American musician, singer, and songwriter Myles Kennedy released a lyric video for “Devil On The Wall,” the third track from his upcoming debut solo album, "Year Of The Tiger," which can be seen at the end of this entry.
The song comes from the album available worldwide on March 9th via Napalm Records. Fans that pre-order the album through a digital retailer will receive an instant download of the song as well as the first single “Year Of The Tiger” and recently released “Haunted By Design.”
The album is also currently available for pre-order in various bundle configurations and Myles Kennedy's website, which also offers information about his upcoming tour in the US in support of Year of the Tiger.
The hard rock band from Red Lion, Pennsylvania, Halestorm, released the video for 'Dear Daughter', their fifth single from Int the Wild Life, the band's third studio album. The video was made available this May 4th on the YouTube channel of the band.
A soft rock ballad, the track speaks directly about the women of all races and age around the world with an empowering message, without the wild and furious sound that the band has been known for, a versatility we should praise.
Elizabeth "Lzzy" Hale, vocalist and fontwoman of Haestorm, explained the background of the song saying the following:
"I've written many songs and blog posts about women. I'm in a unique position in my life and career to spread some positivity and empowerment to my fellow femmes! And if you were me, wouldn't you do the same? I'd like to elaborate on our song "Dear Daughter," which started out as more or less a jotting down of things my mother and father told me as a kid. What it became was so much more than just me quoting my parents. The song has taken on a life of its own and is such a personal reflection of what I think a young woman should hear growing up.
I'm so excited to share much more of "Dear Daughter" with you today. Visit my blog to read more about what this song means to me, and watch our new 'Dear Daughter' video."
The signer also asked her fans to "share photos and stories of badass moms, daughters, sisters, friends" on the social media with the hashtag #deardaughter. The video is currently #25 in trending lists in Youtube.
UNLEASH THE ARCHERS, one of the most acclaimed metal bands, is about to release their fourth album on June 2nd. The Canadians, who have already worked with the genres of power, melodic death and speed metal, just released a lyrics video for 'The Matriarch', the third track of this concept album. 'APEX', their upcoming disc, also marks the band's ten years in the musical market.
About the song, Brittney Slayes, vocalist of UTA, states:
“This track is chapter three in the story, and in it we are introduced to our antagonist 'The Matriarch' in all her malevolent glory. We call this one our "quick banger" because it's fast, catchy, and fun, and hopefully it won't take long to learn the words! It is sung from an omniscient point of view, drawing the listener in with tales of The Matriarch's depravity. The best part is the bridge, because the song is so dark, and then it launches into this flowing wraith-like guitar melody that is so memorable, I sing along to it every time and I think the fans will too! Absolutely can not wait to play this one live."
Also, the band commented that:
"We are extremely excited to release another full on concept album; it's just so much fun to play out a story when you're up on stage. This one has a protagonist that we call 'The Immortal' being forced to serve the antagonist, a.k.a. 'The Matriarch' as she embarks down a very dark path to achieve immortality. We had a great time writing this record, and I think the cohesiveness of the story has really shone through in the music as well. It has a certain vibe throughout, from beginning to end, and we can't wait to hear what our fans have to say about the direction this album has taken. We don't like to write the same record over and over again and we are very happy with the progression of our sound on 'Apex'. We think it will appeal to all of our fans old and new; it has the best parts of our past albums combined into one with just a little more spit and polish.”
'Apex' full track listing:
1 Awakening 2 Shadow Guide 3 The Matriarch 4 Cleanse The Bloodlines 5 The Coward's Way 6 False Walls 7 Ten Thousand Against One 8 Earth And Ashes 9 Call Me Immortal 10 Apex
You can pre-order 'APEX' now or visit the band's iTunes page, and, in case you missed it, here's the official video for the the first single of the album, 'Cleanse The Bloodlines', which is the fourth track in the album.
What can one say about the British Black Metal scene... well that up 'til now I only knew 2 acts from this lil island (well two I liked anyhow), but Denigrata has awoken something even darker than anything I'd heard before. The new video for 'Kyrie Eleiso'n has some elements that you'd expect from the genre: In monochrome, old man staring at camera (Alan Moore though!) and it's main location is in a forest. What it seems to leave out though are the main tropes you'd expect from a Black Metal music video. The camera isn't nearly shaky enough (although the cuts between band members and bugs will give you a seizure!) it's all in brilliant focus and there is no blood sacrifice going on! What makes this video unique is in it's visuals.
The dirty and cold atmosphere gel well with the bands' look and although many Black Metal acts like to act hard on screen brandishing weapons of various sizes, but these guys they look like they could tear you apart with their bare hands!
In all it's a beautiful video, but with menace and an unsettling tone, which accompanies the music perfectly. Definitely an act to look out for in the near future.
As it is Halloween we thought we would get down and
dirty with twenty of the most bizarre, freaky, scary and downright
extreme music videos from the world of goth, metal, and industrial.
Some have aged well and some haven't. Some made it onto television,
and some didt. And some, quite frankly, we can't see what all the
fuss is about. Nonetheless, be warned the videos below are most
definitely not safe for work and discretion is advised.
The
Birthday Massacre – 'Blue'
Tool – 'Aenema'
Marilyn Manson –
'(s)AINT'
Nine Inch Nails –
'Happiness In Slavery'
Dir En Grey –
'Obscure'
Cradle Of Filth –
'From The Cradle To Enslave'
Skinny Puppy –
'Worlock'
Gorgoroth – 'Carving
A Giant'
Salem – 'Piggyhog'
Combichrist – 'Throat
Full Of Glass'
Korn – 'A.D.I.D.A.S'
Sepultura – 'Arise'
Satyricon – 'Fuel For
Hatred'
Spahn Ranch –
'Locusts'
LFO – 'Tied Up'
Eibon La Furies –
'...And By The Moonlight'
Rammstein – 'Pussy'
Dawn Of Ashes –
'Poisoning The Steps Of Babel'
Lesbian Bed Death –
'I Use My Powers For Evil'
_Officers X Gary Numan –
'Petals'
That's just some of the myriad of videos to dark, disturbing and controversial for civilised viewing. It's by no means an exhaustive list and few of these artists could have been featured many times. You can post your favourite extreme videos in the comment section of this post on our Facebook Page.
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