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MISERY INDEX LAUNCH NEW SINGLE ‘THE EATERS AND THE EATEN’ + PRE-ORDER FOR UPCOMING NEW ALBUM ‘COMPLETE CONTROL’ STARTS TODAY! VIA CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS Two decades into their venerable careers, Baltimore Death Metal savants MISERY INDEX are back with their new record, “Complete Control”, to be released worldwide via Century Media Records on May 13th, 2022. Today, MISERY INDEX are launching a first single off “Complete Control” with the track “The Eaters and the Eaten”. Check it out in a video-clip directed, filmed and edited by J.T. Ibanez here: https://youtu.be/gB9KcSTJtoE MISERY INDEX commented about the song as follows: “The Eaters and the Eaten” is the most straight- forward, blasting track on the album. It’s utterly relentless and…

WATCH  (credit: Cameron Nunez)   Platinum-certified Los Angeles quintet, Hollywood Undead return with their blazing new single “CHAOS,” produced by WZRD BLD (Lil Wayne, Bullet For My Valentine, Lil Peep). The track is among the heaviest to ever be released by the group, yet still combines dynamic elements of rap, hard rock, & alternative, in a way that is authentically Undead. The track offers the first glimpse of the band’s yet to be announced forthcoming album.   “‘Chaos’ is about getting to the end of the road, thinking you can finally rest, and realizing it’s not only more chaos, but that’s all there is ever gonna be. No rest for…

  DESERTED FEAR RELEASES NEW ALBUM ‘DOOMSDAY’ OUT MARCH 4TH 2022 VIA CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS Today German Melodic Death Metal force DESERTED FEAR release their brand-new album “Doomsday”. “Doomsday” was recorded, mixed and mastered by the band’s very own Fabian Hildebrandt at Eisensound Studio and “Doomsday” consists of two intro tracks and nine powerful melodic death songs with the following track-listing:   DESERTED FEAR – “Doomsday” (41:22):  1. Intro (01:22) 2. Part Of The End (05:46) 3. Idols Of Triumph (03:15) 4. Follow The Light That Blinds (03:45) 5. Fall From Grace (04:11) 6. At Its End (00:43) 7. Reborn Paradise (04:58) 8. The One Desire (04:27) 9. Call Of Emptiness (03:31) 10. Voices Of Fire (04:15) 11. Doomsday (05:09) The…

  Photo Credit: Venla Shalin   THE RASMUS are set to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin in May 2022! On Saturday night, The Rasmus were crowned the winner of Finland’s Eurovision selection contest, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), after delivering a knockout performance which won over both the international jury and Finnish public, earning the band a landslide victory with 310 points.  “We did it! We are so happy. It was a super tough competition, all the other songs were very good,” says vocalist Lauri Ylönen. “We were preparing so hard for this for six months. We are really taken and honored and we will be working like pigs to represent Finland in…

  BAD OMENS RELEASE THEIR HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM ‘THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND‘ OUT FEBRUARY 25TH 2022 VIA SUMERIAN RECORDS     Photo Credit – Oswaldo Cepeda Los Angeles-based rock sensation BAD OMENS have dropped their huge new album ‘THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND‘ (via Sumerian Records). Coinciding with today’s release is a live listening party streaming event set for 5PM GMT, featuring all four members answering questions and sharing stories about their best album yet. Pick up tickets HERE! Leading up to today, the band dropped a stunning visual stream for “The Grey” and previously shared music videos for the album title track “THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND“, “ARTIFICIAL SUICIDE” and “Like A Villain” which…

Texas prog-metal outfit OCEANS OF SLUMBER have released a new single, titled ‘The Waters Rising’. The haunting track is the first new offering from the band since the release of their 2020 self-titled album. Led by the soulful power of lead vocalist Cammie Gilbert, ‘The Waters Rising’ welcomes fans back into the world of OCEANS OF SLUMBER with more to come in due time. The song is accompanied by a music video, which can be seen here. Speaking about the new single, the band comments: “We’re at a point of clarity in a conversation we’ve been having with ourselves for a very long time. ‘Where do we go from here? What…

Today, Three Days Grace share “Neurotic (Ft Lukas Rossi),” the second song off their forthcoming album, EXPLOSIONS, which will be out on May 6th via Music For Nations. The new track originated as a collaboration between Neil Sanderson of the band and Lukas Rossi of Rockstar Supernova for the side project King City. “Neurotic (Ft Lukas Rossi)” finds Three Days Grace’s lead singer, Matt Walst, and Rossi dueting on this bludgeoning version teeming with nervous energy. “We added a Three Days Grace spin to it,” Matt reveals. “Lukas has a great voice, and we match up pretty well.” “Everything is about tension and release,” adds Neil. “It defines the record.”…