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FOZZY Drop Unprecedented New Video For “Sane”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 29, 2021
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Powerhouse rockers FOZZY drop their breathtaking, unprecedented music video for “SANE”, via Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group (ex-North America), filmed on the longest wooden rollercoaster on the planet today!!  Get a first-hand view of the madness as the band literally defies gravity, by reaching top speeds of 70 mph and terrifying drops of 154 feet!  It’s an edgy, heart-stopping thrill ride that represents both the power and physicality of Fozzy’s music, along with the bombastic nature and “who gives a shit” attitude of their live show.

“’Sane’ is the perfect first single for FOZZY to unleash on the world, as it’s heavy, hooky, catchy and RIFF-TASTIC!! I can’t think of a better way to remind everybody of the feeling you get when u hear a great rock n roll tune, one that makes u wanna put the top down on your car and put your foot down on the gas….and ‘Sane’ is that tune! It’s been such a tough year in so many ways, but now as the world is slowly getting better, FOZZY is here to vaccinate you with a proverbial phonograph needle and make you wanna ROCK again,” states FOZZY frontman Chris Jericho about “Sane”.

Rich Ward, FOZZY’s guitarist, adds, “After the first few songs started to develop in the early stages of writing material for FOZZY’s new record, we knew we were onto something special. We were inspired, creating music that had the potential to be the best we’d ever recorded. The only thing we were missing was a riff worthy of opening the record. The next day, I came to the studio with ‘Sane’!”

Purchase/stream the track HERE

After touring the world with the likes of Metallica, Kiss, Iron Maiden, Avenged Sevenfold, Shinedown and building a loyal fanbase for the better part of twenty years, Fozzy is the epitome of what a great rock n roll band should be: catchy, groovy, hooky, sweaty and most importantly, an AWESOME F**KIN TIME! With five consecutive TOP 30 singles, Fozzy is steadily becoming one of the most successful bands on Modern Rock Radio. It was the band’s 2012 release Sin And Bones, which featured the hit single “Sandpaper” (over 4.5 million views on YouTube), that found the band reaching a level of legitimacy that drew a mass audience to drink in their trademark heavy melodic groove. The album eventually reached #143 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart, but it was their next album, Do You Wanna Start A War (produced by Ward), released in the summer of 2014, that really blew the door open, debuting at #54 on Billboard and giving the band their first top 30 radio single in “Lights Go Out”, which was blared in sports arenas nationwide. Then, in May 2017, came the band’s breakthrough massive smash song “Judas”, expected to achieve Gold Record status by the end of 2021. The aforementioned title track spent 5 weeks at #1 on the highly influential ‘Big Uns Countdown‘ on Sirius/XM’s Octane channel, amassed over 47 million views for its video on YouTube, cracked the Top 5 on the US Rock Radio Chart and is still heard by millions of fans worldwide weekly on the TNT Network’s hugely popular “AEW Dynamite” program. The follow up single “Painless” hit number 9 on the charts (almost 10 million views on YouTube) with “Burn Me Out” peaking at number 18 and “Nowhere To Run” becoming Fozzy’s third Top Ten hit in 2020.

Rich Ward leads the band and is one of the most versatile, talented riff machines & songwriters in rock n roll today. Chris Jericho’s skills as a frontman are second to none and his vocal style & range are both unique and instantly recognizable. The powerhouse drumming of Frank Fontsere is the cornerstone of Fozzy’s sound, along with the blazing solos of Billy Grey and the rock star energy of new bass player, PJ Farley. These are five legit rock stars, whose energy and charisma light up every stage they play on and every crowd they perform for. As a result, it’s no surprise that Fozzy has skyrocketed into one of the hottest rock acts in years. Fozzy is Chris Jericho (vocals), Rich Ward (guitars, vocals), Frank Fontsere (drums), Billy Grey (guitars) and PJ Farley (bass).

ALLUVIAL Release Visualizer For ‘The Putrid Sunrise’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 29, 2021
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Progressive, technical death metal collective ALLUVIAL have debuted their highly anticipated sophomore album, “Sarcoma,” today with Nuclear Blast. The band marks the release of the long awaited record with a new visualizer for their vicious new single ‘The Putrid Sunrise’, which can be viewed now!

Purchase/Stream “Sarcoma”: http://www.nuclearblast.com/alluvial-sarcoma

Guitarist Wes Hauch comments on the single:
“This song is basically about the back and forth of being stuck in a rut with drugs and booze. It bounces back and forth between high and sick, and the pointlessness that happens in between. I’d venture to say that most people can relate to giving into their beast. There’s a certain type of hedonic enjoyment in becoming the beast, but the beast is always there laughing at you once he’s had his fun.”

ALLUVIAL’s second full-length album, “Sarcoma,” examines people’s connection with pain and the hardships that bind us.

“Sarcoma is a type of cancer that grows from connective tissue in the body,” says guitarist Wes Hauch.“At the end of working on everything, Kevin [Muller] pinpointed that each song on the record was about the different perils that happen at the hand of one man to another. These perils live in our connections to one another, so ‘Sarcoma’ became an apt title.”

As Hauch began writing the record, he took notice of Muller due to his time in SUFFOCATION. After hearing his vocals on a demo, everything simply clicked, and Kevin joined the band. Fast brothers, it fulfilled a long-term goal. “The Deep Longing for Annihilation was supposed to have vocals, but I couldn’t find the right guy,” he adds. “Some people possess a rare inability to doubt themselves. Kevin can marry that into performances. The day I heard his vocals over the Sarcoma demos was a special one. We’ve become brothers.”

After writing and producing demos at home, Alluvial cut guitars, bass, and vocals with engineer John Douglass (MR. BUNGLE, AMON AMARTH) in Atlanta.

SILVER LAKE by ESA HOLOPAINEN Release New Music Video ‘Alkusointu’, New Album Out Now

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 29, 2021
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Photo by Juuso Soinio

The debut album of SILVER LAKE by ESA HOLOPAINEN is finally released today via Nuclear Blast Tonträger Produktions- und Vertriebs GmbH and comes not only with the legendary guitar riffs of Esa Holopainen  from AMORPHIS, one of Finland’s biggest guitarists and metal songwriters, but also seven famous rock and metal vocalists such as Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Einar Solberg (Leprous), Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork), Anneke Van Giersbergen and many more, that dive you into a world of catchy, progressive metal masterpieces that breathe the beauty and melancholy of Finland.

Right in time for the release of his debut solo album, SILVER LAKE by ESA HOLOPAINEN reveals ‘Alkusointu’ (‘Alliteration’ in English) featuring a spoken word performance from one of Finland’s most famous actors and musicians Vesa-Matti Loiri. For foreigners, his name might not ring a lot of bells, but for every single Finn, Vesa-Matti Loiri is simply a legend and with the powerful saxophone solo, the folk-influenced song is definitely a rock track like no other.

More on “SILVER LAKE by ESA HOLOPAINEN”:
Official Music Video “Ray Of Light” https://youtu.be/deipFVjm2Qk
Official Music Video “Storm”: https://youtu.be/wTQBfqxi4cc
First album trailer (“how it all began”): https://youtu.be/kuFbR82Pedc
Second album trailer (“about the guest musicians”): https://youtu.be/lASjSB8kh3A
Third album trailer (“about the recordings”): https://youtu.be/m12KOosblN0

Listen to the whole album and order your copy via: https://bfan.link/silver-lake-by-esa-holopainen

The self-titled album is available as a CD digipak, in various coloured vinyl editions, a limited CD boxset (incl. the digipak, signed card, guitar pick and flag) as well as digital.

All-Star IMONOLITH Release New Single ‘Angevil’

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L-R: Kai Huppunen (Guitars), Brian Waddell (Guitars), Jon Howard (Vocals), Scott Whalen (Bass), Ryan Van Poederooyen (Drums) – Photo by Erich Saide

All-star modern metal band IMONOLITH return with huge new single ‘Angevil’, and tease new EP Progressions. This is the first new music released by the band since their critically acclaimed debut album, State of Being. 

Says drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen: ‘”Angevil’ is an aggressive, hard hitting song from Imonolith’s upcoming 2021 EP, Progressions. Musically, the song shows a more progressive evolution of the bands songwriting since the release of our debut album, State of Being. Lyrically, ‘Angevil’ is about people who want to portray themselves as good willed, honest people but in all reality their negativity, their egos and lies show their true colours. In short, they want to be angelic but the more negative, dishonourable side always prevails. Hence the song title, ‘Angevil’.”

Stream ‘Angevil’ here: https://linktr.ee/imonolith

IMONOLITH features drummer Ryan Van Poederooyen (Devin Townsend Project) guitarist Brian ‘Beav’ Wadell (Devin Townsend Project), Jon Howard (Threat Signal), guitarist Kai Huppunen (Methods of Mayhem, Noise Therapy) and Scott Whalen (Econoline Crush). The collective of heavy-hitting players at the top of their game, released their debut album State of Being, in 2020. The album features special guest appearances from Jens Kidman (Meshuggah) and famed Swedish vocalist Johannes Eckerström and is made up of 10 hook-laden, riff-heavy tracks that centre around the theme of how people deal with various stages of life.

Even with their big album touring plans cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the band showed no sign of slowing, and recorded a series of play-through sessions. Watch them here: https://www.youtube.com/imonolith

‘Angevil’ is first in a series of new singles to be released, and with tour plans firming up for later in the year and 2022, you’ll be hearing a lot more from this ferocious new act very soon.

MOONLIGHT HAZE In Studio Recording New Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 29, 2021
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MOONLIGHT HAZE have just hit the studio to record their third record – following the acclaimed debut-album ‘De Rerum Natura’ (2019) and sophomore work ‘Lunaris’ (2020).

Mixing and mastering duties will be handled by Simone Mularoni at Domination Studio (San Marino).

Expect an early 2022 release on Scarlet Records.

SWALLOW THE SUN Announce Live Album “20 Years Of Gloom, Beauty And Despair – Live in Helsinki”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 28, 2021
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Today, Finnish doom stars SWALLOW THE SUN announce their first ever live album “20 Years Of Gloom, Beauty And Despair – Live in Helsinki“! It will be released on July 30th, 2021 via Century Media Records.

“Finally some good news after a year of cancellations and shitshow! We managed to play only 10 of these special 20th anniversary gigs before the whole world shut down in March 2020 and the rest of the tour got cancelled. Luckily we filmed and recorded one of the gigs, which we now release as our very first live album as we wait to be able to get back on stages again. Enjoy!“, comments Mikko Kotamäki

About the production he states, “We played the whole „Songs from the North II“ with a string quartet—comprised of very professional musicians, two of whom played on our previous album and appeared with us on the 70000 Tons of Metal cruise in 2018. For the first time, we also asked our fans on social media to vote for their favorite songs from each album. We then played the most-voted songs from every album.“

All physical formats can be pre-ordered HERE as of now: https://swallowthesun.lnk.to/20YearsOfGloomBeautyAndDespair-LiveInHelsinki

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