rock/metal tracks
Track: The Halo Effect – Feel What I Believe
The Halo Effect are Jesper Strömblad, Peter Iwers, Daniel Svensson, Niclas Engelin of In Flames and Mikael Stanne of Dark Tranquillity. After sharing their first single ‘Shadowminds’, the band return with the second release with ‘Feel What I Believe’. The band comments: “The song is basically about how it felt growing up and discovering extreme metal in …
Track: Matthew Heafy Shares First Single From His New Project ‘Ibaraki’ Featuring Emperor’s Ihsahn
Triviums Matthew Heafy is delighting fans today by releasing the first single from his long-awaited and much-anticipated Ibaraki project. Ibaraki is the name for a terrifying Japanese demon taken from feudal legendThe band have also released the video for the track titled “Tamashii No Houkai,” featuring special guest Ihsahn of Emperor fame. “‘Tamashii No Houkai’ means ‘the breaking of the soul’ or ‘soul collapse,” explains Heafy. “It’s …
Track: Kurokuma – Sacrifice to Huitzilopochtli
With their debut album ‘Born of Obsidian’ which is set for release on 4th Feb, UK psychedelic sludge-metal band Kurokuma have shared their second single ‘Sacrifice To Huitzilopochtli’. Drummer Joe Allen comments on new single: “Sacrifice to Huitzilopochtli is about human sacrifice to the god of sun and war and the Templo Mayor. It was …
See: SOM – Center
With their new album ‘The Shape of Everything’ due next week via Pelagic Records, SOM have shared the new video for the dreamy post-metal track ‘Center’, directed by Samia Zaidi. Will Benoit from the band comments, “‘Center’ was one of the first songs we worked on as a band remotely during lockdown. The vocals were originally …
Track: Venom Prison – Nemesis
With their debut album due next month, Venom prison have shared the next single from the album with their new track ‘Nemesis’ Venom Prison comment about the track: “This song is about the urge to hurt the person who has caused you irreparable harm and has changed your life forever. It deals with having been …
Track: Once Human – Erasure
Once Human have shared new track ‘Erasure’, taken from their forthcoming album, ‘Scar Weaver’, due 11th Feb via earMusic. Frontwoman Lauren Hart tells us about the theme of new single: “Erasure is a song about blood diamonds. It’s about the clear-cut, horrific message that a rock is worth more than a life to their producers. Although today there are human rights …
News: Nordic Giants Announce Second Album ‘Symbiosis’ due 4th February
Following on from the success of their debut album – ‘A Sèance of Dark Delusions’ and their documentary / soundtrack project – ‘Amplify Human Vibration’, the mysterious Nordic Giants emerge from hiding with their second studio album simply entitled – ‘Symbiosis’ set for release on 4th February 2022. Symbiosis represents the interdependent relationship of all …
Track: Fit For An Autopsy – Two Towers
New Jersey six-piece Fit For An Autopsy are set to release their sixth album ‘Oh What the Future Holds’ on January 14 via Nuclear Blast. They have shared another single form the album – ‘Two Towers’ “Conceptually, ‘Two Towers’ is an abstract story which follows the journey of your past self and future self, and the forces that pull them apart,” …
See: Slade Release First Official Video For Merry Xmas Everybody Plus more Vinyl Reissue News
Slade unveil a brand new animated video for Merry Xmas Everybody. This is the first time there has been a promotional video for the ultimate festive anthem. ‘The video is very unusual and comical. It does sum up the band’s characters HO HO HO!’ exclaims Noddy Holder. Originally released in 1973 Merry Xmas Everybody was the band’s sixth number-one single …
News: As I Lay Dying Release Shaped By Fire (Deluxe Version) And Share Live Music Video For ‘My Own Grave’
San Diego quartet As I Lay Dying unleashed their seventh full-length album Shaped By Fire onto the world via Nuclear Blast on September 20th 2019. Today, the band releases the Shaped By Fire (Deluxe Version) which features live and instrumental versions as well as re-interpretations of the original tracks. In celebration, the band offers fans the live music video for ‘My Own Grave’. Phil Sgrosso comments: “The initial …