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  70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, proudly announces that Public Sales for the 2026 sailing will begin on Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT / 18:00 CET via 70000tons.com. The festival-at-sea continues its tradition of delivering an unforgettable experience with 60 metal bands from around the globe, playing across four stages – including the legendary Pool Deck Stage, The World's Biggest Open Air Stage Structure to Ever Sail the Open Seas. In addition to unveiling the Public Sales date, 70000TONS OF METAL is thrilled to confirm the addition of thrash metal icons ANTHRAX to the 2026 lineup. Known for their blistering live performances and genre-defining discography, ANTHRAX will bring their full-throttle energy aboard the legendary festival cruise, delivering two unique sets exclusively for goers. 70000TONS OF METAL 2026 will sail from Miami, FL to Nassau, the Bahamas and back from January 29 through February 2, 2026, aboard Royal Carib...

  French melodic death metal outfit Apocryphal have unveiled their third single “My Hero Inside” taken off their upcoming album “Facing The End”, which is scheduled for release on 12 November 2024 via The Circle Music. The new single, as well as the full album, features Soilwork and The Night Flight Orchestra vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid on vocals. Watch the video to “My Hero Inside” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoCHU2fW7k4 The single is also available via all major streaming services. Pre-order the “Facing The End” album now via The Circle Music: https://thecirclemusic.gr/product-category/the-circle-releases/?filter_artist-name=apocryphal Pre-save the album on digital platforms: https://thecirclemusic.lnk.to/FacingTheEnd “The song ‘My Hero Inside’ delves into the dependencies and the lies we tell ourselves when we fall prey to these afflictions,” said the band. “It perfectly reflects the various states generated by addiction, alternating between dark, violent pas...

  International melodic death metal project ACT OF DENIAL has dropped the lyric video for their latest single 'Unbury The Hatchet', which bring you back to 90 and early 2000 with some old school Gothenburg vibe. The single has a new guest on drums, Eugene Ryabchenko (best known as drummer of FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE). Few words from AOD co-founder Luger: "We are extremely happy that we have a new song out after almost 3 years together with a new lyric video. Once again video is done by our buddy Wanderley Perna ( https://www.facebook.com/wanderleyperna , https://www.facebook.com/wdesignerbr ) who did also our 1st lyric video for 'Your Dark Desires' from debut album and he did amazing job as always. Thx bro!! We are also satisfied that we are recording again since it is very difficult for us at this point. People we are working with, are very busy already with their own bands and it is hard to find any time for some side projects. 1st album was made during Covid time whe...

International melodic death metal project ACT OF DENIAL is back with a new mesmerizing tune 'Unbury the Hatchet' song that brings you back to 90 and early 2000 with some old school Gothenburg vibe. 'Unbury The Hatchet', has a new guest on drums, Eugene Ryabchenko (best known as drummer of FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE). 'Unbury The Hatchet' is available only on bandcamp, so make sure you follow AOD page on bandcamp - https://actofdenial.bandcamp.com - not to miss this absolute banger! AOD shared: To all Denials!! Yesterday evening we dropped our new single 'Unbury the Hatchet'. Song is available only in our Bandcamp pay per download. To avoid any inconvinience below you'll find some random questions and answers that we have been getting lately together with explanations what we have mentioned earlier. Please, read the Q & A section at https://www.facebook.com/ActOfDenialOfficial/posts/pfbid02mViUSLkfsaaKp5tPjrEQGh4zumcVHE9W3yVi9MMmgHeGeKdtzuxQdpwX4PCZE3e...

  International melodic death metal project ACT OF DENIAL is back with a new stand-alone single 'Unbury The Hatchet', with new guest on drums, while the rest of the crew remains the same as in their debut album 'Negative', released on August 13rd, 2021. 'Unbury The Hatchet' will be available only on bandcamp very soon, so make sure you follow AOD page on bandcamp - https://actofdenial.bandcamp.com - not to miss this absolute banger! Here's what Eugene Ryabchenko - best known as drummer of FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE - had to say on the single: https://www.facebook.com/reel/339689595557614 Also check out Bjorn Speed Strid, talking about new song and lyrics content: https://www.facebook.com/reel/3218814701756822 'Unbury The Hatchet' line-up: Voi Cox - Lead guitar, programming Luger - Rhythm guitar Bjorn Speed Strid - Vocals, backing vocals Steve Di Giorgio - Fretless bass Eugene Ryabchenko - Drums John Lönnmyr - Keyboards 'Unbury The Hatchet' Credits:...

  Brace yourselves, metalheads! In a seismic announcement that has sent shockwaves through the metal community, three of Sweden's most iconic metal bands, In Flames, Arch Enemy and Soilwork are teaming up for a UK and EU tour titled the 'Rising From The North' 2024 tour. The line-up promises an unforgettable night of Swedish metal mayhem. Anders Fridén from In Flames stated: "Couldn’t be more excited to announce this tour. It’s been a long time coming and we are finally back together again on stage with our friends in ARCH ENEMY and SOILWORK. We plan to bring you an unforgettable night of melody and mayhem! This is some of Sweden's finest - a tour you simply should not miss!!!" Michael Amott from Arch Enemy adds: “Check this Swedish Metal extravaganza across Europe in 2024! We go way back with IN FLAMES and SOILWORK to the very early days of Arch Enemy and honestly couldn’t be happier to announce this run with our Swedish comrades - this tour is going to be a...

  As people across the northern hemisphere brace for winter, Canada’s Exes For Eyes are releasing a new single, the aptly named “The End Of Summer”. This will be the first music released from the band since 2019, and they are eager to get back into the ears of fans. Featuring Björn Strid of Soilwork, the idea behind the single was to question our integrity as a species. “Do we as western humans have the ability to toughen up? Or are we basically just fucked on a biblical scale?” Exes For Eyes continue to explain the track: “It can be heavy, it can be subdued, it has tension and release, and a few good old-fashioned earworms. Having Björn onboard has only solidified that this is a song with something special. When we sent him the pre-production, he instantly knew this was a song that had substance. “Your best work” he called it. It has the ability to uplift you to euphoria, and the bottom will instantly drop out, leaving you wondering what exactly happened and looking for a repeat p...

  ACT OF DENIAL release new album 'Negative' today, 13th August on Crusader Records, release new lyric video for single 'Your Dark Desires'. International melodic death metal band ACT OF DENIAL have released their new album Negative digitally and on CD via Crusader Records (part of the Golden Robot Global Entertainment Group). Negative has received huge critical acclaim and will establish the band as a true metal powerhouse. The band recently released a new single ‘Your Dark Desires’ featuring a ripping guitar solo from virtuoso Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal (Guns ‘N Roses, Sons of Apollo). To celebrate the release of the album, Act of Denial have unleashed a lyric video for the track. Check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l5Gwen28F0 'Negative' is a project that features some of the biggest names in rock and metal, and offers powerful and melodic death metal that takes the listener back to the late 90s and early 2000s. Combining aggression with ma...

  Los Angeles based metalcore rockers STEREO TRAGEDY have unleashed their first single 'A Bridge Too Far' taken from the upcoming self-titled debut album, coming out end of summer/early fall 2021, feat. Bjorn "Speed" Strid on all vocals. Watch and stream 'A Bridge Too Far' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WzbgkNbejM Stereo Tragedy on 'A Bridge Too Far': "When we wrote this song, we really wanted to bring something that was consistent with high energy that carries the listener effortlessly from beginning to end, a catchy melody that would be easy for people to sing a long to answer enjoy, and a song that the listener would want to hear “one more time” immediately after the song ended. We hope to have achieved that with this song.” Says guitarist Jacob Bibee. When listening back to the track, roughly recorded, the idea of vocals came up, Jacob recounts. "Obviously I wasn't going to get in the way of anything Bjorn "Speed...

  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...

LUNARSEA Release Official Lyric Video For "The Fourth Magnetar" Feat. SOILWORK's Björn 'Speed' As Guest! Italian melodic death metal masters LUNARSEA have released a new stunning lyric video for "The Fourth Magnetar", feat. SOILWORK's Björn “Speed” on vocals! "The Fourth Magnetar" is taken from the band's latest album "Earthling/Terrestre", released last January via Punishment 18 Records. Watch "The Fourth Magnetar" lyric video here: https://youtu.be/ew-fuTXwrG8 Comments the band: “All the proceeds of the streaming of this new single will be donated entirely to the Italian Red Cross, and we, as band, have also opened a paypal account for extra donations, always to the Red Cross, through this link: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8o8vIzd325!! ” “Earthling/Terrestre” tracklist: 1. Light Hearted in an Ergonomic Resin 2. The Earthling 3. In Expectance 4. Helical Stalemate 5. Aqueducts 6. Humanoid,...

Swedish visionary metallers SOILWORK have released a brand new song called 'Feverish'. The song is being made available digitally along with a new version of their last album's single, 'Stålfågel', featuring ARCH ENEMY singer Alissa White-Gluz. Watch the official music video for 'Feverish' here: https://youtu.be/004nwbT--H8 Stream 'Feverish' and 'Stålfågel' feat. Alissa White-Gluz here: https://nblast.de/Soilwork-Feverish Commented the band: We have all been feverish. We have all sometimes given in to the temperature rising inside of us, being ridden by a ghost that made us do things we didn’t want to do, but it somehow felt good afterwards, like a purging of the mortal organism that confines us. Some people say that our bodies were originally designed to have a higher temperature. That when humanity first evolved our bodies were constantly feverish, the warmth subduing our control mechanisms and the neurotic, nervous beh...