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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.
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(record review)DYECREST-“Are you not entertained?”(Inverse Records)

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Dyecrest returned after hiatus in 2013.and I am glad we have them back on the scene, because this new studio album is out now on Inverse Records and I listened to it and reviewed it for this webzine.

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The Finns had their ups and downs since their start in 2001. After Sanctuary dropped them from the label and a lot of blood, sweat, tears and hard work the guys recorded this album but then they parted ways with their original vocalist. Bjorn Speed Strid known from his work in Soilwork helped and recorded vocals as a guest to help Dyecrest on this album. Luckily, the guys found permanent new vocalist Mikael who fits in the band perfectly, so they finally rerecorded and remastered some songs and the album came out. It contains 13 songs of excellent melodic modern metal with some thrash and melodic death metal influences. The vocals on the album are very melodic, almost power/heavy metal and I loved the vocal melody lines. The song structures have so many melodic guitar hooks and anthemic choruses just made for singalong and I caught myself humming to many tunes from this album long after I finished listening. For me the absolute highlights of this album are “No Fear”, “First Born Angel” and magical “Nuku Vaan” sung in Finnish with guest vocals by Elisa De Boer. Legendary Piet Sielck also contributed on this album as guest vocals. If you are a fan of melodic and modern metal, this album is just made for you!

8/10

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(record review)CALLIDICE-“Anthem for Resistance”(Inverse Records)

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I already mentioned that Finland has one of the best European underground scenes in my humble opinion. The mighty Inverse Records never ceases to amaze me with their releases and this time I listened and reviewed for this webzine the new album by Callidice.

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Hailing from Jyväskylä town area, this band plays melodic death metal and they do it with vigorous style. After one demo in 2015.and one e.p. in 2016. this is their debut album. This record contains 8 songs of melodic and sometimes brutal death metal done with heart and soul. The album is a concept lyrical story about friendship, fear of losing, sibling bonds and it all evolves around a tale of two brothers. The song structures sometimes reminded me of early Amorphis circa “Black Winter Day” era and it is not a bad thing at all to sound a bit like that. Besides growling vocals the clean and melodic vocals fit very nice into songs like for example in “Scarred” which is my personal favorite song on this record. As album highlights I must also mention “Brotherhood of bastards” and the title track being excellent songs that stand out somehow for me above the rest of the material. This is a great melodic death metal album.

8/10

Follow the band on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Callidice/

Inverse Records: https://www.facebook.com/inverserecords/