Odličan noviji njemački melodični metal bend Lankester Merrin je izdao novi, drugi po redu opus. Na albumu se nalazi devet pjesama od kojih su sve ili gotovo sve savršeni primjer kako se radi preodličan melodični metal. Himnične strofe i još himničniji refreni samo stvoreni da se uz njih pjeva i digne metal rogove u zrak, te pumpa šakom u zrak. Pjevačica Cat Rogers ima odličan glas, kao stvoren za grublje pasaže, te razvijen u fenomenalne terce na melodičnijim dijelovima. Meni su highlighti ovog albuma nekako: ‘Medusa’, ‘The Heathen’, te ‘My Journey’. Ovdje nema neke dublje filozofije, samo odličan metal!
DRAKON was born in 2017 as collaboration between Veleyar (guitar, music) and Terror (vocals, bass). In 2017, the first album ‘First’ was released which contains cover of the Polish black metal band Mgła’s song. After the release line-up split, and Terror released the instrumental EP ‘The Last Battle of Angels’ and project was frozen. In the fall of 2021 Veleyar has resurrected DRAKON on his own and released album titled ‘Awakening’ (2022). After the release, the band immediately began work on the EP ‘High Tales’.
Upcoming EP titled ‘High Tales’ includes 5 songs, two of which are cover versions by Unanimated and Enslaved. Music was mixed & mastered by Theodor Borovski (Alkonost, Dissector) and cover artwork was done by Alexander Tartsus (Balfor, Depravity, Sinister, Kzohh).
EP ‘High Tales’ will be released as jewelcase CD via Sleaszy Rider on 7th April 2023 (pre-order).
Band commentary about the album: ‘Our new mini-work is lyrically a concept, and even covers for two different Scandinavian bands, seemingly thematically distant from each other, are successfully woven into this common eschatological outline of the entire material. Through reflections on the place of our people in the universe, our fate and role, skaldically-like we tell in new songs, linking them with a common meaning, a parable-warning about the impending end of the world, Ragnarok, the destruction of all life, while saying that this is the purpose of all our human race and irreversible inevitability. Only we must fight and die proudly, with honor, like gods and real warriors. Or maybe survive at the cost of a lot, in order to be cleansed of the dirt of the outgoing circle of time and become stronger, wiser and brighter.‘.
Helsinki-based Fearoutreleases new ’Resistenza’ EP as a follow up for their Bleedthrough (Inverse 2021) debut album. ‘Resistenza’ is released on May 5th 2023 by Inverse Records. New EP will expand band’s repertoire to punk rock, but band still combines their rough-edged metal rock with stoner influences. The second single ‘The End of the World’ is a breathtakingly fast-paced metal punk song with heavy lyrics about the state of the world.
This one is written after the war had started in spring 2022 and the theme and atmosphere is pretty grim. The song lists atrocities done by humans in 20th century. And since we refuse to learn anything from the past, we keep on repeating until we actually will cause the end of the world. This is probably the fastest song we’ve ever written, says lead vocalist Justus.
Biography
Fearout is rough-edged Hard Rock/Metal/Punk/Stoner band from Helsinki Finland. The band was founded in 2014 by Arg Kinnunen (Guitar) & Justus Latvala (Vocals). Current line-up was stabilized after Topi Lajunen (Drums) joined band in 2016 and Minttu Minkkinen (Bass) in 2018. Fearout fuses filthy stoner guitars and noisy punk rock aggression with seductive melodies and provide energetic, volatile, and sometimes literally bone crushing live performances. Fearout released their debut album Bleedthrough in November 2021 via Inverse Records. Their second release ‘Resistenza’ will be released in spring 2023.
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