Krysthla reveal minor mystery video and new UK tour dates

April 3, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

Krysthla have revealed ‘The Minor Mystery Of Death’, the third single and official music video from their new album ‘Peace In Our Time’ which is released this Friday, 7th April.

Guitarist Neil Hudson says of the track: “The Minor Mystery Of Death is about embracing the end. Death is an absolute certainty and we’re living lives that seem like they’re going to last forever until it’s too late and your mortality is thrust into your hands. “We’re very precious towards our lives but don’t actually live them.”

Peace In Our Time was influenced by Krysthla’s 2016 European tour with Decapitated – with Hudson revealing that one experience on the road will live with him forever:

“On the Greek border, I saw a refugee girl stood on the other side of the motorway while we were parked up getting fuel. She saw us looking over at the thousands of grubby tents cooking the inhabitants in the scorching heat and fixed her eyes on me for a few seconds. “I gave her a nod. She jumped over the barrier and ran over the motorway to the garage, dodging traffic on her way. She walked over, looked me straight in the eye, said something in Syrian and gave me a highfive and hugged my leg. “I left a bit of me behind that day. We sobbed in the van as we left. It was utterly heart breaking to hear the hum of bodies murmuring in the boiling sun.” Hudson adds: “The album is influenced heavily, and almost solely by the fact I am a father. With so much unrest and violence in the world, it’s easy to turn your back and pretend none of it has an impact on your life. “Or somehow because it’s a long way from home it’s someone else’s problem. War does not sleep. War does not stop. It doesn’t choose who dies and who lives. But the people who light the fire and fan the flames do.”

The new album ‘Peace In Our Time’ is released 7th April via PHD.

Krysthla live:

9th April – Coventry, Maccov@The Arches

17th April – Peterborough, The Met

21st April – Bolton, The Alma

22nd April – Warrington, The Brewhouse

28th April – Cardiff, Fuel

5th May – High Wycombe, Phoenix

6th May – Worthing. Bar 42

7th May – Bournemouth, The Anvil

12th May – Inverness, Mad Hatters

13th May – Dundee, Beat Generator

14th May – Edinburgh, Bannermans

26th May – Northampton, King Billy Rock Bar

27th May – London, The Devonshire Arms

28th May – Leicester, Uprising Aftermath @ The Firebug

3rd June – Kettering – The Prince

24th June – Norwich, B2

1st July – Milton Keynes, Craufurd Arms

22nd July – Gloucester, Amplified Festival

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THIS GUN FOR HIRE Debut Album ‘Something A Little More Sinister’

April 2, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

Formed in 2015, Vancouver’s THIS GUN FOR HIRE is a genuine band of brothers that have built a long-lasting friendship through the music they play. Unleashing a power punch of their rock tinged melodic metalcore / post hardcore; the band has unleashed their debut album ‘Something A Little More Sinister’ out now as of March 31st. The album was recorded with engineer and producer Roger Swan (K-OS, Battle Axe) to present their first clutch of original songs to showcase to the world. The twelve track release displays a keen awareness of pace and dynamics. Moving deftly from the seething chaos of the eponymous opener to the grandiose and melodic epic of ‘To The Fallen And The Faithful’ and back again for the staccato grunt of ‘Barn Burner’ to finish the record. Taking cues from Alexisonfire, Every Time I Die, Underoath, Beartooth, The Holly Springs Disaster, the band describes their sound as “fast, heavy, sincere, atmospheric, and meaningful”.

“It’s just music we all feel the need to write. Metal with no boundaries is what got us together. There is way too much fluff going on now in this genre. It’s lost its integrity. We hope people can walk away with one of our songs stuck in their head. Or looking for more!” says guitarist Tyler Burns.

‘Something A Little More Sinister’ is available through iTunes, Spotify, Amazon.

Full album stream can be heard at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsdJtt1eiKUYKqWvMQ3hPnw

Music Video – ‘Barn Burner’ at https://youtu.be/UO1qbqi3I2Q

Guitar Playthrough Video ‘Barn Burner’ – https://youtu.be/FyKZKJ7l1vg

Music Video – ‘Infection’ – https://youtu.be/6yzmajgdyTk

FREE download – ‘Barn Burner’ at http://puregrainaudio.com/audio/this-gun-for-hire-barn-burner-free-song-download

1. Infection (3:34)

2. Something A Little More Sinister (4:13)

3. From The Earth To The Earth (3:24)

4. Set This Path (4:07)

5. Alligator Death Roll (6:35)

6. Good Evening Deacon (4:07)

7. To The Fallen And The Faithful (5:21)

8. One Hell Bent Lot Lizard (4:38)

9. Cause For Concern (3:32)

10. My Meaning (4:30)

11. Empty Eyes (4:31)

12. Barn Burner (3:20)

Album Length: 51:57

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DANISH ATMOSPHERIC BLACK METALLERS SUNKEN TO RELEASE “DEPARTURE” ON MAY 26th

April 1, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

After the 2013 demo “The Crackling of Embers”, Danish atmospheric black metallers SUNKEN are ready to take the world by storm with their debut full-length “Departure”, an album where the band showcases once again their potency and songwriting skills, promising to cause an impact and lasting atmosphere.

The band comments: “Our debut album has been long underway. ‘Departure’ shows a more matured, unique and experimental Sunken, with a more honest approach to songwriting, sound and expression. The writing of the album has been a long journey, with new and interesting sources of inspiration and contributions from many different musicians. All of this made the album what it is today. We’re finally ready for our Departure.”

“Departure” is set to be released on May 26th, 2017 via Triton’s Orbit (home of Vinterbris, Akasava and Riti Occulti).

Cover artwork and tracklisting as follows:

1. A Solemn Initiation
2. Void
3. Sunken
4. Departure
5. In The Cold Embrace Of The Waves

Sunken @ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SunkenDenmark

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Der Weg Einer Freiheit announce European tour

April 1, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT have announced a European headlining tour supported by French brothers in spirit, REGARDE LES HOMMES TOMBER. The German rising black stars will hit the road with a new album to be released this summer in their cases.

Vocalist Nikita Kamprad comments: “We will embark on an extensive tour in support of our upcoming yet to be announced album across Europe this autumn. We are thrilled to have France’s finest REGARDE LES HOMMES TOMBER on board and cannot wait to get our new music out to the world!”

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The previous DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT full length, ‘Stellar’ is still available via the Season of Mist shop. Please find artwork, track-list, and more information below.

01. Repulsion
02. Requiem
03. Einkehr
04. Verbund
05. Eiswanderer
06. Letzte Sonne
07. Idyll (bonus track)
08. Unendlich (bonus track)

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SHIBALBA premiere video for new song

March 31, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

Meditative dark trance/ambient/shamanic act SHIBALBA has revealed a video for a new song, in anticipation of the upcoming album “Psychostasis – Death Of Khat”, due out on April 30th via Agonia Records. Watch the video for “Opening The Shadow Box” at this link:

SHIBALBA is Acherontas V.Priest (Acherontas), Karl NE/Nachzehrer (Nåstrond) and Aldra-Al-Melekh. Their music is saturated with the mysticism of the East. It’s richly detailed and multidimensional, while layered with chanting and broadly defined elements of traditional ritual and shamanic music. Apart from contemporary synths and guitar drones, the band makes use of bones and skulls as percussion instruments, Tibetan horns, Tibetan singing bowls, bone & horne trumpets, darbuka’s (goblet drums) as well as ceremonial bells and gongs. The band’s intention, in their own words, is to “guide the subconsious of the individual to dream beyond the skin of matter & to dream in ecstasy and exult”.

“Psychostasis – Death Of Khat” was recorded by the band themselves in Greece and Sweden, in a manner in which sound vibrations have been registered in a form analogous to the way in which the human ear perceives sound. High standards were provided especially for the vinyl edition of the album.

The cover artwork was made by Karl NE.

Tracklist:
1. Phychostasis-Death of Khat
2. Ihag Mthong
3. Kaoshikii Mahayana
4. Aether Ananda Aiwass
5. Naljorpa
6. Reanimation of Akh
7. Five Points of Desire
8. Orgasmic Inebriation
9. Opening the shadow box
10. Svarna Khecari Mudra

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Thrashers TERRIFIER ‘Weapons of Thrash Destruction’ Tour (BC/AB)

March 31, 2017 darkartconspiracy Leave a comment

Vancouver thrashers TERRIFIER announce they will be hitting the road for a mini tour in April plus will be headlining this year’s 2nd annual CEMR MetalFest in Calgary, AB on April 8th along with other festival performances at Armstrong MetalFest and Metallion Fest this summer.

The show dates are in support of TERRIFIER‘s new album ‘Weapons of Thrash Destruction’ released in January of this year via Test Your Metal Records to follow their 2013 EP ‘Metal or Death’ and 2012 full-length ‘Destroyers of the Faith’. Incorporating jackhammer drums, bulldozing bass-lines, a twin-lead attack that leaves posers pulped in its wake, and vocals that can level mountains, TERRIFIER’s motto could well be ‘thrashing is our business…and business is good’.