Category: Hollow
0 Dec 2021 – Jan 2022 – Powerplay Magazine- w/ Every Hour Kills, Rockshots Records HOLLOW, Signum Draconis, Terra, The Design Abstract, Thirty Fates, Thrash La Reine
0 Rockshots Records – Out Now! Swedish Prog Power HOLLOW’s New Album “Tower”
NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – November 26, 2021
Rockshots Records – Out Now! Swedish Prog Power HOLLOW’s New Album “Tower”
HOLLOW, lead by Andreas Stoltz (ex-Binary Creed) has a new album entitled “Tower” out now as of Friday, November 26th via Rockshots Records. The fourth full-length from the Swedish prog power act follows 2019’s “Between Eternities of Darkness”, which marked the band’s return after a 20-year hiatus since unleashing the 1999 album “Architects of The Mind” via Nuclear Blast Records.
Featuring 10 tracks, “Tower” is a story album best listened to as a whole, which tells a tale of transformation with its blend of progressive metal/rock, power, melodic death, and thrash elements. Andrea Stoltz is accompanied by drummer Stalder Zantos who also appeared on “Between Eternities of Darkness”.
“Working with Stalder Zantos has been a more continuous element in writing the material for Tower than on Between Eternities of Darkness and this has definitely influenced the outcome as has contributed more on this album than on the previous one,“ adds Stoltz.
On HOLLOW‘s “Architect of the Mind” artificial intelligence and creation were the topics of discussion, for “Between Eternities of Darkness” parenthood and tragedy were the subject matter, and now for “Tower” the concept of inner and outer freedom is explored. It’s also about belonging and transcendence and Stoltz hopes these are things that most people can relate to.
“The relating bit is important since art – regardless of form – is a meeting of emotions and ideas. It needs to find something to resonate within the person who takes part in it. When asked, I find it hard to describe the music, but it’s metal. It has distorted guitars, double bass drums and harks back to bands like Judas Priest and Queensryche. But there is also quite a bit of contemporary metal on Tower. Since this is a concept album with the ambition of conveying a story, listening to it as a whole is encouraged. I hope you can find something that resonates with you on it. Hopefully, HOLLOW’s fans will be able to trace today’s music back to Modern Cathedral and Architect of the Mind. I’ve made an effort to keep it as straightforward and simple as possible. I think most fans will have no trouble recognizing it as HOLLOW.” comments Stoltz.
“Tower” is available via Rockshots Records at the following links:
Album Pre-save – https://bfan.link/the-tower
CD pre-order – https://bit.ly/hollow_cd
Lyric Video – Every Drop of My Blood – https://youtu.be/3pNBXUwrn2k
Track Listing:
1. Birth (3:45)
2. The Tower (3:25)
3. Guardian (3:49)
4. The Waiting Is Over (3:26)
5. Destroyer of Worlds (3:38)
6. Every Drop of My Blood (3:58)
7. Sunrise (3:29)
8. A Home Forgotten (3:30)
9. Nation of Man (3:42)
10. Wander On (3:39)
Album Length: 36:24
For more info:
Rockshots.eu
Facebook.com/hollowsweden
Instagram.com/hollowsweden
Twitter.com/hollowsweden
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0 Sentinel Daily – Hollow – Between Eternities of Darkness (Rockshots Records)
0 Metal Made in Canada has published its Top 20 albums of 2014. #4 Psychotic Gardening, #7 Idol of Fear, #13 Laika, #14 Hollow
0 CHSR 97.9 FM (Fredericton, NB) – Seismic Sounds – Top 40 Metal Albums of 2014 – #22 Viathyn – Cynosure, #33 Hollow – Mordrake, #39 – Psychotic Gardening – Hymnosis
Rank Artist Release
1 Primal Fear Delivering The Black
2 Iced Earth Plagues Of Babylon
3 Judas Priest Redeemer Of Souls
4 Exodus Blood In, Blood Out
5 Overkill White Devil Armory
6 Behemoth The Satanist
7 Sabaton Heroes
8 Riot V Unleash The Fire
9 Skull Fist Chasing The Dream
10 Adrenaline Mob Men Of Honor
11 Iron Savior Rise Of The Hero
12 Mike LePond’s Silent Assassins Mike LePond’s Silent Assassins
13 Helstar This Wicked Nest
14 Machine Head Bloodstones & Diamonds
15 Persuader The Fiction Maze
16 Unearth Watchers Of Rule
17 Rage Nucléaire Black Storm Of Violence
18 Striker City Of Gold
19 Cannibal Corpse A Skeletal Domain
20 At The Gates At War With Reality
21 Hero’s Last Rite The Mirror’s Face
22 Viathyn Cynosure
23 Sinbreed Shadows
24 Mors Principium Est Dawn Of The 5th Era
25 Ne Obliviscaris Citadel
26 Grave Digger Return Of The Reaper
27 Gamma Ray Empire Of The Undead
28 Arch Enemy War Eternal
29 Brainstorm Firesoul
30 Freedom Call Beyond
31 Allen/Lande The Great Divide
32 Hirax Immortal Legacy
33 Hollow Mordrake
34 Killer Be Killed Killer Be Killed
35 Alestorm Sunset On The Golden Age
36 Agalloch The Serpent & The Sphere
37 Accept Blind Rage
38 DragonForce Maximum Overload
39 Psychotic Gardening Hymnosis
40 Cripper Hyena
0 BEST OF 2014 – OUR CONTRIBUTORS’ TOP CANADIAN PICKS (INDIVIDUAL LISTS) – Viathyn, Hollow
0 Boulevard Brutal – Le Best Ov 2014 de nos invités – Hollow, Idol of Fear, BornBroken
0 Hollow # 2 – Top Albums par des artistes du Québec – VOIR – Liste annuelle de fin d’année: Une autre façon de dire «Mon Top 2014» dans le domaine musical
0 CJLO Top 100 Metal Bands for 2014 – #14 Mutank, #19 Wacken Metal Battle Canada Compilation, #23 Dark Century, #24 Expain, #29 Hollow, #32 Psychotic Gardening, #41 Viathyn, #43 MIRE, #45 Protokult, #48 Unbeing, #61 Laika, #64 Endless Chaos, #70 Idol of Fear, #75 Throne of Vengeance, #81 Double Experience, #84 Kill Matilda, #100 Psychostick
CJLO 1690 AM Concordia University’s radio station in Montreal Top 100 Metal Bands for 2014
#14 Mutank, #19 Wacken Metal Battle Canada Compilation, #23 Dark Century, #24 Expain, #29 Hollow, #32 Psychotic Gardening, #41 Viathyn, #43 MIRE, #45 Protokult, #48 Unbeing, #61 Laika, #64 Endless Chaos, #70 Idol of Fear, #75 Throne of Vengeance, #81 Double Experience, #84 Kill Matilda, #100 Psychostick
1IN THE NAME OF HAVOC
2DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979
3HASHED OUT
4DIRT CANNON
5KILL OF RIGHTS
6HEY SUGAR
7GYPSY CHIEF GOLIATH
8DANCE LAURY DANCE
9DOOMEASTVAN
10STRIKER
11HOPELESS YOUTH
12PAROXYSM
13COMEBACK KID
14MUTANK
15CHAPEL
16ALASKAN
17ANTI-MORTEM
18BEHEMOTH
19VARIOUS – WACKEN METAL BATTLE
20CRIMSON SHADOWS
21CULTED
22SKULL FIST
23DARK CENTURY
24EXPAIN
25WASTER
26TRAP THEM
27KOBRA & THE LOTUS
28BIBLICAL
29HOLLOW
30THE HAUNTED
31IRON DOGS
32PSYCHOTIC GARDENING
33FRONTLINE ASSEMBLY
34ALESTORM
35END OF GALLIA
36GODFLESH
37KARKAOS
38EVERY TIME I DIE
39ELECTRIC WIZARD
40PALLOR MORTIS
41VIATHYN
42DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT
43MIRE
44HERO’S LAST RITE
45PROTOKULT
46CODE ORANGE
47SKYNET
48UNBEING
49FUOCO FATUO
50EYEHATEGOD
51CROBOT
52TOMBS
53NORILSK
54OBEY THE BRAVE
55SUDDENFLAMES
56PALLBEARER
57CASTLE
58KINGDOOM
59CROWBAR
60MASTODON
61LAIKA
62NASHVILLE PUSSY
63HELLBENDERS
64ENDLESS CHAOS
65HARAKIRI FOR THE SKY
66BLACK ANVIL
67CHEMICAL MISUSE
68YOB
69AT THE GATES
70IDOL OF FEAR
71PROTEST THE HERO
72TRUCKFIGHTERS
73SKINNY PUPPY
74BEAST WITHIN
75THRONE OF VENGEANCE
76DESTRIER
77GREENLEAF
78SO HIDEOUS
79LAST VEGAS
80VALLEY OF THE SUN
81DOUBLE EXPERIENCE
82COCKSURE
83ROYAL BLOOD
84KILL MATILDA
85OFF!
86PENTATOL SODIUM
87KILLGASM
88CEMETERY LUST
89HELLYEAH
90CORROSION OF CONFORMITY
91SEPTICFLESH
92BEARTOOTH
93ORIGIN
94USA OUT OF VIETNAM
95MUTILATION RITES
96ENTOMBED AD
97CANNIBAL CORPSE
98ORANGE GOBLIN
99MONSTER MAGNET
100PSYCHOSTICK