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Electrifying Gothenburg power-trio Åskväder are excited to release their debut album (s/t) through The Sign Records tomorrow Friday, March 13.  With a name that translates to “thunderstorm,” this no-fuss rock band delivers thunder and lightning through bluesy licks and elaborate vocal harmonies for a sound that’s instantly classic While paying homage …

Last year, influential French “blackgaze” duo Alcest released their sixth studio album ‘Spiritual Instinct’ through Nuclear Blast. Warmly-received by press and fans alike, the album scored the band their highest chart position in several countries, including Germany (#12) and Switzerland (#30). Today, the band presents an alternate version of their deeply emotional track ‘Sapphire‘, remixed by electro/synth …

An inflammation of harsh soundscapes exploding in a striking symbiosis of deep growls and clean female vocals: SOJOURNER’s new album, Premonitions, to be released on May 8 via Napalm Records, rises like an upcoming vortex that leaves the violent, yet undeniably beautiful stylistic evolution of their sound in an exceptional fusion of folk and atmospheric …

FEARLESS RECORDS is pleased to announce the signing of Leesburg, Virginia-based band My Kid Brother to the roster. The band, which fuses piano with wistful psychedelic melodies, quirky guitars, hummable harmonies, and male-female vocal interplay, has just shared the brand new song “Pastels.” Listen here. “I was in a different state of …

Long-running Orange County pop-punks WANK have finally officially released their new album ‘White Knuckle Ride’ via Die Laughing Records. The long-awaited LP has previously only been available at the band’s shows. The album features a number of guest musicians including George Hughes Jr.keyboardist in ZIGGY MARLEY’S band (who plays keys …

Recently, Finnish sextet Nightwish announced their ninth record HUMAN. :II: NATURE., that will be released on 10th April 2020 and will be a double album containing 9 tracks on the main CD and one long track, divided into eight chapters on CD 2. Friday, they release a lyric video for their second single ‘Harvest’, …

From the mean streets of Gary, Indiana by way of Oslo, Norway (or maybe the other way around- we’re not sure) comes Witch Taint, the most extremely extreme and Satanic Norwegian Black Metal band from Indiana ever probably and you can ask anyone. The band’s full-length debut Sons of Midwestern Darkness, recorded entirely in darkness in …

The Hirsch Effekt return with their new single “Noja”. It’s the first track from the bands 5th studio album Kollaps coming May 8th, 2020 via Long Branch Records. Kollaps encounters everyday madness with elaborate counterpoints and ludicrous lyric lines. In a heavier manner, the band slips into the roles of other, social actors to reflect the aspects …

Symphonic black metal formation …AND OCEANS has released “Vigilance and Atrophy,” the second track from their new album, ‘Cosmic World Mother.’ The song can be heard at THIS LOCATION. Vocalist Mathias Lillmåns comments: “‘Vigilance and Atrophy’ shows the melodic side of …AND OCEANS. A song laden with guitar melodies and …

Up and coming singer-songwriter Clio Cadence has revealed an empowering new video for the track “Drive.” A song about building the courage to leave a toxic relationship, “Drive” embodies the teenager’s wise-beyond-her-years lyrics and musical maturity. Watch “Drive” today via Outburn at https://outburn.com/all-features/exclusive-premiere-of-clio-cadence-video-for-drive/ “‘Drive’ is a song about the struggle to …

Lamb Of God has unveiled a blazing in-studio guitar playthrough for the song “Checkmate,” the first single from the self-titled Lamb Of God, the band’s first release in five years, due out May 8 via Epic Records. Watch guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler shred through “Checkmate” exclusively via Guitar World …

Political punk icons Anti-Flag have teamed up with INDECLINE to produce and film a video for the title track from their latest Spinefarm Records release 20/20 Vision. INDECLINE is an Activist Art Collective founded in 2001. It is comprised of graffiti writers, filmmakers, photographers, and full-time rebels and activists. INDECLINE focuses on social, ecological and economical injustices carried out by …