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DIAMOND HEAD Honored with First Tribute Album “Are We Evil?”

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The first ever DIAMOND HEAD tribute album entitled “Are We Evil?”, will be released in the first months of 2022. The compilation includes 9 heavy metal classics originally recorded by one of the most important and influential bands of the genre, DIAMOND HEAD, performed by young acts from Europe and North and South Americas: AMBUSH (Sweden), BLACK MASK (Mexico), CRYSTAL VIPER (Poland), KONQUEST (Italy), MIDNIGHT SPELL (United States), POUNDER (United States), RIOT CITY (Canada), TRAVELER (Canada) and TWISTED TOWER DIRE (United States).

The album has been produced and mastered by Bart Gabriel, who except working with acts such as SATAN, CIRITH UNGOL and SORTILEGE, previously produced RIOT, EXCITER and ANVIL tribute albums. Cover artwork of the album has been painted by Mario Lopez, Guatemalan artist who previously worked with acts such as CRYSTAL VIPER, EVIL INVADERS and TOXIK.

“Well done to all the bands that have put time and effort into making this happen. It’s the first time a bunch of DIAMOND HEAD songs have been covered for an album apart from METALLICA obvs. My favourite is AMBUSH’s version of “Canterbury”. It’s an awesome modern version and a great new arrangement. The singer does it proud. It’s so good it makes we want to revive the song for the current DIAMOND HEAD shows as we have not played this live since 1984! I also really like the new versions of “The Prince”, “It’s Electric”, “Streets Of Gold” and “Sweet & Innocent”. It’s a real success for me, I am very surprised and flattered, for some reason I wasn’t expecting this kind of quality” comments DIAMOND HEAD guitarist and founder, Brian Tatler.

“It was truly an interesting project, and it was super exciting to put this album together. Sure, many Metal fans immediatelly think of METALLICA when you mention DIAMOND HEAD, but there’s so much more there! They have an amazing back catalog, and they’re without a doubt one of the most important bands when it comes to Classic Heavy Metal, and Metal in general” says Bart Gabriel. “I’m also very happy that the album was officially „blessed” by Brian Tatler and his crew – he’s one of my favorite heavy metal guitarists, his riffs are absolutely stellar. That’s why the witch from “Am I Evil?” which you can see on the cover of the album (and who was inspired by the Hammer Films icon, Ingrid Pitt!), is holding Brian’s iconic Flying V guitar!” he adds.

CD & Digital version of the album will be released on Iron Oxide Records, while Lost Realm Records will take care of a limited deluxe vinyl LP edition.

More information:
www.ironoxiderecords.com and www.lostrealmrecords.com

JUNE 1974 Project’s New Album “Rebus” Out, Released First Song ‘Passion and Patience’, Feat. Guns N Roses’ Guitarist Richard Fortus

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JUNE 1974 is a music solo project created by Italian writer/composer Federico Romano at the end of 2010. He plays different kind of music from electro, dance to classic, rock metal, alternative, pop music. Till now he published tons of albums/singles that are available on all worldwide digital music stores by Visionaire Records. He collaborated and continues to collaborate with worldwide photographers, models, many artists for singles/album covers and with excellent musicians that appear as guests on his songs. June 1974 is an open mind project and it is music without any compromise.

New June 1974 “Rebus” album came out on 15 September 2021 on all worldwide digital music stores and it is composed by 12 songs near to Rock Alternative Blues Style. On first song “Passion and Patience”, which was recently released, there is a great guest solo of Richard Fortus (Guns N Roses guitarist).

“Rebus” coverart by Mark Kostabi, famous worldwide painter that created Guns N Roses “Use Your Illusions” cover albums.

June 1974 is:
Federico Romano: all instruments

More information at http://www.june1974.com

Stream “Passion and Patience” below.

LANINIA Release New Single ‘Mandatory Suicide’

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LaNinia – a heavy metal band from Poland presents new single from their recently released album “Tyrant”. A cover of Slayer’s song “Mandatory Suicide” can be viewed below.

„Our version of this track features Piotr Luczyk as a guest. He is a musical personality that had a big impact on the development of the Polish metal scene and made this cover even more special!”

“Tyrant” was released in November 2021.

This Polish band was formed in 2018 by two friends, Daniel Ludwiczak (guitar) and Janusz Duź (guitar). Their music is inspired by bands such as Sepultura, Vader, Biohazard and Acid Drinkers. Debut album entitled “Loneliness” (2018) is a reference to the passing of time, interpersonal interactions and what the world around us is today. It’s the album that goes back to the 90s, but it does not avoid modern sounds. New material entitled “Tyrant” consists of 11 compositions bearing a common denominator-tyranny, which is the main theme of the album. As the band explain: „In today’s difficult and uncertain times, we wanted to look at this phenomenon at a wider angle and present it from different perspectives.” The album fully shows the multidimensionality of the band and what it has to offer to both Polish and English speaking listeners. English lyrics, melodic vocals and guitar groove are the most characteristic features of LaNinia. Invited guests musicians not only showed up for the recording sessions, but also took active part in the creation of the music right from the beginning and left a significant mark on the final sound of the compositions. The album includes a cover version of „Mandatory Suicide” by Slayer.

“Tyrant” – tracklist:

1. Confession
2. Down With The Wicked
3. Not My Sin
4. My Tyrant
5. Mandatory Suicide (Slayer cover)
6. Eclipse Of Humanity
7. Fight Back
8. Malum In Se
9. Exterminate
10. The Dark Times Roll
11. Petrichor

Line-up
Mateusz Popis – vocal
Daniel Ludwiczak – guitars
Janusz Duź – guitars
Sergiusz Paszkiewicz – bass guitar
Karol Wiśniewski – drums

KVAEN Release New Single ‘The Great Below’ Feat. Jeff Loomis

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Following the critically acclaimed 2020- debut album, The Funeral Pyre, Sweden based solo-project KVAEN is gearing up for the release of its sophomore album, entitled The Great Below, which will be coming out on March 25 via Black Lion Records.

Founded and led by Jacob Björnfot, this time accompanied by drummer Tommi Tuhkala while Fredrik Andersson (ex Amon Amarth) serves as the live drummer for the band, KVAEN has taken everything to the max and created a successor even more grand than its debut. Featuring eight brand new songs packed with the band’s unique blend of Black Thrash, Pagan and Speed Metal, The Great Below picks up where its predecessor left off, with going even further in every aspect.

In support of the new album, KVAEN just shared a brand new video clip for the record’s title track, with a special guest appearance by none other than Jeff Loomis of mighty Arch Enemy.

Jacob Björnfot comments:“The Great Below is a violent mix of teutonic thrash, melodic black metal and chaotic speed metal and was one of the first songs I wrote for the album. I had the chorus written in my head, the melody was so catchy and when I sang the guitar line it all made perfect sense. The solo performed by Jeff Loomis gave the song a new life! Thank you, Jeff!“

Tracklist:

Cauldron Of Plagues
The Great Below
In Silence
Damnations Jaw
Sulphur Fire
Ensamvarg
Your Mighty Has Fallen
The Fire Within Him Burns

Building on The Funeral Pyre but taking everything to new levels, the upcoming album dosen’t stop surpassing there: KVAEN‘s forthcoming full-length features some high class, special guests on both solos and vocal duets such as Mike Wead, Jeff Loomis, Sebastian Ramstedt, Angus Norder, Nephente Fridell as well as a guest appearance by Finnish folk metal vocalist Vreth of Finntroll for the album closing track The Fire Within Him Burns.

The Great Below was mixed and mastered by Owe Inborr and is available for pre-order at THIS LOCATION

SCHIZOPHRENIA Share Crushing New Single ‘Sea Of Sorrow’

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Almost two years after the successful and critically debut EP, Voices, that took the underground scene by storm with its relentless blend of high-adrenaline Death Metal and groovy mid-tempo elements, Belgium’s Deathrashers SCHIZOPHRENIA are gearing up for the release of the band’s highly anticipated debut album. Set for release on February 17th and with nine brand new tracks spanning over 43 minutes, “Recollections Of The Insane” picks up where its predecessor left off, with going even further in every aspect.

Coming in the wake of the release of the album’s first single “Cranial Disintegration” (listen HERE), the four-piece now unleashed the second track “Sea Of Sorrow”, which is “a track that is a little bit of everything” as guitarist Romeo Promos Promopoulos states.”It grabs you by the throat and keeps squeezing every bit of air out. Taking you thru a journey about the darkest place a person can lose itself in. In the writing process we wanted to accomplish a merciless track that’s perfectly balanced with melodies and crazy tempo changes to really accentuate the feeling and emotion of it all. This is definitely one of my personal favourites from the album“.

Guitarist Marty Van Kerckhoven continues:”Raging at 230 beats per minute, Sea Of Sorrow is definitely one of the fastest, most brutal songs on the record. A long, complex composition process that merged elements of death metal, thrash metal and even incorporated oriental scales yielded a unique, heavy and progressive song. Rapid riffs paired with the slower, rhythmic middle section resulted in a composition that tells a story which provides a dismal, enigmatic atmosphere. I particularly enjoyed pushing our boundaries and challenging our compositional creativity along with creating compelling melodies for the lead sections.“

“Recollections Of The Insane” was produced by Francesco Paoli of Fleshgod Apocalypse and mixed/mastered at Y-PRODUCTION by Yarne Heylen and is available for pre-order at THIS LOCATION

Tracklist:

Divine Immolation
Cranial Disintegration
Sea of Sorrow
Monolith
Onwards to Fire
Souls of Retribution
Inside the Walls of Madness
Fall of the Damned
Stratified Realities

DYMYTRY Premiere Brand New Video For Title Track of Blistering Album ‘Revolt’

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January 14, 2022 will see Czech psy-core metal masters DYMYTRY release their sixth and first international studio album, Revolt, on German powerhouse label AFM Records!
After well over one thousand concerts in their home country, five successful records to date and a platinum award for their latest release Revolter, Dymytry has opted for a step that is unusual in two respects: Revolt, originally recorded exclusively in Czech, will be the first Dymytry album to also be released in English language, as well as introducing their new, additional singer Alen „A.L.“ Ljubic.!

“Four years ago we came up with the idea of expanding our musical operating radius beyond the Czech Republic. We probably wanted to get out of our comfort zone and try something new and different. After translating a few of our tracks into English, we started to look at the option of playing some shows abroad,” bassist Artur “R2R” Mikhaylov revealed earlier. After a joint single with German act Hämatom in September 2018, both bands went on tour together in October 2018; these were Dymytry‘s first shows outside their home country. Mikhaylov: “The tour proved to us that our music also works for an international audience, and in English.” So the band decided to take this remarkable step, and the band’s first international output, Revolt, will be released on January 14, 2022 through AFM Records. “We want to show to the world that there is great music in the Czech Republic, too,” Mikhaylov explains. “We feel that our first English album is a very strong record, we really put everything into it.“

After the previously released, first single ‘Chernobyl 2.0’, today Dymytry presents a brand new video clip for the blistering album title track Revolt! Says vocalist Alen: “We are stoked to present the opener and also title track of our upcoming international record “Revolt“, a heavy mosher, filled with catchy hooklines and a positive vibe that will get you pumped for even more of our songs, an invitation to become part of our ever growing Dymytry Family! Invoke the Hellions!”

All of the twelve, new album tracks on Revolt practically burst with a high-voltage energy, strong melodies and powerful rhythms driven by mercilessly modern metal. There’s every sign of a storm brewing when Dymytry, featuring its three main songwriters Mikhaylov, Jiri “Dymo” Urban and Jan “Gorgy” Görgel (both guitar) as well as with exciting guest appearances by Joakim Lindbäck Eriksson of Brothers Of Metal and ex- Rage guitarist Victor Smolski, will present its successful Revolt album to an international audience for the first time. Dymytry will continue to work with vocalist Protheus in the Czech Republic and with Alen on the international market, especially since the band think highly of both frontmen. Says Mikhaylov: “We’re really happy with how Alen has recorded the vocals on the ‘Revolt’ album. He has a fantastic and versatile voice, a broad range and really good energy, a combination which has infused our material with a new dimension and lots of power. Also he’s very passionate about the band, so we’re grateful to have him on board. Protheus is also an awesome front man with a charismatic voice, plus he’s got a huge talent for writing lyrics with a lot of depth and hidden meaning. In addition, he’s a dab hand at leading the audience.”

Revolt was produced by Kristian “Kohle” Kohlmannslehner & Hans Koch at the Kohlekeller / Babylon Studios, and will be available as CD Digipak and exclusive Boxset on January 14, 2022 via AFM Records. You can pre-order your copy now at THIS LOCATION!

Tracklisting: