ALIASES today release their highly anticipated sophomore album, Derangeable, and have made it available to stream following its premiere over at Metal Injection:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeBUP4oBK0c&list=PLLVeC2nHZ9w0aEsejt5VYK-KbSfnXbvA0

Poised with determination, intelligence and non-conformist style, Derangeable is 11 tracks of colossal tech riffery and soaring vocals that paint the listener a ferociously beautiful and rewardingly complex soundscape over the course of 47 minutes. 

Purchase Derangeable here:

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iTunes & Google Play:  http://radi.al/Derangeable 

UK shows:

Apr 15    The Boulevard Wigan
May 14    O2 Academy 2, Wigan
May 15    Boston Music Room, Tufnell Park, London

About Aliases
ALIASES is the brainchild of SikTh guitarist Pin & Leah Woodward with the aim to push creative limits when it comes to songwriting, incorporating catchy, dynamic, emotive, brutal yet approachable metal. Within their first year they had recorded and released their first single “We Never Should Have Met” played their debut gig at Euroblast Festival in Germany, signed to Basick Records and recorded their debut record 'Safer Than Reality' which was released to critical acclaim worldwide in August 2011.

Fast forward through subsequent years and the band have completed numerous tours, showcases, festivals at home and abroad, single and video releases. Along the way completing a line up change with new vocalist, Joe Rosser and drummer Jof Walsh in place for this release. Having perfected their sound, the time for Aliases is now and the release of their brand new album Derangeable is set to propel them to the forefront of the UK scene and beyond. 

For more information: 
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Italian atmospheric hardcore band Fall of Minerva are delighted to announce their signing with Basick Records for their debut full-length album, Portraits, due out March 25 2016.

In celebration of the fact, the band have released their beautiful new music video for 'Beyond the Pines'. First premiered via Metal Injection; you can watch it here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OfKfk1CdQ0

A true testament to the majestic uplift of heavy music, Fall of Minerva follow in the fine tradition of atmospheric metal, for fans of Cult of Luna, Devil Sold His Soul, Isis and more. The Portraits LP cannot be confined to a single genre; a Basick Records hallmark: monumental post-metal, post-rock and atmospheric post-hardcore meld to create a beautiful and titanic release.
 
An internationally touring band, Fall of Minerva have achieved an impressive amount in their relatively brief history. A Russian tour and two European tours has seen the band share stages with the likes of Pianos Become The Teeth, Defeater, This Will Destroy You, Vanna, Code Orange and more. With another European tour in the pipeline the future is looks bright for these atmospheric noisemakers.

For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/fallofminerva
http://basickrecords.com/

Tracklisting: 
1) Beyond the Pines
2) Novocaine
3) Boundless Lands, Confined Thoughts
4) Träume 
5) Green Ghost
6) Caronte
7) Demagogy
8) Sguardi nel Buio
9) Grave of the Fireflies
10) Ask the River
 

Mesmerising progressive post-rock fourpiece FOES are delighted to announce their signing to highly regarded UK label Basick Records.

In celebration of the news, the band are releasing their new single 'Beautiful Fiction' on March 18th, which you can now stream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gwm9cNHSt8

Catch the band playing with Basick co-signees The Colour Line, on tour across the UK in March/April:

Mar 23 Sanctuary - Basingstoke
Mar 24 Vintage - Doncaster
Mar 25 The Hut - Corby
Mar 26 The Underground - Plymouth
Mar 28 The Black Heart - London
Mar 29 A.A.T.M.A - Manchester
Mar 30 Baltic Social - Liverpool
Mar 31 O'Rileys - Hull
Apr 1 Nice N'Sleazy– Glasgow

Apr 21 The Unicorn - London (FOES only)

Tickets available here.

A refreshing and unique blend of atmospheric alt-rock and cinematic post-rock, FOES have achieved an impressive amount since their 2013 debut Ophir. Garnering support from the likes of Kerrang, Rock Sound ("sheer brilliance"), Clash, Q, DIY ("rock-solid riffs and first-album Oceansize atmospherics") and more, the band have played alongside the likes of 36 Crazyfists, Hacktivist, Press to Meco, The Xcerts, and Listener, just to name a few.

For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/foesuk
http://basickrecords.com/

Pennsylvania metallers BLACK CROWN INITIATE return with new album Selves We Cannot Forgive, set for release on 22 July via Long Branch / SPV, and unveil new track For Red Cloud:

http://soundcloud.com/longbranchrecords/black-crown-initiate-for-red-cloud

For Red Cloud is the first new music released the band since their highly acclaimed debut album Wreckage of Stars in 2014. Guitarist Andy Thomas calls the song "a statement of the psychological enslavement of the modern world, and a tribute to those who resisted being enslaved. We will never become the storm of change that our world needs. Our children will never know what true freedom feels like, and we surely don't, either."

The single is available to download here: https://BlackCrownInitiate.lnk.to/ForRedCloudPR

Selves We Cannot Forgive’s visually stunning cover art was created by Travis Smith (Opeth, Devin Townsend, Avenged Sevenfold), which can be seen below along with the track-listing. "We've been through a great deal as a band since our last release," says Thomas. "We've grown a great deal as writers, players, and people and put everything we had into this one." 

Thomas continues on their new release, "we feel it is a more than fitting next chapter for the band; one that we are truly proud and excited to enter. We hope you all enjoy it too. See you on the road!"

The new record follows The Wreckage of Stars, which together with their self-financed Song of the Crippled Bull EP introduced BCI’s unapologetic exploration of everything from Friedrich Nietzsche and Greek Sophist Gorgias to Hinduism, Buddhism, and indigenous mysticism, with a pragmatic skepticism. The Wreckage of Stars in particular propelled the band into the international touring act it is today, hitting the road with the likes of Behemoth, Deicide, Napalm Death, Voivod and more.

BLACK CROWN INITIATE have worked their way into the heavy music community’s collective consciousness with steady determination. Like-minded supporters who made the thrilling discovery of songs like “A Great Mistake,” “The Fractured One,” and “Withering Waves” are rewarded in kind by the continued evolution on Selves We Can Not Forgive. BLACK CROWN INITIATE continuously prove heavy metal and heavy intelligence don’t have to be mutually exclusive. These men are conjuring an awe inspiring body of work that is as unstoppable as it was inevitable, like existence itself. This is high-minded art delivered with a guttural growl.

Track listing:
1. For Red Cloud
2. Sorrowpsalm
3. Again
4. Belie The Machine
5. Selves We Cannot Forgive
6. Transmit To Disconnect
7. Matriarch
8. Vicious Lives

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FORT FEST has announced the following exciting additions to its line-up:

Young Guns, Black Peaks, Arcane Roots, Adelphia, FOES, Autumn Ruin,  Boston Manor, New Device and Fahran.

They join:

Lonely The Brave, INME, The Treatment, The Dirty Youth, Eva Plays Dead, Grumble Bee, Bad Touch, Cheap Meat, Liberty Lies, Sister Shotgun, Phoenix Calling, Fires That Divide, Common Youth, Hidden Skies and Apherium.

Earlybird tickets are available for a limited period at just £55, which includes camping and parking, so there are no hidden costs. To top this off there will be a variety of reasonably priced great food and drink and there's a farm shop and cafe on site.

There are still more acts to be announced including the line up for the acoustic stage, so stay tuned for more announcements soon.


Purchase tickets here: www.fortfest.uk

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Punk rockers DRONES start a new chapter as they welcome vocalist Lois McDougall and guitarist Tim Kramer to their line-up. To coincide with the re-launch the band have announced European tour dates and an appearance at Camden Rocks Festival.

Catch Drones at one of the following dates:

28.05.2016 – Meppen, DE – Jam Center
30.05.2016 – Prague, CZ – Cross Club
01.06.2016 – Graz, AT – Sub
02.06.2016 – Seregno, IT – Honky Tonky
04.06.2016 – London, UK – Camden Rocks Festival

Founding member and drummer Mitchell Thomas comments:

“We are stoked to announce the addition of Lois McDougall and Tim Kramer to the Drones family. We have been busy in the studio writing and recording and Lois and Tim have really brought a new lease of life and a new dynamic to the band. We can’t wait to get on the road and introduce the world to the latest chapter in our story!”
 
Previously a four-piece, Drones saw the departure of their vocalist Daly George before they welcomed ex-Fallow Fields singer McDougall and Bayeux bassist Kramer.
 
“I'm so excited to be teaming up with Drones,” adds McDougall. “The music we've written already is such a release for me. The guys are all really talented, and I'm privileged to be a part of Drones' future. We have some awesome shows coming up! I can't wait to share what we've been working on with everyone, as well as busting out the previous releases with my own twist too.”

With an impressive live résumé - having already appeared at Download Festival and shared stages with Funeral For A Friend, Neck Deep, Gallows, H20 and Marmozets as their old line-up – Drones have set their foundations and will continue to build up a solid reputation as they enter this new chapter.

Keep your eyes peeled for new music very soon via Lockjaw Records, as well as the band's first video featuring the line-up.

For more information:
www.facebook.com/dronesuk
www.twitter.com/dronesuk

Chilean prog rockers AISLES are delighted to announce their highly anticipated new album Hawaii, due July 29 via Presagio Records. The two-disc concept LP, the band's fourth studio album, will be available on both CD and digitally, with the vinyl edition due in November.

You can listen to the album's first single 'Club Hawaii' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9Xx_UcJC3Y

And watch the first episode of the album's making of documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9fU-PSp1wc

The band are also offering the track as a free download, available here: http://bit.ly/1VfLtNL. Hawaii is available for preorder in various formats and bundles on Aisles official website: http://www.aislesproject.com/aisles/store/store.html

Hawaii is a two-disc concept album about human colonies in space after the destruction of the Earth. Its twelve tracks explore the dilemmas and challenges that the individual and the human spirit would face in such a scenario. Regarding the concept and sound of the album, guitarist and producer Germán Vergara explains: "Without a doubt it’s our most profound work so far. With Hawaii we dug deep in search of a concept that could really move us. Our objective was to write music that would emotionally and mentally take us to the place where the events in the album occur: Space”. 
 
“All the music on the album was written with our hearts and minds set on the idea of these human colonies, a small group of people who are able to preserve some of the heritage of mankind after the Earth is destroyed. Musically speaking we had never taken so many risks, tried so many different approaches and allowed ourselves this level of freedom to improvise and experiment. I am really proud of what we’ve achieved this time".

A shining example of prog rock's universal reach, the Chilean band, formed 15 years ago, have a long and illustrious history. Previously nominated in the Italian Prog Awards, the band are the only South American band to be invited to France's Crescendo Festival de Rock Progressif. 

For more information:
http://aislesproject.com/
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https://play.spotify.com/artist/1aHj1tpKsDAUDDOMZXcjQg

Hawaii tracklisting:

Disc 1:
1. The Poet Part I: Dusk
2. The Poet Part II: New World
3. Year Zero
4. Upside Down
5. CH-7
 
 
Disc 2
1. Terra
2. Pale Blue Dot
3. Still Alive
4. Nostalgia
5. Club Hawaii
6. Falling
7. In the Probe
 

Swedish rock outfit NORMANDIE have announced a run of European headline tour dates and festival appearances over July in support of their critically acclaimed debut album Inguz. The shows also mark the band's first time performing in the UK, the dates for which will see support from Breathe In The Silence. 

Catch Normandie at one of the following dates:

15.07.2016 - Rock Den See Festival, Mettersdorf AT
16.07.2016 - Bochum Total Festival, Bochum DE
18.07.2016 - Boston Music Rooms, London UK
19.07.2016 - Fuel, Cardiff UK
20.07.2016 - Retro Bar, Manchester UK
21.07.2016 - The Central, Newcastle UK
22.07.2016 - Queens Hall, Nuneaton UK
23.07.2016 - Frog & Fiddle, Cheltenham UK
24.07.2016 - Joiners, Southampton UK
25.07.2016 - Gibus Live, Paris FR
27.07.2016 - La Loggia, Verbania IT
28.07.2016 - La Botte, Modena IT
29.07.2016 - Le Grillen, Colmar FR
30.07.2016 - Trebur Open Air Festival, Frankfurt DE
31.07.2016 - Ars Vitae Cafe, Rodeswisch DE

You can check out the lyric video for the band's latest single 'Awakening' here: https://youtu.be/aFkAUL8UUHo

Inguz, a Viking rune, symbolises the band's new direction after the departure of their heavier co-vocalist. Now a new phase of life begins, as Normandie hone in on an explosive rock sound and cite influence from the likes of 30 Seconds To Mars and Bring Me The Horizon. 

Since the release of Inguz Normandie have gained support from the Radio 1 Rock Show, Team Rock and Kerrang! Radio, as well as Scuzz TV and Kerrang! TV. The four-piece also inked a US deal with InVogue Records, which has seen them position twice in the US Billboard Charts (#20 Alternative New Artists and #60 Top New Artists). 

Purchase Inguz here: http://www.normandie.bigcartel.com

For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/normandieofficial
https://twitter.com/wearenormandie

Milton Keynes crossover trailblazers HACKTIVIST have released new video 'Hate' ahead of their tour supporting Issues and Slam Dunk Festival appearances.
 
Watch the video here:

'Hate' was filmed and edited by Hacktivist bassist Josh Gurner - on a budget of almost £10 - in the band’s lunch-breaks and days off from work, and gives a glimpse into their everyday lives. He had this to say on the subject of the track and video: 
 
"Lyrically, Hate deals with the phenomenon of the simmering jealousy that manifests itself as online bile when people see what they perceive as a glimpse of “success". I wanted to address that in the video, and also add a twist on the idea that we’re living in an age where people seem to get the majority of their entertainment from a stylised version of ‘reality', and even the most low-level 'famous' person exists publicly as a idealised version of themselves."
 
"The video shows a day-in-the-life of the members of HACKTIVIST, and highlights the duality of our lives as the touring musicians that people see on a stage, in a video or on an album cover, and the more mundane ‘real' lives that make up the majority of most band members' time.
 
"Hopefully anyone watching the video will see something they relate to, and maybe makes someone think twice before hating on blokes in bands who’re just doing stuff to add colour to their own existences. Also we hope it creates a more personal connection with fans of the band, and maybe instills in them a feeling that they could follow their passion too, as we’re all just regular people at the end of the day”. 
 
HACKTIVIST hit the road from today with Issues:

May-24   Yplas, Cardiff, United Kingdom
May-25    Koko, London, United Kingdom
May-26    O2 Ritz, Manchester, United Kingdom
May-27    Garage, Glasgow, United Kingdom
May-28    Slam Dunk Festival, Leeds, United Kingdom
May-29    Slam Dunk Festival,  Birmingham, United Kingdom
May-30    Slam Dunk Festival, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
May-31    Engine Rooms, Southampton, United Kingdom
Jun-01    Trixw/ Issues, Antwerpen, Belgium
Jun-02    Melkweg,  Amsterdam, Netherlands

Also catch the band at Reading / Leeds this summer:

Aug-26    Reading Festival, Reading, United Kingdom
Aug-27    Leeds Festival, Leeds, United Kingdom

'Hate' is taken from the band's debut album 'Outside The Box', out now via UNFD. Purchase here:

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