JOSEPH WILLIAMS and The Players Club / Mascot Label Group present “Liberty Man,” the second track featured on Williams’ upcoming new studio album titled Denizen Tenant. The accompanying video was self-produced and directed by the artist. In reference to “Liberty Man,” Williams shares, “’Liberty Man,’ my latest tune with David Paich, is also a reunion with my Toto bro’s Simon Phillips and Leland Sklar. Also featured are the incredible Mike Landau and of course my partner Steve Lukather! The song is simple. I love open spaces and cherish the freedom to come and go where I will. It’s a swashbuckler in six eight with a clear Toto vibe!” Both Joseph Williams and Steve Lukather will release solo albums simultaneously on February 26, 2021. Both artists made significant contribution to the other’s masters.
Earlier this year, the label presented “Never Saw You Coming” from Williams’ forthcoming release Denizen Tenant, which can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/FTJ5KHcnWiM.
Tracklisting Never Saw You Coming Liberty Man Denizen Tenant Wilma Fingadoux Black Dahlia (feat. David Paich) Don’t Give Up (feat. Hannah Ruick) The Dream Remember Her (feat. Steve Lukather) No Lessons Mistress Winter’s Jump If I Fell (feat. Steve Lukather) World Broken
Unconventional Extreme Horror Metallers CADAVERIA have unveiled the ‘Matryoshcada Native Ceremony’ for streaming. It’s the native version of the single ‘Matryoshcada’ which was released on November 13th.
Cadaveria: “This is how Matryoshcada was conceived in the beginning. Then the growling was born in the studio and we opted for the other version. Enjoy the Native Ceremony of Matryoshcada. Activate the subtitles to sing along.”
Matryoshcada – The Lyrics Concept: when the illness transfigured my body and I could no longer recognize myself in the mirror, my soul spoke to me. Fragments of me resurfaced from the past and then went away forever. So I looked deep into my eyes and there I found the light of life.
Credits: Lyrics by Cadaveria herself. Music by Cadaveria herself, Frank Booth, Marçelo Santos. Performed by: Cadaveria (vocals) Kris Laurent (guitar) Pier Gonella (guitar) Peter Dayton (bass) Marçelo Santos (drums). Recorded and mixed at MusicArt Studio and Rrooaarr Sound in September 2020. Mastered at MusicArt Studio. Produced by CADAVERIA.
Polish female fronted heavy metal act CRYSTAL VIPER released new lyric video / digital single, “The Cult”, which also is the title track from the upcoming studio album. It can be seen on this location:
“I think that the title track, is one of the most representative ones when it comes to our new album” says CRYSTAL VIPER front woman, Marta Gabriel. “It has this gloomy atmosphere, easy-to-remember vocal line, and very classic sounding guitar riffs and harmonies, which dominated the new album. MAIDEN, PRIEST, BLACK SABBATH, MERCYFUL FATE and DIAMOND HEAD – it’s where it’s all coming from, this is the core and the roots of CRYSTAL VIPER, the classic heavy metal. I’m very excited to share it with the world!” she adds.
CRYSTAL VIPER’s 8th studio album entitled “The Cult” will be released on January 29 in Europe, and on February 12 in USA and Canada, on Listenable Records. It will be available as CD, vinyl LP, limited edition cassette tape and digital download.
CD, MC and digital version will include exclusive bonus track: KING DIAMOND cover “Welcome Home” (feat. KING DIAMOND guitarist, Andy La Rocque), while the LP version will include cover version of the SATAN classic, “Trial By Fire”. The Listenable Records exclusive bundles come with an additional CD, with the “Shred Version” of the album. “No, it’s not a karaoke version of the album – the CD includes different, instrumental arrangements of all the new songs!”says Marta Gabriel.
The bundles, as well as the limited edition vinyls (clear splatter vinyl in 100 copies, white vinyl in 200 copies, and blue vinyl in 200 copies) can be pre-ordered here: https://www.shop-listenable.net/en/674_crystal-viper
Following the release of the much-anticipated album ‘Cycle Of Suffering’ back in February, SYLOSIS staged a monumental live return at a sold out Islington Assembly Hall in London. After a string of cancelled Summer festival performances, Josh Middleton went straight back to work on new music intended for the next Sylosis record. With uncertainty surrounding the future of live music, Sylosis offer the first taste of these new recordings today with the release of a brand new standalone single! The new track, titled ‘Worship Decay’, was written and recorded during the first UK lockdown and is a thunderous amalgamation of thrash and melodic death metal, bearing the unmistakable Sylosis trademark.
Watch the new video for ‘Worship Decay’ here:
Sylosis founder Josh Middleton comments “With everything happening in our world right now, we wanted to keep things moving in Sylosis’ world. We started writing new music as we entered the first set of lockdowns and ‘Worship Decay’ quickly developed as a song we feel confident stands up by itself and showcases something different for Sylosis. We’re of course looking forward to playing music live again (hopefully soon!), but it feels great to be able to continue creating music and sharing it with our fans during this time of uncertainty and unrest.”
The legendary Dutch Death Doom Elite ASPHYX will be releasing their new, 10th full studio album “Necroceros” worldwide on January 22nd, 2021 via Century Media Records.
Therefore, ASPHYX are launching a second single for the album with the song “Knights Templar Stand” today, which can also be checked out in a lyric-video created by Maurice Swinkels / Younique Film (Legion Of the Damned, Exodus, Kataklysm, etc.) here:
ASPHYX frontman Martin van Drunen checked in about the song as follows: “A mainly very heavy uptempo track about the Knights Templar battling bravely in the Levant. Outnumbered by many, standing their ground until the very end. A typical ASPHYX song in our well-known neck-breaking metal style and fashion.”
A video for the upcoming album’s first single “Botox Implosion”, also directed by Maurice Swinkels / Younique Film, can still be seen here: https://youtu.be/9zw241m3JRQ
“Necroceros” was recorded at Tom Meier’s Tom Meier Studio as well as at Paul Baayens’ The Mörserstudio and then finally mixed/mastered by Sebastian “Seeb” Levermann at Greenman Studios. The album once again features front cover artwork by Axel Hermann and contains the following tracklisting:
In addition to several festival appearances coming up for 2021 and 2022, ASPHYX have most recently also announced a very special FREE live-stream release show event for “Necroceros” to be held on Saturday, January 23rd, 2021 at the “Metropool” venue in Hengelo, The Netherlands. Save the date and stay tuned for more details fir this special event to come soon.
ASPHYX – Live 2021/2022:
23.01.2021 Hengelo (The Netherlands) – Metropool (Free live-stream online release show!) * 06.03.2021 Zaragoza (Spain) – C. C. Valdefierro 03.04.2021 Oslo (Norway) – Inferno Metal Festival 24.04.2021 Amersfoort (The Netherlands) – Headbangers Bash * 07.05.2021 Plozévet (France) – Courts of Chaos Festival 22.05.2021 Vienna (Austria) – Vienna Metal Meeting 29.05.2021 Charkiv (Ukraine) – Metal East Festival * 12.06.2021 Hauptmannsgrün (Germany) – Chronical Moshers Open Air 29.07.2021 Tolmin (Slovenia) – MetalDays 30.07.2021 Vagos (Portugal) – Vagos Metal Fest * 12.08.2021 Jaromer (Czech Republic) – Brutal Assault 13.08.2021 Schlotheim (Germany) – Party.San Open Air 28.08.2021 Wörrstadt (Germany) – Neuborn Open Air 04.09.2021 Copenhagen (Denmark) – Kill-Town Deathfest 10.09.2021 Hüttikon (Switzerland) – Meh Suff Fest 16.10.2021 London (UK) – Sublime Terror Fest 20.11.2021 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) – Mass Deathruction 29.01.2022 Rostock (Germany) – Mau Club *
Virginia-based crossover maniacs ENFORCED open their Century Media account with their blistering new album, “Kill Grid”. Informed by an incredible cross-section of extremes—from thrash and punk to death metal and hardcore—the emergent outfit drop a nine-song cluster-bomb of thrashing death on apathetic times. Formed in Richmond in 2017 out of shreds of disbanded hardcore and punk bands, ENFORCED quickly found their calling between the undying support of regional punk/hardcore scenes and their respective record collections. Whether it’s Sacred Reich and Integrity or Bolt Thrower and Amebix, “Pure Crossover Death,” as ENFORCED call their devastating din, devastatingly speared its way through two demos (“Demo 2017” and “Retaliation”) and their no-holds-barred debut, “At the Walls”.
“Kill Grid” came together over a two-year period while ENFORCED were marauding halls and dive bars across the East Coast and Canada. Indeed, inspiration came from different directions, but playing live with bands like Sacred Reich, Red Death, Iron Reagan, All Out War, and Integrity shaped what was to come out of the Richmonders. While it was the previous output that attracted the attention of Century Media, it’s “Kill Grid”, featuring a striking Joe Petagno (Motörhead, Vitriol) cover, that’s going to put ENFORCED on top-lists of circle pit lunatics around the globe. To track their sophomore full-length, ENFORCED enlisted long-time friend and studio maven Bob Quirk (Memory Loss, Misled Youth) to engineer, as well as Philadelphia-based studio whiz Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Cavalera Conspiracy) to mix and master.
Stay tuned for a first track from “Kill Grid” that will be unleashed soon!
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