ARDDUC RELEASE "OTHILA"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

ARDDUC is an Independant, self-funded, one-man DIY project creating tough Pagan music for tough fucking Pagans.

Track List:

1. Vekja 02:50

2. Ancient Ones 05:25

3. Rakki 03:49

4. Riddari Drakfe 03:49

5. Antlers 04:22

6. Pexarouk 02:59

7. Cyclic Daze 05:41

8. Med Krov Og Maucht 04:49

9. Raise Your Brew 03:12

10. Elskov 04:41

Released October 10, 2020

Copyright © Ash Ardduc 2020 - All rights reserved.

All music & lyrics composed & arranged by Ash Ardduc.

Unauthorised reproduction prohibited.

Performing on this Album:

* Ardduc - All Instruments and Programming

* Bianca Barrot - Accompanying Vox on 'Cyclic Daze'

* Justin Min - Gangvox on 'Pexarouk' & 'Raise Your Brew'

* Gram Pola - Gangvox on 'Pexarouk' & 'Raise Your Brew'

Recorded and Mixed by Ash Ardduc @ Pexarouk Studios.

Mastered by Justin Min - jminmusik.com

Outer cover artwork by Helena Black - helenablackart.com

Inner cover artwork and graphic design by Freya Skarsgard - @freyaskatt

Tusen Takk to all those mentioned above for their endlessly talented contributions,

A RUN MO CHROI, MO ANAM HARJA!

Watch the video HERE!

******

Each album/release will tell a whole story, and will progress on the last both musically and production-wise.

Follow the band at these links:

Music & Merch: ardduc.bandcamp.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/pexarouk

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT-jt5frZssoDdKa_m-_HOw

Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/album/7uXwIBcTVKBb2k0JpH60nH

Youtube Music: https://bit.ly/2JQyANT

Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com.au/artists/B08MQY3312/ardduc

Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/artist/112096902

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ash.ardduc/

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TOUGH PAGAN MUSIC FOR TOUGH FUCKING PAGANS

CULT OF LUNA LAUNCHES SINGLE "THREE BRIDGES" FROM NEW EP "THE RAGING RIVER"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

On February 5th, Cult of Luna will release a new EP, entitled The Raging River, via Red Creek (red-crk.com) - the band's newly created record label, which will be physically distributed by Metal Blade Records (in North America) and Season of Mist (in Europe). For a first preview of The Raging River, the new single "Three Bridges" can be heard now at: youtu.be/wgN3OV6XtTY

Pre-order The Raging River at: metalblade.com/cultofluna (North American ltd edition pre-order; vinyl & CD) and red-crk.com (limited editions, band merch & more). See below for available formats:

- digipak-CD

- transparent red w/ gold splatter vinyl

*First pressing SOLD-OUT; 2nd pressing available via Red Creek

The Raging River is a seamless continuation of the writing process and the creative mindset that has guided Cult of Luna for the last couple of years. "'The Raging River' feels more like a bridge. A midpoint that needs to be crossed so we can finish what we started with 2019's 'A Dawn to Fear,'" the band adds. "It's been an interesting, as well as an introspective, way of working, having our instinct leading the way and then having to figure out where it takes us. But not only has it been a linear journey; some aspects of it are also clearly circular. For example, we have been a fan of Mark Lanegan for many years. So in 2005, when we wrote the song 'And With Her Came the Birds', we had his voice in mind, and the working title was 'The Lanegan Song'. But we were not many years over 20, and our lack of self-confidence prevented us from even daring to ask. It took fifteen years for us to get the guts to ask him. Hearing his voice on 'Inside Of A Dream' is nothing more than feeling that we're inside of a dream."

The Raging River track-listing

1. Three Bridges

2. What I Leave Behind

3. Inside of a Dream (feat. Mark Lanegan)

4. I Remember

5. Wave After Wave

Cult Of Luna online:

https://www.cultofluna.com

https://www.instagram.com/cultofluna

https://www.facebook.com/cultoflunamusic

https://twitter.com/cultofluna_off

Red Creek online:

https://www.red-crk.com

ANCIENT THRONES RELEASE GUITAR PLAYTHROUGH FOR "DIVIDED / DISSOLVE"

 

PRESS RELEASE:

This past November, Halifax, Canada’s Ancient Thrones unleashed their concept album “The Veil”. The full length is 57-minute descent into the afterlife telling the story of grief that people can relate to through dark and progressive blackened death.

Ancient Thrones explains:

“The record is a concept record so it’s meant to be listened to in its entirety to get the full experience of the story. Even the songs were written and laid out in a way that they seamlessly transition into each other. Almost as if it was just one long piece of music broken up into separate parts as tracks. We want people to headbang and mosh, but we also want to bring people on a journey through this world of purgatory and grief and understand each phase of grief the record represents through the 10 tracks.”

Today, in support of "The Veil", guitarists Dylan Wallace and Nick Leslieare sharing their playthrough for the track "Divided/Dissolve", which is a mix of blazing-fast melodic riffs and crushingly heavy breakdowns keeping this nine-minute behemoth fresh the whole way through. The song takes no prisoners and tolerates no sympathy in its entirety, beckoning you to question your own sorrow and resistance to fulfillment.

To view "Divided/Dissolve" guitar playthrough, please visit GearGods for its premiere HERE.

Track Listing:

1. Transient (1:58)

2. The Sight of Oblivion (6:00)

3. The Millionth Grave (5:53)

4. The Soul to Flesh (6:14)

5. Viduus (The Veil) (9:29)

6. Sentient (2:11)

7. The River of Rain (4:32)

8. Divided/Dissolve (9:12)

9. The Infinite Eyes (9:10)

10. Permanent (2:54)

Album Length: 57:38

More info:

Facebook.com/Ancientthrones

Instagram.com/ancientthrones

BYRON (EX HORNA, CHURCH OF VOID AND BATTLELORE MEMBERS) SIGNS WITH THE GOATMANCER RECORDS + NEW ALBUM

 

PRESS RELEASE:

Former members of CHURCH OF VOID, HORNA and BATTLELORE give life to BYRON, signing with THE GOATMANCER RECORDS

Soon after the Finnish heavy doom band Church Of Void ceased to exist in 2017, drummer Johannes Lahti, aka Byron V, started planning the release of few songs he had made during the years and were buried in the drawer.

He had just joined the band Neon Angel and finished recording drums to their debut album "Neon Light District" (Sliptrick Records 2020) when he felt the time was right to get his songs to be heard. Enlightened by the realization of the few songs finally being pushed out, Johannes started composing more material in late 2019 and what started out as a studio project EP, first became two EPs and finally formed as a full-length album. A band called Byron was born.

The band, finally reaching its form in late 2020, prepares for the release of their debut album via Goatmancer Records and eagerly waits to play the songs live.

Byron is a melodic heavy metal band from Finland. Founded 2019 as a one-man studio project, now standing as a full-grown band, Byron mixes it´s eclectic sound with influences from various genres, such as occult rock and stoner/doom, topping it with themes and imagery of the arcane and the occult.

Participants at “The Omega Evangelion” - sessions were:

Johanna Eteläkari, Christoffer Frylmark: Vocals

Jaakko Puusaari, Jyri Vahvanen: Guitars

Johannes Lahti: Bass, guitar, drums, piano

+ Magus Corvus: Guest vocals

Byron's debut album, "The Omega Evangelion" represents the birth of the band with tracks from different eras, bound together by a thematical line of endings and loss in various aspects, topped with Lovecraftian imagery. It is an eclectic serving of melodic heavy metal, moving from NWOBHM to occult rock and deeper into the gloomy depths of darker metal and back to stoner and doom, offering a sensation of beautifulness in decay, a beginning in every end. An evangelion of rebirth; of Alpha in Omega.

Johannes aka Byron V. says: “I'm extremely happy and excited with the collaboration of Byron and Goatmancer Records. To finally be able to release the debut album through a trustworthy and respectful label elevates this band again into a new level and into the reach of wider audience it deserves. Working this together with professionals like Gero from Argonauta (caring all marketing and distribution) and Oleksander from Grand Sounds, I cannot expect more than quality service and dedication in pushing the band and its career onwards. Releasing “The Omega Evangelion” and hopefully get to play the songs live is a perfect start for the new year.”

The band released previously this year a first single from the album:

https://youtu.be/QHPo59WajAs

”THE OMEGA EVANGELION” is scheduled for an early 2021 release, more details soon!

INFO:

https://www.facebook.com/byronfinland

https://www.facebook.com/TheGoatmancer

VARANG NORD SIGNS WITH SLIPTRICK RECORDS

 

PRESS RELEASE:

Sliptrick Records Welcome Latvian Pagan Metal Group VARANG NORD

Joining the ranks at Sliptrick Records:

Varang Nord (LV) Folk Metal | Pagan Metal | Viking Metal

Varang Nord is a folk metal band from the cold woodlands of Latvia. Their songs praise mighty battles, bloody sacrifices to the Old Gods and joyful northern feasts with endless mugs of ale. They combine harsh death metal riffs with epic accordion chants, creating a unique blend of northern pagan/folk metal.

The group was founded in 2014 by Max “Wolf” Popovs and Artems “Khurr” Kuricins and since then Varang Nord have released three studio albums: Fire Of The North (2014), Master Of The Forest (2015), Call Of Battle (2017), official music videos and played a lot of shows across the Baltic States, Germany, France, Spain, Belarus and Russia. Their crowning achievement thus far was winning the Wacken Metal Battle in 2019.

For 2021, Varang Nord plans to release a fourth studio album, Pārķiuņa Uomurs, worldwide via Sliptrick Records, to play a great bunch of live shows to support the record, to take a part in the Heathen Heroes European Tour with such a bands TYR and Arkona and participate at the legendary Wacken Open Air. For all this and much, much more, join Varang Nord on their journey.

Varang Nord are:

Maksims “Wolf” Popovs – Vocals/Guitar | Jelena Kalniša – Vocals/Accordion | Danila Lopuha – Bass/Vocals | Javgenijs Selivanovs – Guitar | Aigars Zeiza – Drums | Vjačeslavs Janens – Percussion/Vocals

Band links: 

Official Website | http://varangnord.com/

Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/varangnord

Youtube | https://www.youtube.com/VarangNord 

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/varangnordofficial

VK | https://vk.com/varangnord

On Sliptrick https://sliptrickrecords.com/varang-nord

EVANGELIST RELEASE NEW SONG "THE PURITAN"

PRESS RELEASE:

Polish Epic Doom group EVANGELIST are streaming new song "The Puritan," a track from forthcoming album Ad Mortem Festinamus.

"The Puritan" (Track Stream)

evangelistdoom.bandcamp.com/track/the-puritan

EVANGELIST will release Ad Mortem Festinamus on CD and limited edition vinyl (300 copies) December 18 on Nine Records. Pre-orders are open:

evangelistdoom.bandcamp.com/album/ad-mortem-festinamus

In times of doom, EVANGELIST returns with songs of death and destruction. The band was first started in the spring of 2008, with inspiration mainly coming from the obscure epic metal scene in the U.S., epic doom metal pioneers and metal classics in general. Major lyrical inspiration came from the twisted minds of R.E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, history, religion and spirituality of the ages gone by.

Their debut album, In Partibus Infidelium, was recorded between 2009 and 2011 and released in June 2011 by PsycheDOOMelic Records. Their sophomore record, Doominicanes, was recorded between 2012 and 2013 and released in May 2013 by Doomentia Records. In October 2014, a collaboration with CAPILLA ARDIENTE troops was revealed in the form of the infamous Capilla Ardiente/Evangelist 12” split on which EVANGELIST delivered their own version of MAYHEM’S classic “Freezing Moon." In December 2018, after a short hiatus, their third album, Deus Vult, was released by Nine Records.

Almost one year later, recording sessions began on two new songs, as well as a rendition of one of MANILLA ROAD'S finest tracks, "Mystification." These three songs were paired with another three tracks recorded during the Deus Vult recording sessions, and resulting in the Ad Mortem Festimaus EP.

Stream the band's cover of MANILLA ROAD classic "Mystification" (a tribute to the late Mark Shelton) at youtu.be/2xMH14LSAiw.

Track List:

1. Perceval

2. Anubis (On the Onyx Throne of Death)

3. The Puritan

4. Pale Lady of Mercy

5. Towards the End

6. Mystification (Manilla Road cover)

Album Credits:

Recorded, mixed and mastered at JRStudio between Anno Domini 2016-2018 (tracks 3-5) and 2019-2020 (tracks 1,2 and 6) in two separate recording sessions by Jacek "Racek" Gruszka. Cover art drawing by Diego Spezzoni. Cover layout and packaging design by Xaay.

facebook.com/evangelistmetal

evangelistdoom.bandcamp.com

shop.nine-records.com

facebook.com/NineRecords

ninerecords.bandcamp.com