London rockers BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE have released a video for their acoustic rendition of 'Vertigo', a track taken from their latest album Yugen, released on 25th May 2018 via Long Branch Records.

Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/A4yue7kMGaE

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Vocalist/guitarist Paul Visser comments on the track: 

"This is a song about admitting you're scared of something and doing it anyway. We actually tried it as a full band arrangement but it never really clicked until we stripped everything out and it became a simple acoustic track."

BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE have a busy summer of live shows, including a tour with Ravenface and a one-off show supporting Skunk Anansie at London's O2 Brixton Academy. 

04.05.19 UK, Charisworth - Teddy Rocks Festival
28.05.19 UK, Derby - Hairy Dog /w Ravenface
29.05.19 UK, Stoke-On-Trent - The Underground /w Ravenface
30.05.19 UK, Guildford - The Holroyd Arms /w Ravenface
31.05.19 UK, Bournemouth - The Anvil /w Ravenface
01.06.19 UK, Northampton - The Lab /w Ravenface
02.06.19 UK, London - Camden Rocks Festival / The Black Heart
20.07.19 UK, Gloucestershire - Amplified Festival
08.08.19 UK, London - 229 Venue /w Hypophora
09.08.19 UK, Southampton - Joiners /w Hypophora
17.08.19 UK, London - Brixton Academy /w Skunk Anansie

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, German Taubertal Festival and more.  

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

Purchase or stream Yugen here: https://blackorchidempire.lnk.to/yugen

BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE are:

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

German alternative rock band THE INTERSPHERE share new single and latest title-track 'The Grand Delusion' along with a live video. The video was shot during the band's latest album release tour between December and January and gives a good indication of what to expect from THE INTERSPHERE's upcoming dates with Coheed and Cambria, as well as the summer festival performance including UK Tech-Fest.

Watch the new video here: https://youtu.be/JExm-GnFiQk

Live dates:

28.04.19 DE, Cologne - Live Music Hall /w Coheed and Cambria
29.04.19 DE, Munich - Backstage /w Coheed and Cambria
01.05.19 DE, Hamburg - Markthalle /w Coheed And Cambria
02.05.19 DE, Berlin - Astra /w Coheed and Cambria
03.05.19 DE, Karlsruhe - Substage /w Coheed and Cambria
20.06.19 DE, Düsseldorf, Vier Linden
22.06.19 NL, Valkenburg aan de Geul - Midsummer Prog Festival
06.07.19 UK, Newark-on-Trent - UK Tech-Fest
26.07.19 DE, Viersen, Eier mit Speck Festival
27.07.19 DE, Schrobenhausen, Noisehausen Festival
08.08.19 DE, Eschwege, Open Flair Festival
10.08.19 DE, Oberhausen, Olgas Rock Festival
24.08.19 DE, Alfeld, Beach Bitch Rock Festival
25.08.19 DE, Karben, Karben Open Air
05.12.19 CH, Aarau - KIFF /w Gran Noir
06.12.19 CH, St. Gallen - Grabenhalle /w Gran Noir

Stream and Purchase The Grand Delusion here

The background of The Grand Delusion album is the highly subjective question that is not only posed by Paul Watzlawick in his eponymous book, but that has now reached a completely new dimension in the madness of media coverage: How real is reality? The songs are not only concerned with thinking and acting in sociological and societal contexts, in systems, orders and interpretations of reality created by humans, but also with reflecting on oneself, introspection and the question “What foundation is my own reality based on?”  Almost five years after their last release, and after personal crises and changes, The Grand Delusion is lyrically the most personal album to date from The Intersphere, but also one of the most varied, loudest and angriest. 
 
“The production aimed at recording the four main instruments live and as close up, big and detailed as possible, and thus duplication was largely avoided. We also experimented with new open tunings and countless distortion and fuzz pedals that make the sound more distorted and dirty. But there are also a couple of opulently arranged songs that enrich the sounds of The Intersphere with new colors and facets that people have never heard from us before.”

Like its predecessor, Relations in the Unseen, the album was produced by Christoph Hesslerand The Intersphere, recorded live at Toolhouse Studios in Rotenburg (Germany), mixed and co-produced by Moritz Enders and mastered by Robin Schmidt. The artwork was once again created by the band's longtime associate Pierre Schmidt Dromsjel.

BORDERS have released their third single 'Nothing To Lose' from the upcoming debut album Purify. The British four-piece's debut will be released on 10th May 2019 via Long Branch Records.

Check out the new single here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mrrvpm7t1g&feature=youtu.be

BORDERS have also announced a run of UK headline shows and festival appearances in support of the album.

Dates:

03.05.2019 - Manchester, Rebellion
04.05.2019 - Cardiff, Fuel
05.05.2019 - Exeter, The Cavern
06.05.2019 - Brighton, Green Door Store
07.05.2019 - Southampton, Joiners
08.05.2019 - London, 229
09.05.2019 - Birmingham, Subside
10.05.2019 - Nottingham, Alberts
11.05.2019 - Lincoln, Liquor
12.05.2019 - Glasgow, 13th Note
24-26.05.2019 - Lincolnshire, Call Of The Wild Festival
04-08.07.2019 - Newark, UK Tech Fest
31.08.2019 - Torquay, Burn It Down Festival

Hailing from Lincoln, UK, BORDERS are pushing to lead in a new era of heavy music, seamlessly blending genres and styles to forge a crushing yet melodic and unique experience. Since joining forces with new vocalist Jordan 'JJ' Olifent in 2016, BORDERS have been working hard impressing crowds across the UK and Europe with their energetic, powerful live performance. From playing sold-out hometown shows, to supporting Skindred and Whitechapel and appearing at UK Tech-Fest, BORDERS consistently electrify crowds as unchained force Olifent leads the indomitable machine. Lunging from the crowd to the mic and leaving no spot unclaimed, he bends the crowd to his will with gang chants, mosh pits and room splits. While performing alongside Martyr Defiled on their UK/EU farewell tour, Metal Hammer said of their live show: "[Borders are] boasting an energised stage presence and an armada of head-bang-inducing grooves."

Speaking out on modern issues of healthcare, austerity and corruption, the band's Diagnosed EP was released in 2017. It received glowing reviews from Metal Hammer and more, as well as gaining regular radio play on Kerrang’s Fresh Blood, where Alex Baker hailed BORDERS as "behemoths of tomorrow." The songwriting, catchiness, technical prowess and sheer brutality of the record were standout points for critics. The EP theme hit home for Olifent as his lyrical content reflected his own mother’s experiences with cancer and the healthcare system. After she beat the disease with only natural remedies and lifestyle changes, Olifent seeks to pose questions on trust in the healthcare system and the corporate greed that drives pharmaceutical companies to put profits before people.

Purify is an ambitious full-length record which documents a timeline of human corruption; from the wartime atrocities of the Japanese experimental death camps in '731', to modern day political corruption in war, all the way to a bleak vision of future potential healthcare systems in 'Wake Up'. Purify is a statement on the condition of the world today, yesterday and tomorrow that not only sounds incredible but might change the way you look at the world around you. Olifent muses on the development of human corruption; the barbaric human beginnings of mass slaughter against targeted groups may seem a world away to the average citizen, but not only do those atrocities still exist, but corruption and evil has further retreated and disguised itself behind closed doors. A disguise that is easily lifted with information and a willingness to challenge one's own beliefs. Purify is a call for a purge of corruption and a call for the average person to think more about the world they inhabit.

BORDERS are:

Jordan Olifent - Vocals
Gavin Burton - Guitars
Tom Britton - Bass
Daniel Hodson - Drums

For more information:
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https://www.twitter.com/BordersbandUK
https://www.youtube.com/user/BordersbandUK
https://www.instagram.com/BordersbandUK

London rockers BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE have released a video for their acoustic rendition of 'Vertigo', a track taken from their latest album Yugen, released on 25th May 2018 via Long Branch Records.

Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/A4yue7kMGaE

Vocalist/guitarist Paul Visser comments on the track: 

"This is a song about admitting you're scared of something and doing it anyway. We actually tried it as a full band arrangement but it never really clicked until we stripped everything out and it became a simple acoustic track."

BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE have a busy summer of live shows, including a tour with Ravenface and a one-off show supporting Skunk Anansie at London's O2 Brixton Academy. 

04.05.19 UK, Charisworth - Teddy Rocks Festival
28.05.19 UK, Derby - Hairy Dog /w Ravenface
29.05.19 UK, Stoke-On-Trent - The Underground /w Ravenface
30.05.19 UK, Guildford - The Holroyd Arms /w Ravenface
31.05.19 UK, Bournemouth - The Anvil /w Ravenface
01.06.19 UK, Northampton - The Lab /w Ravenface
02.06.19 UK, London - Camden Rocks Festival / The Black Heart
20.07.19 UK, Gloucestershire - Amplified Festival
08.08.19 UK, London - 229 Venue /w Hypophora
09.08.19 UK, Southampton - Joiners /w Hypophora
17.08.19 UK, London - Brixton Academy /w Skunk Anansie

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, German Taubertal Festival and more.  

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

Purchase or stream Yugen here: https://blackorchidempire.lnk.to/yugen

BLACK ORCHID EMPIRE are:

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

The undisputed greatest metal band in the world, POLYPHIA, blessed fans yesterday with their latest single 'Look But Don’t Touch' alongside the accompanying video for the track. Featuring LA-based singer Lewis Grant, the track marks the second time the band has found a vocalist worthy of collaboration, following their partnering with Cuco on the single 'So Strange' from their 2018 breakout full-length, New Levels New Devils.

Watch 'Look But Don't Touch' here: https://youtu.be/J7aAKMzi4zw

Purchase / stream here: polyphia.lnk.to/LBDT

New Levels New Devils reached #27 in the UK Progressive Music Chart and landed hard on the US Billboard charts, hitting #1 on Independent Albums, #2 on Current Alternative, #3 on Vinyl, #4 on Current Rock, #6 on Digital and #61 on the Top 200. The band also achieved 27 million streams on Spotify in 2018.

The record features guests from all over the map including singer-songwriter Cuco, guitarists Ichika, Mateus Asato, Jason Richardson, Erick Hansel and Mario Camarenafrom Chon, and Yvette Young from Covet. New Levels New Devils also marked a shift into uncharted territory where the band further blurred the lines of genre by partnering with Y2K (Killy, Yung Bans) and Judge (Migos & Marshmello, Young Thug) to help produce the majority of the tracks. Since the album release, Polyphia have been playing sold out shows across the US, Asia, and the UK as well as their first shows in India. The start of the new year also brought the announcement of signature Ibanez guitars for both Tim Henson and Scott LePage, solidifying their places as modern guitar gods. 

Polyphia have kicked off their U.S. headline tour which runs from 1st April to 5th May with support from I The Mighty and Tides of Man.

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British metal heavyweights SWORN AMONGST have released new single 'Enslaved', the second single taken from new EP Reclamation, set for release on 12 April via Famined Records.

Premiered via Metal Injection, check it out here: YouTube

Pre-order Reclamation here: https://faminedrecords.lnk.to/reclamation

The band have also announced a number of European tour dates and festivals this summer including Camden rocks, Hop Fest, Badger Fest and Castle Fest. see below for dates.

Reclamation is five tracks of crushing low-tuned riffs, bouncy grooves and giant hooks. It's the band's first release since 2015 Under a Titan Sky, an album highly praised by the press and metal community, and they've come back even bigger and stronger with this EP.

The band will also be touring the UK/EU relentlessly and also embark on a festival run performing at Hammerfest, Camden Rocks and more.

It's surely no wonder why the the UK's SWORN AMONGST have such a loyal fan base and following ever since establishing in 2004. Nailing constant tours across UK and Europe, the metal five piece have grabbed crowds by the throat and punished them with their jaw dropping live show, something the band thrive on and without fail. nail on a daily basis. Sworn Amongst have had the pleasure of touring with the likes of Annihilator, Gama Bomb, The Rotted, Man Must Die, Bonded By Blood, Our Hollow, Our Home, Susperia, Evile, Breed 77 and more, many times stealing the limelight and proving this unit, quite simply have what it takes to climb the ladder three steps at a time and overtake many of their peers.

The collective's live performance has also landed them support slots to influential peers such as Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Meshuggah, The Faceless, Dark Tranquillity, Bleed From Within,Sylosis, Anthrax and While She Sleeps alongside multiple festival appearances including Download, Hammerfest and Bloodstock.

Catch the band live on one of these dates:

29/04 Bratislava – Slovakia
30/04 Chrudim – Czech Republic
01/05 Frydek-Mistek – Czech Republic
02/05 Brno – Czech Republic
03/05 Nitra – Slovakia
01/06 Casks, Scarbourough
02/06 Camden Rocks, London
29/06 Hop Fest, Northampton
28/09 Castlefest, Luton
05/10  Alt Fest, Derby
19/10 BadgerFest, Manchester 

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http://faminedrecords.com

Swedish alt-rock band NOIJA have released a video for their single 'Rebirth', their first new material since 2018's Come Closer EP, which includes re-imagined versions of tracks from their 2017 debut album Colorblind. 

Premiered via Dreambound, watch the video here: https://youtu.be/emGSYNVJhTM

For fans of PVRIS, Bring Me The Horizon and new-era Being As An Ocean, 'Rebirth' introduces the quartet's next chapter and shows further growth in their craftmanship, as ambience blends through bold choruses in the hauntingly beautiful track. 

Stream or purchase 'Rebirth' here: https://fanlink.to/thisisrebirth

NOIJA will tour the UK and Europe with Griever later this month, before returning to Sweden to play a one-off show supporting Atreyu. 

Full live dates: 

26.04.2019 - London UK, The Black Heart*
27.04.2019 - Sheffield UK, Mulberrry Bar*
28.04.2019 - Bournemouth UK, The Anvil*
30.04.2019 - Landshut DE, Poschinger Villa*
01.05.2019 - Prague CZ, Cross Club*
02.05.2019 - Teisendorf DE, S Pub*
03.05.2019 - Chemnitz DE, Transit*
04.05.2019 - Erfurt DE, Predigkeller*
05.05.2019 - Bremen DE, Tower Musikclub*
30.05.2019 - Stockholm SE, Fryshuset^

* w/ Griever
^ w/ Atreyu

NOIJA's debut album Colourblind, which was released in October 2017, has reached over one million streams on Spotify, with Alternative Press featuring them as a 'Hot New Band' and Impericon shortlisting them in their Top 25 Next Generation 2019. 

NOIJA are:

Vocals - Nick Serlstedt
Bass - Max Mauritsson
Guitar/vocals - Ludvig Ottosson
Drums - Daniel Lundgren

For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/Noijaofficial/
https://twitter.com/noijaofficial

Entertainment One (eOne) have singed Texas USA rock band TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION to a worldwide deal, and will release a brand new LP from the band this spring.
 
TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION have released a new song called 'Moonshine', which is available on all digital platforms. 'Moonshine' is also available as an iTunes instant grat track, meaning fans who pre-order the new LP on iTunes will receive the track as an instant download.

Check it out on YouTube and Spotify
 
TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION will release new album  High In The Saddle, on 31st May 2019. High in the Saddle is a record full of unashamed, full-throttle ass kicking. It’s the band’s second pairing with producer Bob Marlette (Black Stone Cherry, Rob Zombie) and sixth album overall, on the heels of their #2. 2 Billboard Heatseekers slab, Dark Side of Black. Pre-orders available now. 

Pre-order here: http://smarturl.it/THChighinthesaddle
 
Album number six kicks off with the alarmingly catchy slither of 'Moonshine'. It oozes everything the band stands for and smells like. A true TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION manifesto, if ever there was one: swampy grooves, Crüe type partying, and a Man in Black style saga.
 
Backyard barbeques, barroom brawls, tent revivals, and big rock festivals alike are suitable environments for the Red Dirt Metal of TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION, a band with a sound so devilishly electrifying that they had to come up with a new genre to describe it. 
 
BIG DAD RITCH captains this pirate ship of bikers, outlaws, troubadours, and hellraisers, welcoming all comers to the THC party with gregarious charisma and Southern charm. Across a half dozen albums, countless club gigs, and show-stealing performances at Rockstar Mayhem, the band has spread the good word of big riffs, big hooks, and wild times. 
 
Ritch puts the band’s evolution in Old West terms. “In the beginning, you’re an outlaw looking for direction. You gotta get the best guys for the job behind you,” he explains. “Now we know how to rob banks, how to rob stagecoaches, and how to rob trains.”
 
“I’m just out to have fun, man,” Ritch says with genuine modesty. “I never look at this as something I have to do. It’s something I /get/ to do. I just thank the Lord above that He has given me this talent that has allowed me to garner these wonderful things in life.” 
 
TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION continues to ride or die for truth-telling, unashamed, Red Dirt Metal badassery, winning over new acolytes every damn day. As Blabbermouth once asked:“How many more reasons do you need to try a little THC? Everybody’s doing it.

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Holy Roar take great pride in announcing the reissue of MØL’s first two EP’s,  I and II on June 7th 2019, accentuating the formative years of one of Denmark’s brightest lights in metal.

Where debut LP JORD fully fleshed out their shoegaze-meets-black metal formula to masterful effect, these two early releases showcase the band in a much more raw and unfiltered environment. Not to be confused as lesser-than material or relegated to subpar, I and II both simmer and boil between the ethereal and the vicious. Choice tracks such as ‘Airy’ and ‘Kathexis’present this dichotomy in dizzying fashion, the later pulling deftly from My Bloody Valentine andDrop Nineteens just as much as Altar of Plagues or Deafheaven.

Remastered and repackaged, MØL’s I and II are given a new life entirely. The hybrid of black metal and shoegaze has never sounded quite as spellbinding or masterful as it does in MØL’scase.

After a busy year following the release of their debut album in 2018, MØL have spent their time relentlessly touring, gigging and playing to festival audiences, including supporting Ghost Bathacross Europe and more recently with an incredible appearance at the Gaffa Awards in Denmark. Now the band are set to tour Europe with Rivers of Nihil and Black Crown Initiate. The tour will start with a run of German dates in September, and end in October with a show in Belgium.

Dates are as follows:

0.09.19 Germany, Berlin – Cassiopeia
21.09.19 Germany, Leipzig – Felsenkeller
22.09.19 Germany, Wiesbaden – Schlachthof
23.09.19 Czech Rep, Prague – Nova Chmelnice
24.09.19 Austria, Vienna – Arena
25.09.19 Germany, München – Backstage
26.09.19 Italy, Milano – Circolo Svolta
27.09.19 Switzerland, Aarau – Kiff
28.09.19 Germany, Bochum – Matrix
29.09.19 UK, Birmingham – Mama Roux
30.09.19 UK, Bristol – The Fleece
01.10.19 UK, Manchester – Rebellion
02.10.19 UK, London – The Dome
03.10.19 France, Paris – Gibus
04.10.19 Netherlands, Haarlem – Patronaat
05.10.19 Belgium, Antwerp – Trix

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