In celebration of 35 years of her classic album “Triumph And Agony”, DORO will release “Triumph And Agony Live” in various formats including CD, vinyl, cassette, Blu-ray, and a huge(!) limited vinyl edition on September 24th through Doro’s own label, Rare Diamonds Productions!
As the second digital single, the Metal Queen will release one of her biggest hits on September 10th: the mega ballad ‘Für Immer’. The live version of the song, like the entire album, was recorded at the Sweden Rock Festival and once again shows DORO and band in top form.
Watch ‘Für Immer’ right here:
Here’s the track list of “Triumph And Agony Live”: Legacy (Intro) Touch Of Evil I Rule The Ruins East Meets West Three Minute Warning Kiss Of Death Für Immer Cold, Cold World Make Time For Love Metal Tango All We Are
Order “Triumph And Agony Live” here: https://doro.lnk.to/Warlock-TriumphandAgonyLive
Doro says, “It was always my dream to play the “Triumph And Agony” album in its entirety live. The first time we did it was at Sweden Rock followed by a big tour in the USA and Spain, and more large festival shows like Graspop and Norway Rock.” Now it’s finally done: a great live album/Blu-ray called “Triumph And Agony Live”. Continues Doro, “It’s one of my favorite records we’ve ever done! It includes some of our big classic anthems like ‘All We Are,’ ‘Für Immer,’ and ‘I Rule The Ruins’ as well as fan favorites like ‘Metal Tango,’ ‘Three Minute Warning,’ ‘Kiss Of Death,’ and ‘East Meets West,’ not to forget headbanging album opener ‘Touch Of Evil.’ I’m super excited to let the fans hear and see it!”
Born as a brainchild in 2018 by ICONCRASH‘s and SWALLOW THE SUN’s Jaani Peuhu, and featuring members of CHILDREN OF BODOM,SLEEP OF MONSTERS & more, October 8th will see the release of “Killing Moons”, the highly anticipated debut album by Finland’s very own MERCURY CIRCLE. Featuring ten enthralling tracks, which differ wildly in expression and sonic aesthetics, the band’s upcoming record is a deeply powerful and majestic piece of music, truly representing a genre of its own. Dark metal infused soundscapes with powerful synth and electro waves are the breeding ground for a unique journey filled with painful departures to new beginnings, a spectacle in which hope and promises echoing loss and regret.
In support of their upcoming album, MERCURY CIRCLE just shared a new and epic lyric video for the track “The Gates Wide Open”, streaming here:
“I wrote this song as the opening track of the album so it has this long hypnotic intro which introduces the atmosphere of the whole album. It puts you into a mind-travelling state and takes you on the journey that is ‘KILLING MOONS’” band mastermind Jaani Peuhu states.
“Killing Moons” will be coming out on October 8th through Noble Demon and is available for pre-order HERE
Tracklist:
The Gates Wide Open
Black Mirrors
You Open Up The Earth
Killing Moons
Seven Archangels
Call On The Dark
Avalanche
An Arrow
Like Matches
Death Poem
MERCURY CIRCLE are: Jaani Peuhu – Vocals, Guitars, Synths (Iconcrash, Swallow the Sun, Hallatar) Jussi Hämäläinen – Guitars, Synths, Backing vocals (Hanging Garden, The Chant) Juppe Sutela – Guitars (To/Die/For) Ande Kiiski – Bass (Sleep of Monsters, Rytmihäiriö) Jaska Raatikainen – Drums (Children of Bodom)
Swedish death metal legends HYPOCRISY are back with the announcement of their new and thirteenth studio album! Highly anticipated by fans, as their last release was “End Of Disclosure” back in 2013 – the new album is titled “Worship” and is due for release on November 26th via Nuclear Blast.
The first single from the album, ‘Chemical Whore’ is out now and streaming on all digital platforms. Check out the video created by NASTROE Production and Agata Nigrovskaya:
Peter Tägtgren comments, “We’ve been recording this album here and there for two years and now it’s done! Maybe it was waiting for the right time as some songs are even more real now than a couple of years ago. Thank you all for your waiting. We’re really excited to officially announce we’re back!“
“Worship”will be available in the following formats:
CD Jewel
LP
Crystal Clear W/ Silver & Black Splatter (Exclusive to USA) (Limited to 600)
Blue/White Marbled (Exclusive to USA) (Limited to 500)
Transparent Blue/Black/White Marbled (Limited to 600)
Transparent Violet/Black Marbled (Limited to 400)
Black
Purple (Exclusive to Europe) (Limited to 100)
Crystal Clear (Exclusive to Europe) (Limited to 100)
Purple Tint Cassette (Limited to 250)
Box Set (Limited to 900)
Light Blue W/ Black Splatter
Cassette
To pre-save the album and for more details, as well as the chance to win gifts, visit the official HYPOCRISY website here.
It has been 8 long years since the last record, and HYPOCRISY fans can feel the itch. “WORSHIP” is 11 tracks of precise, ferocious musicianship. Commonly inspired by the fusion of the modern and the ancient, HYPOCRISY has once more found a way to combine innovative ideas with classic sound in order to deliver something metalheads can enjoyably consume with awe and brutal vigor. As usual, all recording and mixing took place at Tägtgren’s Abyss Studio AB in Sweden while mastering was completed by Svante Forsbäck at Chartmakers Audio Mastering. Designed by artist Blake Armstrong (KATAKLYSM, IN FLAMES, CARNIFEX, etc.), WORSHIP’s artwork speaks to the history of the relationship between humanity and extraterrestrials.
Below is the “Worship” Tracklist:
Worship
Chemical Whore
Greedy Bastards
Dead World
We’re The Walking Dead
Brotherhood Of The Serpent
Children Of The Gray
Another Day
They Will Arrive
Bug In The Net
Gods Of The Underground
HYPOCRISY is: Peter Tägtgren | Vocals, Guitars Mikael Hedlund | Bass Reidar Horghagen | Drums Thomas Elofsson | Session Guitarist
Germany’s Thrash Metallers BONDED are pleased to announce the worldwide release of their sophomore album “Into Blackness” on November 12th, 2021 via Century Media Records.
BONDED, the group by former Sodom members Bernd “Bernemann” Kost (Guitars) and Markus “Makka” Freiwald (Drums) alongside second guitarist Chris Tsitsis (ex-Suicidal Angels), bassist Marc Hauschild and vocalist Ingo Bajonczak (Assassin), have decided to stick to their guns and once again collaborated with producer Cornelius Rambadt (Sodom, Disbelief, Onkel Tom) at the Rambado Recording Studio in Essen, Germany and also had Björn Gooßes / Killustrations (Aborted, The Crown, Carnal Forge) create the album’s artwork (To be seen above!), just like on their critically acclaimed “Rest In Violence” debut album from 2020, which entered the official album charts in Germany at # 84.
A first single for “Into Blackness” has been released today and “Into The Blackness Of A Wartime Night” can be seen in a lyric clip designed by Cloud Music Typography here:
BONDED checked in with the following comment about the track: “We are happy and proud to present you a first song of the upcoming BONDED album “Into Blackness”. Entitled “Into The Blackness Of A Wartime Night”, this track contains all of the musical trademarks by BONDED at once: It’s riff-oriented, fast, with plenty of tempo changes and displaying a permanent contrast between brutality and melody. The intense lead guitar dueling and above all the memorable, powerful vocal lines make this a great representation of the new album. And this song could almost be understood as the album’s title track, as it is lyrically part of the 4-track war-themed storyline centerpiece inspired by the fictional book “The Division Of The Damned” by Richard Rhys Jones. We hope you enjoy this first foretaste of the album…and look out, as there is more coming your way soon!”
“Into Blackness” tracklist
The Arsonist
Watch (While The World Burns)
Lilith (Queen Of Blood)
The Holy Whore
Division Of The Damned
Into The Blackness Of A Wartime Night
Destroy The Things I Love
Final Stand
Ill-Minded Freak
Way Of The Knife
The Eyes Of Madness
The album’s limited first-pressing CD edition will come with O-Card packaging, a sticker and two bonus tracks: 12. Humanity On Sale and 13. Will To Survive. “Into Blackness” will also be available as 180g black vinyl on the LP format and the album’s pre-sale in its various formats starts today from here: https://bonded.lnk.to/IntoBlacknessPR
To promote the upcoming release of “Into Blackness”, BONDED will embark on a string of dates supporting Rage in November/December and have also confirmed various other shows as follows:
BONDED live 2021/2021: Supporting Rage:
TU 30.11.2021 Bratislava (Slovakia) – Randal Club WE 01.12.2021 Budapest (Hungary) – Analog Music Hall FR 03.12.2021 Mannheim (Germany) – 7er-Club SU 05.12.2021 Zlín (Czech Republic) – Masters of Rock Café MO 06.12.2021 Regensburg (Germany) – Airport Eventhall WE 08.12.2021 Stuttgart (Germany) – Universum TH 09.12.2021 Siegburg (Germany) – Kubana Live Club FR 10.12.2021 Nürnberg (Germany) – Hirsch SA 11.12.2021 Oss (The Netherlands) – Groene Engel Café SU 12.12.2021 Essen (Germany) – Turock
Bonded live:
SA 18.12.2021 Essen (Germany) – Zeche Carl / Endzeit Festival SU 26.12.2021 Meppen (Germany) – Kirmesplatz Nagelshof / Christmas Metal Meeting TH 24.03.2022 Vigo (Spain) – Pub Transylvania FR 25.03.2022 Madrid (Spain) – Wurlitzer Ballroom SA 26.03.2022 Burgos (Spain) – La Ciudadela SU 27.03.2022 Zaragoza (Spain) – Sala Utopía More shows to be announced soon…
Furthermore, you can also still check out BONDED’s debut album “Rest In Violence” here:
Today (September 10th), Swedish epic doom metallers SORCERER have released a new single – their tribute version of Rainbow‘s 1978 classic “Gates Of Babylon” – through Metal Blade Records! Watch the video for this cover song below.
Since Sorcerer‘s latest release, Lamenting Of The Innocent (2020), the pandemic restrictions have impacted the whole music scene and interfered with promotional aspirations and touring. While Sorcerer‘s main focus lies on creating new material for a fourth record with Metal Blade and moving forward, the vacuum of the pandemic offered the band some spare time for a fun side project.
Sorcerer had been playing with the idea to do a tribute cover for quite some time. But finding time to make an arrangement, record and even choosing a song always seemed challenging; many epic tracks appealing to the members had also already been covered. To bridge the period to their new album and also to shine some light in these dark days, Sorcerer felt the time was now to put that idea into action. Once they committed to it, the song choice was actually a no-brainer. Rainbow had always been a huge inspiration for all and influenced Sorcerer since the beginning, so it felt like an obvious choice to go for their anthem “Gates Of Babylon” – a track that hasn’t lost its magic decades after its release.
Regarding this cover project, Sorcerer guitarist Kristian Niemann says: “When trying to come up with a way to arrange ‘Gates Of Babylon’ and give it a different spin, I tried to imagine what it would’ve sounded like if Tony Iommi wrote it instead of Ritchie Blackmore. It probably would’ve been slower and heavier, possibly down-tuned a bit. We skipped the keyboard intro because it would be impossible to capture the magic of the original. We had a great time recording this single at SolnaSound Studios, and overall we are very happy with how it turned out. We hope our fans will dig it too.”
Sorcerer‘s “Gates Of Babylon” is now streaming on all digital platforms: metalblade.com/sorcerer
Thunderous German thrashers DESTRUCTION performed at Alcatraz Festival, which took place from 13th until 15th of August 2021 in Kortrijk, Belgium. Now Arte.tv has posted the full performance video online, watch it below.
DESTRUCTION stated: “For all fans that did not have the luck to see us LIVE at a festival this summer, we have the great news, that ARTE Concert has put our show now on their official famous video channel. Watch the full show (for free) there now”
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