Long-time bassist for multi-platinum rockers QUIET RIOT, Chuck Wright, proudly presents the release of the first single from his new solo album. Wright has also worked alongside such rock music luminaries as Alice Cooper, Greg Allman, Ted Nugent, various members of Guns N’ Roses and Kiss to name a few, and now embarks on his first-ever solo excursion.
The first single is a hard-rocking, intense interpretation of Björk’s 1995 hit “Army of Me” and is accompanied by a video that represents Wright’s exploration into disorder and parallels with the recent chaotic state of world affairs. The visuals include a 3D animation of an “army” of Ruth Bader Ginsburgs, the late Supreme Court Justice, feminist icon, and steadfast advocate for women’s rights and gender equality. “I chose to recognize the late Justice Ginsburg in this video as she was such a formidable presence on and off the bench. She challenged the status quo knocking down legal obstacles to women’s equality and inspired an army of believers.”
The track “Army Of Me” features several of Wright’s musical peers including the late Pat Torpey (Mr. Big) on drums, guitarist Lanny Cordola (House of Lords), and Sven Martin (Jonathan Davis Band) on keyboards along with songstress Whitney Tai, the recent “Best Vocalist” winner at The Intercontinental Music Awards.
The full-length album from Chuck Wright’s Sheltering Sky, coming in 2022, features over 30 guest performers including members of Mr. Big, Skid Row, Tesla, Dream Theater, Great White, Asia, Jefferson Starship, acclaimed solo artists Allen Hinds, Toshi Yanagi, and many others. Wright is finally stepping out on his own with a wide range of genres, from Jazz Fusion, Prog, Funk to in-your-face Hard Rock, which was in itself one of the things that led him to want to forge his own way and create this unique collection of songs within his “Sheltering Sky” project.
Polish rock/metal/punk combo BLACK RIVER – feat. BEHEMOTH bass player ORION and DIMMU BORGIR drummer DARAY – will release their new single ‘Crossover Love’ digitally on December 7th, via Crusader Records / Golden Robot Records.
The label stated “BLACK RIVER’s hard-hitting single ‘Crossover Love’ came together through the band’s shared anger at the state of the world; one in which people are starving, species are dying out, and in many places there is nothing to breathe and yet the so-called civilisation doesn’t care about anything other than earning money at all costs. ‘Crossover Love’ is ferocious, whilst not sacrificing melody and it drives BLACK RIVER into new territory.”
BLACK RIVER are set to release their new album ‘Generation aXe‘ in 2022. More information TBA.
BLACK RIVER line-up: Maciej Taff – vocals Piotr „Kay” Wtulich – guitar Artur „Art” Kempa – guitar Tomasz „Orion” Wróblewski – bass (Behemoth) Dariusz „Daray” Brzozowski – drums (Dimmu Borgir)
Dariusz “Daray” Brzozowski is one of the most recognized drummers within the metal scene. Well known for his extreme drumming, blastbeats, precision and supersonic speeds, he earned his reputation through the years and was repeatedly valued for his achievements. Extensively touring the world with his bands. He played over a 1000 shows.
Born in 1980, he got his first kit at the age of 14. His story began with the band Vesania, and was continued in Vader, Masachist, Hunter, Black River. He’s also a session musician for multiple bands. Today, drumming for Vesania and Dimmu Borgir and being an active clinician and educator, he remains in the lead of worlds‘ uncompromising drummers.
Please Note, DARAY is available for studio sessions, drum clinics, as well as session drummer for tours etc. For further information, please contact tarja@splitscreenproduction.com.
Watch Daray Brzozowski (Meinl cymbal artist) performing “Dimmu Borgir“ off of Dimmu Borgir’s album “Abrahadabra“ at the 2016 Meinl Drum Festival: https://youtu.be/ioA5YrUDx6I
THE LURKING FEAR, the old-school Death Metal group from Sweden featuring members of At The Gates, Disfear, God Macabre, Skitsystem, Tormented and The Haunted in their illustrious line-up, are releasing their anxiously awaited sophomore album “Death, Madness, Horror, Decay” today via Century Media Records worldwide.
Consequently, The Lurking Fear are unveiling another new album’s track now. Check out “Funeral Abysss” in a lyric video created by Cloud Music Typography, based on the album’s artwork conceived by Stefan Thanneur, here:
The Lurking Fear lead guitarist Jonas Stålhammar commented about the track as follows: “Here’s another song off “Death, Madness, Horror, Decay” for you. This time we decided to go for a heavier one, because you do need some heaviness too, not only speed!”
And Stålhammar added the following about today’s album release: “Death, Madness, Horror, Decay” drops today and we feel this, our 2nd album, to be big step up from our debut “Out Of The Voiceless Grave”. More focused and more brutal. We’re really psyched for you all to hear it…”
The previously launched singles for The Lurking Fear’s “Death, Madness, Horror, Decay” album can be checked out in videos directed by Max Ljungberg here:
“Death, Madness, Horror, Decay” follows up The Lurking Fear’s acclaimed debut album “Out Of The Voiceless Grave” (2017), was recorded at Welfare Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden with Per Stålberg and Kalle Lilja, and also includes a special guest appearance by Chris Reifert (Autopsy, ex Death) on vocals for the track “Kaleidoscopic Mutations”. Here is the album’s tracklisting:
The Lurking Fear – “Death, Madness, Horror, Decay” (38:02):
10.-11.02.2022 Stockholm (Sweden) – Gefle Metal Cruise
More shows to be announced soon…
As the world awakens from the numbest of slumbers, The Lurking Fear are ready to unleash another stark dose of supernatural destruction via the fleshly reality of “Death, Madness, Horror, Decay”. The void beckons. Resistance is futile…
Orange County-based Hardcore titans IGNITE are back with the first single from their upcoming self-titled album! The new track, titled “The River”, is a high-energy affair that addresses the heavy subject matter of the toll felt by those who struggle with the US immigration system. Led by new lead vocalist Eli Santana (of Holy Grail fame), the band’s latest offering follows their ‘Anti-Complicity Anthem’ EP from earlier this year.
Speaking about the lyrical themes on their new single, the band comments, “‘The River’ takes a look at the dark and murky immigration issues that our country is facing at this very moment and the toll it is taking on children and their families.”
“The River” is out today (November 19th) on major digital/streaming platforms, and fans can watch the new music video for the track following this link: https://ignite.lnk.to/TheRiver-SingleID.
‘IGNITE’ will see a March 25th, 2022 release on Century Media. Stay tuned for details on the pre-order and more!
THE OCEAN have released the third video from their upcoming live album Phanerozoic Live (November 26th). The live album is a showcase of two live events performed by THE OCEAN – Live In Bremen (Part I) and Live At Roadburn Redux (Part II), and will be released by Metal Blade Records digitally worldwide. Fans eager for physical copies can pre-order the album in various formats at Pelagic Records.
Watch “Eocene” Now:
Phanerozoic Live Track Listing Phanerozoic Part I – Live in Bremen: 01. The Cambrian Explosion 02. Cambrian II 03. Ordovicium 04. Silurian 05. Devonian 06. The Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse 07. Permian
Phanerozoic Part II – Live At Roadburn Redux: 01. Triassic 02. Jurassic | Cretaceous 03. Palaeocene 04. Eocene 05. Oligocene 06. Miocene | Pliocene 07. Pleistocene 08. Holocene
In early 2021 with no end of lockdowns in sight, THE OCEAN decided to thank their fans for the support with two streaming concerts, performing both Phanerozoic albums in their entirety: Phanerozoic I was streamed live from Pier 2, a big hall in the port of Bremen, Germany on March 25, 2021. With more than 1,500 tickets sold, it was the most successful show of the popular “Club 100” streaming events series thus far.
The day after this event, the band rehearsed and recorded Phanerozoic II in its entirety. This performance aired on April 16th as part of the digital edition of Roadburn Festival (this year aptly named Roadburn Redux). Both shows couldn’t have been more different: where the first part boasts with a pompous, mesmerizing lighting production on a big stage, the second part is quite the opposite: intimate, almost cozy, focused on musicianship rather than performance. “We wanted to give people two totally different experiences“, says band leader Robin Staps. “In Bremen, we had the chance to record a proper live show, the way people know us. We played facing towards the front of the stage, to an invisible crowd, essentially to a huge empty room… but we knew people were watching, even if we didn’t see them. There was the same rush of adrenaline right before going on stage as you get before going on any stage, maybe with a little extra anxiety added, because knowing that so many people are watching you without being able to see them yourself was super weird.“
The fans response to these special events was another testimony to how much THE OCEAN connect with their crowd at home in this very intense way was an experience that was “oddly beautiful and frustrating in equal measure,” according to Staps. Now as restrictions begin to lift worldwide, THE OCEAN are more than ready to show fans in-person the power of Phanerozoic Live, with select shows starting this January.
THE OCEAN Tour Dates January 2022 – Europe with pg.lost, Hypno5e and Psychonaut: 07/01 – DE- Berlin, Hole44 08/01 – CZ – Prague, Nova Chmelnice 09/01 – AT – Vienna, Szene 10/01 – DE- Munich, Backstage 11/01 – IT – Milan, Legend 12/01 – CH – Lucerne, Sedel 13/01 – FR – Lyon, CCO Villeurbanne 14/01 – ES – Barcelona, Boveda 15/01 – ES – Madrid, Caracol 16/01 – PT – Lisbon, LAV 17/01 – ES – Bilbao, Stage Live 18/01 – FR – Toulouse, Rex 19/01 – FR – Bordeaux, Krakatoa 20/01 – FR – Nantes, Ferrailleur 21/01 – FR – Lille, The Black Lab 22/01 – NL – Utrecht, De Helling 23/01 – BE – Brussels, Botanique 24/01 – FR – Paris, Machine 25/01 – FR – Colmar, Grillen 26/01 – DE – Cologne, Gebäude9 27/01 – DE – Wiesbaden, Schlachthof 28/01 – DE – Hannover, Bei Chez Heinz 29/01 – DE – Osnabrück, Kleine Freiheit
March/April 2022 – U.S./Canada with Leprous 3/1/2022 Columbus, OH – Skully’s Music Diner 3/2/2022 Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Music Hall 3/3/2022 Pontiac, MI – The Crofoot Ballroom 3/4/2022 Toronto, ON – The Opera House – Toronto 3/5/2022 Montreal, QC – L’Astral 3/6/2022 Quebec City, QC – Imperial Bell 3/8/2022 Allston, MA – Brighton Music Hall 3/9/2022 New York, NY – Sony Hall 3/10/2022 Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live – Downstairs 3/11/2022 Washington, DC – Black Cat 3/12/2022 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle 3/13/2022 Charlotte, NC – The Underground – Charlotte 3/15/2022 Orlando, FL – The Beacham 3/16/2022 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West 3/17/2022 Nashville, TN – Exit / In 3/18/2022 Dallas, TX – Amplified Live 3/19/2022 Austin, TX – Come And Take It Live 3/21/2022 Mesa, AZ – Nile Theater 3/22/2022 Pomona, CA – The Glass House 3/23/2022 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles 3/24/2022 Berkeley, CA – Cornerstone Berkeley 3/25/2022 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre 3/26/2022 Vancouver, BC – The Rickshaw Theatre 3/27/2022 Seattle, WA – Neumos 3/29/2022 South Salt Lake, UT – The Commonwealth Room 3/30/2022 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater 3/31/2022 Lawrence, KS – Granada Theatre 4/1/2022 St. Paul, MN – Amsterdam Bar and Hall 4/2/2022 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
Norwegian melodic hardcore clan HALCYON DAYS unleash their new music videofor the track “Sleepwalking” – WATCH the music video HERE!
“Sleepwalking” is yet another banger from Halcyon Days’ critically acclaimed, brand new studio album “Keep Myself From Sinking”! The album is available on all streaming services, and you can listen to it in its entirety here: https://orcd.co/keepmyselfhd
Heavy, groovy, and always melodic is how we know the sound of Halcyon Days. The aggressive attitude of their sound takes the best out of metalcore’s breakdown affinity and atmospheric layers that might remind you of genre leaders like Architects, While She Sleeps, and Our Hollow, Our Home!
Halcyon Days – “Keep Myself From Sinking” Out Now!Order CD, LP & more HERE!Order digital album HERE!
Based out of Oslo, Norway, Halcyon Days have released two EP’s, and two albums since their beginning in 2012. Their debut album ‘.ELEVATE’ was frequently playlisted and recommended on Norway’s national radio, NRK P3. Two years after their debut album, they released their self-titled EP in 2016, scoring more than 350k total streams on digital platforms.
The EP was met with an amazing response worldwide, putting the band on the map outside of Norway. The band signed with Indie Recordings and released their second full-length album, with the title “Rain Soaked Pavements & Fresh Cut Grass” June 15 2018. Metal Trenches (US) stated that the album is “one of the better metalcore releases of the year”, while PureGrainAudio (CAN) defined it as “a superb example of melodic metal/hardcore.”
The release hit 1 Million streams on Spotify and landed the band their first big shows outside of Norway at festivals like Summer Breeze Open Air, Reeperbahn Festival and High Five Summerfest. The band have been working with legendary names in Metal as Daniel Bergstrand, Fredrik Thordendal and Henrik Udd for their third full-length album – “Keep Myself From Sinking” out now via Indie Recordings.
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