Prosthetic Records is thrilled to announce the signing of Maryland trio, YATRA. The band has recently been in the studio working on their debut release under the Prosthetic banner, the follow up to 2020’s All Is Lost long player – which took a turn away from doom and dived headlong into an old school death metal vibe. YATRA will hit the road later this week for a run of dates – including a string of shows with High Reeper – full dates are below.
Of the signing to Prosthetic the band commented: “We are very happy to be working with Prosthetic Records, and super excited about this new album that we have just recorded. It is our best album yet, and a crucial step for us in the evolution of YATRA as a band, in the darkness of this changing world we are living in. “
Since their inception, just four short years ago, YATRA have released three full length albums; their appetite for quantity may be voracious but they haven’t compromised on quality. Their take on sludgy death metal is served up blackened around the edges. Stay tuned for more YATRA news in the coming months.
YATRA US tour
August 13 – Sam’s Uptown – Charleston, WV August 14 – Oliver Brewing – Baltimore, MD August 19 – Odditorium – Asheville, NC August 20 – Flicker – Athens, GA August 21 – Freetown – Lafayeyye, LA August 22 – Santos Bar – New Orleans, LA August 24 – Lamplighter – Memphis, TN August 25 – Milestone – Charlotte, NC August 26 – Empty Bottle – Chicago, IL August 27 – Black Circle – Indianapolis, IN August 28 – Remedy – Pittsburg, PA August 29 – Westside Bowl – Youngstown, OH * August 30 – Alchemy – Providence, RI* August 31 – 33 Golden Street – New London, CT* September 02 – Bar Freda – Queens, NY* September 03 – Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA* September 04 – Cafe 611 – Frederick, MD*
Split Screen Management has a huge pleasure to announce the signing of the post-punk alternative rockers JOY/DISASTER! Furthermore the band’s new album is ready for release this Fall. More information TBA.
The band comments: “After sixteen years to work like DIY band, we’ve decided to start this partnership with SPLIT SCREEN MANAGEMENT because they are totally fits with the spirit of the band. A lot of humanity, good changes and ideas to give to JOY/DISASTER a way to grow up.”
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.
JOY/DISASTER’s upcoming shows:
DARK WINTER FESTIVAL (Belgium) – Saturday 22nd, January 2022
BUTTONBRAKE EVENT (Germany) – Saturday 26th, February 2022
KUNST IM GEWACHSHAUS (Germany) – Saturday 4th, June 2022
Atlanta black metal outfit CLOAK will be headlining a U.S. tour across the East Coast and Midwest this fall! The trek will kick off on October 28 in Lexington, KY and will conclude in the band’s hometown on November 14! The full run of dates can be found below and you can find more information HERE.
CLOAK will be supporting 2019’s ‘The Burning Dawn,’ which was named one of the Best Albums of the year by Metal Insider (#6), A&P Reacts (#8), Treble Zine (#11), and others.
The album can be streamed, downloaded, and ordered HERE.
Texan black metal battalion NECROFIER are kicking off their Texas tour dates today, August 11 in San Antonio! The band will be supporting GOATWHORE and the five date trek will conclude on the 15th in the band’s hometown of Houston. Tickets are available now at THIS LOCATION.
The full run of dates can be found below!
NECROFIER will be unleashing their debut full-length record, ‘Prophecies of Eternal Darkness,’ onto the masses on October 22 via Season of Mist Underground Activists! The band previously released the fiery first single, “The Black Flame Burns,” along with an official music video, which can be found at THIS LOCATION.
‘Prophecies of Eternal Darkness’ is available for pre-orders HERE
NECROFIER Tour Dates (w/ GOATWHORE + FROZEN SOUL): 8/11: San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger [TICKETS // EVENT LINK] 8/12: Corpus Christi, TX @ House of Rock [TICKETS // EVENT LINK] 8/13: Austin, TX @ The Lost Well **SOLD OUT** 8/14: Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar & Grill* [TICKETS // EVENT LINK] 8/15: Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall [TICKETS // EVENT LINK] *No Frozen Soul
The cover artwork for ‘Prophecies of Eternal Darkness’ was created by Burney.
Tracklist: 1. The Black Flame Burns [WATCH] 2. Darker than the night 3. Madness Descends 4. Return to Chaos 5. Death Comes to Us All 6. Unholy Hunger 7. Betrayal of the Queen 8. Plaque Requiem Total Running Time: 34:32
Legendary German thrash metal powerhouse DESTRUCTION is launching an all devastating, neck-breaking Live Attack onto the masses! The new BluRay/CD live event, including some pre- and after-show bonus content, will be released this Friday, August 13 via Napalm Records.
Today, DESTRUCTION strike their listeners with another glimpse of Live Attack, releasing the third single and video for “Death Trap”. Cut from their first full-length, Infernal Overkill (1985), the fabulous foursome implores incredibly honest riffing and rumbling thrash inferno straight to their loyal fans at home!
SCHMIER states: “This is a true 80s jewel and a fan demand. I still love to play this song live, even after all these years! The great mix of classics and new anthems is the big plus of Live Attack – and of course the playing time of nearly two hours!”
Founded back in 1982 and since their first demo, followed by debut EP, Sentence Of Death (1984) and first full-length, Infernal Overkill (1985), the German foursome DESTRUCTION has turned heads and broken necks with their incredibly honest and uncompromising thrash metal power. Now, 39 years into their unstoppable rampage of a career, DESTRUCTION bring the power of hard-hitting drums, speedy riffs and punishing vocals to the comfort of your home on the new BluRay & 2 Audio CD’s, Live Attack! It follows their latest record, Born To Perish (#26 GER album charts), recalling a nearly two hour live stream attack the heavy steamroller unleashed in January this year.
DESTRUCTION on their first release with Napalm Records: “This show at our fave club, the Z7 in Switzerland, was a really special one in the middle of this dreadful pandemic! When we recorded it as a live stream on the 1st of January, it gave us hope back and connected us with the fans worldwide! Many supporters demanded to release it in physical form, so we had to make it happen. The setlist reflects four decades of DESTRUCTION with an almost two hour best-of setlist, which includes some really rare live tracks! It was for sure a night to remember… we hope you all enjoy it as much as we did!”
When the music world was forced to shut down venues and cancel tours for an indefinite period of time, DESTRUCTION came through to deliver their outstanding power via live stream to their loyal fans at home – now available for you to enjoy on high-definition BluRay! Witness DESTRUCTION ripping through their live set of 22 songs, including beloved classics like “Mad Butcher”, “Thrash Till Death”, “Born To Perish” and many more! Filmed and recorded at the legendary Z7 venue in Pratteln (Switzerland), DESTRUCTION spare no expense or effort to bring you a live show experience that will make you bang your head like you’re in the front row at the show, getting your ear drums penetrated by rumbling double-bass grooves! The BluRay is filled with exclusive pre- and aftershow insights and behind the scenes footage from DESTRUCTION’s live show – a must-have for fans of true thrash metal!
DESTRUCTION singer/bassist SCHMIER about Live Attack: “Live Attack originally was our live stream into the new year, a kickstart of hope in those weird times! The fan demand made this BluRay live album possible in the end. It was not planned like this but you got to be flexible these days and we took the demand as an opportunity to make this event really memorable!
It has been two crazy years with this pandemic, so Live Attack was a big positive vibe that helped us through this – thanks to ALL the fans that supported us with this project! No doubt this will be a very special release in our discography when we look back in some years! THRASH TILL DEATH!”
Live Attack BluRay bonus content: Pre-Show After Show
Tracklist: 1. Born to Perish 2. Death Trap 3. Nailed to the Cross 4. Armageddonizer 5. Tormentor 6. Rotten 7. Mad Butcher 8. Reject Emotions 9. Thrash Till Death 10. Betrayal 11. Sign of Fear 12. Damir’s Shred 13. Inspired by Death 14. Release from Agony 15. Life without Sense 16. Antichrist 17. Invincible Force 18. Under Attack 19. Bestial Invasion 20. The Butcher Strikes Back 21. Curse the Gods 22. Total Desaster
This Friday, August 13, 2021 will see Melbourne’s alternative rockers THE UGLY KINGS release their new and hotly anticipated album, Strange, Strange Times, via Napalm Records.
THE UGLY KINGS may channel the flavor of groups like Queens Of The Stone Age and Danzig, but their distinctive, revitalizing infusion of dark energy is evident while preserving razor sharp, daringly introspective control with clever lyricism, addictive riffage, catchy melodies and a heavy power blues flavor. Following 2018’s Darkness Is My Home, which was lauded by the global music press upon release, with Strange, Strange Times, the four- piece is poised to turn heads and continues to infuse their foreboding alt-rock with blackened blues and gritty punk edge.
Following previously- released singles like the catchy yet punk-infused anthem “Technodrone” and smoldering blues rock standout “The Devil Comes With A Smile”, today the Australian four- piece have shared a brand new video for the album title track! The furious “Strange, Strange Times” punches from 0 to 60 at the start of its five-and-a-half minutes before frontman Russell Clark brings the listener back down to earth with his ominous, Jim Morrison-esque croons of blissful ignorance amid relentless chaos. Watch the band perform “Strange, Strange Times” in their brand new video right here:
“Strange, Strange Times is about anxiety,” the band comments. “The world seems to be getting weirder and weirder every year and we are becoming more and more in touch with everything that is happening on earth as it happens. It’s impossible to process and impossible to make sense of. Strange, Strange Times is the low hum that we all carry around with us every day, the itch on our back that we can’t scratch, it’s the first cut in a thousand cuts. Take a deep breath, close your eyes and count to ten.”
Each song on their new album is about a different state of mind in this indeed strange, strange time. Both lyrically and musically, THE UGLY KINGS have createda captivating and enthralling ride, and in a scene in which gimmick-free, angsty, inspired rock n’ roll is becoming increasingly difficult to come by, Strange, Strange Times is a breath of welcomed air!
Coming out in LP, CD and Digital formats on August 13, 2021 via Napalm Records, the album pre-sale is available at THIS LOCATION!
Strange, Strange Times Tracklisting:
Strange, Strange Times
Technodrone
Do You Feel Like You’re Paranoid?
In The Shadows
Last Man Left Alive
Lawman
Electric Lady (My Kryptonite)
The Devil Comes With A Smile
Mr. Hyde
Another Fucking Day
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