Sludge & Post-Metal Behemoths SHOVEL Share Full Album Details

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Berlin-based sludge and post-metal heavy weights SHOVEL have announced new details about their upcoming, first-full-length album. The band’s self-titled debut will drop on May 27, 2022 via Italy’s powerhouse label Argonauta Records!

Ever since their first gig, SHOVEL created an immediate connection with the vibrant scene of Berlin, Germany, and following their colossal demo in 2019, they managed to establish themselves within the heavy music underground. The four-piece connects the immediacy of an intense riffage, existential screams and the elusiveness of otherworldly sounds and atmospheres. Emerging from the mud of sludge, doom and post-metal, their music travels through the openness and freedom of psychedelic textures to end up crawling in black metal claustrophobia and despair with an unconventional and distinct sound. Listen to the previously-released, first single and album opening track “VII-Havoc”:

“A couple of years ago, we started playing together; we were not even sure we were forming a band,” guitarist and vocalist Kostis Benning reveals. “Our sincere experimentation and dedication formed these songs- and these songs formed Shovel. Our debut album is for us a diary of feelings, thoughts and ideas during the years that passed. And all of these were so intense, that we collaborated with people whose vision and experience gave us the chance to form these ideas into the album you are about to listen to. Thanks to all the people that helped us, you that are listening to us and, of course, to Argonauta Records for making this all happen!”

SHOVEL‘s upcoming album was recorded live on tape at Big Snuff Studio, Berlin, by producer and engineer Richard Behrens (Kadavar, Samsara Blues Experiment, Elder). The album was mastered in The Atomic Garden Studio (California, USA) by Grammy nominated producer Jack Shirley (Amenra, Deafheaven, Oathbreaker). The artwork and layout was designed by étions formidables.

Slated for a digital release on May 27th via Argonauta Records with physical editions to follow, the pre-sale will be available soon THIS LOCATION!

Tracklist:

  1. VII. Havoc
  2. V. Mære
  3. VI. Scars of a Dark Past
  4. I. The Void
  5. III. The Fall of the Sun
  6. IV. A Case Against Optimism
  7. II. The Lake (feat. Vassilis Avgoustakis)

Iran’s HETEROCHROME Revisit Tragedy Through ‘Badbadak (The Flight)’

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Iran’s HETEROCHROME have a new album “From the Ashes” coming out this spring and the second single to entice listeners is the heavy “Badbadak (The Flight)”. Somber and driving in both topic and music, the single revisits the 2020 tragedy of flight 752. The band explains further:

“January of 2020 marked the tragedy of the Iranian Government shooting down the Ukrainian passenger airplane killing many of our loved ones including one of Mida’s old schoolmates. In the grief following that loss, Mida drew from an old school song called Badbadak (The Kite) and wrote this song. The music video represents the same suffering.”

The visually striking video was created by Mani Zonoozi who made it in a small aquarium with underwater equipment in the USA. It also features shots from Mida and Arash recorded in Canada and Finland.

The single and video for “Badbadak (The Flight)” can be heard below.

and at Bandcamp – https://heterochrome.bandcamp.com/track/the-flight

This is not the only song on the album to deal with dark subject matters, as a whole, it is a much deeper dive into the personal experiences of the band members than their debut. They hope that the fans appreciate the new path they are taking, and connect with the songs on the same personal level as them. Written as a concept album, each track forms a small part of a bigger picture, and while each serving is a unique story on its own the album has been tailored to be enjoyed as a whole.

Heterochrome started out with a melodic and emotional progressive sound, however over time they started to experiment with the alternative, electronic, and nu-metal genres as well, trying to find a balance to perfectly capture the essence of their sound between those styles and traditional Persian music. They are recommended listening for fans of Porcupine Tree, Gojira, and Draconian.

“From The Ashes” will be released on May 13, 2022.

The single and video for “Baraye Farda, For Tomorrow” can be seen and heard at https://youtu.be/NaTTGZdpQq4

Track Listing:​
1. Baraye Farda, For Tomorrow – 3:39
2. Badbadak, The Flight – 3:28
3. Rage Against The People – 4:34
4. WOTB – 4:10
5. The Bearing – 4:29
6. Transition – 2:22
7. Time’s Up – 3:06
8. Through Evil Within – 5:03
9. Sargardan, Wanderer – 3:20
10. The Outlaw – 7:20
Album Length: 41:21

China’s OU Release First Single + Video ‘Travel’ from Debut Album

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Progressive metal quartet OU (pronunciation: “O”) have announced that their debut album ‘One’ will be out on May 6th, 2022 on InsideOutMusic. The band have released the first single from the album “Travel.”

“One” will be available as Ltd. Edition CD Digipak, 180g Gatefold LP Edition and as Digital Album.

Watch the video for ‘Travel’ HERE

Pre-order here.

Swedish KAIPA Share Lyric Video for Title-Track of Upcoming Album “Urskog”

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Legendary Swedish progressive folk-fusion-rock band KAIPA are set to return with their 14th studio album titled ‘Urksog’. The new album is due out on April 29th, 2022 on InsideOutMusic. The album also features new drummer Darby Todd. 

The band is pleased to share the lyric video for the album’s first single, the title track “Urksog.” Check it out HERE

Get the limited CD Digipak, Gatefold 180g 2LP + CD & as Digital Album

Pre-order here.

JAMES LABRIE Announces New Album “Beautiful Shade of Grey”; Launches First Single ‘Devil in Drag’

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James LaBrie, known internationally as the vocalist for progressive metal icons Dream Theater, embarks on uncharted waters with his fourth solo album, titled ‘Beautiful Shade of Grey’, out on May 20th, 2022. Watch the Wayne Joyner-produced video for the album’s first single and opening track, “Devil In Drag” HERE

‘Beautiful Shade of Grey’ will be released as a Limited CD Digipak, 180g LP + CD & as Digital Album, with artwork by Thomas Ewerhard.

Pre-order here.

THE SAME RIVER Release New Single ‘Voyage\\The Great Sea’

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The track Voyage\\The Great Sea, from Greek rock group THE SAME RIVER, features two-parts. The first part (‘Voyage’) is life. The everlasting struggle from the day we are born until we draw our last breath. The fight with our inner demons, the fear of the unknown and the everyday effort we make to embrace the gift of existence. The second part (‘The Great Sea’), is afterlife. In many old myths from various civilisations, the passage to afterlife is commonly referred to as the great sea of souls. A place where unity is achieved. A place or a state where everyone becomes All. Musically the song is structured with the sense of constant movement, likening the waves of a sea and the journey of life and soul concurrently.

Voyage\\The Great Sea is taken from the forthcoming album Weight of the World from Greek heavy rock group The Same River. The album is set for release on May 13th, 2022 via Sliptrick Records and is already available to pre-order now from Shop Sliptrick at Dead Pulse …here

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