Below are current happenings that I can absolutely not care about. Who cares? My God, who gives a crap.
1. Def Leppard With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Drastic Symphonies – Album releasing on May 19th. Ugh.
2. The Tony Awards
3. The Met Gala
4. Cast reunion of “Friends“
5. Aaron Rodgers is now quarterback for the lowly New York Jets.
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While Swedish modern melodic metal outfit, dEMOTIONAL, is currently gearing up to reissue their latest, much acclaimed masterpiece album Scandinavian Aftermath, due out on May 26, 2023 via AFM Records. Today, the band has shared a brand new lyric video for the song “Boiling Point”: HERE
With four albums under their belt and following their recent, worldwide signing with AFM Records, the Hamburg-based powerhouse label is proud to present the band’s self-released 2021-offering, Scandinavian Aftermath, to a global audience. With over 15 million streams on Spotify alone and a constant listener base of 100k, various live shows, tours and radio airplays, dEMOTIONAL have aready proved to be one of the most exciting, up-and-coming bands of their genre and now they are ready more than ever to conquer the world!
The quintet from Gothenburg, that already became an anchor in the Swedish metal scene, has caused a stir with the release of their much-acclaimed debut album, STATE: IN DENIAL, in 2013. And they have not been slowing down since. Their second album TARASSIS got them a spot as main support on DEAD BY APRIL’s European tour and also their own headline shows around the world.
Scandinavian Aftermath will be reissued as a Deluxe Edition on May 26, 2023, visit the AFM Records shop at THIS LOCATION!
Scandinavian Aftermath – track listing:
SINGLES/ VIDEOS:
dEMOTIONAL – Boiling Point (2023) watch HERE
dEMOTIONAL – Lost In This City watch HERE
dEMOTIONAL – Bärsärk watch HERE
dEMOTIONAL – Scandinavian Aftermath watch HERE
Source: AFM Records
Canadian sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD are continuing their 40th Anniversary touring cycle, kicking off their US leg next week! The US dates start on May 9th in Asheville, NC and wrap on May 23rd in Pensacola, FL. Most dates will see support from enigmatic experimental outfit, IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT. Full dates below. Tickets are available HERE.
VOIVOD – USA Tour w/ Imperial Triumphant:
May 9, 2023 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel * no Imperial Triumphant
May 10, 2023 – Virginia Beach, VA – Elevation 27 * no Imperial Triumphant
May 11, 2023 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts
May 12, 2023 – New York, NY – The Bowery
May 13, 2023 – Baltimore, MD – Soundstage
May 14, 2023 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground
May 16, 2023 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution Live
May 17, 2023 – Tampa, FL – Floridian
May 18, 2023 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
May 19, 2023 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
May 20, 2023 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
May 21, 2023 – Austin, TX – Come and Take It
May 23, 2023 – Pensacola, FL – The Vinyl Music Hall * no Imperial Triumphant
VOIVOD recently announced a special Anniversary studio album entitled Morgöth Tales, to be released on July 21st, 2023 via Century Media Records.
Once more recorded and mixed by Francis Perron at RadicArt Studio, mastered by Maor Appelbaum and produced by VOIVOD, Morgöth Tales includes fresh studio (re-)recordings by the band’s current line-up of 9 especially selected, not-so-obvious picks from the band’s hyper-classy and extremely diverse back catalogue (between 1984 and 2003) as well as a brand-new song in the album’s title-track, “Morgöth Tales”.
Source: C Squared Music
Lexington (KY) – The war machine known as Tombstalker stirs once again and lumbers forth to ravage the planet with new darkened hymns of chaos and bloodshed! New EP Age Of Darkness will be released on 12-inch vinyl, and cassette formats May 29 via Boris Records. The CD version will be released by Morbid Aggressor Productions. Age of Darkness was recorded at Sneak Attack Studios.
Opening track “Astral Combat” is available now at the following locations:
borisrecords.bandcamp.com/track/astral-combat
Pre-order: borisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/age-of-darkness
Age Of Darkness showcases Tombstalker‘s maturity and evolved songwriting. Hark! On the eve of the band’s 15 year anniversary a new age of darkness dawns…
Now featuring a brand new lineup, including additional lead guitar, as well as a new drummer, Tombstalker is more vicious than ever and poised to show the world the meaning of hammer-crushing death once again.
Tombstalker will launch the ’15 Years of Carnage and Chaos Tour’ in June (scroll to the bottom for tour poster). Dates are as follows:
June 5 – Lexington, KY
June 7 – Indianapolis, IN
June 8 – Cincinnati, OH
June 9 – Louisville, KY
June 10 – Atlanta, GA
Track Listing:
BIO: Tombstalker’s story began in 2008 in Lexington, KY when several of the founding members were still teenagers. Throughout their early days as a band they released several demos, EPs, and eventually a debut full-length in 2015. During this time they scoured the American underground circuit setting out on multiple nationwide tours as well as festival appearances cementing themselves as true warriors.
Stylistically, they forged a distinctive sound heavily steeped in Scandinavian style black death as well as d-beat crust punk; not a common combination found on American soil thus setting them apart from their peers in many respects.
Around 2017, Tombstalker entered an extended hiatus with zero activity due to lineup complications. Much doubt would be cast in the coming years as to whether they would return. That doubt has been exstinguished with Age of Darkness.
Source: ClawHammer PR
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