Babymetal Releases New Single And Album Trailer

Babymetal has posted a trailer for their first concept album, "The Other One," on their official YouTube Channel. The trailer previews snippets of all 10 songs from the release while also showing visual imagery for each track. "The Other One" will see a simultaneous global release on 24th March, with Cooking Vinyl releasing outside Japan.

Last year Babymetal were “sealed” from the world after a successful 10-year journey. In April 2022, "The Other One" restoration project began to recover the Babymetal we never knew existed within a virtual world called the Metalverse. A total of 10 songs have been discovered within "The Other One" restoration project, with each song representing a unique theme based on 10 separate parallel worlds that they have discovered. The upcoming concept album features these all-new tracks for us to experience the other Babymetal story that no one ever knew about.

Mastered again by the legendary mastering engineer Ted Jensen, "The Other One" allows listeners to continue experiencing the evolved Babymetal sound this concept album has to offer. More...

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Katatonia Guitarist To Miss European Tour Dates

Swedish melodic death metal legends Katatonia are set to release their latest album, "Sky Void Of Stars" tomorrow and will shortly be heading out on tour to promote the record. Unfortunately, guitarist and co-founder Anders Nyström will miss out on the European tour. A statement from the musician reads as follows:

"Hey everyone, Anders here.

"Tomorrow, Friday the 20th, we launch Katatonia’s brand new 12th album and we can’t wait to hear all your thoughts.

"The band's eager to get out on the road and start the tour, but unfortunately I won’t be able to join them on this leg due to personal family reasons. However, good news is that we have a highly competent replacement in Mr Nico Elgstrand (Entombed A.D.) who already filled in for me on an earlier occasion and did an amazing job. So rest easy, the tour will not be affected in any way and everything the band has planned surely is something you don’t want to miss!

"Until I’ll be back on stage later this spring, I wish the guys and all our fans a great time on the road, under a sky void of stars..."

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Downfall Of Gaia To Release New Album In March

Germany’s Downfall Of Gaia will release their sixth studio album, "Silhouettes Of Disgust," March 17th via Metal Blade Records, today unveiling the record’s cover art, track listing, and stunning first single.

Over the course of fifteen years, Downfall Of Gaia has carved a unique space for themselves within the metal scene, evolving naturally and unafraid to take risks. With Silhouettes Of Disgust they progress in part by looking backwards and returning to familiar territory. The result is best described as a textured, dynamic blend of crust punk and post-black metal with a lot of atmospheric elements, taking everything that ever made the band compelling and pushing it in new and gripping directions. With the return of guitarist Peter Wolff, who left the band in 2015 to focus on family and other pursuits, the writing process was much more streamlined than the sixteen months spent penning 2019’s Ethic Of Radical Finitude. "We started in October of 2021 and went into the studio in April of 2022," notes vocalist/guitarist Dominik Goncalves dos Reis. "Having Peter back -- who founded Downfall Of Gaia together with bassist/vocalist Anton [Lisovoj] and I in 2008 -- was the big difference this time. For 'Ethic Of Radical Finitude And Atrophy' (2016), I prepared all the guitars by myself before the four of us started working on all the details, which is a much longer way of working than doing everything as a couple."

Wanting to keep things short and simple but straight in the listener’s face, the record does not feature the eight- to ten-minute epics of their more recent releases and is indeed punchier, with a lot of classic d-beat drumming driving the action, as on opener "Existence Of Awe" and the surging "Unredeemable." They have also expanded their sonic palette with the inclusion of synths for the first time, and female vocals courtesy of Lulu Black, who collaborates with drummer Michael Kadnar in industrial/gothic project This Is Oblivion, making her voice familiar to the band members. More...

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Frozen Crown Debuts "Victorious" Music Video

Italian power metal outfit Frozen Crown has posted a new music video online for the song, "Victorious." You can check it out below. The song comes from the band's upcoming new album, "Call Of The North," which is scheduled to be released on March 10th.

Speaking about the song, the band said: "Don't let the intro fool you, it's the fastest song we've ever released! Let us know what you think!" More...

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Belphegor Confirmed For 70000 Tons 2023

Austrian blackened death metal stalwarts Belphegor has been announced as the latest addition for this year's edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise. The floating festival, which will take place aboard the Freedom Of The Seas, will sail out from Miami, Florida on January 30th and return to port on February 3rd.

The lineup is now as follows:

Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Atrocity
Batushka
Belphegor
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Dear Mother
Deathless Legacy
Decrepit Birth
Destruction
Edge Of Paradise
Eleine
Elvenking
Empress
Eshtadur
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Hei'An
Hideous Divinity
Insomnium
Iron Savior
Isole
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep Of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Mänegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
Nightwish
Nothgard
Novembre
Obscura
Oceans Of Slumber
Osyron
Rotting Christ
Sirenia
The Crown
Uli Jon Roth
Visions Of Atlantis
Vreid
Warbringer
Wolfchant

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Womb Rot Premiere New Single & Music Video

Corpus Christi, Texas-based brutal death metal outfit Womb Rot premiere a new single and music video by the name of “Cereal Killa”, streaming via YouTube for you now below.

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Cannibal Abortion Premiere Full-Album Stream

Chicago, IL-based slamming brutal death metal outfit Cannibal Abortion premiere the full-album stream of the band's brand new 2023 2-song demo EP, streaming in its entirety via YouTube and Spotify below.

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Acid King Return After Eight Years Hiatus

Doom/sludge outfit Acid King return for the first time since 2015 with a new track by the name of "Destination Psych/Beyond Vision" taken from their forthcoming new album "Beyond Vision", due out in stores March 24th, 2023.

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Alter Bridge Premiere New Music Video "Holiday"

Alter Bridge premiere a new official music video for their song “Holiday“, which was directed by Dan Sturgess who previously worked with the band on their “Alter Bridge: Live At The Royal Albert Hall” release.

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Haken Premiere New Single & Music Video "Taurus"

British progressive rock/metal act Haken premiere a third single and music video named “Taurus“. The track is from their upcoming seventh full-length album, “Fauna“, which will be released on March 03rd, 2023.

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Shinedown Premiere New Official Music Video

Shinedown premiere a new official music video for their single “Dead Don’t Die“. Lewis Carter directed that clip, which was captured in London, UK.

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Sleep Token Premiere Third Single "Granite"

Alternative metal outfit Sleep Token premiere their third new advance track named “Granite“. That single is the latest to emerge from a rumored new studio full-length by the name of “Take Me Back To Eden” from the masked band.

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