…nds putting out great albums, or newer bands like Steel Panther, Eclipse, H.E.A.T. They are finding a new platform, and hopefully this album can get me in the door there. Dead Rhetoric: When it came to choosing the singles, how difficult of a process was this to decide what songs to premiere? Catton: That was quite difficult. I’m sure most artists say this, I think I have ten absolutely killer tracks on this album. That always makes it more diffic…
…reat intersection of the old with the new puts this Spanish band on the same level as their contemporaries who prove that classic heavy metal never dies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdadtnK2VJY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeOdlYlMnc0 Hitten on Facebook…
…to make it as interesting and unique as they continue to do – that’s truly what makes Fellahin Fall such an undiscovered gem. Maybe check them out and get them the boost they deserve for a wider audience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA1IPsGwb0I&pp=ygUNZmVsbGFoaW4gZmFsbA%3D%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OGvwQmf6II&pp=ygUNZmVsbGFoaW4gZmFsbA%3D%3D Fellahin Fall official website Fellahin Fall on Facebook…
…med of existing, let alone enjoying! Blood Stain Child on Facebook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_OLHIxg_yM PassCode – Strive It wasn’t until I heard Strive that I caught those same sentiments that I had found on Epsilon almost a decade later. Pulsating electronic beats, driving riffs, vocoder-augmented vocals – it’s a lot to take in the first time, particularly if you haven’t ventured outside of the traditional metal boundaries. But the energy…
…various aspects of our career (manufacturing, distribution, promotion, etc.). Because I realized early on that an advance from any label is in fact a loan that you’re responsible for paying back through royalties, it made me want to work more, not less, to get the band where I felt it could go. It certainly made me want to become more frugal with budgets and learn more aspects of the industry so that I could do publicity as needed or radio promot…
…s. Worth a look if you feel burnt out on acts who deliver more on flash with less overall substance to walk away from the table satisfied with the offerings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o11C8M4JUZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4M2NgWWuX0 Sons of Sounds on Facebook…
…e at every corner of life for the next month and a half. That she is able to manipulate those same classics and turn them into somber bouts of dread and beauty is half the fun itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H46CY5RgVCU&pp=ygUFdGFyamE%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs8jlV3cps4&pp=ygUFdGFyamE%3D Tarja official website Tarja on Instagram…
…o bad Warship can’t cultivate possibly a stronger singer to get their brand of heavy metal to that next level. Precede with caution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7l_8heFT9E Warship on Facebook…
…tour with Boundaries, Foreign Hands, and Roman Candle starts in Tampa. Then we are covering the rest of the US and it takes us into December. Then we are going to rest, because we have a lot planned for 2024! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRLTXZBgzlI&pp=ygUKZHlpbmcgd2lzaA%3D%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyLMV9UAS7M&pp=ygUKZHlpbmcgd2lzaA%3D%3D Dying Wish official website Dying Wish on Instagram Dying Wish on Facebook…
…nd in February, Germany in April, we will still work on filling up the spring and summer. Keep your eyes posted on our Facebook page for all the gig news. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ4zyEWSbH0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_ottXoptV4 Sorcerer on Facebook…
…both her harsh and clean vocal range. Those looking for some solidly written metalcore that’s on the heavier side of the spectrum should find Scattered to be an unexpected treat. An excellent debut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGxKSnWYUJw&pp=ygURZ3VuZ2lyZSBiYWQga2FybWE%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgjubyaQ_kg&pp=ygURZ3VuZ2lyZSBiYWQga2FybWE%3D Gungire on Instagram Gungire on Facebook…
…new songwriting heights the band have reached with their second full-length. Frenetic post black metal riffs pulsed through “Rise from Disillusion” with that downtrodden bridge in the middle portion of the song bringing solemn balance, while “Velvet Moon” showed the emotional heart of the band’s music with an elegant artistry, being a personal favorite of this scribe. The rhythmic front of Ron Bertrand and David Scanlon adds the low end that Dawn…
…will be in Texas, Hell’s Heroes. It will be awesome in March of next year. Many festivals worldwide, a tour, and we are just working on it as we speak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A857YBw8u30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb11Im87O0k Doro on Facebook…
…t element has been drastically improved upon compared to Óreiða’s previous works. No loss of fire or impact of the buzzing guitars that make up much of these compositions, but a vastly improved level of balance and clarity is present, which wasn’t there to this degree in the past. The Eternal isn’t a perfect instrumental black metal album; at times it’d be good to hear the drum work a bit more prominently, as there are some hidden gems within that…
…in the synthwave genre’s thick 80s nostalgia is Gunship. Hailing from the U.K., the trio of Alex Westaway, Dan Haigh, and Alex Gingell have released three full-lengths, with a lot of singles sprinkled in between. Their first self-titled album took the electronic music world by storm in 2015, followed up in 2018 by Dark All Day, an equally well-written and impactful release. This third album has been eagerly anticipated for a while now, and 2023 fi…
…he plan is to stay busy. Write, tour, put out content, and take things a little more serious than we have in the past. We’ve got some lost time to make up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOkVwvCxkvs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clK_OwexKJE War Curse on Facebook…
…tering pace with their tried and true formulation of technical death/thrash. Since 2006, they’ve been blazing their own path with no signs of slowing down in all that time, consistently putting out new material and being quite the road warriors. This writer’s first time seeing them was at the Smiling Moose in Pittsburgh over a decade ago in front of a much smaller crowd, so it’s nice to see them deservedly drawing significantly larger crowds these…
…ntirely corrosive, yet finds a way to keep it memorable at the same time without compromising their aggression. Perfect for when you want something that’s just heavy as hell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGM20HyljEA&pp=ygUIRU5EIGJhbmQ%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDGbUFs_vpI&pp=ygUIRU5EIGJhbmQ%3D END on Facebook…
…XXII If ProgPower USA is known for anything, it’s special shows, such as U.S. first appearances and that’s exactly what was up next. Ad Infinitum is one of my favorite bands, so to say I was excited would be a massive understatement. For this scribe, Melissa Bonny is tied with Adrienne Cowan (Seven Spires) for favorite female vocalists – they both have absolutely beautiful voices, haunting growls and untouchable ranges. Much like Seven Spires, Ad…
…se who love the purity of classic traditional heavy metal that proves this genre’s vitality isn’t going in hibernation anytime soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJCanuyyKcI Entierro on Facebook…
…ck to North America at the end of next year. We will be writing for another record. I’m going to personally be doing more mixing work and producing bands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OegFzj1q50c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLhkIj9ipJM Sylosis on Facebook…
…i reader. Wheel of Time season two is coming out this Thursday night at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The show is definitely the show. Is it good? I don’t know, we’ll see, but you know, I’m gonna watch it. I’ve read this series twice, there’s 15 books, it’s like four million words, it’s amazing. Here’s my other super fancy pretty book; this is my special fancy edition of The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, this is leather-bound, it’s got gold l…
…und more invigorated and fresh than a mere copycat. Very much worth checking out if you favor the older, more majestic style of melodic death metal that many disregard in favor of more modern trappings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwsbRa1WN5o&pp=ygUNc29sZW1uIHZpc2lvbg%3D%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rZypVB20pw&pp=ygUNc29sZW1uIHZpc2lvbg%3D%3D Solemn Vision on Facebook Solemn Vision on Instagram…
…song like this?’ So even if we aren’t physically writing music, we are always talking or thinking about the creative side of things. That’s something that always happens, it’s just a matter of when.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTuPwVYHc_M&pp=ygUHaGFuYWJpZQ%3D%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuFbQ-Mewfw&pp=ygUHaGFuYWJpZQ%3D%3D Hanabie. on Facebook Hanabie. on Instagram Hanabie. on Twitter…
…redibly balanced and refined effort that clearly took a lot of effort to arrange in such a way. That alone should warrant a few listens from much of the extreme community. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3m1BaUjUP0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFDNVi2DjKA&pp=ygUGb3dkd3ly OWDWYR on Facebook OWDWYR on Instagram…
…grow on you through each successive playback, as there’s plenty of information to process/devour in an ideal, 38 minutes and change vinyl-length outing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOvcHkRrECc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu2His79ay0 Ural on Facebook…
…happens and what comes by when the album is released. We are still waiting for some reviews; we would like to know what everyone thinks about this (album). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgFETnogqvM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6H7RxfcbmM Blame Zeus on Facebook…
…erything. We have a lot of offers and good things happening next year. We will start the promotion of the new album and for sure we will be playing a lot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GgUoAN0NGQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP9nI9cNREU Nervosa on Facebook…
…audience than just their own fans, which further enhanced their pre-album net. “Everyone was covering ‘Bad Guy!’ When we were talking about doing it, it was like everyone is doing it so it might get lost in the sauce, but on the other hand, everyone is Googling ‘Bad Guy covers’ so it might help as well. Same with ‘Bad Habits,’ notes Castillo. The timing wasn’t as solid for their cover of “Bad Habits,” as Duarte admits. “We did that cover and then…
…a slurry of chaotic beauty quite like PassCode. Dance a bit, mosh around, whatever you’d like – this band gives you total freedom to immerse yourself into their sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWfIRfKPm60 PassCode official website (International version) PassCode on Instagram PassCode on Twitter…
