BARATHRUM "Legions of Perkele" CD 1998 ("In most of processes in the grimoires, Demons are subordinate to the magician, Or can be subordinated. But there is another group of rituals in which the force of evil is master and worshipped. Those connected with the pact with the devil, The witches' sabbat and black mass.")
"Castle stands on the islands of stone
It is surrounded by dark waters
Centuries on its place
For centuries more it shall do the same
It's history so cruel
The fort was cursed by eerie doom
There's a witch enclosed into the wall
No one knows exact place where
There's a tree on the wall
More than thirty feel tall
It is said it's roots
Grew from the heart of sorceress
Every night she haunts
On the corridors of fort
Her restless soul
Wanders in those huge halls
Autumn long time ago
The colossal stone fort
Inside that dark walled castle
Beautiful young female dwelt
Dark sorceress, daughter of the castle lord
Dark sorceress, worshipper of the Ramlord
Dark witch used black magic
Gestic magic in the war
In was against warriors
Wielders of the curved sabres
Dark sorceress, daughter of the castle lord
Dark sorceress, worshipper of the Ramlord
Another stormy night during that autumn of fights
The enemy broke the gates and came with their sharp blades
Sorceress casted the spell to protect the castle
She performed her rite against intruders with sabres
Sky turned to dark
The sorceress draw the mark
Mark of the Ramlord in the air
Strongest thunderstorm was created
Lightnings everywhere
Electricity in the air
Lightning casted the shadows
Of the Ramlord onto the wall
Enemy saw that shape
And because of that they escaped
The shadow of the Ramlord
On the wall of black powered fort
(Behold) dark sorceress, daughter of the castle lord
(Hark) dark sorceress, worshipper of the Ramlord...!"
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SAINT ASONIA Announce New “Extrovert” EP + Share “Wolf”
SAINT ASONIA Announce New “Extrovert” EP + Share “Wolf”
SAINT ASONIA ANNOUNCE ‘EXTROVERT’ EP
SIX-SONG EP ARRIVES NOVEMBER 18 VIA SPINEFARM
+ FOLLOWS THIS SUMMER’S ‘INTROVERT’ EP
BAND SHARES “WOLF” VISUALIZER
Hard rock juggernaut Saint Asonia, featuring former Three Days Grace front man Adam Gontier and Staind guitarist/founding member Mike Mushok, have announced their second EP of the year.
The six-song ‘Extrovert’ EP will arrive on November 18…
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Dayseeker share "Dreamstate" visualizer
Band: DayseekerSong: “Dreamstate”Album: Dark SunRelease Date: November 4th, 2022Label: Spinefarm Records
Frontman Rory Rodriguez said of the track:
“‘Dreamstate’ is about my experiences in dreaming of my father, who passed last July and truly feeling like we were communicating while it was happening. It was a beautiful thing to experience on one hand… but also very heartbreaking and…
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Killing Joke announces a very special UK show at the Royal Albert Hall on March 12th 2023
Killing Joke announces a very special UK show at the Royal Albert Hall on March 12th 2023
Killing Joke is proud to announce ‘Killing Joke – Follow The Leaders’, a very special UK show at the Royal Albert Hall on March 12th 2023.
Killing Joke will be performing their first two albums in their entirety; 1980’s self-titled debut album followed by their second album “What’s This For…!”
“We are living in the most dangerous period in human history in which extinction from nuclear war…
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Diablo Swing Orchestra – Pacifisticuffs CD Kritik
Diablo Swing Orchestra – Pacifisticuffs CD Kritik
Mit “Pacifisticuffs” erschien am 8. Dezember 2017 das bisher letzte Album der schwedischen Band Diablo Swing Orchestra und das erste mit der neuen Sängerin Kristin Evegård und Schlagzeuger Johan Norbäck. In alter Tradition vereint die Gruppe auf diesem Longplayer Heavy Metal, Rock, Swing, klassisches Einflüsse wie Jazz, Bluegrass, Disco, Folk, Gospel, Blues, Tango und Latin. Außerdem wurde der…
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Dayseeker - Dark Sun
After a certain point in their careers, a lot of metalcore bands run into a crossroads -- they can either make the same album over and over again, and never evolve into anything more, or they can evolve past their metalcore roots and make an album that certainly alienate certain fans of the “older stuff.” That’s the unfortunate paradox that a lot of bands in that vein deal with; they can either remain stagnate and never change, ultimately being irrelevant, or they can change their sound, and attempt to grow, only for fans to hate it, because it doesn’t sound like the material they already like. You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t, because a lot of fans, especially heavy music fans, are very fickle, but I always applaud bands when they take a risk, even if it doesn’t work well with. Hell, I still applaud bands for sticking to their guns, too, because if they don’t sound tired or uninspired, they can truly make some great stuff. Two sides of the same coin can be applied to a couple of albums from this year, those being the new Devil Wears Prada album, Color Decay, and the new Miss May I album, Curse Of Existence. These are both bands that were very popular in the late-00s and early 2010s, but they’ve faded out of the spotlight since then, despite having loyal fanbases that still listen to them and support them to this day. The Devil Wears Prada have moved away from their brand of brutal and heavy metalcore to more of a post-hardcore / metalcore meets hard-rock sound, and Color Decay is a great slice of that. It doesn’t sound like they only made the album to appease the “mainstream,” but because they wanted to genuinely evolve, and it works pretty well. On the other hand, Miss May I’s Curse Of Existence doesn’t sound anything different from their past material, but it sounds like they had a fire lit under their asses, because this record sounds vicious, heavy, and intense, as well as refreshing. It sounds nostalgic, but not in a pandering kind of way, just that they really had some inspiration.
In other words, it’s possible to make similar-sounding albums over and over, and it’s also possible to branch out, both without pandering to anyone in particular or sacrificing what makes you unique and good. Enter another metalcore band that’s slowly but surely been going down the hard-rock / alt-rock pipeline, and that’s Dayseeker. These guys have been around for the last decade, but they’ve only gotten recognition within the last seven years with their second album, 2015′s Origin. I remember listening to them when that album came out, and it was this cool mix of post-hardcore, metalcore, electronic, and a bit of prog-rock, but it was a lot. They’ve slowly made their sound more accessible, and their last LP, 2019′s Sleeptalk was a really good and catchy album that combined post-hardcore, electronic music, hard-rock, and alt-rock for a really compelling, rather unique, and interesting album showcased them in a very good spot. They were going the way of Issues, who are a band that was very unique from the get-go, but they slowly incorporated more outside influences from metalcore, including funk, R&B, and hip-hop. Dayseeker has kind of done that, too, including some bits of pieces of R&B, but they went more into the pop-rock, electronic, and hard-rock spheres. I’ve been excited for their new album, Dark Sun, because I didn’t really know what to expect with it. If it was anything like Sleeptalk, I’d absolutely love it. That was one of my favorite albums of 2019, and it was interesting, because of their experimentation. It showed how well that can work, but I don’t know if I really like Dark Sun that much, at least as much as Sleeptalk, anyway.
This album gives me a lot of mixed feelings, and part of why I brought up metalcore bands eventually coming to that crossroads later in their careers is because Dayseeker does that same thing, and it’s really come to fruition here. They’ve definitely strayed from the heavy sounds of their first few albums, but Dark Sun is more or less a hard-rock / pop-rock album with a little bit of post-hardcore thrown in. Sleeptalk had a handful of heavier moments, too, but it was still rooted in that post-hardcore sound, especially with its guitarwork, whereas this moves way more into hard-rock territory. Thankfully, though, it’s not the butt-rock type that you’re thinking. They have an electronic and R&B edge to their sound, even still, that makes them stick out a little bit, so this album doesn’t become a generic butt-rock fest, but it’s definitely not as unique as their earlier work. With that said, this band’s main weapon has always been vocalist and lyricist Rory Rodriguez. He’s one of the best post-hardcore / rock vocalists that I’ve heard in a long time, and even on their earlier work, he stuck out like a sore thumb. He’s not as good as some of the other heavyweights in the genre, such as Tyler Carter, Jonny Craig, Tilian Pearson, Kurt Travis, and all of those guys, but he’s got a nice voice, and his lyrics are top notch. He has such a way with words, and even on this record, the lyrics are fantastic. His voice is very well-suited for this kind of music, too, especially on tracks with a more prominent pop and electronic feel. If there’s one reason to listen to this album, it’s for his voice, and for his lyrics. It’s kind of the same reason why I really liked the new Fit For A King album, The Hell We Create, because vocalist Ryan Kirby gave us the best vocal performance I’ve heard from him, and his lyrics are some of the most personal I’ve heard from him, too, and the same can be said here.
I just wish the music itself was better, and while I said that this album is still kind of unique, some songs just don’t do anything for me. It could be that the album’s sound of mixing hard-rock, pop-rock, and electronic kind of runs together, and some songs are just super bland, especially if you take out Rodriguez’s vocals. I feel like this album wouldn’t work as well as it does without his vocals, because this just sounds like a generic hard-rock / pop-rock album without it. To be fair, this isn’t bland butt-rock, either, and I’ll take this kind of hard-rock over that, but some songs are just so boring, it’s hard for me to stay invested. A few songs are great, and for the most part, the album’s pretty good, so I’d say that their shift into a more accessible band has been successful, for the most part, but it’s not quite as good as their earlier material, especially Sleeptalk. Sleeptalk is where the band perfectly got the balance of being heavy and catchy. This one is definitely more on the catchier side, and that’s fine, but they sacrifice some of their uniqueness on here. I might give it a few more listens, just to see if the album grows on me any more, but it just hasn’t grown on me that much from my first listen. I enjoy it, but something just feels “off” about it. It’s a good album, and it sounds great, it’s produced well, but the music itself is just kind of boring and bland, especially for Dayseeker, who were one of the more unique and interesting bands of the genre. They were one of the bands that got me into back into metalcore in the late 2010s, because I had stopped listening to it, since a lot of it became very bland and uninspired, but those guys were doing something unique and interesting. Dark Sun is a good album, and it’s worth hearing if you’ve never listened to this band before; you wouldn’t have anything to compare this to, and if you look at it on its own, it’s good, but there’s something missing from it that I can’t put my finger on.
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BARATHRUM "Venomous" CD 2002 (Heil Sova !)
1. Witchmaster
2. Sinister Autumn
3. Hills of the Nurn
4. Black Flames and Blood
5. Lusifer
6. Would you Sleep with the Demon
7. Soaring up from Hell
8. Black Death
9. Gloomy Fallen Angel
10. Venomous
"From the ruins of once so great realm
We rise for the new millenium of the strong
Bold and brave warriors to wield steel of old
To bring ancient glory once more to unfold !
Symbol of sixmillion
Monument of devastation
The broud bearers of the broken armed cross
Marching over fields and Alien Gods
A mountain of skulls to tell the story
Their victims united to witness his glory !
Marching hordes on the hill of the Nurn
I hope they all in their graves they turn !
In torchlit rows through the Jetblack night
Warriors of dark holocaust's bride ?"
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SLEEP TOKEN ANNOUNCE RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL PERFORMANCE SET FOR MAY 22, 2024
LISTEN TO “TAKE ME BACK TO EDEN” ALBUM
SLEEP TOKEN ANNOUNCE RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL PERFORMANCE SET FOR MAY 22, 2024
Come May 22, New York City shall gather in Worship at the esteemed Radio City Music Hall for an exclusive Sleep Token performance.
Those wishing to attend may register their interest at http://www.teethofgod.com to obtain their unique access code, in preparation for the exclusive…
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Album Review: Crown Lands - Fearless (Spinefarm Records/Universal Music)
The word you’re looking for, to describe this album, is ‘stunning’.
Juno Award-winning, powerhouse rock duo Crown Lands – Cody Bowles (vocals and drums) and Kevin Comeau (guitar, bass, and keys) – will release their sophomore studio album Fearless on March 31st through Spinefarm /Universal Music Canada.
Opening their new record with one of the ballsiest moves possible, Crown Lands introduce listeners to Fearless with Starlifter: Fearless Pt. II. An 18+ minute…
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