UK’s HERIOT Stream New Single ‘Recreant’

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New UK metal group HERIOT continue their rise with brilliant and brutal new single ‘Recreant’.

Premiering on Knotfest, who called the band “relevant, contemporary, and rooted in reality”, you can watch the video for ‘Recreant’ here:

Stream here: https://smarturl.it/4k713e

The new single showcases a triumphant young band, fully focused and with a razor-sharp edge. Now a fourpiece with the addition of guitarist/vocalist Debbie Gough, HERIOT have already started to turn heads in the UK metal scene and beyond. Weaponising metallic sludge and hardcore, HERIOT had already made a statement of intent with November 2020’s ‘Cleansed Existence’ single and will only turn it up from here.

In the words of HERIOT: “‘Recreant’ reflects on the ever-growing abuse of power in today’s world. With governments, politicians and influencers wrongfully using religion, nationalism and wealth to divide communities, class and race.

“In this release we’ve tried to hone in on some of our darker influences to best suit the lyrical content in this song. As a band we’ve delved deeper into our doom and sludge roots. This track allowed for a lot more experimentation into the use of textures and industrial elements to embellish the intensity of our sound.  

“This track touches on the contrast between the privileged and deprived and how the system is carefully manipulated to cater for the wealthy, even showing encouragement for minority groups of people to subconsciously vilify themselves.”

HERIOT are:

Jake Packer – Vocals/Bass
Debbie Gough – Vocals/Guitar
Erhan Alman – Guitar
Julian Gage – Drums

Alternative Rock Orchestra MEER Reveal New Video “Beehive” To Celebrate Album Release

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Last Friday, January 29th, Alternative Rock Orchestra MEER released their new album “Playing House” on Karisma Records, celebrating it with a new video “Beehive”.

The video, which features an animated series of paintings, was filmed, edited, and produced by Beth Madeley, and can be seen below.

It is a stunning animation, about which the band had this to say:

The Beehive video is made by the amazing animator and illustrator Beth Madeley. We gave Beth full artistic freedom to make her visual interpretation of the song, and we are awestruck with what she came up with.

A band whose music is mix of orchestral pop, classical music and progressive rock, MEER started life as a duo in Hamar, Norway, in 2008, expanding to become an eight piece whose individual musicians brought with them their own styles, musical interests and influences, to create an interesting eclectic sound.  

With “Playing House”,  MEER’s lineup of Johanne Kippersund on vocals, Knut Kippersund on vocals, Eivind Strømstad on guitar, Åsa Ree on violin, Ingvild Nordstoga Eide on viola, Ole Gjøstøl on keyboards, Morten Strypet on bass and Mats Lillehaug on drums have created a sophomore album with a massive sound whose melodies and harmonies bring with them a few surprises.

Recorded at Ocean Sound Recording and Tanken, “Playing House” is  produced by Lars Gärtner Fremmerlid (EINAR STRAY ORCHESTRA).  With artwork by Helena Haglund and Simen Skari, tracklisting for “Playing House”  is as follows:

1. Picking Up the Pieces
2. Beehive
3. All at Sea
4. Songs of Us
5. Child
6. You were a Drum
7. Honey
8. Across the Ocean
9. She Goes
10. Where do We Go from Here?
11. Lay it Down
Vinyl only bonus track:
12. Here I Go Again (Whitesnake cover)

“Playing House” is available in CD, Digital and DLP formats, and is now available from all the usual retailers and streaming services which can be found via this link https://karismarecords.fanlink.to/MEER_Playing-House

 Or directly from Karisma Records at:

Webshop: https://www.karismarecords.no/shop/
Bandcamp: https://meer.bandcamp.com
US Webshop: https://karismarecords.aisamerch.com

7 DAYS IN ALASKA Release New Single + Lyric Video ‘Hurts Like Bullets’

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Norwegian, modern rock trio 7 DAYS IN ALASKA are back with the new single, ‘Hurts Like Bullets’, taken from their upcoming album.

Listen HERE.

Watch the lyric video below.

All the songs 7 DAYS IN ALASKA have written during 2020 has been about challenging themselves musically and to try new things. Hurts like Bullets is the opposite. Here are 7 Days In Alaska at their best!

“The song is written about some aspect of heartbreak that we feel is rarely talked about. The one that breaks up is usually the bad guy, if you know what I mean. But sometimes, breaking up with someone can be just as hard as being broken up with. To be “the bigger man” and see that this wont go anywhere and were not good for each other, even if you do love them, is heartbreaking and hurts like bullets.” // 7 Days In Alaska

DESOURCE Unveil New Video “The Diary”

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Djent/Metalcore band DESOURCE have unveiled a new video for “The Diary”, taken from their latest EP “Ambition”.

BUY / LISTEN: https://smarturl.it/Desource

Guitarist Edoardo Casini comments about “The Diary”:
“The Diary” is the most fucked up song instead: It’s grindy, fast, heavy, technical and aggressive. It embodies the more raw energies of the band. We have implemented influences such as The Dillinger Escape Plan, Botch, Converge, Meshuggah, Nasum and many others in a deadly cocktail of an endless list of subgenres.

The videoclip, written and directed by Alvaro Diamanti and produced by the leader of the band, Edoardo Casini, represents a homage to the great directors such as Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth.

After the release of the debut album “Dirty Happiness” and sharing the stage with acts such as ARCHITECTS, NORTHLANE, COMEBACK KID, PROTEST THE HERO, MONUMENTS, Desource returns with their 5 track EP “Ambition”, which features world-renown drummer Mike Malyan (MONUMENTS, DISPERSE, THE ALGORITHM) who has taken care of all the drums for the release.

“Ambition”, as the title explains is a very ambitious record: it’s way more technical, progressive and dense than “Dirty Happiness”. It’s really a step forward in every direction: musically, lyrically. There are so many genres combined in the songs such as Mathcore, Djent, Progressive Metal, Metalcore, Rock, Grind.

“Ambition” EP is available at Rockshots Records Store: https://bit.ly/Ambition_CD

PLANEETTA 9 Return With New Single “Pirun piiska” From Upcoming EP

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Photo: Tomi Vesaharju

“Pirun piiska” (The Devil’s Whip) is a single from the upcoming EP album of PLANEETTA 9, which will be released at the turn of February and March. Like the EP, the single introduces the band’s renewed line-up and their fresh diabolical spices to the soup.

Planeetta 9 is now ploughing with a “fist-in-the-face” attitude, more hungry and heavier than ever, without forgetting the importance of the more delicate nuances. The composition is not set in any of the band’s old compartments or blindly bowing to traditions. The creativity has been allowed to run free without shackles or expectations.

Listen to “Pirun piiska”:
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2Yo9qK8
Youtube: https://youtu.be/wIMfL9Fab3k
Apple Music: https://apple.co/39mISPS
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3punM7R
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/199377832
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/169064437

“Pirun piiska” is about cultural addiction-like worship for young female beauty. It’s also about the desperate fight to break free from a poisonous relationship driven by that kind of addiction. That anger and frustration seep heavily on Jukka Salo’s vocal tracks. Janne Saksa, the grandmaster of Finnish heavy- and rock sound, is responsible for the song’s final essence.

CELLAR TWINS Release New Video “Selfear”

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Belgian melodic rockers CELLAR TWINS re-released last Friday, January 29th, their highly acclaimed album “Duality” via Rockshots Records. To celebrate the event, the band has shared the new video “Selfear“, available on YouTube:

“Selfear” is a punchy song that questions the fact of being versus pretending to be, as well as the difference between what is shown and what is felt. It’s about living underneath a mask and the irreversible damages it can create.

A combination of ten infectious hook-laden tracks that blends raging modern instrumentals with powerful yet clear vocals, “Duality” can be enjoyed by laidback rockers to full-on metalheads. Fans of their 2017 EP, which was more rock/hard rock-oriented will notice the band has taken a heavier path regarding the songwriting while retaining clarity in the vocals, which has become their unexpected trademark combination.

Depiction of life itself with all its uplifting and crushing moments, expressed with anger, fear, joy, and doubts, “Duality” is a deep internal exploration where two messages arise. The first one being that each story always has two sides and the second one being, that even when going through hell, hope must always prevail.

“Duality” is now available on all the major physical and digital stores:
Listen/Stream: https://smarturl.it/CellarTwins
CD: https://bit.ly/Duality_CD

Previous Music Videos:
“$olace”
“Millenium”
 “Molotov Parade” 
“My Shell”

Track Listing:
1. Millenium
2. Molotov Parade
3. Cloud Walker
4. Selfear
5. Social Waste
6. Antithesis
7. Wovoka
8. Tales of autumn
9. $olace
10. Promesse

Produced by Cellar Twins
Mixed by Jeff Sternon
Photo by Chris Lyon et Lola Zerbo
Artwork by Chromatorium Music

Formed in 2014, Cellar Twins debut their first sounds in 2017 with their debut self-titled EP and lead single/music video “My Shell”. The EP was the band’s stepping stone to greatness with its heavy rock riffs, soaring lead lines, deep lyrics and just all-around good time listen with its Belgian progressive / alternative rock flare.

Over the years, Cellar Twins have offered fans an intense journey into a unique universe where light and darkness, passion and rebellion all combine to showcase a multitude of musical horizons and assert itself as a new image of rock music.  They have appeared on multiple Belgian festivals such as the Kraken Metal Festival, Bear Rock, and American Rock Festival plus have participated in Wacken Open Air’s Metal Battles.