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Finnish Traditional Heavy Metal Band WISHING WELL Releases “Sin And Shame” Album Today

Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , , on March 16, 2023 by Metal Odyssey

 
Valokuva: Henrik Sirelä

Finnish Helsinki-based metalheads Wishing Well have released today their fourth album “SIN AND SHAME” (Inverse Records). Together with the album the band also released a single and a video for the opening track “In The Line Of Fire”. It’s the third single and video off the new album. The song is about ordinary hard-working people trying to manage in a busy, more and more complicated and competitive world with ever-growing pressure and expectations from left and right. This goes with bands and musicians as well. The video was filmed by Toni Pasanen and edited by Sami Timonen.

Watch the music video: https://youtu.be/rDv97OowXDQ

Songs on “Sin And Shame” vary from the fast power metal style opening track to classic hard rock ballad “Dancing Across The Stars” and prog-influenced instrumental “Flying Finn”. The title track deals with ancient religious themes of sin and punishment whereas “Dogs Bark But The Caravan Rolls On” is a classic hard rock shuffle with a catchy riff and a punchline that makes it clear to everybody that they mean business.

Wishing Well can handle all these styles with flying colours, sounding original and familiar at the same time. The band have updated their sound with some more synthesizers and keyboards, though their distinctive trademark Hammond organ is still there on most of the songs, giving the music a majestic touch.

“We are relieved to get this album finally off our hands and hopefully into the hands and ears of as many people as possible. We enjoyed writing, rehearsing and recording it but now we just want people to hear the songs, live if possible. The new songs are great fun to play together and we want to take our babies out to the world”, says Anssi Korkiakoski, the guitar player and prime mover of the band. “We take pride in our work and though our music certainly isn’t groundbreaking or revolutionary, it still represents us and shows the world who we are and where we come from. We’ve found our corner of the world and we want to share that corner with hard rock and metal fans all over the world. With our heads in the clouds and feet on the ground, seriously tongue-in-cheek”, he finishes.

Wishing Well – Sin and Shame

01. In The Line Of Fire
02. Soul Rider
03. Space Invaders
04. Mistress Of The Night
05. Lonely Road
06. Dogs Bark But The Caravan Rolls On
07. Sin And Shame
08. Heavenly Body
09. Dancing Across The Stars
10. The Golden Rule
11. Flying Finn

The album was recorded and mixed in various studios during 2022 by Henrik Sirelä, exclucing the title track, recorded and mixed by Marko Kataja.

The album is out on all major digital music services as well as on CD.

Listen to the album: https://push.fm/fl/wishingwell-sinandshame

The band will play an album release gig at On The Rocks Club in Helsinki on 31 March, supporting legendary Finnish hard rock trio, Peer Günt.

Wishing Well are:
Pepe Tamminen –vocals
Arto Teppo – synthesizers
Matti Kotkavuori – bass
Juha Kivikanto – drums
Anssi Korkiakoski – guitars

Wishing Well discography:
Chasing Rainbows (Inverse 2016)
Rat Race (Inverse 2018)
Do Or Die (Inverse 2020)
Sin And Shame (Inverse 2023)

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KRUELTY – Brutal Second LP From Tokyo, Japan Metallic Hardcore Quintet, ‘Untopia’ Now Streaming; Album Sees Release Tomorrow On Profound Lore Records + Japan And European Tours Begin

Posted in hardcore, hardcore bands, hardcore metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on March 16, 2023 by Metal Odyssey

photo by Jun Sabio

Stream KRUELTY’s Untopia HERE.

Untopia, the second LP from Tokyo, Japan’s brutalizing metallic hardcore quintet KRUELTY, is now streaming in its entirety on the eve of its worldwide release through Profound Lore Records.

Formed in Tokyo in the summer of 2017, KRUELTY has emerged as the most notable artist to find that sweet spot where heavy beatdown hardcore and ‘90s American/Scandinavian death/doom metal meet. This devastating amalgamation becomes the blueprint of brutality and slam the band unleashes. With KRUELTY, you will hear the ultimate convergence of some of the most punishing death metal riffs and the most mind-blowing breakdowns influenced by Japanese and ‘90s East Coast hardcore bands.

photo by Seijiro Nishimi

2020 saw the release of KRUELTY’s debut album A Dying Truth and revealed itself as one of the heaviest albums that year. With their second LP, Untopia, the band will release an album even more massive in scope and ultimately heavier than their debut. The bulldozing seven-song record was produced by Taylor Young at The Pit Studios (Nails, Xibalba, Section H8) while the band was touring in the US earlier this year, mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege (Obituary, Terminal Nation, Mindforce), and features artwork by Norwegian artist Sindre Foss Skancke.

Endure KRUELTY’s entire Untopia LP now at YouTube RIGHT HERE.

Untopia will see release through Profound Lore tomorrow, Friday, March 17th, on LP, CD, CS, and digital formats. Find preorders HERE and watch the “Harder Than Before” video HERE.

KRUELTY continues touring across the planet in support of Untopia. Having just completed tours of New Zealand and Australia, KRUELTY will now crush through their home country this week for ten dates on the Untopia Japan Tour, running from March 17th through April 2nd. Less than two weeks later, the band heads to Europe for the Untopia European Domination Tour 2023, running from April 12th to May 7th with special guests Gates To Hell, and Splitknuckle on select dates. See confirmed dates below and watch for additional tour announcements to post shortly.

KRUELTY Untopia Japan Tour:
3/17/2023 B.B. Street – Yokohama, JP
3/18/2023 Socrates – Kyoto, JP
3/19/2023 Keith Flack – Fukuoka, JP
3/21/2023 Hood – Nigata, JP
3/22/2023 東高円寺二万電圧– Tokyo, JP
3/23/2023 Bears – Osaka, JP
3/24/2023 Rizin – Kagawa, JP
3/25/2023 Agit – Hiroshima, JP
3/26/2023 Zion – Nagoya, JP
4/02/2023 Bushbash – Tokyo, JP

KRUELTY Untopia European Domination w/ Gates To Hell, Splitknuckle:

4/12/2023 Le Temps Machine – Joué-Les-Tours, FR
4/13/2023 Orbeko Etxea – Llodio, ES
4/14/2023 Sala Rouge – Vigo, ES
4/15/2023 Núcleo A70 – Lisbon, PT
4/16/2023 Let’s Go Rock Bar – Parla, ES
4/17/2023 La Deskomunal – Barcelona, ES
4/18/2023 Secret Place – Montpellier, FR
4/20/2023 Le Glazart – Paris, FR
4/21/2023 The Green Door Store – Brighton, UK
4/22/2023 The Cab – Newport, UK
4/23/2023 Deadwax – Birmingham, UK*
4/24/2023 The Lubber Fiend – Newcastle, UK*
4/25/2023 Flying Duck – Glasgow, UK*
4/26/2023 Percy Picklebackers – Nottingham, UK*
4/27/2023 Boom – Leeds, UK*
4/28/2023 New Cross Inn – London, UK*
4/29/2023 Treftpunt – Gent, BE
4/30/2023 Bloodshed Fest @ Metropool – Hengelo, NL
5/03/2023 Klub Pod Minogą – Poznan, PL
5/04/2023 Gerber 3 – Weimar, DE
5/05/2023 Kulturzentrum dasHaus – Ludwigshafen, DE
5/06/2023 Rocas – Luxembourg, LU
5/07/2023 Baroeg – Rotterdam, NL

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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DEADWOLFF – Announces USA Tour Dates To Support Debut Album “Heavy Rock N’ Roll” (Golden Robot Records) Out March 31st

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, music videos, news with tags , , , , , , , , on March 16, 2023 by Metal Odyssey

L-R: Tommy Wolffe (Bass. Vocals), Bobby Deuce (Guitar), Angus Pike (Drums)
Photo Credit: Megan Kay

A blend of hard rock, punk, and metal, Deadwolff set themselves apart from other bands with their take on the New Wave of Heavy Rock and Roll. Recommended for fans of Judas Priest, Motorhead, and W.A.S.P., Deadwolff is a revival of foot-tapping, beer-drinking, headbanging tunes, and more. They are touring across the United States and Canada this May and June in support of their forthcoming debut full-length “Heavy Rock N’ Roll” due out on March 31st via Golden Robot Records.

Music Video – Heavy Rock n’ Roll – https://youtu.be/kAiNlEmDkZk

Music Video – Homeward Bound – https://youtu.be/iPC0z5J3Xnc

Album-pre-save – https://linktr.ee/deadwolff

May
8 – Outer Limits Lounge – Hamtramck, MI
9 – Liars Club – Chicago, IL
11 – Whittier – Tulsa, OK
12 – Double Wide – Dallas, TX
13 – Black Magic Social Club – Houston, TX
14 – Valhalla Tavern – Austin. TX
15 – Faust Tavern – San Antonio, TX
17 – The Edge – Tuscon, AZ
18 – The Blooze Bar – Pheonix, AZ
19 – Tower Bar – San Diego, CA
20 – Red Dwarf – Las Vegas, NV
23 – Destructive Warehouse – Fresno, CA
24 – The Knockout – San Francisco, CA
25 – On the y- Sacramento, CA
26 – Shea’s Tavern – Reno, NV
27 – Knucklehead – Los Angeles, CA
30 – High Water Mark – Portland, OR
31 – The Cherry Pit – Seattle, WA

June
1 – Sunny Chibas – Squamish, BC
2 – The Cambie – Vancouver, BC
3 – Kami Inn – Kamloops, BC
4 – Canmore Hotel – Canmore, AB
6 – The Palamind – Calgary, AB
7 – Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB
9 – Bulldog – Winnipeg, MB
10 – Atmos – Thunder Bay, ON

Instagram.com/deadwolff.official

Source: Asher Media Relations

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TOXIC HOLOCAUST – To Join Havok On US Summer Co-Headlining Tour; Tickets On Sale This Friday!

Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , , on March 16, 2023 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by Chelsea Englizian

Crossover thrash titans TOXIC HOLOCAUST will return to the road this Summer on a month-long US co-headlining tour with Havok! The journey begins July 7th in Denver, Colorado and runs through August 11th in Lincoln, Nebraska. Support will be provided by Hammerhedd and MNRK Heavy labelmates, I Am.

Comments TOXIC HOLOCAUST mastermind Joel Grind, “We are stoked to be hitting the road this Summer with Havok. We are all looking forward to playing all over the country…finally. It feels like it’s been forever since we hit these places, but now we are locked and loaded and ready to bring a night of thrash to the masses!”

Venue presales begin Thursday, March 16th at 10:00am local time. General on sale date is Friday, March 17th at 10:00am local time. See all confirmed dates below.

TOXIC HOLOCAUST w/ Havok, I Am, Hammerhedd:
7/07/2023 Summit – Denver, CO
7/08/2023 The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
7/10/2023 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
7/11/2023 Dante’s – Portland, OR
7/13/2023 Cornerstone – Berkley, CA
7/14/2023 Goldfield – Roseville, CA
7/15/2023 The Regent – Los Angeles, CA
7/16/2023 Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
7/18/2023 Nile Theater – Mesa, AZ
7/19/2023 Rockhouse Bar & Grill – El Paso, TX
7/20/2023 Jake’s Backroom – Lubbock, TX
7/21/2023 The Echo Lounge & Music Hall – Dallas, TX
7/22/2023 Come And Take It Live – Austin, TX
7/23/2023 Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
7/24/2023 House Of Blues – New Orleans, LA
7/26/2023 Gramps – Miami, FL
7/28/2023 Masquerade (Hell) – Atlanta, GA
7/29/2023 The Basement East – Nashville, TN
7/30/2023 Hanger 1819 – Greensboro, NC
7/31/2023 Canal Club – Richmond, VA
8/01/2023 Warehouse On Watts – Philadelphia, PA
8/02/2023 Soundstage – Baltimore, MD
8/03/2023 Montage Music Hall – Rochester, NY
8/04/2023 Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
8/05/2023 The Monarch – Brooklyn, NY
8/07/2023 The King Of Clubs – Columbus, OH
8/08/2023 The Shelter – Detroit, MI
8/09/2023 Reggies Rock Club – Chicago, IL
8/10/2023 Fine Line Music Hall – St. Paul, MN
8/11/2023 The Royal – Lincoln, NE

TOXIC HOLOCAUST’s most recent studio album, Primal Future: 2019, is out now on MNRK Heavy. A dystopian technological takeover drives the album thematically, but the passionately delivered music is vintage TOXIC HOLOCAUST, taking things all the way back to the band’s early origins.

TOXIC HOLOCAUST began kicking out the corrosive jams in basements and bedrooms over twenty years ago, building a punishing legacy of mutant thrash and filthy street punk that’s outlasted the heydays of the genres that spawned them; founder Joel Grind, the headband-wearing headbanger whose dedication to the one-man-band ethos gives the late Quorthon a run for his money, melting down the greatest punk metal crossover riff collection imaginable into nuclear ooze. With each successive release, Grind repurposes the most visceral strengths of speed, thrash, and punk through his own unique vision, making for new metal anthems that consistently reignite a circle-pitting feeding frenzy in the scene.

TOXIC HOLOCAUST’s Primal Future: 2019 is available on CD, digital, and vinyl formats. Preview and purchase the record at THIS LOCATION.

Source: EARSPLIT PR

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