Scorpions - Peacemaker

Legendary rockers SCORPIONS have return with their new single titled "Peacemaker" comes from the band's upcoming 19th album, "Rock Believer", out Feb. 25. An album that was created in the studio during the lockdown in Hannover.

SCORPIONS are a German rock band formed in 1965 in Hanover by Rudolf Schenker. Since the band's inception, its musical style has ranged from hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal, and soft rock. The lineup from 1978 to 1992 was the most successful incarnation of the group, and included Klaus Meine (vocals), Rudolf Schenker (rhythm guitar), Matthias Jabs (lead guitar), Francis Buchholz (bass), and Herman Rarebell (drums). The band's only continuous member has been Schenker, although Meine has appeared on all of SCORPIONS' studio albums, while Jabs has been a consistent member since 1978, and bassist Paweł Mąciwoda and drummer Mikkey Dee have been in the band since 2003 and 2016 respectively.

"Rock Believer" marks the first SCORPIONS studio album since 2015's "Return To Forever". It's also their first to feature former MOTÖRHEAD drummer Mikkey Dee, who joined the group in 2016 following the death of Lemmy Kilmister and subsequent dissolution of his band.

The band recorded the bulk of the album at Peppermint Park Studios in their native Hanover, Germany, and coproduced it with engineer Hans-Martin Buff. They had originally planned to tap Los Angeles-based producer Greg Fidelman (METALLICA, BLACK SABBATH, SLAYER), but the coronavirus pandemic thwarted their plans. "I did a lot of basic tracks and the preproduction vocals in my own place before I came here to Peppermint Park, where we recorded the album finally," Meine tells UCR.

"But to have the band in one room together and to play together and to feel it together, I think that makes such a difference. Especially with a drummer in the band like Mikkey Dee."

SCORPIONS will support the release of "Rock Believer" with a 2022 world tour, which begins on March 26 with a nine-show residency at Las Vegas' Zappos Theater before heading to Europe. MAMMOTH WVH will join them on select dates. See all the dates below.

Enjoy today's tune "Peacemaker", taken from the upcomming album "Rock Believer".



SATURDAY, MARCH 26TH 2022 ZAPPOS THEATER AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30TH 2022 ZAPPOS THEATER AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES
FRIDAY, APRIL 1ST 2022 ZAPPOS THEATER AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES
SUNDAY, APRIL 3RD 2022 ZAPPOS THEATER AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES
THURSDAY, APRIL 7TH 2022 ZAPPOS THEATER AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES
SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH 2022 ZAPPOS THEATER AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES
TUESDAY, APRIL 12TH 2022 ZAPPOS THEATER AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES
THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH 2022 ZAPPOS THEATER AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES
SATURDAY, APRIL 16TH 2022 ZAPPOS THEATER AT PLANET HOLLYWOOD LAS VEGAS, NV, UNITED STATES
TUESDAY, MAY 10TH 2022 ALTICE ARENA LISBOA, PORTUGAL
FRIDAY, MAY 13TH 2022 ZENITH TOULOUSE, FRANCE
SUNDAY, MAY 15TH 2022 ZENITH LILLE, FRANCE
TUESDAY, MAY 17TH 2022 ACCORHOTELS ARENA PARIS, FRANCE
SATURDAY, MAY 21ST 2022 HALLENSTADION ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND
MONDAY, MAY 23RD 2022 ARENA DI VERONA VERONA, ITALY
THURSDAY, MAY 26TH 2022 O2 ARENA PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
SATURDAY, MAY 28TH 2022 TAURON ARENA KRAKÓW, POLAND
MONDAY, MAY 30TH 2022 LÁSZLÓ PAPP BUDAPEST SPORTS ARENA BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
FRIDAY, JUNE 3RD 2022 ROCK FEST HELSINKI, FINLAND
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8TH 2022 SCHLEYER HALLE STUTTGART, GERMANY
FRIDAY, JUNE 10TH 2022 OLYMPIAHALLE MUNICH, GERMANY
SUNDAY, JUNE 12TH 2022 FESTHALLE FRANKFURT, GERMANY
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15TH 2022 MERCEDES BENZ ARENA BERLIN, GERMANY
FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH 2022 ZAG ARENA HANNOVER, GERMANY
SUNDAY, JUNE 19TH 2022 WESTFALENHALLE DORTMUND, GERMANY
THURSDAY, JUNE 23RD 2022 HELLFEST CLISSON, FRANCE
SATURDAY, JUNE 25TH 2022 PARQUE EL BATEL CARTAGENA, SPAIN
TUESDAY, JUNE 28TH 2022 PALAIS NIKAIA NICE, FRANCE
THURSDAY, JUNE 30TH 2022 LE GALAXIE AMNEVILLE, FRANCE
SATURDAY, JULY 2ND 2022 ZÉNITH D’AUVERGNE CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE

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Eldovar - From Deep Within

ELDER and KADAVAR have announced their upcoming collaboration record, a concept album recorded during late winter/spring 2021. A statement from ELDER follows:

“Some of you have probably noticed a few clips of us playing with our friends in KADAVAR in their own Robotor Studios this spring. Over the past years, ELDER has been split up across continents, with three members in Germany and one in the US – a difficult situation exacerbated by lockdowns and travel restrictions. In times of this social and creative isolation, our Berlin-based members teamed up with Lupus, Tiger and Dragon to write and record some music together. We’ve been tight-lipped about this project so far, but today we’re happy to finally shed some light on our creation.

What began as an idea to just jam with a ‘let’s-see-what-happens!’ mentality became a trip on its own, and after months of digging through jam sessions, writing and re-writing parts and developing a plan not just for an improvised record but for a true concept album, we’re proud to give a first glimpse of ‘ELDOVAR: "A Story of Darkness & Light"'.

ELDOVAR: A bond between KADAVAR and ELDER. “A Story of Darkness & Light”: An intimate, touching, billowing, roaring piece of music, a sublime manifesto of musical freedom that we paradoxically owe a horrible pandemic.

Pre-order the album "ELDOVAR - A Story Of Darkness & Light": https://kadavarelder.lnk.to/Eldovar

Today's tune is the new song "From Deep Within" taken from the upcoming album "A Story Of Darkness & Light"



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Redscale - It's A Death Cult, Baby

Berlin Based REDSCALE's third album "The Old Colossus" will be released October 15th. The album is an impressively tight and powerful contemporary stoner rock/metal milieu that everyone should own in their collection.

REDSCALE are melodically massive and as meticulously well-produced as it is played, “The Old Colossus” gives us a riveting account of fight or flight to a destination unknown, through a crumbling world to a place of new beginnings and shelter from the storm. An emotive maelstrom of whaling riffs and huge cordage chug along with massive hooks and a beastly rhythm section driving compelling vocals which communicate a gripping urgency and chorus that’s chant worthy to the max.

“The Old Colossus” was recorded by Jan Oberg at Hidden Planet Studio and Roland "Role" Wiegner at Die Tonmeisterei. Mixed and mastered by Roland "Role" Wiegner at Die Tonmeisterei. Artwork by Sepsyz Art.

REDSCALE is: 

Christian Reuter (Guitars), 

Henning Claussen (Vocals/Guitars), 

Martin Stabler (Drums), 

Grant Price (Bass).

Today's tune "It's A Death Cult, Baby" is the third singel taken from the new album "The Old Colossus" that will be released through Majestic Mountain Records on digital/CD/vinyl on October 15th. Enjoy!



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Daily Thompson - Sad Frank

The Dortmund, Germany rockers DAILY THOMPSON have taken off once again, here with thier fourth longplayer "Oumuamua", released on August 21st via Noisolution.

Influences from grunge, garage and indie rock work together for a completely overdriven, extremely fuzzy Bigmuff. Their sound is rich in noise, indie-blues and stoner-rock, with Daily Thompson's usual fuzz, wah-wah and distortion attacks, they create their individual sound of Fuzz-Desert-rock.

The trio has spent the last four years on the road. DAILY THOMPSON have already proven themselves as a certificated rock sensation during countless shows, including festivals such as the German TV WDR Rockpalast Crossroads Festival, Reeperbahn Festival, Orange Blossom Special Festival or Krach Am Bach. Stages were shared with bands like DINOSAUR JR., Liam Gallagher, MAXIMO PARK, PORTUGAL THE MAN, EARTHLESS, MUSTASCH, NEBULA, TRUCKFIGHTERS, KADAVAR and many more. The 2021 Festivals like Freak Valley Festival, Stoned From The Underground and Rock Im Wald are confirmed already!

Although the band is constantly on tour, they simultaneously release singles and albums like the self-titled debut album in 2014. One year later, they put out the split 7"-vinyl ‘Spit Out The Crap’ together with the US band Mos Generator and in 2016 the band released their second album ‘Boring Nation’. Plus, they celebrated the release of the split 7"-vinyl ‘River Haze’ at Reeperbahn Festival in 2017. Their album ‘Thirsty’ was signed by MIG Music and released in November 2018. In January 2020 the band released a split 7” via the italian Label Ammonia Records with one woman show Elli De Mon, the italian respond to Seasick Steve. And in 2020 the band did release their fourth longplayer "Oumuamua".

Vocals and Guitar: Danny Zaremba,

Drums: Stefan Mengel,

Bass: Mercedes

Today's tune "Sad Frank" is taken from the album "Oumuamua", enjoy!



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Split Heaven - Speed Of The Hawk

From the land of sombreros, cactus and tequila, these five pistoleros will make you scream with blasting heavy metal! Created on 2005, with four albums released ("Psycho Samurai", "Street Law", "The Devil’s Bandit" & "Death Rider"), SPLIT HEAVEN is one of the most solid bands in the actual heavy metal scene. They combine thundering speed, '80s metal riffs, battle solos and high-pitched vocals to create a vicious monster ready to bite, infect and spread the word of Heavy Metal.

The band has performed several gigs around the world in tours and festivals such as Wacken Open Air 2009, A.O.S.M.A.T Brazilian Tour 2010, Swordbrothers Festival / European Tour 2012, Vive Latino 2013, BÄÄÄM Festival / European Tour 2014, Full Metal Osthessen Fest, German Swordbrothers Festival / European Tour 2017. Mise Open Air in Germany and a Euro tour 2019.

Their last effort, “Death Rider”, was released in 2016, where they have formed an alliance with their new singer Jason Conde-Houston, from Seattle, the frontman of US Metal band SKELATOR. He is strongly influenced by high pitched legends like HELSTAR’s James Rivera and PRIMAL FEAR’s Ralf Scheepers. As always SPLIT HEAVEN is keeping it true, this time with “Painkiller” style double bass drumming, “Thundersteel” style guitar melodies, and glorious NWoBHM style solos. This album features an uptempo smasher “Speed Of The Hawk”, see it below, the spanish fistpumper “Descarga Letal” as well as the striking opener “Death Rider”. The explosive, crushing, “Death Rider” will take the hearts of many Metal maniacs by storm!

Line up:

Jason Conde - Vocals

Pablo Ollervides - Bass

Armand "Hank" Ramos - Guitar

Carlo "Taii" Hernández - Guitar

Tomás Roitman - Drums

Today's tune "Speed Of The Hawk" is taken from the album "Death Rider", released March 25, 2016, enjoy!



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Disillusion - The Great Unknown

With their two records "Back To Times Of Splendor" (2004) and "Gloria" (2006), DISILLUSION from Leipzig, Germany, pushed the boundaries of melodic death and progressive metal so far as to redefine the genres themselves in terms of both emotional depth and stylistic scope. After successful concerts with a refurbished line-up in 2015 and the single "Alea" in 2016, their first new recording in a decade, mastermind Andy Schmidt and co. deliver the logical successor to "Back To Times Of Splendor" in the shape of "The Liberation", an expression of clearance in the literal sense of its title
and testament to human development.

As (Blabbermouth) stated:" "one of the best-kept secrets to come from the metal underground".

"The Liberation" is the result of the Herculean creative task to which Andy Schmidt applied himself; spending countless hours of songwriting and recording. It comes 13 years after "Gloria" but stands with its genuinely enthusiastic, passionate, and driven prog metal as the logical stylistic and lyrical successor to "Back To Times Of Splendor" – but with 15 years of additional life experience on the part of its creator. As an expression of clearance in the literal sense of its title, it is a testament to human development. An interplay of fierce metal with moments of both pure euphoria and introspection, the songs take you on the proverbial roller coaster of emotions that you’ve missed – perhaps since OPETH's "Watershed".

DISILLUSION in 2019 resembles the storm you feel brewing over an epic such as "Wintertide", the straight-in-your-face stunner "The Great Unknown" see it below, or the unexpectedly catchy and hookline-laden "Time To Let Go", which - quite naturally - turned out to be exactly what fans have been craving for so long.

"The Liberation" was mastered by Jens Bogren (IN FLAMES) and is available as Digipak CD, gatefold 2LP, as well as 60-page 2CD book edition (hardcover, 18x18cm) with expanded artwork and audio commentary from Andy Schmidt.

Andy Schmidt (Vox, guitars)

Sebastian Hupfer (guitars)

Ben Haugg (guitars)

Robby Kranz (bass)

Martin Schulz (drums)

Today's tune "The Great Unknown" is taken from the bands latest release "The Liberation", enjoy!


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Sodom - Agent Orange

Sunday, time for a classic.

"Agent Orange" is the title tune from the third studio album by German thrash metal band SODOM, released on 1 June 1989 by Steamhammer and SPV.

It was their last album with guitarist Frank Blackfire (who would later join KREATOR) until his return to the band in 2018. The lyrical content delves deeply into Tom Angelripper's fascination with the Vietnam War, with a song dedicated to the ground assault aircraft AC-47 as well as the "Agent Orange" defoliant-inspired title-track. It was their first album to enter the German album charts where it reached number 36. "Agent Orange" sold 100,000 copies in Germany alone and marked the commercial breakthrough for the band. The song "Ausgebombt" was released on the EP Ausgebombt with German lyrics.

The album's liner notes carry the message: "This album is dedicated to all people – soldiers and civilians – who died by senseless aggressions of wars all over the world."

In March 2010, "Agent Orange" was re-released in a digipak with bonus tracks and liner notes containing lyrics and rare photos.

Line up!

Tom Angelripper – vocals, bass guitar

Frank Blackfire – guitars

Chris Witchhunter – drums

Today's tune is filmed Live at Wacken Open Air 2001, Enjoy today's tune!



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Darkwood - Fliegergedicht

The German resident Henryk Vogel aka DARKWOOD, a neofolk band from Dresden.

DARKWOOD consists of Henryk Vogel and cellist Nadja Stahlbaum. Since "Notwendfeuer" (2006), DARKWOOD has been supplemented by Manuela Zankl (accordion, accompanying vocals) and Valentin (violin). In addition, various guest musicians contributed to individual pieces.

DARKWOOD has been performing in front of a live audience since 1997. In the past, Andreas Ritter (Forseti) or Markus Wolff (Waldteufel) helped in addition to the normal line-up.

The band has was never been afraid of controversial themes and with the album "Schicksalsfahrt" ("Fateful Ride") he invites the listener to join him on an extremely dangerous mission. An album based on the novel "Night Flight" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

Today's tune "Fliegergedicht" (Aviator Poem) presents mainly acoustic guitar-driven halfpace melody full of sadness. The tune is taken from the album "Schicksalsfahrt" (2013), the tune is in German native language, enjoy!



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Pulver - Kings Under The Sand

Hailing from Germany, five-piece heavy metal outfit PULVER pretty recently released their first full-length album "Kings Under The Sand" via Gate Of Hell Records.

PULVER is a young and hungry bunch of guys that play freaking good metal. Even if the record is brand new, it immediately takes me back in time, I would say around the beginning of the '80s. The album "Kings Under The Sand" could easily enter the "Record Of The Week", dunno why it ended in the shadows, I guess I'm starting to get old and senile.

Anyway, the bombastic classic metal opener with "Phantom Hawk" is a real killer and the tunes that follow keeps the same quality even if they change the appearance and takes a different path during the run time of "Kings Under The Sand". You will get some JUDAS PRIEST style with galloping IRON MAIDEN harmonies a bit here and there and you get my drift about how good this is. I do recommend that you get this record asap. The album was released on May 10, 2019.

PULVER are:

Dave Fröhlich - Vocals

Lukas Kunkel - Guitar

Alex Oster- Guitar

Gabor Eichstätter - Bass

Danny Oster - Drums

Today's tune "Kings Under The Sand" is the title tune of PULVERs latest album, no official video, but you get the music so enjoy!

 

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Heads For The Dead - Serpents Curse

Monday, new week, time to introduce "Record Of The Week".

In the midst river's of all album releases, that I already bathe in albums that are waiting for my attention. I pick up an album that has got plenty of spins that I need to recommend further to the masses. All started with a recommendation by a good friend "Chief Rebel Angel" at Heavymetale. He wrote a text that caught my attention and I gave it a chance... a few spins on the digital platform I got hooked and order the album online.

I'm talking about the Europeans in the Death Metal band HEADS FOR THE DEAD and their album "Serpents Curse".

From the fathomless dark realms of the occult comes HEADS FOR THE DEAD. The band was formed by Hauber (REVEL IN FLESH) and Pettersson (URSINNE, WOMBBATH, HENRY KANE) to deliver a deadly mixture of extreme dark Metal madness ranging from Death-, Doom- Crust and Black Metal, combined with an atmosphere of filth and horror.

"Serpents Curse" have some guest, members of SENTIENT HORROR (Matt Moliti) and WOMBBATH (Håkan Stuvemark) has helped to liven up the tunes with their guest solos on a few tracks, the session drummer of DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN (Erik Bevenrud) have smashed the leather on this album. The Artwork by Branca Studio (PARADISE LOST, BEASTMAKER) and the Logo by Mark Riddick (FETID ZOMBIE).

"Serpents Curse" opens up with the title tune, a horror full piece of doomish death "throw your head in the sidewalk metal" in the best manner, old school Swedish death metal is the main influences, well played with the little extra to keep me alive and kicking. The whole album keeps a very good class. Speeds vary from slow doomish, and occult like tunes "Deep Below" and "The Awakening" to high octane, ferocious tunes like "Post Mortem Suffering" and "Death Calls", both tune are just over a minute long. "Gate Creeper" and "Heads For The Dead" is pounding away triumphantly, great pieces of music and the horror heavy tune "Of Wrath And Vengeance" is a true killer. The album ends with a hair-raising cover of WOLFBRIGADES's "In Darkness You Feel No Regrets". An excellent album release that should not be passed.

Sum: Death and Horror ridden Metal of the highest quality, check it up!

Today's tune "Serpents Curse" is the title tune from HEADS FOR THE DEAD 2nd album, released on Transcending Obscurity Records, 24 September 2018, enjoy!



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Kosmodrom - Funkgerät

KOSMODROM is a four-piece instrumental Stoner-Psyche-Rock band from Upper Franconia, Germany. Formed in 2013.
An interesting mix of all kinds of styles blended into one. These Germans funk's up the classic rock tones and blends it with heavy riffs and with a stoner approach. I wish I could hear this in the elevators instead of the easy listening stuff that you are forced to hear.

KOSMODROM are:

Matthias - Guitar

Timo - Guitar

Hechti - Bass

Mirko - Drums

Today's tune "Funkgerät" is taken from the 2017's album "Gravitationsnarkose", enjoy!



Upcoming Tourdates:

Jul 20 Zentrum Zinsholz Esslingen, Germany
Aug 02 Sticky Fingers Marktredwitz, Germany
Oct 17 Glashaus Bayreuth, Germany
Oct 18 Freiraum Dachau, Germany
Nov 01 Nikola Tesla Chemnitz, Germany
Nov 08 Grüner Jäger Hamburg, Germany
Dec 20 Altes Spital Viechtach, Germany

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Galactic Superlords - Streetfighters

Energetic, wild, with a thrilling mixture of 70s Heavy Rock and 80s Heavy Metal and with a slight touch of retro sound could summarize the Cologne, Germany based heavy metal act GALACTIC SUPERLORDS.

Formed by five long-time friends in the late days of Summer 2014, the band created a set of self-penned songs and performed at shows that wowed all audiences.

Classic dual guitars and female vocals make this a interesting band.

GALACTIC SUPERLORDS consists of: 

Vocals: Katharina Heldt // Vocals/Guitars: Dennis Sennekamp // Guitars: Alex Miller // Bass: Christian Lantin // Drums: Carsten Krohn

Today's tune "Streetfighters", taken from the self titled debut album, the video clip is filmed live at Lui Hill Studio, enjoy!



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Samavayo - Justify

SAMAVAYO is a Stonerrock band from Berlin, Germany.

SAMAVAYO have been a trio since 2013. "Dakota" is their debut album in this formation. A mix of stonerrock, psych, 70s, progressive and hard rock with oriental influences. Strong riffs, rhythms and a remarkable voice.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city was open, letting in cultural influences from any foreign country. The capital city became a multi‐cultural melting pot where a singer from Teheran and two brothers from Berlin started making music. 500 live shows in Europe and overseas followed, including gigs in Brazil, Albania, Greece, Croatia and France. In 2018 they released their latest album "Vatan".

All three band members grew up in East‐Berlin and consists of:

Behrang Alavi (Vocals, Guitar)

Andreas Voland (Bass, Vocals)

Stephan Voland (Drums, Vocals)

Today's tune "Justify" was recorded during the "Dakota" album, got later released as a bonus tune on it. Enjoy!



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Nailed To Obscurity - Black Frost

Esens, Germany. Nestled at whatever-end of Lower Saxony, where the East Frisian Islands form a barrier against the wailing North Sea, the town of 7,000 has slept the years away. Most people haven’t heard of Esens, once home to Baroque composer Philipp Heinrich Erlebach. But if they have, they’ve often confused it with Essen, Germany’s ninth largest city. Well, that’s about to change. Not the confusing part, but the fact that rising death metal stars NAILED TO OBSCURITY are about to put Esens on the proverbial map with new album "Black Frost", the first for them at Nuclear Blast Records.

Dealing with profound stories about the depths of humanity, NAILED TO OBSCURITY entangles the listener in a web of melancholic lead guitar melodies, sheer heaviness, slight progressive twists and turns, and an overall dark and irresistible atmosphere.

NAILED TO OBSCURITY formed 2005 as a death/doom act, tastefully named after a track from HATE ETERNALs debut record.

They just finished a Tour With AMOPRPHIS, SOILWORK and JINJER.

Raimund Ennenga (Vocals)

Jan-Ole Lamberti (Guitar)

Volker Dieken (Guitar)

Carsten Schorn (Bass)

Jann Hillrichs (Drums)

Today's tune is the title tune from the bands latest release "Black Frost".

Vocalist Raimund Ennenga explains the song's meaning, "While we try to route our sanity through daily grind and to skip facing our fears, our darkest emotions are able to create a burden in secrecy - they are able to cause our mind to capsize. We tried to capture this atmosphere in the lyrics and the music of our song "Black Frost". A sinister maelstrom." Enjoy!



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Willow Child - Starry Road

WILLOW CHILD establish a powerful symbiosis of vivid arrangements and intense lyrics. The quintet based around Nuremberg plays warm blues rock fueled by impelling hard rock riffs and psychedelic instrumental outbursts. Floating guitar licks, thrilling organ grooves and occult vibes are joined together by a rich songwriting. WILLOW CHILDs debut album "Paradise & Nadir“ opens the door to a mystic cosmos!

The big influenses are LED ZEPPELIN, DEEP PURPLE, THE DOORS among others. The album Recorded at: BigSnuff Studio, Berlin / Richard Behrens / January 2018. Mastered by: Nene Baratto. Cover artwork: Harley and J (front & back), Edison Wormhole (inside).

Members:

Eva Kohl - Vocals, Guitar

Flo Ryan Kiss - Guitar

Jonas Hartmann - Organ

Javier Zulauf - Bass

David Kohl - Drums

Today's tune "Starry Road", taken from the album "Paradise & Nadir", Release: 11th May 2018. Enjoy!



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Down With The Gypsies - Icarus

Are you down with the gypsies?

DOWN WITH THE GYPSIES is a young five-piece psych/folk/prog band with members from Poland, Germany, Austria & Spain. The band was formed late 2015 and is based in Karlsruhe, Germany.

The band was formed by singer & guitarist Gaba Wierzbicka and drummer Tom Schneckenhaus. The first demo tape was recorded in April, just before Melina Tzimou joined the band on guitar. After the show at PSYKA FESTIVAL, Karlsruhe in October 2016, Maik left the band and Mitja Besen took over on bass. As there were a lot of changes in their line-up, the band took a break from playing live and turned it into a creative process of songwriting and a period of finding their own sound.

In March 2017 they recorded their debut LP “Kassiopeia” at KAPU Studio in Linz, Austria. Recorded & mixed by Sabina Sloth, Mastered by Niels Reckziegel. It was self-released in July 2017. In August and September this year the band toured Europe for the first time. They signed with STONEFREE RECORDS, who released their debut “Kassiopeia” in a new outfit in early 2018. Currently, the band is working on new songs and tour dates for 2019.

Lineup:

Gaba Wierzbicka - Keys / Guitar / Vocals |

Tom Schneckenhaus - Drums / Vocals |

Anna - Flute |

Melina Tzimou Weis - Guitar |

Mitja Besen - Bass

Cover art drawing by Hel Cadura.

Released on a beautiful pink and black vinyl.

Today's tune "Icarus" recorded and filmed live at PSI Network Stoner Nacht in der Villa Nachttanz am 21. April 2017.



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Vvlva - Path Of Virtue

German organ rock is not so common these days, but VVLVAs debut album "Path Of Virtue" is an excellent piece of history on the gold vinyl plastic.

The German quintet VVLVA (post ORCUS CHYLDE) with a sound that goes straight back to the late 60s/early 70s hard rock, revives 1970s heavy-psychedelic krautrock in an impressive way. The blend of epic, spherical Hammond organ passages, hard driven guitar riffs/solos and distinctive vocals provides an agile and multifaceted listening experience. A rolling wall of fuzz complete with killer emotional vocals and subtle organ sections.

VVLVAs is a name of fertility or a name that symbolizes creativity?

"Path Of Virtue" was released February 16, 2018

VVLVA consists of:

Tobias Ritter - Vocals
Philipp Muschal - Guitar, Backing Vocals
Dr. Michael Hock - Bass
Julian Rocco Lepore - Drums, Backing Vocals
Christian Karl - Keys, Organ, Backing Vocals



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Chapel Of Disease - ...And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye

Monday, time to introduce this years first "Record Of The Week"

German Death Metal legends CHAPEL OF DISEASE released their 3rd full length album "…And As We Have Seen The Storm", We Have Embraced The Eye” released the 23rd of November 2018.

"…And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye" is a 6 track of electrifying death with a great blend of styles and many unexpected turns that makes this a 47 minutes amazing musical experience.

You will get all from melodic and heavy part, amazing guitar works, guttural vocals, death metal, black metal rock, even Mark Knopfler will play a solo for you, well the last one is not true, but it sounds like him (: It's a very creative album.

The album opens up with a impressing tune "Void Of Words", guitar picking, massive chaotic drumming, wonderful melody, guttural vocals along with amazing melodic guitar work and a neatly guitar ending aka Mark Knopfler and the tune ends beautifully and continues onto the next  "Oblivious / Obnoxious / Defiant" with a more sharper layout, stylish loops with cleaver solos in a tune that builds up along the way, the melodic and monotone guitar sling in the end gives me goose bumps. In "Song of the Gods" that starts with a long guitar flicker intro before a enthralling guitar sling takes over and begins the tune, the sling lives true the tune that really sounds great. The forth tune "Null" is one of the longest track on the album, over 9 minutes of chugs, hard riffing, violent drumming and a harsh vocal with a very melodic riffing and the bluesy mid piece that comes from nowhere and I just love it. "1.000 Different Paths" starts of as a doomy goth piece, very melodic and with a vocal that reminds of Jaz Coleman. Half way thru the tune changes shapes to an instrumental love pit. The album ends with "The Sound Of Shallow Grey", the second long running tune on the album, with it's 9 plus minutes forces true on all fronts, melodic and riffy.

"…And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye" is an excellent album that would have been placed high on the years best off list if it had come to my knowledge earlier, got this on my lap in the middle of December.   

Sum: A fantastic surprise that you can't be without when you give it a turn.

The band consists of:

Laurent T. (Vox & Guitars)

Cedric T. (Guitars)

Christian K. (Bass)

David D. (Drums)

Today's tune "Song Of The Gods" taken from the 3rd album " ...And As We Have Seen The Storm, We Have Embraced The Eye", enjoy!




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