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PRIMAL FEAR Announce New Tour Dates 2021/2022

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 11, 2021
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PRIMAL FEAR‘s ferocious new record “Metal Commando” has been an undisputed highlight of 2020. The German power metal band’s 13th full length detonated in the midst of a raging pandemic, leaving no stone unturned in its path. The whole world got stuck in, achieving the 6 piece some of their highest chart positions in their 20+ year career, which included; a top ten in Switzerland (6), Germany (7), Japan (7), Finland (9) and Sweden (9) next to multiple high entries in countries such as Austria, Spain, France and the USA. On april 9th, PRIMAL FEAR will release their new 5-track single ‘I Will Be Gone’, re-recorded with none other than Finnish metal diva extraordinaire, Tarja Turunen.

Today, PRIMAL FEAR reveals their new, postponed tour dates for 2021 and 2022. Accompanying them on the road will be Swiss metal act BURNING WITCHES as special guests, plus Romanian metal band SCARLET AURA as openers. The tour will kick off on September 14th in Aschaffenburg, Germany. 

“We are totally excited to bring this tour on the road with two other killer bands like Burning Witches and Scarlet Aura. There will be some fantastic moments just like entering the tour bus, or even the hated soundcheck. This time it will all be different, and its most important that we meet our fans again and rock together”, comments Mat Sinner. 

BURNING WITCHES are also happy to hit the road and state: “Such exciting news! We are thrilled to be the special guests on PRIMAL FEAR’S „Metal Commando Over Europe“ tour. The witches are burning to hit the stage again, this amazing package will bring the magic of metal back to the concert halls all over Europe! Watch out for our new album this summer and see you all on the road in a little while!“  

PRIMAL FEAR
METAL COMMANDO OVER EUROPE Tour 2021/22
plus special guest: BURNING WITCHES and opening act: SCARLET AURA 
 
14.09.21 D-Aschaffenburg /ColosSaal
15.09.21 D-Berlin / Hole 44
16.09.21 D-Nürnberg / Hirsch
17.09.21 D-Leipzig / Hellraiser
18.09.21 CZ-Zlin / Masters Of Rock Cafe
20.09.21 CZ-Prague / Meet Factory
22.09.21 BUL-Sofia / Music Jam Club
24.09.21 SK-Zvolen / DK ZSR Culture House
25.09.21 SK-Bartislava / Majestic Music Club
26.09.21 AUT-Salzburg / Rockhouse
27.09.21 HU-Budapest /Barba Negra
2022
12.01.22 D-Muenchen / Backstage
13.01.22 D-Regensburg / Eventhalle Airport
14.01.22 D-Stuttgart / LKA
15.01.22 D.-Memmingen / Kaminwerk
16.01.22 D-Koeln / Essigfabrik
18.01.22 D-Bochum / Zeche
19.01.22 D-Hamburg / Markthalle
20.01.22 NED-Amstelveen / P60
21.01.22 B-Vosselaar / Biebob
22.01.22 D-Fulda / Kreuz
23.01.22 D-Saarbruecken /Garage
25.01.22 F-Paris / La Machine du Molin Rouge
28.01.22 ITA-Bergamo / Druso
29.01.22 CH-Sion / Le Port Franc
30.01.22 CH-Pratteln / Z 7
01.02.22 F-Lyon / CCO
03.02.22 ES-Pamplona / Totem
04.02.22 ES-Madrid / Shoko
05.02.22 ES-Murcia / Gamma
06.02.22 ES-Barcelona / Salamandra

Tickets: https://www.metaltix.com/primal-fear-tickets-5210.html#tour1270

Pre-order ‘I Will Be Gone’ here in the format of your choice: http://nblast.de/PF-IWillBeGone
Pre-Save: http://nblast.de/PrimalFearIWBGpreSave 

The tracklist reads as follows: 
01. I Will Be Gone (feat. Tarja Turunen)
02. Vote For No Confidence
03. Rising Fear           
04. Leave Me Alone  
05. Second to None   

“There were three famous vocalists on our final wish list,” Mat Sinner comments. “That it was Tarja who got involved in this song is a matter of pure joy for all of us. Working together on the song and video was totally relaxed and professional – a great experience also because Tarja’s and Ralf’s voices go together incredibly well. Now, we can expand the ‘Metal Commando’ saga with a unique chapter. We’re all really proud of this single.”

The Finnish icon Tarja Turunen can only agree: “I was very happy to receive the invitation to take part in PRIMAL FEAR’s beautiful song ‘I Will Be Gone’. We started our careers nearly at the same time many years ago, and finally got a chance to work together. I love the song and personally it helped me to stay connected and rock again, even if at the studio this time. I really hope that people will like this collaboration and that it will bring them joy especially during these difficult times we are living through at the moment.”

The new track ‘I Will Be Gone’ showcases PRIMAL FEAR’s mellow, bittersweet side – available on multi coloured vinyl, shaped vinyl, CD digipack or digitally. The song, fragile and touching, gets an altogether new and deeply melancholic vibe with Tarja’s unbelievably emotional performance, showcasing a different facet of PRIMAL FEAR. Yet, it’s not the only gift they deliver on this 5-track sensation – just take ‘Vote Of No Confidence’ for example, an all-new, previously unreleased beast of a song. Clocking in at over six minutes, this storming, furious anthem gives a brilliant glimpse of things to come. Previously only available as bonus tracks on the limited “Metal Commando” digipack, three more tracks complete this release; enchanting guitar instrumental ‘Rising Fear’, massive mid-tempo smasher ‘Leave Me Alone’, and heavy metal monument ‘Second To None’, making ‘I Will Be Gone’ so much more than just another off shoot of a successful album.

Order the new album “Metal Commando” physically here: http://nblast.de/PF-MetalCommando  

INTELLIGENT MUSIC PROJECT VI To Release “The Creation”, Feat. Members of Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Asia, Styx, Nazareth And River Hounds

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 11, 2021
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INTELLIGENT MUSIC PROJECT VI are set to release new album “The Creation”, Feat. Ronnie Romero (Rainbow), Bobby Rondinelli (Black Sabbath, Rainbow), John Payne (ex-Asia), Todd Sucherman (Styx), Carl Sentence (Nazareth) and Richard Grisman (River Hounds).

After the great success of the previous album of the band Intelligent Music Project V “Life Motion”, the expectations of the rock fans for the new one are logically high and we dare say that they will be fully justified!

This was said by the creator, producer and author of the music and lyrics of Intelligent Music Project Milen Vrabevski, MD.

“The Creation” is the newest piece of rock art by the Bulgarian businessman, philanthropist and patron of arts. In his own words, this is an album about the creative approaches, a key to success in a meaningful life.

The album showcases the chemistry and the creative style of all five previous albums of the supergroup. The musical diversity and the positive messages of the twelve songs from “The Creation” make it exclusively interesting and attractive to listen. Moreover the 6th album again features well-known, world famous, rock singers – Ronnie Romero (Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Vandenberg, Lords of Black), John Payne (ex-Asia) and Carl Sentence (Nazareth).

Watch the promo video:

“I think that ‘The Creation’ album is a second part of the first we did with Milen, which is the ‘Life motion’ album. It’s a good way to keep going with this positive message, with this creative way of telling the people that we can go through all this ‘modern life’ and the problems, and sadness. We’re trying to show the way of how to do it,” said the lead vocalist of The Intelligent Music Project, Ronnie Romero.

“The Creation” is the 4th Intelligent Music Project album in a row in which the fans of the band can enjoy the beautiful voice of the ex-Asia lead singer John Payne. He says about the album: 

“‘The Creation’ continues the conceptual album work by the Intelligent Music Project. The team is amazing – from the songwriting to incredible musicianship, the production. This is a fantastic album and I am proud to be part of it!”

And while Ronnie and John are well known members of Intelligent Music Project from the previous albums, here comes the big surprise for the old hard rock lovers. The drums on the album are played by two brand new for the band, but otherwise legendary drummers – Bobby Rondinelli (Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, Black Sabbath) and Todd Sucherman (Styx).

Bobby Rondinelli: “When Milen sent me the material I couldn’t believe how good it sounded and the demos sounded like a record already! I think ‘The Creation’ is an absolutely great album with all name players, all world class guys!”

Todd Sucherman: “It’s a very diverse record and has many different styles. It was really fun for me to play!”

This is the third album with the band also for the warm, progressive voice of Richard Grisman (River Hounds).

“The Creation” talks about the fear, the inner signals, voices and the techniques to cope with everyday life’s challenges. It is about the status of an empathetic witness of your own life.

“You should give ‘a hug to yourself,’ not to take life so seriously, and try to observe your own development from above. This is your spiritual part that rises above the hurdles of your own existence on Earth. You become an empathетic witness of your being. Any pain is to be wrapped up in your caring, but subtle attention of a witness, not a part of any problem. And you are a source of balance, love and harmony to the whole world, yourself included, so in this manner you open space for some new energy to be generated in your soul. It serves you to find solutions,” said Milen Vrabevski.

The good messages continue in the next songs talking about the anger which often approaches us, but we need to remember that this is a world of injustice and if it is fair the way we imagine it, maybe it wouldn’t exist. 

“Let your humbleness dominate, instead. Try not to judge anyone, in spite of the challenges. This is how you generate energy to overcome the troubles. Your brain functions properly when not under the pressure of negative emotions,” added Dr. Vrabevski.

All those messages, combined with a good progressive rock and all the stars participating in it, makes “The Creation” a must-listen masterpiece!

Along with Ronnie, John, Todd, Bobby, Carl and Rich on the recordings, some of the best Bulgarian musicians take part – Bisser Ivanov (guitars), Ivaylo Zvezdomirov (bass guitar), Vasil Vutev (drums, percussions) and Ivo Stefanov (keyboards).

“The Creation” is recorded, mixed and mastered by Ivo Stefanov at Intelligent Music Studios, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Pre-order the album here: https://bit.ly/3jai4Wq

Intelligent Music Project VI – “The Creation”Author and producer: Milen Vrabevski, MDFeaturing: Ronnie Romero (lead and backing vocals), John Payne (lead and backing vocals), Bobby Rondinelli (drums and percussion), Todd Sucherman (drums and percussion), Carl Sentance (backing vocals and adlibs), Richard Grisman (lead and backing vocals).

Previous albums by the same author, featuring Simon Phillips, Ronnie Romero, Joseph Williams, John Payne, Nathan East, Tim Pierce, Carl Sentance & John Lawton are Intelligent Music Project I, II & III, IV, V respectively titled “The Power of Mind”, “My Kind O’ Lovin’”, “Touching the Divine”, “Sorcery Inside”, “Life Motion”.

CADAVERIA Release New Single ‘Divination’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 11, 2021
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CADAVERIA are thrilled to release their brand new single ‘Divination’!

CADAVERIA on ‘Divination’:
It is a direct, powerful, black and magical track, inspired by the ritual of reading the Buzios, typical of the Afro-Brazilian cult of Candomblé, through which you can know your Orisha and understand the reasons for certain past events, to better act in your present and future.

Listen to ‘Divination’ on Spotify:

To stream it or download it from other digital platforms, follow this link: http://bit.ly/cadaveria-divination

Credits: Lyrics by Cadaveria herself. Music by Cadaveria herself, Kris Laurent, Marçelo Santos. Performed by: Cadaveria (vocals) Kris Laurent (guitar) Pier Gonella (guitar) Peter Dayton (bass) Marçelo Santos (drums). Recorded at Rrooaarr Sound in November 2020. Produced by CADAVERIA and Pier Gonella.

For more information please visit http://www.cadaveria.com/web

ALTARAGE Reveal New Album Details, Share First Single

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 10, 2021
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Photo by Void Vanguard Archives

Enigmatic Spanish metal extremists ALTARAGE will be releasing their next full-length, ‘Succumb,’ on April 23, 2021 via Season of Mist Underground Activists! The album artwork, tracklist, and additional details can be found below. In conjunction, ALTARAGE have dropped the first chaotic single, “Magno Evento,” which can be found along with a visualizer at THIS LOCATION.

ALTARAGE comment on the track: “Life’s a bitch. Get high. Succumb. Die.”

‘Succumb’ is available for pre-orders now at THIS LOCATION.

The cover artwork for ‘Succumb’ was created by David Jorquera.

Track-list

1. Negative Arrival (2:03)
2. Magno Evento (3:45)
3. Maneuvre (3:20)
4. Foregone (7:40)
5. Drainage Mechanism (4:22)
6. Watcher Witness (4:37)
7. Fair Warning (1:43)
8. Lavath (4:08)
9. Forja (4:01)
10. Inwards (2:18)
11. Vour Concession (4:07)
12. Devorador De Mundos (21:12)
Total: 1:03:16

ALTARAGE deliver exactly what the underground buzz around them promised. Their fourth full-length, ‘Succumb’ is bristling with black and dissonant death metal fury that immediately evokes a plethora of sinister images in the brain. Its origin lies in the destructiveness of nostalgia, among other things……

Little is known about this secretive death metal collective, except their origin from Bilbao, the largest city in the Basque country of Spain. In 2015, ALTARAGE unleashed a demo simply entitled after its year of release, ‘MMXV’ generated massive interest in the extreme metal scene around the globe. This was soon followed by the debut album ‘NIHL’ in 2016 and their second full length ‘Endinghent’ in 2017 which received high praise from critics and fans alike. In 2019, Their relentless soul-crushing sound was sending the scared mind on overdrive once again with their third album ‘The Approaching Roar’.

ALTARAGE now return to mercilessly drag you into an abyss of nightmares and twisted meanings. ‘Succumb’, in their own words, calls the doom inhabitants to reach a whole nothing. Welcome to this new dimension of sonic darkness.

Denmark’s IOTUNN Launch Video For New Single “The Tower of Cosmic Nihility”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 10, 2021
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On February 26th, Denmark’s Iotunn will release their new album, Access All Worlds, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the record, a video for the new single, “The Tower of Cosmic Nihility” (by Mathayad: instagram.com/mathayad), can be viewed here:

Iotunn comments: “The widths of this song, its insistent drive and the passion and melancholy of the lyrics made us choose ‘Tower’ as one of the singles. It will surely become essential for coming shows. In collaboration with video artist Mathayad, we think we have gained new perspectives on the song and put it in a very strong visual context”.

The previously released track, “Voyage of the Garganey I”, can be heard at: metalblade.com/iotunn – where Access All Worlds can also be pre-ordered in various formats.

Formed in 2015, Iotunn (which is old Norse for “Giant”) entered the scene with their acclaimed EP, The Wizard Falls (2016), which was mixed by Flemming Rasmussen (Metallica, Morbid Angel, Blind Guardian, Rainbow) at Sweet Silence Studios. After some line-up changes, the band found their voice and narrator in March 2018: Jón Aldará (Hamferd), plus bassist Eskil Rask (Sunless Dawn) in October 2019. The quintet – completed by Jens Nicolai Gräs (guitars), Jesper Gräs (guitars), Bjørn Wind Andersen (drums) – then began work on their first full-length and Metal Blade Records debut: Access All Worlds.

Mixed and mastered by Fredrik Nordström (In Flames, At the Gates, Dimmu Borgir) at Fredman Studios, Access All Worlds is seven songs driven by creative curiosity and artistic honesty, that also initiate feelings and reflections. An epic, cosmic and contemplative journey of energetic beauty and ferocity, Access All Worlds reflects on human existence, set in a storyline following daring space travelers. The music is grounded in roaring, colorful drumming and crushing bass, while the sonic horizon is painted with a vast spectrum of guitar-driven expression, all overarched by narration through diverse vocals. “We wanted to make an epic, strong and atmospheric yet rocking record both musically and lyrically. Jón came with the idea based on space travelers trying to find answers to the apocalypse, which reflects many of the impressions, feelings and thoughts human life holds that originates from something vast, mysterious, chaotic and breathtakingly spectacular. Everything just went berserk regarding the album theme. Is everything occurring in the lyrics just a dream? Is the album an allegory for any individual’s chapters in life? Where does the album actually start and end? Stuff like that. We find that the album can be interpreted in various ways. For us, the album is a truly exciting journey, and we hope it will be for the listener as well, on his or her own terms”, says guitarist Jens Nicolai.

Visually, Access All Worlds is completed by Nicole Kantor (design and layout) and Eliran Kantor (artwork), known for their work with Testament, Atheist, Hatebreed, Soulfly, etc.

Access All Worlds track-listing
1. Voyage of the Garganey I
2. Access All Worlds
3. Laihem’s Golden Pits
4. Waves Below
5. The Tower of Cosmic Nihility
6. The Weaver System
7. Safe Across the Endless Night

TRIBULATION Enter International Charts

Posted by tarjavirmakari on February 10, 2021
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Sweden’s TRIBULATION have just released their latest album “Where The Gloom Becomes Sound” and could achieve chart entries in several European countries:

The band comments:

“We are very grateful for all the support in spreading our gloom around the world, a kind of glistening gloom that might be needed for some in these grey and dull times! Stay resilient, be patient and keep the creative fires burning!”

“Where the Gloom Becomes Sound” can be purchased in its various formats HERE!

You can check out the previously released singles “Leviathans” HERE, “Hour Of The Wolf” HERE & “Funeral Pyre” HERE! Unboxing Videos to the Zoetrope format can be found HERE and to all the other formats HERE.

Here is a list of upcoming live-appearances for TRIBULATION in 2021:

TRIBULATION “Where the Gloom Becomes Sound Europa 2021” tour dates
w/ BØLZER & Molassess

Sept. 17, 2021 – Copenhagen (Denmark) – Pumpehuset
Sept. 18, 2021 – Hamburg (Germany) – Gruenspan
Sept. 19, 2021 – Utrecht (The Netherlands) – De Helling
Sept. 21, 2021 – Vosselaar (Belgium) – Biebob
Sept. 22, 2021 – London (UK) – The Dome
Sept. 23, 2021 – Paris (France) – Petit Bain
Sept. 24, 2021 – Milan (Italy) – Slaughter Club
Sept. 25, 2021 – Aarburg (Switzerland) – Musigburg
Sept. 26, 2021 – Essen (Germany) – Turock
Sept. 28, 2021 – Heidelberg (Germany) – Halle 2
Sept. 29, 2021 – Munich (Germany) – Technikum
Sept. 30, 2021 – Krakow (Poland) – Kwadrat
Oct. 1, 2021 – Prague (Czech Republic) – Nova Chmelnice
Oct. 2, 2021 – Budapest (Hungary) – Barba Negra
Oct. 3, 2021 – Vienna (Austria) – Szene
Oct. 5, 2021 – Berlin (Germany) – Hole44
Oct. 6, 2021 – Malmö (Sweden) – Babel
Oct. 8, 2021 – Gothenburg (Sweden) – Valand
Oct. 9, 2021 – Oslo (Norway) – Parkteatret

TRIBULATION live 2021:
June 19, 2021 – Dessel (Belgium) – Graspop Metal Meeting
June 15-17, 2021 – Gävle (Sweden) – Gefle Metal Festival
Aug. 3-7, 2021 – Bergen (Norway) – Beyond The Gates Festival
Sept. 12, 2021 – Stockholm (Sweden) – Macken Festival
And more dates to be announced soon…

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