Acid Reign Signs New Record Deal

It’s been a while but they’re back with arguably their finest album to date. Acid Reign will release their third full length on Dissonance this September.

Vocalist Howard Smith had this to say:
"For our first album in 29 years it was vitally important that we find the right home and I feel we have. From the very first contact it was obvious that the Dissonance team not only had an overwhelming enthusiasm for what we have recorded but the intelligence and infrastructure to deliver.

"Many involved are the same people I dealt with when curating The Apple Core Archives in 2014 which was a hassle free experience, so we are going to release a four disc retrospective Acid Reign Anthology package after the new album comes out cos I found some more old stuff and our two singles need a CD home. Who knows you may even see some vinyl reissues too!

"We cannot wait to unleash this beast and hit the road in support of it, once it’s out it will be two years since we started writing and a year since we recorded it. No one is as keen as us for you all to hear the results. Over the next few months we’ll be drip feeding you all information, we have so many plans for really cool things that we think you are all going to love. Stay tuned.”

Label head honcho Steve Beatty:
Its great they are back with a new album and I am pleased they are on the Label, its great addition to the roster and I’m excited about the new album. As long as they don’t cover anymore Blondie songs I’m a happy camper!!!!

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Interview

Katatonia Guitarist Speaks On Chances Of New Album

When a musician starts out, their goals are simply to express themselves and hopefully make an impact with their band. Very few actually accomplish the latter and fewer still do it twice. Among this elite are Anders Nyström and Jonas Renkse, who formed the legendary band Katatonia in 1991, crafting beautiful works of dark melody and personal lyrics, before forming arguably the greatest supergroup in death metal, Bloodbath in 1998. Both bands have released some truly stellar works over the years and influence metalheads the world over.

After a hiatus, Katatonia are back. Trekking across Europe celebrating the tenth anniversary of their acclaimed "Night Is The New Day" album and bringing with them up and comers Cellar Darling and Wheel. When these sublime Swedes stopped in London, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Anders Nyström, who was joined by Katatonia bandmate Roger Öjersson (also of Tiamat) to discuss both of these bands, how one affects the other, getting confused with a Welsh pop rock group and of course, the chances of a new Katatonia album. You can watch the interview in full below.

Diamond Oz: You're back on the road celebrating, "Night Is The New Day," as well as other accomplishments from the past. The question everybody wanted me to ask you was regarding a new album and if you've got any plans to enter the studio or work on new material.

Anders Nyström: It's too early to tell yet. Throughout this year, we will focus on just celebrating this album's anniversary, which we're enjoying very much. In 2020, fingers crossed, we will look at working on a new album, hopefully get back to where we were. Once an album's recorded, the whole cycle just starts all over again, which for us is pretty much three years of promoting it by touring all the continents. So, it's too early to say anything about it yet but that's definitely on our minds.

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Exclusive

Inhibitions Premiere New Song "Phenomenon"

Hailing from Greece black metal band Inhibitions have teamed up with Metalundergound.com to exclusively premiere their new song "Phenomenon", taken from their impending new album "With The Fullmoon Above My Head", which will be co-released by Satanath Records (Russia) and More Hate Productions (Russia) on June 26.

Check out now "Phenomenon" below.

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Spiritbox Debut In-Studio Performance

Spiritbox (iwrestledabearonce) debut the below in-studio performance of their song “The Mara Effect“. It was captured during a session at Silverside Sound in Cobble Hill, BC.

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Motionless In White Premiere New Track

A new Motionless In White song called “Thoughts & Prayers” received its official premiere on the BBC Radio 1‘s ‘Rock Show With Daniel P Carter‘. You can stream the track in the player located HERE, skipping ahead to 01:30:00 in. “Thoughts & Prayers” appears on Motionless In White's new record “Disguise“, out this coming Friday, June 07th.

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