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Today Ambient Post-Metalcore band Stillnight release their music video for “Eidolon.” This star-lit visual accompaniment marks the final teaser before they fully unveil their full-length debut album “Dream State” on March 25, 2022. The band is innovating the post-metalcore genre by integrating ambience to build imagery within each song. The music is heavy sonically and lyrically as the band digs …

Filming in Hickory, North Carolina. May 2022 Intinction is a short film to be included in the upcoming Nundead: Cannibals of the Cloth horror anthology from notorious filmmaker presented by notorious filmmaker Donald Farmer (Demon Queen, Cannibal Hookers, Shark Exorcist). Intinction is heavily inspired by gore films such as Burning Moon and the films of Brian Paulin. Heavy, detailed, graphic …

Today, Dutch progressive death metallers ANATOMY OF I release “The Los(t) Angered Sessions” via Time To Kill Records. The single “Hollow Victory” is now streaming HERE. “The Los(t) Angered Sessions” is not the new ANATOMY OF I album, but the band’s first unreleased studio recording from 2005/2006. Operating under the moniker of TERMINAL EYE, the band split up between two sessions at Andy …

2022 is going to be great for fans of paranormal and the supernatural! PARACONN ll is Connecticut’s original and greatest Paranormal Convention, returning July 16-17, 2022. With Special Guests, panels, psychics, 80 vendors and so much more, it’s an event worth the trip from anywhere! ParaConn ll returns to the haunted Ansonia Armory at 10 N. State Street in Ansonia, …

Following the extremely successful virtual pandemic-edition of the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival® in 2020, Festival Directors Gwen and Brian Callahan were thrilled to present the 2021 H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival as a hybrid event for the first time! The 26th annual festival took place with live screenings October 1-3 at the beautiful Hollywood Theatre in Portland, Oregon with …

Dawnbreed Records is pleased to announce the official release of the self-titled debut EP of US blackened death metal act BURIAL CURSE, due out April 8th 2022 in CD and MC format (vinyl to follow later in the year). Stream the track “Seeping Bile” at THIS LOCATION. The very floor of the underground is a seething mass where, no matter where you look, …

KNOTFEST Premieres First New LUDOVICO TECHNIQUE Single & Music Video of 2022 Premiering on KNOTFEST.com, Ludovico Technique release their newest single & video “Dreaming” melding unique time signatures and vocals from distant futures into a darkness unlike anything felt before.

Today, recently reunited Italian hardcore stalwarts STRAIGHT OPPOSITION are pleased to announce their new album “Path of Separation”, due out March 21st 2022 via Time To Kill Records. Aggressive, darkened and pissed off hardcore with 90s alternative/noisy influences. Old school, fast approach, with some unexpected twists, a modern sound and lyrics against mass society and its contradictions. A blend of a …

Rising rock instrumentalist MK (Mike Kremastoules) unveils news of his latest video & single release ‘Run’. The late 2021 debut ‘Butterfly’ provided an insight into MK’s emotive & soaring guitar work – now this contrasting single shines a spotlight on MK’s capability to crank things up and enter the retro hard rock arena. ‘Run’ powers along with its driving stadium rock grooves …

PLAKKAGGIO: Italian “New Wave Of Heavy Black Metal Oi!” forerunners announce new album “Verso La Vetta Today Italian long running metalpunk unit PLAKKAGGIO are pleased to announce their new album “Verso La Vetta”, due out on March 25th 2022 via Time To Kill Records, in conspiracy with Hellnation Music. Pre Order – Bandcamp https://plakkaggio.bandcamp.com/ Pre Order – Bigcartel https://timetokillrecords.bigcartel.com/category/plakkaggio Digital Presave https://bfan.link/verso-la-vetta …

Watch the “Hell Bent” Video Premiere on Sonic Perspectives Stream “Hell Bent” on Spotify HERE ORLANDO, FL  | FEBRUARY 18, 2022: Today THE DEV is making their mark in the metal world with the rollout of their new hard-hitting single, “Hell Bent.” With vivacious vocals paired with electric guitar, the highflier’s hit will become your new party anthem as you …

Nashville, TN- Southern Rockers RiverGhost Make Their Debut With Single “DarkHorse” RiverGhost hit the ground running with their first single “DarkHorse”. While the band has been in action since 2021, they bring their bluesy rock and roll sound to 2022 with their long awaited on-record debut. “DarkHorse” has all the guitar-driven grit that hard rock fans love meshed with that signature Southern rock groove …

Band: Sullen Guest Album: Phase Release Date: 2022 Q1 Self-release Format: digital, CD Genre: death/doom metal Country: Lithuania Tracklist: 1. Come With Me (6:54) 2. Voice Of The Subconscious (9.26) 3. Assent (6:50) 4. Come With Me [Instrumental] (6:54) 5. Voice Of The Subconscious [Instrumental] (9.26) 6. Assent [Instrumental] (6:50) Line-up: Tenebra – I – guitar, Doloribus – XI – …

SCORPIONS SHARE “SEVENTH SUN” — LISTEN 19TH ALBUM ROCK BELIEVER OUT FEBRUARY 25, 2022 In the language of musicians, the term “flageolet” refers to an ingenious technique of eliciting harmonics from a string instrument, producing various overtones in addition to the fundamental frequency of that one string. From the very first note of “Seventh Sun,” Rudolf Schenker and his Flying V manage to spectacularly draw us …

Full Program for Nitehawk Shorts Fest ’22 Ft. Female Filmmaker-Focused Line-Up, Mick Rock/Bowie Doc, Music Video by Alex Ross Perry, NoBudge’s Kentucker Audley In-Person, and More Festival Runs from March 2nd-6th at Nitehawk’s Williamsburg + Prospect Park Locations Now in its eighth year, the Nitehawk Shorts Festival has become a bonafide home for the independent short film community. This year’s installment, taking place …