Track: In Flames – Meet your Maker
With their new album due on the 10th of February, Swedens In Flames have shared their fifth single taken from the album entitled ‘Meet Your Maker’. The track speaks of the desperation and frustration brought on by the chaotic dystopia of post-pandemic society. Front man Anders Fridén states, “When we started to write for Foregone, Meet Your Maker became the …
Track: Beyond The Black – Free Me
Having recently wrapped up a hugely successful European tour, German symphonic metal band Beyond The Black have released their brand-new, self-titled album via Nuclear Blast Records. They have also shared a new music video for the album focus track ‘Free Me’. Jennifer Haben comments: “This album is the epitome of Beyond the Black and it’s arrived finally where it belongs – with our …
Track: Vaughanstrosity – Fl0w
Vaughanstrosity is the solo project of Ruaidhri Houston who you may know as bassist for highly praised Belfast shock rockers, So Long Until The Séance. Since the project’s formation in 2021, concentrated production on fashioning songs and structures led Vaughanstrosity to start work on a new debut EP, Memes And Dreams. Recorded at JSR in …
Track: Empyre – Hit And Run
Empyre have shared the third teaser from their forthcoming album with their new track ‘Hit And Run’. The band’s new album ‘Relentless’ is due on the 31st of March via Kscope. Commenting on the track the lead singer Henrik adds: “Hit and Run is about returning to somewhere you once knew well, picturing it as …
Track: Monster Florence – Spaceman
The Essex 6 piece alt hip-hop group Monster Florence are set to release their next album ‘Master System’ on the 10th of February. They have shared the video for their new single Spaceman. The band comments: “Spaceman tells very personal stories of our childhoods, a journey of trying to escape the realities of what we …
Track: Babyfang – Goan Go
Babyfang are a Rock trio based in Brooklyn, New York consisting of Théo Mode (guitarist), Canteen Killa (drummer) and 13th Law (bassist) who are all producers, singers, and songwriters. The band was initially formed to work out live versions of some half-written songs by Théo, they playedtwo shows and recorded a five-track demo, before everything …
Track: Enslaved – Caravans to the Outer Worlds (Live from The Otherworldly Big Band Experience)
Enslaved have shared the video for new single ‘Caravans to the Outer Worlds (Live from The Otherworldly Big Band Experience)’. The track is taken from their forthcoming new studio album ‘Heimdal’ due the 3rd of March via Nuclear Blast. The track which also features on last year’s EP of the same name, (read our review here) but this single is …
News: Esben And The Witch Announce New Album ‘Hold Sacred’
Esben & The Witch will be releasing their new album ‘Hold Sacred’ on the 12th of May via their own label Nostromo Records. “Everything’s changed and nothing’s changed,” says vocalist Rachel Davies of their sixth album, ‘Hold Sacred’. “This kernel is the purest essence of Esben and the Witch since our inception.” It’s a product of the trio’s deeply important, 14-year-spanning friendship. Together, …
News: Neutral Milk Hotel To Release Box Set ‘The Collected Works Of Neutral Milk Hotel’
Neutral Milk Hotel announce ‘The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel’, a box set out February 24th on Merge Records, and present the first official release of ‘Little Birds’. Pre-order the boxset here The work has always come together subconsciously for Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum, even this box set. For years, Mangum collected images for an art box of sorts — would it be a Joseph Cornell-style assemblage? An …
Track: Katatonia – Birds
Swedish masters of melancholic metal Katatonia have released the third and final single ‘Birds’, taken from their upcoming 12th record, ‘Sky Void of Stars’ which is due the 20th of January 2023 via Napalm Records. Jonas Renkse comments on the track: ”The pulse of dereliction. The insatiable need to expire. Here come the birds.” A melodic powerhouse with stunning …