Swedish Heavy Metal masters WOLF announced their return with a new studio album entitled ‘Shadowland’ last month! The album is set to be released on April 1st, 2022!
It is their 9th studio effort and the follow up to the 2020 release “Feeding The Machine”.
Now, the band has released the video for the album’s first single “Dust” which can be seen HERE.
Niklas Stalvind (vocals / guitar) comments:
“This is the opening track of our new album ‘Shadowland’. Classic uptempo Wolf metal, heavy and melodic. We hope you enjoy this one, because there’s more where that came from. Cheers!”
‘Shadowland’ is available for pre-order in the following formats: Black LP + Poster, White LP + Poster (limited to 300 / available at CM Distro), Transp. Red LP + Poster (limited to 300 / available at EMP), Transp. Orange LP + Poster (limited to 300 / Band exclusive), Ltd. CD Digipak, Digital Album.
“‘Death of Me’ is a song dedicated to that one single person or habit you can’t shake,” Jones explains. “A slow death hurts so much more. Ramon [Boutviseth] did a great job with directing this video and we hope you enjoy it. We’re excited to play the song for all of you on the ‘Atonement’ tour, which starts today!”
As mentioned by Jones, Light the Torch’s tour with Killswitch Engage and August Burns Red kicks off tonight, January 28, in Pittsburgh. It’s their first tour in support of the new album, which arrived last June. All dates are below.
LIGHT THE TORCH ON TOUR: WITH KILLSWITCH ENGAGE + AUGUST BURNS RED: 1/28 — Pittsburgh, PA — Stage AE 1/29 — Silver Spring, MD — Fillmore 1/31 — Stroudsburg, PA — Sherman Theater 2/2 — South Burlington, VT — Higher Ground 2/4 — Wallingford, CT — The Dome 2/5 — Portland, ME — State Theater 2/6 — Boston, MA — House of Blues 2/8 — New York, NY — Terminal 5 2/10 — Raleigh, NC — Ritz 2/11 — Atlanta, GA — Tabernacle 2/12 — Orlando, FL — House of Blues 2/14 — Houston, TX — House of Blues 2/15 — Dallas, TX — SouthSide Ballroom 2/17 — Tempe, AZ — The Marquee 2/18 — Los Angeles, CA — Wiltern 2/19 — Las Vegas, NV — Brooklyn Bowl 2/21 — Ventura, CA — Ventura Theater 2/22 — Riverside, CA — Municipal Auditorium 2/23 — San Francisco, CA — Warfield 2/25 — Spokane, WA — Knitting Factory 2/26 — Missoula, MT — Wilma Theater 2/27 — Seattle, WA — Showbox SoDo 3/1 — Boise, ID — Revolution 3/2 — Salt Lake City, UT — Complex 3/3 — Denver, CO — Fillmore 3/5 — Green Bay, WI — EPIC Event Center 3/6 — Minneapolis, MN — Fillmore 3/7 — Chicago, IL — Radius 3/8 — Columbus, OH — KEMBA Live! 3/10 — Detroit, MI — Fillmore 3/11 — Rochester, NY — Main Street Armory 3/12 — Philadelphia, PA — Franklin Music Hall
Split Screen Management has a huge pleasure to announce the signing of the Germany’s cult Thrashers NECRONOMICON!
The band’s guitarist and vocalist Freddy stated: “NECRONOMICON and Split Screen Management go on a joint mission! The world won’t be and may Never be same. Now it’s time to think about the future of the band and to start a new chapter going forward. Before signing the contract we talked intensively about the strategic outlines of our cooperation and we believe that with Split Screen Management the time has come to push NECRONOMICON to New heights and possibilities with a “strong voice” and to increase our audience worldwide. It is also essential to have an extensive network of professional contacts in order to emerge stronger from this difficult phase. We are pleased and excited to have taken this step.”
NECRONOMICON released their latest effort, the 10th studio album “The Final Chapter” on March 26th, 2021 via El Puerto Records.
Thrash Cult “Red Alert” is the musical direction of “The Final Chapter”, according to Freddy.
And yes, they are still there; maybe better and harder than ever. “The Final Chapter” is in essence a NEW chapter for NECRONOMICON. It’s the first time that the band has international members so the sound is different because of Rik Charron on the drums and Glen Shannon on lead guitar, but, oddly enough…you still know it’s NECRONOMICON due to founding member Freddy and his distinctive song writing style and Mr. Marco Lohrenz on bass and backing vocals. The songs on “The Final Chapter” are intricate, hard hitting, full force speed and power all in one package. There are songs on this album that will please everyone from power metallers to full on thrashers.
As with all the previous years, the album bears the unmistakable and signature sound of Achim Köhler who was responsible for the mixing and mastering. This album is tearing the roof down with a blistering Sonic assault and energy that NECRONOMICON are known for….. and maybe the final chapter….? Beware of the beast……!!!
NECRONOMICON’s Studio albums: 1985: Necronomicon 1987: Apocalyptic Nightmare (Gama-Records) 1988: Escalation (Gama-Records) 1994: Screams (D & S Records) 2004: Construction of Evil (Remedy-Records) 2008: Revenge of the Beast (Xtreem Music) 2012: Invictus (Massacre Records) 2015: Pathfinder… Between Heaven and Hell 2018: Unleashed Bastards (El Puerto Records) 2021: The Final Chapter (El Puerto Records)
Norwegian Symphonic Metallers NERGARD have released a lyric video for their cover of Judas Priest’s epic song ‘Blood Red Skies’ which was released through Pug-Nose Records on November 19th 2021.
Bandleader Andreas Nergård explains why he chose to cover this particular song:
To me “Blood Red Skies” is THE standout track on Judas Priest’s 1988 album Ram It Down, and it’s a criminally underrated song. Priest themselves didn’t play this song live until 23 years after the release of the album. We wanted to shine a light on this amazing track and at the same time pay our tribute to the metal gods. I’m sure Judas Priest means as much to any fan of metal as they do to me. The music we play wouldn’t exist without them.
When I started working on this song I wanted to give it a different sound from our latest album “Eternal White” which was heavily dominated by symphonic orchestras and choirs. I wanted to put more focus on the keyboards and industrial elements giving the production a more open sound. I think the general atmosphere of the song is very epic on its own and didn’t need the “over the top”- approach that EW had.
“Blood Red Skies” is the follow up to the bands critically acclaimed album “Eternal White” which was released in May 2021 through Pride & Joy Music. The band is currently working on their next album.
PATRIARCHS IN BLACK, the recently formed project by Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative/Danzig) and Dan Lorenzo ( Hades/Vessel of Light) were recently interviewed by Matt Hartnett from The CMS Network. Patriarchs In Black’s first single is ‘Demon of Regret’ which features Karl Agell (COC Blind/Lie Heavy) on vocals and Dave Neabore (Dog Eat Dog) on bass.
Kelly and Lorenzo have signed with Germany’s MDD Records and will release a full album later this year. The album will feature guests Dewey Bragg ( Kill Devil Hill), John Jd DeServio ( Black Label Society) , Eric J. Morgan ( Pale Horse Named Death) and Rob Traynor ( Black Water Rising) among others.
The episode is up now on all streaming platforms and the video is up on Spotify as well, check it out HERE.
The episode is also airing next Thursday, 2/3 on HeavyMetalTelevison.com
Listen to the first single ‘Demon of Regret’ from PATRIARCHS IN BLACK at THIS LOCATION.
All-star modern metal band IMONOLITH are back with new single ‘The Reign’, featuring guest vocals from Meshuggah legend Jens Kidman. A remixed version of the track from their critically acclaimed debut album State of Being, ‘The Reign’ will appear on the upcoming Progressions EP.
Jens Kidman‘s appearance is a huge endorsement for Imonolith, as he’s only been featured as a guest artist once before.
Drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen commented: “We decided to take one of our most popular songs, ‘The Reign’ from our debut album, State of Being, and do a remix of it as part of our upcoming Progressions EP, being released in March 2022. We saw the potential of how an industrial-type remix could sound and we felt this song deserved to be a standalone single. ‘The Reign’ features guest vocals by the mighty, Jens Kidman from Meshuggah. He absolutely killed it on his performance and that is yet another big reason why we felt this song deserved its own release as a revamped single.”
On the lyrics and production, Ryan continues: “The song is about how modern society tries to influence you and/or tells you how to live your life, when truly you should always do what you love and love what you do, not what others want. As for the production, Jason ‘JVP’ Van Poederooyen did a phenomenal job with the remix. It’s massive sounding and has a cool industrial twist to it. We’re all pumped on how this remix turned out!”
Imonolith are pleased to announce new members Oswin Wong (Threat Signal) on guitar and Conan Freeman (Punchdrunk) on bass. They replace Brian Waddell and Scott Whalen who have both decided to step down from touring.
The single follows the band’s stunning cover of Björk‘s ‘Army Of Me’, watch the lyric video here: https://youtu.be/Afe5NXbyM9A
Featuring drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen (Devin Townsend Project), Jon Howard (Threat Signal), guitarist Kai Huppunen (Methods of Mayhem, Noise Therapy), Imonolith are a collective of heavy-hitting players at the top of their game. Their 2020 debut album State of Being features special guest appearances from Jens Kidman (Meshuggah) and famed Swedish vocalist Johannes Eckerström and is made up of 10 hook-laden, riff-heavy tracks that centre around the theme of how people deal with various stages of life.
With extensive touring commencing April this year, you’ll be hearing a lot more from this ferocious new act very soon.
THE ROCK ALCHEMIST – Italian Rock Band from Turin with a strong sonic identity that blends modern rock with progressive, hard, alternative, and pop elements!
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
Metal Shock Finland (World Assault ) 