Sep 302023
 

The Italian power metal band Draconicon just released a video for ‘Thorns’, the second single from their new album “Pestilence”. ‘Thorns’ is an epic power metal track full of emotion and is crowned by an impressive delivery from vocalist Arkanfel. The single is available on all digital platforms and you can check out the video below.

“Pestilence” will be released on CD, limited vinyl editions and digital on November 17th via Inner Wound Recordings.

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Sep 292023
 

“Eternal Reign”, the debut album from Martin Simson’s DESTROYER OF DEATH is released today, September 29th, 2023 

The album is be released via JONO Music (Sweden), Martin Simson Music (USA) and Sound Pollution Distribution, and will be available on all major digital platforms.

Eternal Reign contains 10 tracks, nine featuring Rob Rock (Impellitteri, Solo) on lead vocals, and two tracks featuring Jørn Lande (MasterPlan, Solo) on vocals.

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Sep 292023
 

Crimson Moonlight from Sweden just announced the release of a new CD, which is an EP that will be released on 24th of November! And yeah, it is good to see activity from Endtime Productions again after years of silence! The CD is available for pre-order at Nordic Mission‘s webshop.

And don’t forget that this monster of a metal band is playing Nordicfest in just about 1 month! What at exclusive listening party that will be!

From the depths of the Swedish underground emerges the cold metallic fury of Crimson Moonlight in their newest masterpiece “Abaddon”, a three song raging tempest of blackened death metal savagery taking its place at the forefront of extremity. There is no surrender and no concession – brace for writhing anger tempered with haunting melodies, a magnum opus melding musical devastation with fierce harmonies. Crimson Moonlight aim to crush the expectations of even the most hardened metalheads. This release represents the Swedish warriors at the absolute zenith of their creative and technical prowess. The onslaught has begun, echoing to the ends of the earth and beyond!

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War of Ages – Dominion

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Sep 282023
 

Pennsylvania metalcore juggernaut War of Ages continue their sonic journey on their 10th album Dominion, shifting away from some of the more experimental ideas on their previous album Void and incorporating more their characteristic heavy elements into the songs.

War of Ages just played a 20th anniversary show in their hometown of Erie, PA, which should tell you something about the staying power of the band and the love of their music.  Their first album on the Facedown Records imprint Strike First Records in 2005 first caught my attention as it was close to traditional/old-school hardcore with guitar solos, two things I dearly love in music.  Over the years, the band has toured with the likes of Battlecross, Throwdown, As I Lay Dying and more and worked with legendary hardcore/metalcore producer Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows  Fall) as well as Josh Barber (Norma Jean) and Will Putney (Impending Doom, For Today). Most bands that have been around as long as WoA have endured lineup changes over the years, but the band was hit by tragedy in 2022 with the death of longtime drummer Caleb  Luebchow, whose last contributions are on Dominion.  The album itself is the band’s first concept album and end up being much darker in terms of tone and subject matter as it uses the book of Revelation as subject matter and the songs dealing with the fall of the world, death, and judgement.  Similar to their last album guitarist Jack Daniels handled the engineering production and mastering duties.

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