French Cinematic metalists HYPNO5E have announced their very first online concert stream entitled A DISTANT (DARK) SOURCE EXPERIENCE, where they will perform the critically acclaimed Pelagic Records release: A Distant (Dark) Source in its entirety. This concert experience marks the first time HYPNO5E has taken their unique and special live show to living rooms around the globe.
Directed by HYPNO5E singer, songwriter and independent film maker in his own right, Emmanuel Jessua, it was not only his goal to capture the intensity of their live show, but also to add a touch of artistic flair to the visuals: „When we decided to do this, it was mainly a way to reach people who wanted to see us play but couldn’t due to the pandemic, but also for our fans from all over the world who may not have seen HYPNO5E live for a long time, if not ever. We wanted to do something special which was more than just a live show … something special in these dark times for our fans and for us.”
A DISTANT (DARK) SOURCE EXPERIENCE will take place on February 27 th 2021, 8PM CET with tickets available at https://hypno5e.veeps.com and will include a ticket/T-Shirt bundle designed by Reuben Bhattacharya of Visual Amnesia (Jinjer, Twelve Foot Ninja, Monuments).
Danish metalcore 4-piece, GHOST IRIS, has announced their new studio album Comatose for May 7th via Long Branch Records.
Since the release of their critically acclaimed album, Apple of Discord, the band has made a name for themselves with relentless touring throughout Europe, UK and Japan – sharing the stages with the likes of Dream Theater, Jinjer, After The Burial and Soen, and playing renowned festivals such as Copenhell, Rockstadt Extreme Fest and Euroblast. Winning over new fans every night with their intense and energetic performance, audiences around the world instantly hunger for the band’s return.
Gearing up for the release of their awaited 4th full length album, Comatose, Ghost Iris are building upon the sound explored on their previous album: Pulverizing instrumentals, bleak lyrics, catchy and hard-htting – Comatose is no exception to these descriptors, being their most visceral material yet!
Stream the first single ‘paper tiger’ HERE! Pre-Order ‘Comatose’ at THIS LOCATION!
Tracklist: 01. (3815935) 02. desert dread feat. Mark Hunter 03. paper tiger 04. cult 05. former self 06. coda 07. ebb//flow 08. cold sweat 09. coma 10. power schism
Ghost Iris about the album title and artwork for Comatose:
“Comatose is a title that represents in a plethora of ways. It’s about the fact that many people are asleep, but even from a coma, one can arise. On the surface it might seem extremely dark, nihilistic and bearing of a defeatist attitude, but darkness cannot exist where there’s light. We all exist in the age of enlightenment and even though it seems as if we’re all screwed and the earth is almost destroyed, times will surely change. Arise from the coma, no longer comatose, we fight the demons. The artwork for Comatose depicts Kali, whose name translates to “she who is death”, as a mere mortal. To serve the title of the album, the majority of mankind are asleep and oblivious as to what is going on around them. Ultimately, we are death. However, there is no darkness without the light – let us all arise from the coma.”
Furthermore, Ghost Iris recently announced a new tour as special guests for post-hardcore legends SKYWALKER. The tour was originally planned for 2020 but was postponed due to the ongoing pandemic.
Nearing the release of her upcoming LP, Morbid Illusion, Dark Rock artist SHARONE has released a darkly cinematic official music video for the third single, “Screaming Into Oblivion.” Directed by Kyle Lamar and Justin Purvis at Digital Myle, with inematography and editing by Kyle Lamar and Spencer Macy, “Screaming Into Oblivion” features the enigmatic Denver based artist with bassist Zach Barrera.
“Screaming Into Oblivion is about depression. I wrote the song when I was feeling very alone. It seemed that no matter where I turned, all I was seeing was emptiness, and my brain was taking over me. I’ve dealt with mental illness for many, many years. It’s a reoccurring part of my life. I try to shed light on it in my music when I can, because I know I’m not the only one who deals with it. And it helps those people, knowing that they’re not alone.
For the music video, I went with a ‘Clue (board game) meets The Grudge’ theme. The idea was to show different characters trying to figure out who it was who killed me, and at the end we discover that I was the only one there the whole time. That I imagined all these different people in my head and there was no one else around.” – SHARONE
Finnish melodic death metallers THY KINGDOM WILL BURN have signed a multi-album deal with Scarlet Records for the release of their yet to be announced debut album.
The band formed in Kouvola in 2016 from an idea of guitarist and songwriter Sami Kujala, formerly of Serpent Sun, and they soon consolidated a strong line-up that produced two very well received demo tapes and dozens of live gigs.
Initially inspired by the most aggressive death metal sounds, the band soon moved towards a more melodic approach, resulting in a very distinctive feel that was not left unnoticed.
After working on the long waited debut full-length release, Thy Kingdom Will Burn secured a worldwide deal with Scarlet and they are now fully equipped to unleash their fury.
British hard rockers THE TREATMENT are pleased to announce their upcoming new studio album, “Waiting For Good Luck” on April 9th via Frontiers Music. Today, fans can get their first taste of the new album in the form of new single and video ‘Rat Race’.
“Waiting For Good Luck” is the fifth full-length album from British hard rockers The Treatment. Showcasing an intense sonic power only hinted at thus far, The Treatment is truly firing on all cylinders now. A first listen will instantly reveal hulking riffs and memorable choruses and further listens reveal more and more as the listener delves into this love letter to hard rock. “Waiting for Good Luck” truly is a classic album in the making.
Produced by UK rock maestro Laurie Mansworth (Airrace) and mixed by Kevin Shirley (Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Black Country Communion, etc.), “Waiting for Good Luck” is The Treatment’s second album featuring Tom Rampton on vocals (new bass player Andy Milburn joined after the recording of the album). Rampton’s raspy, whisky-soaked vocal style suits the band’s driving, hard rock style perfectly and the results of him having toured with and gelled further with the band can really be heard distinctly here.
Tracklisting:
Rat Race
Take It Or Leave It
Lightning In A Bottle
Vampress
Eyes On You
No Way Home
Devil In The Detail
Tough Kid
Hold Fire
Barman
Let’s Make Money
Wrong Way
A magnificent slice of groove-laden, fist-pumping, unapologetic rock ‘n roll anthems, which showcase a band hungry for more and showing no signs of slowing down, “Waiting For Good Luck” is the most realized offering yet from The Treatment.
“We honestly all believe this album is a huge step forward for The Treatment and we can’t wait for you to hear it. We will be touring as soon as circumstances will allow us and we look forward to seeing all you Treatment troops at our shows next year,” says the band.
The Treatment formed in 2008 in Cambridge, England. Their debut album, “This Might Hurt” was released in 2011 and followed by “Running With The Dogs” (2014), “Generation Me” (2016), and “Power Crazy” (2019). The band has toured with KISS, Mötley Crüe, Steel Panther, Thin Lizzy, and Alice Cooper, just to name a few, as well as appearing at massive rock festivals like Download and Sonisphere.
Hardcore supergroup BLOODCLOT, led by iconic frontman John Joseph, has revealed a lyric video for the new single, “Save the Robots.”
“Save the Robots” is the first BLOODCLOT track to feature new members guitarist Tom Capone (Quicksand, Bold), bassist Manny Carrero (Still Suit, Glass Jaw, Burn) and drummer Darren Morgenthaler (Madball, Maximum Penalty).
Watch the video below.
After the release of the 2017 album Up in Arms, BLOODCLOT went on hiatus while grieving the loss of their guitarist and dear friend Todd Youth. “Todd passed away just after ‘Up in Arms’ was released and we did one U.S. tour,” Joseph says. “BLOODCLOT was hit hard. It took us by complete surprise. I’ve known Todd since the early ‘80s so it wasn’t just losing a band member, he was a solid friend of mine – like a little brother actually.”
After making the decision to push on, drummer Joey Castillo (Queens of the Stoneage and Danzig) suggested former Quicksand guitarist Tom Capone to join the band, which was rounded out by bassist Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stoneage, Kyuss). The quartet hit a speedbump, though, when Covid hit and travel was not possible for the bi-coastal group and BLOODCLOT was once again in limbo.
“I decided I needed to work with local NYC musicians,” Joseph says. “The one prerequisite I had was that everyone in the band needed to make BLOODCLOT their number one priority in terms of any other projects. All agreed and we hit the studio. Everything flowed.”A new full-length album is schedule for release later this year. In the meantime, the former Cro-Mags vocalist and 12x Ironman athlete is readying his latest his book for release. Hardcore Kitchen is scheduled for release in May. “The cookbook has over 100 gourmet recipes I’ve created in the last 40 years of being plant-based,” he says. “It’s my go to source of fuel for Ironman training and competition. They will fuel your kick-ass life!”
See below for a sneak peak at one of Joseph’s original recipes from Hardcore Kitchen.
Bad-Ass Chili w/ Corn Bread
I fuckin’ love chili. Apparently, so does the rest of America. In fact, 122 million Americans consumed some in 2018. The problem with that staggering figure is that most of it was meat-based. That adds up to billions and billions of pounds of dead animals. On average each American consumes 270 pounds of meat per person every year. This country eats more meat than anyone else on the fucking planet. Think about that when you wanna talk destruction of our planet. All the pesticide grain fed to animals for slaughter, all the fossil fuel burned, the water, the land, the poisonous excrement in the CAFO’s where hundreds and thousands of animals are confined shitting and pissing all over each other, infected with sores and disease. Hey, that’s real talk people. This joint right here is nutritious as fuck and won’t rot in your gut giving you one of them swollen colons, where upwards of 25lbs of rotting shit can be brewing, bubbling and fermenting causing clogged arteries and limp dicks. Fuck all that! Serve this with steamed kale or broccoli along with my badass corn bread and it’s serious food porn. It’s great on those cold, brick days and nights or even in the summer time. If you don’t wanna use canned beans soak your beans overnight and cook them before adding. While your chili is cooking make the cornbread. I got faith in ya’ so get that shit done!
Serves 4-6 Chili Ingredients: 8 cups of water (less for thicker chili) 1 cup kidney beans 1 cup chick peas 1/2 cup green lentils 1 cup organic corn 1 cup tofu cut into small cubes 3 cups crushed ripe tomatoes 3 tablespoons coconut oil 3 bay leaves 1 cup green pepper, chopped 2 fresh green chili peppers, chopped fine 1 cup carrots, chopped 1 teaspoon basil 1 teaspoon smoked paprika 1 1/2 teaspoons oregano 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin seeds 1/2 teaspoon coriander powder 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon hing 2 teaspoons sea salt Miyoko’s vegan cream cheese (optional but dope as fuck) Directions: Soak the beans and chickpeas in water overnight. Rinse and look out for pebbles. Bring them to a boil in a 4-quart soup pot with 8 cups of water. Cover and simmer on a low flame until they get soft (approx. 2 hours). If you want to save time you can use canned beans and peas. Add tomatoes and bay leaves and simmer covered for another 30 minutes. Now the secret to a good chili: spicing. Heat the oil in a 12-inch frying pan and sauté tofu, green peppers, carrots, chili peppers, basil, hing, oregano, cumin, coriander and chili powder until the tofu is evenly browned. Add this mixture to beans and throw in the corn, salt, smoked paprika and cayenne. Let simmer on a low flame for 20 minutes. Remove bay leaves. Place in a bowl and top with a little Miyoko’s cream cheese and… voila bitches!!!!
Corn Bread Ingredients: 1 cup cornmeal 1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour 1/2 cup unbleached white flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 cup soy milk 1/4 cup olive oil 1/4 cup maple syrup 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 1/2 cup grilled green and red bell peppers (optional) Directions Preheat oven to 350 F. Oil up a 10-inch oven-safe round glass dish or a cast-iron baking dish. Get two bowls. In the first, mix together the cornmeal, whole wheat flour, white flour and baking powder. In the second, combine your soy milk, olive oil, maple syrup and sea salt. Mix everything in one big bowl and add the grilled peppers if you chose to include them. Don’t over-mix, studly. Pour this into your oiled baking dish and bake for approx. 25 minutes. Set aside to cool. Cut into wedges and serve with your chili. Or you can do some real Tex-Mex business and throw the bread in a dry frying pan until golden brown on each side.
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