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Hard rocking band HVALROSS releases third and final new 2023 single: ‘Helios”

Third and last 2023 single “HELIOS” OUT NOW!

Stream on Spotify HERE!!
Lyric video HERE!

                            Also available on all other streaming platforms

Dutch hardrocking metal band HVALROSS is coming out with their third and last song of 2023, and what a song it is!!  “HELIOS”, a rocking, melodic song with nice, harmonized vocals and a proggy midsection featuring guest keyboard player Jochem Brok!

“Helios” written by Hvalross

Recorded by Walter Poppelaars and Maarten Vermeulen
Mixed and mastered by Erwin Hermsen at Toneshed studios
Guest keyboards by Jochem Brok

Hvalross is:

Barry Veeke: Guitar
Gerben van Oosterhout: Vocals
Marc van Gastel: Drums and Percussion
Maarten Vermeulen: Bass Guitar & Backing Vocals

Hvalross is a four piece hard rocking band, not from Norway as the name would suggest, but from the South of the Netherlands. The band saw first light in the spring of 2018, but the members have been rocking since they were teenagers in the late eighties. Hvalross wants to honour these times. The hard rock and heavy metal from the seventies and eighties therefore has a strong base in their sound and lyrics, supplemented with influences from contemporary stoner and heavy rock music. It is said that you can hear influences from Mastodon, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden. Expect the classic compact four-piece rock band, in a set up just like our heroes Black Sabbath, with melodic classic hard rock vocals over a rhythmic band. Heavy and monstrous like a walrus combined with an energetic stage performance.

In October 2020 Hvalross released their debut album ‘Cold Dark Rain’ on the regular streaming platforms. Because of the bands sentiments for the good old eighties, it is also released on ‘cold rain’ coloured vinyl. The album was well received and Hvalross got representation by Hard Life Promotion. Sadly, Covid did not make it possible to promote the album live and made original drummer Tristan decide to quit the band in 2021. Hvalross quickly got back in battle formation with our good friend and drummer Marc.

Continuing to unleash new music on the world, after “Running the Gauntlet” and “Mercenary Knight” it is now time for “HELIOS”!!

STREAMING
Spotify
Apple Music
(Also available on all other streaming platforms)

YOUTUBE
https://www.youtube.com/@hvalrosshardrocking9187

SOCIAL CHANNELS
Facebook
Instagram

(movie) Thanksgiving(2023.) je uspio vratiti natrag taj duh slashera zlatnog doba 80-ih

Eli Roth mi spada u omiljene horror redatelje i scenariste. Jako sam se obradovao kada sam vidio da dolazi ovaj njegov povratak slasher podžanru horrora.

Film se događa, pogodili ste, na američki praznik Dan zahvalnosti za vrijeme kojeg se desi nezamisliva tragedija u jednom shopping centru malog grada. Godinu dana kasnije, brutalni ubojica s maskom Johna Carvera, prvog pilgrima, ubija preživjele kako bi se osvetio za ono što se dogodilo godinu dana ranije.

Klasičan slasher zaplet s uvodnom scenom i super napravljenim negativcem, killerom koji je brutalan i ubija likove na najrazličitije načine. Rasplet filma je malo jednostavan, ali svejedno efektan, kao i sam kraj filma, a nemreš fulat kada staviš legendarne horror punkere Misfits za soundtrack filma. Film obiluje gore scenama i to jako dobro napravljenima, napet je i iako traje malo manje od dva sata drži gledatelja prikovanog za stolicu.

Zaključak: 8/10 sjekira – odlične gore scene i duh slashera.

Glam rock ikone Motley Crue u stripu!

Nakon stripa o Doorsima i albumu Morrison Hotel te stripa inspiriranim
albumom Screaming for Vengeance Judas Priesta, Rockmark predstavlja
novo izdanje: Mötley Crüe – The Dirt: Declassified.

Američki glam rockeri Mötley Crüe proslavili su se početkom ’80-ih, a
dosad su prodali više od 100 milijuna albuma diljem svijeta. Vince
Neil, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee i Mick Mars dobro su poznata imena, no
strip Leah Moore stavlja ih u novu perspektivu:
što ako samo mislite da znate priču o bendu?

The Dirt: Declassified” na više od stotinu stranica razotkriva bend
kao specijalne vladine tajne agente koji u tajnosti rješavaju probleme
od svjetske važnosti. Okosnica priče je neobična bolest koja zahvaća
mlade diljem svijeta pretvarajući ih praktički u zombije, pa Mötley
Crüe moraju ponovno poći na turneju kako bi doznali što se zbiva.

Retrospektiva otkriva i da su Neil, Sixx, Lee i Mars imali svoje prste
u velikim povijesnim događajima, od rušenja Berlinskog zida do
pomaganja Billu Gatesu u nastanku interneta,
te podsjeća na ključne biografske trenutke benda.

Cijena stripa je 17,90 eura.