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  Brazilian melodic metal LASTING MAZE performed on April 24th at Festival Desérticas II, where they released their second EP, "Thunder". Vocalist Grazy Mesquita commented on the event: "We were looking for the right date to release our new EP "Thunder", and the festival festival gave us an excellent opportunity to do it. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we produced a great audiovisual content for the festival that was shown in a pre-recorded format, those were the videos from the 'Lockdown Sessions' version of the songs 'Thunder', 'Kosmos' and 'Destiny (Carry On)', all songs belonging are taken from our new EP. We had a wonderful team to produce these videos, Tiago Bampa was responsible for the location and filming, he is a partner who has been producing our videos for a long time and always delivers an impeccable job. Polly Freitas and Adrienny RosWin were responsible for makeup and costumes. For each video there was a change of co...

  Finnish modern melodic metal band Everture is set to perform their Emerge album and some older tracks on a free live stream gig on Saturday 24th 2021 18.00 (6:00 PM) +3 UTC. Watch gig via Inverse Records Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/IKiGeo8TJ-0 Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/570867993855598 Video greetings by the band: https://youtu.be/qmySs9T_i8s Guitarist Matti Hautakangas comments: "We can hardly stay put knowing we get to play our fresh debut album Emerge on livestream this Saturday and we know many have been waiting for this to happen. Judging by the material gathered on pre-production it looks like we're in pretty good playing condition and the audio+video quality of the gig is gonna be some next level stuff! So much work went into making this album and finally we get to actually bring it to people who love our music, be it live or livestream. It's goin to be scary and bizarre for us but that's the twist that makes this kind of th...

  Finnish melodic metal band Dead End Finland released a new single Beyond The Distance. The track is released again in collaboration with Inverse Records and it is included on an upcoming EP which is released in late 2021. Watch the lyric video: https://youtu.be/V5ice2F07YM    Guitarist & Bass player Santtu Rosén comment: " "Beyond The Distance" is the second single from our upcoming release. It will be released in the spring ravaged by the corona on April 15, 2021. Where our previous album dealt more objectively with the state of the whole nation and the prevailing world situation, the theme of our new album is clearly more personal. The song to be published tells the story of how one is forced to first touch the bottom to be able to strive towards the surface. A kind of power song, if you will." Listen to the single: Youtube: https://youtu.be/V5ice2F07YM Bandcamp: https://deadendfinland.bandcamp.com Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3skaICs Deezer: https://...

  Swedish Melodic Metallers, Eternal Fear are back! It’s been 3 years since we have heard any new music from the Karlskoga five piece but, the time has come and Eternal Fear are ready to unleash the music they have been working on. Dream Stealer is the first track taken from the new EP titled ‘The Other Side’ which will be released digitally in early 2021. The EP 'The Other Side' is a change in songwriting with some familiarities to the original 'Eternal Fear' sound. Dream Stealer is a move into a more modern sound for the band and showcases the epic storytelling that comes from vocalist Ove alongside a fast-paced, Melodic Metal track that will have you humming along for days after. “‘Dream Stealer’ is about our frustration with the mainstream media and it asks questions ‘are they telling us the truth? or is it just part of someone’s agenda?’ As a band we are thrilled to end this very strange year and for EF, 25 year milestone with a new release.” - Torbjörn, Eternal F...

  The band was formed in summer 2013 by the participants of sympho-metal band "Lanewin", after the moment when Anna Beliva, the leader of this group, disappointed in metal and started her new solo project. After several vocal casting sessions, the musicians chose Lubov Dunaeva, who had charmed them with her voice and fascination. As a result there was a full re-branding and the band had been named as "ElisaDay". The band started to rehearse a lot and prepare the materials for a record. Musicians chose 4 tracks for their debut EP, which was named "Find the Answer", and then came to Finland to record drums in the famous "Astia Studio", where Children Of Bodom had recorded their best albums. After that there was a hard work with keyboards, orchestra and vocal recordings and in summer 2014 they started mixing and mastering all the stuff. The main producer and sound-engineer was Vadim "Wayland" Parshutkin from "Soundway Records". T...

Allegaeon launches video for "Metaphobia"; set to kick off USA tour this month Later this month, Allegaeon will head back out on tour, headlining the "Apoptosis Tour Pt II" across the USA with Inferi and Paladin. In anticipation of this trek, Allegaeon has now launched a new video for "Metaphobia" - taken from their latest album, Apoptosis. Directed and filmed by Matthew Zinke, "Metaphobia" can be viewed now at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfwkhX803JI See below for all dates! Allegaeon tour dates w/ Inferi, Paladin Oct. 15 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Loading Dock Oct. 17 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon Oct. 18 - Portland, OR - Bossanova Ballroom Oct. 19 - Spokane, WA - The Pin! Oct. 21 - Oakland, CA - Metro Opera House Oct. 22 - Los Angeles, CA - Hi Hat Oct. 23 - Mesa, AZ - Club Red Oct. 25 - Oklahoma City, OK - 89th Street Collective Oct. 26 - Houston, TX - Satellite Bar Oct. 28 - Orlando, FL - The Haven Oct. 29 - Atlanta...

Times are changing in the Bleed Again camp and they are showing it by releasing a brand new EP named "Transition" as a message about such changes. "Transition" is being self-released on a 100 physical copy run and digitally on April 19th. The Worthing metal outfit have also released a video for their lead single "The Awakening". Check out the new video: ​ Towards the end of 2018 and start of 2019, long-time bassist Jonathan Liffen left the band on good terms to focus on family life. Bleed Again have since appointed Sam Jones on bass. Vocalist James Dawson says "Jonathan hadn't featured on any of the EP. All bass and clean singing is done by Sam Jones who officially joined the band in January. This EP is about the band transitioning in our personal lives over the past two years and transitioning as a band in general with losing Jon and soon to be losing Russell and looking to the future. Three of us have become parents since ...

Canadian hardcore melodic act Alexisonfire have released their first new song in nearly ten years called 'Familiar Drugs'. This is the first new music from the band following the announcement of their breakup in 2011 after 10 years together. They have since reunited and have been playing sporadic shows since 2015 but have not played or released anything new. Check out the new song and video below for 'Familiar Drugs ': The track, Familiar Drugs, is available for  pre-order  as a single-sided 7-inch vinyl as well as some special limited edition vinyl. As well as a new song they have announced just four headlining shows in June, taking place in London, New York, Los Angeles and Toronto. Tickets for all show dates go on sale Friday 22nd February. Jun 1: Alexandra Palace, London Jun 8: Terminal 5, New York Jun 13: The Wiltern, Los Angeles Jun 15: The Budweiser Stage, Toronto https://theonlybandever.com https://www.facebook.com/AOFofficial/

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE have revealed an official music video for ‘Over It’, the first single from forthcoming opus, ‘Gravity’. Watch the video for ‘Over It’ here: http://vevo.ly/jX49e7 or here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4K0JLU6FKE ‘Gravity’- due for release on June 29th - marks BFMV’s first album release under the Search and Destroy/ Spinefarm Records banner, and aptly sees the band rewriting their own future – finding new ways to invent heavy noise and remaining unshackled by the legacy that comes with being masters of their trade. The four musicians have stretched their creative wings like never before, delicately balancing film-score electronica and icy synths in their trademark hellfire of hard rock. With drummer Jason Bowld joining founding members, singer/guitarist Matt Tuck and fellow axemanMichael ‘Padge’ Paget, plus bassist Jamie Mathias, part of the Bullet story since 2015, this is a band reborn. Pre-orders for ‘Gravity’ will be live immine...

Symphonic power metal act TRAGUL created by composer Adrian Benegas (Pergana) features a powerhouse of guest musicians that includes vocalist Zuberoa Aznarez (Diabulus In Musica), guitarist Steve Conley (Flotsam and Jetsam), bassist Oliver Holzwarth (ex Blind Guardian, ex Rhapsody of Fire, ex Tarja) and drummer Sander Zoer (ex Delain). Having unleashed four singles last year, the band now presents the official lyric video of its first single of 2018, titled "BEFORE I SAY GOODBYE". Check out the lyric video below for the extremely melodic and must hear power metal single 'Before I Say Goodbye': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf3Pk0Rn2YU This new single presents an undeniably renewed TRAGUL, which returns with an easily remembered melodic music, with a rhythm halfway between the modern sound and the traditional power metal. "Before I say Goodbye" starts with a bass introduction accompanied by a bright sound on the keyboards. The calm vocal p...

Montréal based melodic death metallers KATAKLYSM are set to unleash their new studio album, Meditationson June 1st, 2018 through Nuclear Blast Records. The band have partnered with Gear Gods to premiere the guitar playthrough for the first single, "Guillotine". Check it out here: http://wp.me/p6yhZj-7Mo Recently, the band released a new trailer in which Stephane Barbe discusses the bonus DVD that is included with the new album Meditations! Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/rbPbkM7bfvU The live DVD was filmed in Munich, Germany on the "A Moment in Time" tour on October 21, 2017. It features the performance of the bands 2 classic albums, Shadows & Dust and Serenity in Fire in their entirety. The concert was captured by several cameras and recorded live in front of a full house of fans from around the world. Mixed by the band’s guitarist, JF Dagenais, the feature also includes interviews with the band members about that very special tour and the new al...

Swedish brutal, melodic, old-school death metal tyrants DEMONICAL, will emerge with a brand new, fifth studio album titled "Chaos Manifesto", on March 23rd in Europe and April 27th in North America via Agonia Records. Listen to the first single "Towards Greater Gods" on YouTube, at this link: https://youtu.be/K6sNSADX_Fo DEMONICAL arose from the ashes of formerly disbanded Centinex in 2006, and in comparison to its older sibling, executes death metal in a far more impetuous and melodic manner. "Chaos Manifesto" is a testament to that statement. After nearly five years since the release of the last full-length album "Darkness Unbound" (2013), the Swede's - now led by a new prominent death growler Alexander Högbom (October Tide, Centinex) - continue the traditional DEMONICAL path with fierce HM-2 driven death metal of utter brutality, yet return in a partially new, yet fully fit five-piece line-up. From the violent album open...

THREAT SIGNAL CD Release Date Pushed Back To November 24th In North America Due to a manufacturing delay in North America, THREAT SIGNAL's new album“Disconnect” will be released in CD format (physical format) on November 24th. Currently it’s still available for pre-ordering via all key retailers includng Amazon, FYE and BestBuy. For more information check the band's Facebook page, here . Listen to "Disconnect" on YouTube: https://t.co/lmSrN1DoJp Since their critically acclaimed debut offering "Under Reprisal" (2006), which won the "Canadian Recording Of The Year Award" at the Hamilton Music Awards, THREAT SIGNAL became internationally recognised as one of the most interesting modern acts in thrash metal. Their latest two installments, the intense "Vigilance" (2009) and reinvented "Threat Signal" (2011), have both met with unrelenting hype, with each generating growing interest within the metal community. Combining th...

YOUR CHANCE TO DIE Announce "Defeating the Weak" Tour YOUR CHANCE TO DIE will be hitting the road on the "Defeating the Weak" tour in support of their third album Ex Nihilo, which includes an appearance at Louisville Deathfest. Ex Nihilo was released on EMP LABEL GROUP’s EMP UNDERGROUND imprint. The critically-acclaimed album was recorded by Jamie King (Between the Buried and Me), mixed by Zack Ohren (Machine Head), and with album art by Pierre-Alain D. Ex Nihilo shows the band completely reinvented with deep symphonic atmospheres, inhuman precision and brutality, and a dual-female vocal onslaught. 2016 saw the addition of Som Pluijmers (ex-Cerebral Bore) on vocals, making her debut on Ex-Nihilo, alongside revered death metal vocalist Missi Avila. The dual-female front offers a tandem dose of sheer vocal brutality backed up by the soaring leads and rhythmic precision of Coca Avila and Ron Dalton on guitars. This package is rounded out by the inhuman spee...

Devilfire Release New Single For "She's Like Fire"  Ahead of their homecoming headline show, Birmingham rockers Devilfire have unleashed a new music video for 'She's Like Fire'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X4VoaV7TZ4 Taken from their stunning debut album 'Dark Manoeuvres' (out 6th October) the video follows Devilfire's European tour as special guests to former Nightwish vocalist Tarja Turunen. 'She's Like Fire' is the second single to be lifted from the new album following breakout track 'Waiting For A Rockstar'. Devilfire frontman Alex Cooper says, "Being in the rock scene you encounter some pretty extrovert people, I love that! This new song is about someone I knew that was just a whirlwind to me "dancing with desire." I'm not afraid to say I was very into this person but not everything is meant to be. Always look to move forward in life." Devilfire headline the o2 Academy, ...

A HIGHER DEMISE Release News On Upcoming EP 'TO DEATH OR VICTORY' Out 1st September After hitting the universe hard with their acclaimed 2014 EP release 'The Doctor Will See You Now', Kent (UK) based melodic metalcore outfit 'A Higher Demise' deliver news of their new and highly-anticipated new 7 track EP. The emerging 5 piece recognised for their brutal metal fuelled riffs, melodic sensibility and screamed out verses leading to almighty chorus hooks, have been back in the studio throughout 2016 with Stakeout Studios resident producer/engineer 'Jason Wilson' (Ghost Of A Thousand/You Me At Six/We Are The Ocean etc). The 7 track EP titled 'To Death Or Victory' shall be available to officially download on 1st September 2017. Showcasing new material on the live stage, Charlie Serafini (Vox), Terence Beckley (Guitar/Vox), Daniel Pape (Guitar), Rachael Tarr (Bass/Vox) and James 'Dag' Farrell (Drums), A Higher Demise have been tr...

Orden Ogan Release New Video For 'Come With Me To The Other Side' (feat. Liv Kristine) ORDEN OGAN release lyric video for their third single 'Come With Me To The Other Side' (featuring Liv Kristine), taken from new album 'Gunmen' out 7th July. See the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqGfr_stmxg&feature=youtu.be Quote from Seeb Levermann: "When whe had just finished the intro for 'Come With Me To The Other Side', we immediately felt that it needed a fragile, angelic, female voice to bring it to full bloom and capture the song’s atmosphere in a perfect way. Of course Liv was our first choice and were happy that she confirmed right away. When she came to my studio and sang her parts, she even exceeded our expectations”, vocalist /guitarist Seeb says. “Funny note: in a very early stage, we even considered making “Come With Me To The Other Side” a pure ballad – well, for just about 3 seconds”, he grins. On October 13th, the ban...

Synaptik Unleash Heavier Remix Of Debut Album With Extra Footage Out Worldwide 30th Jan! British heavy metal five-piece, Synaptik from the east coast of England have an impressive sound that combines thrash, power and progressive elements, shaping their own distinctive sound. They have just signed with DeFox Records and Heart Of Steel Records, who will be re-releasing their critically acclaimed debut album, “The Mechanisms of Consequence”, originally released in September 2014. The special remix edition by Brian Spark will be available digitally worldwide on January 30th, 2017 via DeFox Records/Heart of Steel Records on all major outlets including iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Deezer, Google Play, iHeart Radio and more. The album features some extra treats, along with the original nine technical metal masterpieces, including single, “Your Cold Dead Trace” (featuring guest vocals from Alan Tecchio of Watchtower/Hades and more) - except with this new remix, there will be a re-edited video...

Female fronted American Heavy Metal band return with new EP, ‘Transparency’ following their 2014 self-titled EP, no doubt to wet our appetites while we wait for the upcoming full length release they are working on!... ‘Out Of The Shadows’ acts as a prologue which is eerie, atmospheric and sets the scene and flows effortlessly into, ‘Dark Matter’ which packs a punch with its fast driven hooks, superb sincere clean melodic vocals paired with divergent insane screamed vocals from Alexis, doing what she does best! This is a definite highlight, which has the ratio of melodic and metal nailed! The instruments compliment her vocals wonderfully and help add extra intrigue and depth.. ‘Out Of Body’ opens on a soothing intro, which shows their softer side in contrast. This has tonnes of passion and heartfelt vocals, aided by the ambient and intricate layered instruments. Although this is mellower it still asserts itself strongly, just as much as when they are throwing everything h...