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Hammerfall Bring Wacken-Debuted Video To The World with “Dominion”

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Hammerfall are well on their way to the release of their latest album Dominion, set to be out next Friday, August 16th, via Napalm Records. This week, the Swedish Metallers have revealed a new music video for the title track to the record – this video made its on-screen debut at the Wacken Open Air Festival, and now it’s time for it to be revealed to the world. Check it out right here. Joacim Cans says of the video: “After the great success with the “(We Make) Sweden Rock” video, we needed to take the “Dominion” clip to a whole new level. Since it was impossible to take it higher – we decided to descend to Pandemonium, the Capital of Hell! With great CGI effects the storyline walks hand in hand with the lyrical theme and never before have we had so much fun recording a video”. Hammerfall has plenty of time on the road ahead of them for the rest of this year, straight through to 2020 – head to: https://www.hammerfall.net/ for all the details. 

Refused Reveals “Blood Red”

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Refused is bringing the latest chapter of their Hardcore Punk discography to the world in the form of War Music, set for global release on October 18th via Spinefarm/Search & Destroy. The band recently unveiled the career-spanning video for “Blood Red”, which you can check out right here. Here’s what Refused has to say about this new record: 

“We didn’t play a single show during the making of the last album. It was a long time to be away after the addictive chaos of our reunion shows in 2012. Playing to houses packed with maniacs losing their minds right in front of you is a narcotic to rival actual narcotics we’d venture. (Not our field of expertise, but Keith Richards definitely seems to feel that way, and he’s an expert on both.) So as we went out on tour in the summer of 2015 we were getting pretty high on our own supply (of songs that is). It was amazing, simply put.
 
But it was also obvious that Freedom was, for the most part, a studio record. A great record, to us, but there was something missing as we started playing it live – something visceral, direct, relentless. At a soundcheck somewhere on the road (Austin?), Kristofer started playing this riff and we all got into it (jamming, as it were). After a while we noticed that our crew had stopped working and that the people working at the venue were standing around watching us play. Now, people at venues usually hardly notice you, they’ve seen a thousand bands more famous than you fool around with their precious ditties as they’re re-stocking the bar or setting up barricades.
 
So as we were settling into the riff proper and it started rolling and bouncing the way you’re hearing it today, whatever we felt had been missing, it was clear that we had begun to fill that gap. The riff turned into ‘Blood Red’, the first song we finished for the new record and the first song we played live off of it. It’s fitting that it’s now the first song you’re gonna hear from the new record because it was truly inspired by you, our live audience, the old and the new, who come out and help us turn every venue into a boiling hot mess. This one’s for you.
If I fall, you’ll help me up, ok?
Welcome to War Music. We’ll see you in the pit.”

War Music will be available on all digital platforms as well as in physical format – you can find all the details here: https://refused.lnk.to/WarMusic, and find more on the band here: https://www.officialrefused.com/.

Damn Your Eyes Premiere “Through It All” Music Video Off “Kill The Outside”

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New York Metallers Damn Your Eyes has just unleashed their debut full-length, Kill The Outside (available via iTunes/Apple Music (affiliate link)), and this week, they’ve also premiered a new music video for the track “Through It All”, which you can check out via Outburn Magazine right here. Guitarist Artie Alexander says of the new album, “Kill The Outside is our response to the people that have the words ‘you can’t’ or ‘it’s too hard’ in their vocabulary and use these words on a regular basis. It’s about focusing your efforts to try and achieve your personal best at any age. This album is about life on life’s terms. No matter what happens, there is something to be learned and gained from every single experience this life provides. We are very proud of this record and we truly believe when given an honest listen there will be something that everyone can relate to within its songs. Plus, it’s heavy and catchy as fuck!” Keep up the band via: https://www.facebook.com/SteeleGroveStudio/.

Sifting Reveal Shredding New Music Video

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Sifting has the release of their third studio full-length lined up for the fall, with The Infinite Loop set for a September 27th street date on Eclipse Records, but in the meantime, the Progressive Metallers have just revealed a brand new music video showcasing their shredding style in “Stop Calling Me Liberty”, which you can check out via the Eclipse Records Official Website right here. In case you missed it, the band also recently unleashed a music video for the track “A Critical Affair“. The Infinite Loop, produced by Steve Evetts (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Suicide Silence, Poison the Well), mixed by Jamie King (Between The Buried And Me, The Contortionist), and featuring a special guest performance by Derek Sherinian (Sons of Apollo, Dream Theater), is available for pre-order via iTunes here (affiliate link).

For more on Sifting, head to: https://www.siftingofficial.com/.

Roxy Blue Are Back With New Self-Titled Album

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Classic Hard Rockers Roxy Blue are making a comeback, with their first new album in over 27 years set to be released this week, on August 9th, via Frontiers Music Srl. The Memphis Rockers have also revealed the first taste of their self-titled new record in music video form, with “Rockstar Junkie“, and Roxy Blue is also available for streaming and pre-order via iTunes/Apple Music. For more on the band, head to: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialRoxyBlue.

Ardours Unveil “The Mist”

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Ardours is a band out of Western Europe bringing their brand of Alternative Gothic Metal to the world in the form of their debut album Last Place On Earth, set to be released this week, on August 9th via Frontiers Music Srl. For a taste of what to expect, check out the lyric video for the track “The Mist” right here. Singer Mariangela Demurtas (of Tristania) says of the record: “The album is a carousel of fatalism, confusion, insight, enlightenment, self-deception, bitterness, loss of faith, apathy, closure, and hope of a new dawn spinning relentlessly towards the looming contours of the end. Or the complete opposite. We definitely like to leave as much free interpretation as possible to the audience”. Visit: https://www.facebook.com/ardoursband/ for more on the band. 

BMG and Motörhead Team Up for the ’79 Campaign

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BMG has big plans for Motörhead fans, as the Motörhead ’79 campaign kicks off this fall with a Deluxe Collectors’ Box Set. Created with the full cooperation and involvement of the estates of Lemmy Kilmister, “Fast” Eddie Clarke and Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor, the set will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Overkill and Bomber with new deluxe editions, both as hardbound bookpacks in two CD and triple LP format, as well as previously unheard concerts from the ‘79 tours, interviews, many unseen photos, and more.

For a taste of some of the ’79 footage, check out the recently unveiled video of “Bomber” below. Keep an eye on: https://motorhead.com/ for more info and updates. 

Static-X Announces Second Leg of North American Tour

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Static-X has been going strong along the first leg of their North American Wisconsin Death Trip 20th Anniversary Tour, with the series of sold out dates wrapping up last week. Now, the band has just announced a second leg, as they take along the same lineup of co-headliners Devildriver, and support Dope, Wednesday 13, and Raven Black, for a North American run covering many of the cities they didn’t hit the first time around. They’ll cover plenty of U.S. ground for a month starting on November 8th, before wrapping up the run in mid-December with support from Wednesday 13 only – the band also has more dates yet to be announced.

Tony Campos of Static-X says, “We are so honored and grateful to all the fans who came out and supported the Wisconsin Death Trip 20th Anniversary tour! The response was absolutely overwhelming! There were a number of places that were left out of the first leg, so we are very excited for the opportunity to circle back and celebrate all the good times we had with Wayne. We look forward to giving those fans an opportunity to pay their respects with us and to experience Wisconsin Death Trip once again before 2019 comes to a close. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you all!” While masked vocalist Xero adds, “The first leg of the tour was absolutely insane! Almost every single show was SOLD OUT! Thank you to everyone for being so supportive! We are very excited to be able to get out there and hit a bunch of cities that didn’t appear on the first leg”.
 
Devildriver’s Dez Fafara adds, “The last tour was so successful, with most dates sold out or close to it, that of course we are honored to be part of this package again”, while Edsel Dope of Dope states, “The first leg of the tour came and went so fast. Every night was a massive celebration of Wayne and of 20 years of Wisconsin Death Trip, and Felons and Revolutionaries. Hearing Dez singing “Loco” nightly has just been crazy! It’s like a fucking time warp and it’s just been so sick! The package is amazing! The fans are loving it…I’m so glad that we get to do it all again before 2019 comes to a close”. 
 
Wednesday 13 says of the tour, “We are excited to announce that we are part of the second leg of the Wisconsin Death Trip 20th Anniversary tour with Static-X and Devildriver. This tour has been amazing so far, and we can’t wait to do it again. Look for an all new album and show from us the second time around”, while Raven Black namesake frontwoman adds, “It has been an honor and privilege to have shared the stage with so many legendary bands we each have grown up listening to as fans. We have been overwhelmed by the love we’ve received by their fans. It has been an amazing and life changing experience for us and we are so excited to be on part two of this tour this fall. We are forever grateful for the opportunity and support.”

Keep up with the latest via: http://www.static-x.org/. 

Wednesday 13 to “Decompose” on New Album “Necrophaze”

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Wednesday 13 has a new album on the way, one that the modern-day Shock Rocker calls “The most elaborate, horror themed album I’ve ever released under the name Wednesday 13”, Necrophaze. The 80’s horror and pop culture-influenced record features some special guests, including Alice Cooper, Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour), Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom), Christina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil), and Jeff Clayton (ANTiSEEN, GG Allin’s Murder Junkies). Here’s some of Wednesday’s words on the record: “To say we are excited about this release would be an understatement. We have re-built and Frakensteined an all new Wednesday 13. This is the next chapter, the next experience, the next phase into our world…Enter the NECROPHAZE…Channeling the atmosphere of early 80s horror films, tv shows, cartoons and movie soundtracks the Necrophaze was complete. To add a little more Blood to the party, we had the complete honor of having the Godfather of shock rock, the legendary Alice Cooper. Alice is a guest doing the introduction to the album and the title track Necrophaze. We wanted to give the listener the ultimate listening experience as if our band was the soundtrack to a horror film. The artwork for the CD and vinyl is a visual guide to the songs, and the live show will be the living breathing horror movie version. There will be a Wednesday 13 action figure, music videos, movie soundtrack trailers, commercials and more all on the way with the release of Necrophaze. The artwork and packaging is a tribute to the classic art and packaging from my favorite time of the 1980s. So welcome to Party…but bring your own blood.”

Necrophaze will be out on September 27th via Nuclear Blast Records, and this week, Wednesday 13 has unveiled a new video for the first single, “Decompose”, which you can check out right here. Head to: https://www.facebook.com/officialwednesday13 for more.

Kobra and the Lotus to Reveal Their “Evolution” With New Album

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Kobra and The Lotus are on their way to the release of a brand-new studio album, as Evolution is set to be released on September 20th via Napalm Records. Here’s some of what the band has to say about the Michael “Elvis” Baskette (Alter Bridge, Linkin Park, Slash, Sevendust)-produced record: “The new body of work sets the tone for the music going forward. Sonically, it’s still heavy. It highlights the showmanship and maintains the edge. At the same time, it’s approachable. It pays tribute to our influences, but it takes the next step. So, it’s a reintroduction to us and a rebirth. A firm goal was to build a strong identity and update everything. We just want to be Kobra and the Lotus; that’s what we’re doing”.

This week, the band has unveiled the first taste of their “new body of work” in the form of “Burn!”, the single which you can check out in music video form right here. Kobra and the Lotus also has a tour lined up throughout the fall, starting at the end of August. https://www.facebook.com/KobraAndTheLotus has all the details. 

Demon Hunter Release Video for “The Negative”

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Demon Hunter has just unleashed a brand-new music video, one for a track off their recent venture, the first of the two-album series formed by War and Peace. You can check out “The Negative” (off War) right here.

Here’s a look into the making of the clip from frontman Ryan Clark: “The video for ‘The Negative’ was directed and edited by Oleg Masnyy. Oleg and I shot a variety of vignettes—including myself singing the song—as well as a number of moving objects to create texture and diversity. We paired our shots with found footage, and edited the entire thing in a highly-crushed monochromatic style, utilizing only stark black, white, and red. Our goal was to create something that felt gritty and punk —like the song itself— influenced by ’90s DIY show posters and silkscreen shirt graphics. The images, scenes, and objects themselves tie into the theme of the song, which is—to put it simply—the consistency of humankind’s failure”.

The band is set for a run of special shows this summer, as An Evening With Demon Hunter will hit 10 North American cities in the months of August and September, before the Seattle Metallers land at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, KY on September 29th. Visit: https://www.facebook.com/demonhunter/ for all the info.  

The Agonist “Burn It All Down” In New Video

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The Agonist are bringing the latest chapter in their Extreme Metal discography out of Canada this fall, with their sixth studio record, Orphans, set to be out via Rodeostar Records on September 20th – this week, you can get an early taste of the album with their new video for “Burn It All Down” right here.

The video was directed by The Agonist’s own bassist, Chris Evans, who says of the shoot, “When the band had first decided to make “Burn it all Down” a music video, naturally I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I knew I wanted to make a high intensity video that portrayed Vicky’s anger in delivering the lyrics, all while a blazing inferno is happening behind the band. It wasn’t an easy task to make happen! I thought I had it all figured out with my video team but none of us had ever done a fire shoot before. Normally we take our time in setting up the lighting and over analyzing the shots to make sure what works best in the moment. There was absolutely no time for that. Once we lit the fire, it was a race right till the end to make sure we kept it blazing and high all while trying to get every one of our scheduled shots in. In the end everything worked out, we didn’t burn down a field, nobody got hurt, just singed, and we all hustled to make sure we got everything done that was needed”.

Keep up with the band via: https://www.facebook.com/TheAgonistOfficial. 

Of Mice & Men Reveals Title Track off earthandsky

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Of Mice & Men has just released a new music video for the title track off their upcoming earthandsky, in the form of “Earth & Sky”, which you can check out right here. Here’s what singer/bassist Aaron Pauley has to say about this track: “’Earth & Sky’ is a song about resilience. It’s about understanding that you can rise above whatever it is that keeps trying to drag you down, no matter what. For me, a lot of the time, I’m writing about battling with my own mind. For you, it may be a person, or an obstacle, or a circumstance. Regardless of whatever it is that’s trying relentlessly to drag you down, I hope this song empowers you to rise above it with authority, like it does me every time I sing it”.

Of Mice & Men will head out on the Earth Tour alongside For The Fallen Dreams, Thousand Below, Bloodbather, running September 23rd-October 19th. For the full listing of tour dates, head to: https://www.ofmiceandmenofficial.com/. 

Atreyu To Release 7 New Tracks on Deluxe Edition of “In Our Wake”

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In the fall of 2018, Atreyu released the seventh album in their discography, In Our Wake – now, this week, the band has announced their decision to follow that record up with a Deluxe Edition, featuring seven new tracks, including B-sides from the sessions for In Our Wake and 2015’s Long Live, in addition to alternate versions of some of the tracks on the original album. Here’s what drummer/singer Brandon Saller has to say about the new album: “I’m excited for these songs to see the light of day. To us, these are songs that we loved, but didn’t find a space within the album as a unit. To further that, we’re excited to have some older material that only saw limited release be fully available for our fans. As for the re-imagined tracks from In Our Wake, this is something brand new to us and it was a really fun moment for us to re-think these songs. They turned into something special that we feel stand on its own”. 

Bassist Porter McKnight adds, “When the topic for the deluxe edition was introduced, my brain instantly exploded with fun avenues and ideas for re-developed imagery. I wanted something that flirted with my original ideas for “IOW,” but took them down a new and darker path. I chose to invoke a classic punk/black metal feel with this one, and even ended up drawing the cover by hand. It’s always an honor and a pleasure to create something for this band”. 

For more on the band, head to: https://www.facebook.com/Atreyu/.

Nemesea Premiere New Lyric Video for “Fools Gold”

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Dutch Alternative Rockers Nemesea are on the way to the release of their new studio full-length, White Flag, out in exactly one month, on August 23rd via Napalm Records. This week, the band has a new lyric video to share, in the form of the track “Fools Gold”, which you can check out right here. To learn more about the band and keep up on the latest as the record release approaches, check out: https://www.facebook.com/nemeseaofficial.