ALPHA OMEGA Management has a great pleasure to announce that Iberian Extreme Metal act NOCTEM are confirmed to support Swedish Black metallers SHINING in 5 Spanish dates in Valencia, Murcia, Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao, check them out below. During the shows, SHINING will be presenting their new album “IX / Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends”.
3/12 Almassera (Valencia) – Rock City
4/12 Murcia – Garage Beat Club
5/12 Madrid – Sala Arena
6/12 Barcelona – Sala Bóveda
7/12 – Bilbao – Sala Stage
NOCTEM is a Blackened Death Metal band based in Spain. The band started in 2001 but after several changes in their line up in 2007 Beleth (Vocals) and Exo (Guitars) took control and started the path followed to this day.
The band have a long trajectory of more than 14 years, 2 demos, 1 live LP and 3 albums, released with Prosthetic Records, Art Gates Records, NHR and Metal Blade Records, and 14 tours around Europe and Asia with several headliners such as Marduk, Samael, Gorgoroth, Keep of Kalessin, Taake, Immolation, Incantation, Hate, Ragnarok, Melechesh… and more.
NOCTEM’s latest album “Exilium” is the best opus of the band until now, and now the band is preparing their new album for early 2016 release, through Prosthetic Records.
Morose German black metallers IMPERIUM DEKADENZ have announced a tour of Germany alongside label mates SHINING and DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT. The tour, which kicks off on November 15 in Munchen, continues for a week before concluding in Hamburg. A full list of confirmed tour dates can be found below.
IMPERIUM DEKADENZ are touring in support of their critically acclaimed 2013 album, ‘Meadows of Nostalgia’. Described as “gorgeous, widescreen grandeur” (Stereogum) ‘Meadows of Nostalgia’ is a black metal album in the classic sense; a desolate, morose journey from start-to-finish. The album is streaming here.
IMPERIUM DEKADENZ tour dates:
All dates with SHINING and DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT
Nov 12 München, DE @ Backstage
Nov 13 Stuttgart, DE @ Keller Klub
Nov 14 Essen, DE @ Turock
Nov 15 Köln, DE @ Underground
Nov 17 Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof
Nov 18 Berlin, DE @ Magnet
Nov 19 Hamburg, DE @ Logo
Following the announcement by Sweden’s SHINING that going forward they would be eschewing the usual practice of dragging bands on lengthy tours through several countries in favour of shorter tours on a country-by-country basis, the band have now completed booking European dates for the rest of this year and are able to announce their full “touring” schedule between September and the end of 2015.
During this period SHINING will visit a total of nine countries in support of their critically acclaimed ninth full-length album “IX / Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends”. A special double gatefold edition of the album, in black and white marble vinyl, strictly limited to 300 copies, will be available for sale exclusively on the tour.
Scheduled appearances as follows:
FRANCE
12 Sep: Divan du Monde, Paris
13 Sep: Bifurk, Grenoble
14 Sep: Altherax, Nice
16 Sep: Péniche, Lille
17 Sep: Laiterie, Strasbourg
18 Sep: Ferrailleur, Nantes
19 Sep: Metronum, Toulouse
SWEDEN
25 Sep: Mörkaste Småland, Hultsfred
26 Sep: Moriska Paviljongen, Malmö
NORWAY
26 Nov: Garage, Bergen
27 Nov: Pokalen, Oslo
SPAIN
3 Dec: Sala Rock City, Almassera/Valencia
4 Dec: Sala Garaje Beat Club, Murcia
5 Dec: Sala Caracol, Madrid
6 Dec: Sala Boveda, Barcelona
7 Dec: Stage Live, Bilbao
RUSSIA
11 Dec: Club Volta, Moscow
12 Dec: Club Phoenix, St Petersburg
SHINING frontman and founder NIKLAS KVARFORTH previously explained the reason behind the band’s decision not to spend long periods of time on the road: “Basically we want to be able to give our audience the best show possible each time we are on stage. And weeks on the road stuck on a cramped, uncomfortable nightliner, with people you don’t even know and with no privacy in which to be able to rest and relax, is not conducive to any of us being able to give it our best on stage, particularly myself. So that’s something we will definitely not be doing. We have also decided that we do not want to be shunted into the usual venues that every tour seems to hit, but rather to choose to play better venues, with better facilities not only for ourselves, but also for the audience, wherever possible”.
HORNA frontman Spellgoth will be joining KVELERTAK‘s Erlend Hjelvik, SHINING‘s Niklas Kvarforth, and SORHIN‘s Nattfursth on the upcoming album from Swedish “Alfapokalyptic” Rockers ALFHANNE, who, together with their label Dark Essence Records, have been running a competition over the past couple of months, inviting fans to guess the guests and win a copy of the new album.
“The competition has been a lot of fun for us” commented the band, “and hopefully the fans have enjoyed it too – we’ve certainly been receiving entries from all parts of the world. Our guests on this album are all from quite different bands, and are are musicians for whom we have a great admiration and we were more than excited when they agreed to perform guest vocals. From the comments we’ve been getting it seems that the fans feel the same way too. Obviously we can’t reveal too much about the new album at the moment, except to say that it will be out in September, but Dark Essence Records will be revealing more information soon, and you’ll get a chance to hear something from it too!”
Formed in 2010 ALFAHANNE’s lineup of Pehr Skjoldhammer on Vocals and Guitar, Fredrik Sööberg on Guitars, Niklas Åström on Drums and Jimmy Wiberg on Bass, have a good two decades of experience under their belts, having been around the Black Metal scene since the early ‘90’s, in bands like VINTERLAND and early MAZE OF TORMENT. Their self-styled “Alfapokalyptic Rock”, which mixes Black Metal with Classic Rock and Punk, combined with their charismatic and high-energy live shows, has gained the band a legion of fans, both inside and outside of Europe.
ALFAHANNE’s new album will be a follow up to last year’s debut full-length “Alfapokalyps”, which once again featured guest vocals from SHINING’s Niklas Kvarforth, as well as TAAKE’s Hoest and HELHEIM’s V’gandr.
Confirmed live dates for ALFAHANNE as follows:
26 June, Tuska Festival, Helsinki, Finland
03 July, Hard Rock Laager, Vana-Vigala, Estonia
07 August, Jalometalli Metal Music Festival, Oulu, Finland
26 September, Moriska Paviljongen, Malmo, Sweden
Fan-filmed video of ALFAHANNE performing the track “Indiehora” from their 2014 album “Alfapokalypse”, live on stage with HELHEIM’s V’gandr can be seen at
For those who were not already aware, ALFAHANNE, known for their interaction with fans, together with their label Dark Essence Records, have been running a “Guess the Guest” competition in the run up to the release of the band’s sophomore full-length album later this year. With SHINING frontman NIKLAS KVARFORTH already announced as the first guest, the band and it’s label are ready to announced that the second of four guest on the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length album will be NATTFURSTH from the iconic Swedish Black Metal band SORHIN (photo below).
“We really wanted to get the fans to join us in having some fun while we all wait for the new album” said the band. “And from the feedback we’re getting, it seems the fans are really getting into it, which is great. We knew Kvarforth would be easy to guess as we have worked together often, both live and in the studio, but we weren’t so sure about Nattfursth, who is someone we’ve admired for a long time and were very excited to have work with us. We needn’t have been worried and it’s a real tribute to his standing in the world of Black Metal that the entries to the competition started pouring in right away. We think the next guest will be pretty easy to guess, so enjoy the guessing, and we look forward to receiving your entries”.
The clues for guest number three are as follows:
1) This guest is the vocalist for a Norwegian band whose name means “stranglehold” or “chokehold”
2) The favourite animal of this guest’s band is the owl
3) The band loves owls so much that this guest has been known to appear on stage wearing an owl headdress
4) This guest’s band released their debut full-length album on Indie Recordings, before moving to Roadrunner Records for the release of their sophomore full-length
Anyone wishing to enter should email their guess and their name and address to ALFAHANNE’s management on info@pthomasmanagement.com (use Alfahanne Competition in the Subject line) or drop the band a private message on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/alfahanneofficial by the 4th June. The winner will receive a copy of the new album as soon as it is released.
Confirmed live dates for ALFAHANNE as follows:
26 June, Tuska Festival, Helsinki, Finland
03 July, Hard Rock Laager, Vana-Vigala, Estonia
07 August, Jalometalli Metal Music Festival, Oulu, Finland
26 September, Moriska Paviljongen, Malmo, Sweden (with SHINING)
Several tracks from ALFAHANNE, including tracks featuring TAAKE’s Hoest, HELHEIM’s V’gandr and SHINING’s Niklas Kvarforth, can be heard at
Fan-filmed video of ALFAHANNE performing the track “Indiehora” from their 2014 album “Alfapokalypse”, live on stage with HELHEIM’s V’gandr can be seen at
Controversial Swedish metal band SHINING have released a music video for the track “Vilja & Dröm”. The Martin Strandberg-directed video (NSFW) is streaming now at No Clean Singing. “Vilja & Dröm” is taken from SHINING’s new album, ‘IX – Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends’ which is streaming here, and is now available across several CD and limited edition LP formats here.
SHINING recently announced summer European festival dates. SHINING’s 2015 festival dates including appearances at Barroselas Metal Fest, Incineration Fest in London, Wacken Open Air, and many more.
Following their festival appearances, SHINING will headline a tour of Germany with support from label mates DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT and IMPERIUM DEKADENZ. The tour, which kicks off on November 15 in Munchen, continues for a week before concluding in Hamburg. A full list of confirmed tour dates and festival dates can be found below.
Tracklisting
1. Den Påtvingade Tvåsamheten
2. Vilja & Dröm
3. Framtidsutsikter
4. Människotankens Vägglösa Rum
5. Inga Broar Kvar Att Bränna
6. Besök Från I(ho)nom
Founded in 1996, SHINING has since earned notoriety within the black metal underground as a result of the band’s innovative and ever-evolving sound, in addition to main-man Niklas Kvarforth’s frightening and abrasive stage persona. Characterized by Kvarforth’s philosophy on suicide, SHINING was originally conceived as a “suicidal black metal” band, inciting violence within their rabid fan-base through the band’s provocative lyrics and self-destructive imagery. Refusing to be bound by the confines of the genre, SHINING later expanded their unique approach to songwriting and themes, incorporating melodic death metal passages and dynamic vocals ranges. These new influences developed SHINING into new breed of extreme music players, whose musical prowess continues to tread new ground.
SHINING tour dates:
June 19 Dokkum, NL @ Dokk’em Open Air
July 03 Vana-Vigala, EE @ Hard Rock Laager
July 30 Wacken, DE @ Wacken Open Air
Sept 25 Hultsfred, SE @ Mörkaste Småland
Sept 26 Malmö, Sweden @ Moriska Paviljongen
Aug 13 Monterrey, Mexico @ Cafe Iguana
Aug 14 Mexico city, Mexico @ Foro Alicia
Oct 16 Venlo, Netherlands @ Grenswerk
Oct 17 Hasselt, Belgium @ Muziekodroom
Oct 18 Hilversum, Netherlands @ Vorstin / Krachtstroom XL
Nov 05 Rome, Italy @ Traffic Live
Nov 06 Circolo Colony, Brescia, Italy
Nov 07 Bologna, Italy @ Alchemica Music Club
SHINING tour with DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT & IMPERIUM DEKADENZ
Nov 12 München, DE @ Backstage
Nov 13 Stuttgart, DE @ Keller Klub
Nov 14 Essen, DE @ Turock
Nov 15 Köln, DE @ Underground
Nov 17 Wiesbaden, DE @ Schlachthof
Nov 18 Berlin, DE @ Magnet
Nov 19 Hamburg, DE @ Logo
SHINING December Dates:
Dec 03 Almassera/Valencia, Spain @ Sala Rock City
Dec 04 Murcia, Spain @ Sala Garaje Beat Club
Dec 05 Madrid, Spain @ Sala Caracol
Dec 06 Barcelona, Spain @ Sala Boveda
Dec 11 Moscow, Russia @ Club Volta
Dec 12 St Petersburg, Russia @ Club Phoenix
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