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(news – new video) THE 6IX GVNG Unleash PIG!

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New England Rap / Metal band THE 6IX GVNG has released the official music video for “PIG,” Filmed, edited, and directed by James “Squatch” Joyce, “PIG” is off of the band’s new EP, Black Magic & Trap Houses.

Hailing from New England, The 6ix is an up and coming music act with a penchant for delivering infectious tunes, bringing audiences on a sonic escapade. This hardcore hip hop group hailing from Maine/Vermont has a unique sound that is a distinct blend of trap music, heavy metal, and chopper rap. With their high-energy live shows and crowd interaction, they’re quickly becoming a must see act for hip hop/metal lovers alike.

Formed in 2020, They have been working together on different projects and groups since 2017. Most heavily influenced by trap, hardcore hip hop and heavy metal, you will find the embodiment of many genres in their music. Drawing inspiration from notable acts such as Tech N9ne, $uicideboy$, Cannibal Corpse, (Hed) P.E. and Slipknot. They’ve toured with artists such as Twiztid, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, and Bizarre of D12 in addition to directly supporting numerous hip hop acts including Tech N9ne, Chris Webby, and Shaggy 2 Dope of Insane Clown Posse.

Their debut EP, “Black Magic & Trap Houses,” is set to drop on all streaming services on March 17, 2023. You can expect to see The 6ix this summer in a city near you, as they embark on a massive tour in 2023 to celebrate the release of their project with the fans.

Reviews

(review) Wishing Well – ‘Sin And Shame’ (Inverse Records)

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Wishing Well are hailing from Helsinki, Finland area and this is their new, fourth album released with help of Inverse Records. The album contains eleven songs of nice and varied classic heavy metal sometimes bordering with power/true metal and sometimes hard/heavy rock. I love the use of Hammond keyboard which makes songs so rich and also a bit retro sounding, but original with sometimes main melody being keyboard themed. I love almost power metal written ‘In The Line Of Fire’ sounding fast, melodic and so powerful. But, as in all Finnish bands, there are lots of great and almost sad, melancholic melodies. Only Suomi bands can create such beautiful melodies like main guitar melody and chorus of more hard rock oriented ‘Soul Rider’. Vocals are very important in bands such as this one, and singer Pepe Tamminen sounds like a perfect mix between Ralf Scheepers and Michael Kiske/Kai Hansen having such powerful and voice that can sing just everything. Songwriting is perfect and whether a ballad like ‘Dancing Across The Stars’ or ‘Flying Finn’ – (is it about Finnish Formula One drivers?) which is more progressive metal oriented have that something making this album great. I can also hear lots of eighties metal and also seventies prog rock influences and that makes this album a little gem in the underground.

8,5/10

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(review) Dark Sanctuary – ‘Cernunnos’ (Avantgarde Music)

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Dark Sanctuary from France are one of the original purveyors and legends of dark atmospheric music scene. Now, thanks to Avantgarde Music, they release their brand new full length opus, and this is the first one in fourteen years. The title of the album means a lot. Cernunnos is an ancient Gaulish god who symbolized cycle of nature, from birth to death, thus symbolizing the death and re-birth of Dark Sanctuary. This new opus contains eleven songs of beautiful dark ambiental atmospheric music. This borders between dark wave and neoclassical with such excellent and beautiful female vocals which vary from chanting to delivering almost opera dramatic melodies thus adding to the already dramatic orchestration and songwriting. This is indeed music which takes you as a listener to the whole another level, some other dimension, when you open your heart and ears and listen to this beautiful album. My personal favorites on this one would be ‘Yksin’, ‘Mater Oceanum’ and ‘Asphodele’ but as I turn and listen to this opus over and over again I hear in some songs what I didn’t hear upon previous listening so that is another plus for this excellent opus. Great, great album!

10/10