In the spirit of old school power metal, Germany’s up-and-comers HAMMER KING have gathered to release their first single, “Hammerschlag”, and set ablaze on their new album, Hammer King, out June 11 via Napalm Records!
Kicking off with a tight, punishing drum groove and heavy guitars, the album’s first single, “Hammerschlag”, gets your blood pumping right from the first second! Combining a catchy power metal singalong hook, guest vocals by Gerre from TANKARD, Isaac from EPICA and the almighty Crusader (WARKINGS), and topped off with dizzying guitar solos – HAMMER KING knows how to get your head banging!
Watch the official music video for “Hammerschlag” 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” 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!
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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)
Finnish melodic metal titans SONATA ARCTICA are a band with a unique sound, driven by different emotions and a touch of melancholy. Today, the band announces the release of their first acoustic album, perfectly entitled “Acoustic Adventures – Volume One”, to be released in October 2021 through Nuclear Blast Tonträger Produktions- und Vertriebs GmbH.
“This acoustic form of SONATA ARCTICA has been slowly brewing for years”, comments vocalist Tony Kakko and explains: “The first manifestation of it, besides the few acoustic versions of songs released throughout the years, was the “Acoustic Adventures Tour” in 2019, which proved to be a great success, sparking an idea to get these songs also recorded and out on an album. Or two albums, at least for starters. Our songs have always been based on beautiful melodies, which makes it very easy to transform and rearrange them perfectly into the acoustic form as well. I should mention that many of the songs work so well dressed in acoustic garments.”
“Acoustic Adventures – Volume One” will be the first part, followed by a second acoustic record, to be released in 2022. “I hope you love these albums as much as we do. There are many, many songs we had to leave out of these ”Volume One” and ”Volume Two” albums, so nothing would please me more than adding few more volumes in the future”, smilesTony Kakko and adds: “Looking forward to seeing you on tour again as soon as possible!”
And this tour is hopfully going to happen in autumn, entitled the “Acoustic Adventures MMXXI” tour. It’s been a while since SONATA ARCTICA toured Europe, the last time beingin 2019. To promote their “Acoustic Adventures – Volume One” release, the band will embark on a journey through 17 European countries! Support will be provided by Swedish hopefuls ELEINE, who will also be presenting an acoustic set. Keyboardist Henrik “Henkka” Klingenberg comments: “Since our Talviyö World Tour is more or less over, it’s time to look ahead for the next challenge and since we’ve had so much fun with the acoustic stuff we decided to make an album as well, and of course we will hit the road immediately after that to celebrate the release of it. As of now we have managed to set up an extensive European Tour and we’re really looking forward to getting out there an play some music for all of you.”
SONATA ARCTICA Acoustic Adventures 2021 Special Guests: ELEINE presented by Metal Hammer (Ger), Rock It (Ger), Musix (Ger), Rock Hard (F), Power (ES), Rocksverige (S) and Scream (NO)
21.10.2021 SE – Uppsala, Katalin 22.10.2021 SE – Östersund, Gamla Teatern 23.10.2021 NO – Trondheim, Byscenen 24.10.2021 NO – Oslo, Parkteatret 26.10.2021 SE – Gothenburg, Valand (Ordensalen) 27.10.2021 DE – Hamburg, Fabrik 28.10.2021 NL – Tilburg, 013 29.10.2021 DE – Bochum, Matrix 30.10.2021 NL – Utrecht, Pandora 01.11.2021 UK – London, Islington Assembly Hall 03.11.2021 FR – Paris/Vaureal, Le Forum 04.11.2021 FR – Lyon, CCO 05.11.2021 ES – Barcelona, Salamandra 06.11.2021 ES – Bilbao, Santana 27 07.11.2021 ES – Madrid, Shoko 09.11.2021 ES – Sevilla, Custom 10.11.2021 ES – Murcia, Garaje 11.11.2021 ES – Pamplona, Totem 12.11.2021 FR – Toulouse, Le Metronom 13.11.2021 FR – Nantes, Le Ferrailleur 14.11.2021 BE – Sint-Niklaas, De Casino 16.11.2021 DE – Nürnberg, Hirsch 17.11.2021 CH – Pratteln, Z7 18.11.2021 IT – Milan, Live Club 19.11.2021 SLO – Ljubljana, Orto Bar 21.11.2021 BG – Sofia, Music Jam 22.11.2021 RO – Bukarest, Quantic Club 23.11.2021 RO – Cluj-Napoca, FORM Space 25.11.2021 AT – Wien, Szene 26.11.2021 HU – Budapest, Akvarium 27.11.2021 CZ – Zlin, Winter Masters of Rock 28.11.2021 PL – Warsaw, Proxima 29.11.2021 DE – Berlin, Columbia Theater 01.12.2021 DE – München, Technikum 02.12.2021 DE – Köln, Essigfabrik 03.12.2021 DE – Passau, Zauberberg 04.12.2021 DE – Speyer, Halle 101
LAMB OF GOD‘s Mark Morton states: “‘Resurrection Man’ has been a fun song to watch the fan reaction to and a fun one to play live for the first time. We wrote the music for that song quickly and spontaneously in pretty much an afternoon in our jam room. Willie freestyled the opening riff and we built from there. Sometimes it’s cool to just let stuff flow without overthinking things to death. I feel like ‘Resurrection Man’ is a great example of that.”
Released Friday via Nuclear Blast Records, Lamb Of God – Live In Richmond, VA includes a live version of the selftitled album with two bonus tracks, along with a DVD that features the first of LAMB OF GOD‘s two ultra-successful live stream events from September 2020, in which the band performed Lamb Of God in full, plus an encore of four songs including “Ruin,” “Contractor,” “512,” and the debut live performance of “The Death Of Us,” a newer song the band wrote and recorded in quarantine for the Bill & Ted Face The Music movie and soundtrack. The DVD includes a new director’s cut with bonus material. The digital version of the release, Lamb Of God (Deluxe Version) is available at https://lambofgod.lnk.to/deluxe.
The first single from the set, the bonus track “Ghost Shaped People,” has spent five consecutive weeks at #1 on the Metal Contraband metal radio chart.
LAMB OF GOD’s first new album in five years was met with universal acclaim – not only among major rock journalists, but with all strata of metal fans around the world.
But critics, media and the industry aside, perhaps the most telling statistic is the year-end US Metal Radio chart, where the new album dominated at #1 by a massive margin (over 2,000 more spins than the album at #2). Lamb Of God spent nine weeks in the #1 spot and never left the top 10 since debuting on the chart in February. Metal Radio is the lifeblood of the US metal world, largely staffed by college students and regional tastemakers, playing the music that they know their local metal fans want to hear.
Originally released on June, 19th, of last year, LAMB OF GOD’s self- titled album reached the coveted #1 spot on Consequence of Sound’s Top 30 Metal + Hard Rock Albums of 2020, stating, “Along with bringing in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal, LAMB OF GOD have been one of music’s most important acts over the past 20 years. From their phenomenal instrumentation to the potency of their sociopolitical lyricism, LAMB OF GOD remain titans of the genre, continuing to craft remarkable works of thrilling and captivating adrenaline… also proves to be a profound work of heavy metal… perhaps the most important metal album of 2020. It’s not only the album of LAMB OF GOD’s career, but the heavy album of the year.”
At iTunes, LAMB OF GOD has landed at number one on the Overall, Rock and Metal iTunes album chart upon release.
LAMB OF GOD eagerly awaits their return to the road to support Lamb of God. Their North American co-headline tour with Megadeth and support from Trivium and In Flames has been rescheduled to begin in July 2021 and their headline tour in the UK and co-headline tour with Kreator in Europe will take place in November and December 2021. Tickets for both tours are on-sale at lamb-of-god.com/tour.
Today, March 31st at 2PM cet, International All-Stars melodic death metal band ACT OF DENIAL premiered their official video for the band’s fourth single ‘Slave’, feat. full line-up and ex-SOILWORK guitarist Pete Wichers! ACT OF DENIAL are featured by lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim), guitarist and lyricist Luger (Benighted, Koziak), vocalist Bjorn Speed Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament), drummer Krimh (Septicflesh) and keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra).
Watch the video here:
‘Slave’ is now available for streaming and orders on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and Amazon!
Just recently the band released the teaser video for the new single ‘Slave’. In case you missed it, watch it here, introduced by Bjorn Speed Strid:
Bjorn on ‘Slave’: “Hi, i’m here to talk a little bit about ACT OF DENIAL’s new single ‘Slave’. This song really brings you back to the late 90s and early 2000s, at least that’s what i feel. I was part of the scene, I released the first record with Soilwork in 1998. and this defenetely brings me back and it has all trademarks and the bluesy break down, and that’s something what we always had from back then. The chorus is very majestic and super melodic and has 2001 written all over it. Loving this song and i hope you’ll enjoy it too. It’s cool.”
Slave -credits 🎼Music – Voi Cox Lyrics – Bjorn Speed Strid Single Artwork – Voi Cox Album Cover Artwork – Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg Mix and master – Fredrik Nordström / Studio Fredman
“Puzzle Heart” “Controlled” “Down That Line” “Negative” “Reflection Wall” “In The Depths Of Destruction” “Lost Circle” “Your Dark Desires” “Slave” “Clutching At Rays Of Light”
The band’s debut album ‘Negative’ is due for release in 2021, via CRUSADER RECORDS (Part of the Golden Robot Global Entertainment). The album was mixed at “Studio Fredman” by legendary producer Fredrik Nordström (At The Gates, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, Arch Enemy).
🎼ACT OF DENIAL line-up: Voi Cox – Lead guitar, programming Luger – Rhythm guitar Bjorn Speed Strid – Vocals, backing vocals Steve Di Giorgio – Fretless bass Krimh – Drums John Lönnmyr – Keyboards
ACT OF DENIAL is an international melodic death metal group founded by lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim) & guitarist Luger (Koziak, Benighted-Cro) in early 2020.
The band lineup is a metal who’s who and features vocalist Björn Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament), drummer Kerim “Krimh” Lechner (Septicflesh) and keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra). The Band also features other big names and special guests such as Bobby Koelble (Death), Peter Wichers (ex Soilwork), Matias “IA” Eklundh (Freak Kitchen) and Ron ‘’Bumblefoot’’ Thal (Guns N’ Roses, Sons of Apollo) who all contributed solos to the album.
With their mind set out to bring back the big shows again ACT OF DENIAL will “always promise you a wild night filled with energy!”
Carolinas based heavy rock band THE LA MAYBE–fronted by lead singer Alvi Robinson, made famous when he was nearly selected to front the legendary band AC/DC in 2016–have released the official music video for “Oh Sugar.” Directed by Ridge Beck, “Oh Sugar” is the electrifying third track off of the band’s debut LP, Dirty Damn Tricks, and the kind of rock n’ roll tune that comes together when you combine the down and dirty riffs of AC/DC with an earworm pop hook that is sure to be embedded in your brain for months to come.
“For ‘Oh Sugar’ we knew we wanted to capture the fun vibes that the song portrayed and to do that, we didn’t have to look any further than our hometown. A bar / arcade (or “barcade”, if you will) right in our hometown of Rock Hill, SC – Player 1 Up – was the perfect location. Filled with classic arcade games, many representing the bands that influence our own music, the venue is saturated with rich colors that really made this video pop. Over two riotous days of shooting, we put together what you see in the final video!” – DALLAS DWIGHT
Dirty Damn Tricks is the blistering debut album that comes together when you combine the singalong choruses of AC/DC with the punchy riffs of Motley Crüe, sprinkle in some Southern Carolina heat, and bring it all into the 21st Century. These tracks are an anthem for those who fly the flag of the New Wave of Classic Rock. It’s an ode to living fast and loose. But most of all, it’s a call to arms for rock n’ roll fans everywhere to stand up, get loud, and to never let the music die without a hell of a fight.
Track List: 1. Mr. Danger 2. Sucker Punch 3. Oh Sugar 4. She’s Reckless 5. Peace of Mind 6. 6. When I’m Gone 7. Take Me Away 8. Sweet 9. Fake 10. Up Next To You
Buzzing Columbus, OH rockers SOUTH OF EDEN will host a stream of their sold out October concert, Live From Flannagan’s, on April 15 at 7pm CT/8pm ET. Fans may pre-order and tune in HERE via Noon Chorus.
In the middle of the Global Pandemic, the fast-rising quartet produced two sold out shows at Flannagan’s in their hometown of Columbus. They adhered to all state and federal health and safety guidelines and delivered unbridled and unforgettable performances of fan favorites “The Talk,” “Solo,”“Morning Brew,” and “Dancing With Fire.” The guys gave their audience rock ‘n’ roll when they needed it most in the midst of COVID-19. This electrifying and engaging display serves as a testament to the power of South Of Eden on stage and captures an important moment.
About Live From Flannagan’s, the group had the following to say, “Looking back on putting together two safely-produced, sold out shows amidst a pandemic and otherwise terrible year has us feeling proud about this streaming event and the time spent putting it together, and more importantly, incredible optimism about the future for our band.”
Speaking of the future, South Of Eden are gearing up for a run of dates this spring, kicking off on April 24 at Southgate House Revival in Newport, KY. Check out the full itinerary below!
South Of Eden—Ehab Omran [lead vocals, acoustic guitar], Justin Young [lead guitar, vocals], Tom McCullough [drums], and Nick Fratianne [bass]—channel timeless rock ‘n’ roll energy through a modern perspective. Making waves as they shared bills with Puddle of Mudd and Red Sun Rising, graced the stage of rock mecca Sonic Temple and Epicenter in 2019, and recently performing with everyone from Foo Fighters to System of A Down. LAVA founder Jason Flom caught wind of the band and signed them the same year. Now, the group reinvigorate rock on their forthcoming 2021 debut for LAVA/Republic Records.
TOUR DATES April 24 2021 Newport, KY Southgate House April 25, 2021 Bloomington, IN Bluebird April 30, 2021 Panama City, FL Barracuda Beach May 1, 2021 Panama City, FL Barracuda Beach
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