News: VENOM ANNOUNCE ‘SONS OF SATAN’ – A COLLECTION OF EARLY DEMO MATERIAL RECORDED BETWEEN 1979-1983
Venom formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the new wave of British heavy metal, Venom‘s first two albums—’Welcome to Hell’ (1981) and ‘Black Metal’ (1982)—are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general. Venom‘s second album proved influential enough that its title was used as the name …
Track: Remo Drive – A Flower And A Weed
Remo Drive hit us with another massively catchy indie rock ballad, ‘A Flower and a Weed’, from their forthcoming album. ‘A Portrait of an Ugly Man’ is out digitally and on vinyl via Epitaph Records on June 26 The two brothers Erik (vocals, guitar) and Stephen (bass) Paulson have created some magic from their parent’s basement in Minnesota and their self-produced and …
ALBUM REVIEW: LAMB OF GOD – LAMB OF GOD
American heavy metal band Lamb Of God are set to release their 8th studio album – ‘Lamb Of God’ via Nuclear Blast and Epic Records. It has been 5 years since there last album of new material with 2015’s – ‘VII: Sturm und Drang’. The self titled album will also be the first to feature new drummer Art …
Track: Evening Hymns – Pyrenees
Evening Hymns is the ever-evolving project of musician, composer and producer, Jonas Bonnetta , is today sharing his new single, ‘Pyrenees’ which comes with an official video directed by Monika Kraska. ‘Pyrenees’ is the third song to be released after ‘I Can Only Be Good’ and ‘My Drugs My Dreams’ from the long-awaited new album, Heavy Nights, out June 26 …
Track: Arrival Of Autumn – Apocalyptic
Canadian metal upstarts Arrival Of Autumn are proud to release the music video for ‘Apocalyptic’ off their recent album Harbinger released via Nuclear Blast. Arrival Of Autumn comments, “This video is super cool because we did everything ourselves. We took the current state of the world and used it as a challenge to be productive and make something with integrity …
EP: Chasing Ghosts release EP Bring Me Suffering
Milton Keynes based British metal outfit ‘Chasing Ghosts’ are resurging with EP ‘Bring Me Suffering’ to be released 12th June. A union of haunting female harmonies and natural sombre strings, resulting in an evolution of all the darker elements in their already present sound since the release of their critically acclaimed debut album in 2018. The …
Track: Ian Skelly – Captain Caveman
Ian Skelly’s new album, Drifter’s Skyline, is set for release on July 31st. Skelly starts the countdown to his second, feature-length solo record with the release of Captain Caveman, a time-stopping, bubble-gum hit of comic book gobbledygook. Skelly says: “It came from an instrumental that Phil had figured out, so I threw some tongue-in-cheek, bubble-gum lyrics on it. It’s …
TRACK: Karima Francis – Orange Rose
Making a welcome return to the spotlight, the singer-songwriter from Blackpool delivers an atmospheric and elegiac single for the soul, that emerges as her first new material of 2020. Offering wistful rumination on how mental health can send shockwaves through even the most intimate and entwined of relationships, ‘Orange Rose’ sees Karima strike a masterful …
TRACK: Park Hye Jin releases title track How Can I
Ahead of her highly anticipated new record – How Can I which is released June 26th on Ninja Tune, Park Hye Jin has shared the EP’s title track ‘How can I’. Unlike the dream like track ‘Like This’ released in May. ‘How Can I’ is more grounded with stronger rhythmic notes. It starts with a fairground sounding …
TRACK: FALLE NIOKE AND GHOST CULTURE SHARE NEW TRACK LONELINESS
Falle Nioke & Ghost Culture present new single ‘Loneliness’. Sang in Malinke and Coniagui this is the second track released from his forthcoming collaborative EP Youkounkoun released 10th July via PRAH Recordings. ‘Loneliness’ comes hot on the heels of debut single ‘Barké’ which we covered back in April here. “I wrote this song because I have felt loneliness,” states Falle Nioke. “It’s about a man …