Metal News for April 4, 2022
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10 news articles posted on this day.
Outshine Posts New Music Video Online
Swedish goth rock/metal band Outshine will be presenting their fifth full-length "The Awakening" on May 13th via Rockshots Records. The album follows their four previous LPs since forming in 2007. With a vision of darkness and melancholy in a visual landscape, their forthcoming album is all about what has happened in the world during pandemic times.
"This Covid-19 era has taken a toll on the music world and showed that in troubling times the ones in power, the elites, don´t care about the common person. The lies, corruption, hidden agendas, and the rise of fascist behaviour from both unknown and known "leaders" that expands anything we´ve seen in decades are influencing and misleading people around the world making them turn on each other. A depraved glorification of the elite that hasn´t the common human being in mind has risen. The pandemic has clearly shown who gains and who doesn't. The poor and middle-class are getting poorer, the rich insanely rich and the politicians folding to comply to not be targeted." says band founder, guitarist, and vocalist Jimmy Boman.
"The Awakening" will feature eight dark, melancholy, film noir-ish, heavy, and gloomy tracks with more of a Sisters Of Mercy, Paradise Lost & Type O Negative feel to it with influences from 1980's horror movies soundscapes.
Today, the band shares their music video for the album's second single "Our Misery". Similar to their first single "It's All Lies," except this track is more about “our” misery, our plague.
"'Our Misery' is about the last few years under Covid when the totalitarian movement spread like a wildfire. All the lies, the biased mainstream media spreading fear and pushing narratives that divided people even further. But the thing is that this is not their misery, their grief. It's everyone's misery, 'Our Misery,' our plague. We think it is someone else's problem and as long as I comply, everything will be fine. But that is not the way, we are all in it together. It's our misery and we need to unite, we need to enlighten our fellow man to evolve and get out of this movement." adds Boman. More...
Slomosa Signs With Hassle Records
Norwegian 'tundra rock' quartet Slomosa have signed with Hassle Records, and will re-release their acclaimed 2020 self-titled debut on 29th April.
Slomosa LP will be a limited edition heavy splatter pressing, packaged in a hand-numbered sleeve with insert, limited to just 500 copies. You can pre-order the record here.
Watch the band on tour, including Desertfest 2022 and supporting Stöner (Brant Bjork and Nick Oliveri of Kyuss): More...
Iron Savior To Release New Album This Summer
In a recent update, Iron Savior frontman Piet Sielck confirmed that the band will be releasing another collection of re-worked songs. His message reads as follows:
"Yes! We are kicking off the promotion for the new Reforged album. Vol 2 will go by the title of Ironbound and is due to hit stores after summer this year.
"We put a lot of effort into this and are proud to present this new old classics collection in production standard 2022. We are also really happy, that Kai took over a lot of his original vocal and guitar work. So for now enjoy Kai and dueling ourself on solo guitars."
The band has also released the new rendition of "Brothers Of The Past," a song which first appeared on their sophomore album, "Unification" in 1999. You listen to the track below. More...
Serenity Releases New Music Video
Melodic metal unit Serenity mark an intense return with their beautiful new single "In The Name Of Scotland" shortly before kicking off the highly anticipated Symphonic Power Alliance Tour on April 6 in Munich.
"In the Name of Scotland" heats up the anticipation for more music to come with stories of times long forgotten and catchy, heavy, emotive melodies, and comes along with a brand new music video portraying breathtaking scenery to carry the spirit of Scottish history. This deep reaching experience sets focus on the remarkable vocals of Georg Neuhauser, accompanied by gentle harmonies to cast a spell on the listener within the blink of an eye.
Throughout the past 20 years, Serenity have made a strong name for themselves. The band has toured with bands like Kamelot, Delain and Within Temptation, were awarded an Amadeus Austrian Music Award in 2017, and with their album, "The Last Knight" (2020), gathered high chart positions in Germany and Austria alike.
Serenity on the new song "In the Name of Scotland":
"We are happy to finally be able to go on tour again and would like to introduce you to our new single "In the Name of Scotland". The song is about the Scottish freedom fighter Robert the Bruce. A song that unfortunately couldn't be more up to date currently. " More...
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Unbenign (Prostitute Disfigurement) Premiere Song
Dutch black metal band Unbenign have teamed up with Metalundergound.com to exclusively premiere their new song "Via Negativa". The track is taken from their impending self-titled debut album, set for co-release by Satanath Records and Asgard Hass Productions on April 16th.
The group includes former and current memebers of Prostitute Disfigurement, Centurian, and Nox. Michiel van der Plicht (Carach Angren, Pestilence, ex-God Dethroned) played session drums on their debut release and also handled the recording, mixing, and mastering.
The cover artwork was created by Bram Bruyneel, and the logo was created by Christophe Szpajdel.
Xkwizite Premiere New Single
Isanti, Minnesota-based slamming brutal tech death band Xkwizite premiere a new single called “Middle Class Has No Class”, streaming via Spotify and YouTube for you below.
Severe Headwound Premiere New Track
Arkansas-based death metal outfit Severe Headwound premiere a new track by the name of “Infested With Maggots”, streaming for you now below.
Black Mass Premiere New Single
United Kingdom-based slamming brutal death metal band Black Mass premiere a new single entitled “Involuntary Semen Ingestion”, streaming via YouTube for you below.
Cancer Bats Premiere New Single "Pressure Mind"
Canadian hardcore band Cancer Bats premiered the single “Pressure Mind” as the third and final advance track from their impending seventh studio full-length “Psychic Jailbreak“, due out on April 15th. You can stream that song via YouTube below.
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Kampfar Premiere New Single "Urkraft"
Norway black metal outfit Kampfar premiere a new song entitled “Urkraft”, streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you below. The band have written a new album and recorded it but thave decided to release each song on its own, one-by-one, before releasing the entire record as a whole.
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