Diary Of A Rock Photographer

  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.”…

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,…