Diary Of A Rock Photographer

ICE NINE KILLS UNLEASH THEIR VALENTINE’S GIFT WITH NEW SINGLE ‘TAKE YOUR PICK‘ FEAT. CORPSEGRINDER TAKEN FROM THEIR HIT ALBUM “THE SILVER SCREAM 2: WELCOME TO HORRORWOOD“ VIA FEARLESS RECORDS Blood is red, veins are blue, ICE NINE KILLS have a (Bloody) Valentine’s gift for you. The overlords of Slashercore, ICE NINE KILLS, are celebrating the most romantic day of the year by delivering a special Valentine’s treat to their fans in the form of a gore-filled animated music video for their track “Take Your Pick” featuring Cannibal Corpse frontman, Corpsegrinder and inspired by infamous horror movie My Bloody Valentine. Watch the video HERE and stream the track HERE! Speaking on their new release, ICE NINE…

Today, Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD are releasing their newest studio album Synchro Anarchy via Century Media Records. In celebration of Synchro Anarchy, a new video clip created by Felipe Belalcazar / Mental Pictures for the album track ‘Sleeves Off’ can now be seen here: https://youtu.be/-4hDSNieOnA  VOIVOD vocalist and lyricist Denis “Snake” Bélanger checked in with the following comment about the track/video: “Here’s a cool clip from our friend Felipe Belalcazar. It’s a mixture of animation and live footage. The animation in the clip goes backwards, maybe in reference about the past when I had to make big decisions, as a teenager. Some were good, some were bad, but one thing…

Drop first single ‘The Abysmal Eye’  from their forthcoming new full-length “Immutable”, set for release on April 1st, 2022, via Atomic Fire + Album pre-order starts now HERE!   Mavericks. Pioneers. Unique. Immutable.   ‘The Abysmal Eye’ is the first taster single of Swedish extreme tech-metal pioneers Meshuggah! The song is taken from their upcoming ninth studio manifest, “Immutable”, released worldwide via Atomic Fire on April 1st, 2022!   Stream, download ‘The Abysmal Eye’ now here: https://meshuggah.afr.link/TheAbysmalEye   Recorded in Sweden’s “Sweetspot Studios”, their ninth full-length album “Immutable” is the follow-up to their highly acclaimed and Grammy-nominated album, “The Violent Sleep Of Reason”. This band blow minds for a living,…

THE RASMUS RELEASE NEW SINGLE AND EUROVISION ENTRY BID, ‘JEZEBEL’  LISTEN HERE | WATCH LYRIC VIDEO HERE BAND TO PERFORM SONG AND PARTICIPATE AT FINLAND’S UMK IN EUROVISION FINALIST 2022 BID Last week, multi-platinum selling Finnish rock band The Rasmus revealed they will compete in Finland’s annual Eurovision selection contest, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (The New Music Competition). The response from the media and the band’s fanbase following Wednesday’s announcement has been enormous, with The Rasmus peaking at #11 in the UK as a trending topic on Twitter and making national headlines in both the UK and in their native Finland, where the band were featured in all major media outlets,…

THE RASMUS ANNOUNCE EUROVISION COMPETITION ENTRY  & NEW SINGLE ‘JEZEBEL’  PRE-SAVE HERE BAND TO PERFORM TRACK AND PARTICIPATE AT FINLAND’S UMK IN EUROVISION FINALIST 2022 BID ANNOUNCE DEPARTURE OF FOUNDING GUITARIST, PAULI RANTASALMI & ARRIVAL OF NEW MEMBER EMPPU SUHONEN Photo Credit: Venla Shalin Multi-platinum selling Finnish rock band The Rasmus have revealed that they have entered Finland’s annual Eurovision selection contest, UMK, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (The New Music Competition). The band have also announced the release of their Eurovision entry bid and new single ‘Jezebel’ which will be available on 17th January 2022 via Playground Music. Pre-save it here.  ‘Jezebel’ was co-written and produced by Desmond Child, who collaborated with…

Between the several battlegrounds of WWI, there was no scene as hostile as the feared alpine front that involved a series of battles at the border between Austria-Hungary and Italy. High above in the alps, men would fight in the most extreme conditions to protect the borders. Today, these fights are infamously known as the so-called “White War”, where many soldiers froze to death or were buried by dangerous avalanches. Their dead bodies remain under the snow to this day. Today, Swedish metal war chroniclers SABATON open the history books again to present their new single ‘Soldier Of Heaven’, giving that overlooked chapter of WWI a voice, a tune and…

Northern metal giants AMORPHIS recently released ‘The Moon’, a beautifully haunting first taste of their forthcoming album Halo, set for release on February 11th, 2022 via Atomic Fire. To shorten the wait until the arrival of their second single, ‘On The Dark Waters’ (out January 28th), the band have announced a limited 7″ blue/white vinyl single of the same name, due out on the same day. The 7″ can be pre-ordered now, here. ‘On The Dark Waters’ (7″ Blue/White Vinyl Single) – Track Listing: Side A: On The Dark Waters Side B: We Accursed (live) In addition, AMORPHIS have launched the first episode of a documentary giving insights into the…

SLAEGT SIGN TO CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS COMPLETE NEW STUDIO RECORDINGS + ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN TOUR! Danish Black Heavy Metal outfit SLAEGT (a.k.a. Slægt, meaning “lineage” / “heritage” in Danish language and pronounced /slɛɡt/), one of the most vital and exciting bands to come out of the Scandinavian Metal scene, are thrilled to announce that they’ve signed a new deal with Century Media Records. The first studio offering with their new label (and fourth full-length overall) is entitled ‘Goddess‘ and will see a worldwide release on March 18th, 2022.     Speaking about their new label, the Copenhagen based band comments: “It is with utmost pleasure we can announce that we have signed a deal with Century Media. Century…