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Watch: ‘Pyramind’ by Ufomammut

Posted: 14 April 2022 in Recommended Streams and Videos
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As Italian masters of heavy psychedelia Ufomammut prepare to release their ninth full-length album, Fenice, through Neurot Recordings in early May, they have just shared a video for ‘Pyramind’.

For more than two decades, Ufomammut has combined the heaviness and majesty of dynamic riff worship with a nuanced understanding of psychedelic tradition and history in music, creating a cosmic, futuristic, and technicolour sound destined for absolute immersion. Fenice, “phoenix” in Italian, represents endless rebirth and the ability to start again after everything seems doomed. The album is the first recording with new drummer Levre joining Poia and Urlo, marking a new chapter in the band’s history and unveiling a more intimate, free sound for the group.

The second single from Fenice, ‘Pyramind’ is delivered through a visualiser filmed in a scenic rural setting in Italy. Guitarist Poia reveals, “To choose a single track from Fenice isn’t easy, because the songs are long and linked together, and the flow results are incomplete. But we think that ‘Pyramind’ represents in a very clear way Ufomammut’s two-souls attitude: the heaviness melted down with psychedelia.”

Watch the video here:

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LIVE DATES:

07.05.22 – Alessandria (IT), Laboratorio Sociale – Album release party
14.05.22 – Mezzago (IT), Bloom
24.05.22 – Vienna (AT), Arena
25.05.22 – Karlsruhe (DE), Dudefest
26.05.22 – Bremen (DE), Tower
27.05.22 – Ghent (BE), Dunk!festival
28.05.22 – Groningen (NL), Vera
29.05.22 – Berlin (DE), Desertfest
30.05.22 – Dresden (DE), Chemiefabrik
31.05.22 – Salzburg (AT), Rockhouse
10.06.22 – Munich (DE), 17 Years Sound of Liberation Festival
11.06.22 – Piacenza (IT), Desert Fox Festival
24.06.22 – Wiesbaden (DE), 17 Years Sound of Liberation – Official Festival Warmup
26.06.22 – Clisson (FR), Hellfest
18.08.22 – Pescara (IT), Frantic Festival

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Photo by Francesca De Franceschi Manzoni.

Listen: ‘Jukebox’ by Nothingheads

Posted: 13 April 2022 in Recommended Streams and Videos
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London based doomy post-punk band Nothingheads unleash the lead single Jukebox as part of their upcoming Digging EP, to be released digitally via London based Holy Dotage Records (Spizzenergi, Voodoo Radio) and as a limited edition tape cassette via Just Step Sideways (Beige Banquet, Civil Partnership, Tommy Cossack).

Propelled by a disco beat and rolling bassline, Jukebox’s energetic and compelling mix was captured by producer Chris Smith and recorded at Press Play Studios In Bermondsey, South London.

Nothingheads say “Jukebox is about retreating into a ‘doom cave’, tuning out and turning it up”.

Formed through a shared love for the capital’s DIY music scene, Nothingheads songs draw no boundaries – no subject is too confusing, no sound too eclectic. The band write collaboratively, harnessing the noise and energy that comes from playing together.

Nothingheads are Rob Fairey (vox / guitar), Matt Holt (bass / synths), Ed Simpson (guitar) & Joe Zain (drums). They’ve been described as ‘creepy post-punk doom and gloom from a basement’ by Turn Up The Volume and ‘part metallica, part punk, part psychedelia’ by Play It Loud UK. Having previously supported Japanese Television, Ugly and DeafDeafDeaf, the band have recently headlining both The Victoria Dalston and Shoreditch’s Jaguar.

Listen to ‘Jukebox’ here (click image to play):

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Upcoming shows:

May 1st – Get Together Festival (Sheffield)

May 5th – Old Blue Last (London)

May 7th – Hanwell Hootie Festival (West London)

Jul 23rd – Tramlines In The City (Sheffield)

Watch: ‘The Devil Smiles’ by Supreme Unbeing

Posted: 12 April 2022 in Recommended Streams and Videos
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SUPREME UNBEING is a mysterious 5-piece metal band led by vocalist/prophet Zac Red, with his fellow prophets D.Vine (Lead Guitar), D.Sciple (Rhythm Guitar), Unknown (Bass) and Al Mytee (Drums). Although the band just recently transformed from animated characters into real flesh and blood entities, their impact has been felt in the physical domain since the release (October 2020) of their debut full-length album Enter Reality which garnered an 8/10 rating in Metal Hammer (Greece) and a 3rd place in “Album of the Year 2020” according to the readers of Sweden Rock Magazine, amongst other noteworthy accomplishments such landing Spotify Editorial Playlist placements on Thrashers and New Metal Tracks, and combining a staggering +10 million digital and video streams since their debut.

With all the success, the bands greed has started to grow even further, to the point that they recently sold their souls to the Devil in order to reach a broader audience. The Devil betrayed the band (to no one’s surprise!) and left the band to rot in their own greed until today, April 1, 2022, when the band released their fourth, devil-fooling, single – ‘The Devil Smiles’ – from their upcoming, second, full-length album Enduring Physicality (to be released 5.5.22).

“As the population is ever-increasing, people grow up, and behave as lifeless puppets programmed to think and act in a certain pre-disposed way thinking that publicly recognized success is the aim of their lives. Yes, we all long for success, and everyone can reach their success. But there is no easy way to success, you have to work hard, be focused, and dedicated to your cause, if you want that spotlight to shine on yourself, and bask in the perceived glory of success. Some people try to cheat their way in life, cheat their way to success. How far will you go to reach your success? Will you make the Devil smile?” Says Zac Red

Following the success of previous singles ‘Savior’ (Feb 25, 2022), ‘Hide The Beast’ (Nov 26, 2021) &’ Face Of Evil’ (Oct 22, 2021), which already have combined +3 million views on Youtube, since their respective release dates, Supreme Unbeing continues to challenge you to not only enjoy music by singing and dancing along in an ignorant bliss, but to also study the lyrics closely to raise your level of self-awareness. With Swedish actor Dragomir Mrsic (known from Snabba Cash, and Edge Of Tomorrow co-starred along Tom Cruise) continuing to portray different characters in the “mini-series” that the Supreme Unbeing music videos are leading to, he is joined this time by Swedish MMA-fighters Samuel Ericsson & Camila Rivarola who will be trying to give the other a pounding to avoid the flames of hell.

Watch ‘The Devil Smiles’ here:

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Watch: ‘Mountain’ by OU

Posted: 11 April 2022 in Recommended Streams and Videos
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Progressive metal quartet OU (pronunciation: “O”) will be releasing their debut album ‘one’ on 6th May 2022 on InsideOutMusic. The band recently released the explosive first single “Travel” and now are excited to share the album’s second single titled “Mountain.”

You can watch the video here:

Drummer Anthony Vanacore says this about the new song:

“Mountain is absolutely one of our favorite tracks on the album, we are so proud of how this song came out! I think it really captures the spirit of OU and I’m pretty sure you’ve never heard anything quite like it.”

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Listen: ‘Take it to the Grave’ by Joyfultalk

Posted: 10 April 2022 in Recommended Streams and Videos
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Composer/producer Jay Crocker turns to exuberant noise-tinged polychrome electronic avant-jazz on his third JOYFULTALK album for Constellation.

Crocker revisits his early musical years as a jazz/improv guitarist in Calgary’s out-music scene of the 2000s, laying down new licks on Familiar Science alongside bass, synth, midi sequencing and stacked wordless vocals, while splicing and dicing additional guest recordings.

Features a virtual combo with contributions from percussionists Eric Hamelin (Ghostkeeper, Chad Vangaalen) and Chris Dadge (Lab Coast, Alvvays), horns and flutes from Nicola Miller (Ryan Driver, Doug Tielli) and archival tape of the late Calgary saxophonist-iconoclast Dan Meichel.

Listen to ‘Take it to the Grave’ here:

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Watch: ‘I Am The Night’ by I Am The Night

Posted: 9 April 2022 in Recommended Streams and Videos
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Behold! I Am The Night release a new music video from their debut album released this coming May on Svart Records.

The new band featuring Finnish metal scene legends opens an ancient chasm of Black Metal, born of an epic tradition.

Rising from the deep valleys of Kymi in southernmost Finland, I Am The Night is Black Metal rooted in the classic early 90’s tradition, where walls of guitars and synthesizers raise the forces of darkness in a battle against the heavens and burning angels light up the night sky.

The band’s debut full length album, with cover art by scene legend Necrolord, bears the title While The Gods Are Sleeping and shall be released on May 6th, 2022. The record was birthed during the heaviest blizzard Finland had seen in years in the winter of 2021, with the band holed up at the Soundspiral Audio studio during the height of the pandemic.” On new single, ‘I Am The Night’ the band comment,

”We had a certain 90’s video in our mind when we gave Jari Heino instructions to create this one. This is his modern take on that classic, and the way we wanted it to look. The song itself is a swing of a morning star to one’s head. Aggressive and harsh, but still the melodic aspects can be found. Listen and wander into the night.”

Watch the video now:

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Watch: ‘Tripping Up The Stairs’ by Helms Alee

Posted: 8 April 2022 in Recommended Streams and Videos
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Seattle three-piece Helms Alee announced a new album Keep This Be The Way for April 29th via Sargent House earlier this month and today they’re back with the final single before it’s release.

‘Tripping Up The Stairs’ pits nightmarish synths against a barrage of distortion and is accompanied with an Apocalypse Now meets Swamp Thing styled video focused on the concept of control. The director Ron Harrell notes:

"The idea that I wanted to convey when we set out filming the video was an uncomplicated yet visually compelling version of finding said control. To me it became as simple as floating at sea and finding sure footing on land. Helms Alee has a pretty hydrous identity as it is, so incorporating that part came naturally. I had an initial cut of the video that was a little cleaner and realistic, visually speaking. The band saw it and, what I heard them say was “that’s great, now fuck it up”. So I fucked it up and this is the result."

On the collaboration, the band says:

"Ron Harrell is one of our dearest friends, so it felt very easy and natural to be directed into vulnerable states by him. Having been by our side through most of the creation of our latest record via assisting with engineering, contributing thoughts and ideas, and generally being a friend to us, it made perfect sense to collaborate with him in this format. Photography and videography are natural ways that Ron expresses his love of life. That is made clear by the visual beauty of this video. He took a complicated feeling and created a weird fever dreamscape story to express that feeling. He applied his empathetic nature to incorporate the feelings/needs of the band while sculpting a story only he knew how to tell."

Watch the video here:

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Photo Credit: Ron Harrell

Watch: ‘Love in the Wreckage’ by Metamorph

Posted: 7 April 2022 in Recommended Streams and Videos
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“Witchy” goth rock band, METAMORPH recently unveiled their new single, ‘Love In The Wreckage.’ Not, sadly, an homage to JG Ballard, the song tells a story of life in today’s chaotic world. It’s a transmutation of the world’s chaos into love; a tale of light in the dark.

METAMORPH’s music has always been about change. 2021 was full of so much chaos and pain. METAMORPH’s Margot Day says: “There has been a strange undercurrent of joy in the madness. I found myself transforming this emotional intensity into a spiritual awakening. These new lyrics and melodies are pouring in like an avalanche.”

Check ‘Love in the Wreckage’ here:

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Watch: ‘Toni’ by Interpol

Posted: 7 April 2022 in Recommended Streams and Videos
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Well this has come out of nowhere: Interpol unveil a new song, ‘Toni’ with a video, while simultaneously announcing they’ve a new album, The Other Side of Make-Believe, out on Matador Records in 15th July 2022.

Check ‘Toni’ here:

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Watch: ‘Marry the Night’ by GHXST

Posted: 5 April 2022 in Recommended Streams and Videos
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Having announced their debut album Admire last month with first single ‘Pls, You Must Be a Dream’, LA-based noise duo GHXST has now shared new track ‘Marry The Night’.

‘Marry the Night’ is a love song for nights after hours spent walking through empty streets. The track opens with a lulling atmospheric loop that gradually opens into heavier spaces, with Shelley X’s signature delayed vocals echoing against drop-tuned guitars. Throughout, a drum machine pulses, like beats echoing from outside a Brooklyn warehouse. It’s gloomy listening, but the gloom is somehow warm and inviting. 

The video is a compilation of stories shot on iPhone by friends of the band. Scenes jump from New York to New Orleans to Palau to Los Angeles. There’s no narrative, but the moody, b&w scenes feel like flipping through someone’s lost memories from an endless day.

Watch the video here:

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