Atreyu releases “Watch Me Burn” today alongside the video and announces the new EP, The Hope Of A Spark, due April 21 via Spinefarm.
The video, directed by Aaran McKenzie, bassist of While She Sleeps, features English actor Leigh Gill (Joker, Game of Thrones, Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them).
Continue reading Atreyu announce new EP + share single/video ‘Watch Me Burn’ shot by Aaron McKenzie of While She Sleeps
Employed To Serve will release a digital deluxe version of their current studio album,Conquering, on March 10th via Spinefarm. This updated version will include 4 new tracks: a heady mix of the new, the Remix and the live, in addition to a fresh cover image.
The brand-new recording is ‘Take Back Control’, a typically full-on number produced & mixed by Lewis Johns who worked with the band on the Conquering album itself; the Remix, meanwhile, is an inventive re-working of Conquering track ‘Sun Up To Sun Down’ featuring New Zealand metal three-piece, Alien Weaponry; while the two live tracks were recorded last year on the Gojira tour of Europe.
Continue reading EMPLOYED TO SERVE release ‘Sun Up To Sun Down (ft. Alien Weaponry)’ + reveal deluxe album details
Norwegian progressive metal pioneer Ihsahn returns with his latest release, the Fascination Street Sessions EP, on March 24 via Candlelight Records.
Ahead of the new EP, Ihsahn has also released the first single “Contorted Monuments.” Listen here.
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Finnish Love Metal pioneer, Ville Valo (VV) of HIM, has today released his debut solo album, Neon Noir. Available via Heartagram Records, distributed by UMG/ Spinefarm, all digital & physical versions can be found HERE.
Ville Valo comments: “I firmly believe Neon Noir sprinkles some much-missed glitter all over modern day doom and gloom. It’s 12 lessons in reckless abandon without spilling the red.”
Watch VV’s brand new video for album title track, ‘Neon Noir’, HERE.
Continue reading VILLE VALO NEW VIDEO FOR ALBUM TITLE TRACK, NEON NOIR + ALBUM OUT NOW
by Carina Lawrence / Dark Art Conspiracy
Finnish Love Metal pioneer, Ville Valo (VV) of HIM, will release his debut solo album, ‘Neon Noir’ on January 13th via Heartagram Records, distributed by UMG/ Spinefarm. HIM disbanded in 2017, and as a huge fan of theirs, I was heartbroken, so I was very excited about Ville’s debut album. Fortunately for us HIM fans, this is the perfect bridge between HIM and Ville’s new era of music. We got a taste of Ville’s solo work in 2020 under the VV banner with the EP ‘Gothica Fennica Vol. 1’, which included three Neon Noir tracks. The three previously released songs are also some of the best and most quintessentially HIM-sounding offerings, and hearing the rest of the album, they fit perfectly with the tone and mood.
Continue reading REVIEW: VV – ‘Neon Noir’
Iowa hard rock heavyweights SAUL have returned with the video for the brand new single “JACK & JILL.” Equal parts catchy and clever, the song hits home with its powerfully pertinent subject matter.
Watch it here.
Continue reading Saul Drop Video for New Single “JACK & JILL”
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