EP: Bodom After Midnight – Paint The Sky With Blood
What should have been the beginning for the band has become their only work and a homage to the late singer/guitarist Alexi Laiho. ‘Paint The Sky With Blood’ sees Bodom After Midnight lay down three tracks of heavy metal riffs, pummelling drums and dual guitar trickery. The band comments: “Like ourselves, Alexi was beyond stoked …
Track: Vengeant – The Unreal
Swedish metal band Vengeant have released a second single, ‘The Unreal’, which like the previous single, ‘Angel’s Battle Cry’ has been inspired by Magic: the Gathering. The band are setting up to release an EP later this year. A cinematic offering with some melodic guitar work which the band introduced on their first offering. The …
Track: Lycanthro – Crucible
Canada’s four-piece thrash power metal band Lycanthro has a new album in the works, ‘Mark of The Wolf’ and the first taste is the single ‘Crucible’. ‘Mark of The Wolf’ is a combination of old and new songs; back in 2017, Lycanthro released a four-track demo that received great feedback, but the quality left something to be desired. Three of those four tracks …
Track: Dornenreich – Der Freiheit Verlangen nach goldenen Ketten (Freedom’s Desire for Chains of Gold)
Dornenreich have unveiled the second single ‘Der Freiheit Verlangen nach goldenen Ketten’ (‘Freedom’s Desire for Chains of Gold’) taken from their forthcoming album ‘Du wilde Liebe sei’ (‘You Wild Love Be’) due 11th June via Prophecy. Dornenreich comment: “The track ‘Der Freiheit Verlangen nach goldenen Ketten’ is in my mind probably one of the most dramatic pieces that has ever been created …
Track: Stoneside – History Of Violence
Texan band ‘Stoneside’ have released their debut single, ‘History Of Violence’. Stoneside of Crane (writer, vocals, instruments and co-arranger) and Wheeler (drummer and co-arranger). The track also has a sinister backstory, as vocalist Crane elaborates: “Down here in Texas, there is a place called the Prison Farm Cemetery. After the Civil War ended in the south, …
Track: Wolfstar Bring Us Some Old School Metal With Track – Faceless
Wolfstar is a heavy metal band from Lexington, Kentucky. The band are set to release a five track EP ‘Apotheosis’ due 1st May. Taken from the EP is the track ‘Faceless’. Early metal vibes in the guitar tone and garage band drums but what a voice. Deep and gravely but huge lung filled screaming when needed. …
Tracks: Bewitcher – Electric Phantoms
Bewitcher have shared the 4th and final single ‘Electric Phantoms’ taken from the bands album ‘Cursed Be Thy Kingdom’ M von Bewitcher (vox & guitars) further comments: “Windswept highways, greasy night clubs, the smell of leather, beer and gasoline. In the glorious days when marauding heavy metal bands roam freely across the land, these things aren’t …
Track: Ego Kill Talent – Deliverance
‘Deliverance’ is the new track from Ego Kill Talent, taken from the bands second album, ‘The Dance Between Extremes’, released in March. The production features the singer Dinho Ouro Preto on the cast, from Capital Inicial, a classic and extremely popular Brazilian rock band. “This was one of the first songs we ever wrote for this …
Track: Leddie MC – Look What They’ve Done ft. Sarai Jazz
Another month has gone by and we are treated to another new track from North east artist Leddie MC – ‘Look What They’ve Done’ ft Sarai Jazz. Regarding the track Leddie comments: “The track touches on advice given by self proclaimed gatekeepers within Hip Hop, that never particularly held any weight, but aimed to stifle …
Track: Soraia – Tight Lipped
Philadelphia rock quartet Soraia released single ‘Tight-Lipped’ in February as a 7″ single (with a b-side cover of Aerosmith’s “Angel,” ft. a guest appearance by their Wicked Cool Records label mate Jessie Wagner) The single follows on from the bands album ‘Dig Your Roots’ released last year. Of the new track, Mansour says, “”Tight-Lipped” is about a woman who politely …