Monday, new week, time to introduce "Record Of The Week".
Four decades, it's a long time of survival, something that few bands can handle. The French Canadians VOIVOD is one of them that continue to put out material that still keeps a high-quality stamp year after year. Amazing and very powerful and yet follow the trail of development from early origins of Punk, via trash path to the more progressive and technical ground where they are atm, a band that always played by their own rules.
"Synchro Anarchy" is the band's 15th studio release and, as fans have come to expect, it is yet is again an incomparable concoction of wild, quirky, and imaginative heaviness. Absolutely wonderful and not a hint of predictability. This record feels very well made, where the band has taken their time to create a proper album without letting go of the reins. Nine tunes that clock in just under fifty minutes.
The album opens up with "Paranormalium" where bizarre riffs and quirky tempos just fall in to the of VOIVOD's trademark. The melodic layers of 70s psychedelia and 80s thrash metal and progressive metal which creates a fun and very enjoyable foundation for Denis "Snake" Bélanger’s nasal vocal who marries in a nice way. The following title tune and "Planet Eaters" continues in the same path of oddly charming and great arrangements which creates a magical flow in the listening nerve. "Mind Clock" opens up with some half paced guitar picks, that slowly build up and the speed incres and the punk attitude winds its way in. The guitar friendly piece "Sleeves Off" has a great groove, partly Scandinavian garage rock mixed up with some MASTEDON progginess. "Holographic Thinking" is a catchy tune with some cool riffing and it's followed by the bass heavy "The World Today" with it's surf-rock vibe gives the album some spice and the bassist Rocky gets the spotlight. The album closes up with "Memory Failure" that wraps up the bag with some heavy riffing and thunderous drums and well written lyrics. "Synchro Anarchy" is a really nice album from the band, well worth the time you will spend with VOIVOD, an album that increase dramatically after each listen. The album was produced by Francis Perron. Released by Century Media Records on February 11th, 2022.
Sum: “Synchro Anarchy” is a great thrashed progressive metal album, get it!
VOïVOD is:
Drums: Michel “Away” Langevin
Voice: Denis “Snake” Belanger
Guitar & backing vocalist: Daniel “Chewy” Mongrain
Bass & backing vocalist: Dominic “Rocky” Laroche
Today's tune is the title tune from "Synchro Anarchy", enjoy!
The Atlanta metal mainstays MASTODON are back on track and standing close to the road with their ninth studio double-album "Hushed And Grim", in their hand, an album that spanning 15 tunes in total, is slated for release on October 29 via Reprise Records. It comes as the follow-up to 2017’s "Emperor Of Sand", which scored MASTODON a nomination for Best Rock Album at the 2017 Grammy Awards (they would later win a Grammy for Best Metal Performance in 2018).
In addition to the great news of the new album, the band has released the first single "Pushing The Tides" taken from the new one.
When MASTODON was unable to tour the past year due to the global pandemic, the band took the downtime to enter the studio with producer David Bottrill (TOOL, MUSE and RUSH) in their hometown and make "Hushed And Grim".
A press release teases that "Hushed And Grim" will be a notably experimental record, saying it sees the band “surveying sonic landscapes of rock, psychedelia, punk, metal, alternative, and prog threaded together by the innately expressive musical interplay of these four virtuosic musicians”. It also states that the album pays homage to the band’s late manager Nick John, who passed away in 2018 after fighting pancreatic cancer.
Today's tune "Pushing The Tides", taken from the upcoming album "Hushed And Grim", enjoy!
After a long day at work, yes I have an adult job right now, but only a small project, finished on Friday, but at least, a job in these times. Coming home, out with the dogs, showering, cooking dinner, eating and breathing a bit with a cup of coffee, discovering that I am home alone. So guess what ... the stereo goes on, up with a Vinyl, plays the latest with Joe Bonamassa, swings on well, but will return with this later on, needs a few more laps. Playing a few others before the last one gets on before it's all croweded again.
Today's tune "Sulphur & Starlight" is the opening tune from the album "Summerland", released on April 10th, 2020. It's a marvelous tune that combining psych metal, ’90s alt rock, 20's pop and a touch of prog into a truly singular sound. Enjoy!
After years of total silence, Norwegian prog/avantgarde metal act GREEN CARNATION returned to the international metal scene in 2016 for the 15th anniversary of their cult classic "Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness". After a successful comeback year with festival appearances and special shows both in Europe and North America, the Norwegians have released their first record in 14 years. We had their tune "Sweet Leaf" here on Tune Of The Day four years ago, read about it here: https://tuneoftheday.blogspot.com/2016/10/green-carnation-sweet-leaf.html
The new album "Leaves Of Yesteryear" is as much a retrospect on the band’s career as it is a nod to the future. The progressive metal act pays homage to their own past and to their heroes with the re-recording of their classic song "My Dark Reflections Of Life And Death" and an excellent cover of BLACK SABBATH’s "Solitude". With new songs like "Leaves Of Yesteryear", "Hounds" and "Sentinel", the future looks bright, check out the title tune below. The album is produced by Endre Kirkesola (ABBATH, IN VAIN, and SOLEFALD). Mastered in Maor Appelbaum studio (FAITH NO MORE, SABATON, YES, MAYHEM).
The Black 12" double vinyl (33rpm) with etching on D-side in a deluxe gatefold sleeve with matt lamination. First pressing 400 copies worldwide, get it before it's sold out.
Kjetil Nordhus (vocals)
Tchort (guitars)
Stein Roger Sordal (bass)
Bjørn Harstad (guitars)
Kenneth Silden (keys)
Jonathan Alejandro Perez (drums)
Today's tune is the title track out of the new album "Leaves Of Yesteryear". Released May 8th, 2020, enjoy!
"Song Of I" is the most electronically textured piece on the album "To The Bone", Steven Wilson and German singer Sophie Hunger make obsessive vows to each other. To underscore the unsettling nature of this relationship—one of addiction—electronic treatments hiss and groan over the snap of a clapper-board beat. As if to suggest that the pull these two have on each other has a deadly magnetic vortex, the middle eight consists of a frenzied orchestra playing on top of barbed guitar chords.
It’s a song about obsession. What’s nice about it is that on the surface you wouldn’t know if it’s a sinister song or a love song, though the music kind of tells you that it’s the former.
The gist of the song is, “I’ll give up anything—I’ll give us smoking, I’ll give up alcohol, I’ll give up gambling, I give up staying out all night…but the one thing I will never give up is you.” That could be taken as a very romantic sentiment, but it could also be a very creepy one depending on the context. I imagined it as a boy and girl singing together originally, obsession certainly isn’t gender specific.
“My fifth record is in many ways inspired by the hugely ambitious progressive pop records that I loved in my youth (think Peter Gabriel’s So, Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love, Talk Talk’s Colour of Spring and Tears for Fears’ Seeds of Love).
Lyrically, the album’s eleven tracks veer from the paranoid chaos of the current era in which truth can apparently be a flexible notion, observations of the everyday lives of refugees, terrorists and religious fundamentalists, and a welcome shot of some of the most joyous wide-eyed escapism I’ve created in my career so far. Something for all the family!”– Steven Wilson
The tune is taken from the fifth studio album "To The Bone" by English recording artist Steven Wilson, released on 18 August 2017 on Caroline International. It became Wilson's highest-charting album ever, reaching number 3 in the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard Independent Albums chart. Steven John Wilson (born 3 November 1967) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer, most closely associated with the progressive rock genre. Currently a solo artist, he became known as the founder, lead guitarist, lead vocalist and songwriter of the band PORCUPINE TREE, as well as being a member of several other bands.
Wilson will release his highly anticipated sixth solo album "The Future Bites" on 29th January 2021. An album that we will come back to when the time comes.
Monday, a new week and it's time to introduce "Record Of The Week"
The fifth soap opera "Aeromantic" by the Swedish classic rock/AOR supergroup THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA. This time, they’ve gone back to earth, or at least to somewhere 10,000 ft. above the earth, with an airborne soap opera about the inevitable heartbreak, the endless longing, the futile nostalgia and the occasional moments of euphoria you experience when you’re always leaving where you should have been going, traveling to where you should have been.
"Aeromantic" was released on February 28th via Nuclear Blast Records. The album follows in the same steps as the 2018's "Sometimes The World Ain't Enough". Twelve songs in fifty-four minutes of glorious AOR.
"Aeromantic" is an "Airborne soap opera" based upon shattered dreams, broken illusions, and the fact that we are all something much less than the person we were supposed to be. But in the darkness, there’s always a glimmer of hope. And from that glimmer of hope, with the right mindset, you can sculpt and create a whole lot of Swedish classic rock melodrama.
The album opens up with "Servants Of The Air", a progressive rocker with bombastic riffs at it's best, in a typical TNFO manner, excellent hooks, cleaver melody with a flawless groove, smooth and clear vocals makes this tune a superb start, it's followed by the main single "Divinyls", an uptempo, high energy pop-rocker with infectious groove and catchy lyrics about doing the impossible and pushing your inner dreams to the forefront of your psyche and being in total control of your own future. The album contains serval danceable pop tunes like "If Tonight Is Our Only Chance" and "This Boy’s Last Summer" that flirt with heroes like ABBA and SECRET SERVICE. "Curves" is a groovy West Coast piece where the Porcaro brothers could be in the rhythm section, nice and bouncy piece. "Transmissions" is another pop-infused rocker with an ear-catching melody and chorus, check it out below. The title tune "Aeromantic" has a bit more of a classic and dirtier sound, still keeps the catchiness and servers a cool guitar solo, the whole tune is surrounded by 80's synths and piano. The band hits the break and serves a slower atmospheric piece "Golden Swansdown" a genuine power ballad. Once the band has exhaled a bit, it's time to put on the dance shoes again. "Taurus", "Carmencita Seven" and "Sister Mercurial" are three catchy pieces and pounding rhythm sections and a sticky melody that makes it hard to sit still. The album wraps things up with "Dead Of Winter" where an atmospheric synth intro until the energy is let loose. An atmospheric popish synth-infused rocker with really impressive vocals that really showcase Strid’s vocals capabilities. "Aeromantic" contains all your guilty pleasures, I mean everything from mind-melting hard rock, groovy hooks, flawless vocals, beautiful guitar solos, shameless pop, and disco tunes and one power ballad.
"Aeromantic" was recorded at the Nordic Sound Labs using the same drum kit that was used during the recordings of ABBA’s 1980 mega album "Super Trouper".
Sum: "Aeromantic" contains all your guilty pleasures, an infectiously fun record to play.
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA will head out on a European headline tour, "The Aeromantic Experience", March-April 2020, and will also appear on numerous festivals this summer, see all the dates below.
THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA is:
Björn Strid | vocals
Sharlee D’ Angelo | bass
David Andersson | guitar
Richard Larsson | keyboards
Jonas Källsbäck | drums
Sebastian Forslund | guitar, percussion, special effects
Anna-Mia Bonde | backing vocals
Anna Brygård | backing vocals
Today's tune "Transmissions" is taken from "Aeromantic", Video directed by René U Valdes of Bravo Bravo Films. Enjoy!
TNFO live:
»The Aeromantic Experience«
w/ ONE DESIRE
06.03. UK London - Islington Assembly Hall
07.03. D Bochum - Matrix
08.03. F Paris - La Machine du Moulin Rouge
09.03. F Toulouse - Le Metronum
10.03. E Madrid - Mon
11.03. E Barcelona - Salamandra
12.03. F Lyon - CCO Villeurbanne
13.03. CH Buchs (SG) - Krempel
14.03. CH Pratteln - Z7
15.03. I Milan - Legend Club
16.03. D Aschaffenburg - Colos-Saal
17.03. D Hanover - MusikZentrum
18.03. NL Nijmegen - Doornroosje
19.03. D Hamburg - Markthalle
20.03. D Munich - Backstage (Werk)
21.03. A Vienna - Szene
22.03. H Budapest - Dürer Kert
24.03. D Saarbrücken - Garage
25.03. D Mannheim - MS Connexion Complex
26.03. D Leipzig - Hellraiser
27.03. D Nuremberg - Hirsch
28.03. D Berlin - Columbia Theater
»The Aeromantic Experience«
w/ special guest
02.04. S Stockholm - Nalen
08.04. S Gothenburg - Trädgår'n
10.04. S Helsingborg - The Tivoli
18.04. A Salzburg - Wildstyle & Tattoo Messe
01.05. N Kopervik - Karmøygeddon Metal Festival
29. - 31.05. D Gelsenkirchen - Rock Hard Festival
06.06. CZ Pilsen - Metalfest Open Air
16. - 18.07. FIN Laukaa - John Smith Rock Festival
06.08. UK Derby - Bloodstock Open Air
11.09. USA Atlanta, GA - ProgPower USA *SOLD OUT*
The Norweigan oddballs VULTURE INDUSTRIES is an excellent band to continue the little far-out choice we had yesterday.
A band that plays a surrealist brand of dark metal cabaret, heavy rock vistas bent and twisted into living entities embodying the width and breadth of human emotion.
The single "Deeper" 7″ features the new VULTURE INDUSTRIES single paired up with a live recording of "The Benevolent Pawn" from the venerable concert venue USF in Bergen. This exclusive single, released for the Strange Rain Tour, is strictly limited to 500 copies on green Danish vinyl, released via Dark Essence Records.
The tune has a spaghetti western vibe of Ennio Morricone and with a touch of Nick Cave. "Deeper" tells the story of man's insatiable greed for more, as symbolized by the miners digging all the way to Hell.
The front man Bjørnar says this about the formation of the track: “It was one of those scorching summer days of 2018. The grass in the fields had all turned the colour of old paper, and the sun, at its zenith, was mercilessly searing our skin. Thirsty, hungry, and with tongues swelling, we had just missed the ferry crossing and could taste our hopes turn to ashes in our mouths. Trying to remain calm, but steadily feeling the building pressure of desperation, as a boiler ready to blow, we waited in line. Then suddenly the one year old in the back seat broke the silence chanting AHUM, AHUM, AHUM, AHUM! Overcome by what felt like divine inspiration but might very well have been sent from the depths of Hell, I started drumming on the dashboard. DUM, DADADUM, DADADUM, DADADUMDADUMDADUM.”
Members:
Bjørnar Erevik Nilsen – vocals and keys
Eivind Huse – guitars and vocals
Øyvind Madsen – guitars
Kyrre Teigen – bass and vocals
Tor Helge Gjengedal – drums
Today's tune "Deeper", is taken from the 7" single, released April 23, 2019.
BESVÄRJELSEN (Swedish for “Conjuring”) formed in 2014 by members out of bands like DOZER, GREENLEAF, AFGRUND, LASTKAJ and V.
However rooted in Doom you will find traces of Progressive Metal, Punk, Folk, and simply old classic Rock n’ Roll that has been carefully weaved together to a sound as heavy as it’s sophisticated.
Here are some pictures of this beauty, it's the limited edition of Year One, Volume Three in the PostWax series.
On "Frost", the follow-up to BESVÄRJELSEN's 2018 debut "Vallmo", the feeling of being isolated in a cold wilderness in the grip of higher forces is palpable throughout the five tracks, with haunting, enveloping vocals from singer Lea Amling Alazam, outstanding songwriting from guitarists/vocalists Andreas Baier and Staffan Stensland Vinrot, and the forceful rhythm section of Johan Rockner and Erik Bäckwall, released August 9, 2019
"Frost" was recorded in the dead of winter in a cabin in the woods of Dalarna county in Sweden, and mastered by Karl Daniel Lidén.
Today's tune "When We Fall" is taken from the 2019 EP "Frost", out on Blues Funeral Recordings, enjoy!
HEX A.D. is a Norwegian Hard Rock band with a lot of progressive and doomy tendences, inspired by the great British bands of the 1970s.
HEX A.D. is the brainchild of drummer/singer Rick Hagan and producer Chris Tsangarides. The debut "Even The Savage Will See Fair Play" was released in 2012, and received great reviews in the Norwegian hard rock press.
A live band that consisted of Rick on vocals, John V on guitars, Stiffy Moe on Drums and Arry Gogstad on bass toured in support of the album between 2012 and 2015.
In the autumn of 2015 Magnus Johansen joined the lineup on hammond organ and mellotron to make a second album "The Last Nail In The Coffin Lid". Rick and Magnus alone made the new record in 8 days at Chris' studio in Kingsdown, UK.
On their return from England John left the group to focus on his own music, leaving Rick to handle both guitar and vocal duties. Rick's brother Matt replaced Stiffy on drums around the same time, giving the new live band a doomy and proggy feel.
Rick Hagan
Matt Hagan
Magnus Johansen
Are With Gogstad
Today's tune "A Nocturnal Report" taken from the album "The last Nail in the Coffin Lid", the video is a lyric video released Jun 20, 2017.
From the farthest reaches of space and time, through atomic wastelands, around the abandoned cities of the western world and beyond the desertplains of the real... Out of the frying pan and into the gutter.
"Carole Cinema Radio Ad". A non album single that works as both statement and celebration of the process and completion of the upcoming album and rock opera ”Carole Cinema”. Take the deep plunge folks!
The album "Carole Cinema" - Is a Rock Opera in 10 acts. A journey inwards. A snapshot of a life. A me from afar… ”Alex” in a technicolor dream.
Take part THE WHO (Tommy) meets Iggy Pop and teams up with VAN HALEN and we are not to far away from how Alex Carole sounds.
Alex Carole - Rythm guitar & vocals
Jon Murray Calander - Bass guitar & back up vocals
"Deep Depression" is single by Ukrainian Progressive/Thrash/Heavy Metal band LOSTPRAY taken from the bands latest EP "Priestianity" (2018).
LOSTPRAY is based in Odessa, Ukraine, the group is comprised of Turkish and Ukrainian musicians who freely mix their own cultural influences with the power of Metal to create a fiercely individuality that sets them apart from their peers. The latest LOSTPRAY release is "Priestianity", a compelling set built upon challenging compositions, unpredictable storytelling, tense atmosphere, aggression, Eastern-Western combinations, and overflowing energy that instantly pulls listeners into its world. The first single from the EP, "Deep Depression", is a potent six-minute track that perfectly captures LOSTPRAYs uncommon style.
The members of LOSTPRAY are Burak Gundogdu on Vocals and Guitars, Nikolay Dovgopolov on Drums, and Vyacheslav Babienko on Bass. The band began in 2013 and tracked its first album, "That’s Why", an eight-song effort that met with considerable success, in 2014. After a hiatus that allowed the group time to more clearly define its sound and direction, the release of "Priestianity" has put LOSTPRAY back in the thick of the international Metal scene. The record shows how much great music can come from the mixing of cultures and ideas from different nations and is the most accurate expression of LOSTPRAYs artistic vision yet. The band is now focused on writing and recording new material, expanding its global fan base, and preparing to tour at the professional level. Anyone who has had their fill of sound-alike bands needs to find LOSTPRAY today and get reminded of what actually original-minded music is all about.
Today's tune "Deep Depression" is taken from the EP "Priestianity", the music video was originally filmed in a couple different studios in Odessa. The idea was to make a video with a dark, moody atmosphere which will make the impression even sharper.
The Finnish progressive death metal band CONVULSE have released a new tune called "The Summoning". It's the first taste of the band's upcoming album, which will be recorded in 2019, something to look forward to.
The band hails from Nokia, Finland, active between 1988 and 1994 and again since 2012. They were one of their country's first extreme metal bands and considered by some to be the forefathers of the local "Nokia" metal scene.
Featuring vocalist/guitarist Rami Jämsä, bass player Juha Telenius and drummer Rolle Markos, Finland's short-lived death metal band CONVULSE only issued two albums — 1991's "World Without God" and 1994's "Reflections".
Today's tune "The Summoning" mixed at JJ-studio, mastered at Virtalähde, released by Soit Se Silti and distributed by playground. Band photo Peero Lakanen. The cover photo Markus Nevala, enjoy!
HEROD have arisen from the ever- prosperous Swiss music scene. Throughout their young 4 years of presence, they have already shared the stage with such acts as GOJIRA, CROWBAR, THE OCEAN, CARCASS, OBITUARY, NAPALM DEATH and VOIVOD. Attesting their repute as the bus boy’s of King Herod, serving up whole sides of rare riffs, disposition, beauty and authority.
Initially the brain child of guitarist Pierre Carroz, the first idea of HEROD came to life during his stay in Malmø, Sweden, back in 2006. In Sweden, Pierre found little else to do that to isolate himself in his empty studio apartment, inspired by the cold and desolate Swedish climate and in 2014 saw HERODs debut release "They Were None" via Mighty Music and a subsequent European tour. Following the departure of original vocalist David, former THE OCEAN (Precambrian) vocalist Mike Pilat was recruited for follow up album "Sombre Dessein". Pilat also plays guitar and HEROD are now furnished with a supplementary layer of musicality to complement both heaviness and soundscape aspects of their palette. CARCASS guitar player Bill Steer makes a guest appearance on the track "Fork Tongue", see it below.
"Sombre Dessein" was recorded and mixed by Swiss audiophile Julien Fehlman, mastered by Magnus Lindberg from CULT OF LUNA, “Sombre Dessein” is an album of staggering riffs, intricate yet groovy polyrhythmic patterns and sheer heaviness. The bi-lingual vocal approach adds an unusual but intriguing aspect to the band's delivery of their craft.
„The concept of the album is about the end of our Judaeo-Christian and thermo-industrial civilisation. The artwork and video clip are made up from footage of “Shipbreakers”, people who dismantle huge container ships which end up mooring to die on Indian or Bangladeshi shores“, comments Pierre Carroz. HEROD create a strong musical and visual image of the abysses of the human consumption project, „which turns out to be hell on earth for these people whose every day work involves constantly risking their lives to feed their families“, Carroz says.
"Sombre Dessein" was released February 15, 2019 and the Vinyl version is pressed in Black (Ltd. to 250), Silver-In-Ultraclear / Color-In-Color (Ltd. to 250)
Today's tune "Fork Tongue", enjoy!
Upcoming shows:
Mar 27
Club Volta
Cologne, Germany
Mar 28
Werk 2 - Halle D
Leipzig, Germany
Mar 29
Klub U Bazyla
Poznan, Poland
Mar 30
Tower
Bremen, Germany
Apr 02
Fryshuset
Stockholm, Sweden
Apr 03
Tragårn
Gothenburg, Sweden
Apr 03
Trädgårn
Gothenburg, Sweden
Apr 04
Union Scene
Drammen, Norway
Apr 05
Gregers
Hamar, Norway
Apr 06
Folken
Stavanger, Norway
Apr 06
Folken
Stavanger, Norway
Apr 07
1000 Fryd
Aalborg, Denmark
Apr 08
Vega Musikkens Hus - Lille Vega (Small Hall)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Apr 08
Vega
Copenhagen, Denmark
"Türkü" is a tune by the legendary Turkish rock musician Erkin Koray and was released on the second album "Elektronik Türküler" (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈelectɾonic tyɾˈcyleɾ], "Electronic Ballads"), originally released by Doğan Plakcılık in 1974. This is his first work to be recorded for the LP format, as opposed to the 45 rpm singles which his output had been restricted to until the mid-1960s.
"Türkü" is Turkish, could be translated to "Folk Song", "Ballad"
The remake is made by Sydney's NUMIDIA. The tune was released on the self-titled debut album "Numidia", released January 7, 2019. NUMIDIA is a quintet that forges influences from Middle Eastern/North African Blues and blends these calming tribal elements with Folk and 70’s Psychedelic and Progressive Rock, gives a touch of exoticism and magic that, surely, will surprise the listener. With three guitars that neatly works together as one and makes the album really fun to listen to.
NUMIDIA is:
James Draper - Guitars and Vocals
Shane Linfoot - Guitars and Vocals
Mike Zoias - Guitars and Vocals
Alex Raffaelli - Bass and Keys / Hammond
Nathan McMahon - Drums and Percussion
Additional vocals: Selin Akbasogullari
Today's tune is recorded live at Lazybones Sydney by Myuran Kathekeyan, Selin Akbaşoğulları and 2 x static GoPros. Audio from GoPro and iPhone X, enjoy!
"Ghosts" is the second album from the Swedish rock trio SUPRALUNAR, the physical release was Februari 15, 2019, the digital was November 30, 2018.
SUPRALUNAR hails from Stockholm, Sweden and consist of Petri Tuulik the guitar slinger and vocalist, Georgios "Jojje" Vamvatsicos the dexterous bassist and harmonies, the funny guy Johann Enoksson beating the drums, screams and keep a good vibe in the air.
SUPRALUNAR plays a groovy rock, excellent harmonies and heavy riffing.
"Ghosts" is a great follow up to "A New Hope" in all means, the music is still very melodic and catchy, but the package has been upgraded with more heaviness and intensity, the playfulness with spices of BEATLES and SWEET are still there and make the album fun and very joyful to listen to. There are many cool tunes on this ten track album that flows over 44 minutes. Like the intro riffing of the first tune "Life", where you get some 80's heavy metal guitar sound, hey Ozzy, a melody that feels old but sounds new. The title tune "Ghosts" is a catchy piece with a clever guitar picking, heavy bass licks and some doomy parts to create some darkness to raise up the fear. "All Them Angels" is a killer tune, the vocals are just excellent, great harmonies, nice eco riffs, really a powerful track. The more intense rockers like "Superfast Train", "For The Greater Good Of Rock N' Roll" and "No More Days", they all take out the turns but in different directions. The power ballad "My Epiphany" is another stand out tune, beautifully done with a guest vocal by Noelle Leblanc that really add some strong female colouring to this piece, she sings amazing and makes the song grow into something really beautiful. Overall this is a great album that deserves more attention and I hope they will take a few more steps forward with this.
Today's tune is the title tune from "Ghosts", the clip is Live at KB Malmö
“The sickest desert group of all time”, as apparently Brant Bjӧrk described YAWNING MAN.
The Californian rockers YAWNING MAN have released the album "The Revolt Against Tired Noises" on December 6, 2017, an album that showcases the band’s talent to drift away with their adoring listeners across a dusty plain of companionship and innovation.
The aural experience of YAWNING MAN summarizes as an intense yet graceful kaleidoscope of polyphonic musical textures. Dramatic and flowing, dark, intense and emotional. July 2018 finds the band releasing their most musically exciting recording to date with their 6th full-length LP, "The Revolt Against Tired Noises" on the ambitious up and coming independent label, Heavy Psych Sounds. The songs on this release are described as “an emotional and visceral expression of pure melodic darkness and beauty”, the album was recorded at Gato Trail Studios in Joshua Tree, CA and produced and engineered by friend and long time collaborator, Mathias Schneeberger (Mark Lanegan, Greg Duli, SUNN O))), EARTH, THE OBSESSED).
YAWNING MAN consists of:
Gary Arce: Guitar
Mario Lalli: Bass
Bill Stinson: Drums
Mathias Schneeberger: Keyboards (Songs 1 - 5)
Rob Peterson: Drums (Ghost Beach)
A full European, UK, North American / Canadian, and South American tour is in planned to support the release.
Today's tune "Ghost Beach" is taken from the album "The Revolt Against Tired Noises", the tune was recorded by Sebastiaan van Bijlevelt at Galloway Studio, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, enjoy!
The Prog-stoner-doom-metal band FORMING THE VOID have released a new video for "Arrival" from their fourth effort and brand new album "Rift" which was released on August 17th on Kozmik Artifactz.
The band was formed in 2013 in Lafayette, Louisiana, FORMING THE VOID have not only become one of the city’s most talked about heavy rock bands, but they are also now widely considered to be a dominant and rising force in the genre. On the last album "Relic", 2016 they did a stunning version of LED ZEPPELINs "Kashmir".
Today's tune "Arrival", taken from the latest release "Rift", enjoy
After Brann's brilliant solo debut yesterday, why not pick one from the main band MASTODON.
The Atlanta progressive metallers released a cool video for their song "Clandestiny", taken from MASTODON's latest album, "Emperor Of Sand", which came out in March 2017. The follow-up to 2014's "Once More 'Round The Sun" was recorded at The Quarry Recording Studio in Kennesaw, just outside MASTODON's hometown, with producer Brendan O'Brien (PEARL JAM, NEIL YOUNG, AC/DC, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE), who first worked with MASTODON on their seminal 2009 album "Crack The Skye".
The animated clip for "Clandestiny" was directed by Brazilian-born motion designer Ariel Costa of BlinkMyBrain. Enjoy!
