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Sydney, AUS deathcore quintet TO THE GRAVE have released crushing new single ‘Kill Shelter’, taken from their new album, Epilogue, out now via Unique Leader Records.
Premiered via Knotfest, watch the lyric video for ‘Kill Shelter’ here:
Stream / purchase Epilogue here: https://orcd.co/epilogue
On the new record, vocalist Dane Evans told Knotfest: “Epilogue has arrived: Chapter 1 starts here. 19 songs spanning the past 2 years of To The Grave, a rollercoaster through honest frustration, desperation and finally hopelessness. Our leap into a void of closure.
“Our aim with this record was to look back on Global Warning and what it did for us. To celebrate with friends and fans that helped us move mountains and to reach new audiences with a full, definitive collection that demonstrates what that album would look like in an extended format. Some of these new songs were dusted skeletons from years prior brought to life in 2020, others were written in the moment, ignited by both the things we’d lost and the things we’d gained in recent times.”
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.
Argentinian Melodic Death Metal artist PLAGUESTORM has announced the release of his highly anticipated, brand new full length album. “Purifying Fire” will be out on June 4th via Noble Demon!
Founded by Sebastián Pastor in early 2014, PLAGUESTORM delivers a wide range of furious and raging Melodic Death Metal. Sweeping melodies, heavy, dark and melancholic arrangements, mixing the old and new Scandinavian sound of Death Metal, as if it were based on a Swedish manufacturing standard. With 9 brand new tracks full of anger and rage, desolation and sadness, “Purifying Fire” is in fact Pastor’s most mature release to date.
“The new album is a very varied one compared to ‘Mother of Plagues’. I have added some elements or compositions that I had not used before and you may notice a sadder atmosphere in some songs“ Sebastián Pastor says and continues: “I suppose that my mood and some situations that I had to go through last year influenced my way of composing and writing.”
But not only musically, also thematically, Pastor offers a work full of depth. Just like the stunning artwork (by Artmorfate), several songs on the album share a conceptual connection about how the evolution of humanity negatively interferes with nature, as he explains:
“We have all witnessed how hundreds of forests and jungles in many parts of the world have been devastated by fire. These fires are intentionally started, for commercial gain, whether for real estate, to install nuclear plants, for mining, for the sowing of soybeans or for the installation of hydroelectric plants. I think some people are unaware that all the damage they are causing will soon affect themselves. But nature always prevails.”
Tracklist:
01. Evolution Towards the Edge
02. Back to Zero
03. Purifying Fire
04. Never Learn
05. You Against the World
06. Close to Nowhere
07. No Farewell
08. Blind and Weak
09. Burning Paradise
As on his previous releases, Sebastián Pastor was in charge of composing and writing all the lyrics and music (as well as recording the acoustic and electric guitars, bass, drum prog, and keyboards / synthesizers / strings), while the vocals do come from Mikael Sehlin (Engel). For the guitar solos PLAGUESTORM got the support of Diego Martinez, as well as Pablo Roman, and a wonderful orchestral arrangement for the song “Purifying Fire” was made by Sebastián Nuñez Szymanski.
Listen to a first single, “Evolution Towards the Edge”, right here:
“Purifying Fire” will be out on June 4th via Noble Demon and is now available for pre-order HERE
Get PLAGUESTORM‘s latest releases here:
Canadian hard rock force THE MIGHTY ONE have released their critically acclaimed album Torch Of Rock And Roll – and now that the torch is lit, the band around mastermind Tim Steinruck will of course continue to spread the light of the rock and roll fire.
The album’s title track tells the real life story of a boy who happened to fall in love with KISS, the dreams he had and the will to make them come true to a point of eventually signing a management/record deal with his idol Paul Stanley. It’s also a story about the moment when a fiery heart realizes that all the ill-fated things its owner has gone through have just been a matter of synchronicity rather than fate. A truly recognitial moment and the spark that lit his lifelong fire of purpose.
Torch Of Rock And Roll tells a very special, heartwarming and yet rocking story, a story that deserves an appropriate visualisation. That’s why the track is now released as a single – alongside a remarkable video. The anime-inspired animations in the elaborately produced clip are a rare and especially brightening sight within the hard rock genre. Check it out right here:
THE TORCH OF ROCK AND ROLL
When I was just 13
When rock and roll was king
That’s when I joined
The Kiss Army
Destroyer in my hand
The cover dark and glam
It a lit a flame inside of me
I wanna feel the lights
I wanna feel the flames
Oh yeah, burning burning oh
The Torch of Rock and Roll
Hold it high, heal your soul
I turned 24
Paul Stanley at my door
Record deal and dreams come true
But then the end did come
And Grunge was number one
The flame went dim
But stayed alive
And now I see the light
And now I feel the flames
Oh yeah, burning burning oh
CHORUS:
The Torch of Rock and Roll
Hold it high, heal your soul
Let the fire take control
The Torch of Rock and Roll
I’ll never stop until I die
(Keep it burning)
Don’t even ask the reasons why
(Keep it burning)
This fire deep inside
It’s what keeps me alive
I raise my torch up to the sky
Get the album now: https://orcd.co/torch
Gothic Metallers MALACODA released their new EP Crawling Chaos on April 2nd, independently. Today the band has unleashed a bass playthrough for “Deadlights” performed by bassist Zak Stulla. The track is taken from the band’s new EP. Watch below.
Zak comments: “Filming this play through was a lot of fun as this song is one that I can’t wait to play live. The fast rhythms really drive the intensity of the song.“
Malacoda adds – “The song is based on the movie, It’s one of the better horror movie remakes that’s come out recently. We really tried to capture the emotion from the film with this one.” – Lucas Di Mascio
The first single “Crawling Chaos” was unleashed on all streaming services on February 5th. ‘Crawling Chaos’ is the band’s first new release since 2018’s ‘Restless Dreams’ and is a return to the band’s more cinematic and gothic roots as heard on Ritualis Aeterna (2016) as well as a deeper exploration of melodic vocal hooks as heard on their self-titled debut (2014). In the summer of 2019 the band formed a new live lineup and embarked on a small tour around Ontario, including a final show at Toronto’s legendary Rockpile venue before heading into the studio.
With music described as “dark, foreboding and with lyrics to enjoy as well as unsettle.” (Powerplay Mag UK) being a constant in the band’s sound, the next step would be to write a follow up to Restless Dreams. While looking for a drummer, the band recorded throughout the rest of 2019/2020 with friends behind the drum kit.
“Crawling Chaos” tracklisting:
CRAWLING CHAOS
DEADLIGHTS
FROM THE DEPTHS (feat. James Delbridge)
THE HARSH LAW
Artwork feat. Yeganeh Ghasemi/Model – Goddess Ov Death
Also watch the band’s latest video “From the Depths” here:
Connect with Malacoda:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MalacodaBand/
Instagram: https://instagram.com/malacodametal?igshid=w228qqemi2lz
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0uSMLxN5CQhtsuekp5sGqe?si=Xgzoc6k6SI-6luMdUH7vyg
Bandcamp: https://malacoda.bandcamp.com/album/ritualis-aeterna
Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCLPNpJWXL5ejV2X03ZHwXYg
Website: https://malacodametal.com/home
Finnish bluegrass band STEVE’N’SEAGULLS have covered METALLICA‘s ‘Master Of Puppets’ in a way you’ve never heard it before, check it out below.
“Master! Master! New live music video out now! This one was made in collaboration with a Finnish tractor manufacturer Valtra. Who else but Hiltunen would have jumped behind the wheel of Valtra’s very first farm machine made in the 50’s?”
Video by Jaakko Manninen Photography
Also check out below some other pearls from the band.
And many more at https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveSeagulls/videos
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