Gothenburg´s finest are back! THE HALO EFFECT present a brand new single to their fans with ´Become Surrender´. The track has been a staple of their live shows for a while now, and has quickly become a fan-favourite. It´s a multi-faceted song with neck breaking riffs, grooving drums and beautiful melodies which will leave you spellbound.
Mikael Stanne comments: “´Become Surrender´ was written and recorded during the Days Of The Lost sessions, but for some reason we left it out of the album. It has been something we have played during festivals and on our tours and the response has been nothing short of fantastic, so we decided to release it in the interim before we start rolling out singles for the second album. The video was shot during our sold out show at Pustervik here in our hometown of Gothenburg in front of a few of our closest friends and hopefully the joy and love we felt in the room that night shines through. It’s a song about perseverance over distance and not giving in to despair or doubt. Turn it up!”
An Ayreon live event is not just any concert. It’s a monumental occasion where the highest-calibre musicians and an enormous production come together to forge a bombastic spectacle. The rarity of these shows only adds to their uniqueness. In September 2023, Arjen Lucassen’s ‘01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves‘ sold out five performances at Poppodium 013 in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Today, Ayreon is excited to announce the release of this concert on 3LP, 2CD+DVD, Blu-ray, Earbook, and digital formats on 17 May, through Music Theories Recordings / Mascot Label Group. Indulge in a taster with the first live video of “The Sixth Extinction” HERE.
GOTHMINISTER made it into the Melodi Grand Prix Final 2024 for Norway! With its gripping single, “We Come Alive”, the industrial goth metal act has won the first round of the country’s preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest, and is currently considered one of the top 3 favorites by both press critics and fans alike. The Norwegian MGP Final will take place on February 3, 2024.
Crossfaith have decided to part ways with bassist Hiroki Ikegawa.
About the departure, the band stated: “We want to thank him for journey he took with us and wish him luck with everything in the future. In the meantime, we continue to work on current Japan tour as well as new music.”
Read both the band’s and Ikegawa’s full statements about this matter here.
The COPENHELL 2024 music line-up will soon be finalised with today’s announcement of 15 new bands: TOM MORELLO, THE HIVES, ACCEPT, HATEBREED, ORM, URIAH HEEP, SIAMESE, UNDEROATH, EMPIRE STATE BASTARD, VANSIND, SKULLCLUB, BRAND OF SACRIFICE, SPOTLIGHTS, VULVATORIOUS and THE BABOON SHOW.
This brings the total amount of bands so far up to 71 during four hard and heavy festival days with TOOL, LIMP BIZKIT, AVENGED SEVENFOLD and MACHINE HEAD as this year’s big headliners.
Desertfest London has revealed their day and stage splits for their 13th edition, taking place this May across multiple venues in Camden, London.
The festival proudly welcomes Masters of Reality as Friday’s Electric Ballrooms headliners, with Chris Goss at the helm providing a master-class in desert sounds. Plus, newly announced for this stage are Colour Haze and Frankie and The Witch Fingers who will join Brant Bjork Trio and Mondo Generator to kick off the weekend in true Desertfest style. Mantar and Raging Speedhorn will shake-up the Underworld, whilst Brume and Alber Jupiter psych-out at The Black Heart.
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