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BONES & grayera’s new joint album Withered
Created in collaboration with producer grayera, a fellow TeamSESH member who has connected with BONES in the past for fan favorite, “LooseScrew” ft. Eddy Baker, Withered finds BONES alternating between laid-back yet emotional anthems and commanding, verbally blunt bangers. The seamless production from grayera pairs perfectly with each track’s lyrics and ranges from tough 808’s all the way to guitar-led beats.
DCappella Drops “Cantina Band” Video For Star Wars Day; Announces Deck The Halls with Disney Tour
In honor of Star Wars Day, today DCappella, Disney’s premier a cappella singing sensation, unveiled a video for “Cantina Band,” their take on the song composed by John Williams which appeared in the 1977 film, Star Wars: A New Hope. After premiering on People.com this morning, the video is now available to watch here.
ARTHUR BROWN releases animated video for second single ‘Going Down’
ARTHUR BROWN has released an animated video for ‘Going Down’, the second single from the beloved British singer’s forthcoming full-length “Long Long Road”, which has been scheduled for release on the very day of his 80th birthday, June 24. All album details of “Long Long Road” can be viewed below.
Watch OVERTOUN’s Video For “Made Manifest” ft. Awká Mondaka
“Made Manifest” ft. Awká Mondaka is a track taken from OVERTOUN album “This Darkness Feels Alive”, due for re-release on May 27th, 2022 via Wormholedeath.
grentperez shares gorgeous new single ‘Wishful Thinking’
Hot on the heels of his impressive debut EP ‘Conversations With The Moon’, Wishful Thinking is a joyous next move from the 20 year old, marking a new chapter.
COSMIC PUTREFACTION: Crepuscular Dirge For The Blessed Ones LP From Italian Death Metal Act Now Streaming In Its Entirety; Album Sees Release Friday Through Profound Lore Records
Crepuscular Dirge For The Blessed Ones sees Milan, Italy-based sole mastermind Gabriele Garmaglia continue the COSMIC PUTREFACTION narrative begun on the previous album, The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers, where the only survivor from an apocalyptic annihilation of a dying planet walks towards its withered horizons. On Crepuscular Dirge For The Blessed Ones, this character ultimately finds an even more sorrowful truth at the end of his journey; one that shows the empyrean fall of man through the metaphysical world and the gods who inhabit it.
ASYLUMS – Return With Helter-Skelter New Single: “Crypto Klepto” {Out now}
LORDS OF THE TRIDENT Release Video For “Dance of Control”
BRITISH-NIGERIAN SUPERSTAR NAIRA MARLEY LINKS UP WITH ZINOLEESKY ON NEW ANTHEM“o dun”
HAUNTER: Decibel Magazine Streams Discarnate Ails LP By Texas Black/Death Crew; European Tour Begins Today + Album Sees Release Through Profound Lore Records Friday
The follow up to 2019’s Sacramental Death Qualia LP, Discarnate Ails showcases HAUNTER as one of the most enlightening and dynamic bands within the present-day progressive death/black metal movement and one of the pioneering prospects of the scene. HAUNTER has tapped into the next level unparalleled with their most complex, advanced, and their most furious and heaviest release to date. The three epic chapters that form the album weave through intricate, dissonant, and vitriolic passages that find the notable balance of challenging melodious movements and parts while maintaining the band’s sense of creating epochal songs of triumph and mastery.
Hear blacked Texan progressives HAUNTER double down on ‘Discarnate Ails,’ Profound Lore and… Dancing
Liz Cass releases video for new single ‘Human’
Liz Cass has released the video for her new single ‘Human’. The video premiered with NOTION who said “Liz Cass is an artist not afraid to wear her heart on her musical sleeve… electronic orchestral tones offer an ethereal quality to the singer’s work, alongside her knack for storytelling.”
BLACK NEGATIVE DOMINATION Unleash New Album Forever Negative
Forever Negative is the demonic new release from the death metal trio, BLACK NEGATIVE DOMINATION. Devised by Stefan Lang, the band came together as members connected online leading to the release of their debut EP War in 2019. Forever Negative unveils the fierce growth in their sound as brutal distortion, dynamic melodies and relentless energy exudes dark savagery.
WO FAT: stream new album “The Singularity” in full!
Dallas psychedelic doom blues legends WO FAT share their brand new album ‘The Singularity’ before its official release this May 6th on Ripple Music.
Belgian kraut/noise duo La Jungle will release “Ephemeral Feast”, their fifth studio album, on June 10, 2022 via Australia label Stock Records and long time collaborators À Tant Rêver Du Roi (FR), Black Basset & Rockerill Records (BE).
WATCH: George Ezra Shares the Official Video for New Single “Green Green Grass”
“Green Green Grass” is an irresistibly joyful song about making the best of things, even when it might feel like the worst of things are afoot. In speaking about the track, George Ezra says: “I was on holiday in St Lucia with a few friends at Christmas 2018, with two of my closest mates from home. We were in this beach bar, drinking homemade rum punch and Piton, the local lager, flip-flopping between the two, pissing about with three local guys who worked there. And this music started up, three streets back from the sea.
TM88 & PI’ERRE BOURNE DROP MINDBENDING “OMS” VIDEO
Americana/ Rock Band Working Class Hussys Release Visuals For Latest Single ‘Beliefs’
New Jersey Americana/Rock band ‘Working Class Hussys’ have released the visuals for their latest single ‘Beliefs’, taken from their recent EP, ‘EP1’. Led by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Ian Patrick Gentles, the band blend Southern, Heartland, and Alt-Rock influences interchangeably to create unforgettable original songs about the lives of everyday people.
LA’s VELVET STARLINGS are awash in ruby-tinged psychedelia in “There’s Nobody There” video
“We shot the video for ‘There’s Nobody There’ at the height of the Covid-19 restrictions,” explains songwriter, recording wizard, singer, guitarist, keyboardist Christian Gisborne. “Half the scenes are videos of me and my guitar shot with my iPhone and a tripod at an abandoned park, under the freeway and in some empty bushes.”
ARMAGIDEON TIME: Cvlt Nation Streams Crime As Theatre Debut EP From Politically-Charged Richmond Hardcore Band; Record To See Release This Friday Through Anti-Corporate Music
Cvlt Nation is currently hosting the exclusive public streaming of Crime As Theatre, the volatile debut EP from politically-motivated Richmond, Virginia-based hardcore outfit, ARMAGIDEON TIME. The stream advances this Friday’s official release of the record through Anti-Corporate Music.
Awake the F#@K UP! Experience ARMAGIDEON TIME’s Crime As Theatre
Today: Dream Pop duo ACER share floating and driving single “Baker St”
Debut single, “Baker St.,” flexes all of the duo’s musical muscles at once and showcases a convergence of influences. Brash, affected vocals, dreamy production, and ambient pieces… how many dream-pop acts have beat-switches?
Jonathan Jeremiah Announces His New Album ‘Horsepower For The Streets’ || Today Shares Title Track on PIAS Recordings
Today, Jonathan Jeremiah has confirmed details of his new album, Horsepower For The Streets, and shares the record’s title track as an opening taster. This is the fifth album from the London-based Brit as well as his second on [PIAS] Recordings. The album is due to be released on CD/LP/Ltd. LP (D2C only)/Digital on September 09, 2022.
Introducing: i.O. Underground // New Single “Wall” Out Now!
“As a new band formed during a time when the gathering of people to enjoy music together was shut down, we are excited to emerge from those dark days and release our first single for 2022, ‘Wall’,” shares i.O. Underground. “While the song speaks to holding the high ground against a person with whom the listener is in conflict, it also alludes to standing up for yourself in these truly crazy times. We look forward to sharing more new music this year, as well as bringing our music back to the stage as the world reopens.”
Out Today : Rainn Byrns touches on drudgery & letting go of it on new single Never Ending Story
New: Otoboke Beaver’s “I don’t want to die alone” + LP Out Friday (5/6)
Super Champon’s 18 songs tackle an array of topics (in character with the translation of ‘champon’) with a playful feminist rage few can match: dating and the societal pressure to reproduce, calling out ridiculous judgements on what gives a woman value, rejecting expected gender roles and more, all set to the band’s expertly arranged, thrashing instrumentation.
Tedy Drops New Track “I Wanted My Heart to Break”
New single, “I Wanted My Heart to Break,” gave Tedy the life and courage he needed to carry on while he was in a dark place. Once afraid of writing ballads, this song helped him overcome that fear, put himself out there, and express himself completely.
Stoner Rockers GRAMMA VEDETTA Release “Starlight Portal Show” Video
Stoner rockers GRAMMA VEDETTA have released a video for their song “Starlight Portal Show”. The song is available now on all streaming platforms and is taken from their upcoming album The Hum of the Machine which will be released on May 27, 2022.
The band comments:
“Starlight Portal Show is a theme tune for a show where human life is on display for everyone’s entertainment. Just turn on the screen on your preferred device and there you have the wide range of human feelings. There’s no vetting on entering the show, you can become one of the main characters, it’s all free. There’s just a catch: when a something is free, you’re usually the product on sale.”
ZILLION releases new music video for debut single (RIYL: Don Broco, Sueco)
ZILLION is a dark genre-less musical journey that explores the pliability of the human mind, the ringmasters we espouse as gods, the fragility of innocence and beauty, and the polarity of our emotions and the distortions they illuminate.
Singer Songwriter JUSTIN KAWIKA YOUNG Shares New Single & Album–Former Gone West co-Founder Breaks Out on His Own
Singer-songwriter Justin Kawika Young, whose creative talents were honed both as a chart-topping performer on the islands of Hawai’i as well as in Nashville as a member of Colbie Caillat’s band and as a co-founder of their hit collective Gone West, is sharing a new song, “Waterfall,” which is included in the release of a sublime solo album, Back To The Blue. Filled with heartbreaking ballads as well as uplifting folk pop, the album takes the listener on Young’s journey from heartache and loss to his current state—that of a self-realized soul and solo artist. “Waterfall,” produced by Young and Dan Edinberg and written with Lindsey Lee Taylor, is irrepressibly upbeat and resonates with a joyously cathartic chorus. Back To The Blue will be released digitally today, April 29.
Lena Scissorhands Featuring Death Dealer Union Behind the Scenes Video at Metal Insider Today
“My first song in collaboration with Death Dealer Union… It didn’t just help me stay busy and creative in the times of a big global depression but also worked as therapy in the times of need. I had fun collaborating with new musicians! Please enjoy ‘Borderlines.'” – Lena Scissorhands
