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Tool confirmed as first headliner for GMM2024!

November 14, 2023 carinadarkart Leave a comment

Gear up for a trip through a sonic universe bursting at the seams with hypnotic tracks and baffling visuals. On Thursday 20 June 2024, Tool will wrap up proceedings on our South Stage. The iconic progressive metal band from Los Angeles headed by Maynard James Keenan is making its GMM debut this year.

Formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, the American progressive metal band has a reputation for staging jaw-dropping live performances, both on a musical and visual level. In 2019, after a 13-year recording hiatus, they released their last studio album to date with ‘Fear Inoculum’, containing the Grammy-nominated tracks ‘7empest’ (Best Metal Performance) and ‘Fear Inoculum’ (Best Rock Song). The band is known for its complex and experimental style, lathered with progressive rock, alternative metal and art rock influences.

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Darkest Hour Announce New Album “Perpetual | Terminal” + Share Video for Title Track

November 14, 2023 carinadarkart Leave a comment

Washington, D.C. quintet Darkest Hour — Mike Schleibaum [guitar], John Henry [vocals], Aaron Deal [bass], Travis Orbin [drums], and Nico Santora [guitar] — have announced their tenth album Perpetual | Terminal, out February 23 via MNRK Heavy. Pre-order it here.

The band has introduced the new album by sharing the video for the title track.

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TOOL RETURNS TO COPENHELL

November 14, 2023 carinadarkart Leave a comment

TOOL has announced their highly-anticipated return to Europe next summer and will visit COPENHELL on June 22, 2024.

News of the band’s European tour follows a particularly busy time for the Los Angeles- foursome TOOL, currently in the midst of a North American tour that extends into February next year. Over the last five months, TOOL has headlined Aftershock, Welcome to Rockville, Louder Than Life and the Sonic Temple Arts & Music festivals, as well as a performance at Power Trip, which Metal Hammer described as “a mind-melting, triumphant showcase of just how singular their art is, a transcendental experience that surpasses genre boundaries.”

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GHOST INCLUDED IN GRAMMY NOMINATIONS FOR BEST METAL PERFORMANCE

November 11, 2023 carinadarkart Leave a comment

GHOST has notched yet another GRAMMY nomination.

Come February 4, 2024, Sweden’s foremost theatrical rock export will go up against the likes of Metallica, Slipknot, Disturbed and Spiritbox for Best Metal Performance at the 66th GRAMMY Awards. The nomination for the band’s faithful rendition of Iron Maiden’s “Phantom of the Opera” from its chart-topping PHANTOMIME covers EP, released in May 2023 via Loma Vista Recordings, is GHOST’s fifth overall—including a Best Metal Performance win for “Cirice” at the 58th GRAMMY Awards in 2016.

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Evanescence Release New Live Version Of ‘My Immortal’

November 10, 2023 carinadarkart Leave a comment

Evanescence has just launched a previously unreleased version of their majestic hit “My Immortal” which was recorded at London’s The O2 on November 14^th 2022. The single is certified gold in the US and platinum in Australia. In 2005, it received Grammy and MTV Video nominations for the haunting David Mould-directed video, which was filmed in black and white in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona.

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Tarja’s highly anticipated new album “Dark Christmas” is OUT NOW

November 10, 2023 carinadarkart Leave a comment

Today marks the release of Tarja’s brand-new Christmas album “Dark Christmas”. It is the highly anticipated sequel of her 2017 album “From Spirits and Ghosts (Score for a Dark Christmas)” and features haunted interpretations of classic Christmas hits and carols, as well as the brand-new Tarja original song “Dark Christmas”.

Utilizing the sound of a grand orchestra and the playfulness of a children’s choir, the Finnish solo artist once again perfectly blends her classically trained voice with darker gothic influences for a masterful cinematic eerie soundtrack the world’s most beloved Christmas tunes.

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