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STRAMONIA: WATCH THE NEW VIDEO FOR THE SINGLE N.W.O. (SHOW ME YOUR SOUL) DEBUT ALBUM THE WELCKOMED OUT NOW VIA THIS IS CORE!

Italian heavy metal act Stramonia has revealed today a new video for “N.W.O. (Show Me Your Soul)”, third single taken from the debut album “The WelcKomed” out now via This Is Core. The album takes inspiration from esotericism and the horror imagery. Black masses, Lovecraft stories, tarots are just a part of the elements which they use to talk about more emotional and modern themes, like solitude, redemption, religion, sublimation of the negative energies.

“The WelcKomed” artwork and track-listing

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01. The 21st Trump
02. Under A Dark Sky
03. The Black Phoenix
04. Butterflies In Flames
05. Tell Me Priest
06. Love Like You Live
07. For What Is Right
08. The Disquieting
09. N.W.O. (Show Me Your Soul)
10. Stramonia (The Lord)

(fanzines) Croatian hardcore punk zine OOPS #4 is out!

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During my growing up and formative years in the scene, there was no Internet, only letters, tape trading, later first cd trading and fanzines with their flyers, interviews and reviews were the only real source of information.

There are not much physical copies of the zines made in Croatian scene, heck even I am doing a webzine, which is easier and much more comfortable way to reach out to the scene, but I totally support the people who do old school zines because I did quite a number of them back in the days and I know how much work it takes to diy cut paste and copy those little fuckers hehe.

OOPS is short for Oštrom olovkom protiv sistema(English: Sharp pencil against the system) and it is done by dedicated hardcore punx from Pula, Croatia, younger generation which carries the flame of the scene on and on forward, never to get lost.  Zine is classic made, in black and white cut/paste style, and it looks really good. There is a Spermbirds review, an interview with excellent Spanish band Blowfuse, political non music piece about utopia and leftism, Pula hardcore punk bands info scene report, I didn˙t know there are so much new bands there and I am so happy for that fact. There is also a non music text about punk and fashion and that is about it. Short but sweet. The zine is in Croatian language, so if you like it, order your copy and write to:

lukasardoz@gmail.com

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(new single) WISHING WELL – NEW SINGLE -DO OR DIE-OUT TODAY

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“DO OR DIE” is the first single release off Wishing Well’s third album “DO OR DIE”, to be released on March13th by Inverse Records.

Listen to the single:
“DO OR DIE” is a fast opening song and the title track of the album and it features all Wishing Well’s trademark elements: Dark, raspy vocals by Rafael Castillo, roaring distorted Hammond organ by Arto Teppo, thundering drums by Juha Kivikanto, punchy and bold bass lines by Rick Becker and raw yet melodic guitars by Anssi Korkiakoski.
The song was written by Anssi Korkiakoski who says: “The song is about what we feel at the moment as a band. The lyrics speak for itself. We do this seriously tongue-in-cheek, we know what we doing and it’s time to make things happen.”
The video was shot at On The Rocks Club in Helsinki and it features notorious rock manager Mike “Major” Mondeo, who wanted the band to organize an audition in order to sign a management deal with his management company. No contract was signed and the band has not heard from the manager since.
The forthcoming album is Wishing Well’s third and the second to feature Chilean Rafael Castillo on vocals. Their previous albums “Chasing Rainbows” (2016) and “Rat Race” (2018), both on Inverse Records, got very positive reaction among hard rock and metal fans around the world and the band toured Finland with Doogie White, Alcatrazz and Tank plus played festivals and clubs.
Wishing Well will play album release gig at On The Rocks, Helsinki, on 20 March. In April the band will play a mini tour in Finland with UK based TANK.
CD pre-order: