“N E W H E A V E N was born out of the idea that you’ll never be satisfied with what you have if you don’t define your expectations,” the band offers. “We got together in Atlanta with Johnny Andrews for this one, and he’s a musical mad scientist. We played with religious metaphors, although the song is not about religion. You throw your whole life into something, and then you finally reach the pinnacle and get to pull the proverbial curtain back, but it’s not what you expected at all. So now you need a new high to chase. We did crowd-sourced gang vocals on this one, and it was fun to make that come together.”
As for the accompanying video, the band shares, “This video was sort of a continuation from last music video where in the opening scene you see the Grim Reaper take his hood off to reveal he is now the priest overseeing the funeral. Kia figuratively ‘went to heaven’ and came back after realizing heaven wasn’t what it was cracked up to be.”
Sydney melodic metalcore outfit Polaris return today armed with a ferocious new single and video Nightmare.
Nightmare is taken from the group’s impending new album Fatalism, due out on September 1 via Resist Records in Australia and SharpTone Records for the rest of the world.
Featuring an equally ominous music video capturing the track’s dystopian themes, Nightmare also pays tribute to the recent devastating loss in the Polaris family, as drummer and lyricist Daniel Furnari explains: “We created this video with our friend Ben Wrigley, AKA Third Eye Visuals, who found some amazing locations and imagery to help us convey the track when paired with his brilliant editing skills. This was the second of three music videos we filmed with Ryan earlier this year. It has been a challenging and very emotional task to complete these videos in light of what has happened, but after careful discussion with his family we collectively felt that we wanted to share with the world the final things that Ryan created with us. We will proudly cherish the memories of him contained in this footage, and hope you will too.”
SILVERBURN, the new solo project by James ‘Jimbob’ Isaac (Hark & Taint) will release it’s debut album Self Induced Transcendental Annihilation via MSH Group Music on August 11.
Today Silverburn share second track “Formless Atomization Of Omniscient Particulate”which can be heard on Bandcamp HEREand viewed/heard on YouTube HERE.
PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS have released a video for their new single ‘Hammer And Dance’. The new track is the second song to be taken from their upcoming third album, Kings Of The Asylum, which will be released on 1st September via Nuclear Blast Records.
Phil Campbell comments “Put on your dancing shoes and get ready for hammer and dance”
Southern California post-hardcore band Movements have announced a twelve date tour across Europe and the UK this Autumn in support of the forthcoming new album, RUCKUS! (produced by Will Yip) out 18th August via Fearless Records.
RAVEN BLACK is gearing up for the upcoming, headlining run, THE SCREAM TOUR with special guests LIVING DEAD GIRL and OWLS & ALIENS! Launching August 12 at Leatherheads in Salt Lake City, UT the tour winds though the South and Central United States, wrapping up August 27th at Deco Ballroom in San Antonio.
Tour Dates: 08/12 @ Leatherheads – Salt Lake City, UT 08/13 @ Herman’s Hideaway – Denver, CO 08/14 @ Jerry’s – Wichita, KS 08/15 @ VIVOLive – Overland Park, KS * 08/16 @Kiss Bar – Springfield, MO 08/17 @ WC Social Club @ Chicago, IL 08/18 @ Legends – Cincinnati, OH ^ 08/19 @ Michigan Metal Fest – Battle Creek, MI ^ 08/20 @ Top Fuel Saloon – Braidwood, IL 08/21 @ The Concourse – Knoxville, TN 08/22 @ The Cobra – Nashville, TN 08/23 @ The Nick – Birmingham, AL * 08/24 @ Downtown Music Hall – Ft. Walton Beach, FL 08/25 @ Trax Bar Grill – Longbeach, MS 08/26 @ BFE Rock Club – Houston, TX * 08/27 @ Deco Ballroom – San Antonio, TX *
Raven Black are a theatrical metal act ORIGINALLY FROM LOS ANGELES. Their unique brand of metal – influenced by gothic, classical, and HEAVY METAL music – is the soundtrack to vocalist Raven’s DUALITY, AS SHE SHARES HER STORY OF BEING A HYBRID OF BOTH DARK AND LIGHT.
THE MUSIC
TAKING FROM ALL THEIR FAVORITE MUSICAL INFLUENCES AND MIXING THEM WITH ALL THEIR FAVORITE ART, MOVIES, ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS AND LIFE EXPERIENCES, EVERY SONG IS CREATED TO TAKE THEIR FANS ON A JOURNEY, AN ADVENTURE AND COME OUT OF IT WITH NEW PERSPECTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING. SOME SONGS ARE MELODIC, SOME SONGS ARE DARK. SOME SONGS ARE FUN. SOME SONGS ARE RAGING AND PSYCHOTIC.
BUT ALL THE SONGS TELL A STORY.
THE COMIC BOOK
A GIRL WHOSE INNOCENCE WAS TAKEN AT A YOUNG AGE,, OVERCOMING HER OWN DEMONS, CURSED BY HER PREDATORS, SHE DISCOVERS SHE IS HALF HUMAN/HALF DOLL. THE DOLL WITHIN IS DARK.SHE EMBRACES HER INNER DARKNESS AND TRAVELS WITH HER DEMONS WHO PROTECT HER FROM THE ONES WHO SEEK TO TAKE HER INNER POWER. SHE IS THE KEY.
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