No one can take away The Offspring´s influence on punk rock music with their classic trilogy of Smash, Ixnay and Americana albums. But, they released more albums than those three, each of them had decent bunch of songs, but also each of them never was great album in its entirety. This is long awaited new album and new music. What to say? There are 14 songs on this one. The story repeats itself. There are some good ones, like This Is Not Utopia, The Opioid Diaries or Hassan Chop. But, there are couple of horrible songs like the title track, I am sorry but I just can´t stand this one or We Never Have Sex Anymore. Was this one trying to play similar to Mad Caddies or what? Also there are couple of fillers on this one, like totally unnecessary In The Hall Of The Mountain King. Rendition of Gone Away is a great pop ballad, but not fitting to punk rock album. Unfortunately, this record has more bad than good songs.
Polish death metal veterans TRAUMA are back with a new release, which is the follow-up to their 2020 “Ominous Black” album. The 4-song mini-album “Acrimony” was recorded in Traumatic Sound Studio in Elbląg during the same session as “Ominous Black” and produced by Mister and Wiesławscy Bros while it was mixed and mastered in Hertz Studio in Białystok, Poland (BEHEMOTH, VADER, HOUR OF PENANCE, BEHEADED) October 2018 – March 2019.
Once again the band collaborated with world-famous artist Mariusz Lewandowski (ABIGAIL WILLIAMS, BELL WITCH, PSYCROPTIC, SHRINE OF THE SERPENT) who designed the cover of “Acrimony”. “Acrimony” will be released on April 30, 2021, via SELFMADEGOD RECORDS on the following formats: CD / LTD CD BOX while LP and cassette are scheduled a few weeks later.
Acrimony” tracklisting:1. Internal Sacrifice2. The Godless Abyss3. Reign Of Terror4. Reality When You Die (GOREFEST cover)
The first single will be available very soon, as well as the pre-order campaign. “Acrimony”
TRAUMA is one of the most experienced and oldest Polish death metal bands. The band started in the late ’80s under the name Thanatos. Two demo tapes were recorded under the moniker. Thanks to that, the band became known as one of the most interesting and musically progressive bands from the Polish metal scene. In December 1992 they decided to change the name to TRAUMA and a few months later they recorded their debut album “Invisible Reality”. Since then, the death metal troupe has been around continuously for almost 30 years! The year 2020 brings the long-awaited premiere of the 8th studio album “Ominous Black”, which contains nine new songs. The album was released in March 2020 by SELFMADEGOD RECORDS. TRAUMA is back with a new mini-album “Acrimony” in 2021.
Today UK metallers Accursed Years release their new single “Wings of Fire”. Starting today, the band will be raising funds for the UK-based charity Woodland Trust to help protect forests.
“Our new single, Wings of Fire, is a song essentially about deforestation. The world is losing its forests at an alarming rate, so this is a subject that we felt we wanted to discuss. We also wanted to go a little further than simply speak about the subject through our music, so we’ve decided to try our hand at a little fundraiser in support of Woodland Trust, a charity that aims to plant and protect forests in the UK.”
Everyone who donates as part of this campaign will have the chance to win the original (and only) painting created as artwork for this single, as well as having a tree planted in their name, for which they will receive a certificate. They will also receive the only remaining physical copy of our 2015 Oaken Weave single. The winner of this prize will be chosen at random and announced on May 7 along with the release of the “Wings of Fire” music video. For more information and to donate, follow the link below: https://www.accursedyears.co.uk/wingsoffire
Accursed Years is a metal band from Weymouth, England. They offer a dark, atmospheric, yet fist-pumping style of metal influenced by a combination of European metal bands such as Amon Amarth and Ensiferum, along with the darker forms of metal from bands from their home country, such as Paradise Lost.
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