WITHERFALL Release Cinematic “As I Lie Awake” Video Directed By Zev Deans

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The moon, an autumnal atmosphere, fog in the woods, vampires and a wicked storyteller – as an 80s horror fan you’ll get everything you desired by watching the cinematic new video clip for WITHERFALL’s “As I Lie Awake”. The video was directed by the renown director Zev Deans who didn’t just do spectacular videos for the likes of Ghost, Behemoth or Chelsea Wolfe, but also Denzel Curry and St. Vincent.

Dim the lights, sit back and enjoy “As I Lie Awake (Official Video)”:

WITHERFALL comments: “’As I Lie Awake’ is the catchiest WITHERFALL song to date. It was created with much arguing and loud drunken chicanery. Early on the band and producer Jon Schaffer agreed that this should be the lead single.  Director Zev Deans who had directed Ghost’s ‘Dance Macabre’ was enlisted for the job and the video for ‘As I Lie Awake’ features a great ‘Lost Boys’ styled treatment. Thanks again to Duffs in Brooklyn, we didn’t mean to spill blood and wine on your carpet…”

Director Zev Deans about the video: “When Joseph sent me the song, it immediately transported me to an era when both heavy metal and horror movies were all about sex, blood and ultimately, a good time! Movies like ‘The Lost Boys’ were in the movie theaters and long-format music videos like ‘Thriller’ were on MTV.”

“As I Lie Awake” is the second single taken from “Curse Of Autumn”, the upcoming album from L.A.’s finest WITHERFALL that is scheduled for a worldwide street date on March 5th, 2021 with the US vinyl being available April 2nd, 2021. Preorders will be launched shortly.

What could possibly be a better time of the year to dive headfirst into dark melodic metal? While the shadows of winter are creeping up upon us and the nights get longer it is the perfect time for “Curse Of Autumn” to unfold.

The album art is once again another hand painted masterpiece by the legendary Kristian Wåhlin, the fourth painting in the WITHERFALL series.

“Curse Of Autumn” was produced by Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth, Demons & Wizards) for Ravencraft Productions, Joseph Michael (vocals, keyboards, also in Sanctuary) and Jake Dreyer (guitar, also in Iced Earth, Demons & Wizards). For the recording and mix they teamed up with Jim Morris (Savatage, Iced Earth, Kamelot, Death) while Tom Morris took over mastering duties. After most WITHERFALL songs were written with just an acoustic guitar, pen and paper and copious amounts of red wine, it was the group effort of the full production team that made a difference. “Jon Schaffer and Jim Morris really brought a lot of energy to these sessions”, Michael comments.

GENTLE SAVAGE Reveal ’Honey Bunny -the Rock’n Roll Transformation’ Video Teaser And Story

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“Break the boundaries, find your own way!”

Finnish Rockers GENTLE SAVAGE, formed in 2013, will release their new animated music video for the song ‘Honey Bunny -the Rock’n Roll transformation’ on November 27th. Today the band reveals a teaser video and a story behind it.

Watch the ‘Honey Bunny -the Rock’n Roll transformation’ teaser video here: hyperurl.co/HB_Teaser

Watch the Honey BunnyTeaser story video announcement, here:

’Honey Bunny – the Rock ’n Roll Transformation’ is an analogical cartoon music video. It builds up from hundreds of hand painted mixed technique pictures to combine into a movie. The man behind the art is a Finnish graphic artist named Jyrki Heikkinen. The story was created by Tornado Bearstone and Jyrki Heikkinen assisted along with Gentle Savage’s guitarist Tim O’Shore.

Rock ’n Roll Transformation takes you on a journey to the underworld. The main character, ’Mr. Bunny’, tumbles down a mysterious hole in the ground ending up in the Underworld. Whilst he is falling, he transforms from a regular rabbit into a two legged walking human-like Rock ’n Roller. Feeling a little dizzy in the head, Mr. Bunny starts his journey in the underworld. He ends up hanging with the bad ass ’Lady Bunny’ who teaches him some moves ’n manners. In the end Mr. Bunny has a big decision to make….

Lead vocalist Tornado says: “Since I was a kid I’ve always loved comic books. First it was Tarzan, Lucky Luke, Tin Tin and Asterix. Later I found Conan and the Marvel characters, with a variety from ’high end’ comic books to more splatter-like stories. Comic book art is a beautiful, yet underappreciated form of art. Computers have taken the place of a brush, paper and hand painting, but it’s good to remember that Spiderman and his buddies weren’t born in the movies. First there were comic books”.

Gentle Savage’s debut album, ‘Midnight Waylay’ will be unleashed 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

ANGELUS APATRIDA Reveal details For New Album; Launch First Single & Video For “Bleed The Crown”

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Spain’s leading Thrash Metallers ANGELUS APATRIDA return with their 7th, self-titled album, to be released on February 5th, 2021 worldwide via Century Media Records.

“Angelus Apatrida” (“/ˈan-je-lus – a-ˈpa-tri-da/”) was produced by the band, recorded with Juanan López in September/October at Baboon Records, in Albacete, Spain and then mixed and mastered by Christopher “Zeuss” Harris (Rob Zombie, Overkill, Hatebreed, Municipal Waste, Shadows Fall) at Planet-Z in Wilbraham, MA, USA. The album features 10 songs, sounding more determined, versatile and ferocious than ever before, on the verge of the group’s 20th anniversary of existence.

A first impression of the album can be obtained now via the single “Bleed The Crown”, out today and to be seen in a video directed by Fernando Morales / www.micocographics.com here:

ANGELUS APATRIDA checked in with the following comment about the song:“It’s really hard to choose what’s gonna be the first single of an album, which is a complete single by itself! ‘Bleed The Crown’ maybe is one of those classic Angelus Apatrida songs that unites energy, awesome riffs and catchy vocals that once you listen to it will stay in your head the whole day! Powerful song, screaming against dark powers pulling strings from above. A perfect appetizer of what’s coming next with our new album!”

Before adding the following words about the video-clip itself: “ How to make a cool, straight-to-the-face video during a pandemic lockdown? Just call some friends who actually own an awesome graphics studio, buy tons of beers and let’s get to work! We really wanted to support some local professionals in our town, specially if they’re friends of us and incredible pros; that’s been one of the better points of this. No story, no big deal. Since we can’t perform on stage, we wanted to reflect the real sweat, blood and tears of a real show, so that’s it! The incredible work on lights of Jorge and Juanan made every shot fit perfectly with the rage and attitude of the song itself. No kidding, I think you’ll feel the energy through the screen! We want to thank Fer, Antonio, George, Juanan, Baboon Records, Capitán Denim, Ayeres Antiques, Albeniz Albacete and Arenas Audio for their great work and invaluable help!”

“Angelus Apatrida” once again comes with artwork by Gyula Havancsák (Annihilator, Destruction, Stratovarius) and is available as limited CD Jewelcase in O-Card or as 180g. vinyl LP with the album on CD as bonus, on either black vinyl or in limited edition coloured runs (Creamy White vinyl: 100x copies from CM Webshop, Yellow vinyl: 200x copies from CM Distro and Red vinyl: 300x copies for Spain). And here is the album’s tracklisting:

ANGELUS APATRIDA – “Angelus Apatrida” (46:37):

Indoctrinate (05:39)
Bleed The Crown (04:26)
The Age Of Disinformation (04:42)
Rise Or Fall (03:36)
Childhood’s End (03:49)
Disposable Liberty (04:21)
We Stand Alone (04:11)
Through The Glass (05:41)
Empire Of Shame (04:17)
Into The Well (05:47)

The album’s pre-order is starting today here: https://angelusapatrida.lnk.to/AngelusApatridaPR

ANGELUS APATRIDA’s previously announced next European tour for February 2021 with Evil Invaders and Schizophrenia has unfortunately been recently postponed and more details about it will be announced soon. In the meantime, here is an overview of all other live-dates already announced for the band:

ANGELUS APATRIDA live:

03.06.2021 Viveiro (Spain) – Resurrection Fest
06.06.2021 Montagny (France) – Lions Metal Fest
03.07.2021 Barcelona (Spain) – Barcelona Rock Fest
15.07.2021 Balingen (Germany) – Bang Your Head
16.07.201 Gavle (Sweden) – Gefle Metal Festival
07.08.201 Osterholz-Scharmbeck (Germany) – Burning Q
18-21.08.2021 Dinkelsbühl (Germany) – Summer Breeze
19-22.08.2021 Saint-Noff (France) – Motocultor
04.09.2021 Málaga (Spain) – Guarrock
18.09.2021 Vieux Boucau Landes (France) – After Dark

And even more dates to be announced soon…

LOCH VOSTOK Release New Video/Single For “Disillusion”

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Over the years LOCH VOSTOK have delivered 7 albums, each time bringing something new to the table. The 8th album, coming spring 2021 is no different. The second single “Disillusion” from the yet untitled upcoming album, drops on November 20th.

Loch Vostok was born out of the ashes of Mayadome in the year 2000, from the fractured mind of Teddy Möller. Loch Vostok is where anything goes. Where cheese meets grind. Where speed meets groove. This year marks the 20th year anniversary for the band, and with that some changes are introduced. Leaving the lead vocal duties, to focus on guitars and growl, Teddy passes the baton over to Jonas Radehorn.

Jonas Radehorn has been the singer of various genres in ands since age 15. The Citadel, Falling Down and as a Rob Halford soundalike in the fantastic Judas Priest tribute band ”Metal Gods – Delivering the goods” (featuring ex Dark Funeral drummer Nils Dominator Fjellström). Professional studio and show singer since 2000.

With this new solid lineup, Jonas as the lead singer and new bass player Patrik Janson, Loch Vostok is entering a new era, with new energy. An era with new songs and possibilities. An era with epic three part harmonies between Jonas, Teddy and Niklas. The same kind of heavy songs, mixed with strong melodic parts as before. But with a stronger focus. More determination. And a live show to count on.

Among the members of Loch Vostok you will find musicians from a great number of active (and countless inactive) bands. Ranging from Carnal Forge, One Hour Hell and F.K.Ü, to The Murder of My Sweet, Manticora and Anima Morte (and many more).

ABIOTIC Launch Official Music Video “Souvenir of Skin” (Ft. Trevor Strnad)

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Recently re-emerged technical death metal outfit ABIOTIC are back with their third full-length, Ikigai. Set for release on Friday, February 12th, 2021 via The Artisan Era. 

While going on hiatus does not necessarily mean a group’s best days are behind them, often this rings true, yet Abiotic eagerly buck that trend with their finest effort yet on Ikigai. Ikigai is strongly recommended for fans of The Faceless, Gojira, The Black Dahlia Murder, Job For a Cowboy, and Rivers of Nihil. Abiotic states, “We also leaned on some classical and eastern style instrumentation, along with some progressive and jazzy elements.”

Ikigai also boasts numerous killer guest spots from musicians such as Trevor Strnad (The Black Dahlia Murder), Chaney Crabb (Entheos), Brandon Ellis (The Black Dahlia Murder), Scott Carstairs (Fallujah), Jared Smith (Archspire), and Jonathan Carpenter (ex-The Contortionist). Abiotic have dug deep and hit a new apex and the end result of their evolution is astounding on Ikigai.

The band partnered with Metal Injection to premiere “Souvenir of Skin”. Pre-orders for Ikigai are now live and linked to below.

Metal Injection comments on the launch of “Souvenir of Skin”
“On the surface, “Souvenir of Skin” is a super aggressive track that sets a high bar for the new album. That said, there’s a whole other level to this track.

While vocalist Travis Bartosek can command these songs easily, it’s the inclusion of Trevor Strnad (The Black Dahlia Murder) that pushes the track one step further. Given Strnad’s generally higher scream style and Bartosek’s overall lower growl, putting these two side by side is the perfect mix by pure contrast.”

Pre-orders for Abiotic – Ikigai are now live
Label Store: https://www.theartisanerastore.com/category/abiotic
Bandcamp: https://abiotic.bandcamp.com/

WILDSTREET Release Official Video For ‘Still Love You’

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Having recently signed to Golden Robot Records, WILDSTREET has now released the official video for their new single Still Love You. Trading in their usual hard rock guitars for acoustic instruments, the song optimistically reflects on lost love and heartache. The Prince inspired ending guitar solo by the band’s singer, Eric Jayk, reminds the listener that love songs still rock! 

Still Love You has been released as part of WILDSTREET’s highly anticipated full-length album Wildstreet III, which will be out on Golden Robot Records in 2021. WILDSTREET was featured in Billboard magazine in July. With festival dates booked in the UK, Mexico, Colombia, Europe and USA WILDSTREET will resume their planned ‘Kings Of World Tour’ next year.

Stream/buy Still Love You HERE

“Armed with big choruses, blazing guitar solos, and powerful melodies, WILDSTREET is a sex-fuelled rock n roll explosion beckoning the glory days of 80s arena rock.”  – Twelv Magazine 

WILDSTREET began in 2006 and released their self-titled debut album on Retrospect Records in 2009. The band spent the next 4 years touring nonstop & performing at US festivals including: Rocklahoma (5 consecutive years), SXSW & M3 Rock Festival.

WILDSTREET rocked alongside Black Veil Brides, Vains of Jenna, The Bouncing Souls, The Last Vegas, Twisted Sister, Michael Monroe, Crashdiet, Diemonds, Kix, LA Guns and more. The band won the Best Buy/Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands for Rockstar Energy’s Uproar Festival, and opened for Avenged Sevenfold, Sevendust and Three Days Grace in Camden, NJ.

In 2011, the band released Wildstreet II..Faster..Louder! to widespread critical acclaim. They made an appearance on The Jimmy Fallon show and their songs were licensed to TV shows on E!, MTV, VH1, Oxygen, TBS & in a THQ Video game. Later that year, the band released the official music video for Poison Kiss, which included a cameo by Don Jameson of The Metal Show.

WILDSTREET now had the attention of rock fans worldwide. In 2012, the band released the single Easy Does It, and it’s official music video. The video went viral on YouTube. (Wildstreet has well-over 5 million views and nearly 8,000 subscribers on that platform).

After taking a 2 1/2 year break off & dodging rumors of a band breakup, WILDSTREET exploded back onto the NYC scene in 2016, headlining Gramercy Theatre with new line-up. In early 2017, the band rocked NYC with Faster Pussycat and Biters and headed to Rocklahoma for the 6th time.

The band began work on their single Raise Hell after Rocklahoma. Released in December 2017, it ushered in a new period for the band. They headlined Irving Plaza for the single’s release party and was handpicked by Dorothy to open for her New York City tour date at The Bowery Ballroom. In February 2018, the band released a lyric/concert video for Raise Hell.

WILDSTREET spent the remainder of 2018 in the studio recording, Wildstreet III. They performed regional tour dates/festival dates. Highlights include: opening for Sebastian Bach & Escape The Fate. In March, the band sold out The Knitting Factory Brooklyn and then headed out on their first tour in Europe, playing 10 shows in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany, including Sleaze Fest 2019 in Bochum, Germany.

Upon returning to NYC, WILDSTREET filmed the official music video for Tennessee Cocaine. In July, they headlined a sold out NYC show at Saint Vitus and headed out for a short west coast tour which included stops at The Whisky-a gogo & Great American Music Hall.

The band toured the US in February before the pandemic outbreak. Their last three singles, Tennessee Cocaine, Three Way Ride & Born To Be all have over 200k Spotify streams & their last two music videos have over 100k YouTube views.

WILDSTREET’s most recent single, Born To Be was added to Spotify’s ‘Hard Rock’ editorial playlist.