SKARLETT RIOT Return With New Album ‘Invicta’, Out May 7th

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After the success of their second album ‘Regenerate’, the hard-hitting UK quartet SKARLETT RIOT reinforced their interest from far and wide. With ‘Regenerated’ the band introduced their listeners to a harder, heavier and faster sound, but still driven by the anthemic hooks that have kept SKARLETT RIOT at the forefront of the UK modern metal scene. The band have constantly developed and honed their craft; and the band are in comfortable in their darker and heavier guise, with elements of Asking Alexandria, In This Moment and Bullet for My Valentine shining through; opening up all new possibilities for the band.

The follow-up their Despotz Records release ‘Regenerate’, the album was recorded throughout a time of global uncertainty and confusion but despite what was going on in the world, ‘Invicta‘ is the most focussed and forthright release of the band’s career. Built around the spectacular vocals of Skarlett and a powerful musical landscape unique to the band, ‘Invicta‘ is a melodic, intense, and packed with anthems. Skarlett has broadened her vocals this time out, adding some harsh elements to proceedings, giving the songs and the band and aggressive edge. The first three singles from the album (‘Human‘, ‘Gravity‘ and ‘Stronger‘) introduced the new sound to great acclaim and set the tone for what to expect from the album and from Skarlett Riot in 2021. 

The band comments; ‘We are so excited to finally release our brand-new album ‘INVICTA’! This album has been three years in the making and we can’t wait for you to hear the results of the huge amount of work that’s gone into this. We’ve overcome so much together as a band throughout the years and ‘Invicta’ represents the physical and mental struggles we’ve experienced together and individually, making us who we are today – Invicta.” – Skarlett Riot.  

Skarlett Riot have taken the scene by storm with their powerful, riff-led songs blending melody and grit with a muscular backbone. Add to that an ear for infectious hooks, a singer blessed with a huge voice, and you have a band that not only has bags of attitude but the songs to back them up! Having wowed audiences at Download Festival, earning a 4KKKK live review from KERRANG!, Leeds and Reading Festival, Metal Female Voices Festival, Bloodstock, Hard Rock Hell, Camden Rocks, Steelhouse, Takedown, Giants Of Rock, S.O.S and a host of other festivals, Skarlett Riot have also shared stages with the likes of Funeral For A Friend, Butcher Babies, Deaf Havana, The Darkness, Wednesday 13, Heaven’s Basement, Kamelot, Gus G, Devilskin, Hammerfall, Glamour Of The Kill, Leaves’ Eyes, Symo Cyco, Black Spiders, plus many more. 

New album ‘Invicta‘ is set to be released on May 7th via Despotz Music.

Viral Shred Guitar Virtuoso BERNTH Plays Through NICCOLÒ PAGANINI’s “Caprice No. 24”

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After taking over Instagram and YouTube with his insane guitar skills, reaching millions of viewers and over 280.000 subscribers in just one year, BERNTH has officially released a studio version of Paganini’s “Caprice No. 24” as the first single from his upcoming album, Elevation, available May 14. Watch the awe-inspiring playthrough now below.

BERNTH’s new adaption of Paganini‘s final “Caprice” (widely considered to be one of the most difficult pieces ever written for solo violin) showcases all of his signature breathtaking guitar techniques and a stunning light show. “This is the only song on the album I did not write myself, but there might be the strongest personal connection and story behind it,” says BERNTH. “I wanted to play this piece since my teenage years when I first picked up a guitar. I was fascinated with all the techniques and melodies but couldn’t make it past the first measures! I brought this piece to many guitar teachers in my early years and they all couldn’t really help me… that’s when I realized that I had to do this on my own. I promised myself that someday, I would be able to write a full arrangement and a killer metal guitar version of ‘Caprice No. 24’ by Niccolò Paganini!”

After becoming a double honor student of the acclaimed Vienna Music Institute, gathering experience on tour and in the studio working for highly praised multi-platinum productions and exploring the limits of the guitar through his weekly shred videos over the last years, BERNTH is finally ready to cross this achievement off his bucket list.

Guitar enthusiasts can download the tabs and guitar pro files for this Paganini arrangement on BERNTH’s Patreon page (along with 160+ guitar technique and theory lessons) at https://www.patreon.com/bernth.

Elevation, the first instrumental album full of BERNTH’s signature high-adrenaline shredding, took years to finish and embodies the absolute dedication and perfectionism his viewership is already accustomed to.

“I couldn’t be happier with these new songs and the album in general,” BERNTH says. “My biggest goal was writing fresh, challenging instrumental music that is also easy and entertaining to listen to. All songs were insanely challenging to record but emotion, feeling and melody always had priority. You can find odd meters, exotic scales, unique guitar techniques, the weirdest effect, and many more details all over the album – but always in a way that serves the songs and the emotions they are supposed to portray.”

Pre-orders for Elevation are available now at https://bernth.myshopify.com/. Limited bundles sold out within hours of their announcement.

NOCTURNAL HOLLOW Featured On The Zach Moonshine Show

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Just recently The Zach Moonshine Show conducted an interview with Venezuelan NOCTURNAL HOLLOW:

‘Nocturnal Hollow’ joins The Zach Moonshine Show to to talk about the new album “Triumphantly Evil”! We played new tracks from the record, as well as many brand new releases from Bark, Inhuman Condition, Misanthropik Torment, Capra, Midnight, Temple of Void, Midnight Dice, Cannibal Corpse, MONSTER MAGNET, Bongzilla, Bloody Hammers, Empress, Extinguish, Luna’s Call, Ad Meliora, MORBID SAINT, Solus Ex Inferis, Green Lung, Sombre, WIZARDTHRONE, THE OBSESSED, WINTER ETERNAL, PESTILENCE, Siderean, Paradox Community, CADAVERIC INCUBATOR, and Michael Fulkerson! We also played some classics by request from Death Angel, ACDC, Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, and Obituary!

GO HERE TO SEE THE FULL TRACK LIST!
Listen to the full show and find more info on the band HERE!

Nocturnal Hollow, one of the most prolific and consistent groups in Venezuelan metal, returns with its new studio album Triumphantly Evil.

After six acclaimed record labels, both at a Latin American and global level, the distinguished extreme metal ensemble premieres its seventh full-length release, which arrives to definitively consolidate its position as standard bearers of the Swedish Death Metal style in the region.

“We always try to experiment by getting to a level above our abilities,” states the band. “The sound approach is the same, always faithful to the roots of Swedish Death Metal. However, we tried to add certain elements of our musical tastes so that the result of this album was different.”

The album Triumphantly Evil was released on February 21, 2021. This seventh record of the band is presented as a faster and more aggressive one. Those are the elements that the musicians sought to capture in this record work.

The lyrics of the album deal with Satanist themes, but not from the most literal and diabolical aspect of the concept, quite the opposite. Nocturnal Hollow immerses the listener in the dark and recondite aspects of the human being.

We all have a very dark part within us, side that Triumphantly Evil will help us to wake up. It is time to surface our inner demons.

BILLY BOY IN POISON Present New Single ‘Blinded’ Feat. Scott Kennedy

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Joining forces with BLEED FROM WITHIN frontman Scott Kennedy, Copenhagen-based BILLY BOY IN POISON have released their second single ‘Blinded’. A track that effortlessly combines melodic elements and memorable choruses with raw aggression and the strong and varied vocal of Hjalte Bertelsen:

”’Blinded’ is a banger of a track with a hint of Swedish melodeath and one of the strongest choruses off of our coming album. It demonstrates our renewed focus on good songwriting, and we are proud to feature Scott Kennedy of Bleed From Within – his vocals are an awesome contribution to the song, guitarist Alexander Mortensen muses.

On the coming full-length album, the band has worked with renowned sound engineer and producer Chris Kreutzfeldt (MØL, Cabal, Ghost Iris) to create a modern soundscape with a stronger focus on songwriting and memorability.

The single ‘Blinded (feat. Scott Kennedy)’ is already available on all streaming services. Stream HERE.

WRISTMEETRAZOR Unleash New Single ‘Anemic (The Same Six Words)’

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WRISTMEETRAZOR have premiered a new single, Anemic (The Same Six Words), with an accompanying visual by Errick Easterday, via Alternative Press. Anemic (The Same Six Words) is the second single to be taken from the band’s upcoming sophomore album, Replica of a Strange Love, due for release via Prosthetic Records on June 11 – and further expands on WRISTMEETRAZOR‘s intoxicating metalcore sound. 

LISTEN TO ANEMIC (THE SAME SIX WORDS) VIA ALTERNATIVE PRESS HERE.

Speaking on the single’s premiere, Justin Fornof (vocals/ bass) comments: “The song is an observation I’ve made over years of playing music and being involved in music scenes. It’s indicative of both human nature and the insecurity-plagued social media nightmare we routinely subject ourselves to. We are uniquely judged by peers who don’t know us, who secretly anticipate our failures. I think it’s the most relatable set of lyrics on the record.

“I created a metaphor when writing the lyrics that I thought summed up the entire concept. You’re trapped at the bottom of a dark well, treading water while the level slowly fills. The longer you tread, the more leeches you attract. More and more effort is exerted to keep your head above the surface, and the closer you to get to climbing out the more blood is drained from your body. In a lot of ways it’s a catch-22, you either escape as a shell of who you used to be or sink and become a leech.”

Replica of a Strange Love is a modern take on metalcore; building on the foundations of their past to leave a shimmering trail of visceral energy in their wake. Isaac Hale of Knocked Loose made his production debut on the album, and also made a cameo on the first single, Last Tango In Paris. The album was engineered & mixed by Andy Nelson at Bricktop Recording Studios, before being mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege.

Through his lyrics, Justin Fornof deconstructs his own psyche in the wake of Misery Never Forgets, observing heartbreak through a philosophical lens. Replica of a Strange Love is introspective, utilizing the work of Nietzsche, Foucault, LaVey and more to make sense of human reactions and sociological phenomena specific to ongoing events. Hopeless romanticism is the past – personal philosophy is the present.

From their roots as a DIY band – Jonah Thorne started WMR as a solo project before joining forces with Justin for his creative vision before later welcoming Bryan Prosser and Tyler Norris for their eclectic skill sets and artistry – WRISTMEETRAZOR have blossomed into a force to be reckoned with. Still driven by the desire to get down in the dirt in a live arena, expect to see this four piece in a town near you as soon as is possible. 

Still fashionably dead, now is the time to take note of WRISTMEETRAZOR.

Replica of a Strange Love by WRISTMEETRAZOR will be released via Prosthetic Records on June 11.

Watch the video for Last Tango In Paris (featuring Isaac Hale of Knocked Loose)

Replica of a Strange Love tracklist:
1. Our Distress Entwined
2. Last Tango In Paris
3. Sycophant
4. Nietzsche Is Dead
5. Love’s Labor’s Lost
6. Anemic (The Same Six Words)
7. Eyes of Sulfide
8. Dies Irae
9. 99 & 44/100 
10. A Fractured Dovetail Romance
11. This Summer’s Sorrow II: Growing Old In The Waiting Place
12. All The Way Alive

MISFIRE Stream Brand New Single “Red Flag”

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MISFIRE – feat. members of Diamond Plate + Vitrial – will release their debut album “Sympathy for the Ignorant” on May 1st.

Today, the band streams their brand new track “Red Flag” via Metal-Rules. The track can be heard at this location.

In 2004 at the age of 13 and 14 drummer James Nicademus and Guitarist/Vocalist Jay Johnson formed what ended up becoming the thrash metal band Diamond Plate. In 2007 Jay left that band and has since released multiple solo projects. Diamond Plate went on to be signed to Earache Records for 2 albums and played multiple tours and shows with Overkill, Death Angel, Testament, Megadeth, D.R.I. and many more. Fast forward to 2018.  James Nicademus, Tommy Denniger of End of Sanity, and Sean Coogan of Vitrial formed Misfire. Shortly after Tommy decided to follow a different path so James called the only man for the job. His old friend Jay Johnson.  A decision that would ultimately solidify Misfires line up.

Misfire have since been active and have opened for Iron Regan, Sacred Reich, and more. Their debut album “Sympathy for the Ignorant” releases May 1st 2021 in partnership with Fracture Studios and can be purchased on all distrokid platforms. Physical copies can be purchased at their merch site here: https://misfireofficialmerch.bigcartel.com/

Pre-order here: https://misfireofficialmerch.bigcartel.com/product/sympathy-for-the-ignorant-cd

If there is one benefit to covid-19, Misfire has had ample time to write music and a second album will be recorded in the very near future. So stay tuned and stay heavy!   

Check out “Skin of Mirrors”, the latest video​ from Misfire here: