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Track: New Zealand’s The Datsuns explode back into the ether with ‘Dehumanise’ and announcement of a new album.
It is recommended that you have your emergency contacts nearby when you intake the new single ‘Dehumanise’ by New Zealand’s Lords of Loud, The Datsuns. It has the full force a bolt of electricity administered by a faulty defibrillator and the effects will be felt in your ears hours after administration. And what a cathartic …
EP Review: RedHook release the explosive and very therapeutic EP ‘Bad Decisions’ and announce tour
It is hard to classify Sydney band RedHook – there is an electronic buzzsaw blitz with thundering percussion and at times a blistering wall of noise, all wrapped up in a sparkling pop mantle, with hip hop shades and choruses. It’s heavy metal psycho pop. But, throughout their new EP ‘Bad Decisions’, there is a …
See: Valfreya – Warlords
Canada’s Valfreya have released a video for track ‘Warlords’ taken from their album Promised Land. With a mixture of cinematic drama, brutal heaviness and deathly dark vocals, this track sticks out of the crowd. Female and male duets and full band vocals give a huge sense of power from this group. There’s a chance to …
Track: Thunder Horse – Chosen One
San Antonio heavy metal band Thunder Horse have shared the title track taken from their upcoming new album ‘Chosen One’, due 12th March via Ripple Music. Regarding the track vocalist Stephen Bishop comments: “Chosen One was one of the first song ideas I came up with for this album. Lyrically speaking, it is no secret that the US has been …
Track: Fire Follows Share Explosive Track – Glass Grenade
American metal rockers Fire Follows, have released a new track ‘Glass Grenade’ via TLG Entertainment/In Grooves The band comments: “The ‘Glass Grenade’ represents a fragile heart that is on the verge of breaking, and the catastrophic damage that can be done if it does…. an insightful message wrapped in a powerful instrumental makes this one …
Track: Korpiklaani – Tuuleton
Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani’s new album Jylhä! has been released and in celebration, the band have produced another gorgeous music video for the song Tuuleton. Frontman Jonne said about Jylhä: “This is the most versatile Korpiklaani album we have done. We have some of our hardest, heaviest and fastest songs ever, and we have happy and melancholic ones. It …
Track: Sturle Dagsland shares surreal and intriguing single – Blot
Norwegian Sturle Dagsland, is the self titled project of the experimental-pop/Avant-rock singer Sturle Dagsland together with his brother Sjur. Ahead of the release of his self titled debut album, due 5th February, Dagsland has shared the single ‘Blot’. “Blot was/is a blood sacrifice ritual in Norse Paganism to honour the Norse gods,” explains Sturle. “The sacrifice would often …
News: Napalm Records Releases Bodom After Midnight’s EP ‘Paint The Sky With Blood’
The newly formed supergroup Bodom After Midnight led by Alexi Laiho, were set to share their EP release in the spring followed by a full-length album, but had the plans cut short by the sad passing of Laiho at the end of last year. That EP, ‘Paint The Sky With Blood’ is set for release on April 23 via …
Track: Sombria – Ballet Of Sadness
Melancholic dark metal band Sombria released a new music video Ballet of Sadness.The track is taken from their debut album ‘Chirographon Dei’ which was released in late 2020 by Inverse Records. The band comments: “‘Ballet of Sadness’ a song that portrays the struggle, the pain, the beauty and divinity behind art. Being an artist is something that words can hardly …
Track: Black Soul Horde release new EP and share track ‘The Frail And The Weak’
Greek heavy-metal trio Black Soul Horde have shared a music video for their acoustic version of ‘The Frail And The Weak’ featuring Johnny Thermos on piano and Katerina Garofallidi. This track is available on their newly-released EP ‘A Lonely Road’ featuring acoustic versions of two songs from their second album ‘Land of Demise’. Forceful and melodic piano and acoustic guitar lay down a …