Photo Credit: Jonathan Vahid

USA extreme metal powerhouse, Escuela Grind, will release their new EP, DDEEAATHHMMEETTAALL, on 12th January 2024 via MNRK Heavy.

The quartet have today (15th December) released their new single 'Meat Magnet', featuring the legendary Napalm Death vocalist Barney Greenway.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/3lRNrxSmGNk

Directed by Michael Jari Davidson (Alice In Chains), the unsettling cut features a vox-off between Greenway and Escuela Grind vocalist Katerina Economou interspliced with exhilarating live footage of the band tearing it down. 

Recorded with Will Killingsworth, mixed by the GRAMMY-winning Kurt Ballou (High on Fire), and mastered by Nick Townsend (Cheap Trick, Dr. Dre), the EP houses four new songs including the lead cut, 'Ball and Chain'.

Pre-order and/or pre-save DDEEAATHHMMEETTAALL now here: https://escuelagrind.ffm.to/ddmm

"Meat Magnet' is a pretty crunchy sort of track, and I was able to really wrap my vocal cords around it," says Greenway when asked for comment on the collaboration. "Enthusiasm oozes out of the pores of Escuela Grind. How can you not get on board with that?"

In sync with the release of DDEEAATHHMMEETTAALL, Escuela Grind will launch a U.S. headlining tour on 10th January. The five-week, 39-city winter trek will criss-cross the country, running through 17th February. Support on the Escuela Grind tour will be provided by Take Offense, Come Meirda, Slow Pulse, Bonginator, Frog Mallet, and Brat.

Escuela Grind's DDEEAATHHMMEETTAALL EP is the crown jewel in a themed trilogy of releases, including the duo of 2020 EPs PPOOWWEERRVVIIOOLLEENNCCEE and GGRRIINNDDCCOORREE, which saw the band espousing their unique takes on the respective underground music sub-genres. DDEEAATHHMMEETTAALL delivers the first new Escuela Grind music since the release of last year's celebrated full-length LP, Memory Theater, hailed by The New York Times as ''an opus of extremity", "witheringly intense yet righteously life-affirming" by SPIN, "the heaviest Escuela Grind have ever sounded" by Decibel, both "a masterclass in punishing, invigorating grindcore" and "a fascinatingly intellectual take on the genre" by Revolver, and "a multifaceted album that goes beyond 'fast and faster' simplicity" by Metal Hammer.

 Fresh off U.S. spotlight tour dates with Baroness, and the extreme metal legends, Napalm Death, who have taken the young U.S. band under its proverbial wing in 2023, Escuela Grind are inarguably one of the hungriest young groups in music today. Escuela Grind have engaged in a seemingly unending live gauntlet since the September 2022 release of Memory Theater, relentlessly trekking the globe to bring their eye-opening energy and sound to welcoming music fans the world over. 

”DDEEAATHHMMEETTAALL is the third installment of our EP series where we dive into the genres that most influence this band," offers Economou. "Finishing this trilogy has been years in the works. We are so excited to release these songs as they are perhaps the best reflection of our live performance. The stage has honed these hectic songs to perfection. Originally we were going to have three songs on this EP, but we wanted to create another track that had a huge buildup. This eventually developed into this brutal song, 'Ball and Chain', that marks the point in our live shows where we have a wall of death every night. Lyrically, it references death metal tropes of murder and revenge, but with a decidedly feminine angle."  

For more information on Escuela Grind:
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Escuela Grind are:
Katerina Economou (vocals)
Jesse Fuentes (drums)
Kris Morash (guitar)
Tom Sifuentes (bass)

Escuela Grind DDEEAATTHHMMEETTAALL tracklisting:

  1.) Ball and Chain (Watch VIDEO)
  2.) Punishment Ritual
  3.) Abyssal Plane
  4.) Meat Magnet (w/ Napalm Death's Barney Greenway)

Photo Credit: Andy Ford

Art taps into the metaphysical and the archetypes of our existence - it lets us experience loss, death, love - it prepares us for all of those things in some way. That’s the value, that’s the perspective I wish to create from.” - Ihsahn 

Ihsahn has released the second single from his forthcoming eponymous album. 'Twice Born' is a fraught maelstrom of symphonic metal which continues the conceptual storyline from previous single, 'Pilgrimage To Oblivion'. 

New album, definitively titled Ihsahn, will be released on 16th February 2024 via Candlelight Records. Daring to push the realms of creative expressionism even further with his eighth studio offering, the Norwegian progressive metal visionary will release two melodically interlinked versions of the same album: one prog metal, one fully symphonic, both creating a cinematically-influenced masterpiece. 

Accompanying the new single are two videos, one for each version (metal and orchestral). The video for the metal version was filmed by Shaun Hodson at Loki Films. For the orchestral version of the track, an animated visualiser by Costin Chioreanu has been created. 

Check out ‘Twice Born’ here: https://youtu.be/aDlwCo0HNXs

Check out ‘Twice Born - Orchestral' here: (set for active release 6pm GMT Dec 14) - https://youtu.be/np-OUXGKMMk

Pre-order and listen to Ihsahn here: https://ihsahn.lnk.to/IHSAHN 

Commenting on the new track, "This second single, 'Twice Born', picks up the conceptual narratives right where the previous single, 'Pilgrimage to Oblivion', ended. Both the metal version of this song and orchestral version will be accompanied by two more videos, continuing the storylines. Musically this song is perhaps slightly more playful than 'Pilgrimage To Oblivion' but follows the same interplay of screams, guitars and orchestra."

Whilst his musical journey has been frequently revelatory, the masterful control of rhythm and movement displayed throughout Ihsahn shows his work as a songwriter and composer at its most focused and self assured. A gargantuan endeavour and one that Ihsahn professes to be one of the most complex projects he has ever undertaken, is a labyrinthine rabbit-hole of his own design; the scale of ambition immediately apparent. Wholly self-produced and scored over the course of three years, the metal version has been mixed by Jens Bogren, the orchestral version mixed by Joel Dollié and both versions were mastered by Tony Lindgren. Ihsahn freely admits that the process pushed him to his limits. It began, simply, with a piano.

Comments Ihsahn, “On average, I´ve been releasing a full-length album every second year since I was 16. And, you know, that has given me some opportunity to explore different options, so for my eighth full-length solo record, I thought, ‘okay, how can I do what I do best, but also raise the bar tenfold? At the heart of what I do is black metal, extreme distorted guitars and screaming, but since the earliest Emperor recordings you’ll hear the keyboard parts influenced by classic soundtracks by the likes of Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Bernard Herrmann, John Carpenter and so on. So, I approached the writing with the intent to present the material in its full-blown metal expression, but also to arrange the orchestral parts in such a way that they would work independently. Somehow an attempt to write a soundtrack within the structures of the full production, allowing me to explore different, and sometimes contrasting, variations of essentially the same music. In the end I wrote all the music as a piano short-score and arranged it for a typical band ensemble and orchestra, accordingly, making sure everything interlocked.”

It’s that compositional core that allowed Ihsahn to build the two records from the ground up – a Herculean feat for the self-professed, self-taught musician, but it is perhaps that very absence of formal training that allowed him to throw out the rulebook and simply follow his instincts, and the time afforded by the pandemic created the natural gap required to so heavily invest himself in the project. That self-induced pressure came from a desire to keep his loyal fanbase and himself interested, which is not only the defining feature of his latest record, but it’s also the central characteristic of his entire solo career. 

Joining Ihsahn on this album are Tobias Ørnes Andersen and Tobias Solbakk on drums and percussion, with Ihsahn's son Angell Solberg Tveitan adding additional percussion and violins by Chris Baum. Artwork for the album was created by Ritxi Ostariz with all promotional photography by Andy Ford. 

Not satisfied to only create a dual-record, there is also a conceptual story which underpins both sides of Ihsahn – a pair of separate but interwoven Wagnerian narratives revolving around the traditional hero’s journey, and while Ihsahn is reticent to tell all, he is confident that meaning will soon emerge for listeners willing to show equal commitment.  

Check out previous single, ‘Pilgrimage To Oblivion’, here: https://youtu.be/1WDCrgpKXaE
Check out ‘Pilgrimage To Oblivion - Orchestral' here: https://youtu.be/U8muikUUz_k 

IHSAHN online:

Ihsahn Official Website || Facebook | Instagram || Twitter | Candlelight

About Ihsahn

Since 1991 Ihsahn has defied expectations and pushed boundaries. More than any other artist to emerge from the fertile black metal scene of the early ‘90s, Ihsahn has firmly established himself as an unpredictable maverick. As the founding frontman of Emperor he is universally lauded as one of extreme music’s most important and influential voices, and he stands as the figurehead for what was arguably black metal’s creative apex. What is even more important to note is that as a solo artist Ihsahn has all but outgrown the confines of that achievement, and over the course of seven records he has forged a sterling reputation for innovation and unabashed originality that’s as genre-bending as it is gleefully indifferent to the weight of expectation. Starting with the release of 2006’s critically acclaimed The Adversary he has never made the same record twice, and it is that resistance to a templated approach that has become the cornerstone of his gloriously creative second act. 

Ihsahn Tracklisting

1: Cervus Venator 
2: The Promethean Spark
3: Pilgrimage To Oblivion
4: Twice Born
5: A Taste Of The Ambrosia
6: Anima Extraneae
7: Blood Trails To Love 
8: Hubris And Blue Devils
9: The Distance Between Us
10: At The Heart Of All Things Broken 
11: Sonata Profana 

Ihsahn Orchestral Tracklisting

1: Cervus Venator Orchestral 
2: The Promethean Spark Orchestral
3: Pilgrimage To Oblivion Orchestral
4: Twice Born Orchestral
5: A Taste Of The Ambrosia Orchestral
6: Anima Extraneae Orchestral
7: Blood Trails To Love Orchestral
8: Hubris And Blue Devils Orchestral
9: The Distance Between Us Orchestral
10: At The Heart Of All Things Broken Orchestral
11: Sonata Profana Orchestral

Photo Credit: Aurélien Mariat

FLOYA have announced their debut album Yume, due for release on 8th March via Arising Empire. The band have also released a video for their new single 'Drift'. 

Check out the video for 'Drift' here: https://youtu.be/2_3E183meUI

Pre-orders of Yume will be available from Friday 15th December: https://arisingempire.com/yume

'Drift' is filled with genre-bending moments and conveys a clear message: do what you love, there’s not enough time for anything else. The duo elevate listeners with powerful, airy synths, Marv’s romantic guitar riffs, and Phil’s unmistakable, angelic voice.

“I don't think I've ever written a song this honest before,” says vocalist Phil. “I've grappled with ambivalent emotions toward my career, to be completely transparent. There were moments when I doubted whether I could continue doing what I love. I turned my back on music for a while and, as a result, lost a significant part of my identity. 'Drift' is about precisely that: dealing with ambivalence, overcoming doubts, and enabling you to continue doing what you love.”

Hailing from Germany, Marv Wilder and Phil Bayer found common ground by talking about their childhood influences, namely Peter Gabriel, U2 & Sting. 

Since the release of their debut single 'Wonders' in March 2022, FLOYA have amassed over eight million streams on Spotify alone. Their single 'The Hymn' was featured in an official AFL game between Port Adelaide and the Western Bulldogs on Australian television; an impressive achievement for a newly launched act. FLOYA have also received significant airplay from Kerrang! Radio (UK) and Radio Contact (BE).

FLOYA are:
Phil Bayer | vocals 
Marv Wilder | guitar 

For more information: 
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https://www.tiktok.com/@floyamusic
https://twitter.com/floyamusic

Photo Credit: Aurélien Mariat

Photo Credit: Nick Chance

Enterprise Earth have released their latest heavy hitter 'Casket of Rust', taken from the band's forthcoming new album Death: An Anthology, out on 2nd February via MNRK Heavy.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/9xmDZks01QA

Stream the single here: https://enterprise-earth.ffm.to/casketofrust

Pre-save Death: An Anthology here: https://enterprise-earth.ffm.to/deathananthology

Speaking on the single's lyrics, vocalist Travis Worland commented: “Lyrically, it touches on the death of yourself in a relationship. You’re killing of anything you had in order to appease another person and destroying pieces of yourself. You built this casket for so long that it has time to decay and rust before you bury yourself in it.”

Prior to today, the band unleashed 'King of Ruination' with special guest Ben Duerr from Shadow of Intent and most recently, 'The Reaper's Servant' featuring Darius Tehrani of Spite. 

More than anything else, we share death in common. This universal eventuality unites us. In an evolutionary sense, it effectively ensures our equality. No matter who you are, you will die. Enterprise Earth explore death from a different perspective altogether. Rather than turn away from it, the U.S. quartet—Gabe Mangold [guitar, backing vocals, production], Brandon Zackey [drums], Travis Worland [vocals], and Dakota Johnson [bass]—face it head-on with their fifth full-length offering, Death: An Anthology. Against an apocalyptic soundtrack of battering ram double bass drums, gut-punching guitars, and disarmingly dynamic vocals, the group present their most immersive and inimitable vision yet.

“The album is tied together by the overarching concept of death,” Travis states. “It’s easy to think of death as a separation of consciousness from the body, but we’re delving into the death of self, individuality, and relationships—whether romantic or platonic. Dying takes many forms. I grew up extremely religious, so death has always been on my mind. In any religion, the afterlife is the umbrella for all of your beliefs. I tend to think of death from a more philosophical standpoint these days.”

The band have always incited mosh pits and thought in equal measure. Since emerging during 2014, Enterprise Earth have logged two back-to-back debuts in the Top 10 of the Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart, while Loudwire cited Luciferous among the “50 Best Metal Albums of 2019.” Hysteria Mag heralded 2022’s The Chosen as “a veritable masterclass in experimentation and reinvention that shows a highly skilled band transcending its roots and making steps to become leaders of a field still being created,” while Metal Injection summed it up as “a strong statement.” Plus having toured with the likes of Thy Art Is Murder, Dying Fetus, Chelsea Grin, Fit For An Autopsy, Fallujah, Within Destruction, and more.

With Gabe once again in the producer’s chair, the musicians holed up in a Lake Tahoe cabin for nine days where they penned the bulk of Death: An Anthology. It marked the first time this line-up wrote together (and in-person) as well as with Travis on vocal duties.

“We fed off one another’s energy,” recalls Gabe. “These songs felt cohesive because of that. We all had a hand in the composition.”

In the end, death may be inevitable, but you can rely on Enterprise Earth for a release in the meantime.

“We wanted to make an album that feels like who we are as a collective,” the band agreed. “On the one hand, we hope you have fun listening to it. On the other, just know, ‘Death is real and it comes for us all’. One day, we won’t be here anymore. While we’re alive, we want to enjoy it.”

Enterprise Earth are:
Gabe Mangold [guitar, backing vocals, production]
Travis Worland [vocals]
Brian Zackey [drums]
Dakota Johnson [bass]

Enterprise Earth online: 
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Tracklisting:

1. Abyss
2. Face of Fear
3. The Reaper's Servant (ft. Darius Tehrani)
4. Spineless
5. King Of Ruination (ft. Ben Duerr)
6. Casket Of Rust
7. I, Divine
8. Malevolent Force (ft. Wes Hauch)
9. Accelerated Demise
10. Blood And Teeth
11. Curse Of Flesh (ft. Matthew K. Heafy)

Photo Credit: Denise Andörfer

Metalcore supergroup Alleviate have released a video for their new single 'Better', out now via Arising Empire. The track follows their first two singles 'Die For Me' and 'Broken', which have garnered over 1.5 million streams on Spotify. 

Check out the video for 'Better' here: https://youtu.be/LMICN21U_V8

Stream 'Better' here: https://arisingempire.com/better

Alleviate's powerful new single 'Better' explores themes of self-doubt and the journey towards self-improvement. The song captures a feeling of being lost and constantly in second place, struggling with uncertainty and self-doubt. More than just reflecting personal struggles, 'Better' stands as an inspiring call to action, encouraging listeners to face their fears and ambitiously chase their dreams.

Upon releasing their debut single 'Die For Me', Alleviate gained fans across the globe. Famous internet reactors like Nik Nocturnal and Too Lit Mafia supported their powerful sound, which combines technical riffs, heavy breakdowns, and catchy hooks.

Alleviate stand for the strength that's hidden deep inside us all. Formed in 2020, the band consists of five successful musicians from five different bands across a variety of metal sub-genres. They combine the best of technical metalcore, deathcore, djent and post-hardcore in one powerful and beautiful style. The members have proven themselves numerous times in previous and current bands. They've played hundreds of shows and are experienced live performers. 

The name Alleviate itself represents what the band stands for; giving hope and spreading a positive message into the world.

Alleviate are:
Timo - clean vocals (Our Mirage)
Marius - shouts (Breakdowns at Tiffany’s)
Ramon - guitar (The Evolutionist)
Marc - guitar (We Are Perspectives)
Yunus - drums (Time, The Valuator)

Alleviate online:
https://www.instagram.com/Alleviate.official
https://www.facebook.com/Alleviate.official
https://twitter.com/alleviateoffic1
https://www.tiktok.com/@alleviate.music

Photo Credit: Patric Ullaeus

Swedish metal veterans EVERGREY have released a new version of their #1 streamed track 'Call Out The Dark'.

Listen to the emotional piano version here, recorded at EVERGREY HQ: https://youtu.be/9yu_fwBxRgs

The new single is taken from the band’s upcoming anniversary album, From Dark Discoveries to Heartless Portraits, a celebration of 30 years of Gothenburg’s finest export of darkness, due for release this Friday, 15th December, via Napalm Records.

The original version of 'Call Out The Dark' was released on EVERGREY’s highly acclaimed 2022 album, A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament), which entered charts worldwide at #3 in Sweden (Metal), #7 in Finland, #12 in Germany and ranked #5 on the Top New Artist Albums charts in the United States. The new, beautifully stripped-down version of the song comes with a fitting official video.

Jonas Ekdahl states: "I love how Tom and Rikard manage to take these songs and transform them into something unique and different than its original form and sound. If you manage to remove all the production elements within a song and strip everything down to its essence, and still feel that it holds up and sounds good – you know it’s a good song! That’s exactly what they have done with these piano/vocal versions in my opinion. This version of ’Call Out The Dark’ delivers slightly darker vibe and the lyrics stand out and reach you even more than on the original version."

Since their very first record, 1998’s The Dark Discovery, the Swedish entity around founder, singer and guitarist Tom S. Englund - one of the most distinctive vocals in metal - has enthralled fans and critics alike with their matchless skill in merging progressive heaviness with intense melodic metal, topped by gripping lyrics that run shivers down one’s spine. To date, the band has gathered numerous worldwide chart positions with thirteen studio albums in total, and in 2022, the five-piece proved again - even after 30 years of existence - that their creativity sees no bounds with the release of the flawless A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament).

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

From Dark Discoveries To Heartless Portraits will be available in the following formats:
-Hardcover book + 1CD Digisleeve Bundle (incl. rare photos and imagery, behind the scenes stories and
exclusive liner notes from the members) – ltd. to 150 copies worldwide
-2LP Gold Vinyl – ltd. to 300 copies worldwide
-2LP Black Vinyl
-1CD Digisleeve
-Digital Album

Photo Credit: Stephan Heilemann

Symphonic metal unit Exit Eden, consisting of Clémentine Delauney (Visions of Atlantis), Anna Brunner (League of Distortion) and Marina La Torraca (Phantom Elite), reveal their second new single, a dramatic cover of one of Journey’s biggest hits, 'Separate Ways'.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/I4Y0jm2LFRk

Topped by the release of Exit Eden’s debut, Rhapsodies in Black (#15 DE album charts), millions of video views (12M on their cover of Bonnie Tyler’s 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart') and an energetic performance at Wacken, three of the most talented women in metal will release their second album, Femmes Fatales, on 12th January 2024 via Napalm Records.

Pre-order the album here: https://lnk.to/EXITEDEN-FemmesFatales/napalmrecords

Exit Eden’s new masterpiece is an illustration of strength and female empowerment, and it contains its own original compositions as well as covers of international hits. The trio gives the iconic 'Separate Ways' a fresh new soundscape, dressing the huge 80s AOR hit in a veil of symphonic heaviness.

Exit Eden state:                               
"Our version of this Journey classic is a tribute to rock ‘n roll and timeless tunes. We are thrilled to retell this musical tale with our own voices and share it with you today."

When Clémentine Delauney, Anna Brunner, Marina La Torraca and Amanda Somerville came together to form EXIT EDEN, topped by the release of their first album, Rhapsodies in Black, in summer 2017, it became immediately clear that this combination would be both powerful and magical. These four outstanding and independent female vocalists proved that symphonic heaviness can go hand in hand with pop music - dressing well-known classics in a yet unheard soundscape, and evoking more than just a covers album.

Now performing as a trio, EXIT EDEN's new full-length follows the path of its predecessor, as it contains six cover versions of famous cross-generational super-hits, but this time also shines by offering six original compositions. With one exception ('Dying in my Dreams', co-written by Marina La Torraca), the remaining five original songs were brought to life by Anna Brunner and Hannes Braun (Kissin’ Dynamite), who is also responsible for recording, production and mixing, whereas the album was mastered by Jacob Hansen (Delain, Amaranthe, Volbeat, Destruction and many more). 

Femmes Fatales will be available in the following formats:    
1-LP Gatefold MARBLED RED/BLACK – ltd. to 300 copies worldwide
1-LP Gatefold BLACK
1-CD 48pages Earbook – ltd. to 300 copies worldwide
1-CD 6p Digipak
Bundle 1-CDs DGS + Shirt
Digital Album

EXIT EDEN online:
WEBSITE
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NAPALM RECORDS

Femmes Fatales tracklist:
1    Femme Fatale
2    It's a Sin
3    Run! (feat. Marko Hietala)
4    Separate Ways
5    Buried in the Past
6    Désenchantée
7    Dying in my Dreams
8    Poison
9    Alone
10  Hold Back Your Fear
11  Kayleigh
12  Elysium    

Photo Credit: Jonathan Perlmann

Swedish rockers tAKiDA have revealed a brand-new official music video for their recent single, 'Third strike', cut from the band’s upcoming Napalm Records debut The agony flame, set for release on February 9, 2024. 

The astonishing video captures Sweden’s snowy, freezing landscapes, underlined by frightening AI-created, impressionistic faces, skeletons and creatures.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/XlR5N_FXLhA

Pre-order The agony flame here: https://lnk.to/Takida-TheAgonyFlame/napalmrecords

tAKiDA’s recent singles have already exceeded the band's previous international radio chart success, with 'The loneliest hour' hitting #1 on German Rock Airplay Charts,  and 'Third strike' currently ranking at #4 on Antyradio’s Turbo Top Charts - Poland’s biggest and most important rock radio channel.

This new video arrives on the heels of tAKiDA’s recent announcement of their 2024 Smoke & Mirrors Tour, including an extended run through several major cities in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Supported by Those Damn Crows, the tour kicks off in Germany on 2nd April. 

Tickets are on-sale now.

tAKiDA on 'Third strike': “'Third strike' is about self-sabotage. The main character, however hard they try to be the person they want to be, to do good, to be successful, they will always lose the battle with the voices in their head.”

tAKiDA has six platinum singles (one of them 4x platinum), three platinum albums and five #1 albums under their belts, and their new material seeks to expand upon previous successes. In 2023, tAKiDA embarked on their biggest tour so far, including arena shows in their home country and huge festival appearances - even conquering the main stage at Wacken Open Air. The agony flame is the successor to tAKiDA’s stunning 2021 album, Falling from fame, which garnered tAKiDA a solid international fanbase that is set to grow with this new release.

The agony flame embodies the distinctive, unmistakable tAKiDA sound, rich with infectious, huge choruses. On the new album, listeners get to witness some of singer Robert Pettersson’s strongest vocal performances to date.

Over the course of tAKiDA’s fruitful career, the band has regularly topped radio airplay charts, and their star doesn’t show any signs of dimming! The first track released from The agony flame, 'The loneliest hour', became the band’s biggest radio success to date by going straight to #1 on the German Rock Radio Airplay Charts after its release as a standalone single in summer 2023. In trademark tAKiDA manner, songs like 'Your blood awaits you', 'Third strike' and 'On the line' are loaded with emotion and unlimited hit potential.     

More than two decades after the band’s formation, tAKiDA’s new offering makes it crystal clear that the unit’s pop-infused rock is still relevant today. 

tAKiDA on The agony flame: “The agony flame is our “now or never”-album and you’re free to interpret that however you want. Hope you’ll like it.”

The agony flame will be available in the following formats:
1-LP Gatefold MARBLED ORANGE RED Die Hard Edition (Cotton Bag + Slipmat + Record Butler)
1-LP Gatefold SOLID RED             
1-CD Digisleeve + Shirt Bundle    
1-CD Digisleeve 
1-LP Gatefold BLACK      
Digital Album     
 

tAKiDA are:

Robert Pettersson: vocals
Tomas Wallin: backing vocals, guitars
Mattias Larsson: guitar
Chris Rehn: bass, keyboards, guitars, programming and arrangements
Kristoffer Söderström: drums

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The agony flame tracklisting:

1. Third strike
2. The other side
3. Sacred spell
4. In time
5. Your blood awaits you 
6. Nothing but a misplace
7. The loneliest hour
8. Sickening
9. Isolated (smoke & mirrors)
10.On the line
11.Second fiddle

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Progressive groove metal juggernaut Jinjer and death metal legends Obituary will embark on a massive tour across the UK and Europe in autumn 2024 as special guests for metal icons Sepultura on their Celebrating Life Through Death – European Farewell Tour 2024, together with Jesus Piece. This genius line-up delivers heavy sounds from various genres of metal: old school burners from Sepultura and Obituary to new school bangers from Jinjer and Jesus Piece, all coming together to celebrate the end of an era and making it an unmissable tour.

Jinjer commented on the upcoming tour: “Touring together with this legendary band on their farewell run is for us, as longtime fans and now friends, the perfect way to celebrate their undeniable influence on us as a band, their contribution to metal music as a whole and to their 40 year long legacy. Let’s tear up the roots and plant some new ones together next fall!”     

Since the Summer of 2022, Jinjer have solidified their reputations as one of the hardest touring bands around, having just finished an 18 month world tour where they played reknowned festivals such as Download, Rock am Ring, Wacken and Rockville, and toured across Europe, Australia, Latin America and North America, sharing stages together with Slipknot, Bullet for My Valentine and Disturbed and many more. Jinjer are currently taking a much deserved rest but already working hard on album #5 as well as some other surprises to be announced very soon.

Obituary return to the UK following their mostly sold-out Barely Alive UK & IE summer headline tour dates and European festival run, which saw them perform at Summer Breeze, Dynamo, Alcatraz and many more. The band are touring in support of their highly accaimed new album Dying Of Everything. Like just about every album in Obituary's vast catalogue, Dying Of Everything is instantly memorable; it’s a skill that Obituary have only improved upon over the years. It’s unusual for a band that’s been around since the ’80s to be doing some of their best work in the 2020s, but that’s exactly what Obituary have accomplished through their do-it-yourself attitude and relentless touring on a worldwide level.

The Tardy brothers of Obituary comment: "When we got the word that Sepultura asked for Obituary to be on the tour we jumped at the opportunity and are super excited to have the chance to be on the road together again. The history between these two bands goes back 35 years and we have always remained good friends and brothers in Metal. It has been 3 decades since we toured together so we are really looking forward to this and we know the fans are just as excited! Lifetime friendship and now we get to add to the memories and we are so proud and honored to be a part of their European Farewell Tour. 

" A message for our Brazilian Brothers:

"* Vocês sempre tiveram nosso apoio, amor e respeito e estamos honrados em nos juntar a vocês nessa celebração de uma incrível carreira de 40 anos. Obrigado por esta oportunidade e vamos arregaçar mais uma vez juntos na Europa!!"

The Celebrating Life Through Death – European Farewell Tour 2024 kicks off on 30th October in Paris, France, covering 21 cities in total, before wrapping up in Prague, Czechia, on 23rd November. Tickets go on sale at 9am on 13th December.

Dates:

30.10.24 FR – Paris / Zenith Paris – La Villette
31.10.24 DE – Offenbach am Main / Stadthalle
01.11.24 DE – Hamburg / Edel Optics Arena
02.11.24 DE – Cologne / Palladium
03.11.24 DE – Den Bosch / The Rock Circus
05.11.24 BE – Brussels / Ancienne Belgique
06.11.24 LU – Esch-Sur-Alzette / Rockhal
08.11.24 UK – Manchester / Manchester Academy
09.11.24 IE – Dublin / Olympia Theatre
10.11.24 UK – Belfast / The Telegraph Building
11.11.24 UK – Glasgow / Barrowland Ballroom
12.11.24 UK – London / Hammersmith Apollo
14.11.24 CH – Zurich / The Hall
15.11.24 DE – Ludwigsburg / MHP Arena
16.11.24 DE – Munich / Zenith
17.11.24 HU – Budapest / Barba Negra
19.11.24 DE – Leipzig / Haus Auensee
20.11.24 AT – Vienna / Gasometer
21.11.24 PL – Katowice / Spodek
22.11.24 DE – Berlin / Columbiahalle
23.11.24 CZ – Prague / O2 Universum

Additional Jinjer shows in 2024:
22.04.24 US – Milwaukee, WI / The Rave
27.04.24 US – Las Vegas, NV / Sick New World
08.08.24 ES – Villena / Lyendas del Rock
09.08.24 CZ – Jaromer / Brutal Assault
10.08.24 FR – Cercoux / Festival 666
11.08.24 BE – Kortrijk / Alcatraz Open Air
15.08.24 DE – Dinkelsbühl / Summer Breeze Open Air
17.08.24 FR – Carhaix / Motocultor Festival

Jinjer are:

Tatiana Shmayluk - Vocals
Roman Ibramkhalilov - Guitars
Eugene Abdukhanov - Bass
Vlad Ulasevich - Drums

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Obituary are:
John Tardy - Vocals
Donald Tardy - Drums
Trevor Peres - Rhythm Guitar
Terry Butler - Bass Guitar
Ken Andrews - Lead Guitar

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