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AIRBOURNE Announce Fall 2022 North American Tour, Share Video for ‘Burnout the Nitro’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 7, 2022
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Aussie rockers AIRBOURNE have announced their Fall 2022 North American tour. The tour kicks off September 9 in New York City and runs through October 11 in Los Angeles. All dates are below.

Tickets are available for general on-sale on Friday, April 8 at 10am local time. Get tickets here.

The tour is the band’s first U.S. and Canadian run since the release of 2019’s Boneshaker. The band has also just released the video for “Burnout the Nitro” from the album. Watch it here.

“We are from Melbourne, the most locked down city in the world. Unleashed at last, Airbourne are the most set-free animals on the planet. Look out,” the band says. “They wouldn’t let us in for two years, and after this tour, they’ll never let us back. Get your tickets — NOW OR NEVER!!”

In other Airbourne news, the band’s song “Breakin’ Outta Hell” was recently featured on the Netflix series Cobra Kai.

AIRBOURNE ON TOUR:
9/9 — New York, NY — The Gramercy Theatre
9/10 — Philadelphia, PA — Underground Arts
9/11 — Boston, MA — Paradise Rock Club
9/15 — Quebec City, QC — St. Roch XP L’Impérial Bell
9/16 — Saguenay, QC — Festival Saint-Honoré dans l’Vent
9/17 — Montreal, QC — Corona Theatre
9/20 — Toronto, ON — The Opera House
9/22 — London, ON — London Music Hall
9/23 — Columbus, OH — Skully’s Music Diner
9/24 — Louisville, KY — Louder Than Life
9/26 — Chicago, IL — Bottom Lounge
9/27 — Minneapolis, MN — 7th Street Entry
9/28 — Winnipeg, MB — The Pyramid Cabaret
9/30 — Calgary, AB — The Palace
10/1 — Edmonton, AB — Midway
10/3 — Vancouver, BC — Commodore Ballroom
10/4 — Seattle, WA — Tractor Tavern
10/5 — Portland, OR — Doug Fir Lounge
10/7 — San Francisco, CA — Starline Social Club
10/8 — Sacramento, CA — Aftershock Festival
10/11 — Los Angeles, CA — Troubadour

SOCIETY 1 Release Official Music Video for New Single ‘I Never Saw You’, DV “Dirt” Karloff Documentary Out Now

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 7, 2022
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LA Based Industrial Metal band SOCIETY 1 has released the official music video for their new single, “I Never Saw You.” Written by Matt Zane, “I Never Saw You” is off of the band’s final album with the late bassist, Black Level Six, out NOW!

“The album is in memory of DV ‘Dirt’ Karloff. It is the last album we wrote and recorded together before his passing. The corresponding movie is entitled The Altered Noise. The album Black Level Six is the official movie soundtrack, which includes interviews with Dave Navarro, Raymond Herrera, Matt Zane and more.

Black Level Six is an experimental album. The idea was to ask the question, “What would a Society 1 album sound like if we recorded it in 1994 in a similar way that Nirvana recorded In Utero?” We heard they recorded the album in 6 days with Steve Albini and, of course, this was before Pro Tools. So some rules were set up for us such as ‘no vocal tune’ and ‘no copying and pasting vocals.’

The music was recorded in 4 days and guitar solos performed by Justin Manning were an additional day. Mixing took 5 days and was done by punk legend Greg Hetson of The Circle Jerks and Bad Religion.” – MATT ZANE

Black Level Six Track Listing

  1. Death Screams
  2. Bleed You Away
  3. I Am The Walrus
  4. The Ghost Remains
  5. Get Up Again
  6. Altered Noise
  7. I Never Saw You
  8. Love Is Dead
  9. While You Mourn
  10. Who Will Know
  11. Bleed In Me
  12. All For You
  13. Ride The Pain
  14. As I Die

Buy/stream Black Level Six HERE.

Watch The Altered Noise below.

The Matt Zane directed The Altered Noise follows Karloff through various phases of his career and also touches upon his incredibly successful profession as a tattoo artist that saw him inking up celebrities such as Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, and Steve-O.

“His life really was interesting, regardless if you’re a fan or not. He was this young guy from the cornfields of Indiana that came out to Hollywood and within eight months he’s touring the world and that was just the beginning of the story,” says Zane.

Catch SOCIETY 1 LIVE With Static X, Fear Factory, & DOPE:
02/25 @ The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
02/27 @ Roseland Theater – Portland, OR
02/28 @ The Showbox – Seattle, WA
03/01 @ Rickshaw Theater – Vancouver, CA
03/02 @ Knitting Factory Concert House – Spokane, WA
03/03 @ Revolution Concert House and Event Center – Garden City, ID
03/04 @ Virginia Street Brewhouse – Reno, NV
03/05 @ Ace Of Spades – Sacramento, CA
03/07 @ The Van Buren – Phoenix, AZ
03/08 @ The Historic El Rey Theater – Albuquerque, NM
03/09 @ Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK
03/10 @ House of Blues Dallas – Dallas, TX
03/11 @ The Aztec Theater- San Antonio, TX
03/12 @ House of Blues Houston – Houston, TX
03/14 @ Buckhead Theater – Atlanta, GA
03/15 @ The Plaza Live – Orlando, FL
03/16 @ The Underground – Fillmore Charlotte – Charlotte, NC
03/17 @ Baltimore Sound Stage – Baltimore, MD
03/18 @ Theatre of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA

VIRTUAL SYMMETRY Sign with Sensory Records, Release Fourth Album; to Support Evergrey on European Tour

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 7, 2022
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Sensory Records welcomes Swiss-Italian cinematic progressive metal outfit VIRTUAL SYMMETRY to the label’s roster.

VIRTUAL SYMMETRY’s Marco Pastorino states, “We are thrilled to announce that we are joining Sensory Records for the release of our next album! They are the best team possible to be part of for the next chapter of our career. We are working extremely hard to give you the best Virtual Symmetry album ever and we are looking forward to giving you more updates very soon!”

Label founder Ken Golden adds, “I’ve been following VIRTUAL SYMMETRY from their first release. Their style of progressive metal fits in perfectly with the Sensory roster. The band has steadily built-up a following in Switzerland, and we are looking forward to presenting them to a worldwide audience.”

Watch for details on the new album to post in the months ahead.

Meanwhile, VIRTUAL SYMMETRY has been confirmed alongside Fractal Universe as support on Evergrey’s extensive 2022 European tour, which runs from September 16th through October 23rd. See all confirmed tour dates and more at the VIRTUAL SYMMETRY official website HERE and at their various social media points.

VIRTUAL SYMMETRY was founded in 2009 as a solo project of guitarist Valerio Æsir Villa, when the first ideas for the debut album, Message From Eternity, began taking shape. The band’s lineup has since expanded to now include vocalist Marco Pastorino, keyboardist Marco “Mark” Bravi, bassist Alessandro Poppale, and drummer Alfonso Mocerino. The band is a revelation in the progressive metal universe, stunning their fans and listeners with influences which range from classical music to contemporary metal and a style characterized by epic suites, rich of cinematic elements and balance between melody and technique, leading the listeners through a dynamic and emotional journey in each track.

Among their live shows some honorable mentions are 2015’s debut live show with Evergrey and Dream Theater, 2017’s live show supporting Deep Purple’s keyboardist Don Airey.

Between 2018 and 2020 the band composed and produced their third album, Exoverse, which was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in Bath, UK, featuring many special guests, such as legendary drummer Thomas Lang, the return of Dream Theater’s keyboardist Jordan Rudess, saxophonist Ruben Paganelli, the symphonic orchestra Sinfonietta Consonus, and Evergrey’s Tom S. Englund.

SEVERE TORTURE Return with New EP And Sixth Full-Length Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 7, 2022
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Death Metal machine SEVERE TORTURE comes crushing down on this godforsaken planet to slaughter everything that stands in its way! And they come bearing great news! 

After 12 years of silence, the band returns with not only a brand new EP ‘Fisting the Sockets’, but also a brutal new chapter in the form of their sixth full length. New music will be released upon the masses soon, more brutal, eclectic and darker than ever!

SEVERE TORTURE comments: “We are stoked to partner up once more with Season of mist to release our new music. We are very proud of the new material and we feel the world really needs some good quality death metal to finally bring a spark of joy in this grim period in history.“

For a glimpse of what’s to come, check out SEVERE TORTURE‘s latest release ‘Slaughtered’ HERE

Brutal. Death. Metal. 

These words define the unique sound of the extreme metal that SEVERE TORTURE is known for since 1997. SEVERE TORTURE has been a constant force over the last 25 years, in presence as well as in their line-up. Their debut album “FEASTING ON BLOOD” was hailed as an instant classic in the early beginnings of the new wave of brutal death metal in 2001.

Ever since the release of their debut the band has toured extensively. Playing shows in North and South America, Mexico and their home continent Europe in support of the 5 albums they have released over the last 25 years. 

Since SEVERE TORTURE is about quality not quantity, they have been laying low since their latest album “SLAUGHTERED”, released in 2010. While still playing shows for the love of the genre, the band was in search of the brutality and energy needed for the material of a new SEVERE TORTURE album. This soul-searching led to the amical split with original drummer Seth in 2018, who was replaced 2018 by Damien Kerpentier. With renewed energy and focus the band started with a clean slate by writing new material, arguably their best material to this day.  

“FISTING THE SOCKETS” will be the first feat of SEVERE TORTURE in 12 years. The band has re-signed their deal with Season of Mist and if it wasn’t for a certain pandemic this upcoming EP “FISTING THE SOCKETS” was probably released much earlier. 

SEVERE TORTURE is currently recording their full-length album, to be released early 2023 through Season of Mist Records. 

ALESTORM Reveal Music Video for First Single ‘Magellan’s Expedition’ + Announce New Album Details

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 7, 2022
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[Photo Credit: Peter Lerch and Elliot Vernon]

It’s time to put on your pirate hat and inflate your rubber ducks, because the world-famous Pirate Metal Drinking Crew, ALESTORM, have just set sail on a new voyage with their seventh studio album, Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum, set for release on June 24, 2022 via Napalm Records. Pre-orders start now!

Alongside its pre-order kickoff, ALESTORM have released the charging first single from the new album, “Magellan’s Expedition” – an epic quest telling the tale of Ferdinand Magellan’s historical circumnavigation of the earth in 1522. The official video was filmed on location in a castle, features tons of pyro, and of course, a huge yellow laser-eyed rubber duck fighting a young maiden warrior, transforming her into a real, beautiful duck! Featuring majestic orchestral backing, whirling folky violins and huge Latin choirs, this song is classic ALESTORM like you haven’t heard in years – a real throwback to the early days of Captain Morgan’s Revenge!

The band spent two years during the lockdown going insane and frantically dredging up the craziest pirate metal anthems from their treasure chest of ideas, and have created the most epic and serious (yes, serious) sounding ALESTORM album you’ve ever heard. From the symphonic choir-powered “Magellan’s Expedition” to the rousing anthem “Under Blackened Banners” featuring intense technical riffing and exquisite solo duels, Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum is a real throwback to the early days of Captain Morgan’s Revenge. But fans of the modern ALESTORM sound need not worry either – there’s plenty of party mood in the aptly-named future hit song “P.A.R.T.Y.”, and the high speed, insane folk metal banger “Cannonball” has the most ridiculous and offensive lyrics you’ve ever heard in a pirate metal song (making “Fucked With an Anchor” sound tame).

Pre-Order Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum NOW

Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum track listing:
1. Magellan’s Expedition
2. The Battle of Cape Fear River
3. Cannonball
4. P.A.R.T.Y.
5. Under Blackened Banners
6. Magyarország
7. Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum
8. Bite the Hook Hand that Feeds
9. Return to Tortuga
10. Come to Brazil
11. Wooden Leg (Part III)

7’’ Single track listing:
Side A: Christmas With Alestorm
Side B: Nyár Van

As an extra special treat for the die-hard collector fans, some special editions come with a full acoustic rendition of the entire album, and there’s even a legendary version of the album FOR DOGS once again. In the Wooden Box only, there is a special 7” Single vinyl, including “Christmas with Alestorm” and “Nyár Van”.

ALESTORM live:
09.06.22 SE – Sölvesborg / Sweden Rock Festival
10.06.22 CH – Interlaken / Greenfield
11.06.22 NL – Leeuwarden / Into The Grave
12.06.22 UK – Donington / Download Festival
17.06.22 DK – Copenhagen / Copenhell
18.06.22 FR – Clisson / Hellfest
19.06.22 BE – Dessel / Graspop
01.07.22 ES – Barcelona / Barcelona Rock Fest
07.07.22 FI – Tampere / Sauna Open Air
08.07.22 FI – Oulu / Rock in the City
10.07.22 CZ – Vizovicze / Masters of Rock
15.07.22 BG – Mogilovo / Midalidare Rock
25.07.22 FR – Selestat / Rock Your Brain
29.07.22 UA – Ternopil / Faine Misto
05.08.22 ES – Villena / Leyendas Del Rock
06.08.22 FR – Saint Maurice / Sylak Open Air
19.08.22 DE – Dinkelsbuhl / Summer Breeze
20.08.22 DE – Hamburg / Elb Riot
26.08.22 DE – Haddeby / Baltic Open Air
10.09.22 DE – Selb / Festival Medieval

CELTIC HILLS’ Acclaimed New Album “Huldufólk” Gains 600k+ Listeners on Number1 Music in Less Than One Week

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 7, 2022
Posted in: Int. News, News. Tagged: CELTIC HILLS, Huldufólk. Leave a comment
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Italian legendary Speed/thrash metallers CELTIC HILLS unleashed their highly anticipated new album “Huldufólk” on April 1st, via Elevate Records, which is already receiving praising reviews from worldwide media.

If in Europe we are used to listen to music from Spotify, Bandcamp etc, in America, the most popular is Number1 Music and after the release of the new album “Huldufólk”, CELTIC HILLS are excited to receive the news that there have been already more than 600,000 listeners! “We feel like giving a big thank you to everyone who likes our music, because it’s great to share our passion with them.”

CELTIC HILLS at Number1 Music: https://www.n1m.com/celtichills

“Huldufolk” collects and relaunches the excellent reviews obtained from the previous work. “Huldufolk” is a record with a lot of melody but characterized by the speed that distinguishes Celtic Hills. The album was produced by Michele Guaitoli, singer of Temperance and Vision of Atlantis in the studios of the Groove Factory in Udine and for the realization of the cover again the talented Sheila Franco.

Band’s singer and guitarist Jonathan Vanderbilt on “Huldufólk”:
“Again this time we will talk about Friuli, and the theory is at work that the location of the American Air Force Base Aviano is used to control an ancient access to the underground world, which has been used by the pagan gods since ancient times. The magical rites of the inhabitants of the mountains and the places where elves, fairies and gnomes once lived among the people are revealed. There are already definitive titles such as The Sound of the Earth in F sharp minor. A text tells how you can use the beneficial energy of the trees at dawn to strengthen your energies, but there will be no lack of historical events that accompany every CELTIC HILLS album.”

Jonathan on the album cover artwork:
“The cover was again entrusted to Sheila Franco with the input of drawing a brighter cover, with the predominant green between the green that characterizes the MATRIX movie and the green of uncontaminated nature. A record in the balance between the enchanted world of legends, heroic deeds performed by people who wanted a better world. A record that looks to the past, projecting itself into a future to be built. A passing disc that wants to take past history with it to go further …to draw.”

The tracklisting reads the following:
1 – The Secret of the Grail
2 – Metal Message
3 – After The Eartquake
4 – Hidden Folk
5 – Green Forest
6 – Gate Of Hollow Earth
7 – Living Out Of The Egg
8 – The Sound Of Earth
9 – The Hammer Of Thor
10 – Villacher Kirktag
Bonus tracks
Words In Out (remix 2022)
Living Out Of The Egg sings by Simone Cescutti

“Huldufólk” is available on all digital platforms at https://li.sten.to/huldufolk!
Stream the album on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ktkccsliYa_VzPUz33lwl6Icexr7huqJk

Watch the recently videos from the album
‘Living out of the egg’ – https://youtu.be/j5NO2ym-Yq4
‘After the Earthquake’ – https://youtu.be/5duEIoowp9A


CELTIC HILLS’ latest effort “Mystai Keltoy” was released on May 15th 2021 via Elevate Records. Order the album here: http://smarturl.it/zr31wj

Watch/stream the videos from earlier albums:
‘The 7 Headed Dragon of Osoppo’ (Official Video) – https://youtu.be/Qn4cQykiyZg
‘Eden’ (Official Video), Feat. Germana Noage – https://youtu.be/5rWiTOzKdHI
‘Alliteratio’ (Official Audio) – https://youtu.be/jAG7A4G2t-E
‘The Blood Is Not Water’ (Official Video) – https://youtu.be/5SwaiwcMuho
‘The Tomorrow Of Our Sons’ (Official Video) – https://youtu.be/J6el2hinrqE
Guardian Of 7 Stars (Official Video) – https://youtu.be/odGPBPbEK6M
Blood Flows Down (Official Video) – https://youtu.be/9uDHXPp03PE
A Happy Abdicant King (Official Video) – https://youtu.be/kLaB9QfVAdU
Forum Julii (Official Lyric Video) – https://youtu.be/fMFSBhtx24U
Time (Official Video) – https://youtu.be/o-DCnVNYsbw
Warpriest (Official Video) – https://youtu.be/6kFIovUDn_c


CELTIC HILLS were born in 2010, in 2020 they sign a recording contract with Elevate Records with which they released the album “Blood over Intents” and the EP “Schrage Musik” both in 2020. In 2021 another album is out “Mystai Keltoy” produced and recorded by Michele Guaitoli singer of Temperance, Vision of Atlantis and Era. The style played is difficult to place in a single vein of metal, as there are many influences ranging from death to power, with sound elements that can also recall a certain type of 90’s thrash. The singing is quite varied, and for some listeners it may seem unusual in a metal band. power, speed and good melodic lines distinguish the band from others. Between 2010 and 2020 they released “Horns helmet fighters” and for the Slovak Music Globalliance they came out on international compilations on volumes 2,3,4. CELTIC HILLS’ new album “Huldufólk” was released on April 1st, 2022 via Elevate Records.

DISCOGRAPHY:
2010 • Horns Helmet Fighters • Demo
2020 • Blood Over Intents • Full-length
2020 • Schräge Music • EP
2021 • Mystai Keltoy • Full-length
2022 • Huldufólk • Full-length

More information at
BAND: https://www.facebook.com/CELTIC.HILLS.Official | https://www.n1m.com/celtichills/
MANAGEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/SplitScreenManagement | http://www.splitscreenproduction.com
LABEL: https://www.elevate2records.com

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