SCAR OF THE SUN: Signs Worldwide Record Deal with Napalm Records

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Breathe in the fresh modern metal sound of SCAR OF THE SUN, spliced with atmospheric soundscapes and dynamic riffs! Napalm Records is pleased to welcome this prime unit to its growing roster.

Formed in the late ’00s in London and consequently relocating to Athens, Greece, SCAR OF THE SUN released their first self-titled demo in 2005, that was nominated for “Demo of the Month” by Metal Hammer Greece. With their first full-length, “A Series Of Unfortunate Concurrencies” (2011), followed by the powerful “In Flood” (2016), the five-piece gained avid reviews all over the world. In the blink of an eye, SCAR OF THE SUN has made a name for themselves with the very special ability to deliver a fresh take on modern atmospheric metal that propelled the band into the international spotlight. After sharing the stage with outstanding acts such as Dark Tranquillity and Insomnium, as well as compatriots Rotting Christ, and touring alongside shredding outfits like Firewind, Manimal and Monuments, SCAR OF THE SUN is currently gearing up to unleash their third album onto the masses. More to be announced soon…

SCAR OF THE SUN on the signing:
“It is really hard to describe how happy, thankful and honored we feel now that we are part of the Napalm Records family! We have been following the label for years and admiring not only its roster but also its top-notch level of work. Now the only thing left is to overcome the current virus situation and get back on the road, since we are committed to work even harder and see you all out there!”

Join the modern metal thunder and get a glimpse of what lies ahead with the ear-conquering track ‘Among Waters and Giants’, cut from the band’s furious second full-length, “In Flood“.

SCAR OF THE SUN is:
Terry Nikas – Vocals
Alexi Charalampous – Guitars
Greg Eleftheriou- Guitars
Panagiotis Gatsopoulos – Bass
Thanos Pappas – Drums

SCAR OF THE SUN online:
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FUCKED AND BOUND Release Cover Version Of SONIC YOUTH’s “Kool Thing”

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Hardcore Punk unit FUCKED AND BOUND are set to re-release their latest album “Suffrage” (2018) on December 18th via Quiet Panic. Being an outlet for those who seek solace in the filth and the fire, FUCKED AND BOUND achieved an air of unhinged freedom mainly by thrashing their way through unassuming, beloved punk venues and DIY spaces, hosting their own sort of hardcore communal exorcisms. Today the band from Seattle, WA, unleashed their very own interpretation of SONIC YOUTH‘s classic, “Kool Thing”.

Vocalist Lisa Mungo explains the important cause:
“Our cover of Sonic Youth’s “Kool Thing” was originally a part of a compilation effort spearheaded by the incomparable Kim Kelly, freelance journalist and organizer based in Philadelphia. She is currently the labor columnist for Teen Vogue, and her writings on labor, politics, and culture have appeared in the New Republic, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, Pacific Standard, and many others.

The compilation, Riffs for Reproductive Justice, was a new pay-what-you-want Bandcamp compilation organized by Kim Kelly, that resulted in a collected work made up of metal, hardcore, punk, and dark folk songs (many of them exclusive new, live, covers, or demo tracks) from a wide range of artists—including Fucked and Bound, Emma Ruth Rundle, Thou, Racetraitor, Jucifer, and Closet Witch to Hether Fortune, Twin Temple, and Elizabeth Colour Wheel—all having united to raise money for abortion access.

I’ve always been inspired by Kim Gordon’s lifelong commitment to making art on her own terms. Although she (Kim) shies away from labeling herself a feminist icon, her actions inspired many young girls to see themselves as artists equal to their male peers in the music industry. Kim, being one of my earliest influences, paired with the fact that we had just hit the studio, the timing couldn’t have been more perfect and we were happy to contribute this track for such an important cause“

Listen to “Kool Thing”, streaming now on SPOTIFY

100% of proceeds from the Riffs for Reproductive Justice compilation were donated to the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAH: https://abortionfunds.org/) and the Yellowhammer Fund. In this continued fight, and with this track being now featured on Suffrage, 100% of digital sales made from the track “Kool Thing” direct from FUCKED AND BOUND’s Bandcamp page will be donated to the same two organizations.

Tracklist:01. Wild Thing
02. Get Inside
03. Dead Bop
04. Terror
05. Zero Fucks
06. My Love
07. Party Void
08. Locked
09. Creeps On The Street
10. GTFO
11. Kool Thing ( Sonic Youth cover )
12. Punishers On Deck
13. Parasite Lost
14. Abuse Of Registry

“Suffrage” (Reissue) will be coming out December 18th on Quiet Panic and is available for pre-order at THIS LOCATION

Two Giants Of Metal GEORGE LYNCH & JEFF PILSON Reteam For A Killer Covers Album ‘Heavy Hitters’

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Guitar-shredding virtuoso George Lynch has reteamed with former Dokken bandmate Jeff Pilson for a set of new studio recordings that turn pop music classics into powerful metal anthems! The two have previously made metal magic together as a duo on the 2003 album Wicked Underground, which was recently reissued on vinyl, as well as with other projects such as T&N and The End Machine. But this new batch of recordings, entitled appropriately enough Heavy Hitters, stands apart not only for its outstanding roster of players and vocalists including head Bulletboy Marq Torien, Fishbone’s Angelo Moore, New Zealand native Wil Martin and drummer Brian Tichy (Whitesnake/Ozzy) but for the jaw-dropping song selection. If you’ve ever wondered what an amped-up, full-throttle version of Carole King’s “I Feel The Earth Move” or Prince’s “Kiss” or Oasis’ “Champagne Supernova” or Madonna’s “Music,” then this is the album for you!

As a special treat, the band has released the first single from the album – a powerful rendition of Duran Duran’s “Ordinary World” – featuring Martin on vocals, offering just a small taste of what’s in store.

As Lynch himself explains, “I was never a huge Duran Duran fan but I always loved this song. It was just so majestic and emotional. It was an honor and a challenge to cover it in that we had to thread the needle between respecting the original vision of the arrangement but putting our stamp on it as well.”

Pilson, meanwhile, says “The purpose of this whole record, besides having a lot of fun making it, was to take amazing hit songs and interpret them in a way that was true to the greatness of the original but that also brought something new and fresh to the song. ‘Ordinary World’ is such a great melodic and emotional song, a song I think George and I have always loved. We just wanted to add some heaviness, a little George Lynch soulful playing and then let Wil fly with that phenomenal voice.”

Stream the single here: https://orcd.co/george_lynch_jeff_pilson_ordinary_world

Heavy Hitters will be available on both CD in a deluxe digipak and on limited edition colored vinyl starting December 18, courtesy of Deadline Music, a subsidiary of Cleopatra Records, Inc.!

Order the album: https://orcd.co/george_lynch_jeff_pilson_heavy_hitters

Track List:

  1. One Of Us (Originally by Joan Osbourne)
  2. You Got The Love (Originally by Rufus & Chaka Khan)
  3. I Feel The Earth (Originally by Carole King)
  4. Ordinary World (Originally by Duran Duran)
  5. Music (Originally by Madonna)
  6. Apologize (Originally by OneRepublic & Timbaland)
  7. Nowhere To Run (Originally by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas)
  8. Kiss (Originally by Prince)
  9. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) (Originally by R.E.M.)
  10. Champagne Supernova (Originally by Oasis)
    BONUS TRACK [CD ONLY]
  11. Lucille (Originally by Little Richard)

BRAVE THE COLD (Ft. Mitch Harris, Dirk Vebeuren) Premiere Animated Music Video ‘Apparatus’

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BRAVE THE COLD, the Death-Grind duo featuring Napalm Death guitarist Mitch Harris and Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren, have released the cinematic video “Apparatus”, from the bands critically acclaimed debut album Scarcity. Limited-edition colored vinyl of Scarcity will be available December 11th, and the digital version is available now on all digital platforms.

The concept reflects on the division of neighbor vs. neighbor, harvesting unrest due to compromised ethics, intended to destroy the frayed internal infrastructure of adapting society on a global level. Harris further explains, “’Apparatus’ is about a socially repressive cabal whose sole agenda is maximizing the transfer of wealth and power from poorer, middle class consumers to a thin sliver of the wealthiest via submissive fear ideology. Through an intensive program of isolation, bombardment with propaganda and behaviorally suggestive content before reaching the global eye, the ‘Apparatus’ is distressing civil liberties in an era of inconceivable technological corporate wizardry, oppression, censorship and domination.” The video is a collaboration with Italian filmmaker Donato Sansone adapted from the original animation of ROBHOT. Harris contacted Donato with a rough edit of ‘Apparatus’ and Donato made an enthusiastic effort to make a final edit that’s sure to get the energy flowing for unsuspecting viewers in a world of uncertain times.

BRAVE THE COLD is a two-piece formed in 2018 and features the metal legends focusing their energies into a new level of aggression. The culmination is Scarcity, an eleven-track collection of ferociousness breathing much needed life into the heavy metal scene of 2020. Produced by Logan Mader (Machine Head, Soulfly).

Scarcity is available now digitally, and on vinyl in three limited-edition colors: Clear with Silver and Blue Jay Splatters, Highlighter Yellow with Black Splatters (Independent Retail Exclusive), and Milky Clear.

Brave The Cold pre-order https://orcd.co/scarcity

Scarcity hits the world phsically with limited-edition colored vinyl and CD is coming out on December 11th, 2020.

BETH HART Announces October/November 2021 UK Tour

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Grammy nominated singer-songwriter BETH HART and her band will return to the UK in October/November 2021. The tour includes a rare solo performance at the London Palladium on Friday 5 November 2021.

Planet Rock will run a 48-hour ticket pre-sale from December 9-10 via www.planetrocktickets.co.uk. Tickets go on general sale from 9am on Friday December 11 from www.alttickets.com/beth-hart-tickets.

The five-date tour will start at the Cambridge Corn Exchange on Friday 29 October 2021, including dates in York and Bath as well as two nights at the London Palladium. The show at the Bath Forum takes place on Wednesday 3 November 2021.

Audiences can look forward experiencing more of Beth’s breath-taking emotionally charged live shows including songs from her latest albums ‘War In My Mind’ and ‘Fire On The Floor’.

Beth continues to wow audiences all over the world with her unique performances and astounding voice. Previously, she sold out the prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London. This performance was later released on DVD and Blu-Ray.

BETH HART OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2021 UK TOUR
www.alttickets.com/beth-hart-tickets

Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Friday 29 October 2021
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2 Wheeler St, Cambridge CB2 3QB
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Barbican, York
Sunday 31 October 2021
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Paragon St, York YO10 4AH
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The Forum, Bath
Wednesday 3 November 2021
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Avon, 1A Forum Buildings, Bath BA1 1UG
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Palladium, London – Solo Performance
Friday 5 November 2021
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8 Argyll St, Soho, London W1F 7TF
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Palladium, London
Saturday 6 November 2021
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GENTLE SAVAGE: Band Members & Cartoonist React On New ’Honey Bunny -the Rock’n Roll Transformation’ Analog Animation Music Video

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On November 27th, Finnish Rockers GENTLE SAVAGE, formed in 2013, unleashed their new analog animation music video of an adventure in the Underworld, ‘Honey Bunny -the Rock’n Roll transformation’. The band has released two reaction videos, where the band members Jay & Tornado and the cartoonist Jyrki Heikkinen give their reaction while watching the fully edited video for the first time. Watch below.

Watch the full ‘Honey Bunny -the Rock’n Roll transformation’ video here:

‘Honey Bunny – The Rock’n Roll Transformation’ video was made in collaboration with cartoon artist Jyrki Heikkinen and photographer Ilari Kallinen. The story was created by Tornado Bearstone and Jyrki Heikkinen alongside the Gentle Savage’s guitarist Tim O’Shore.

What happens when you combine hand painted art, rock music and digital art?

You get more than the total of the three. Something that reaches higher and gives the end product, in this case the analog video, a wider palette of ways to implicate meanings and transmit emotions.

Team behind Gentle Savage’s new video are the musicians, a graphic artist and a photographer. With love for the comic books and inspired by good old stories like Alice in Wonderland, Kalevala and Osiris Myth, they came up with a story of a human like creature who ends up on a trip to the Underworld. It’s obvious, that it is the adventure of his life. Transformated and after finding the love of his life, Mr. Bunny decides to stay in the Underworld. No turning back!

Lead vocalist Tornado says: “I find a very clear analogy in the story right to my own life. Without any further explanations the upper most feeling is that now we’ve created something special. We wish all the viewers a good adventure hoping it puts a smile on your faces. Never give up on your dreams, go for the adventure!”

“Break the boundaries, find your own way!”

Check out more videos and subscribe GENTLE SAVAGE’s new youtube channel hyperurl.co/GentleSavageYouTube.

Photo by Timo Soasepp

Gentle Savage’s debut album, ‘Midnight Waylay’ is coming out in February 2021. It’s a way of describing an ambush at midnight, or going to a rock show; you never know what’s going to happen out there.

Midnight Waylay depicts a ‘taking it easy in the daytime, turning into a beast at night’ kind of lifestyle. Just like a hunter strikes from the shadows, ruthless and silent, these songs can without warning rock your world.

As a concept the album Midnight Waylay is best appreciated when served whole, but each song has its own character and works well independently. Find your own adventure, let yourself loose!”

“It is all about the songs. And their internal message. That’s the basic philosophy behind Gentle Savage.”

Also watch the videos for the first two singles:
‘Run Run Poor Boy’ – https://youtu.be/_TJ3BfgOz6k
‘Karelian Magic’ – https://youtu.be/osEmTdkQCps

GENTLE SAVAGE are:
Tornado Bearstone, songwriter, vocals and guitar
Jay B, drums and backing vocals
Vance Bead, bass and backing vocals
Tim O`Shore, guitar and backing vocals
Theo van Boom, keyboards and backing vocals

’Treat yourself and let our magic in. We’ll take care of the rest’.

Band promo photo by Timo Soasepp
Single coverarts by Vin Valentino

More information at
https://www.facebook.com/Gentlesavagerockband
http://gentlesavagerockband.com
https://www.instagram.com/gentlesavageofficial