Die Progressive Metal-Band OCEANS OF SLUMBER hat einen Labeldeal bei Season of Mist unterschrieben. Nun hat die Band mit dem Video-Clip “Poem Of Ecstasy” eine zweite Single vom kommenden Album veröffentlicht. Der Track folgt auf das Titelstück “Where Gods Fear To Speak“.

“Ich wollte schon immer mal Death Growls machen”, sagt Cammie Beverly. “”Where Gods Fear to Speak” bot die perfekte Gelegenheit. Harte Vocals mit meinen Cleansing Vocals zu mischen, spricht das Spannungsfeld zwischen Lust und Schmerz an, aber es gibt auch eine Freiheit, die damit einhergeht, meine Stimme über ihre vermeintliche Belastungsgrenze hinaus zu treiben.”

Unter dem Namen “Poem of Fire” haben OCEANS OF SLUMBER zudem ein Piano-Medley von den Tracks des kommenden Albums veröffentlicht.

“Dieses Signing ist unser Einstieg in die rohe, härtere Richtung, die wir in letzter Zeit eingeschlagen haben”, erklärt Drummer Dobber Beverly.

OCEANS OF SLUMBER sind Sängerin Cammie Beverly, Drummer und Keyboarder Dobber Beverly (NECROFIER, Ex-VIRAL LOAD, Ex-INSECT WARFARE), Bassist Semir Ozerkan (NECROFIER, NAHAYA), Gitarrist Alex Davis sowie Gitarrist und Synthesizer Chris Kritikos.

OCEANS OF SLUMBER “Where Gods Fear To Speak” Tracklist

Where Gods Fear to Speak (Video bei YouTube)
Run From the Light
Don’t Come Back from Hell Empty-Handed
Wish
Poem of Ecstasy (Video bei YouTube)
The Given Dream
I Will Break the Pride of Your Will
Prayer
The Impermanence of Fate
Wicked Game

OCEANS OF SLUMBER “Where Gods Fear To Speak” Artwork

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Huch, ich bin reichlich spät zur Party! Bereits Mitte April erschien das neue Album von VANDEN PLAS, einer Band, die die Anhänger des traditionsgeprägten Progmetals unruhig schlafen lässt. VANDEN PLAS sind vielleicht DAS Flaggschiff in Deutschland für härtere und zugleich komplexe Klänge, ein Mitfavorit auf den Europameistertitel. Aber sie haben sich ja auch Zeit gelassen – vier Jahre sind seit dem letzten Studioalbum vergangen. Das sei zu meiner Entschuldigung vorgebracht. Obwohl sie keineswegs untätig waren und 2022 ein Livealbum veröffentlicht haben. Und es gab ja noch ALL MY SHADOWS, das Sideprojekt, bei dem sie ganz neue Facetten zeigten: melodieverliebter und melodischer Metal, von mir hochgelobt, sehr eingängig und mit einer Extraportion Hooks.

Bereits der Albumtitel lässt erkennen, dass es auf dem neuen Werk wieder komplexer zugeht, dreizehn Silben, altgriechische Topoi, mittelalterliche Kosmologie: „The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things“. Wow. Gäbe es eine Art Scrabble, bei dem man Albumtitel auf das Spielbrett legen muss, eine extrem hohe Punktzahl wäre damit sicher. Das Cover ist brennend rot, es zeigt eine metallene Libelle, auch eine Armillarsphäre: oder ist das eine Zodiakalmappe? Konzentrische Ringe, Himmelskörper. Ihr merkt schon, es ist nicht ganz einfach, aber doch höchst faszinierend, mythisch geheimnisvoll. Wissenschaft, Glaube und Emotion vermischen sich. Man kommt schnell ins Deuten, und doch ist das Motiv so typisch Progressive, dass fast keine Zweifel aufkommen können, welche Spielart von Rockmusik hier geboten wird. Progressive ist auch eine Haltung, so wie Punk eine Haltung ist: Mache es dem Hörer nicht zu leicht, öffne den Raum für überraschende Kontexte. Moment, ich verliere mich gerade in Assoziationsketten.

VANDEN PLAS haben eine eher behutsame Evolution vollzogen
Es ist ja nicht so, als wüsste man bei VANDEN PLAS nicht, was einen erwartet. Sie haben ihre Evolution eher behutsam vollzogen, von anfänglichen DREAM-THEATER-Vergleichen hin zu einem pompöseren, theatralischeren Sound, der auch mal Musical-Elemente aufnimmt, und Wiedererkennungswert besitzt. Und da wäre noch das markante Gitarrenspiel von Hauptsongwriter Stephan Lill, dessen Einflüsse herauszuhören sind (Chris DeGarmo!), aber der im Laufe der Jahre eine ganz eigene Sprache entwickelt hat, sehr schroffe und hart groovende Riffs mit ungeraden Taktarten in höchst melodische Leads und Soli münden lassen kann, eine beachtliche Vielfalt an Klangfarben bietet. Das neue Album ist definitiv ein Gitarrenalbum, nicht nur aufgrund seiner kompakten Härte: Es lohnt sich, das Gitarrenspiel zu erkunden, hier ist keine Note überflüssig, Lill ist einfach richtig gut, zuweilen atemberaubend gut.

Und es gibt eine Neubesetzung zu vermelden, vielleicht zum ersten Mal in der Bandgeschichte. Keyboarder Günter Werno ist ausgestiegen, dafür lässt der Italiener Alessandro Del Vecchio die Finger über die Tasten fliegen. Der Keyboarder ist auch aus einem Hardrock-Umfeld bekannt, veröffentlichte unter anderem Alben mit HARDLINE, JORN und GIANT. Sein Spiel ist facettenreich, doch öfters noch als sein Vorgänger erinnert es an Vorbilder aus den 70er Jahren, etwa Jon Lord und Ken Hensley, gern macht er von der Hammond-Orgel Gebrauch und darf sich mit Soli einbringen. Hoch anzurechnen ist ihm, dass die Keyboards auf dem Album zwar sehr präsent sind, aber sich doch lebendig in den komplexen und härteren Sound einfügen: wenig Schwulst, dafür umso öfter virtuose und sehr flink gespielte Tonkaskaden mit explosiver Dynamik. Aber auch geschmackvolle Pianoparts findet man reichlich.

Weitere Fixpunkte im VANDEN PLAS-Kosmos sind Eingeweihten längst bekannt: Andi Kuntz verfügt über eine klare und kraftvolle Stimme, zeigt in ruhigen Tonlagen ein sanftes Timbre, klingt manchmal auch ein bisschen nasal, was dem Hörgenuss aber nicht schadet. Kuntz ist auch für die komplexen und ambitionierten Texte verantwortlich, die nicht ganz pathosfrei sind, gern verschachtelt daher kommen (der Albumtitel!), aber doch lesenswert bleiben. Mit ihm schauen wir in die Sterne und suchen die Monster unter dem Bett, begeben uns in Gedankenmaschinen und in historische Kulissen. „Auf der Suche nach der dunklen Seite des Mondes/ Sind alle meine Götter ins große Unbekannte entschwunden/ Bei Sonnenuntergang auf den Feldern der Bruderlaterne/ Und heute Nacht nach dem Einschlafen/ will ich wissen, wer meine Träume vertreibt/ Wieder sehe ich brennende Planeten fallen/ Blutige Federn beginnen im Wind zu tanzen“, textet er in „The Sacrilegious Mind Machine“, von mir frei übersetzt. Und da wäre noch das lebendige und präzise Schlagzeugspiel von Andreas Lill, mit akzentuierten Fill-Ins und subtiler Vielfalt, sowie das songdienliche, aber oft überraschend druckvolle Bassspiel von Torsten Reichert. Aber warum erkläre ich das hier alles? Vielleicht, man kann es nicht ausschließen, gibt es da draußen noch Progfans, denen die Band kein Begriff ist. Also lasst uns mal etwas tiefer in das neue Album eintauchen.

VANDEN PLAS spielen komplex, hart, zuweilen entfesselt
Der Opener „The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things“ macht deutlich, dass VANDEN PLAS wieder Lust auf komplexe Kompositionskunst haben. Das achtminütige Stück hat eine Tendenz zum Instrumentalstück: Ein sanftes Piano eröffnet, eine umschmeichelnde Leadgitarre, behutsam eröffnende Rhythmen, bis eine wilde Reise beginnt, bestehend aus hart groovenden Gitarrenriffs, zahlreichen Tempowechseln, Hammond-Orgeln und virtuosen Soli: kein leichter Einstieg, aber doch ein faszinierender. Der Metal im Prog wird hier groß geschrieben, Gitarren und Rhythmus erinnern im Härtegrad an die trocken groovenden Riffgewitter von „Awake“, dem wohl härtesten Werk von DREAM THEATER. Alles ist groß gedacht, mit ausladenden Kompositionen und weit ausholende Harmoniebögen. Die einzelnen Parts kreisen mit der Anziehungskraft von Planeten in ihrem eigenen Kosmos und bilden, auch in ihren widerstrebenden Momenten, ein harmonisches Gesamtbild.

„My Icarian Flight“ lockt dann mit harmonischen Leadgitarren, die auch bei QUEENSRYCHE wunderbar gepasst hätten, klar strukturierten Riffs und einschmeichelnden Melodien. Dass VANDEN PLAS auch Eingängigkeit beherrschen, wissen wir nicht erst seit ihrem Melodic-Metal-Projekt ALL MY SHADOWS, das voll auf Hooks und Melodien setzte. Auch hier gibt es spätestens ab der Mitte des Songs Widerhaken: arabeske Gitarrenharmonien und verschlungene Keyboard-Artistik, die an Keith Emerson erinnert, als er in den 70er Jahren wahre Tastenungetüme auf die Bühne hievte und mit hochhackigen Stiefeln darauf sprang, um schnelle, orgiastische Klangeskapaden zu zaubern. Wie viel Detail steckt in den Kompositionen? Sind da Falltüren versteckt? Es ist eine Stärke der Pfälzer, dass bei aller Komplexität das Gesamtergebnis sehr druckvoll und groovend klingt, zugleich atmosphärisch und stimmungsvoll. Man merkt den Songs die Erfahrung vieler Jahre an.

„Sanctiomonarium“ bietet metallische Epik, startet zunächst getragen, ein zehnminütiger Trip durch Proglandschaften: Im Mittelteil darf Neukeyboarder Alessandro Del Vecchio mit Soli glänzen, während Lill ebenfalls von einem tollen Solo ins nächste gleitet. Refrain und Strophe sind eingängig: der vielleicht pompöseste Track des Albums. Manches hier erinnert an SAVATAGE, diese Idee, auf dem Fundament schroffer Riffs bombastische Theatralik zu bauen, wobei gerade der progressive Mittelteil alle Fesseln löst und zuweilen berauschend wirkt. Auch das ist eine Kunst: Prog nicht verkrampft und manieriert klingen zu lassen, sondern in einer Art zu spielen, die auf der Haut kitzelt, enthusiastisch, zuweilen rauschhaft. Ein Seiltanz, ein dreifacher Salto, Artistik als Risiko und zugleich befreiend: VANDEN PLAS beherrschen das. Ein bombastischer Chor bildet den dramatischen Höhepunkt zum Ende des Stückes: ein Stilmittel, das auf diesem Album sehr behutsam eingesetzt wird.

DREAM THEATER werden sich Mühe geben müssen…
„The Sacrilegious Mind Machine“ ist dann ebenfalls ein hart gerifftes und elegant komponiertes Stück, dessen Refrain gegenüber dem Rest des Albums etwas abfällt und zu oft wiederholt wird, aber einen interessanten Mittelteil bietet. Dieser verschmilzt balladeske Momente mit harten und düster-atmosphärischen Klängen.

Kurz bevor sich die Band zum furiosen Finale aufmacht, dem fast 16minütigen „March Of The Saints“, gibt es mit „They Call Me God“ eine Halbballade zum Durchatmen. Wobei auch das relativ zu sehen ist, der Text gestaltet eine Schöpfungsgeschichte nach und wiegt entsprechend schwer, wieder SAVATAGE-Reminiszenzen im orchestral und episch groovenden Mittelteil. „Heute Nacht stehle ich die Sonne/ Tausend Milliarden von Sternen/ Um eine geheime Flucht zu bauen/ Ein privates eigenes Universum“, textet Lill, um später nachzuschieben: „Ich zeige dir – wo das große, epische Nichts ist/ Ich locke dich an das Ende des Regenbogens/ Mein größtes Geschenk ist das Gift, das dich traurig macht/ Willkommen mein Freund, du bist auf dem Weg in meine Todeszelle“: Man kann Balladen auch mit weniger schweren Motiven bestücken.

Es folgt das Finale, 15:45min lang, doch trotz der üppigen Spielzeit muss wenig geübten Hörern nicht bange sein. Es ist ein sehr melodieverliebtes Stück, durchaus zugänglich, in dem die Band ihre Trademarks noch einmal ausfaltet: angefangen beim ruhigen, mit Piano unterlegten Klängen bis hin zu einem an QUEENRYCHE erinnernden Pre-Chorus und einem umarmenden Refrain. Definitiv ein Highlight. Wenn VANDEN PLAS uns mit ihrem neuen Album auch einen Brocken hinlegen, der einige Durchläufe erfordert, so ist es doch ein sehr lebendiger, funkelnder, zuweilen wunderbarer und anschmiegsamer Brocken. DREAM THEATER werden sich verdammt große Mühe geben müssen, um mit ihrem anstehenden Album das zu toppen – oder zumindest gleichzuziehen. Groß!

VÖ: 19. April 2024

Spielzeit: 55 Minuten 14 Sekunden

Label: Frontiers Records

Line-up:
Stephan Lill (Gitarre)
Andy Kuntz (Gesang)
Alessandro Del Vecchio (Keyboards)
Andreas Lill (Drums)
Torsten Reichert (Bass)

“The Empyrean Equation of the Long Lost Things” Tracklist:

1. The Empyrean Equation Of The Long Lost Things
2. My Icarian Flight
3. Sanctimonarium
4. The Sacrilegious Mind Machine (Official Lyric Video bei Youtube)
5. They Call Me God
6. March Of The Saints (Official Visualizer bei Youtube)

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Die Death Metal-Band DISLOYAL hat mit “Divine Miasmata” ein neues Album angekündigt. Es ist das fünfte Album der Polen und wird am 12. Juli 2024 via Black Lion Records erscheinen. Vorab gibt es nach dem Video-Clip zu “The Black Pope” und dem Lyric-Video zu “Betrayed Faith” mit “Ravens Of Starvation” nun einen dritten Vorab-Track.

“Divine Miasmata” wurde von Arkadiusz “Aro” Jablonski im Monroe Sound Studio produziert und mit einem Cover-Artwork von NaphulaArt ausgestattet.

DISLOYAL Line-Up:
Artyom Serdyuk – guitars
Jaroslaw “Jaro” Paprota – drums
Konstantin Kolesnikov – vocals
Kolya Kislyi – bass
Yahor Liatkouski – guitars (live)

DISLOYAL “Divine Miasmata” Tracklist
1. Divine Mismata
2. Silent Revolution
3. The Black Pope (Video bei YouTube)
4. 1347-1352
5. Stella Peccatorum
6. Betrayed Faith (Lyric-Video bei YouTube)
7. Religion Of Warfare
8. Ravens Of Starvation (Audio bei YouTube)
9. The Ascension Of Abaddon

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GHOST zeigen derzeit nicht nur den Film “Rite Here Rite Now” in den Kinos, im Abspann ist auch ein neuer Song zu hören:  “The Future Is A Foreign Land” ist der dritte Song aus den 1969er Sessions der Band, bei denen Papa Nihil als Frontmann auftrat. Von der gleichen Besetzung stammt die “Seven Inches of Satanic Panic”-Single mit den Tracks  “Kiss the Go-Goat” und “Mary on a Cross”.

Der Kinostart von “Rite Here Rite Now” war am 20. Juni 2024, aktuell ist der Film in gut 2000 Kinos in fast 50 Ländern zu sehen. Eine Übersicht der Kinos, die den Film zeigen, gibt es auf ritehereritenow.com.

Am 26. Juni 2024 erscheint außerdem der “RITE HERE RITE NOW: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”, alle Songs wurden live im Kia Forum aufgenommen, außer “Future is a Foreign Land”.

GHOST “RITE HERE RITE NOW: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” Tracklist
1.    Imperium
2.    Kaisarion
3.    Rats
4.    Faith
5.    Spillways
6.    Cirice
7.    Absolution
8.    Call Me Little Sunshine
9.    Watcher In The Sky
10.    If You Have Ghosts (Chamber Version)
11.    Twenties
12.    Miasma
13.    Mary On A Cross
14.    Respite On The Spitalfields
15.    Kiss The Go-Goat
16.    Dance Macabre
17.    Square Hammer
18.    The Future Is A Foreign Land*

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INFECTED RAIN haben ein neues Musikvideo veröffentlicht: “Pandemonium” gibt es bei YouTube, der Song ist dem aktuellen Album “Time” (2024) entnommen.

Außerdem spielen die Moldauer im Sommer neben Festival-Shows auch einige Club-Konzerte. So macht die Band nicht nur auf dem WISDOM TOOTH FESTIVAL halt, sondern gibt auch Konzerte in Aschaffenburg, Erfurt und Cham.

Anfang 2025 sind INFECTED RAIN außerdem mit ELUVEITIE auf Tour:ELUVEITIE, INFECTED RAIN, AD INFINITUM – Tourdaten 2025 bei vampster.

INFECTED RAIN Tourdaten 2024

21.06.24 MD – Milestii Mici Village / Dacii Liberi Moto Fest
28.06.24 FI – Helsinki / Tuska
29.06.24 SK – Zilina / Topfes
30.06.24 SK – Snina / Rock pod Kamenom 
02.07.24 HU – Budapest / Analog Music Hall
03.07.24 AT – Salzburg / Rockhouse
06.07.24 IT – Genoa / Genova Summer Live
11.07.24 AT – Leoben / Area 53
12.07.24 DE – Bissingen / Wisdom Tooth Festival
13.07.24 DE – Aschaffenburg / Colos-Saal
14.07.24 DE – Erfurt / From Hell
16.07.24 PL – Poznan / 2 Progi
17.07.24 PL – Krakow / Kwadrat
19/20.07.24 RO – Bucharest / Metalhead Meeting
03.08.24 FR  – Saint Maurice de Gourdans / Sylak Open Air
11.08.24 UK – Derbyshire / Bloodstock Open Air
16.08.24 FR – Carhaix / Motocultor
17.08.24 BE – Oostkamp / ParkPop Oostkamp
23.-25.08.24 RO – Bistrita / WTF Rock Festival
27.08.24 DE – Cham / L.A.
28.08.24 NL – Utrecht / TivoliVredenburg
29.08.24 UK – London / The Underworld
30.08.24 UK – Manchester / Rebellion
31.08.24 UK – Swindon / Depravation Festival

Fotogalerie: INFECTED RAIN – TonHalle, München – 09.03.2024

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Die Viking-Band EIHWAR unterschrieb im Winter 2023 einen Labeldeal bei Season of Mist. Im Zuge dessen wird das französische Duo, welches erst seit 2023 aus Asrunn und Mark besteht, ihr neues und erstes Album “Viking War Trance” veröffentlichen, welches am 20. September 2024 zu erwarten sein wird.

Eine erste Single gibt es ab sofort als Videoclip: “Völva’s Chant” bei YouTube.

Die vorherigen Songs und Videos stehen auf YouTube parat.

EIHWAR “Viking War Trance” Tracklist

Viking War Trance
Ragnarök (Viking War Trance Reforged)
Völva’s Chant (Video bei YouTube)
Geri And Freki
Baldr
Fenrir (Viking War Trance Reforged)
Berserkr (Viking War Trance Reforged)
Mjölnir
Sir Mannelig

EIHWAR “Viking War Trance” Artwork

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Die Metalcore-Band ANCHORAGE hat einen neuen Track samt Musikvideo veröffentlicht: “Build And Destroy” bei YouTube. Der Track ist eine Zusammenarbeit mit DEAD LIKE JULIET.

Auch die Single “Suffering” enthält ein Gast-Feature, diesmal von MAELFOY.

Entnommen ist die Nummer dem neuen Album “Uncontrolled”, das am 21. Juni 2024 erschienen ist. Den Titeltrack “Uncontrolled” gibt es ebenfalls bei YouTube.

Zudem steht der Song “Ties” via YouTube in Bild und Ton bereit. Inhaltlich dreht sich “Ties” um starke und andauernde Freundschaft.

ANCHORAGE “Uncontrolled” Artwork

ANCHORAGE “Uncontrolled” Tracklist
01 Ties (Video bei YouTube)02 Uncontrolled (Video bei YouTube)03 Build and Destroy (Video bei YouTube)04 Live to Grow05 Dying for Perfection06 Overthrow07 Suffering (Video bei YouTube)08 Blackout

Fotogalerie: ANCHORAGE – Backstage Halle, München – 26.07.2023

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Die Progressive Metalcore-Band CONSVMER hat mit “Seelenfrieden” ein neues Album angekündigt. Release-Termin ist der 6. September 2024 via Out Of Line Music. Vorab gibt es mit “Frvst” einen Video-Clip. Der Song befasst sich mit dem erschütternden Thema, wie gemobbte Kinder zum Äußersten getrieben werden können und hebt die tiefen emotionalen Narben hervor, die Mobbing hinterlässt, und ruft zu gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung und Veränderung auf, um solche Tragödien zu verhindern.

CONSVMER “Seelenfrieden” Tracklist
1. Dvnkelheit
2. Parasit
3. Immvn
4. Verlangen
5. Travma
6. Agony feat. DVST
7. Erschöpft
8. Wachtravm
9. Perfekt
10. Leere
11. Stimmen feat. Connor Sweeney
12. Frvst feat. Paleface Swiss (Video bei YouTube)
13. Seelenfrieden

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  Re:Mission Entertainment has established itself gradually as a burgeoning imprint for underground electro and industrial music, with today, June 21 seeing two major releases. First is the “Without a Chance” single from aggrotech act Frontal Boundary [..]

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ARTE Concert überträgt in diesem Jahr einen Teil der Shows des diesjährigen SOUTHSIDE FESTIVALs live im Netz. Die Übertragung des HURRICANE FESTIVALs wiederum übernimmt RTL+. Die Zwillingsfestivals finden vom 21.-23. Juni 2023 in Neuhausen ob Eck bzw. Scheeßel / Eichenring statt. Angeführt wird das Line-up von ED SHEERAN, BRING ME THE HORIZON, DEICHKIND, AVRIL LAVIGNE sowie K.I.Z.

Live verfolgen kann man einen Teil des Live-Programms über die Internetpräsenz von ARTE Concert (SOUTHSIDE) sowie die Website von RTL+ (HURRICANE).

Einige der Konzerte stehen für gewöhnlich nach Ausstrahlung für einen begrenzten Zeitraum auf Abruf zur Verfügung.

Den kompletten Streaming-Zeitplan gibt es hier. Aufgrund von lizenzrechtlichen Vereinbarungen und Änderungen im Ablauf kann es jedoch auch kurzfristig noch zu Veränderungen kommen. (Stand: 21.06.2024).

HURRICANE FESTIVAL 2024 – Live-Stream Programm (Freitag, 21. Juni 2024)
Timetable und Line-Up – alle Angaben ohne Gewähr
Forest Stage

15:00-15:30 Uhr – #HURRICANE SWIM TEAM
16:00-16:45 Uhr – FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES
17:15-18:15 Uhr – THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM
18:45-19:45 Uhr – IDLES
20:30-22:00 Uhr – THE NATIONAL
23:00-00:30 Uhr – ED SHEERAN

River Stage

15:30-16:00 Uhr – THE REYTONS
16:30-17:15 Uhr – SKI AGGU
17:45-18:45 Uhr – FONTAINES D.C.
19:30-20:30 Uhr – THE KOOKS
00:30-02:00 Uhr – KONTRA K

HURRICANE FESTIVAL 2024 – Live-Stream Programm (Samstag, 22. Juni 2024)
Timetable und Line-Up – alle Angaben ohne Gewähr
Forest Stage

12:00-12:30 Uhr – SEA GIRLS
13:00-13:45 Uhr – THE SUBWAYS
14:15-15:00 Uhr – DANKO JONES
15:30-16:30 Uhr – SIMPLE PLAN
17:15-18:15 Uhr – LEONIDEN
19:00-20:00 Uhr – THE HIVES
20:45-22:00 Uhr – TURNSTILE
23:00-00:30 Uhr – K.I.Z.

River Stage

14:45-15:30 Uhr – ALICE MERTON
16:15-17:15 Uhr – BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB
18:00-19:00 Uhr – TOM ODELL
19:45-20:45 Uhr – JUNGLE
21:45-23:00 Uhr – AVRIL LAVIGNE

HURRICANE FESTIVAL 2024 – Live-Stream Programm (Sonntag, 23. Juni 2024)
Timetable und Line-Up – alle Angaben ohne Gewähr
Forest Stage

14:15-15:15 Uhr – HIGH VIS
16:00-17:00 Uhr – FEINE SAHNE FISCHFILET
17:45-18:45 Uhr – SUM 41
19:45-21:00 Uhr – THE OFFSPRING
22:30-00:00 Uhr – BRING ME THE HORIZON

River Stage

12:30-13:00 Uhr – THE MYSTERINES
13:30-14:15 Uhr – PAULA CAROLINA
15:00-16:00 Uhr – EDITORS
16:45-17:45 Uhr – ROY BIANCO & DIE ABBRUNZATI BOYS
18:30-19:45 Uhr – GIANT ROOKS
20:50-22:40 Uhr – DEICHKIND

SOUTHSIDE FESTIVAL 2024 – Live-Stream Programm (Freitag, 21. Juni 2024)
Timetable und Line-Up – alle Angaben ohne Gewähr

17:30-18:15 Uhr –  Alice Merton (Aufzeichnung)
18:15-19:15 Uhr – EDITORS
19:15 Uhr – tba
20:15 Uhr – tba
21:15 Uhr – tba
22:40-00:00 Uhr – BRING ME THE HORIZON
00:10-02:00 Uhr – DEICHKIND

SOUTHSIDE FESTIVAL 2024 – Live-Stream Programm (Samstag, 22. Juni 2024)
Programm folgt

SOUTHSIDE FESTIVAL 2024 – Live-Stream Programm (Sonntag, 23. Juni 2024)
Programm folgt

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Das Line-up des von uns präsentierten Lordfests 2024 ist komplett! Wer neben den Gastgebern Lord Of The Lost dieses Jahr dort aufspielen wird, erfahrt Ihr hier. Nachdem das Lordfest 2023 ausverkauft in der Edel-Optics.de Arena ausverkauft war, sind Lord Of The Lost mit ihrem Festival nun in die größere Sporthalle umgezogen. Als Präsentatoren freuen wir […]

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ZEAL & ARDOR haben mit  einem Video zu “Fend You Off” einen weiteren Song ihres neuen Albums “Greif” veröffentlicht. 

„Mit ‚Fend You Off’ kommt eine weitere Farbe auf die Leinwand“, sagt Bandleader Manuel Gagneux. „Inzwischen dürfte es offensichtlich sein, dass wir neue Seiten von uns zeigen. Das ist unser innerer Kern – ehrlich und verletzlich. Wir hoffen, es gefällt euch. Stay strange.”

Im Mai erschien “Clawing Out” eine zweite neue Single als Stream. Das Stück folgt auf den Song “To My Ilk”: Einen Visualizer-Clip kann man sich bei YouTube ansehen. Es handelt sich dabei um die erste Auskopplung aus “Greif”, das am 23. August 2024 auf CD, Vinyl sowie digital erscheinen wird.

Zuvor teilte die Band Ende 2022 die beiden Singles “Firewake” sowie “Cinq”. Das letzte Album “Zeal & Ardor” erschien ebenfalls im Jahr 2022.

ZEAL & ARDOR “Greif” Artwork

ZEAL & ARDOR “Greif” Tracklist
01. The Bird, The Lion And The Wildkin02. Fend You Off (Video bei YouTube)03. Kilonova04. Are You The Only One Now?05. Go Home My Friend06. Clawing Out (Visualizer bei YouTube)07. Disease08. 36909. Thrill10. Une Ville Vide11. Sugarcoat12. Solace13. Hide In Shade14. To My Ilk (Visualizer bei YouTube)

Fotogalerie: ZEAL & ARDOR – Summer Breeze 2023 – 19.08.2023

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  39. ROCK AM RING – Nürburgring, Sonntag (09.06.2024) mit den Künstlern Hanabie, While She Sleeps, Donots, Kraftklub, Fear Factory, Machine Head, Correy Taylor,...

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Die Technical Death Metal-Band CRYPTOPSY hat einen Labeldeal bei Season of Mist unterschrieben. Somit verlassen die Kanadier nach nur einem Album (“As Gomorrah Burns” (2023)) Nuclear Blast. Davor war die seit über 30 Jahre aktive Band unter anderem auch schon bei Century Media unter Vertrag.

CRYPTOPSY Line-Up:
Flo Mounier – Drums
Matt McGachy – Vocals
Christian Donaldson – Guitar
Oli Pinard – Bass

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Den Atelier, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 19th June 2024Karnivool - “The Mandrake Project European Tour” KARNIVOOL were back at Luxembourg! Their debut album ‘Themata’ (2005) and follow-up ‘Sound Awake’ (2009) cemented them as progressive music stalwarts. Subverting expectations, their third album ‘Asymmetry’ (2013) defied convention, earning critical acclaim and platinum sales.

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History Of Guns comes from the 1990s UK EDM / electronic scene and became famous...

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Die Epic Pagan Metaller EREB ALTOR haben ihre neue Single „Midvinter“ veröffentlicht, während sie weiterhin an einem neuen Album für Release 2025 arbeiten.
Listen: https://erebaltor.lnk.to/midvinter

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„Ereb Altor makes you want to go down to the shore line, greet the roaring ocean and rice your fist to the steel grey sky saluting the old Northen Gods!“

 

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„Primal Ressurection“ ist der erste Bonustrack des aktuellen ROTTING CHRIST Albums „Pro Xristou“, zu dem sie nun bei YouTube ein Lyric-Video online gestellt haben.
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„Primal Resurrection“ erhebt sich wie ein Phönix aus der Asche der Geschichte und verkörpert die Essenz unseres charakteristischen Sounds – eine feierliche Mischung aus hypnotischen Melodien, erschütternder Atmosphäre und dem tapferen Brüllen des epischen Metals. Dieser Song ist eine Reise zurück in eine Ära, in der Götter unter den Menschen wandelten und die letzten heidnischen Könige tapfer gegen die herannahende Flut des Vergessens kämpften und die Relikte einer Weisheit bewahrten, die zu tief war, um unterzugehen.

 

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Die Thrash Metal / Hardcore-Band QUIESCENT MANTIS hat mit “Primal Form Of Aggression” einen Video-Clip zu ihrem kommenden Album “Here Comes the Swarm”  veröffentlicht. Zuvor hat die Band mit “Shake The Cage” eine erste Single mitsamt Lyric-Video sowie den Audio-Track “Fight!” veröffentlicht.

“Here Comes the Swarm” wurde von Yanic Bercier im WaveTransform Recording Studio produziert und wird am 19. Juli 2024 via Exitus Stratagem Records erscheinen. Das Album folgt auf die EP “Chapter 1” des Trios, welches aus Gitarrist Chris Trainor, Bassist und Sänger Jordan Mckenzie sowie Drummer Johnny Mejia besteht.

QUIESCENT MANTIS “Here Comes the Swarm” Tracklist
1. Open The Gates – 3:40
2. Here Comes The Swarm – 3:22
3. Apex Predator – 3:19
4. P.R.E.Y. – 4:06
5. Shake The Cage – 5:10 (Lyric-Video bei YouTube)
6. Breed. Feed. Repeat. – 3:30
7. Primal Form of Aggression – 3:52 (Video bei YouTube)
8. Killer Bee, Killed – 2:34
9. Fight! – 3:32 (Audio bei YouTube)
10. This Is The End! – 2:38

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Die Melodic Death Metal-Band DARK TRANQUILLITY präsentiert ihr neues Album “Endtime Signals” mit einer weiteren Single und hat nun auch “Not Nothing” als Stream veröffentlicht.

Zuvor teilten die Schweden ein Video zu “Unforgiveable” bei YouTube, Sänger Michael Stanne beschreibt den Song so:

“Der Clip mit Livematerial aus der  Türkei und aus Mexiko von unserer letzten Tour zeigt die Band in ihrem wahren Element. Die Drums von Joakim Strandberg Nilsson und der Bass von Christian Jansson beschleunigen den Song auf ein Tempo, das man seit vielen Jahren von uns nicht mehr gehört hat. Die Gitarren bilden die Struktur, elektronischen Elemente unterstreichen die Atmosphäre der Verzweiflung. Dieser Song entstand aus einem kräftigen Kreativitätsschub, im Text geht es um Frustration und Hilflosigkeit angesichts von Unterdrückung.”

Schon im März stellten DARK TRANQUILLITY  “The Last Imagination” als Visualizer-Clip bei YouTube vor. Gestaltet hat das Video Ex-Gitarrist Niklas Sundin, welcher zudem für das Artwork verantwortlich zeichnet.

“Endtime Signals” erscheint am 16. August 2024 via Century Media.

DARK TRANQUILLITY “Endtime Signals” Tracklist
Shivers and VoidsUnforgiveable (Video bei YouTube) Neuronal FireNot Nothing (Stream) Drowned Out VoicesOne of Us Is GoneThe Last Imagination (Video bei YouTube)Enforced PerspectiveOur DisconnectWayward EyesA Bleaker SunFalse Reflection

Im November kommen die Schweden anschließend auf Headliner-Tour, um das neue Material live vorzustellen. Mit dabei sind MOONSPELL, WOLFHEART sowie HIRAES.

DARK TRANQUILLITY, MOONSPELL, WOLFHEART, HIRAES Tourdaten 2024

31.10.24 – Berlin / Astra
01.11.24 – Prague / Meet Factory
02.11.24 – Leipzig / Hellraiser
03.11.24 – Köln / Live Music Hall
05.11.24 – London / O2 Academy Islington
06.11.24 – Einhoven / Effenaar
07.11.24 – München / Backstage
09.11.24 – Kortrijk / Hells Balls Festival
10.11.24 – Paris / La Machine
11.11.24 – Toulouse / Bikini
13.11.24 – Barcelona / Salamandra
14.11.24 – Pamplona / Totem
15.11.24 – Madrid / Shoko
16.11.24 – Santander / Escenario
18.11.24 – Lyon / La Rayonne
19.11.24 – Lindau / Vaudeville
20.11.24 – Budapest / Barba Negra
21.11.24 – Wien / Arena
22.11.24 – Karlsruhe / Substage
24.11.24 – Copenhagen / Pumpehuset
26.11.24 – Oslo / Vulkan Arena
28.11.24 – Stockholm / Fryshuset Klubben
29.11.24 – Örebro / Club 700
30.11.24 – Gothenburg / Filmstudion

DARK TRANQUILLITY Line up: Mikael Stanne – vocals Johan Reinholdz – guitar Martin Brändström – electronics Christian Jansson – bass Joakim Strandberg Nilsson – drums 

Fotogalerie: DARK TRANQUILLITY – Backstage Werk, München – 18.04.2022

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While the city dreams tonight
There’s an energy tonight
While the city dreams tonight
we’re a part of everything
Through the circuits
In the unique realm of Boston’s ‘dystopian dance’ duo Ex-Hyena, they seamlessly blend sharp punctuations with intricate hip-hop rhythms, leading their music into mysterious and undefinable territories. Their artistry reveals a distinctive fusion: the raw resonance of industrial, the pulsating energy of disco, and the ethereal tones of psych-rock, all imbued with the shimmering essence of synthpop.

Ex-Hyena’s textured and layered third album, A Kiss of the Mind (out now via ReMission Entertainment), is a symphony for the urbane and discerning ear. In this work, Reuben Bettsak and Bo Barringer delve into psychological themes of the human condition. Spanning nine pulsating tracks and a 48-minute runtime, A Kiss of the Mind stands as a milestone for a project born from one of the darkest social periods in modern history. Much can transpire in four years, affecting us mentally, physically, and spiritually. Part of this evolution comes from the passage of time, but also the ability to perform live – deepening the collaborators’ chemistry and penchant for casting darker, more complex rhythms in the bright neon lights of the stage.

“There was a bit more experimentation, and throwing lots of styles into the fold,” says Bettsak. “I think we operate better when we don’t set any strict rules on genres, etc. We let the music, and songs guide us.”

“We technically still wrote our parts in isolation, but what’s very different with this album is that it’s the first record informed by the two of us playing live in the same room and in front of audiences,” says Barringer. “There’s more of a sense of the dynamics that come from live performance and more push and pull, more tension and release. There are things that happen in real time that you just don’t get when you are writing by yourself in your basement.”

Nocturnal Lullaby opens the album with cinematic strings, looping, and piano sounds that gradually build, setting a contemplative atmosphere. The lyrics explore the experience of wandering through an unfamiliar city at night, lost in a maze of thoughts. This introspective walk, though therapeutic, can also be disorienting. Following this, Shapeshifter bursts in with catchy, sinister, sugary, and hypnotic electronic hyper-pop, taking several intriguing and unexpected turns.

Spiral Down plunges listeners into the vortex of our tumultuous present, blending reality with the collective anxiety about the future. This track delves into a kaleidoscopic web of introspection, weaving through doubt, confusion, yearning, and solitude, while also finding moments of illumination and contrast. The piece showcases Ex-Hyena’s dynamic range with swirling keyboard layers, deep resonant bass, and driving, hypnotic rhythms, embodying their dark energy.

Following this is Silent Storm, a lovely comedown: think Krautrock and Kraftwerk meets The Knife vibe with its syrupy, repetitive, hypnotic synth sounds and pulsing beat. “I was picturing a battle happening in the depths of the ocean with two lovers who are both sea monster robots,” confesses Bettsak. “It’s about the tension of lovers quarreling, but also leaning on each other and uniting.”

In Slow Motion is a banger that merges elements of darkwave, synthpop and shoegaze guitars, with powerful hooks and impactful lyrics. The lyrics deal with the challenge of communicating with one another. It can be so hard to understand each other even when we know each other so well. It can be difficult to understand each other even when we know the same language and this modern world makes it even harder with all the distractions. “Fear can be a debilitating force that can mess things up for yourself and also for relationships, friendships, etc.,” says Bettsak. In Slow Motion explores the themes of fear and also motion. It’s like picturing our actions through slow motion movements and dancing.”

A Secret to Protect is an electronic dark disco treat that mixes soulful disco beats, Latin clave hits, and speedy punk-funk guitars, with a hint of Britpop vibes. Reptile starts out super dark and sinister, and explodes into a super dancey instrumental section. “It should be blasted from a roller rink,” quips Barringer.

The moody Afterthoughts pulses forward with a beautiful haunting organ synth and bass pattern, informed by a Radiohead vibe. “It’s raining thoughts upon the concrete, you choose one and throw it against me,” says Bettsak. “It’s another relationship song of sorts. I don’t think I need to say more. It’s one of those songs that really gives me the feels.”

Through the Circuits is prog-electro meets catchy chorus track. “I think it’s the most truly experimental thing we have done yet,” says Barringer. “It’s experimental in the sense that I don’t even know now if it worked! But this one goes on a journey.”

Order the album here, and listen below:
A Kiss Of The Mind by Ex-Hyena
Ex-Hyena has shared the stage with contemporaries such as Korine, Haunt Me, Traitrs, Blood Handsome, Harsh Symmetry, Komrads, and others.

The duo are celebrating A Kiss of the Mind with a release party on June 28 at O’Brien’s Pub in Allston, MA, with Cathedral Bells, Middle Part, and Video Days. Upcoming live appearances include an August 9 show at Myrtle in Providence with Snowbeasts, an October 3 return to O’Brien’s with Male Tears and Corrosion Boston featuring DJ Brian L, and an autumnal bloom on November 23 at Darq in Salem.

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Motion” and “Spiral Down”

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Der Ghost-Film "Rite Here Rite Now" ist offiziell angelaufen - passend dazu hat die Combo um Tobias Forge aka Papa Emeritus den brandneuen Song "The Future Is A Foreign Land" veröffentlicht. Mehr Infos und den Track hier!

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Die Heavy Rock-Band SPIRIT MOTHER hat einen Labeldeal bei Heavy Psych Sounds Records unterschrieben. Im Zuge dessen werden die US-Amerikaner ihr neues Album “Trails” veröffentlichen. Es ist nach “Cadets” das zweite Album der von Sänger und Gitarrist Armand Lance sowie Violinistin SJ gegründeten Band. Release-Termin ist der 13. September 2024. Vorab gibt es den Track “Wolves” zu hören.

SPIRIT MOTHER Line-Up:
Armand Lance – Bass, vocals
SJ – Violin, vocals
Landon Cisneros – Drums
Sean McCormick – Guitar

SPIRIT MOTHER “Trails” Tracklist
1. Passage
2. Trails
3. Veins
4. Emerald
5. Below
6. Tonic
7. Vessel
8. Voyeur
9. Given
10. Wolves (Audio bei YouTube)

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Oh body falling heavenly, land with me tonight
In dust and frost eternally, glisten in the night
Your time on earth so minimal, your wave crashed into mine
I thank you for the memory, I carry you inside
Peeking Through The Noise, the collaborative effort of New York City musicians Crystal Casey and Joseph Beaty, unveils a new four-song EP titled What Will Not Decay?, now available on Bandcamp.

What Will Not Decay? began as four distinct ambient synth performances, each a pure, unaltered moment of mindful meditation. Free from the constraints of rhythm, they created layers over these auditory backdrops. The result is a stream-of-consciousness experience that transcends the physical form, exploring the interplay of creation and destruction. What remains when dualities dissolve?

Their subtle, ASMR-like sound design is best experienced with quality headphones or a well-placed speaker system, which aims to free the listener from worldly attachments, inviting an expansion of inward and outward awareness. Fans of ambient music, noise, Chelsea Wolfe, Dead Can Dance, This Mortal Coil, and Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross will find resonance in their minimalism and angelic sound.

Body reflects a poignant farewell to a departed soul, highlighting the ephemeral yet profound impact they had. The imagery of a heavenly body descending, shimmering in dust and frost, evokes a timeless beauty and enduring memory. The speaker conveys deep gratitude for the shared moments and pledges to carry the essence of these memories within.

Lightsake offers a transformative experience of renewal and purity, much like a cleansing rain. Though destruction is expected, it never arrives. The glittering rain and radiant light symbolize the purification and justification of existence, bringing clarity and purpose. The video, created with producer Joseph Butera III of Georgia, began with initial footage recorded in Joseph and Crystal’s home studios. This footage was sent to Butera for AI-driven effects treatment and then further manipulated by Joseph Beaty to evoke a post-apocalyptic, EVP atmosphere.

“Imagine yourself in this post apocalyptical bunker where your only source of entertainment was a small vintage TV running on an oozing battery,” quips Beaty. “You see this vision of light and beauty emerging from the dark on the screen and it gives you this feeling of dread and also hope that better days are to come.”

Bound illustrates a scene of controlled captivity and intricate connection. A wing held in stillness signifies a willing numbness, while the slow drag of teeth reflects a deliberate interaction. Despite efforts to break free, both captor and captive remain intertwined, weaving a complex web. The cold surroundings and repeated unraveling emphasize the inescapable, cyclical nature of their bond.

The Mind delves into the essence of stripping down to the core, uncovering that beneath all layers, only the mind persists. As superficial layers fade away, patterns emerge and time crystallizes what is truly enduring. The focus lies on the elements that do not decay, highlighting the enduring nature of the mind and its constructs. In the video, slow wind sweeps through the serene flatland grass, gently pulling at the glitching figures in the foreground. Here, we witness the interplay of struggle and beauty, love and life—capturing the essence of the human condition.

Listen to the album below and order here.

What Will Not Decay? by Peeking Through The Noise

Peeking Through The Noise began in 2018 when Casey and Beaty connected on Instagram. Their collaboration took shape as they recorded and exchanged files, leading to the creation of solo tracks featuring each other. This evolving synergy naturally progressed into a full-fledged project.

Within a year, Casey and Beaty became Peeking Through The Noise, debuting with their EP, Still Wandering. This was followed by the 2019 EP, A Tone, the 2020 full-length album Skeleton Keys, and several singles. They took a four-year hiatus before releasing What Will Not Decay?.

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Mit "King of Your Fall" haben Larusta & The Dead Dogs eine neue Single vom kommenden Album "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" ausgekoppelt. Mehr Infos und den Videoclip hier!

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The single “GreenLight” is a harbinger for the new Alienare album, which is expected on August 16. For the duo, the light in this case stands for salvation, which dispels the darkness. Marko Purisic(Baby Lasagna), who came second for Croatia at this year’s ESC, was invited to collaborate on this piece. Watch the video for […]

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Heute haben Within Temptation nicht nur "Worlds Collide Tour, Live In Amsterdam" veröffentlicht, sondern auch noch den Clip zu "Faster" ausgekoppelt. Mehr Infos und das Video hier!

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  Electro/industrial and darkwave duo Collide has announced that a new album will be arriving this summer, titled The Darkness Forever. Following up on 2009’s These Eyes Before, the new album sees kaRIN and Statik placing their own stamp on a selection of covers [..]

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Kirlian Camera, das italienische Musikprojekt, das 1980 in Parma gegründet wurde, hat mit der Veröffentlichung der neuen Video-Single Odyssey Europa ein weiteres Highlight in...

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Mit “Toba” wird am 26. Juli 2024 via Sepulchral Voice Records das neue Album der Blackened Thrash Metal-Band MAYHEMIC erscheinen. Der Albumtitel bezieht sich dabei auf den gleichnamigen Supervulkan, der vor gut 70.000 Jahren das Leben auf der Erde an den Rand der Existenz brachte.

“Toba” ist das erste Album der Chilenen rund um Gitarrist und Sänger Javier Salgado (HELLISH, ABREAKTION) und wurde von Sebastian Puente (NUCLEAR) bei AudioCustom produziert. Das Cover-Artwork stammt von Bastian Velásquez. Vorab gibt es den Track “Triumph Portrait” zu hören.

MAYHEMIC “Toba” Tracklist
1. Kollarbone Crushed Neanderthal
2. Extintion & Mystery
3. Valley Of The Thundra
4. Triumph Portrait (Audio bei YouTube)
5. Eschatological Symphony
6. Hazardous Prowler
7. Olduvai´s Lullaby
8. Toba

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It was five years ago that Alcest released their sixth studio album, Spiritual Instinct. The world then was a different place, a place where we moved freely and without as much care as we do today. Then, suddenly the global pandemic wrapped us all in a cocoon of isolation. Our lives became small, confined to bubbles and pockets of in-person social contacts, often limited to the family and friends within arm’s reach if any at all.

Emerging from this chrysalis, many of us, myself included, found a renewed appreciation for the things that truly matter. It was as if we were dreamers reborn, children rediscovering the wonders of the world. This sense of renewal is palpably woven into the fabric of Alcest’s latest offering, Les Chants de l’Aurore, which translates from French as “Songs of Dawn.”

Alcest has always been a band that I enjoyed drifting into; listening to their music is often a portal to an otherworldly realm. Yet, Les Chants de l’Aurore stands as their best work yet. It is an album that will surely draw in new admirers by tempering the darkness of its trace elements of black metal with luminous, euphoric tones. In fact, it’s the perfect entry point for the band, given that its composition leans more so toward shoegaze and post-punk than their past few records. And this new album feels like a storybook, a self-contained universe, revealing its true beauty only when experienced from beginning to end.

Photo by Andy Julia
I had the pleasure of speaking with Neige of Alcest about the pandemic’s profound impact on his creative process and personal life. He shared how the lockdown granted him the rare gift of time, allowing him to reconnect with family and friends and to step away from the relentless cycle of touring that had dominated the past decade. This pause was a much-needed respite, helping him to recharge and approach the creation of Les Chants de l’Aurore with a fresh perspective.

Neige spoke fondly of his admiration for Slowdive and the cherished collaboration with Neil Halstead on the track “Away.” He recounted with awe the honor of being invited by Robert Smith to perform at the Meltdown Festival, a testament to Alcest’s enduring influence. The new album, he explained, marks a return to the spiritual themes that defined Alcest’s early work, a journey back to the mystical worlds that first inspired their music.

Post-Punk.com: I was in Paris when the lockdown started.

Neige: Yeah, it’s a beautiful city here, but the lockdown was a little bit tough because I guess it was the same in America, but in Paris, apartments are not very big,  and to be forced to stay inside for such a long time, it was not easy, but it was interesting as well because, as a band, we’ve been touring so much and so hard for the past ten years and, I guess I was having a little bit of, burnout, and as much as Covid was horrible for a lot of people, the only positive side to it was that I was able to have a break from music and reset and recharge batteries and see my family that whom I haven’t seen in years because of the all the crazy touring. So it was actually very beneficial for the new album to be able to start from, from the fresh, you know, again and not just jump from a tour to the writing process again, like we’ve done so many times, and to have an actual break because it was really nice and…

I’m sorry, I didn’t listen to your full story. You told me you were in Paris just before the lockdown.

Post-Punk.com: Yes. I barely got out of Paris. I got one of the last flights out. Although there would be worse places to be in lockdown, I didn’t live in Paris, so being stuck there would have been difficult.

Neige: Of course.  I think it’s a shame to be in Paris and not be able to go outside and see the architecture, go to some parties, and meet people because the people here are quite interesting. The city has a lot to offer. I’m not from Paris. I’m from the south of France. But I’ve been living here for 17 years, I believe.

Post-Punk.com: With the lockdown, were you able to reconnect with things? I remember spending some time with my mom. I was able to look at her old photographs and see things I hadn’t seen in years.

Neige: Yes. I kind of forget that there was a life outside of the band. It was for a long time. And actually, there are all these friends whom you never really have a chance to talk to. So I spent a lot of time just writing messages to my friends. And I’ve taken this habit of calling my parents every day because they are getting older and I’m an only child. So, they are the type of parents who care a lot about me. So, since COVID, I’m still calling them every day, even just a little bit, for five minutes.

Post-Punk.com: That’s wonderful.

Neige: Yes. These little things, which I think are the positive side of what’s happened. And maybe people are a little bit more focused on what’s important in their lives.

Post-Punk.com: Exactly. I definitely came out of this whole experience more focused on personal relationships and things that really matter to me, and the things that really inspire me. Nice shirt, by the way.

Neige: Oh, thank you. It’s it’s my all-time favorite band. Like number one.

Post-Punk.com: I love Slowdive. And I love that collaboration on the track “Away” you did with Neil Halstead.

Shelter by Alcest

Neige: Oh, yeah! I was really young. When we met the first time, I was still in my mid-20s. And I was such a fanboy, you know? So I was terrified when I met him, and it was very difficult to hide my fanboy-ness. So I was shaking, and oh my God, when I think about it now, it’s a bit embarrassing. But, he was really kind to me, and he saw that I was a younger musician, not as experienced as he was, you know, and he was very nice, and it’s really funny because I met him before Alcest formed.

When I discovered Slowdive, quite a long time ago, they had really disappeared from the map of music. Nobody really knew them. They were some kind of ghost band from the 90s. But I was feeling there was some buzz, like people were talking more about Slowdive. And I told him: “Dude, if you reform the band, people are going to go crazy!” And he was like, “Ehh, no, I’m not sure. it’s an old band.” And it’s funny because a year after they actually reformed, I traveled to London just to see them, and then they became huge. Now, they are humongous. All these kids discovered them on Spotify or TikTok or something. And I also saw them two times these past few months, and in the crowd, there were teenagers. It’s so weird and so cool too!

Post-Punk.com: I used to buy bootlegs to get some of their early EPs. As a kid, it was often hard to find some of their music besides Souvlaki and Just for a Day. For example, the self-titled EP and The Blue Day EP were out of print, and those were the only places you could hear “Avalyn.”

Neige: Yeah, and one of my favorite things from Slowdive are these outtakes from a Souvlaki. It’s called “I Saw the Sun.” And you’ve got songs like “Silver Screen,” “Joy,” and “Bleeds,” and these are songs that were never released on an album, but they are available on YouTube, and I guess there probably were some bootlegs that were released. These are some of my favorite songs from the band. And I once asked Rachel if they planned to rerecord or rerelease or whatever, and I don’t think they like these songs. It’s a shame because they are really amazing. You should listen to them. It’s called Souvlaki: Demos & Outtakes.

Post-Punk.com:  Your new album Les Chants de l’Aurore is my favorite record from Alcest so far!



Neige: Oh, I’m so happy because  I’ve been a fan of post-punk.com for a while because I’m a huge fan of post-punk. So I was a bit surprised that you wanted to cover us because we are a little bit in a different scene,  but not that much.  I think you can hear my influences, like The Cure, Slowdive, or Cocteau Twins.

Post-Punk.com: I can definitely hear Cocteau Twins and The Cure. And I’m not surprised that Robert Smith had you play at the Meltdown Festival in London.

Neige: Yeah, exactly. He invited us to play because he was a fan of our album, Kodama, and he asked us to play the full album. So I got this email from our booking agent. He said something like,” Okay, are you sitting down now?” I’m like, “Yeah, yeah, I’m sitting down,” and he said, “Okay, so Robert Smith is a fan of Alcest, and he wants you to play Kodama in full at his festival. And I was like, “Are you fucking kidding me?” You know, because, I mean, it’s Robert Smith. He’s one of the main reasons we are talking now. And the way so many people are into post-punk, in new wave, The Cure are such an important band. So to have someone like him, just the simple fact that he knew us, it was already amazing, but that he was a fan and wanted us to play at his festival. It was such an honor.

Post-Punk.com: That was quite an amazing lineup that he put together.

Neige: Yeah, too. Yeah. And I think it was Nine Inch Nails, Deftones, My Bloody Valentine. A lot of amazing bands, Mogwai too.



Neige: Thank you so much for what you said about the album. We really put all our hearts and soul into this one, as we always do. But maybe this time, even more than usual. We really took the time to make sure to make something really, really strong and interesting. And I’m very, very happy about what you said. I know it took a bit more time than usual, like five years. But with bands, after a while, it’s very easy to fall into this trap of releasing albums too often and losing inspiration. So I’m really afraid to be one of these bands who have 1 or 2 good albums in the beginning, and then people are like, “Yeah, it’s not as good as it used to be.” This is my worst nightmare. I really don’t want to have this type of discography, with 1 or 2 good albums.

This is going to be the seventh album. So, the more time passes in our career, the more crazy I get towards really wanting to make the best possible music I can make. No fucking compromise. You forget about the label. You forget about the fans. You forget about everyone, and you just really try to be as inspired as possible. And it’s not always easy when you’ve been doing music for such a long time. And, even after ten, 20 years or more of making music with this band, I still have plenty of doubt. Am I legitimate? Am I doing the right thing? It’s like you are never really at peace when you are writing music.

Post-Punk.com: A good comparison for this record is when Slowdive did their self-titled album in 2017, which was absolutely amazing.

Neige: Yeah. It is amazing.

Post-Punk.com: Les Chants de l’Aurore gives me the same feeling.

Neige: Oh, wow.

Post-Punk.com: I was reminded of the first time I listened to classic shoegaze records like Slowdive’s Just for a Day and Ride’s Nowhere. Although it’s very different, and it’s not as sad as those.

Neige: Maybe the Ride thing comes from the fact that I think, on Nowhere, the drums are mixed quite loud for being like a shoegaze record. You can really hear the drums, whereas with Slowdive or My Bloody Valentine, the drums are there, but much more like in the background and on our new album. It’s the first time that we mixed the drums as loud as they are. So, in the beginning, I was not really sure because process music is way more focused on the melodies, you know, and the moods and on the atmosphere. But our drummer, Winter, he really puts a lot of effort into drum parts and everything. So we thought that maybe we could have the drums a little bit louder this time.

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Post-Punk.com: Your previous album, Spiritual Instinct, was a very dark and heavy record.

Neige: Exactly. For the Alcest standards, Spiritual Instinct was a dark record, and I really needed to step away from that because it was a time when I told you I was really tired, kind of disconnected from my own emotions. And because when you are always touring, you are always with people like you are never alone. So it’s very easy to kind of lose touch with yourself. And what were your first inspirations? What motivated you to create this music project?

So I guess I was a little bit confused and frustrated, and that’s what you can hear on Spiritual Instinct. And I desperately needed to connect with my spirituality again. Even in these times when I was a bit confused, this spiritual instinct title means that even when feeling lost,  I still could feel this inner world inside me and this spirituality. It didn’t go away. When COVID happened, we had this break, and I really refocused on what my main inspirations were for this band and what I wanted to express with this band. And I realized that I wanted to go back to the concept I had on the first albums. The first two albums are about this other world.

When I was younger, I felt like I was connected to some other place. A very beautiful place. And that’s what I was talking about in my first albums. And that’s the reason that they created Alcest; I wasn’t really able to speak about it. Spirituality is not always easy to put into words because people will tend to you that you are religious, and it’s not the case at all. I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual. So it’s not easy to talk about it. So I used music instead, and the new album is coming back to this other world, which is a world of light and harmony, and I guess that’s why it’s very different from Spiritual Instinct, which was a bit more on the darker side.

Post-Punk.com: Spiritual Instinct has a very gothic feel, for lack of a better word. But this record feels something like Art Nouveau in comparison.

Neige: Even in the visuals and all the graphic elements.

Post-Punk.com: I love the fact that the cover alludes to the first album, Souvenirs d’un autre monde,

Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde
Neige: The girl with the flute.

Post-Punk.com: Yeah.

Neige: “Memories from another world” is what it means in French. It’s a reference to the first album in the sense that it’s almost like the little girl of the first album grew up, and now she’s turned into an adult as much as I grew up with this project. I started Alcest when I was 14 or 15. I was a kid, basically. And, both this character and I grew up within this world, in this Alcest world. And you can see her again as an adult on the cover of the new album.

Post-Punk.com: I also love how the opening track alludes to the cover with this Japanese word. “Komorebi.”

Les Chants de l’Aurore by Alcest

Neige:  Yes. It’s an ecstatic track. It’s almost happy at times. It’s full of light. And I love that in Japanese, there are some words that are not really possible to translate into one English word or one French word, but they are a concept. So Komorebi means the rays of the sun that shine through the trees during spring. And it almost makes the leaves turn into emeralds, like some kinds of jewels. And I thought it was very beautiful.

Post-Punk.com: It is very beautiful. I wonder if you are fascinated with gemstones. You may have been asked this in an interview before, but most of your records seem to have a track named after a gemstone.



Neige: Yes, actually, it’s kind of a small tradition that we have. “Komorebi.” is a kind of modern version of the first track of the first album, “Printemps Emeraude.” which could be translated into Emerald Spring, So we had the emeralds on the first album. Then we had “Opale” on Shelter, “Onyx” on Kodama, “Sapphire” on Spiritual Instinct, and “Amethyst” on the new one. So I guess I’m just gonna do them all! But Amethyst has a special meaning because purple is the color of mysticism and spirituality. So that’s what it refers to. And I thought this was it was the perfect moment in our career to use this stone as a song title. It has a very strong meaning.

Post-Punk.com: Are you into the esoteric, like mysticism, as part of your spirituality?

Neige: Not really like this in the sense that I’m not following established ways of thinking. Or I have a very personal and instinctive vision of spirituality because I don’t want to read too much about it because nobody knows. Everyone thinks that he’s right about these things, but I think there are as many different truths as there are people on earth. And no one knows. No one can pretend that he or she knows the meaning of it all. Is there a god, or? But I think that if you really listen to your emotions and to your intuition, because I am a very intuitive person, you can have a much deeper connection with this spirituality and with this type of thing than just reading something in a book. Or collecting stones or whatever. Some people need to go to church to feel a connection with something higher. But in my case, I need to go into nature, so I spend a lot of time in the south of France, near my hometown. There is very beautiful nature, which inspired me since the beginning of the band. And, when I am in these special places, in the woods or near the forest, near the sea, It almost works as a bridge between our reality and something more grand. Like, you can really feel that there is something behind this. At least, that’s what I feel. That everything has a meaning. And we are here for a good reason. And that’s pretty much what I speak about in this project. Thank you.

Post-Punk.com: I’m just thinking about how you’ve said previously that you were inspired by Princess Mononoke and that there is this aspect of Japanese Shintoism where everything in nature has a spirit.

Neige: Yeah, exactly. I think it comes from the Shinto beliefs in Japan. With Shinto, they believe that everything has a soul. There is a spirit in everything, like there is a spirit in this tiny river of a village. There is a spirit in an item, and everything has a soul. I guess that’s why they respect nature so much. Because there is the spirit of the mountain and the spirit of the sky. I guess it’s a little bit metaphorical. I don’t think Japanese people are really saying that everything has a soul, but it leads them to respect everything. To give some respect to all the things that were around them. And that’s something I really like in this culture. God is called Kami in Japanese, and they basically have a Kami for everything. And you can clearly see that in Princess Mononoke. The way they picture the spirit of the forest, this huge oak kind of creature. It’s it’s really beautiful.

Post-Punk.com: Going back to the album, I feel like the first half is joyful and euphoric. Then, the second part gets a little bit sadder but still joyful. Joyful in a sad way.

Neige:  Exactly. That’s true. The album gets a little bit darker in the last songs. The last song, which is a poem by a French writer called Guillaume Apollinaire, is “L’adieu.” which translates to farewell in English. And it’s not as dramatic as it sounds. It’s the title of the poem that I took. But it’s it’s quite a sad song.

Something I like to do in the albums is to give them a little bit more depth towards the end. So you end up in some kind of mysterious zone. You don’t really know what to do with your feelings. And it gets really a little bit more tense. And I don’t know, maybe I’m not such a big fan of 100% happy endings. Maybe I like to complicate things a little bit towards the end.

Les Chants de l’Aurore by Alcest

Post-Punk.com: In the end, listening to it felt like leaving the world of a really good book and that bittersweet feeling when the story is over.

Neige: That’s a great way to put it.

Post-Punk.com: And the piano track, “Reminiscence.” That song feels unlike anything you’ve done before with Alcest.

Les Chants de l’Aurore by Alcest

Neige: Exactly. It’s the first time that we have used a real piano in an album and made a fully acoustic song. The instrument that you hear that sounds a little bit like a cello. It’s not a cello. It’s called the viola da gamba. And it’s a very old instrument. And everything is acoustic. It’s a very simple song. It’s some kind of an interlude. but it has a very deep meaning for me because it was recorded on the very first instrument I touched in my life, which is my grandmother’s piano. My grandmother was a piano teacher, and she taught all the family how to play music. And what you hear on the record is the sound of this instrument, which all of my family use. And we all learned how to play music from it. So it was a nice homage to what my grandmother has brought to me because without her, maybe I wouldn’t have made this music.

Post-Punk.com: It’s wonderful.

Neige: Yeah, it’s very different from others. It’s crazy because there are almost black metal parts, some moments which get really heavy and, and a litte bit angry too. And then you have this very delicate, simple, tiny piano track. It’s quite interesting.

Post-Punk.com: “L’adieu.” is also very different.

Neige: Yeah,  it almost has some kind of soundtrack approach to it. I would really love to hear this song in a movie one day.

Post-Punk.com: That guitar riff feels like a motif. It feels like a mood or a character.

Neige: In the song, it changes a little bit. Then you have the vocals, which join the guitar and do the same type of melody, but yeah, it’s a melodic pattern that comes back during the whole song.

Post-Punk.com: Are you looking forward to playing these songs live, and are you eager to get back on the road after all this time?

Neige: Yeah, it’s been a long time since we played, and we have a big European tour planned for this album. And some venues are really big, like I wonder how it’s going to be, but our booking agent told us that the tickets were selling pretty well, so I guess it should be fine. For example, we are playing at a venue in Paris called Olympia, which is the same venue where Edith Piaf, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones played. It’s not the biggest venue in Paris. Like, definitely not. There are stadiums, arenas, and stuff. But this venue is probably the nicest and most historic in the city because I think it’s the oldest venue too. It’s legendary. So for a tiny underground band like us, which comes from the countryside, to have a chance to play in this room, it’s incredible. And it made me reflect upon the career that we have had and where I come from because I really grew up in this tiny, tiny town in the south of France, and I didn’t have any contact with people in the music business or even other musicians. There were really not many musicians, and seeing that some years after we get to play there, you know, it’s a very strange feeling.

Post-Punk.com: Can you tell me who designed the album cover?

Neige: The cover was painted by a French guy called Yoann Lossel, and I have been a fan of his work for a long time. So it was a very big honor for us to work with him. And it’s actually a reinterpretation of one of my favorite paintings. It’s called “The Spirit of the Plains,” and it’s by an Australian painter called Sydney Long. It’s painting in the Art Nouveau style. But the format was a little bit off for being on an album cover. So I asked this French artist, Yoann Lossel, to reinterpret everything and turn it into a square and make it his own. Change the colors and give the painting its own touch. When we received the final result of the painting, we were blown away. And it’s funny because I actually thought, “Oh, my God, I hope the music will be good enough.” For example, when the artwork makes you feel stressed, the music may not be good enough and may not give justice to the artwork. I guess that says a lot about the artwork. §

Les Chants de l’Aurore is out now. Order Here

Les Chants de l’Aurore by Alcest

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Ein Kessel Buntes: Wenn Mesh auf Tour gehen, brauchen sie sich quasi keine Sorgen mehr machen, dass die Hütte leer bleibt. In den mittlerweile...

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ALCEST veröffentlichten am 21. Juni 2024 ihre neue Platte “Les Chants De L’Aurore”. Einstimmen kann man sich mit dem dritten Vorab-Track “Améthyste” bei YouTube.

Die vorherige Auskopplung “Flamme Jumelle” kommentiert Mastermind Neige:

“Trotz seiner zugänglicheren Vibes ist dieses Lied eigentlich das persönlichste des Albums für mich. ‘Flamme Jumelle’, was ‘Zwillingsflamme’ bedeutet, handelt von der Idee des Verlusts im Allgemeinen und der Schwierigkeit, mit der Abwesenheit jemanden, den man zutiefst geliebt hat, zurechtzukommen. Es könnte ein Familienmitglied, ein Freund oder ein Partner sein. Auf einer spirituelleren Ebene bezieht sich der Titel auf die Möglichkeit, dass bestimmte Seelen in diesem Leben und darüber hinaus verbunden sind, und dass Trennung nur ein sterbliches Konzept ist.”

Auch zur ersten Single “L’Envol” gibt es ein Video. ALCEST-Frontmann Neige erklärt, warum er diesen Song ausgesucht hat:

“L’Envol’ ist die Rückkehr zur Atmosphäre der ersten ALCEST-Alben. Ich schrieb diesen Song nach einer Reise nach Korsika, wo ich spannende Menschen traf und eine einzigartigsten Landschaftkennenlernen durfte. Es geht darum, der Realität zu entfliehen und sich einem Schwarm mythischer Vögel anzuschließen, die die Grenzen unserer Welt überwinden. Der Song wird von einem Musikvideo begleitet, das von dem talentierten französischen Künstler Yoann Lossel gestaltet wurde, der auch das Albumcover entworfen hat. Für diese erste Single-Veröffentlichung wollten wir, dass Musik, Text und Bilder so kohärent und eindringlich wie möglich sind. Die Tracks auf ‘Les Chants de l’Aurore’ sind sehr unterschiedlich, aber wir dachten, dass dieser eine großartige Einführung in die allgemeine Atmosphäre und die Themen des Albums sein würde.”

Ende 2024 sind ALCEST auf Tour und stellen die neuen Songs auch live vor. In Deutschland spielen die Franzosen in Köln, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg und Frankfurt

ALCEST “Les Chants De L’Aurore” Tracklist
01. Komorebi
02. L’Envol (Video bei YouTube)
03. Améthyste (Audio bei YouTube)
04. Flamme Jumelle (Video bei YouTube)
05. Réminiscence
06. L’Enfant de la Lune
07. L’Adieu

ALCEST “Les Chants De L’Aurore”-Tour 2024

21.10. HR Zagreb – Boogaloo
23.10. GR Athens – Gagarin 205
24.10. GR Thessaloniki – WE SKG
25.10. TR Istanbul – IF Performance Hall
28.10. RO Bucarest – Quantic Club
02.11. CH Zurich – Meh Suff!
13.11. DE Cologne – Essigfabrik
14.11. DE Stuttgart – Im Wizemann
15.11. DE Munich – Backstage Werk
16.11. DE Milan – Alcatraz
18.11. SO Ljubljana – Kino Siska
19.11. AT Vienne – Simm City
20.11. HU Budapest – Durer Kert
21.11. CZ Prague – Roxy
23.11. DE Berlin – Festsaal
24.11. PL Warsaw – Proxima
25.11. LT Vilnius – Loftas
26.11. EE Tallinn – Paavli Kultuurivabrik
27.11. FI Helsinki – Kultuuraio
29.11. SE Stockholm – Fryshuset
30.11. NO Oslo – Vulkan Arena
01.12. DK Copenhagen – Vega
03.12. DE Hamburg – Gruenspan
04.12. NL Amsterdam- Paradiso
05.12. BE Bruxelles – Ancienne Belgique
06.12. FR Paris – L’Olympia
07.12. LU Esch-sur-Alzette – Den Atelier
08.12. DE Frankfurt – Batschkapp
11.12. UK London – Electric Brixton
12.12. UK Manchester – Academy 2
13.12. UK Glasgow – The Garage
14.12. IR Dublin – Academy

ALCEST-Besetzung:
Neige vocals, guitars, bass, synths
Winterhalter drums

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EREB ALTOR haben mit “Midvinter” einen neuen Song veröffentlicht. Der Track entstand im Studio Apocalypse, wo die Band vor kurzem an einem neuen Album arbeitete. Die neue EREB ALTOR-Platte, der Nachfolger des 2022er Albums “Vargtimman”  soll im Januar 2025 erscheinen.

Zuvor wollen die Schweden noch zwei weitere Singles veröffentlichen, die ebenfalls bei den aktuellen Aufnehmen eingespielt wurden.

 

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Alles Gute zum 20-Jährigen: THE CHUCK NORRIS EXPERIMENT feiern ihr Bandjubiläum mit einem neuen Album, das passenderweise einfach “20” betitelt ist. “20” erscheint am 27. Juni 2024.

Einen der neuen Songs, “Hot Damn”, kann man sich bei Bandcamp  anhören.

Die neuen Songs will die schwedische Punk ‘n’ Roll-Band auf einer Tour vorstellen, konkrete Dates sind allerdings noch nicht bekannt.

 

THE CHUCK NORRIS EXPERIMENT “20” Tracklist
The Knife
You Go Boom!
Prime Mover
Jason Voorhees
Hot Damn (Audio bei YouTube)
Surprise! (And Everybody Dies)
High Times/Easy Livin’
Life In Hypercolor
Deadshot
Out Of Your League
Bats!

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Ornithologische Überlegungen Kennen Sie das auch? Es ist Sonntag und das Festival ist vorbei? Sie verbringen den halben Tag damit, die Rückreise quer durch...

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Mit "Wisborg Remixed" haben die Goth-Rocker Wisborg ein neues Remix-Album angekündigt. Mehr Infos und ein Versus Goliath-Remix von "Im freien Fall" als erste Single hier!

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Die Black / Speed Metal-Band DEATH RACER hat nach “Nordschleife” mit “Inverted Crossroads” einen zweiten Track ihres kommenden Albumd “From Gravel to Grave” veröffentlicht. Es ist das erste Album der Österreicher aus Linz rund um Bassist und Sänger Bastian Moser (KRINGA) und Drummer Domenik Riedl (EISENHAND).

“From Gravel to Grave” wird am 26. Juli 2024 via Dying Victims Productions erscheinen.

DEATH RACER “From Gravel to Grave” Tracklist
1. Motormentor
2. Nordschleife (Visualizer bei YouTube)
3. Inverted Crossroads (Audio bei YouTube)
4. C.F.S.O.D.C
4. Imola ’94 (From Gravel to Grave)
5. Racers of Death
6. Traumatized In Traffic Jam Ejection
7. S.M. Death Worship

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  More than two years after the British darkwave group announced its breakup, Massive Ego has made its return with the “In Your Own Darkness” single. The song is a lyrical reflection of vocalist Marc Massive’s struggles with mental health and his efforts to return to songwriting and shed the trappings of his past [..]

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POWERWOLF gehen auch im Herbst 2024 auf ihre traditionelle “Wolfsnächte”-Tour. Begleitet werden POWERWOLF dabei von HAMMERFALL und WIND ROSE. Der Vorverkauf startete am 10. November 2023.

Im Zentrum der Tour wird dabei auch ein neues Studioalbum stehen: Die Saarländer haben für 26. Juli 2024 eine neue Platte mit dem Titel “Wake Up The Wicked” angekündigt, welche elf neue Stücke enthält und von Joost van den Broek produziert wurde. Mit “Sinners Of The Seven Seas” ist nun die zweite Auskopplung als Musikvideo bei YouTube abrufbar.

Die erste Single “1589” gibt es ebenfalls als Video bei YouTube. Inhaltlich dreht sich der Track um Peter Stump, den “Werwolf von Bedburg”.

Erscheinen wir die Scheibe in diversen Formaten, wobei einigen auch das Bonus-Live-Album “Manhattan Metal Mass – Live In New York City” beiligen wird:

Vinyl (black; gold; silver; oxblood)
3LP Box (verschiedene Farben; inkl. “Live in New York” + Orchester-Album)
3CD (Earbook, inkl. “Live in New York” + Orchester-Album)
2CD (Mediabook, inkl. “Live in New York”)
CD (Jewelcase)
Kassette (rot oder schwarz)
digital

Zuletzt veröffentlichte die Band das Album “Interludium” (2023).

POWERWOLF “Wake Up The Wicked” Artwork

POWERWOLF “Wake Up The Wicked” Tracklist

Bless ’em With the Blade
Sinners of the Seven Seas (Video bei YouTube)
Kyrie Klitorem
Heretic Hunters
1589 (Video bei YouTube)
Viva Vulgata
Wake Up the Wicked
Joan of Arc
Thunderpriest
We Don’t Wanna Be No Saints
Vargamor

POWERWOLF, HAMMERFALL, WIND ROSE Tourdaten 2024

04.10.24 DE – Hamburg / Barclays Arena           
05.10.24 NL – Amsterdam / AFAS Live  
06.10.24 BE – Antwerp / Lotto Arena
10.10.24 LU – Esch Sur Alzette / Rockhal
11.10.24 DE – Stuttgart / Schleyerhalle
12.10.24 DE – Frankfurt / Festhalle
14.10.24 IT – Mailand / Alcatraz
16.10.24 CH – Zürich / The Hall
17.10.24 FR – Paris / Zenith
18.10.24 DE – Oberhausen / Rudolf Weber Arena
19.10.24 DE – Berlin / Velodrom
21.10.24 PL – Krakow / Tauron Arena
22.10.24 HU – Budapest / MVM Dome
23.10.24 AT – Wien / Gasometer
25.10.24 DE – München / Olympiahalle
26.10.24 CZ – Prague / Sportovni Hala Fortuna

POWERWOLF Line-up 2023
Attila Dorn – vocalsFalk Maria Schlegel – organCharles Greywolf – guitarMatthew Greywolf – guitarRoel van Helden – drums

Fotogalerie: POWERWOLF – Summer Breeze 2023 – 18.08.2023

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Bright lights and conversations.
My mind, and this sensation.
The hangman’s gallows, a stark symbol in folklore, delves into the depths of human consciousness and societal structures. Representing the confrontation with mortality, it reminds us of life’s transient nature and the inevitability of death. Beyond its grim façade, the gallows symbolize a crossroads of fate and choice, prompting reflection on our deeds, chosen paths, and legacy. They embody the duality of human experience—justice and mercy, sin and redemption.

Folklore often explores themes of transformation and transcendence through the gallows, where characters confront their darkest fears and gain profound self-insight. Additionally, the gallows mirror societal values, norms, and ethical boundaries, challenging us to consider power structures and fairness in judgement. Thus, they become a space for moral contemplation, highlighting how our humanity is intertwined with our treatment of others, especially in moments of vulnerability.

Amidst the desolate beauty of the Sonoran Desert, Arizona’s own ‘death disco darlings,’ Paper Foxes, emerge with a striking blend of new wave and post-punk influences. Their music, characterized by an astute sense of melody and irresistibly danceable beats, resonates deeply with the spirit of the eighties -vividly captured in their new single, Gallows.

Frontman CJ Jacobson stands at the heart of this creation, channeling his meditations on anxiety while the band constructs an atmosphere of looming doom around him. The track features keytar synths, nostalgic guitars, and drums enveloped in gated reverb, all complemented by Jacobson’s resonant lead vocals. Terse electronic drums anchor a sophisticated interplay of murky guitars and vintage synths. The band’s unique blend is akin to the works of Twin Tribes, Depeche Mode, and Bauhaus.

Gallows may seem a somber subject to some, yet it serves as a reminder not to fear the hangman, but to evade his grasp.

Listen to the song below and order here:

The Gallows by Paper Foxes

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When he isn’t leading the charge with his new wave/punk band The Clamor, New York City’s multifaceted Aaron Louis finds himself engaged in an array of endeavours: video designer, booking agent, film producer, club owner, acclaimed author, songwriter, and Director of Audio Visual at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

Despite his busy schedule, The Clamor returns with fervor, presenting the intense and spirited New Harder Hit. This punk-edged, northern soul-inspired song sees Louis exploring the intricate and delicate nature of human connection. The essence of The Clash, The Jam, New York Dolls, and a dash of Elvis Costello is evident in this piece, with The Clamor’s musical lineup featuring Aaron Louis on vocals, guitar, and synth, alongside Gary Atturio on bass, Jeff Berner on guitar and backing vocals, Robert Cimitile on marimba, Wells Hartman on synth, Omer Leibovitz and Kirk Schoenherr on guitar, Layton Weedeman on drums, and a host of other talented musicians.

New Harder Hit navigates the complexities of keeping secrets and the unforeseen risks that come with sharing truths, highlighting the amusing blunders that arise from taking oneself too seriously. Louis’ lyrics capture the essence of our deep, inherent yearning for genuine relationships, reflecting on how these connections shape our lives. The song serves as a reminder of the human need for authenticity in a world where we often hide behind façades.

“New Harder Hit is an admittedly sarcastic take on the conventional themes found in many love songs, particularly those laden with exaggerated emotions,” says Louis. “A kind of tongue-in-cheek critique of the tendency to take romantic turmoil too seriously, really as a personal reflection more than anything else. It also delves into the paradox that, while truth is touted as essential in relationships, its unfiltered disclosure can sometimes harm the very bonds we aim to fortify.”

Listen to the song below:

The Clamor · New Harder Hit

New Harder Hit was meticulously brought to life under the guidance of Jeff Berner at Studio G in Brooklyn, NY. The process of production, tracking, and mixing was carefully managed, with valuable assistance from Ross Colombo and Leah Gutman in the engineering process. The final touches, ensuring the highest quality, were masterfully handled by Alan Douches at West West Side Music in NYC.

The Clamor spoke briefly with Post-Punk.com about the new single:

What was the inspiration when writing New Harder Hit?

New Harder Hit draws from the complex and often contradictory dynamics of relationships. I wanted to explore how we can be both intensely passionate and absurdly melodramatic at the same time. The song also delves into the irony of truth in relationships—how we crave honesty, but unfiltered truth can sometimes harm our connections. It’s a personal reflection and a critique of the human tendency to overcomplicate love and intimacy.

What artists do you draw inspiration from?

I draw inspiration from so many bands that it’s hard to narrow it down to just a few, and my influences often come and go over time. However, some bands that have left a significant mark on me include Subway Sect, The Clash, The Stranglers, and The Fall. As of late Orange Juice seems to be the band. §

The Clamor’s Aaron Louis has authored several books, including the 2003 novel “Things That Hang From Trees,” and penned the screenplay adaptation for Aviles Street Productions in 2006. His film premiered in prestigious events like New Directors/New Films and SXSW, securing accolades such as “Best Film” at Corto Imola International Film Festival in Bologna, Italy, and “Best American Independent” at the Troia International Film Festival in Lisbon, Portugal. Distributed by Radio London Films in 2007, it marked a significant achievement in Aaron’s career.

Before establishing himself as an author, Aaron ventured into music, serving as the principal singer/songwriter for the eleven-piece acoustic punk band, DANDELION WINE. His musical journey continued with the release of a solo album titled “IF SO” on Tropia Records in 2000. Not confined to music, Aaron also made his mark as an in-house booking agent for four live music venues in central Florida, orchestrating over 1000 shows featuring regional and national bands. Additionally, he owned Galaxie 500, a live music venue and performance space in northern Florida. Currently, Aaron resides in Brooklyn, NY, adding to the vibrant artistic community of the city.

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Die legendären Pioniere des nordischen Heavy Metal, EINHERJER, haben am 21. Juni 2024 ihre neueste Single „Deaf Forever“ veröffentlicht. Die Single ist ein Cover und eine Hommage an die Legenden von MOTÖRHEAD und deren gleichnamigen Song und kommt gerade rechtzeitig für Einherjers Auftritte bei großen Sommerfestivals wie Tons of Rock, Summer Breeze Open Air und Wacken Open Air.
Listen: https://ffm.to/deafforever

About the track Einherjer states:
“‘Deaf Forever’ is a homage to one of the most iconic bands in heavy metal history. Motörhead has always been an inspiration for us. ‚Deaf Forever,‘ with its relentless energy, gritty vocals, and driving rhythm, makes it a good fit for Einherjer. We fused the thunderous legacy of Motörhead with the mythic resonance of our Norse Heavy Metal. I think it turned out great!”.

 

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Soeben haben Powerwolf mit "Sinners Of The Seas" die zweite Single aus ihrem kommenden Album "Wake Up The Wicked" ausgekoppelt. Mehr Infos und das Musikvideo hier!

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Das NOVA ROCK-Festival 2025 hat einen Termin: Vom 12. bis 14. Juni 2024 wird im österreichischen Nickelsdorf gefeiert. Tickets gibt es derzeit zum Preis von 229,99€ über die offizielle Festival-Homepage. Camping und Parken sind bereits im Preis inbegriffen.

Auch den ersten Headliner haben die Veranstalter bereits verraten: SLIPKNOT führen das Billing für 2025 an. Außerdem spielen ELECTRIC CALLBOY, WANDA sowie LORNA SHORE auf dem Open Air.

Übersicht: NOVA ROCK 2025 Line-up, Billing & Bands
(Stand: 20.06.2024)

Headliner

SLIPKNOT

Alle weiteren Bands beim Nova Rock 2024 in alphabetischer Reihenfolge

ELECTRIC CALLBOY
LORNA SHORE
WANDA

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  In 1984, having released an EP and a single, Death Cult would rebrand itself as The Cult, releasing the Dreamtime debut album and beginning a journey away from the post-punk and proto-goth atmospheres of the previous incarnation to become one of the U.K.’s most formidable hard rock acts. This past November saw vocalist/songwriter Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy [..]

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25 years ago, Projekt Records released the Black Tape For A Blue Girl album “As...

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