We sat down with the Finnish rockers of The Empire Strikes to have a chat about their new album ‘Motell Scandinavia’, how come it took so long to get it out, what the idea is behind the title and some nice background bits about how some of the songs came together! Catch them live at their release show in Helsinki tonight or Spain and Germany later this year!
Gouge Away uncovers their reflective new single ‘Dallas’, another track from their highly anticipated new album ‘Deep Sage’, set for release in March via Deathwish Inc.!
Hard rockers Paralandra dropped new single ‘Love Of My Life’, a track from their upcoming album ‘The Body Electric’, set for release in April! Think power riffs and soaring, stadium-sized vocals!
Australian dark folk/blackgaze project Suldusk shared the new single ‘Crystalline’ with a gripping new video, another track from the upcoming ‘Anthesis’ album, set for release in the beginning of March via Napalm Records!
North Sea Echoes, the new project featuring Fates Warning members Ray Alder and Jim Matheos, have dropped the new single ‘Unmoved’, from their upcoming debut album ‘Really Good Terrible Things’ set for release later this month via Metal Blade Records.
Danish hard rock band Junkyard Drive celebrates the rebellious side of rock in their new single ‘Tearaway’!
Notorious and prolific Cleveland cult Midnight will unleash its sixth full-length ‘Hellish Expectations’ via Metal Blade Records in March and share the first single ‘F.O.A.L.’ (AKA ‘Fuck Off And Live’)!
In anticipation for their tour with Enslaved and Wayfarer next month, UK post-hardcore outfit Svalbard shared a video for ‘To Wilt Beneath The Weight’, from their latest album ‘The Weight Of The Mask’ released via Nuclear Blast last year.
After the team sent in their top lists at the end of last year, and calculating the results, we got to an interesting “albums of the year 2023” list featuring releases from Marduk, Kludde, Blink-182, Blackbraid, Orbit Culture, Gloryhammer, Ne Obliviscaris, Hypno5e, Periphery, Dying Fetus, Obituary, Avatar, Svalbard, VV and Sleep Token! Do you agree with any of these? What did you have in your top list?
Norwegian black metal/punk legends Haust unveiled ‘Left To Die’, another track from the upcoming album ‘Negative Music’, set to be released in April via Fysisk Format!
