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BraveWords Records Announces Their Bandcamp Summer Sale

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BRAVEWORDS RECORDS announces their SUMMER SALE on BANDCAMP! All BraveWords Records releases only $5.99! Includes: Crimson Glory, Alcatrazz, Bangalore Choir, Jack Starr, The Chris Slade Timeline, Paul Di’Anno’s Warhorse, Aska, Rhett Forrester & Rob Robbins, Prophets of Addiction. Shop https://bravewordsrecords.bandcamp.com

DARE FORCE & JOHNNY O’NEIL

You can purchase all JOHNNY O’NEIL and DARE FORCE albums from Bandcamp, including the NEW live album… Live at Le Musique Room. Visit https://johnnyoneil.bandcamp.com

BABYLON A.D.

Now available on BraveWords Records Bandcamp as a 24 Bit Hi Def audio download… the BABYLON A.D. and DEREK DAVIS SOLO catalogs. Buy: https://bravewordsrecords.bandcamp.com 

SNOWY SHAW

Bandcamp Spotlight, only $5.99 – SNOWY SHAW’s catalog. Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Visit https://bravewordsrecords.bandcamp.com

LILLIAN AXE

Now available on BraveWords Records Bandcamp as a 24 Bit Hi Def audio download…  the LILLIAN AXE catalog. Buy: https://bravewordsrecords.bandcamp.com 

About BraveWords Records:
BraveWords Records has released albums by Crimson Glory, Alcatrazz, Bangalore Choir, Voices of Extreme, Paul Di’Anno’s Warhorse, The Chris Slade Timeline, Rhett Forrester and Rob Robbins, Prophets of Addiction, Jack Starr, ASKA and future releases from Lillian Axe, Phil Soussan and Alcatrazz.


There is a serious void which desperately needs to be filled, hard-working and creative bands that have yet to find a partnership and a mutual vision with a professional team. The music-fuelled minds behind BraveWords Records, Brian Adams, Giles Lavery, Tim Henderson and Michael Brandvold, have built the ultimate home for an artist that will take you where you want to be. Collectively, with nearly 100 years of music industry experience under our belts, the BraveWords Records team will take care of all the crucial aspects of your project from global distribution (digital and physical), publicity and media coverage (web, radio, visual), social media blanketing and streaming opportunities (such as Streaming For Vengeance). Where most labels have forgotten the concept of actually marketing a release sensibly, BraveWords Records will construct a viable and comprehensive marketing plan, including visibility at BraveWords.com, which attracts a million visitors monthly. BraveWords Records has all senses on high alert as the music industry continues its never-ending transitioning, so the artist will always be aware of new opportunities to build their brand and strive for world domination. BraveWords will also have a focus on licensing film and TV content, both contemporary and retrospective across many genres. As artists and labels transition to the many new mediums available today for their work, BraveWords intends to stay ahead of the curve in providing and actively seeking opportunities for our roster of clients.

With the rapid spread of the world wide web, BraveWords.com was born in 2000 and quickly became the CNN of heavy metal. With its team of global writers and photographers, the site flourished with 24/7 updated news, features, reviews, audio and video steams.

For nearly 30 years, BraveWords wears their metal heart loudly on their sleeve, as they celebrate the greatest genre of music with the most dedicated and passionate fans on the planet!

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Basque Black Metal Project ASCHEN Release Official Video for ‘Azken Arbolak’

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Basque black metal project Aschen has unveiled the official video for “Azken Arbolak”, a standout track from the band’s acclaimed debut album, The Never Ending Search, available now via WormHoleDeath. The album’s CD edition will be released worldwide on July 31, 2026, followed by the Japanese edition on August 28, 2026.

“Azken Arbolak” (“The Last Trees”) is an ecological manifesto that denounces the destruction of the natural world at the hands of humankind while portraying the epic resistance of the last remaining trees. Described poetically as the guardians of the Earth, they connect the underworld with the stars and endure countless hardships across millennia. Ultimately, the song carries a message of hope, foretelling the triumph of nature over human arrogance and willful blindness.

The video was filmed in the forests of the Basque Country, with nearly all locations captured in the Nafarroa region.

The Never Ending Search is available now on all digital platforms: ▶ Stream or download: orcd.co/tnesalbum

Press Reception

Since its release, The Never Ending Search has received widespread praise from the international metal press:

“Aschen are a very great sounding modern black metal band, and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album.” — Occult Black Metal Zine

“The Never Ending Search stands out as a solid debut, remarkable for both its musical approach and its conceptual ambition. Aschen embraces a vision that blends aggression, atmosphere, and reflection.” — TNT Radio Rock

“It’s an album that requires multiple listens, demands your attention, and ultimately rewards you with an emotional depth few achieve these days. If this is the level of their debut album, Aschen’s future looks as bright as the darkness they cultivate.” (9.3/10) — Eternal Metal (Chile)

“Nine tracks that provide a fantastic introduction to a career that shows great promise.” — Mondo Sonoro

About ASCHEN

Founded in 2022 by Mikel Telletxea (vocals, guitar, programming), Aschen has grown from a solo vision into a powerful creative partnership with the addition of bassist Atauzz (Korkut, Kurkuma, 2Sonte).

The duo recorded the debut at Atala Studios in Spain, ensuring the project’s raw energy was captured with precision. To achieve a massive, professional finish, the album was mastered by Toni Lindgren at the world-renowned Fascination Street Studios in Sweden—the same hands behind the sound of heavyweights like Dimmu Borgir, Katatonia, and Kreator.

The Sound of Aschen
Aschen’s approach to black metal is both aggressive and expansive. By blending traditional frost-bitten roots with doom-laden atmosphere and technical blast beats, the band creates a soundscape that is as melodic as it is punishing. Lyrically, they bridge the gap between English and Basque, exploring themes of psychological fracture and environmental decay that go far beyond standard genre tropes.

Connect with ASCHEN:

aschen1.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/people/Aschen/61556623060502
www.youtube.com/@aschenband

AGONANIST Launches Visualizer for New Single ‘The Gateway’

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AGONANIST, the experimental black metal project spearheaded by Tyler Henthorn, proudly launches it’s new single “The Gateway,” taken from the upcoming sophomore album ‘The Spirit of Gravity,’ set for release on August 28th via Transylvanian Recordings. The new track arrives alongside a visualizer, available below.

Equal parts haunting and transcendent, “The Gateway” embraces abstraction to evoke the infinite, inviting listeners to contemplate the impermanence of life and the inevitability of what follows. In the artist’s own words, the song is about “death and infinity.”

Watch the Premiere of the Visualizer for “The Gateway” and Read an Exclusive Interview Courtesy of No Clean Singing HERE

AGONANIST is the experimental music project of multidisciplinary artist Tyler Henthorn, based in San Francisco. 

The debut album, ‘The Cynicism of Solitude,’ was released by Transylvanian Recordings in 2020. It was written and recorded while Henthorn was living nomadically between London and Ho Chi Minh City, and features microtonal guitars that were hand-fretted by Henthorn using a jeweler’s saw. He also built an improvised zither using fencing wire and piano tuning pegs, played with a bow. Field recordings captured in Vietnam are present on the album. 

The project’s second album, ‘The Spirit of Gravity,’ is forthcoming in 2026 on Transylvanian Recordings. It was produced in Ho Chi Minh City and the entire album features guest work by Andrew Lee (Ripped to Shreds), Colin Marston (Krallice, Gorguts, Behold the Arctopus), and Kevin Paradis (Benighted, Svart Crown). Microtonal guitars, bass, and keys are used throughout the album, with side A being a mix of 17ET and 12ET, and side B of 22ET. 

Henthorn comments about the album:

“‘The Spirit of Gravity’ represents inevitability, our experience of time being an illusion, causality being a continuous web that spans the entire universe where everything exists at once in a splatter of liquid.”

Pre-order the album here: https://transylvanianrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/agonanist-the-spirit-of-gravity

‘The Spirit of Gravity’ Track List:

  1. Effacement
  2. Cry of Cages
  3. The Gateway
  4. Silent Absent
  5. For Mia
  6. Disruption and Decay
  7. Collapse

The name AGONANIST is taken from an English translation of a short story by the Polish science-fiction writer Stanisław Lem, wherein a civilization has engineered itself beyond recognition and robots have created a monastic religion which promises nothing. 

Lyrically, AGONANIST explores existential themes, drawing on ideas from literature such as the writing of Nietzsche, Pessoa, Cioran, and Camus. Sonically, the project sits adjacent to dissonant black metal in the vein of Deathspell Omega, Blut aus Nord, Xasthur, and Krallice.

UNZUCHT Release New Single ‘Katharsis (Daniel De Clercq & Steven Larvik Remix) / Feuerregen [Rabengott Remix]’

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(photo credit: Yuta Miyanaga)

German dark rock band UNZUCHT releases ‘Katharsis (Daniel De Clercq & Steven Larvik Remix) / Feuerregen [Rabengott Remix]’ 

The new remixes present a completely new soundscape for the original tracks and amplify their dark energy.

You can listen to both songs here: Katharsis (Daniel De Clercq – Steven Larvik Remix) & Feuerregen (Rabengott Remix) 

With their new studio album ‘Neon Dom’, UNZUCHT herald a new era of musical darkness – without giving up the search for redeeming light.

The work combines brutal intensity with deep black emotionality, creating a soundscape that challenges, overwhelms and fascinates at the same time.

The songs lead like a controlled fall into a world permeated by shadows: carried by powerful guitars, uncompromising rhythms and the new voice of frontman Timm, who transforms pain, anger and unshakeable strength into pure energy.

‘Neon Dom’ is more than an album – it is a liberating blow. ‘Darkness is followed by light and I burn all bridges,’ says Feuerregen. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, UNZUCHT rises anew: a musical monolith that only reveals its true power when you are ready to face your own demons.

Thematically, the album explores the boundaries of human existence: inner conflicts, a battlefield of fears and the disintegration of supposed certainties – and yet the tireless search for hope in a world that is increasingly slipping away.

Neon Dom breathes darkness in all its forms — no turning back. Or: Here begins the journey into the heart of darkness — no turning back.

Created from the shards of human fragility, reforged in the fire of an unyielding will.

TRACK LISTING

1 – Katharsis
2 – Neon Dom
3 – Feuerregen
4 – Krieger
5 – Chaos
6 – Nie mehr zurück
7 – 1000 Scherben
8 – Gegen die Zeit
9 – Koloss
10 – Apokalypsis
11 – Nachtschatten 1
12 – Nachtschatten 2

LINE UP
Vocals – Timm Hindorff
Guitar, Vocals, Programming, Electronics – Daniel De Clercq
Bass – Don Canone
Drums – Toby Fuhrmann

UNZUCHT links
https://www.unzucht-music.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Unzucht/
https://www.instagram.com/unzucht_official
https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/2hfInImCCmb7zXIuCE15IN
https://www.amazon.de/music/player/artists/B007HCYTIS/unzucht
https://music.apple.com/de/artist/unzucht/508012767

DALI VAN GOGH Release Fourth Single ‘Savanna (Live at Bovine Sex Club, Toronto)’

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Canadian hard rock outfit Dali Van Gogh continue their Roadkill live EP campaign with the release of “Savanna (Live at Bovine Sex Club, Toronto),” a powerful live recording capturing the band’s raw energy and stage presence. The track is available now on all digital platforms.

Stream “Savanna (Live at Bovine Sex Club, Toronto)”: https://orcd.co/slbsct

The track follows three earlier Roadkill singles, “Wicked Way (Live at Overtime Sportsbar, Kingston)”, “Boneyard (Live at Tide & Boar, Moncton)” and “Bury The Lead (Live at The Scotiabank Centre, Halifax)”, all currently available alongside the new release.

Roadkill is a six-track live album capturing the band across venues in Eastern and Central Canada. The album documents three years of touring and is being released in a waterfall format, with one track dropping every three weeks from May 22 through September 4.

Tracklist & Release Dates:

  • Wicked Way (Live at Overtime Sports Bar, Kingston) — May 22
  • Boneyard (Live at Tide & Boar, Moncton) — June 12
  • Bury The Lead (Live at The Scotiabank Centre, Halifax) — July 3
  • Savanna (Live at Bovine Sex Club, Toronto) — July 24
  • Out For Blood (Live at The House of Targ, Ottawa) — August 14
  • Little Hell (Live at The Eastlink Centre, Charlottetown) — September 4

Roadkill serves as a deliberate bookend to the band’s breakout chapter, which includes their critically recognized EP “New Blood, Old Wounds” and the single “Wicked Way.” That release cycle saw the band earn two nominations at the East Coast Music Awards in 2023, taking home Loud Recording of the Year. The studio version of “Wicked Way” continues that momentum with a 2026 nomination for Loud Release of the Year.

With new material looming in the near future, Roadkill captures a band in motion—looking back only long enough to slam the door behind them.

About Dali Van Gogh

Dali Van Gogh are a Canadian hard rock band known for their high-energy live performances, blending aggressive riffs with anthemic songwriting. With multiple award nominations and a growing national presence, the band continues to carve out their place in Canada’s heavy music landscape.

For more information, please visit www.dalivangoghmusic.com 

THE HU Release New Album “Hun” with Official Music Video for ‘Horsemen’

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Fresh from sharing the stage with Iron Maiden in the the UK and standing at the cusp of what is promising to be their boldest creative chapter yet, Hunnu Rock pioneers THE HU — Galaa (morin khuur, throat singing); Jaya (tumur khuur, tsuur, throat singing); Enkush (morin khuur, throat singing); and Temka (tovshuur, throat singing) — are pleased to unveil their third full-length album, HUN, out today, July 24 via BETTER NOISE MUSIC. Get HUN here. While the digital and physical album is out now, the vinyl version and box set (details further below) will see release on September 11.

HUN — which translates to “human” in their native language — holds special meaning for the band. Originally called Between the Heaven and Earth, the album was intended to be understood as something natural and true, akin to human life on Earth, which is why they chose HUN to best represent it.

“In our third album, we tested many boundaries and used different techniques to perfect the combination of traditional instruments with heavy metal music genres,” says Jaya. “The concept of the HUN album comes from universal experiences we all go through collectively as humans in this world. Our hope is to remind our listeners the importance of introspection through variety of songs from slow to fast rhythmic songs.”

Alongside the album release, the band has shared the video for “HORSEMEN.” Watch it here:

“‘Horsemen’ is inspired by the legendary Mongolian warriors who once rode across much of the known world,” the band says. “These warriors were known for their discipline, intelligence, courage, and incredible skill. They were called the ‘Army of the Heavens’ because of their unmatched mobility and strength. This song celebrates their spirit and honors the qualities that made them legendary. It’s a reminder that true power comes from discipline, wisdom, and unity.”

The HU’s previously released the single “Lost Soul” (Feat. Jonny Hawkins of NOTHING MORE). It marks the first collaboration between the Gold-certified global phenomenon and NOTHING MORE. Listen to “Lost Soul” (Feat. Jonny Hawkins of NOTHING MORE) here and watch the video here. The track is currently No. 17 on the active rock charts.

HUN finds The HU, who were first tipped by NPR back in 2019, at the peak of their powers thus far. They expand the scope of their signature Hunnu Rock with 11 tracks steeped in the lore and legend of Mongolia, yet uplifted with universal ambition. It’s as epic, enthralling, and enigmatic and it opens the gateway into their world.

“We took our time to do this right, and we’re so glad that we’re almost ready to release what we have worked on these past few years,” the band says. “Now, we are also focusing on the performances and working out a brand-new setlist. We want to play bigger venues so we can do extensive production, and bring in some amazing elements of our culture, and play these ideas to our fans. And, as well as our third album, we have some amazing ideas for another album already!”

With press praise for HUN piling up from the varied sources such as Crunchyroll, Joy Sauce, Metal Injection, Blabbermouth, Kerrang!, and Revolver, The HU continue to leave a cross-cultural musical mark.

HUN TRACK LISTING:
“Warrior Chant“
“Lost Soul“*
“The Men“
“Echoes of My Father”
“Shadow”
“Horsemen”
“Greed”
“The Real You“
“Grey Hun“
“Universe”
“Second Face”
*Version of “Lost Soul” (Featuring Jonny Hawkins of NOTHING MORE) will only appear on the digital version of HUN

ALBUM VARIANTS + BOX SET:
Out September 11:

STD Vinyl
Indie Vinyl
Band Store Vinyl
Revolver
Spotify Fans First
Napalm Boxset
FNAC Exclusive
HMV Exclusive
Amazon Exclusive

The HU just wrapped a successful headline tour of North America, but they are not done. The band will return to the U.S. in August, supporting Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson before heading to Europe in September.

All forthcoming The HU shows, are below.

WITH ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON, + ORGY:
8/20 — West Palm Beach, FL — iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
8/21 — Tampa, FL — MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
8/23 — Alpharetta, GA — Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
8/24 — Charlotte, NC — Truliant Amphitheater
8/26 — Holmdel, NJ — PNC Bank Arts Center
8/27 — Mansfield, MA — Xfinity Center
8/29 — Burgettstown, PA — The Pavilion at Star Lake
8/30 — Darien Center, NY — Darien Lake Amphitheater
9/1 — Toronto, ON — RBC Amphitheatre
9/2 — Cuyahoga Falls, OH — Blossom Music Center
9/4 — Clarkston, MI — Pine Knob Music Theatre
9/5 — Tinley Park, IL — Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
9/6 — Noblesville, IN — Ruoff Music Center
9/9 — Maryland Heights, MO — Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
9/10 — Kansas City, MO — MORTON Amphitheater
9/12 — Greenwood Village, CO — Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
9/14 — West Valley City, UT — Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
9/16 — Airway Heights, WA — BECU Live at Northern Quest
9/17 — Auburn, WA — White River Amphitheatre
9/18 — Ridgefield, WA — Cascades Amphitheater
9/20 — Concord, CA — Toyota Pavilion at Concord

THE HU 2026 UK/EU TOUR WITH SKALD:
9/29 — Glasgow, Scotland — O2 Academy
10/1 — Bristol, England — Prospect Building
10/2 — Bournemouth, England — O2 Academy
10/3 — Newcastle, England — O2 City Hall
10/5 — Belfast, Northern Ireland — The Telegraph
10/6 — Dublin, Ireland — 3Olympia Theatre
10/8 — Birmingham, England — O2 Academy
10/9 — London, England — O2 Academy Brixton
10/10 — Manchester, England — O2 Apollo
10/11 — Norwich, England — UEA
10/14 — Brussels, Belgium — Ancienne Belgique
10/15 — Hamburg, Germany — Sporthalle
10/17 — Munich, Germany — Tonhalle
10/18 — Berlin, Germany — Columbiahalle
10/19 — Warsaw, Poland — Stodola
10/20 — Warsaw, Poland — Stodola
10/22 — Cologne, Germany — Palladium
10/23 — Utrecht, Netherlands — TivoliVredenburg
10/24 — Tilburg, Netherlands — 013
10/27 — Paris, France — L’Olympia
10/28 — Lyon, France — Le Radiant
10/30 — Zurich, Switzerland — X-Tra
10/31 — Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg — Rockhal

THE HU ONLINE:
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