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Swiss folk metal stars ELUVEITIE are going to release their new studio album 'Ategnatos' on April 5th 2019 via Nuclear Blast. The band presents the first track-by-track video. Check it and find out more about the songs 'Ategnatos', 'Deathwalker', 'Black Water Down' and 'A Cry In The Wilderness': https://youtu.be/JWFXaCAnCu4 Last week, ELUVEITIE released the brand new single 'Ambiramus' The song can be heard and watched in the form of a music video over on YouTube. The music video was produced by the Polish company Grupa13 in January 2019 and can be seen here: https://youtu.be/hFa2M1QW6UI Chrigel Glanzmann states: "Here you go - the next single off our upcoming album: 'AMBIRAMUS'! It's definitely one of the most exceptional songs from our discography! 'AMBIRAMUS' comes in quite groovy and with a light-hearted, yet racing folk reel in the chorus and a very accessible overall appearance; easily the brightest song we’...

One of the hardest working bands in the heavy metal landscape at the moment, Ukrainian juggernaut JINJER have released a 4th video single “Teacher, Teacher!” taken from their critically acclaimed 5 track EP entitled Micro, released via Napalm Records in January 2019. Filmed in various concert venues throughout Europe on their last tour with Amorphis and Soilwork,“Teacher, Teacher!” is a visually stunning portrayal of JINJER's exciting and energetic live show mixed over the unique Progressive Groove Metal sound that sets them apart from the rest of the pack. The band comments on the new track & video "Teacher, Teacher!": "The idea behind the song is about people that dictate their agenda by means of their status, position, or just their internet claim to fame in order to impose their opinion onto others but those opinions aren’t based on experience nor knowledge." JINJER are currently booking more tours on their quest for world domination with dates ...

The storytellers of CELLAR DARLING released their sophomore studio album 'The Spell' on the 22nd March 2019 and carry you away into the tale of an unnamed girl who is birthed into a world that is full of pain, damaged and debilitated by the human beings that inhabit it. We follow her as she searches for meaning in life when suddenly she meets and falls in love with death. This haunting concept album sees the band taking a turn towards heavy progressive rock while still not neglecting their folk roots. The band states: "Today we release 'The Spell' - a concept album based on the old motif of "Death and the Maiden", but with our own unique story of a girl who falls in love with the personification of Death. For the first time we wrote music according to a lyrical concept, we let the words of the story guide our melodies and rhythms and fully immersed ourselves in this fictional world. Now we invite you to do the same - dream, interpret, make it your ...

'Voices' starts on an effective soft clean vocal intro before the aggressive fierce vocals kick in and features varied vocals throughout keeping it dynamic. The guitar work is hard-hitting especially with ambient and heavy chugging riffs. The delivery and transitions it goes through aided by the vocals add to its frantic vibes which seem appropriate given the nature of the track. This is an intense and killer track which leaves you hungry for the upcoming EP 'Mindcell'. 'Voices' has just been released worldwide through Surgery Records, taken from our forthcoming new EP 'MINDCELL' which is out on April 11th 2019. Listen to the new single below: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/voices-single/1455944515 https://open.spotify.com/album/0ZR9BJZluu4anwlb3ejLz8 Voices (Mindcell): https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=nupIyZr_pyI For more on Spreading The Disease: https://www.stdband.com https://www.facebook.com/spreadingthedisease.official/

Swiss folk metal stars ELUVEITIE are going to release their new studio album 'Ategnatos' on April 5th2019 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band proudly present a brand new single 'Ambiramus'. The song can be heard and watched in the form of a music video over on YouTube. The music video was produced by the Polish company Grupa13 in January 2019 and can be seen here: https://youtu.be/hFa2M1QW6UI Chrigel Glanzmann states: "Here you go - the next single off our upcoming album: 'AMBIRAMUS'! It's definitely one of the most exceptional songs from our discography! 'AMBIRAMUS' comes in quite groovy and with a light-hearted, yet racing folk reel in the chorus and a very accessible overall appearance; easily the brightest song we’ve ever written. Yet at the same time it goes to where the actual magic of traditional Celtic folk music exists: a place where cheerfulness and melancholy, hardship and hope, glee and deep mysticism meet to become o...

The northern lords of symphonic melodic-death metal are back! 8 years since the release of their last album "Firefight", BLACKGUARD have released “By My Hand”(featuring Morgan Lander of Kittie), the first single for their upcoming album "Storm". “This has a been a very long time coming, but we’re all elated to finally share with you our first single from 'Storm'. We have no shame in saying this album is by far our best/heaviest/fastest/bla bla bla, you’ve heard it all before, but sooner than later everyone is going to know why we feel this way. We’d like to send a huge thank you to Morgan Lander of Kittie for doing an amazing job on the chorus of this song, hopefully, she can make it out to a show or two to perform it with us.” Listen to the new single here:  Track download and album pre-order available on Bandcamp here . The band recently broke their long hiatus to announce their first show in four years on March 22nd in Toronto wi...

Italian orchestral-death metal and renaissance revivalists FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE will make their triumphant return this year with the release of their 5th studio album, 'Veleno', on May 24th with Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band has unveiled the record's debut single, 'Sugar,' via a music video, the album artwork and track listing. Watch the new video here: Purchase the track here: http://nblast.de/FA-Sugar Listen to 'Sugar' in the NB Novelties Playlists: http://nblast.de/SpotifyNovelties / http://nblast.de/AppleMusicNovelties Francesco Paoli on working with director Giovanni Bucci: "I met Giovanni Bucci a couple of years ago,while collaborating on his own band ODDKO. We soon became good friends, so we started talking about having him as director for FLESHGOD’s new videos. He is a true visionary, with amazing directing and production skills. He’s been making music videos for bands like KORN, and he also has a shining career in the m...

Finland's melodic death superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM have unleashed their tenth album, Hexed a few days ago on the 8th March via Nuclear Blast Records. In celebration of the event, the band has released the official lyric video for 'Hecate's Nightmare'. Check it out here: "So finally the day has arrived", states COB frontman, guitarist, and mastermind Alexi Laiho. "The 10th COB record has finally been released!!! It took an insane amount of hard work to put all this together but at this point it feels like it’s been more waiting anxiously than anything else so I'm both excited and relieved that the damn thing is out. So thank you for your patience my friends, I hope the waiting has been worthwhile and that you’ll like the album. Either way I’ll see you on the road soon. Horns up!" Hexed is out now - order your copy here: All formats: nblast.de/COBHexed CD: nblast.de/HexedCD Limited Digipack CD: nblast.de/HexedDigipack Limited Edit...

On March 22nd, Switzerland's CELLAR DARLING will release their new concept masterpiece 'The Spell', which tells the story of a girl who falls in love with death and to get their loyal fans involved, the band had decided to let their online followers cast votes on which song from the tracklist they would like to see released as next single. The winner was the 7-minute long 'Drown' and today, you'll get to see the hauntingly beautiful music video that was once again animated by Costin Chioreanu. "For this single, we wanted to do something different", the band states. "And we felt that our striking one-word tracklist is perfect for a fan vote. To let people decide which song they want to hear next based on only the title and length of the song, and to take us out of the decision process for once. To our surprise -- and joy -- the song that is probably the least "commercial" of all of them was chosen and we think that is kind of cool… ...

With only one week to go until Finland's melodic death superstars CHILDREN OF BODOM release their tenth album, Hexed, the band are teasing fans by releasing another new track. Watch the official video for 'Platitudes and Barren Words' over on YouTube: youtu.be/8F_ws83QcSQ COB frontman, guitarist and mastermind Alexi Laiho comments, "This one has been a lot of people’s favorite song since day one and when you think about it, every single part of it is catchy as hell so it makes sense. Can’t wait to play it live." Hexed will be in stores on March 8, 2019 via Nuclear Blast Records. Pre-order your copy here: All formats: nblast.de/COBHexed CD: nblast.de/HexedCD Limited Digipack CD: nblast.de/HexedDigipack Limited Edition White & Black Splatter Vinyl: nblast.de/HexedSplatter Limited Edition Pink Vinyl: nblast.de/HexedPinkVinyl Limited Edition Black Vinyl: nblast.de/HexedBlkVinyl Limited Edition Picture Disc: nblast.de/HexedPicDisc Limited Edition Mail Ord...

We all wade through archetypes. We all ARE archetypes. Distant echoes of a life both primeval and noble. To embrace these archetypes, to accept them not only as a part of life but as life itself is what some may call enlightenment, some peace of mind. ELUVEITIE call it 'Ategnatos'. And by using their longest ever gap between albums to gather momentum, they just forged their strongest album around it. 'Ategnatos' will be released on April 5th 2019 via Nuclear Blast. The band presents the first album trailer on YouTube. Check it and find out more about the concept and the lyrics of the upcoming album: https://youtu.be/JcoOZjwss0c Recently, the band has released the title track as the debut single. The song can be heard and watched in the form of a music video over on YouTube. The music video was produced by the Polish company Grupa13 in January 2019 and can be seen here: https://youtu.be/BG6en2WyAsw Stream or download the new single here: http://nblast.de/EluAt...