SABATON Reveal Animated Video For ‘No Bullets Fly’ + Celebrate Reaching 1 Million Subscribers On YouTube

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Heavy Metal heroes SABATON have just reached the amazing amount of 1 million subscribers on their YouTube channel. To celebrate this, as part of their Advent Calendar, they surprise-released an animated video-clip for their hymn ‘No Bullets Fly’, taken from their “Heroes” album.

The video tells the story of Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown, two (enemy!) pilots in the second world war. While Charlie’s plane was severely damaged and the pilot hurt, Franz decided instead of shooting him down, to risk his own life and escort him into safety. Both survived and over 50 years later they met each other again and became very close friends. A lovely story, that did not became public before 1990.

SABATON’s latest album, “The Great War”, was released in 2019 and it hit the #1 in the charts in various countries including Germany, Switzerland and Sweden. The record has been lauded by fans and critics since its debut on worldwide charts last summer, and features numerous colossal singles like ‘Great War’, ’82nd All The Way’, ’The Red Baron’ and ‘Fields of Verdun’.

SABATON Live:
2021:
05.06. AT Nickelsdorf – Novarock
18.06 DK Copenhagen – Copenhell
06.07. DE Frankfurt – Deutsche Bank Park
14.07. RUS Moscow – Park Live Festival
15.07. BG Mogilovo – Midalidare Rock 2021
17.07. GR Athens – Release Festival
07.08. SE Falun – Sabaton Open Air
20.08. CZ Moravsky Krumlov – Rock Castle
29.08. CH Aarburg – Riverside Open Air
11.09. US Orlando – Orlando Amphitheater
13.09. US Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion
17.09. US Youngstown, OH – Covelli Center
22.09. US Milwaukee, WI – Miller Life High Theater
25.09. US St. Louis, MO- Saint Louis Music Park
29.09. US Denver, CO – The Mission Ballroom
06.10. US Los Angeles, CA – Microsoft Theater
08.10. US Las Vegas, NV – Zappos Theatre at Planet Hollywood
09.10. US Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Federal Theatre
12.10. US San Antonio, TX – Freeman Coliseum
13.10. US Austin, TX – H-E-B Center
15.10. US Dallas, TX – Pavillion at Toyota Music Factory
16.10. US Oklahoma City, OK – The Zoo Amphitheatre
28.10. US Oxon Hill, MD – MGM National Harbor
30.10. US Ledyard, CT – Foxwood Casino Arena

2022:
07.01. SE Karlstad – Nöjesfabriken
08.01. SE ÖrebroConventum – Kongress
10.01. SE Halmstad – Live
11.01. SE Mölnlycke – Råda Rum
12.01. SE Kalmar – KalmarSalen
14.01. SE Skellefteå – Sara Kulturhus
15.01. SE Piteå – Rivierahallen Pite Havsbad
16.01. SE Luleå – Kulturens Hus
18.01. SE Huskvarna – Folkets Park
19.01. SE Linköping – Garden
21.01. SE Sundsvall – Avenyn
22.01. SE Umeå – Idun Folkets Hus
23.01. SE Östersund – Folkets Hus
24.01. SE Gävle – Gasklockorna
26.01. SE Uppsala – Uppsala Konsert & Kongress
27.01. SE Eskilstuna – Lokomotivet
28.01. SE Borås – Åhaga
29.01. SE Älmhult – Arenan Älmhults Handelsplats
31.01. SE Helsingborg – Sundspärlan
01.02. SE Malmö – Slagthuset
02.02. SE Kristianstad – Södra Kasern
04.02. SE Karlshamn – Bellevueparken
05.02. SE Skövde – Valhall
06.02. SE Trollhättan – Apollon
07.02. SE Värnamo – Gummifabriken
09.02. SE Ronneby – Klubb Ronn
10.02. SE Norrköping – Flygeln
11.02. SE Borlänge – Galaxen
12.02. SE Falun – Magasinet

Tickets are available now on https://www.sabaton.net/tour/ 

Purchase “The Great War” here: 
Standard Edition – http://geni.us/SabatonTGWStandard
History Edition – http://geni.us/SabatonTGWHistory
Soundtrack Edition – http://geni.us/SabatonTGWSoundtrack

“The Great War” is now available on all digital music platforms.
Listen now: https://music.sabaton.net/TheGreatWar 

STORM FORCE Release Christmas Single “Last Christmas” to Help Put Positivity Back in This World

Posted by tarjavirmakari on December 21, 2020
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STORM FORCE, the explosive band that fans of classic hard melodic rock, have just released a special Christmas single, “Last Christmas”. You can watch the lyric video below:

Storm Force, Last Christmas can be streamed or purchased at http://smarturl.it/stormforcelastxmas

Lead guitarist Greg Fraser discussed the new single, “We thought it might be fun to jam out a Christmas song to maybe help put a little positivity back in this world. Picking the song was the tough part. Our bass player Mike insisted it should be ‘Wam’s ‘Last Christmas’ because no one’s really ever rocked that one up before. We literally banged this song out (drums, guitars, bass & vocals) in less than 2 hours. Our attitude was, “if it sucks, we won’t release it!” We’re quite happy with the results. So here it is, we hope you enjoy it &  we wish you all a Merry Christmas!”

You can listen to the debut STORM FORCE album Age Of Fear online at http://smarturl.it/ageoffear

Led by Greg Fraser and featuring one of today’s most powerful and versatile lead vocalists in Patrick Gagliardi (formerly of Surface Tension), their debut record produced by Darius Szczepaniak (Black Crowes, Sum 41, Big Sugar) combines colossal, crushing melodic rock with hook-laden ballads and massive choruses reminiscent of vintage Cinderella, balanced by classic rock sensibilities of acts like The Who and Van Halen. The group hails from Niagara Falls, Canada and is rounded out by the blistering one-two punch rhythm section of ex-Panik and Step Echo drummer Brian Hamilton and sought-after session musician and touring bassist Mike Berardelli. Storm Force’s groundbreaking new record is the result of a rich blend of rock influences spanning Triumph, UFO, Thin Lizzy, Foreigner, and so many more, and is be available on Escape Music worldwide.

CURIMUS Release New Music Video “72”, Feat. David Bower

Posted by tarjavirmakari on December 21, 2020
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Finnish death / thrash-act CURIMUS have released yet another music video from their latest album Garden of Eden, released at the end of October. Fourth video was made of the track “72”, on which the legendary frontman David Bower from the British NWOBHM-band HELL can be heard. The video was created by video artist Miss Hoo.

Garden of Eden has gained praising reviews around the world, and hit the Official Finnish album chart at #18 and #3 on the Official physical albums chart.

GARDEN OF EDEN tracklist

  1. Eden Unveiled
  2. Ignite
  3. 72 (feat. David Bower)
  4. God Eater
  5. Eradication Manifest
  6. Victims
  7. Catalyst
  8. Hate the Progress
  9. Eisegesis
  10. Absence

INTERNAL BLEEDING Announce Livestream For January 2nd

Posted by tarjavirmakari on December 21, 2020
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Pioneering New York death metal legends INTERNAL BLEEDING have announced a livestream in conjunction with Dark Forces Live, showing on 2nd Jan at 5pm EST/ 10PM GMT / 11PM CET.

Tickets and merch bundles can be purchased here: https://darkforceslive.com

Guitarist Chris Pervelis commented “Welp, 2020 certainly sucked — so let’s bring in a new, better year on January 2! Join IB and thousands of fans worldwide and SLAM your way into 2021 with a killer livestream concert.”

The band will perform as set featuring material spanning their career as well as their devastatingly heavy sixth full length album, Corrupting Influence, out now via Unique Leader Records.

Obituary’s Trevor Peres, Joe Cincotta from Full Force Studio, and Sean Bell from Forever Dark have joined together creating Dark Forces Live, a new live streaming platform. To celebrate, Dark Forces Live has invited INTERNAL BLEEDING to perform at their inaugural livestream event. The performance will broadcast from Designatronix industries in Ronkonkoma, NY.

Trevor Peres comments: “After doing the livestreams with Obituary, Joe Cincotta, who was doing the sound for the first two streams, asked me if I would want to start up a production/promotion company to produce livestreams up in New York. I, immediately, loved the idea and figured we could help out metal bands that don’t know where to start to produce a livestream concert. We put a ton of hours researching and figuring out how this shit works, so we are taking that new found knowledge and experience to other bands and starting Dark Forces Live.”

DOCKER’S GUILD Announce Line-Up For New Album, Ft. Joel Hoekstra, Nita Strauss, Amanda Somerville, Anna Portalupi And Many More

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DOCKER’S GUILD are very proud to announce the line-up for its third album “The Mystic Technocracy – Season 2: The Age of Entropy”. The line-up is split in two halves:

INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS
Douglas R. Docker (Biloxi, Vivaldi Metal Project, Chronomaster Project): bass, keyboards, vocals, spoken voice
Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake, TSO, Cher): guitars
Sascha Paeth (Avantasia): guitars
Nita Strauss (Alice Cooper): guitars
Mio Jaeger (Frantic Amber): guitars
Anneke Van Giersbergen (The Gathering, Devin Townsend): vocals
Amanda Somerville (Avantasia, Trillium): vocals
Elizabeth Andrews (Frantic Amber): extreme vocals

ITALIAN ARTISTS
Helly (Killin’ Beaudelaire): drums
Stefano Aglì: drums
Anna Portalupi (Hardline, Tarja Turunen): bass
Luca Pisu (I Fasti, Dirty Set): bass
Roby Salvai (Roby Salvai Quintet): bass
Giorgio Novarino (The Chronomaster Project): bass
Toni Urzì (La Quadrilla): guitars
Luigi Iamundo (The Chronomaster Project): guitars
Valentina Procopio: vocals
Anna Petracca: vocals
Serena Moine: operatic vocals

Alberto Macerata: recording engineer
Mixed by Neil Kernon
Produced by Douglas R. Docker

Artwork and booklet design by CA Beckston

Also, the Docker’s Guild’s Christmas Store is up! Everything goes for €10 or less. CDs, vinyls, even cassettes, t-shirts, posters, stickers, pins and much more. All profits will go towards the financing of the new album. Let’s call it a pre-crowdfunding for a from the fans! Thank you so much for your amazing support 🙂

Finnish Old School Heavy Rockers Join Forces With NORSEMAN And Release Tribute To Late URIAH HEEP Legend

Posted by tarjavirmakari on December 21, 2020
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Artwork: Ace Mark

Legendary Finnish heavy metal act NORSEMAN is preparing their new studio album to be released next year.

And for starters they present new material in a form of a cover song. As a tribute to legendary Uriah Heep member Ken Hensley Norseman combined forces with highly appreciated Finnish heavy metal singers Taage Laiho, Maya Liittokivi, Markku Palm and Hannu Leiden to record the song Lady in Black.

Watch the music video ‘Lady In Black’ here:

Listen to the single on music services:
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/3ahzpKD
Apple: https://apple.co/3oUKTaY
Amazon: https://amzn.to/37txy3L
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/192063392
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/165499277/