THE ABSENCE Release Jeramie Kling’s Drum Playthrough Video for “Echoes”

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Florida-based melodic death metal masters THE ABSENCE have unveiled a Drum playthrough by Jeramie Kling of popular song, “Echoes”.  The song is taken from the band’s sophomore record, “Riders of the Plague”, released on Metal Blade Records. 

The video is now Live via the bands YouTube and can be viewed here: 

Upon release of “Riders of the Plague” in 2007, the band made history with the likes of the legendary Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Red Chord, and Goatwhore. This was a historical tour because it was the “Metal Blade 25th Anniversary Tour”. There can only be one of those, and The Absence supported this great record with their labelmates, at the time.

Coming off a high, The Absence kept pushing and went back out with a follow up tour in 2008 with headliner, Amon Amarth on their “Twilight of the Thunder God” tour. Supporting Amon Amarth on the release of their new record Ensiferum, and Belphegor. A dynamic line up that would prove the band to be able to tour with almost any act. The Absence has a unique twist on what feels like the Swedish coined genre of “Melodic Death Metal”. The band as a whole has a personality on stage and through their music that just has something to offer any metal head in general.

The band members took the experiences from their touring gigs and reconvened in the studio with Stewart – who has also been busy with his other project, Hot Graves – to put together the 11 tracks of pummeling death metal that compose “Coffinized.” The album was produced and engineered by Kling and Nordberg, mixed by Kling and mastered by Jonas Kjellgren (Immortal, Overkill, Scar Symmetry) at Sweden’s Black Lounge Studios. Its track listing is as follows:

Coffinized
Future Terminal
Choirs of Sickness
Radiant DevastaXon
Cathedral Dawn
Black Providence
Discordia
Treacherous
This Consuming Nocturne
Aperture Expands
Faith in Uncreation

The music video for “This Consuming Nocturne” can be viewed at https://youtu.be/jM0eMeLkyis
“Coffinized” can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urazX0XlLBU

THE ABSENCE first burst onto the scene in 2005 with their crushing, Erik Rutan-produced Metal Blade debut “From Your Grave.” That album and its two follow-ups, 2007’s “Riders of the Plague” and 2010’s “Enemy Unbound,” showcased a perfect mixture of heart wrenching melodies and skull-pounding aggression, truly making them one of the premiere bands of the melodic death metal scene. THE ABSENCE further cemented their reputation via numerous tours supporting some of the biggest names in metal, including Cannibal Corpse, The Black Dahlia Murder, Amon Amarth, Sabaton, Goatwhore, Evergrey, Malevolent Creation, Kataklysm and Destruction. Following a lengthy hiatus, the band regrouped in 2016 with a new lineup uniting founding members Stewart and Kling with long-time bassist Leon and guitarists Nordberg and Joey Concepcion for “A Gift for The Obsessed.” (Concepcion appears on four tracks on “Coffinized.”)

SARI SCHORR Releases New Single “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?”

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New York Blues Rock singer/songwriter SARI SCHORR releases her haunting new single: a cover of the folk-blues classic — “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” Sari’s recording features a new musical arrangement and eloquently updated lyrics that shift the song’s focus onto events that sparked the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2013 to protest police brutality and systematic racism that overwhelmingly affects the Black community. The song will be released on Manhaton Records from 6th August.

Like many folk-blues songs, “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” — also known as “In the Pines” —has a fascinating backstory, and many interpretations exist. The song is believed to date way back to the 1870s, with the first recording of it being laid down in 1926 by banjo player Dock Walsh. The most famous versions were recorded by American bluegrass musician Bill Monroe (1941) and the iconic folk and blues singer, Lead Belly (1944), who recorded it many times. Modern artists have also performed and recorded the song, with Nirvana performing an unplugged rendition for MTV in 1994, based on Lead Belly’s version.

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In its original form, “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” tells the tragic tale of murder after a man finds out his woman has been cheating on him. “Lead Belly’s version of the song is deceptively profound,” Sari explains, “To breathe new life into it, I reharmonized the chord progression to dramatically alter the mood and build tension to change the way people would hear the song. Moving away from the customary choice of acoustic guitar to feature a grand piano instead provided the perfect backdrop for the intensity of the lyrics. I’ve been performing songs from Lead Belly around the world for years, from Carnegie Hall to The Montreux Jazz Festival. It’s a great honor to share music from such an influential artist with a whole new audience.”

In Lead Belly’s versions, the song sometimes begins with “My girl, my girl, don’t lie to me / Tell me, where did you sleep last night?” and in others, “Black girl, black girl, don’t lie to me / Tell me, where did you sleep last night?” Sari opts for the latter, significantly moving the focus, scope, and theme of the song. Emphasis moves away from infidelity and jealousy. Race now takes centre stage, as do the risks of race, via the black girl’s life and experience as a single mother raising her child alone only to witness her son being shot down by a policeman.

What’s more, Sari’s elegiac black and white video shows her playing piano and singing – the first time she’s been seen playing piano in one of her videos.

In other news for Sari’s many fans, she hopes to resume touring in the UK between September and November. Sari will be headlining most shows, playing some festivals, and will also appear with guitar legend Robin Trower at 3 gigs in November. She’ll play Bude Blues Festival 2021 on 7th November before she moves on to Germany.

See Sari’s website for full details. N.B. All tour dates depend on the COVID situation and the rules applying at the time.

SARI SCHORR FALL TOUR 2021

SEPTEMBER

Wednesday, 29th – Bilston, UK ⇢ Robin 2

Thursday, 30th – Great Torrington, UK ⇢ The Plough Arts Centre

OCTOBER

Saturday, 2nd – Hook, UK ⇢ Sari Schorr Live at the Elizabeth Hall

Thursday, 7th – Kent, UK ⇢ The Bourne Music Club

Friday, 8th – Newbury, UK ⇢ Arlington Arts Centre

Saturday, 9th – Whitby, UK ⇢ Whitby Blues Festival

Sunday, 10th – Southport, UK ⇢ Southport Blues Festival

Tuesday, 12th – Linz, Austria ⇢ Tuesday the Bluesday

Wednesday, 13th – Vienna, Austria ⇢ Vienna Blues Spring at Reigen LIVE 

Wednesday, 20th – Newcastle upon Tyne, UK ⇢ The Cluny

Thursday, 21st – Chester, UK ⇢ The Live Rooms

Friday, 22nd – Sutton, UK ⇢ Boom Boom Club

Tuesday, 26th – Sheffield, UK ⇢ Greystones

Thursday, 28th – Derby, UK ⇢ The Flowerpot

Saturday, 30th – Morecambe, UK ⇢ The Platform

Sunday, 31st – Worcester, UK ⇢ Huntingdon Hall

NOVEMBER

Wednesday, 3rd – Southampton, UK ⇢ The Brook

Sunday, 7th – Bude, UK ⇢ Bude Festival (Trio)

WALKING THE CADAVER Release New Single / Video ‘Human Chop Shop’

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US death metal kingpins WALKING THE CADAVER return with new single and graphic video ‘Human Chop Shop’, taken from their forthcoming album, Authority Through Intimidation, out 22nd October 2021 via Unique Leader.

The band comment: “We are very excited for our fans to hear our next single ‘Human Chop Shop’!! It is definitely one of our favorite tracks on the new album because it encompasses everything Waking the Cadaver sets out to do, which is creating hardcore-influenced brutal death metal with catchy hooks. Human Chop Shop is predominately a mid-paced jam with a ton of groove, but don’t let that fool you, Authority Through Intimidation is chock-full of blasting brutality as well. We are beyond stoked to unleash this monster of an album October 22nd to show the world how far we’ve come as a band.”

Pre-order/save Authority Through Intimidation here: Orcd.co/authoritythroughintimidation 

Waking the Cadaver are an American death metal band from Jersey Shore, New Jersey, formed in 2006. The quartet grew to become one of the most exciting bands in the US underground, touring with the likes of Napalm Death and Immolation, and releasing three albums within a six-year span; Perverse Recollections of aNecromangler (2007), Beyond Cops, Beyond God (2010) and Real-Life Death (2013). Their live shows became somewhat legendary for their brutality and power.

Following a huge tour in 2013 with Dying Fetus, Exhumed, and Abiotic, Waking the Cadaver went on hiatus, but returned in 2018 with fresh sound and new line-up, with only vocalist Don Campan and guitarist Michael Mayo remaining. Now signed to Unique Leader Records and armed with their phenomenal new album Authority Through Intimidation,  Waking the Cadaver are ready to reclaim their crowns as the kingpins of death.

Guitarist Mike Mayo commented on the new album: “I believe Authority Through Intimidation is the definitive Waking the Cadaver album. Our mission statement for writing it was SLAMMING GORE GROOVE. That’s been our slogan since the beginning and I think this collection of songs exemplifies its meaning more than any of our previous albums. We really wanted to level up the technicality and song writing of Real-Life Death, while also having more nods to our first album Perverse Recollections of a Necromangler. I think we succeeded in doing just that. Listeners will be able to hear our love for bands like Dying Fetus, Last Days of Humanity, and Disgorge, as well as our love for early Hatebreed and All Out War.”

Produced by AJ Viana (Cognitive, Through the Eyes of the Dead), Authority Through Intimidation hits harder than a hammer to the head and takes no prisoners with its polished but powerful live production.

Vocalist Don Campan commented: “I am extremely proud of Authority Through Intimidation for the intensely disgusting brutal vibe it has casted out into the Universe and beyond. Slamming gore groove has been summoned by its worldwide fans and they will not be let down. This album has all of our infamous alien guttural overlord vocal styles and raw signature slam dunks, with wicked fresh ferocious shredding attacks delivered from a musical-masterminded line up. The Kingpins of Death are stoked and proud to have the one and only next level blasting machine Lord Marco on drums giving this new material a cutting edge injection.”

Track listing:

1. Civic Assault
2. Corpse Decomposition
3. Human Chop Shop
4. Frenzied Vehicular Rampage
5. Arbiter of Punishment
6. Threaten Physical Force
7. Asphyxiating Ligature
8. Authoritative Aggressor

CHRIS CATENA’S ROCK CITY TRIBE Release New Single “Freight Train”

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CHRIS CATENA’S ROCK CITY TRIBE, the all-stars hard rock project from the Italian rock vocalist Chris Catena, is back with the new single “Freight Train”. The song was produced by Glen Robinson (George Martin, The Beatles’ producer, Keith Richards, Ramones, Voivod, Metal Church, Nashville Pussy, Annihilator, Queensrÿche, U2, Humble Pie, GWAR, etc). 

“Freight Train” is an unreleased song and it isn’t included on the album “Truth in Unity”, released last year via Grooveyard Records. “Freight Train” is n hard rock anthem with a country flavour. The song features Alex Giuliani (drums), Alexandra Maiolo (guitars), Marco Fiormonti (bass), Marco Bartoccioni (banjo, dobro, slide, and acoustic guitars), Sara Facciolo (chorus and acoustic guitars), Valentina De Juliis (Keyboards) and Veronica Intorcia (chorus).

The video was shot by Jack Lukas Laugeni at Talus stables, close to Rome (Italy).

Chris Catena is currently working as director of opera in Bulgaria, Italy and Romania.

SLEEP TOKEN Release Music Video for New Single “The Love You Want”

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Anonymous, silent, masked, armed with a staggering vocal range, a deft touch on the keyboards, plus a live approach that is never less than fully engaged; SLEEP TOKEN is the unique, broad-based vision of one individual. 

Sleep Token’s second studio album, This Place Will Become Your Tomb will be released on September 24th 2021 via Spinefarm. This new 12-track offering delves further into the enigmatic universe of Sleep Token, pushing boundaries and blurring genres, whilst retaining their signature sound. 

This Place Will Become Your Tomb track list: 
1: Atlantic 
2: Hypnosis 
3: Mine 
4: Like That 
5: The Love You Want 
6: Fall For Me 
7: Alkaline 
8: Distraction 
9: Descending 
10: Telomeres 
11: High Water 
12: Missing Limbs 

Pre-orders for Sleep Token’s second studio album This Place Will Become Your Tomb are now live, with an instant download of singles, “Alkaline” & “The Love You Want” plus special bundle options, including ltd. Vinyl, t-shirts, hoodies & longsleeves. Order your copy HERE.  

Watch the otherworldly video for “The Love You Want,” HERE.

Sleep Token recently headlined the second stage at the historic Download Pilot event. Their performance was standout, with Upset dubbing it “The most truly engaging, absolutely unmissable, performance of the weekend.” Elsewhere, The Telegraph called it “impressively accomplished,” whilst Distorted Sound claimed ST delivered “what was comfortably the most mesmerising, enchanting, incredible set I have ever seen.”  

Sleep Token will perform at ALT+LDN this year, set to take place on August 30th @ Clapham Common. ST will be performing alongside acts such as Playboi Carti, Architects, Machine Gun Kelly & Princess Nokia.  

WONDERLOVE Release New Video for Stunning Single ‘When the Vultures Die’

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– . ..I can still remember the way it used to be; careless with ambition; volatile and free and full of life… –

There was a time when the award winning band WONDERLOVE was a celebrated act in Southern California, seemingly poised to break out. But instead, their lives leapt forward to 2020, a year that brought them closer together than ever before – musically at least, since they were spread out over three states. The upcoming album “All of the Nightmares” from Wonderlove is the opening of a capsule from an alternate timeline and seeing what time in isolation has created.

Wonderlove’s style has always been grounded in rock ‘n roll, while also encompassing many of the influences and offshoots: psychedelic, progressive, gospel, R&B – all of these are welcome. The tight interaction of Dicki Fliszar (drums) and Dave Beste (bass, classical guitar) gives the foundation for the wall of sound generated by Jesse Nason (keys), Bryan McIntyre (guitar), and Chris Paul Overall (vocals). Their first album, “Getting Off the Revolution”, captured this lineup in their nascent form, with the last song on the album being the only one the band had rehearsed before recording. They quickly began working on their second album, “My Submarine”, which featured intense arrangements honed from live performances. This album also brought them attention from the larger rock music scene, garnering them 4 music awards, a hit radio single and gushing praise from critics and fans alike. But then, quite unexpectedly, it was over.

Out of the confusion of 2020, technology brought the 5 members of Wonderlove back together to start work on what would become “All of the Nightmares”. The idea came from Dave who simply said during a video meeting, “We should record a couple songs.” Using friends’ studios in Southern California to record drums and personal bedroom studios to record the rest, ten songs had taken shape by early 2021. The new album picks up where the band left off as if no time had passed with riff rock barn burners l ike “Dark Harvest”, “On & On”, and “Spider Queen”, softer melodic songs l ike “Rain Fall Down” and “The Burden”, and cinematic soundscapes heard in “Linger” and “Snake Charmer”. Funnily enough, the new album also combines some of the circumstances from the first album: the band never played these songs before recording. However, without the burden of the studio clock ticking away, they could perfect their intense arrangements into something with far more depth than what was previously possible.

In this way, the lead single and video, “When the Vultures Die” is the perfect introduction to an explosive and complex new album. The single showcases Overall’s soaring vocals over a thunderous drum and guitar groove. It is accented by a distorted keyboard overture and classical guitar chorus, and reaches a bass and drum climax before the final chorus. These dynamic shifts foreshadow the sonic roller coaster themed throughout the album.

Wonderlove’s commitment and attention to creative detail is transmitted loud and clear in the video for “Vultures”, which was directed by Jesse with artwork overseen by Bryan. It is evident that they are pulling no punches and continue to generate music and art that is second to none. With the album prepped for release in October 2021, the band still spans three states but clearly demonstrates they have something to say collectively. In the alternate universe in which Wonderlove now exists, they are still a force to be reckoned with.

Pre-order new album ‘All Of The Nightmares’: https://wonderlovemusic.bandcamp.com/releases