Debut album out 26th May 2017 via Basick Records

Melodic hardcore outfit CREATE TO INSPIRE are streaming their new single 'Sickness', the title track and second to be taken from their debut album which is due for release on the 26th May 2017 via Basick Records.

Listen to 'Sickness' here: https://open.spotify.com/track/2BQWHvZcttgPFqNHRdw2tn

Pre-orders of Sickness are also live, available in various formats via Basick Records: https://basick.supplies/collections/create-to-inspire

Having spent the last twelve months touring relentlessly and recently completing a UK headline run, Create To Inspire will embark on a tour in May before they support He Is Legend in London.

Dates are as follows:

02/05/2017 - Leeds, The Packhorse (w/ wars)
03/05/2017 - Newcastle, Jumpin Jacks (w/ wars)
04/05/2017 - Chester, The Live Rooms (w/ wars)
05/05/2017 - Nottingham, Rock City Basement (w/ wars)
07/05/2017 - Bristol, The Exchange (w/ wars)
09/05/2017 - St Albans, The Horn (w/ wars)
10/05/2017 - Birmingham, Subside (w/ wars)
11/05/2017 - Leicester, Soundhouse (w/ wars)
12/05/2017 - London, The Dome (supporting He Is Legend)

Sickness is an album full of post-hardcore fury with flavours of melodic ambience, making for an exhilarating listen and showcasing a band that has matured leaps and bounds both musically and lyrically, fuelling a new-found fire in the Create To Inspire machine. Produced by the acclaimed Romesh Dodangoda, Sickness is aural quality personified.

Having turned heads at Kerrang! Radio, Rock Sound and many more surrounding the release of their EP Home Is Where My Heart Dies, Create To Inspire are just getting started. Sickness is overflowing with omnipotent passion and power, leaving you hooked on everything in between the ruthless screams and the melodic passages that permeate its terrain.

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Italian atmospheric hardcore band Fall of Minerva have released their stunning new video for their track 'Novocaine', taken from their debut release Portraits, released last Spring via Basick Records.

First premiered on ItDjents, you can now watch the video here:

Make sure to catch the band at one of the following Italian shows:

14/04 Schio @ Pasqua Pagana Festival  (CSA Arcadia)
28/04 Modena @ Circolo Culturale Aquaragia
29/04 Vicenza @ Festival degli Studenti (Teatro Astra) 
30/04 Parma @ PARMA TATOO ROCK FEST

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Listen to the album now: https://goo.gl/vPOC1M

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 previously 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.

For more information:
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17th April - Manchester Academy 2

IMPERICON FESTIVAL has released the stage times for their annual UK event, set to take place at Manchester Academy 2 on the 17th April.

Headlining the Bank Holiday event is deathcore heavyweights THY ART IS MURDER, whose performance will be the first in the UK following the return of original vocalist CJ Mahon. They will be joined by BEING AS AN OCEAN, CARNIFEX, MISS MAY I, IN HEARTS WAKE, BROKEN TEETH, BRUTALITY WILL PREVAIL, NAPOLEON, CASEY and HIGHER POWER.

Stage times are as follows:

Thy Art Is Murder          9:45-10:35pm
Being As An Ocean       8:40-9:25pm
Carnifex                         7:40-8:20pm
Miss May I                      6:45-7:20pm
In Hearts Wake              5:50-6:25pm
Broken Teeth                 5:00-5:30pm
Brutality Will Prevail      4:10-4:40pm
Napoleon                        3:20-3:50pm
Casey                              2:30-3:00pm
Higher Power                 1:40-2:10pm
Doors open                    1:00pm

For more information and tickets (£27.90) follow this link: http://smarturl.it/IMPERICON-FESTIVALS

Band press shots:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lebxfkhies49g70/AACbmsdGPxbOyB2atnpE7cKFa?dl=0

For more information:

www.impericon.com/uk/festival/
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New album Among the Amorphous released 23 June via Long Branch Records

'Sins Of The Mechanical' is the first single taken from Danish metallers THE INTERBEING's new album "Among The Amorphous".

Check it out here:

The song marks their first release since their debut album Edge Of The Obscure in 2011.  Among The Amorphous will be released worldwide through Long Branch Records as CD, LP, download and stream.

Preorder here: https://theinterbeing.lnk.to/amongtheamorphous?mc_cid=9cf1a77145&mc_eid=c0fdde66a9
 
THE INTERBEING made a huge impact on the Danish metal scene with their debut album Edge of The Obscure in 2011. Acclaimed Album of the Year by the largest music magazine in Denmark, GAFFA, the album got top marks and massive exposure in some of the biggest metal magazines worldwide.

In the wake of the release, THE INTERBEING played shows all over Europe ranging from Euroblast in Cologne, UK Tech Fest and Copenhell in Copenhagen, and had the honour to be the main support for massive international names such as Stone Sour (US), Meshuggah (SE) and Parkway Drive (AU).

THE INTERBEING reached the other side of the world in 2012 when the album was successfully re-released in Japan. Two tracks from the album were later used as a soundtrack in a Japanese game. Recently in November 2016 the band played a resounding sold out show at the industry festival Hokuo Music Week in Tokyo.

The challenging second album has been underway for some time and the result is the visionary dystopian concept album Among the Amorphous. The songs have a sinister David Lynch feel while the polyrhythmic Meshuggah-inspired sonances envelop the listener; it's an album that lifts the bar of storytelling and songwriting in the tech-metal world.

Among the Amorphous is mixed by the newly talented producer Jonas Haagensen and mastered by Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios (Volbeat, Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, Pretty Maids).

- OCEANS ATE ALASKA and NAPOLEON also confirmed

TECH-FEST has completed the line-up for its 2017 tour with the addition of technical metalcore quintet CARCER CITY, who will be joining progressive metalcore headliners OCEANS ATE ALASKA and rising melodic hardcore outfit NAPOLEON.

Dates are as follows:

15.06.2017 - Plymouth, Underground
16.06.2017 - Bridgend, Hobos
17.06.2017 - Manchester, Satan's Hollow
18.06.2017 - Edinburgh, Opium
19.06.2017 - Newcastle, Jumpin Jacks
20.06.2017 - Northampton, Roadmender
21.06.2017 - Southampton, The Joiners

Tickets are on sale now here: http://smarturl.it/tech-fest-tix

The tour news follows OCEANS ATE ALASKA's recent announcement of their new vocalist Jake Noakes, a close friend of the band who stepped up as full-time vocalist for their recent US 'New Reign' Tour with Born Of Osiris, Volumes, Within The Ruins and Fire From The Gods. May will see the band appear at Slam Dunk Festival and a special one-off Fearless Records show alongside I Prevail and Ice Nine Kills at the Camden Underworld, as well as perform at Tech-Fest itself in July. The five-piece have also been working on the follow up to their 2015 debut album Lost Isles, more details to be revealed soon.

NAPOLEON released their critically acclaimed debut album Newborn Mind in 2016 via Basick Records, which saw them tour relentlessly throughout the UK and Europe, as well as China and Japan. Since their inception in 2011, the band have become highly revered on the hardcore scene for seamlessly combining abrasive punk attitude with technical virtuosity and inventive hook laden songwriting. Currently working on their follow-up record, NAPOLEON have recently completed a short European run, including Complexity Fest, with an appearance at Impericon Fest on the cards before they return to the road for the TECH-FEST tour. 

An exciting blend of 21st century metal that is uniquely their own, CARCER CITY fall somewhere between Linkin Park, Meshuggah, Bring Me the Horizon, Killswitch Engage, and The Amity Affliction. The quintet released their latest album Infinite/Unknown last year via Stay Sick Recordings, having self-released their previous records The Life We Have Chosen and The Road Journals. CARCER CITY's live resume is one to be admired, currently on tour with Attila and having previously toured with Silent Screams, While She Sleeps and Continents, as well as sharing stages with TesseracT, SikTh, Dying Fetus and more.

For more information:
http://uktechfest.com/
http://oceansatealaska.co.uk/
http://www.napoleonuk.com/

London metal wizards HARBINGER have premiered the track 'The End Of Time', taken from their new EP Human Dust, set for release on 16th June 2017 via Basick Records. 

First premiered exclusively via Metal Hammer, check it out here: 

http://teamrock.com/news/2017-04-11/harbinger-release-new-track-the-end-of-time

Human Dust is the follow up to HARBINGER's ferocious debut EP Paroxysm, which sees a vicious blend of eccentric technical metal riffs coupled with a surplus of twists and turns. Human Dust is not your typical metal record; it's a vitriolic but at times ethereal release, where no song is even slightly the same, yet HARBINGER still possess a much-improved core sound, having cleverly incorporated vicious beatdowns, tasteful shredding and some seriously impressive guttural vocals. 

Guitarist Ben Sutherland said:
"We are incredibly excited to announce that we have signed to Basick Records for the release of our new EP Human Dust on June 16th. Basick have been putting out records by some of our favourite bands for many years, so it is an honour to join the roster and release our music with them! We feel our new material is much more mature, considered and precise than our previous EP Paroxysm, but we haven’t dropped any of the groovy riffs and heaviness that people have come to expect from us."

Having already made waves with appearances at UK Tech Metal Festival, and previously played shows with the likes of Monuments and Slaughter To Prevail, HARBINGER’s year is only just getting started. An appearance at the special HellFest Warm Up Ride at the New Cross Inn on 11th May is already in the books, and they are definitely poised for more live shows this year.

More details to follow soon.

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Album La Partition coming April 21 2017 via Longbranch Records

One of this year's most highly anticipated prog metal releases from French sextet UNEVEN STRUCTURE is now only weeks away (released April 21st via SPV/Long branch Records) and with their second single, 'Crystal Teeth', we dive deeper into the realms of La Partition. 

Originally premiered in the UK by Prog Magazine you can check out the video here:

“Crystal Teeth belongs to the brighter end of the album's spectrum – revealing the most rock impregnated riffs we've got.” says guitarist and founding member Igor Omodei. 

'Crystal Teeth', as well as the first single 'Incube' taken from the concept album La Partition are available as video, download and stream now.

Igor Omodei about "Crystal Teeth": "Crystal Teeth closes the first tier of the album and takes place right before our previous video Incube. As our character gets caught up running away from the mermaids' call, he digs down to his very first memories, what defines his self, in an effort to keep substance and not cave in to their appeal.”
 
Pre-order La Partition here: https://unevenstructure.lnk.to/lapartition?mc_cid=11232c828c&mc_eid=%5bUNIQID%5d

UNEVEN STRUCTURE are supporting Twelve Foot Ninja on their current UK tour, which got underway on April 10. Dates below: 

Monday 10 April – Rebellion, Manchester UK
Tuesday 11 April – Audio, Glasgow UK
Wednesday 12 April – Think Tank, Newcastle UK
Thursday 13 April – The Flapper, Birmingham UK *SOLD OUT*
Friday 14 April – Rock City Basement, Nottingham UK
Saturday 15 April - Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes UK
Monday 17 April – The Underworld – London UK *SOLD OUT*

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About Uneven Structure
Hailing from France, one of the biggest markets and breeding stock for bands within the Tech Metal and Progressive Rock scene, Uneven Structure was formed in May 2008 from the intention of Benoit Friedrich (bass) and Igor Omodei (guitar) to finally bring the technically enhanced and progressive music they had been working on for themselves, alive. The sound they were aiming to create was one of a merger of groovy polyrythmic guitar riffs with huge slick ambient guitar leads, which they have undoubtedly accomplished.

Since the release of the debut album, Februus in 2011 the band have done multiple European tours with tech metal and prog rock genre-leaders such as Protest The Hero, Textures and Tesseract whilst also performing at festivals such as Brutal Assault and Euroblast. 

Not only has the sound of Uneven Structure evolved and changed with this new album, but also the band internally. With Arnaud Verrier on drums (ex Zuul FX and Kadinja) and Steeves Hostin (Beyond The Dust) as guitarist the band is more than perfectly prepared to continue their legacy, but also for opening a new chapter in their musical career by performing mindblowing live shows all over the world.

"Their blend of black metal and progressive metal is both bright and engaging" - Terrorizer
"An assured step into the realm of post-black metal" - Metal Hammer

Brand new post-blackened progressive death metal outfit Asira are delighted to release their stunning debut LP Efference - out today and streaming.

First premiered on Invisible Oranges, you can listen to Efference via the link below:

https://soundcloud.com/asirauk/sets/asira-efference
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It is rare that you come across a debut album as starkly beautiful and intensely powerful as Asira’s first release, Efference. A vehement disregard for genre conventions, Efference is a stunning mixture of blues, progressive metal, post-blackened metal and ambience.
 
Such perfectly melded contradictions capture the essence of Efference. For fans of Alcest, Opeth, Ulver, Anathema, and more, this is an album for all fans of forward thinking heavy music. Post-genre, moving beyond convention. Drawing attention already from Metal Hammer, Terrorizer, and more, the band are quickly being marked out as ones to watch.
 
Asira are a brand new band, with no past. A blank slate for the listener to draw their own conclusions, the band are launching their career with the release of Efference.

For more information:
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"One of the most epic rock albums of the year" - Rock Sound

Following the release of their debut album The Summit Lies Skyward in October 2016 via Basick Records, progressive rock quartet FOES have unveiled a new video for album track 'Orchestrator'.
 
Check the video out here: 

'Orchestrator' features a surplus of heavy riffs and dark ambient sections, which, when combined with a nice melodic touch cements it as one of the most diverse tracks on the whole album.
 
Guitarist Joe Danher comments:

"We really let ourselves loose when writing 'Orchestrator'. Musically, it's quite a complex, dark track, with the lyrics setting this theme of oppression, and for us, the video had to be an extension of those ideas. The end result is this unsettling, dystopian setting where the dark figure ominously follows the protagonist, recording her every move."
 
FOES are set to hit the road next week, where they will be supporting Devil Sold His Soul across all four dates of their A Fragile Hope anniversary tour.
 
Full dates:
14th April - O2 ABC 2, Glasgow
15th April - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
21st April - Thekla, Bristol
29th April - The Dome (Tufnell Park), London
 
The band have also confirmed appearances at Fat Lip Fest in Bristol on 29th July and Euroblast in Germany on 29th September.

The Summit Lies Skyward is available to order as a bookpack CD from Basick Supplies: https://basick.supplies/products/foes-the-summit-lies-skyward-album-cd-digital-download
 
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