SCALA MERCALLI + LIVING METAL Release Cover Video For STRANA OFFICINA’s “Luna Nera”

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Italian legendary heavy metallers SCALA MERCALLI, active since 1992, together with Brazilian LIVING METAL, united in their common passion for classic heavy metal, releasing a cover video for ‘Luna Nera’ by the historical band STRANA OFFICINA, performed by some members of the two bands. Scala Metal or Living Mercalli, as they call themselves amiably, in this difficult period for the whole planet, joining forces and sending a message of brotherhood among all lovers of Metal and not only!

Watch the video here:

SCALA MERCALLI declare:
“Strana Officina are one of the most important roots of Italian Heavy Metal and playing this song for us is not only a pleasure but an honor, in addition doing it with friends in Living Metal was fantastic, they are true people with a big heart. We hope that this small contribution will help increase the desire for collaboration between bands “

LIVING METAL declare:
“Strana Officina are a great influence for all of us in the band, we are really fans and we are happy we have had this opportunity to pay this tribute together with the brothers of Scala Mercalli! We are fans of Scala and happy to call them our “overseas brothers”, we really love Italian metal and for this reason, despite being born in Brazil we chose to record the Italian version of this song (also because Pedro Zupo (vocals) and Rafael Romanelli (guitar) have italian origins! Because the limit of languages will never stop us, we have Heavy Metal, a universal language that unites us! As Bud says in the presentation: BEAT THE HAMMER !!!”

More information on Living Metal at https://www.facebook.com/LivingMetalOfficial

SCALA MERCALLI released their latest effort “Independence” in 2019.

Watch more videos from “Independence” album:
“Honest Brigands” – https://youtu.be/V8c4WnSEITE
“Never Surrender” – https://youtu.be/rcqn0Uq0xGY
“The 1000” (Calatafimi Battle) – https://youtu.be/i0JJKCUydMQ
“Tolentino 1815” – https://youtu.be/zZlV6h1yqW8
“Making Of Tolentino 1815” – https://youtu.be/WU8fKlkv5ss
“Fratelli d’Italia” (Italian Anthem): https://youtu.be/66tZ3oD5qPA
“Be Strong”: https://youtu.be/AiT5_nSCXSc

“Independence” album is about the first part of Italian Risorgimento, from Naple’s Reign ruled by King Murat until Mazzini’s Roman Republic, including episodes on Mille (The Expedition of the Thousand) and Brigandage, with some of their main characters. The band will wear the new uniform inspired by the units, from north to south, that in the above-mentioned period fought side by side with the people and contributed with hard sacrifices to build Italian nation.

The band about “Independence”:
“This project is about some events we consider of great importance in our country’s history, because they remind us of how important it has been, for a people dominated for years by foreign powers, to fight for ideals of unity and freedom, and reminds also that freedom, in every form, is never a gift but has always to be conquered fighting together. Yesterday as today!”

This example applies to every people or nation that wants to be truly free!

More information at:
BAND: http://www.scalamercalli.com
MANAGEMENT: https://alphaomega-management.com | https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAlphaOmegaManagement

BEWITCHER Announce “Cursed Be Thy Kingdom” Album, Out April 16th, 2021

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When one finds themselves at the proverbial crossroads – face to face with the Devil himself – who wouldn’t choose the left hand path? Honestly, evil is too enticing, too strong, and Hell has the best music anyway. Hailing from Portland, Oregon, heavy metal mongrels BEWITCHER made their pact with Lucifer years ago, and have been walking the dark path ever since.

Today BEWITCHER are unveiling the front cover for their upcoming Century Media Records debut and 3rd studio album, “Cursed Be Thy Kingdom”, which was done by Paolo Girardi (Power Trip and many more). “Cursed Be Thy Kingdom” is set for a release on April 16th, 2021. Keep your eyes and ears open for a new song shortly.

M. von Bewitcher (vox & guitars) comments:
“We summoned the mighty Paolo Girardi to deliver us a cover that visually depicted a few of the lyrical themes within the album. It has a Renaissance-era vibe to it, but it also incorporates some nods to the band’s past. It’s filled with all kinds of omens, harbingers, and all that cool dark, evil looking shit that is a necessity in any heavy metal album cover of merit! Get your dose of black magic on April 16th, when ‘Cursed Be Thy Kingdom’ is finally turned loose upon the world!“

Recorded at The Captain’s Quarters in Ventura, California by Armand John Anthony (Night Demon), and mixed by Cameron Webb (Motörhead, Megadeth), “Cursed Be Thy Kingdom” is a powerhouse, heavy-metal-rock-’n’-roll record forged in the white hot fires of Hell.

Rock ’n’ roll is the Devil’s music, and through “Cursed Be Thy Kingdom”, BEWITCHER invites you to join them at the crossroads, drink from the chalice of rock ’n’ roll, then ritualistically sell your soul to the dark lord himself. M. von Bewitcher puts it best, “The Devil is always ready to make the deal…”

ARCHSPIRE Complete Recording New Full-Length

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Canadian tech death masters ARCHSPIRE have just completed the recording for the full-length follow up to 2017’s JUNO-Award Nominated ‘Relentless Mutation!’ The offering was once again recorded by Dave Otero and will be unleashed onto the masses in 2021. Stay tuned for more!

“WE DID IT! We completed our 6 week sentence in Music Prison (FLATLINE AUDIO Studios in Colorado) with Tech Support Professional DAVE OTERO at the helm!” exclaims ARCHSPIRE. “We went with Dave once again as a follow-up to our 2017 release: RELENTLESS MUTATION, where our deep love for him was first kindled. This album is a product of roughly two and a half years of writing, and we truly feel it’s the most solid material we’ve ever created. This album is very fast, so please enjoy responsibly. “Stay Tech! “Archspire”

Moreover, the band has announced new European tour dates for November/December 2021. The band will be blasting through 12 cities at 350 bpm and a full list of confirmed shows can be viewed below. Tickets are on sale HERE.

The band will be supporting ‘Relentless Mutation!’ Listen/stream/download HERE.

ARCHSPIRE European Tour Dates 2021:
11/12/2021    Matrix, Bochum (DE)
11/13/2021    Backstage Halle, Munich (DE)
11/14/2021    Slaughter Club, Milan (IT)
11/15/2021    KiFF, Aarau (CH)
11/16/2021    Die Stadtmitte, Karlsruhe (DE)
11/17/2021    Viper Room, Vienna (AT)
11/18/2021    Dürer Kert, Budapest (HU)
11/19/2021    Puschkin, Dresden (DE)
11/20/2021    Nova Chmelnice, Prague (CZ)
11/21/2021    U Bazyla    Poznan (PL)
11/22/2021    Béi Chéz Heinz    Hannover (DE)
11/23/2021    Hole44    Berlin (DE)
11/24/2021    Stengade    Copenhagen (DK)
11/25/2021    Logo    Hamburg (DE)
11/26/2021    De Klinker Club    Aarschot (BE)
11/27/2021    O2 Academy Islington    London (UK)
11/28/2021    Mama Roux’s    Birmingham (UK)
11/29/2021    Cathouse    Glasgow (UK)
11/30/2021    Thekla    Bristol (UK)
12/01/2021    Rebellion    Manchester (UK)
12/02/2021    The Loft    Southampton (UK)
12/03/2021    Gibus    Paris (FR)
12/04/2021    Doornroosje    Nijmegen (NL)

Last year, ARCHSPIRE made headlines for appearing on Apple TV’s series “See,” starring Jason Momoa (‘Aquaman,’ ‘Game of Thrones,’ etc.), which featured ARCHSPIRE vocalist Oli Peters and drummer Spencer Prewett on the pilot episode! Peters showcases his signature gunfire vocals in a scene in which Momoa hand-selected the band to appear. The episode can be seen at THIS LOCATION.

This isn’t the first time that ARCHSPIRE has broken new ground. The JUNO- Award (Canadian Grammy) nominated technical death metal band, who are currently headliners on four different continents, made both national and international headlines earlier this year for being the perfect musical template for the creation of Artificially Intelligent death metal. Dadabots is special artificial intelligent (AI) software that creates music. The software, developed by Berkley College of Music graduates Zack Zukowski and CJ Carr, is built upon a “recurrent neural network” that receives data and then uses it to interpret musical sequences on its own. Simply stated, the software teaches itself how to compose music based on the work of an existing band as its data-set.

After several failed attempts at creating stable, listenable death metal, the creators turned to the music of ARCHSPIRE, which ended up being the perfect template to generating metal tunes via artificial intelligence. More on the project can be read in a document the researchers’ produced in 2017 at THIS LOCATION.

ALICEISSLEEPING Share New Video “Over and Over Again” From Upcoming Album

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February 5, 2021 will see UK’s Alt/Heavy Grunge Rock act ALICEISSLEEPING release their hotly anticipated debut album, entitled Completely Fine, through Mandrone Records. Ever since the release of their 2018 debut EP Space Wanders & Bleeding Hearts, Aliceissleeping has been one of the most unique acts in London’s music scene today. Fronted by vocalist and five-stringed bassist Alice ( formerly MAB ), the band takes inspiration from the vast palette of heavy rock, drawing on everything from ’70s prog rock to 90s, while fans of Smashing Pumpkins, Rush and even early Queen will find a nostalgic — if hallucinatory — home in Aliceissleeping. Alice’s vocals swagger schizophrenically between ferocious screams and banshee operatics, accompanied by shredding riffs and thunderous drum beats!

The trio has just released their first single “Over and Over Again” on all digital platforms, along with its blistering music video, directed by Duncan Catterall, which perfectly highlights the dynamics of this heavy dark rock anthem. Watch the video here:

Listen on Spotify | Listen on Bandcamp

“Inspired by Joy Division’s drilling hypnotic dynamics, “Over And Over Again” is about the sick passion that causes pain and pleasure where perseverance becomes diabolical.” The band comments. 

We love how we painted the contrast between pleasure and pain using fast beats and spacey guitars on the verse against screaming vocals and fuzz guitars during in the chorus. This song is so retro and modern at the same time, and the video is a tribute to 90s grunge and 80s darkwave, which are both parts of our broad influences. Definitely a song to put on repeat.“

Completely Fine was produced by Aliceissleeping and engineered by Will Maya (The Answer) between England and Spain. The artwork, inspired by b-movie posters, was created by Federico Salis.

Completely Fine Tracklist:

01. Outsiders
02. Felix
03. Over And Over Again
04. Twilight
05. Scary Mary
06. Alien
07. Not Cool
08. Negotiating Sex
09. Lost Girls

Completely Fine will be released as Vinyl, CD and in Digital formats on February 5, 2021 via Mandrone Records, pre-orders are available at THIS LOCATION!

MSG Reveal Third Album Trailer Discussing New Single ‘After The Rain’

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Michael Schenker will release his new MSG album, “Immortal”, on January 29th, 2021 via Nuclear Blast. The album title is a perfect statement describing Michael Schenker’s legacy and to celebrate his 50th anniversary as a musician. The band has revealed their third album trailer, in which Michael Voss explains, how their second single, the power ballad ‘After The Rain’ was written and where the idea for the song came from.

Also, watch the music video for ‘After The Rain’ here: https://youtu.be/kLMn1nPqANM
Get the single digitally, here: http://nblast.de/MSG-Immortal-DSP

“The song ‘After The Rain’ was coming out of the blue. A power ballad I have never done before. Michael Voss wrote some lyrics and vocal melodies, after I had put down my musically composition on backing track for this song. The next morning Michael Voss played me what he had sang to it and I said: This is so beautiful, only you can sing this song and it turned out amazing“, comments Michael Schenker.

„This is an outstanding mellow tuned power ballad with some unique Michael Schenker clean picking guitarstyle. When I first listened to Michaels rough sketches, I was singing a kinda ‚lala‘ melody that automatically drove me into the line ‚say have you been lonely,…‘ – from there I felt it must deal about a sad loss and a departure of a big love… but there will be sun and light… after the rain“, adds Michael Voss.

Michael Schenker
“50th Anniversary – IMMORTAL”
performed by the current MSG/Michael Schenker Group

with special guest DORO
28.10.2021 UK – Leeds, O2 Academy
29.10.2021 UK – Newcastle, O2 City Hall
30.10.2021 UK – Wolverhampton, KK Steel Mill
31.10.2021 UK – London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/michael-schenker-tickets/artist/890401

Michael Schenker
“50th Anniversary – IMMORTAL”
performed by the current MSG/Michael Schenker Group

02.11.2021 NL – Zoetermeer, De Boerderij
03.11.2021 CH – Pratteln, Z7
04.11.2021 IT  – Turin, Audiodrome
05.11.2021 ES – Barcelona, Razzmatazz 1
06.11.2021 ES – Madrid, La Riviera

Tickets: https://www.dragon-productions.eu/bands/michael-schenker/

Pre-order Immortal album here: http://nblast.de/MSG-Immortal

ICYMI: 
‘Drilled To Kill’ OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/bcrU9ZS6CZA
Trailer #1: https://youtu.be/cDQ9VICJZyc
Trailer #2: https://youtu.be/gcWTT_nKp0w

The album was predominantly recorded at the Kidroom Studio in Germany, with Michael‘s long time partner Michael Voss who co-produced the album and also sings on two tracks. The cover artwork of  „Immortal“ wascreated by Zsofia Dankova(POWERWOLF etc.).

„Immortal“ will continue the tradition of the previous two MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST records  „Resurrection“ and „Revelation“ featuring a big list of friends and guests. The album’s main vocalist will be uprising Chilean born talent Ronnie Romero (RAINBOW etc.), along with Michael Voss (MAD MAX etc.),  Ralf Scheepers(PRIMAL FEAR) and Joe Lynn Turner (ex-DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW etc.) singing on two tracks each. Besides Michael Schenker himself, the album was recorded with Steve Mann  (keyboards), Barry Sparks (bass, DOKKEN etc.), as well as the three drummers Bodo Schopf, Simon  Philipps (ex-TOTO) and Brian Tichy (ex-WHITESNAKE). The newest addition to the record is keyboard player Derek Sherinian (ex-DREAM THEATER, ex-KISS etc.), who plays on the album’s opening track, featuring German power machine Ralf Scheepers on vocals. 

„Immortal“ will feature ten tracks, including the magnum opus “In Search Of The Peace Of Mind”. „I wrote this song when I was 15 years old, it was my first ever written piece of music which I recorded with SCORPIONS on our first studio album „Lonesome Crow“ in 1970, getting released in 1972. We re-recorded this song for my 50th anniversary as a celebration and it turned out to be an epic; with an extra extension at the end of the song, which turned out absolutely fantastic with Simon Phillips on drums, doing his usual amazing stuff.“ The result is a true highlight and features even more surprises: „Gary Barden sings the first verse,  continued by Ronnie Romero – and in the end we have Ronnie, Doogie White and Robin McAuley screaming their heads off, as a tribute to my 50th anniversary. Absolute amazing. Thanks to the guys for doing this!“

The limited first edition of this upcoming MSG album will feature another unique extra: „It will include the MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST – Bang Your Head – Blu-ray, which was recorded during our headline show in Balingen/Germany two years ago: Unfixed, raw, pure and great! There’s a couple of small mistakes, but because the show and recording went so well, I decided to keep it the way it went on the night. It’s live, magic and pure.“

BENEATH THE MASSACRE Release Video For “Autonomous Mind”

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Canada-based tech-death specialists BENEATH THE MASSACRE have released a video to “Autonomous Mind”.

The band comments:

“We re excited to finally launch the music video for ‘Autonomous Mind’. We managed to work on the project in between lock downs and other Covid related restrictions and are very pleased with the result. The creativity of the director Chris Kells really allowed us to do a lot of the original script that we thought impossible to produce. All around, it is a very aesthetic video that should trigger questions in the viewers mind. Enjoy!”

“Fearmonger” is the band’s fourth album and Century Media debut. It’s an album that flows naturally yet retains, but still very much extreme and tech-death to the max. BENEATH THE MASSACRE’s trademark go-for-the-jugular sound.

Get your copy HERE!