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Forthcoming album A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament)
due 20th May via Napalm Records

'Evergrey f*cking slay' - Prog

Worldwide chart-toppers EVERGREY, masters of prog-infused dark melodic metal, break new horizons with their thirteenth studio album and Napalm Records debut, A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament), out 20th May, 2022.

Today, after unveiling the pounding album opener and first single 'Save Us', and powerful second single 'Midwinter Calls', EVERGREY conjure another overwhelming episode on their ongoing journey. 

The third single, 'Blindfolded', hits with pounding drums and a flickering, synth-laden atmosphere. With its insanely grooving guitar solo topped by Tom S. Englund’s incredible vocals, the track marks the perfect gateway into captivating soundscapes. The upcoming EVERGREY album makes it apparent: Tom S. Englund keeps outdoing himself. In 'Blindfolded', his singular falsetto choices elevate the whole vocal performance to an outstanding level.

Leave what you know behind and get transported by EVERGREY’s enchanting new track. 'Blindfolded' is visually highlighted via a cinematic music video, closing the chapters of a three-video story and taking the listener to where it all started.

Watch the video for 'Blindfolded' here: https://youtu.be/iDX5nFwaIXY

Pre-order: https://lnk.to/AHP-TOT/napalmrecords

EVERGREY on 'Blindfolded':

“This is the third and last video of our trilogy. It features our acting debut that you shouldn't take too seriously! It's also really the first episode of this three-piece story. We hope you enjoy and share it and your thoughts about it!”

Celebrating over 25 years of metal mastery, EVERGREY, led by founder, singer and guitarist Tom S. Englund, are known for wandering the realms of progressive and heavy melodic metal and painting sonic renderings with their twelve studio records released as of today. A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament), the follow-up to the unit’s highly successful 2021 full-length, Escape of the Phoenix (which landed at numerous chart positions worldwide), reveals a 10 track mélange of which every note, every riff and every word seeps pure poetry – creating a ceaseless intensity that mesmerizes from the very first second.

The new album was recorded at Top Floor Studios Gothenburg, engineered by Jakob Herrman and produced by Tom S. Englund and Jonas Ekdahl, with mixing and mastering by Jacob Hansen at Hansen Studios (Volbeat, Destruction, Epica and many more), whereas the hauntingly beautiful album artwork was conjured by Giannis Nakos at Remedy Art Design. Nakos is known for creating artworks for acts like Oceans Of Slumber, Amaranthe, The Agonist and The Crown as well as merchandise for Morbid Angel, Suffocation or Cryptopsy – just to name a few.

EVERGREY on the new album:

“Here it is! A new album! Yet again! This is what we love about music, it never ends! Our mission is to write music so here you are! 10 new songs! 10 new EVERGREY songs that we hope you will have by your side as your life continues to shift and grow. 10 songs that we wish will be part of the soundtrack when you're creating new memories and new possibilities in your life. 10 songs that we feel privileged to have you listen to. 10 songs that have risen through the ashes of two years where our creativity has had more time than ever to flourish.

10 songs we really hope you will enjoy as much as we did writing them. As usual we have given it our best and we can't wait to hear what you have to say! A new year, a new album, a new record label = new possibilities. All this can only be positive, right?

 Enjoy!

 Tom, Jonas, Rikard, Johan & Henrik”

A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament) tracklisting:

1. Save Us

2. Midwinter Calls

3. Ominous

4. Call Out the Dark

5. The Orphean Testament

6. Reawakening

7. The Great Unwashed

8. Heartless

9. Blindfolded

10.Wildfires

A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament) impresses with flawless, meticulous production that deftly depicts both heartfelt honesty and scorching metallic intensity, while its instrumental force of furious, technically driven riffs, skyrocketing solos and dramatic synths merges with the expert, brooding vocal performance of Englund – one of the most distinctive vocalists in metal. He skilfully balances harsh and heavy tones with an inarguably soulful approach, all topped by melancholic, thought-provoking lyricism that digs deeper with every spin, leaving a long-lasting impact. Songs like 'Midwinter Calls', which also contains fan participation with atmospheric audience recordings from the band’s latest tour through Sweden, and 'The Great Unwashed', draw the listener in with grooving, glistering instrumentation, flowing between boisterous dynamics and a next level vocal performance, while emotive 'Wildfires' turns the volume down as a goosebump-worthy ballad that hurts and heals all at once. 'Call Out The Dark' begins atmospherically with accented keys, suddenly evolving into an intense opus of symphonic and power metal attributes in the blink of an eye, whereas the record’s longest track, 'The Orphean Testament', impresses by revealing its heaviest facet. A sensitive introduction lures the listener into 'Heartless', and offers one of the album’s most engaging verses, followed by a hauntingly beautiful chorus and variety in pace to create a magnificent listening experience.

EVERGREY will be touring Europe in 2022. UK dates are as follows:

EVERGREY - European Tour 2022
+ special guest: Fractal Universe
+ Virtual Symmetry
 
17.09.22 GB – London / 229 venue
18.09.22 GB – Nottingham / Rescue Rooms
19.09.22 GB – Bristol / Thekla
20.09.22 GB – Manchester / Academy 3
21.09.22 IE – Dublin / Voodoo Lounge
22.09.22 GB – Glasgow / Cathouse
23.09.22 GB – Newcastle / St Dom’s Social Club
24.09.22 GB – Birmingham / The Asylum 

EVERGREY are:
Tom S. Englund - Vocals, Guitar
Henrik Danhage - Guitar
Rikard Zander - Keyboard
Jonas Ekdahl - Drums
Johan Niemann - Bass

EVERGREY online:
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Napalm Records

1947-2022

It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of world-famous German composer, musician, producer, and innovator Klaus Schulze. He passed away on 26th April, 2022 at the age of 74, after a long illness.

SPV managing director Frank Uhle comments on the death of Klaus Schulze: "We were shocked and saddened to hear the news of Klaus Schulze's sudden death. We lose and will miss a good personal friend - one of the most influential and important composers of electronic music - a man of conviction and an exceptional artist. Our thoughts in this hour are with his wife, sons and family. His always cheerful nature, his innovative spirit and his impressive body of work remain indelibly rooted in our memories."

'Electronic Music Legend' - Klaus Schulze (born 4th August, 1947 in Berlin) was known all over the world as THE pioneer of Electronic Music and notable representative of the 'Kraut Rock' scene. He shaped the 'Berlin School' and was the forefather of innumerable Electronic Music styles and genres, from Ambient to Techno. The 'godfather of Techno Music' – as he is fondly known – rolled out his extensive sounds, played his legendary sequences and created this unique 'Schulze atmosphere' for more than 50 years. Beginning with Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel, Klaus created over 50 solo albums, including Irrlich, Mirage, X, Dune, Farscape, Kontinuum, Silhouettes, and this year with Deus Arrakis (June 2022). Creating either under the moniker of Richard Wahnfried or in his various collaborations with great artists like Arthur Brown, Michael Shrieve, Rainer Bloss, Lisa Gerrard or lately Hans Zimmer (Oscar winner 2022 for the Dune soundtrack, with Klaus Schulze support): Klaus Schulze always remained faithful to his unmistakable style of making music, while keeping an open mind for innovations and experiments.

Klaus Schulze leaves behind a huge musical legacy and is survived by his wife, two adult sons and four grandchildren. RIP.

Credit: Mark Vyse

"Crunching alt-rock with a taste of grunge" - Clash

Psych-alt quintet Psyence have revealed the video for their new single, 'Domino'.

Watch 'Domino' here: https://youtu.be/84P_5ByIpRg
Stream here: lnk.to/Psyence-Domino

The first new music since March 2021's Reality or Design EP re-release, 'Domino' is another scintillating offering from the Stoke on Trent group. Elements of Tame Impala, Kasabian and Psychedelic Porn Crumpets abound - a psych-drenched, grunge-inflected track of the highest order.

The 'Domino' video release follows Psyence's appearance on Pieces of Her - UK's #1 charting Netflix show.

On the new track and music video, the band comment:
"We've always wanted to shoot a live performance based video on a rooftop in our hometown, Stoke on Trent, which has such a strong industrial past and is at the centre of the worldwide pottery, coal mining and steel making industries. Some of those structures of a bygone era still exist and are interspersed with newer, lighter industry and service sector buildings. It's a unique skyline and the eight-story YMCA building provided the perfect spot to shoot the video for 'Domino', on a surprisingly sunny but freezing cold winters day. Except the lift wasn't working so we had to lug all our gear up and down those stairs!"

Psyence began as a collaboration between schoolfriends, all from the working-class background of the Potteries. The band released their debut EP Reality or Design in 2017, and their self-titled debut album in 2019. 'Cold Blooded Killer' from their debut album featured in the hit US TV show SEAL Team in 2020. Two new singles were released in 2020, 'Tusk', and 'Retrospect', which formed part of 2021’s EP release.

Unable to tour for most of 2021 Psyence turned their attention to the studio, refining and expanding their sound. They made their live return at the Shiiine Festival in November 2021 and have previously toured with Warmduscher, The Blinders, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, and Saint Agnes.

Of the new single, the band comment:
“This song is about your patience being tested, like once you've been pushed past that certain point there’s just no coming back. Call it a warning shot if you will, don't f*ck with me.”

Psyence are Steve Pye (guitar and lead vocals), Jay Bellingham (bass), Joe Walsh (drums), Ben Nixon (Keys) and Jamie Cartlidge (guitar and vocals).

More news soon.

http://www.psyence.uk
https://www.facebook.com/psyenceuk
https://www.instagram.com/psyenceuk/
https://twitter.com/PsyenceUK
https://www.youtube.com/c/PsyenceUK
https://www.tiktok.com/@psyenceuk?lang=en

30th June - 4th July at the Newark Showground

UK Tech-Fest has announced 15 more bands for its biggest ever line-up at the Newark Showground on 30th June - 4rd July.

Announced are Scar Symmetry (UK exclusive) and Betraying The Martyrs (UK exclusive), as well as Party Cannon, Borders, Harbinger, Seething Akira, Arcaeon, In Fear, Sertraline, A Night In The Abyss, Blind Summit, Rosen Bridge, Dakesis, Blight Town and Lost In Lavender Town.

They join: God Is an Astronaut, The Ocean, Vulvodynia, Hacktivist, Novelists, Gorod, Inme, Slice The Cake (UK exclusive), Ten56, Frontierer, Distant, Martyr Defiled, The Hirsch Effekt, No Consequence (UK exclusive), Hypno5e, Destrage, Anima Tempo, Exist Immortal, VEXED, Drewsif, OHHMS, Bound In Fear, Artificial Language, Project Mishram, Pupil Slicer, The Materia, The Modern Age Slavery, Krysthla, Red Method, The Voynich Code, Black Orchid Empire, Novena, Godsticks, Monasteries, Greylotus, Wings Denied, Tiberius, Where Oceans Burn, Controversial, Azazel, Axiom, Pound, Thaeia, Ballius and He Knows.

Early bird tickets are priced at £79.99 + £20 camping, tickets purchased for the 2020 & 2021 events are still valid.

Tickets for UK Tech-Fest 2022 can be purchased here: http://uktechfest.gigantic.com/
Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/3fkMeLirV

This announcement follows the release of Impressions II, the official UK Tech-Fest documentary. Released over the weekend UK Tech-Fest 2021 was scheduled, it's a celebration of the vibrant UK tech-metal scene, and the festival that has become the summer highlight for many music fans. Watch Impressions II here: https://youtu.be/UKoUX-o-4D0

2022 sponsors and partners:
Strandberg - https://strandbergguitars.com
Hands On Printing - https://www.facebook.com/handsonprinting
Hold Tight - https://holdtight.co
Pins & Knuckles Merchandise - https://www.pinsandknucklesmerch.com
Overload Custom Guitars & Basses - https://m.facebook.com/OverloadCustomGuitarsAndBasses
Primordial Radio - https://primordialradio.com
Loki Films - https://www.facebook.com/LokiFilms
JWA Creations - https://www.facebook.com/JWACreations2016

UK Tech-Fest online:
https://uktechfest.com/
https://www.facebook.com/uktechfest

About UK Tech-Fest:

Following the huge success of the first UK Tech-Fest selling out in 2012, the festival went outdoors in 2013 hosting headliners Scar Symmetry, Veil Of Maya and TesseracT. 2014 saw UK Tech-Fest move to the prestigious Newark Showground hosting Sikth's second show after their reunion, and the following year UK Tech-Fest 2015 hosted an exclusive UK appearance from Decapitated. UK Tech-Fest 2016 - The Fifth Anniversary - was a milestone in this festival's career, by far their biggest and best edition to date hosting Animals As Leaders and exclusive appearances from Between The Buried And Me and Protest The Hero. UK Tech-Fest 2017 had its heaviest line-up to date, 2018 had its largest ever attendance and in 2019 solidified its reputation as the UK's most forward-thinking metal festival.

Photo Credit: Luke Dean

New album Kodak out 3rd June 2022 via Rude Records/Equal Vision Records

Indie-rock quartet All Get Out have announced their new album Kodak, due for release on 3rd June 2022 via Rude Records (UK/EU) / Equal Vision Records (ROW). The band's first full-length offering since 2018's No Bouquet, Kodak is an album centred around the concept of small town living in America and how they — along with its people who stay behind — continue to remain frozen in time.

All Get Out have also released a video for their new single 'Sumter'. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/ZWlvao9HTyY

Stream/purchase 'Sumter' here: https://allgetout.lnk.to/sumter

'Sumter' is one of two songs on Kodak that references temporary memory loss experienced by frontman Nathan Hussey's mother. The track finds him offering up some self-aware, self-recrimination about his attitude towards these hometown memories via a hefty nostalgic jangle. Lyrically, the track is the centrepiece of the album and is another reflection on the unaddressable things that still bother you from another era of your lifetime. 

As much as you can try, you can never fully run away from who you are, because it'll always be part of who you are. It's in your soul, your heart, your essence. That sense of resigned futility is something that All Get Out has captured on its touching new album, Kodak.

Formed in Charleston, SC in 2007, frontman Nathan Hussey is the only original member left in the band, joined by guitarist Kyle Samuel, drummer Dominic Nastasi and bassist James Gibson. And while Hussey and Nastasi really fleshed out the demos between them before recording the bulk of the songs in May 2021, a conscious decision was made this time around to also incorporate the same kind of approach Hussey had taken with the two solo albums he’s released.

“We wanted to make a record where I got my voice, as the writer, heard first – and then we tacked on everything else,” Hussey says. “It’s means this is more of a songwritery record, and that’s on purpose.” It’s a method that suits the introspective nature of the record perfectly.

Having uprooted from South Carolina to Texas, Hussey recently found himself moving back to his home state. He says that’s not the reason why the theme of the record is centred around the idea of small American towns like Sumter – and everything good and bad that they represent – but they’re nevertheless infused with his experiences and memories of them.

“A lot of the record came out to be about growing up in small towns that don’t move,” explains Hussey. “There are these little American towns that just haven’t evolved, and that’s on purpose — the way Bubba still has a Confederate flag on his pickup truck, or how friends and members of my family have perpetuated the small town thing of having kids at 18 and doing drugs. It’s just this cycle that keeps happening.”

Throughout the course of these 10 tracks, Hussey immerses himself in the history of his home state, and in a weird, ironic way, it’s here – back at the start but while trying to get away from it – that he found both himself and the closest manifestation of what he’s always wanted All Get Out to be. As such, it’s fitting that, with final song 'Know Your Tell', Kodak ends where it began — in a car, with nothing answered and nowhere to go but both forward and back at the same time. And just like a photograph, it’s a physical snapshot of the past that also exists now, in the moment.

“This album is either who I am or where I came from or a combination of both,” says Hussey. “I’m very slow to evolve, and that’s part of the record as well. Not to get too meta, but it takes me a long time in life to get there sometimes. I don’t know if I manage to reconcile my past with my present, but it’s definitely been brought to attention – and that’s what was so important about this record.”

For more information:
http://www.allgetoutmusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/allgetout/
https://twitter.com/allgetout/
https://www.instagram.com/allgetoutmusic/

Kodak track listing:

1. Clinical Trial
2. Feeling Well
3. DFR
4. State Of Abuses
5. Soma
6. Walk Me Through It
7. AA Almanac
8. Sumter
9. Quitter Talk
10. Know Your Tell

Photo credit: Martyna Bannister

They Fear Us album due 29th July via Hassle Records

"An absolute beast" - Rock Sound
"Scarily good" - Kerrang!

Acclaimed UK metallic hardcore group Ithaca will be touring their stunning second album, They Fear Us, across the UK in August 2022.

Support will come from mathcore troupe Pupil Slicer.

Tickets onsale from 10am Friday 29th April.

Dates as follows:

03.08 Manchester, The Deaf Institute
04.08 London, Boston Music Rooms
05.08 Birmingham, The Victoria
06.08 Glasgow, Garage Attic
07.08 Nottingham, Rough Trade in-store*
08.08 Bristol, Rough Trade in-store*

*Ithaca only.

Pre-order the album and stream Ithaca's last single 'In The Way' here: https://orcd.co/theyfearus

Ithaca are one of the most exciting and vital voices in the UK heavy scene currently. Formed out of a mutual love of metallic hardcore but despair at its lack of ambition, Ithaca exist to challenge everything you thought a band that makes heavy music should look and sound like.

A glitter-covered nailbomb, Ithaca seamlessly blend the brutality of Relapse Records metalcore with blackgaze, 90s industrial metal, 70s prog and even tinges of 80s power pop. Their influences stretch beyond the musical - this album comes with a clear vision and aesthetic: drawing from members’ different ancestral heritage, queer/non-conforming identities and iconic figures in avant-garde, new wave and post-punk culture.

Their upcoming second album They Fear Us is the sound of a band healing from trauma - standing in their own, unapologetic voice. Furious and wildly inventive while also being more coherent and accessible, this album will introduce Ithaca to a wider audience than they’ve ever had before. In the words of the band: ‘those who oppose us; your sins will catch up to you. You will fear us’.

Ithaca's 2019 lauded debut The Language of Injury was followed by their early 2020 tour with Grammy-nominated indie-rock band Big Thief, starting at London’s Hammersmith Apollo.

Press support from The Guardian, Pitchfork, BBC R1, Metal Hammer, Kerrang!, Rock Sound, Revolver, Decibel, BrooklynVegan, and performances with Bleeding Through, Jamie Lenman, Anaal Nathrakh, The Number Twelve Looks Like You, at Boomtown Fair and ArcTanGent Festival position Ithaca as a great hope in the future of new UK music. Ithaca have also appeared on Ed Gamble’s Spotify podcast ‘Lifers’, Sky News and BBC3.

For more information:

https://www.facebook.com/IthacaUK
https://twitter.com/ITHACABAND
https://www.instagram.com/ithacaband
https://www.hasslerecords.com/

Tracklisting:

1. In The Way
2. The Future Says Thank You
3. They Fear Us
4. Camera Eats First
5. Cremation Party
6. Number Five
7. Fluorescent
8. You Should Have Gone Back
9. Hold, Be Held

'Origins' video streaming now

Origins album out 24th June 2022 via Season of Mist

Inspired by the myths and tales of the Scottish highlands, Caledonian metal band SAOR have announced the release of new album Origins on 24th June via Season of Mist, and have unveiled its title-track.

Watch the video to 'Origins' here: https://youtu.be/NkUCTBSiHMk

Combining black, post and classic heavy metal with traditional Scottish folk instrumentation, Origins tells stories of the Picts - people who lived in what is now northern and eastern Scotland during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages - and their fierce battles.

Andy Marshall comments: "It's been a long wait and an unpredictable few years but I'm very happy to finally be sharing this song with everyone! A lot of hard work went into making Origins and I can't wait to let you all here the full album in June."

Pre-orders for Origins here: https://shop.season-of-mist.com/list/saor-origins
Pre-save Origins here: https://orcd.co/saor-origins

SAOR will be touring this autumn across with EU with Gaahls WYRD and GAEREA.

UK date: 19th October at The Garage, London.

The cover artwork was created by Anaïs Mulgrew.

SAOR online:
https://www.saormusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/saorofficial
https://www.instagram.com/saormusic
https://saor.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/saormusic
https://www.bandsintown.com/a/4099241-saor

Track listing:

1. Call of the Carnyx
2. Fallen
3. The Ancient Ones
4. Aurora
5. Beyond the Wall
6. Origins

SAOR, in Scottish Gaelic, pronounced [sɯːɾ], means free, without obligations, unconstrained. All of these characteristics intrinsic to the music of SAOR, the musical entity spearheaded by sole member Andy Marshall. 

A lone wanderer proudly telling tales and myths of his culture from the tops of misty Caledonian mountains, Andy has carved a solitary, yet strikingly inspiring path with SAOR ever since his first album Roots in 2013. 

A decade on, Andy is set release his fifth full-length; a decade in which Andy and SAOR have almost single-handedly made us all feel a little bit like Scots at heart, regardless of our own individual origins. Such is the passionate and almost visual way that this musician delivers his profoundly atmospheric hybrid of black and folk metal, peculiarly described as Caledonian metal. 

Written over the pandemic, fifth album Origins appeared as a result of these difficult times. And for their first album in three years, and their premiere for Season of Mist, we wouldn’t expect anything other than… the unexpected. A counter reaction of sorts to the more meandering and even “accessible” direction of the previous records, perhaps inspired by its main theme of the Picts (a group of peoples who lived in what is now northern and eastern Scotland during Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages) and their fierce battles, Origins comes across as a more raging, black metal-infused effort, copiously evocative in its imagery and even melancholic in places, but decisively strong and abrasive at the same time.

“This album is a lot more guitar driven,” Andy confirms. “During the pandemic I listened to a lot of classic heavy metal and I think you’ll hear the influences on the dual lead guitars and solos. I also wanted this to be my heaviest album with emphasis on the riffs. My harsh vocals have changed from deep growls to more of a black metal style. Since the subject of the album is the Picts, I wanted a pagan theme throughout, and so that aspect is a lot more prominent than in the previous albums. I also used instruments such as the Carnyx and tribal drumming to convey that feeling.”

One of the strongest songs on offer, the opener in fact, 'Call of the Carnyx', is in fact about the Carnyx itself, the ancient Celtic war horn, and it conveys like never before the feeling that it must have been to hear its resounding bellow, calling the Pictish warriors to battle. A moving homage to the legacy of the Picts, Origins guides us through their gods, their fallen heroes who died protecting their families and land, and what still remains of their identity in the Scottish people of today.

As much as we have food for thought assured and guaranteed entertainment and inspiration for the months to come as we listen to and explore Origins and its themes, its creator is naturally already moving on. Andy doesn’t need much to create the worlds SAOR albums inhabit, and his most powerful tool is always with him.

“I don’t need to be in one particular place to write or be inspired,” he explains. “I do have my own little office/studio in my home where I write music and lyrics, but it’s nothing special. My imagination is the most powerful tool for SAOR.”

Not only do we vehemently agree, we would even say that imagination is the most powerful tool, always, for everyone. The one untamed weapon we all possess and can use at all times. Free. Without obligations. Unconstrained.

Credit: Manuel Vargaz Lepiz

New project of Ivo Henzi (Cellar Darling, ex-Eluveitie)

Nighted, the new genre-bending black metal synthwave duo, have released their second single 'Acronyc', out now via Klang Machine Records.

Stream 'Acronyc' here: https://fanlink.to/nighted

Nighted are Ivo Henzi (vocals, guitars - ex-Eluveitie, Cellar Darling, Forest Of Fog) and Marc Petralito (synths, Appearance Of Nothing). One late and misty summer night, in the enforced lockdown of 2020, the two struck on the idea of mixing black metal with 70s-era synth, à la Blade Runner and Jean-Michel Jarre: and Nighted is the result.

Ivo Henzi comments:
“The story of this song is based on the idea that humans are one of the few species that decide for themselves on which side of the life line they want to stand. One decides either for life or for death. It is a topic with many taboos and stigmatas, and this track is a love letter to life & a poem of death.”

Marc Petralito adds:
“‘Acronyc’ best showcases our core idea of playing music that is rooted in black metal and influenced by a synthwave atmosphere. We‘ve based this song on the synth lead at the beginning and developed it from there.”

‘Acronyc’ is the second of a series of songs that will be unveiled throughout 2022, leading up to Nighted’s debut album Absence, which will be released in the Autumn. The stunning single follows the band's debut, 'Aeons'.

The album was recorded, mixed and mastered by Anna Murphy (Cellar Darling, ex-Eluveitie) at Lucerne’s Sound Farm Studio, with drums performed by session drummer Dylan Watson (Kassogtha). Nighted are signed to the newly-formed heavy music label Klang Machine Records, co-founded by drummer and artist manager Merlin Sutter.

For more:

www.nightedband.com
Nighted on Spotify
www.facebook.com/nightedband
www.instagram.com/nightedband
www.kmm.rocks / www.instagram.com/klangmachine

'Wings of Deliverance' streaming now

Melodic death metallers Carrion Vael have announced their signing to Unique Leader Records. In celebration of the new partnership, the band from Indiana, USA have also released their latest frenzied single 'Wings of Deliverance'.

Watch the music video to 'Wings of Deliverance' here: https://youtu.be/74ZWH7Zlo-I

On signing with the label, the band comments: "Signing with Unique Leader is exactly where we wanted to be, and the right label to reach our ultimate goals with. We are very happy to be the newest members of this family."

Vocalist Travis Lawson Purcell added: “Our new single 'Wings of Deliverance' speaks of death and mind control, the living existence that so many suffer within to this day. It’s fast, it’s technical, it’s brutal, and it’s true.”

Formed in 2017 Carrion Vael execute skilfully crafted melodic death/thrash and draw lyrical influences from famous serial killers and mass murders in history. Their brutal force is heavily influenced by technical, melodic and traditional death metal, incorporating aspects of slam and old school death with razor-cut precision.

Their debut album, Resurrection of the Doomed, arrived in 2017 with sophomore album God Killer following in 2020 via Horror Pain Gore Death Productions to worldwide critical acclaim.

Now the band have joined the Unique Leader roster for the release of their latest single 'Wings of Deliverance', a powerful track showcasing a sophisticated blend of modern death, tech and thrash, buzzing with adrenaline-fuelled intensity and carried out with meticulous clarity.

Having shared the stage with The Black Dahlia Murder, Cattle Decapitation, Nekrogoblikon, Wolftooth and many more hard-hitters, Carrion Vael are ready to push the next chapter of their career to the fullest. Stay tuned for more news.

Carrion Vael are:
Travis Lawson Purcell - vocals
Trent Limburg - guitar
Alex Arford - bass
Chris Smiley - drums
Ryan Kuder - guitar

Carrion Vael online:
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Unique Leader Records online:
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