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STRANGERS to Release Fourth Studio Album “Boundless” on August 22nd

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Spanish rock band Strangers are pleased to announce the release of their fourth studio album, entitled “Boundless”, out on August 22nd, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl.

After the previous single “Into The Night”, the band share today the new single, “Enemy”, along with an official video.

Pre-Order “Boundless” HERE

Talking about the new single, the band said: “It’s loud and raw, a powerful anthem about letting go of the past and owning the now. Hit play and let the music take over!”

Describing the new album, they added: “Boundless” represents a powerful new chapter for us: louder, bolder, and more intense than ever. The album marks a clear evolution in our sound: heavier and more energetic yet deeply rooted in emotional melodies. Tracks like “Still The One” and “Worth A Shot” perfectly embrace our new fresh identity, modern, powerful, and full of attitude”.

Strangers, born in Madrid in 2012, was founded by Miguel Martin and Abel Ramos. Strangers have recorded and published three studio albums; “Emotions” (2013), “Survival” (2015) mixed and mastered by Erik Martensson and “Brand New Start” (2019) mastered by Dave Donnelly in Los Angeles.

After some lineup changes, Strangers decided to join forces with Celia Barloz as frontwoman. Celia, in addition to be a brilliant vocal coach, had already been collaborating with the band as backing vocals in live shows and some recorded vocals on “Brand New Start”.

As a talented frontwoman, Celia Barloz will be inspiring a new generation with her passion, determination, and undeniable talent. With a beautiful and heartwarming voice, Celia’s journey is only beginning, and the future of rock music looks brighter with each note she sings.

Strangers recorded their most recent EP, “Whispers” in KV62 Studios, mixed and mastered by Andy C. during Summer 2023.

Their new album “Boundless” now marks a significant step forward in their songwriting and showcases a band with the right chemistry and creative synergy. The band was recently confirmed for the major Spanish festival Rock Imperium, with more shows to be announced soon.

“Boundless” Tracklist:

1. Into The Night
2. Enemy
3. My Dream
4. Freedom
5. Worth A Shot
6. The Fate Is Gone
7. Goodbye
8. Still The One
9. Lose Yourself
10. Language Of Love
11. Youthful Soul
12. My Dream Acoustic

Line Up:
Celia Barloz – vocals
Miguel Martín – guitar
Abel Ramos – drums
César Chacón – bass

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LIGHTS OF VIMANA Premiere Debut Album “Neopolis” Ahead of Release

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The debut album by atmospheric doom project LIGHTS OF VIMANA, “Neopolis”, is now available for early streaming ahead of its official release on June 13th, 2025 via Dusktone.

Following a series of immersive singles, this full-length unveils the complete cinematic journey, weaving together elements of desolation, beauty and futuristic grandeur.

Stream “Neopolis” at THIS LOCATION.

LIGHTS OF VIMANA is an atmospheric/progressive doom metal project that brings together three veteran forces of the extreme doom scene: Riccardo Conforti (Italy, Void of Silence) on drums and synths, Jeremy Lewis (US, Mesmur, Pantheist) on guitars and bass, and Déhà (Belgium, Slow, Cult of Erinyes) on vocals.

With “Neopolis”, LIGHTS OF VIMANA craft a deeply cinematic and textural sound that diverges from the members’ heavier roots, instead weaving together influences from Hans Zimmer, Porcupine Tree, and My Dying Bride. The result is a sonic tapestry that is both immersive and emotionally stirring. Déhà’s predominantly clean, expressive vocals lend a raw, human element to the album’s brooding, futuristic soundscapes, while Conforti’s ambient synth layers and Lewis’s expansive riffs create a dynamic interplay of beauty and desolation.

The album paints a vivid portrait of a dystopian world – cold, vast, and haunting – where shimmering atmospheres meet the crushing weight of doom. It is a journey through collapse and transcendence, where every note feels like a flicker of light in the ruins of tomorrow.

Tracklist :

1. Nowhere – 14:10
2. Endure – 9:50
3. Real – 11:35
4. Neopolis – 4:26
5. Remember Me – 8:10

Line-up:

Riccardo Conforti – Drums, Keyboards and Drones
Jeremy Lewis – Guitars and Bass
Déhà – Vocals

Additional vocals on “Endure” and “Real” by Nicole Fiameni (Eurynome)
Mixed by Jeremy Lewis
Mastered by Evgeny Semenov at Slow Burn Studio
Cover painting by Savannah Lewis

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565873051154
https://lightsofvimana.bandcamp.com/

NOTHING3000 Working on New Studio Album, Coming Out in 2025

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nothing3000 is a musical entity created around 2021. The idea of the project is strong metal riffs, mixed with subtlety, gain cranked up to the max, piercing drums and an aura of eternal changes, wandering, searching and endless nothingness.

nothing3000 moves on the border of alternative metal, post metal, sometimes black/death metal. Such a large branching of trends results from two different personalities that create this project.

Comment from the band: “Each of us has our own world of metal, which we infuse into our playing. We have many concerts behind us in other projects. We are a duo of drums + guitars“.

The debut album entitled “nothing” was released in the fall of 2023 and consists of 6 compositions creating 35 minutes of music. Arkadiusz “Aro” Jabłoński from Monroe Sound Studio (Disloyal, Masachist, Woe unto Me, Zørormr) is responsible for recording, mixing and mastering the material.

The band is currently finishing recording the material for a new studio album.

The musicians comment on the work on the new album: “We are currently finishing work on the new album, which will be released this year. The material will definitely be stronger, dirtier and heavier than the previous one“.

More information: Facebook | Bandcamp

Stream the 2023 debut album here:

INFAMOUS STIFFS to Release New EP “The Ornery Six” on July 4th

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California’s own Infamous Stiffs are back with a vengeance, set to release their brand-new EP ‘The Ornery Six’ on July 4th via Golden Robot Records. The six-song barrage is available for pre-save now, and it’s everything fans have come to love – and fear – from these punk rock legends.

Presave ‘The Ornery Six’ here: https://orcd.co/the-ornery-six

Unapologetic and loud, ‘The Ornery Six’ stays true to the band’s snarling roots, oozing grit and defiance from start to finish. With a relentless mix of crunching guitars, pummeling drums, and no-nonsense vocals, the Stiffs deliver their signature brand of punk rock ‘n’ roll with an extra shot of venom.

Tracks like ‘No Static’, ‘Evel Mann’, and ‘Walk Away’ channel a Frankenstein’s monster of punk influences, while the soul-scorching ‘Lonesoul’ and the unhinged ‘Loose Screwz’ reflect the chaos of modern life. The EP closes with ‘Top Secret’, a ripping tribute to LA punk legends Kaos and the late Johnny Stingray, tearing through the speakers like a high-octane homage to the scene that shaped them.

This is music to blast at full volume, whether you’re barrelling down the freeway at 100 MPH or two-stepping through a bar brawl – either way, fists in the air are non-negotiable.

Infamous Stiffs are:
Scott Wilkins – Vocals: AKA “Snotty Scotty” the former voice and snarl in front of Verbal Abuse, Electric Frankenstein, Hollywood Hate & CD2 (Condemned to Death).
Troy Takaki– Bass: Bass slinging from Bay Area now LA, currently riding with the Boneless Ones & Infamous Stiffs
Mark Pananides – Guitar: Also a Hollywood Hate Alumni. Other previous bands include, Nardcore’s Rat Pack, The Living End (U.S. band pre-dating the Australian one), Cynical. He also did a string of dates with Junkyard sitting in on guitar.
Dave Bach – Banging on the drums since a we lad. Formally with The Afflicted, House of Wheels & currently sitting in with SF’s very own The Avengers and cracking snare drums with Infamous Stiffs

Infamous Stiffs online:
https://www.facebook.com/infamousstiffs
https://www.instagram.com/infamousstiffs/
http://www.youtube.com/@infamousstiffs3385
Tik Tok
https://www.infamousstiffs.com/

VALE END Sign Worldwide Deal with EMG

Posted by tarjavirmakari on June 10, 2025

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Extreme Management Group (EMG), home to bands like Suffocation, Atheist, Misery Index, and more, has announced their partnership with Progressive Metal band VALE END.

Vale End started as a creative outlet for its members as they were in separate projects and looking to write and perform music they were passionate about, that outlet quickly turned into a full-time band. Taking their name from Vale End Cemetery in Wilton New Hampshire, a cemetery that has a reputation of being the most haunted in New England and predates the Revolutionary War, Vale End ties these eerie themes into their songs and lyrics touching on old New England history and folklore from the 1700-1800’s. While existing in a modern world Vale End is steeped in the history of the places they grew up around.

VALE END – “Imposter” on Spotify – VALE END – “Taken” on Spotify

Vale End is female fronted melodic/progressive metal band with clean, sometimes soaring vocals reminiscent of Ann Wilson or Delores O’Riordan with emotion and power laid over the top of eerie guitar chord voicings which blend together into headbang inducing riffs, intricate and aggressive bass work keeps locked in with powerful articulate drumming fusing into a heavy, driven and melodic musical style. They have been compared to a disparate group of bands from early Black Sabbath to modern bands such as Opeth, Alice In Chains and Mastodon along with some of the ambiance of the Deftones. With their five song EP Prosthetic Waltz Vale End successfully combined these sounds and styles showcasing their sound and individual members’ contributions to the song writing process. In September of 2024 Vale End was fortunate enough to record their 5 song EP at Seven West Studios in Charleston West Virginia. Produced, engineered, recorded and mixed by Chris “OJ” Ojeda of Byzantine and then mastered by Alan Douches of West West Side Studios in New York.

Since recording their EP Vale End is looking to expand their live performance reach with national and international tours, connecting with new audiences, and recording new material. The future looks bright for Vale End, as the band is hard at work plotting a very promising future ahead. Which includes, pursuing backing from a record label and distribution of their music, touring and performing.

Now in 2025, VALE END has signed with Extreme Management Group and says, “Signing with EMG is an opportunity that we could not turn down, working with Scott and the team at EMG will allow us to bring our music to new audiences we could not have imagined as a band coming from a quiet corner of New England.”

Vale End is:
Jo’Rinda Johnsen – Vocals
Jason Kuntz – Guitar
Jason Lawrence – Bass
Robert “Jamie” Clark – Drums

Connect with VALE END:
LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/ValeEnd
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ValeEndBand
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/valeend11
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1ujqbp95OkgQsvwYYAfnJ5
BandCamp: https://valeend.bandcamp.com/

LINX Release New Single And Lyric Video ‘Love Virus’

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LINX release “Love Virus”, the new single from the upcoming debut album “Annihilation” (Metalville – October 10th 2025).

Love, construction, annihilation – the action of one is the result of the other, but also contagious actions. What are we taking back? What do we need or trust? “Love Virus” in its industrial music elements and metal growls is composed and produced by drummer of the band, Frederic Gauthier, and written by front woman Zenab Jaber.

The band from Montreal is a female-fronted Industrial-Rock duo formed by versatile singer/guitarist/bassist/keyboardist Zenab Jaber (nicknamed “Zee”), and by drummer/keyboardist/programmer Frederic Gauthier. Their music is a groovy, heavy, moody, poetic, electric and powerful blend of pure originality and influences in genres such as metal, prog, rock, Industrial, cultural and soundtracks.

Linx’s raw charisma and hypnotic stage presence, combined with the sheer power of their sound, are already building a devoted fan base and a formidable reputation. Their long-awaited, 13-track debut album, Annihilation, is more than living up to the hype surrounding this extraordinary band. Their music is bold, expansive, and electrifying, with lyrics that are smart, introspective, and, at times, pure poetry.

Zee is:

A self-taught musician and songwriter. Singer, guitarist, bassist, keyboarding. Lead woman of LINX and the ex-Bass player of the Toronto based punk band The Anti-Queens. Her musical style knows no bounds. Her influences range from movie soundtracks, classic music, grunge, metal, and alternative rock, with each genre leaving its mark on her compositions. Her Middle Eastern background adds a unique depth to her work, blending cultural elements seamlessly with her diverse musical taste.

An actress, a filmmaker, a certified IATSE lightning tech and stage rigger, who has been featured and worked on productions such as Jack Ryan, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Scream VI, Seaside, La Recette du Bonheur etc.
She also creates and directs Linx’s videos (Crystal Jellyfish, Dream Watcher, One Step, Dead)

A free spirit who enjoys traveling, challenges, working hard, and hates routine.

Fred is:

A trained Musician who graduated from Music College. A drummer, keyboardist, and programmer, he is a master at creating new sounds and sonic textures. He was part of the “Rock n Road Drummer” TV show 2008, and a touring live drummer for bands such as DOT and Projekt F. A creative force with great work ethics.

TRACK LISTING

01 – The Prey
02 – The Hunter
03 – Crystal Jellyfish
04 – Lost In Between
05 – Li3
06 – Periodic dance
07 – Fox N’ Crow
08 – Dream Watcher
09 – Dead
10 – One Step
11 – Love Virus
12 – Them
13 – 11.13

all tracks: