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  Dutch metallers, Within Temptation, follow the release last week of their brand-new studio album Bleed Out, with a provocative, zombie-vampire-gore-fest-splatter-horror video for their current single ‘Ritual’, just in time for Halloween. Watch it HERE . Brutal and brilliantly comedic, whilst calling to mind the work of legendary animator Ralph Bakshi and the Rotoscope school of animation, the video for ‘Ritual’ calls out the behaviour of male sexual predators in the workplace, the street, the sports-field and more. What if women behaved as agressively as the men who seek to take advantage of them, and what if they fought back to exact a terrible revenge? Singer Sharon den Adel says, “’Ritual’ is a sexual song, about seduction and a woman taking power in a male-dominated world. It was inspired by watching Tarantino’s movie ‘From Dusk Til Dawn’ and is a light-hearted moment in our album, which focuses mainly on the political and repressive issues in the world. We have always wan...

  Dutch metal titans Within Temptation have released the music video for their brand new single ‘Bleed Out’. The video shows an AI-animated story of a woman being suppressed and chased by a malevolent entity, whilst AI-generated band members perform. For the music video, the band has worked together with their long-time friend and videographer SetVexy and digital designer RART. SetVexy captured the band's live-performance and RART molded this performance into an AI-driven, animated storyline. Within Temptation says that AI helps them realize their creative ideas, and thanks to this new technique, it enables them to make animation and CGI style videos at a quality that were previously unaffordable. The title track of the band’s forthcoming album Bleed Out (released October 20th), the song addresses the plight of women fighting for their rights in Iran after the murder of Mahsa Amini. Sharon den Adel explains, “I lived in Yemen when I was a kid. My parents lived in several countries...

  Joining the ranks at Sliptrick Records: Kong (NL) Progressive Metal | Industrial | Hardcore Ambient Dutch quartet Kong have been following their own path for more than 30 years, melting elements of heavy metal, progressive rock, dance and industrial. Signing with Peaceville Records, Kong debuted with Mute Poet Vocalizer (1990), and toured regularly across Europe, drawing widespread praise from in-the-know critics and building a selective but dedicated fan base. Two more albums (Phlegm, Push Comes To Shove) were released before the band moved to Roadrunner Records. The music obtained a more fluid, danceable, even lighthearted approach resulting in Earmined (1997) and Freakcontrol (1999). In 2000, Kong took take a long break. In 2007, the band was revived with a 3/4 new line-up and started working on new material, returning to the heavier, more experimental sound of the early years. This resulted in the albums What It Seems Is What You Get (2009), Merchants Of Air (2012) and Stern ...

  Dutch metal band For I Am King (FIAK), make a staggering return with new single ‘Liars’, which is their first release in four years. FIAK's previous (and most recent) musical achievement was 2018's sophomore album 'I', the follow-up to 2016's debut album 'Daemons'. The release of 'Liars' also comes with the new and exciting addition of drummer Ivo Maarhuis (ex-Izegrim). Check out the official video for ‘Liars’ right here: "The past few years have been strange for all of us. The constant uncertainty about whether or not shows would go through, took a heavy toll on us. Yet, this period has also given us the space to work hard on new music and take the time to do so. This resulted in our best, hardest and most detailed work to date. We can now look forward to a period full of live shows and new music with a lot of enthusiasm.” - Guitarist Koen Scheepens: "The release of 'Liars' symbolises the beginning of a new era for us. We are l...

  The Sounds of Hell compilation series are exclusively made for Belgian and Dutch bands. In Co-operation with Hard 'n' Heavy playlists we will start a new promo compilation series, called HARD 'n' HEAVY SOUNDS OF HELL They are looking for bands who want to participate in this new and exciting journey. Bands who are interested in participating can send an email (see below) to get more information on how this all works. Sounds of Hell Nijverheidslaan 7 3290 Diest Belgium helldiest@outlook.be www.helldiest.com

On Friday the 10th of April 2020, Dutch melodic deathmetal-band Cyanide Paradise released the lyric video for their new single ‘Downfall’ This single is the successor to their debut EP 'Reach For The Stars' from 2019. Check out the lyric video for the song below: "The song Downfall tells of the inner conflict of a person trying to be as good and helpful as possible, but who is confronted with the harsh reality of living and surviving in a raw, post-apocalyptic world. In this way, the single ties in seamlessly, both thematically and musically, with the band’s 2019 debut EP ‘Reach For The Stars’, which was hailed for its unique, yet distinctly melodic death metal sound by several reviewers. For this single Cyanide Paradise has collaborated with Yarne Heylen at Project Zero Studio, known as the bassist for death metal band Carnation. This has given the production quality of ‘Downfall’ a nice boost! // Cyanide Paradise”. The single 'Downfall' is ...

EPICA LAUNCH NEW VIDEO FOR "DECODE POETRY" AHEAD OF UK HEADLINE TOUR Dutch Symphonic Metal band EPICA has launched the video for “Decoded Poetry” which is taken from the band‘s latest EP ”The Solace System”. The animated video was created/produced by anime-master Davide Cilloni and completes the video trilogy of EPICA‘s masterful title track “The Solace System” and “ImmortalMelancholy”, all taken from “The Solace System EP” which was released worldwide in September 2017 via Nuclear Blast. Watch the new video now at: https://youtu.be/PEV-W_YqoGA EPICA‘s Coen Janssen (keys) comments: "It has been a great pleasure working with the talented Davide Cilloni on this unique video-trilogy. In this final part we finally find out what will happen to our dimension and if the Universal Death Squad will conquer our planet…. Let‘s hope for the best!! I hope you enjoy this last part as much as I have enjoyed seeing myself as a cartoon haha" EPICA are excited to ret...

Dutch epic death/black metallers BLEEDING GODS will release their upcoming concept album Dodekathlon on January 12th, 2018 via Nuclear Blast. Right before Christmas, BLEEDING GODS unleashed their second digital single, 'Tripled Anger', together with a stunning lyric video (see below). Today, the band presents a drum playthrough video to this song, showing drummer Daan Klemann playing the whole track during the recordings in the studio. The video was recorded and edited with 4 cameras, therefore offering shots from almost every angle! Watch it here: https://youtu.be/yQGZ1OWyUR More on Dodekathlon: 'From Feast To Beast' [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO]: https://youtu.be/bakhuYIHAfo 'From Feast To Beast' [MAKING OF]: https://youtu.be/nLYxA5BGYQs 'Tripled Anger' [LYRIC VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVEpzC9XtlM Trailer #1 - about the concept: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKJNvVS7X5c Trailer #2 - about the artwork: https://youtu.be/plEsjuqUsUA T...

EPICA LAUNCH NEW 'CONSIGN TO OBLIVION' LIVE VIDEO &  KICK OFF EU TOUR Dutch symphonic metal giants EPICA are proud to announce the launch of their brand new live video for 'Consign To Oblivion'! The video was captured during EPICA's sold out show at the Zénith in Paris last February where the band closed their most successful European tour to date together with an excited legion of 5,000 fans! Lead guitarist Isaac Delahaye comments on the video: "Hey legion! Here's a live video we still had on the shelf. Glad we can take you into the world of 'Consign To Oblivion', the song that usually marks the end of an EPICA show. It's bombastic and builds towards an epic climax, and it's always fun to play. Enjoy watching, and see you soon during our European tour with VUUR and MYRATH!" The video was captured and edited by Panda Productions. Check out this stunning video, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkqyyUTCMUQ EPICA will r...