rock/metal tracks
Track: Winterburn – Ivory Tower
Winterburn is the project of lead guitarist and vocalist Naser Mestarihi. Pulling from an abundance of experience both live and recording, Mestarihi, is a multi-instrumentalist who plays all instruments with the exception of drums which were recorded by Grammy-award winning drummer Thomas Pridgen (The Mars Volta, Suicidal Tendencies). The bands debut album ‘Ivory Towers’ has just …
Track: Hadal Maw – Oblique Order
Melbourne-based death-metal band Hadal Maw have shared the title track of their new EP ‘Oblique Order’, which is due 31st December via Blighttown Records. The track features guest vocals from three of Australia’s most accomplished vocalists; Karina Utomo (High Tension), Luke Frizon (Growth) and Antony Oliver (Descent). The new effort follows-up the band’s 2018 EP ‘Charlatan’ and presents four tracks of uncompromising and confronting aural violence …
Track: SOM – Moment
With their album due 21st January via Pelagic Records and their European tour opening for Katatonia and Sólstafir, SOM have shared their Alex Pace directed video for epic new single ‘Moment’. The band comments: “We wanted The Shape of Everything to open with something heavy and dark, but also offer some tangible hopefulness as well. So pretty early …
Track: Sydney’s Hawker Announce Debut Double A-side Single Bot Noxious / Chaka
Hailing from Sydney’s northern beaches, the four-piece – Jefferson Grainger on guitar/vocals, Ish Karunanayake on lead guitar, Chris Grainger on bass and Jason Robertson on drums – conjure the spirit of grunge for the 2020s, its searing music invoking the likes of grunge-era royalty like Nirvana, Mudhoney, Helmet, Hole and Tool. To celebrate the release …
Track: Breacher – Hollowed Out
New alternative hardcore band Breacher have shared their first official music video for their track ‘Hollowed Out’. A torrential down pour of heavy drums, and raging guitars with the roughest of vocals that are just perfect. The guys manage to pack some raw emotion that sits within the noise. The energetic rock guitar adds a …
Track: Venom Prison Release A Metal Masterpiece With New Single ‘Pain Of Oizys’
Venom Prison share their new track ‘Pain Of Oizys’ taken from upcoming album ‘Erebos’ due 4th February Ben Thomas elaborates, “The second offering by Venom Prison is a cold room with a dusty piano. It’s a softly sung war hymn with finger-picked guitar. It’s a ship in calm seas watching for the storm on the Horizon. ‘Pain Of …
Track: Twin Atlantic – Dirty
Twin Atlantic have shared their new track ‘Dirty’, taken from upcoming new album ‘Transparency’ due 7th January. “Dirty is one of those songs that was just so fun to write and record. It’s a song that’s been in the Twin Atlantic camp for a few years, so was written pre lockdown when Ross and I were going …
Tracks: Ignite – The River
Orange County-based hardcore titans Ignite have just announced their new self-titled album due 25th March via Century Media Record. They have also shared the first single and music video for track ‘The River’ that addresses the heavy subject matter of the toll felt by those who struggle with the US immigration system. Led by new lead vocalist Eli Santana (of …
News: Belphegor will release their first two albums, ‘The Last Supper’ and ‘Blutsabbath’ on Vinyl and together as 2CD.
Austria’s Death Metal high priests Belphegor will release their first two albums, ‘The Last Supper’ (1995) and ‘Blutsabbath’ (1997), next year on Vinyl and together as 2CD. The records will be out on January 14th and you can pre-order your little piece of extreme metal history right here Helmuth states: “While we are finishing up a last couple of dates of the “The Black Rituals“ …
Track: Motherland – Waiting
The Northern powerhouse that is Motherland have returned with another track to finish the year off with ‘Waiting’. The band comments: “‘Waiting’ is an upbeat pop rock song with lyrics describing the various stages of love wherein the narrator is completely giving their self to someone but doesn’t know where they stand within it all. …