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Manic Frustration immediately
pulls you into a time warp of 70’s metal bliss, with its razor-sharp
guitar tones and muscular, crisp production! Finally re-issued!
At their peak, Trouble were the perfect combination of Black Sabbath
meets The Beatles, and their 1992 album ‘Manic Frustration’ was their
collaborative pinnacle. Perhaps a case of divine intervention from the
feedback gods; the Doom pioneers jumped from their record label, Metal
Blade to Rick Rubin’s American Recordings shortly after Slayer had.
While Trouble never reached the commercial heights of the Thrash kings -
they were, in their own way, just as important.
‘Manic Frustration’ immediately pulls you into a time warp of 70’s metal
bliss, with its razor-sharp guitar tones and muscular, crisp
production, courtesy of Rick Rubin (System Of A Down, Johnny Cash),
himself. The way the players bounce off of each other is a rare example
of lightning in a bottle, and Rubin is just there to document it all, in
his typically stripped back fashion.
Order now:
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Trouble - Manic Frustration LP (Black vinyl) € 15,90
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Trouble - Manic Frustration LP (Transparant Blue vinyl) € 17,90
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Trouble - Manic Frustration LP (White vinyl) € 17,90
Trouble - Manic Frustration MC (White tape, limited to 200) € 7,90
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Renowned Egyptian-American artist, director, and death metal musician NADER SADEK has unleashed the single / video 'The Serapeum: Polluted Waters,' taken from his four-track The Serapeum Extended Single, to be released 20th November. The offering serves as his first output since 2014’s critically-lauded The Malefic: Chapter III EP and a taste of his impending full-length, set to be released during the first half of 2021.
Premiered via Decibel, watch the video here: https://youtu.be/-gQsx04wEmQ
Stream / purchase here: www.nadersadekartist.bandcamp.com
The Serapeum features principal members Karl Sanders (Nile), Derek Roddy (Serpents Rise), and Mahumud Gecekusu (Perversion), who visited Egypt in 2017 at the invitation of SADEK and Cairometal.net, alongside a host of equally notable guests. Marking Sanders’ and Roddy’s
first ever visit to the ancient land, the EP is monikered after an
ancient Egyptian subterranean burial chamber and reflects the
collective’s deep inspiration by the grounds explored.
'The Serapeum: Polluted Waters' features Sanders’
signature tone on rhythm guitar yet offers a different angle of
experimentation, with the inclusion of eastern harmonies and drones
provided by Alex Zubair (Nephelium), and instead of chants, Nancy Mounir, one of Egypt’s top musical talents, adds the ever haunting theremin to the mix. Dominic “Forest” Lapointe plays the low end, and Mahumud Gecukusu performs the guitar solo. The track also features Roddy's staggering drum work along with SADEK’s ferocious vocal delivery. To complete this musical encounter with the archaeological wonders of Egypt, SADEK recorded the vocals inside the inner chamber of Giza’s “Red Pyramid.”
Thematically, NADER SADEK’s The Serapeum draws
inspiration from the contrast between the wondrous mystery of the
Serapeum and its undervalued status today as simply a tomb for bulls. As
an underground complex of twenty-four eighty-ton sarcophagi, many
archaeologists consider it a stranger and more complicated legacy than
the pyramids.
SADEK comments: “By recording in the Serapeum and
the Red Pyramid, not only did we want to take advantage of the amazing
acoustic effects of these ancient structures, we wanted to explore how
the powers that be arrogantly dismiss that which they don’t understand.”
SADEK explores this theme and draws parallels in the lyrics like, “Bull tomb uncovered, fallacy discovered / The reign of lambs begotten," and, "Dead Serapis' decay, sands triggered, shall pay / Serapeum! Rise! and confront us with the truth's majesty." These
lyrics symbolically portray the relationship of modern to ancient
Egypt, once the greatest civilization, now a cesspool of poverty and
dilapidation. The Serapeum, like the musical performances on
this single, will find its admirers in those who reject the shallow and
superficial comforts of the familiar.
NADER SADEK online:
www.nadersadekartist.bandcamp.com
fb.com/naderflesh
instagram.com/nadersadekofficial
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Australian metal trio GROWTH have released their new single / video 'Cigarette Burns', taken from their stunning debut LP, The Smothering Arms of Mercy, which will be released 4th December via Australia’s progressive music specialists Wild Thing Records.
Watch the video for 'Cigarette Burns' here: https://youtu.be/hSuCm6hbRpY
Stream 'Cigarette Burns', previous single 'Something Follows', and pre-order the record here: smarturl.it/growthmercy
The band says: “Cigarette burns leave a mark to remember. It’s also a
term in cinema for special markers in a roll of film - they let the
projectionist know it's time to change the rolls over, to continue the
show. It seems to make sense to reflect on our wounds, so we do it with
abandon. We dwell on traumas, invite our ghosts to play out their
horrors in front of us in circular fashion, until those circles are
spinning so viciously their edges cut us into pieces. It’s no life to
live. It's time to change the film.”
Luke Frizon - frontman - says of the music video: “We're thrilled to have worked with Adrian Goleby
for this clip, he's got fantastic skills and a great sense of
vision. The clip itself features a bunch of our good mates from the very
cool band Hadal Maw. One of our members decided to
dislocate his knee a few hours into the weekend-long shoot... That
member was me. I don't think much was achieved by this but I stand by my
decision.”
GROWTH will release a trilogy of albums that explore the very human aspects of connection, trauma, despair, and the fragility of hope.
Even the strongest pillar caves. Even the iron heart shatters. GROWTH's debut release, The Smothering Arms of Mercy, is the first in their narrative trilogy that details in honesty the extremity of recovery from mental illness. Mercy delivers a ferocious depiction of suffering, designed to draw the listener in with the Barnes brothers' paralysing and traumatic vision, suffocating and vulnerable all at once.
Self-recorded, produced and engineered in Australia, with drums engineered by Troy McCosker (Ne Obliviscaris),and mixed & mastered by Fredrik Nordstrom (Opeth) in Gothenburg, Sweden, the landscape presented in Mercy is
nightmarish-dense with jarring time signatures, grinding abrasiveness,
and wistful post-metal passages, and led by the visceral howling of
vocalist Luke Frizon detailing a vivid story of hope and loss drawn directly from lived experience.
GROWTH began as a reflective space for brothers Tristan (guitars/bass) and Nelson Barnes (drums) who were united after returning to Australia after a decade apart pursuing music overseas. Tristan returned
to come to terms with his personal demons and after receiving a mental
health diagnosis that hit with closure and terror all at once, he became
a recluse. Isolated and debilitated, he expressed his pain through
writing. Meanwhile, vocalist Luke Frizon (ex Jack The Stripper)
had withdrawn from life to enter a period of recovery after reaching
rock bottom, seeking to reconnect with himself and make meaning of
hopelessness, trauma and loss.
A chance meeting on a mutual first outing from respective isolation
sparked a discussion about the empathetic aspects of music and quickly
led to a partnership and GROWTH were formed.
The result is The Smothering Arms Of Mercy, a claustrophobic
narrative of total spiritual collapse written while in psychiatric care
and thrown over nine suffocating acts.
Luke Frizon delves deep in to 'Something Follows'' meaning:
"There's a crucial moment in this album I wanted to get across here.
Our figure in this has realised they are losing in a pursuit they don't
understand-some force seeks to devour them. When in a state of despair,
we find ourselves snared by the ideas it brings forward-punitive,
brutal, painful. Quietly enraged by that pain, awash in the injustice of
it all-the most awful outcome is when we fuse that rage with that
suffering. The force lurking around the corner in this case is the end.
Now, that's not where you want to be. Something Follows shows us what
our figure will be faced with when forced to reach that
decision either to collapse, or make one last push to break through."
The Smothering Arms of Mercy will be released on 4th December via Wild Thing Records
Pre orders are available now via
smarturl.it/growthmercy
Watch the album trailer here
https://youtu.be/ELn64sx3XOg
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"Hardcore bursting with groove" - Metal Hammer
US hardcore bruisers LIONHEART have released the video to 'Lhhc', taken from their upcoming Live At Summer Breeze album. Recorded at the festival in 2019, the 13-track record is set for release on 6th November via Arising Empire.
Watch the video to 'Lhhc' here: https://youtu.be/rKQF5aiAw_U
Following a festival-less summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this is a much needed record that captures LIONHEART's raw energy in Germany, where their current album Valley Of Death hit
the Top 20. The Oakland quintet specialise in music for the mosh where a
good party is guaranteed - heavy breakdowns and metallic power combine
to inspire all disciples of hardcore.
Live At Summer Breeze will be available on 6th November 2020 via Arising Empire as Digi, LP and in limited special bundles via Impericon, CoreTex and EMP.
Watch the videos to previously released tracks 'Still Bitter Still Cold' here: https://youtu.be/GD5CScDm_jM and 'Lock Jaw' here: https://youtu.be/DZrpOPVQeks
Pre-order here: https://LionheartCA.lnk.to/liveatsummerbreeze
Stream here: https://LionheartCA.lnk.to/lhhc
For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/lionheartca/
https://www.instagram.com/lionheartca/
https://twitter.com/lionheartca?lang=de
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Track listing:
01. Call Stomp
02. Hall Mary
03. Vultures
04. Pain
05. Still Bitter Still Cold
06. Keep Talkin'
07. Trial by Fire
08. Lock Jaw
09. Love DOn't Live here
10. Rest In Power
11. Fight for Your Right
12. Lhhc
13. Going Back to the Bay
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Bay Area, California’s reigning kings of
heavy hardcore first stormed into the scene in 2007 with their debut
album: The Will To Survive. Taking influence from bands like Blood For Blood, and Madball; LIONHEART came out swinging with a full-blown assault of blistering metallic hardcore. They quickly followed it up with 2010’s Built On Struggle, 2012’s Undisputed and years of non-stop touring.
Following a short break after their release Undisputed, the band came back stronger than ever with 2014’s Welcome To The Westcoast. The album debuted at #1 on both iTunes Metal and GooglePlay Metal Charts. LIONHEART stormed into the scene again in January 2016 with Love Don’t Live Here.
The album title, a nod to a classic R&B/ Motown Song by the same
name, shows the band's unwillingness to conform to the typical hardcore
mould, as well as the bitter and unforgiving lyrical content the band is
known for. November 2017 saw LIONHEART unleash Welcome To The Westcoast II. A sequel to Welcome To The Westcoast
(2014), the album brought forth a new era in California Hardcore, and
saw them again debut at #1 across the iTunes Metal Charts and Google
Play Metal Charts.
2019, after endless touring around the globe, LIONHEART returned with their most punishing album to date: Valley Of Death. Backed by a combination of blistering metallic hardcore and heavy West Coast groove, front-man Rob Watson provides an insight into a life of torment, violence, and an unrelenting will to overcome. With Valley Of Death LIONHEART climbed into the German Top 20 Album Charts, as well as #1 on iTunes Metal Charts and Google Play Metal Charts.
An intriguing concept album built of complementary song pairs working from the outside in, “Strangers” – set to be released on Oct. 30 by M-Theory Audio – is the newest effort from acclaimed Israeli progressive/symphonic metal band SCARDUST. With one pair of songs already unveiled to the general public via the music videos for “Tantibus II” and “Addicted”, the band has now revealed the first chapter of another two-part saga with their new music video for the track “Stranger”, which can be viewed at YouTube here: https://youtu.be/FSTTK8uvpsA. A video for its companion track will be released next week.
Says vocalist Noa Gruman, “When someone close to
your heart is leaving you and you’re breaking down and feeling that
you’re left to face the world on your own, the shared memories and
moments that you had become 'Stranger.' Being neglected is a fragile and
exposed feeling, so in this one song we chose to lose the choir and
strings and strip things down to the core musicians. In the video, they
are playing the song, but never together, in an obscure, unrealistic
location. They are surrounded by concrete pillars and the scene is
continuously spinning, leaving the viewer feeling dizzy and
uncomfortable. Lyrics pop out here and there to highlight specific
parts, and there are also hints of water by the musicians' feet and
paint cans lying on the ground. One may wonder why, and it will all be
revealed in the other side of the story, told from the side of the
neglector.”
Mastered
by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Devin Townsend, Arch Enemy), “Strangers” was
written and composed jointly by singer Noa Gruman and composer Orr Didi,
who also collaborated with Gruman on SCARDUST’s
full-length debut “Sands of Time” – which was hailed by Prog Magazine as
“extraordinary” – and their 2015 EP “Shadow.” The album features guest
appearances from German folk musician Patty Gurdy, as well as vocals by
the Hellscore choir and England’s prestigious Westbrook Hay Prep School
Chamber Choir. Pre-orders for CD and limited-edition gray smoke vinyl
editions of “Strangers” are now live at: https://smarturl.com/scardust2020
Track List:
01. Overture for the Estranged
02. Break The Ice
03. Tantibus II
04. Stranger
05. Concrete Cages (feat. Patty Gurdy)
06. Over
07. Under
08. Huts
09. Gone
10. Addicted
11. Mist
SCARDUST
also recently launched the “Mist Cover Challenge,” an invitation for
fans to play or sing along with the final minute of the new song “Mist,”
the closing track of “Strangers.” To enter the challenge, follow the
instructions at https://scardust.co/mist-cover-challenge/
and upload your video anywhere on social media, tagging the band and
including the hashtag #scardustmist. Entries close on Oct. 25, and
winners will be announced by the band during a special livestream on
Nov. 1 that will also feature a live performance and a Q&A with
special guest Patty Gurdy.
Israel’s leading progressive metal group, SCARDUST
has performed at such major festivals as Ramblin’ Man Fair (UK),
Metaldays (Slovenia) and Midi (China). In addition, the band hosts the
annual “Scarfest” event in their home country, where they’ve also
appeared alongside the likes of Therion, Epica and Symphony X.
SCARDUST is:
Noa Gruman – Vocals
Yanai Avnet – Bass
Yadin Moyal – Guitar
Itai Portugali – Keyboards
Yoav Weinberg – Drums
www.scardust.co
www.facebook.com/ScardustOfficial
www.instagram.com/scardust_official
Canada’s Red Cain is finishing their “Kindred” saga with the release of “Kindred: Act II” on December 4th, 2020 to follow their 2019 album “Kindred: Act I” unleashed via Sliptrick Records. Over the past few months of this year, they have shared three singles off the forthcoming full length “Sunshine (Blood Sun Empire)”, “Demons” and “Kindred”. Today, they present their final single “Varyag and The Shrike” off the upcoming record. Recommended for fans of Kamelot, Mastodon, and Amaranthe the track can be heard via its premiere on Metal-Rules HERE. Vocalist Evgeniy Zayarny explains the story behind the song in further detail: "Much
of storytelling has historically been in the form of fables, and with
“Varyag and the Shrike”, we wanted to create one of our own as a story
element for the “Kindred” album saga. This fable and this warlike anthem
are about accepting your own mortality and acknowledging your place in
the memory of future generations. A
shrike is a bird of prey that kills via impaling its quarry on thorns,
barbed wire, or any other sharp points - leaving a grotesque reminder of
its hunting prowess. In this track, they play a Valkyrie-like role,
taking the souls and bodies of fallen warriors home. This
track is, in essence, a dirge - a lament for the dead, with our hero
metaphorically in dialogue with the shrike. To achieve a doomy, thick,
and oppressive atmosphere, we dropped down the guitars, sped up the
drums, and put 8 layers of harmonies into the massive, haunting chorus
that drives the entire track forward. The track art is a reimagining of
the warrior’s head from Alexander Pushkin’s epic poem “Ruslan &
Ludmila”, infested here by a malevolent Lovecraftian force, and
decorated with the shrike and their victims. We can’t deny taking some
inspiration from Dan Simmons’ Hyperion Cantos as well, where the entity
known as the Shrike plays a similar, but also a very different part. Despite
the dark content, our hero and the track itself eventually seek to
overcome their own intrinsic melancholy and raise a rallying cry to
those who follow, to take up his banner and continue onward.
Conceptually, the track represents humanity’s continuity through
millennia via retellings of glorious deeds and sacrifices in the name of
its survival. For even if one falls, many will step forward to take his
place. So
lock ranks, stand shoulder to shoulder with your brothers and sisters -
and raise your face to the Sun. This is Varyag and the Shrike." Described
as a vehicle of “Melancholy and Rage” and born out of the emerging
music scene of Alberta, Canada, 2017 YYC Awards Metal Recording of the
Year winner Red Cain is a power/progressive metal
project with Russian roots. With intricate songwriting, a heavy yet
melodic feel reminiscent of progressive acts, and elements of Slavic
myth and Russian paganism in the storytelling tradition of the cult of
Veles, Red Cain champion a fluid, dynamic, and unique
musical style centered around telling dark, conceptual Faustian sagas
and constructing those into an unforgettable live experience. Stated
by frontman Evgeniy Zayarny as wanting to bring back the “Devil’s
music” mysticism all too often missing in modern metal acts, Red Cain delivers
flair, groove, and an intricate, lethal edge in their music. Listeners
might well pick out elements reminiscent of such luminary acts as
Kamelot, Symphony X, Tesseract, Amaranthe, Alter Bridge – whipped into a
venomous new shape. The current incarnation of the band is all of these
influences mixed with a lot of vodka and Eastern European melancholy,
shaken and stirred. Red Cain released
its debut self-titled EP in November 2016 to rave reviews from a
variety of publications such as Dead Rhetoric, MetalUnderground, and
Firewind magazine, among many others. Red Cain’s EP had
the honour of winning Metal Recording of the Year at the 2017 YYC Music
Awards. The band has a strong emerging fanbase around the world, being
named one of the top 200 bands of 2016 by Headbangers Latinoamerica and
the EP’s cover art selected as one of 2016’s 15 best by Metal
Underground. Red Cain’s
first full-length album “Kindred: Act I” was released in March 2019 to a
variety of excellent reviews internationally, reaching #1 on Canadian
College Radio Earshot Loud charts and establishing the band as a force
in the Canadian metal scene, and landing the band a distribution deal
with European label Sliptrick Records. A variety of festival appearances
at Loud As Hell Metal Festival, Hyperspace Metal Festival, and Canada
Wacken Competition have served to cement that status. Red Cain’s
music videos for “Juliet” and “Zero” have to date garnered 11
international film festival awards, including the Music Video Award at
the Accolade Global Film Competition (LA).
Track Listing:
1. Sunshine (Blood Sun Empire)
2. Demons
3. Kindred
4. Precipice of Man
5. Baltic Fleet
6. Varyag and The Shrike
7. Sons of Veles
Previous Singles:
Spotify
“Sunshine (Blood Sun Empire)” HERE.
“Demons” HERE.
“Kindred” HERE. For more info:
Facebook.com/redcainofficial
Twitter.com/RedCainArmy
Instagram.com/RedCainArmy
EPK
MODERN HARD ROCK BAND: AWAKEN have released their next single "Stained Glass" from their up and coming album Monsters and Machines due
out in 2021. Having signed with TLG Entertainment the band continues to
take each track and raise it another level. Which if today's stereos
had decent equalizers a true test of turning it up loud would make every
sound Awaken touches pure Hard Rock. Having set course with TLG
Entertainment with their first single "Behemoth" Awaken defines their
sound and deeper-reaching lyrics higher and higher as "Stained Glass" proves. Awaken is powerful rock that surges onwards and upwards.
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'"Stained Glass"
is a song for the overlooked. It's a song that speaks for those who
have been prejudged, counted out, or taken for granted without their
situations being understood. It's about how people can look at another
through a stained glass lens and never really see who they are. This was
actually one of the first songs written for the record, musically and
lyrically. It's always been one that stood out to us throughout the
recording process."' - Awaken
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Guitarist Matti Hautakangas comments:
" Musically In Between resembles more of the traditional Everture style blended with a new and better soundscape. It's an easy one to digest and it kind of makes you want to hear more. There's not much to be added here. With its double bassdrum bombardment, big catchy choruses and a playful solo this song kicks some serious butt!
Lyrically speaking there's not really a story, but rather a semi-fictional setup for a story sung from the point before a journey. The journey ahead is life itself, the great unknown, the state between pre- and afterlife of which the latter has never been reached. Life has many perils that mostly have something to do with human frailty. The song brings up a question, would you make it through or would you return... as all have so far."
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Tracklist:
1. In Between
2. For Tomorrow
3. Undersky
4. The River Flows
5. Promises
6. Ivory Tower
7. The Unfortunate End
8. White Lies, Black Skies
9. My 52 Shades
10. Closure
Album cover art by: Petri Lampela
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Line-up:
Jere Kuokkanen - vocals
Matti Hautakangas - guitar
Oskari Niskala - guitar
Samuli Kielenniva - bass
Olli Vuoti - drums
 Prodigium
is a libertarian two piece groove metal band from Jackson , MS . Formed
in 2010 when cousins Lloyd Bourne and Robert Van Zandt started writing
metal music together. The songs they wrote over the following two years
would languish as demos until the 2020 quarantine where they were
rerecorded and re-imagined. That work culminated in their debut
self-titled album Prodigium . Inspired by Pantera , Machine Head and the
greater early 90’s groove metal scene, Prodigium’s debut album is
political, melodic and most of all brutal. The opener of the album
Heathen tells the story of the cost of war on the human soul and
features a guitar solo from Cameron Losch of Born of Osiris . The
U.S.S.A . is a searing 7 minute attack on the American regime followed
by the album's single Warhorse , a biting critique on the overreaching
American government. Broken follows Warhorse in the track listing and it
is both the story of leaving where you were raised to start a new life
as well as leaving to fight oppression . The second to last track on the
album is Unchained a bombastic song about finding freedom . The final
and longest song on the album is The Tempest Will Rise a sprawling 9
minute song about taking the fight to your enemy. Download it for free
on Bandcamp or stream it on all your favorite streaming services.
https://open.spotify.com/album/6PskTIKWtZFwNIlOqvgajs?si=F7dHnrq5QNSzRpVxNY7u4Q
https://music.apple.com/us/album/prodigium/1522574867
https://prodigium.bandcamp.com/releases
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