SPACE OF VARIATIONS Release Gut-Punching New Single “Ultrabeat”

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Following up to the release of their Napalm Records debut EP XXXXX in 2019, Ukranian metalcore unit SPACE OF VARIATIONS is finally back with a bang, releasing their new single „ULTRABEAT“ today, along with an impressive dystopian music video!

Seamlessly mixing gut-punching riffs and pounding drums with colorful, pulsing synths and elements of hip-hop, the four-piece takes no prisoners from the second the song starts. Dmytro Kozhukhar’s vocals cut through the dense instrumental ever so clear with angry, bold lyrics – reminiscent of legends like BODY COUNT and HATEBREED, as guitarist and singer Olexii Zatserkovnyi then delivers the melodic hook, giving “ULTRABEAT” its unique post-hardcore feel. Finishing off with an insane verse from Ukranian rap sensation alyona alyona, SPACE OF VARIATIONS embodies the spirit of breaking down genres and letting the music speak for itself!

Watch the music video for “ULTRABEAT” (feat. alyona alyona) HERE:

Listen to “ULTRABEAT” (feat. alyona alyona) HERE

SPACE OF VARIATIONS about the making of “ULTRABEAT”:
“We wanted to do something special, different and unexpected on the new record.  We wanted to expand the limits of our songwriting and creativity and do the same for the listener… That’s when the idea of a collaboration with Ukrainian hip-hop queen alyona alyona was born. She liked the idea of seeing herself in a new, “heavy metal” way, and so alyona alyona became the first artist featured on a track with us. We are so proud with the result!”

„ULTRABEAT“ is an exciting glimpse into what can be expected from the next full-length album from SPACE OF VARIATIONS, which the band is currently working on!

Catch SPACE OF VARIATIONS live:
30.07. – TERNOPIL (UA) Faine Misto Festival
13.08. – DNIPRO (UA) Bezviz festival
27.08.- 29.08. – LVIV (UA) Zaxid festival

HORISONT Release Cover Version of “Lion and the Lamb”

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Sweden’s HORISONT used their downtime to record two new songs. After releasing “Sheldon Churchyard” (originally by Larry Jon Wilson) the band just made a cover of another obscure gem available on all DSPs: “With a genius melody and a voice that cuts through the mix. A song about the cruel, raw nature of a love affair gone wrong. ‘Lion and the Lamb’ is originally by Phil Everly.”

You can listen to the song here: https://horisont.lnk.to/LionAndTheLamb-Single

While you’re online don’t miss your chance to check out “Sheldon Churchyard” and the fantastic video that you find here: https://youtu.be/8R0Ro21ZoeI

The band comments on the idea of the recordings: “As big fans of country music we wanted to do a couple of songs that people might not expect from us. Still, we wanted them to sound like Horisont. So we set up at Let Them Swing Studio and hit the record button just to see where the songs took us. This is the result. Let Them Swing Studio is a recording studio in the countryside outside of Gothenburg, Sweden, owned and run by Kim and Malin. They rebuilt an old barn on their property and set it up for live recording. With no neighbors in sight, it’s an ideal place to make noise 24-7. A weekend mixed of relaxed creativity and fun.”

Both songs are not part of HORISONT’s acclaimed album “Sudden Death” that was released in May of 2020.

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.