Metal/hardcore quartet BAILER are streaming their new single 'Feel It More', the second track to be taken from their self-titled EP - due for release on 9th February via Distro-y Records. Following on from 2017’s PTSD and 2016’s Shaped By The Landscape, BAILER is an ambitious collection of tracks that showcase a band who have truly discovered their sound.

"We all get caught up in the heat of the moment sometimes, and it makes it hard for us to stand back and take it all in," the band comment of the track. "We wrote this song at a time where it was really easy for us to see everything for what it was and really feel it. Those moments can be rare these days."

Check out 'Feel It More' here: https://youtu.be/QZsXq-6F1bI

Pre-order BAILER here: http://hyperurl.co/bailerep3

The band have also announced live dates in support of the new record, including three EP launch shows in Ireland and a headline tour in Russia. 

Full dates so far are as follows: 

27.01.2018 - Waterford IE, Central Arts (pre-launch show) 
16.02.2018 - Tambov RU, Molotov Club
17.02.2018 - Tolyatti RU, Kirpich Cafe
18.02.2018 - Ufa RU, Rocks Cafe
19.02.2018 - Chelyabinsk RU, Ozz Club
20.02.2018 - Kurgan RU, Legenda Bar
21.02.2018 - Tyumen RU, Rocketa Club
22.02.2018 - Izhevsk RU, 8kwt Club
23.02.2018 - Glazov RU, Hard Machine Club
24.02.2018 - Cheboksary RU, SK Bar
25.02.2018 - Moscow RU, TBC
03.03.2018 - Cork IE, An Spailpin Fanach (EP launch)
09.03.2018 - Dublin IE, DBD (EP launch) 
10.03.2018 - Galway IE, Roisin Dubh (EP launch) 

Returning to work with Murdock’s Aidan Cunningham, BAILER is relentless from the get-go as the merciless ‘Lying For A Living’ brings the listener up to speed in a riotous fashion, while the likes of ‘Tuesday Blues’ and ‘Death Is A Reminder’ take a filthier route, reminiscent of Cancer Bats. Since forming in 2015 BAILER have pricked the ears of many other musicians, with some familiar faces lending their vocals to this latest EP. Adam Carroll formerly of Zoax, Xander Coughlan of Emigra and Kevin ‘Lefty’ Letford of Red Enemy all feature, adding their own slice of character to the record.
 
With a small discography the four-piece have impressively garnered attention from Metal Hammer, Kerrang! Radio presenter Alex Baker, Metal Injection and Heavy Blog Is Heavy, an achievement that is no mean feat for a band so early into their career. BAILER have spent their short time as a band building up a strong reputation in their home ground, having played shows alongside Norma Jean, Sick Of It All, Employed To Serve, HECK, Murdock, Shields, Red Enemy and more.

For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/bailerofficial
https://www.instagram.com/bailerofficial
https://twitter.com/bailerofficial
http://bailerofficial.bandcamp.com

PACESHIFTERS have released a live in-session video of 'Yearning Desire' which was filmed at GieSound Studios, taken from their new record Waiting To Derail/Live From GieSound, out now via Hassle Records. The new release brings together their highly acclaimed 2017 album Waiting To Derail, and their brand new live EP Live from GieSound. 

Originally premiered via Upset, check out the video here: https://youtu.be/aX9Cr4uH-IU

Bassist/vocalist Paul Dokman told Upset: 

"Do you know that feeling you have when you really want something? A feeling that no one can stop you. That is the exact feeling we had while writing this, and that is what 'Yearning Desire' is about. Most of the time songs keep growing on us once we recorded them for an album or whatever, and it was so much fun to go back to the studio and do some of our songs from Waiting to Derail again. Only this time with cameras rolling too and not one single overdub! What you see is what you get. Here is 'Yearning Desire' live and we have now released a whole EP with 7 songs live from GieSound Studios. We hope everybody enjoys these versions as much as we do."

Purchase/stream the new record here:

Waiting To Derail: http://smarturl.it/PS_WaitingToDerail
Live From GieSound Studios: http://smarturl.it/PS_GieSoundStudiosEP

PACESHIFTERS have also been nominated for The Edison Award for 'Best Rock', an annual Dutch music prize awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. Comparable to the US Grammy Award or UK BRIT Award, The Netherlands' Edison Award is one of the oldest music awards in the world, presented since 1960. Previous winners of the 'Best Rock' category include John Coffey, Kensington and De Staat, with the 2018 winner revealed on February 12th. 
 
Following on from their hugely successful UK/European run supporting Frank Iero and the Patience, which saw both bands team up to cover a live version of Nirvana classic 'Territorial Pissings', PACESHIFTERS have confirmed the Yearning Desire Tour for February which sees them play headline shows throughout the UK and Germany. 

Dates: 

14.02.2018 - St Albans UK, The Horn (TICKETS)
15.02.2018 - Liverpool UK, Sound (TICKETS)
16.02.2018 - Glasgow UK, The Garage Attic Bar (TICKETS) 
17.02.2018 - Newcastle UK, Think Tank Underground (TICKETS)
18.02.2018 - Leeds UK, Brudenell Social Club (TICKETS)
20.02.2018 - Nottingham UK, The Bodega Social Club (TICKETS)
21.02.2018 - London UK, Camden Assembly (TICKETS)
22.02.2018 - Tunbridge Wells UK, Forum (TICKETS)
23.02.2018 - Brighton UK, Sticky Mikes (TICKETS)
25.02.2018 - Cologne DE, MTC (TICKETS)
26.02.2018 - Hamburg DE, Nochtwache (TICKETS)
27.02.2018 - Berlin DE, Privatclub (TICKETS)

Following the headline tour, PACESHIFTERS will announce more dates and festivals for 2018.

For more information:
http://www.paceshifters.com
https://www.facebook.com/PACESHIFTERS
https://twitter.com/paceshifters
https://www.instagram.com/paceshifters

Dissonant newcomers GOD COMPLEX have released their second brutal video, the claustrophobic 'Insignificant'.

Standing at a whirlwind 84 seconds, 'Insignificant' was premiered on Decibel. You can now watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8brHbphYyRk

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'Insignificant' follows on from God Complex's debut video, the violent 'Hate Runs Through Me'. The exciting introduction to the blackened hardcore-tinged band had Metal Injection say "they're on a path of destruction that'll be hard to stop" with "a keen sense of down-tuned melodic riffs, catchy hardcore hooks, and unsettling dissonance to keep it constantly interesting".

Although only forming last year, the Liverpool-based UK band have already toured with Venom Prison and Corrupt Moral Altar, and played alongside Loathe.

Catch the band live at one of the following dates:

25.02.2018 - Manchester - Satan's Hollow w/ Traitors
04.03.2018 - Leeds - Key Club w/ Holding Absence & Loathe
13.04.2018 - Derby - The Hairy Dog w/ Lotus Eater
14.04.2018 - Hull - O’Rileys w/ Lotus Eater
15.04.2018 - Liverpool - 81 Renshaw Street w/ Lotus Eater
 

For More Information: 

facebook.com/godcomplexuk || twitter.com/godcomplexuk || www.createdsick.com

The future heroes of hard rock have arrived in the form of HYVMINE. The American quartet's stunning debut album Earthquake is out now and the band have unveiled their video for the single 'Shogun'

Directed by Hollywood Undead's Brian Cox, check out 'Shogun' here: https://youtu.be/AoD8F5OLAYg

Al Joseph (vocals, lead guitars) states: “Earthquake, the album, is a theme built on the unknown paths I’ve chosen to take in my life from here on out. It is a display on how I handle adversity, love and even outright catastrophe. Every song echos the theme, in one way or another. This project to me marks a turning point in my creative mindset for the better. I’m happy that with this music we are aiming to make a positive impact on a vast number of souls to come. I am proud of this record because although it features the reviving of some of my older tunes, it has truly formed itself and shined through all the chaos. 

"The ‘Shogun’ music video displays our energy as a band. We’re all just living life without apology. Life without limits. We chose to go with a more simple shoot on the video because we really want to convey that raw performing power of the group. We wanted to deliver as much attitude as we could off the performance alone. ‘Shogun’ is that 'fuck you' song that I feel best says, 'ready or not, here we come!'

"We have a lot going on in 2018 already. With every member of the band finally stepping foot in this industry, we each have a lot planned to show the world what we’ve got. We’re talking tours, shows, clinics, new music and even signature crafted brews. We are here and we are ready!"

HYVMINE play their debut show opening for Intervals and Nick Johnston at Slide Bar in LA on Thursday 25th January.

Head over to https://www.facebook.com/
hyvmineband for all additional information and stay tuned, as international touring will be coming soon. 

Purchase Earthquake here:
Merch Store - http://hyperurl.co/6y2dq0
iTunes - http://hyperurl.co/rsaywx
Amazon - http://hyperurl.co/8qtdh8

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UK metalcore band SHIELDS have today announced their signing to Long Branch Records, with new single 'It's Killing Me' coming January 26th. 

SHIELDS are a London-based metal band established in 2012. They wrote and self-released their first EP in 2013 and have toured the UK relentlessly, gathering a strong following wherever they went. In April 2015 SHIELDS dropped their second EP Guilt which for the next two years would take them on tours running laps around Mainland Europe and the UK, and land them festivals and shows with the likes of Born Of Osiris, Chelsea Grin, Ice Nine Kills and Veil Of Maya to name a few. During their extensive touring schedule the band were writing on and off the road for their next release.

'It's Killing Me' is the band's first new song in nearly three years. With a new album up their sleeves and the support-tour for Escape The Fate starting today, SHIELDS are ready to make 2018 theirs.

Don't miss them on these dates:

18/01/18 - IE - Dublin - Voodoo Lounge
19/01/18 - UK - Belfast - Oh Yeah Centre
20/01/18 - UK - Glasgow - Garage
21/01/18 - UK - Manchester - Academy 2
22/01/18 - UK - Bristol - Thekla
23/01/18 - BE - Aarschot - De Klinker
25/01/18 - DE - Cologne - Essigfabrik
26/01/18 - FR - Paris - Le Trabendo
27/01/18 - CH - Lausanne - Les Docks
09/02/18 - UK - London - KOKO

For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/Shieldsuk/
http://www.spv.de/portfolio/long-branch-records/

Complexity Fest announces its next wave of bands for the 2018 iteration of the festival, its third year.

Expanding to two days, on 23rd and 24th of February 2018, the Dutch festival (located at Patronaat, Haarlem) continues to grow. Focusing on the complex, experimental, progressive and adventurous side of heavy music, Complexity Fest 2018 boasts a stirring and impressively international line-up.

The following new acts have been announced: tech-death heavyweights The Faceless, Norwegian blackened avant-garde veterans DØDHEIMSGARD, instrumental progressive favourite Sithu Aye, German prog/math metal band The Hirsch Effekt, instrumental ambient trio Toska, Danish extreme brutes Cabal, Belgians Barst, Portuguese technical deathcore group The Voynich Code, experimental electronic mavericks Knalpot, French math/metalcore quartet The Dali Thundering Concept, Helium Horse Fly, and Dutch metal favourites Chiraw.
 
They join SikTh, Carnifex, and more. Full list:

Friday 23rd of February (18:00-00:00):
CARNIFEX
JOHN FRUM
OCEANO
AVERSIONS CROWN
DODECAHEDRON
DISENTOMB
ULSECT
THE DALI THUNDERING CONCEPT

Tickets €20: www.ticketmaster.nl/event/complexity-fest-2018-friday-tickets/207233

Saturday 24th of February (12:00-04:00):
SIKTH
THE FACELESS
BLANCK MASS
DODHEIMSGARD
VOLA
THREE TRAPPED TIGERS
SITHU AYE
EMPLOYED TO SERVE
GOD MOTHER
THE HIRSCH EFFEKT
TOSKA
CABAL
KNALPOT
POIL
BARST
THE VOYNICH CODE
HELIUM HORSE FLY
CHIRAW

Tickets €35: www.ticketmaster.nl/event/complexity-fest-2018-saturday-tickets/207235

Day tickets are now available, for €20 for Friday and €35 for the Saturday.

First phase weekend tickets have sold out; second phase tickets (€45) are available here: http://bit.ly/2xI2cWF

The announcement follows a highly successful second year for Complexity in 2017, which led to Kerrang Magazine stating:

"They've really upped their game, with a line-up of rising stars and heavyweights that go way beyond your average run-of-the-mill Meshuggah worship."
 
In 2018 Complexity will consist of a Friday evening (18:00-02:00) and full Saturday (12:00-04:00). 

Info and tickets: www.patronaat.nl

Held in the three-hall venue of Patronaat in the beautiful city of Haarlem (only 20km from Amsterdam), Complexity Fest looks set to continue making its mark on the European progressive metal live scene.
 
Friday 23 and Saturday 24 February, 2018
Patronaat
Zijlsingel 2, Haarlem
The Netherlands

THE AMSTERDAM RED LIGHT DISTRICT (TARLD) have released their new video and single 'Carry On', ahead of new album Sapere Aude, set for release on March 2nd 2018 via Red Light Records.

Premiered on Kerrang!, check it out the 360° video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkd2GcaEuQ0

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Stream on Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/album/4BNRUmLbmTD2ltPk2kLfOM

Pre-order the album here: https://www.amazon.com/Sapere-Aude-Amsterdam-Light-District/dp/B078PN1F9Q

In the band's own words: 

“We wanted to play on the concept of madness with this song. This world makes us lose ourselves, and sometimes we lose control. Each of us do have a normal side, and a crazy alter-ego on the other side. This interactive music video plays on this, with an opposition between a soft version of the band and the crazier version. Both teams take a look at each other. The bright side tries to keep calm while the dark side shows the fury. Which alter-ego are you today? Choose your team!”

TARLD have also announced a range of tour dates, playing across the UK, France, and Spain.

Saturday 3rd March - Stamford - Mama Liz's Voodoo Lounge
Sunday 4th March - Rhyl - The North  
Tuesday 6th March - Leeds - Santiago Bar
Wednesday 7th March - Canterbury - Chromos
Thursday 8th March - London - The Sebright Arms
Friday 9th March - Bridgwater - The Cobblestones
Saturday 10th March - Cheltenham  - Frong & Fiddle
Friday 23th March - Lyon (France) - Hardrock Cafe
Saturday 24th March - Paris (France) - Bus Palladium
Saturday 12th May - Granollers/Barcelona (Spain) - Dràstik Punkaires
Sunday 13th May - Alicante (Spain) - Marearock
Tuesday 15th May - Almeria (Spain) - La Cueva
Saturday 19th May - Madrid (Spain) - Entre Darts Rock

Having firmly established themselves with their highly acclaimed debut Gone For a While, THE AMSTERDAM RED LIGHT DISTRICT are set to further raise the bar with sophomore album Sapere Aude. For fans of While She Sleeps, Letlive., Stray from the Path and more, TARLD have created a new masterful album of riffy melodic hardcore and mark themselves as a new force from France. With a notable touring record having performed across Europe with the likes of Refused, Anti-Flag and Slayer, TARLD show no sign of slowing in 2018 with many dates to be announced soon.
 

Tracklisting: 

1 - Nobody Moves Like You
2 - The Best Is Yet To Come (Ft. Liam Cormier of Cancer Bats)
3 - Need
4 - Wild Life
5 - Carry On
6 - Over The Fence
7 - Waiting For The Day
8 - The Whole City Burns
9 - Evil Stakeholders
10 - Sapere Aude (Outro)
 

Danish extreme metallers CABAL have released the first single / video single, 'False Light', from their upcoming debut album Mark Of Rot, out 23 February.

Premiered on Metal Hammer, check it out here: https://youtu.be/g1YUHShKlm8

CABAL are one of the most brutal and promising heavy acts hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark. The band create a visceral and doom-laden atmosphere throughout both their music and visual expression. The production is crystal clear, whilst the songs draw inspiration from black and death metal to djent, hardcore and more.

Mark Of Rot is the band's debut album and the follow-up to their critically acclaimed EP Purge from 2016, which earned them an award for best rock music video of the year, as well as national radio playtime. Following the release of Purge, CABAL have played several sold-out shows, shared the stage with widely renowned international acts and toured across Europe.

Mark Of Rot sees CABAL expanding on their signature sound, by incorporating bigger shifts in tempo and more eerie melodies, whilst still staying true to what made people take notice in the first place, bone-crushing heaviness and an unrelenting feeling of uneasiness. Adding to this, both guest-vocalists CJ McMahon (Thy Art Is Murder) and Filip Danielsson (Humanity’s Last Breath), leave no doubt that Mark Of Rot is an unstoppable wrecking ball.

The lyrics on Mark Of Rot sit within the soundscape, and continue the theme from Purge - expanding on the mythos around a death cult determined to bring forth the end of existence.

Mark Of Rot will be released on 23 February, 2018 via Long Branch Records.

The album will be available in a verity of limited bundles via the Long Branch Records shop. The highlight is a bundle with an exclusive CABAL-necklace made of .925 sterling silver! Only 10 available!

Pre-order Mark Of Rot here: https://cabal.lnk.to/MarkOfRot

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Introducing KAOTEON, a death metal band with a savage blackened attack in the form of their new full-length album, Damnatio Memoriae. The album is due for release on February 23, 2018.

Premiered via Metal Injection, KAOTEON have released their title track and you can listen here: 
https://youtu.be/gVHcFrVcdEg

As a species, humanity has plunged itself into an abyss of displacement, greed, tension and paranoia. Out of the hellish darkness emerges Lebanese extreme death metal band KAOTEON.
 
KAOTEON is an unusual east-west international extreme metal collaboration, originally hailing from the Middle East but now based in Amsterdam. For Damnatio Memoriae, full-time members Anthony Kaoteon (Death Drive) on guitar and vocalist Walid Wolflust (Ordum, ex-Gothmog) tapped the distinctive talents of bass wizard Linus Klausenitzer of Obscura and drum master Fredrik Widigs of Marduk as guests. After performing with them live for the first time in Beirut in April at the Beirut Metal Fest, Klausenitzer described KAOTEON as, “legends of the Lebanese metal scene”.
 
As a band, KAOTEON has faced censorship at the highest levels in their home country – they have been put in jail for devil worshipping, attacked by religious groups, and raided several times by police trying to use them as scapegoats to mask political and religious problems in the region. It's a terrifying but enthrallingly honest story of a metal band trying to exist, succeed and break out of the Middle East.
 
Vocalist Walid Wolflust says: “Lebanese metalheads are some of the friendliest and most amazing people to hang out with. It is sad to see great potential in this world gone to waste because someone somewhere decided to label people at birth and imprison them into their borders. The scene itself is thirsty for metal, so international bands should expect amazing interaction from the crowd. The Dutch scene – where we exist now – shows strong support for local talent, unlike the Lebanese scene. The Dutch scene loves their bands above all, while we feel that the Lebanese metal scene favors the international bands.”
 
Damnatio Memoriae succeeds at portraying the band’s justified “f*ck-the-world” outlook with nine poisonous tracks that brim with exhilarating magnetism and needle-sharp riffing. Beginning at track one with 'Damnatio Memoriae' – which describes the ancient Latin punishment of eradicating a person or figure from all memory and mention. KAOTEON unleash an all-out ferocious aural assault, attacking the very foundations of their genre with absolute conviction.
 
Referring to the inclusion of Linus Klausenitzer and Fredrik Widigs on this album, Wolflustadds: “Linus and Fredrik are extraordinary musicians playing with state of the art bands each in their respective genres. Linus is a melodic bass maestro and Fredrik has an amazing delivery that does not lose groove while still being as aggressive as it can get. The best thing about them being a part of this project is that Linus has become a very close friend to us, and that’s what really matters at the end of the day.”
 
Damnatio Memoriae was self-recorded by KAOTEON, with mixing and mastering credited to renowned Swedish producer Daniel Bergstrand, who is recognised for his celebrated work with bands such as Behemoth, Dark Funeral, Dimmu Borgir and many more of today’s top metal artists.

Damnatio Memoriae is explosive metal at its finest, and is sure to be one of the most buzzed about extreme metal releases of the year.

Pre-order the album here: 
https://kaoteon.bandcamp.com/