Besides being great PR agency for bringing underground metal to hearts of legions of brothers and sisters out there, Metalmessage also releases music and their compilations are something to watch out for. I remember when I was a kid starting in the scene, there were tape trading days which created a network that is still active today in many ways. One of the means to discover new bands were compilation tapes and I loved listening to them and discovered new bands, sent a letter, got to know new friends, help bring bands to my area and I am active in the scene now, thirty years after that. This is already eighth part of Metalmessage compilation and this time they deliver fifteen bands from the underground and one common thread is that they are all high quality music and each of them represented here is fantastic, depending on your personal taste. Since my personal taste is somewhere in more blacker specter of scene, my favorites on this compilation are Antrisch, awesome black metal, Lovecraft inspired doom Cult Of Salem, Varus from Germany, being energetic black folk metal, but you will have to listen and find your own favorites, I am sure you will. Go check it out!
I have nothing but utmost respect and love for Blaze Bayley. This man, besides creating fantastic music, two albums with Maiden and afterwards all his opus, done everything diy in his career, all the ups and downs, heartbreaks and getting ups, making him an icon and a legend larger than life. This is his new studio full length album offering 10 songs of uplifting, inimitable and epic heavy melodic metal. Blaze´s voice sounds stronger than ever and this bunch of songs are maybe best he provided in more than last ten years or maybe fifteen. Some of the lyrics are historic like great 303, some are fantasy, but best part of Blaze´s music are lyrics and songs that pick you up whenever you are shattered on the floor and feel you can´t go anymore. When depression you battle threatens to finish you off and you feel end would be your final rest. Then comes Blaze and songs like Warrior, the title track or Pull Yourself Up and you say fuck you to the world and you get up, ready to fight new battle in this never ending war called daily life. This is a superb album and hats off and much love and respect to the legend!
Finnish Seinäjoki-based metal band Mortyfear is set to release their second studio album ‘My Dystopia’ on July 15th 2021 via Inverse Records. The album is recorded and mixed by Riku Metsä-Ketelä at Finnvox Studios/Rmksound and it is mastered by Svante Forsbäck (Rammstein, Amorphis, Apocalyptica, etc.) at Chartmakers. The third single ‘Misfortunate Phoenix’ from the album is released today.
Vocalist Janne Keskitalo comments: “The birth of a Misfortunate Phoenix is chaotic and violent. Like a never ending purgatory where you are reborn to live in agony. The moments alive are filled with psychotic visions and nightmares. And when you think you have relief from it you re-live it ad nauseam.
Mortyfear was founded already in the late 90’s in Ostrobothnia, the rugged heart of Finland. Since then, the band has published several releases including EP’s and one album. Band’s music is a unique mix of oppressive heaviness, hooky melodies and eerie cinematic atmosphere from your worst nightmares. Few years ago Mortyfear renewed it’s line-up and started to work passionately on their second full-length album. During the recording process the band developed the recognizable Mortyfear sound to an even more chaotic and haunting direction and the outcome can be heard on the new album My Dystopia. Each song in the album is one of a kind and they all connect to a big dystopic story. Songs take you to the darkest corners of the human mind with their lyrics and soundscapes.
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