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• BornBroken Tackles Isolation With Death Thrash Title Track “Am I Invisible” Off New Album Out Sept 2024

  Aug 9, 2024 Fistoffreedom 0 Comments

  Montreal, Canada's metal powerhouse BornBroken is back with a vengeance, unveiling their highly anticipated album “Am I Invisible” slated for release on September 20, 2024, this is the third release from the band, and with an almost completely new lineup, it marks a significant evolution for the band. The first foray into this album that reflects on the human experience while delivering a solid punch of thrash and death metal. The first single, the title track is out now and the band comments:

  “We wanted to create something raw and real. Creating this album was an intense and rewarding process. This album represents who we are and what we stand for. It is incredibly personal for all of us. We poured our hearts into every beat, every note. It’s a journey through our highs and lows. It speaks to the struggles and emotions we’ve faced as individuals and as a band.”

  “Am I Invisible” is an album that dives deep into the human experience, exploring themes of existential despair, personal strength, societal division, and the relentless march of time. With each track, BornBroken delivers a powerful message, wrapped in their signature blend of aggressive guitar riffs, dynamic drumming, and emotive vocals.

  Those familiar with BornBroken will be surprised by the band's new direction, although the tried and true structure remains, it comes with a twist of lemon and a dash of spice. They are recommended for fans of Chimaira, Machine Head, Slipknot, Decapitated, and Testament.

  The album “Am I Invisible” is available for pre-order and pre-save at the following links:

  Bandcamp - https://bornbroken.bandcamp.com​

  Album pre-save - https://ffm.to/785376b4ad1c4c7e8b394d6c59d215c6​

  Digital Single pre-save - https://ffm.to/ab6ab512f6dd4fcaaaf7d31b177e92f8​

  Track Listing:​
  1. Time Pays No Respect - 5:04
  2. Am I Invisible - 3:54
  3. Will You Remember - 4:03
  4. How Strong You Are - 4:41
  5. Conflicting Lies - 5:09
  6. Scabs & Scars - 3:36
  7. 7 Mondays - 4:00
  8. Fold - 6:30
  9. Age of Anger - 5:23
  10. The Day I Die Inside - 5:07
  Album Length: 47:31

  BornBroken Album Lineup​
  Mike Marino (Bass)
  Michael Decker (Vocals/ All Guitars)
  Carlos Ojeda (Drums)

  BornBroken live and Official New Lineup​
  Mike Marino (Bass)
  Michael Decker (Vocals/Guitar)
  Carlos Ojeda (Drums)
  Rob Henx (Lead Guitar) Newest member after recording

  More info: BrokenMusic.ca | Facebook.com/BornBroken | X.com/bornbroken | Instagram.com/bornbrokenofficial

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• VORAATH's New Music Video "The Road To Samm Hill" For New Album “Vol 1: The Hymn of the Hunters”

  Aug 8, 2024 Fistoffreedom 0 Comments

   

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  Transporting you through a portal of sci-fi storytelling and extreme music, Voraath's first full-length “Vol 1: The Hymn of the Hunters” is brutal yet epic metal. The level of detail that the band has emphasized in this release exposes a grand story of interdimensional worlds and cosmic entities warring while paying homage to their culture in the Appalachian Mountains of the Carolinas.

  "This album will be an investment of thought and emotion. We want to immerse the listener in another world. It’s heavy yet sad, brutal yet immersive, so we hope to take everyone on a journey. That journey is scored with metal! We think this album will be something unique, a whirlwind of emotions and an auditory odyssey. We capsulated real events in our lives and laced them through our complex musical universe. We want the fans to feel the music, and ride along with us on this musical journey through our dystopian planet." adds the band.

  Today, that journey continues with the next music video for "The Road To Samm Hill", a song that outlines the battle with the otherworldly entity as well as discovering a traitor in their ranks. The band explains the story further:

  "We have received coordinates to the location of the relay, an alien mechanism that can bend space-time. Employed by EOS Corp, our mission is to retrieve the relay at all costs. As we approach the area of operation, we are confronted by a creature frail and decaying stumbling along the old road. As it approaches us it reaches out its hand, revealing a sort of otherworldly controller. The creature shortly after petrifies and dies. Resuming our journey we come across a barren village, with dead bodies scattered. Further investigating we discover that Ostromek Corp had been conducting experiments on what seems to be an otherworldly entity. The scientist and security officers of Ostromek had seemingly lost control of the creature which had led to the massacre of the local village."

  In additional news, VORAATH will perform at this year's Michigan Metal Fest on August 24th in Battle Creek alongside Mushroomhead, (hed) PE, Gideon, and lots more.

  An odyssey of hardship, betrayal, survival, and cosmic tales, “Vol 1: The Hymn of the Hunters” is recommended for fans of Septic Flesh, Gojira, and Fleshgod Apocalypse, and is available at the following links:

  Digital - https://hypeddit.com/voraath/volume1hymnofthehunters​

  CD - https://www.exsrmusic.com/store/p/pre-sale-voraath-vol-i-hymn-of-the-hunter-available-june-17-2024​

  More info: Exsrmusic.com | Voraath.com

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• Fantasy Metal SIEGE PERILOUS To Perform at Denver's Mile High Power Fest + New EP “Creation’s Call” Out August 2024

  Aug 6, 2024 Fistoffreedom 0 Comments

   

  L-R: Cody Martinez (Guitar) | Scott Hancock (Guitar) | Shaughnessy McDaniel (Vocals) | Mark Girard (Drums) | Eric Fischer (Bass)

  Photo Credit: Underhill Imagery

  Gearing up for the release of their upcoming EP "Creation's Call", Denver, USA’s Siege Perilous is excited to announce they will perform at their hometown Mile High Power Fest on August 24th where they will be showcasing their new recordings live for fans for the first time!

  Vocalist Shaughnessy McDaniel comments:

  "We couldn't be more excited to really let it all hang out there for Mile High Power Fest. From opening the festival, our state's first dedicated power metal festival, to releasing our new EP "Creation's Call" August 23rd and 24th are the two biggest days in our band's history so far and we are so excited"

  Denver's only power metal festival presented by BiteSize Productions, Mile High Power Fest is being hosted at The Oriental Theater with Seven Spires, Aether Realm, Lords of the Trident, Traveler, Judicator, Seizure, Celestial Wizard, AfterTime, Graveshadow, and Starwraith. Event info can be found here.

  Siege Perilous' new EP “Creation’s Call” is centered around epic storytelling even if those tales are somewhat varied. The band wanted the tones and moods to display range in both songwriting and playing while also conveying a cohesive sound and feeling balanced around telling epic fantasy stories.

  They have shared three video singles "Sons of the Verdant ", "Oathsworn" and "Across The Rubicon" to great fanfare. These epic anthems will transport listeners to other worlds and can be heard below at the following links:

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  Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3xS9g3q​

  “Creation’s Call” is due out on August 23, 2024, and available for digital pre-save at https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/siegeperilous/creations-call-2 and made available at band's online store - https://siegemetal.com/store.

  Track Listing:​
  1. Oathsworn (3:13)
  2. Across the Rubicon (3:42)
  3. Sons of the Verdant (4:49)
  4. Creation’s Call (4:03)
  5. Brothers of the Five (5:13)

  Band Lineup (Album and Live):​
  Shaughnessy McDaniel - Vocals
  Scott Hancock - Guitar
  Cody Martinez - Guitar
  Eric Fischer - Bass
  Mark Girard - Drums

  More info: Siegemetal.com | Facebook.com/siegeband | Instagram.com/siegeperilousmetal | Tiktok.com/@siegemetal

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• Calgary Post-Metal ATOMIS To Release Posthumous "The Void Box Set" Of Their Entire Works And Stream Single “12 Chains”

  Aug 6, 2024 Fistoffreedom 0 Comments

   

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  Atomis, Post-Metal from Calgary, Canada was a music and visual artist group, created by Nathan Navetto, Matthew McLaughlin, Taylor Johnson, and Bryan Buss in 2010. Combining elements of post-rock/metal, electronic, and cinema, Atomis had created a unique voice in their music/visual hybrid live performances. They disbanded in 2020 due to the passing of drummer Nathan Navetto and are now releasing a box set of all the music they have ever created, as a tribute to the late him. Before the release of the collection they are streaming the single “12 Chains”, which bassist Bryan Buss comments on:

  “12 Chains is a driving, repetitive, droning track that constantly moves forward until it breaks. We have an upcoming video for this one directed by Doug Cook that will perfectly show what one can go through in life, always searching for answers.”

  Musically, the box set showcases the entirety of Atomis, all the way from the drawing board, to a polished album, but in reverse. Each of the three CDs showcases three eras of the band in constant creation mode. They are excited to finally share IT ALL, “polished” or not.

  The set includes their self-titled album recorded in 2014, including four long tracks that have never been performed live; “Welcome to the Void” – Navetto's experimental version of their debut with eight extra synth-laden tracks; and a “Live off the Floor” demo album capturing raw performances from 2010-2014.

  Dynamic and crushing, this triple threat of post-metal is recommended for fans of Isis, Neurosis, and The Ocean.

  Single - 12 Chains

  Youtube - https://youtu.be/VkqDM7jHSPA

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  Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3LQ6TBv

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  Teaser - The Void Box Set - https://youtu.be/QLYuz28NRbE

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  Due out August 30th, 2024, "The Void Box Set" pre-order at https://atomismusic.bandcamp.com/​

  Atomis 3 album "The Void Box Set"
  #1 Atomis Self-titled album (never performed live, recorded in 2014)
  #2 Welcome to the Void ( Nathan Navetto (Drums) experimental version of the album - never performed live recorded 2014-2018)
  #3 Atomis Live (Live off the floor demos album, songs performed live 2010-2014)

  Album 1: Recorded in 2014 - ATOMIS (Self-titled)​
  Track Listing:
  1. 12 Chains - (7:27)
  2. Awakening - (14:03)
  3. In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts (7:35)
  4. Maelström - (9:23)

  Album 2: Welcome the Void (Nathan Navetto (Drums) version of the debut album, which includes 8 extra synth-laden experimental tracks that he wrote solo from 2014-2018)​
  Track Listing:
  1. Genesis - (4:54)
  2. oooo wormhole - (1:38)
  3. Creation’s Bridge - (7:43)
  4. Accretion - (5:13)
  5. Entropy - (7:02)
  6. Into the Void - (3:11)
  7. 12 Strands - (7:22)
  8. The Descendant - (3:04)
  9. Terrestrial - (9:08)
  10. In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts - (7:54)
  11. Reflection - (2:49)
  12. Events Horizons - (14:17)

  Album 3: ATOMIS - Live Demos (Live off the floor demos album, songs performed live 2010-2014)​
  Track Listing:
  1. Intro - (3:13)
  2. Maelström - (9:12)
  3. The Charmer and His King - (5:57)
  4. Interlude A - (2:24)
  5. They Thought It To Be Impossible, So They Did It - (5:55)
  6. Lot Lizard - (6:22)
  7. Interlude B - (2:05)
  8. Titus Andronicus - (7:44)
  9. Bellewether - (10:03)
  10. The River - (6:45)
  11. Unconsciousness - (6:47)
  12. NEW SOG! - (7:35)

  Albums lineup:​
  Nathan Navetto (Drums)
  Matthew McLaughlin (Guitar/Vox/Keys)
  Taylor Johnson (Guitar)
  Bryan Buss (Bass)

  More info: Facebook.com/atomisofficial | Instagram.com/atomis.official

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• SOUND STORM Announces New Single / Video "At The End Of Time"

  Aug 2, 2024 Fistoffreedom 0 Comments

   

  Rockshots Records and Sound Storm are joining forces together again announcing the release of the brand new single called "At The End Of Time"! off their new upcoming album "The Void Beyond" to be released in next months to come.
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  The track dives deep into the fragility of human existence and the urgent need for redemption in the face of impending doom. Featuring a blend of modern metal with progressive and speed metal influences, "At The End of Time" showcases double lead vocals, haunting melodies, and intense rhythms that will captivate and resonate with listeners. Experience the relentless energy and thought-provoking lyrics that define Sound Storm’s unique sound.
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  Listen now and open your mind before it's too late.

  LISTEN: https://lnk.to/atheof​

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  After 6 years of silence, new music from Sound Storm is finally on its way, a lot has changed over the years but one thing remains the same: their passion for creating powerful and emotional music. They’ve poured their hearts into the new stuff, and they’re hopeful it will resonate with both loyal fans and those discovering them for the first time.

  Sound Storm Line Up:
  Andrea Racco: Clean and harsh vocals
  Elena Crolle: Clean Vocals, Keyboards and Piano
  Valerio Sbriglione: Lead and Rhythm Guitars
  Rocco Mirarchi: Rhythm Guitars
  Massimiliano Flak: Bass
  Mattia Rubino: Drums

  More info: https://www.rockshots.eu | https://www.facebook.com/soundstormworld | https://www.instagram.com/soundstormworld |https://www.tiktok.com/@soundstormworld

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