MOURNING NOISE Release New Single + Video ‘Live And Die For You’ (Candlelight Version)

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There’s not many bands who will release a special standalone video for the bonus track on their latest album – but Lodi NJ’s long-running Mourning Noise aren’t like a lot of bands, and “Live And Die For You (Candlelight Version)” isn’t like a lot of bonus tracks.

Band membersr Steve and Robby explain, “‘The Candlelight version is a completely different experience than the standard album rendition. While at Cross Way Studio (formerly Whitney Houston’s), we stripped it down to primarily piano and vocals. 

“While Mourning Noise, at its core, will always be rooted in punk rock, we will never confine ourselves to that and can truly tackle any genre. In this instance, ‘Live and Die For You’ becomes an anthem for those who’ve loved and lost. The piano showcases the emotional weight of the lyrics, breaking everything down to truly croon the words out and make you feel every note sung. That pit in your throat forms, and you’re taken back to a situation most people have felt before.”

With the painfully recent death of bandmate Chris “Morance” Marino still on the band’s minds, the video only emphasizes those sensations.

“Chris was the best bandmate you could have asked for,” the band said in a statement that day. “A fantastic bassist. A team player. Eager to always rehearse. Our secret ingredient in the songwriting process who would give us little details to paint within the canvas. And above all, a man with a heart of gold. There are no words that can fully capture what he meant to us, and there never will be.”

Of course Mourning Noise will continue, and the parent album Serpent Lip Service is already in the stores and moving fast, both at home and internationally.  As Steve continues, “while Serpent Lip Service is rooted firmly in the band’s original punk ethos, the record pushes beyond tradition, blending dark intensity with a broad spectrum of influences to create a gripping, unpredictable journey from start to finish.”

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Track listing

  1. Melted Minds
  2. Live And Die For You
  3. Serpent Lip Service
  4. Curtains For You
  5. Driven By Moonlight
  6. Fresh Blood
  7. Ruin of Me
  8. Fade Away
  9. Stay With Me
  10. Ogre
  11. Vermin Vision
  12. Live and Die For You (Candlelight Version)

Frontiers Records Unleashes New Visualizer ‘Hypocrisy’, Feat. Stina Girs

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Frontiers Records unleashed today the cover of Nordic Union’s “Hypocrisy”, featuring Stina Girs, vocalist of the Finnish metal band Unén. The track was originally released in 2016 by the group formed by Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids) and Erik Martensson (Eclipse, W.E.T.).

“Hypocrisy” is part of the upcoming “XXX Anniversary Compilation”, a special project celebrating 30 years of passion, creativity, and unforgettable music. The record is set for release on May 22, 2026, and will be only available on CD, on the label’s webstore.

Stina Girs said: “I found “Hypocrisy” during a painful breakup six years ago, and it became my power song – the thing that got me through. Covering it now feels personal. It’s a reminder that I survived, and came out stronger.”

“Hypocrisy” Line Up:
Stina Girs – vocals
Alessandro Mammola – guitar
Andrea Arcangeli – bass
Alessio Lucatti – keyboards
Alfonso Mocerino – drums

Pre-Order “XXX Anniversary Compilation” HERE

Starting from an Idea of Serafino Perugino, the “XXX Anniversary Compilation” brings together some of the greatest melodies and voices from the world of melodic rock. This special release celebrates the label’s rich legacy by revisiting iconic tracks from the Frontiers catalogue, reimagined with dynamic new performances from an extraordinary lineup of guest vocalists.

Each track has been recorded exclusively for this anniversary project and showcases the powerful reinterpretation of beloved Frontiers classics through the voices of today’s standout rock artists.

Aldo Lonobile, Head Of A&R Europe at Frontiers Label Group and producer of the record, commented: 

“Producing the 30th anniversary record for Frontiers Records has been both a honour and a responsibility. This label has built a legacy on passion and vision and, with this album, we wanted to celebrate that history in a meaningful way, having a mix of established and new generation of Frontiers artists reinterpret the iconic tracks that shaped our identity is more than a tribute – it’s a bridge between eras”. 

“With a tracklist discussed together with the Frontiers President Serafino Perugino, this record is a celebration of where we come from, and a powerful statement of where we’re headed”, he continued.

Under the expert production of Lonobile – who also performs part of the guitars on the album – the performances are backed by a stellar lineup of musicians: Alessandro Mammola (guitar), Andrea Arcangeli (bass), Cristian Timpanaro (bass), the keyboards team – Alessio Lucatti & Antonio Agate, Alfonso Mocerino and  Fortunato Grillo  on drums, delivering powerful new arrangements that bring renewed energy to these fan-favorite tracks.

The “XXX Anniversary Compilation” isn’t just a compilation – it’s a tribute to 30 years of rock excellence, a heartfelt thank you to the artists, fans, and collaborators who have been part of the Frontiers Records story. 

Whether you’re a lifelong supporter or discovering these songs for the first time, this album delivers powerful performances, soaring melodies, and the unmistakable spirit of Frontiers.

“XXX Anniversary Compilation” Tracklist:

1.    Separate Ways (Feat James Robledo)    
2.    Watch The Fire (Feat Cassidy Paris)    
3.    Weight Of The World (Feat Karmen Klinc)    
4.    Viva La Victoria (Feat Dyan Mair)    
5.    Hypocrisy (Feat Stina Girs)    
6.    Edge Of Tomorrow (Feat Ronnie Romero)
7.    Love Will Set You Free (Feat Santiago Ramonda)    
8.    Songs The Night Sings (Feat Tezzi Persson)    
9.    My Guardian Angel (Feat Fabio Caldeira)    
10.    When The Heartache Has Gone (Feat Mattias Olofsson)
11.    No More Hell To Pay (Feat Giorgia Colleluori)    
12.    Down From The Mountain (Feat Nicklas Sonne)    
13.    Little Drops Of Heaven (Feat Robin McAuley)

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…AND JUSTICE FOR ART: Stories about Heavy Metal Album Covers – Ultimate Edition Limited Run Hardcover Book Out Now, Feat. Black Sabbath, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Neurosis & More

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The new hardcover book, …And Justice For Art: Stories About Heavy Metal Album Covers – Ultimate Edition, is now available.

…And Justice For Art: Stories About Heavy Metal Album Covers – Ultimate Edition includes 372 color pages, 700 graphics, and more than 120 exclusive interviews about the making of hundreds of iconic metal album covers. This epic journey through the art of heavy music features stories about the sleeve artworks for albums like Black Sabbath’s Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden’s Killers, Metallica’s …And Justice For All, Cynic’s Focus, At The Gates’ Slaughter Of The Soul, Slayer’s Reign In Blood, Opeth’s Heritage, Darkthrone’s A Blaze In The Northern Sky, Suffocation’s Effigy Of The Forgotten, Tiamat’s Wildhoney, Neurosis’ Times Of Grace, among many others.

The stories behind these iconic artworks are told through hundreds of exclusive comments and interviews with metal icons like Max Cavalera (Soulfly, Nailbomb, ex-Sepultura), Jeff Walker (Carcass), David Vincent (ex-Morbid Angel, Vltimas), Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian), Esa Holopainen (Amorphis), Fenriz (Darkthrone), Tom Angelripper (Sodom) and many others. The book also includes insightful interviews with legendary illustrators such as Eliran Kantor, Dan Seagrave, Travis Smith, Valnoir, and Costin Chioreanu, who also designed the book’s cover.

“This hardcover book features 372 glossy color pages, more than 700 images and firsthand information about hundreds of graphics, which are presented in extremely high quality,” author Ramon Oscuro comments. “This is a complete reinvention of the original …And Justice For Art book published in 2015, which have been out-of-print for almost a decade. Instead of just reprinting the original volume, I decided to rewrite, redesign and update every page. I also added 108 new pages featuring new chapters, new interviews and hundreds of new graphics. It’s a completely new book, an epic journey through heavy music imagery from 1970 to 2025.”

According to Vltimas/ex-Morbid Angel frontman, David Vincent, who penned the book’s foreword, this is “a historical document about the importance of Metal album covers.” Soulfly’s Max Cavalera has thanked the author “for helping to keep alive the ritual of the album cover.” Cattle Decapitation vocalist Travis Ryan assured that “this is exactly what the music world needs to remind us how important album covers have been to all of us that grew up surrounding ourselves with physical media.”

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This is a limited edition of 500 copies. It’s only available at THIS LOCATION. Use the discount code AJFA15GOOD to save 15% on your purchase.

Journalist/musician, Ramón “Oscuro” Martos García, was born in Cuba in 1975. His interest in heavy music started at a very early age after discovering the music of bands like Queen, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Sepultura, among others. He graduated from the Conservatory of Music in Santiago de Cuba before emigrating to the Dominican Republic in the early 1990s, where he played in several metal bands, including Necro, Divinis Invocat, and Los Recalcitrantes, and founded the country’s first rock/metal fanzine, Esperando El Final. After moving to the United States in the 2000s, he started writing for publications like MetalUnderground.com, This Is Metal Magazine, PureGrainAudio.com, among others.

In 2011, Ramón formed the Metal art community …And Justice For Art, which is the result of his longtime obsession with visual arts, especially heavy music art. This community and the book series …And Justice For Art – Stories About Heavy Metal Album Covers (which has spawned five volumes during the last decade) have provided exclusive information about the making of thousands of metal album covers, the work of hundreds of graphic artists and other related topics.

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REPENTANCE Announce New Album “Retaliate” + Unleash Crushing Title Track as First Single

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Chicago metal outfit REPENTANCE has announced their upcoming third full-length album “Retaliate”, set for release on July 17th, 2026 via Noble Demon. Alongside the announcement, the band has unleashed the record’s title track as the first single, offering an intense glimpse into what promises to be their most hard-hitting and focused release to date.

“Retaliate is a straight punch to the teeth. Coming out swinging“, vocalist Adam Gilley comments about the track. “This song has that take no prisoners intensity and hooks. So tune in and turn that sh** up!!!!“

LISTEN TO “Retaliate” HERE

Formed in 2018 by guitarist Shaun Glass (ex-Soil, Dirge Within), REPENTANCE have steadily carved out a name for themselves in the modern metal landscape with a sound built on groove, heavy riffs, technical precision, and unrelenting intensity. Emerging from the Chicago scene, the band quickly gained traction on the live circuit, sharing stages with acts such as Trivium, DevilDriver, Jinjer, Sacred Reich, and Toxic Holocaust, among others. 

Their debut album “God For A Day” (2020) received strong critical attention, leading to a worldwide signing with German label Noble Demon in 2021. This partnership marked a new chapter for the band, beginning with the EP “Volume I – Reborn” (2021), which introduced vocalist Adam Gilley and featured a guest appearance from Trivium guitarist Corey Beaulieu.

In 2023, REPENTANCE followed up with their sophomore album “The Process of Human Demise”, a record that further solidified their reputation for blending groove metal intensity with modern thrash precision. Produced by Alex Lackner and mixed/mastered by Chris Collier, the album also featured guest contributions from Corey Beaulieu and Milo Silvestro (Fear Factory), drawing comparisons to genre heavyweights such as Pantera and Lamb of God.

Tracklist:

01. From Violence To Silence
02. What’s Done Is Done
03. Retaliate
04. Unholy Guardian
05. Fade Into Silence
06. Among The Wolves
07. Annihilate
08. Concrete Coffin
09. Bleeding Out
10. Blood Of The Earth

Now, with “Retaliate”, the band push their sound even further. Once again produced by Alex Lackner at Accelerated Sound, the record was mixed by Ari Mihalopoulos at Inner Light Studio – a pairing that brings both familiarity and a fresh sonic perspective to the band’s most aggressive material yet. The album arrives with punishing groove and nonstop aggressive hooks, pushing the band’s sound forward while staying rooted in the intensity that has defined them since day one. 

“Retaliate” will be released digitally on July 17 via Noble Demon and is available for pre-save at
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REPENTANCE are:
Adam Gilley – Vocals
Shaun Glass – Guitar
Eric Burns – Guitar
Eric Karol – Bass
Brandon White – Drums

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MOONLIGHT HAZE Release New Video for ‘Interstellar Madness’

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Moonlight Haze has released a video for “Interstellar Madness”, third single/titletrack taken from the new EP to be released on May 22 by Scarlet Records.

«A whirlwind of emotions, accompanied by the most epic melodies the band has written so far, by long instrumental parts and evocative choir sections. This song shows how compelling it can be to get carried away by the deepest feelings, letting rationality rest for a while in order to discover sides of the inner self never dared to be acknowledged before. That is part of the process that leads to the creation of new Art.» (Chiara Tricarico)

video by Marco Falanga & Beatrice Demori/Oround

“Interstellar Madness”:

  • Brand new EP for the Italian symphonic power metal stars;
  • produced by Sascha Paeth (Avantasia, Angra, Kamelot, Edguy);
  • mixed and mastered by Simone Mularoni at Domination Studio (Wind Rose, Vision Divine, Twilight Force);
  • cover & artwork by Beatrice Demori/Oround;
  • Moonlight Haze is officially part of the Dragon Productions booking roster;
  • over 10 million streams accumulated on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and Amazon Music;
  • over 5 million views accumulated on YouTube;
  • frontwoman Chiara Tricarico is currently one of the live vocalists of Avantasia and was a special guest on the Manowar 2022’s EP “Highlights From The Revenge Of Odysseus”;
  • FFO: Stratovarius, Avantasia, Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Angra, Within Temptation;

“Interstellar Madness” tracklist:
1 Moonlight Legion
2 Lost In Moonlit Symphonies
3 We Are Fire
4 Shine
5 Interstellar Madness
6 Interstellar Madness: Finale

Total running time – 21:04

artowrk by Beatrice Demori/Oround Media

Moonlight Haze and extraordinary vocalist Chiara Tricarico (Avantasia) brought symphonic power metal to the next level throughout the tracklist of their fifth studio release, indulging in extremely mighty, epic and theatrical moments.

Guided by striking instrumentals parts, catchy and epic melodies, and truly introspective lyrics, the EP once again proves the talent and boldness of the Italian unit.

“Interstellar Madness” is an invitation to take on a journey through cosmic landscapes and beyond, led by a whirlwind of emotions – madness here is to be intended as a deeper and overwhelming way of experiencing reality, investigating and going beyond what lies on the surface of things in order to be able to discover hidden parts of the inner self.

Moonlight Haze:
Chiara Tricarico – vocals
Marco Falanga – guitar
Alberto Melinato – guitar
Alessandro Jacobi – bass
Giulio Capone – drums and keyboards

A COLD PARADISE Release Music Video for Brand-New Single ‘Here I Rise’

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Modern metal act A COLD PARADISE have released a new music video for their latest single “Here I Rise”. The project is led by Antonio Calanna, known to many metal fans as the former vocalist of All For Metal. Marking a bold new chapter, the track combines modern heaviness, emotional intensity and soaring energy into a powerful statement of intent.

Driven by massive riffs, cinematic atmosphere and an uncompromising performance, “Here I Rise” perfectly captures the core identity of A COLD PARADISE. The song reflects themes of growth, resilience and transformation while channeling raw emotion into an explosive and deeply personal listening experience.

Calanna comments: “‘Here I Rise’ is a statement. After our first live shows, we felt the connection with the audience and knew this was just the beginning. This song captures exactly what A Cold Paradise stands for: the will to grow, to rise, and to turn emotion into something powerful. It’s raw, energetic, and unapologetically intense.”

Stream / Download “Here I Rise”: https://acp.rpm.link/risePR

A COLD PARADISE is a modern alternative metal band founded in 2025 by Antonio Calanna, signed to Perception – A Division of Reigning Phoenix Music. The project was born from a desire to emphasize atmosphere, melody, and emotional depth within heavy music, without compromising its force.

Rooted in genuine feeling, A COLD PARADISE builds its sound from the inside out, letting emotion guide both songwriting and production. Heavy riffs collide with expressive melodies, cinematic atmospheres, and carefully woven electronic elements that shape the emotional arc of each song. The band works with a defined collective identity: music, lyrics, and visuals all feed into the same artistic world, where storytelling, contrast, and emotional weight matter as much as the breakdowns. Living in the tension between vulnerability and force, A COLD PARADISE blends modern metal and rock with immersive textures to create a dynamic, evocative, and unmistakably human sound.

A COLD PARADISE Artist Line-Up:
Antonio Calanna | vocals
Paolo Avanzini | guitars, vocals
Luca Birocco | guitars
Fortunato De Negri | bass
Daniele Motta | drums

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