Greek rock newcomers Bad Habits have revealed a video for their fourth single, 'Not My Call', which was released on 28th May 2021. Rooted in uncompromising authenticity and with a sharp rock 'n' roll edge, Bad Habits serve as a beacon for relatable self-expression and the obliteration of senseless stereotyping.

Check out the video for 'Not My Call' here: https://youtu.be/sK21EjidKA0

Stream 'Not My Call' here: https://smarturl.it/5n92pj

Based in Athens, Greece, Bad Habits is Jo (vocals), Ellie (vocals/bass), Severin (lead guitar), Sellyoursouls (guitar), and Apostol (drums). The band’s eclectic style pulls diverse elements of classic and punk rock for a unique, modern sound with a kick of 70s nostalgia.

The culmination of a decade's worth of collaboration and experimentation, including ventures into acoustic pop, hardcore punk and beyond, Bad Habits were established in early 2019. Capturing the essence of diverse rock influences, from the hyper-energetic The Stooges, to the trashy-glam of the New York Dolls and the songwriting mastermind of The Replacements, the group took to the studio to show off their full potential and distinctive style.

Fresh off the heels of their debut single, 'California', Bad Habits gained serious traction in the alternative music scene. Their second single, 'Let it Roll', helped Bad Habits reach new peaks, having been selected for two editorial Spotify playlists and complemented by the band’s first official video.

With over ten more songs slated for release, Bad Habits are sure to continue their upward trajectory throughout 2021.

Bad Habits are:
Jo | Vocals
Ellie | Vocals, Bass
Severin | Lead Guitar
Sellyoursouls | Rhythm Guitar
Apostol | Drums

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2021 is once again completely under the spell of the wolves: with the announcement of their new studio album, Call Of The Wild, POWERWOLF, the high priests of heavy metal, have turned the heads of fans and critics internationally and hereby seamlessly continue on their unique success story.

Along with a powerful video starring Alissa White-Gluz of Arch Enemy and Falk Maria Schlegel, they are more than ready to present a brand new version of their hit single 'Demons Are A Girl’s Best Friend'. With the original version of the thrilling track already reaching over 50 million streams across platforms, the exciting new version will set the international heavy metal world on fire.

Watch the video to 'Demons Are A Girl’s Best Friend' here: https://youtu.be/lDZ7p7WAG2o

'Demons Are A Girl’s Best Friend' feat. Alissa White-Gluz will be part of the bonus album Missa Cantorem, included with various special formats of Call Of The Wild.

Alissa White-Gluz on the new single: “I enjoyed putting a woman’s spin on 'Demons Are A Girl’s Best Friend'; altering the lyrics to fit a strong message of female empowerment and delivering them with a mighty roar! Thanks to POWERWOLF for being open to having their song reconstructed like this!”

Falk Maria Schlegel on the video and the collaboration with Alissa White-Gluz: “It was a pleasure to work and perform together with Alissa for the very first time on our joint video shoot for 'Demons Are A Girl’s Best Friend'. Immediately, there was a great energetic atmosphere on set! Alissa is such a wonderful artist and interacting with her during this shoot as well as re-interpreting this video together was an amazing experience.”

Once again created in cooperation with the honorable producer duo of Jens Bogren and Joost van den Broek, the masterpiece will open a new chapter in the band's history on 16th July 2021. The eighth studio album will serve both old and newly recruited POWERWOLF devotees with well-known classic trademarks, and equally surprise and delight them at every stage of this wild 11-track ride.

Matthew Greywolf comments on Call Of The Wild: "With Call Of The Wild, we are opening a new, exciting chapter in the history of POWERWOLF. The album sounds unmistakably like POWERWOLF and is so much more at the same time: Besides new territory like the Celtic instrumentation in 'Blood for Blood (Faoladh)' or the ballad like 'Alive or Undead' we have raised all our trademarks to a new level. Until now, we never sounded so powerful and wild - in the truest sense of the word. We can't wait to finally share this beast of an album with you all!"

The first music video, 'Beast Of Gévaudan', taken from the new album, has already surpassed one million views on YouTube. Watch the grandiose video again here: https://youtu.be/po-u-V6GiEk

Pre-order Call Of The Wild here: https://powerwolf.napalmrecords.com/

Call Of The Wild, the follow-up to their 2018 number 1 charting studio album Sacrament Of Sin, manifests the band's inimitable success story and proves once again that they sit unchallenged on the throne of the genre.

Call Of The Wild track-listing:

01. Faster Than the Flame
02. Beast of Gévaudan
03. Dancing with the Dead
04. Varcolac
05. Alive or Undead
06. Blood for Blood (Faoladh)
07. Glaubenskraft
08. Call of the Wild
09. Sermon of Swords
10. Undress to Confess
11. Reverent of Rats

Various formats (2-CD Mediabook, 3-LP Vinyl Box, 3-CD Earbook, digital) of the new album include the bonus album Missa Cantorem - a cross-section of the Wolves' success story with newly recorded vocals by friends and companions of the band.

Missa Cantorem (bonus album) track-listing:

01. Sanctified With Dynamite - feat. Ralf Scheepers (Primal Fear)
02. Demons Are A Girl‘s Best Friend - feat. Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy)
03. Nightside Of Siberia - feat. Johan Hegg (Amon Amarth)
04. Where The Wild Wolves Have Gone - feat. Doro Pesch
05. Fist By Fist (Sacralize Or Strike) - feat. Matthew Kiichi Heafy (Trivium)
06. Killers With The Cross - feat. Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork)
07. Kiss Of The Cobra King - feat. Chris Harms (Lord Of The Lost)
08. We Drink Your Blood - feat. Johannes Eckerström (Avatar)
09. Resurrection By Erection - feat. Christopher Bowes (Alestorm)
10. Saturday Satan - feat. Jari Mäenpää (Wintersun)

On their upcoming tour, fans can not only expect brand new heavy metal anthems to be played and chanted along by thousands, but also the biggest and most epic production POWERWOLF has brought to the stage thus far, once again cementing their status as one of the most intense live bands.

"Wolfsnächte" 2021 tour dates:

01.10.21 DE - Stuttgart / Schleyerhalle
02.10.21 CH - Zurich / Samsung Hall
04.10.21 ES - Barcelona / Razzmatazz
05.10.21 ES - Madrid / Riviera
07.10.21 FR - Paris / Zenith
08.10.21 UK - London / Roundhouse
09.10.21 BE - Antwerp / Lotto Arena
10.10.21 NL - Amsterdam / Afas Live
12.10.21 IT - Milan / Alcatraz
13.10.21 DE - Frankfurt / Jahrhunderthalle
15.10.21 DE - Munich / Zenith
16.10.21 DE - Oberhausen / König Pilsener Arena
17.10.21 CZ - Prague / Tipsport Arena
18.10.21 PL - Katowice - MCK
20.10.21 HU - Budapest / Arena
21.10.21 AT - Vienna / Gasometer
22.10.21 DE - Berlin / UFO im Velodrom
23.10.21 DE - Hamburg / Sporthalle

ABOUT POWERWOLF:

The story of POWERWOLF, beginning in 2004, reads like a true fairytale, but is the result of the most hard-working and entertaining live band on the heavy metal planet. POWERWOLF has not only received plenty of Gold and Platinum awards to date, but numerous releases have entered the official German album charts at the top position of #1. With Blessed & Possessed (2015), POWERWOLF achieved Gold status (in the Czech Republic) for the first time, while its predecessor, Preachers Of The Night (2013), hit the official German album charts at #1, and the incredible DVD, The Metal Mass (2016), came in at #1 of the German DVD-Charts. POWERWOLF's holy mass in the name of heavy metal is unstoppable – their latest magnum opus, The Sacrament of Sin (2018), again entered the album charts at #1. The accompanying, almost completely sold out Wolfsnächte headline tour – in which POWERWOLF headlined large venues with their phenomenal stage performances – became a single major triumph, as well as the numerous summer festival shows in which crowds were thrilled and completely captivated by the wolves and their unique, (un)holy metal mass. With the new studio album, Call Of The Wild, and the Wolfsnächte 2021 tour charging through the largest halls in Europe, 2021 will again be a year completely under the sign of the wolf pack!

POWERWOLF are:
Attila Dorn – vocals
Falk Maria Schlegel – organ
Charles Greywolf – guitar
Matthew Greywolf – guitar
Roel van Helden – drums

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New pop-punk group Those Without are proud to announce their debut album, Bittersweet, to be released 24th September.

Pre-order the record via: www.thosewithoutofficial.com

The band have also released their infectious new single 'Pink Alligator', which you can stream here: https://music.thosewithoutofficial.com/pinkalligator

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/ga8vDEh9uZo

Watch the video for the band's previous single 'Good Thyme' here: https://youtu.be/FXcxYTQl7dI

Stream: https://music.thosewithoutofficial.com/goodthyme

Those Without have started their life with a bang, finding a breakthrough with the 2020 EP Neon Minds, which placed them at the top of Spotify playlists "Pop Punk's Not Dead", "New Punk Tracks", and catching the attention of legends New Found Glory.

They followed this with 'Good Thyme', an incredibly infectious and catchy Summer love song in the vein of the greatest pop-punk. Elements of Boston Manor, Neck Deep, and Trash Boat mark Those Without as newcomers with a surely bright future, and a band already catching the eyes and ears of many.

With strong support already from Alternative Press (Hot New Act, 10 Upcoming Pop Punk Bands You Need To Know About), Those Without's brilliantly direct energetic anthems will surely see them leading the next generation of pop-punk.

Those Without are:
Oskar Westlin (Vocals)
Filip Burman (Bass/Vocals)
Martin Spåman (Guitar)
Felix Lindquist (Guitar)
Dennis Karabegovic (Drums)

www.thosewithoutofficial.com

Tracklist:⠀
1. Happy Ever Disaster⠀
2. Pink Alligator⠀
3. Voodoo Doll⠀
4. Weightless⠀
5. Good Thyme⠀
6. Oblivious⠀
7. Cleopatra⠀
8. Under The Weather⠀
9. A Name For Myself⠀
10. Webspinner

Delta Sleep are back, releasing their excellent new single 'The Detail' and announcing their long-awaited third album Spring Island, to be released 10th September via their own label Sofa Boy Records.

Stream 'The Detail' here: https://deltasleep.plctrmm.to/TheDetail

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/R4BhDWR3twI

“For the first time in our career we wrote a song totally from scratch as a full band in one sitting. The first single 'The Detail' was the first idea we came up with at our first practice after not being in a room together for nearly six months. It quite literally came out of nowhere and we had the bulk of the song and structure down within a couple of hours. That song holds a very special memory for all four of us,” says bassist Dave Jackson. “It also touches on human struggle and the deep depression we can often find ourselves in. This album certainly represents some of the struggles we've all encountered over the last 15 months or so and the effect that isolation can have on us as living breathing creatures who crave interaction.” 

It's been a stacked three years for Delta Sleep, in spite of the pandemic. The quartet released the brilliant Ghost City LP in August 2018, which saw them land at #1 on the Bandcamp Rock Chart and clock five million Spotify streams by the close of the year.

Following Ghost City's release, Delta Sleep tirelessly toured across three continents. They racked up sold-out shows globally, toured the US and Canada three times, hitting Europe on Mineral's 20th Anniversary tour, performed at ArcTanGent and Truck festivals, toured Asia, and released their Ghost City Rarities EP (ft. tricot).

Not ones to slow down, Delta Sleep then surprise-dropped their Younger Years EP, and their 2020 live album Soft Sounds, before working on their third album Spring Island. Spring Island will be released via Sofa Boy Records, the band's own label.

Delta Sleep will be touring the UK in September, with support from Bitch Falcon.

Dates:

15.09 - Glasgow, Stereo
16.09 - Leeds, The Brudenell
17.09 - Manchester, Deaf Institute 
18.09 - London, Earth Theatre
19.09 - Bristol, The Fleece

Delta Sleep are:

Kevin Yuciel - Vocals/Guitar
Glen Hodgson - Guitar
Dave Jackson - Bass
Blake Mostyn - Drums

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PR & Marketing agency Hold Tight is delighted to announce two senior appointments as part of its ongoing mission to offer highly effective promotion solutions to the music industry.

Matt Benton has been promoted to Junior Development Director, tasked with managing new product development and expanding business opportunities, alongside his existing role as a print and online publicist. Matt joins James Monteith and Lisa Coverdale on the board of directors.

Matt commented: "I’m thrilled to expand on my role here at Hold Tight, stepping up to Director level and working with the best. Keeping Hold Tight at the forefront of the changing musical landscape is an exciting challenge, and one I’ll be grabbing with both hands".

Hannah Gillicker has been promoted to Head of Broadcast, tasked with steering the broadcast arm of the business and overseeing all broadcast campaigns.

Hannah commented: "I'm so excited to move up into my new role at Hold Tight. I started developing the broadcast arm of the company when I joined in 2015, but this new position will allow me to develop my ambitions even further, both personally and for the company as a whole."

Hold Tight is committed to offering cutting edge services that provide meaningful and effective results for its clients. The company expansion will see the launch of new offerings designed for the 2021 landscape and beyond. Hold Tight is also passionate about nurturing its own talent; Matt and Hannah are testament to that, having joined the company as interns.

Director James Monteith commented: "In this ever-evolving industry it is vital for us to stay ahead of the curve and ensure that we offer the most effective marketing solutions for our clients. Both appointments will strengthen our commitment to this and more, and I couldn’t be happier with two of the best brains in the business stepping into those roles. What’s even more awesome is that they joined us as interns and are now practically running the place!"

Junior Development Director Matt Benton joined Hold Tight in 2013 after graduating from the University of Cambridge with a 2.1 in music. He quickly became an invaluable asset, breaking bands including Conjurer, Ithaca, and Phoxjaw, and has led the charge in expanding Hold Tight’s remit into more avant-garde territories. Matt was Music Week’s Rising Star in November 2019 and has experience establishing new events (Radar Festival), longstanding relationships with labels (Hassle, Basick, Napalm, eOne) and growing recognised names in the scene (August Burns Red, Powerwolf, Elder).

Head Of Broadcast Hannah Gillicker joined as an intern in 2014 after completing her Management degree at Leeds University, becoming full-time in 2015. During her time in Leeds, Hannah built up a wealth of experience working for Futuresound, Slam Dunk Music and Luna Tickets, as well as running her own record label, which led her to be recognised as an ‘Insider Yorkshire 42 Under 42’ in 2012. A year later, Hannah completed work experience at Spinefarm Records. Her vast skill set and passion for great songs led to her developing Hold Tight’s radio plugging service, making big waves with the likes of Death From Above 1979, Billy Talent, Atreyu, Holding Absence, The Damned, Sleep Token, Gender Roles, Phoxjaw, Vodun and more.

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UK grime-metal quintet Hacktivist have released a video for their crushing new single 'Hyperdialect', the title track from their eagerly anticipated new album, due for release on 18th June via UNFD. The single features a guest appearance from Aaron Matts, vocalist of ten56. and former vocalist of Betraying The Martyrs.

Check out the video for 'Hyperdialect' here: https://youtu.be/MazRtaAM2g4

Co-vocalist Jot Maxi comments:

"This single is about trying to describe our signature sound and how we use it. If our band was a comic book hero, then 'Hyperdialect' would be their weapon or superpower! It's our method of attack, our way of putting our governments and mainstream medias in the crosshairs. But rather than brute force we use 'Hyperdialect' to strike back.

"Technically you could say that all Hacktivist music is 'Hyperdialect'. That's one of the reasons we also chose it as an album title, this song then stands as an autological explanation of itself as a theory."

Aaron Matts adds:

"Being a part of Hacktivist's hard-hitting movement was a task that I took huge pleasure in; when the band briefed me on the track and its meaning, we were still in a pool of uncertainty in the process of ironing out what Brexit would mean to us all. As a British musician living overseas, this was the perfect opportunity for me to focus my frustration and upcoming hardships concerning the situation, and I'm incredibly proud of the result and to be a part of Hacktivist's legendary legacy."

Hyperdialect is available to pre-order here: https://unfd.lnk.to/hyperdialect

Hacktivist will perform a special one-off headline show to celebrate the release of Hyperdialect. Set to take place on 29th July 2021 at London's Signature Brew, support will come from rising artist Kid Bookie who features on the band's single 'Armoured Core'.

Tickets for the show are on sale here: https://www.hacktivist.uk.com/shows

Check out 'Armoured Core' featuring Kid Bookie here: https://youtu.be/kuN7AbgZzao

Hacktivist will also bring Hyperdialect to life on festival stages later this year, having been confirmed to appear at Bloodstock and Slam Dunk Festival.

Question everything. Consider your sources. Be wary of ulterior motives, insidious media narratives and even your own unconscious bias. Trust sparingly and try to make smart, informed choices. As the world slides further into ruin at the behest of old, rich white men ruling with catastrophic, zero-sum thinking, it’s more important than ever to be vigilant and fight back against the forces that be who seem hell-bent on creating a dystopian future for us all.

Luckily, Hacktivist are back to help cut through the noise and bullshit, tooled-up and ready to attack with renewed vigour and reinforced ranks; with Jot Maxi and J. Hurley now sharing the vocal and lyrical load, drummer Rich Hawking and bassist Josh Gurner bringing the beats and rhythms, and guitarist and production don James Hewitt fleshing out the group’s genre-fluid muscle. Hewitt played a very active role in Hacktivist's writing and recording process, bringing a new and compelling dynamic to the table.

In 2016, when Hacktivist initially set sights on their enemies with debut album Outside The Box, the world wasn’t fully equipped to heed their warnings and pay attention to its timely rallying cries. They return into a very different one, however – a world that’s sadly now all-too-finely-attuned to the horrors they first forecasted four years ago. In the wake of a global pandemic that has sharpened collective senses and exposed the systematic flaws across society, these should be times primed and ready for the truth-bombs that Hacktivist are about to drop. But recent hardships only amplify the band’s messages – these dispatches from the edge were written way before a virus brought humanity to its knees.

If all of that sounds grim and miserable, fear not, because Hacktivist aren’t here for unhelpful told-you-so's or sensationalist scaremongering. What use would holding a mirror up to all of this ugliness be if there weren’t some lessons to learned from the reflection, or at least to offer even the faintest glimmers of hope? "It’s becoming clear that we are on the brink of some type of revolution," says Jot Maxi, with no small dose of conviction or optimism. "Hacktivist are here to bring truth and positivity – the silver lining of a society clouded in poisonous fear. Hacktivist also represents a voice that isn’t afraid of saying what needs to be said. We’re already living in the future. We have the choice to either be shaped by it or to stand up and shape it ourselves. Which path will you take?”

It was with those battle lines clearly drawn and ambitions duly set that Hacktivist entered into the creation of Hyperdialect. Starting almost two years ago and developing on the acerbic sonic filth introduced by 2019 singles 'Reprogram' and 'Dogs Of War', the five-piece felt fired up by their new working dynamic and the collective process involved, with each member actively encouraged to contribute ideas until the best outcome was reached. Unusually, for such a group of bloody-minded insurrectionists, this democratic approach worked wonders – a testament to how much they were all on the same page on these 12 tracks. Aside from guest spots from rapper Kid Bookie on the monstrous Armoured Core and Betraying The Martyrs’ Aaron Matts lending his vocal talents to the title-track, this was all Hacktivist: no filter, no frills, and no holding back.

For more information:
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Hyperdialect tracklisting:

1. Anti-Emcees
2. Luminosity
3. Lifeform
4. Armoured Core (feat. Kid Bookie)
5. Turning Tables
6. Currency
7. Hyperdialect (feat. Aaron Matts)
8. Dogs Of War
9. Ultima Dies
10. Planet Zero
11. How Dare You Exist
12. Reprogram

Australian deathcore quintet To The Grave have released a lyric video for 'Death By A Thousand Cuts', taken from their new album, Epilogue, out now via Unique Leader Records.

Watch the lyric video here: https://youtu.be/MH_PL3vOMYw

Stream / purchase Epilogue here: https://orcd.co/epilogue

Vocalist Dane Evans comments: "The slow process of slicing, the lingering of death until it dies.
This song is both an introspective response to appeals to futility from those unwilling to act and a depiction of the looming collapse of systematic slaughter. We each have a part to play in how the world ends up and this song analyzes both sides of the blood-stained coin."

To The Grave have announced their Epilogue Australian headline tour in August, and with dates already selling out in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, three extra show have been added. Check social media for updates.

To The Grave's objective has always been to create sonically and thematically heavy music, charged with a grim, confronting message. Featuring their entire self-released debut album Global Warning, plus seven new songs, Epilogue is a huge 19 tracks of intense brutality.

After releasing the No Lives Matter extended play and touring Australia relentlessly with the likes of Alpha Wolf, Justice For The Damned and Gravemind, To The Grave put themselves firmly on the global metal map in 2019 with Global Warning. Closing 2019 as main support for Vulvodynia on their Australian run and opening a show for Cattle Decapitation elevated them further, earning them sold out headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney.

2021 is the year To The Grave take to the global stage. Be ready.

To The Grave online:
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https://tothegraveau.bandcamp.com

Track-listing:

01 Holocaustralia : Global Warning
02 Ecocide
03 Pest Control
04 Hell Hole
05 Slaughter Forever
06 Gristle Blower
07 The Devil in Sheepskin
08 Wastage
09 Skin Like Pigs
10 Lips & Assholes
11 Seven Billion Reasons Why
12 Hear Evil, See Evil (The Haunting of 2624 Dog Trap Rd)
13 Miserable Summer
14 [•REC]
15 Terrorist Threat
16 Kill Shelter
17 Deat By A Thousand Cuts
18 Recoil in Horror (活き締め)

Dublin-based post-rock duo Bicurious have streamed their stunning new video 'Deconstructed', released 11th June.

The single is taken from the band's highly-anticipated debut LP (re)constructed, which will be released 30th July.

Premiered via Rolling Stone India, you can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/H5RK_7sa5P0

Pre-save the single here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/bicurious/deconstructed

Pre-order (re)constructed here: https://bicurious.link/(re)constructed

After a number of singles, an EP, and over five million Spotify streams, Bicurious are ready to make 2021 their own.

The band have been hard at work on their debut LP since 2019, and will announce details soon.

A gloriously inventive twopiece, Bicurious stand head and shoulders above the rest of the genre with their brilliant ability to harness melody - hummable hooks buried within mostly instrumental rock. 'Palapalapa' is a glorious example of this - with an instantly catchy tune that guarantees instant repetition.

At once insightful, self-aware, technically proficient but above all immediately accessible, Bicurious are a band with an edge and clear, confident identity. The band are Gavin Purcell (drums) and Taran Plouzané (guitar); a confused, loud, experimental two-piece from Dublin, Ireland and Brest, France. Bicurious’ songs often feature vocal samples from political figures, which aim to bring to light social injustice in Ireland and beyond. The band have built a loyal fanbase through extensive touring and have won over crowds both at home and abroad, establishing themselves as a recognisable force on the European instrumental rock scene.

Known for riff sing-alongs, grooves that open up mosh pits and get heads banging, and the undeniable chemistry between the two remarkable musicians, Bicurious have taken their captivating live show from sweaty private rehearsal rooms to festival stages across Europe for the last four years.

Formed in 2016, Bicurious released their debut singles ‘Sugar Beats’ and ‘T.O.I’ in 2017.
Their debut EP I’m So Confused was crowd-funded by fans through an Indiegogo campaign and a packed-out fundraiser gig in 2017, just a year and a half after the band’s formation. The EP was released in 2018, and the band celebrated the release with a sold-out show in Whelan's, Dublin. The lead single from the EP, ‘Sleep’, has clocked up just under three million streams on Spotify.

In March 2019 the band released the single ‘I Don't Do Drugs, I Just Sweat a Lot.’ They toured the UK and Ireland in support of the release, followed by festival appearances at Knockanstockan, Vantastival, Electric Picnic and more in Summer 2019.

Bicurious embarked on their biggest tour to date in the Winter of 2019, which took them from Ireland to the UK, France and Italy. They are scheduled to appear at ArcTanGent festival (Bristol, UK) and Portals Festival (London, UK) later this year.

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TRACKLISTING:
1- Intro (Voices)
2- Like We Used To
3- Palapalapa
4- Deconstructed
5- Groundation Intervention (Interlude)
6- We’re All Totally Fucked
7- Mercurial
8- I Can Hear Them Too
9- (re)constructed

Acclaimed Chilean prog rockers Aisles have released their single 'Fast', the first new material in five years since their acclaimed Hawaii LP (2016).

Stream 'Fast' here: https://music.aislesproject.com/FAST2021

And watch the stunning, hand-animated video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIwuCbMSLM4

The song, released via the band's own Presagio Records, is a first glimpse into their forthcoming album - more details to be announced soon.

'Fast' is also the first new song with Aisles’ vocalist, Israel Gil, after the departure of Sebastián Vergara in 2018. "Israel brought the power 'Fast' needed because he has a wide vocal range and his performance was superb," says Germán Vergara, songwriter and guitarist of the group. The track was recorded at Estudio del Sur, produced by Angelo Marini and Germán Vergara, and mastered by American engineer Randy Merrill (Muse, Paul McCartney, Beck, Liam Gallagher).

"The song and the lyrics are inspired not only by my personal life, with a very hard break-up, and the departure of Sebastián, my brother, from the band, but also in the global social crisis that has this end-of- a-cycle feeling”, explains Vergara. “'Fast' is about following a purpose with all the energy you have left. That feeling was translated into an accelerated-paced vibe, with intense guitar riffs."

The video was developed by Lucy Animation Studio, from Colombia, and the script was written by Chilean novelist Francisco Ortega and guitarist Germán Vergara. “I've been watching anime like Ghost in the Shell, Devilman Crybaby, and Akira, and they are all set in an apocalyptic context. I found that there were many similarities between the fiction of these stories and the reality that Chile and the world are experiencing, and we wanted to convey this analogy with a video with a cyberpunk aesthetic," says the leader of the band.

The group, formed by Germán Vergara, Israel Gil, Rodrigo Sepúlveda (guitar), Juan Pablo Gaete (keyboard), Felipe Candia (drums) and Daniel Concha (bass), are working on their fifth studio album. The new album moves away from the sonic experiences and concept of Hawaii, to open up a more direct and powerful sound. “We have done a very exhaustive job: we put pressure on ourselves to change our paradigm,” says the producer and guitarist.

A shining example of prog rock's universal reach, the Chilean band, formed more than 15 years ago, have a long and illustrious history. Previously nominated in the Italian Prog Awards, Aisles are the only South American group to be invited to France's Crescendo Festival de Rock Progressif. The band released their fourth studio album Hawaii in 2016, a monumental, immersive, beautiful double-disc journey, reminiscent of Camel, Yes, Rush, Genesis, Marillion and more.

Aisles can lay claim to being South America's most important progressive band of the past two decades. Hawaii was declared a masterpiece and received attention from Prog, NeoProg, iO Pages and many more. An exciting new era awaits.

For more information:
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