Cosmic metallers VANDERLUST (ft. members of S91, Dreal) will be inviting fans into their galaxy of wonder with the release of their self-titled debut album on April 15th, 2022 via Rockshots Records.
Today, they share their next odyssey in the exploration for the "Orphan Planet", which is the fifth single off the forthcoming record. Having already introduced fans to singles "Scavengers of Kuiper Belt", "The Last Ganymedian", "Requiem For An Ancient World" and "3 Suns".
"Orphan Planet is a more proggy track. The riffs are complex, but the song has also fast and catchy melodic phrases. Around the end, the song gets heavier and heavier with a powerful falsetto vocal section. What if an orphan planet would enter our solar system? And what if this planet would have traces of an extinct alien form of life?" adds the band.
Birthed to travel the cosmos, Italy's Vanderlust is a power-heavy metal band with prog-thrash influences that tells tales of space travels, astronomy, space engineering, and sci-fi adventures.
"We tried to mix a prog-thrashy riffing in the roots of Megadeth, Vektor, and Tool with epic vocal parts like Iron Maiden, Helloween, Angra, and Lione’s Rhapsody. We also put sci-fi elements in our songs, so you can hear also something from Voivod." adds the band.
This debut recording is like a stellar system with 12 different planets. The star at the center of the system represents the heavy-power metal around all the songs revolving. Despite all the tracks being irradiated by the same light, they are all different from each other. Vanderlust has fast thrash, slow and doom, shiny and brilliant to grunge, and darker songs. Like planets, which appear like simple small bright spots, but in reality, are all big worlds, Vanderlust's songs are more complex than they sound at first listen. In fact, you can easily sing along to some of the choruses even if there are complex riffs in the background. Vanderlust is particularly proud of the participation of opera singer Letizia Cappellini who does vocals on select tracks and helps the band further expand the vocal register of their compositions. The band also adds the presence of synths and electronic elements to the compositions to set the sci-fi mood of the lyrics.
"The main goal was to start a metal band that could be an inspiration for young people, a band that could tell them stories from the future when mankind will have overcome its limits and the solar system will be an entire human colony. This idea came to mind to founding members Francesco and Santo when they began their search for other members that could fit. Drummer Giacomo Mezzetti joined the space odyssey right before the covid-19 outbreak. Vocalist Riccardo Morello joined the band during the first lockdown in Italy, so the first song was entirely composed online, using videocalls and file sharing." adds the band.
For their live aspect, Vanderlust is currently working hard to create a thrilling spectacle, giving all their energy to the fans and letting them join them on the space journey.
Vanderlust is recommended for fans of Iron Maiden, Angra, Tool, Helloween, and Vektor.
Track Listing: 1. Intro (0:58) 2. High Hopes (3:34) 3. Orphan Planet (3:41) 4. Forgotten Breed (5:13) 5. The Last Ganymedian (3:45) 6. Scavengers Of Kuiper Belt (4:02) 7. Mass Effect Destruction (2:04) 8. Requiem For An Ancient World (4:59) 9. 3 Suns (4:44) 10. Dyson's Swarm (4:00) 11. Ringworld (3:26) 12. Ten Years Back (3:38) 13. Zima Blue (4:39) Album Length: 48:49
Il momento è finalmente arrivato e i thrash metaller dell’Arizona INCITE pubblicano oggi il loro nuovo album "Wake Up Dead"! Forgiato tra sangue e lacrime, questo nuovo lavoro combina le più grandi forze del metal estremo. Gli INCITE, rispetto alle band più patinate, possiedono grinta e determinazione autentiche. Lo spirito della cultura musicale pesante e l’attitudine scorrono nelle vene del cantante Richie Cavalera, del chitarrista Eli Santana, del bassista Christopher "EL" Elsten e del batterista Lennon Lopez. Attraverso cinque album e una manciata di EP, il gruppo dell'Arizona con rabbia calibrata e intenti violenti ha dichiarato guerra all'ingiustizia, alla disuguaglianza economica e a una serie di simili mali sociali. Ora l'attesa è finalmente finita e si può ordinare "Wake Up Dead" in digipak, LP nero e LP limitato viola + nero marmorizzato qui: https://incite.afr.link/WakeUpDeadPR Il cantante Richie Cavalera commenta: "Dopo un anno e mezzo di attesa, 'Wake Up Dead' è qui! Siamo tutti così orgogliosi di questo disco, le nuove canzoni spaccano, i vecchi classici mostrano a tutti da dove siamo venuti musicalmente, e l'artwork è straordinario. Siamo entrati a fare parte di un nuovo team pazzesco, e siamo pronti per godere del duro lavoro e del sacrificio che tutti noi abbiamo messo in questo album. Non vedo l'ora di suonarlo dal vivo per voi metallari molto presto. Hella metal forever!". Gli INCITE suoneranno i seguenti concerti negli Stati Uniti 04/08 US - Laredo, TX - Wonder Lounge 04/09 US - Austin, TX - Come & Take It 04/10 US - El Paso, TX - The Rockhouse 05/13 US - Gallup, NM - Juggernauts 05/14 US - Mesa, AZ - The Nile Chi non può partecipare agli show, può godersi il nuovo video musicale della band, 'Mental Destruction', diretto da Vicente Cordero: https://youtu.be/07GOP9jsllA "Metalheads, eccovi 'Mental Destruction', per noi una nuova dimensione musicale", aggiunge Richie. "È pesante, ha una chitarra acustica e un video pazzesco. Parla del collasso del proprio stato mentale e del non fare nulla o preoccuparsi di cambiarlo. Abbiamo tutti il potere di cambiare in meglio chi siamo, dobbiamo solo farlo accadere. Questa è una canzone enorme per noi a tutti i livelli e mostra i nuovi confini che stiamo raggiungendo con la band. Muovete il culo!". Altro su "Wake Up Dead" 'Deadbeat': https://youtu.be/F8otOoZ4gNU 'War Soup (feat. Max Cavalera)': https://youtu.be/CzXN7znQ4DI INCITE sono: Richie Cavalera | voce Eli Santana | chitarra Christopher “EL” Elsten | basso Lennon Lopez | batteria
“Desdemona” è il nuovo video e singolo dei Rossometile. Sesto estratto dall’album omonimo “Desdemona”.
“Desdemona” è un nome di donna che significa “nata sotto una cattiva stella”.
In “Desdemona” tutti potrebbero immedesimarsi, ma è anche la Desdemona dell’Otello di Shakespeare, una donna il cui destino è già scritto, che finirà per essere uccisa. Il brano quindi si riferisce anche a tutte le donne vittime di violenza.
American tech-death titans ORIGIN will return with their eighth studio album titled “Chaosmos” on June 3rd on Agonia Records (Europe) and Nuclear Blast Records (rest of the world). Listen to the album's first single “Ecophagy”below.
Cover artwork by Santiago Jaramillo (Immolation, Pestilence)
The long-standing outfit celebrate not only their eighth full-length installment, but also ring in their 25th year on “Chaosmos.” The same fury, brutality, and musical savvy that brought ORIGIN critical acclaim and a devout fanbase on “Unparalleled Universe” (2017), “Antithesis” (2008), and “Origin” (2000) returns with reinvigorated intensity, passion, and skill. In 2022, the group - Paul Ryan (guitars/backing vocals), Mike Flores (bass/backing vocals), John Longstreth (drums), and Jason Keyser (lead vocals) - are undeterred by unprecedented roadblocks and global uncertainty as they push forward. Indeed, ORIGIN’s new-era shock and awe mission is complete on “Chaosmos.”
“The music of Origin is a fusion of order and disorder. Our music is viewed as a meaningless assemblage of infinite perspectives,” posits guitarist/vocalist Paul Ryan with cosmic import.
Formed in Topeka, Kansas, in 1997, ORIGIN have eight full-length albums to their name. The group buzzed early with their 1998 EP, “A Coming into Existence” (re-released and re-recorded from scratch in 2019 on Agonia Records, as part of the “Abiogenesis” release). Fans of high-caliber death metal and record label representatives had noticed. It was after ORIGIN joined luminaries Nile, Cryptopsy, and Gorguts on the 1998 “Death Across America” tour that a monster was unleashed. In 2000, ORIGIN signed to Relapse Records, issuing four full-length albums in “Origin,”“Informis Infinitas Inhumanitas” (2002), “Echoes of Decimation” (2005), and the Billboard-charting“Antithesis”. While on the label, the group gigged incessantly, appearing on such notable tours as “Death Across America 2000”, “Relapse Contamination Tour 2008”, “The Summer Slaughter Tour North America 2009” and several successful European runs. Additionally, guitarist/vocalist Paul Ryan was listed on Decibel’s Top 20 Death Metal Guitarists list in 2007. ORIGIN’s subsequent albums “Entity” (2011), “Omnipresent” (2014), and “Unparalleled Universe” garnered praise in Metal Hammer, Allmusic, and Exclaim!, while occupying prime slots on the “Occupation Domination 2012,” the “Devastation on the Nation”, and “The Hell Over Europe” tours. “Chaosmos” yet again sees ORIGIN’s technically apt death metal in scarily superlative form.
“It’s our third album with the same lineup,” Ryan says. “And I personally feel it’s a continuation of who the band is currently. At the start of 2021, people started talking about a new Origin album, and I wasn’t sure if the world was literally ready for it due to lockdowns/restrictions. In March, I told myself, ‘I will write one song per month until I finish the album.’ When it was completed, I sent over what I had written to the rest of the band. From that point forward, our collective alchemy resulted in what you hear on Chaosmos.”
“Chaosmos” is the tip of ORIGIN’s newly honed spear. Fronted by the frenetic “Ecophagy,” stabbed mid-way through by vicious duo of “Panoptical”/ “Decolonizer,” and capped by the ominous coda of “Heat Death,” this is some of Paul Ryan’s most riveting guitar work to date. Drummer John Longstreth - known for his highly dexterous playing style - also shines throughout, but he’s imposing on “Cullscape,”“Cognito, Tamen Non Sum,” and the reality-blurring title track. The triple vocal attack of Jason Keyser, Ryan, and Flores is also an ORIGIN original. The three-headed beast of Keyser/Ryan/Flores effuses sounds that are at one end hellishly subterranean and at the other horrifically otherworldly. Whereas most death metal buries bass frequencies into the din of the guitars, bassist Mike Flores is expertly all over and in-between his fellow bandmates - ”Panoptical,” for example, is masterclass finger work - on “Chaosmos”.
“Chaosmos is who we are,” says Ryan. “Everyone in death metal has copied our style and techniques. Then, tried to call them their own. Origin just is what it is and what it needs to be. I had nothing but blank pages for this album, and then the word ‘Chaosmos’ kept ringing in my head for about six months. We all suffered during the pandemic, and I personally was in a dark place. Thankfully, the music was a positive release of negative energy.”
That vitality manifested itself deeply in the lyrics for “Chaosmos”. Whereas previous full-length, “Unparalleled Universe”, explored cosmosophy and had tendrils of inspiration from Frank Herbert’s“Dune,”“Chaosmos” is more ominous. For all the pain, suffering, joy, and accomplishment humanity faces, it’s relatively nothing in the front of the universe’s gaping maw. Frontman Keyser dissected the insignificance of everything we hold dear - from life and death to Earth’s very existence. He posits that we’re simply nanoscopic against the vast nothingness beyond our feeble atmosphere. Throughout “Chaosmos,”Keyser tackles the subject at different angles.
Says Keyser: “In the words of Lovecraft, ‘We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.’ On ‘Ecophagy,’ we explore the ‘devour and move on’ mentality of the billionaire pipe dream of colonizing other worlds after we’ve drained our own to a husk. ‘Cogito, Tamen Non Sum,’ Latin for ‘I think, yet I am not,’ delves into the rise of artificial intelligence, ripping an unsolicited consciousness from the nether, like a Boltzmann brain spontaneously becoming aware of itself and the horrors that surround it. ‘Cullscape’ and ‘Panoptical’ look into the rise of the despotic machine and humanity’s brutality towards itself. These all culminate in a final crescendo, ‘Heat Death,’ the final stage of the universe, where the last stars are snuffed out of the sky, and all our strife and efforts are finally revealed for what they have always been, utterly insignificant. Ultimately, that is the theme of Chaosmos. The cosmos is chaos. We must accept our end.”
ORIGIN re-tapped Kansas City-based studio guru Rob Rebeck (Unmerciful, Vänlade) to engineer, produce and mix “Chaosmos”. The production team holed up in GFM Recording Studios in Blue Springs, Missouri and Chapter 2 Recording in Lenexa, Kansas, over 14 days. Rebeck worked the mix over four days, while Colin Marsten at Menegroth in Queens, New York, mastered “Chaosmos” in two. The goal was, as always, to preserve yet expand upon ORIGIN’s savage signature, and that’s precisely what Rebeck and Marsten achieved. If “Unparalleled Universe” was the crawling insanity that is Nyarlathotep, then “Chaosmos” is the crushing tentacles of Cthulhu.
“The studio sessions are always super-high stress - unprepared madness,” Ryan says. “There is some improv magic that happens because of it, too. I feel like something great comes out of the aggression in death metal, and if you’re happy laying down tracks, maybe you shouldn’t be recording death metal. Origin bends but doesn’t break when in the studio.”
When ORIGIN broke out of the heartland in the aughts, death metal had no idea what was coming. A new era of brutality was born. Now, many years later, the outfit are ready for another round of redefinition on “Chaosmos”. They’ve blazed trails few could barely conceive, they’ve achieved more than they ever thought possible (the track “Finite” has two million YouTube views), and ORIGIN continue to innovate and enervate all. Be warned… the inevitable end is near with “Chaosmos”.
“Push play and hold on for the next ride,” says Ryan. “We hope you enjoy it as we do! Ad Astra Per Aspera. Vincit Qui Patitur.”
Tracklisting: 1. Ecophagy 2. Chaosmos 3. Cogito, Tamen Non Sum 4. Panoptical 5. Decolonizer 6. Cullscape 7. Nostalgia for Oblivion 8. Heat Death
U.S. Doom / Sludge band ZANE have signed
with Wormholedeath a licensing deal for the EP "She has
Wings", due for release on April 22nd, 2022.
The band stated:"After seeing the
accomplishments of Wormholedeath and listening to their roster, i was super
excited to sign a contract with them. I think this is the perfect place for my
new project. I look forward to the future with them."
"She has Wings" EP After struggling with addiction Zane knew the best way to take out his
frustrations was making another EP, this one being heavier than ever. He locked
himself in his studio for days and began recording about the things on his mind. Everything from thoughts of suicide,
violence, destruction, and anarchy. This project has a nice influence of Doom,
Sludge and Southern metal.
Zane started playing guitar at the age of 7 after getting his
first guitar for christmas. Officially starting his music career in 2016 under
the name Yelept after he received his first bass guitar. months later he
publicly released his first album with much success. Zane has always been a one
man band to ensure he reaches his idea of perfection without obstacles,
occasionally featuring other artists as guest appearances. Zane has mastered
playing multiple genres over the years. Although always returning to his metal
roots, his backbone.
IL TEEN MAGAZINE ISPIRATO ALLA CANZONE E IL VINILE DEL SINGOLO IN USCITA IL 13 APRILE
IL CHIOSCO DEI RAMMSTEIN APRIRÀ il 9/4
IN ALEXANDERPLATZ, BERLINO
Tanto la musica popolare quanto gli artisti popolari dovrebbero sempre sforzarsi di sorprendere gli ascoltatori con buone idee, contenuti potenti e a volte inaspettati, così come grandi canzoni, cosa che i Rammstein non mancano mai di fare.
In ogni caso, la voce che è emersa all'inizio di aprile secondo cui la band berlinese avrebbe investito in una "clinica di bellezza" chiamata "Zick Zack" si è certamente diffusa a macchia d'olio.
I fan di tutto il mondo hanno chiamato la hotline di "Zick Zack" per prendere un appuntamento, per saperne di più sulla clinica o anche per parlare con la squadra di esperti.
Il testo di "Zick Zack" e il video parlano di quella che oggi è spesso una tendenza compulsiva dell'individuo verso l'auto-ottimizzazione, a volte attraverso un'alterazione radicale del proprio aspetto fisico con l'uso del bisturi.
Per l'uscita fisica del loro nuovo singolo, i Rammstein pubblicheranno lo "Zick Zack Magazine" in stile teenager. La rivista di 32 pagine contiene storie, foto e interviste sul tema "Prettier, Bigger, Harder", così come una rubrica di lettere dei lettori chiamata "The Dr Flake Botox Box", un poster XXL, sei poster e 30 adesivi esclusivi dei Rammstein. E, naturalmente, il CD singolo di due tracce è incluso nella rivista. "Zick Zack" sarà pubblicato anche in vinile nero 7". Boys Noize si è occupato del remix della canzone. Entrambi i formati fisici usciranno il 13/4.
I fan dei Rammstein dovrebbero, inoltre, segnarsi il 9 aprile sul calendario. Un chiosco pop-up dei Rammstein aprirà in Alexanderplatz di Berlino (Alexanderplatz/Otto-Braun-Str. 70-72) alle 10 del mattino (fino alle 14): qui il singolo "Zick Zack" sarà venduto come parte della suddetta rivista extra, prima della sua uscita ufficiale - fino ad esaurimento scorte.
"Zick Zack" è il secondo singolo estratto da “Zeit”, il nuovo disco dei Rammstein in uscita il 29 aprile 2022 in svariati formati: CD digipack standard con un libretto di 20 pagine, CD digipack a sei pannelli in edizione speciale con un libretto di 56 pagine con sovraccoperta, doppio vinile 180g con un libretto di 20 pagine in grande formato, e digitale. Preordini: https://vir.lnk.to/zeit
Swedish death metal tyrants DEMONICAL are premiering a music video for a new song titled "We Conquer The Throne" in anticipation of their seventh studio album "Mass Destroyer", set for release on May 6th on Agonia Records. Click through the link below to watch the video, which was directed by Tobias Rydsheim of Svartna Film.
Struck by a burst of inspiration, DEMONICAL indulged in a creative spree immediately after the release of their antecedent offering, "World Domination"; and with expertise worthy of death metal veterans, shaped it into "Mass Destroyer". Developed in less than two years, the album reflects the energy that spawned its creation, and keeps to the Swede's HM2-beaten track, promising a few twists along the way. Adorned in an old fashioned attire, "Mass Destroyer" packs a gruesome punch, embodies organic sounding and delivers a truly fiendish experience from well-seasoned old-school death-dealers.
"A huge inspirational boost hit us so why waste time and wait? Just hammer while the metal is hot," explains the band, as to what seems to be a tried and true process, that already preceded "Hellsworn" (2009), "Death Infernal" (2011) and "Darkness Unbound" (2013). "The outcome is here, our seventh full-length and another vicious Demonical assault of Stockholm-style death metal madness and beyond," the band comments. "Once again and as always, we wanted to crawl back in time and explore the early days of death metal but with traces and hints of various other metallic subgenres."
Mark Riddick (Absu, Arsis) added his gruesome touch to "Mass Destroyer" in designing the fiendish cover artwork. Glashuset and SellnoiseStudios were used for recording with Johan Hjelm and Jonas Arnberg behind the helm, while Karl DanielLiden mixed and mastered the album at his Tri-Lamb Studios. "We worked with the same production team as last time and the result turned out nothing but great," the band continues. "A dynamic and breathing album we all feel very satisfied and proud off. Can’t wait to destroy the masses!"
Tracklisting: 1. We Conquer The Throne 2. Sun Blackened 3. Fallen Mountain 4. Wrathspawn 5. Dödsmarsch 6. Lifeslave 7. Cemented In Ire 8. By Hatred Bound
.jpg)
.jpg)
.png)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.png)
.png)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)