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MOTÖRHEAD’s “Under Cöver” Out Now – CD and LP due out October 13, 2017 in North America

September 8, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

Friday marked the release of MOTÖRHEAD‘s new covers compilation album, Under Cöver – a collection of some of the band’s best covers ultimately celebrating a love of interpreting the music of fellow legends. October 13, 2017 will see the release of the physical album formats in North America, including 1CD (Digi pack) and 1x 180 grams Black Vinyl in gatefold.

North America pre-orders:

CD: http://hyperurl.co/MHUnderCoverCDUSA

Vinyl: http://hyperurl.co/MHUnderCoverLPUSA

Right now, MOTÖRHEAD is also running a “Show Us Your Heroes” social media contest! Fans can upload photos of their personal heroes (musical, or otherwise), and tag #Motorheadheroes on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The winner (best entry) will win a special MOTÖRHEAD 40^th Anniversary prize pack!

Watch MOTÖRHEAD‘s music video for their cover of David Bowie‘s timeless classic “Heroes” here: https://youtu.be/J06yQb4lbPk The music video features massive performance footage and heartwarming behind the scenes images and video of the band. Recorded during the Bad Magic sessions in 2015 by Cameron Webb, “Heroes” was one of the last songs MOTÖRHEAD recorded together.

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CANNABIS CORPSE stream their complete new full-length

September 7, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

CANNABIS CORPSE are now premiering their smoking hot forthcoming album, ‘Left Hand Pass’, which has been scheduled for release on September 8th.

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DARKFALL: “Ashes Of Dead Gods” Playthrough video & album release!

September 7, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

The new album from austrian death/thrash metal unit DARKFALL, “At The End Of Times” is here! To celebrate the album release, which takes place tomorrow, September 8th, the band has published a playthrough video for the track “Ashes Of Dead Gods”, which you can watch below.

Upcoming live shows
08.09. Release Show, Orpheum, Graz, AUT
09.09. Hard Summer Open Air, Falkenfels, GER
14.09. Storm Crusher Festival, Wurz, GER
17.09. Randal Club, Bratislava, SVK
30.09. Metal Weekend, Sankt Pölten, AUT
06.10. Rock im Sixpack, Wels, AUT
07.10. MARK, Salzburg, AUT
14.10. Metal Night Outbreak, Vorchdorf, AUT
20.10. Shredfest, Linz, AUT
21.10. The Day The Dead Walked Festival, Augsburg, GER
09.12. Viper Room, Wien, AUT
16.12. Eindhoven Metal Meeting, Eindhoven, NED

LINKS:
Order Album at MDD Shop: https://goo.gl/5JQrG5
Darkfall Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarkfallMetal/

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SHARPTOOTH Sign To PURE NOISE RECORDS

September 7, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

Baltimore hardcore band Sharptooth have signed to Pure Noise Records, and announced plans to release their debut album, Clever Girl, on 27th October.
You can watch new video for ‘Clever Girl’ taken from the upcoming album here or by clicking the image below.

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Shooting Guns premiere video for ‘Flavour Country’, Netflix hit ‘WolfCop’ composers & Juno Prize nominees’ new album

September 7, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

Canada’s award-nominated psych 6-piece Shooting Guns premiere the video for the title track from their new album Flavour Country today via Metal Insider. Watch and share “Flavour Country” HERE. (Direct YouTube.)

Hear & share the entire album via Bandcamp and YouTube (either link cleared for posting.)

Shooting Guns is known (and oft-nominated) for their film soundtrack work, but Flavour Country is more like a collection of anthems for your jettison from this universe into the multiverse.

While they’re known for heavy and saturated sounds befitting crazed horror-comedy flicks like Netflix hit WolfCop, Flavour Country features some of the band’s fastest, heaviest and most visceral material to date. Yet, it also features some of the band’s most atmospheric sounds as well.

At times there are slight hints of Ennio Morricone‘s Spaghetti Western twang amidst the looping Meddle-era Pink Floyd heavy psych and driving drone reminiscent of Bobby Beausoleil‘s belladonna laced soundtrack to Kenneth Anger‘s Lucifer Rising. But for the most part here, Shooting Guns is out for blood, regardless of tempo.

Album opener “Ride Free” kicks off with a blistering wall of guitars blaring and rattling out of the gate like mutant progeny to fellow Canadian biker-rock heroes Steppenwolf having duly fired all of the guns, exploded into space and returned to hunt down every last one of us. It accelerates from there: “French Safe” sounds like an unhinged battalion of musicians driving full throttle like a scene from a George Miller Road Warrior movie. Biting, lengthier tracks like “Simian Shelf” and the title track occupy the heavy end of the psychedelic spectrum, haunting the foggy moor between early, bluesy Sabbath-styled doom riffery and heavy pulse-riding kraut-rock.

Flavour Country is the first album recorded by the band themselves at their own Pre-Rock Studios in Saskatoon, SK, located in the middle of the Canadian prairies. The album title’s spelling is itself a nod to the band’s Great White North homeland. The album was mastered by John McBain (ex-Monster Magnet, Carlton Melton), who also mastered the band’s previous RidingEasy releases.

Shooting Guns have toured over 60,000 miles across Canada over the past 7 years but have yet to tour Internationally, which will be a big focus for them after this release. They are touring their live score to F.W. Murnau‘s Nosferatu across Canada throughout 2017 and also just finished scoring the soundtrack to Another WolfCop (sequel to WolfCop), which is slated for a US theatrical release in September 2017. Their sophomore LP, Brotherhood of the Ram, released in 2013 through RidingEasy Records was nominated for the 2015 JUNO Metal/Hard Album of the Year as well as the Polaris Music Prize. Their debut LP, Born To Deal in Magic: 1952-1976, was also nominated for the Polaris Music Prize in 2012.

Flavour Country is available on LP, CD and download as of August 11th, 2017 via RidingEasy Records.

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LEPROUS – “Malina” album enters charts; European tour next month!

September 7, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

“Malina”, the new and fifth studio by Norway’s acclaimed progressive Rock group LEPROUS, has just entered various sales charts upon release as follows:
Germany: # 34
The Netherlands: # 68
Finland: # 23
Switzerland: # 39
Austria: # 42
Belgium (Flemish): # 52
UK Rock Album Chart: # 19
USA Billboard Heatseekers: # 21
USA Billboard Current Albums: # 190
Congratulations!
LEPROUS checked in with the following message: “We’re grateful for the amazing feedback we’ve received after the release of “Malina”. Thank you for the support!”
Following a hugely successful European tour as support to label-mates Devin Townsend Project earlier this year, LEPROUS wrapped up the work on “Malina” with producer David Castillo at Ghost Ward Studio in Sweden, while mixing duties were once again taken care of by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios in Sweden. The album’s artwork was designed by Corey Meyers.

“Malina” is available as Jewelcase CD and Digital Download, but also as limited edition Mediabook CD (+ extended booklet & bonus-track) and as Gatefold 2LP on 180gr. vinyl (+ poster, bonus-track & entire album on CD), also as limited coloured editions.

Order the physical formats of choice from IOM here: https://smarturl.it/LeprousIOM

“Malina” is also available digitally here: http://smarturl.it/LeprousMalina
Check out tracks off “Malina” here:
“From The Flame” (Video): https://youtu.be/FZSlX1zXnfM
“From The Flame” (Spotify): http://bit.ly/FROMTHEFLAMESpotify
“Stuck (Radio Edit)” (Video): https://youtu.be/jk63FcCIw9g
“Stuck (Radio Edit)” (Spotify): http://bit.ly/STUCKSpotify
“Illuminate” (Video): https://youtu.be/Tl4gwOMrJiQ
“Illuminate” (Spotify): http://bit.ly/ILLUMINATEspotify
LEPROUS will head out on an extensive headlining tour of Europe starting next month to promote “Malina”, together with special guests Agent Fresco from Iceland, plus Australia’s AlithiA and fellow Norwegians Astrosaur. Here is a list next of shows for LEPROUS, including updates marked *:

LEPROUS & Agent Fresco – Live in Russia 2017:
22.10.2017 Moscow (Russia) – Volta
23.10.2017 St. Petersburg (Russia) – ClubZal
LEPROUS, Agent Fresco, AlithiA & Astrosaur – European Tour:
Presented in Germany by Eclipsed, Laut.de, Guitar & Metal.de

24.10.2017 Helsinki (Finland) – Tavastia

25.10.2017 Jyväskyla (Finland) – Lutakko

26.10.2017 Tampere (Finland) – Olympia

28.10.2017 Copenhagen (Denmark) – Pumpehuset

29.10.2017 Hamburg (Germany) – Logo

30.10.2017 Cologne (Germany) – Luxor

31.10.2017 Esch (Luxembourg) – Rockhal

01.11.2017 Haarlem (The Netherlands) – Patronaat

02.11.2017 London (UK) – The Dome

03.11.2017 Dublin (Ireland) – Voodoo Lounge

04.11.2017 Leeds (UK) – Damnation Festival

05.11.2017 Vosselaar (Belgium) – Biebob