Sep 162023
 

US progressive power metal quintet, Theocracy, will unleash their new studio album, Mosaic, on October 13 via Atomic Fire Records. In celebration if its upcoming release, the band – founder Matt Smith (lead/backing vocals), Jonathan Hinds (guitars, backing vocals), Taylor Washington (guitars, backing vocals), Jared Oldham (bass, backing vocals), and Ernie Topran (drums) – released a video for the record’s title track.

Smith comments, “‘Mosaic’ is one of my personal favorite Theocracy tracks of all time. At its heart, it’s a throwback to the peak of power metal, a galloping and soaring singalong hymn. But it has everything I love about what we do: the melody, the power, the drama, the light and shade, the riffs. Conceptually, the song is about how we can only see the individual scenes of our lives but lack the perspective to see the overall tapestry those scenes eventually combine to create. The good times, the bad times, the things we wish didn’t happen…they are all pieces that God uses to form whatever we eventually end up becoming. And we can certainly relate to that in our own journey as a band over the last few years. So, there’s a little psychology, a lot of spirituality, a little nostalgia, and a healthy dose of wistfulness and wonder. And fittingly, this song takes you on quite a journey in just over five minutes.

The video can be seen below.

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Sep 122023
 

Dwarven metal force Wind Rose have unveiled a brand-new music video for their epic song,Mine Mine Mine!’, initially released on the band’s 2019 release, Wintersaga! As the Italians rapidly close in on 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify, Mine Mine Mine!’ has reached almost seven million streams alone.

Enter Middle-Earth with Wind Rose and watch the mighty official music video for “Mine Mine Mine!” below. The unit will embark on their “European Warfront” 2023 headline tour with support from All For Metal and Seven Kingdoms this month, starting in Munich on  September 20. Make sure to grab your tickets while you still can, and catch Wind Rose live this autumn!
 
Wind Rose on ‘Mine Mine Mine!‘:
“Dwarf warriors from all around the world, we are proud to release the official videoclip for ‘Mine Mine Mine’! This is a gift for you all to celebrate the beginning of our headlining tours season, starting this September in Europe. More dates will be announced soon!”

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Sep 112023
 

Firewind are celebrating the release of their new live album, Still Raging. Available as a 2CD and Blu-Ray edition through AFM Records, the band’s epic anniversary release, recorded in 2022 at a frenetically-acclaimed hometown show in Thessaloniki, Greece, is out now and available here.

Band mastermind and guitarist, Gus G (Ozzy Osbourne, Arch Enemy, Dream Evil), comments: “Happy release day! Today Still Raging Blu-Ray is finally out and we wanted to share one more song with you. ‘Ode To Leonidas’ is from our 2017 concept album, Immortals, which has quickly become a staple at our live shows. We love playing this one, so crank it up and go check out the new live release!”

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Sep 092023
 

Apocalypsis’ is the fourth single to be released from metalcore outfit War Of Ages‘ 10th studio album “Dominion“. You can give that song a listen below. “Dominion” is a conceptual effort based upon the Book of Revelation and is is due out next Friday, September 15th release via Facedown Records.

Two years after their triumphant release of “Rhema” War of Ages are back! The band’s seamless blend of classic heavy metal and hardcore is as catchy as it is electrifying on the ten brand new songs that make up their latest album “Dominion”. The new album also comes with the added bonus of being thematically captivating since, after 20 years as a band, War of Ages are making their very first concept album. Vocalist Leroy Hamp: “We’ve always wanted to write a concept album and the book of Revelation is one that I’m very passionate about. There’s so much mystery surrounding the interpretation and visualization of the book, so we all agreed that the concept would be based on what we could pull from those pages.”

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Sep 082023
 

With their sights set on the stars, the Swedish hardrock-band Starmen returns with their fourth album – ’Starmenized’. After unexpectedly debuting with two records in 2020 and following up with another album in 2021, the guys are now back with a truly exciting sequel. Among the album’s cavalcade of hits, the melodic hardrock takes the front seat, with self-written songs that are hard to resist, graphically packaged in a retro comic book style with a running theme that oozes superheroes and rock stars.

When the Swedish hard rock band Starmen released their third album ’By the Grace of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ in 2021, people around the world began to seriously notice this band. In addition to an honorable second place in Sweden Rock Magazine‘s Juryn (The Jury), words of praise poured in from the USA, South America, Australia, Japan and Europe. Inspiring words, which surely helped the band in the studio, because on ’Starmenized’ the motivation is at its peak.

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