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  International melodic death metal group Act Of Denial was founded by lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim) and guitarist Luger (Koziak, Benighted-Cro) in early 2020 to create early melodic death metal like they grew up with. They enlisted the help of some of their idols and those they admire to bring their vision to life. They are joined by Björn Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament), drummer Kerim “Krimh” Lechner (Septicflesh) and keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra). As if the project line-up wasn’t hefty enough, some of the tracks also feature special guests. The opener ‘Puzzle Heart’ gets things off to a rapid and sizzling start that immediately hooks you in. Björn Strid’s diverse and signature tones work wonderfully, which is no surprise given his work with Soilwork. The song delivers the perfect blend of melody and aggression to take you on an exhilarating ride and sets the scene for the rest of the album. The striki...

  Supergroup ACT OF DENIAL Sign With Crusader Records, Announce New Single 'Slave', Teaser Unveiled! International All-Stars melodic death metal band ACT OF DENIAL - feat. by lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim), guitarist and lyricist Luger (Benighted, Koziak), vocalist Bjorn Speed Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament), drummer Krimh (Septicflesh) and keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra) - have signed a deal with CRUSADER RECORDS (Part of the Golden Robot Global Entertainment) which will see their debut album Negative released in 2021. On top of the signing announcement ACT OF DENIAL will release a new single ‘Slave’ on March 29th which features a guest appearance by Ex-Soilwork guitarist Pete Wichers. The band has unveiled the official teaser video for the single, watch it here: https://youtu.be/zRH-g2iQx2c Pre-Save/Order to Slave HERE: https://smarturl.it/act-of-denial-slave Watch the earlier singles, below. ...

  New All-Stars melodic death metal band ACT OF DENIAL - feat. by lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim), guitarist and lyricist Luger (Benighted, Koziak), vocalist Bjorn Speed Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament), drummer Krimh (Septicflesh) and keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra) - have revealed the tracklisting and announced the new special guests for upcoming album "NEGATIVE". The band stated: "Now when the album is soon to be mixed and mastered and that would be in the next few weeks we would like to say a couple of words for the upcoming album titled 'NEGATIVE', revealing its tracklisting (read below) and announcing the new special guests who have contributed to this project as guest appearances; - MATTIAS IA EKLUNDH, Swedish guitarist and vocalist, known for his work with Freak Kitchen, Jonas Hellborg Trio and Art Metal; - PETER WICHERS is best known as one of the founding members of Swedish melod...

  New All-Stars melodic death metal band ACT OF DENIAL - feat. by lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim), guitarist and lyricist Luger (Benighted, Koziak), vocalist Bjorn Speed Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament), drummer Krimh (Septicflesh) and keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra) - have released their third single 'Down That Line', now available on Bandcamp, Hearnow, Cd baby, Spotify, Youtube and iTunes. The song is taken from the band's upcoming debut album 'Negative'. Watch 'Down That Line' video here: https://youtu.be/mLwkF-3n1lE The band stated: "We are proud to release our 3rd and new single "Down That Line" and this time in full band line-up. All band members contributed to this video recording in their home studios. Another melodic death metal song different from previous ones and this time with Bjorn Strid as lyricist and amazing vocal melodies and range gives this son...

  New All-Stars melodic death metal band ACT OF DENIAL - feat. by lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim), guitarist and lyricist Luger (Benighted, Koziak), vocalist Bjorn Speed Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament), drummer Krimh (Septicflesh) and keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra) - have unveiled the official teaser video for the band's new single 'Down That Line', coming out on October 25th, on Bandcamp, Hearnow, Cd baby, Spotify, Youtube and iTunes. Watch the 'Down That Line' teaser video + introduction of John Lönnmyr, here: https://youtu.be/Vd64Yyt05KE "Besides the official teaser for our new single 'Down That Line', in this video we are presenting our amazing keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra). John is the versatile keyboard player heard and seen in The Night Flight Orchestra, Aunt Nancy, Monochromatics, Valinor’s Tree and more. Hammond organ, analog synths (Moog!!) ...

  New All-Stars melodic death metal band/project ACT OF DENIAL - feat. by lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim), guitarist and lyricist Luger (Benighted, Koziak), vocalist Bjorn Speed Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament), drummer Krimh (Septicflesh) and keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra) - have issued their second studio update, read below. "We are in final process of finishing our upcoming album 'Negative', which is scheduled to be released by the end of this year. The cover artwork was created by Carlos Del Olmo, former Soilwork keyboard player. We also reveal that in upcoming weeks we'll unleash another single and video, entitled "Down That Line" where the full band line-up will appear in the video, so stay tuned for some new melodic death metal, since each of our songs is different from the previous ones. That is, get ready for cool sounds to come!" Just recently the band released their sec...

  New All-Stars melodic death metal band/project ACT OF DENIAL - feat. by lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim), guitarist and lyricist Luger (Benighted, Koziak), vocalist Bjorn Speed Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament), drummer Krimh (Septicflesh) and keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra) - have premiered today, September 20th, their second single 'Controlled', featured by Special Guest DEATH's Bobby Koelble. The song is taken from the band's upcoming album "NEGATIVE". Stream 'Controlled' here: https://youtu.be/FN3OaF8AlcM    Watch the teaser video for 'Controlled', presented by Bobby Koelble himself, here: https://youtu.be/AFzuTnExMao DOWNLOAD "CONTROLLED": https://actofdenial.bandcamp.com/track/controlled Also watch “Puzzle Heart” video, the band's first single, here: https://youtu.be/r9gybjyO0wc ACT OF DENIAL are currently in the studio, finishing their debut albu...

  New All-Stars melodic death metal band/project ACT OF DENIAL, formed in 2020, are currently in the studio, finishing their debut album 'Negative'. The band is featured by lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim), guitarist and lyricist Luger (Benighted, Koziak), vocalist Bjorn Speed Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament), drummer Krimh (Septicflesh) and keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra). Today the band has issued their first studio update + teaser video for new single 'Controlled', read and watch below. Guitarist/lyricist Luger: "We are currently in the studio finishing our debut album 'Negative', including 10 songs. The finished songs are already in the process of mixing in Fredman studio. Me and Voi decided not to focus on one genre so there will be tunes for every metal fan. We're doing this mostly for ourselves and the songs we write are the songs we love to listen at home, hoping they will ...

  New All-Stars melodic death metal band/project ACT OF DENIAL's drummer Krimh (Septicflesh) has just posted on his Youtube Channel a drum cam playthrough video for 'Puzzle Heart', watch it here: https://youtu.be/1m1nC6nb8jM    Get more information about Krimh at https://www.facebook.com/drummerkrimh ACT OF DENIAL, formed in 2020, are currently in the studio, finishing their debut album 'Negative'. The band is featured by lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim), guitarist and lyricist Luger (Benighted, Koziak), vocalist Bjorn Speed Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament), drummer Krimh (Septicflesh) and keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra). Watch “Puzzle Heart” video here: https://youtu.be/r9gybjyO0wc DOWNLOAD AND BUY "PUZZLE HEART": https://actofdenial.hearnow.com More details on the upcoming debut album, and else, will be revealed soon, stay tuned! ACT OF DENIAL line-up: Voi Cox - Lead guitar, pro...

  New All-Stars melodic death metal band/project ACT OF DENIAL was formed in 2020 and composed of lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim), guitarist and lyricist Luger (Benighted, Koziak), vocalist Bjorn Speed Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament), drummer Krimh (Septicflesh) and keyboardist John Lönnmyr (The Night Flight Orchestra). Voi and Luger told us: “This is now just a continuation of what we have been doing all our lives and only now in our 'older age' we have done something serious. Of course when it comes to music, at least for us, we wanted to record an album with some of the best musicians in metal music and the ones that we listened to when we were kids. We are not saying that this is something special what we are doing, but this means a lot to us and basically we are doing this for ourselves and our closest friends first but also for all the metal fans around the world who we hope are going to like our new music. Anybody can...