JACK SLAMER Release Lyric Video For Second Single ‘Lost’

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Swiss rockers JACK SLAMER recently announced, that their upcoming album “Keep Your Love Loud” will be released on November 27th via Nuclear Blast. Today, they unveil a lyric video for their second single ‘Lost’.

Relationships are complicated and their true meanings oftentimes not immediately clear. On the one hand they can give us a sense of strength and serenity we never thought possible. On the other hand, they can take it all away and leave us with a painful void we will need to work hard to fill again. Both sides can be extreme and both sides are talked about in JACK SLAMER’s second single ‘Lost’. While the verses transport a sense of suffering, the chorus digs deeper and celebrates a sea of sunlight at the end of the tunnel.

Pre-order the album here in the format of your choice: http://nblast.de/JS-KeepYourLoveLoud 
Pre-save: http://nblast.de/JackSlamerKYLLpre 

Also watch

‘Honey & Gold’ (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO): https://youtu.be/40Zf34Wvn
‘The Biggest Man’ (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO): https://youtu.be/GTfyDUJo-tE
‘Turn Down The Light’ (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO): https://youtu.be/vcxEIiTIn8k

Get the album “Jack Slamer” here in the format of your choice: http://nblast.de/JSJackSlamer

ZAKK SABBATH Premiere ‘Under the Sun’

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ZAKK SABBATH have covered the BLACK SABBATH classic ‘Under the Sun’, which Loudwire has described as “flawless” is the third digital single taken from the forthcoming MER Redux series installment “Vol. 4 [Redux]”. More information about this record can be found below.

ZAKK SABBATH is the BLACK SABBATH tribute band featuring guitarist and vocalist Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE), bassist Blasko (OZZY OSBOURNE, ROB ZOMBIE), and drummer Joey Castillo (DANZIG, QUEEN OF THE STONE AGE), who have been constantly gigging since 2014 with their  unique yet respectful take on the Birmingham four’s classic early songs.

Tracklist
1. THOU – Wheels of Confusion
2. THE OBSESSED – Tomorrow’s Dream
3. HIGH REEPER – Changes
4. MATT PIKE – FX
5. SPIRIT ADRIFT – Supernaut
6. GREEN LUNG – Snowblind
7. WHORES – Cornucopia
8. TONY REED – Laguna Sunrise
9. HAUNT – St. Vitus Dance
10. ZAKK SABBATH – Under the Sun

Pre-sale: https://mer.lnk.to/Vol4-Redux

Magnetic Eye bows at the Birmingham altar to celebrate BLACK SABBATH’s 50th anniversary with an offering of an end-to-end re-imagining of “Vol. 4”, which still remains as one of the most acclaimed albums in the canon of these godfathers of heavy metal.

A pantheon of metal and doom heavyweights, including some of metal’s most famously SABBATH-inspired icons, pay homage to “Vol. 4”, which witnessed the masters expanding their minds over their weighty foundation.

“Vol. 4 [Redux]” features stunning takes on each song from that indisputable classic, which includes unique tributes among others by ZAKK SABBATH, MATT PIKE, THE OBSESSED, HAUNT, THOU, and SPIRIT ADRIFT.

MACHINE HEAD’s ROBB FLYNN Debuts Acoustic Version Of “Circle The Drain”

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Following February’s anti-Valentine’s Day single “Circle The Drain,” which has racked up millions of streams and cracked the Top 50 at radio,  MACHINE HEAD frontman Robb Flynn has released a poignant acoustic version of the song today with Nuclear Blast. 

Listen to the acoustic version of “Circle The Drain” on all streaming platforms: https://nblast.de/MHCircleTheDrainAC

“When the pandemic hit in March, and all Machine Head tours got canceled, I started doing free Acoustic Happy Hour shows on Machine Head‘s Facebook page to get out the pent-up energy, entertain some friends, have some laughs, and have a few drinks every Friday,” Flynn explains. “As we had just released our new song “Circle The Drain” fans started asking for me to play it, so I started messing around with it and came up with a re-imagined version of it. It got a phenomenal response… People genuinely loved it, and were continually asking me to release it, and so I recorded it a few weeks back in my home studio, and here it is.”

Originally released in February 2020, the anti-Valentine’s Day song, “Circle The Drain,” was inspired by Flynn’s friend who served in Afghanistan and returned home only to find his relationship with his partner falling to pieces.

Flynn stated after the original was released, “She had messed around on him, then got paranoid about him messing around on her, and drove him crazy. We had a conversation on Valentine’s Day and he said to me, ‘They were just circling the drain…’ The phrase struck me. A few days later, I incorporated it into the song I’d been working on.”

Listen to the original version of “Circle The Drain” on all streaming platforms: https://nuclearblast.com/mh-circlethedrain

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Flynn and MACHINE HEAD have been outspoken and unstoppable, cranking out vital music for the tumultuous times. The band’s recent single “Stop The Bleeding,“ which features guest vocals from KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman, Jesse Leach, was written and recorded just days after the murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery. Their followup, “Bulletproof,” rounding out the digital single “Civil Unrest,” “Bulletproof” is a clear, defiant statement about the country’s disgraceful climate of corruption, injustice, racism and inequality that has risen during the current administration.

Stream “Civil Unrest” Digital Single: https://nuclearblast.com/mh-civilunrest
“Stop The Bleeding” Feat. Jesse Leach (Music Video):  https://youtu.be/pXiwr6OsYcM
“Bulletproof” (Lyric Video): https://youtu.be/g0xKPIQdb24

NEONFLY Release Series Of Fan-Picked Acoustic Covers, Including EDGUY’s “Save Me” And More

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NEONFLY have released to YouTube an acoustic cover of Edguy’s classic power ballad “Save Me” from their 2006 album “Rocket Ride”. The song, with an accompanying self-shot and self-edited video, is part of an ongoing series of fan-picked acoustic covers that Neonfly recorded earlier this year during the COVID-19 lockdown in London.

The covers were picked by fans last year as part of a highly successful crowdfunding campaign that Neonfly organised, that has financed their upcoming 3rd album, ‘The Future Tonight’ with Grammy-Award nominated producer Romesh Dodangoda (Motorhead, Bring Me The Horizon, Funeral for a Friend) and Miro Rodenberg (Avantasia) on keys and orchestral arrangements.

Details about the album release will be revealed soon. In the meantime, fans can enjoy a new acoustic cover weekly on Thursdays, including this week’s cover of Edguy. Other artists that Neonfly has covered so far include: Marillion, Joe Cocker and Threshold. The list of yet to-be-released songs is truly varied and eclectic and the band have placed their distinctive stamp on all of them. With some really unexpected choices long-time fans, and others new to Neonfly, are sure to be intrigued & entertained until the release of the new album.

CARNATION Release Drum Play-through For ‘Napalm Ascension’

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Belgian death metal stalwarts of CARNATION are now streaming a brand new drum play-through for the track ‘Napalm Ascension’, which is taken from their recently released full length ‘Where Death Lies’. Watch the new offering via the official Season of Mist YouTube channel HERE.

Drummer Vincent Verstrepen comments: “I’m very excited to unleash the very first drum-playthrough of ‘Where Death Lies’. The writing process of ‘Napalm Ascension’ came together pretty naturally. Most of the songs on the album started from jam-sessions with the band. I tried to keep a certain flow and groove in this particular song. Enjoy & thank you all for watching!”

The stunning cover artwork for ‘Where Death Lies’ was again created by the talented Juan Jose Castellano Rosado. The album can be hearded in full HERE!

Track-list
1. Iron Discipline (3:52) (WATCH)
2. Sepulcher of Alteration (4:22) (WATCH)
3. Where Death Lies (3:26) (WATCH)
4. Spirit Excision (3:46)
5. Napalm Ascension (4:09)
6. Serpent’s Breath (4:47)
7. Malformed Regrowth (3:09)
8. Reincarnation (5:24)
9. In Chasms Abysmal (7:39)
Total playing time: 40:34

PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS Release New Single And Lyric Video “Bite My Tongue” + Launch ‘We’re The Bastards’ Crew Shirt’

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Hard Rock powerhouse PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS from Wales have released a music video for their brand-new single “Bite My Tongue” from the upcoming new album “We’re The Bastards”, which will be released on November, 13th via Nuclear Blast.

Guitarist Todd Campbell on the new song:
“Because We’re the Bastards said the word Bastard too many bastard times in it we decided to release Bite my Tongue too for your listening pleasure. It never says the word “bastard” in it, but we threw in a few ‘shits’ for good measure!”

Pre-order your copy of “We’re The Bastards” here:
http://nblast.de/PCATBS-WereTheBastards

Presave the album on all digital streaming platforms here:
http://nblast.de/PhilCampbellATBSpreS

The band also launched the sale of an exclusive band shirt last week to help their crew financially through the COVID-19 crisis. Their statement:
“We’ve just released a We’re the Bastards crew t shirt where all the profits will go towards our amazing and extremely hard working road crew during this tough time with no live touring.”

Get your shirt here:https://philcampbell.myshopify.com/

The band’s drummer Dane Campbell has used his time during the pandemic to start his own podcast called ‘Drum For The Song’ which is available from all the usual outlets and YouTube. There are already many episodes featuring great drummers like Matt Sorum, Nigel Glockler, Mark Richardson, Moose Thomas and more. Find it here on Spotify and on Youtube.

The tracklist reads as follows:
1. We’re The Bastards
2. Son Of A Gun
3. Promises Are Poison
4. Born To Roam
5. Animals
6. Bite My Tongue
7. Desert Song
8. Keep Your Jacket On
9. Lie To Me
10. Riding Straight To Hell
11. Hate Machine
12. Destroyed
13. Waves

Bonus tracks [limited digipak]:
14. Big Mouth (Live)
15. Freak Show (Live)
16. Dark Days (Live)
17. Rock ‘n’ Roll (Live)