Colorado Springs, CO black metal duo HELLEBORUS founded by brothers Jerred & Wyatt Houseman announce they will be unleashing their much anticipated debut album 'The Carnal Sabbath' via Satanth Records (Russia) and Black Plague Records (USA) on June 17th, 2016. The album is a Bacchic frenzy of carnal abandon told through lascivious guitars and tempting bass rhythms along with elements of black, death and doom metal to provide a vast backdrop for an ambiance of potential and possibility. Fans of The Devil’s Blood, Satyricon, Necorphobic, Belphegor, Blut Aus Nord are sure to be seduced by Helleborus.
WACKEN METAL BATTLE CANADA is proud to announce 2013 champions CRIMSON SHADOWS will be special guest headliners of this year's 2016 national final in Toronto, ON at Opera House on June 11th.
"We are very pleased to have 2013 champions Crimson Shadows as our guest headliner for this year. I think it's an obvious choice, they have been going strong since they're crowning at Wacken and have been big supporters of the metal battle the entire time. It will be a proud moment to see their performance inspire and mentor this year's finalists." comments WMBC organizer JJ Tartaglia.
The national final in Toronto, ON will be host to Prairie Final winner Tales of The Tomb (Edmonton, AB) plus Ontario Final winners Profaner (Hamilton, ON) and Pyramid Theorem (Toronto, ON) with BC and Quebec finalists still to be announced. The winner of this year's national competition will perform at Wacken Open Air in Wacken, Germany, which holds an attendance of over 80,000 metalheads from around the world for 'One Band To Rule Them All'.
Combining a heavenly destruction of heavy riffs with beautiful melodies, Vancouver, BC's European influenced symphonic metal band CELESTIAL RUIN create catchy, singable and epic tunes that draw on lyrical themes of fantasy and horror, plus sometimes implying deeper meanings or just celebrating the subject matter at hand. Their new EP 'Pandora' is set for release on May 20th to follow their 2012 debut album 'The Awakening' and before it drops they have teamed up with New Noise Magazine for for the premiere of their second single 'Firestorm' which can be heard at the following link: http://newnoisemagazine.com/song-premiere-celestial-ruin-firestorm/
“Never Too Late”, the debut album of italian hard rock band Alchemy, will be published by Street Symphonies Records on May 31st, 2016. “We may say that 'Never Too Late' is a dynamic hard rock album with AOR and progressive influences, heavily based on solid drums and bass, catchy guitar riffs and powerful vocals, all glued together by orchestral strings and synths, but this is not what it really means to us” - says singer Marcello Spera - “To us, 'Never Too Late' is an album which tells you a story. The story of our past, of songs that were conceived almost a decade ago and were never born until now, of how we met, of the first rehearsals, of the sleepless nights spent on the arrangements, of the sleepless nights spent getting wasted, of the amazing live shows we played together, of friendship and love. It is the proof to ourselves that we must never give up on our dreams, because it is never too late to get them real”.
Tracklist:
1. The Place Men Call Hell
2. Diablo
3. Alcohol Symphony
4. Never Too Late
5. Blessed Path
6. End Of The Line
7. Rise Again
8. Get Out
9. My Way Home
Italian Alternative rockers Easter before Christmas has just launched new video!
Easter before Christmas is an alternative rock band formed in 2010 in Viterbo, Italy.
In their music they mix up the style characteristics of many musical genres defining their own sound with the word PRUNK!
The band has a Demo-EP and two studio albums.
During their career, they achieved many results as have been selected for important cultural festivals throughout Italy such as the "IMAF Festival" in Milan attended also by Linus from Radio DeeJay; "The Final Act - Rome" presented by italian actor and dubber Pino Insegno; and more. Playing their songs, they have shared stages with several national known artists ie. Massimo Bagnato and some guys from Asganaway. Among the others awards, in 2012, Viterbo Records gave them the "Look and Style Award" for their live performance.
Their music has been broadcast also on some FM italian radios.
In 2013, Easter before Christmas left for their first international tour and they played in almost the whole of England the songs of their first album "The Plastic Bag"
Eyestral, Progressive Thrash Metal with various influences, began in the end of 2012 with Ant, a thrash metal guitarist with a dozen original compositions, and David Ayme, music teacher in Rouen influenced by progressive movements and jazz fusion. Eyestral was born... Valentin Chouaf, a metal bassist, and drummer Baptiste Collay, complete the line-up. In 2014 the first demo tape was released and Eyestral began a run of twenty plus show across the country. In the beginning of 2016 the first EP came out called "Beware the Rat King" followed by some shows. It's only the begining...
Latvian Thrash metal band SAINTORMENT launched brand new videoclip - "Empty Sign", teamed up with German portal Legacy Magazin for official premiere, the very first shot available HERE on Legacy's website.
Finnish hard rockers Wishing Well opened up for Graham Bonnet Band at On The Rocks Club in Helsinki on 21 April. It provided a good chance for Wishing Well band leader Anssi Korkiakoski to meet Graham Bonnet and discuss continuation for “Hippie Heart Gypsy Soul”, the song which they recorded last year and released earlier this year as a single and on Wishing Well’s critically acclaimed “Chasing Rainbows” album.
“It was good to meet Graham and have a chat. He’s not only a very pleasant and easy-going gentleman but also in top shape when it comes to singing. His live performance was awesome and I really enjoyed seeing him live after a long time. We were all just astonished by what he can still deliver. The band was great too”, says Anssi. “We discussed the possibility of working together in the future and agreed it would be great to record a new track at some point down the road. I really hope we can do that when the time is ripe again since now we’re still busy with promoting our album and Graham is busier than ever with his new albums and autobiography to be released later this year. Time will tell if it’s going to happen but we both honestly wish we’ll get a chance to make it happen.”
For the time being Wishing Well will continue with lead vocalist Pekka Montin, who replaced Peter James Good earlier this spring. The band is now booking more live shows and working hard to promote “Chasing Rainbows” album.
The Jelly Jam will release their epic new album Profit on 27th May 2016 via Music Theories Recordings.
The Jelly Jam feature DREAM THEATER's John Myung, WINGER's Rod Morgenstein, KING'S X's Ty Tabor and will return in 2016 with a new album and their first-ever world tour.
Profit is a glorious and affecting cinematic experience, full of suspense; the record follows the heroic yet daunting journey of The Prophet who, inspired by a deep sense of responsibility, embarks on a mission to try and save the world, and to open the eyes of Those Who Will Not See.
The Jelly Jam will support their latest album with full tour dates to be announced HERE. As guitarist Ty Tabor explains, "This album is without a doubt the most special moment the band has ever had together, and we must make touring real this year to support it."
Profit is now available to pre-order from the MLG store. The 180 grams vinyl is limited to 2000 copies, and comes with a download card.
Click on the image above to pre-order Profit from the MLG store.
Three years after "Grant Us Death" Ulcer strikes again! Their third album will be released 25.05.2016 via Arachnophobia Records.
"Heading Below" is over 50 minutes tied in 9 songs of the highest quality old school death metal in the vein of Swedish classics.
Gut-ripping guitars, merciless drum assault and sepulchral vocals forged with spectacular catchiness and devastating sound make it one of the pretenders to the death metal album of the year.
'Legenda', the second album of Armia is in my opinion not only the most unique landmark of Polish music, but also one of those records which stick to you for a lifetime. Right from the moment I heard it as a teenager, I was totally blown away by the utter darkness these songs channeled and the unconquered spirit they possessed. The whole opus has this grim, dark and cold feeling which perfectly corresponds with the Polish reality of the early 90's with its fear and trembling. At the same time, there is a deep yearning for the worlds far beyond this place. In this respect, I find the band's founders Tomasz Budzyński and Robert Brylewski a perfect songwriting duo with the gift of creating new realms through sound. 'Opowieść zimowa' is perhaps one of their strongest songs – full of horror and weird kind of beauty at the same time. Covering it has been on my mind for years and I couldn't be more happy that we have finally done this. This is our homage not only to Armia, but to Polish music in general and the otherworldly power it was able to conjure back in the day.
Artist: Vidian
Track: A Piece of the End
Album: A Piece of the End MCD
Label: Arachnophobia Records
Year: 2016
