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TO THE GRAVE Release Lyric Video ‘Recoil In Horror’; Announce Additional Tour Dates

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 5, 2021
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Sydney, AUS deathcore quintet TO THE GRAVE have released a lyric video for ‘Recoil In Horror’, taken from their new album, Epilogue, out now via Unique Leader Records.

‘Recoil In Horror’ is the final moment of Epilogue’s journey, closing the album in an abrupt, violent few minutes. The lyrics drive home what it must feel like to be an animal in their last moments before slaughter. An hour of misery, frustration and horror halted by an inevitable yet surprisingly visceral climax.

Stream / purchase Epilogue here: https://orcd.co/epilogue

‘Recoil In Horror’ is the final moment of Epilogue’s journey, closing the album in an abrupt, violent few minutes. The lyrics drive home what it must feel like to be an animal in their last moments before slaughter. An hour of misery, frustration and horror halted by an inevitable yet surprisingly visceral climax.

To The Grave recently announced the Epilogue Tour for August in Australia with special guests Earth Caller. The response has been overwhelming with Sydney and Melbourne selling out within 24 hours of going on sale and Brisbane only having a handful of tickets left. Due to demand, they have added extra shows in Sydney and Melbourne. See the band’s social media pages for dates.

To The Grave‘s objective has always been to create sonically and thematically heavy music, charged with a grim, confronting message. Featuring their entire self-released debut album Global Warning, plus seven new songs, Epilogue is a huge 19 tracks of intense brutality.

After releasing the No Lives Matter extended play and touring Australia relentlessly with the likes of Alpha Wolf, Justice For The Damned and Gravemind, To The Grave put themselves firmly on the global metal map in 2019 with Global Warning. Closing 2019 as main support for Vulvodynia on their Australian run and opening a show for Cattle Decapitation elevated them further, earning them sold out headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney.

Track-listing:

01 Holocaustralia : Global Warning
02 Ecocide
03 Pest Control
04 Hell Hole
05 Slaughter Forever
06 Gristle Blower
07 The Devil in Sheepskin
08 Wastage
09 Skin Like Pigs
10 Lips & Assholes
11 Seven Billion Reasons Why
12 Hear Evil, See Evil (The Haunting of 2624 Dog Trap Rd)
13 Miserable Summer
14 [•REC]
15 Terrorist Threat
16 Kill Shelter
17 Deat By A Thousand Cuts
18 Recoil in Horror (活き締め)

NIGHTLAND Sign Multi-Album Deal With Scarlet Records

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 5, 2021
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Symphonic death metallers NIGHTLAND have signed a multi-album deal with Scarlet Records.

Nightland debuted on the scene in 2015 with the first full-length album ‘Obsession’ and made their first international appearance supporting Fleshgod Apocalypse during an intense European tour in 2017, reinforcing their position as one of the most promising acts of the new wave of melodic death metal.

Another outstanding release followed in 2019, ‘Umbra Astra Luna’, which saw Nightland being recognized for their sophisticated and fresh approach to the genre, with a strong thematic/visual identity and astrology-inspired lyrical content and symbolism.

The Italian band is now ready to announce the beginning of a new path which will lead them to the release of the next full-length record, scheduled for fall 2021.

HAMMER KING Release New Single + Video “Atlantis (Epilogue)”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 5, 2021
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[photo credit: Thommy S. Mardo]

After releasing “Hammerschlag” as a first glimpse of what power metal up-and-comers HAMMER KING have to offer on their new album Hammer King (out June 11 via Napalm Records), today they reveal their anthem “Atlantis (Epilogue)” to the world! On “Atlantis (Epilogue)”, power metallers HAMMER KING reveal their melodic side as singer and guitarist Titan Fox V shows off his incredible vocal range. Dynamic songwriting meets multi-faceted, virtuoso guitar solos!

Singer/guitarist Titan Fox V about the new single “Atlantis (Epilogue)”:
“With great pride we are to announce the release of the second video single off our upcoming album Hammer King: ‘Atlantis (Epilogue)’.

Atlantis has been on everyone’s list. It’s an epic song actually written on the Lake Zürich. Its lyrics go back to some of the earliest hours in human history or mythology. It also serves as an epilogue to our nautical trilogy off the Poseidon Will Carry Us Home album. Some of our finest lead guitars meet big vocals and counterpoint singing. Carry us back home!”

Watch the official music video for “Atlantis (Epilogue)” HERE:

HAMMER KING keeps it heavy with speedy riffs, energic grooves and fist-pumping choruses, devoting their existence to the one and only myth of the godly Hammer King! The new self-titled album starts off with blasting drums and brisk guitars on “Awaken the Thunder”, with frontman and guitarist Titan Fox V showing off his incredible vocal range, whereas tracks like “Atlantis (Epilogue)” prove HAMMER KING’s ability to write catchy and memorable choruses. Hammer King tells the lore of the Hammer King himself, a wrathful and mighty war god, who is praised in tracks like anthemic “Baptized by the Hammer”, energetic and double-bass driven “In the Name of the Hammer” and the hard-hitting “Hammerschlag”. Kneel before the king of kings, the HAMMER KING.

Pre-Order HAMMER KING’s debut album Hammer King NOW!

Hammer King Tracklisting:
01. Awaken the Thunder
02. Baptized by the Hammer
03. Onward to Victory
04. Hammerschlag
05. Atlantis (Epilogue)
06. We Are the Kingdom
07. Into the Storm
08. Ashes to Ashes
09. In the Name of the Hammer
10. Kings of Kings
11. Holy (Outro)
12. Hammerschlag (HK Version) Bonus Track (physical only)

TRAGEDY To Release Metal-Meets-Disco Favorites Collection “Disco Balls to the Wall”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 5, 2021
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[photo credit: Michael Blase]

Prepare your air guitars and get the party started with the hottest metal tribute to The Bee Gees and beyond: TRAGEDY! The New York based cover song reinventors are set to release a “best of” collection chock full of remastered favorites, Disco Balls to the Wall, on July 30, 2021 via Napalm Records.

It doesn’t matter at all if you love or hate disco or metal – you will unabashedly love TRAGEDY and their bombastic, crazy mix of disco, metal, glitter and revelry, highly enjoyable on their incomparable powerhouse version of “You’re the One That I Want”, out today. TRAGEDY already broke the internet back in 2015 with the viral video for their energetic take on the Grease soundtrack classic, but now it’s time to mosh on the dancefloor again to a new, remastered version of the song!

TRAGEDY say about “You’re the One That I Want”:
“We found the inner-METAL spirit of Grease…and it runs deep. 1950’s greasers, 1970’s Travolta, 1980’s metal and 1990’s grunge, all come together in a new-millennium melting pot – creating a kick-ass high school for adults portraying teens. You better shape up!”

Watch the video for “You’re the One That I Want”HERE:

“‘You’re the One That I Want’ Heavy Metal Tribute to Grease is as great as it sounds. They created a music video for the cover, and it is exactly what you’d think a heavy metal version of Grease would look like. Between the crazy outfits, wild hair, air guitars, and locker room parties, the only question left to ask is, why hasn’t this idea been adapted into a full length movie yet? We want more!” – (VH1, US)

The band’s first offering with Napalm Records will include TRAGEDY’s unique twist on hits such as Abba’s “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” and “Dancing Queen”, Toto’s “Africa”, Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and Adele’s intense super-hymn ”Skyfall”, just to name a few. These fearsome brothers drop the perfect selection of all-time favorite disco, soft-rock and pop favorites – completely reimagining them as glorious, red-hot heavy metal treatments.

TRAGEDY add:
“Disco Balls to the Wall is the biggest, sexiest, collection of hits we’ve ever released. It’s as if the Bee Gees turned into werewolves, ate some teens, then bred with the local dog population; thus creating the world’s most beastly recordings of disco and soft-rock songs ever made. Sharing this album with your friends and lovers will make you 500% more desirable.”

Pre-Order Disco Balls to the Wall NOW

Get your body shaking when TRAGEDY start to rock out with The Bee Gee’s “Stayin’ Alive”, “How Deep Is Your Love” and “Tragedy”, and headbang to the tunes of Slayer’s heavy riffing thrash thunder “Raining Blood” combined with “It’s Raining Men” from American duo The Weather Girls in a way absolutely never heard before. Disco Balls to the Wall is finally topped by a smashing live version of Donna Summer’s fabulous “Hot Stuff”, featuring Alex Skolnick of Testament on lead guitar. What a ride! But the party won’t stop as long as there’s a repeat button to push heavily!

The concept, while subversive and humorous, goes well beyond what others have done in satirical music – TRAGEDY celebrates the soul of the original song, even while turning the soundscape on its head. The amps are cranked to eleven, but the emotion is not lost. You’ll discover new meaning in songs that have been a part of your life as long as you can remember. You’ll laugh and cry, dance and mosh, and feel newly connected to the disco-metal that was inside you all along.

TRAGEDY’s past releases have charted on the NACC Heavy Top 10, and the band was awarded a 2019 Album of the Year nod by the Necrosexual via Metal Injection and described as “one of the hottest bands on the internet” by Loudwire. Due to their energizing and captivating live performance, TRAGEDY have already turned venues all around the globe into a hefty disco metal night and are absolutely ready to spread their glittered wings even further with their upcoming, dominating album of “best of” favorites, Disco Balls to the Wall.

Disco Balls to the Wall Tracklisting:
1. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
2. You’re the One That I Want
3. Evil / Baker Street
4. Stayin’ Alive
5. Sweet Caroline
6. Raining Blood / It’s Raining Men
7. How Deep Is Your Love
8. Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In
9. Africa
10. Total Eclipse of the Heart
11. Tragedy
12. Dancing Queen
13. Skyfall
14. Hot Stuff

THE PICTUREBOOKS Join Forces With LZZY HALE And Announce European Tour 2022

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 5, 2021
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THE PICTUREBOOKS have already caused a sensation this year with various collaborations like DENNIS LYXZÉN (REFUSED) and NEIL FALLON (CLUTCH) and additional musical guests Ryan Sinn (The Distillers) and Dave Dinsmore (Brant Bjork), presenting the band to an even larger audience. 

The hard-working primal blues duo gained so much inspiration from these experiences to strive for even more astonishing collaborations and are now pleased to announce that they have recorded a song with the outstanding Grammy winning vocalist LZZY HALE of HALESTORM.

“Rebel”, will premiere on Friday, 14th of May and will be accompanied by a stunning video filmed in Nashville and Berlin by THE PICTUREBOOKS and LZZY HALE. 

Here´s what THE PICTUREBOOKS have to say about the collaboration:

“‘Rebel’ started out as an idea with Lzzy in mind and quickly surpassed everybody´s expectations. Lzzy tapped into something really special with both lyrics and vocal performance and when we heard her voice on the track for the first time we were totally blown away! Give this one a listen at full volume and be ready to be floored!“

But far from enough, it is even more gratifying that THE PICTUREBOOKS now officially announce their long-awaited “On The Road Again”-Tour 2022!

This rock’n’roll circus stretches across Europe plus the UK and will finally bring the fascinating performance of the two guys back to the masses.

Here are all the dates:

13/03/22 Hamburg @ Nochtspeicher (GER)
15/03/22 Gothenburg @ – Pustervik (SWE)
16/03/22 Stockholm @ Slaktkyrkan (SWE)
17/03/22 Copenhagen @ Hotel Cecil (DNK)
19/03/22 Antwerp @ Kavka (BEL)
20/03/22 Zwolle @ Hedon (NLD)
22/03/22 Cologne @ Artheater (GER)
23/03/22 Wiesbaden @ Schlachthof (GER)
25/03/22 Berlin @ SO36 (GER)
26/03/22 Leipzig @ Moritzbastei (GER)
28/03/22 Prague @ Futurum (CZE)
29/03/22 Krakow @ Kwadrat (POL)
31/03/22 Budapest @ Robot (HUN)
01/04/22 Vienna @ B72 (AUT)
02/04/22 Zurich @ Werk 21 (CHE)
07/04/22 Barcelona @ Razzmatazz 3 (ESP)
09/04/22 Madrid @ Caracol (ESP)
10/04/22 Bilbao @ Stage Live (ESP)
12/04/22 Stuttgart @ Universum (GER)
13/04/22 Munich @ Strom (GER)
14/04/22 Bielefeld @ Forum (GER)
17/04/22 Paris @ La Maroquinerie (FRA)
19/04/22 Manchester @ Rebellion (GBR)
20/04/22 Dublin @ Grand Social (IRL)
21/04/22 Glasgow @ King Tuts (GBR)
23/04/22 London @ The Dome (GBR)
24/04/22 Bristol @ Exchange (GBR)
27/04/22 Sheffield @ Corporation (GBR)
28/04/22 Birmingham @ Mama Roux´s (GBR)

GAMA BOMB Announce UK and Ireland Tour Dates

Posted by tarjavirmakari on May 5, 2021
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Photo credit: Kiran Acharya

GAMA BOMB have announced an eight day headlining tour in UK / Ireland, with support from Shrapnel. The tour will get underway on November 6, with GAMA BOMB performing at Damnation Festival, and run until November 13. The headlining shows follow the Irish thrashers’ previously announced European dates in support of Exhorder this September / October, and will serve as their first set of UK and Ireland live shows since the release of their latest album, Sea Savage, in December 2020.

Of the tour announcement, GAMA BOMB vocalist Philly Byrne comments: “As the first country where people really got into us as a band, we’ve always felt like the UK is home from home for GAMA BOMB. And after such a long and strange year without gigs, we’re really excited to get back there and see some old and new faces, and some of our favourite venues. With vaccinations rolling, we’re pretty optimistic this tour will happen and are preparing like Rocky for it. We’re bringing a new setlist and stage show, too – think ‘Live After Death on a Poundland budget’ and you’re nearly there.”

GAMA BOMB UK / Ireland tour dates (booked by Route One Booking):
Saturday, November 6 – Damnation Festival, Leeds*
Sunday, November 7 – The Underworld, London
Monday, November 8 – The Brickmakers, Norwich
Tuesday, November 9 – Star & Garter, Manchester
Wednesday, November 10 – Asylum 2, Birmingham
Thursday, November 11 – Classic Grand, Glasgow
Friday, November 12 – Limelight 2, Belfast
Saturday, November 13 – Voodoo Lounge, Dublin

*Without Shrapnel.

Tickets available here.

Previously announced dates (supporting Exhorder):

Friday September 17 – De Kreun, Kortrijk, Belgium
Saturday September 18 – Turock, Essen, Germany
Sunday September 19 – 7er Club, Mannheim, Germany
Monday September 20 – Le Petit Bain, Paris, France
Tuesday September 21 – Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Wednesday September 22 – Aaraukiff, Switzerland
Thursday September 23 – Im Wizemann Club, Stuttgart, Germany
Friday September 24 – Music Hall, Geiselwind, Germany
Saturday September 25 – Alte Spinnerei, Glauchau, Germany
Sunday September 26 – Dynamo, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Monday September 27 – Bahnhof Pauli, Hamburg, Germany
Tuesday September 28 – Hole 44, Berlin, Germany
Wednesday September 29 – Bazyla, Poznanu, Poland
Thursday September 30 – Pralnia, Wroclaw, Poland
Friday October 1 – Barba Negra, Budapest, Hungary
Saturday October 2 – Backstage Halle, Munich, Germany
Sunday October 3 –  Club Vaudeville, Lindau, Germany

Tickets available here.

GAMA BOMB‘s Sea Savage is out now via Prosthetic Records.

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