The Italian music magazine 'Rockol' introduces its audience to the music video "Puppets," a song from Leonard Cohen's album "Thanks For The Dance", by relaying the words of the video's director Daniel Askill. “It has been such a gift to have the opportunity to create these visual responses to the music of Leonard Cohen. Cohen has an incredible ability to create a bridge between the sublime and the prosaic—the metaphysical and political."
"Thanks For The Dance" is the fifteenth and final studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, released posthumously through Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings on November 22, 2019. It is the first release following Cohen's death in November 2016, and includes contributions from various musicians, such as Daniel Lanois, Beck, Jennifer Warnes, Damien Rice and Leslie Feist. The song "The Goal" was released with the announcement of the album, on September 20, 2019.
Described as a "continuation" of Cohen's previous studio album, You Want It Darker (2016), the album's vocal tracks were recorded during the same sessions, with Cohen's son and album producer Adam Cohen noting that the album should not be considered an album of "discarded songs or B sides"
Enjoy today's tune where the director Daniel Askill hands a haunting video for “Puppets,” off Cohen’s 2019 posthumous album, "Thanks For The Dance". Shot in black and white, the video follows a lonely figure kitted out like Cohen — played by actor Bobbi Salvör Menuez — as they fall to their knees in the New York City streets, self-immolating as loose papers litter the cobblestones.
Meet ENDLESS BOOGIE, the best-kept secret in New York's rock scene. They have a pretty cool name (taken from John Lee Hooker's 1971 album).
They have released a new animated video for album track “Back in ’74”, which tells the story of Kiss playing at a kite festival in St. Louis, where he was injured on an acid trip.
They just want to rock with you, preferably all night long. "We try boogie sometimes, but boogie's hard," says guitarist Jesper Eklow (aka "The Governor") self-effacingly. "Boogie takes skill and we haven't honed those skills yet." The band's sound is a meltdown of metal, psychedelic and classic rock with a heavy dose of riffage, a kick-ass beat and super-cryptic lyrics. It's thunderous and mellow at once. To put it another way, it goes well with beer. Aside from Eklow, the band is made up of Paul Major (aka "Top Dollar") on guitar and vocals, Mark Ohe (aka "Memories from Reno") on bass and Harry Druzd on drums. Needless to say, their collective knowledge of music is so expansive it's a little scary.
ENDLESS BOOGIE did a team up with legendary Swedish psych outfit TRÄD, GRÄS OCH STENAR a few weeks ago for a US tour, including stops at Cropped Out Festival, Ohio’s Wexner Center and New York’s Music Hall of Williamsburg. This will be ENDLESS BOOGIEs first extensive US tour since the release of 2016’s "Vibe Killer", which Uncut Magazine called “a masterclass in choogling.”
Today's tune "Back " is taken from the latest album "Vibe Killer", The tune is based on a true story! Animated by Micah Buzan, enjoy!
The Swedes metalheads IN FLAMES have released a new absolutely stunning video "Here Until Forever" taken from the latest album "Battles".
Anders Friden coments the tune:
"Here Until Forever" was written for my son. He's eight years old. I have this piece here, "Come Clarity", which I wrote for my daughter when she was two. And he's seen that, and he asked all the time, 'Daddy, where's my song?' And I don't think I'd been ready to write something that would make him justice. But now… yeah, I was ready. So that one is, obviously, the most personal one, because it's very directed towards one person, for me. But I think the lyric is open for interpretation; it could be for anyone — someone that you love, or someone that you missed, or someone that you have a special bond with."
Asked if his son has heard "Here Until Forever" and what he thought of it, Anders said: "He heard it. I think he cried the first time [he listened to it], 'cause he was so proud: 'This is about me.' And it's an important track, because we… You know, we are away [from each other] many months a year, and we have a little thing, me and him, for how we connect… If he feels sad and he wants to contact me, then we have a certain thing that I taught him to… so he feels safe."
He continued: "I think he's super proud of that song. And then he can tell his friends, 'This is my song.' Stuff like that."
Today's tune "Here Until Forever" from In Flames newest album "Battles". This stunning animated clip, directed by award-winning Mexican filmmaker Luis Téllez (Jacinta, La Noria and Fusilaron a la Virgen), is a masterclass in stop motion animation
Monday, new week, time to introduce "Record Of The Week".
Long Beach four-piece rockers RIVAL SONS returns with their latest effort "Hollow Bones", after a two big years after their previous record "Great Western Valkyrie" in 2014, where the guys got a great success. The arenas are now bigger than before, they are selling more and now peoples knows who they are. Now they are out on tour with the mighty BLACK SABBATH.
"Hollow Bones" continues where their previous album ended and takes the next phase in their musical history. The album is fuzzy, bluesy with some real driving riffs and some real groovy melody tunes, all the ingredients it needs. The album opener and the lead single "Hollow Bones Pt.1" immediately sets the bar. The tune is linked with its counterpart "Hollow Bones Pt.2" that appears later in the record, it's syncs perfectly. "Tied Up" and "Thundering Voices" shows that these guys are really talents, Holy Moses what a tunes they are. Strong, touching and very powerful. The cover "Black Coffee" is a well done bluesy version of the original HUMBLE PIE tune. "Baby Boy" and "Pretty Face" are brilliant rockers, really colourful, bluesy, heavy and lovely. The band is are rocking very well on "Hollow Bones, but there are also some more silent moments like "Fade Out" and "All That I Want" that takes your soul and send it to heaven. You can hear that the influences are strong with hard rock's greatest, the tunes breaths SABBATH, LED ZEPPELIN and DEEP PURPLE in a great deal of these songs.
"Hollow Bones" was produced in Nashville’s LCS studios by long time collaborator Dave Cobb. With an impeccable work from the bassist Dave Beste and drummer Michael Miley that creates an combustible rhythms. Marvellous fuzzed out guitar and solos that will leave you on the floor begging for more from Mr Fuzzlord himself Scott Holiday and Jay Buchanan's voice, holy fucking shit, it's so raw and tender that you melts into a sandbag when he open up his mouth, absolute the best rock singer in this century. The band have really moved forward musically and lyrically. "Hollow Bones" is the next step in the bands musical carrier, it will bring them closer on the road to legendary status and with this album they take a massive leap. It is, quite simply, genius.
Sum: "Hollow Bones" is something you ABSOLUTELY need!
Today's tune is the title track from the album "Hollow Bones" (June 10th, 2016), the video also gives you the wonderful track "Tied Up". The video was recorded live in Amsterdam, The Netherlands at "De Melkweg - The Max", Date: 06-06-2016.
FAITH NO MORE proves that sex, drugs and rock and roll are for the retirements as much as for the kids in the hilarious, trippy clip for "Sunny Side Up," off the latest album, "Sol Invictus".
FAITH NO MORE released the re-united "Sol Invictus" in May, where they sounded as dangerous and unstable as ever on a album. The record marked the band's first since 1997's "Album of the Year" and followed a 15-year hiatus, as well as several years on the reunion-tour circuit.
Today's tune "Sunny Side Up" video is directed by Joe Lynch,
Produced by Sarah Elbert,
Executive Producer Sam Balcomb,
Production Company Rainfall Films
and Cinematography by Will Barrat.
The Cast consists of:
“Mike Patton” - Richard Johnson
“Billy Gould” - Robert Axelrod
"Jon Hudson” - Bruce Nehlsen
“Mike Bordin” - Buddy Daniels
“Roddy Bottom” - Roger Browne
The American mathcore band "THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN" have released a brand new video for the tune "Paranoia Shields". The new video is the 3rd and final video off the fifth and two year old album "One Of Us Is The Killer", released on May 14, 2013.
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN is an from Morris Plains, New Jersey currently signed to Sumerian Records. The group originated in 1997 after the disbanding of Arcane, a hardcore punk trio consisting of Ben Weinman, Dimitri Minakakis, and Chris Pennie. The band's current line-up consists of guitarists Ben Weinman and James Love, bassist Liam Wilson, vocalist Greg Puciato, and drummer Billy Rymer. Their band name is derived from bank robber John Dillinger.
The video is pretty freaky, having a horror shock theme, so watch it at your own peril!
Todays tune "Paranoia Shields" is the 3rd and final video off of their 2 year old album One Of Us Is The Killer.
Directed by Dillinger collaborator Mitch Massey
Upcoming tourdates:
2015 May 15 US Columbus Crew Stadium Rock On The Range
2015 Jun 13 US Long Beach The Queen Mary Ink N Iron Festival
2015 Jun 16 US Washington, D.C. Rock & Roll Hotel HEADLINING + support
2015 Jun 17 US Philadelphia Union Transfer HEADLINING + support
2015 Jun 18 US Boston Royale Nightclub HEADLINING + support
2015 Jun 19 CA Montebello Montebello Amnesia Rock Fest 2015
2015 Jun 20 US New York City Irving Plaza HEADLINING + support
2015 Aug 07 CZ Josefov Fortress Brutal Assault Fest
2015 Aug 08 PL Katowice Off Festival Off Festival
2015 Aug 09 HU Balatonszemes RockPart 15 RockPart '15 Festival
2015 Aug 11 IT Milan Circolo Magnolia Circolo Magnolia
2015 Aug 12 CH Le Locale CP167 Rock Altitude 10
2015 Aug 13 DE Wiesbaden Kesselhaus Kesselhaus
2015 Aug 14 UK Hythe Port Lympne HEVY FEST
2015 Aug 15 DE Schloss-Holte Serengeti Festival Serengeti Festival
2015 Aug 16 DE Berlin Postbahnhof Postbahnhof
2015 Aug 18 DE Hamburg Logo Logo
2015 Aug 19 NL Doredrecht Bibelot Bibelot
2015 Aug 20 NL Utrecht Tivoli De Helling Tivoli De Helling
2015 Aug 21 UK Bristol Fernhhill Farm ArcTanGent
2015 Aug 22 BE Kiewit Kempische Steenweg PukkelPop 2015
"Sail" is a song by American electronic rock band Awolnation. It was written and produced in Venice, California by group member Aaron Bruno, with Kenny Carkeet performing the audio engineering. The song was first featured on the band's debut extended play Back from Earth (2010) and was later featured on their debut album Megalithic Symphony (2011).
Released as a single on January 4, 2011, "Sail" is the band's most commercially successful song to date.
The video for "Sail" opens with lead singer Aaron Bruno running to a house. He enters the house relieved to have escaped from the threat outside. He shuts the blinds. Bruno then finds a tape recorder, and starts singing into it. He enters a bathroom and looks into a mirror, still singing. A green strip of light enters the house and moves across it, scanning a spacesuit helmet and a military flight-suit. As the light climbs up the stairs towards him, Bruno hides inside a full bathtub. The beam scans him in the bath. Bruno is then depicted being pulled across the floor by an unknown force; he attempts to cling to a door-frame, but loses his grip. The scene is interspersed with shots of Bruno closing a door and playing the song's piano section. As the song's final chorus section begins, the house shakes. Lights and lamps turn on and off as gusts of wind blow. Bruno is pulled by the mysterious force outside the house, and he is subsequently levitated up into the sky as a set of floodlights flash on him. He drops the tape recorder.
A video recorded by Youtuber Nanalew two years prior to Awolnation's own video has nearly 150 million views, in comparison to the groups own video which has just about 2 million.
Awolnation (usually stylized as AWOLNATION) is an American electronic rock band, formed and fronted by Aaron Bruno, formerly of Under the Influence of Giants, Hometown Hero and Insurgence. The band is signed to Red Bull Records, and their first EP, Back from Earth, was released on iTunes on May 18, 2010
Todays tune "Sail" is taken from the bands debut album "Back from Earth" (2010)
First we have the "An unofficial" video. Made by Nanalew
This is the version that I Like!
The british thrash metal dudes "Onslaught" who are up to date with the recent and brand new video with the exciting title "66Fucking6".
The song is from the sixth studio album "VI", released on 20 September 2013. It is their second album to have bassist Jeff Williams and first to have drummer Michael Hourihan. The album was mixed by Thomas "Plec" Johansson (Mean Streak, Scar Symmetry, Tiamat) at "Panic Room Studios" in Skara, Sweden.
"Onslaught" are an English thrash metal band from Bristol, England. Initially active from 1983 to 1991, they reformed in 2004. The band initially drew influence from second wave punk rock bands such as Discharge and The Exploited, and then adopted a straight forward thrash metal sound. To date, Onslaught have released six studio albums, one compilation, four singles and two live recordings: a live album and DVD.
Todays tune "66Fucking6" is taken from the bands latest album "VI", release 2013.
Lizette & has recently released a new single titled "Golden Shower" as well as a new video that really goes in the name of Art! Here you get the bass player and artist Tomas Johansson to show off his artistic side. Beautiful, oh yes!
The Night Owl Lizette, has her's greatest creativity during nighttime, she says that this is the perfect time to create music, when you almost feel the chill of the wind outside the window and sense the moonlight in the room as she composes and sings.
Interest in Lizette von Panajott and her music has grown both in Sweden and in the U.S.. They have been nominated for Rockbjörnen two consecutive years in the categories of: "Breakthrough of the Year", "Live Group of the Year" and "HardRock/Metal of the Year".
Lizette von Panajott have been previously described as Alanis Morissette on steroids, which is an apt description. She has always been independent and all the time gone her own way. Her lyrics are often inspired by thoughtful message.
Todays tune "Golden Shower" is the first single to be taken from their upcoming album to be released in February 2014.
Female-fronted NY state metallers In This Moment have released a new music video, for the single “Whore” in its full cinematic splendour. Directed by Robert Kley – who was also at the helm for the band’s Adrenalize and Blood videos – Whore co-stars Motionless In White frontman Chris Motionless.
“His look is so perfect for the dirty vintage feel of the video,” In This Moment frontwoman Maria Brink says of Motionless’ cameo, “and he was a perfect gentleman while being violated by me.”
“I knew how amazing placing the visual arts to ‘Whore’ would be when we wrote it,” she continues, “and I have been waiting to release this video since we recorded the song.”
In This Moment is an American heavy metal band from Albany, New York, formed by singer Maria Brink and guitarist Chris Howorth in 2005. They found drummer Jeff Fabb and started the band as Dying Star. Unhappy with their musical direction, they changed their name to In This Moment and gained two band members, guitarist Blake Bunzel and bassist Josh Newell. In late 2005, bassist Newell left the band and was replaced by Pascual Romero, who in turn was quickly replaced by Jesse Landry. Landry was replaced by Kyle Konkiel in 2009 and Konkiel was replaced by Travis Johnson in 2010. Jeff Fabb and Blake Bunzel left the band in 2011, and were replaced by Tom Hane and Randy Weitzel respectively.
Todays tune "Whore" is taken from the fourth studio album "Blood". The album was released by Century Media on August 14, 2012. As has been the case with every In This Moment album, the record has a different sound, dropping many of the traditional metalcore elements in favor for electronic samples and further experimentation.
Polish extreme metallers Behemoth will release their long-awaited new album, "The Satanist", on February 3.
Todays tune, Behemoth's video for the new single "Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel" has been released. This visual masterpiece was produced by Grupa 13 and is one of Behemoth's most unsettling and unique works to date.
I saw the virgin's cunt spawning forth the snake
I witnessed tribes ov Judah reduced to ruin
I watched disciples twelve dissolved by flame
Looked down on son ov god snuffed in vain
Blow your trumpets Gabriel!
As I beheld the bewilderment ov Eden
Break the bread...and crumb by crumb into the Leviathan's den...
Nations fall prey
Hail my return
Hosanna Hosanna
Tribe ov Judah decimate
Hosanna Hosanna
Root ov David eradicate
Hosanna Hosanna
Let wine ov Sodom fill our mouths
Hosanna Hosanna
May Sin ov Gommorah grace our hearts.
The frontman Adam "Nergal" Darski states about the video:
"Yes, we took all the time in the world to complete this project. And we did everything that was humanely possible to accurately express our vision. We crossed the Rubicon.
"'Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel' is an ecstatic manifest of our unrestrained artistic will, where we dare to reach out beyond the limitations of the heavy metal genre. And it's only the beginning."
"The Satanist" deluxe box, which is available in North America as an European import, includes: CD/DVD digibook in silver mirror slipcase with a high-quality 44-page booklet (with gold foil, UV gloss lamination), supersize poster flag (approx. 3.5' x 5'), wooden black inverted rosary cross, metal pin, black envelope with black communion wafers. The DVD, "Live Barbarossa", includes a professionally filmed show in Ekaterinburg, Russia, as well as 30-minute documentary about the creative process behind "The Satanist".
"The Satanist" was produced by Behemoth, Wojtek and Slawek Wieslawscy and Daniel Bergstrand at Hertz Studio. The CD was mixed by Matt Hyde (Slayer) and mastered by Ted Jensen (Metallica, AC/DC) at Sterling Sound in New York City. The cover art for "The Satanist" was painted by renowned Russian painter and occultist Denis Forkas. The paint used included some of Nergal's own blood. Additional art and design was completed by Metastazis (Paradise Lost) and Zbigniew Bielak (Watain, Ghost).
"I wanted to incorporate some of my DNA into the art," Nergal told Australia's Heavy magazine about having his blood included in "The Satanist" artwork.
According to Darski, at least some of the inspiration for the new Behemoth album came from his five-month bout of leukemia he overcame in January 2011, after receiving a bone-marrow transplant. "When I was in the hospital, I was collecting experiences and emotions," he said. "I'm pretty sure that it's coming out now. There are moments I catch myself thinking about how my state was back then. It was me versus life, me versus death. It definitely changed my thoughts a lot. It's 100 percent being reflected in the record and songs I'm writing nowadays. I'm way more radical than I used to be."
"The Satanist" track listing:
01. Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel
02. Furor Divinus
03. Messe Noire
04. Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer
05. Amen
06. The Satanist
07. Ben Sahar
08. In the Absence ov Light
09. O Father O Satan O Sun!
Supralunar out of Stockholm, Sweden have. The band consisted of Petri Tuulik, vocals and guitar, Andreas Denk, bass and Micke Back, drums. The band quit somewhere around 2005 but in late 2009 they reformed, now with Georgios Vamvatsicos on bass and Johann Enoksson beating the drums.
The band has just released a new video for their latest single, a video that features the most important eras in music the last 50 years, a fun and well-made video. That Ihad the privilegeto be there andshoot stillimageswas a realexperience.The pictureswill mostlikelybe releasedby the band, but a coupleI must toshowright now:)
Todays tune "Nine Candles" is the first single taken from the upcoming album. Enjoy!
Swedish metallers In Flames have released a new video for the tune "Ropes". The song comes off the band's tenth album, "Sounds Of A Playground Fading".
In Flames started the project "Making of Ropes" in the beginning of 2013. The idea was to let fans, worldwide, contribute with video clips of anything related to In Flames, such as Live Footage, Home Videos, Tribute bands, Guitar/Vocal/Bass/Drum videos, or simply fans showing their love for the greatest metal band in the world, In Flames.
The project received massive respons worldwide, since this is one of the few 100% fan made videos out there.
- "We do believe in crowd sourcing and giving our fans the same love and support that they show us on a daily basis. This is our way of taking the fans one step closer to us."
- In Flames, May 30th 2013, Gothenburg, Sweden.
The video was made entirely by In Flames fans worldwide. The video is edited by Erik Engstrand.
For several months, In Flames posted teasers and artwork on their social media web sites. The Jester's Curse represents an all-new collaboration combining the musical power of In Flames and the visual language of comic books.
Conceived and illustrated by Blake Armstrong and co-written by Scott Bramble, the series will chronicle the back-story of the band’s enigmatic mascot: The Jesterhead. Each book will follow The Jesterhead's journey — exploring the truth behind where he came from and where his destiny will ultimately take him.
The first book, "Lunar Strain: Part 1", produced and written by Space Boy Comics, will be released this summer.
Listen to "The Dillinger Escape Plan- Paranoia Shields" on Spotify 
