Industrial core band COMBICHRIST announced dates for the first leg of their fall tour that includes bands King 810, Heartsick and Reign of Z. The tour kicks off on September 19th in Rochester, NY at Montage Music. The band has new music coming soon from Out of Line Records.
“Time to get back on stage!I’ve been waiting way too long for this, and can’t believe we’re finally back on track! Let’s fucking do this!”says Andy LaPlegua, the band’s vocalist.
9/19/21 – Rochester @ Montage Music 9/20/21 – Manchester @ Jewel 9/21/21 – Providence @ Alchemy 9/23/21 -Clifton Park @ Upstate hall 9/24/21 – Clifton @ Dingbatz ^ 9/25/21 – Mansfield @ The Electric Co 9/26/21 – Indianapolis @ Emerson 9/28/21 – St. Louis @ Red Flag 9/30/21 – Spartanburg @ Ground Zero 10/1/21 – Jacksonville @ Jack Rabbit 10/2/21 – Tampa @ Pegasus Lounge 10/3/21 – W.Palm Beach @ Respectable 10/5/21 – Austin @ Come & Take It Live 10/6/21 – Houston @ Scout Bar 10/7/21 – Fort Worth @ Rail Club Live 10/8/21 – OKC @ City Limits 10/10/21 – El Paso @ Rock House 10/11/21 – Scottsdale @ Pub Rock 10/13/21 – Los Angeles @ 1720 10/15/21 – San Diego @ Brick By Brick 10/16/21 – Fresno @ Full Circle Brewing ^
Symphonic death metal pioneers Genus Ordinis Dei have released the tenth (and final) music video episode entitled “Fire” from their critically acclaimed & highly praised concept album entitled Glare Of Deliverance. The video was directed by Steve Saints. In this episode Eleanor meets her destiny. She is brought to the pyre where The Bishop, The Inquisitor, The Screamer, The Torturer, and The Executioner are waiting for her. She is burned on the pyre, along with The Heart of Stone she received from The Fallen. As she dies, the ritual is fulfilled and the Gates of Hell are opened… The Fallen and his army can now march upon the sky! Watch the new “Fire” music video / Episode 10 from Glare Of Deliverance at this location or watch the entire ten-episode mini-series RIGHT NOW via the official series playlist.
“This is the final episode, the end of a journey that has kept us busy for almost 2 years! It has been an amazing experience; difficult and weird but extremely satisfying too. Not just because it’s a great piece of work, but also because I did it with my brothers: Nick, Steven, and Richard. We met a lot of great people in the process, and we want to say thank you to all of them from the deep of our hearts and souls, especially our crowd-funders who helped make it all possible” says guitarist Tommy. “Shooting in the darkness at nighttime was yet another new experience for us, but it all turned out great. Getting the shots of Eleanor and her captors in the dark as she danced with the huge flames were difficult, but it all worked out. We want to thank everyone at Wild Horses Ranch in Verdello for providing the comfort, space, and assistance to get all the shots we needed.” Vocalist Nick Key adds, “we wantto thank everyone who has been following Eleanor’s adventure, everybody that has supported our crazy project, and everybody who will do so in the future. Of course, this is not the end, because a new journey is about to begin…”
Glare of Deliverance was produced by Tommaso Monticelli (Jumpscare, Eternal Delyria, Geschlecht) at Sonitus Studio, and it is the band’s third full-length album. It was released on December 4, 2020 and has received countless rave reviews from all over the world. For just a sample of the highlights, see here.
Glare Of Deliverance is the band’s most ambitious achievement yet. The scope and vision of the project had grown monumentally huge in comparison to their initial plans for the album. Aside from recording & producing a ten-song concept album, the band had to pull together a full production team for the ten-episode video series which consisted of concept artist Tom Roberts (Ghost), costume designer Floriana Setti, animal trainers from Wild Horses Ranch, prop & mask constructor Alessandra Faienza, a cast of actors & actresses starring Emilia Scarpati Fanetti as Eleanor, visual effects supervisors, special effects wizards, stuntmen, catering services, and even a full orchestral choir, Il Circolo Delle Quinte conducted by Margherita Colombo!
VOLBEAT, the multi-platinum Danish band, have shared their new music video for “Wait A Minute My Girl.” The music video was directed by Sean Donnelly, founder of AWESOME+modest, with collages by Mengqing Yuan, and animation by Steve Yeung. AWESOME+modest is an animation studio based in Los Angeles, California that specializes in mixed media techniques. They most recently created all of the animation in the HBO documentary miniseries “The Lady and the Dale”, Marvel’s “Behind the Mask” and Showtime’s “The One and Only Dick Gregory.” The band said of the video: “After seeing the work they did on The Lady and the Dale we knew that Sean and the team at Awesome+modest could do something trippy and creative for “Wait A Minute My Girl.” This video exceeded even our wildest expectations. It’s weird, fun and crazy – we absolutely love it.” Watch the music video for “Wait A Minute My Girl” here.
Along with “Wait A Minute My Girl” Volbeat also recently shared their song “Dagen Før.” The two tracks, the band’s first new music since 2019’s album Rewind, Replay, Rebound, were written and recorded while the world was in lockdown during the pandemic. Michael, Kaspar and Jon recorded their parts with long-time producer Jacob Hansen in Denmark, while Rob worked remotely from New York. Watch the lyric videos for each song here.
“Wait A Minute My Girl” features saxophone player Doug Corcoran and piano player Raynier Jacob Jacildo, who both perform with JD McPherson’s band and previously appeared with Volbeat on 2019’s “Die To Live (feat. Neil Fallon).” Singer Mia Maja, who has worked with the band since Seal The Deal & Let’s Boogie, also appears on backing vocals. “Dagen Før” features guest vocals from Danish artist Stine Bramsen, who is known for her solo work as well as being a member of the band Alphabeat. The song, in the tradition of “The Garden’s Tale,” “Maybele I Hofteholder” and “For Evigt,” features both English and Danish lyrics, and marks the first commercially-released song that features Stine singing in her native Danish.
LEVIATHAN PROJECT is a powerful new Metal ensemble, featuring, Bobby Koeble (Death), Matt Nardo (Producer), Tk (Britny Fox) and Tim “Ripper” Owens (guest vox, x-Judas Priest) exploring the ongoing study of our human condition through music, writings, and visual communication. The result is an aggressive and captivating sound that combines traditional Heavy Metal with catchy melodies, haunting vocals and other worldly guitars.
Leviathan Project released its first EP ‘It’s Their World’ on June 4th and it is quickly becoming a stand out release. Scars and Guitars states, “IMHO it is the finest collection of metal songs in many years, easily the standout release thus far in 2021!” To commemorate the kick off of the Leviathan Project, Deko Entertainment wanted to throw it back to the early days of Metal when you would discover new bands through tape trading by making this first EP available also on a Limited Edition cassette.
Leviathan Project’s second EP ‘Edge of Time’ continues in the same format with 3 brand new songs intertwined with instrumental interludes including standout tracks like “Attack”, which the band has just release a lyric video for. TK had this to say about it, “Attack is a straight to the point hard rock song driven by a really heavy guitar riff. It covers a lot of ground in a short period of time including multiple guitar leads and a killer keyboard solo reminiscent of early Yngwie Malmsteen records” Look out for the full release ‘Sound Of Galaxies’ due out early fall.
The coolest nights, you know, happen by chance. For THE HORNETS and the release of their first album, it was more or less like that. A band formed for fun, for leisure, to get out of the usual work routine, to give voice to some love failures, or to flip off a bad day, or simply to escape from other musical projects. Featuring nine tracks of pure and passionated Rock ‘n’ Roll energy, the band’s debut full length record, titled “Heavier Than A Stone”, will be coming out on July 16th via Go Down Records.
After the previously- released tracks “Female Creed” and “Superman (Nietzsche)“, THE HORNETS unleashed a brand new music video for the track “Don’t Talk About Love”, which is the third & final single before the band’s debut album will be out!
“Love is a simple and complex concept at the same time. “Don’t Talk About Love” is therefore the only song on the album “Heavier Than A Stone” that talks about this and it is no coincidence that it is the opening track.The video reflects this concept, of simplicity and restlessness, with few cinematic distractions, where we “Hornets” become stick figures, who sometimes, with somewhat unnatural and clumsy poses, describe physically and musically what happens when we are hit by love.” the band comments.
Tracklist:
Don’t Talk About Love
Female Creed
Superman (Nietzsche)
Get Out (..Baby Get Out!)
Fighting Man
The Best
1997
Rockstar’s Syndrome
Not So Easy
“Heavier Than A Stone” will be coming out on July 16th via Go Down Records and is now available for pre-order HERE
Pre-save the album to the library of your preferred streaming service or add it to your favorite playlist HERE
Photo credit: Courtney Santos-Awkwardeye Photography
Texas’ electronic rockers CEDARS released their new album “Cowards” on June 11th, via Gruene Records. Today the band has unleashed their new video ‘Formerly Known‘ taken from the album.
Watch ‘Formerly Known’ here:
The band on ‘Formerly Known’: “‘Formerly Known’ is a story of escape and redemption. Making this video was a way to reclaim pain and transmute it into something powerful. Drawing from past experiences, the Formerly Known video was crafted to create a conversation about something that’s happening every moment around the globe, but no one wants to talk about.”
The band of the concept of the “Cowards” album: “Cowards, at its core, is an album about choosing yourself, even in the face of great consequences. So often we find ourselves in situations or systems that ask us to minimize ourselves or our desires or even our needs, but there comes a point where we have to make some really tough choices: do we continue to support the system that is crushing us and building itself on our backs, or do we honour our own still, small voice? The album is the story of finding ourselves in a season of life where those choices were very pressing, and very loud, with very real consequences. There are times when death is necessary to make room for the new, the better, and sometimes the knife is in our own hands. The album, though full of heavy moments, is also woven with bright strands of hope and light, the kind that can only come after great loss and struggle. How quietly we go to war.”
Track listing for “Cowards”: 1) Claymore 2) Lost at Sea 3) Chasing Vapor 4) Happy Now 5) Mockingbirds 6) Funeral Dress 7) Formerly Known 8) Give Up The Ghost 9) Bearing Swords 10) Cowards 11) Liminal
Photo credit: Courtney Santos-Awkwardeye Photography
CEDARS is an electronic rock band from central Texas whose music incorporates the DIY ethos of bands like The Pixies and PJ Harvey, the haunting atmospheres of Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, and the infectious grooves of MuteMath. CEDARS is more than just a band: it’s is a vision of community, a community driven by the idea that beauty can save the world. Led by longtime friends Sandeigh Kennedy and Drew Heaton, they blend industrial and organic textures, drawing together disparate elements to marry complex sonic landscapes with compelling stories. Gritty synths and wispy vocals; hard hitting beats and delicate textures are the tools they use to tell powerful, authentic stories that explore truth and beauty.
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