Renowned modern guitarist Connor Kaminski is delighted to announce his debut LP Tapestry, due for release 5th September. 

Pre-order here: https://ffm.to/cktapestry

Connor comments: "Three years in the making. This album is my first ever full length release, and I gave it my everything. Friends, guests, and peers have all contributed amazing parts to many of the songs, and I feel incredibly blessed to have worked with them. I cannot wait for you all to hear Tapestry. It's been just me listening to it for three years, and soon, it will be yours. Enjoy."

Following hot on the heels of Connor's collaborative EP with KEYAN, Tapestry is a tour de force of progressive, technical guitar wizardry, featuring some of the scene's best and brightest - including Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater), Plini, Olly Steele (ex-Monuments), Tramaine, Aleksandra Djelmash (Sordid Pink), RO1 and strings sensation ThatViolaKid.

UK-based composer, producer, and technical guitar virtuoso Connor Kaminski has built a reputation for his intricate guitar work and innovative approach to modern prog metal. Influenced by Dream Theater, Devin Townsend, and Intervals, Connor has honed his craft as a guitarist and cultivated a strong following online. This growth helped him establish relationships with .strandberg*, D’Addario, Neural DSP, GetGood Drums, and even allowed him to design and release his dream signature guitar with .strandberg* at the young age of 27 last October.

Inspired by intricate guitar lines, extended song structures, and technical musicianship, Connor has crafted a modern take on the new wave of guitar music.

For more:

https://www.instagram.com/connor.kaminski
https://www.youtube.com/@ConnorKaminski

Tracklisting:

1 Corporeal Prelude (ft. ThatViolaKid)
2 Tarnished (ft. David Maxim Micic)
3 Bloodline (ft. Aleksandra Djelmash)
4 Bergamot (ft. Plini & RO1)
5 Eleven Years
6 On The Fringes (ft. Jordan Rudess & Tramaine)
7 Within Walking Distance
8 Godtuner (ft. Olly Steele)

Photo Credit: SHEISAPHRODITE

Melbourne, Australia producer/artist and multi-instrumentalist REDD. today releases their debut mixtape RAUNCH. and shares the official video for their blistering high energy new single 'BAD DAYS.'. The release arrives alongside the announcement of the RAUNCH. Mixtape Tour.

Watch the video for 'BAD DAYS.' here: https://youtu.be/8UwWdVBnOt8

Stream RAUNCH. here: https://redd-officialtv.lnk.to/

Fresh from a run of shows in the UK and Europe, including The Great Escape and Pretty Pissed Festival, REDD. will return home to play shows in Melbourne and Sydney, and will be joining the epic King Street Crawl (Newtown) line-up. REDD. will also be supporting Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers on their East Coast Australia tour next month.

REDD. and their boundaryless, wholly idiosyncratic approach to music speaks to the experience of an artist who’s been the odd one out for nearly their entire life.  REDD. wants to connect with people, make them move, and spark boundless joy.

New single ‘BAD DAYS.’ puts a fresh spin on contemporary emo-pop-rock and plays like the emotional core of the RAUNCH. mixtape – an acknowledgement of pain that manages to look past it into brighter futures, it complicates our image of an artist whose primary mode is setting the party on fire. “There are bad days, there are others where I am thinking I just might break, snapping under my weight. Everything wrong, check the world’s climate, I just sing songs, hoping I’ll survive it,” REDD. says.

Shot entirely on an iPhone 4 across the US and Australia, the accompanying official video, with its raw yet striking DIY style, is co-directed by REDD. and  Cole Surrey. The almost documentary-like glimpses captures the intense energy and chaotic world of REDD.

Opening track and lead single ‘RAUNCH.’ is a slithery kiss-off that flexes REDD.’s prodigious talent and shows off their talent for arena-ready production, while ‘SHIMMY SHAKE.’ is the kind of romantic slacker pop track that would make Mac Miller proud. ‘PUSH ME AWAY.’ puts a fresh spin on contemporary emo-pop-rock, and pop-punk track ‘FUGH SHI.’ takes aim at artists who don’t have conviction in their own uniqueness and sense of self. ‘JEANS SO BAGGY.’ is a sun-dappled ode to being a freak and totally liking it and closing track ‘BRITNEY IN 03.’, the bratty indie sleaze anthem that’s already put REDD. on the map toys with conventions of gender and taste with the bearings of the artist they know they’ll soon be.

The 9-track mixtape moves at breakneck speed through crackling pop-punk, lush indie-R&B, and party-starting hip hop anthems, all the while foregrounding REDD.’s lithe voice and remarkable talent for sharp, witty lyricism. Recorded in Melbourne, Sydney, LA and New York,  RAUNCH. is produced and written by REDD. and friends Lach Bostock (Maisonair), Tom Josephs, Laiko (Medium Build), New-Haven (Evie Irie, Allday), SB40, Stephen Mowat (Gretta Ray, Tyne-James Organ), Ciarrann Babbington (Bakers Eddy), Nate Delizotti (Vacations), Benjamin Schandy (Jimi Somewhere), Ole Martin Jense (Jimi Somewhere), Julian Sudek (Royel Otis, Bag Raiders, Genesis Owusu), and  Lars Stalfors (Role Model, The Dare, Lucy Dacus) on mixing.

There is no doubt the momentum behind REDD. continues to heat up with every single they release and every show they perform. As well as local media and DSPs championing their music - triple j and unearthed, 3RRR, RTR, FBi, SYN FM, 4ZZZ, Radio Adelaide, Side-Note, Tonedeaf, Milky, VEVO, Spotify and Apple Music – internationally REDD. has been played on BBC Radio and Radio X and given the seal of approval by Kerrang!

REDD.’s  raw, no-holds-barred creativity, impressive lyricism and explosive high energy live shows are turning heads and you can catch them at the following live shows this month

REDD. online:
https://redd-officialtv.lnk.to/followPR

Track list:

1. RAUNCH.    
2. FUGH. SHI.    
3. EXPLODING.
4. JEANS SO BAGGY.    
5. SHIMMY SHAKE.    
6. BAD DAYS.    
7. PUSH ME AWAY.    
8. TWO YEARS.    
9. BRITNEY IN 03

AVRALIZE are stepping into new territory with their latest single 'close to you'. Following the impact of 'helium', this new track brings a sharper focus on melody, groove, and dynamic songwriting, without losing the punch they’re known for.

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/9c7t19P1BwM

Stream here: https://arisingempire.com/closetoyou
 
'close to you' trades relentless heaviness for a more driven, hook-laden sound. It’s bold, catchy, and built for big stages, showing the band’s evolving versatility and instinct for impactful songwriting.

With a huge summer of festivals including Radar Festival and their first major EU headline tour ahead, AVRALIZE are pushing forward with serious momentum.

Catch the band live:
4 - 6 July: Radar Festival
 
For more: 
https://www.facebook.com/avralizemusic
https://www.instagram.com/avralizemusic

Photo Credit: Arne Beschorner

Fiery punk, indie rock band PLAIINS have released new single 'C'est La Vie', the fourth track from their upcoming debut album, Happy Faces, set for release on 15th August via Long Branch Records. 

Stream 'C'est La Vie' and pre-order Happy Faces here: https://plaiins.lnk.to/happyfaces

“'C'est La Vie' is about my excitement to move to Hamburg and take the plunge," says frontman Chris Reardon. "I was so sick of London at that point. The cost of the city and the difficulty of breaking into the industry. Meetings with labels and deals on the table, the excitement then nothing, over and over to the point that I set up my own label and started releasing music and getting out there but it was tough and I was so ready to leave.“ 

PLAIINS have been on a steamroller since their inception in late 2020. Already playing with the likes of ITCHY, Cold Years, LEAP, Press Club and many more, the band bring a unique blend of British punk, indie and rock, pulling inspiration from the likes of IDLES, Hives, Soft Play, Bad Nerves, The Streets and Viagra Boys. PLAIINS have already released over twenty songs to date, regularly hitting the top playlists on Spotify and feaatures on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Introducing. There’s no stopping their momentum. 

"I wanted us to make an album that would stand the test of time, is coherent and characterful, unique and of our own and would be a great contribution to the wonderful catalogue of rock music. I have so much love, reverence and adoration for the greats and I wanted us to at least be on that level," says Chris Reardon.

PLAIINS are:
Chris Reardon - Vocals, Guitars
Timon Lanzinger - Bass
David Suhlrie - Drums
Florian Kaninck - Guitars

PLAIINS online:
https://www.tiktok.com/@plaiinsband
https://www.facebook.com/plaiinsband
https://www.instagram.com/plaiinsband_
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3gUHDc3I3G1bFRElrj90fR?si=cIPo71aqRg-Cr_gHw_3svQ

Track list:

1. Happy Faces
2. Dirty Fish
3. Be More Animal
4. Hotel Biscuits
5. Amazon Warehouse
6. Do One
7. Executive Me
8. Beef Cake
9. Sports Bar
10. Row She Said
11. C’est La Vie
12. Special K
13. Four AM

Product versions:
CD Edition in a Digipak
LP Edition in a sleeve incl. marbled dark red coloured vinyl and LP insert
Standard stream & download

After the release of their single 'Deus Ex' (feat. Sven of Aborted/Coffin Feeder) and their recent tour with Cytotoxin, Swabian death metal heroes Necrotted have dropped another new song ‘Fat God’, featuring Alan of Distant.

 Watch the video for 'Fat God' here: https://youtu.be/_57ecVjcDOo
 Stream 'Fat God' here: https://necrotted.bfan.link/fat-god

The band comment on the track and video: "We promised new music for the year 2025 and ‘Deus Ex' certainly wasn't everything, as we're dropping another new song. For ‘Fat God’, we didn't let ourselves get carried away either and found a duet partner for Fabi in our buddy Alan from Distant, whose inhuman vocals fit perfectly into the overall picture of the new single. We can be seen live at a few festivals over the summer, and we might have ‘Fat God’ on our setlist. So come and party with us!"

'Fat God'  about a voracious monster worshipped as a god, which allegorically stands for the boundless greed of mankind living under capitalism, which is gradually destroying the basis of its own existence. The new track was recorded by Marco Bayati and mastered by Marco Kollenz. A music video was once again produced by Markus Zabel (Sio Motion).

Melodies that stay in the ear, with at the same time merciless speed and brutality and always a clear political message – this is what the modern death metal band Necrotted from Southern Germany stands for now more than 15 years.

Founded back in 2008, the band from Abtsgmünd (Baden-Wuerttemberg) has since grown to become a notable force in the scene, constantly thrilling their growing fan base and the music press with both their musical releases and their energetic live shows. In the time of their existence, Necrotted have already released four albums with Anchors Apart (2012), Utopia 2.0 (2014), Worldwide Warfare (2017) and Operation: Mental Castration (2021) and two EPs with Kingdom Of Hades (2010) and Die For Something Worthwhile (2019). In addition, the quintet has played hundreds of live concerts over the years on smaller and bigger stages in various countries.

Their latest album Imperium marks another milestone in the band’s history. The LP is once again designed as a concept album and consistently develops the elaborate storyline of its predecessor in a substantial as well as in a visual way. Also, Necrotted continue to tread experimental parts in a musical way. Their proven recipe of melodic guitar riffs, thundering blast beats and oppressive slams is joined by more and more black metal elements. In the lyrics, which are basically written in English, there are also more and more text passages in the German native language, which are performed as usual in banefully deep growls and strident screams. ‘Imperium’ was released in September 2023 via the label Reaper Entertainment and left a resounding echo in the field of contemporary, diversified death metal.

Necrottedare:
Fabian Fink - Vocals
Markus Braun - Drums
Philipp Fink - Guitars
Koray Saglam - Bass
Johannes Wolf - Guitars

For more information:
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Photo Credit: Lina Glasir

Ukrainian metal titans JINJER have announced the UK / IE leg of their Duél European tour, ahead of their already announced mainland dates. Their first time headlining in Europe for six years, the tour will span 27 major cities, marking a triumphant new chapter for the band. 

Armed with their most dynamic and ambitious album to date, Duél, JINJER are ready to unleash their trademark blend of technical precision, crushing heaviness, and emotional intensity on fans across the continent. Following years of global festival appearances and extensive touring, this tour is more than just a series of shows - it’s a full-circle moment that fans have been eagerly awaiting since the band’s last European headline run in 2019. 

2025 UK / IE dates:
27 Jan: SWG3, Glasgow
28 Jan: 3Olympia, Dublin
29 Jan: O2 Ritz, Manchester
30 Jan: O2 Institute, Birmingham
31 Jan: O2 Forum Kentish Town, London

Tickets on sale Wednesday 18th June, 9am here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/jinjer-tickets-adp1006950

Watch the recently released official video for 'Fast Draw' and experience the unrelenting power of JINJER - live and unleashed - here: https://youtu.be/coHXjuT9Fu0

Purchase Duél here: https://lnk.to/Jinjer-Duel

Renowned for their genre-defying sound and electrifying performances, JINJER continue to rise as one of the most dynamic forces in today’s metal landscape. The band spent 2024 on the road with Sepultura as part of the iconic group's farewell world tour, and 2025 has already seen them bring their ferocity to stages across Asia and Australia.

Following their triumphant Download Festival performance this past weekend, JINJER will storm North America as direct support for Babymetal, with additional high-profile festival appearances set for Ressurection Festival (ES), Graspop Metal Meeting (BE), Tons of Rock (NO) and more.

Jinjer have also announced a North American tour this fall with Trivium and Heriot.

Over the past 15 years, JINJER have built a reputation as one of modern metal’s most fearless and forward-thinking bands. Rising from the Ukrainian underground to international acclaim, their blend of progressive groove, technical precision, and raw emotion has earned them over 250 million global streams and views. From viral hits like “'Pisces' to the crushing intensity of Macro and the dark complexity of Wallflowers, their discography continues to redefine what heavy music can be. Their latest album Duél features multiple music videos with multi-millions of combined views to date and broke into the charts at #2 US Hard Music Albums, #6 US Current Rock Albums, #2 CAN Hard Music Albums, #3 France Metal, #7 UK Rock & Metal and beyond.

JINJER are:

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

JINJER online:
FACEBOOK
TWITTER
INSTAGRAM
HOMEPAGE
NAPALM RECORDS

Duél tracklisting:

1. Tantrum
2. Hedonist
3. Rogue
4. Tumbleweed
5. Green Serpent
6. Kafka
7. Dark Bile
8. Fast Draw
9. Someone's Daughter
10. A Tongue So Sly
11. Duél

Photo Credit: Harry Steel

The UK's most exciting new heavy band, HERIOT, will tour the US for the first time this fall and winter supporting Trivium, alongside Ukrainian metal titans Jinjer. 

Dates as follow:

31-Oct    North Myrtle Beach, SC    House of Blues
1-Nov    Virginia Beach, VA    The Dome
2-Nov    Montclair, NJ    The Wellmont Theater 
4-Nov    London, ON    Centennial Hall
6-Nov    Quebec City, QC    Videotron Centre
7-Nov    Wallingford, CT    Toyota Oakdale Theatre 
8-Nov    Portland, ME    Cross Insurance Arena
10-Nov    Warren, OH    Packard Music Hall
11-Nov    Buffalo, NY    Buffalo RiverWorks
12-Nov    Lancaster, PA    Freedom Hall
14-Nov    Gary, IN    Hard Rock Live Northern Indiana
15-Nov    Milwaukee, WI    The Eagles Ballroom
16-Nov    Cincinnati, OH    The Andrew J Brady Music Center
18-Nov    Indianapolis, IN    Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
19-Nov    Waukee, IA    Vibrant Music Hall
20-Nov    Minneapolis, MN    Uptown Theater (no Jinjer)
22-Nov    Winnipeg, MB    Burton Cummings Theatre
24-Nov    Edmonton, AB    Midway Music Hall
25-Nov    Calgary, AB    Grey Eagle Event Centre
26-Nov    Missoula, MT    The Wilma
28-Nov    Spokane, WA    The Podium
29-Nov    Garden City, ID    Revolution Concert House
1-Dec    Salt Lake City, UT    The Union Event Center (no Jinjer)
3-Dec    Riverside, CA    Riverside Municipal Auditorium
5-Dec    Albuquerque, NM    Revel
6-Dec    Oklahoma City, OK    The Criterion
7-Dec    Fayetteville, AR    JJ's Live
9-Dec    Springfield, MO    Shrine Mosque
10-Dec    Kansas City, MO    Uptown Theater
12-Dec    New Orleans, LA    The Fillmore New Orleans
13-Dec    Dothan, AL    The Plant
14-Dec    Orlando, FL    Hard Rock Live 

Tickets will be available via: trivium.org from 20th June.

HERIOT comment: "We’re beyond thrilled to be a part of Trivium’s Ascend Above the Ashes tour on our first adventure into the US. We’ve all been huge fans of the band from a young age and we’re very grateful to have this opportunity".

HERIOT's first tour across the ocean sees the young UK quartet continue their ascendancy following the smash success of their incredible debut album Devoured by the Mouth of Hell (Century Media, 2024). 

Stream and purchase Devoured by the Mouth of Hell here: https://heriot.lnk.to/DevouredByTheMouthOfHell

Watch HERIOT's singles here: 
'Opaline': https://youtu.be/oYCWVNOtp1E
'Foul Void': https://youtu.be/1NdIbCZvo7k
'Siege Lord': https://youtu.be/771l_1Tpzkk
'At The Fortress Gate': https://youtu.be/Oa6SICQj_Mo

Devoured by the Mouth of Hell was recorded and produced by HERIOT's Jake Packer with Josh Middleton (Sylosis, Architects) and mixed and mastered by GRAMMY Award-winning Will Putney (END, Fit For An Autopsy, Better Lovers), with additional engineering by Justin Hill (SikTh, Betraying the Martyrs).

NME, Kerrang! and Upset magazine cover stars, Devoured by the Mouth of Hell has been critically acclaimed worldwide as the breakthrough metal album of the year. Celebrating the release, HERIOT performed an intimate album release show in Bristol on 27th September, which instantly sold out. Following the album release, HERIOT have since been on the road in the UK and across Europe supporting Fit For An Autopsy and Sylosis, alongside Darkest Hour.

In April HERIOT celebrated their album release with their UK headline tour across five sold-out dates, including a show at London's iconic The Underworld.

HERIOT's debut album continues their ascendancy as the pre-eminent new force in the UK heavy scene. The album follows 'Siege Lord' and late 2023's 'Soul Chasm', the first two glimpses of new material following their signing with Century Media and support shows with Architects in summer of 2023.  

HERIOT's debut EP Profound Morality (2022, Church Road Records) catapulted the quartet into the global spotlight, with praise worldwide and a debut, sold-out, headline tour across the UK. The band have since supported Lamb Of God, Thy Art Is Murder, Rolo Tomassi, and performed to packed tents at Download Festival, 2000trees, Wacken Open Air, Bloodstock, Mystic Festival and many more, gathering a legion of fans in the process. They since followed Profound Morality with the ferocious standalone single 'Demure' (February 2023, Church Road Records).

Fully-focused and with a razor-sharp edge, the awe-inspiring double-vocal attack of Jake Packer and Debbie Gough is all-conquering; the titanic support of Erhan Alman (guitar) and Julian Gage (drums) rock-solid. 

HERIOT have deservedly been grabbing attention with all four pairs of hands, weaponising metallic sludge and hardcore, unholy levels of distortion, speed and gut-punching talent. Elements of Nails, Knocked Loose, Code Orange, and Vein.fm combine and collide to exhilarating effect, creating a sound that is truly groundbreaking, fully worthy of the notice the band are achieving.

In their short recent history HERIOT have caught the attention of NME, Pitchfork, The Guardian, Metal Hammer UK, Rock Sound, Brooklyn Vegan, Kerrang!, Revolver, and Knotfest, among many others, heralding the quartet as "one of the most promising young bands in modern metalcore", and "probably the best new metal band in Britain".

HERIOT are:

Jake Packer - Vocals/Bass
Debbie Gough - Vocals/Guitar
Erhan Alman - Guitar
Julian Gage - Drums

For more information:
https://www.heriotmetal.com
https://www.facebook.com/heriotmetal
https://www.instagram.com/heriotmetal
https://twitter.com/heriotmetal

Photo Credit: Niklas Karlsson

Following their triumphant main stage set at Download Festival, Orbit Culture return to the UK this November on the Death Above Life tour, in support of their new album Death Above Life, due for release on 3rd October 2025 via Century Media.

Catch them on the following dates, with Gaerea and Atlas in support:

08 Nov: Damnation Festival, Manchester
10 Nov: NX, Newcastle
11 Nov: SWG3, Glasgow
12 Nov: Stylus, Leeds
14 Nov: KK's Steel Mill Wolverhampton
15 Nov: Electric, Bristol
16 Nov: Electric Ballroom, London

Tickets on sale 9AM Friday 20th June.

Pre-order Death Above Life and more info here: https://deathabovelife.com

Watch the video to the album title track here: https://youtu.be/4Z5KP0qRS3M

”The album represents change, a new beginning,” says guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Niklas Karlsson. “It brings up a lot of good and bad emotions but it’s a big change for the better. It feels like a rebirth.”

Hailing from the small town of Eksjö, Sweden (located between the revered metal cities of Gothenburg and Stockholm), the quartet (guitarist and vocalist Niklas Karlsson, guitarist Richard Hansson, bassist Fredrik Lennartsson and drummer Christopher Wallerstedt) have grown into a global force, melding together riffs that are equal parts thrash, death metal and industrial with arresting hooks and a layered atmosphere that invites comparison to Gojira, Metallica and Static-X while carving out something that is uniquely their own.

Orbit Culture’s 2023 album Descent and their subsequent EP release The Forgotten topped many year-end lists in 2023, including Metal Hammer who described the album as: “a formidable entwining of modern metal’s most effective and exciting strands into an impressive milestone.” Exhaustive worldwide touring and a steady stream of crowd-pummeling festival slots across the globe, have set the stage for something much larger. 

Orbit Culture are a band poised. They are the sound of metal in the most modern sense.

Orbit Culture are:
Niklas Karlsson - guitar / vocals
Richard Hansson - guitar
Fredrik Lennartsson - bass
Christopher Wallerstedt - drums

Orbit Culture online:
https://www.orbitculture.com/
https://www.facebook.com/OrbitCulture/
https://www.instagram.com/orbitculture
twitter.com/orbitculture
https://www.youtube.com/user/OrbitCultureOfficial
https://www.tiktok.com/@orbitcultureofficial

Track list:
1. Inferna
2. Bloodhound
3. Inside The Waves
4. The Tales Of War
5. Hydra
6. Nerve
7. Death Above Life
8. The Storm
9. Neural Collapse
10. The Path I Walk

Death Above Life comes in various formats and is up for pre-order:
Ltd. CD Digipak
Gatefold black 2LP
Ltd. Gatefold greenish ReVinyl 2LP (600x) via cmdistro.de & selected Indie retailers, Orbit Culture & MerchCare
Ltd. Gatefold transp. red 2LP (500x) via Levykuappa Äx (FIN), HMV (UK) & in France
Ltd. Gatefold neon yellow-black marbled 2LP (500x) via EMP
Ltd. Gatefold Sparkle Starlight 2LP (500x) via Orbit Culture & MerchCare
Ltd. Gatefold transp. light blue-black marbled 2LP (500x) via Orbit Culture live on EU tour
Gatefold fruit punch 2LP (US version)
Ltd. Gatefold transp. coke bottle green 2LP (US version) (1000x) via all US Indie retailers
Ltd. Gatefold white 2LP (US version) (300x) via Revolver Magazine
Ltd. Gatefold metallic golden 2LP (US version) (500x) via centurymedia.store, Orbit Culture & Night Shift Merch
Ltd. Gatefold black-grey marble 2LP (US version) (500x) via Orbit Culture & Night Shift Merch
Standard CD Jewelcase (Japan)
Digital Album

Swedish modern metal band LIV SIN have signed a worldwide record deal with Seek and Strike for the release of their new album, Close Your Eyes, set for release on 8th August. 

Fronted by Liv Jagrell (ex-Sister Sin), LIV SIN blend aggressive riff-driven metal with soaring melodies, steadily building their presence on the international metal scene.

The album’s title track, 'Close Your Eyes', is streaming now and offers a first glimpse of what fans can expect from the new album. Tackling the harrowing subject of human trafficking, the song features a guest performance from Lars Palmqvist of Scar Symmetry. The album was mixed by the renowned Tue Madsen, known for his work with Babymetal and Meshuggah.

Watch the video for 'Close Your Eyes' here: https://youtu.be/HzmNFS0atRc

Pre-save here: https://orcd.co/livsincye

LIV SIN states: “We chose the album’s title track, ‘Close Your Eyes,’ as the first single/video for mainly two reasons. We got the amazing vocalist, Lars Palmqvist from Scar Symmetry, to join us, and the song has a straight up melodic chorus that everyone was instantly hooked on.

"The song also has a darker edge to it, since it covers the topic of human trafficking. Liv got the idea for the lyrics after watching a documentary about people being tricked into trafficking across eastern Europe. 

"In the video, we tried to recreate the feeling of being all alone in a dark room with different strangers coming and going. Liv sings and screams out her inner frustrations reflecting on the world today with a deep longing for a better world."

A dynamic five-piece born from the ashes of Sister Sin, LIV SIN deliver a sound steeped in modern metal, melodic hooks and uncompromising intensity. Since their formation, the band has built a reputation for soul-stirring live shows and an authentic connection with fans.

Alongside Liv Jagrell (vocals) are Per Bjevoluk (drums), Daniel Skoglund (bass), Sonny Larsson (lead guitar) and Ante Mäkelä (rhythm guitar), each bringing unique musical influences and personal passions to the table, from painting and folk music to animal rescue, yoga and music education. Their collective energy is channeled into creating cathartic anthems for a global audience.

Rooted deeply in Swedish culture, several members of LIV SIN are dedicated to preserving the nation’s rich tradition of folk music, community art and craftsmanship. Sonny is an accomplished folk guitarist and painter, while Ante works in cultural education, championing the music and arts institutions that have helped define “the Swedish music wonder". Their love for traditional sounds and storytelling often seeps into their songwriting and creative aesthetic.

Driven by purpose and powered by riffs, LIV SIN are not only forging new paths in heavy music, they’re carrying pieces of Sweden’s cultural soul with them along the way.

For more:
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Track-list:
1. Praise The Winners
2. Run
3. Close Your Eyes
4. Louder
5. It's Not Your Life
6. Above The Line
7. The Shadow March
8. Shades Of The Sun
9. Raven
10. I Refuse
11. The Mask
12. Hold It Together