Canadian hard rockers IN/VERTIGO return with brand-new music, unleashing their explosive new single “Save Me”, now available on all digital platforms. The track is the first preview of their upcoming EP “Prevail”, set for release on July 18th, 2025, via Rockshots Records. Formed in 2016 by seasoned Calgary musicians, IN/VERTIGO has made a name for themselves across Western Canada with their high-energy live shows and relentless touring. The band has shared stages with acts such as Buckcherry, Steel Panther, Bret Michaels, Bif Naked, Diamond Head, and Pop Evil, becoming a must-see name in the modern hard rock scene.
“Save Me” is a blistering anthem that shows IN/VERTIGO pushing their sound into even more aggressive territory. Fusing their rock ‘n’ roll backbone with punk and thrash influences, the track hits like a freight train—raw, fast, and unrelenting.
The single is paired with a chaotic and entertaining music video, loosely based on a true story.
This marks the first release from the upcoming EP “Prevail”, which will be the band’s second release in collaboration with Rockshots Records. With “Prevail”, IN/VERTIGO are poised to deliver their most refined and aggressive work to date, a Molotov cocktail of sharp riffs, infectious hooks, and full-throttle rock attitude.
PREVAIL – EP Tracklisting: 1. Weathervane 2. Save Me 3. Liar 4. Euphoria
About IN/VERTIGO: Delivering their shows at jet-engine volume, IN/VERTIGO have made an unmistakable impact in the Canadian rock scene. Their self-titled demo, produced by Ronnie Champagne (Alice In Chains, Jane’s Addiction), quickly sold out, and their debut EP “Sex Love & Chaos” introduced a band ready to raise hell. Now, with “Save Me” and the upcoming EP “Prevail”, IN/VERTIGO are back to light the fuse. Crank it up and join the ride.
May 19, 2025 marked the official release of Cyrene, the long-awaited new album by Attempt to Somebody’s Life, available now on all major digital and physical platforms via Wanikiya Record/Promotion!
Cyrene is a powerful, visceral, and urgent album. An alternative metal work that digs deep into the wounds of our time, denouncing crimes committed against migrants, the exploitation of man by man, and the global indifference toward daily tragedies too often ignored. The title references the Libyan region of Cyrenaica, a symbol and epicenter of these grave humanitarian injustices.
The sound is raw and unfiltered: Drums and bass were recorded live to capture all the urgency and impact. Heavy, gritty guitars build a sonic wall that supports every whispered or screamed word. Ambient synths act as glimpses of memory and freedom. Vocals swing between melancholic sweetness and desperate screams, reflecting anger, helplessness, and resilience.
TRACKLIST 1 – To Judge 2 – Trget 3 – Black Chicken / White Donkeys 4 – Freedom:Democracy = Property:Lager 5 – Cyrene 6 – Mediterraneo
AN ALBUM THAT LEAVES A MARK The new release by Attempt to Somebody’s Life has been described as “a sonic protest as powerful as it is necessary.” A major artistic evolution for a band already praised by critics for their debut EP Bridges/Latencies, known for blending Deftones-inspired atmospheres with the rage of Rage Against The Machine (IDIOTEQ Review).
A NEW ENTRY IN THE WANIKIYA RECORD/PROMOTION ROSTER With Cyrene, the band officially joins the Wanikiya Record/Promotion family—one of the most active labels and press offices in the rock and metal scene—ready to support and promote this important project on both national and international stages. Available now for streaming, download, and in physical format. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Bandcamp, and all major platforms.
ATTEMPT TO SOMEBODY’S LIFE – LINEUP Ruth Maddison – vocals, guitar, synth Jep Munk – drums Leonardo Santoni – bass Edoardo Battistini – guitar Gabriele Nardini – guitar
Credits: Recorded and mixed at GRS Studios by Emanuele Braca Mastering: Tommy Bianchi Artwork: Januz Miralles
The new track by LIGHTS OF VIMANA, “Nowhere”, is now streaming in exclusive premiere via No Clean Singing. This marks the second single from the band’s debut album, “Neopolis”, out June 13th, 2025 via Dusktone.
Following the immersive first taste of their cinematic doom sound, “Nowhere” delves even deeper into the emotional and atmospheric core of the project, showcasing LIGHTS OF VIMANA’s ability to balance desolation and beauty with striking clarity.
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.
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
Formed in 2017, Unverkalt emerged from a desire to give voice to grief, memory and the visceral undercurrents of the human condition. While originally founded in Athens, the band are now based in Berlin, where they forge avant-garde post-metal from emotionally immersive compositions, cinematic textures and a fearless commitment to sonic experimentation.
The band’s debut album, L’Origine du Monde, emerged rooted in emotional unrest and tense atmospherics while delving deep into loss and catharsis beneath shades of post-metal and slow-burning doom. Their follow-up, A Lump of Death: A Chaos of Dead Lovers, pushed deeper into obsession and decay, blending gothic unease with cinematic grandeur and raw urgency. Together, the band’s first two albums trace their evolution from mournful elegance to something more immediate and consuming. It’s a path worth retracing before the next part of their journey unfolds, giving rise to the most visceral and unrelenting sound Unverkalt have ever conjured.
“Big News, Big Moves!” says Unverkalt. “We are excited to announce that Unverkalt have officially joined the Season of Mist family.
“We’ve found a home with a label that doesn’t just handle the heavy, the weird and the loud – it amplifies it. We’re very stoked about working with a team that gets what we’re about and isn’t afraid of a little sonic destruction.
”Unverkalt always stood for real, raw, untamed art and never gave a damn about fitting into scenes or trends. We just wanted to create something honest – loud, heavy, broken and alive. And now we’ve found a place that welcomes that chaos with open arms.
”The next chapter of Unverkalt starts here. Expect more music, more shows and more beautifully controlled chaos. Stay tuned and brace yourselves – this ride’s only getting louder.”
Emerging from Athens in 2017, UNVERKALT was born out of an instinctive urge to give form to grief, memory and emotional unrest.
Guitarist and composer Themis, along with vocalist Dimitra, set out to create something unfiltered, heavy, and honest — an intention that would later crystallize in their 2020 debut album L’Origine du Monde. With this release, Unverkalt established a presence within the European post-metal underground.
With raw, multifaceted vocals woven into post-metal and avant-garde textures, Unverkalt began to shape a sound that is slow-burning and emotionally charged. Influenced by European cinema, visual arts and the complexity of human experience, their music unfolds as an immersive narrative, balancing heaviness and delicacy, dissonance and beauty.
Their 2023 follow-up, A Lump of Death: A Chaos of Dead Lovers, garnered widespread critical acclaim, including a 9/10 review from Metal Hammer Greece, and marked a clear turning point in both tone and direction. Inspired by the cult atmosphere and violent crimes of the 1970s, the album explored the space between obsession and romantic decay. The sound became heavier, more immediate, with the band’s alternative influences now pushed to the surface with greater clarity and force.
Now rooted in Berlin, the current incarnation of Unverkalt – Dimitra (vocals), Themis (guitars), Christian (drums), Eli (vocals/guitars), and Joscha (bass) converge to produce their most primal and emotionally charged creation to date.
What comes next is not a continuation, but a descent. Unverkalt’s cinematic and avant-garde impulses are now laced with shadowed intensity. Blackened textures swirl beneath the surface, rupturing into moments of raw force. Their sound is evolving into something darker, more primal, and wholly untethered — an experience that promises to be their most visceral and immersive yet.
PAIN release their brand new video for ‘I Am‘. The album I Am was released on May 17th 2024 via Nuclear Blast Records. Filled with anthems like ‘Don’t Wake The Dead‘ and the hit single ‘Party In My Head‘, alongside atmospheric tracks such as ‘I Am‘ and ‘Fair Game,’ the album seamlessly blends uplifting catchiness with introspective moments, marking Tägtgren’s most personal and boldest work to date.
Peter Tägtgren comments: “I’m exited to see what Andrey came up with this time..”
BraveWords Records is pleased to announce the signing of DAVID REECE for a new BANGALORE CHOIR studio album, to be released in 2026.
David Reece comments on signing with BraveWords Records, “I am joining the BraveWords Records family for the release of the new Bangalore Choir album! I see BraveWords Records doing great things and I know that the team behind Bangalore Choir there will work tirelessly for this next phase of the band. I meet many Bangalore Choir fans while playing my live shows and see the response in the audience to such classics like Angel In Black, All Or Nothin, Just One Night and I feel this new album represents what them and I feel to be what Bangalore Choir is all about.”
Giles Lavery, BraveWords Records A&R, “Signing David Reece to BraveWords Records marks a new and exciting chapter in my longtime friendship with this great artist and singer! David and i have been friends and worked together a long time, through many ups and downs… One of those ups was seeing him on numerous major festival stages around Europe in the last few years as a sober, clear-headed and well-focused man, one of those lows was quite some time ago in the previous decade after a no-filter and “to the point” heated exchange between us, where we both ended up in a near brawl with each other in a UK Holiday Inn on the 3rd floor at 2am — so who says this isn’t a full contact sport?! Needless to say, our friendship has survived all that and more… David and i continue to be honest with each other and we are both pulling no punches on delivering the best album he has done in many many years. I feel the new upcoming Bangalore Choir album is one of his best yet, we got about halfway on the last record to that “On Target” sound, but with this new one i can say that we have hit the mark for real… It’s 1992 all over again!”
David Reece will be hitting the road later this year supporting Girlschool and his BraveWords Records label mates Alcatrazz. David Reece’s Bangalore Choir will deliver a blistering set of hits from both Accept and Bangalore Choir, showcasing one of the most distinctive voices in heavy metal.
This tour is also the debut of his relaunched version of Bangalore Choir.
25/Nov BE – Kortrijk | DVG 27/Nov DE – Kassel | Goldgrube 28/Nov DE – Passau | Zauberberg 29/Nov AT – Steyr | Kulturverein Röda 02/Dec CZ – Olomouc | Bounty Rock Cafe 05/Dec DE – Selb | Rockclub Nordbayern 06/Dec DE – Mörlenbach/Weiher | Live Music Hall 07/Dec DE – Dortmund | Musiktheater Piano
About DAVID REECE: American singer David Reece first came to international prominence in the hard rock community joining Accept in 1987, replacing the iconic Udo Dirkschneider. With Accept he released the “Eat The Heat” album in 1989, a record that while somewhat divisive within Accepts more die-hard European fanbase, has no shortage of acclaim in equal measure from the wider hard rock and AOR community. David’s voice was a perfect fit for both the more streamlined American heavy rock direction the band wanted to pursue at the time and the Heavy Metal stylings that are still found in great abundance on the record. Thus, songs like Generation Clash and XTC fast became staples of late 80’s rock radio and fan favorites to the present day.
After departing Accept in 1990 David wasted no time in forming Bangalore Choir, a band that would showcase his immense vocal talents combined with first rate songwriting. Released via Giant Records in 1992, the bands debut album “On Target” has become an album held dear to lovers of melodic heavy rock the world over. Timing being everything, sadly the change of radio programming toward the then emerging Grunge movement halted a very promising young band from making the global impact it very well might have had if the album had arrived some years earlier.
David has gone on since to front many bands such as Bonfire, Wicked Sensation, EZ Livin’ and more recently Iron Allies, but he has always felt there was unfinished business with Bangalore Choir, revisiting the project with the occasional release….which brings us right up to date, the latest Bangalore Choir album … Its title a guarded secret at this stage. Needless to say, if you wanted more of what you loved about “On Target” this one will truly hit the mark.
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s ASA unveil the long-overdue release of "Collective Failure" + first music video for title-track! Check it out and stay tuned for more news! Click image to watch the video
Kimmo Kuusniemi’s SARCOFAGUS return with a Historic 2010 Concert Video Premiere on YouTube! Click image to watch the video
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