THREE SIDES OF THE COIN Podcast Discusses KISS Surpass Seven Million Plays

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Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin a unofficial KISS podcast that celebrates the hottest band in the world KISS is excited to announce that the show has been viewed or listened to over 7,000,000 times.

The co-hosts of Three Sides of the Coin share they excitement, Lisa Martini said, “A huge accomplishment that wouldn’t have been possible without our amazing and loyal listeners!!! Here’s to the next 7 million!!!”

Mark Cicchini adds, “As my co-hosts would attest to… this “silly little podcast” (as I like to say) has resonated with a lot of people around the world. We’ve received many messages over the years that quite frankly have left me humbled & grateful.”

Tommy Sommers continues, “7 million blows my mind. When we started we would have been happy with 7. Our listeners are the reason this happened. They are the best!”

Michael Brandvold concludes, “Thank you to every single person who has ever hit the play button. And, thank you to Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss, Eric Carr, Vinnie Vincent, Bruce Kulick, Mark St. John, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer… we do this because of everything you have given us.”

Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including Gene Simmons, Eric Singer, Ace Frehley, Bruce Kulick, Vinnie Vincent, Rob Halford, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, Dennis DeYoung, Buck Dharma, Lydia Criss, Eddie Trunk, WWE/AEW Superstar and lead singer of Fozzy Chris Jericho, Angel lead guitarist Punky Meadows, Five Finger Death Punch members Jason Hook and Jeremy Spencer, Vinnie Vincent Invasion and Slaughter lead singer Mark Slaughter, Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider and Jay Jay French, comedian Craig Gass, KISS’ former business manager Chris Lendt, KISS art director Dennis Woloch, Head of KISS Security Big John Harte, the Black Veil Brides Andy Biersack, Ron Keel, Frank Munoz associate producer for Ace Frehley’s Anomaly album, award-winning songwriter Adam Mitchell, Ed Kanon (Peter Criss’ drum tech), Kevin Valentine (drummer on KISS’ Psycho Circus album) and many, many more.

In the early ’90s, Michael Brandvold launched the fifth ever website on the Internet devoted to KISS, KISS Otaku. He built, launched and maintained Kissonline.com (KISS’ official web presence). He now owns Michael Brandvold Marketing, providing marketing services and digital strategy to musicians. Tommy Sommers spent 15 years on the record show circuit collecting, trading and selling memorabilia / Kiss merchandise. He is now a successful residential Real Estate agent in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. Tommy has also produced a KISS song For The Oddfathers and is the owner of Rock Steady Digital Photography. Mark Cicchini, is a world-renown KISS collector. KISS has used parts of Mark’s vast KISS collection for audio, video & print materials including their book NOTHIN TO LOSE, CD re-release of the LOVE GUN album & the VH1 Ultimate Album KISS ALIVE! special as well as many other KISS projects. His wife also makes a mean meatloaf! Lisa Martini has been a KISS fan, almost since birth, thanks to her older brother introducing her to KISS in 1974! Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Lisa Martini has extensive experience in the music industry, from radio to production to merchandising, and also holds a degree in audio engineering. Over the years she’s worked at many KISS Expos. starting at the New York Expos in the mid 90’s to present day. She’s been fortunate enough to have been part of many outstanding KISS moments, such as helping to launch the KISS fragrance and accompanying them to their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Where to listen or watch: http://smarturl.it/threesidesofthecoin

Three Sides Of The Coin is unofficial & unsanctioned and has no affiliation with the band KISS.

10,000 YEARS To Release Debut Album “II” On June 25th

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Less than a year after their first release, the universally acclaimed selftitled EP, 10,000 YEARS are back with their first full length effort, aptly titled “II”. Picking up right where the EP left off, “II” continues the story of the ill-fated Albatross-mission and its exploration of time and space through a skullcrushing mixture of stonerrock, doom- & sludge metal.

The album was recorded in the legendary Studio Sunlight with the equally legendary Tomas Skogsberg manning the controls.

The album will be released on vinyl by underground heavyweigths Interstellar Smoke Records with a CD-edition and digital coming from Death Valley Records. Additionally there will be two different cassette editions from Ogo Rekords and Olde Magick Records respectively.

FFO: High On Fire, Black Tusk, The Sword, Kylesa, Mastodon

10,000 Years
Crushing stonermetal from Västerås, Sweden

Having previously played together in the original lineup of Swedish underground heavyweights Pike, Erik Palm (Guitars) and Alex Risberg (Bass/vocals) found their way back to each other, musically, in early 2020. The creative fire reignited and stoked to a burning inferno and through a mutual love of heavy riffs and thundering stonerrock, doom- and sludge metal, 10,000 Years was born.
Finding a drummer would prove to be an easy task and with Espen Karlsen the final piece lay firmly in place. The groove they fell into during the first rehearsal hasn’t stopped rumbling since.
After spending the first half of 2020 writing and rehearsing, 10,000 Years recorded their selftitled debut EP during one weekend in June in the legendary Studio Sunlight with equally legendary producer Tomas Skogsberg. The selftitled EP was released on July 10th 2020 and immediately struck a chord with the heavy underground worldwide and 10,000 Years garnered rave reviews and accolades.
Now, less than a year after their first release 10,000 Years are back with their first full length effort, aptly titled “II”. Picking up right where the EP left off, “II” continues the story of the ill-fated Albatross-mission and its exploration of time and space through a skullcrushing mixture of stonerrock, doom- & sludge metal. The album will no doubt continue to build on 10,000 Years already golden reputation and prove to be an even bigger hit with the heavy masses.

“II” will be available on CD, vinyl and all major digital platforms on June 25th, 2021

Norway’s KOSMODOME Ink Deal With Karisma Records, Debut Full-Length Album Coming In 2021

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KOSMODOME, another rising star in the firmament of Norway’s flourishing Prog Music scene, has found its way into Karisma Records capacious arms, with the label preparing to release the band’s debut full-length album later this year.

The brainchild of the two Sandvik brothers,  Sturle on guitars and vocals, and Severin on drums, KOSMODOME’s music is riff-based Rock with Stoner elements all of which are placed within a progressive universe to great effect.  Together, the duo have an explosive drive, where the melodic can often be found hand in hand with the hard and the heavy.  
 
Having self- released an EP via streaming in 2019, KOSMODOME add a bassist and guitarist to their live performances, appearing on stage as a four-piece, and they are, understandably, excited to be working with Karisma Records for their first full-length release, as the band explains:
 
We feel very humble and honoured to have signed with Karisma Records alongside all their great and inspiring bands. This already feels like the start of a fun and lasting relationship, and we look forward to showing people what Kosmodome is all about!

Details of KOSMODOME’s upcoming album will be released in due course, but in the meantime, fans can get a taste of the band by listening to them on Spotify:

Or on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMOKQ_uFZWEm–P15YzHSFQ

More  information about KOSMODOME can be found on the band’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Kosmodome

DEATHSTARS Announce Re-Scheduled Tour Dates For 2022

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Due to the current world situation with Covid-19, the Swedish death glam sensation DEATHSTARS have to postpone their European tour to 2022. 

Singer Whiplasher Bernadotte states: “Since the pandemic obviously still makes it impossible for bands to perform in the flesh, the tour will be postponed yet another round. We aim to hit the stages all over the planet, starting with Europe in spring 2022.”

The band is currently working on their next studio album to hit the stage with fresh material and brandnew tunes next year. All tickets purchased will be vaild for the new dates and venues.

Don’t miss the chance to catch the band on one of the following dates in spring:

DEATHSTARS 2022
14.01.   DE          Berlin – Hole 44
15.01.   DE          Stuttgart – Im Wizemann
16.01.   DE          München – Hansa39
17.01.   CH          Zürich – Plaza
18.01.   IT           Milan – Legend
19.01.   IT           Rome – Largo   
21.01.   FR          Lyon – Rock N Eat Live
22.01.   ES           Barcelona – Apolo 2
23.01.   ES           Madrid – Shoko Live
24.01.   FR          Toulouse – Connexion Live
25.01.   FR          Paris – La Maroquinerie              
26.01.   UK          Nottingham – Rescue Rooms
27.01.   UK          Glasgow – G2
28.01.   UK          Manchester – Academy 3
29.01.   UK          London – O2 Academy Islington
30.01.   BE          Antwerp – Kavka
01.02.   LUX        Esch-Sur-Alzette – Rockhal
02.02.   DE          Köln – Luxor
03.02.   NL          Utrecht – Tivoli Vredenburg
04.02.   DE          Hamburg – Markthalle
10.02.   UKR       Kiev – Atlas
11.02.   BLR        Minsk – RE:PUBLIC
12.02.   RUS       St. Petersburg – Aurora Hall
13.02.   RUS       Moscow – Arbat Hall
17.02.   SE           Stockholm – Klubben
18.02.   SE           Gothenburg – Pustervik
19.02.   SE           Malmö – KB
07.04.   DK          Copenhagen – Pumpehuset
09.04.   FIN         Tampere – Olympia
10.04.   FIN         Helsinki – Tavastia
11.04.   EST        Tallinn – Tapper Club
12.04.   LVA        Riga- Melna Piektdiena
13.04.   LTU        Vilnius – Vakaris
14.04.   PL           Warsaw – Hydrozagadka
16.04.   HU         Budapest – A38 Ship
17.04.   RO         Cluj – Form Space
18.04.   RO         Bucharest – Quantic      
20.04.   SLO        Ljubljana – Orto Bar
21.04.   AT          Vienna – Szene
22.04.   CZ          Prague – Meet Factory
23.04.   DE          Leipzig – Hellraiser
24.04.   DE          Hannover – Musikzentrum

DEATHSTARS were formed in Strömstad, Sweden in 2000 – born of a variety of influences ranging from black and death metal, to hard rock and industrial. They’ve released four full-length studio albums to date; Synthetic Generation (2003), Termination Bliss (2006), Night Electric Night (2009), and The Perfect Cult (2014). The band has stated that Synthetic Generation was a bit of an experiment, the members all having come from underground extreme metal bands. Termination Bliss garnered the group immediate attention, the band touring heavily with own headliner tours around the planet but also varied different packages, such as with Cradle Of Filth and Korn to mention a couple, and winning music prizes, for example Golden Gods, whilst follow-up Night Electric Night launched them internationally, lauding them enormous praise and landing them a massive tour with Rammstein in arenas throughout Europe. Latest album The Perfect Cult saw them continue their impeccable run and the band is currently in the studio finishing up the next – yet untitled – album.

INHUMAN CONDITION Release New Video “Tyrantula”

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Photo by Deidra Kling

Newly formed death metal band INHUMAN CONDITION have released their first single, “Tyrantula” with an accompanying video.  “Tyrantula” will be on the group’s debut album “Rat°God”. Watch the video at this location.

INHUMAN CONDITION announced its arrival earlier this year, when vocalist/drummer Jeramie Kling (ex-MASSACRE, VENOM INC, THE ABSENCE, GOREGÄNG) and guitarist Taylor Nordberg (ex-MASSACRE, THE ABSENCE, GOREGÄNG) revealed that the music that was previously written for the new MASSACRE album was to be revived in a new band with bassist Terry Butler (Obituary, ex-MASSACRE/DEATH/SIX FEET UNDER).

“Finally these songs can start seeing the light of day!  It has been so long since they were originally written, but it has been well worth the wait.  “Tyrantula” was such a fun choice for a single because it’s a total skull-smasher.  From the intro, to the stomping riff, to the thrashy bits, it’s intense the whole way through, and I think it gets stuck in your head,” Nordberg said.

The video for “Tyrantula” was filmed at Bay Stage Live in Tampa, Florida by Deidra Kling, and edited by Jeramie Kling.  The song on the album features a guest solo by fellow former MASSACRE member Rick Rozz, although he does not appear in the video.

“Rat°God” was recorded at Kling/Nordberg”s Smoke & Mirrors Productions in Spring Hill, Florida, where it was mixed by Kling and mastered by Nordberg. The band’s debut album will be released on June 4th through Kling/Nordberg’s own Listenable Insanity Records digitally, on CD, limited edition CD box set, and cassette.  In addition, the band have partnered up with Blood Blast Distribution to release the album digitally, Black Serpent Records (Europe) to release a vinyl edition of the album as well as a CD release, and Spiritual Beast (Japan), Metalized Distro (Mexico), Rapture Records (Brazil), and BurdenTombs Records (Malaysia) will also release CDs of the album. 

Pre-orders are available directly from the band at inhumancondition.bandcamp.com

“Rat God” track-listing:

  1. Euphoriphobia
  2. The Neck Step
  3. Planetary Paroxysm
  4. Killing Pace
  5. Gravebound
  6. Tyrantula
  7. Rat God
  8. Crown Of Mediocrity
  9. Fait Accompli

BODY VOID Release New Album ‘Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth’

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BODY VOID have released their new album, Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth, via Prosthetic Records. Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth is a bold and ambitious blackened doom opus comprised of four tracks that are both a clarion call for action and the sound of devotion.

Listen to Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth via Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp.

Speaking on the album’s release, Willow Ryan (Guitar, bass, vocals) comments: “Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth feels like it came together really quick, but we’ve been writing, recording, and now sitting on these songs for over two years. The past year has been a grind of uncertainty, especially for those in underground music, but putting this album out now amidst so much turmoil and upheaval feels right. We’re extremely excited to finally get it out into the world and hope the right people find it.”

Recorded in June 2020 whilst the United States of America teemed with discordance and conflict under the heat of a sweltering summer and a tyrannical leader, Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth evolved into a document of its surroundings; a product of its environment. At Blackheart Sound in Manchester, New Hampshire the two members of BODY VOID worked with producer Eric Sauter, to process their feelings – both those that had been long festering, and those which were new and raw – into the four tracks that make up their third studio album. An additional layer of electronic filth was applied with the help of solo noise musician, and BODY VOID touring bassist, Entresol.

Lyrically, the album addresses the state of the USA within the context of the ever-decaying earth. Part love-letter, part manifesto, the tracks swing between the specific merciless destruction of climate change, and the complicit mindset that allows devastating harm to run rampant through society. The roiling disgust at the human impact on a cherished planet is juxtaposed with a defiance and devotion to embrace the Earth as it is, flaws and all.

Watch Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth‘s videos:
Wound
Fawn (Live)

Bury Me Beneath This Rotting Earth tracklist:
1. Wound
2. Forest Fire
3. Fawn
4. Pale Man