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LEFT HAND PATH – new extreme metal bar in Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, and the largest city in Scandinavia with a population of 1.5 million people. It is therefore something of a mystery that this fantastic metropolis, which was established 855 years ago, and often mentioned as the capital of the Nordic countries, does not have a truly pure metal bar that focuses exclusively on the extreme metal genres. This has changed now, since the new LEFT HAND PATH bar opened on March 11th. The idea for LEFT HAND PATH was created by love for extreme metal, and as an old dream of music company director, metal […]

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Progressive Trad-Metal Trio SLEEPLESS Releasing Host Desecration in April on Metal Warrior Records

Portland (OR) – Progressive/Traditional Metal trio SLEEPLESS – featuring former members of Dead Conspiracy – have signed with the Netherlands’ Metal Warrior Records and will release full-length debut album Host Desecration on CD format April 15. A limited edition (500 copies) vinyl LP version will be released on June 21. A lyric video for the album’s first single, ‘The King Who’s Not There’ is available now at THIS LOCATION After the enthusiastic response to the Blood Libel EP, the Netherlands’ Metal Warrior Records approached the band about fleshing out the EP into a nine-song full length! “We never stop writing, […]

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Pain of Salvation to tour North America in May 2022

Swedish progressive metal / rock pioneers and innovators PAIN OF SALVATION are set to return to North America for tour dates supported by Klone in May. Additionally, PAIN OF SALVATION will be performing at the Cruise To The Edge and at the ProgPower USA festival event. PAIN OF SALVATION – North American Tour 2022 w/ special guests Klone:May 2-7 Port Canaveral, FL – Cruise To The EdgeMay 10 Austin, TX – Come And Take It LiveMay 12 Phoenix, AZ – The Nile TheaterMay 13 Pomona, CA – The GlasshouseMay 14 San Jose, CA – The RitzMay 16 Salt Lake City, […]

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New Bhleg single ‘Befruktad jord’

The time has come to unveil ‘Befruktad jord’ (‘Nourished Soil’) – the second single of BHLEG’s upcoming album, Fäghring which is due for release on April 1. The fourth and closing instalment of BHLEG’s compositional tetralogy Ár is a concept album about springtime. As such, it is permeated by a considerably warmer ambiance than the colder and more barren feeling of its predecessor: their winter opus Ödhin from 2021. Besides the traditional rock instrumentation, this song features hurdy-gurdy and hand drum – performed by the band’s multi-instrumentalist S. – as well as nyckelharpa courtesy of J. Ask. HEAR ‘Befruktad jord’ […]

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Steve Von Till (Neurosis) Announces U.S. Summer Tour – Shares First Episode of New Live Series ‘A Remote Wilderness’

STEVE VON TILL has announced a full North American Summer tour in support of his recent releases which include 2020’s No Wilderness Deep Enough, last year’s ambient A Deep Voiceless Wilderness and his debut book Harvestman: 23 Untitled Poems And Collected Lyrics. The tour starts in Minneapolis on July 1, covers both coasts, Chicago, Texas and includes a performance at Wyoming’s Fire in the Mountains festival. For a full list of dates see below. Tickets and updates are available HERE Last year, Von Till joined forces with the highly esteemed Roadburn Festival to broadcast a performance for their 2021 online […]

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US death metal legends BRUTALITY to release new album in May

Being a band with a well-documented turbulent career, BRUTALITY managed to have a fine body of discography work in their on-and-off career. Four studio albums that put them among the best death metal bands that the Tampa scene, in Florida, has exported to the world. And we’re talking Tampa, Florida, home of the best US death metal bands. When BRUTALITY announced, in October 2020, the band would be splitting up, the whole world was left stranded – once again – except for one person. Michael H. Andersen, Emanzipation Productions A&R, saw that as an opportunity to release a kind of […]

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Porcupine Tree announce first tour in 12 years; share new song; album out in June

GRAMMY® Award-nominated British rock band PORCUPINE TREE will celebrate their long-overdue return to the global stage with new dates confirmed in North and South America. The legendary group’s first tour since October 2010 in support of their latest album Closure/Continuation, will kick off September 10 at Toronto Ontario’s Meridian Hall, followed by concerts in Montreal, QC; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; Irving, TX; Denver, Co; San Francisco, CA and Los Angeles, CA; continuing with eagerly awaited October performances in Mexico City, Mexico (October 4) and Santiago, Chile (October 7). The North and South American […]

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AMENRA, CAVE IN, And MARISSA NADLER Brought Together For Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Vol. III LP, Confirmed For April Release Via Neurot Recordings And My Proud Mountain

Neurot Recordings in conjunction with My Proud Mountain announces the third record of the Songs Of Townes Van Zandt series, which was started in 2012, featuring various artists covering the works of beloved American singer-songwriter Townes Van Zandt. Songs Of Townes Van Zandt Vol. III features new renditions of nine classic tracks as interpreted by AMENRA, CAVE IN, and MARISSA NADLER. Steve Brodsky of CAVE IN stated about being part of the record, “In the winter of 2010, I did a solo tour with Scott Kelly of Neurosis and Bob Wayne. It was the three of us and Ansgar Glade […]

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High on Fire and Sleep’s Matt Pike Releases Debut Solo LP ‘Pike vs. the Automaton’

From rewriting the hard rock rulebook with his Grammy award-winning trio, High On Fire, to reverse engineering doom metal with his genre-defining trio Sleep, Matt Pike has channeled his natural talents and chiseled a steely path straight to the heart of modern-day metal’s molten core. Today, Pike releases his debut solo LP, Pike Vs. The Automaton, via MNRK Heavy. Music, merch and more is available at THIS LOCATION Born out of the challenges brought on by a worldwide pandemic, Pike Vs. The Automaton is both a musical and emotional release. The record was written by Pike with drummer Jon Reid, […]

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SANDRIDER: Satanik Royalty Records To Reissue Self-Titled Debut From Seattle Grunge Titans On Limited Edition Vinyl; Preorders Available

Satanik Royalty Records will reissue the eponymous debut full-length from Seattle grunge titans SANDRIDER on limited edition vinyl May 6th! Initially released in 2011 on Good To Die Records, Sandrider was recorded at The Red Room by Matt Bayles (Pearl Jam, Isis, Mono, The Sword) and is a “simmering, brooding masterpiece that gives way throughout to massive eruptions of oozing fire and fury” (The Sleeping Shaman). While they drop the name of influences such as Pacific Northwest icons Mudhoney and Soundgarden, as well as such indie favorites like The Jesus Lizard and Drive Like Jehu, SANDRIDER hits on a sound […]

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