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AXTY Drop New Video Single ‘Selfish’ + Sign with Napalm Records

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 16, 2025
Posted in: Int. News, News. Tagged: AXTY. Leave a comment
[photo credit: Débora Camargo]

Napalm Records is pleased to announce the signing of emerging Brazilian metalcore/deathcore talent AXTY to a worldwide record deal! Formed in 2020 amid the uncertainty of the pandemic, AXTY quickly established itself as the most promising name in the Brazilian modern metal scene.

With more than seven million streams on Spotify, the band has drawn attention not only in Brazil but also across the globe, thanks to its visceral blend of heaviness, powerful screams, and soaring clean vocals that create an emotionally charged and intense experience. Entirely self-produced, AXTY stands out for its ability to merge a modern, heavy sound with cutting-edge audiovisual production, all handled by the musicians themselves.

Napalm Records is thrilled to partner with AXTY as they finalize their upcoming fourth studio album, which features the band’s brand new single, “selfish”, out today! “selfish” – which aggressively grooves amid cutting electronics and a spine-ripping vocal attack – is just a taste of what AXTY is promising as their most ambitious work to date, further strengthening their position as one of the leading names of the new generation in modern metal.

AXTY says about the new single:

“Our music is as true as we are. Raw, authentic, and filled with emotions we all had to deal with.

‘selfish’ was written in a moment of anger after the end of a toxic relationship that had lasted way too long, and it took a toll on my mental health.

I’m through this now, but we often lack the courage to say ‘enough’ when we’re going through this. We hope this song will serve as a milestone in our listeners’ lives. Giving them the strength to get out of this draining, frustrating, and cruel situation.”

AXTY says about signing to Napalm Records:
“We’re beyond excited to announce our signing with Napalm Records, one of the world’s leading independent metal labels, responsible for shaping the path of some of the biggest and most groundbreaking bands in the scene. This is truly a dream come true for us. This partnership marks a huge step in our career, and we can’t wait to share with you everything that’s coming next.

Signing with Napalm was without a doubt the right decision, as it’s a label that truly understands our vision. It gives us the confidence that we’ll have the support to spread our art to the world, with total artistic freedom and, at the same time, the professional backing of such an incredible team. Being welcomed into this family means the world to us, and we’re extremely excited for what’s ahead. We also want to thank the entire Napalm team for the amazing reception and openness they’ve shown us since day one.

We believe this achievement goes beyond just us, it’s also about showing the world that Brazil has an incredible scene filled with talented and powerful bands that deserve recognition. We’re proud to carry this flag and represent not only AXTY, but also the strength and creativity of Brazilian metalcore on the global stage.”

Napalm Records Junior A&R Manager Christian Hollik adds:
“When I first listened to AXTY, I was completely stunned by their heaviness. The heavy metalcore riffs, the deathcore parts, and those catchy choruses combined with the very unique voice Felipe brings to it. I’m happy to have them on board at Napalm Records. This band will make its way to success, and I’m looking forward to the fact that we’re on this journey together.”

After sharing festival stages with genre heavyweights like Falling in Reverse, Killswitch Engage and Fit For A King, and making their USA debut just last year, AXTY is set to return to the States this fall. The band will join Born of Osiris as support on their upcoming tour, kicking off September 25. They will perform alongside fellow support acts The Browning, VCTMS, and Lost in Separation. Check out the full list of tour dates below!

AXTY Tour Dates:
USA w/ Born of Osiris, The Browning, VCTMS, Lost in Separation (some openers appear only on select dates, check band postings for exact support)
09/25/25: Madison, WI @ The Annex
09/26/25: Minneapolis, MN @ Cabooze
09/27/25: Lincoln, NE @ The Royal Grove
09/28/25: Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
09/30/25: Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
10/01/25: Mesa, AZ @ The Nile Theater
10/02/25: Bakersfield, CA @ Temblor Brewing Co.
10/03/25: Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater
10/04/25: Las Vegas, NV @ 24 Oxford (No Born of Osiris)
10/07/25: Portland, OR @ The Nova PDX
10/08/25: Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
10/11/25: Spokane, WA @ The Big Dipper (No Born of Osiris)
10/14/25: Bend, OR @ Volcanic Theatre Pub
10/15/25: Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall
10/16/25: Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
10/17/25: Grand Junction, CO @ Mesa Theater
10/18/25: Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep
10/20/25: Tulsa, OK @ The Vanguard
10/21/25: St. Louis, MO @ Red Flag
10/22/25: Fort Wayne, IN @ Piere’s Entertainment Center
10/24/25: Greenville, SC @ Radio Room
10/25/25: Greensboro, NC @ Hangar 1819
10/26/25: Virginia Beach, VA @ Elevation 27
10/27/25: Washington, DC @ Union Stage
10/29/25: Asbury Park, NJ @ House of Independents
10/30/25: Reading, PA @ Reverb
10/31/25: Albany, NY @ Empire Live
11/01/25: Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
11/02/25: New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
11/04/25: Buffalo, NY @ Rec Room
11/05/25: New Kensington, PA @ Preserving
11/06/25: Cleveland, OH @ The Asylum – Temple Live
11/07/25: Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot
11/08/25: Columbus, OH @ King of Clubs
11/09/25: Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
 
AXTY is:
Felipe Hervoso (vocals, video production)
Jonathas Peschiera (guitars, mix/master)
Gabriel Vacari (drums)
 
AXTY online:
INSTAGRAM
TIKTOK
FACEBOOK
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BROKEN WINGS Release Video for New Single ‘Crossroad’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 16, 2025
Posted in: Int. News, News. Tagged: BROKEN WINGS. Leave a comment

Photo source: https://www.facebook.com/rockBrokenWings

On September 15th, 2025, Broken Wings officially presented to the public “Crossroad”, their new single now available on all digital platforms, and the very first preview of their upcoming album “23”.

“Crossroad” is a song deeply rooted in the legend of Robert Johnson and his fabled pact with the devil, yet it also opens up to modern reflections: the crossroads of life, crucial choices, dreams to pursue, and the fears that so often hold us back.

The track intertwines atmospheres of hope and despair, rebellion and fate, reminding us that—despite every fall—life always offers the chance to rise again.

Musically, the song blends the raw essence of traditional blues with modern grooves, creating a unique and recognizable signature style. Adding to the magic of the single is the extraordinary contribution of Fabio Drusin (founder and frontman of W.I.N.D., with over forty years of career and collaborations with artists such as Johnny Neel, Billy Gibbons, Marc Ford, Warren Haynes, Gary Moore, and many more), who enriches the track with harmonica, tambourine, and maracas, giving it an even more visceral and authentic soul.

As Broken Wings state:

“Crossroad is the beating heart of our new album ‘23’. It’s the song that represents our musical evolution: the meeting point between past and future, between mystery, dreams, inner struggle, and transformation. Above all, it’s about choice—the invisible thread that ties every track of the album together.”

Alongside the single release, the official music video for “Crossroad” is also available, produced by the Malalinea Video Agency team, formed by Andro Peressutti & Riccardo Sabbadini.

A work crafted with top-level professionalism, it enhances the power and soul of the track with striking and visually impactful imagery.

ABOUT BROKEN WINGS

Formed in Udine in 2018, Broken Wings are one of the most energetic and promising rock acts on the Italian scene. The band is composed of Sabrina Coianiz (vocals), Massimo Zanuttini (guitar), Ilenia Serini (drums), and Gabriele Plai (bass).

With significant international experiences behind them—from the historic stages of Los Angeles such as the Rainbow and Whisky a Go Go, to sharing the stage with bands like Europe, Wolfmother, The Dead Daisies, Crashdïet, Vicious Rumors, and Pino Scotto—Broken Wings have established themselves as an authentic and distinctive force in contemporary rock.

Today, with “Crossroad”, a brand-new chapter of their musical journey officially begins.

More information: https://www.facebook.com/rockBrokenWings

BILL CLOVE Drops New Single ‘Looming Against Wavering Light’ from “Through Shadow To Fire” Album

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 16, 2025
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BILL CLOVE has released a new single ‘Looming Against Wavering Light’, taken from his latest “Through Shadow To Fire” album.

Emerging from the rolling plains of Iowa, United States, Bill Clove is a one‑man symphonic death metal project that blends relentless aggression with sweeping orchestral grandeur. In 2022 he unveiled Perilous Passage, an album forged from a lifelong love of metal, classical composition, and cinematic soundtracks. Though he first picked up a guitar in a church youth group hammering out surf rock riffs, Bill quickly gravitated toward heavier, more complex music. Drawing inspiration from genre‑defining acts such as Shadow of Intent, Inferi, and Aephanemer, he weaves baroque and neoclassical virtuosity into a wall of crushing guitars and drums. Balancing a career as a dentist and family life, Bill remains a relentless creator, constantly composing new material for his next release. Stay tuned for upcoming songs, videos, and behind‑the‑scenes glimpses of his creative process on Bandcamp, Facebook, and YouTube.

Follow Bill Clove:

  • Bandcamp: https://billclove.bandcamp.com
  • Facebook: https://facebook.com/billclovemusic
  • YouTube: https://youtube.com/@clovewilliam

Polish Legendary VADER Issue Recap of Summer Concerts 2025 + Reveal First Future Plans!

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 16, 2025
Posted in: Int. News, News. Tagged: Vader. Leave a comment
Photo by Artur Tarczewski

Vader’s Peter Wiwczarek shared:

“VADERMANIAX !!! We ended the summer concert season with three concerts in the last weekend of August. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH for wonderful moments and total craziness and Massive Music for organization and great atmosphere on all trips in the summer season 2025 \m/.
These were also the last concerts in 2025 in Poland and Europe. Upcoming plans are the Carnival of Death Tour tour in the USA/Canada in October.
Because we and Massive Music are still receiving inquiries about more concerts in Poland – we will try to organize one more weekend in December this year. I hope that in 2026, we will see each other more often at the common craziness in our country. It will be the 20th anniversary of the album “Impressions In Blood”. We will also like to remind you of the wider “Kingdom” (expect a new edition of this title soon). There are also plans for something special that we haven’t done before… but let’s wait for the specifics. The new Vader album will definitely be made next year – but let’s rather expect the release at the beginning of 2027.
Below is a memento KAT cover from the concert in Zamo Pć in August shared from the Janusz Bb collection. Thanks \m/”

All the below stage photos by Adam Sieklicki

Just recently VADER celebrated the 25th Anniversary of their classic “Litany” album, which originally came out on Metal Blade Records in 2000 with a special vinyl reissue edition. The original 11 tracks / 31 minutes of “Litany” were newly re-mastered for vinyl by Wojtek Wieslawski / Hertz Recording Studio and the LP also includes a 16-page booklet with new liner-notes by band leader, guitarist and vocalist Peter Wiwczarek.

The “Litany (25th Anniversary Reissue)” LP is available via Metal Blade Records:
in Europe: https://shop.metalblade.de/collections/vader
in North America: https://metalblade.indiemerch.com/collections/vader

Vader’s Peter Wiwczarek commented in the liner notes as follows about “Litany”: “‘Litany’ was definitely our fastest and most brutal album ever recorded…This year the album celebrates its quarter-century and we want to remind you of the power of these brutal riffs. The album returns to the stages in full form. Many of the songs haven’t been played since the 2000-2001 promotional tour. Some of them have never been played. I invite you to the world of ‘Litany’! Remember…you enter here at your own risk!”

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May 30th 2025 VADER released new EP “Humanihility” via Nuclear Blast. Order it here: https://vader.bfan.link/humanihility

Five years after the much-lauded 12th studio album Solitude In Madness, VADER return with 3 brand-new tracks once again produced by Scott Atkins at Grindstone Studio, UK. Featuring excellent artwork by Marcelo Vasco (Slayer, Testament, Dark Funeral), this EP marks the first recording as a quintet with guitarist Mauser returning to the group and new drummer Michael alongside vocalist/guitarist Peter, bassist Hal and third guitarist Spider.

Humanihility offers scorching new songs that prove to be vicious, thrash-laden anthems perfectly blending old-school thrash with VADER’s unique straight-forward fury and neckbreaking tempos. Each of the songs was created by a different band member, giving them a more personal style.

The only physical edition will be a limited 12” (red vinyl, 700 copies). Artwork was created by Marcelo Vasco Arts.

In case you missed, also watch the music video for the latest single “Unbending’ (which was the official anthem of Poland’s renowned Mystic Festival this year), created by Robert Gasperowicz: https://youtu.be/WoIZS0jx3hY

Humanihility Tracklist

  1. Genocide Designed
  2. Rampage
  3. Unbending (Mystic Festival Anthem 2025)

More information at:
https://www.facebook.com/vader
https://www.instagram.com/vader_band_official
https://www.youtube.com/@panzervader
https://linktr.ee/vader_band_official
https://vader-store.com

EVOKEN Unleash Video for Second Single ‘None’

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 16, 2025
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Photo by Eva Tusquets

Funeral Doom icons EVOKEN have delivered another intense taste of their highly-anticipated new full-length record, entitled ‘Mendacium’, which will be out on October 17 via Profound Lore Records. Following the release of the first single ‘Matins’, the band follows up today with the track ‘None’, which is accompanied by a brand new video clip directed, produced and edited by Eva Tusquets. 

Offering insight into the song, the band states: “We unveil the sixth Benedictine hour, ‘None,’ a hollow chant of the monastic life. It lays bare the struggle of a deluded monk, torn between blind faith and the desires his dogma cannot rule.” 

Stream the single HERE

Where EVOKEN‘s latest album ‘Hypnagogia’ would see the band capture and focus on a more melancholic, tangible, and even more of an accessible sonic design, ‘Mendacium’ takes that acute shift back to the monumental dirge-like dread and woeful catacombic and disharmonious heaviness reminiscent of the band’s ‘Quietus’ and ‘Antithesis of Light’ masterworks. All while still encapsulating the tectonic-shifting nature of their ‘Caress of the Void’ and ‘Atra Mors’ releases while venturing more through classic gothic audial textures and even treading a little down experimental mire as well, reminiscing an aura seeping from such luminary artists as Dead Can Dance, Monumentum, and Disembowelment. 

To signal this shift in sound harking back to this previous era, the band would recall the services of producer Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal who worked with EVOKEN on their ‘Antithesis of Light’ and ‘Quietus’ albums respectively. The result being ‘Mendacium’ capturing a sepulchral heaviness saturated in ambience with even more of an emphasis on deathlike dread and anguish; an ambience reflecting the depths and catacombs of an ancient cathedral or monastery, ultimately defining ‘Mendacium’ as EVOKEN’s most powerful sounding album to date.

Cover by ‘Worthless’

‘Mendacium’ tells the tale of a fourteenth-century elderly Benedictine monk whose illness prevents him from leaving his cell in the monastery. His faith and service to God can never be satiated. Slowly declining in health and sleepless from continuous pain, the monk encounters a hideous entity emerging through a tear in reality. The story questions, is the torment of this monk by each passing hour being inflicted by this entity or is it all within his own mind?

‘Mendacium’ will be out on October 17 via Profound Lore Records
and is available for pre-order at THIS LOCATION

Tracklist:

  1. Matins
  2. Lauds
  3. Prime
  4. Terce
  5. Sext
  6. None
  7. Vesper
  8. Compline

EVOKEN are:
Vince Verkay
John Paradiso
Don Zaros
Dave Wagner
Randy Cavanaugh

For more info visit:
https://evokendoom.net
https://www.instagram.com/evoken_doom_official/
https://www.facebook.com/evokenhell/
https://evokenofficial.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/profoundlorerecords/
https://www.facebook.com/profoundlorerecords/

DROPTUNE to Release Fierce New Single ‘Reaper’ on September 18th

Posted by tarjavirmakari on September 16, 2025
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From the dark underbelly of Dublin’s music scene emerges Droptune, a genre-defiant band channeling the raw protest of Rage Against the Machine with the industrial grit of Nine Inch Nails. Built on down-tuned riffs, pounding rhythms, and visceral energy, Droptune is a sonic rebellion against the mundane.

Following the breakout success of their debut single ‘All Calm’, which has surpassed 20,000 Spotify plays and earned heavy rotation across major Irish radio stations, as well as breaking into the UK with airplay on Kerrang! Radio, Droptune are poised to make their boldest statement yet.

Their forthcoming single ‘Reaper’ (out 18th September & featuring Niamh Van Rensberg) is an unapologetic heavy metal anthem that tears straight into the heart of political corruption and the chaos of modern warfare. Recorded at Dublin’s renowned Track Mix Studio, the track fuses blistering riffs, thunderous drums, and the electrifying vocals of Niamh Van Rensburg, whose voice cuts like a blade through the storm.

A brutal reflection of our times, ‘Reaper’ is more than just a song, it’s a rallying cry. Its searing energy mirrors the urgent need for change, embodying Droptune’s commitment to creating music that doesn’t just sound heavy, but carries weight and meaning.

Known for their explosive live shows and unapologetic presence, Droptune are quickly carving out a reputation as one of Ireland’s most vital rising heavy acts. With momentum building fast, ‘Reaper’ is set to cement their place as a band unafraid to confront the world’s darkest truths head-on.

‘Reaper’ is out on all major streaming platforms from 18th September.

Droptune are:
Ciaran Maloney- Drums
Adam Swords – Vocals
Leon Guilfyle – Bass guitar
Conor O’Neill – Guitars

https://droptune.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091397614313
https://www.instagram.com/droptunedc
https://www.tiktok.com/@droptune0
https://www.youtube.com/@droptune-tt9hq
Droptune | Spotify
https://linktr.ee/droptune

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