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BRUTAL ASSAULT 2024 – Another 16 bands at Brutal Assault announced

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Another 16 bands for Brutal Assault announced. Line-up expands with death metal, stoner, prog and core

The Brutal Assault line-up is expanding as we bring the announcement of four genre updates:

DEATH METAL

Death metal is expanding with the addition of Florida masters of the genre DEICIDE after their last year’s excellent performance. Along with them, the technically proficient Canadian CRYPTOPSY will take Brutal by storm with their fresh new release “As Gomorrah Burns”. OBSCURA will add a tinge of technical melo death to the line-up. The death metal gore carnage will be taken care of by SEVERE TORTURE as befits this Dutch band.

STONER

You will have the opportunity to drink a few liters of beer with one of the most important bands of the stoner (rock/metal) scene of the last years – namely the RED FANG. A fusion of doom, prog and grunge will be delivered by the talented STONED JESUS. A Greek stoner ritual will be performed by VILLAGERS OF IOANNINA CITY, who infuse their heavy psychedelic rock with folk instruments. DOPETHRONE will take care of combining doom, sludge and stoner into one metal euphoria.

PROG

The good news for the prog scene is undoubtedly the announcement of the return of Dutch innovative metallers TEXTURES, who aren’t missing Brutal Assault line-up either. Along with them you can also look forward to the acclaimed independent progressive guitarist PLINI from Sydney, the melancholic RIVERSIDE or the surreal musical poetics of NIGHT VERSES, who are the only support act on this year’s TOOL tour, proving their extraordinary quality.

NEW BLOOD

Modern approach, “new blood” and core will be represented by Australian metalcore masters THE AMITY AFFLICTION together with progressive metalcore quartet AFTER THE BURIAL. Also arriving for the first time at Brutal Assault will be the talented SPIRITBOX, whose debut album “Eternal Blue” was described by Distorted Sound magazine as “a masterpiece of modern heavy music”. TEN56. will bringing their blend of djent, deathcore and a pinch of rap-core.

Newly announced bands:

AFTER THE BURIAL, CRYPTOPSY, DEICIDE, DOPETHRONE, NIGHT VERSES, OBSCURA, PLINI, RED FANG, RIVERSIDE, SEVERE TORTURE, SPIRITBOX, STONED JESUS, TEN56., TEXTURES, THE AMITY AFFLICTION, VILLAGERS OF IOANNINA CITY

A list of all currently announced bands:

ABBATH performs IMMORTAL, AFTER THE BURIAL, ARCHITECTS, ARMORED SAINT, BEHEMOTH, BODYSNATCHER, BORN OF OSIRIS, BROKEN HOPE, BRUTUS, CRYPTOPSY, ČAD, DARKEST HOUR, DARVAZA, DEICIDE, DEVIL MASTER, DØDHEIMSGARD/DHG, DOPETHRONE, EMPEROR, EVIL INVADERS, EXODUS, GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT, GRAND MAGUS, GUILT TRIP, HAVOK, IMPALED NAZARENE, INCANTATION, JINJER, KAMPFAR, KHOLD, LAID TO WASTE, LEFT TO DIE, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, LIK, MENTAL CRUELTY, MOTIONLESS IN WHITE, MY DYING BRIDE, NECROT, NIGHT VERSES, OBSCURA, PARTY CANNON, PLINI, PRIMORDIAL, RED FANG

RIVERSIDE, SADUS, SATYRICON, SEVERE TORTURE, SKELETAL REMAINS, SNĚŤ, SPIRITBOX, STONED JESUS, TEN56., TERRORIZER, TESTAMENT, TEXTURES, THE AMITY AFFLICTION, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, TOXIC HOLOCAUST, TRIUMPH OF DEATH performing HELLHAMMER, TULUS, UADA, UFOMAMMUT, VED BUENS ENDE, VILLAGERS OF IOANNINA CITY, VOMITORY, WHITECHAPEL

TICKETS: https://brutalassault.cz

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YouTube Movie: https://youtu.be/A3wQ8-PNu2s Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2gPj5boPDxS2wMDe9ReP5v

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Finnish Industrial-flavored metal band Kaos Krew releases sixth album “Blackout”

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 Photographer: Anders Wingren

Finnish industrial flavored metal act Kaos Krew has released their sixth full length album “Blackout” today on December 15th 2023.


Kaos Krew is a musical project from Finland that mixes hard rock and metal with influences from the industrial scene. The band is basically a one-man project by Ulf Skog.


The studio work is mainly done by Ulf Skog who also writes all the songs. A great deal of guest musicians has appeared both live and on the records.


“The album as such is not a concept album but consists of songs written during the period of possible energy crisis, therefor the title ‘Blackout’.” Ulf Skog comments on the album.

Listen to the album on music services: https://push.fm/fl/kaoskrew-blackout


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THE PIT Presents ‘L7 : Pretend We’re Dead’, a film about the story of the fierce feminist pioneers of American grunge punk: L7.

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The PIT presents ‘L7: Pretend We’re Dead’ : a film about the story of the fierce feminist pioneers of American grunge punk: L7.

Available right now on the THE PIT platform.

“Grab your backstage pass and take a visceral immersion into the 1990s with one of its seminal grunge punk bands, L7.”

As new addition to its list of programs, THE PIT VOD platform presents ‘L7 : Pretend We’re Dead‘ : A real time journey witnessing the rise, fall, and ultimate redemption of the fierce feminist pioneers of American grunge punk: L7.

Pigeonholed as an all-female band despite their every effort, L7’s fierce members struggled against music industry and fan expectations even as they contended with questions of celebrity and success.

Assembling a dynamic combination of never-before-seen homevideo footage, candid interviews and raucous performances, director Sarah Price explores the rise and fall of the influential band.

 The full documentary is available right now on the platform with a 7-days FREE trial

..Synopsis..

‘L7: Pretend We’re Dead’ takes us on an all-access journey into the 1990’s grunge movement that took the world by storm, and the band that helped define it as the genre of a generation.

Culled from over 100 hours of vintage home movies taken by the band, never-before-seen performance footage, and candid interviews, L7: Pretend We’re Dead is an engrossing time capsule told from the perspective of L7, these true insiders who brought their signature blend of grunge punk to the masses!

Chronicling the early days of the band’s formation in 1985 to their height as the ‘queens of grunge,’ the film takes a roller coaster ride through L7’s triumphs and failures, providing never-before-discussed insight into the band’s eventual dissolution in 2001.

Formed by Donita Sparks and Suzi Gardner-guitars/vocals, the band completed their lineup with the addition of Jennifer Finch on bass/vocals and Dee Plakas on drums. To highlight the fact that L7 was an all-female group, however, was to miss the point. Yet the “gender issue” would return time and again for the band; from shock jocks refusing to play “chick rock” to academics accusing the band of “incorrectly” embracing their feminism to hard rock press implying the band was merely riding a wave of “grrl power” trendiness.

Despite these obstacles, L7: Pretend We’re Dead shows the thread of influence the band had not only on rock and roll but on future generations of women everywhere and is, at the end, a testament to the pioneering spirit of a band that refuses to take anything lying down.

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