Buddhist Monk KOSSAN (known as Kossan1108 on Youtube) has posted online a cover of AC/DC‘s ‘Thunderstruck’, watch it below.
KOSSAN’s Youtube Channel boasts several covers of different genres and bands, such as Metallica, The Beatles, Ramones, Queen and Judas Priest, just to name a few.
New York City-based multi-instrumentalist TIMO ELLIS – vocalist/frontman for Netherlands and widely known for his work with the likes of Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Spacehog, John Zorn, The Melvins, Ween, and many others – presents an explosive new solo EP, Death Is Everywhere. Now confirmed for independent release at the end of February, a brief teaser and other details on the EP have been issued.
Death Is Everywhere sees TIMO ELLIS handling all songwriting and instrumentation including drums, basses, guitars, vocals, and keyboards. Over four dense and intense tracks, elements of a wide array of genres, styles, and instrumentation are seamlessly mutated into a white-knuckled ride that stampedes straight through the confines of any sort of genre boundaries. Buoyant, rampant, and incessantly imaginative, the tracks bob and weave across a range of tempos and textures and keep the listener curiously hooked. Highly recommended for fans of the Melvins, Curtis Mayfield, Queens Of The Stone Age, Nomeansno, and The Beach Boys.
In the creator’s own words, “Basically I would frame this EP as being, a clobbering, guttural, yet also introspective, meticulously constructed sludge-pop movie.”
See a brief teaser for TIMO ELLIS’ wild Death Is Everywhere EP now at THIS LOCATION.
Recorded by ELLIS at Shame Party Studios, Death Is Everywhere was mixed by Tom Tierney at Spaceman Sound, mastered by Ron A. Shaffer at Atlantic West Studios, and completed with album design by Todd Kancar.
The Death Is Everywhere EP will see independent digital release on Friday, February 26th. Watch for preorders, new audio samples, and more to post over the days ahead.
Legendary Hollywood rockers L.A. GUNS dropped their critically acclaimed new album Renegades on the appropriate date of Friday 13th November 2020, via Golden Robot Records. Renegades has been described as one of their greatest albums of their distinguished career. The album produced 4 smash singles Crawl, Well OiledMachine, Renegades and All That You Are and the band received heavy representation on the esteemed and highly influential Spotify Hard Rock Playlist.
Now as an intro to 2021 and to fire the machine back up, L.A. Guns have released a new single from the album, the now appropriately named ballad You Can’t Walk Away which has now developed a deep meaning in more ways than one.
The single is now available via all streaming platforms.
“This is a song I wrote with a friend, Tommy Holland, over 35 years ago in Chicago. I brought it to pre-production for the Renegades album and the band finished it with a new chorus and some other minor changes. We are very proud of it and hope it follows in the footsteps of Ballad of Jayne.” – Steve Riley
Stream/buy Renegades HERE
One of the UK’s most exciting rising alt-metal talents VEXED have just signed an official worldwide record deal with premium Austrian rock and metal label Napalm Records.
The crushing Hertfordshire foursome was born in March 2019, and since then the band has been pursuing its desire for heavy groove, unfiltered lyricism and technical proficiency. While other bands dwell on flattery, VEXED bundle a mixture of honest hatred and apt social criticism in their lyrics, and don’t mince words for a moment.
VEXED have already dropped two one-off singles independently, including “Elite” featuring Thy Art is Murder vocalist CJ McMahon, which has garnered over 500k cross-platform streams as of now. Both tracks highlight VEXED’s potent combination of aggressive groove mixed with ominous threads of progressive atmosphere, like none of their kind. Due to the worldwide pandemic, the band had to cancel their planned tour with Whitechapel and a scheduled appearance at Bloodstock Festival, but this did not stop them from continuing to push their sonic strength. Be prepared, more exciting news is coming soon!
VEXED on the signing:
“It is with great pride that we can finally announce our signing to Napalm Records. We are truly humbled by the label’s belief in VEXED and their ability to support our creative vision. Napalm is a label with a rich history and a strong presence throughout the world and we can’t wait to share what we have in store for you.”
Tone MGMT on the signing:
“VEXED have proven time and time again that they are one of the most hard working and exciting new bands the UK has to offer. Their signing to Napalm Records only solidifies this. VEXED really are ones to watch.”
Watch the video for “Elite” featuring CJ McMahon HERE:
ELLIOTT WAITS FOR NO ONE (EWFNO) have released the third single “Megalomaniac” from their self-titled debut album on Dark Star Records/Sony/Universal. The video for their third single “Megalomaniac” was premiered worldwide on Tinnitist.com.
Jenny Franck talking about the new single “Megalomanic”, “For me the song is a pinnacle anthem for what individuality means, and has become in the world today. People truly believe they are larger than life itself, and yet they still cannot defy death.”
Brian Troch wrote the main riff for “Megalomaniac” during the Chicago Cubs World Series game. He went into his studio after it appeared that Cubs could blow it and couldn’t bear to watch, so he went into EWFNO home studio and out came the beginnings of “Megalomaniac”. Brian returned again to watch the game and the Cubs won the World Series a definite Win Win!
Drummer Jeff Tortora recorded the strobe light demented whisper scene in the music video at 3 AM in his hotel room in Germany while on tour with the Blue Man Group.
Brian wrote lyrics but Jenny Franck had a specific idea to better re write the lyrics. Only three original lyrics remain, Jenny liked the opening lyric of “Preen all my feathers“. Jenny is quoted as saying “I’ve always wanted to do a bird song“ the song turned out brilliantly with such deep metaphorical meaning that Brian had no problem delivering her lyrics.
The third single can be purchased online or streamed: https://smarturl.it/ewfno.
The band is also excited to announce that their second single “You Can’t See Through Me” just won Best Sci-fi Short Film from The Golden Short Film Festival.
More information at
http://www.elliottwaitsfornoone.com
https://www.facebook.com/Elliottwaitsfornoone
In Sweden, LILLASYSTER is mainly known for their bold lyrics in Swedish and their energetic live shows, but the band has also made some headlines abroad. Their cover of Rihanna’s hit Umbrella gave the band a lot of attention around the world, which led to a parallel career outside of Sweden’s borders.
In December 2020, the band released their second single written entirely in English, My Back And Your Knife, which was the last milestone before the album Svensk Jävla Metal was released on January 22nd. Now Lillasyster releases the official music video for My Back And Your Knife.
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