Diary Of A Rock Photographer

EGO KILL TALENT ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM “THE DANCE BETWEEN EXTREMES” & SHARE THREE TRACKS WATCH VIDEO FOR SINGLE “THE CALL” HERE BRAZILIAN BAND TO EMBARK ON DIGITAL TOUR — DETAILS COMING SOON   Ego Kill Talent ​— Jonathan Dörr [vocals], Jean Dolabella [drums, guitar], Raphael Miranda [drums, bass], Niper Boaventura [guitar, bass], and Theo Van Der Loo [bass, guitar] — had to revamp and revise their album release and extensive touring plans due to the global shutdown that was a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The band is now ready to share an update about their release plans and more. Ego Kill Talent have announced the title of their upcoming second album,…

THE PRETTY RECKLESS SHARE LYRIC VIDEO FOR SMASH NEW SINGLE “DEATH BY ROCK AND ROLL” WATCH The Pretty Reckless recently released their new single “Death By Rock And Roll,” which has been tearing up the Billboard and Mediabase Rock radio charts and entered the German Rock Radio Charts on #1, garnering massive love from fans and critics alike. The band just shared the lyric video. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/BX6KILafIS0 “Death By Rock And Roll” is enjoying universal praise from the press. PAPER declared the track “an uproarious new offering.” Loudwire labeled the song as “a badass, outlaw-styled rock track with an ascending, evocative chorus and vibrant guitar melody,” while Consequence of…

ESKIMO CALLBOY release “Hypa Hypa”, a first song taken from the “MMXX”-EP After recently announcing Nico Sallach as their new singer metalcore stars ESKIMO CALLBOY are happy to present a brand new song and video. Grab your party pants and check out the official music video for “Hypa Hypa” under the following link: https://youtu.be/75Mw8r5gW8E or listen to the single here: https://eskimo-callboy.lnk.to/HypaHypa/  It is the first song taken from their upcoming EP “MMXX” that is scheduled for a release on September 11th, 2020.  The band comments: “Our new EP ‘MMXX’ contains all the restrained energy that we couldn‘t bring to the stage during these weird times. For 16 weeks we worked…

Nepalese metallers UNDERSIDE have re-launched their Metal For Nepal Charity initiative to highlight the current crisis afflicting Nepal due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Kathmandu based band have made a point of using their success to help their home country previously, raising funds via international touring, festival appearances, and most recently rebuilding 300 homes after the Nepalese earthquake in 2015. METAL FOR NEPAL APPEAL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8FOCOjRGDw Now they appeal to fans and metalheads across the globe to help in any way they can, releasing the following statement: “Hello, this is Underside from Kathmandu, Nepal. We hope you’re all keeping safe in these strange times. We’re aware the whole world is…

RED METHOD headline the Takeover Stage and premiere their new video “The Narcissist’s Prayer” featuring Jason Mendonca (Akercocke) on Download TV DLTV is a one-off partnership between Festival Republic and YouTube Music, which seeks to quench Download fans’ thirst for the festival till 2021. Watch The Narcissist’s Prayer feat. Jason Mendonca from Akercocke here: https://youtu.be/RYtLe4XZf-g  This is what electronics man Alex Avdis (The AvD) had to say about it: “We had the honour of being asked to headline the takeover stage at this year’s download festival, which for obvious reasons we can’t do… It’s a testament to the dedication of the organisers that they will not leave bands or fans high and…

 VAMPIRE release third single “Serafim” and lyric video from their upcoming album “Rex”! Deep in a musty, age-old cellar of old town Gothenburg, Vampire have been plotting something wicked…again! In 2020, frontman Hand of Doom, guitarists Black String and Sepulchral Condor, bassist Command, and drummer Abysmal Condor proudly present their third studio album, “Rex”, which proves to be a tremendous sonic and compositional highlight in their career thus far. Today, the third single “Serafim” is released. Hand of Doom says about the single: ”This was the first song title we had for the album, and its style lead the way for all the others and for the album title as…

IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT – Release First Single & Video “Rotted Futures” Of New Album  Pre-Order Starts Today! Today New York avant-garde metal outfit IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT give a first taste of their up – coming fourth studio album “Alphaville”, which will be released on July 31st, 2020.  Follow this link to watch the video to “Rotted Futures”: https://youtu.be/qPkPY0zK8Yw  IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT comment: “No one knows what the future shall look like. Well, some might know the shape of things to come. Some will bet on it. Perhaps we’re living it. Perhaps it will be quite different. If we had a special looking glass that could reveal millennia of repeated timelines we might observe big…

VOIVOD – To release “The End Of Dormancy” EP; Launch video-clip for “The End Of Dormancy (Metal Section)”! Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD reawaken and return with a 3-track 12” Vinyl and Digital EP entitled “The End Of Dormancy”, to be released on July 10th, 2020 worldwide via Century Media Records. The EP is centered around a special “Metal Section” version of the title track “The End Of Dormancy” (Off VOIVOD’s latest album “The Wake”) with added trumpets, saxophone and trombones. The complementary tracks on this release are exclusive live versions of “The End Of Dormancy (Metal Section)” and the group’s classic “The Unknown Knows” recorded at Montreal Jazz…