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UTOPIA SHARE VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE & ALBUM TITLE TRACK ’SHAME’

January 25, 2024 carinadarkart Leave a comment

Building upon their debut album ‘Stalker’, released in 2021 and named after the 1979 Tarkovsky film, UTOPIA have upped their game for their second release ‘Shame’.

Their debut album, put together during the pandemic with guest musicians, featured the extreme drumming talents of Billy Rymer (The Dillinger Escape Plan), Baard Kolstad (Leprous), Lee Fisher (Fawn Limbs), Si Blakelock (Tangaroa) and Simon Peter King. Now featuring a fixed lineup, the original members of John Bailey on guitars, Chris Reese (Corrupt Moral Altar) on vocals and Arran McSporran (Virvum/Vipassi) on fretless bass are now joined by Jay Walsh on drums and a second guitarist in Jimmy Wilson.

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ANCIENT SETTLERS release their new video for single ‘Into The Depths I Ride’, out now on Crusader Records

December 1, 2021 carinadarkart Leave a comment

ANCIENT SETTLERS release their new video for single ‘Into The Depths I Ride’, out now on Crusader Records.

Check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuD4xF0Bv3c

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MESHUGGAH Enter Sweetspot Studios For New Record + Announce Return Of Fredrik Thordendal

March 25, 2021 carinadarkart Leave a comment

Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers MESHUGGAH have entered Sweetspot Studios in Sweden to record their ninth studio album and follow-up to their highly acclaimed and Grammy Nominated album, The Violent Sleep Of Reason.

The band comments, “Things are happening. As some of you figured out we have entered Sweetspot Studios and have begun recording a new album. ::Spoiler:: There will be distortion and kicks.

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MESHUGGAH Announce European Tour for 2021

December 16, 2020 carinadarkart Leave a comment

Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers MESHUGGAH are proud to announce their European tour dates for November and December 2021. The band is currently working on the successor of “The Violent Sleep Of Reason”, which was released four years ago. MESHUGGAH will kick-off the European part of the tour on November, 19th in Vienna.
Special guest (except for the Oberhausen Show) will be Swiss/American Post Black Metal act ZEAL & ARDOR.
On top of that, MESHUGGAH annouce a London show for June 3rd, 2022 at the legendary “Royal Albert Hall”!

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DECAPITATED re-sign with Nuclear Blast + new music coming soon

September 28, 2020 carinadarkart Leave a comment

After more than ten years of successfully working together, NUCLEAR BLAST is proud to announce that Polish tech death masters DECAPITATED have decided to refresh their bond and have re-signed their contract for another era of extreme metal for the Germany based metal label. The band also hints that new music will be coming in the near future.

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Prog/Ambient Metallers ‘Vrona’ announce two new tracks & the addition of a vocalist

October 12, 2017 carinadarkart Leave a comment

unnamed (25) — Photo Credit: Greig Clifford

Within a year of their inception, Vrona had already performed at Bloodstock and Mammothfest, and shared stages with the likes of Dorje, Cambion, The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing and more. Their first EP ‘A Lapse In Time’ released in early 2016 gained them critical acclaim with their instrumental offerings being compared to a vocal-less mix of Karnivool, TesseracT and Tool.

2017 sees a marked change in the band as they release two new tracks on October 25th and unveil a new twist to their ever evolving sound – the introduction of vocalist Jamie Ball.

The two track release entitled ‘Impermanence’ still showcases Vrona‘s brand of progressive ambient metal. However, the addition of vocals, and the acceptance of more outside influences into their melting pot shows that the band are not afraid to change things up.

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