Video Interview with GENTLE SAVAGE Conducted by Metalheads Forever, Talking About Debut Album “Midnight Waylay” And Else

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Just recently Keith Clement from Metalheads Forever conducted an in-depth interview with GENTLE SAVAGE‘s Tornado Bearstone and Theo Van Boom, talking widely about the band’s debut album “Midnight Waylay”, released on June 17th via Bandcamp. Among other topics the guys talked about the band itself and their future plans.

In Keith’s words:
“The Five Member band from the great land called Finland. These men are nothing but pure awesomeness, Great songwriting, amazing musicianship, and guess what they put up an awesome album early this June “Midnight Waylay”.”

Watch the interview here:

Read the whole article here.

Tornado on “Midnight Waylay” album: “Midnight Waylay depicts a ‘taking it easy in the daytime, turning into a beast at night’ kind of lifestyle. Just like a hunter strikes from the shadows, ruthless and silent, these songs can without warning rock your world. As a concept the album Midnight Waylay is best appreciated when served whole, but each song has its own character and works well independently. Find your own adventure, let yourself loose!”

Kimmo Kuusniemi, Godfather of Finnish heavy metal, on Gentle Savage’s debut album “Midnight Waylay”: “Listening to Gentle Savage reminds me of Deep Purple! That’s not bad at all!”

“Midnight Waylay” Track List:

  1. Karelian Magic
  2. Personal Hades
  3. YNAMW
    (You Never ask Me Why)
  4. Into The Abyss
  5. Honey Bunny
  6. After All
  7. Run Run Poor Boy
  8. Livin’ It Up
  9. Carry The Fire

Buy the album at https://gentlesavage1.bandcamp.com

Tornado stated on the album coverart:
“TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY
Isn’t it strange that when you get something really big done you are at the same time relieved and a bit confused?! That’s how it feels like right now.
Our debut album is ready for release, coming out on June 17th via our Bandcamp page, and now we are proud to reveal the MIDNIGHT WAYLAY album cover to the world.
The cover art was created by our friend, graphic art wizard Vin Valentino. Vin and vocalist Tornado created the Midnight Waylay world based on Tornado’s visions of a Rock Band descending down to earth using a ‘stairway to heaven’. That’s Tornado’s way of showing his gratitude to the old great ones who showed the Rock’n Roll way for latter generations to roll. “

Watch and stream the previous singles:
‘Personal Hades’ – https://songwhip.com/gentlesavage/personal-hades
‘Lovin’ Ain’t Easy’ – https://youtu.be/wkT1zlV5aPg
‘YNAMW (You Never Ask Me Why)’ – https://youtu.be/5pm5E0uV0N4
‘Honey Bunny -the Rock’n Roll transformation’ – https://youtu.be/CsBGKvzZKko
‘Run Run Poor Boy’ – https://youtu.be/_TJ3BfgOz6k
‘Karelian Magic’ – https://youtu.be/osEmTdkQCps

More information and follow GENTLE SAVAGE at
https://www.facebook.com/Gentlesavagerockband
http://gentlesavagerockband.com
https://gentlesavage1.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/gentlesavageofficial
Twitter @GentleSavageX
YouTube – hyperurl.co/GentleSavageYouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSe-yyD7_XB5cFE37yYBtaw

“It is all about the songs. And their internal message. That’s the basic philosophy behind Gentle Savage.”

GENTLE SAVAGE are:
Tornado Bearstone, songwriter, vocals and guitar
Jay B, drums and backing vocals
Vance Bead, bass and backing vocals
Tim O`Shore, guitar and backing vocals
Theo van Boom, keyboards and backing vocals

’Treat yourself and let our magic in. We’ll take care of the rest’.

Band promo photo by Timo Soasepp
Artcovers by Vin Valentino

First Taste of LUCIFER’s New Album “Lucifer IV” Revealed

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After the release of the critically acclaimed “Lucifer III” last year, the Swedish/German heavy rock powerhouse LUCIFER didn’t rest on their laurels. With no shows in sight they relentlessly recorded in their studios and released three vinyl 45’s – one with a weighty rendition of TOM WAITS’ “Dirt in The Ground”, one a split with KADAVAR where LUCIFER covered DUST’s “Pull Away” and one tearing up the Northern Soul nugget “Gone With The Wind Is My Love” together with Elin from BLUES PILLS.

But not only that, LUCIFER completed their new long player “Lucifer IV”.

Today Century Media Records present to you the first album single “Wild Hearses”, a forerunner of what’s to come.

The group is ringing in a new chapter and dive even further into the grande realms of colossal old fashioned rock, with a severe morbid twist and certain doom.

LUCIFER invites you to take a wild ride in their 1972 Cadillac hearse past tombs and churches, down the very roads taken by Black Sabbath, Pentagram and Fleetwood Mac before them. Like the Pacific Coast Highway this road isn’t new. It’s timeless and it’s fucking beautiful.

“Wild Hearses” is now available on all major streaming platforms: https://lucifer.lnk.to/WildHearses-SingleID

LUCIFER on tour:

2021
08/28 Avesta, Bullfest På Tyrolen, SE
11/12 Metal Hammer Paradise Festival, DE
11/13 Apeldoorn, Gigant, NL
11/14 Breda, Mezz, NL
11/16 Pratteln, Z7, CH
11/17 Stuttgart, Universum, DE
11/18 Munich, Backstage Halle, DE
11/19 Graz, Explosiv, AT
11/20 Budapest, Instant, HU
11/21 Wien, Arena, AT
11/23 Frankfurt, Das Bett, DE
11/24 Bremen, Tower, DE
11/25 Bielefeld, Movie, DE
11/26 Kiel, Räucherei, DE
11/27 Kolding, Godset, DK
11/28 Oslo, John Dee, NO

2022
02/03 Hamburg, Knust, DE
02/04 Köln, Helios 37, DE
02/05 Essen, Turock, DE
02/06 Den Bosch, Willem Twee, NL
02/07 Zappa, Antwerp, BE
02/09 Paris, Backstage, FR
02/10 Strasbourg, La Laiterie, FR
02/11 Kaiserslautern, Kammgarn, DE
02/12 Praha, Nová Chmelnice, CZ
02/13 Nürnberg, Hirsch, DE
02/15 Poznan, U Bazyla, PL
02/16 Dresden, Beatpol, DE
02/17 Berlin, Hole 44, DE
02/18 Hannover, Béi Chéz Heinz, DE
02/19 Odense, Posten, DK
02/25 Gothenburg, Pustervik, SE
02/26 Stockholm, Debaser Strand, SE
03/18 Sankt Petersburg, MOD, RU
03/19 Moscow, Aglomerat, RU
05/19 Barcelona, Bóveda, ES
05/20 Murcia, Rem, ES
05/21 Madrid, Copernico, ES
05/22 Bilbao, Kafe Antzokia, ES
07/08 Rock Harz Open Air, DE
08/05 Wacken Open Air, DE

SWALLOW THE SUN Release Second Live Track + Video “66°50′N, 28°40′E (Live in Helsinki)”

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Finnish death doom metal masters SWALLOW THE SUN released a live track and video for “66°50′N, 28°40′E (Live in Helsinki)”. The song is taken off the bands upcoming live album entitled “20 Years of Gloom, Beauty and Despair – Live in Helsinki”, which will be released tomorrow.

“We were supposed to play anniversary shows in Europe and North America,” vocalist Mikko Kotamäki recalls. “We started our European tour in Finland in February 2020 and played 10 gigs. Everything got canceled two weeks after that. Luckily, we filmed and recorded our gig in Helsinki. Now, everyone can see it. At the time, we didn’t know the footage or recordings would be used for this purpose.”

All physical formats can be pre-ordered HERE. 

“Don’t Fall Asleep (Horror, Pt. II) [Live in Helsinki]” Tracklisting:

Set one

  1. The Womb Of Winter
  2. The Heart Of A Cold White Land
  3. Away
  4. Pray For The Winds To Come
  5. Songs From The North
  6. 66°50′N, 28°40′E
  7. Autumn Fire
  8. Before the Summer Dies

Set two

  1. Lost & Catatonic
  2. Empires of Loneliness
  3. Falling World
  4. Cathedral Walls
  5. Plague of Butterflies, Pt. II
  6. Don’t Fall Asleep (Horror, Pt. II)
  7. Stone Wings
  8. The Giant
  9. Swallow (Horror, Pt. I)
  10. Here on the Black Earth

AS I MAY Release New Single “Breaking Myself Away”

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Gearing up the engines for their third studio album, Finnish modern metallers AS I MAY release their new single, for the track “Breaking Myself Away”, coming out August 6th. A song with all the elements that make As I May one of the hottest offerings in Finnish metal these days, “Breaking Myself Away” foreshows great features for the upcoming album “Karu”.

“In “Breaking Myself Away” we are using more vocal power with our three vocalists than ever before“, the band comments. “The guys have found their place and space better than before. Also, this song has more rhythm than any song we have ever written. The drums are huge! They sit well together with bass and it has those melodies that we are known for“.

As I May is a four-piece modern melodic metal band from Mikkeli, Finland – formed in 2016. The band combines modern elements, yet keeps focus on the heavier side of the music, and they sound like a modern-day US mixture of In Flames and Amorphis, so almost any metal fan would get a treat from listening to the music of these Finns! It’s a mature band, displaying a truly professional attitude towards the modern sound of heavy metal. The soul of the music lies within the catchy melodies and the big choruses.

The band released their debut album “Speak No Evil” in 2017, and got the attention of lots of fans and from the record label Rockshots Records, who decided to sign As I May for the release of their 2nd album “My Own Creations”, which was released in the summer of 2019. In Asia, the album was released through the label Spiritual Beast.

As I May played a wide array of local Finnish shows and were booked for a European tour, as support for the Brasilian powerhouse-metal act Semblant… and then Covid-19 reared its ugly face, postponing everything for everyone.

The tour is postponed until the spring of 2022 and in the lock-down period, As I May have spend the time, composing and recording their brand-new opus ”Karu” – a venture into more modern and direct in-your-face songs, which caused for UPRISING! Records to sign the band on a worldwide deal.

“Karu” will be released by UPRISING! Records, in 2022.

RUE VOX Release Sinister Video for “90s Villain” Starring Members of BUTCHER BABIES + FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH

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Las Vegas, NV based dark Rock/Pop/Industrial artist RUE VOX has released the official music video for her new single, “90s Villain.” Featuring BUTCHER BABIES’S HENRY FLURY and HEIDI SHEPHERD as well as CHRIS KAEL of FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and directed by SHANE and DEED of SonStudios, the visceral music video follows the songstress through a series of brutal murders of seduced victims until her own murder at the denouement of the saga.

“90s Villain shows how our character defects can find a way to take us out in the end. I wrote this song to kind of call myself out in how I’ve been a terrible girlfriend in my past. In the video I’m a serial killer who ends up getting murdered by her would-be-victim. It symbolizes how the worst parts of us have to die, sometimes involuntarily, in order for us to truly live.” – rue vox

“rue vox is a beast of a talent behind the microphone and her creativity doesn’t stop there. She came to me with the inspiration for her music video to be a female slasher and the epitome of a 90s Villain. We took our love of giallo films to the next level and delivered a pulp-esque style short film.
We shot on Red camera with appearances by Butcher Babies and 5FDP’s Chris Kael, and all slated in the dingiest, grimiest motel on the Las Vegas Strip as each victim plays the odds with a seductress.

And so the slaughterhouse began.” – Shane O’Neal

The stunning passion in her vocals, and sensationally dynamic sound, is the natural result of rue vox always having had a strong connection to music & a true desire to entertain. Growing up in music, she learned the roots of classical styles at first, and it wouldn’t be long after that she started winning competitions as a teenager, as Rue began to discover & refine the pure power & potential of her remarkable vocal range. Making a pivotal decision to move from Detroit to Las Vegas and pursue her dreams of stepping into the spotlight – Rue confidently started the most exciting chapter of her story to-date. Bursting onto the scene like a supernova, with breathtaking vocals & a brilliant hybrid sound of her own that explores the wild depths of Rock/Pop/Industrial – Rue’s undeniably edgy style instantly got the buzz surrounding her music going strong. Able to deliver the most delicate of melodies with precision & heart, to the most extreme hard-hitting moments designed to take her vocals to the limits & beyond – Rue’s astounding voice is every bit as captivating as it is charismatic. Launching her official debut in 2020 with the release of two incredible covers & currently working on brand-new originals with the A-list assistance of producers Brian Steele Medina (Gemini Syndrome) and Nikka Bling (In This Moment, Five Finger Death Punch) – rue vox is ready to seize the momentum and surge straight to the tops of charts & playlists worldwide, where she truly belongs. – SBS

Finnish MEGASNAKE Release Second Single ‘Shame on Me’

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Finnish power quartet MEGASNAKE have released their sophomore single “Shame on Me”. The band’s line-up is singer Richard ”Tipe” Johnson (Leningrad Cowboys, Gringos Locos, Apocalyptica’s live line-up), Drummer Twist Twist Erkinharju (Peer Günt, Leningrad Cowboys, Los Bastardos Finlandeses), Guitar player Samuel Hjelt (Kings of Modesty, ex-Ancara) and bass player Henrik Tuura (Kings of Modesty, Killer Kachina).

Shame on Me:
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3rSKVDb
Bandcamp: https://megasnake.bandcamp.com/
Apple Music: https://apple.co/3rHRurK
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3iXWO6w
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/243276332
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/190495457

The second single starts off where the first single “Sun Don’t Shine” ended – with Twist Twist Erkinharju’s masculine baritone voice. After the countdown it’s time to roll again. The lyrical theme is “big brother is watching you”. In this case the storyteller is “the bad guy” but also “you” (the listener) is guilty of complacency and blue-eyedness.