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BLOOD VULTURE Debut Possession (1981) Inspired Video For “Burn For It” Featuring ALEXIS KRAUSS From Sleigh Bells

Posted in gothic, gothic metal, gothic rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , on October 20, 2025 by Metal Odyssey

DEBUT ALBUM, DIE CLOSE, OUT NOW
VIA PURE NOISE RECORDS

ON TOUR WITH GWAR, HELMET & DWARVES THIS OCT/NOV

“BURN FOR IT” MUSIC VIDEO: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkKO2593Amc

BLOOD VULTURE, a vampiric goth rock band created by Jordan Olds (2 Minutes To Late Night), has revealed a surreal new video for his single “Burn For It” (Feat. Brian Fair), starring SLEIGH BELLS’ vocalist Alexis Krauss.

Directed by Olds, the video pays tribute to 1981’s cult favorite psychological horror film Possession, and painstakingly recreates demonic scenes from the movie.

Commenting on the videoOlds states

The video is a homage to one of my favorite movies, Possession (1981). Almost every shot in the video is a recreation of a scene from the movie paced to the music. For decades, it was so difficult to actually watch the movie. It was banned in the US when it originally came out and then it wasn’t allowed on streaming for a long time. Now thanks to Kino Lorber and Metrograph, there’s tons of screenings and streaming services (including the free ones from the library) showing the full version.”

“I consider it to be one of the great masterpieces in alternative cinema with two of the best on screen performances of all time and my favorite camera work ever. This whole idea was basically a Trojan horse to get people excited about that movie again. I also couldn’t be more grateful to my friend Alexis Krauss for trusting me with this idea and giving so much time and energy to this. It takes a special kind of artist and a special kind of talent to find a way to be fully compelling for 5 entire minutes by themselves and Alexis is that kind of special.”

The new video for “Burn For It” is the latest from the insidious mind of Olds, and featured on his project BLOOD VULTURE’s debut album, Die Close, which is out now via Pure Noise Records. The hypnotic short follows previously released videos for “Die Close,” “Grey Mourning” (feat. Jade Puget of AFI) and “A Dream About Starving To Death.”

Luring listeners in with a mesmerizing melding of gothic romanticism, lush metallic vibes and brutal reckoning, BLOOD VULTURE’s initial offering Die Close features 10 haunting tracks perfect for the season at hand.

Catch BLOOD VULTURE on tour this month with GWARHELMET and DWARVES.

Stream Die Close

https://lnk.to/BloodVulture

Purchase Die Close

https://purenoiserecs.lnk.to/BloodVultureStores

Die Close Track-list:

1. Die Close – Overature
2. An Embrace In The Flood
3. A Dream About Starving To Death
4. Grey Mourning (Feat. Jade Puget)
5. Entwined (Feat. Kristin Hayter)
6. Die Close – Interlude
7. Burn For It (Feat. Brian Fair)
8. The Silence of God
9. Abomination
10. Die Close – Finale

BLOOD VULTURE – Tour Dates

The Return of Gor Gor Tour 
w/GWAR, HELMET & DWARVES

Oct 22 – Tempe, AZ
Oct 23 – Las Vegas, NV
Oct 25 – Anaheim, CA
Oct 26 – Reno, NV
Oct 27 – Berkeley, CA
Oct 28 – Bend, OR
Oct 29 – Seattle, WA
Oct 30 – Vancouver, BC
Oct 31 – Penticton, BC
Oct 31 – Calgary, AB
Nov 01 – Edmonton, AB
Nov 02 – Spokane, WA
Nov 03 – Denver, CO
Nov 06 – Lincoln, NE
Nov 07 – San Antonio, TX
Nov 08 – Dallas, TX
Nov 09 – Nashville, TN
Nov 10 – Greensboro, NC
Nov 13 – Atlanta, GA
Nov 15 – Tampa, FL
Nov 18 – Baltimore, MD
Nov 19 – Worcester, MA
Nov 20 – Philadelphia, PA
Nov 21 – New York, NY
Nov 22 – Norfolk, VA

About BLOOD VULTURE:

This is the story of a vampire known as “The Blood Vulture.” A once-insatiable bloodthirsty abomination of a creature, he is now a recluse long locked away as he grapples with what it means to live forever in a world of impermanence. His tales of regret and grief and terror will be told from hereon through songs that meld the emotive vocal stylings of grunge’s golden era with death metal, goth rock, and doom metal.

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THE 69 EYES – Death Of Darkness USA Tour 2024 Confirmed – Band Nominated For Finnish Emma Gaala Award In “Best Rock” Category

Posted in gothic, gothic metal, gothic rock, Hard Rock, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news with tags , , , , , , , on December 15, 2023 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by Anabel DFlux

Helsinki’s favorite vampires, THE 69 EYES, will return to US stages this Spring on the Death Of Darkness USA Tour 2024. The sixteen-date journey runs from March 26th through April 13th and includes support provided by The Bites and Budderside. Tickets are on sale now! See all confirmed dates below.

THE 69 EYES will be touring in support of their critically lauded, thirteenth studio album, Death Of Darkness, released last April via Atomic Fire Records. The record continues to galvanize fans and critics globally resulting in an award nomination at Finland’s Emma Gaala (Finnish Grammy Award equivalent) in the “Best Rock” category. Emma Gaala will be held on February 17th at Metro Areena in Espoo. Fans can now vote HERE; for a complete list of this year’s nominees, visit emmagaala.fi.

THE 69 EYES w/ The Bites, Budderside:
3/26/2024 Empire Live – Albany, NY
3/27/2024 Rec Room – Buffalo, NY
3/28/2024 The Winchester Music Tavern – Cleveland, OH
3/29/2024 The Machine Shop Concert Lounge – Flint, MI
3/30/2024 Reggies – Chicago, IL [Tickets]
3/31/2024 The Basement East – Nashville, TN
4/02/2024 The Radio Room – Greenville, SC
4/03/2024 Open Chord Stage – Knoxville, TN
4/04/2024 The King Of Clubs – Columbus, OH
4/06/2024 Crafthouse Stage & Grill – Pittsburgh, PA
4/07/2024 Lovedraft’s Brewing Co. – Mechanicsburg, PA
4/08/2024 Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA
4/10/2024 Underground Arts – Philadelphia, PA
4/11/2024 Tally Ho Theater – Leesburg, VA
4/12/2024 Gramercy Theatre – New York, NY
4/13/2024 Dingbatz – Clifton, NJ

Photo by Julius Konttinen

THE 69 EYES earned platinum status with the albums Blessed Be (2000) and Paris Kills (2022) and not only reached #1 of the single and album charts in their home country of Finland, but also plunged the world into a sinful cosmos of love, death, and melancholy, while outliving any other band emerging from the goth hype of the early 2000s. By developing their sound further into sleaze rock on Devils (2004) and Angels (2007) and not shying away from pitch black Elvis allusions in singer Jyrki 69’s dark voice and unique onstage dance moves, the band has established a worldwide following. Over the course of more than three decades, the band has toured relentlessly throughout Europe, America, Asia, and Australia and released twelve full-length studio albums.

Sprawling across ten lavishly dark, effortlessly cool tracks, THE 69 EYES‘ Death Of Darkness is one of their most flawless and consistent offerings bearing a title that’s of course both stylish and symbolic, much like the music they create. 2023 is a far cry from the early days of the new millennium when gothic rock bands emerged from every graveyard and Finnish vampires stormed the charts around the world. However, the spirit of a world-class record like Death Of Darkness, the sheer passion and the enticing mystery, the suspense, and the smirk, are still very much alive.

Order Death Of Darkness at THIS LOCATION

View the band’s previously released videos for the record’s title track, “Drive,” “California,” and “This Murder Takes Two [Feat. Kat Von D] HERE.

Source: EARSPLIT PR

http://www.atomicfire-records.com

THE 69 EYES – New Single “Gotta Rock” Now Playing!

Posted in gothic metal, gothic rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on October 17, 2022 by Metal Odyssey

Photo by Marek Sabogal

Helsinki’s longest serving gothic rock vampires THE 69 EYES are unstoppable at the moment and have returned with yet another new song “Gotta Rock” – the first to come off their upcoming, as-yet-untitled new full-length slated to drop in early 2023.

“Gotta Rock” lives up to its name. THE 69 EYES version of the track initially premiered on Vain Elämää, the biggest Finnish TV primetime show, in which you could watch singer Jyrki 69 staying in a castle with seven other artists who performed each other’s songs during their time together. “Gotta Rock” is a cover from the famous Finnish hard rock band Boycott that released the rock anthem in the late ‘80s.

For this remake, THE 69 EYES received some famous help, as Jyrki 69 explains, “The Finnish classic rock band Boycott was one of our favorites in the ‘80s when we [started] THE 69 EYES. Due to the Finnish music TV program that I was recently featured in, we finally had a reason to make our own, more gothic rock sounding cover of Boycott’s ultimate classic smash hit ‘Gotta Rock.’ Die Krupps’ Jürgen Engler helped us to arrange it into this darkened mode!”

Stream or download THE 69 EYES’ rendition of Boycott’s “Gotta Rock” at THIS LOCATION.

Photo by Marek Sabogal

Further info on the new album from THE 69 EYES will follow very soon. In the meantime, you can still get the limited edition Drive EP, cut in the shape of a steering wheel exclusively handcrafted by Night Of The Vinyl Dead, HERE.

THE 69 EYES:
Jyrki 69 – vocals
Bazie – guitars
Timo Timo – guitars
Archzie – bass
Jussi 69 – drums

Source: EARSPLIT PR

THE 69 EYES – Joins The Atomic Fire Records Roster + New Music On The Horizon!

Posted in gothic, gothic metal, Hard Rock, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags , , , , , , , , , on February 19, 2022 by Metal Odyssey

(Photo by Marek Sabogal)

Having been haunting stages all over the world for thirty-three years, goth ‘n’ roll pioneers THE 69 EYES seem to be a truly immortal part of the dark rock/metal scene. Widely known as the Helsinki Vampires, the quintet gained several platinum albums with Blessed Be and Paris Kills and not only reached the #1 spots on the single and album charts in their home country of Finland, but also plunged the world into a sinful cosmos of love, death, and melancholy, outliving any other band emerging from the goth hype of the early 2000s.

By developing their sound further into sleaze rock on Devils (2004) and Angels (2007) and not shying away from pitch black Elvis allusions in singer Jyrki 69’s dark voice and unique onstage dance moves, the band has established a worldwide following. Over the course of over three decades, THE 69 EYES has toured relentlessly throughout Europe, America, Asia, and Australia and released twelve full-length studio albums.

Today, THE 69 EYES announces their signing to Atomic Fire Records (worldwide excluding Finland). Get your vampire teeth sharpened as news songs and tours are in the horizon!

Singer Jyrki 69 comments on this unholy new alliance: “We are back in a full swing! Our paths here in Helsinki crossed with our old A&R guy Gabi Hakanen who was with us when we released our highest selling albums Devils and Angels, so as he heard our new demos, we sort of just continued like right after last time. So, he got us in his label’s studio right away at Vallila Music House (Hanoi Rocks’ Sami Yaffa, Ville Valo & Agents). Simultaneously, we also hooked up with the brand new Atomic Fire Records label which has our classic former Nuclear Blast dream team there, so this ‘new’ and fresh beginning for THE 69 EYES sounds like a dream, really! New big-time rocking music comes out very soon!”

CEO and A&R Markus Wosgien adds, “We are more than happy to welcome our beloved Helsinki Vampires, the most unique and by far coolest gothic band in hell and on earth. We worked together for more than ten years and their four latest studio albums, and will continue now, reunited under the Atomic Fire banner. This feels like coming home to all of us and we are honored to continue our long term relationship.”

THE 69 EYES:
Jyrki 69 – vocals
Bazie – guitars
Timo Timo – guitars
Archzie – bass
Jussi 69 – drums

http://www.69eyes.com

http://www.instagram.com/the69eyesoffical

http://www.atomicfire-records.com

Source: EARSPLIT PR

LONG LIVE THE 69 EYES.

On This Day In METAL History – April 22nd… From KISS To THE 69 EYES

Posted in classic rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music with tags , , , , , , on April 22, 2016 by Metal Odyssey

KISS - Rocket Ride - 45rpm - cover sleeve pic - #MO090966KF

On April 22nd, 1978 – The sensational KISS had their single, Rocket Ride, ranked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. Long Live ACE FREHLEY! 

Aborted - Retrogore - promo album cover pic - #MO990GORE

On April 22nd, 2016 – The newly released studio album, Retrogore, from Belgium’s ABORTED is ranked at #1, on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Hell yes, it is!

The 69 Eyes - Universal Monsters -

On April 22nd, 2016 – The vampires from Helsinki, Finland, aka THE 69 EYES, have their newly released studio album, Universal Monsters, ranked at #2 on the iTunes Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums Chart. Whoa!! Universal Monsters is the eleventh studio album from THE 69 EYES.

Earth Day - promo banner - #MO006639EDINTGL

BONUS HISTORY FACT FOR APRIL 22nd:

Earth Day, an event launched to increase the public’s awareness of our world’s environmental drawbacks, is celebrated for the first time in the United States. Millions of Americans, from college students to politicians, participated in rallies, marches and educational programs. To read more about this historical milestone, click on the link below:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

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Stone - 2011 Photo #1

LONG LIVE THE ROOTS & FAMILY TREE OF METAL.

LONG LIVE MOTHER EARTH.

Stone.