Extreme Norwegian Metal Vikings :BOLVERK: Announce “Uaar" Album

 

Hailing from the cold North, Extreme Norwegian Metal Vikings 

:BOLVERK: 

will release their debut album "Uaar" on May the 27th , 2022 via Wormholedeath worldwide.

:BOLVERK: is the latest musical adventure from brothers in arms:

Christopher “Rammr” Rakkestad (Elvarhøi, Jordskip, ex. Ragnarok)

Lucass Edquist (Gnida, ex. Mork)

Bjørn “Narrenschiff” Holter (Images at Twilight, ex. Illnath, ex. Aasmegin)

Thomas Bolverk (Under the Oak, Welcome to Hell, ex. Ragnarok, ex. Images at Twilight, ex. Darkness, ex. Black Currant etc…)

Carlo from Wormholedeath stated: Bolverk: is the project from my brother Thomas Hansen and it’s not just a release or an album for me, it’s like a piece of my heart. When Thomas asked me if I wanted to release this project I was absolutely and totally honored but when I listened to the album the feelings changed into something even stronger...I am so proud to be part of this project cause this record is simply amazing. Modern and Old School at the same time, Emotional and Mercyless, Groovy and fast, Melodic and Brutal at the same time...It has all the possible elements that a metal fan would like to find in an album in 2022. Produced by the mighty Devo from Marduk, this band is the proof that you don’t need the big budgets to conquer the world with music, cause this is exactly what they are going to do.

:BOLVERK: is EXTREME NORWEGIAN METAL aiming to be as sad and melodic as Solstafir in one end and as brutal as Marduk in the other. We are exploring the borders of the Extreme Metal genre and are actively working with the contrasts that all our inspirations have embedded in us. Our music is about melody as well as brutality. We want you to sing along as well as wanting to furiously bang your head. Good music makes you want to move, and that is one of the goals we aim to achieve with :BOLVERK:

The name “Bolverk” is originally one of Odin’s personas. He used the name Bolverk when he went out to steal the mead of poetry, and there was a lot of blood-splatter and killing in the process. Later adaptations see the word used as a description for something solid and impenetrable. We even have it in our local dialect as “bælværk” where it means something like a big, sturdy unformly mass. Anyway, all this, maybe apart from the unformly mass, are things that comply with our music. Melody, poetry, brutality, tightness and a sturdy and down-to-earth attitude.

The title of the album, “Uaar”, means a bad year in older Norwegian language. This was usually used when the crops failed and people starved. It fits well with the state of the world for the last two years, we think.

Release date for the album is the 27th of May 2022. A lot of material is already written for its successor which will be unleashed as early as late spring 2023. The release of “Uaar” will be accompanied by a release-party the 11th of June, where we will treat you to free music that will challenge your listening skills and everything will be filmed and recorded for a live video.

:BOLVERK: “Uaar”

Side A:

Death the Whore 05:58

Uaar 05:27

Time for Chaos 04:38

Svovelpredikant 05:36

Side B

Secterian Bloodshed 06:57

Prevail in Silence 06:23

Bride of Christ 06:47

Bonus song CD only:

From the Depths 06:12

FOLLOW :BOLVERK:
https://www.facebook.com/BolverkBandNorway

Israel’s SINNERY Signs To Exitus Stratagem Records To Release Forthcoming Album “Black Bile”

L/R Sinnery: 

Saar Tuvi (Bass), Alon Karnieli (Guitars and Vocals), Idan Kringel (Lead Guitar), Matan Carlos Mandelbaum (Drums)
Photo Credit - Or Shankerman

Israeli thrashers Sinnery have been working hard on a new, highly anticipated album “Black Bile”, which is slated for release this year through USA-based Exitus Stratagem Records. Their last album “A Feast of Fools” was released six years ago, so this new offering has been a long time coming. The previous album is very thrash-heavy and since then they have taken more to the death and black subgenres, as well as embracing elements from deathcore and modern metal.

This period of growth and evolution might bring a shock to long-standing fans, but in a good way. The music has gotten more professional, the musicianship has gotten tighter and there are more powerful emotions and messages inflected throughout the songs. They still bring heavy, driving riffs but have added melody and higher production quality. The band comments on the release:

“Writing Black Bile we knew more than anything that we just want the listeners to feel what we felt while writing the album. The album contains many different styles of play all while sticking to what we love about metal the most, heavy and melodic fast parts. We really tried to explore further into our inspiration’s inspiration and see where the sounds that we love came from, we mixed everything that we like to give the album a sound that is 100 percent Sinnery. All of the songs mean a lot to us, they all speak about our perspective dealing with different stuff about the world that we live in or our own minds and personal life.”

Sinnery wants their songs to bring fans closer to them and gain an understanding of who they were when they wrote “Black Bile”. Their live act is known to be very energetic and heavy, dripping with elevated intensity all the way through each set. On top of an engaging live show, they are nothing if not dedicated to their craft. They once had the opportunity to play a large-scale gig, however, vocalist/guitarist Alon Karnieli, who was doing his military service, was expected to be on base. All caution to the wind, he left without permission to go and slay the stage.

Grinding, and familiar, Sinnery takes the usual metal formula and injects it with dynamic passion. They are recommended listening for fans of Metallica, Gojira, and Testament.

“Black Bile” will be released in September 2022 via Exitus Stratagem Records.

Album teaser - https://youtu.be/En2gavOKe7U

For more info:​
​Exsrmusic.com​
​Facebook.com/SinneryBand​
​Instagram.com/sinnerybandofficial​
​Spotify​

About:​
Forged by the love for metal and hatred for anything else, Sinnery formed in late 2012 in Herzliya, Israel. The four-piece toured Israel nonstop while entering the studio with Israeli producer Eli Pikover to record their first album "A Feast of Fools".
​In 2016, the band signed with Pitch Black Records and together released Sinnery's debut LP "A Feast of Fools", getting the band to play in Cyprus's biggest metal festival "Power of The Night Fest 2017". AFOF gained the band many new listeners receiving great praise worldwide.
​In 2019, the band toured with legendary German thrashers, Tankard.
​Fast forward to 2022, The band has completed production on their highly anticipated new album "Black Bile", mixed and mastered by Matt Hyde (Machine Head, Trivium, Slipknot, Bullet For My Valentine). The album is set for release on Sept 16th via label Exitus Stratagem Records (EXSR).
​Sinnery is set to conquer new grounds and get on tour starting with Romanian Festival and date in the UK in September and October.

Rockshots Records Signs 17 CRASH For Release of Fourth Studio Album "Stamina"

 

Rockshots Records is proud to announce their signing of Tuscan, Italy's 17 Crash for their fourth studio album "Stamina" to be released Winter 2022.

Driven by the passion of drummer Phil Hill and singer Ros Crash, 17 Crash began their crazy journey back in 2011.

At an earlier stage of their career, 17 Crash were a true and vibrant synonym of vintage 80s LA Glam Rock Style: big hair, leather pants and loud guitars. Distinctive attire and growling sounds finally merged into the debut album “Reading Your Dirty Minds” (2015). Right after their first release, the band toured extensively throughout the Italian peninsula while making sure the name of the band was being heard.

Evolving and exploring new sounds, it didn’t take that long until they found what they were looking for with the release of the second studio album “Hit The Prey” (2018). Finding the right balance between the 80s sound and modern AOR, the new record marked a significant turning point both in terms of musicianship and career approach.

Another two years of touring passed until a further stage of evolution with their third album “Through Hell And Back” (2020) reconfirming previous collaboration with long-esteemed colleagues Alessio Lucatti in production and Simone Mularoni for mixing and mastering. The third chapter written by 17 Crash featured groovy heavy riffs, polished sounds and even sharper tunes, effectively establishing the band as a true landmark not only within national borders, but in the international hard & heavy landscape as well.

2022 will witness the release of the fourth album “Stamina”, a much more complex and profound piece of work written entirely during the endless lockdowns from the 2020 pandemic that the world experienced. It will be 80s rock crossed with a particular duality between human struggle and the will to fight and resist against all the odds. It might seem that 17 Crash have come a long way, but rest assured they are just warming up for what’s to come.

For this band's new adventure, 17 Crash also announces a new member to the family: bassist Alba Nasoni, alias The Mess Mistress.

To listen to 17 Crash's previous releases, please visit the following links:

​Spotify​

For more info:

​www.rockshots.eu​
​https://www.facebook.com/17CrashOfficialPage​
​https://www.instagram.com/17_crash_official/​
​https://twitter.com/rock17crash

Singer/Songwriter Timea Göghova Presents “I thought” Single & Video

Timea Göghova is an artist, a singer and songwriter covering up various genres. She is singing clean, she screams and she also sings some classic.

She has two bands, a Melodic Metal Band, Still Awake since 2016 and Passion Control, a Jazzfunk Band, since 2017.

She started her solo project in 2021 in the genres ballads and R&B.
The solo project Balladesque is in the foreground in 2022, there’ll be more focus on R&B in 2023.

The first ballads are recorded with the piano arrangements from Carolina Melisa Gonzalez alias Caro D’lirium (Argentina), but there are going to be other artists and songwriters featured in this project.

Timea’s love for music and singing was already obvious as a child. Her parents got to know each other in a choir, so singing must have been put in her cradle. After living 2,5 years in London, where she also sang in a choir, 2001 she finally moves to Germany after falling love with the German language.

Some projects/bands:

2009 - 2015 - second progressive Metal Band - Infinum

Album Release „Illusions“ without label

2015 - 2018 - electronic world music - Arcana Obscura

Album Release „2000 Miles“ - Concequence records

2016 until now - third metal Band - Still Awake

Album Release autumn 2022

2017 until now - jazz funk fusion Band - Passion Control

EP Release 2020 Before the first, EP Release 2021 Second before the first

Credits:

Winner of the South German Finals with Still Awake 2017
Winner of the Heavy Summerbreak Festival with Infinum 2012
Partizipation in the TV Show The Voice of Germany 2021

Follow Timea Göghova
https://www.facebook.com/timea.goeghova
https://www.instagram.com/timeagoeghova
https://www.youtube.com/
Spotify

Swiss post-doom trio Kalkas (RIYL : Electric Wizard, God Is Astronaut, Monkey3, Stoned Jesus…) streamed debut album 'Envoûtante sève' // Out now on LP/Digital through Table Basse Records

 

A couple of days after unveilling a first glimps from the effort îth the official video of "Au milieu du feu, il est leur guide", naturalistic Post-doom - including stoner and psych-rock elements - trio from Lausane and emerging from the amazing Swiss scene in 2019, Kalkas just gave birth to its first full-length album.

This one, called 'Envoûtante sève' is available right now LP & Digital through Table Basse Records and the main legal platforms but also Free Streaming / Pay-What-You-Want Download on Bandcamp.

...For the record...
 Beyond its musical dimension, Kalkas develops a conceptual universe around issues related to climate change and the anger this causes among the various members of the band.
In a romantic and dualistic approach, with some points of naturalistic contemplation, this album offers a first dive into the subdued atmosphere of a dark autumnal and forest mist. To a sound saturated with existential angst, the instruments respond to the call of Kalkas, a deep entity with a vague design for our humanities.
Punctuated with narrative and poetic vocal passages, the album 'Envoûtante Sève' offers a first vision of this new world, under construction.

RIYL : Electric Wizard | God Is Astronaut | Monkey3 | Stoned Jesus…

ENTROPIA Joins Agonia Records; Reveals Album Title

Poland's multifaceted, extreme metal band ENTROPIA (originating from Oleśnica in Lower Silesia) has signed a record deal with Agonia Records.

Photo credit: heavision.com

ENTROPIA combines a number of genres, from krautrock and electronic music, to sludge and black metal, filtered through a prism of metallic extremity. With three studio albums to its name - "Vesper" (2013), "Ufonaut" (2016) and "Vacuum" (2018) - the five-piece pushed and evolved its base sound to develop a unique sonic perspective, drenched in psychedelia. The latter plays a major part in the band's image and conceptual approach.

ENTROPIA's output is met with growing interest from metal and non-metal community, having the group play Roadburn Festival, Primavera Sound, OFF Festival, Mystic Festival and a European tour supporting US black/folk act Wayfarer. The band contributed to the video game Cyberpunk 2077, by having their song "Future Drugs" appear on the official soundtrack.

ENTROPIA's members perform under a joint moniker ULTRA. Their sight is set on releasing their fourth album titled "Total" on Agonia Records.

"We have the pleasure to announce that our new album 'Total' will be released later this year via Agonia," comments ENTROPIA. "With a hint of irony, the album was announced as the soundtrack to the end of the world. Now it's clear, that our announcement should have been taken literally."

ENTROPIA on-line:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mourningentropia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mourning_entropia/
Bandcamp: https://bandcamp.com/entropia
Bigcartel: https://entropiapoland.bigcartel.com/

Agonia Records:
Website: https://agoniarecords.com
Webshop: https://agoniarecords.com/store
Facebook: https://facebook.com/agoniarecords
Twitter: https://twitter.com/agoniarecords
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/agoniarecords
Bandcamp: https://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/agoniarecordsofficial
YouTube: https://youtube.com/AgoniaRec

SKULL FIST - pubblicano il video track-by-track del nuovo album “Paid In Full”

 

Mancano pochi giorni all'uscita del nuovo album degli SKULL FIST "Paid In Full" il 22 Aprile su Atomic Fire Records.

Con questo video track-by-track, il leader della band Zach Slaughter vi illustrerà le otto canzoni dell'album dandovi l'opportunità di scoprire in anteprima i singoli brani.

"Paid In Full" tracklist:
01. Paid In Full
02. Long Live The Fist
03. Crush Kill Destroy
04. Blackout
05. Madman
06. For The Last Time
07. Heavier Than Metal
08. Warrior Of The North

Guarda il track-by-track video qui: https://youtu.be/zNwr7-V2Jdg

Ascolta i singoli precedentemente pubblicati "Long Live The Fist" QUI and "For The Last Time" QUI!

“Paid In Full” è disponibile per preordini nei seguenti formati:
– Digipak CD
– Vinyl LP (diversi colori)
– Deluxe CD Boxset (limitato a 500 unità)
Acquistate la vostra copia fisica o scaricate/ascoltate in streaming i nuovi singoli qui: 
https://skullfist.lnk.to/paidinfull

Il pugno è legge! Dai loro inizi nel 2006, il custode delle segrete Zach Schottler e la sua spietata banda di complici spericolati hanno pubblicato tre almanacchi archetipici dell’heavy metal, mangiato più polvere di quanta faccia bene alla loro salute, sopportato le avversità e sostenuto innumerevoli birre in innumerevoli bar di innumerevoli città. Ora, dopo 15 anni di metal e caos, Zach Schottler entra in scena con il proverbiale titolo “Paid In Full”, un prodigio dell’heavy metal nella sua variante provocatoria. A testa alta, con le tasche vuote e abbastanza benzina per poter fare il prossimo concerto, gli SKULL FIST hanno appena conquistato il 2022.

Discografia:
2006: No False Metal (Demo)
2010: Heavier Than Metal (EP, self-release)
2011: Head öf the Pack
2014: Chasing the Dream
2018: Way of the Road

I SKULL FIST sono:
Zach Slaughter | Voce e Chitarra
Casey Guest | Basso
JJ Tartaglia | Batteria

SKULL FIST online:
https://www.facebook.com/skullfisted  
https://www.instagram.com/skullfistofficialgram/ 
https://www.youtube.com/user/SkullFistOfficial