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The masters of fantastical, otherworldly, sludgy doom metal, Conan, are back to celebrate Halloween with a gruesome animated music video for their charging track, “Paincantation”, proudly presenting a cinematic monster resulting from 18 months of the finest-tuned animation.
Their newest visual was created by award winning animation director Nicos Livesey who has directed music videos for bands like Iron Maiden and Gorillaz and worked with brands like Adidas
Polish progressive rock masters, Riverside, have released their new single, "Story Of My Dream".
Story Of My Dream is the first song we recorded in the new lineup, with Maciej Meller (as an official member). It's also, in a way, a taste of the way we're going to sound on our new, eighth album (scheduled for 2022). Although the single itself is not going to be on it, it will be the opening track of THIS YEAR'S RELEASE - "RIVERSIDE 20", containing remastered versions of some of our past compositions."
It's almost a tradition that CUSTARD come around the corner with a new work every four to five years. Almost exactly four years have passed since ´A Realm Of Tales´ and the quintet from North Rhine-Westphalia arrives on time with their new round album ´Imperium Rapax´. In fact, his seventh studio album by now. Indestructible? It looks like this!
The band led by singer Olli Strasser meets the high demands of all classic metallers, just like the Powermetal faction.
Fates Warning – Parallels 1991
Entombed - To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth 1997
Behemoth - Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) 2002
HammerFall - Crimson Thunder 2002
Colorado metal force Allegaeon return with their sixth studio album, Damnum, set for release on February 25th, 2022 via Metal Blade Records. Today, the five-piece also deliver a blistering look into their new album with the first streaming single/video "Into Embers".
"As an introduction to our new album, Damnum, we are thrilled to present "Into Embers," Allegaeon vocalist Riley McShane proudly states.
ASHES OF ARES, the band featuring former ICED EARTH members Matt Barlow and Freddie Vidales, will release its third studio album, "Emperors And Fools", on January 21, 2022 via ROAR! Rock Of Angels.
Nine years after forming ASHES OF ARES, Barlow and Vidales return with an LP that sees the duo take the darkness and aggression from their previous effort, "Well Of Souls", to a higher echelon.
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is back with a new Star One album, Revel In Time. The upcoming music output comes more than 10 years since the previous release and is due out on Feb 18th, 2022 on Inside Out Music.
Today, Arjen is pleased to share the first single and video from the album's closing track "Lost Children Of The Universe".
1. Nyxborn - Exiled In Arrakis (4:39)
2. Airged L' Amh - Two Ravens (5:29)
3. Darklon - Behead (3:38)
4. Tidal Dreams - King In The North (4:12)
5. Toledo Steel - On The Loose (3:58)
6. Seven Sisters - Beyond The Black Stars (3:56)
7. Crimson Fire - No Fear (4:14)
8. Jag Panzer - Born of the Flame (4:00)
9. Dark Nightmare - The Battlefield Calling My Name (6:44)
10. Hittman - 1000 Souls (3:59)
This Friday, the Swedes Count Raven will put out their sixth full length instalment The Sixth Storm.
Before the latter officially hits the streets, check out another new song in advance called "The Ending".
The cassette is limited to 200 copies (100 with red and 100 with black shell). The Swedish doom metal bringers' sixth full-length is due for release on October 29th via I Hate Records
The Los Angeles melodic heavy band, Ninth Circle, have returned to the studio to record their fifth full-length album. They spent the majority of the pandemic shutdown writing material for the follow up of their successful Echo Black record which was released in June of 2020.
Bassist, Frank Forray, describes what the band went through during that time,