“This Too Will Pass” is the second video and single from the new Danish heavy rock band TIMECHILD and is now available on YouTube and digital platforms. The song gives the listener an insight into the heavier and more riff-based part of the band’s characteristic Scandinavian sound. The song is written and recorded during a pandemic that paralyzed the global society and the lyrical universe, therefore, revolves around the fleeting nature of the human condition.
Timechild’s debut album, “And Yet It Moves”, will be released in October via Mighty Music.
“This Too Will pass” is out now on all streaming services (listen here) and in an official video that was premiered in our official partners.
On August 13th, ANAAL NATHRAKH will release CD and LP re-issues of their classic albums When Fire Rains Down from the Sky, Mankind Will Reap as It Has Sown and Hell Is Empty, and All the Devils Are Here via Metal Blade Records. Pre-order your copies now at: metalblade.com/anaalnathrakh
When Fire Rains Down from the Sky, Mankind Will Reap as It Has Sown track-listing 1. Cataclysmic Nihilism 2. How the Angels Fly In (We Can Never Be Forgiven) 3. Never Fucking Again 4. Genesis of the Antichrist 5. Atavism 6. When Fire Rains Down from the Sky, Mankind Will Reap as It Has Sown
Hell Is Empty, and All the Devils Are Here track-listing 1. Solifugae (Intro) 2. Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen 3. Screaming of the Unborn 4. Virus Bomb 5. The Final Absolution 6. Shatter the Empyrean 7. Lama Sabachthani 8. Until the World Stops Turning 9. Genetic Noose 10. Sanction Extremis (Kill Them All) 11. Castigation and Betrayal
Legendary heavy metal vocalist and pop culture icon DEE SNIDER recently announced the upcoming release of his triumphant fifth full-length album, Leave A Scar, out July 30, 2021 via Napalm Records. Once again produced by Jamey Jasta with co-production, mixing and mastering by drummer Nick Bellmore, Leave A Scar sees DEE SNIDER & Co. continuing in the invigorated, modern direction of his previous release, For The Love Of Metal, infusing a dose of classic heavy metal flavor that longtime fans will rush to embrace.
Today, following the album’s charging first single of resilience, “I Gotta Rock (Again)” (which instantly reached SiriusXM Liquid Metal’s Devil’s Dozen upon release), DEE SNIDER is thrilled to reveal the album’s second single, “Time To Choose”, featuring the brutalizing vocals of Cannibal Corpse’s George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher. Backed by an energetic lyric video, the track blends Corpsegrinder’s eviscerating lows with DEE SNIDER’s razor sharp cleans, making for a dynamic yet ruthless burner listeners won’t soon forget!
DEE SNIDER says about “Time To Choose”: “‘Time To Choose’ deals with a subject I’ve addressed often over the course of my writing career: good vs. evil (see ‘Burn In Hell’). Given the heaviness of this track, I felt adding George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher’s voice to this would drive home the seriousness of the choices we make. I was honored when he agreed to contribute his incredibly powerful voice.”
Watch the new lyric video for “Time To Choose”HERE
Like a scar itself, Leave A Scar is an illuminating plentitude of angst etched in time – serving as a musical refuge and expressive output for Dee. But in turn, this auditory time capsule written to express the anger, unease and pain he experienced during lockdown emerges as not only blisteringly heavy, but relentlessly powerful. Each of the 12 tracks on Leave A Scar not only further bolster DEE SNIDER’s position as one of the most celebrated frontmen of all time, showcasing that his vocal delivery and commanding swagger is as strong as ever, but that he is nowhere near stopping.
Heads will bang within seconds of the hard-charging opening notes of ultra-catchy album starter and lifer anthem “I Gotta Rock (Again)”, instantly setting the stage for the non-stop onslaught of metallic mainstays to come. Tracks like the brutal “Time To Choose” – featuring the primed guest vocal attack of Cannibal Corpse’s George “Corpsegrinder” Fisher – and mosh-ready “The Reckoning” showcase the album’s heavy assault, without sacrificing the harmonic goodness evident on tracks like the unrelenting, hooky thrasher “All Or Nothing More” and melodic, metalcore inspired “In For The Kill”. Energetic single of strength “Down But Never Out” encapsulates the chunky riffage and driving drums palpable throughout the album, while searing “Before I Go” provides one of the album’s most massive, memorable choruses and chilling lyrics. The album closes with victorious ballad “Stand”, a call for listeners to take a stand and make their voices heard. If For The Love Of Metal ignited DEE SNIDER’s eminent surge into a new era – Leave A Scarsets it ablaze.
DEE SNIDER says about Leave A Scar: “By the end of 2020, I knew I not only had to get back into the studio, but for the first time since the ’90s, I wanted – no, needed – to be a part of the writing process. I reached out to my producer Jamey Jasta and told him I was ready to make another record. Leave a Scar is filled with messages to and for the silent voices in the world who need someone to speak out on their behalf. This is my purpose.”
Jamey Jasta says regarding working with DEE SNIDER again: “Getting to work with Dee again has been incredible! The power and range in his vocals on this album really shine. Not only is he an American treasure and staple in the rock/metal community, he’s a truly original voice and talent like no other. Combine that with the metallic prowess of the Bellmore bros + Russell Pzütto and Nick Petrino, you get a rockin’ metal recipe that even the most “Dee-hard” SMF’ers will surely love!”
Leave A Scar tracklisting: 1) I Gotta Rock (Again) 2) All Or Nothing More 3) Down But Never Out 4) Before I Go 5) Open Season 6) Silent Battles 7) Crying For Your Life 8) In For The Kill 9) Time To Choose 10) S.H.E. 11) The Reckoning 12) Stand
2021 is once again completely under the spell of the wolves: With the announcement of their new studio full-length Call Of The Wild, the high priests of heavy metal – POWERWOLF – have not only stirred up the international scene, but their first single, “Beast of Gévaudan“, has also cemented their incomparable success.
The second single from the upcoming album is entitled “Dancing With The Dead“, and once again underlines POWERWOLF‘s indispensable skill for pure, bloody heavy metal and hooks that will stay in your head forever. The hit-filled four-minute track just screams for big stages and will not only captivate loyal followers but also new fans immediately.
Featuring Attila’s gripping vocals and irresistible riffs, the accompanying cinematic music video takes its recipient back to the past and once again also showcases POWERWOLF‘s visual strength! The video comes as a cinematic short film and stages a wild dance with the dead.
Watch the new video for “Dancing With The Dead”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 for “Beast Of Gévaudan” has already gained more than 1.3 million views on YouTube. Watch the outstanding video again here:
POWERWOLF Live 2021:
2021 marks not only the return of the wolves, but also the return of the heavy metal community to the legendary fields of Wacken. What could be a better setting to celebrate the first holy metal mass under the sign of Call Of The Wild than a headline show at the Bullhead City Festival in Wacken!
POWERWOLF Headline Show 16.09. – 18.09.21 DE – Wacken / Bullhead City
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 – Saarbrücken / Saarlandhalle
Melbourne progressive instrumental trio THE OMNIFIC – featuring the unique line-up of two bass players and a drummer – have streamed their exhilarating new single ‘Antecedent’, featuring Clay Gober, bassist of Polyphia.
Bassist Matthew Fackrell comments: “True to the definition of ‘Antecedent’, we looked to create a vintage style of music video, taking inspiration from the story of Sherlock Holmes. With the addition of paintings and artist utensils, coupled with the easel used, it allowed for Clay to be featured in a unique and appropriate manner. To the eagle-eyed viewer, an Easter egg is hidden within the music video too.”
Clay Gober says: “I had such a wicked good time working on this. It’s the first guest part I’ve ever done so I had to run it through about 100 refinement steps, just out of the desire to make it kick as much ass as possible. But on the other hand, some of the more key parts of it came pretty quick (which to me is the mark of a good song). Grateful to have been given such a fun project during quarantine, and by such a talented group of guys.”
After releasing three stunning EPs the band have attracted interest and fans from all corners of the globe clocking in over 5 million Spotify streams and 2 million views on their Youtube channel. The Omnific’s accessible style is for all music lovers; from those seeking to be challenged to those who wish to be blanketed by atmosphere, creating an identifiable sound and diverse international fan base. With swirling textures, syncopation, euphoric highs and melancholic lows;, The Omnific are truly captivating.
The band have established working relationships with reputable companies Darkglass Electronics, Neural DSP and Dingwall Guitars, seeing them represent the brands with performances at the Melbourne Guitar Show, bringing attention amongst the ‘Gear-Nerd’ community. Coupled with their online play-through, gear demo and music videos, the band’s reach is beyond what many would expect from this impressive Melbourne trio so early in their career.
They are also no stranger to the live circuit with a stack of domestic and international touring under their belt, having toured with Between the Buried and Me (Australian Tour) Cog (Sold Out Australian Tour), Intervals & Sithu Aye (European Tour), several of their own headline Australian tours as well as supporting Ne Obliviscaris, Galactic Empire, Circles and others.
Icelandic Tech Death battalion OPHIDIAN I will be releasing their new album, ‘Desolate,’ on July 16, making it their debut to Season of Mist! The band is now releasing the latest single, “Storm Aglow” along with a performance music video that showcases the band’s technical prowess! The song and video are available at THIS LOCATION.
The band comments on the new album and track: “‘Storm Aglow’ was the last song we wrote for the album. It is one of the tougher songs on the album to play due to the journey of the melodic structure. One that was very much influenced by Bach Preludes and classical works that employ similar concepts. This song was one of the most rewarding ones to nail during the writing and rehearsing period of the album. When we got it right we played it over and over again just because of how good and fun it felt to play – a very cathartic track to crack. We’re super proud of this one.“
The artwork for ‘Desolate’ was created by Eliran Kantor.
Track-list 1. Diamonds (4:35) (WATCH) 2. Spiral To Oblivion (3:31) (WATCH) 3. Storm Aglow (4:12) (WATCH) 4. Unfurling The Crescent Moon (2:53) 5. Sequential Descent (4:31) 6. Captive Infinity (3:43) 7. Enslaved In A Desolate Swarm (4:05) 8. Dominion Eyes (3:13) 9. Jupiter (4:01) 10. Wither On The Vine (4:07) Total: 38:51
After nine years, Iceland’s Ophidian I have returned to strike again. Formed in Reykjavík by Símon Þórólfsson (guitars) and Þórður Hermannsson (bass) in 2010, the snake-named outfit arrived at debut, Solvet Saeclum, in 2012. Almost immediately after that, Ophidian I splintered to focus on other projects and hone their musical chops. However, while Þórólfsson landed in black metal loners/labelmates Helfró and Hermannsson found solace in heavy rock act Lightspeed Legend, the duo never wholly forgot about Ophidian I. Fast forward six years later. Reborn, renewed, and reinvigorated, the group enlisted Daníel Máni Konráðsson (guitars), John Olgeirsson (vocals), and Ragnar Sverrisson (drums). Officially a five-piece, Ophidian I’s mandate was to shed the past and shred the future. To wit, stunning new album, Desolate, wasn’t just a new chapter but a completely different saga.
“We took to writing a very different style of music,” Konráðsson says. “We spent a couple of years developing the sound and interplay—the technical front. We wanted to make very technically oriented music that still focused on songwriting. Essentially, catchy tunes, arranged in a somewhat traditional manner that’s generally not prevalent in death metal. As a result, we spent most of our time working on the music itself, with the technical aspect serving as a way forward to that goal. We consider the sound we came up with fresh and accessible.”
One spin through Desolate, and it’s immediately apparent that Ophidian I operate at the near-insanity end of the musical and compositional spectrums. Tracks like lead single “Diamonds,” “Spiral to Oblivion,” “Unfurling the Crescent Moon,” “Enslaved in a Desolate Swarm,” and “Jupiter” reveal a professorial yet savage mien. Indeed, death metal has its technical sub-genre, and Ophidian I confidently reside alongside their fellow specialists, but Desolate offers something the others don’t. Songs. Pieces that are designed to earworm surreptitiously and indelibly. That Konráðsson describes the music as “principally technical death metal” says everything.
“We mainly just wanted the songs on Desolate to sound very catchy and mature,” says Konráðsson. “Faster, crazier, and more melodic also came into play. As we were deeper in our process and more and more comfortable with ourselves and the direction, we wanted to push the boundaries of our songwriting and its relation to the technical aspect. Being more melodic came naturally as when writing more traditional music, the melody and harmony are always crucial and often the critical factor. We were very ambitious in making good, memorable songs that’d leave something behind and hopefully stand the test of time.”
The name Ophidian I originated ages ago, but the lyrical tie-in on Desolate is with the incredible Eliran Kantor (Gaerea, Hate Eternal) cover. Tracks like “Storm Aglow,” “Captive Infinity,” and “Dominion Eyes” explore matters personal and environmental—11 percent of Iceland is covered in glaciers, for example—through metaphor. So while it’s not easy to read between Ophidian I’s lines, careful consideration of the colors, themes, and landscapes Kantor used to express Desolate depict a harsh, barren, yet wondrous reality.
“The lyrics of the album are mostly personal,” Konráðsson says. “Matters of the heart are often conveyed through allegories, set in the less habitable places of Iceland. They are tough and treacherous. The Kantor cover is effectively a portrait of that world. Tied into those lyrical themes and allegories are some cosmic elements. Hence the inclusion of the planet in the background.”
Ophidian I recorded Desolate in Sundlaugin Studios (Sólstafir, Auðn) in Mosfellsbær, a small town outside of Reykjavík. With Konráðsson at the helm, Stephen Lockhart, and the rest of the band as sound engineers, the team nailed down Desolate’s 10 songs in two months. The mixing and mastering were then handed off to Cryptopsy guitarist Chris Donaldson to configure at his studio, The GRID in Montréal, Canada. Donaldson took two weeks to complete the job. Overall, the studio sessions for Desolate were smooth, professional, and since Sundlaugin Studios is most famous for its association with Iceland’s biggest post-rock export Sigur Rós, inspiring.
“Sundlaugin is an amazing studio,” says Konráðsson. “The studio used to be a swimming pool (hence the name Sundlaugin—Icelandic for ‘the swimming pool’) that Sigur Rós converted into a studio for themselves and later started renting to others. We are lucky to have had the privilege to work in. The atmosphere is very cozy and comfortable. It’s intentionally designed in such a way, and it works perfectly. The large room has incredible acoustics, which lends itself exceptionally well to drum recordings. That was initially the reason we wanted to go there. We started our days early and went home late. It was summer, so the sun shines at all hours of the day (as it does in Iceland during this season), and working long hours becomes joyous and often surreal as if looking at the world through a filter.”
Ophidian I will take their technically impressive Desolate first to digital platforms. The Guilherme Henriques (Sólstafir, Crippled Black Phoenix) directed video for “Diamonds” is already dropping jaws. The Reykjavíkians have plans for more long-form videos, as well as multi-instrument play-throughs (wait for the “Sequential Descent” solo or the “Unfurling the Crescent Moon” mid-section), as a way to engage with and expand upon their interaction with fans across the globe. Then, as the world opens up, Ophidian I also expect to tour, bringing Desolate‘s high-intensity, incredibly adept death metal to audiences unknowingly ready to have their respective minds blown.
“After releasing the album, we hope to be able to bring our music out in all manners possible—physical and digital,” Konráðsson says. “For now, we will focus on creating materials that will hopefully serve to bring intrigue and attention to the band, which we will then be able to morph into demand for our physical appearances as soon as they are possible.”
Sound engineer: Stephen Lockhart (drums) Daníel Máni Konráðsson & Ophidian I (guitars, bass, vocals)
Produced by: Daníel Máni Konráðsson Mixing studio and engineer: The Grid, Christian Donaldson Mastering studio and engineer: The Grid, Christian Donaldson
Guest musicians: Julian Parry – vocals on ‘Dominion Eyes’
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