BLACK COAST have confirmed that they'll release their Ill Minds Vol 1 EP on 9th November 2018 via Primordial Records. The 6-track record is the first installment of a double EP, following their ferocious debut Crows of the North.

To coincide, the quintet have released a video for their new single 'S.L.Y.', check it out here: https://youtu.be/i9-MoxtZwLU

BLACK COAST have also announced a headline tour in support of the EP, joined by special guests MSRY. Additional dates have been confirmed for December, including a show in support of KING 810.

Full dates: 

21.11.2018 - Swansea, The Bunkhouse (w/ MSRY)
22.11.2018 - Birmingham, Subside (w/ MSRY)
23.11.2018 - Bournemouth, The Anvil (w/ MSRY)
24.11.2018 - Torquay, The Apple And Parrot (w/ MSRY)

12.12 - Stoke, Sugarmill (w/ King 810)
23.12 - Stoke, Underground (Christmas Show) 

Formed in January of 2016, BLACK COAST wasted no time in making their voice heard within a very over-saturated UK metal scene. With the release of their debut EP Crows Of The North and a plethora of tours that took them to every corner of the country, BLACK COAST have made a name for themselves as one of the most hardworking and exciting bands to emerge in the last few years.

2017 bought the band an unforgettable year: summer saw the band support the likes of Stray From The Path before setting out on a full Japanese tour, hitting some of the biggest cities in the country including Tokyo and Nagoya. The band followed this up with performances alongside Gideon, In Hearts Wakeand Silent Screams.

BLACK COAST are well known for their tireless work ethic, and show no signs of slowing down in 2018. The band signed to Primordial Records for the release of their second offering, a double EP titled Ill Minds Volume 1 & 2 - a ferocious and relentless assault on your eardrums, combining melodic and intense sections to form their very own style.

For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/blackcoastuk/
https://twitter.com/blackcoastuk
https://www.instagram.com/blackcoastuk/

Album YUGEN out now
UK headline tour starts September 27th
Review and interview opportunities available

BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE released a live version of 'Wires' taken from their Download 2018 performance. 'Wires' is taken from their new album Yugen, which was released earlier this year via Long Branch Records.

Check out 'Wires' here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0fJ3hRdUag&feature=youtu.be

Vocalist / Guitarist Paul Visser commented "Playing Download Festival was an absolute dream come true for us. It's been a huge influence our whole lives and really is the spiritual home of heavy music in the UK. Getting the chance to perform there was the highlight of our career so far. Check out the vid that the talented Jay Hillyer shot for us - we had an absolute blast editing it, and it really captures the band live and what it means to us to play. We can't wait to hit the road very soon - see you at a show!"  

BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE have released the video ahead of their UK headline dates throughout September and October in support of their latest release Yugen.

**Contact James@holdtightpr.com for review and interview opportunities** BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE live
27.09.2018 UK, Birmingham - Subside 
28.09.2018 UK, Bolton - Alma Inn
30.09.2018 UK, Sheffield - Mulberry Tavern
04.10.2018 UK, London - Fest Camden
05.10.2018 UK, Bournemouth - The Anvil
07.10.2018 UK, Tunbridge Wells - The Forum Basement
 BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE create dense, powerful rock music that combines fearless complexity, aggressive heaviness and beautiful, hook-laden melody.  

With a gargantuan sound and energetic live performance, the three-piece hailing from London have been unleashing their ferociously tight show across Europe, including a UK tour with HED p.e, several headline runs and much-lauded appearances at Standon Calling, Planet Rockstock, Camden Rocks Festival or German Taubertal Festival amongst others. Their critically-acclaimed debut album Archetype garnered widespread media attention, withsingle God Is Awake being selected as Kerrang! Radio's track of the week. 

Having played alongside heavyweights such as Biffy Clyro, Editors andSkunk Anansie and with a dedicated, growing fanbase, BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE demand your attention.

  Line Up:
Paul Visser - Vocals, Guitar
David Ferguson - Bass, Vocals
Billy Freedom - Drums 

New album New Devils New Levels out 12 October via Rude Records

Genre-blending instrumental heavyweights POLYPHIA have shared 'Yas', the third single from their upcoming album New Levels New Devils (Out October 12th on Rude Records / Equal Vision Records), along with an accompanying video.

Watch the official video for “Yas” now on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/2hln1TOQUZ0

The track boasts lush riffs, innovative percussion and impeccable trap-inspired production, as well as features from fellow guitar virtuosos Mario Camarena and Erick Hansel from Chon. Production on 'Yas' comes from LA based, hip hop producer Y2K (Killy, Yung Bans) and The Worst, also known as Tim Henson (Polyphia).

This August, POLYPHIA announced New Levels New Devils with the single “O.D.”, the video for which reached 100k views in the first 24 hours, as the band’s stand-alone summer single “G.O.A.T” climbed past 2 million views.

New Levels New Devils will be the band’s third full-length album and features guests from all over the map including guitarists Ichika, Mateus Asato, Jason Richardson, Erick Hansel and Mario Camarena from Chon, Yvette Young from Covet. The only vocal feature comes from one of this year’s most exciting new producer, singer and multi-instrumentalist, known as Cuco. 

Speaking on the new track Tim Henson says: 

“For god so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten sons, that whoever believed in them, shall not perish, but have everlasting life.

"As god’s gift to earth, We, the chosen ones (not only the biggest, but the best Christian rock band in the world) have descended from the heavens, clad in holy Gucci linen, to present to you god’s greatest creation “Yas” featuring not only the biggest, but also the best jazz band in the world, Chon. Weep and repent in all of its glory. Praise be unto Us, hallelujah!"

New Levels New Devils is the first album release from POLYPHIA since their 2017 EP The Most Hated - which reached #6 on the Billboard Independent Label Release charts and cracked the top ten for Top Current Rock. It also hit #41 on the Billboard Top 200 and #36 for Top Current Albums. Stay tuned for new music from POLYPHIA as the band unveils more info on their new record out October 12th on Rude Records / Equal Vision Records. 

After their Australian tour, POLYPHIA will return home for a headlining run of North America in early October, supported by Hail The Sun and Covet. Tickets for the New Levels New Devils tour are available now at polyphia.com.

New Levels New Devils Tracklist:

1. Nasty feat. Jason Richardson
2. O.D.
3. Death Note feat. Ichika
4. Bad
5. Drown feat. Mateus Asato
6. Saucy 
7. Yas feat. Mario Camarena and Erick Hansel
8. So Strange feat. Cuco
9. Rich Kids feat. Yvette Young
10. G.O.A.T.

Pre-order new Levels New Devils here: https://polyphia.lnk.to/nlnd

Exciting new prog-rock/pop trio EXPLORING BIRDSONG have announced dates supporting both new sensation Sleep Token in their debut headline ritual, and a three-date tour with prog band Godsticks. The band will also be making their festival debut in the form of HRH Prog 2018.

Dates are as follows:

11/10 St Pancras Old Church London (supporting Sleep Token)
12/10 Soup Kitchen Manchester (supporting Godsticks)
13/10 Cluny 2 Newcastle (supporting Godsticks)
14/10 The Garage Attic Glasgow (supporting Godsticks)

17/11 HRH Prog Pwllheli, Wales

The news continues the trio's exciting rise, following their recent live cover of the classic '(Don't Fear) The Reaper'. Premiered via Classic Rock Magazine's Facebook, the video cover has now reached over 46,000 views. You can also watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--B8yey9hSE

Riding high on the excitement generated by first video 'The Downpour', the band have also caught the attention of Prog ('an almost intangible magic'), Kerrang! Magazine and Kerrang Radio's Alex Baker, who says "it's one of those songs that finds its way into my soul every time I listen to it".

EXPLORING BIRDSONG are a unique proposition: Matt Harrison on drums, Jonny Knight on bass/second keys, often played simultaneously, and completed by Lynsey Ward's piano and stunning vocals. Pop sensibilities and soulfully gorgeous singing meet progressive compositions, reminiscent of Iamthemorning, Steven Wilson, Kate Bush and more.

For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/ExploringBirdsong/
https://www.twitter.com/ExBirdsong
https://www.instagram.com/exploringbirdsong/

Unique Leader proudly announces the addition of Slovenian true slam act WITHIN DESTRUCTION to their ever expanding roster.
 
The group, which according to Metal Injection “are quite literally responsible for reshaping the sound of deathcore”, will be reissuing their absolutely savage 2018 release Deathwish worldwide on October 12th. In a 10/10 review New Transcendencesaid of the album “WITHIN DESTRUCTION prove that their debut slam-dunk, Void, wasn’t just beginners luck, and instead, the first step in what’s shaping up to be an immense, immolating journey of ungodly heaviness.”

Featuring WITHIN DESTRUCTION’s most inspired and relentlessly brutal songwriting, jaw dropping artwork and a devastating mix by Will Putney (Thy Art Is Murder, Fit For An Autopsy), Deathwish is not only an excellent follow up to their 2016 debut Void, but it is set to become a modern death metal classic.

The band has also premiered a new music video for their track 'Self Hatred'.

Watch the video HERE
 
Deathwish track listing: 

1. External Interference

2. DEATHWISH

3. False Revelation

4. Extinction

5. Torture Ritual

6. Human Defect

7. Downfall of Humanity

8. Darkness Swallows Life

9. Self Hatred

10. Death Awaits Us All

11. HMR45

Physical pre-order bundles for Deathwish are available HERE
UK/EU pre-order bundles are available HERE

WITHIN DESTRUCTION will be pulverising crowds across North America as part of this year's Bloodletting North America Tour alongside Decrepit Birth, Arsis, Internal Bleeding, Pyrexia, and Angelmaker.

Definition out 22.09.18

Manchester groove metallers PROGNOSIS are pleased to unveil their debut full-length Definition.

Exclusively premiered yesterday via Heavy Blog Is Heavy, you can listen to the viciously inspiring and expansive album here: http://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2018/09/20/exclusive-premiere-prognosis-unleash-their-piercing-debut-definition/ 

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Purchase the album here: https://prognosis.bigcartel.com/

Musically Prognosis have cultivated their own sound on this record, developing their Ghost EP and 'Drones' single. Labelled once as “Mastodon playing Carcass”, the band include a host of subtle influences which makes Definition a highly rewarding listen. Beyond groove metal, the band also emulate Dream Theater and Muse, the technicality of Jeff Loomis, and the abrasive elements of Death and beyond. Lyrically, the songs are bound together by a concept which looks at the flawed characteristics that define us as humans, such as selfishness, greed and imperiousness. All combined, the band create music that is at once progressive, grounded, over-the-top and ferocious, and well deserving a listen.

To add to the album, co-guitarist/vocalist Phil Weller has penned a book of short stories expanding on the stories. From a dystopian sci-fi tale of survival and a tragic love story (think Steven Wilson meets Romeo and Juliet) to a King who cons his way into heaven, the multi-genre collection reveals the songs in deeper and different lights. Available soon.

In their short history Prognosis have played at Bloodstock (2017), and supported Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, Threshold, Lawnmower Deth, Conjurer, Boss Keloid; and are due to play Mammoth Fest 2018.

Track-list:
01.High Road
02. Echoes
03. Isolation
04. Downfall
05. Repentance
06. The Sycophant
07. Legacy
08. Waste
09. Drones

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Make Me Young, Etc out 26 October via Rockosmos

London alt-rock quartet Thumpermonkey return with their breathtaking full-length Make Me Young, Etc which will be released via Rockosmos on 26th October, and have unveiled their new single / video ‘Veldt’.

Premiered via Prog magazine, check out ‘Veldt‘ here: https://youtu.be/g4GKEoaq6ig

Guitarist and vocalist Michael Woodman commented: "When I originally came up with 'Veldt', I'd been listening to the inscrutable nightmare soundscapes of noughties Scott Walker, (particularly tracks where he would take something sweet and add uncomfortable drones - emotional resonances that were difficult to process in terms of words like 'happy' or 'sad'). I wanted to do something like that. This is technically a love song."

'Veldt' is taken from the new album Make Me Young, Etc, a concept record that counts down to the end of existence.

In 2012, following the release of Thumpermonkey’s Sleep Furiously album, singer Michael Woodman received a random email from a fan called Max whom, feeling an affinity with Woodman, felt obligated to share with him his revelation of the end of the world.

Woodman, initially wrote the email off as an artefact from an oddball, but in the following months he found himself beginning to think about Max’s message and the mysterious person behind it with increasing frequency. Woodman never attempted to reply to Max, and to this day, Max has never contacted Woodman again.

Make Me Young, Etc arks a clear evolution for Thumpermonkey. Guitarist and pianist Rael Jones’s day job as a screen composer infiltrates and inflates the music into an epic cinemascope fever-dream – a backdrop to Woodman’s unique stream of consciousness vocal style, perfectly suspended in a score to a film that doesn[‘t exist.

Make Me Young, Etc exists in homage to the unknown Max, and poses the question; if you knew tomorrow was the end of the world, would you be able to let go of all your regrets, and live differently for just one day?

Thumpermonkey have been slowly but surely building their reputation as a captivating live band, and 2018 has seen them perform at 8 Years of Chaos Festival, EppyFest and select shows including a support with Polymath.

The band will next headline The Victoria in Dalson, London on 11 October. Purchase tickets here: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/438848

Pre-order Make Me Young Etc here: https://www.rockosmos.com/make-me-young-etc

FOLLOW THE BAND
WEBSITE: http://thumpermonkey.com 
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/thumpermonkeyband/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thumpermonkey_
YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/user/Thumpermonkey
BANDCAMP: https://thumpermonkey.bandcamp.com
SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6uPhRxSHY9UWiyuImpE8e9 

MAKE ME YOUNG, ETC TRACKLISTING:

1.  Veldt  
2.  Cranefly  
3.  Figstorm  
4.  Buttersun  
5.  Deckchair  For  Your  Ghost
6.  Make  Me  Young  etc  
7.  TempeTerra

 EP T.H.R.E.E. out now

UK progressive metal band DIVIDIUM release 'Body Harvest' video.

Taken from new E.P, T.H.R.E.E, and drawing influence from bands such as TesseracT and Protest the Hero, the track is a soundscape of aggression and emotion that details the breakdown of important relationships and a change of direction in life.

Watch 'Body Harvest' here:  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLscSF41IQk
 
Lead singer, Neil Bailey, said ‘This song was the simplest track to write on the album. The premise of the song was based on a single moment from about 10 years ago when I realised very suddenly that the relationship I was in was toxic and essentially over. I was aware that no matter how hard I tried or how long I waited for things to fix themselves, they never would. It crushed me. It took me a long time to come to terms with it but I’m glad it happened. This song was something I’d always wanted to write but I never seemed to be able to find the right words, until we began writing 'Body Harvest'. It’s the song I’m most proud of on the EP and the passion and devastation really comes through in the vocal delivery and lyrical content.’
 
Moving from beautifully sweeping guitar, through to aggressive riffs and complimented by expressive and unique vocal delivery, the song blends the lines between technical metal and modern song writing.
 
DIVIDIUM have supported many acts including Tesseract, Malefice, Valis Ablaze, Exist Immortal, toured the UK with The Colour Line and played Tech Fest, which has enabled them to refine their incredible live show. More live dates will be announced soon.

SCHIERMANN is touring the UK from September 28th

Prog guitar virtuoso SCHIERMANN has announced that he'll be supporting Sons of Apollo on their upcoming run through the UK, see below for dates.

28/09 - Islington Assembly Hall, London
29/09 - SWX, Bristol
30/09 - Garage, Glasgow
01/10 - Academy 2, Manchester

He will also be performing at Euroblast festival in Cologne, Germany, 5th - 7th October.

Taken from his self-titled debut album, check out the video 'Technical Disabilities' here: https://youtu.be/qSsFZsR4ZW0

Released late 2017, the SCHIERMANN self-titled debut is a journey of adventurous, infectious melodies and intelligent grooves topped off with a large dose virtuoso lead work inspired by many players across the decades. Chris’ first love Randy Rhoads’ style is very present, along with the grit of Van Halen, finesse of Steve Vai and the inventiveness of Tosin Abasi.

Purchase Schiermann here:
http://www.schiermannofficial.com/
http://www.facebook.com/SchiermannMusic/
http://www.instagram.com/schiermannmusic/