rock/metal tracks
Track: i Helvete – Sairaan Mielen Sinfonia
Finnish extreme metal band, i Helvete have released the second single “Sairaan Mielen Sinfonia” from their upcoming debut album ‘Sinisten Puiden Niitty’ Singer-guitarist Aleksi Mäkelä tells about the song: “The song was written for a long time before the lyrics were completed. We had to choose between this and another track, which one will be the second single. …
Track: Venom Prison – Judges Of The Underworld
Five-piece Venom Prison have shared ‘Judges Of The Underworld’, the first song and video taken from their upcoming album ‘Erebos’, due 4th February, 2022 via Century Media Records. The band comment, “’Judges Of The Underworld’ deals with the crippling reality of people who face incarceration, who oftentimes are followed by violence over a lifetime. This violence can …
Track: The Risen Dread – Silent Disease
Irish quartet The Risen Dread debut album ‘Night Hag’ is set for release on January 28th 2022 via Wormholedeath records. ‘Night Hag’ is a concept album with mental illness as its central theme, with all the tracks focusing on a particular illness or a historical figure that had multiple disorders. A whirling mash of heavy guitars …
Track: Breed Of Aggression – Unmasked
Hailing from the Midwest, Breed Of Aggression is a new heavy metal project founded by Scott McClellan and Susie Hoffman Beahm. Breed Of Aggression have released the for their first single “Unmasked”. Scott McClellan talking about the single ‘Unmasked’, “When Unmasked was written, I had the idea of Painkiller by Judas Priest in my head, …
Track: Gojira – Sphinx
Gojira have shared the official music video for ‘Sphinx’ a standout track from their acclaimed new album Fortitude. (read our review here) How can you not be affected by that heavy powerful riffing and the harsh vocals that sound almost unworldly. Directed and animated by Zev Deans, the music video sees Gojira delivering a pulverising performance at the feet of …
Track: Spoon – The Hardest Cut
Spoon’s tenth album, Lucifer on the Sofa, is the band’s purest rock ’n roll record to date. Texas-made, it is the first set of songs that the quintet has put to tape in its hometown of Austin in more than a decade. According to frontman Britt Daniel, “It’s the sound of classic rock as written by …
Track: Mastodon – Sickle And Peace
Ahead of the October 29th release of their highly anticipated 8th studio album “Hushed And Grim”, Atlanta heavy rock quartet Mastodon present a brand new single ‘Sickle And Peace’ Their first full-length studio work in four years, Hushed And Grim was recorded in their hometown of Atlanta, over the course of the past 12 months with producer David Bottrill (Tool, …
See: Dragonforce – Strangers
DragonForce has launched a new video for a ‘Strangers’ which is a previous track taken from 2019’s Extreme Power Metal, and is a tribute to everything 80s! Featuring Steve Vai’s Whitesnake/David Lee Roth-era guitars, the band spared no expense in making this clip authentic, delivering the ultimate glam metal cheese. Filmed before the pandemic with a large-scale production, …
See: Arch Enemy – Deceiver, Deceiver
Arch Enemy have shared the video for a new standalone single, ‘Deceiver, Deceiver’ mixed and mastered by Jacob Hansen and is the band’s first original release since 2017’s acclaimed ‘Will To Power’ Arch Enemy’s founder and chief songwriter Michael Amott comments: “Wait…what? Has it really been four years since we last released new Arch Enemy music? Time flies…especially when …
Track: Onlooker – Get Out Alive
Four piece garage rock band Onlooker are sharing another new single ‘Get Out Alive’, which is the third of four singles leading up to their debut album release later this year. A huge burst of garage rock thats dripping with attitude and immense guitar work. From the utter musical chaos on the verses to the …