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Today sees the release of The Halo Effect’s debut album ‘Days Of The Lost’, the highly-anticipated release from Gothenburg’s newest supergroup. Alongside the release of their debut album, the band have also revealed a new video, that was filmed on a Gothenburg rooftop, for the standout track ´In Broken Trust’. Mikael Stanne comments: “The song is about betrayal. Either to …

After releasing it solely as a video clip on their YouTube channel, Venom Prison are making their blistering cover of Stampin’ Ground’s ‘Officer Down’ available on all digital platforms. Venom Prison comments: “Stampin’ Ground is a band we’ve respected and admired even before Venom Prison existed and we’ve always toyed with the idea of a cover and never knew what would work …

Following the announcement of Sigh’s new album ‘Shiki, due 26th August via Peaceville, the cult Japanese black metal legends have shared the video for new track ‘Satsui’. Sigh main man Mirai Kawashima explains the track:  “The album ‘Shiki’ is mostly about my personal fear of getting old and my fear of death, but some of the …

Stu Folson and his gang Spirit world return with a new single and video, ‘Moonlit Torture’. Featuring vocals from Integrity singer, Dwid Hellion. The track is the band’s first new music since their debut album ‘Pagan Rhythms’ and is ahead of their band’s tour. Discussing the new single, Folsom informs: “Moonlit Torture was produced by Sam Pura (The Story So Far, Basement) with …

With the release of his EP ‘C.O.I. Dance to the Apocalypse’ last year Ardz Simonian has been bringing his brand of apocalyptic rock to the world. Backseat Mafia caught up with Ardz to find out is inspirations and what we can expect from him in the future. Give us a potted history of yourself Been …

London artist Ardz has released the lyric video for his new track ‘Dancing In The Rain’ which is taken from his first EP ‘C.O.I. Dance to the Apocalypse, Please’. We are pleased to be premiering the video here at Backseat Mafia. Ardz states: “It’s a song for our times, how one day we’ll be cherishing …

Ginger Wildheart proudly announces he is recording a new solo album, and he wants you to join him on the journey!  Ginger is arguably the UK’s most prolific song-writer and rather than just write, record and produce this album behind closed doors, Ginger wants to share with you the whole process from start to finish.  Go …

Berlin based three-piece Final Stair have shared the video for their new single ‘Headgames’. The track is taken from their debut album ‘Hope’ which is due later this year. The band comments: “Istvan, the band’s singer, fell into a severe life crisis a few years ago and suffered from extreme panic attacks and an intense …

Black Widows, who made history in Portugal as the first all-female metal band in their country, have returned with a new album and single ‘Black Orchid’. Their new album ‘Among the Brave Ones’ is due on the 21st of October via Inverse Records. Vocalist Rute Fevereiro comments: “I’m so thrilled about “Black Orchid” single. We overcame the storms of …

With the release of their album and a string of tour dates, Malevolence have released a stunning video for their track ‘Higher Place’. To accompany the video, the band have released an alternative acoustic version of ‘Higher Place’ digitally. Stream it here Front-man Alex Taylor commented: “Higher Place focuses on a subject which everyone will …