BLACK FATE Release New Video “Fatal Prelude”

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The new album ‘Ithaca’ by progressive power metal band BLACK FATE is out now via ROCKSHOTS RECORDS (worldwide) an Rubicon Music (Japan). To celebrate the event, the band is sharing the official video of the japanese exclusive bonus track “Fatal Prelude”.

Guitarist Gus Drax comments about the track: “I’m super excited to share with you all the “Fatal Prelude” video clip. “Fatal Prelude” is a bonus track that I and Themis Koparanidis wrote for the Japanese version of my band’s Black Fate new album called “ITHACA”‘.

The video was Filmed & Edited by Bob Katsionis for Progressive Vision Group.

With their heartbreaking world-class vocals, catchy hooks and lyrics, along with crashing guitar riffs, haunting melodies, and furious technical and melodic solos, Black Fate continues to satisfy bands with the release of their 5th studio album “Ithaca”, out now worldwide via Rockshots Records and Rubicon Music (Japan).

PHYSICAL:https://bit.ly/Ithaca_CD
DIGITAL: http://smarturl.it/BlackFateIthaca

Previous singles:
“Maze” https://youtu.be/I5f_rOu9Qbw
“Savior Machine” https://youtu.be/UPLtmcqVtDM

“Ithaca” was mixed and mastered by Steve Lado and follows full-lengths “Between Visions and Lies” (2014) (Ulterium Records), “Deliverance of Soul” (2009) (Asiral Records), “A Piece of Dream” (2002) (Secret Port Records), “Uncover” (2001) (Secret Port Records).

SPOTIFY:https://spoti.fi/338a5TH
VISUALIZER:https://youtu.be/UPLtmcqVtDM

UNSEEN FAITH Release Fourth Single ‘The Perfect Human’

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Aarhus-based deathcore outfit UNSEEN FAITH are ready with another banger, releasing their fourth and last single ‘The Perfect Human’, before releasing their sophomore album ‘Evoke’ on the 13th of November. With a guest performance by Andreas Bjulver of rising stars CABAL (DK) you’re in for a single with lots and lost of energy, heavy guitar riffs and neck-wrecking breakdowns – watch the accompanying music video below.

“The Perfect Human is about not being blinded by what is shiny and beautiful. It’s all fairytales which fuel a never-ending chase for popularity, money and attention. Jump off the hamster wheel before it weighs you down”, vocalist Alexander Eriksen explains.

The coming full-length album has been recorded, produced and mixed by Chris Kreutzfeldt at Badcat Studio and mastered by Ermin Hamidovic. With compositions that naturally move between dark and heavy to exalted atmospheric breathing-halts, UNSEEN FAITH is taking a major step into new heights, and it’ll be impossible for listeners around the world to keep from banging their heads along to their new songs. Furthermore the record features guest vocals from rising stars Daniel McWhorter (Gideon), Andreas Bjulver Paarup (CABAL) and Benjamin Ganzhorn (Daze of June). ‘Evoke’ will be released through Prime Collective on November 13, 2020. 

The new single ‘The Perfect Human’ is already available on all streaming services, HERE.

TRACKLIST 

1. Downfall
2. New Era
3. Hardwired
4. Wrath
5. Ode To Heresy
6. Out Of The Dark (feat. Daniel McWhorter)
7. Heart In A Prison
8. The Perfect Human (feat. Andreas Bjulver)
9. The Greatest Threat (feat. Benjamin Ganzhorn)
10. Wither

SICKWALT Release New Single ‘Demand The Stage’

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After earning their reputation by setting legendary NYC stages on fire, SickWalt unleashes a sound-defining effort with their latest single Demand The Stage, out now via X-Ray Records. Demand The Stage is taken from their upcoming album Shove n’ Love.

Demand The Stage is an addictive, head-bobbing, toe-tapping song with blazing crisp guitar riffs, thumping & pumping drums, and a robust bottom end that lays the foundation for SickWalt’s unique vocal style. It also has that undeniable NYC sound!

SickWalt certainly have the pedigree to create some major noise on the rock scene. The band is fronted by Walt “Sick Walt”, Matt Middleton on guitar, Rob Buckley on bass (Cro-Mags, Urban Sun, M-16) and Eric Arce on drums (The Misfits, Murphy’s Law, Skarhead, Maximum Penalty).

Stream/buy Demand The Stage HERE

SickWalt is an unapologetic NYC rock n’ roll band from Astoria, Queens. With a sound that captures the same energy that all-time greats like MC5 and AC/DC channelled in their early work, the band is a needed reminder of what rock n’ roll can be. 

Since being founded in 2014, SickWalt has earned a reputation on the New York scene as a live act to be reckoned with. They use stages like St. Vitus, The Bowery Electric, and The Mercury Lounge to send crowds into tailspins and are notoriously hard to follow, just ask The Dickies. Just ask Agent Orange. Just ask D.O.A. or The Waldo’s or Handsome Dick and the Dictators. They’ll all tell you the same thing: playing with SickWalt makes for a legendary show.

With their latest album, Shove n’ Love, SickWalt conjures that adrenaline-in-a-can spirit of their live shows and combines it with the band’s most developed sound to date. The result? A kickass album with enough energy to pick you up off the couch and drop you in the middle of a sold-out Saturday night show in NYC.

After two self-released EPs, SickWalt returns with their first full-length album – Shove n’ Love. 

FRACTAL GENERATOR Release Title Track ‘Macrocosmos’ From Upcoming Album

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Canada’s FRACTAL GENERATOR return with their 2nd full length “Macrocosmos” – coming out on January 15th 2021, via Everlasting Spew Records – is their darkest and most ambitious work, crushing sci-fi infused Death Metal produced by Stefano Morabito at 16th Cellar Studio (Hideous Divinity, Hour of Penance, Decrepit Birth). The title track “Macrocosmos” is the first single chosen for the release of Fractal Generator’s sophomore album.

“Macrocosmos tells the story of future humans travelling a distant solar system who discover evidence that the universe is a simulation. The word Macrocosmos refers to the existence of larger “universes” that encompass our tiny known universe. This album took about 5 years in total to complete, and we’re extremely proud of the final result. It’s by far a big step up for us in terms of production, and the songs are all just as carefully crafted as they were on our first album “Apotheosynthesis”. We hope you will enjoy listening as much as we do!”

Reamped, Mixed and Mastered by Stefano Morabito at 16th Cellar Studio (Hideous Divinity, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Decrepit Birth).
Cover art by Erskine Design.
T-shirt design by Too Many Skulls.

Pre-orders available at: https://www.everlastingspew.com

THEODOR BASTARD Sign To Season of Mist

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Season of Mist are pleased to announce the signing of Russian Karelian Neofolk outfit THEODOR BASTARD. The band will release their brand new album via the label.

THEODORE BASTARD comment on the signing: “We are very happy to share this great news with you – Theodor Bastard band has become a part of the world of Season of Mist. It is a very big event for us. Living in the deep of the wild Karelian forests on the edge of the Ecumene, we can now reach the audience all over the world and tell the myths and legends of our North through our music. We thank the whole team of Season of Mist so much. We were an indie band for over 20 years and all our lives we learned and did everything ourselves. From recording albums to selling them. From manufacturing merch to organizing tours. We have a lot of experience in this, but Season of Mist is the first label really attracted us with its concept and its approach. And we entrust them our music and our future. We know that together we can achieve more.“

In further news, Season of Mist are proud to simultaneously announce the release of the re-issues of ‘Vetvi’ (2015) and the recently released  masterpiece ‘Volch’ya Yagoda’ (2020). Listen to the entire THEODOR BASTARD catalogue HERE. 

THEODOR BASTARD‘s music is set out to take listeners to unexplored and other worlds. From the cold and twilight realms of the marshy swamps of taiga and mossy tundra, to unexplored places where the earthly plane and the spiritual world are separated only by a thin ghostly veil. For over twenty years THEODOR BASTARD have been known for their amazingly serious attitude to the world beyond that very frontier.

THEODOR BASTARD is one of Russia’s most unusual bands representing the electronic Karelian neofolk genre. Also elements of dark wave and trip hop are present in the band’s music. The message doesn’t carry out everyday problems and is mainly focused on mythology and shamanism. The hallmarks of the band are the unique and bewitching lead vocals of multi-talent Yana Veva and the impeccable sound producing skills of Fedor Svolotch, founder of the band who created the band 20 years ago.

From album to album, THEODOR BASTARD carefully and masterly combine many different exotic and traditional instruments. The special northern atmosphere of their albums is created with Nordic nyckelharpa and jouhikko, primeval flutes created from tree roots and shamanic percussion.

“We live in the north of Russia in Karelia, which has a difficult fate” states band leader Fedor Svolotch. He continues: “This is a harsh northern region with unpredictable nature, with spruce and pine forests. Bears are found here. Moose and hare come straight to my house. In Karelia there are beautiful cliffs and clear lakes with fresh water. These are our personal places of power, the places where stones and winds are talking to us. Singing for us a songs of the northern harsh nature”.

THEODOR BASTARD consists of 6 musicians, turning their performances into a dark magic act that sends the audience back to Northern musical traditions, to the Karelian and the Russian folk. The musicians use a lot of electronic devices and ethnic instruments, but also use their own hand-made instruments from stones, human bone and the roots of Karelian birch. 

MCSTINE & MINNEMANN Release Two New Songs From Sophomore Album

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MCSTINE & MINNEMANN – the duo comprised of Randy McStine and Marco Minnemann – have released two new songs today from their highly-anticipated sophomore album, II. Available exclusively on Bandcamp, HERE, “I Don’t Need It” and “I Don’t Feel” find the duo re-establishing the energy of their hard-edged debut (released just four months ago), while boldly pushing their genre-bending chemistry further.

While 2020 continues to unfold with dramatic uncertainty, Randy McStine and Marco Minnemann have found inspiration in moving forward, together, as McStine & Minnemann. The two multi-instrumentalists established the band in March, then released their debut album in July. As the record continues to gather praise for its creative blend of musical virtuosity and melodic accessibility, McStine & Minnemann is finding a home within the hearts (and record collections) of fans who enjoy disparate genres such as Hard Rock, Power Pop, Progressive Rock, and Punk.

McStine & Minnemann – II, will arrive on December 4th, 2020 and can be pre-ordered now on CD and Digital at http://www.mcstineminnemann.bandcamp.com.

Track Listing:

Love Before Algorithms
I Don’t Need It
(I Don’t) Feel
Girls At The Gig
Big Wave
Tired
REM
Love After Algorithms
The Flame
Old Sparky
Hello Dear Miss Swan Song
dumbdumb
Quarantine Sex Slave
Distant Bodies
Running In Place
The Horse Is Dead

Written and Recorded from April – October 2020
Produced and Arranged by McStine & Minnemann
“Big Wave” – Co-Produced by Tim Palmer
Mixed and Mastered by Forrester Savell
“Love Before Algorithms” and “Big Wave” – Mixed by Tim Palmer
Artwork and Design by Tom Colbie

The duo initially met in 2018 while working with other artists, but as they discovered their shared passion for an assortment of Rock, Pop, and Punk artists, they began to talk about embarking on a collaborative project together. As both men are prolific multi-instrumentalists and writers, they have created a space for each other to showcase their incomparable instrumental talents, while infusing them with an incredible mix of melodic and lyrical depth.

Randy McStine is an acclaimed guitarist, bassist, and vocalist, whose initial work under the name Lo-Fi Resistance led to collaborations with members of King Crimson, Joe Satriani, Porcupine Tree, King’s X, Tears For Fears, and more. McStine’s work embraces genres such as Rock, Progressive, Blues, Singer-Songwriter, Folk, Pop, and Ambient. Towards the end of 2019, McStine released a new album called ‘Idle’, which coincided with a 20-date North American tour as support for The Pineapple Thief.

Marco Minnemann is one of the world’s most respected drummers, having recorded and performed with diverse artists such as Paul Gilbert, The Buddy Rich Big Band, Steven Wilson, Necrophagist, and U.K. His own band, The Aristocrats (featuring Guthrie Govan and Bryan Beller), is a hugely sought-after touring act all over the world. Marco is also an accomplished guitarist and composer, which is evident throughout his vast catalog of solo albums. His most recent album, ‘My Sister,’ was released in 2019.