that is to be held in Helsingør this March, brings you the best Danish bands signed to the label. From the spiked heavy metal of veterans Evil to the more melodic approach of Meridian, “Heavy Metal Rock, Vol. 1” is a catalog of what’s timeless, new and exciting in the genre right now, released exclusively in the most iconic heavy metal formats of all times: black vinyl.

“Heavy Metal Rock Vol. 1” is out today on LP (black vinyl, limited to 300 units) via From The Vaults. LP. Orders are available here.

Furthermore, you’ll be able to find some never-heard-before songs from bands such as Atro City, Mirage, Anoxia, Meridian, Pectora, Steel Inferno or Street Fighter (featuring Rasmus Bom Andersen of Diamond Head fame), while banging your head to the latest songs of Metal Cross, Evil and Alien Force, which have all recently released album on From The Vaults. The “treasures” department go straight to Mirage’s “The Emperor” and Atro City “Introseduction”, two heavy metal underground classics that see edition in black gold for the first time ever. All songs in the compilation were mastered at Angioni Studios by Marco Angioni. 

All good reasons to get your hands into one of the 300 copies of “Heavy Metal Rock Vol. 1”, a record that, more than a compilation, is a way of life statement. 

“Heavy Metal Rock Vol. 1” tracklist:

A1. Evil “Evil Never Dies
A2. Steel Inferno “Succubus”
A3. Wasted “The Flood”
A4. Street Fighter “Queen Of The Night”
A5. Meridian “Falling”
A6. Anoxia “Take Down The Mountains

B1. Metal Cross “My Time”
B2. Pectora “Son Of The Four”
B3. Mirage “The Emperor”
B4. Alien Force “Rebellions”
B5. Witch Cross “Metal Detector”
B6. Atro City “Introseduction”