Listen up, FAT fans! If you’re itching for face to face news, we have you covered. Today, we can finally broadcast that their brand-new album, No Way Out But Through, will drop on September 10! Produced by Seigfried Meier, No Way Out But Through is a record that brims with intelligent songwriting, arena-sized choruses, big guitars, and a distinct musical fluidity that comes from playing together as a band for over 30 years.
Leading the collection is the album’s title track, of which Trever Keith (vocals/lead guitar) says, “To me, No Way Out But Through means facing life’s obstacles head on, rather than looking for shortcuts.”
Stream the track on YouTube or wherever you get your digital fix. Grab your copy today, along with a bundle item. Then, check out their tour dates, which contain a number of festivals, including Slam Dunk, Furnace Fest, and Punk in Drublic! 2021 has never looked so good. Finally!
New AFI album is upon us! This band started long time ago as melodic hardcore punk skate punk band, but evolved with time into something else, combining Misfits influenced punk rock, dark rock and darkened pop topped with superb voice of Davey Havok. New album contains eleven songs and it is punk rock in a very stretched term. New songs rely more on darkened rock and pop than punk rock although there are couple of excursions into harsher punk waters like Escape from Los Angeles being one of my favorites on this record. But, although punk rock is no more with new songs, atmosphere that is unique for this band is still here. Mixture of melancholy, sadness, darkness and hope with death and life is still here. Also, good melodies and vocal lines, harmonies and songs that will make you hum long after the album finished are here. Besides mentioned, other personal favorites are Back From The Flesh and No Eyes. This is logical continuation of last full length.
Progressive black/death metal band Ashen Horde has released a new standalone single, “Archaic Convictions”. The single is a tie-in to a new fantasy novel, “City of Iron and Dust” by J.P. Oakes.
Says Ashen Horde founder Trevor Portz, “J.P. had heard about our collaboration with Markisan Naso on his story “To Mega Therion,” (resulting in the limited cassette release, “Black Curse”), and asked if we’d be interested in doing something for his novel. After reading a synopsis of the story, in which the fae seek to rebel against their goblin oppressors over one long bloody night, we knew it had to happen.”
“Archaic Convictions” delves into the struggles of those fighting against oppression and tyranny in any form, the central theme of the novel. Written by Portz, the song contains all the elements Ashen Horde is known for: technical riffs rooted in black and death metal, but stretching beyond either; brutal-yet-emotional vocals from Stevie Boiser (Inferi, Equipoise); controlled chaos drumming from Robin Stone (Norse, Virulent Depravity), and prog-inspired bass via Igor Panasewicz. The artwork for the single was done by the insanely talented Jonathan La Mantia (jonathanlamantia.com).
“We hoped to capture the essence of the novel in four minutes of metal insanity, and I’m pretty confident we did it” notes Portz.
Ashen Horde was formed in 2013 by Portz, and the band has released three full-length albums and a number of singles and EPs since then. Their most recent album, “Fallen Cathedrals,” was released by Extreme Metal Music in 2019 and received widespread critical acclaim.
“Archaic Convictions” is available on all major digital platforms, as well as on Ashen Horde’s Bandcamp page (http://ashenhorde.bandcamp.com). The band recently signed to Transcending Obscurity Records, with their fourth full-length album slated for release in 2022.
“City of Iron and Dust” is available digitally and in print wherever books are sold, courtesy of Titan Books.
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