THOR Forge The Ultimate ALLIANCE With W.A.S.P.’s CHRIS HOLMES & ROSS THE BOSS In A New Video/Single

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Like the Heavy Metal Avengers, heroes and icons from all over the metal world have united behind the legendary god of metal thunder, THOR, on an epic new studio album, entitled Alliance! Only a figure of such mythic strength and power as the mighty THOR could unite such an astounding armada of artists including W.A.S.P.’s Chris Holmes, Raven vocalist John Gallagher, Soilwork singer Björn Strid, Danko Jones, Anthrax’s Neil Turbin, Ross “The Boss” Friedman and many more. Together, this battalion of champions fuse their talents to create one of the heaviest, most melodic THOR albums of all time! Just check out the album’s first single, “The Ultimate Alliance,” a heart-pounding, metal riffing powerhouse of a track that features some stellar guitar solos from Chris Holmes & Ross The Boss as well as the vocal talents of A Sound Of Thunder singer Nina Osegueda and Lords Of The Trident frontman Fang VonWrathstein! The track is debuted here alongside a superbly fun, special-effects heavy video.

Stream/download the single: https://orcd.co/thor_the_ultimate_alliance_single

Alliance features stunning artwork from Timo Wuerz and will be available July 16 on both digital as well as on CD in a digipak and limited edition silver vinyl in a gatefold jacket! Watch for Thor to launch several shows and festivities in this year as he celebrates his 39th studio album and an astounding 50 years of metal mayhem as well as co-starring in a feature-length action movie “Pact Of Vengeance,” which will feature music from the new album!

Pre-order the CD & Vinyl:https://cleorecs.com/store/?s=thor+alliance&post_type=product
Pre-order/pre-save the digital:https://orcd.co/thor_alliance_album

Track List:

  1. We Need Musclerock feat. John Gallagher (Raven)
  2. Niflhel (Realm Of The Dead) feat. Björn Strid (Soilwork)
  3. The Ultimate Alliance feat. Chris Holmes (W.A.S.P.), Ross “The Boss” Friedman (Manowar), Nina Osegueda (A Sound Of Thunder) & Fang VonWrathenstein (Lords Of The Trident)
  4. Ode To Odin feat. Dan Cleary (Striker)
  5. We Will Fight Forever feat. Neil Turbin (Anthrax)
  6. Because We Are Strong
  7. Rock Around The World feat. Danko Jones
  8. Queen Of The Spiders feat. Frank Soda (The Imps)
  9. Power Hungry
  10. Bounty Hunter feat. Frank Meyer (The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs) & Dennis Post (Warrior Soul)
  11. Battlements feat. Trevor William Church (Haunt)
  12. Thor vs. The Juggernaut (War Of The Gods) feat. Sean Peck (Death Dealer)
  13. Generation Now feat. Joey Killingsworth (Joecephus & The George Jonestown Massacre)
  14. After The Laughter feat. Martin Gummesson (Thundermaker)
  15. Good Stuff feat. Al Harlow (Prism)
  16. Congregate feat. Joey Roads & Sheldon Byer (Roadrash)
  17. We Will Fight Forever (Reprise)

“The Ultimate Alliance” video credits:

Written by: Jon Mikl Thor / John Leibel

Lead Vocals: Jon Mikl Thor

Special Guests
Lead Guitar: Chris Holmes
Lead Guitar: Ross “The Boss” Friedman
Lead Vocals: Nina Osegueda
Lead Vocals: Fang VonWrathenstein

Lead Guitar: John Leibel
Rhythm Guitar: Matt Hamilton
Bass: Ted Jedlicki
Drums: Tom Croxton

Video Directed by: Josh Grambo

Special Effects and Editing: Josh Grambo and John Magz
Videography: Josh Grambo, Javier Cedillo, Kevin Stuart Swain, and Lisa Freakrock
Additional Videography: Don Watson, Matthew Szablewicz, Ty Christian, Josh Schwartz, and Catherine Holmes

VREID Release Official Music Video for “Shadows of Aurora”

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Sognametal veterans VREID are now unveiling another chapter of their new album and movie, ‘Wild North West.’ The song “Shadows of Aurora” and its accompanying music video / movie chapter can be found HERE.

Recently, VREID have made the ‘Wild North West’ film available for sale or rental via Vimeo! The movie is now available at THIS LOCATION.

The film will include never-be-seen bonus material that was not included during their April premiere. The film includes the following:
– A 6 min biographical intro narrated by author Dayal Patterson (Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult)
– The full concert ‘In the Mountains of Sognametal,’ which was filmed live at the mountains of Sogndal June 2020. Exclusively available here.
– 2 previously unreleased live videos of Ulcus Molle ( VREID‘s predecessor) from Gaupne in Norway 1996. For the the songs “Train of Thought” ( ‘Yggdrasil’ demo) and “Mindgames” (‘Roles’ EP)

Wild North West’ is a concept album that developed alongside an entire movie. Inspired by both true events and pure imagination, the listener is taken on a whirlwind of a journey, diving deep into themes of war, fear, betrayal, loss, anxiety, and madness with thought-provoking lyrics that embody human nature. It captures the Nordic heart at the core of their sound, taking cues from Norway’s rugged landscape as it ricochets between eternal darkness and the solace of bracing light.

Moreover, VREID has recently been inducted into Norway’s National Museum of Popular Music Rockheim! The band is featured as a part of Rockheim’s Millennium exhibition and are also included in Norwegian music history.

In addition, VREID recently announced their exciting and unique partnership with the Sogndal Football Club! The club has for many years been known for developing and cultivating extraordinary talent, as the men’s team currently plays in first division, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system. Now, Sogndal Football Club is paying tribute to the band that has brought Sognametal to the whole world, by putting the logo of metal veterans and forefathers VREID on the chest of player’s uniforms for this upcoming season.

VREID has  recently appeared on Norway’s TV2, the biggest commercial news station in the country! The clip spotlighted the band’s ‘Into the Mountains of Sognametal’ livestream, which attracted over 140,000 fans from all over the world when it premiered in June of 2020, as well as the band’s ambitious upcoming album and film. The TV2 news item can be seen HERE.

‘Wild North West’ is out now! The album is available to be streaming, downloaded, or purchased at THIS LOCATION.

POWERWOLF Release New Single + Music Video “Demons Are A Girl’s Best Friend” ft. Alissa White-Gluz

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2021 is once again completely under the spell of the wolves: With the announcement of their new studio album, Call Of The Wild, POWERWOLF, the high priests of heavy metal, have turned the heads of fans and critics internationally and hereby seamlessly continue on their unique success story!

Along with a powerful video starring Alissa White-Gluz of ARCH ENEMY and Falk Maria Schlegel, they are more than ready to present a brand new version of their hit single “Demons Are A Girl’s Best Friend”. If the original version of the thrilling track already managed to reach over 50 million streams across platforms, the exciting new version will set the international heavy metal world on fire!

“Demons Are A Girl’s Best Friend” feat. Alissa White-Gluz will be part of the bonus album Missa Cantorem, that various special formats of Call Of The Wild include.

Alissa White-Gluz on the new single:
“I enjoyed putting a woman’s spin on “Demons Are A Girl’s Best Friend”; altering the lyrics to fit a strong message of female empowerment and delivering them with a mighty roar! Thanks to POWERWOLF for being open to having their song reconstructed like this!”

Falk Maria Schlegel on the video and the collaboration with Alissa White-Gluz:
“It was a pleasure to work and perform together with Alissa for the very first time on our joint video shoot for “Demons Are A Girl’s Best Friend”. Immediately, there was a great energetic atmosphere on set! Alissa is such a wonderful artist and interacting with her during this shoot as well as re-interpreting this video together was an amazing experience.”

Watch the new video for “Demons Are A Girl’s Best Friend” ft. Alissa White-Gluz HERE:

Once again created in cooperation with the honorable producer duo of Jens Bogren and Joost van den Broek, the masterpiece will open a new chapter in the band’s history on July 16, 2021. The eighth studio album will serve both old and newly recruited POWERWOLF devotees with well-known classic trademarks, and equally surprise and delight them at every stage of this wild 11-track ride!

Matthew Greywolf on Call Of The Wild:
“With Call Of The Wild, we are opening a new, exciting chapter in the history of POWERWOLF. The album sounds unmistakably like POWERWOLF and is so much more at the same time: Besides new territory like the Celtic instrumentation in “Blood for Blood (Faoladh)” or the ballad-like “Alive or Undead”, we have raised all our trademarks to a new level. Until now, we never sounded so powerful and wild – in the truest sense of the word. We can’t wait to finally share this beast of an album with you all!”

The first music video from the new album “Beast Of Gévaudan” already reached more than one million views on YouTube. Watch the grandiose video again here.

Call Of The Wild, the follow-up to their 2018 #1-charting studio album Sacrament Of Sin, manifests the band’s inimitable success story and proves once again that they sit unchallenged on the throne of the genre.

Call Of The Wild tracklisting:

  1. Faster Than the Flame
  2. Beast of Gévaudan
  3. Dancing with the Dead
  4. Varcolac
  5. Alive or Undead
  6. Blood for Blood (Faoladh)
  7. Glaubenskraft
  8. Call of the Wild
  9. Sermon of Swords
  10. Undress to Confess
  11. Reverent of Rats

Missa Cantorem (Bonus Album) Tracklisting:

  1. Sanctified With Dynamite – feat. Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear)
  2. Demons Are A Girl‘s Best Friend – feat. Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy)
  3. Nightside Of Siberia – feat. Johan Hegg (Amon Amarth)
  4. Where The Wild Wolves Have Gone – feat. Doro Pesch
  5. Fist By Fist (Sacralize Or Strike) – feat. Matthew Kiichi Heafy (Trivium)
  6. Killers With The Cross – feat. Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork)
  7. Kiss Of The Cobra King – feat. Chris Harms (Lord Of The Lost)
  8. We Drink Your Blood – feat. Johannes Eckerström (Avatar)
  9. Resurrection By Erection – feat. Christopher Bowes (Alestorm)
  10. Saturday Satan – feat. Jari Mäenpää (Wintersun)

POWERWOLF Live 2021:
On their upcoming tour, fans can not only expect brand new heavy metal anthems to be played and chanted along by thousands, but also the biggest and most epic production POWERWOLF has brought to the stage thus far, once again cementing their status as one of the most intense live bands.

Wolfsnächte 2021
01.10.21 DE – Stuttgart / Schleyerhalle
02.10.21 CH – Zurich / Samsung Hall
04.10.21 ES – Barcelona / Razzmatazz
05.10.21 ES – Madrid / Riviera
07.10.21 FR – Paris / Zenith
08.10.21 UK – London / Roundhouse
09.10.21 BE – Antwerp / Lotto Arena
10.10.21 NL – Amsterdam / Afas Live
12.10.21 IT – Milan / Alcatraz
13.10.21 DE – Frankfurt / Jahrhunderthalle
15.10.21 DE – Munich / Zenith
16.10.21 DE – Oberhausen / König Pilsener Arena
17.10.21 CZ – Prague / Tipsport Arena
18.10.21 PL – Katowice – MCK
20.10.21 HU – Budapest / Arena
21.10.21 AT – Vienna / Gasometer
22.10.21 DE – Berlin / UFO im Velodrom
23.10.21 DE – Hamburg / Sporthalle

VAN CANTO Drop Lyric Video for “Dead by the Night”

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Germany’s most thundering voices VAN CANTO recently set free their eighth studio album, To The Power Of Eight. Now the world’s most exciting acapella metal masters follow up directly and release the snappy anthem, “Dead by the Night”, along with a rousing and atmospheric lyric video.

VAN CANTO on “Dead by the Night”:
“After the rather soundtrack-like intro ‘To the Power of Eight’, ‘Dead by the Night’ is the actual opener of the album. We wanted to show everything that is possible with three lead singers right at the beginning. The result is an uptempo power metal song with Rakkatakka-riffs, big melodies and a huge background choir. All this comes along with a very positive message that points out how important it is to enjoy the moment. In the end, we all can be dead by tomorrow (or by the night!).”

Watch the lyric video for “Dead by the Night”HERE:

To The Power Of Eight marks another milestone in the band’s impressive career and presents VAN CANTO as a coherent entity stronger than ever! Starting out with their first full-length, A Storm To Come (2006), the unstoppable force set the stage for their very own genre and never failed in surprising their fans and beyond through the time being, while showcasing that metal can be heavy as hell without any riffage. With their previous full length, Trust in Rust (2018), the German rarity reworked its lineup, consisting of seven members since then. For To The Power Of Eight, the unit once again joined forces with Philip Dennis “Sly” Schunke, who had been the lead singer on their first six studio records. Sly joins lead vocalists Inga Scharf and Hagen Hirschmann on all twelve flawless tracks as third vocalist and special guest. It’s clear that this peerless piece of music was written with three voices in mind: To The Power Of Eight embodies a special sense of common bond and presents VAN CANTO in undeniable peak form!

VAN CANTO on the new album:
“Being able to present an album after 15 years of band history, where three lead singers share the microphone hand in hand, makes us incredibly proud. Due to the pandemic situation we had a lot of time to work on To The Power Of Eight and put all our heart and soul into the compositions, the arrangements and the production. Originally, we planned to have Sly as guest vocalist for one song – but it turned out to be twelve in total in the end. If someone would ask for one record to present VAN CANTO in the most suitable way, we would choose To The Power Of Eight.”

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THE PRETTY RECKLESS Premiere “Only Love Can Save Me Now” (Ft. MATT CAMERON + KIM THAYIL) Video

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THE PRETTY RECKLESS have teamed up with Rolling Stone to premiere the video for the new single “Only Love Can Save Me Now” (Feat. Matt Cameron + Kim Thayil). The visual features the Soundgarden legends, as well.

Watch it here.

“It’s hard to describe the feeling around our song ‘Only Love Can Save Me Now,'” says singer Taylor Momsen. “The song was born out of tragedy and brought to life by two of my favorite musicians of all time — Matt Cameron and Kim Thayil. Hearing them play it is simply surreal. This song represents getting through the worst time in my life, and yet, is one of my proudest achievements. It means that there is hope, and that life has to go on, and most importantly, is worth living.”

Thayil says, “It was super fun to spend time in the studio with Taylor, Ben, and Matt, and to have the opportunity to contribute to this The Pretty Reckless song. ‘Only Love Can Save Me Now’ has elements of classic Soundgarden and the riff would probably be at home on Louder Than Love. These are great guitar parts that Ben came up with. They lay down a heavy foundation that allows the entire song to open up with Taylor’s powerful and haunting vocals. Cheers, and thanks to The Pretty Reckless for inviting Matt and me to play on this track!”

Cameron shares, “Kim and I had a blast recording with Taylor and The Pretty Reckless on their new single ‘Only Love Can Save Me Now,’ a fantastic rock track that sounds amazing at full volume. Many thanks to the band for inviting us to play on their new album Death By Rock And Roll.”

The track appears on the band’s new album Death By Rock And Roll, out now via Century Media Records.

BEHEMOTH Unveil Video For “Shadows Ov Ea Cast Upon Golgotha”

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Polish heretics BEHEMOTH have today unveiled a sumptuous and visceral new video for “Shadows Ov Ea Cast Upon Golgotha”, a track taken from last summer’s 4-track A Forest EP.

The video, produced by longtime Behemoth collaborators Grupa 13, brings to life some of the spectacular artwork by renowned Polish artist and photographer Sylwia Makris, featured on the band’s much lauded 2018 album, I Loved You At Your Darkest. Check out the clip here:

Purchase and stream A Forest now at: behemoth.lnk.to/AForest

Behemoth front-man Nergal informs us: “‘Shadows Ov Ea Cast Upon Golgotha’ is the final piece of the puzzle to complete the ‘ILYAYD‘ cycle. An amazing album campaign for Behemoth, and this is its grand send off! Once again, we collaborated with Grupa 13 and created a very cinematic script and vision. There are numerous references linking this new video and our previous videos for ‘God=Dog’ and other ‘ILYAYD‘ videos. It’s all high-end, unseen footage and has a cool and intriguing story running through it. And Legions, we have a busy end to the year and we HOPE to see many of you in the Fall on The European Siege with Arch Enemy, Carcass and Unto Others. Regardless, prepare yourselves for some monumental announcements to come over the next 12 months!”

See below for “The European Siege” tour dates; tickets are on sale now at: behemoth.pl

Sept. 28 – Dublin, Ireland – Olympia Theatre
Sept. 30 – Glasgow, Scotland – O2 Academy
Oct. 1 – Manchester, England – O2 Academy
Oct. 2 – Birmingham, England – O2 Academy
Oct. 3 – London, England – O2 Brixton Academy

The I Loved You At Your Darkest album was met with vast critical acclaim upon release in 2018 and marked a milestone in the band’s history, not only being their most successful album to-date, but also as an audiovisual masterpiece. Its intricate, blasphemous artwork was showcased in a number of special gallery events across the globe. Purchase or stream I Loved You At Your Darkest at: behemoth.lnk.to/ILYAYD