rock/metal
Premiere: Atticus Reveal new video for ‘Tony’
We’re delighted to premiere the video for the new single ‘Tony’ from Irish alt-rockers Atticus right here on Backseat Mafia. The band went into a studio for the first time with this recording, something they say “is a step into a more focused direction for us, following a sound that has been teased in our …
See: Godskill release a video for Becoming A God
German death metal heavyweights ‘GodSkill’ took advantage of their free time during the Corona lockdown and completed a videoclip for the track ‘Becoming A God’, which is taken off from the band’s latest album “II: The Gatherer Of Fear And Blood”, released on MDD in the end of 2018 The guitars are heavy and the vocals …
Track: Dark The Suns – Suru Raivosi Sydämeni Pimeydessä
Finnish melodic metal band ‘Dark The Suns’ are back after almost ten years. The band released a new single ‘Suru Raivosi Sydämeni Pimeydessä’ which is taken from their upcoming fourth studio album which is set to be released later this year by Inverse Records. Mikko Ojala commets: “After years of silence, Inka and I decided in early 2020 to continue making …
Track: Embr – Eyes Like Knives
Doom quartet Embr have shared the second single from their forthcoming debut album ‘1823’, their first release on UK label New Heavy Sounds. Musically, ‘1823′ could be categorised as doom, however, on this debut it’s obvious that EMBR have range, drive and a desire to add to the genre, to broaden it whilst staying true to its core fundamentals. ‘Eyes Like Knives’ definitely ticks a …
See: Oceans of Slumber reveal new video for ‘Strange Fruit’
US metal outfit Oceans Of Slumber have released a cover Abel Meeropol’s classic ‘Strange Fruit’. The single comes with an official music video filmed back in February in observation of Black History month. Oceans of Slumber’s Cammie Gilbert has the following to say: “To overcome atrocity we must first acknowledge the crime. We must acknowledge that when actions …
See: Jim Davies launches new video for ‘Caged’
Following the release of his new album ‘Headwars’, former The Prodigy and Pitchshifter guitarist Jim Davies has released a video for new single ‘Caged’. “The track ‘Caged’ was a collaboration with Bullet For My Valentine drummer Jason Bowld, myself and Jason have worked together a lot in other bands I’ve been a part of over the years (Pitchshifter/Victory Pill) so it was …
News: Rush’s Permanent Waves to be reissued to mark its 40th anniversary
On the 29thMay 2020, UMC/Mercury/Anthem label group continues its extensive Rush 40th anniversary album series with a new, imagination-capturing expanded edition of all the magic music that comprises the band’s remarkable 1980 release, Permanent Waves. Permanent Waves, Rush’s seventh studio album, was originally released in January 1980, and its forward-thinking music signalled a new direction for …
TRACK: Féleth – ‘Ravenous’
Norwegian Death Metal Féleth Premiere ‘Ravenous’. Nestled in the small northern Norwegian town of Alta, far above the Arctic circle, there’s a rumbling of brutality shaking the earth from a young, dynamic metal quintet known as Féleth. Creating heavy, melodic assaults, that transcends the traditional limits of the genre, these great northern Norwegians, are taking their influences of death metal, thrash, deathcore, rock and …
Track: DECREPID – Phobos Descent, plus cover art and tracklist revealed.
British Death metallers DECREPID, have just revealed details of what will be their 3rd album entitled “Endless Sea of Graves”, which will be released on July 7th, 2020 through Xtreem Music on CD format. DECREPID return 5 years after their 2nd album “Osseous Empire” (Xtreem Music, 2015) with a new opus titled “Endless Sea of …
See: Alexisonfire debuts video for Season of the flood
ALEXISONFIRE has just released a fan-fuelled video for ‘Season of the Flood’. The video is notably comprised of footage shot exclusively by AOF concert-goers in Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver. During the band’s January 2020 Western Canadian tour, fans were encouraged to shoot footage of the live performance of ‘Season of the Flood’ from their mobile devices …