CLITERATI – the Portland, Oregon-grown hardcore punk unit featuring Poison Idea, Voetsek, and Murderess alumni – is pleased to unveil the visual accompaniment to “Burn,” taken from their self-titled EP. For the colorful clip, CLITERATI teamed up with Sign Of The Beast Burlesque for the film short Pizza Sluts as part of the Metalesque Fest, the world’s first and only festival dedicated to heavy metal and burlesque!
Minnesota-based Gabriel and the Apocalypse has just released its latest music video “March of the Dolls.” The track comes from the band’s new album The Ghost Parade. Front woman Lindy Gabriel says, “Unlike the previous music videos from GATA that portray a more theatrical story concept, ‘March of the Dolls’ showcases the band’s energetic and in-your-face live performances. If you haven’t seen a Gabriel and the Apocalypse show, this will be sure to make you eager to see our circus in person!”
Tucson, AZ based, West Coast Metal band Lethal Injektion has followed up on their highly praised sophomore LP, Judgment Night, with a stunning reinterpretation and music video of the Imagine Dragons hit single, “Believer.” “We chose ‘Believer’ because we respected the concept and message. We are on a mission to make believers out of the industry with our music and unique sound.”
Idaho Rock Band Silent Theory has released the Official Music Video for the single “Watch Me Burn,” the second single off of their 2016, full length release, Delusions. Originally revealed on Loudwire’s Wire-to-Wire, “Watch Me Burn” was directed by Jon Kuritz in Moscow, ID, utilizing 5 projectors and all white costuming to screen footage of mostly news channels.
EVANESCENCE, have released the new video “Imperfection,” out today. Shot on location in Los Angeles last month with director P.R. Brown, the song is the first single off the group’s fourth and most ambitious album to date, SYNTHESIS, set for release November 10. The album is a reimagining of some of EVANESCENCE’s best-loved songs-as well as a couple of new ones–recorded with a full orchestra and electronics combined with the band and AMY LEE’s virtuoso piano and voice.
Whether we like it or not, being “heavy” isn’t something exclusive to heavy metal music. Even in the genre, purists are still arguing what’s considered “true metal” and if it’s “extreme” enough to be metal, thus producing so much infighting on comment threads between black metal basement dorks and dads who haven’t listened to anything new in the scene if it doesn’t have a musician they know in it or doesn’t sound like an already existing band. There are, however, artists out there not remaining stationary in a genre, as much as a purist would like to hope they would, and as such in recent years there have been bands and musicians popping up that are incorporating metal elements into their music,...
Of course there are bands that have garnered higher chart positions, sold more albums and filled bigger venues than Anvil. Yet there are few metal acts that have earned as much respect from their colleagues as the Canadian act surrounding vocalist/guitarist Steve ´Lips` Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner.
Miami, FL based Metalcore outfit LOADED GUNS are pleased to announce that they have signed with Century Media Records. To commemorate the occasion, the band has released their new EP, Unstoppable, today (Aug. 25). Speaking about signing with their new label, Loaded Guns frontman Rafael Salazar comments, “We are beyond excited to have one of favorite record labels, Century Media Records, releasing our debut EP.
