Just in time for Halloween, Brooklyn metal formation TOMBS have partnered with Dread Central to unveil the official music video for their new song, “The Hunger”, which pays homage to cinema’s most infamous vampires! The song is taken from the band’s upcoming full-length, ‘Under Sullen Skies’, which is due on November 20. The song and video, which was created by Jaclyn Sheer, can be found at THIS LOCATION.
“Like most metalheads, Halloween is our favorite time of year; it’s cold, dark and the veil is thin,” frontman Mike Hill comments. “Behold ‘The Hunger,’ an homage to vampires, blood and morose decay.”
Pre-orders for ‘Under Sullen Skies’ available in the Season of Mist shop HERE.
The cover artwork for ‘Under Sullen Skies’ was created by Valnoir.
Tracklist: 1. Bone Furnace (04:49) 2. Void Constellation (04:55) 3. Barren (05:31) 4. The Hunger (04:30) 5. Secrets Of The Black Sun (07:08) 6. Descensum (04:32) 7. We Move Like Phantoms (01:45) 8. Mordum (04:21) 9. Lex Talionis (04:29) 10. Angel Of Darkness (06:53) 11. Sombre Ruin (04:13) 12. Plague Years (06:59) Total: 1:00:05
Photo by Jeremy Astaszow from Astashow Studio with the participation of the Nam-Tara fire theater
DARZAMAT – the Polish pioneers of atmospheric black / gothic metal – have released the second video ‘The Great Blaze’ taken from their upcoming album A Philosopher at the End of the Universe, coming out November 18th.
A Philosopher at the End of the Universe will contain 9 brand new compositions.
It will be released as: – digital version, – CD digibook with 20 page booklet, – limited, collector’s vinyl edition in three colors with an 8-page booklet, – limited edition in a special box with a few gadgets related to the band.
Pre-order – 20.10.2020 via https://www.szataniec.pl/ Premiere: Digital – 27.10.2020 CD/LP – 18.11.2020
The album was produced in the excellent Krakow studio Gorycki & Sznyterman by Jarek ‘Jaro’ Baran – one of the most successful Polish music producers. Pre-production made in London with the participation of Maurycy “Mauser” Stefanowicz, known from such bands as Vader, Dies Irae and Unsun.
The concept of the album captured in an extraordinary philosophical and lyrical idea. The album also includes a fragment of a story straight from a classic Gothic novel, written by the singer and band leader, Rafał ‘Flauros’ Góral, together with his poet friend, prose writer and linguist – Jesion Kowal.
A professional photo session of the band was made by Jeremy Astaszow from Astashow Studio and with the participation of the Nam-Tara fire theater.
Also watch the music video for the title track, below.
Italian bass master and composer ALBERTO RIGONI (solo, BAD AS, NATURAL BORN MACHINE, Bassists Alliance Project, Vivaldi Metal Project, The Italians, Kim Bingham) has launched a fundraising campaign for his 10th solo album, read Alberto’s announcement and details below.
“Dear friends, first of all I hope you’re safe and well during this hard and crazy times. From my side all ok, but my father have some health problems and I’m a little worried. Anyway, as usual, we must keep on fighting!
I have some news for you:
It has not passed a lot of time since my latest release “Odd Times”.. but I felt again the need to compose something new…! So here we go, the composition of my tenth solo album has started!!! Possibly it will be just bass (never done that!)… maybe with some special guests bassists. More news will come soon!
I created a Patreon account where people can support me and have benefits such as premiere on the videos and news I will release bass tabs + original isolated bass tracks and backing tracks of famous songs (such as YYZ by Rush) free digital album downloads Would be amazing if you could support! Check it out here! https://www.patreon.com/albertorigonibassist
Thanks again for your continued support and stay safe!!!! Lova ya! Alberto”
He is an Italian bass player and composer, internationally known for his career as a solo artist and as a member of the metal band BAD AS, The Italians, Lady & THE BASS, co-producer of the Vivaldi Metal Project and ex member progressive rock band TwinSpirits (no more active). His solo albums, released worldwide between 2008 and 2020): Something Different, Rebirth, Three Wise Monkeys, Overloaded, Bassorama, Duality and EvoRevolution, Prog Injection, Odd Times, floating between progressive rock metal and fusion, also featured by legendary musicians such as Kevin Moore (ex Dream Theater), Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree, King Crimson), Göran Edman (ex Yngwie Malmsteen), Michael Manring, Marco Minnemann (The Aristocrats, Paul Gilbert) and many others.
Alberto has also recorded for several international artists such as Italian pop singer Alexia and is now playing bass for Canadian rock singer and songwriter Kim Bingham (Nelly Furtado) and The Italians, sharing stages with artists such as Alan Parsons, Suzanne Vega, Jørn Lande, Paul Gilbert and others.
Napalm Records is proud to announce the re-signing of RUSSKAJA after three years! Breaking all genre boundaries RUSSKAJA deliver their “Turbopolka” and mingle open-minded passion with various styles from around the globe. Since 2005 RUSSKAJA have been touring their modern and cosmopolitan Austro-Soviet roots, enthralling crowds all over the world. Napalm Records is thrilled to take it to the next chapter with RUSSKAJA after releasing three full length albums together and garnering tens of millions of YouTube views & streams!
Guitarist/Songwriter/Producer Engel Mayr says: “Napalm Records is the perfect partner for the album we’re currently working on. This will be a heavy rockin’ RUSSKAJA album, I think it will be the heaviest album we ever made and I’m really looking forward to blasting out these songs with our fans!”
The music of RUSSKAJA is as multinational as the band itself: Russian-born Georgij Alexandrowitsch Makazaria has been living in Vienna since 1990 and founded RUSSKAJA in 2005. From the very beginning he was joined by Ukrainian bass player Dimitrij Miller and HG Gutternigg, who plays the self-developed “Potete” (a mixture of trombone and trumpet) and learned from jazz legend Joe Zawinul, among others. Rounding out the team are guitarist Engel Mayr, drummer Mario Stübler and Lea-Sophie Fischer on the electric violin.
Today sees the release of AMAHIRU’s second single “WTTP”, accompanied by an official music video, a mood lifting tune for the current times. Frédéric Leclercq (Kreator, Sinsaenum, Ex-Dragonforce) and SAKI (Mary’s Blood & NEMOPHILA, all-female Japanese metal bands), together with the other band members, invite the audience to their party whenever this track is played. Euphoric vocals and adrenaline-infused guitar riffs provide the needed support for headbanging while social distancing.
The self-titled debut album “Amahiru” is going to be released on November 27th, 2020 on earMUSIC on CD and Digital. The album features 12 brand new tracks from the newly formed band, which was founded by Frédéric Leclercq and SAKI. They met in 2015 when Mary’s Blood opened for Dragonforce in Hongkong and took 4 years to create a completely new metal sound together. Amahiru combines traditional metal with melodic and oriental-infused elements and is heavily influenced by Japanese culture.
23 years have passed since the release of SUIDAKRA‘s debut album “Lupine Essence”, which should be the starting point of an adventurous and unique career. After the album has been virtually nowhere available for years it is time to breathe new life into this gem! “Lupine Essence” will be rereleased on November 20th. The original 8 tracks of the debut were completely remastered by Arkadius himself for the re-release on CD! Additionally there are 6 bonus tracks from different re-recordings, which are partly still unreleased. In the booklet you will also find extra Linar Notes by Arkadius, which give an insight into the history of this debut.
Furthermore “Lupine Essence” is also released on vinyl for the first time! In this case it is the 7 original album recordings and the two previously unreleased rerecorded versions of “And A Mistrel…” and “Sheltering Dreams”. Since the original 1997 artwork is no longer available in a printable version, a version of Jesus Lhysta/Rotted Artist, which is close to the original, was created especially for this re-release. The album is available as CD and vinyl (in three different colours) as well as an exclusive bundle with various gimmicks in the MDD Shop as PreOrder!
// tracklist CD //
Banshee
Dragon Tribe
Heresy
Sheltering Dreams
Havoc
Warpipes Call Me
… And A Minstrel Left The Mourning Valley
Internal Epidemic Bonus Material:
Banshee*
Heresy**
Sheltering Dreams (2020 version, unreleased)
Havoc*
Warpipes Call Me*
… And A Minstrel Left The Mourning Valley (2020 version, unreleased)
re-recorded 2019, Echoes of Yore CD ** re-recorded 2007, Best Of CD
// tracklist vinyl // SIDE A 1. Banshee 2. Dragon Tribe 3. Heresy 4. Sheltering Dreams SIDE B 5. Havoc 6. Warpipes Call Me 7. … And A Minstrel Left The Mourning Valley 8. Sheltering Dreams (re-recorded 2020 Version) 9. … And A Minstrel Left The Mourning Valley (re-recorded 2020 Version)
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