Metal songwriter, producer and keyboardist ADRIAN BENEGAS has released his new single and video “Orphan of Life”. The soaring symphonic metal track features FIREWIND vocalist Herbie Langhans, and the production skills of Benegas together with renowned producer Sascha Paeth (Avantasia, Kamelot, Rhapsody, Epica, etc).
Throughout the second half of 2020 during the pandemic of COVID19, Adrian’s been busy working and producing new songs together with vocalist Herbie Langhans, who was also the lead singer on his debut album, The Revenant. This time around, Adrian has also teamed up with producer Sascha Paeth. “Orphan Of Life” is the first single of the upcoming production to be revealed, with more tracks being released in the coming months.
Benegas explains that, “It’s a song to rage out and get all the anger out at those who tried to break our spirits”. “Orphan of Life” is the anthem for the outsiders, for the ones that never truly fit in, like me. You should funnel that anger and negative energy to fuel your heart and desire to stand up and to climb even higher. Instead of feeling down, we should remember to use that pain to unleash the fighter inside us. We all have it!”
Benegas is known for being the founder of symphonic metal act Tragul, as well as his debut solo album The Revenant. On these productions he has worked with numerous world class musicians and producers including Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear), Henning Basse (Metallium, Mayan), Zuberoa Aznarez (Diabulus in Musica), Alex Holzwarth (Rhapsody of Fire), Oliver Holzwarth (Blind Guardian, Tarja), producer Jacob Hansen (Amaranthe, Volbeat, Epica), and producer Mika Jussila (Nightwish, Sonata Arctica).
Spain’s leading Thrash Metal band ANGELUS APATRIDA are releasing their 7th, self-titled album today worldwide via Century Media Records.
The band comment about the album as follows: “This new album is the culmination of one year working nonstop during a global pandemic. We’ve been able to get all the bad feelings and emotions lived during 2020 and transform them into something good with positive attitude; no doubt this is the best bunch of songs that we’ve ever created, full of creativity and incredible sound and production, back to the roots. If you’re with us for a long time, we’re pretty sure you’re gonna enjoy this like the first time, and if you’re new in the office, this is the best card invitation for your first contact. It’s pure power and raw energy, the most aggressive, angry and violent songs together in one straight-to-your-face album. This is hostile music for hostile times. Watch out your neck and enjoy the double AA!”
In order to further support today’s street date, the band has released a new visualizer video for the track “We Stand Alone”, which can be seen here:
ANGELUS APATRIDA added the following comment about “We Stand Alone”: “The art of speed metal together with groove and strength! Catchy but ferocious, “We Stand Alone” sends a message of unity, of taking care of your close family and friends and stand for them. No doubt it’s gonna be a great anthem on tour singing out loud with one fist in the air and a cold beer (or soda) in the other hand! The video is a cool visualizer made by Josep Caballero from RCV Visual Studio using the piece of art that Gyula Havancsák created as the cover of the album. It’s been a pleasure working with these two great artists…hope you enjoy it!”
ANGELUS APATRIDA have previously released the following singles for their new album:
“Angelus Apatrida” (“/ˈan-je-lus – a-ˈpa-tri-da/”) was produced by the band, recorded with Juanan López in September/October at Baboon Records, in Albacete, Spain and then mixed and mastered by Zeuss (Rob Zombie, Overkill, Hatebreed, Municipal Waste, Shadows Fall) at Planet-Z in Wilbraham, MA, USA. The album features 10 songs, sounding more determined, versatile and ferocious than ever before, on the verge of the group’s 20th anniversary of existence.
ANGELUS APATRIDA live: 03.06.2021 Viveiro (Spain) – Resurrection Fest 06.06.2021 Montagny (France) – Lions Metal Fest 03.07.2021 Barcelona (Spain) – Barcelona Rock Fest 15.07.2021 Balingen (Germany) – Bang Your Head 16.07.2021 Gavle (Sweden) – Gefle Metal Festival 07.08.2021 Osterholz-Scharmbeck (Germany) – Burning Q 18-21.08.2021 Dinkelsbühl (Germany) – Summer Breeze 19-22.08.2021 Saint-Noff (France) – Motocultor 04.09.2021 Málaga (Spain) – Guarrock 18.09.2021 Vieux Boucau Landes (France) – After Dark More dates to be announced soon…
THE PRETTY RECKLESS are happy to share the official video to “And So It Went” (feat. Tom Morello) with the world.
To celebrate singer Taylor Momsen has done a live Q&A on the bands’ YouTube channel. Join the Q&A and follow the premiere Of “And So It Went” here:
“The world has been in such a state of civil unrest,” singer Taylor Momsen previously shared about the track. “‘And So It Went’ basically comes from that vision. As a songwriter, I feel like I’m not here to preach. I use music to observe and communicate what I see around me. This song felt like the perfect storm for Tom Morello to join in and rip the sound waves apart with his guitar. It was more than a pleasure having him add his unique and defining sound to the song.”
About working with the band, Morello shares, “I got to perform with Taylor Momsen at the Chris Cornell memorial show. We rocked ‘Loud Love’ and she nailed it — no easy task. Thank goodness she and her band continue to fly the flag for rock ‘n’ roll in a mighty way.”
Check out Momsen’s recent “A Night In With” feature over at Nylon.
The Pretty Reckless will release their fourth album, Death By Rock And Roll, on February 12th. Pre – order the album here: https://tpr.lnk.to/DeathByRockAndRoll
The album follows 2010’s Light Me Up, 2014’s Going To Hell, and 2016’s Who You Selling For. The first single and title track rocketed to No. 1 on the radio charts and held strong for several weeks. It marked the fifth No. 1 single of the band’s career and was heralded by Paper, Loudwire, CNN, Forbes , and more. The band also has the incredible and impressive distinction of being the first female-fronted band to have back-to-back No. 1 singles at the active rock format and the first female-fronted act to have five No. 1 singles on the Billboard charts.
DEATH BY ROCK AND ROLL TRACK LISTING: “Death By Rock And Roll” “Only Love Can Save Me Now” “And So It Went” “25” “My Bones” “Got So High” “Broomsticks” “Witches Burn” “Standing At The Wall” “Turning Gold” “Rock And Roll Heaven” “Harley Darling”
Ohio’s notorious bloodsucking death metal outfit SANGUISUGABOGG get animated in the new and NSFW video for “Dead As Shit.”
Watch the visual spectacle, which offers a unique take on the state of the world while featuring the band in cartoon form, here.
“We’ve always wanted to do an animated video,” the band says. “Check it out — we are fucking cartoons. We hope you like weed.”
“Getting high as fuck and animating blood to this song was a pleasure,” says the video’s animator Hallhammer. “I hope the characters involved don’t put me on a list.”
The song appears on the band’s forthcoming Century Media Records debut, Tortured Whole, which arrives on March 26. It’s available for pre-order here.
Sanguisugabogg craft uncompromising, in-your-face, and not-for-the-weak death metal that siphons inspiration from the ’80s and ’90s traditions of acts like Cannibal Corpse, Mortician, and GWAR, as well as Dethklok.
The band previously shared the NSFW video for the new song “Menstrual Envy.”
LAMB OF GOD have revealed plans to issue a live album with two bonus tracks along with a DVD performance of “Lamb Of God” on March 26th via Nuclear Blast.
Pre-orders for the set are available now, along with the bonus track ‘Ghost Shaped People.’ The live CD and DVD features the first of LAMB OF GOD‘s two ultra-successful live stream events from September 2020, in which the band performed their album “Lamb Of God” in full, plus an encore of four songs. The DVD includes a new director’s cut with bonus material.
In addition, the band has unveiled a visualizer for ‘Ghost Shaped People’ that you can watch here:
Originally, released June 19 of last year, 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.
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.
Disc 1 Lamb Of God – Live From Richmond, VA + 2 bonus tracks:
Memento Mori (Live) Checkmate (Live) Gears (Live) Reality Bath (Live) New Colossal Hate (Live) Resurrection Man (Live) Poison Dream (Live) Routes (Live) Bloodshot Eyes (Live) On The Hook (Live) Contractor (Live) Ruin (Live) The Death of Us (Live) 512 (Live) Ghost Shaped People Hyperthermic / Accelerate
Disc 2 Lamb Of God – Live From Richmond, VA DVD
Memento Mori Checkmate Gears Reality Bath New Colossal Hate Resurrection Man Poison Dream Routes Bloodshot Eyes On The Hook Contractor Ruin The Death of Us 512
A separate vinyl edition of “Lamb Of God – Live From Richmond, VA” will also be available.
“Lamb Of God – Live From Richmond, VA”vinyl track listing: Side 1 Memento Mori Checkmate Gears Reality Bath New Colossal Hate
Side 2 Resurrection Man Poison Dream Routes Bloodshot Eyes On The Hook
LAMB OF GOD eagerly awaits their return to the road to support “Lamb of God”. Together with mighty KREATOR, the band will go on co-headline tour in Europe in November/December, visiting the United Kingdom as a headlining act.Tickets for the tour are on-sale at lamb-of-god.com/tour. You can catch the package here:
State of the Unrest Tour 19.11.2021 DK – Copenhagen, Forum Black Box 20.11.2021 SE – Stockholm, Fryshuset Arenan 22.11.2021 FI – Oulu, Teatria 23.11.2021 FI – Helsinki, Ice Hall Black Box 25.11.2021 PL – Warsaw, Stodoła (VENUE CHANGE) 26.11.2021 DE – Berlin, Columbiahalle 27.11.2021 DE – Leipzig, Haus Auensee (NEW SHOW) 28.11.2021 DE – Munich, Zenith 30.11.2021 CH – Zurich, Samsung Hall 01.12.2021 BE – Brussels, Ancienne Belgique 03.12.2021 DE – Ludwigsburg, MHP-Arena 04.12.2021 DE – Hamburg, edel-optics.de (VENUE CHANGE) 05.12.2021 DE – Saarbrücken, Saarlandhalle 07.12.2021 ES – Barcelona, Razzmatazz 08.12.2021 ES – Madrid, La Riviera 10.12.2021 DE – Wiesbaden, Schlachthof 11.12.2021 DE – Essen, Grugahalle (VENUE CHANGE) 12.12.2021 NL – Tilburg, 013 (NEW SHOW) 14.12.2021 UK – Bristol, O2 Academy Bristol* 15.12.2021 UK – Manchester, Manchester Academy* 16.12.2021 UK – Glasgow, O2 Academy Glasgow* 17.12.2021 UK – Birmingham, O2 Academy Birmingham* 19.12.2021 UK – London, O2 Academy Brixton* 20.12.2021 FR – Paris, L’Olympia
ROCKSTAR FRAME are set to release their third studio album “Stand up…Jump ’n’ Fly” on February 12th, via Volcano Records.
ROCKSTAR FRAME (RSF) was born in 2012 by the will of drummer Max Klein and, after a few recording songs, immediately caught the attention of some sponsors, who finance the first productions. In 2014 they signed a record deal with Musicarchy Media from London, and in 2015 they released the debut album “Rock’n’Roll Mafia”, welcomed by great reviews all over the world, “Song of the Day” on REVOLVER Mag in the USA, as well as being celebrated on FIREWORKS (Uk), BLACK VELVET (Uk) and many others. Between the end of 2016 and the first months of 2017, RSF play in two international tours, Eastern Europe and Russia, where they are contacted by the management of the swedish Backyard Babies to open their Moscow live. At the end of Russian tour, the second album “Bulletproof” is released, but the band falls apart due to internal problems, after some irremediable conflicts. After a few appearances, the new line-up consolidates at the end of 2019, with the entrance of argentina singer Leo Guillan, the Brazilian bass player Ronam Destefani, and the guitarist Ian Darrell. RSF sign with Volcano Records in 2020 and meanwhile complete their third studio album: “Stand up … Jump ‘n’ Fly”, ready to be released on February 12th, 2021.
“Stand up…Jump ’n’ Fly” tracklist:
Is not The End
Get on My Knees
Hey Man!
Ready to Go
Hypnotized Fools
Beyond the Fear
Golden Dreams
Break me Down
One in a Million
Halloween Night
Like a Monster
Sunshine in The Dark Running Time: 46’31”
ROCKSTAR FRAME Line-up: Leonard F. Guillan – Voices Ian Darrell – Guitar Ronam Destefani – Bass Max Klein – Drums
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