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Active member of alternative underground scene and culture since early 1990-ies. Underground is a way of life!
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(record review)VersOver- “Hell’s Inc.” (Hell’s Inc. Records)

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VersOver has been on the scene for more than 20 years now being formed in 1997. This Brasilian band released their new record and I reviewed it for this zine.

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The new album contains 12 tracks of modern and melodic power metal. The production and the sound of the band is awesome. There are a lot of progressive metal influences in the song structures, and these guys really know how to handle their instruments. I loved the anthemic chorus of “Howl in Pain” and progressive music landscape of “Human Condition”. In their promosheet the guys say that they have been influenced with wide range of bands from Megadeth to Rush and it is true. The wide spectrum of influences only made the music more positive. Their music is somehow the amalgamation, the sum of their influences, but leaving a healthy dose of originality. Awesome album!

8,5/10

Hell’s Inc. is out now in CD:

https://www.diehard.com.br/detalhe_pr…

https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/hellsinc

Follow the band on FB: https://www.facebook.com/Versover/

 

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(news)Swedish Blackened Death metallers Night Crowned signs with Black Lion and present first song from their upcoming EP “Humanity Will Echo Out”

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c1146cd5-55ce-45d8-b216-89acc1518a18In the frozen vasts of Europe’s northernmost realms, a new slithering seed is festering at the heart of the Swedish scene – NIGHT CROWNED. A spawn formed from an unholy communion between current and previous members of the underground elite such as  The Crown, Dark Funeral, Nightrage and Cipher system, this infestation is set to grow from a rumoured disease into a full-scale pandemic.

NIGHT CROWNED’s musical vision is as clear as it is putrid; a reawakening of sounds dormant from the most influential acts and masterpieces of the Scandinavian 90’s, although with all the advantages of a cutting edge, surgically precise production.

With a combined catalogue of over thirty full-length albums, this degenerate infant is procreated from seasoned and battle-hardened veterans, although with all the hunger that only such a gluttonous monster can possess.

There will be no warning. No antidote, and no remedy. At first you will feel nauseous, then your body will be covered in black boils, and finally both your mind and and matter will have been thoroughly infected by the blight that is – NIGHT CROWNED.

Track listing

01 No room for hope
02 Nocturnal Pulse
03 All life ends

Humanity Will Echo Out is set for release date late  2018 on physical format /Digital

This song is the first taste of the nordic sound we have created with Night Crowned. A mix of all good things from the north. Old and new ways mixed.

Line-Up:
Ken Romlin – Vocals
Marcus Sunesson – Guitars (ex The Crown)
Johan Eskilsson – Guitars (Cipher System)
Janne Jaloma – Drums (Dark Funeral/session)
Henric Liljesand – Bass (ex Nightrage)

The lyrics video for the song “No Room for Hope”.

This song is also live on all media platforms, iTunes, Spotify, Google Music etc.

Follow the band here:
https://www.facebook.com/nightcrowned/

Video created by:
https://www.facebook.com/lowendmedia

 

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(news)Tambourhinoceros: AUGUST ROSENBAUM announces EP, new single and London show!

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nomadFollowing the release of August Rosenbaum’s critically acclaimed album Vista (November 2017) the Danish pianist and composer is back with a new EP entitled Rasa. The EP consists of 6 pieces for solo piano that laid the foundation for the music on Vista.
Today August Rosenbaum reveals the single “Nomad” alongside a stunning music video for the track. The music video, based on a fascination of the story of Jeanne D’arc, is packed with mystique and gorgeous imagery. It’s directed by Jasper Spanning who also directed the video for Vista’s “Credo, Pt. II” – shot in Copenhagen’s iconic Marble Church.
August Rosenbaum has also announced new live dates including his first London-headline at Servant Jazz Quarters on May 1st. Tickets are on sale now.
Nomad (solo piano) video: https://youtu.be/NCMzx9V7UXY
August Rosenbaum describes the making of the new video: “After having worked together on the video for “Credo, Pt. II” we felt like exploring an approach that allowed the music to take on the form of a score. The minimalistic feel of the piano version of “Nomad” carves out room for the listener while adding a distinctive tone to the images.”
Jasper Spanning continues: “August is an old friend and it has been a great pleasure to create these images for his music. It’s been a very close collaboration and I really feel that music and images merge into one expression. The project is very personal to me.”
The upcoming EP Rasa, consists of 5 songs from Vista arranged for solo piano plus the new song “Milo”. August elaborates: “The piano is my starting point for everything when I make music, it has been my natural expression since I started playing at 6 years old, and it is how I hear, feel and create harmonies, chords and melodies. When making Vista with Robin (Hannibal), it became a dogma that underneath all the layers of detail, production and arrangement, there had to be a strong “core”, a composition that could carry the emotion and intent when scraped down to only being played on the piano.“
Rasa was recorded by August in an intense 3-hour long recording in L.A: “We had just finished a full week of tracking band recordings for VISTA in a small studio in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles. So the room was filled with all the music and effort Robin, I, the musicians and our engineer had put in – and at the same time it felt like we had given all we had in us. But I remember it made me so happy and thankful to have made it this far, so I asked the engineer to open the mics on the piano and let the tape roll. I ended up playing non stop for 3 hours, while the others sat in the room just listening. It was really intense and intimate at the same time”, August explains.
Last year’s release of the album Vista put August Rosenbaum on the map as one of the most exciting rising composers. It’s a record of evocative and soulful music that brought together August Rosenbaum’s rich musical background in both jazz, classical music, film scoring and pop. Vista was written and produced in collaboration with Grammy-nominated producer Robin Hannibal who’ve worked with an impressive range of artists including Rhye, Little Dragon and Kendrick Lamar.
The music video for “Nomad” is created in collaboration with Prxjects – a culture laboratory initiated by Mercedes-Benz.
Tracklist
1. Angelo (Solo Piano)
2. Belmondo (Solo Piano)
3. Nomad (Solo Piano)
4. Calling Out (Solo Piano)
5. Melville (Solo Piano)
6. Milo (Solo Piano)
Live dates
? April 19, 2018 – Tivoli, Copenhagen – DK (tickets)
? May 01, 2018 – Servant Jazz Quarters, London – UK
Pre-order digital: http://smarturl.it/TAMB182DA