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0 Die Another Day “Wild Fire” | Metal Robot Reviews
0 Tzimani E.P. Review – Metal Gods TV “a heavy hitting and thoroughly enjoyable ride of all out and foot to the floor heavy metal.”
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0 Lutharo – Wings of Agony – E.P. Review – Metal Gods TV “heavy and menacing, terrifying and frightening, Lutharo deliver a five song extravaganza of blistering savagery, that may scare you just a little bit.”
Lutharo – Wings of Agony – E.P. Review – Metal Gods TV “heavy and menacing, terrifying and frightening, Lutharo deliver a five song extravaganza of blistering savagery, that may scare you just a little bit.” https://metalgodstv.com/lutharo-e-p-review-wings-of-agony/
0 DYATLOVE Premiere Video ‘Fragile Fixation’ via TheSludgelord; Debut Self-Titled EP Out May 29th
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Montreal, QC – April 10, 2020
For fans of Deafheaven, Converge, Russian Circles, Touche Amore, Alcest, Pallbearer
DYATLOVE Premiere Video ‘Fragile Fixation’ via TheSludgelord; Debut Self-Titled EP Out May 29th
Vancouver, Canada’s Dyatlove are gearing up to release their self-titled debut EP this year and ahead of that are revealing their single ‘Fragile Fixation’ digitally with an exclusive premiere of its music video via The Sludgelord HERE.
Their sound is eclectic and diverse, at times morose and at other, heavy sludge. An EP that requires attention to take in, each song takes the listener on a ride with complex lyrical content aiming to grab attention. Guitarist Rikki Jennings-Buford shares his thoughts on the EP:
“I think this EP will be appreciated by more than just fans of heavy music. As musicians, we write the music that we want to hear and we aren’t fans of just metal. There is something for everyone who digs guitar-based music on this EP. We hope these 4 songs give you a good representation of our inspirations and where we could go musically.”
The single is the result of Sam Caviglia (guitar/vocals) returning from a getaway with the idea for the song. It evolved into a track that is one of their more classically structured songs but they felt it would be a song that most people would gravitate to right away. Lyrically it is about the pull of depression and not knowing how to get out of it and how it can take over your entire frame of thinking. Understanding you are hurting people but not knowing how to get out of it.
The other tracks on the EP show the growth and diversity behind Dyatlove, who intend to release more music in short order. The EP was recorded at Rain City Recorders with Matt Roach over the course of a few days.
For fans of Spotlights, Hum, Thrice and Explosions In The Sky, the self-titled release arrives on May 29th, 2020 along with a cassette version being available from Coup Sur Coup Records that will feature an exclusive bonus track ‘Die! Kill! Pig!’.
Track Listing:
1. Pass The Heavens (8:14)
2. Empty Lungs (6:53)
3. Fragile Fixation (4:51)
4. Old Haunts (8:11)
5. Die! Kill! Pig! (2:52)*
*(track 5 only on Cassette and Vinyl Version released by Coup Sur Coup Records)
EP Length: 31:03
For more info:
Facebook.com/dyatlovesounds
Instagram.com/dyatloveband
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Dyatlove is a passionate foray into the realm of morose singer-songwriter overtones set alongside heavy music. Longtime friends Sam Caviglia (guitar/vocals) and Rikki Jennings-Buford (guitar) bonded over bands such as Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, and Pinback.
This array of influences drives the diversity of Vancouver, Canada’s Dyatlove, who don’t feel the need to pigeon hole into a particular genre. From sad songs to crushing sludge metal to 2-minute hardcore songs, Dyatlove conveys emotion and brings the heavy with drop A tuning.
Starting individually, the band works on riffs and ideas, eventually bringing them together to be fleshed out further. As full believers of limitless creativity, they don’t tie themselves to classic song structures. The lyrics come from many places, some are stories, some are personal experiences. There are songs about love of family, songs about loss, songs about anger and songs about struggles and addictions. Although varied in the subject matter they all have one thing in common, feeling.
Performing with the same intense passion and emotion that they bring to the jam space, Dyatlove intends to really connect to their fans, and show what their songs mean to them. With Rob Sheldrick (drums) and Justin Lacey (bass), the quartet delivers with an infectious openness and energy. Their self-titled, debut EP is being released on May 29, 2020 with the cassette version being released by Coup Sur Coup Records that will feature an exclusive bonus track ‘Die! Kill! Pig!’.
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0 Out Now! Die Another Day EP “Wild Fire” + Video ‘Fear The Future’
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Montreal, QC – April 10, 2020
For fans of Atreyu, Lamb of God, System of a Down, A Day To Remember, Thrice
Out Now! Die Another Day EP “Wild Fire” + Video ‘Fear The Future’
Debut EP Out April 10th
L-R – Tyler Johansen (Bass, vocals), Ricardo d’Almeida (Guitar, vocals), Justin Bennett (Guitar), Jared Boyd (Bass, vocals), Adam Hensby (Drums)
Photo by: Brandynn Leigh Photography
Die Another Day are excited to unleash their debut EP “Wild Fire”, out officially as of April 10th. The Calgary band was conceived just a year ago in the spring of 2019. With a variety of influences, the quintet expands into multiple genres, getting fans excited to embrace different styles of music. Their vitality and passion are showcased in ‘Wildfire’ where they offer up an introduction to their aggressive, melodic, heavy, upbeat metalcore/pop-punk bangers. Fans who enjoy bands like Atreyu, A Day To Remember, Thrice, Avenged Sevenfold will have no issues putting Die Another Day on repeat.
The band adds:
“As this is our debut EP, we think it will excite all our current fans while catching the attention of newcomers to our music. We tackle a lot of personal subjects/ feelings through these six songs that we hope resonates with people. We want this EP to take our fans on a roller coaster ride of emotions that kicks them right in the teeth and gives them goosebumps.”
“Wild Fire” is now available on all digital platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play.
Lyric Video ‘Die Another Day’ HERE.
Lyric video ‘Wildfire’ HERE.
Track Listing:
1. Ignite The Flame (1:19)
2. Wildfire (3:16)
3. Razorblades (3:12)
4. Green Eyes (4:37)
5. Fear The Future (2:56)
6. Poison IV (5:15)
EP Length: 20:37
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Facebook.com/dieanotherday.official1
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“DIE ANOTHER DAY have just launched a new lyric video for their single “Wild Fire”! This one is a banger.” – The Circle Pit
“As a fan of this style, it pleases me to say that these guys have done an exceptional job at defining this sound. Stitched together with a catchy chorus, and a fast paced, energetic guitar solo to finish the track (Wildfire) off. ” – Uber Rock
“The high-energy newcomers draw from many bands on the metalcore and pop-punk spectrum – A Day To Remember, Thrice, and Atreyu are key influences. Spin the new song ‘Fear The Future’ – we think you’ll dig what the promising young band has going on.” – New Fury Media
“a pristine piece of stylish metal music which will garner appreciation by both the rock and metal crowd. They push the boundaries by mixing numerous genres to achieve originality.” – Boston Rock Radio
“I’d be interested in hearing what else they have to offer as this is a pretty strong showing for a band that formed a few months ago back in the Spring of 2019. They’re off to a great start and I wonder what else they may be hiding.” – The Music Below (August 2019)
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0 Rockshots Records: Finland’s Sinisthra (ft. Tomi Joutsen of Amorphis) New Single ‘Closely Guarded Distance’; New Album “The Broad and Beaten Way” Out May 15th
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Montreal, QC – April 10, 2020
For fans of Katatonia, Anathema, Amorphis
Rockshots Records: Finland’s Sinisthra (ft. Tomi Joutsen of Amorphis) New Single ‘Closely Guarded Distance’
New Album “The Broad and Beaten Way” Out May 15th via Rockshots Records
Finland’s Sinisthra featuring Amorphis vocalist Tomi Joutsen are sharing the first single ‘Closely Guarded Distance’ off their forthcoming album, “The Broad and Beaten Way” due out May 15, 2020 via Rockshots Records.
Listen to ‘Closely Guarded Distance’ at the following links:
Lyric Video HERE.
Spotify HERE.
The band adds:
“”Closely Guarded Distance” is the centerpiece of the album and probably the hardest to digest of the whole lot. So we chose it as the first “single”. It’s some 13 minutes long, divided into three parts. The first phase is the courting, the second phase is the fulfillment and the final phase is the aftermath. Musically it’s an amalgamation of several half-finished and half- discarded songs we had lying around. I think it represents what Sinisthra is about, with all our main ingredients neatly distilled into one song.”
Best described as sadness tinged with despair and hope, “The Broad and Beaten Way” encapsulates raw emotion set against heavy and brooding music. This album comes 15 years after the debut record “Last of the Stories of Long Past Glories”, and its manifestation has been a slow and arduous process. The songs were written ages ago while other projects, primarily vocalist Tomi Joutsen’s presence in Amorphis, were given priority from the band members.
Guitarist Markku Mäkinen writes the majority of the music for the highly elusive band whose original and complex sound has often been mislabeled. The band explains the evolution of their music:
“We all had a history in thrash and death metal bands, but when the band originally came together in 2000, there was not much metal at all in the sound, it was leaning more towards grunge and at times trip-hop. After the first album in 2005, the sound took a lot more metallic turn and something came in from 70’s prog as well. Metal genres are irrelevant to us.”
The name for the album comes from “Paradise Lost” by John Milton; “The Broad and Beaten Way” is a bridge from Hell to Earth with the lyrics taking inspiration from the fall of man, and from leading a chaotic and self-destructive modern-day life and trying to find solid ground and perhaps even some peace of mind. “Eterne” is the first song, where the metaphorical Adam and Eve are expelled, both from Eden and from their union, and in the last song “Ephemeral” Adam, solitary, finally accepts his past actions as futile.
The melancholic sojourn, suitable for fans of Katatonia, Anathema, and Amorphis is available for pre-order at the following links:
CD – http://bit.ly/Sinisthra_CD
Digital (iTunes) – https://bit.ly/Sinisthra_digital
Track Listing:
1. Eterne (4:19)
2. Closely Guarded Distance (13:10)
3. Halfway To Somewhere Else (7:43)
4. Morning Frail (5:56)
5. Safe In The Arms of The Everlasting Now (7:26)
6. Ephemeral (4:05)
Album Length: 42:43
Album Credits:
Music by Markku Mäkinen
Vocal lines by Tomi Joutsen
Lyrics by Erkki Virta
Sinisthra is:
Tomi Joutsen – Vocals
Markku Mäkinen – Guitar
Erkki Virta – Drums
Timo Vainio – Keyboards
Marko Välimäki – Guitar
Janne Telén – Bass
For more info:
Rockshots.eu
Facebook.com/Sinisthra
About:
SINISTHRA comes from Finland and has been in various stages of existence since 1999. Their style of music is basically metal, drawing from a wide source of different influences and blending them to a sound that can’t really be compared to any one single band. Always quite melancholic, most of the time quite heavy, and often with strong shades of 70’s prog with lesser shades of 90’s grunge.
The name SINISTHRA derives from the Italian word sinistra, meaning “the left side” and representing the allegory of creativity, femininity, individuality and general free-thinking pathways of the Left Hand, without the hollow “satanic” or any other religious connotations. The lyrics veer away from most commonly used themes and focus heavily on more personal and intimate subjects. Sinisthra is all about contrasts, frail yet crushing, sad yet content, silent but roaring. Melancholy without utter despair. Darkness tinged with light. Gravel covered with honey. The only dogma is never to acknowledge musical boundaries, and never to use the words “love” and “death” in the lyrics.
The band released one album in 2005, called “Last Of The Stories Of Long Past Glories” to favourable reviews and got labeled “gothic metal”, somewhat misleadingly, but as the singer Tomi Joutsen joined Amorphis, his career skyrocketed and Sinisthra’s didn’t, so due to lack of time from his part, things slowed down.
Now Sinisthra has completed their second album “The Broad And Beaten Way” and are ready to finally release it. The road has been long, winding and mostly uphill, and promises to remain so in the future as well.
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0 Out Now! Vancouver Heavy Metal SPELL’s New Album “Opulent Decay” via Bad Omen Records + New Music Video ‘Dawn Wanderer’
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Montreal, QC – April 10, 2020
For fans of Haunt, Ghost, Dokken, Triumph, Blue Oyster Cult
Out Now! Vancouver Heavy Metal SPELL’s New Album “Opulent Decay” via Bad Omen Records
New Music Video ‘Dawn Wanderer’
Hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia, SPELL‘s new LP “Opulent Decay” is now available as of April 10, 2020 via Bad Omen Records. With the full length’s release, they are also sharing the new video ‘Dawn Wanderer’.
Watch HERE.
Album Stream Bandcamp and Spotify.
Shrouding their listeners in hypnotizing heavy metal, the ten-track album is a menagerie of atmosphere, heaviness and delicately woven melodies. This will be the third album from the group following “Full Moon Sessions” (2014) and “For None And All” (2017). Reflecting on the progression through the albums, bassist/vocalist Cam Mesmer comments:
“Many bands find their third album the most difficult because they’re trying to recreate what they’ve already done; for us, it gets easier and better every time. As ideas emerged during the writing process, we nurtured them and gave them all the time and care they needed to flourish and bloom.”
As a precursor to the album release, SPELL has already released a video for the first track from “Opulent Decay” entitled ‘Psychic Death’. According to Mesmer, all the tracks on the album “deal with the contrast between opulence and austerity, and the decay that results from imbalance. Our drive to avoid suffering is strong, but it can be overcome by the love for another and the desire to put them before yourself. ‘Opulent Decay’ examines this balance and the dangers that await on either side of the pendulum.”
Once again creating a powerful and enchanting sonic experience, SPELL invites you to intertwine yourself with romanticism and heavy metal with “Opulent Decay” today.
The album is available for stream, download and physical format at the following link HERE.
Music Video – Deceiver – here.
Music Video – Psychic Death – here.
Track Listing:
1. Psychic Death
2. Opulent Decay
3. Sibyl Vane
4. Primrose Path
5. The Iron Wind
6. Dawn Wanderer
7. Deceiver
8. Ataraxia
9. Imprisoned By Shadows
10. Saturn’s Riddle
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Instagram.com/spellofficial
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Spell have already proven themselves mighty chroniclers of the more supernatural quarters of the heavy music sphere. Recorded at Little Red Sounds studio in New Westminster, B.C., ‘Opulent Decay’ is an emotionally charged psychic travelogue wreathed in mysticism. The album embraces harmonic guitar heraldry while also showcasing a band as adept at essaying a hymnal acapella piece like the beguiling “Ataraxia” as they are the wistful and melancholic “Dawn Wanderer”, the pastoral-tinged and progressively slanted “Primrose Path” or the catchy and barnstorming title-track.
Spell’s debut, 2014’s ‘Full Moon Sessions’, and 2017’s critically-celebrated LP, ‘For None And All’, are proof positive of an outfit — completed by drummer and co-vocalist Al Lester and guitarist Graham McVie – whose grasp of diverting dynamics matched their infectious songcraft. However, these were apparently mere preludes to ‘Opulent Decay’, the band’s third and finest record to date.
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“If this band was a van, they would be the raddest, most pimped out airbrushed 70’s van with plush interior and a BOOMING system. SPELL is a perfect name for them, because their songs are jamming heavy metal magic.” – Cvlt Nation
“Vancouver power trio SPELL make what they call “hypnotizing heavy metal,” a captivating mix of Rush- and Blue Öyster Cult–hailing classic rock, lyrics inspired by Romantic poets like Keats, Shelley and Coleridge, and more modern elements that evoke everyone from Opeth to Ghost.” – Revolver Mag
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0 Serene Dark Premiere Music Video “Of Serpentine Form” via MetalInjection
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Montreal, QC – April 9, 2020
Serene Dark Premiere Music Video “Of Serpentine Form” via MetalInjection
New Album “Enantiodromia” Out July 17th, 2020
Canada’s Serene Dark have a new album “Enantiodromia” out on July 17, 2020 and in anticipation have released their music video for the single ‘Of Serpentine Form’, which is currently premiering on Metal Injection HERE.
“Enantiodromia” (pronounced en-an-ti-o-dromia) is dark, entrancing and orchestral while maintaining the key elements of death and black metal. The band’s take on the album:
“The album explores the confrontation between the shadow aspect of the personality and the integration of it into the self to create wholeness. Influenced from philosophy, stoicism, hermetecism and the occult. The album, lyrically, is a journey towards individuation by the exploration of human darkness and transforming that pain into something tangible and meaningful. In essense- to lose one’s self entirely to reach perfection.”
Under the name Endemise, the band released Far From The Light (2013) and Anathema (2016), but now with the new name, Serene Dark have made a refreshing start with elements of the previous band still lingering, but taking the songs and style to a new level on this record and experimented with various instruments and vocal styles. This album sets a new calibre and standard for Serene Dark.
“Enantiodromia” is recommended for fans of Septicflesh, Fleshgod Apocalypse, and Rotting Christ.
The band’s two previous singles are streaming at the following links:
‘Where Time Drowns Still’ here.
‘Dualitatem’ here.
Track Listing:
1. Dualitatem
2. Of Serpentine Form
3. Where Time Drowns Still
4. Trance of Disintegration
5. Dweller In The Void of The Spirit
6. Reflecting Envenomed
7. Malocchio
8. Grieving the Distortion of Self
9. The Last Disciple of Dionysus
10. Onward, Burning Radiance
For more info:
SereneDark.com
Facebook.com/serenedark
Instagram.com/serenedark
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“An epic, heavy and creative vibe to this album which I think would appeal to fans of mid period Dimmu Borgir, Insomnium, Abigail Williams, Fleshgod Apocalypse.” – Loud Stuff
“They produce an array of songs that have an incredible sound that are magnificently orchestrated.” – Metal Temple
“Through Anathema Endemise demonstrates the ability to filter several European influences into a unique sound from a Canadian perspective. It is a fine edition to the black metal catalogue of any connoisseur of these dark musical arts.” – Glacially Musical
“Endemise is yet another Canadian metal band that has managed to create something fucking awesome and special.” – The Dirty Room
“Black metal vocals, death metal riffs and hella lot of blastbeats. Endemise strikes with ‘Anathema’ and does so in an unrelenting manner. This extreme metal chaos will surely crush some norms settled upon by high culture tyrants.” – Lords of Metal
“Anathema is a promising outing for these Canadian natives.” – Metal Trenches
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0 Classic Heavy Metal RivetSkull Premiere Music Video ‘Narcissus’ via Metal-Rules; Debut Album “Trail of Souls” Out Now!
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Montreal, QC – April 9, 2020
For fans of Dio, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Queensryche
Classic Heavy Metal RivetSkull Premiere Music Video ‘Narcissus’ via Metal-Rules
Debut Album “Trail of Souls” Out Now!
L-R: Michael Robson (Drums), Mark Hopkins (Bass), Mark X. Plog (Guitar), Chad McMurray (Vocals, Keys)
Photo Credit: Iron Mike Savoia
American traditional heavy metal act Rivetskull has a new video for their single “Narcissus” in support of their debut album “Trail of Souls” recently released on February 7, 2020.
Rivetskull brings a comforting familiarity reminiscent of 70’s-80’s metal/hard rock albeit with a modern twist. On “Trail of Souls” there are a few longer “epic” songs, and some shorter almost punk heavy pop songs, if you will. Something for everyone for various moods. The band expands their view of the album:
“We’d like to think we did a good job of delivering something that is familiar, yet fresh. Our musical tastes are all over the board and I think that comes across without being too manic and all over the place hopefully! Though it’s not a concept album or anything, there is a common theme that carries throughout the album and ties it all together.”
Stoked to get their music out to fans, Rivetskull acknowledges the growing demand for “NWOTHM” New Wave Of Traditional Heavy Metal and are excited about the response they’ve gotten in such a short time. The single “Narcissus” explores humanity dealing with narcissists from neighbors and friends to world leaders with a captivating visual story.
For fans of Dio, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Rainbow, the video can be watched via its premiere on Metal-Rules.com HERE.
“Trail of Souls” is available for stream and download on Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify.
Track Listing:
1. Forever (5:18)
2. Another Way To Heaven (7:34)
3. Trail of Souls (4:04)
4. Gates of Babylon (6:51) (Dio Cover)
5. It’s Not Enough (4:15)
6. Mystified (3:50)
7. Narcissus (4:59)
8. Crash and Burn (2:57)
Album Length: 39:52
For more info:
Rivetskull.com
Facebook.com/rivetskull
Instagram.com/rivetskull
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