Voivod, Major Kong - Hydrozagadka, Warszawa 15.08.2016

Na koncert poszedłem głównie ze względu na Major Kong, który dał świetny 40 minutoway set. Wróciłem jako fan Voivod :).

NEWS: Psychedelic Stoner Rock A DEVIL'S DIN Post Album Title-Track Video 'Skylight' New Album Out June 17th

L-R - Dominique Salameh - Drums, Vocals,  David Lines - Keys, Guitar, Vocals, Thomas Chollet (R) Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Photo Credit: Renaud Kasma

A DEVIL'S DIN is made up of 3 musicians born in the Old World who traveled across the ocean to find each other in Montreal, QC where they were drawn together by a mutual love of melodic, innovative, inventive and daring rock / metal tinged music. Fusing the colourful sounds of Syd Barrett’s Pink Floyd & the psychedelic-era Beatles with intensity of classic power bands like Sabbath, The Who, and Led Zeppelin, as well as the boundary-pushing adventure of Yes, Gentle Giant and King Crimson, A DEVIL'S DIN is an uncommon and uncompromising voice in modern music.

NEWS: CHARIOTS OF THE GODS Unleash New Single 'Into Oblivion' Ft. Pascal Jobin of The Agonist + Kickstarter Campaign For Album Pre-Order

Vote for our band to play at Rockfest 2016 :
http://amnesiarockfest.com/cr2016/top10.php?lang=en

 After a small hiatus and line up change, Ottawa, ON's CHARIOTS OF THE GODS return in 2016 full force with a new single and an  upcoming album plus a pre-order campaign via Kickstarter to get fans ready to hit the mosh pit. Their new single 'Into Oblivion' featuring a guitar solo from Pascal Jobin of The Agonist is ready to annihilate your ear drums and salivating fans for more in anticipation for their upcoming album 'Ages Unsung' set to be released later this year to follow their 2013 debut album 'Tides of War' that was produced by music legend Glen Robinson (Queensryche, Gwar, Annihilator).

NEWS: Brazil's REBAELLIUN Post ‘Affronting The Gods’ Lyric Video

REBAELLIUN have just released a new lyric video for ‘Affronting the Gods’ from their upcoming album, ‘The Hell’s Decrees’.

Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKpfLhJ-ztU

With the release scheduled for May, this is REBAELLIUN’s third disc and marks the band’s return after 15 years. ‘The Hell’s Decrees’ was recorded in São Paulo and produced by guitarist Fabiano Penna himself. The mastering was done by Neto Grous from Absolute Master. The cover was done by artist Marcelo Vasco (Slayer and Machine Head).

Related Sites:
www.facebook.com/Rebaelliun 
www.metalmedia.com.br/rebaelliun

NEWS: Brazil's HELLMOTZ Post New Music Video ‘Wielding the Axe’

Take your axe and join the Brazilian Metal Rednecks, HELLMOTZ is releasing their first video ‘Wielding The Axe’, which is off their debut album ‘South Born’. The music video was directed by Próximo Take Filmes (www.facebook.com/ProximoTakeFilmes) and recorded at the Bus Terminal Heitor Eduardo Laburu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mA5foH2sG4

NEWS: WITHOUT MERCY Announce 'Mouichido' Cross Canada Tour (AB/MB/SK/ON/QC) New Music Video 'Burn' New EP 'Mouichido' Out May 27th

Photo Credit: Shimon Karmel

May 27 - Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver, BC - info (CD Release Show)
June 3 - Red Deer, AB - The Vat - info
June 4 - Calgary, AB - Distortion - info
June 6 - Grand Prairie, AB - Better Than Fred’s - info
June 7 - Edmonton, AB - The Mercury Room
June 8 - Lethbridge, AB - Attainable Records
June 10 - Winnipeg, MB - The Windsor - info
June 11 - Brandon, MB - North Hill Inn - info
June 16 - Thunder Bay, ON - Black Pirate's Pub
June 17 - Sudbury, ON - The Asylum - info
June 18 - Oshawa, ON - The Diezel Room - info
June 19 - Woodstock, ON - Illusions Night Club - info
June 20 - Toronto, ON - Coalition T.O.
June 21 - Montreal, QC - Piranha Bar
June 22 - Sherbrooke, QC - Le Murdoch - info
June 25 - Timmins, ON - TBA
June 28 - Portage la Prairie, MB - Masonic Hall
June 29 - Regina, SK - TBA
June 30 - Medicine Hat, AB - TBA
July 1 - Penticton, BC - TBA
Jul 23 - SBC Restaurant - Vancouver, BC

Set to unleash their upcoming EP 'Mouichido' on May 27th, Vancouver, BC's WITHOUT MERCY will be hitting the road following its release for a cross Canada tour in support of it. Their forthcoming EP 'Mouichido' is a rebirth for the band as it's a re-release of re-recorded material from their 2014 EP 'Reborn'. 'Mouichido', the Japanese word for “Repeat” or “to do one more time” is perfectly titled for the EP to signify its re-release of previously recorded versions that now feature new vocalist Alex Friis and bass tracks recorded by Tristan Martin plus live performance being done by Ryan Loewen along with a guest appearance by vocalist Mark Hunter of Chimaira on track 'In Waves'.

NEWS: SLUDGEHAMMER Post New Music Video 'Carrion Eater'; New Album 'The Fallen Sun' Due Out June 10th

L-R - Chris Szarota - Vocals, Jeff Wilson - Guitars, Tyler Williams - Guitars, Dan Ayers - Bass/Vocals, Fernando Villalobos- Drums 
Credit: Hayden John Wolf

Set to unleash their debut full length album 'The Fallen Sun' officially on June 10th, Toronto, ON's SLUDGEHAMMER have posted a new music video for their track 'Carrion Eater', which is one of eleven fist pounding tracks that features the dynamic vocal performances from lead vocalist Chris Szarota and bassist Dan Ayers, along with a showcase of mind bending guitar solos, heavy riffs and blistering drumming fury to follow up their 2014 EP 'Organ Harvester'.

NEWS: Alchemy: first video online!

Italian hard rockers Alchemy published the new video for the song “End Of The Line” (https://youtu.be/49AQpSRmtNQ), taken from their debut album “Never Too Late”, scheduled for release on May 31st, 2016 via Street Symphonies Records. The video was filmed by Michele Tonoli at Circolo Colony in their hometown Brescia, Italy, where a 'release party' for “Never Too Late” will be held on June 04th. The band will perform a second 'release party' the night after in Milan at Legend Club.


Web:
http://www.facebook.com/musicalchemy
http://www.alchemyband.wix.com/rock
http://www.streetsymphonies.com

NEWS: Brazil's DISTRAUGHT Post New Video ‘Shortcut To Escape’

Brazilian veteran thrashers DISTRAUGHT have posted a new music video ‘Shortcut To Escape' from their latest album ‘Locked Forever’.

The video was directed by Prata Films and can be viewed at the following link:

The album ‘Locked Forever’ takes us to a profound journey through the confines of hospices and prisons in Brazil. The album was produced by Renato Osorio (Hibria), mixed by Benhur Lima (Hibria) and mastered by Adair Daufembach (Hangar). The cover was made by artist Marcelo Vasco (Slayer, Machine Head, Soulfly, NervoChaos, Astafix).

Related Sites:
www.distraught.com.br 
www.facebook.com/distraughtband 
www.metalmedia.com.br/distraught

NEWS: Know Your Nemesis new video preview for "Break the Chain"!

Norwegian metal combo Know your Nemesis are proud to present a special  video for the song "End of Me", taken from their debut album "Break the Chain".


Know your Nemesis statement about the video:
"While we wait for our upcoming album release, we have decided to show you another tune. This song is called End of Me, and it’s the first one we wrote for the album, so it has a lot of sentimental value to us. Marius even has the opening lick tattooed on his arm! This time we wanted to give you something with a little more meat, so instead of just a lyric video we filmed a playthrough during one of our rehersals. So we played around with a GoPro camera and the result was even better than what we hoped for.
We hope you’ll enjoy it as much as we did, and we can’t wait to show you the rest of the album."

"Break the Chain" will be out through the worldwide digital market on June the 10th!

1.Fade Away
2.Metaphor of Broken Dreams
3.Break the Chain
4.Breathe
5.Blind Me
6.Are We Alone (Unholy War)
7.So be It
8.Freedom Call
9.End of Me
10.Free my Fears

Know Your Nemesis:
Formed in 2009, Know Your Nemesis started their journey in Kongsvinger, Norway. Since it’s foundation by Ole Petter Bjørnseth (guitar/vocals) and Marius Haugen (guitar), a few members have been in and out, resulting in the current line-up. During 2014 Ole Kristian Bekkevold (bass) and Birk William Hynne (drums) joined the band, making the band complete again. After signing with WormHoleDeath Know Your Nemesis traveled to Italy in early 2015 to record their debut album Break The Chain, which will be released during 2016.
Know Your Nemesis play music with heavy riffs, melodic patterns, tight drums and beautiful harmonies. We have the common goal: to bring our affection for metal out throughout the world, and we will continue to do it!


KNOW YOUR NEMESIS
https://www.facebook.com/knowyourn

NEWS: Nowy teledysk grupy Curcuma

Curcuma powstała w kwietniu 2007, ale teraźniejszy kształt przybrała we wrześniu 2011, po tym jak do składu dołączył wokalista Szurbo. W nowym składzie pierwszy koncert miał miejsce w legendarnym szczecińskim Free Blues Clubie 9 września 2011. W kwietniu 2012 zespół nagrał płytę EP pt. NIKT. Kolejne miesiące to koncerty i wydanie dwóch singli pt. "Świt" i "Gwóźdź", do którego klip powstał we wrześniu 2012 roku.

W 2013 roku Curcuma dostała się na największy europejski festiwal Przystanek Woodstock.

Curcuma to post grunge połączony z nowoczesną, hadrockową alternatywą. To koncertowy dynamit wspomagany przez młot pneumatyczny. Fani zespołu określają muzykę Curcumy "Gwoździem". "Wbijanie gwoździ" polega na rytmicznym ruchu głowy ku dołowi. Dzieje się tak, gdyż pod wpływem "ataku" Curcumy następuje u odbiorców pewnego rodzaju pulsacyjny ucisk czaszki na mózg.

Co do samej Curcumy to tworzą ją:
- Szurbo (Łukasz Szulborski) - wokal. Do zespołu dołączył w 2011 roku i od razu został rozpoznany jako "brakujący element układanki".
- Degóra (Jakub Degórski) - gitara. Założyciel i kompozytor większości materiału. Lider zespołu. Jak mawiają znawcy: "Degóra nie jest gitarzystą. On jest drwalem".
- Marówa (Marek Kuśmierczak) - Bas. Współzałożyciel Curcumy. Dobry duch zespołu. Pogromca delikatnych dźwięków.
- Beniu (Piotr Busz) - bębny. Znany z brutalnych uderzeń w werbel. Legendarny łamacz pałek.

NEWS: GC Project video "Another Me"

Italian Progressive/Rock/Fusion/Blues project GC Project has launched new video!

On the scene since 1992. Once graduated at University of Music in Rome, he played live and recorded demos with several bands from the Naples rock/metal scene. He played in the album "A New Day" from Silent Field, for Nocturnal Music label, followed by a live tour. After moving to Bologna, he recorded "Rock, Groove, Sexy & Funky" (2004) with Alias, "Misteriosevoci" (2005) and "Rebus" (2008) with Barock Project, for the french Musea Records label. He recorded two songs with GOS (Ivano Zanotti, Vince Pastano, Giorgio Santis) in 2006. Official drummer for Rain from 2011 to 2014, he played in "XXX" tour, "Mexican Way" album and the following 9-months tour. Member of Ypnos (actually in studio recording their first album) and Coda (Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin tribute). On September 2014 he started writing songs for his solo project, the GC Project, the Giacomo Calabria's soloproject. After three years on tour in Italy and Europe, studio recording and many sessions, his desire is to play music tha includes many genres, progressive, hard rock, heavy metal, blues, latin, and play with several artists who are friends too, to create an album with different kind of sounds, attitudes and interplay, All songs and lyrics are written by Giacomo Calabria.
The album is titled Face the Odds, released on december 7th 2015 by Sliptrick Records, and contains 11 original tracks and one ghost track, The Black Page #1, tribute to Frank Zappa, and it's available in stores, on Itunes, Deezer, Amazon music, Google play, Musimania, KKBox and others platforms.

https://www.facebook.com/Giacomo-Calabria-431205433638970/
https://www.facebook.com/Sliptrick-Records-197022947007235/

NEWS: Fabiano Andreacchio and The Atomic Factory feat. Jeff Hughell released new video - "End of Abomination"

Italian Djent/Progressive rock trio Fabiano Andreacchio and The Atomic Factory has just launched new video!


The band was founded by Fabiano Andreacchio as a bass solo project, the sound moved from progressive to djent with strong instrumental parts and vocoder voices and incredible shred evolutions, drawing influences from the likes of Modern Day Babylon, Cynic, Fear Factory, Periphery.

http://fabianoandreacchio.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Sliptrick-Records-197022947007235

NEWS: Forklift Elevator: full song posted online

Groove metallers Forklift Elevator have uploaded a full song taken from their new EP “Killerself”, scheduled for release on May 17th, 2016 through logic(il)logic Records. “I Executor” can be listened online at https://youtu.be/sAd3Xo8JHVQ.

NEWS: Grey Heaven Fall "Tranquility in a Black Room" video premiere

Aesthetics Of Devastation reveals new insane video of Russian Black/Death metal band Grey Heaven Fall - "Tranquility In a Black Room"!


A visual reflection of one of the songs from the album "Black Wisdom" by Grey Heaven Fall.
Behold a phantasmagoric theatre of bones. This is salt for your eyes and bread for all the rest.
Act III:IIV.

NEWS: OVERUNIT MACHINE new video

“Evolve and Rise” is the new video for the 3rd single of OVERUNIT MACHINE, from the last album “Aldaraja”, released by Sliptrick Records

Recorded by Giuseppe Bassi at the ZetaFactory studios
Shooting & Editing by Joba Timecut
Video composition by Awakening productions
Special Guest on guitars: Alan Silvestri & Francesco Pani from Neveralone (Thanks so much for helping us in the making of this video)

The new album “Aldaraja” is produced by Eddy Cavazza and Giuseppe “Dualized” Bassi. mixed & mastered by Logan Mader (MACHINE HEAD, FEAR FACTORY, CAVALERA CONSPIRANCY),

Link for Aldaraja:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1hlwm956cqldYIl39gflrA
iTunes :https://goo.gl/fo6n1K
Amazon: http://goo.gl/JeuQ8m

NEWS: Ragestorm released new video "Moloch"

Death Metal addicts, Beer drinkers, Ignorance worshippers... that's Ragestorm.

Born in summer 2004 as a joke, the band went through major line up changes and shredded the first stage in 2005.

In the early 2006 they recorded the first demo called "Storm Inside" and did a mini-tour around Northern Italy  supported by a quickly growing following and media hype.

Following the early demo, a new recording titled "Someone Hears?" got released and entered straight the charts as  "Demo of the month" on Metal Hammer Italy, Metalitalia.com and Metal Storm Magazine (USA), also getting air time on Metal Head Radio

By the 2008, Ragestorm got again into the Demo of the month charts on Metal Hammer Italy and Metalitalia.com with the production titled 'The Passion', supporting the release with intense live activity throughout 2009 and 2010, playing shows in Swiss, Netherlands (supporting Rotting Christ @ 2009 edition of Eggfest)  as well as Rome, Turin, Brescia and Aosta, also supporting big names like Linea 77, Extrema and Subsonica.

In May 2010 , Ragestorm released their fourth EP called “The Meatgrinder Manifesto” which is the most extreme and complete production thy ever recorded, soon to be followed by The Thin Line Between Hope and Ruin (Sliptrick Records 2016)

NEWS: Lola Stonecracker: "Witchy Lady" lyric video posted online

The official lyric video for "Witchy Lady", the new single from Lola Stonecracker, The song is taken from the band's latest album “Doomsday Breakdown”.

NEWS: Swedish prog melodic death metal trio Unlit Face signs with Sliptrick records, new video released!

Progressive melodic metal band Unlit Face is the new addition to the Sliptrick Records roster,
a fresh band out of Gothenburg,Sweden playing a progressive flavored melodic death metal
with odd signatures, peculiar melodies and several layers of dynamics, be sure to check out
their upcoming album Everlasting Transformation!

Unlit Face from Gothenburg explores a more progressive flavor of melodic death metal with
many different time signatures, peculiar harmonization, several layers and diverse dynamics.

The guitars deliver fat death metal riffs but also exciting chords and clean parts.
The synths are inspired in the 70s and 80s plus expressive ambiences and even pianos with delay.
The bass adds heaviness to the sound and complements with inspired arrangements.
The vocals are solidly built in powerful growls with a lot of dynamics and soaring cleans with catchy
melodies. Finally, the drums add a myriad of details and twist straight riffs into complex parts.

The new album Everlasting Transformation is themed on the creation of the world and humanity from  the point of view of different cultures. Each song has lyrics based on a different mythology spanning the whole world and different time periods. From the native Tupis from Brazil, through the Eskimos to the old Slavic, with several others in between.

The cover artwork complements the material with an abstract chaotic design to connect with the lyrics and the theme.

The band started in 2009 and after successfully releasing the demo “My Seasons” in the same year, the group released the EP “Your Truth Lies” in 2012 with positive responses, being reviewed as “It’s catchy, powerful, technically irreproachable stuff”.

The members come from different countries and met in Gothenburg to satisfy their hunger for heavy music. The singer and guitarist Rafael Basso comes from Brazil, the bassist Tomasz Plinski comes from Poland and the drummer Roberto Sánchez comes from Mexico, all with extensive experience with previous bands.

https://www.facebook.com/unlitface/
https://www.facebook.com/Sliptrick-Records-197022947007235/

NEWS: Finnish melodic metal band THE HYPOTHESIS releases their ORIGIN –album!

THE HYPOTHESIS, a Finnish band playing modern melodic metal, has released their ORIGIN -album. Origin is now available in Spotify, Itunes and other download and streaming services. The Origin –album has already gathered excellent reviews globally and radios around the Europe and US have added The Hypothesis on their playlists. Physical CD-version and digital version of the album can be purchased worldwide via links below!