Photo Credit: Jesse Kojima

Tokyo riff lords Sable Hills have shared their electrifying new single 'Odyssey' just a few days after announcing their signing to Arising Empire. It is the title track of the band's highly anticipated third album, due for release this April. 

Stream 'Odyssey' here: https://arisingempire.com/odyssey
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/C7J8Yb8KS1o

Known for their dynamic blend of intense riffs and melodic harmonies, Sable Hills continue to redefine the boundaries of metalcore, captivating fans across the globe. Odyssey promises to be a groundbreaking addition to their discography, showcasing their unique style and musical prowess. Fans are eagerly counting down the days to the full album release, anticipating a collection of tracks that will further cement Sable Hills' status as titans of their genre.

Guitarist Rict comments: "The new song 'Odyssey' is the beginning of our long journey. We have a new member and a new label. Finally we’re ready to go. The song is very melodic, and also heavy. Very metal, and also hardcore. We’ll release this song with 100% confidence. So excited to show our new sound to you."

Sable Hills have captivated audiences with their electrifying headline tours, notably Chaos J.P. 2023, which featured the likes of Like Moths To Flames and Knosis, led by Ryo Kinoshita, former vocalist of Crystal Lake. This tour marked an important return to Japan for these acts after a long hiatus.

The band's ascent to prominence was ignited by their debut album EMBERS (2019), which received widespread acclaim and positioned them at the pinnacle of Japan's metal scene, allowing them to share the stage with renowned Japanese bands such as coldrain, Crystal Lake, and international heavyweights Fit For A King and After The Burial. Appearing at major festivals Bloodaxe Festival at Club Citta Kawasaki and True North Festival at Shin-Kiba Studio Coast further enhanced their reputation.

The release of their second album DUALITY marked another high point in their career. The album's release tour, extending from Japan to Europe, included performances at Wacken Open Air in Germany and Brutal Assault in the Czech Republic. At Wacken 2022, Sable Hills achieved an historic victory, winning the METAL BATTLE 2022, a first for a Japanese band.

In 2023, the band kept on striving forward, selling out their show at Spotify O-WEST and performing at major festivals including coldrain's BLARE FEST, KNOTFEST and at Wacken Open Air for the second consecutive year. Their very own FRONTLINE FESTIVAL at Kawasaki Club Citta was a resounding success, attracting close to 1000 attendees.

Sable Hills are:
Takuya Mishima - Vocals
Wataru Yuasa - Guitar & Vocals
Rict Mishima - Guitar
Takuya Ueda - Bass
Keita Kondo - Drums

Sable Hills online:
www.instagram.com/sablehillsjp
www.tiktok.com/@sablehillsjp
www.facebook.com/sablehillsjp
twitter.com/sablehillsjp
www.sablehills.jp

On the heels of announcing their final six shows, pioneering prog-R&B outfit Issues have shared a surprise single called 'Since I Lost You', a love letter to their fans and ode to the last twelve years.

Bassist Skyler Acord takes the vocal reigns on the track, which have been honed over the last two years of pursuing his solo venture. 'Since I Lost You' is the exclamation point at the end of the Issues story. A statement from the originals.

Starting this Friday, the band will play six final shows in Anaheim, Chicago, and the band’s hometown Atlanta, and will mark their first shows since 2019.

Listen to the final, new single here: https://issues.ffm.to/since-i-lost-you

Purchase tickets from here: issues.ffm.to/farewell

Official statement from the band: "Issues has been a central figure in our lives since 2012. We’ve played countless shows, toured almost every continent, met thousands of people, and made so many friends in our peers and travel companions. The importance of this band to our lives cannot be overstated. So many of you were right there with us. 

"2020 hit us as hard as it could possibly hit a band. Tours canceled after we paid the deposits, new album cycle cut short, and the last any of you guys heard from us was when we fired our singer. All of these were incredibly traumatic experiences, not only for us, but also the fans to whom our music means the most. Life changed for the three of us after 2020 in significant ways that made making Issues our full time job impossible, but it doesn’t feel right to end our story in tragedy. We feel very strongly that the legacy we want to leave be a positive one. 

"These shows are the final chapter in a long history of pushing the limits of composition, musicianship, and culture in every way we could. We want them to contextualize our body of work over the controversy and member changes and gossip and bullsh*t and to stand as a monument to the three real muff*ckas still standing, the music we’re so proud of, and the fans still with us. If this band has ever meant anything to you we want you to be proud of being a part of this too. Proud of the gigs you’ve seen, the tattoos you got, the friends you made. So we’re putting this sh*t to bed in true Issues fashion. Very, very loudly."

Final shows:
Jan 12: Los Angeles, CA, Echoplex
Jan 13: Chicago, IL, Concord Music Hall 
Jan 19: Anaheim, CA, House Of Blues (Sold Out)
Jan 20: Chicago, IL, House Of Blues (Sold Out)
Jan 27: Atlanta, GA, The Masquerade (Sold Out)
Jan 28: Atlanta, GA, The Masquerade 

Adored by fans across the globe, Issues have spent the past decade-plus breathing much-needed life into a scene that had gone stale in the wake of emo’s second wave. According to Kerrang!, Issues are one of the 22 Artists Shaping the Future of Rock, alongside Foo Fighters, Twenty One Pilots, and Fall Out Boy. Artist of the Year, Best Vocalist, Best Live Band (AltPress), and Best New Talent (Revolver) winners and nominees, the celebrated Atlanta quartet never failed to deliver on the swelling momentous hype throughout their tenure. Soulful R&B hooks, neo nü-metal bounce, prog-rock smarts, and active rock are swirled together in passionate ceremony, bridging the gap between the theatrical shimmer of The 1975 and the heavy syncopation of Meshuggah with energetic ease. Hints of classic funk, jazz fusion, and modern pop swagger weave between pulsating rhythmic punch and guitar driven riff rock, without a moment of incoherence. Issues have mastered the art of the mashup, a genre unto themselves. Roughly three years before the release of their final album Beautiful Oblivion, Headspace was the Number 1 Alternative Album in North America, following the success of the band’s self-titled debut, which cracked the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 in February 2014.

Fans can expect more surprises from the band and special guest announcements leading up to their final shows. For more information on Issues, be sure to follow them at the links below.

Instagram
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Spotify
Twitter
Facebook

Photo Credit: Neil DaCosta

Portland progressive sludge masters Lord Dying have unleashed their new single / video 'The Universe Is Weeping', taken from their long-awaited new full-length, Clandestine Transcendence, which is released 19th January 2024 via MNRK Heavy. 

Premiered via Decibel, watch the video here: https://youtu.be/9RGY82xhUe0

Pre-order Clandestine Transcendence here: https://lorddying.ffm.to/clandestinetranscendence

Vocalist / guitarist Erik Olson comments on the new single: "We are very psyched to premiere the opening track and video for ‘The Universe Is Weeping’ off our upcoming album. This song picks up directly where our previous album leaves off. Post death. Blazing beyond the cosmos and outside the realms of consciousness. Total dissolution of the self. Into Clandestine Transcendence.”

Bassist Alyssa Maucere, who directed and produced the video, adds: “When asked to direct the video for ‘The Universe Is Weeping,’ I couldn’t help but tackle the concept of the Cosmic Calendar. For instance, the Universe’s birthdate is January 1st. Life on earth = Sept 30th. Human history is Dec 31st at 23:59:57. We consume everything in our path as our sources of energy, some of which have been on earth for over 600 million years. If the past can tell us anything about life, a new life form could come along one day that decides that they can house us, raise us, and overfeed us to become their most preferred source of energy. Or we could just destroy each other before that day may come, which seems more likely to me.”

Lord Dying transform tragedy into triumph. From the earliest rumblings of their first demo and self-titled EP (both issued in 2011), through the piledriving force of Summon The Faithless (2013) and crushing despair of Poisoned Altars (2015), the band have conjured masterfully melancholic heavy music for the misanthropic, with grit and grime.

In 2019, they delivered Mysterium Tremendum, a record Kerrang! declared a “prog-metal masterpiece.” The heady and adventurous existential meditation on death kicked off a trilogy and that story continues in 2023 with an increasingly ambitious follow-up, the aptly named Clandestine Transcendence.

Lord Dying cofounders Erik Olson (guitar, vocals) and Chris Evans (guitar) are joined by Alyssa Mocere (former bassist for Eight Bells), and Kevin Swartz (current drummer of Tithe). Chicago Reader crowned Mysterium Tremendum, “a beautiful meditation on tragedy.” Produced by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou (High On Fire, Code Orange, Kvelertak) at his God City Studios, Clandestine Transcendence steps even further into the great unknown, filled with riffs and vibes.
 
Clandestine Transcendence picks up where 2019’s critically championed Mysterium Tremendum left off. Latin for “awe-inspiring mystery” or “terrible mystery” depending on one’s view of existence, Mysterium Tremendum began a narrative centered on a central character the band calls The Dreamer. Olson describes The Dreamer as an immortal being who wants to die. On Clandestine Transcendence, part two of a planned trilogy, he gets that wish. “This one is about what happens beyond death,” the frontman explains.

Lord Dying are:
Erik Olson – vocals/guitar
Chris Evans – guitar
Alyssa Maucere – bass/vocals
Kevin Swartz – drums

For more information:
http://www.facebook.com/LordDying
http://twitter.com/Lorddying
http://instagram.com/lorddying
https://www.mnrkheavy.com
https://www.facebook.com/MNRKHeavy
https://www.instagram.com/MNRK_heavy
https://www.twitter.com/MNRKHeavy

About MNRK Music Group
MNRK Music Group is one of the largest independent music companies in the world, with recording, music publishing, and management divisions operating in every major music market. MNRK is committed to discovering and guiding top music creators and artists and works with some of the greatest musical talent, including The Lumineers and Pitbull, the music publishing catalog of Chuck Berry, plus premier music companies Dualtone Music Group and Last Gang. The company’s music department services Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning producers. Its catalog across divisions consists of 54,000 music tracks, including multiple GRAMMY winners and platinum-selling hits.

Clandestine Transcendence tracklisting:

1. The Universe Is Weeping
2. I Am Nothing. I Am Everything
3. Unto Becoming
4. Final Push Into The Sun
5. Dancing On The Emptiness
6. Facing The Incomprehensible
7. A Brief Return To Physical Form
8. A Bond Broken By Death
9. Break In The Clouds (In The Darkness Of Our Minds)
10. Soul Metamorphosis
11. Swimming In The Absence
12. The Endless Road Home

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 final single 'Femme Fatale' ahead of the release of their second album, Femmes Fatales, on 12th January 2024 via Napalm Records.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/NxK46TGtQYA

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

Femmes Fatales arrives with twelve songs in total – half covers, half own compositions. The trio’s original composition and third single, 'Femme Fatale', was written by Anna Brunner and Hannes Braun (Kissin’ Dynamite).

Exit Eden’s new masterpiece follows their debut, Rhapsodies in Black (#15 DE album charts), and millions of video views (12M on their cover of Bonnie Tyler’s 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart' alone). Their latest singles 'Run!' (feat. Marko Hietala/ex-Nightwish) and 'Separate Ways' (Journey cover) have already surpassed a million views since their respective releases in October and December 2023.

'Femme Fatale', as well as the album in its entirety, marks an illustration of strength and female empowerment topped with symphonic heaviness.

Exit Eden state: “When our paths initially crossed years ago, we were strangers and became friends, allies, sisters in crime… With the song ‘Femme Fatale’, we turned the tables, played with our own cards and established new rules. We set ourselves free from prejudice and limitations, embracing our true nature and femininity, regaining our power to stand as modern witches — resilient, liberated, we ARE Femmes Fatales.”

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
FACEBOOK
INSTAGRAM
X
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  

Los Angeles quartet Dead Poet Society have released their new single 'My Condition'. The track is taken from the band's upcoming second album FISSION, due for release on 26th January via Spinefarm. 

Stream 'My Condition' here: https://deadpoetsociety.lnk.to/MyCondition

Pre-order FISSION here: https://deadpoetsociety.lnk.to/FISSION

Commenting on the track, the band's frontman Jack Underkofler says: "This song took years to write and it’s one of our favorites. It’s about knowing that nothing matters, so might as well go for what brings you fulfilment and do what you want."

DPS have also announced details of an exclusive and intimate record release show. 'Rock Night Out presents Dead Poet Society: The FISSION Album Release Experience, sponsored by Spinefarm Records', will take place on 24th January in Los Angeles at Pico Union Project. Additionally, The FISSION Tour is confirmed for spring, including a headline run in the UK and Europe and appearances at festivals such as Shaky Knees, Welcome to Rockville, and Sonic Temple.

In the meantime, fans can find themselves transported to a DPS show by watching their video comprised of live performance footage for ‘How could I love you?’ The footage is culled from the band's recent performances at Blueberry Hill in St. Louis and at the Subterranean in Chicago. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/IakCGAwD0pg

Dead Poet Society have accumulated over 72 million global streams, with nearly 32 million streams in the US alone. The band have also enjoyed two Top 15 singles at radio in the US and key playlisting.

Dead Poet Society have established themselves as an intense live act not to be missed. The band have previously toured with alt-rock powerhouses Biffy Clyro, Badflower, Highly Suspect and BRKN Love; and they’ve played iconic festivals such as Download, Pinkpop, Rock Werchter and Reading & Leeds in recent years.

See Dead Poet Society live: 

Feb 16: PT Lisbon LAV Room 2
Feb 17: ES Madrid Sala Sol 
Feb 18: ES Barcelona Razzmatazz 3
Feb 20: IT Milan Legend 
Feb 21: CH Baden Werkk 
Feb 22: DE Munich Feierwerk
Feb 24: AT Vienna Chelsea 
Feb 25: HU Budapest Akvarium Klub Small Hall
Feb 26: CZ Prague Futurum  
Feb 28: DE Berlin Hole 44
Mar 02: SE Stockholm Nalen Klubb 
Mar 03: NO Oslo Parkteatret  
Mar 04: DK Copenhagen Pumpehuset 
Mar 06: DE Hamburg Logo 
Mar 07: NL Amsterdam Melkweg OZ 
Mar 08: BE Antwerp Trix Club 
Mar 10: DE Cologne Luxor 
Mar 11: FR Paris La Maroquinerie
Mar 13: UK Bristol Thekla 
Mar 14: UK Birmingham O2 Institute 2 
Mar 16: UK Leeds Brudenell Social Club
Mar 17: UK Glasgow King Tuts 
Mar 19: UK Manchester Rebellion 
Mar 20: UK London Scala 
Mar 22: UK Belfast Limelight 2 
Mar 23: IE Dublin Whelans 

Dead Poet Society are: 

Jack Underkofler - vocals/guitar
Jack Collins - guitar
Will Goodroad - drums
Dylan Brenner - bass 

For more information: 
https://www.facebook.com/deadpoetsocietyband/
https://twitter.com/WeAreDPS/
https://www.instagram.com/wearedps/
https://www.wearedps.com/

FISSION tracklist:

1. 5:29:45
2. Running In Circles
3. HURT
4. How could I love you?
5. I hope you hate me.
6. UTO
7. Tipping Point
8. LA Queen
9. Hard To Be God
10. 81 Tonnes
11. My Condition
12. KOET
13. Black and Gold

Photo Credit: Jonathan Perlmann

Chart-topping Swedish rockers tAKiDA are ringing in the New Year with their brand-new single, entitled 'Sickening'. The song is taken from their massive ninth studio album and Napalm Records debut, The agony flame, set for release on 9th February, 2024. 

'Sickening' is a musical stand-out, and marks one of the most intense, heavier-leaning tracks on The agony flame, a record rich with dark, melancholic lyrics and heavy tunes all at once.            

Watch the lyric video here: https://youtu.be/A8MEUyUkKgE  

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

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.

Ever since their start in 1999 and breaking into the scene with their first studio album, Make You Breathe (2006), tAKiDA has become one of Sweden’s largest rock bands, garnering mind-blowing success in their home country with six platinum singles (one of them 4x platinum), three platinum albums and five #1 albums. In 2023, tAKiDA’s recent singles, cut from the upcoming album The agony flame, have exceeded the already extremely well-accomplished band’s previous international radio chart success, with 'The loneliest hour' hitting #1 on German Rock Airplay Charts, and 'Third strike' added to daily rotation at Antyradio - Poland’s biggest and most important rock radio channel. In summer 2023, tAKiDA conquered the mainstage of the legendary Wacken Open Air, performing in front of twenty thousand people. With the release of The agony flame in 2024, tAKiDA will not only celebrate 25 years of band history, but surpass their current success without the shadow of a doubt.

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

For more information:
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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

Photo Credit: Martyna Bannister

Welsh post-hardcore heavyweights Casey have unveiled new single 'Selah', the final glimpse of their new album, How to Disappear, to be released 12th January via Hassle Records.

Pre-order How to Disappear and stream 'Selah' here: https://casey.ffm.to/how-to-disappear

Vocalist Tom Weaver comments: "This song was actually named by Liam [Torrance, guitar]; it was a word that I wasn’t familiar with, but I think it fits the song perfectly. 'Selah' is “an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause”.

"I’ve had a turbulent relationship with religion throughout most of my life. I’ve always comfortably considered myself an agnostic, but in moments of desperation I’ve definitely sought out reassurance from a being outside of myself. 

"My overwhelming feeling towards religion is that at its best it provides a sense of belonging and community; and at its worst it serves to absolve accountability. In moments of crisis, I’ve often posed that question of “If you’re there, why are you doing this to me?”.

"'Selah' articulates that question with examples from my life. Near-death experiences or moments of pain that feel as though they shouldn’t happen beneath the benevolent gaze of something greater."

'Selah' follows Casey's previous singles 'Bite Through My Tongue' and album title track, which have seen huge radio support from Jack Saunders (Future Artists), Nels Hylton (Future Alternative), Daniel P Carter (Rock Show), Alyx Holcombe (Introducing Rock) on BBC Radio 1; Kerrang!, Rock Sound, Upset, and many more.

Casey will be taking the album on a host of UK, European, Australian and North American tour dates in 2024:

North America tour w/ Holding Absence:

Jan 16 WA Seattle Neumos
Jan 17 OR Portland Hawthorne Theatre
Jan 19 CA Roseville Goldfield Trading Post
Jan 20 CA Los Angeles The Echoplex
Jan 21 CA Anaheim Chain Reaction
Jan 23 AZ Mesa The Nile
Jan 24 NM Albuquerque Launchpad
Jan 26 CO Denver Marquis Theatre
Jan 27 KS Lawrence The Granada
Jan 28 TX Dallas Southside Music Hall
Jan 30 TX San Antonio Rock Box
Jan 31 TX Houston Rise Rooftop
Feb 02 FL Tampa The Orpheum
Feb 03 GA Atlanta The Masquerade
Feb 04 TN Nashville Basement East
Feb 06 OH Cleveland Mahall's
Feb 07 IL Chicago Bottom Lounge
Feb 09 MI Detroit The Shelter
Feb 10 ON Toronto Velvet Underground
Feb 11 QC Montreal Le Studio TD
Feb 13 MD Baltimore Soundstage
Feb 14 NY New York Gramercy Theatre
Feb 16 PA Philadelphia Foundry @ The Fillmore
Feb 17 MA Worcester Palladium

UK and EU headline tour:

Mar 26 UK London Islington Academy
Mar 28 DE Hamburg Sporthalle *
Mar 30 DE Leipzig Messe *
Mar 31 DE Oberhausen Turbinenhalle * 
Apr 02 NL Utrecht TivoliVredenburg
Apr 03 BE Antwerp Trix
Apr 05 CH Zürich X-Tra *
Apr 06 DE München Zenith *
Apr 07 AT Wien Arena *
Apr 09 FR Paris Petit Bain
Apr 11 UK Nottingham Rescue Rooms
Apr 12 UK Bristol SWX
Apr 13 UK Manchester Academy 2
Apr 14 UK Glasgow Garage

Australia w/ Dayseeker

July 7 AUS Perth Magnet House,
July 9 AUS Adelaide Lion Arts Factory
July 11 Brisbane Tivoli
July 12 Sydney Liberty Hall
July 13 Melbourne Forum

* Impericon Festival

Stream Casey's previous single 'Puncture Wounds to Heaven' here: https://casey.ffm.to/puncture-wounds-to-heaven and watch 'Bite Through My Tongue' here: https://youtu.be/0lGhikY-U9c

The new album caps off a joyous return for the quintet, reuniting in 2023, with seven huge shows in the UK and Germany, and the limited release of their 7'' Atone/Great Grief (Hassle Records).  

Casey, at its core, was grounded in the notion that music is a labour of love. Without expectation of success, without desire to attain stardom, just a shared yearning to create music - and when this no longer rang true Casey stayed true to themselves, and stepped away.

In late 2018, when Casey announced they were bringing the band to a close, it felt like a premature demise. Their first two LPs - 2016 Love Is Not Enough and 2018’s Where I Go When I Am Sleeping – had firmly established the Welsh five-piece as one of the most exciting bands in Britain’s alternative scene.

Now, years later, the band have returned - bigger and better than ever before. Casey don't just replicate the feelings that inspire them - they embody them. 

For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/Caseytheband
https://www.instagram.com/caseytheband
https://twitter.com/bandcalledcasey

Casey are:

Tom Weaver
Liam Torrance
Toby Evans
Adam Smith
Max Nicolai

Photo Credit: Jan Season

Lord Of The Lost have revealed their covers album, Weapons Of Mass Seduction, wrapping up the band’s most successful year so far. Among other highlights, 2023 has seen Lord Of The Lost hitting #1 on the official German album charts, representing Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest finals, many sold-out shows, providing tour support to legendary Iron Maiden (once again), and now the release of their first full covers album - exactly one year after the release of #1 album Blood & Glitter.

Listen to their cover of 'Turbo Lover' by Judas Priest here: https://youtu.be/T8FbR4iupBA

Purchase / stream Weapons of Mass Seduction here: https://woms.lordofthelost.de

Lord Of The Lost do not show any signs of slowing down in 2024 – on top of their fast-selling “15 Years of LORD OF THE LOST” tour that is approaching in spring and two dates in the US, the outfit has already been confirmed for several big festival performances. Make sure to get your copy of Weapons Of Mass Seduction and grab your tickets for the upcoming live shows in the new year.

Lord Of The Lost state: "During the production of our last album, Blood & Glitter, while recording our Roxette cover 'The Look' in Finland, it had already become clear that we had opened Pandora's box. The energy and fun of covering the songs of beloved and respected colleagues and idols was something we were determined to continue. So even before the release of Blood & Glitter we started working on this 'covers album' project, which for us is the perfect dessert to Blood & Glitter, before we embark on the adventure of reinventing ourselves again for a new studio album."

Weapons Of Mass Seduction features a wide range of songs from different eras and genres performed in true Lord Of The Lost style, all surprisingly fitting for the band and hence forming a cohesive collection of covers. Classic heavy metal track 'Turbo Lover', originally by Judas Priest, meets modern pop hits in songs such as Sia’s 'Unstoppable', Bishop Briggs’ 'River' and Zella Day’s 'High'. Ultravox’ 'Hymn', followed by Michael Jackson’s legendary 'Give In To Me' and Keane’s 'Somewhere Only We Know', expand the multifaceted selection even further. With added rougher elements such as heavier vocals, Bronski Beat’s captivating 80s electro pop hit 'Smalltown Boy' gets a dark makeover in the hands of Lord Of The Lost. The unit’s cover of another legendary 80s song, '(I Just) Died In Your Arms', features a guest appearance from rising singer-songwriter Anica Russo, who also took part in Germany’s ESC 2023 preliminary round Unser Lied für Liverpool (EN: Our Song for Liverpool). An emotional version of The Pretty Reckless’ 'House On A Hill' closes Weapons Of Mass Seduction impactfully. 

A special 2 CD edition of the new covers album provides a cross-cut of covers previously released or already covered live over the course of Lord Of The Lost’s career. Among them are the Roxette cover 'The Look' feat. Blümchen – already known from Blood & Glitter – 'Children Of The Damned', a homage to Iron Maiden, with whom Lord Of The Lost experienced intense times during the last two years, and the cover of the Finnish ESC song 'Cha Cha Cha' by Käärijä - sung by Chris Harms completely in Finnish.

Lord of The Lost state:         
"During the production of our last album, Blood & Glitter, while recording our Roxette cover 'The Look' in Finland, it had already become clear that we had opened Pandora's box. The energy and fun of covering the songs of beloved and respected colleagues and idols was something we were determined to continue. So even before the release of Blood & Glitter we started working on this 'covers album' project, which for us is the perfect dessert to Blood & Glitter, before we embark on the adventure of reinventing ourselves again for a new studio album."

Weapons Of Mass Seduction will be available in the following formats:    
●    3 CD Boxset, incl 2 CD 6 pages Digisleeve (Ltd Deluxe Edition) and CD 3 incl 10 acoustic songs, exclusively available in the Deluxe Box + pink Sweatband with black logo, sharped patch and sticker - Napalm Records Mailorder and LORDSHOP exclusive – strictly limited to 1000 copies worldwide
●    2 LP RECYCLED COLOR Vinyl - Die Hard Edition incl Slipmat, record butler and 12 inch booklet – Napalm Records Mailorder exclusive – strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide
●    2 LP RECYCLED COLOR Vinyl incl 12 inch booklet - LORDSHOP exclusive – strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide
●    2LP Gatefold RECYCLED BLACK Vinyl
●    2 CD 6 pages Digisleeve (Ltd Deluxe Edition), 12p booklet
●    1 CD 6 pages Digisleeve, 12p booklet
●    Cassette (PINK w/ Black print) - Napalm Records Mailorder and LORDSHOP exclusive – strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide
●    Digital Album

Lord Of The Lost are:
Chris Harms – Vocals, Guitar
Pi Stoffers – Guitar
Class Grenayde – Bass
Gared Dirge – Piano, Synths, Percussion, Guitar
Niklas Kahl – Drums

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Weapons Of Mass Seduction tracklist: 

CD 1
1.    Shock To The System (Billy Idol Cover)
2.    Unstoppable (Sia Cover)
3.    Smalltown Boy (Bronski Beat Cover)
4.    Turbo Lover (Judas Priest Cover)
5.    Hymn (Ultravox Cover)
6.    Give In To Me (Michael Jackson Cover)
7.    River (Bishop Briggs Cover)
8.    Somewhere Only We Know (Keane Cover)
9.    (I Just) Died In Your Arms (feat. Anica Russo) (Cutting Crew Cover)
10.    High (Zella Day Cover)
11.    House On A Hill (The Pretty Reckless Cover)

CD 2
1.    The Look (feat. Blümchen) (Roxette Cover)
2.    Ordinary Town (Celebrate The Nun Cover)
3.    Cha Cha Cha (Käärijä Cover)
4.    Judas (Lady Gaga Cover)
5.    Children Of The Damned (Iron Maiden Cover)
6.    Wig In A Box (Hedwig and the Angry Inch Cover)
7.    Bad Romance (Lady Gaga Cover)
8.    The Most Radical Thing To Do (The Ark Cover)
9.    This Is The Life (Amy MacDonald Cover)
10.    It's A Sin (Pet Shop Boys Cover)
11.    Ordinary World (Duran Duran Cover)

CD 3 - Ltd Deluxe Edition only
1.    Starman (David Bowie Cover)
2.    Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon (Neil Diamond Cover)
3.    The Days Of Pearly Spencer (David McWilliams Cover)
4.    Hey You (Pink Floyd Cover)
5.    I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night (The Electric Prunes Cover)
6.    Where Do You Go To My Lovely (Peter Sarstedt Cover)
7.    Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) (The Byrds Cover)
8.    In The Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) (Zager & Evans Cover)
9.    All I Have To Do Is Dream (The Everly Brothers Cover)
10.    Perfect Day (Lou Reed Cover)

Hot on the heels of their acclaimed collaboration single 'Won't You Come' with Sophie Lloyd, rockers Marisa And The Moths have now released the video for their energetic, soul-stirring grungy pop-punk anthem 'Fake It Till You Make It'.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/YcYXm-vbZhA

Stream the single: https://music.marisaandthemoths.com/fitymi

The new single is a glimpse of the band's highly anticipated second album, due 2024. More information on this soon.

Vocalist/bandleader Marisa quips: "'Fake It Till You Make It' is the most up-tempo, pop-punk-infused track we've ever released, and we're all set for a video that's as fun and whimsical as the song itself. And then bam! Alex pulls a surprise sickie. It's almost too perfect, given the song's all about winging it. So what's the Moths solution? Swap instruments, of course! Peter (our producer/live sound engineer) as a drummer? Please, that's too mainstream. We decided to play a musical game of dress-up, with Liam playing me, which is a role I now think he was born to do. Green screens, intentional rubbishness, with a side dish of previous music video Easter Eggs–it was probably the most fun we have ever had filming a music video, and hopefully you all have as much fun watching it as we did making it!"

'Fake It Till You Make It' is a testament to Marisa And The Moth's ability to seamlessly blend raw emotion with an irresistibly catchy chorus.

The group have also announced a series of headline dates for next year, as follows:

May 02: Reading, Sub 89
May 03: Cardiff, The Globe
May 04: Southampton, The Loft
May 10: Manchester, Star and Garter
May 11: Nottingham, Rock City Beta
May 12: London, Underworld
Jun 07: Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
Jun 08: Newcastle, Grove

Tickets from: https://www.seetickets.com/tour/marisa-and-the-moths

Marisa And The Moths (pronounced Muh-rees-ah) are one of the hottest unsigned rock acts in the UK right now. Their debut self-titled LP hit #66 in the Official Downloads Chart and has amassed hundreds of thousands of streams globally - as well as rave reviews from Kerrang!, Classic Rock, BBC Radio 2 Rock Show, and many more.

Marisa And The Moths are a group who bring to mind the best hard rock and grunge bands of the 90s, all while adding their own modern twist. Turning heads with their alternative rock sound and powerhouse vocals, frontwoman Marisa's raw and honest lyrics make for a unique and compelling listen. The band's 2023 run of singles have offered an intimate look at her grief in overcoming an abusive relationship, and an honest insight into her battle with anxiety, depression, whilst dealing with a relapsing eating disorder, amongst other things. Listeners can expect both hope and despair as they navigate through each track.

The band kicked off 2023 with their Damned If I Do EP, featuring singles 'Wither Away', 'Pedestal', and 'If You Knew', giving listeners a taste of what's to come with their forthcoming second album. 

With previous headline tours under their belt, support slots for artists like Kris Barras Band, Von Hertzen Brothers, Those Damn Crows and As December Falls as well as appearances at festivals like 2000 Trees, Planet Rockstock and Primordial Radio's General Mayhem, Marisa And The Moths have proven themselves to be a top-tier live act.

In support of new single releases scheduled from October 2023, Marisa And The Moths will be supporting Elvana on their UK tour for 17 shows across 2023-24, playing venues ranging 500-3000 capacity.

Follow the band on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3bUzFMP

See more: https://linktr.ee/marisaandthemothsband

Purchase Marisa And The Moths' first LP here: https://www.marisaandthemoths.com/

Marisa And The Moths are:

Marisa Rodriguez / Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Songwriter
Liam James Barnes / Bass, BVs
Alex Ribchester / Drums
Alessio D'Elia / Lead Guitar