Short Bio.

Reject The Sickness is a five-piece band from Belgium that has been shredding metal since 2010 with a lyrical concept that deals with outcast youth. Abuse, neglect, self-harm and how to dealing with it are the main themes. The lyrics are fictional, although Guy, the singer, can draw inspiration from his job as a social worker. It’s a walk through the darkest parts of the human psyche. Musically, progressive and ambient elements are woven into a mixture of thrash and death metal that is melodic without losing aggression.

www.reject-the-sickness.com

Guitar: Zoran Van Bellegem
Guitar: Ruben Van der Beken
Bass/Backings: Jonas Messiaen
Drums: Jannick Govaert
Vocals: Guy Vercruysse

Videoclip Background.

The videoclip holds significant emotional value for our vocalist, Guy, as it was shot in the house where he spent his childhood with his grandparents. After their passing, the house was sold. The filming took place on the last day before they had to vacate the property. The video was produced by Flama Films and Abraham Escobedo, who also filmed Guy’s journey for a short documentary as part of his master’s program at the Art School of Brussels. This documentary, which captures the final days and passing of Guy’s grandmother, is currently being considered for various film festivals.

The  music video is a visual accompaniment to the song ‘Heaven Turns Black MMXXII’, from the album ‘Chains Of Solitude MMXXII’. Initially released in 2015 by Massive Music from Denmark. The album was re-recorded and re-released in 2022 by the band.

The lyrics and videoclip tell a poignant story of a young girl who has been victimized by an obsessed individual. She yearns to retaliate, her thoughts consumed by revenge. However, this struggle exists solely within her mind. The house in the videoclip symbolizes her mind, where she is both the prisoner and the demon. Inside her head, thoughts of revenge and despair echo off the walls. Despite its darkness, it’s also portrayed as a comforting place where she is alone with her thoughts. In the end, she gazes at the world through the door, encountering an older, wiser, stronger yet fragile version of herself. The adage holds true: what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

Guy: As a social worker dealing with such situations, I encounter numerous children and teenagers grappling with similar emotions. They yearn to retaliate and grow stronger, but ultimately, their greatest battle is internal. As a society, we bear a significant responsibility. We cannot merely be spectators; we must act, assist, and speak out!

Reject The Sickness

Credits:

Video: Abraham Escobedo Salas (Flama Films)
Special fx: Motus Insaniam
Actresses: Maëlle Vercruysse & Manon Van Mullem
Concept: Guy Vercruysse & Reject The Sickness
Music: Guy Vercruysse & Pepijn Desmet (2014)

In memory of Gerard Sierens and Margareta Verlooc

Links:

http://www.reject-the-sickness.com/

https://www.instagram.com/reject_the_sickness/

https://www.facebook.com/rejectthesickness/

https://www.youtube.com/user/RejectTheSickness/videos https://twitter.com/rtsickness

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Reject_the_Sickness/3540359453

https://rejectthesickness.bandcamp.com/

Finnish modern melodic metal band Northern Genocide is set to release their second studio album The Point of No Return via Inverse Records later in 2024. 

The second single Necropolis which features Tommy Tuovinen from MyGrain is released today and an epic lyric video is available here:

Music video of the first single, Harbingers of Genocide, is available here: https://youtu.be/s0kFWzEoDX0 

Comments from the band: 
“Necropolis is a powerful song about mankind’s vulnerability and decay during epidemics and war. A beautiful nocturnal sky and the heat of the Sun are only symbols of despair when all else is lost. The guest vocals by Tommy from the mighty MyGrain elevates the epicness of the song to an unprecedented level. In the dark world it is still possible to find salvation in peace of mind.”
 

LISTEN Necropolis on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/ng-necropolis 

 
BIOGRAPHY:
Northern Genocide was established in 2010 in Helsinki, Finland. It all started with a meeting of old high school friends, guitar player Pyry Pohjanpalo and producer Rainer Pekkinen, after Pyry had discovered Rainer’s interest in programming and computer music. They both had a history of playing in various metal bands, but now they wanted to try something different by bringing electronic influences to metal. The very same year they started recording demos in their home studio.

In 2012 a crew was put together for gigs and new demos. In december 2013 the band began recording a new 3-track demo. After some changes to the initial line-up of the band, the demo was recorded with Markku Tuuri in drums, Toni Jokiranta in bass, Pyry in guitars and Tommi Salonen as vocalist. The demo “Atlantis” was finished in October 2014. Shortly after work began towards a 5-track EP ”Planet Asylum” which was released in 2015.

2019 the debut album “Genesis vol. 666” was released through Inverse Records. The release was a success, and the only song written in Finnish, called Ikiruoste, proved to be a guiding star of the album. The style of NG’s music had already started to evolve away from the industrial metal influenced sound towards more modern melodic metal. Genesis, Vol. 666 album recently reached 1 Million streams on Spotify.

In 2020 began the work towards releasing another full length album. During the long cold winter a few band members moved aside, resulting in Jussi Pulliainen taking the 2nd guitar role and Arto Viitanen picking up the bass guitar. An epic discovery was Leo Korhonen to play the drums. With just 1 month of practice he mastered his parts ready to be recorded for the album.

The new album ”The Point of No Return” was finally finished in the summer of 2023. The process of making the new album was long but it surely paid off. This time no compromises were accepted in the production process and the album surely presents the best of NG to date. The new ideas and the combined effort of the whole band resulted in a solid, banging and rich album. The album picks up where ”Genesis vol. 666” left off featuring even more aggressive guitar riffs and massive orchestrations. The contribution from various featuring vocalists (Stephanie Mazor, Tommy Tuovinen) and instrumentalists adds depth to the songs throughout the album. Lyrics written by Tommi criticize world overpopulation, corruption, abuse of power and describe the dark side of the human mind.

The album will be released in early 2024 through Inverse Records.
 Line-up:
Vocals – Tommi Salonen
Lead guitar – Pyry Pohjanpalo
Rhythm guitar – Jussi Pulliainen
Bass – Arto Viitanen
Drums – Leo Korhonen
Producer – Rainer Pekkinen
 
Links:
https://www.northerngenocide.com 
https://www.facebook.com/northerngenocide 
https://www.instagram.com/northerngenocideband 
https://northerngenocide.bandcamp.com 

Photographer: Tino-Viljami Vanhala

Finnish modern melodic metal quintet Weightless World is under a month away on releasing their second album called Sleepwalker. Five energetic, heavy-hitting and melody-packed singles have already been released from the album and now it’s time for the last one before the album release. The band states that ‘Eyes Of A God’ is a triumph of melodies and heaviness combined into this massive sounding experience that has something special.

‘’When talking about demos I’ve never been more sure and convinced of the potential of one as Eyes Of A God. The first version however was more melancholic and slower and it was in desperate need of an energy spike to become from something good into something special. So I took the song and by my vision started to arrange the base rhythm into more upbeat and composed a couple new parts to make it richer and more interesting. The result is an epic and a fascinating hybrid of ‘energetic heaviness’ and is still giving me chills when listening to it’’, describes guitarist Valtteri Viinikka.

The vocalist of the band Perttu Korhonen tells that he usually avoids writing about topics considering faith and religious themes but couldn’t pass the sensation the song caused for him. ‘The song this big just about screamed to use the most known and most powerful metaphor that mankind knows. ‘Eyes Of A God’, ain’t it the one.’

Directed and shot by Tino-Viljami Vanhala, the music video of the song was shot at Kotka and at a national park of Repovesi. A magnificent shots from Finnish nature and a fierce commitment from everyone, especially from Korhonen for traveling the whole shooting day with bare feet, showcases the struggle of a person that keeps carrying their burden, unconsciously or consciously, alone.

’The burden may be this assorted load consisting of many small things that together feel much heavier and are harder to keep carrying with you. And what’s even more strange is the fact that letting go of that stuff can be surprisingly hard. Including from those things that at the end would be pretty minor stuff if one could only look at them objectively’’, tells Viinikka.

Listen to the single on music services: https://push.fm/fl/ww-eyesofagod

Weightless World is:
Perttu Korhonen – Lead vocals
Valtteri Viinikka – Growls & backing vocals, guitar
Juuso Oinonen – Backing vocals, guitar
Tino Kantoluoto – Bass guitar
Kari Rannila – Drums

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https://www.instagram.com/weightlessworldband/