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Friday, August 7, 2020

SVEDERNA: Invisible Oranges debuts Swedish black metal act’s new track; album ‘Härd’ comes August-end via Carnal Records


Album Cover & Illustration: Björn Underek Lidberg


Hear Svederna’s Nordic black metal rooted track “Skuld och Vita Knogar” 


Värmland black metal troop Svederna reveals the third and the final single, “Skuld och Vita Knogar,” from the forthcoming album, Härd.

Svederna offers on the track:
“‘Skuld och Vita Knogar’ is a classic Scandinavian black metal rooted track, with hints of Nordic folk melodies alongside eruptions of intense, dark brutality, yet still varied and unpredictable. This is paired with haunting lyrics, making the track a pitch-black sensation from the album to come.”

Debuted at Invisible Oranges, this track will be available on all digital platforms this Friday (August 07
th).

Stream the track AT THIS LOCATION.

Sample the previously released singles “Tempelhärd” HERE and “Folkets Blod” HERE.

The sophomore album, Härd, is slated for its worldwide CD & digital release on August 28
th via Carnal Records, with a vinyl release planned later this year. Pre-order the album RIGHT HERE. 


Svederna’s forthcoming opus, Härd, consists of ten blistering tracks of supreme black metal performed with their fierce blend of raw aggression and strong melodies. As always, the almighty riff is the main focal point, each one exceeded by the next one creating an overwhelming metal meltdown. The album title, translated to English as ‘Hearth,’ symbolically stands for a sacred place where everything melts and only the truth remains.

For the third time, recording and production took place in the remote wilderness of their native Värmland, Sweden, with longtime collaborator Lars Robin Larsson Asp. The album was nailed during one week in February of 2020 with the paragon of keeping an organic, raw, and clear sound, letting the songs speak for themselves with a sense of urgency and vitality.

With the addition of permanent bass player Simon Frödeberg Karlin, Svederna has come full circle with four instrumentalists writing and performing at the peak of their competence in a group effort. Created with a sense of timelessness and this strong core as an outset, Härd is a result of dedication and conviction, taking the band and its music to new musical plains. While expanding deeper into the black metal foundation the band wields steep, unpredictable, and spellbinding song arrangements with a mind-bending effect, locking the audience to the wall of sound.

At the forefront, eagerly pacing, is the distraught voice of dire desperation, adding a solemn layer with harsh lyrical themes that deal with the imminent fall of the world around us and the necessity for a return to a natural way of life.

For More Info:

- Svederna -
http://www.svederna.se
https://www.facebook.com/svederna.garde
https://svederna.bandcamp.com

- Carnal Records -
http://www.carnalrecords.com
https://www.facebook.com/Carnalrecords.sweden
https://www.instagram.com/carnalrecords
https://carnalrecords.bandcamp.com

VASSAFOR stream new IRON BONEHEAD album at "Decibel" magazine's website


Today, black/death/doom titans Vassafor stream the entirety of their highly anticipated third album, To the Death, at Decibel magazine's website. Set for international release on August 7th via Iron Bonehead Productions, hear Vassafor's To the Death in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Vassafor should need no introduction. For the past decade and a half, since the band's reactivation with their Demo II in 2005, this New Zealand cult have patiently plied their idiosyncratic craft, pushing the boundaries of black and death metal ever further whilst driving deep into each's collective core. Although some will argue that they reached their apotheosis with 2012's debut album, Obsidian Complex - a true, two-disc double album - Vassafor played their most daring hand with respective split LPs with comrades Sinistrous Diabolus and Temple Nightside (both released by Iron Bonehead in 2014 and 2015, respectively). In miniature, these works amplified the simultaneously world-eating/ethereal textures that lay at the heart of the Vassafor aesthetic. After an intense two years in the shadows, their grandest work so far was revealed: Malediction, released in October 2017 on vinyl and cassette via Iron Bonehead. Vassafor continued to cement their legend...

Vassafor are not ones for half-measures. For them, their spirituality is Satanic and absolute: no compromise, no quarter. Thus, with the aptly titled To the Death do Vassafor render their most direct statement yet, yet one also imbued with a lurking strangeness that's entirely their own. At once submerging into the murkiest depths of the underground from whence they sprang, in other senses smothering those senses with a serpentine flow that's stultifying to behold, the seven sonic incantations comprising the 66-minute To the Death prove that the duo indeed are ever able to conjure horrifying new shapes stitched from the fabric of the ancients. Not for nothing is this third full-length titled as such: To the Death bespeaks Vassafor's own path - theirs, and theirs literally ALONE - that is verily "Archaic Black Metal that exists outside time." Any band would kill to write songs as mesmerizing 'n' monolithic as the opening 12-minute title track, or the ten-minute self-explanatory "Eyrie," or especially the 17-minute, likewise self-explanatory closer "Singularity"...and that's barely half the album.

Vassafor exist on their own terms, and we can only help but bear witness to their black magick. To the Death is a statement of intent, a world unto itself, and so much more: bow, enter, die.

Fully bow/enter/DIE exclusively HERE, courtesy of Decibel, North America's only monthly metal magazine. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:
 
Tracklisting for Vassafor's To the Death
1. To the Death [12:03]
2. Egregore Rising [7:36]
3. Eyrie [10:35]
4. Black Talon [2:13]
5. The Burning íthyr [9:17]
6. Emanations from the Abyss [6:13]
7. Singularity [17:56]




MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/vassafor

 

www.facebook.com/IronBoneheadProductions

SPACE OF VARIATIONS Releases Animated Video for “Room 57”

Modern Metal Sensation SPACE OF VARIATIONS 
Releases Animated Video for “Room 57” | Watch NOW

Track Featured on Latest EP, XXXXX,
Out Now via Napalm Records | Order HERE
[photo credit: Artem Pronov]

“Distorted mind is full of lies. But all these shapes are so mesmerizing. I was drowning more and more into my irrational fictional world. Devil and God were there as different shapes of reality. Everyone goes through their agony. I went through mine in the ‘Room 57’.” - Lead Singer Dima Flo

With their latest EP XXXXX, released via Napalm Records earlier this year, modern metal sensation SPACE OF VARIATIONS have proven that they are no longer an underground band and won’t fly under the radar. Today, the Ukrainian powerhouse takes it one step further and showcases their new animated work for the XXXXX EP track Room 57” 

With their newest offering, SPACE OF VARIATIONS underlines the pure passion for their sonically-palpable creativity and artful audio-visuals. Filming and directing most of their own videos wasn’t enough – the cartoon-inspired music video is made from more than three thousand images hand-painted by guitarist/vocalist Alex, with post-production by drummer Tima, himself. Room 57 offers an artistic place of expression for the characters of their own universe. 
SPACE OF VARIATIONS on “Room 57”:
“During these hard times when it seems the whole world is going crazy, we as a band have found ourselves in not the best position. Tours and festivals got canceled. We could not even shoot a video without violating quarantine. Then we remembered the old idea of creating a hand-drawn animation. We started looking for someone to bring our ideas to life. Yet, it did not take long to realize that we were the ones to do it best. Our guitarist/vocalist Alex took on the whole animation part, while our drummer Tima was all about post-production. The truth was born in meetings and discussions."

The music video itself mirrors a whole enigma filled with metaphors, elaborate images and symbolism. Fall into a rabbit hole with SPACE OF VARIATIONS and meet them behind closed doors.
Watch the animated video for “Room 57” HERE:
Order their latest EP XXXXX HERE!
SPACE OF VARIATIONS explores vast sonic landscapes and emotions, captivating each listener with all-encompassing and everchanging moods - musically as well as lyrically - whether they be brutal and uncompromising or emotive and comforting, Their recent EP, XXXXX, out now, as well as the live video to “Slowmo”, only confirm the group’s position in the modern metal scene, convincingly framing the level of texts with technical instrumentals and skillfully incorporated electronic details.
SPACE OF VARIATIONS will be touring in support of their current EP XXXXX:
 
SPACE OF VARIATIONS
w/MOTANKA, EPOLETS

Kaifainemo Tour 2020

11.08.20 UA - RIVNE - Aivengo
12.08.20 UA - LUTSK - Misteria/Adrenalin City
13.08.20 UA - LVIV - Zuzu Beach Club
15.08.20 UA - IVANO-FRANKIVSK - Trio
16.08.20 UA - TERNOPIL - Chumatskyi Shliah
18.08.20 UA - KHMELNYTSKYI - Dacha
19.08.20 UA - VINNYTSIA - Kolos
21.08.20 UA - ODESSA - True Man Hot Boat
22.08.20 UA - MYKOLAIV - Ushuaia
23.08.20 UA - ZAPORIZHZHIA - Manufacture Rosental
25.08.20 UA - DNIPRO - Transit Motel
26.08.20 UA - KHARKIV - Mechanika
28.08.20 UA - KYIV - X-Park/Nestoinameste House
30.08.20 UA - CHERKASY - Dakhnivska Sitch
Watch the latest videos here...
"Razorblade" 
live video
"Perfect Enemy"
live video
"Slowmo" 
music video
"Razorblade"
music video
SPACE OF VARIATIONS are:
Dima Kozhuhar - Vocals
Alex Zatserkovny - Guitar/vocals
Anton Kasatkin - Bass
Tima Kasatkin - Drums
Connect with SPACE OF VARIATIONS:
BANDCAMP
FACEBOOK
INSTAGRAM
NAPALM RECORDS 

Wings of Destiny Sign With Wormholedeath & Announce New Album “Ballads”!

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Power metal combo Wings of Destiny are proud to sign with Wormholedeath a deal for the distribution of their 5th album “Ballads”.

The band stated : «We are very happy to form part of the Wormholedeath family and do our new release «Ballads» with the exceptional team of professionals who are exactly what we need right now for our band. We sure will continue to be MRR artist for our past works and expect to grow with WHD, getting our music to our fans all around the globe. The band has its history and we are absolutely sure that we will build the future with WHD into something even greater and special. So rock on and stay tuned for all that`s coming.»

“Ballads” is a 12 tracks power metal masterpiece and it will be released on 04 09 2020 via Wormholedeath / The Orchard.
Cover & Tracklisting
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1. Live Again (feat. Marco Garau & Ivan Giannini)
2. Under the Moon (feat. Mike Vescera)
3. One more Lie (feat. Victor Smolski)
4. Time Will Tell
5. Here we Go (feat. Chemel Neme)
6. Forever (feat. Timo Tolkki) (Stratovarius Cover)
7. Winter Dreams
8. Eye of the Storm (re-mastered) [originally from «Kings of Terror» album]
9. Wake me Up (feat. Henning Basse), orchestral version [originally from «Revelations» album]
10. Siren`s song (re-mastered) [originally from «Kings of Terror» album]
11. Speed of Light - (Stratovarius Cover) (bonus track) 

                                         SPECIAL GUESTS on the Album «BALLADS»: 
Marco Garau (keyboard player Magic Opera & Derdian); Ivan Giannini (vocalist of Vision Divine & Derdian), Mike Vescera (vocalist of Animetal USA, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen & Loudness), Victor Smolski (guitar player of ex-RAGE, Almanac), Timo Tolkki (ex-Stratovariusl, Timo tolkki´s Avalon), Henning Basse (vocalist - ex-Mayan, ex-Firewind, ex-Metallium), Chemel Neme (vocalist ex-Black Sun), additional guest appearance of Rebecca Malavassi, opera singer in Siren´s song

The band have 2 videos to introduce their new full-lenght album :
"Forever" feat. Timo Tolkki (ex member from Stratovarius)
Filmed & Directed by Sasha Stone

"Under the Moon" Feat. Mike Vescera (official video)
Filmed & Directed by: Carlos Guadamuz (Guarlos Vargas)

                                                                   
                                                                 BIOGRAPHY
Wings of Destiny is a Power Metal band originally from Costa Rica, founded at the end of the year 2013, influenced by such bands as Helloween, Rhapsody of Fire, Angra and Symphony X; nevertheless through the time the band managed to develop a very particular and recognizable sound creating a cult following among fans all around the world. Wings of Destiny was originally called only "Destiny", but due to the existence of another band of the same name [band from Sweden], decided to change its name to Wings of Destiny [known, also, as WOD] in the year 2014.
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Wings of Destiny are:
Anton Darusso (Vocals & Keyboards)
Andrés Castro (Guitars)
Cristian "Mythos" Jiménez (Guitars)
Emil Minott (Bass)
Horacio París Kofoed (Drums)

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