Musician Simón Díaz, known throughout Venezuela as “Tío Simón” remains a vital part of the country’s cultural legacy, and forever in the memory of all who knew his musical work. To celebrate his immense cultural impact, Fantoons is poised to release a bilingual children’s book of Spanish and English words with a Venezuelan twist, to encourage children to both learn the words themselves, as well as the culture behind them.
Theatrical hard rock/fantasy metal band Illusions of Grandeur drop their debut album, The Songs of the Siren. The new album is out now via Pavement Entertainment and available to stream worldwide. Find Illusions of Grandeur’s latest release on Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube. The Songs of the Siren is a part of a larger compilation called The Siren Saga. This first part takes the listener on a musical adventure, exploring the perils and triumphs of the Siren and her warriors. The story mixes fact and fiction, combining Greek and Norse Mythology, Sirens, Warriors, Archangels, and Kharon “The Ferryman.”
Having just announced the release of their upcoming EP, Explorers, UNLEASH THE ARCHERS top up this week’s news by dropping their new single, “Northwest Passage”. The original song was written and performed by Canadian musician Stan Rogers, but even though the song has been covered by several bands in the past, no one does it like UNLEASH THE ARCHERS. Clear vocal passages, beautiful harmonies and heavy riffs give “Northwest Passage”the UNLEASH THE ARCHERS stamp.
Fear Inoculum, TOOL’s fifth studio album and 2019’s most anticipated release, is available now. Listen here: http://smarturl.it/TOOLFIa. The news arrives as the band announces a six-week North American tour, launching the trek on Oct. 13 at the Aftershock Festival. Tickets are on-sale Sept. 6 at 10 am local time, with a limited number of tickets will be available to Tool Army members on Sept. 4. Tool Army information, as well as VIP package details, can be found via Toolband.com.
It’s here! Following their chart-breaking album, The Deep & The Dark (2018), VISIONS OF ATLANTIS release their spectacular new album, Wanderers, today. Wanderersis VISIONS OF ATLANTIS’ seventh album released via Napalm Records. The listener will be blown away by captivating symphonic metal songs, armed with beautiful duets by Clémentine Delauney and Michele Guaitoli.
Norwegian black metal legends Mayhem release the highly-anticipated first single from their forthcoming album, Daemon (Oct. 25, Century Media): “Worthless Abominations Destroyed”: https://youtu.be/FzT1vRXsHoo. “After teasing you guys for over 6 months, it’s finally time to show you what we have been up to in the studio this summer,” says Teloch. “Here’s ‘Worthless Abominations Destroyed,” a track that was made with the intention to have this ‘all is lost and hopeless’ feeling.” The song arrives as pre-orders for the 12-song album have been released. A variety of limited edition and special variants are available including a limited deluxe LP...
