It’s that time of year again. So break out the cookie cutters and get your sleigh bells polished and shined, ’cause Christmas is coming. And what better way to kick off the season than with a hammering Holiday track from Philadelphia rockers, CORNERS OF SANCTUARY (COS). The new, all original single, “Rockin’ the Holiday,” is the band’s latest addition to their annual array of merry metalment.
“We just love the Holiday season,” say COS guitarist Mick Michaels. “We say it every year but it’s true…we have so much fun putting a new track together…it’s definitely a highlight for us as a band.”
“Rockin’ the Holiday” is now available digitally on all popular download and streaming platforms through Exquisite Noise Records. The new single is also being bundled together with previous released Holiday songs from Corners of Sanctuary as part of their Merry Metal Xmas VIII 2021package.
Get the complete 2021Merry Metal Xmas VIII package at Apple Music
For a limited time, “Rockin’ the Holiday” will available as a free MP3 download exclusively at www.cornersofsanctuary.com/musiccatalog.html. Additionally, a limited number of CDs will also be available exclusively at the band’s upcoming live shows. A lyric video for the track has also been produced and is now streaming.
See “Rockin’ the Holiday” video here:
Along with their latest edition to the band’s Holiday escapades, COS will be releasing a new album, “Blood and Steel: Fight Till the End,” on November 26th through RFL Records (US) in celebration of the group’s 10 year anniversary.
“The last two years have been challenging for us all…to say the least. Everything seems to be touch and go still. So we are doing what we can to finish strong and rocket into 2022 with a vengeance!” added Michaels.
“Fight Till the End” will be made available digitally, on CD and as a limited number vinyl release. Visit RFL Records for more information and pre-ordering.
Wrapping up a recent show with The Three Tremors, Corners of Sanctuary will also be performing a string of West Coast dates, presented by Keep it Metal Promotions, which include a return performance at the legendary Whisky A Go-Go in Hollywood, CA, with Kill Devil Hill. See show schedule below.
Show schedule: November 20th – The Metal Feast – The Rusty Nail – Ardmore, PA December 2nd – Whisky A Go-Go w/Kill Devil Hill – Hollywood, CA December 3rd – World Famous Doll Hut, Anaheim, CA December 4th – Operation: Desert Scream – Rasta Rita Cantina, Twentynine Palms, CA
Post-punk alt rockers JOY/DISASTER have released the first of four live video series for the song ‘Fade Away‘, recorded and mastered by Gorgor at Studio de la Forge on October 30th, 2021. The track is taken from the band’s 2007 album “Paranoia“.
Watch the live video ‘Fade Away’ here:
Next live video at Studio De La Forge for ‘Close’ will be unleashed on November 30th.
JOY/DISASTER’s new album ‘From Stars To Angels’, includes 14 intimate tracks which trace the evolution of emotions during a period of isolation. ‘From Stars To Angels’ is available on all major platforms since September 10th 2021.
Photo by Maxime Bozzolo
JOY/DISASTER commented on the recording sessions: “Composed during the confinement period between March and May 2020, FROM STARS TO ANGELS is an album bringing together very intimate tracks and which traces the evolution of emotions during a period of isolation. Each of us has taken a different look at the world, the media, nature and it is these developments that have given aggressive and melancholic nuances transcribed on these songs. Given the difficulties in being able to move around, only the drums were recorded in DIY studio conditions but for the rest of the recordings, everyone recorded at home and then sent the tracks for mixing and mastering.”
About the musical style, the band adds: “We do not respect musical codes, each album is different even if we find common sounds and harmonies, and we’re always trying to find new creative methods to express ourselves through the music. Every new thing brings joys and disappointments, but that’s why we keep our rock’n roll spirit!”
DARK WINTER FESTIVAL (Belgium) – Saturday 22nd, January 2022
BUTTONBRAKE EVENT (Germany) – Saturday 26th, February 2022
KUNST IM GEWACHSHAUS (Germany) – Saturday 4th, June 2022
Since 2005, JOY/DISASTER plays post-punk and alternative rock that combines many influences from the 80’s to the 90’s. Their innovatives arrangements create an universe with a perfect balance between the old memories and modern music creativity.
Line-up: Nicolas ROHR (Lead Vox & Guitar) Simon BONNAFOUS (Guitar) Soupa RUNDSTADLER (Bass & Backing Vox) Sébastien MASSUL (Drums)
CRASHDÏET are one of the biggest names in the glam metal/sleaze rock scene and the band recently signed to global rock powerhouse label Golden Robot Records.
CRASHDÏET are back in the studio working on their 6th studio album, due out early 2022 and have delivered a taste of what’s to come with their new single ‘No Man’s Land’ which is out now on all digital platforms. ‘No Man’s Land’ is also accompanied by a killer video clip.
‘No Man’s Land’ is the first single from CRASHDÏET’s new studio album, which will be their first since 2019’s Rust. The single is sung with powerful and precise vocals, surrounded by thick driving bass, heavy guitar chops, rock-solid drums and scintillating production. ‘No Man’s Land’ is a story about looking inwards and moving forward, no matter the cost. ‘No Man’s Land’ sees the band on top of their game and once again proving Sweden as a world leader in this genre.
Back in January 2020, SCHIZOPHRENIA came out of nowhere with their self-released debut EP “Voices” to hit the Extreme Metal underground like a bomb. With a relentless cocktail of high-adrenaline Death Metal and groovy mid-tempo elements, the band took the heavy scene by storm and soon became known for their distinctively heavy yet dynamic sound, bursting with detail and intensity.
Today, the four-piece from Antwerp, Belgium, revealed the first details of their highly anticipated debut studio album “Recollections Of The Insane“, which will see the light of day on February 17th, 2022. With nine brand new tracks spanning over 43 minutes, the band’s upcoming record picks up where “Voices” left off, with going even further in every aspect, sometimes even flirting with some melodic Death/Black Metal influences! Morbid Angel, Demolition Hammer, Slayer, early Sepultura, Dissection, Death, At The Gates, Obituary, Bolt Thrower, Pestilence…if any of these bands already gets you going, then imagine a blend of all of them combined with SCHIZOPHRENIA’s unique and fresh interpretation of Extreme Metal!
Despite various offers from worldwide record labels, the band has once again decided to release the album on their own and fully DIY, as it currently feels like the right way to go, and in order to present the most authentic version of themselves.
To shorten your wait for “Recollections Of The Insane“, SCHIZOPHRENIA just released a first and intense album single, one that will most likely leave you with a hunger for more! Watch the brand new video clip for “Cranial Disintegration” here:
Ricky Mandozzi (vocals, bass) on “Cranial Disintegration”: “This is by far my favorite song of the album. It shows the evolution of Schizophrenia’s songwriting with a mix of melody and brutality topped with some gory lyrics. Cranial Disintegration was a lot of fun to write and record and I’m looking forward to performing it in front of our fans. I hope they will enjoy the song as much as we did writing it.” Lorenzo Vissol (drums) on the album:”This album is the result of a very intense work in which each of us has explored his own musicality. After our debut EP we felt that we still had much to say and much to express. We also felt that we had evolved musically both as a band, forming a solid unit, and as individual musicians. When starting the composition process, we wanted to express exactly that and I think ‘Recollections of the Insane’ succeeded in doing so. Each one of us has pushed himself to the fullest and beyond in order to put his own personality into each song, but also in order to make each track of this album unique. The result is a complete collective effort in which each song lives for its own while still creating a whole. In my opinion this is what will make the strength of this album and define it.
We wanted our music to be more extreme and aggressive but, more importantly, we also wanted to add more depth to it. We didn’t want the music to be aggressive just for the sake of it, it needed to tell stories in which the listener would be carried from start to finish. Those would be stories of insane minds! Overall the composition is more complex, the melodies are more developed and tempos are faster. We introduced blast beats and some more melodic moments. However, while the music is more intense and relentless it is also more eerie and dynamic.
We hope listeners will appreciate ‘Recollection of the Insane’ as much as we enjoyed diving into its composition and we certainly can’t wait to hit the stage with our new material“
Tracklist reads as follows:
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
The album was produced by Francesco Paoli of Fleshgod Apocalypse and mixed/mastered at Y-PRODUCTION by Yarne Heylen. Artwork, drawings and layout by Khaos Diktator Design.
“Recollections Of The Insane” will be coming out February 17th 2022 and is now available for pre-order through SCHIZOPHRENIA‘s BIG CARTEL or in North America via Redefining Darkness Records HEREor at THIS LOCATION
SCHIZOPHRENIA on tour w/ Evil Invaders:
24.02.2022 DE Frankfurt – Nachtleben 25.02.2022 DE Bochum – Rockpalast 26.02.2022 DE Hamburg – Headcrash 27.02.2022 DE Hannover – Café Glocksee 28.02.2022 CZ Prague – Modra Vopice 01.03.2022 HU Budapest – Dürer Kert 03.03.2022 AT Dornbirn – Schlachthaus Dornbirn 04.03.2022 CH Sursee – Kulturwerk 118 05.03.2022 CH Martigny – Les Caves Du Manoir 07.03.2022 FR Lyon – Rock ‘n’ Eat 09.03.2022 ES Barcelona – Sala Wolf 10.03.2022 ES Madrid – Sala Rockville 11.03.2022 PT Lisbon – Side B Rocks 12.03.2022 ES Vigo – Sala Master 13.03.2022 ES Vitoria – Urban Rock Concept 14.03.2022 FR Nantes – Ferrailleur 16.03.2022 FR Paris – Gibus 18.03.2022 DE Cologne – MTC 19.03.2022 DE Berlin – Cassiopeia 20.03.2022 PL Danzig – Drizzly Grizzly 21.03.2022 PL Warsaw – Hydrozagadka 22.03.2022 PL Krakow – Klub Z 23.03.2022 DE Dresden – Chemiefabrik 24.03.2022 DE Munich – Backstage 25.03.2022 AT Vienna – Escape 26.03.2022 DE Stuttgart – Club Zentral 02.04.2022 BE Antwerp – Trix 08.04.2022 NL Groningen – Simplon 09.04.2022 NL Haarlem – Patronaat 15.04.2022 NL Oss – Groene Engel 16.04.2022 NL Rotterdam – Baroeg
SCHIZOPHRENIA are:
Ricky Mandozzi: Bass & vocals Romeo Promos Promopoulos: Lead & rhythm guitar Marty Van Kerckhoven: Lead & rhythm guitar Lorenzo Vissol: Drums
December 3rd will see the release of “Geist und Hexerei”, the debut full-length album by Swiss Black Metal duo ERNTE! Inspired by ancient spirits, as well as cold and barren landscapes, the band’s upcoming record features eight relentless tracks of True Hellvetic Black Metal with an undeniable preference for Nordic melodies. In support of the new album, the band just shared a brand new video clip for the haunting track “The Ending Void”.
Being well aware of how to invade the darker side of your soul, the two members of ERNTE are by far no strangers to the scene. After almost 20 years of creating dark ambient music, photography, painting and graphic art, V. Noir decided that it was time to return to the roots: In 2020 his long-time passion for Black Metal found a form of expression in ERNTE, where he is the main songwriter, guitar player and responsible for recording and programming. In Witch N. (vocals, bass, violin) he found an appropriate and experienced co-musician, who played bass and violin in the all-girl Doom Band shEver (2003 – 2012, Svart Records / TotalRust Music) before she started as front woman in the Swiss Black/Doom Band Ashtar (since 2013, Eisenwald, Throne Records).
Recorded and mixed by V. Noir between October 2020 and February 2021 and mastered by Greg Chandler (Priory Recording Studios, UK), “Geist und Hexerei” will be coming out December 3rd via Vendetta Records and is now available for pre-order here:
Greek/Swedish melodic death metal stars NIGHTRAGE return with their latest creatin ‘Abyss Rising’. The final part in the trilogy of albums (starting with 2017’s ‘The Venomous’ continuing with 2019’s ‘Wolf to Man’), ‘Abyss Rising’ is Nightrage’s vision where man has finally reached their own hell on Earth. Inspired in part by Dante’s ‘Inferno’, the album explores man’s continual destruction of the world we live in until the abyss opens up to consume all before it. The artwork for the album (created by the phenomenal Jon Tousas) features seven arrows that represent the seven deadly sins, seen killing the three birds of innocence, highlighting the downfall of humankind. Musically the band have embraced a harder, faster, and brutal approach, still rich in melodic intent but characteristically heavy and aggressive. Mixed and mastered by Fredrik Nordstrom at Studio Fredman (Architects, In Flames, Opeth, etc.) ‘Abyss Rising’ is a formidable sonic masterpiece. The album will be released 18th of February 2022.
Nightrage have released their third single called ‘Nauseating Oblivion‘ from the upcoming album ‘Abyss Rising’. This songportraitsthe album very well with the dark riffs and sharpness.
About the new single: Nauseating Oblivion is a different kind of song that I and Magnus composed and has darker riffs, and ominous and eerie atmosphere. Love the fact that even if we have different ideas, we always manage to make them fit for the signature style of the band without losing our songwriting identity. We love dynamics and the riffs on the song are very sharp and melodic, plus the clean vocal break in the middle of the song, brings some Pink Floyd vibes. Ronnie’s lyrics is about how we humans have destroyed not only our planet but also now is killing our own civilization. All we humans are smart enough to know this but instead of engollaging that fact and try to do anything about it, we instead put our heads in the sand ignoring it all. We let us all slip in to the sweet carefree state of oblivion at the same time as our world is falling apart around us. We reap the fruits of our own betrayal!! // Marios
To me, Nauseating Oblivion truly embraces what the album concept wants to portray, a wasteland, the present landscape of something that was… Something sweet that only lives in you memory to torment your soul everytime you think about what’s lost, unable to escape that feeling, like the itch caused on severed limb… It’s a song that has a dark and agressive feeling that is dangerous and genuine. It takes you to a place where you can release all your anger and frustration but at the same time traps you in a soft passage that reminds you how insignificant we are… Just simple note in an endless melody… I love the dynamics and how the second half of the song changes completely into a more proggy ascending guitar riffs with lots of metallic sounding drums, beautiful guitar melodies and bass arpegios… This song has everything I want in a metal track… it’s the Answer to a question that you didn’t know existed but now you’re unable to ignore. // Franco
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
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