Alternative rockers Skarlett Riot are ready to sway their fans with another dose of “riff-packed songs with memorable choruses”. The new piece will hit the stores on 18th February, under the title “We Are The Brave”, but already next week we’ll get a sneak peek on it through the single “Rising”, which will be released on 19th January.
The CD will also feature the lyric video for the stand-alone single “House Of Cards”, which was released four months ago, as well as the upcoming promotional video of the aforementioned “Rising”.
Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, the sophomore album by all-star Black Star Riders will hit the stores next month (on the 20th in Europe, 23rd in the UK and 24th in North America), courtesy of Nuclear Blast. Its title-track, “The Killer Instinct”, saw the light of day as a single three weeks ago, along with a lyric video:
The full track list is as follows:
1. “The Killer Instinct” 2. “Bullet Blues” 3. “Finest Hour” 4. “Soldierstown” 5. “Charlie I Gotta Go” 6. “Blindsided” 7. “Through the Motions” 8. “Sex, Guns & Gasoline” 9. “Turn In Your Arms” 10. “You Little Liar”
Also a UK tour is getting close, with Swedish legends Europe:
Mon 2nd Mar – DUBLIN Olympia Theatre Tue 3rd Mar – BELFAST Ulster Hall Thu 5th Mar – GLASGOW O2 ABC Fri 6th Mar – GLASGOW O2 ABC Sat 7th Mar – NEWCASTLE O2 Academy Sun 8th Mar – LEEDS O2 Academy Tue 10th Mar – NOTTINGHAM Rock City Wed 11th Mar – CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange Fri 13th Mar – MANCHESTER O2 Academy Sat 14th Mar – WOLVERHAMPTON Civic Hall Sun 15th Mar – EXETER Great Hall Mon 16th Mar – BRISTOL – O2 Academy Wed 18th Mar – BOURNEMOUTH O2 Academy Thu 19th Mar – NORWICH UEA Fri 20th Mar – LONDON Shepherds Bush Empire Sat 21st Mar – LONDON Shepherds Bush Empire
So Wolf are back with the first sample of what we are going to get in the follow up to 2011’s Legion of Bastards. The song is called My Demon and it a true monster of a tune.
For those not familiar with Wolf, they are a true as any, heavy metal band hailing from Sweden, writing about a variety of topics from mythical creatures, to tyrannical leaders, to pagan sacrifice and other abstract subjects. This new single will be on the the new seventh album entitled Devil Seed and it sounds like it’s going to be a great record if this is a peak at what is to come. The album will be produced by Jens Bogren, who’s worked with names such as Kreator and Opeth, so you know no one THAT big.
It’s a little more toned down than their older stuff but I still thinks it gets the job done, the riff is solid but I would have like to have heard a better guitar solo. It has a decent melody and the chorus is quite catchy, albeit a little repetitive. However the band seems to like it, in fact founding member Niklas Stålvind has said ”I haven’t been this pleased with the songs on a Wolf album since the release of Black Wings, I really think we have taking our songwriting to the next level on this one and I hope that the metal fans will love it as much as we do”. If that’s the case than we should be in for a treat with this new record, and in all honesty I’ve liked the last few albums from Wolf. Check out the lyric video for My Demon below.
Devil Seed will be released via Century Media, August 25 in Europe and September 2 in North America
Also Wolf will be playing a UK tour in September, dates below:
“Doom Philosophy” is the title of Greek doomsters Sorrows Path updoming second album, which Iron Shield Records will release on 12th September. Its 5th track, “Everything Can Change” features Swedish multi-talented Snowy Shaw on vocals and it’s been chosen to promote the album in the form of a lyric video:
Full track list as follows: 1. First Beam of Darkness into Light (Intro) 2. Tragedy 3. A Dance with the Dead 4. Brother of Life 5. Everything Can Change 6. The King with a Crown of Thorns 7. The Venus and the Moon 8. Epoasis 9. Clouds Inside Me 10. Darkness 11. Damned (O)fish/L.S.D.
Portuguese melodic death metal act Moonshade has recently released on Bandcamp (link here) their second EP “Dream | Oblivion” (the first being “The Path Of Redemption”, from 2010). And even though the date is not certain yet, the band announces now that a physical format will be available “soon”.
I. A Bleak Sunrise (Intro) II. Dawn Of A New Era III. Goddess Eternal IV. The Depths Of Despair (Interlude) V. Genesis 3.5 VI. Fall To Oblivion VII. Into The Abyss (Outro)
Early last month, they’ve also released a lyric video for the first single “Goddess Eternal”:
Groove metallers DevilDriver premiered the lyric video for their new single Sail, taken from their most recent release Winter Kills, via Metal Hammer. The video can be viewed at this location or down below.
DevilDriver are returning to Europe in Spring 2014 for a headline tour that will bring the legendary Metal institution to major cities on the old continent. Along for the ride are support bands Sylosis and Bleed From Within. The tour will kick off on 27th March in Cologne, Germany.
DevilDrivers’s sixth studio album Winter Kills was released in late August 2013 via Napalm Records and was met with overwhelming praise from fans and critics alike. Winter Kills debuted at position No. 32 at the US Billboard 200 chart and entered numerous charts in Europe (e.g. No. 24 in Germany, No. 26 in Austria, etc.).
DevilDriver European tour dates are as follow:
27.03.14 DE – Cologne / Underground
28.03.14 CH – Fribourg / Fri-Son
29.03.14 CH – Aarau / Kiff
31.03.14 DE – Munich / Backstage
01.04.14 FR – Paris / Le Trabendo 03.04.14 UK – Cardiff / Solus
04.04.14 UK – London / Electric Ballroom
05.04.14 UK – Wolverhampton / Wulfrun Hall
06.04.14 UK – Glasgow / Garage
08.04.14 IR – Dublin / The Academy
09.04.14 UK – Manchester / O2 Academy 2
10.04.14 UK – Southampton / Mo Club 11.04.14 FR – Cambrai / Betiz Fest
12.04.14 DE – Herford / CLub X
13.04.14 DK – Aarhus / VoxHall
15.04.14 SE – Stockholm / Klubben
16.04.14 SE – Gothenburg / Sticky Fingers
17.04.14 SE – Hamburg / Grünspan
18.04.14 BE – Antwerp / Trix
Two days after the release of “Ghost Empire”, Caliban release a lyric video for “yOUR song”. As the chorus says, this is “a tribute to the faithful”, a thank-you song for their fans:
“Ghost Empire” is their 9th studio full-length and picks up where their acclaimed “I Am Nemesis” left off, carrying the promise of another batch of metalcore goodies.
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