Von Zeit zu Zeit begegnen einem Bands, bei denen man einfach spürt, dass sie etwas Besonderes sind, dass aus ihnen noch was werden wird: etwas Großes, Tolles!
PEGASUS sind so ein Beispiel. Die vier Herrschaften, noch nicht mal Mitte zwanzig, aber schon seit rund 15 Jahren eine Band, schreiben famose Popsongs, mit Herzblut, mit Anspruch und mit einem atemberaubenden Hitgespür.
Ein Londoner Künstler reagiert auf das Utøya-Massaker und schenkt Norwegen einen Song
NEAL HOFFMANN ist ein Londoner Künstler, der sich nach einer Tour in das Land Norwegen und seine Leute verliebte. Er hat das Land seither einige Male besucht, norwegisch gelernt und sieht sich selbst als "Insider, der von außen reinschaut".
I have to sadly let you know that Motörhead has had to postpone the forthcoming European tour until early next year, 2014.
We have made the decision because I am not quite ready to hit the road yet, and am working my way back to full fitness and rude health.
Ukrainian independent record label Svarga Music proudly reports about signing the contract for exclusive rights to re-release the first four albums of KHORS – one of the most dynamically developing Ukrainian bands. Uncountable editions and re-releases of these albums have already given the cult status to this band. At present KHORS having the contract with Candlelight Records (Great Britain), also released the albums through Osmose Productions (France) being one of the metal scene’s pillars.
In celebration of its official North American release, today the crypt keepers at The Gauntlet are streaming PYREXIA's ravaging Feast of Iniquity in its entirety.
Recorded at New York's Pitch Black Sound, and mixed and mastered by Chris "Zeuss" Harris (Kataklysm, The Red Chord, Crowbar, Municipal Waste, 3 Inches Of Blood et al) at Planet Z in Massachusetts, Feast of Iniquity serves as PYREXIA's most sonically mauling record to date.
Not only does today mark the official North American release of Serpents Unleashed, the fifth full-length from Midwestern blackened thrash metal conjurers, SKELETONWITCH, but the band has also chosen today to premiere the music video for the album's ferocious title track! Filmed in black and white, the video features just over two minutes of stylized, in-your-face performance footage produced and directed by Ralph Miller (Turnstyle Fims) and edited by Jon Nix.
Y2K... the turn of the millennium... the end of all things as we know it... or so they said. And while "they" were full of shit, the bands of those days preached the endtime message like no other era in history, and some of the most savage, genre-crossing, purveyance of extreme music took place in those days of the late 1990s.
Horrible Chamber, the latest long player from New York avant noise instigators GNAW, was unleashed earlier this month via Seventh Rule on CD and LP. To celebrate its unveiling Seventh Rule, in collaboration with the band, have created an ultra-limited, white label version of this release.
Each cover is handmade and acrylic/plasterdust hand painted by GNAW member Carter Thornton. These are limited to four copies total and the only way you can get one is to enter this contest!
British rockers FURYON are the latest band to be confirmed for Belgium’s Power, Prog & Metal Festival 2014, which takes place April 18th – 20th in Mons. Other bands confirmed include: Therion, Pain, In Extremo, Rage, Equilibrium, Grenouer, Sunburst, Borealis, Fireforce, Monument, Persefone. A video trailer can be viewed below:
http://youtu.be/_XmI1D_U2Ds
