DOWN Announce NOLA Town Throwdown At The Fillmore In New Orleans August 13th

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Long-running heavy metal supergroup DOWN, featuring vocalist Philip H. Anselmo, guitarists Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein, drummer Jimmy Bower, and bassist Pat Bruders, will return to the stage Friday, August 13th for a very special in-person live and virtual experience!

The fittingly titled NOLA Town Throwdown will take place at the Fillmore in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fans can attend the show in person while those who can’t make it, can still catch it in real time from the comfort of their living room! Support will be provided by special guest comedian Dave Hill.

Comments the band:

Philip H. Anselmo: “It’s gonna be great to play our home town again! Always a blast!”

Pepper Keenan: “NOLA Town Throwdown is a long time coming. Let’s do this and make it epic! Up the hammers!”

Pat Bruders: “Through the hard times and now for the good times, this is gonna be a very special show for everyone! We’re ready to turn it up and slam it DOWN!”

Kirk Windstein: “Playing on stage with my brothers in DOWN is always a special moment to me. We can’t wait to blow the roof off of The Fillmore! Being in NOLA takes this to a whole new level!”

Jimmy Bower: “It’s been way too long, y’all! I can’t remember the last time we played NOLA. On Friday, August 13th we will play our hometown. A DOWN show y’all! Old friends, good times, and great tunes on a superstitious night! We’re ready to jam, are you?”

Tickets go on sale Friday, July 9th at 10:00am central time through Livenation.com for the live event and down-nola.com for the livestream.

You know it’s DOWN as soon as you hear them. That’s the way it’s always been, and nothing will ever change that. There’s no mistaking those gargantuan riffs, swamp blues leads, crashing drums, and hypnotic howls for absolutely anybody else under the sun. Philip H. Anselmo, Pepper Keenan, Jimmy Bower, Pat Bruders, and Kirk Windstein uphold a certain tradition that countless fans celebrate, expanding their own musical mythos as they leave its pillars intact and untouched.

With a collective resume encompassing Pantera, Corrosion Of Conformity, Crowbar, and EyeHateGod, the quintet puffed out its first haze of sonic smoke from the belly of gritty old New Orleans on the 1995 platinum-selling classic, NOLA. At that moment, they naturally summoned something akin to a ritual, continually partaking in it with critically revered offerings — Down II: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow in 2002, Down III: Over The Under in 2007, Down IV – Part One in 2012, and Down IV – Part Two in 2014. Their shows built a certain live lore with unforgettable runs alongside Metallica and Heaven & Hell as well as coveted spots on iconic fests like Download, Soundwave, Ozzfest, and so many others forever delivering passionate, powerful, pure heavy music you can feel deep down in your soul.  

TOMB OF FINLAND Sign to UPRISING! Records

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UPRISING! Records is proud to announce the signing of TOMB OF FINLAND. After two albums (“Below The Green” in 2015 and “Frozen Beneath” in 2018) it is time for the Finnish doom/death/black metal band’s most versatile and sharp cutting material combination yet.

Tight performance with strong melodies and sturdy interpretation will bring the next Tomb Of Finland album “Across The Barren Fields” a step closer to top Finnish metal acts. In contrast to crushing heavy sounds and down-to-earth material, recorded, mixed and produced by main composer and guitarist Jasse Von Hast, the gory soup has now more frail Schlager-influences which makes the combination at least original. Something old. More new.

Tomb Of Finland will achieve 10 years of grave activity in 2022, so what is better than celebrating it with a new album and live audience?

The band comments, exclusively in Finnish: “Kahden edellisen Tomb Of Finland –albumin (”Below The Green” 2015 ja ”Frozen Beneath” 2018) jälkeen on vuorossa yhtyeen monipuolisin ja terävin materiaalikokonaisuus, jonka yhtye on tähänastisella urallaan tehnyt.

Tiukka yhteensoitto liitettynä vahvoihin melodioihin ja juurevaan tulkintaan on viety uusimmalla ”Across The Barren Fields” -albumilla taas yhden askelen lähemmäs suomimetallin terävintä kärkeä. Kitaristi ja pääasiallisen säveltäjän Jasse Von Hastin äänittämän, miksaaman ja tuottaman albumin maanläheisen ja musertavan raskaan äänimaiseman vastapainoksi hurmeiseen liemeen on tuotu entistä enemmän myös hauraanhaikeita schlager-vaikutteita, joiden myötä kombinaatio on sanalla sanoen omatakeinen. Jotain vanhaa. Enemmän uutta.

Tomb Of Finland: in perustamisesta tulee kuluneeksi vuonna 2022 kymmenen vuotta, joten mikä onkaan parempaa kuin juhlia sitä uuden albumin merkeissä sekä liveyleisön edessä!“

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HELL’S GUARDIAN Release New Single And Video for “Sentenced”

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Italian melodic death metallers HELL’S GUARDIAN are back with a new powerful and epic single called “Sentenced”.

Watch the video for “Sentenced” below. Listen/buy the new single “Sentenced” on major streaming platforms: http://hyperurl.co/kd5484

The band comments:
“This single will not anticipate an album but in this difficult time we felt the need to release new material for ourselves and our fans. ‘Sentenced’ is an ultimatum of the Earth asking for mercy from mankind and to become aware of our actions because we are destroying it. This strong theme led us to have an apocalyptic sound, tight rhythms, impactful guitar riffs, orchestral parts from typical classical instruments to oriental melodies thanks also to the choirs of Marco Pastorino, who took care of the production of the vocal lines.”

In May of this year the band entered the studio at “Media Factory” in Esine (Brescia, Italy) under the guidance of Fabrizio Romani who also mixed and mastered the single. The orchestral parts were conceived by Samuele Faulisi (Atlas Pain) while the choirs and the production of the vocal lines are the work of Marco Pastorino (Temperance, Virtual Symmetry).
The representative artwork was created by the famous Gustavo Sazes (AMARANTHE, KAMELOT, ARCH ENEMY, MACHINE HEAD). The video was made by Tiziano Spigno and Andrea Buratto Truck Me Hard.

HELL’S GUARDIAN were formed in 2009 and released a self-titled demo in 2010, a full-length album entitled “Follow Your Fate” in 2013, an EP “Ex Adversis Resurgo” in 2015 and a second album “As Above So Below” in 2018 which marked an international milestone by opening the doors to important tours with bands such as Sabaton, Amorphis, Children Of Bodom and Trivium.

Finnish DELTREM Release First Single “Social Police”

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Finnish groove metallers DELTREM have released their first single “Social Police”!

Listen to the single:
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3hPbSCQ
Youtube: https://youtu.be/9sPRHuMWMuY
Apple: https://apple.co/3hlH51s
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3dVDgOn
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/239826492
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/188918990

The idea of Deltrem started to form, when the band’s current guitarist-composer Lauri Halonen started to come up with demos in 2019 just for his own amusement at first. But together with his long time teacher, Mikko Salovaara they started to improve those demos. With Salovaara’s guidance and constantly increasing passion for composing and making music, it was clear to Lauri that he wanted to start a band of his own.

After one hellishly drunken bar night, still uknown to each other, Lauri and the bands soon to be vocalist and composer of lyrics, Tommi met at the after party. They hit it off and so grew the band.

After coming up with ideas to couple of songs, it was time for the new addition to the band. There was no need to go far out to look for the bassist. It was clear we needed someone rough and masculine but who would have even slight brain activity. Therefore Lauri picked up the phone and dialed his long time friend Nico and so was the bass problem solved.

Since Late has always been too interrested in beer and lazy to learn to play solos well, it was clear a solo guitarist was needed. He then remembered Martti, a guitarslinger and former band mate. Martti handles his booze, his pinches wail like husky puppies and solos make you weep like in grandmas funeral.

The drummers seat remains vacant in deltrem yet, after couple of failed candidates. Still we decided that we shall wait no more. It is time for Deltrem to emerge to this world.

THE ABSENCE Release Drum Playthrough Video for “This Consuming Nocturne”

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Florida-based melodic death metal masters THE ABSENCE have unveiled a Drum Playthrough video for “This Consuming Nocturne”, the fourth preview track from the group’s new album “Coffinized,” which was released a week ago, via M-Theory Audio.

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

Enjoy The Absence’s Jeramie Kling, as he displays his unmatched style of drumming in this playthrough of This Consuming Nocturne, off of the bands latest release, COFFINIZED! When asked for his thoughts on this song, Jeramie replied: “This song really strikes a chord with me! It resonates deeply. The lyrical content alone makes this tune a blast to play! I love all the little change ups that happen along the way, Taylor’s riffs are the perfect battleground to drive a fast tank through. Enjoy as much as I did! Also, enjoy the bit of Florida wildlife at the beginning, we live here, it’s more than moving pictures.” Vocalist, Jamie Stewart adds: “Jeramie’s drumming on This Consuming Nocturne is just flat out fantastic. It’s a huge component of why I adore the song as much as I do! So being able to watch the Machine in action, it never gets old, EVER!!!”

Hailed by Decibel for “leaving the majority of melodic death metal’s recent history chewing dust,” “Coffinized” – which can be ordered on CD and limited-edition colored vinyl at https://www.nightshiftmerch.com/collections/The-Absence – is THE ABSENCE’s follow-up to their acclaimed 2018 comeback record, “A Gift For The Obsessed.” That album was the band’s first in eight years, as well as their first for new label home M-Theory Audio. The time period between that album’s release and the COVID outbreak saw the band stay busy by taking their new songs to the road, touring alongside acts such as Deicide, Origin, Jungle Rot, Exmortus and Hatchet. The group’s members also stayed busy with outside endeavors, with drummer Jeramie Kling manning the kit for Venom Inc, Goregang and Inhuman Condition; bassist Mike Leon, a member with Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy and guitarist Taylor Nordberg playing with GoreganG, Inhuman Condition, and Massacre.

Those three 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.”)

Shamanic NYTT LAND Release New Song + Video for Haunting Experience “U-Gra”

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Just recently signed with Napalm Records, Russian Nordic folk/ambient project NYTT LAND offer a dark, otherworldly experience with their new seventh studio album, Ritual, out August 6. Today, the shamanic dark folk outfit reveals their second single and video for “U-Gra”!

Based on the tale of the ancient Siberian tribe known as Khanty, NYTT LAND transform their culture into a musical journey through their spiritual traditions. Their deep, ambient atmosphere makes NYTT LAND a truly unique duo in folk, and has earned them many millions of streams across all platforms to date!

Watch the music video for “U-Gra” HERE:

NYTT LAND about the video:
“’U-Gra’ has become a special song for us, as this is our dedication to ancient Siberia. Since it was in antiquity that the lands of the Western and central part of Siberia were called “Ugra”. Ugorian land. The ancestral home of several European peoples – Finns, Hungarians and Sami.
Song ‘U-Gra’ is based on the ancient legend of the Siberian native tribe Khanty. It tells the story of the guardian spirits of the land where the tribe lives. At the beginning and the end of the song, a real ritual conspiracy of spirits sounds, in which the shaman asks them to be kind to their people, help people and keep the land on which the tribe lives. And our seven-year-old son Yuri played one of the main roles in the video ‘U-Gra’.”
 
Ritual is a previously uncharted display of intense, dark folk music inspired by NYTT LAND’s unique, authentic and ancient Siberian culture. If bands like Wardruna, Heilung or Runahild ensnare your senses, then you must prepare for this Ritual!

Pre-Order the Ritual NOW

NYTT LAND’s ancient shamanic culture is palpable on songs like “U-Gra” – based on the legend of the Siberian native tribe known as Khanty. It tells the story of the guardian spirits of the tribe’s homeland as somber ritual chants at the start of the song ask the spirits to be kind to their people and help them retain their lands. An atmospheric, meditative journey accompanied by an enthralling percussive section accents the unmatched, unique throat singing layers of NYTT LAND vocalists Natasha “Baba Yaga” Pakhalenko and Anatoly “Shaman” Pakhalenko. “Svartravn” seamlessly continues this vibe while introducing melancholic string sections, telling the story of a warrior dying on the battlefield with a crow circling him, awaiting his coup de grace. The dying warrior tells the crow about his worthy life and the deeds that he performed, and that he is not afraid of death, asking the raven to take the news of his death to his family. Underlying themes on Ritual become apparent in NYTT LAND’s artistic entity, pulled together by mysterious, haunting visuals while still welcoming the listener into their spiritual world. Songs like “Dead Man’s Dance” and “Blood Of The North” showcase the Nordic folk-driven roots of NYTT LAND, while the duo takes the genre to new levels on “The Fires of Ragnarok”.

NYTT LAND on the record:
“Our new album is a big story, a long way – from the harsh, snowy fjords of ancient Scandinavia – to the endless expanses of the great Siberian taiga. Having chosen life in a small Siberian village, we are inspired by nature, its eternal, primordial life force. And this inspiration finds expression in our music.”

Ritual Track listing:
1. Ritual
2. The Fires of Ragnarok
3. The Birth of a Shaman
4. Dead Man’s Dance
5. U-Gra
6. Gróttasöngr
7. Svartravn
8. Blood of the North